2—The Daily Collegian Friday, Sept. 24, 1982 Clap hat makes Penn Staters smile By ROSA EBERLY Collegian Staff Writer "What I have no one else has." That's for sure. Chuck Furimsky, a 1965 University graduate from Soin erset County, is the only man who can deliver a Penn State clap hat. clap.kat (klap' hat), n. a blue'cap with two white hands above the brim, which, when pulled by a string below the wearer's chin, clap. You might have seen Furimsky on football Saturdays this fall selling the' hat at the corner of Pugh Street and East College Avenue or walking through Beaver Stadium making peo ple laugh. Furimsky, who vended hot dogs when he was a student, has some of the vending spirit left in his system. "Here I am, what, almost 20 years later, doing something that people yell for." And last Saturday in Beaver Stadi um yell they did: "Clap the hat! Clap the hat!" ..................-......--.....----.....---. ( • `i I I . • y%o\- ~, , 4 1 C)°°1 --S ' ''' '...i0 ;:,?„•':','S ~,`;4•44-'7IU , ',' ' ' 1 ,00. 0 " vc.0••• thru Sept. 30 I on selected items 1 °(Kay Jewelers i I THE DIAMOND PEOPLE 1 h at the Nittany Mall 1 i open 10-9, Mon.-Sat. 1 C 237-7337 I altar Yel eatt[ a) Breakfast at Served from 6am.till 11am weekdays from 6am till 2pm Saturday & S PENN STATE CONTINENTAL Large Glass of OUR Sourdough Squeezed Orange Juice, Two Slices of OUR OWN Toasted Bread. OR Regular Toast, served with butter & jelly 99 (honey butter on request .20) ................................................................. OUR OWN Croissant OR Brioche, served TRUE CONTINENTAL with butter and your choice of jelly, jam or marmalade. Cheddar cheese and fresh apple slices (honey butter on request .20) ....... . ........................................................ 1.39 FIRST PERIOD RUSH Two Eggs, Fried or Scrambled, Home Fries and Two Slices of Toast served with butter and jelly (honey butter on request 20) ................................................................ .99 TWO BY TWO Two Eggs, Fried or scrambled and Two Large • Pancakes, served with butter and syrup ..................... . ............... • • SECOND PERIOD FEAST Two Eggs, Fried or Scrambled, Home Fries, Bacon or Sausage and Two Slices of Toast served with butter and je11y.......................... ... 1.79 CAKES AND MORE Two Large Pancakes, served with butter , and syrup and Your Choice of Bacon or Sausage .............................. 1.79 • • pe 47ottit, ~ • College Airier We cook special things for . you. open 2411 ours VI. College Ave "I didn't sell the hat (at the stadi um)," he said. "I just wanted to show it." So far, Furimsky has sold 40 hats. Arid he said he isn't doing it for the money, but for the satisfaction of making people happy. "People walking on the street . . . just aren't as happy as they used to be. I just pull this string and they break up." "I pick out a face a lady in her 50s. I'll go like this (pulls the string) and she'll die." Furimsky said most people who see the hat want to buy it, but they are too inhibited. "A lot of these guys on the street don't buy this hat from me. They want it but there's something inside of them that says 'You're too old to be acting silly.' ."The hat is not something you want to put on if you have any inhibitions." Furimsky said,he surprised many of the people who saw the hat and didn't understand how it worked. "People can't see the string," he said. "So many people came past and TAHOKA FREEWAY THE sal ODD The Diner , A 1 Friday and Saturday SKID ROW Sunday Everyday Happy Hours 4.8 PM Ic )1 111 KSIF:It S*l ',Wyatt, P.N. CAla said: 'Oh. Is that how you do it?' " The hat was the brainchild of Rich ard Miltmore, a friend of Furimsky's who lives in Maine. Miltmore sends the hats with hands to Furims ky, who letters them in his basement and brings them to Happy Valley. The hat was perfected when Fu rimsky changed its mechanics. He shortened and relocated the string that connects the hands so they clap better. "I have a sixth sense for knowing what people like," said Furimsky, who owns two businesses at the Seven Springs Mountairi Resort, near Som erset. In addition to being sold at the corner of Pugh and College on foot ball Saturdays, the clap hats are available exclusively at the All- American Rathskeller, 108 S. Pugh St., Furimsky said. Furimsky worked at the 'Skeller while attending the University. "That was always a happy and fun place and the hat is a fun thing, too. I thought I'd like the hats to be sold in the, 'Skeller," he said. r Mil MI 11111 1•11111111111111 MI INN IN MIN Mil Mil NMI MIMI 1111 MN 111•11•11 M INN 7EII Ell I WISE EYES I I 125 S. Fraser St.' State College i I I 315 W. High St. Bellefonte 1 I 1 with this ad I I I $l5 °r 20% I I , I , whichever saves you the most on any 1 I PRESCRIPTION EYE GLASSES at any I Wise Eyes location 1 1 I Offer expires Nov. 19, 1982 I ffill an In NM =I MINIUM Ma NMI MINI Mill Ili MN 111111111111111111 IMMO MEM =MINN lIMI MN la Student Foundation for the Performing Arts presents The Daily Collegian wants you! The Daily Collegian is expanding the depth of its cOverage by selecting and training 10 to 12 specialized reporters this term. The Collegian is conducting a special candidates school for non journalism majors who have a strong background in any non-liberal arts field, an ability to write and enthusiasm. We offer you the chance to learn to communicate an important skill in any field. We also offer you the opportunity to work with more than 200 other highly motivated student staff members and to learn to use ,a state of-the-art computerized word processing system. 126 Carnegie the C!le 865-1828 daily g Hd may have graduated 17 years ago, but Chuck Furimsky still has the Penn State spirit. You can catch him every football Saturday selling his clap hats at the corner of Pugh Street and East College Avenue. Science, Business, Law, Engineering, Human Development . . . LUNCH BAG LUNCH BAG LUNCH BAG , LUNCH X, co 0 FOOTBALL SPECIAL It. z. -.1 BAG LUNCH C C.D qct ca 2 , U , Z -.I Choice of: Italian, Turkey, Ham or Roast Beef Hoagies c Z 0 0 Q cc Plus: Potato Qhips and Tasty Kake Pie at the P.S.U. Mobile Food Unit (Parked in front of Shields Bldg.) Noon until Game Time r S.aturday, September 25, 1982 "tt 2 1 0 LUNCH BAG LUNCH BAG LUNCH BAG LUNCH If you are in any non4iberal arts field and are interested in reporting on the impdct those fields have on the community, come to 120 Carnegie Building, 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 28, with a blue examination book and writing samples. (For liberal arts majors or students interested in writing news, sports, arts or features for the Collegian, tests for candidates schools are held at the beginning of every term. Look for ads in the Collegian.) Any questions? Contact Phil Gutis, Collegian editor, or Sal Heffentreyer, news adviser, at 865- 1828. ian Photo by,Stavo Shaw Student funding still available, By ALECIA SWASY Collegian Staff Writer Because Congress overrode Presi dent Reagan's veto of a supplemental funding bill, the SEOG will be receiv- Although many University students ing additional money this year. The were affected by financial aid cuts, extra funds, available Winter Term, some who assumed they would lose will be used to enhance the awards of funding may have been misled by those who already have an SEOG, rumors that student aid is history, Brugel said. The office will be review- John Brugel, director of the Universi- ing students' applications to find un ty Office of Financial Aid, said. met needs, but no new grants will, be More than 7,000 University students issued. were affected by this year's student The Pell grant, previously named aid cuts, but help may be in sight for the Basic Educational Opportunity those already receiving Pell Grants Grant, will also receive additional and Supplemental Educational Op- funds under the supplemental fund portunity Grants. ing bill, said Doug Stormant of the The Men of Sigma Tau Gamma ProudlY Announce Their Fall Pledge Class Jeff Aber Ron Joslin Ron Carvalho George Lippet Mike Crum Ed Minchin Ed D'Angelo Drew Morgart Tom Forrest . Brian Moyer Bob Hagedus Mike,Newman Jeff Henderson Tom Olds Dave Hoover Greg Powers Bob Jones - _ -Mike Spence ken Warhola And Welcome Our Newest Initiates Dave Duvall Norm Kerr Mike Frantz Keith Henry =PUOMND - = 350 E. College Ave. PHONE 238-9300 k 349 E. Calder Way , This year, more single veterans were found ineligible, or are receiving reduced 'awards than `previous years.' Office of Student Financial Assis tance of the Department of Educa tion. The_University's office of financial denied their Pell grants or have had aid should receive a revised payment them cut, because those benefits are schedule, which is used to determine now considered a direct resource a student's eligibility in time for instead of income items, Brugel said. winter term. Brugel said. Some students receiving veteran's or Social Security benefits have been official says This year, more single veterans toughened its qualifications. were found ineligible ; or are receiv- The GSL needs test has .been re ing reduced awards than previous vised so that students whose family years, said Karen Sampsel, secretary income is less than $30,000 automat for the l'cll grant program for, the ically qualify for a loan, but students University. who exceed this amount have to dem- Students who rely on other finan- onstrate a need. cial aid programs such as National Many students misled themselves Direct Student Loans, work study and when they saw the family . income Guaranteed Student Loans, are start- limit, and automatically assumed ing to feel this year's cutbacks. they would be ineligible, Brugel said. The GSL program, which provides While some schools were slow in low-interest loans through private processing the GSLs because of Con lending agencies with the federal gress's delay in approving the needs government paying the interest while test in June, the University was able a student is attending school, has to cope, Brugel said. UNIVERSITY CALENDAR . SPECIAL EVENTS Friday-Sunday, September 24.26 Friday, September 24 Pass Fail. Sports: JV football vs. Nassau Community College, 2 p.m.; soccer vs. Cleveland State, 6:30 p.m. Geography Dept. Coffee Hour, 3:40 p.m., Room 319 Walker Bldg. David Kibler, civil engineering, on "Trickles to Torrents: Urbanization and Runoff." GSA films, Harold and Maude and The Graduate, 6 p.m.-1 a.m., Rooms 101 and 112 Chambers. Also Sept. 25 and 26. PSU Wargamers meeting, 6 p.m., Room 107 Sackett. Commonsplace Theatre, Arthur, 7 and 9 p.m., Room 112 'Kern. Also Sept. 25 and 26. Interlandia Folkdancing, 7:30 p.m., HUB Saturday, September 25 Pass-Fail. PSU Wargamers meeting, noon, Room 107 Sackett. Also Sept. 26. Sports: football vs. Nebraska, 3:45 p.m. • France-Cinema, Weir, Gallipoli, 7 and 9 p.m., Room 112 Kern. Also Sept 27. Sunday, September 26 Alliance Christian Fellowship meeting, 10:45 a.m., HUB Assembly Room. • Alpha Kappa Psi meeting, 7 p.m., Room 306 Boucke. The Daily Collegian Friday, Sept. 24, 1982-3
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