B—The Daily Collegian Friday, Dec. 17, 1982
Video games may cause
interference of fire alerts
MILFORD, Del. (AP) A video
game arcade is being blamed for
blocking some fire alerts here, and
the city manager said yesterday he
will take the complaint to the Federal
Communications Commission.
The FCC said the situation, if it is
caused by video games, may get
worse after Christmas.
Two video games were taken from
the firehouse a month ago after fire
officials decided the games were
causing radio interference, said
Glenn A. Gillespie, ambulance cap
tain for the Carlisle Fire Co.
"Home alerts in the firefighter's
homes weren't going off because the
games were interfering. When we
unplugged the games or turned them
off, we didn't have interference with
our signals," he said.
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"There was also interference with
mobile units in fire trucks if they
were near a video game," he said.
"They had trouble receiving or trans
mitting."
But now, interference apparently is
being caused by a video game arcade
located in a shopping center directly
behind the firehouse.
Gillespie said the interference has
caused no major problems in fighting
fires so far.
Ennis C. Coleman, engineer in
charge of the FCC's Philadelphia
office, said his office has handled
about 100 complaints in the last six
months, including a similar situation
involving a fire company in a small
Pennsylvania town north of Norris
town, Montgomery County.
One-third of runners liable to injuries
By BRENDA C. COLEMAN
Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO More than a third of the recre
ational runners who log at least six miles a week
are liable to injuries, about half of which are
severe enough to send sufferers in search of
medical attention, researchers say.
The typical runner faces about a 1-in-6 chance
of having knee problems, a 1-in-10 chance of foot
problems and a 1-in-20 chance of ankle or shin
problems in any given month, said the study,
which was published in the Dec. 17 issue of the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
The incidence of other injuries was somewhat
less, but it was significant in problems of the
back, hips, calves, Achilles tendons and quadri
ceps (thigh muscles), researchers said.
Also considered were injuries from outside
hazards encountered while running -L including
bites from dogs, collisions with vehicles and
most frequent of these hazards being struck by
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"Using a self-definition of injury that was
associated with at least a slowing or reduction of
weekly mileage, we found that more than a third
of runners experienced such injuries during a
year," said the researchers, led by Dr. Jeffery P.
Koplan of the Centers for Disease Control in
Atlanta, Ga.
Thirteen percent of male runners and 17 per
cent of female runners are likely to seek medical
attention for their problems during any given
year, Koplan and his colleagues found.
The conclusions of the five-member group,
which studied data on 1,521 runners, stem from
data gathered in June 1981. Researchers took a
random sampling from about 25,000 entrants in
the previous summer's 6.2 mile Peachtree Road
Race in Atlanta.
In a telephone interview from Atlanta, Koplan
emphasized that the "typic.4l" runner is difficult
to define, and that the Peachtree Road Race was
as .broad a cross section as the researchers
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authors are runners, with varying levels of profi
ciency.
Knowing that running poses risks "doesn't -
mean you have to stop," Koplan said. The point of
the study was to quantify running -associated
risks so that runners can gauge the value of the
activity for themselves, he said.
"Runners should consider the trade-offs inher
ent in increasing or decreasing their weekly
mileage," the researchers concluded.
But the team also noted higher weekly mileage
was associated with at least two immediate
benefits greater weight loss in runners who
were overweight, and, among men, a greater
number who quit smoking.
The group also noted that many other benefits
have been attributed to running, including im
proved cardiovascular fitness and improved
mental health. An experiment with chimpanzees
has shown exercise to reduce coronoary atheros
clerosis, a form of hardening of the arteries.
collegian notes
• The Speech Communications department will • The Recreation and Parks Society will have a from 7:30 to 11:30 tonight in the HUB Ballroom.
present "Non-standard Questions in Korean" by Christmas party at 8 tonight at Phi Mu Delta Everyone is welcome and no experience is nec-
Suk-Jin Chang at 9:30 this morning in 223 Buckley. , fraternity, 500 S. Allen Street. Tickets are available essary .
The public is invited. in 267 Rec Hall or at the door. The public is invited .
• The deadline for graduate student health in
surance applications is 5 this afternoon. Applica
tions can be turned in at 305 Kern.
e Kalliope, Penn State's literary magazine, is
now accepting literary and art pieces for publica
tion. Work can be submitted to the magazine's
mailboxes at the HUB Desk, 424 Burrowes Build
ing, Schlow Memorial Library, 100 E. Beaver Ave.,
or the Student Book Store, 330 E. College Ave. Call
Mark at 234-8467 for more informaton.
• WDFM will feature Ted Nugent on Metal Wind
• The Interfraternity Council Dance Marathon from 9to midnight tonight
Committee is now accepting dancer applications
The applications can be picked up in 203-B HUB
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1983 Housing and Food Service Contract Cards and related information in their
mailboxes on Monday, January 10, 1983. Residents are also reminded to bring
$45.00 back to campus when they return 'to the University . Park Campus in January
1983, for submission with their Agreement Form to the Bursar by Tuesday,
February 1, 1983.
ALL OTHER STUDENTS
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• Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship will hold a
Bible teaching and prayer session at 7:30 tonight in
the Eisenhower Chapel Memorial Lounge.
• Students for Reproductive ,Rights will hold a
pro-choice party at 9 tonight at 241 S. Barnard St.
• "A Decade of Collecting: A Survey of the
Museum's Collection" will be on display through
Dec. 22 at the Museum of Art on campus.
• The Interiandia Folkdancing Society will meet
• The Badminton Club will meet from noon to 2
Sunday afternoon in 126 White Building.
• The School of Music will present its annual
Christmas concert at 3 Sunday afternoon in Schwab
Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the
public.
• Yachad, Penn State Friends of Israel, will
meet at 7:30 Sunday night in 212 HUB to discuss "A
Topic From the History of Zionism."
• The Physical Education department's Sunday
downhill ski class has been canceled. Make-ups will
be scheduled when classes resume in January.
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• University Police Services dis
covered Wednesday that unidentified
people had cut off the top of a pine
tree at the south end of the baseball
field near Beaver Stadium. The value
of the tree is estimated at $9O, police
said.
• Robert Snyder, an employee of
McLanahan's, 611 University Drive,
told the State College Police Depart
ment on Wednesday that they had
received a forged $95 check. Police
said a suspect was apprehended.
• Thomas Cates, 219 Beam, told
State College police Wednesday that
record albums were missing from the
trunk of his car -while parked in
Ferguson Alley on Dec. 4. The value
$1.50
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of the albums is estimated at $BOO,
police said.
• Janet Kauffman, 202 Wolf, told
State College police Wednesday that
her coat was missing from Phi Kappa
Tau fraternity, 408 E. Fairmount
Ave., last Saturday night. The value
of the coat is estimated at $l5O, police
said.
• Davies Bahr, physical education
instructor, 105 A White Building, told
University police Wednesday that
three watches were missing from the
Lost and Found in 15 White Building.
The value of the watches is unknown,
police said.
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