■The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1984
Swilling beer:
Brew by the pitcher is more inviting, study says
By MALCOLM RITTER
AP Science Writer
TORONTO A drinker consumes more than twice
as much beer if it comes in a pitcher than in a glass or
bottle, and banning pitchers in bars could make a dent
in the drunken driving problem, a researcher said
yesterday.
E. Scott Geller, a psychology professor at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacks
burg, studied drinking in three bars near campus.
He said his study also found people drink more in
groups, suggesting that groups of drinkers should pick
one member to stay sober perhaps with some
economic incentives from the bar owner.
In an interview before his research results were
presented at the annual convention of the American
Psychological Association in Toronto, Geller said his
recommendations were based on observation of more
than 300 drinkers in three bars last spring.
Observers found that on average, bar patrons drank
35 ounces of beer per person when it came in a pitcher,
but only 15 ounces from a bottle and 12 ounces from a
glass.
The 120 men observed drinking from a pitcher drank
an average of about 40 ounces apiece, while 43 women
drank about 28 ounces. Both sexes drank about the
same amount from a glass or bottle.
“People don’t want as much beer as they get in that
pitcher,” Geller said. But they figure it’s cheaper and
feel compelled to •“clean the plate,” he said.
“If we banned pitchers of beer we would have a
significant impact on drinking,” Geller said.
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The study also found that groups drank more per
person and stayed longer in bars than solitary drink
ers. Couples and larger groups averaged 27 to 33
ounces per person, without significant difference
according to group size. Solitary drinkers averaged 17
ounches.
That suggests groups should be a focus of programs
to prevent drunken driving, Geller said. Sweden has
found success with encouraging one person in the
group to agree beforehand not to drink and to drive the
others home, he said.
The group strategy could be encouraged by a bar
owner, who could grant parking privileges to partici
pating groups, or even give a discount to the drinkers
and perhaps make some money off their increased
consumption, Geller said.
The study also found that men drink more beer than
women, with average of 35 ounces versus 25 ounces,
and that men drink it faster: an ounce a minute on
average, and half that for women.
Federal figures estimate that about half of all
highway fatalities involve alcohol. Last year about 22,-
500 people died in accidents involving alcohol, the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says.
Although people younger than 21 make up only 10
percent of licensed drivers and drive only 9 percent of
total miles driven, they make up more than 21 percent
of the drinking drivers in fatal crashes, the govern
ment says.
And of the 670,000 people injured each year in
accidents involving alcohol, at least 130,000 are young
er than 21, the government says.
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Executive Council
to nominate
committeemen
University President Bryce Jordan
recently agreed to accept University
Student Executive Council nomi
nations for his Advisory Committee
on Planning and Budget this year.
For the first time, USEC will nomi
nate four students, two of whom will
be selected by the administration to
be members of the committee. The
administration had previously made
the student appointments.
In an interview yesterday, Under
graduate Student Government Presi
dent Adam Levinson said he asked
the administration last spring to let
USEC nominate students for the com
mittee.
USEC will use its own resources to
find nominees who are informed on
current issues and have proven their
“ability to represent students,” Le
vinson said.
Richard E. Grubb, senior vice pres
ident for administration, said the
administration had no reservations
about allowing USEC to nominate the
student committee members.
The president’s budget committee
reviews planning and budget materi
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The committee then makes recom
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—by Steve Wilson
Student organizations to show their stuff at fair
Representatives from more than
100 student organizations will be on
hand in the HUB today and tomorrow
to answer questions and recruit new
members as part of the Organization
Fair, sponsored by the Office of Stu
dent Organizations and Program De
velopment.
Gayle Beyers, assistant director of
the office, said the purpose of the Fair
is to give student organizations a
chance to publicize their activities
and gain student membership.
The Fair will be held from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. in the HUB Ballroom and
Fishbowl.
The fair will replace recruiting
actions that had previously been held
in the Intramural Building during
registration.
Beyers expressed concern about
whether students will stop at the
Fair, because attendance is not re
quired as it was at registration.
U.-S. Ambassador's
speech cancelled
By ROBERT P. KING
Collegian Staff Writer
Tonight’s scheduled speech by
Jeanne Kirkpatrick, U.S. ambas
sador to the United Nations, has
been cancelled because of a con-;
flicting engagement and will not
be rescheduled before December.
International Student Council
President Bulent Yavuz, whose
organization was to sponsor Kirk
patrick’s appearance, said the
ambassador gave a verbal prom
ise last spring' to come to the
University on Aug. 28. However,
he recently learned that the am
bassador is on vacation in Europe
and will, not return until mid-Sep
tember.
Because the secretary who
schedules the ambassador’s ap
pearances is travelling with her,
the speech cannot be rescheduled
until their return, Yavuz said.
“We were completely ready for
this event when this happened. It’s
not that we cannot do this thing
she just went to Europe,” he said.
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collegian notes
• The Science Fiction Society will
meet at 7 tonight in 205 Boucke.
• Entries for Men’s Intramural
Softball will be accepted until 4 p.m.
Thursday in Room 2 of the Intramu
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required at the time of entry. Divi
sions will be: men’s independent,
dormitory, fraternity, and graduate
/faculty.
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• Joseph Burns, 329 Leete, report
ed to University police Sunday that
his motorcycle had tipped or was
tipped over while it was parked in
parking lot Green D. The motorcycle
sustained $lOO in damages, police
said.
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However, Undergraduate Student
Government Vice President Beth
Saylor said she believes the voluntary
fair at the HUB will be more success
ful than those held at registration in
the past.
“I think students will be more inter
ested because when you’re at regis
tration, you just want to get out of
there,” Saylor said. “This way, it will
be more voluntary.”
Displays at the fair will include
everything from religious organiza
tions to outdoor activities, Beyers
said.
Some of the organizations rep
resented will include the HUB Craft
Center, Colloquy, the Outing Club and
the Alliance Christian Fellowship,
she said.
“We’ve got a pretty good cross
section of the organizations available
to Penn State students,” she said.
fessor Parris Chang, who ar
ranged the appearance, said he
discussed the possibility of Kirk
patrick’s coming here when he
met her last January at a recep
tion for Chinese Premier Zhao
Ziyang in Washington, D.C.
He said the appearance was first
planned for late May, when Kirk
patrick would be returning from a
trip to China. But tonight was set
as a “tentative” date.
However, other commitments
required Kirkpatrick to leave for
Europe and she departed immedi
ately after giving a speech at the
Republican National Convention
last week in Dallas, he said.
Chang said Kirkpatrick’s office
told him she will return from Eu
rope on Sept. 13. Because the Unit
ed Nations begins its session on
the 15th, Chang said it is not likely
Kirkpatrick will be able to come to
the University until December.
He added he will try to resched
ule the speech. Chang said if the
ISC no longer wishes to sponsor
the speech, he will try to find an
organization that will.
• The Adult Adaptive Aquatic
Program for the physically hand
icapped will be holding classes from
2:30 to 3:30 today through Dec. 11 in
the Natatorium. There will be a $2O
fee for faculty, staff, and retirees and
a $5O fee for the public.
• Pattee Library tours for grad
uate students will be held at 10, 2 and
4 today.
• Beverly Ivens, a Resident Assis
tant at Leete Hall, reported that
someone had entered 129 Leete early
Saturday morning. Several items,
valued at $5OO, were reported missing
from the room, police said.
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—by Pat Collier
PUC approves lower
gas prices for county
By PATTI DIACONT
Collegian Staff Writer
The Public Utility Commission yes
terday approved reductions in natu
ral gas prices for customers of 19 of
Pennsylvania’s gas utilities.
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania,
which serves the University and all
natural gas customers in Centre
County, is one of the 19 utilities that
proposed lower “gas cost rates,” said
Robert area manager for
Columbia Gas.
According to the Associated Press,
some of the other companies that will
lower their prices include Carnegie
Natural Gas Co., Pittsburgh; UGI
Corp., Valley Forge; National Fuel
Gas Distribution Corp., Erie; and 10
subsidiaries of Penn Fuel Gas, Ox-
ford.
Gas cost rates are based on fore
casts of what each utility expects to
pay for natural gas in the next year,
according to John Diao, director of
the PUC’s Bureau of Audits. Diao
added that most of the time the utili
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rate and must be corrected the
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During the past year, the 19 utilities
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lower than projected. When this hap
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refund “overpayments” made by gas
customers during the past 12 months
plus interest at the current rates.
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exactly what the utility pays,” Diao
said.
McCarty said Columbia Gas pro
duces about 20 percent of its own gas
and must buy the rest from federally
regulated pipeline companies and
local producers. He said that his
company often submits rate projec
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rates to increase in the future by no
more than inflation.
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