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Planning weapon Jn budget war
The University;'is virtually at war. fusing the individual college and department
With the costs running the University -'plans. The process, to be started m October,
escalating, the slate Legislature becoming take about a year to become fully
stingier and students screaming that tuition , ,
must remain reasonable, administrators r If properly implemented, Jordan s plan
are preparing t&fight the war against the r/Will be both ongoing and specific, character
financial problems that could hamper the Misties that do not apply to the University s
University’s growth. .planning document Perspective on the
■ That’s why it3s such good news to see ’Bos.” „
-incoming University President Bryce Jor- - The “Perspective on the 80s sets the
•dan publicly reaffirm his commitment to I ‘goals for the University —quality, selectivi
: strategic planning and announce plans that -ty and flexibility - but does not specify how
: he believes will bitter prepare the Universi- these goals are to be met.
: tv fnr fha t fight 1- - Through his director of specific planning,
' Jordan said he Wants to establish a strate- ' Jordan and his staff will remain active in
gic planning process that would form realis- “ the University-wide planning process. Al
tic and specific; goals and missions for though their participation could endanger
each University unit the autonomy many administrators have
’ In charge of the planning process will be a > come to enjoy, it could also provide the
director of strategic planning, who will that comes from an office with
report directly tb Jordan and work with f University-wide goals in mind,
planning coordinators in each department % As financial constraints grow tighter
and campus ongoing planning and prioritizing
The director m create the format and snust take place. Jordan’s strong commit
tentative timetable for the strategic plan- :ment to that planning may just be the
ning by those coordinators. Then a Universi- .ammunition the University needs to fight
ty-wide strategic plan will be compiled back.
Cigarette tax wofth the smoke
Those who snlke in Pennsylvania could Included is a statewide registry program
actually help reduce the frightening effects ..that would keep tra ck °fcancer victims
nf ranoer % where they are located and the types oi
That is, if the general Assembly passes a cancer they have. This program could possi
bill to increase tile cigarette tax by V 2 cent bly help in identifying trends m cancer,
per pack. The Estimated $7 million that ■ The million would also f un d early
could be generated from the tax would fund de j ec y on aW areness programs and screen
cancer screening and education programs : and educational programs for medical
across the Commonwealth. - Dro f ess j ona i s . About 4,000 Pennsylvanians
A 5 c'ent-per-pack tax hike proposed by v eould'be saved each year by early detection
Senate President Pro Tern Henry Hager to cancer a ccording to the American Can
help finance th<? 1983-84 state budget has g “ accoru g
inspired the cancer control bill s sponsor
Rep. Kenneth Cole (D-Adams County) to
increase pressure to pass his bill. It has
previously been supported in the House, but
not in the Senate.
It’s about time the bill is passed
Pennsylvania’! position as the state with chances are that the tax increases, if
the lowest per <&pita spending for cancer paS sed, would not motivate most smokers to
control in the lotion is not something to the habit. However, the tax would give
brag about. Especially when about 26,000 ;f smokers a chance to provide a valuable
people each year die of cancer in Pennsyl- serv i C e to their families, neighbors and
vania. % themselves.
And the state department of Health has
already prepared a program to use the
funds if the Vz ofent-per-pack tax is imple
mented.
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atching rays could cause skirt diseases
Cigarettes have been pegged as a primary
cause of cancer, so it seems fitting that the
cancer control funding be extracted from
their sale.
A person buying a pack of cigarettes may
■ one day be saved by the services provided
V with that extra V 2 cent.
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By John Hargleroad 11, M.D.
Director, University Health Service
About this time every year, the lawns, roofs
and pool edges are crowded with men and women
in various states of dress or undress soaking up
the spring and summer sunshine. They are seek
ing that nice golden tan that compliments their
clothes and makes them look so alive and
healthy.
Healthy? Well yes, sunshine does help in the
production of vitamin D and the prevention of
rickets, but that’s not really a problem today.
Nope, our culture has decided that
cream complexions are out and tan is in. The
more the better” is the motto and that applies to
the tan, not the bathing suit.
The only trouble is that the tan at 20 is often
wrinkles and skin cancer at 40, and that’s not
pretty.
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It used to be that skin cancers were seen in
farmers and fisher-folk who spent their lifetimes
in the sun. Of course, the cancers then were seen
on the backs of the hands, neck and faces because
that is where old sol hit them.
Somewhere in the electromagnetic spectrum
between x-ray 9 and visible light lies the region of
ultraviolet radiaion. In general, the shorter the
wave length, the greater the energy or potential
energy. Fortunately, the ozone layer and atmo
sphere filter out the shorter, more dangerous
rays of the sun, so ultraviolet rays are the
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reader opinion
Be a columnist!
Don’t waste your summer.
While other students are lying in the sun and watch
ing the world go by, you could be expressing your
thoughts, observations and opinionfiabout Penn State,
State College and the world beyond^
We need talented, dedicated students to write colum
ns for The Daily Collegian’s editorial page. This is your
chance to have your work published hn one of the most
read pages in one of the nation’s tOp college newspa
pers. j'
But first you have to apply. >•
To do so, you’ll need an application which can be
picked up in the Collegian office, Carnegie. Sum
mer Session is short, so please submit your completed
application by Saturday, June 25. ;
Wouldn’t you rather have a column than a sunburn.
Paper degrees
Thursday’s editiorial on commeneifhent speakers con
tained some valid points, but the suggestion that Penn
State consider giving honoraTy degrefl* is not one of them.
The giving of honorary degrees td-.obtain commence
ment speakers debases the real degrees that the real
graduates “have worked toward for many years.” Honor
ary degrees are stunts performed otherwise respect
able schools to gain cheap publicity. This is clearly shown
by Seton Hall’s award to President ;Reagan, Temple s
award to Julius Erving, Harvard’s award to Lech Walesa,
shortest rays that strike'the earth’s surface in
any appreciable amount;?.
Ultraviolet radiation has both acute and long
term effects when it strikes the body. The acute
' effects are sunburn, drug-induced photo-sensitiv
ity and tanning. The long-term effects on skin are
dermatoses, basal and squamous cell carcinoma,
malignant melamona, altered immune respones,
lichenification or aging, and actinic keratoses.
Ultraviolet is also damaging to the retina of the
eye. ;
Even though these harmful effects are known
to occur, many people are going to be exposed to
the sun either voluntarily or of necessity. What
can be done? - .
Basic to a discussion of the sunburn reaction is
- an understanding of the MiE.D. (minimal erythe
ma dose). The M.E.D. isthe amount of ultravio
let energy required to produce a minimal
perceptable redness without pain on unprotected
For the average white person, this translates to
10 to 20 minutes of sunlight exposure, depending
on latitude, altitude, cloud cover, wind velocity
and other envirionmental factros. More sensitive
individuals (those of Celtic origin, blonds, red
heads, light colored eyes,or freckles) are known
to have much lower M.E.D.’s and are therefore
particularly susceptible damaging effect of
solar radiation. If the fr|?E.D. is exceeded, the
customary signs and symptoms of a burn (ede
ma, pain, blistering, etc.lfollow.
If however, exposure more limited, melimn
is mobilized in the cells of the skin and are
deposited in the epidermis, increasing the
MED. for that individual. This tanning process
takes three to seven da#; on average. Although
tanning gives some protection from burn, it
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The Dally'Collegian'
Monday/ June 20/ 1983
andlhe fact that Herbert Hoove* received more than 80
sucfi degrees in his lifetime.
Frankly, I’m proud that Penn State stands fast against
this movement to bombard every passing politician,
entertainer, sports player, robot or foreign union leader
with meaningless pieces of paper.
I’m all for better and more, varied commencement
speakers, but if they won’t cometyithout getting a piece of
pasT, then what they have to *ay probably isn’t worth
heading. v
Mat-fin B. Farley, graduate-geology
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No. 1 again
People have been saying hoW bad this year’s football
team is going to be and it makes me mad! I wrote this
poefa telling how I feel hoping that it would be printed in
The Daily Collegian because I’nisure other people might
feetthis way too. , , , ,
People are saying this year’s football squad will be bad,
Well frankly they’re making me'mad!
P{tt fans have been saying we've been in heaven, They
askfcd what will we do when we’re 4 and 7.
Nebraska fans say we’ll do jifet fine, but you can tell
revenge on their minds.
can’t beat us this year says Notre Dame. When the
Irish come, we’ll put them to shame.
lih all those other colleges to be seated, while our
Nafftmal Championship is repeated.
Trafcey Burkett, Mechanicsburg
June 10
does not protect from the other
changes previously mentioned.
. Sunglasses will give protection to the eyes, and
clothing gives protection to the skin. There are
also physical sunscreens that are opaque that can
be applied to the skin, such as titanium oxide,
- zinc oxide and ferric chloride. These are often
messy and unacceptable.
There are other colorless sunscreens that can
be applied that are more acceptable. These are
Chemicals that absorb ultraviolet rays, and they
protect the skin. The most widely used chemical
‘ sunscreen contains para-aminobenzoic acid
' (PABA), PABA esters and benzophenones, but
■ more than 21 chemicals ha’Ve been approved by
ItheFDA. : .•
These products are manufactured by a variety
■£j)f companies, each with its own trade name.
They do have something in common, and that is a
•SPF number.
% SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor, and is a
measure of the effectiveness of the product.
'Simply put, the SPF is the number of times
"longer it takes to produce a sunburn when you are
wearing a sunscreen than it does when you are
not wearing one. For example, Pre Sun 8 alloWs
the user to stay in the sun eight times longer than
he or she normally could without protection.
- Aspirin or Indocin taken an hour before expo
sure may help prevent acute sunburn. If sunburn
occur, there are somChome remedies that
';<may give relief. Three tablespoons of white
Wvinegar in a quart of ice witer can be used as a
for 20 minutes at&time. Cold milk can
'■■?also be used. Between applications and for over
-Hdight, two parts calamine Btion mixed with one
'Sart peanut oil is helpful. Tinnic acid sprays, or
jellies are available at pharmacies.
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Fighting Reagan's holy wars
By Philip J. Vllardo, 6th torelgn service
Almost daily we read articles or hear news
reports debating about the conflict in Central
America. Our government is constantly pointing
to the “Marxist threat” in Nicaragua, El Salva
dor, Granada and other Central American states.
Reagan condemns the Soviet-Cuban-Nicaraguan
axis for “fomenting revolution” in the region.
In reality though, all of this debate about
Marxism and subversion is only a ploy to distract
our attention from the central issues. The real
issues are the abject poverty confronting Central
America, a poverty that has not been cured
during years of military-free market regimes,
and unwanted U.S. military intervention into the
internal affairs of each Central American state.
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The people of Central America need economic
reform. They need a better distribution of their
wealth and resources, better and more available
medical care, more education, more economic
assistance and less military aid and spending.
In other words, they need change, and that is
exactly what the United States opposes. Reagan
tries to divert attention from the real issue of
poverty and talks instead of the “spread of
communism.” Reagan avoids the issue of eco
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nomic reform and instead offers the repressive
military rulers more military aid. He screams
about the need for democracy, yet he supported
elections that included only the right half of the
political spectrum.
The United States is contributing daily to the
suffering of Central Americans by supporting
wealthy status quo elements and by waging a war
against the reform-minded 'people of Central
America. The poor of Central America support a
socialist form of economic development because
the free market path has failed to produce
results.
In a land where the wealth and resources are
controlled by a rich elite and foreign multi-na
tionals, it is only commonsense for workers and
peasants to want a socialist form of government.
Unfortunately, Reagan wants to destroy these
progressive people because Americans naively
believe that all leftists are Russian controlled.
Because many poor Central Americans have
chosen to fight for the socialist choice denied to
them, they are being oppressed by Reagan and
his. military machine. More and more U.S. aid
and forces are going to Central America in order
to impose our free market economy on these
people. Soon U.S. combat troops will be sent
because of an unwillingness on the part of Salva
dorian troops to fight anymore.
Reagan is so rabidly anti-communist that he is
willing to arm murderers Ike the Somocistas, the
corrupt Salvadorian military, and the dictators
in Guatamala regardless of their human rights
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records and their stands on democracy. The
United States has “loaned” helicopters and jets
to El Salvador, complete with U.S. pilots. Reagan
has the U.S. Salvadorian advisers running the
civil war by making up the battle plans and
giving the orders, and he has increased our
military presence in neighboring states.
It is only a matter of time before U.S. troops go
to Central America to fight Reagan's holy war.
Perhaps soon after he wins the next election, you
will get your papers ordering you to kill your
Central American brothers.
The question is not whether there is a “Marxist
threat” in the region (whether El Salvador
choses a socialist or a capitalist economic system
is none of our business). The question is, why is
our military in the region at all? Reagan s real
reason for the war must be to impose our free
market system (read economic exploitation) on
the people of Central America. We must stop
Reagan’s escalation of the war before we fall into
another Viet Nam war.
For those concerned about the U.S. war against
Central America there will be a national demon
stration in Washington, D.C. on July 2. The
demonstration is being coordinated locally by
John Black and 1199 P of the National Union of
Hospital and Health Care Workers. They are
sponsoring round trip bus tickets for $l5.
If you are concerned with peace and justice in
Central America, please come out on July 2 and
show your opposition to Reagan’s militarism.
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