2—The Daily Collegian Thursday, April 5, 1984
Video games create computer wiz-kids
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Children play their way to understanding programming principles, formal logic
By MEGAN O'MATZ to five children between the ages of Daniel Katkin, Andrew's father amount of hand and eye coordina-
Collegian Staff Writer six and 10. and a University professor of hu- tion activity is tremendous," Pe
man development, said working tromgelli said. "This is very
with computers is a good form of important, especially for younger
learning for children.children. Playing video games also
"In order to write a program the helps people who are recovering
child has to dream up a complex from accidents in which their motor
task, figure out the component parts coordination has been impaired."
and put them in some logical or- • Susan McHale, a University pro
der," Katkin said. "This is a valu- fesSor of individual and family stud
able thinking skill that involves ies, said children learn hand and
formal logic, reasoning and prob- eye coordination by doing such
lem solving. The key to developing a tasks as pressing buttons while
child's interest is to let the child looking at the screen.
choose what he is working on. You "They learn to respond quickly,"
capture the creative urge that way, McHale said. "They learn what the
which is something they value." different stimuli mean and how they
In addition to furthering a child's should respond."
interest in computers, video games Although ,playing video games
have a more direct effect in helping may be a good learning experience,
children develop hand and eye coor- it can also have a negative influence
dination. on the child if it is not supervised
"In playing video games the correctly, Petromgelli said.
Playing home video games is a
valuable learning tool in helping
children prepare for the computer
age, a consumer affairs specialist
for the Mattel Corp. said Tuesday.
Randolph Petromgelli said,
"When a child plays video games he
or she has to analyze the situation
and give input to the computer after
which the child sees the results of
his efforts on the screen. It is natu
ral, therefore, for the child to think
about how the computer operates."
An example of how video games
are a natural introduction to com
puters is provided by 12-year-old
Andrew Katkin of 620 E. Foster
Ave. Katkin developed his interest
in computers after he began playing
video games two years ago. He now
gives computer lessons in his home
USG program to answer students' legal concerns
By MARK DIANTONIO
Collegian Staff Writer
Students can have their legal questions an
swered and meet police officers in a friendly
atmosphere at an Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment-sponsored program from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. today and tomorrow in . the HUB Gallery.
USG police services committee chairman Jim
McNally said several qualified representatives
from various organizations will be available to
answer students' questions about apartment
leases, drunken driving laws or problems with
local authorities.
Those representatives will be from the Associa
tion of Residence Halls Students, the Organiza
tion for Town Independent Students, USG legal
affairs department, University Police Services,
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"After I had played video games
for awhile I went to Island Technol
ogy (119 N. Butts St.) and started
taking ' computer lessons. Then I
convinced Dad to buy a computer,"
Katkin said. "I started giving les
sons a little while ago. I found that it
was fun and I could make some
money doing it."
During the hour-long sessions,
Katkin usually allocates about 15
minutes for his students to play
video games, which he believes are
beneficial for them.
In explaining the benefits of play
ing a video game similar to Aster
oids, Katkin said, "They (his
students) have to calculate how fast
the ship is going and figure out when
to press the keys. It allows them to
become familiar with the keyboard
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at Rockview, McNally said. Dog McGruff, the
Crimewatch mascot, will also participate in the
program, he said.
Students attending the programs can ask ques
tions and pick up pamphlets explaining legal
issues or procedures to follow in case of a
discrepancy, McNally said.
He said a slide show and a demonstration of a
breathalyzer test may be included in the pro
gram today.
The program should expose students to the
various legal services available' to them at the
University and help direct students with ques
tions to someone who can help them, North Halls
senator Kate Cooney said.
Cooney said making students aware of the
services offered "will give students a better idea
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McNally said the program is, also aimed at
creating a greater awareness of current legal
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police officers among students.
"The police want students to know that they
are here to help the students, not to hinder
them," he said.
Cooney said program organizers expect a large
response from students who have questions about
the legal language of their apartment leases or
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Fraternity is rechartered
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity was
rechartered last weekend during a
gathering in the Nittany Lion Inn, the
fraternity president said yesterday.
Randy Shafritz said the fraternity
was presented with its charter during
the gathering of fraternity members,
alumni, national fraternity members
and parents.
The fraternity, which was original
ly chartered on Dec. 17, 1947, left the
University in 1978 when the national
fraternity pulled the chapter because
of low membership. However, the
University did not pull the fraterni
ty's charter, Shafritz said.
The fraternity was officially recog
nized by the Interfraternity Council
last semester after it fulfilled mem
bership requirements and completed
a one-year probationary period.
Program to give
A program to help students in the
College of Business Administration
make decisions concerning their ca
reers-will be held this afternoon in the
HUB.
"Insight 'B4" is a program in which
University alumni hold panel dis
cussions with students on topics con
cerning business careers such as
course scheduling and interviewing
tips. They also talk about the compa
nies they work for, Lori Lindenberg,
chairwoman of the program, said.
"I don't think the students can get
this (information) anywhere else,"
Lindenberg (senior-marketing) said.
Bicycles to be auctioned
The University Department of Pur- About 25 unclaimed bicycles will be
chasing is sponsoring an auction Sat- for sale to the highest bidder. Inter
urday, April 7, at noon, in the salvage ested students are encouraged to
warehouse on Bigler Road behind the participate in the auction.
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Alpha Epsilon Pi now has a mem
bership of 40 brothers, 11 pledges, 16
little sisters and five little sister
pledges, Shafritz said.
Nationally, the fraternity is Jewish,
he said.
"(Alpha Epsilon Pi) is predomi
nantly a Jewish fraternity, but our
membership is not 100 percent Jew
ish," Shafritz said.
The fraternity, which is now lo
cated in Park Hill Apartments, will '
relocate during the Fall Semester to
321 E. Fairmount Avenue, the house
formerly occupied by Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity, he said.
Alpha Epsilon Pi is also planning a
philanthropy for next fall and will I
become more involved with the IFC's
Dance Marathon in the future, Shaf
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'insight'
The program will include panel
discussions representing the eight
majors offered by the college, Lin
denberg said. Each panel will be
made up of alumni who graduated
from and worked in that major and
are members of the College of Busi
ness Administration Board of Direc
tors.
The discussions will last an hour,
with each panel member speaking for
10 to 12 minutes, Lindenberg said.
Three sessions and an open house
are scheduled beginning at 1 this.
afternoon, she said.
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Democracies have to defend
against terrorism, Shultz says
By R. GREGORY NOKES
AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary
of State George P. Shultz said Tues
day the United States and its allies
must engage in an "active defense"
against state-sponsored terrorism,
which he called "a weapon of uncon
ventional war against democratic
societies."
He suggested that procedures
should be adopted for striking first at
, terrorist groups before they can
mount their attacks.
He singled out Iran, Syria, Libya
and North Korea as nations most
involved in terrorist activities that
take advantage of the openness of
democratic nations.
He said the terrorist threat is
mounting and that a passive strategy
House subcommittee approves bill
to allow prayer groups 'equal access'
By MARGARET SCHERF
AssoCiated Press Writer
WASHINGTON Legislation ap
proved yesterday by a House sub
committee would require public high
schools to give student religious
groups the same privileges to meet on
school premises as other voluntary
student groups.
The so-called equal access bill was
approved on a voice vote by the
House Education and Labor subcom
mittee on elementary, secondary and
QUALITY AND LOW PRICE
that relies on security precautions
and intelligence gathering is insuffi
cent to provide protection.
"We have no choice . . . but to
address ourselves boldly to the chal
lenge of terrorism," Shultz said in a.
speech prepared for the Trilateral,
Commission, which is meeting in
Washington. "State sponsored terror-,
ism is really a form of warfare."
Shultz has for some months been
promising recommendations on ways
of combatting terrorism, but he
didn't offer any in his , prepared re
marks.
But he said the need to combat
terroism raises "a host of questions
fora free society." Among them, he
said, are in what circumstances and
in what way should nations respond to
terrorism.
Also, he said, "When and how
vocational education. The measure
goes to the full committee.
Under the bill, public secondary
schools could not prohibit student
religious groups from meeting volun
tarily in school facilities during non
instructional hours if other student
groups are permitted to do so.
Violations would be penalized by a
cutoff of federal aid funds to the state
or local educational agency with ju
risdiction over the non-complying
schools.
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should we take preventive or preemp
tive action against known terrorist
groups? What evidence do we insist
upon before taking such steps?"
He,said "it is more and more appro
priate that the nations of the West
face up to the need for active defenses
against terrorism."
Shultz also was critical of members
of Congress and others who he said
question the use of American military
power in pursuit of what he called
worthwhile diplomatic objectives,
such as in Lebanon and Central
America.
He added that the real question in
Central America is not whether the
United States believes in military
solutions, but whether the United
States has "a moral right to try to
stop" those who try to impose Marx
ist solutions by force.
bidden to sponsor the religious meet
ings, and a teacher could be present
only as a monitor:
The subcommittee adopted an
amendment proposed by Rep. Gary
L. Ackerman, D-N.Y., that would
prevent any teacher or other school
employee from being forced to attend
a religious meeting if the content is
contrary to, the employee's religious
beliefs.
But the panel rejected many other
amendments offered by Ackerman,
an opponent of the bill.
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India:
Sikh terrorism continues to escalate in northern region
By VICTORIA GRAHAM
Associated Press Writer
CHANDIGARH, India Police arrested about 300
people yesterday during a general strike to protest
growing violence in northern India, and a Sikh terrorist
group threatened to kill a politician a day until its
demands were met.
A homemade bomb was tossed into a crowd near the
town of Moga, 190 miles northwest of New Delhi in
Punjab state, police in Chandigarh said. Five people
were seriously wounded, the police said, blaming the
attack on Sikh terrorists.
The government declared Chandigarh, joint capital
of violence-torn Punjab and Haryana states, a "dis
turbed region." The declaration empowers police to
shoot lawbreakers on sight and to make searches and
arrests without warrants.
In Parliament, the opposition demanded that Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi's government step down for
failing to curb Sikh terrorism that has claimed more
than 125 lives in two months.
Militant Sikhs are waging a campaign for greater
religious and political autonomy in Punjab state, about
150 miles northwest of New Delhi. While a minority in
Hindu-dominated India,
,they are the majority in Pun
jab.
Sikh attacks on Hindus and government officials
have prompted some retaliatory attacks, and several
Parliament deputies said during debate that they
feared widespread rioting if the terrorism is not
quelled.
More than 350 people have been assassinated in Sikh
dominated Punjab - in the last three years. According to
the government, Amritsar's historic Golden Temple
seat of the Sikh faith is being used as an arsenal and
a sanctuary for fugitives.
The Dashmesh Regiment, a little-known Sikh terror
ist group, said in a letter to a newspaper in Punjab
state that it would murder one political figure a day
until the government 'lifts a ban on a radical Sikh
student organization.
The terrorist group has claimed responsibility for
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assassinating two Hindu politicians and one moderate
Sikh leader in the past seven days.
Authorities outlawed the All-India Sikh Students
Federation last month, charging that it advocated
separatism and fanned tensions between Hindus and
Sikhs.
The general strike, called by the right-wing Indian
People's Party, shut markets, businesses and factories
in New Delhi, the Jammu region and the states of
Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
In the Indian capital, hundreds of strikers hurled
rocks and damaged several city buses. Police used
metal-tipped bamboo staves to scatter crowds that
attempted to set buses on fire. A post office was
ransacked.
Police said about 300 people were arrested, including
about 200 activists of opposition parties charged with
violating a ban on public gatherings of more than four
people.
Essential services, banks, schools and government
offices remained open.
During the strike, paramilitary troops patrolled the
streets of Panipat, Karnal and other towns in Haryana
state, which borders both Punjab and New Delhi.
Police in Haryana and Punjab also have "shoot-to-kill"
powers.
Vishwa Nath Tiwari, 48, was given a state funeral in
Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tiwari, a member of the
upper house of Parliament and a supporter of Mrs.
Gandhi, was shot Tuesday in his living room.
Many students of the local university, where Tiwari
was a professor, wept as the body was carried through
the streets, accompanied by thousands of people.
The funeral was peaceful, unlike the funeral Tuesday
for right-wing politician Harbans Lal Khanna in the
Sikh holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. The ceremony for
Khanna, who was killed along with his police body
guard on Monday, led to violence that left nine civilians
and two police sergeants dead.
Authorities extended the nighttime curfew in Amrit
sar and several other Punjab cities, including Jullun
dur Ludhiana Patiala and Khanna.
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