2—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Feb. 9, 1984
Earthly woes:
Prof says more man/environment relationship studies neede.
By BEVERLY M. PAYTON
Collegian Staff Writer
One area of science that deserves
More consideration is the study of
Man's relationship to his environ
ment, the dean of the College of Earth
and Mineral Sciences told journalism
graduate students Tuesday.
"There are going to be horror sto
ries in the news, monthly," Charles
L. Hosler Jr. predicted, unless more
serious attention is focused on the
area ,of global geo-chemistry.
Hosier said this entails such famil
iar environmental concerns as the
ozone layer, the "greenhouse effect,"
groundwater contamination, and Red
Tide.
PSU desegregation may get more funds
By GAIL JOHNSON
Collegian Staff Writer
Harold Levy, the University's acting affirmative
action officer, yesterday said he hopes a new
committee to monitor the state's desegregation
plan in higher education will recommend an in
crease in funds for the University's desegregation
programs.
Gov. Dick Thornburgh recently appointed the
seven-member advisory panel to monitor the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania . Plan for Equal Oppor
tunity in the State-Supported Institutions of Higher
Education.
He said the panel itself is part of the plan and was
included "to help insure that a high quality college
education is available to all Pennsylvanians."
"Basically, I think it's a good idea in terms of
monitoring progress of state's desgregation plan,"
Levy said. "And it's a good idea to oversee the
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For example, Hosler said every
year there is a 2 percent increase of
methane in the atmosphere. Meth
ane, a component of natural gas,
results from the decomposition of
organic matter in marshes and mines
or from the carbonization of coal.
Methane reacts photochemically with
oxygen to produce ozone, he said.
The chief contributers to the ozone
content of the atmosphere include
cows, termites and the anaerobic
bacteria involved in rice culture,
Hosler said.
Another environmental concern,.
Hosier said, is the destruction of
tropical rain forests, which increases
the carbon dioxide content in the
atmosphere.
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He added that Penn State needs more money to
carry out the programs outlined in the desegrega
tion plan, and that he hopes the committee will go
back to the governor with a recommendation to
increase funds for the University.
One of the committee's functions, according to a
prepared statement from the governor's press
office, will be to review proposals designed to assist
all 32 institutions in desegregation efforts and
expenditures.
Also, the committee will review all reports,
including annual progress reports, on desegrega
tion plans before they are submitted to the U.S.
Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, the
statement said.
A third committee function will be to provide
guidance on such issues as cooperative agreements
between institutions.
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However, Hosier said sometimes
there is undeserved public ' outcry
over environmental issues that are
riot really problems. As an example
he cited public opposition to the incin
eration of toxic substances at sea.
The by-product carbon dioxide,
water and hydrochloric acid is
relatively harmless compared to the
alternatives of dumping the raw toxic
chemicals into the sea or burying
them in landfills and risking the pos
sibility of groundwater contami
nation, he said. While hydrochloric
acid is a toxin, Hosler said the ocean
is alkaline and neutralizes the acid.
Discussing the interdependence of
science and politics, Hosier said that
in his capacity as dean, he had to be a
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political advocate for the College of
Earth and Mineral Sciences which
receives two-thirds of its support
from government and industry.
"You think of the scientist working
quietly in his lab, hoping someone
will appreciate the wonderful things
he's doing, but it doesn't work out
that way," he said.
The college raises about $l3 million
a year. Hosier said he must insure
that research programs are support
ed at the congressional level.
"There must be thousands of pro
fessors lobbying in Washington every
day," he said. "The ivory tower is
very heavily involved in the estab
lishment."
Supported Institutions of Higher Education was
designed by the Thornburgh administration to
increase opportunities for higher education for
minorities in the state, concentrating specifically
on improving the environment at Cheyney Univer
sity and Lincoln University.
The committee will meet periodically during the
plan's five-year implementation period that began
this month. '
Committee members include: Michael A. Davis
of Havertown, a member of the law firm of Blank,
Rome, Comisky and McCauley, of Philadelphia and
former general counsel of the state Department of
Education; William H. Duncan of Lancaster, presi
dent emeritus of Millersville University of Pennsyl
vania; David E. Epperson of Pittsburgh, dean of
the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work;
Elizabeth J. Haper of Pittsburgh, regional office
manager of American Micrographics of Monroe
ville and member of the State Board of Education.
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Advisory group formed
for COG police study
By TERI WELLS
Collegian Staff Writer
The Centre Region Council of
Governments' (COG) public serv
ices committee has formed an ad
hoc technical advisory committee
to offer suggestions on a study of
police services in the area.
COG last month authorized Ste
phen D. Mastrofski, a University
assistant, professor of administra
tion of justice, to administer the
$4,300 study. The study will deter
mine the feasibility of a central
ized police force in the Centre
Region.
The ad hoc technical committee,
formed at the public services
meeting on Feb. 1, will advise
Mastrofski and the public services
committee on the technical details
of the study.
These details include the devel
opment of plans and methods for
conducting the study, presented
from a professional viewpoint,
Mastrofski said.
"The members of the technical
committee represent every juris
diction in the Centre Region, and
have the administrative knowl
edge and background to make the
planning stages in the police study
realistic and meaningful," he
said.
"It is important that the admin
istrators of the jurisdictions which
would be .affected by a change in
police services take part in the
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planning stages because they
would have to implement any
change if one should occur."
Mastrofski said he will meet
with members of the technical
committee this week to obtain
more information about the indi
vidual jurisdictions he will be
studying.
Mastrofski has prepared two
background reports in an attempt
to develop the criteria and strate
gies on which the study will be
based, he said.
"The criteria focus on the ques
tions of 'what does police perfor
mance mean?' and 'what do you
expect the centralization study to
produce,' " Mastrofski said.
Elliot Abrams, COG public serv
ices committee chairman, said
yesterday the committee is still in
the process of outlining the proce
dures for structuring the police
study.
COG is approaching the study
with no inclination to favor or
disfavor a centralized police force,
he said. The public services com-.
mittee will again discuss proce
dures for the study at its meeting
March 7.
Mastrofski said the term "re
gional police force" should not be
applied to the study because the
primary emphasis of his research
will be to see what police services
are most effective in Centre Coun
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By TIM EYSTER
and ALICE RUDOLPH
• Collegian Staff Writers
Tenants,of the former Laiirel Glen
apartments now Heritage O,aks
: and Pennwood North will soon
receive payment on security deposits
lost when the complex went bankrupt
in 1980, according to the attorney and
dispersing agent for the deposits.
. Michael Day yesterday said a total
of $50,156.82 will be paid to the ten
ants, "As soon as I can possibly get
the checks signed and the envelopes
• stuffed and stamped."
Claims were made in excess of $65,-
000, Day said. The amount to be paid
to former tenants is less than the
amount claimed because some ten
: ants who occupied the apartments
before the bankruptcy filed for
: claims and could not receive any
, payments. He said these occupants
• should have filed a claim with the
district magistrate before the bank
: ruptcy was filed.
Once the additional claims were
taken off and adjustments made for
• those who claimed more than their
: share of the deposits, the $50,000
figure was determined.
• Although a total of $101,820 in secu
rity deposits was owed to people when
the incident occurred, Day said not
all tenants filed claims for their share
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receive full payments because they
were not University students, were
not on the property management
corporation lists or could not be lo
cated, Charlene Harrison, director
for off-campus programs in Student
Services, said yesterday.
More than $13,000 had to be sub
tracted from the $101,820 originally
lost because of unpaid rent and dam
agds, Harrison said.
Also, Harrison said the tenants
could have filed for double damages,
but this action did not seem feasible.
"Tenants could have filed for dou
ble damages, but it appeared as if
that was not a worthwhile expendi
ture 'of time or money," Harrison /
said.
The, problem with Laurel Glen se
curity deposits began in 1976 when
former, owner Stanley Melnick filed
for bankruptcy.
Melnick had contributed $40,000 to
help recover the amount due, Day
said. No additional funds were avail
able because of the extensive liens on
Melnick's assets by his creditors.
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Federal bankruptcy laws allowed
Melnick to continue operating the ,
complex until the end of 1980. Melnick
had deposited $300,000 in a secured
escrow account to prove to the court
he was not spending all the rent
money he was collecting.
Melnick also should have had an
additional escrow account for the
security deposits but he did not.
When filing for bankruptcy, Mel
nick told bankruptcy judge Thomas
Wood that $40,000 was enough money
to refund the security deposits.
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However, Property Management
Inc., the firm that later managed the
property for Rochester Savings Bank
and the Home Savings Bank of up
state New York, holders of the mort
gage, said the figure was closer , to
$lOl,OOO.
In May 1980, Wood agreed the for
mer tenants were due $40,000 from
the escrow fund but Home Savings
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the $300,000 in the secured account
should be used to• pay Melnick's
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4 University experiments get
free ride on June 4 shuttle
By T.J. MARTIN
Collegian Staff Writer
With the help of General Electric
Co., four experiments developed by
University undergraduates will enter
space on June 4 aboard STS-41D, the
maiden voyage of the space shuttle
Discovery
The University's involvement in
the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration's Get Away Special
(GAS) program began in December,
1981, when the GE Space Division in
Valley Forge donated the launch
services of a 2.5 cubic foot canister
with a 100-pound payload capacity to
the University. GE had purchased the
launch services from NASA for $5,-
000, Mike Thames, associate payload
manager, said.
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In addition to the launch services,
GE also donated the use of its satel
lite testing facilities to help ensure
the success of the experiments and to
make sure the canister containing the
experiments meets NASA shuttle
payload standards, according to a
University prepared statement.
The first experiment, designed and
built by Mark Kedzierski, (graduate
mechanical engineering) will show
the amount of heat transferred by
convection, Thames said. Because
convection is dependent on gravity, it
will not occur in space. By perform
ing a similar experiment on earth,
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during altitude and positioning ma
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and also photograph the motion of
this liquid, Thames said.
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