l'he Daily Collegian Monday, Aug. 29, 1983 Computerization: Pattee updates information access system By KIM BOWER Collegian Staff Writer Computers are making the card catalogs at Pattee Library a thing of the past. Suzanne Striedieck, chief of bib liographic services, said the Li brary Information Access System has been expanded to include com puter terminals that provide easy access to the library's main com puter system. The card catalog at Pattee has been compressed to make room I's:3r two computer terminals that were installed Friday, Striedieck said. More terminals will gradually be added to Pattee, the branch librar ies and to the Commonwealth cam puses during the semester. Any library user will be able to use the terminals, which make lo cating information much easier, she said. Use of the system is encouraged because the most com plete and current information is there, Striedieck said. Persons using the system are able to search for authors, subjects, and books by pressing function keys, rather than typing com mands. This makes the terminals easier to use. The computer matches the search term, and then shows citations and bibliographic records, and the status of specific books, Striedieck said. "It's quicker, it's more complete ill CLASSES BEGIN ....:.:::::....::::',...1.-M:1111E:PlATELY,•:::•.'.::-::.:.-. PREPARE FOR: MCAT • DTA • LSAT • GMAT • GRE SPEED READING • GRE PSYCH • GRE 810 • PCAT OCAT • VAT • MAT • SAT • TOEFL INSKP - NIB IP IP BP ECHIG -FLEX- VQE NDB II • NPB NLE Flexible Programs a Hours Join our classes now to prepare for Fall 'B3 exams. Call for details Days, Evenings, or Weekends. Sulte 320 N 444 E. College Ave. EDUCATKINAL CENTER State College, Pa. TEST PREPARATION SPECIALISTS SINCE lon 238.1423 16801 NROTCSCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS • COLLEGE PROGRAMS EDUCATION FOR NAVY AND MARINE CORPS information and much more up-to date," she said. Before this system was intro duced, a person may have had to go to the card catalog or to the Com puter Out Microfiche (COM), walk to the stacks and finally travel to lending services to find a book that may or may not have been in the library. The computer consolidates the entire process. `We hope that the students and faculty will be as enthusiastic about it as we are.' -Suzanne Striedieck, director of bibliographic services The COM, which will be kept as a backup for the computer system, was a bridge to prepare people for the terminals. The computer is more up-to-date because the COM is only produced every two months, she said.. The library stopped adding cards to the card catalog in January 1981 to begin the conversion to the new system. The card catalog will be retained until all the information in it is put in the new system. OFFICERS Brochures will be provided for students to help them learn how the system works. Instructions are also posted at the terminals, Striedieck said. A person using the system can direct their questions to staff assis tants or on-line help . The access system also contains an "Oops" command that allows users to inform the library of mis takes in the listings. The library has been working on the system since the mid-70s, Strie dieck said, but the public did not have access to it before now. "We're really excited about this because it's a key point in a long process. We hope that the students and faculty will be as enthusiastic about it as we are," Striedieck said. The system will continue to be enhanced in terms of the informa tion available to users, she said. For example, they may add a "key word access," which would list more books in a subject area. In the next year, it will be possible to find books that are on order through the system's acquisition system. The data base will also continue to expand, Striedieck said. "We will be demonstrating to students as part of our instructional program," she said. However, stu dents should not be nervous about using the system without instruc tion and they should not be afraid to ask questions, she said. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR QUALIFIED MEN AND WOMEN • TWO, THREE OR FOUR YEARS DIAL. . . 865-NAVY ARHS helps students find shelter By GAIL JOHNSON Collegian Staff Writer The Association of Residence Hall Students can help those hoping either to buy or sell dorm contracts. As one of its 'services to students, ARHS acts as a intermediary for buying and selling dorm contracts, said Jennifer Gould, vice-president of ARHS. By contacting the ARHS office, in 101 A HUB, students can obtain lists of other students who want to get,in or out of the dorms, she said. "This service is offered to students on a continuous basis," Gould said. Although up-to-date lists are always available at the office, she said, it is easier to buy and sell contracts at certain times of the year. The dorm contract service began as a response to a real student need, Gould said. She explained that the organiza tion provides a place for students to get information on who is buying and selling as well as how to gd about buying or selling a contract. To use the service, students must complete an informa- Charges filed against By K.L. KANE Collegian Staff Writer Charges filed against Stewart's Towing, RD 1, Bellefonte for alleged ly removing a legally parked car are expected to be received by District Attorney Robert Mix this morning, District Magistrate Clifford Yorks said. Before any legal action can contin ue, the charges must be approved by the District Attorney's office, Yorks said. The complaint charges that the service towed a legally parked car from a rented stall at the rear of 116 E. 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"" F ineclioauu.- ore tax- ,T.,..,4l'""r.vAtt POWER nlogv of tinn* /r„.„,,nce, many In gelence anti vg‘aim, life instruct __* l * w ' t lsion to Nun/POr intentives. • n u cl e ar prop candidates. vinfIGKANI, stun Managem`" A D PO WER. Art „A. NAv •k-, EQ . nro, or. 1 ae. _ „„G P hurg, , • • • , n 2 eitt OM* Applications must be submitt , _ p, .983. LA VIE 1984: 'A tradition growing with Penn State' tion card stating whether he or she is buying or selling a contract. All of these cards are kept on file at the ARHS office and are available to students using the service. Although ARHS makes the lists available, it does not handle any of the actual communication, Gould said. It Is up to the individual to get in contact with prospective buyers or sellers. "Quite a few students take advantage of this service," Gould said, which makes it a worthwhile project for ARHS "Matching up students who want to get in or out (of the dorms) is a service that many students benefit •by," said William Mulberger, manager of the Room Assignments Office. He added that students who buy dorm contracts are automatically placed in temporary housing. Gould said spaces in permanent housing that become available when a contract is sold are filled by those in temporary housing on a first come first serve basis. To take advantage of the ARHS contract service, Gould recommends stopping in at the ARHS office or calling 865- 9982. Alley. The stall is rented from United Federal Savings, 122 E. College Ave., by Maryann Lutz of Lewistown. Lutz, an employee at Bell of Penn sylvania, 224 S. Allen St., had left her car overnight on Aug. 20 in the rented stall. When Lutz returned the next day,. she found the car missing. The woman, with the aid of Bell manager J. C. Walck, notified the State . College Police Department which informed her that the car was towed to Stewart's after the service had received a call from a man claiming to be the property manager of United Federal Savings, Walck said Walck contacted Stewart's and was Beat the 11 % on TSA Tax Bite and IRA with VALIC's fixed annuity • Available as IRA or payroll deduction TSA for PSU employees • No sales charge • No current taxes on deposits or earnings • Principal and benefits guaranteed • Variable accounts also available (stock, bond and money market funds) For further information on the Fixed Account and current prospectuses on the Variable Accounts call: John Wolanski T. Bryant Mesick 238-0143 or 237-0586 CLICK! CLICK! LA VIE 1984 Stewart's Towing told that in order to retrieve the car, a fee of $4O would have to be paid. Walck refused to pay and proceeded to file a complaint with the State College police. When contacted, Herbert Stewart said a man named Steve Beahm had called his business and asked him to remove the car from the stall. Stew- , art also said the man was at the car al the time of the towing. Walck, a member of the board of directors at United Federal Savings, said no such call was made and nr_ one by the name of Steve Beahm is employed with the business. "It was a prank," Stewart said. ,UAUFICNITONS. Minimum BA/BS BEEN Stop by 20911U8 Dorm overflow: By GAIL JOHNSON Collegian Staff Writer An estimated 573 men and women are now living in temporary housing at the University, the manager of the Room Assignments Office said. William Mulberger said the figure is slightly higher than the average of 510 .students without permanent housing each fall. He said that it is difficult to determine the number of students who will be placed in tem porary housing each year. The Room Assignments Office must predict how many students are going to cancel out each year Fusion may ease energy dilemma By MARK WARRINGTON Collegian Staff Writer Fusion is the next big energy source of the future, an associate dean for research in the College of Engineering said in a lecture Satur day. Edward Klevans explained that fusion is the forced bonding of two atoms together to create energy. The bonding involves deuterium atoms that are isotopes of hydrogen and are plentiful in sea water, he said. Because no radioactive waste is produced, fusion is more attractive as an energy source, Klevans said. In sharp contrast, fission reactors, which are in wide use today, produce tons of radioactive waste each year. is. i --;- Reg. '1 39 ~, 41 , (4 e. slim !op ri... c o r_____ --_,___-----s1 NOWO N LY )k ° C> -..,>. ~, s o.,ußnh , 99. ' Bac. ~, ...., onati, •?bur,94., $ 1 9 :0 , --- 10 _.__„,,,, RUFFLES® Murphy's puts BRAND POTATO CHIPS the CRUNCH 8 OZ. PKG. on inflation! , . G.C. Murphy Co. ,131 S. Allen St. Mon. & Thum to 9, Tues., Wed. Fri. 9 to 7, Sat. 9 to 5:30 Temporary housing numbers higher than average prior. to the beginning of Fall Se- mester. If fewer students than are expected drop out„ the overflow must be placed in temporary hous ing, he said. "Every area but West Halls con tains people in temporary housing," Mulberger said. West Halls is not usually used for temporary housing because of the small number of study lounges available and because of the small size of the lounges, he said. However, because of the greater need for temporary housing this year, the Room Assignments Office is using lounges in Simmons and Although research in this field has been going on since the early 19505, "we would be kidding ourselves if we thought we could achieve fusion before 2020," he said. Klevans said one of the problems faced by researchers is that to reach a "break-even point" where the amount of energy that goes into the system is produced by the system, deuterium must be heated to a temperature of 100 million degrees on the Kelvin, the absolute temperature scale. Klevans said although heating something to the required temperature is possible, retaining it is "the hard part." Even if the reactor would stay at the high temperature, the deuterium will only fuse "one in every hundred collisions." One way to increase McElwain halls "These halls are not normally used since they already hold a high er percentage of students in small double and triple rooms," Mulberg er said. He added they will have first priority in clearing out tempo rary housing space for the same. reason. The numbers of students that can be housed in each lounge are deter mined according to size by the Room Assignments Office. The regular number of men to be temporarily housed in Beaver Hall study lounges is four. When the need for space increases, only two more students may be added to these lounges. In an emergency situation, up to 900 students could be placed in tem porary housing by utilizing study lounges in all dorm areas. A situa tion such as this, although it has occured in the past, is rare, Mul berger said. Those students who are placed in temporary housing could stay there for any amount of time. Mulberger said the number of permanent housing spaces that be come available depends on the num ber of students in permanent housing who drop out. efficiency and to raise energy output is to use a mixture of deuterium and tridium. Tridium is a radioactive substance that can be produced from lithium, a naturally occurring element, and is a "low biological hazard." Kle vans said scientists are working toward tridium deuterium reactors, but all fusion experiments now use deuterium-deuterium reactors. Several experimental fusion readtors exist and the most promising reactor is the Soviet-designed TOkamak reactors that the United States has been using since 1969. Klevans said although no machine has achieved scientific break- even, he expects that it will be achieved by 1986. Klevans said, the government has recently cut research funding to fusion research causing progress in this field to slow down. Fraternities advised to good relations IFC initiate at first By FELICIA ROSEN Collegian Staff Writer At the first Intrafraternity Council meeting held last night, outgoing adviser and Assistant Director of Student Activities, Melvyn Klein said the fraternities should take the initia tive to maintain peace with the bo rough, its citizens and the law. "I sense that this will be extremely important matter in the coming years," Klein said. In his closing address, Klein said that fraternities should do all they can to rid the system of the last vestiges of hazing. He also added that fraternity members should make ef forts to improve their grades. Taking over Klein's place as new Assistant Director of Student Activ ities and advisor to fraternities, soro rities and Colloquy is Gayle Beyer. Beyer's last position was held at Southeastern Missouri State Univer sity as Assistant Dean of Students. Beyer said as Assistant Dean she dealt mostly with fraternities, sorori ties, and student government organi zations. Beyer did her undergraduate stud ies at Indiana State University with a major in Public Relation which con sists of a major in Speech Commu nications and a minor in Journalism. Beyer also added that she is a mem ber of Delta Delta Delta sorority. "A lot of fraternities look at the IFC Council as just an enforcement body," said Beyer. "I think My main The f)aily Collegian Monday, Aug. 20, 1983-3 meeting goal is to have the Council be a voice for all fraternities and the meetings to be a sharing experience." "I would like the Council to provide more leadership development," she added. Another new 'member to the IFC Executive Board is Martin Sharpless, a fifth year Architecture major and a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity, located at 425 Locust Lane. The purpose of the Board of Control is to ensure that all the safety laws for fraternity houses and bylaws are enforced, explained Adam Levinson, IFC President. Bylaws include noise and litter viola tions, the mention of alcohol on party fliers and the charging of money at fraternity parties. Several fraternities charged stu dents for admission to parties over the summer. They will have hearings before a seven member board of the Control Committee for breaking a state law. On the subject of charging, Sharp less said, "Charging is completely illegal and should never happen." Also, a new tailgating area for student organizations has been set up off of Porter Road near the Universi ty's track stadium. Permits for these areas are required but that space is particularly reserved for that group. Permits can he completed up to a week in advance of the game, said Doug. Sinclair, Executive Vice Presi dent of the IFC.
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