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Don't judge a book by its cover
Another chapter in the ongoing saga of
the Penn State Alcohol Crackdown was
penned at an Interfraternity Council meet
ing last week. The council voted down a
motion that would require fraternities to
check all guests for student identification at
the door, in order to keep high • school
students out of parties.
IFC President John Rooney said the pro
posal was made because a mother spoke to
IFC after finding out that her high-school
age daughter was admitted to a fraternity
party
Rooney said no other high school person
nel have come directly to IFC and raised
the idea of checking for high school stu
dents. However, five members of the State
College Area School District including
Superintendent Seldon Whitaker are
members of the President’s Task Force on
Alcohol along with Rooney.
Patricia Best, director of planning, re
search and communications for the district,
said the concern about high school students
entering fraternity parties came up at a
meeting of the task force.
“Our concern and reason for participat
ing on the University drug and alcohol task
force this past year, has been to do whatev
er we can to ensure that campus or fraterni
ty social events where alcohol is made
available are not open to underage drink
ers, especially local high school students,”
Best said.
So, while it is true that members of IFC
have not heard first-hand about the con
cerns of allowing high-school-age students
to enter parties, Rooney, as a member of
the task force, has.
And it would appear the concerns pre
sented by school district representatives
were enough to convince Rooney. He said he
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is sorry the proposal did not pass because
even though the problem may not be im
mense, the legal liability of allowing high
school students into fraternities is much
greater than any inconvenience of checking
for student ID. In fact, he said, some frater
nities do check for student ID at parties and
have been successful.
So, while the president of IFC holds one
view about the issue of checking for college
IDs at parties, the majority of his council
members have either not been told about
his educated view, or have not listened to
Rooney’s calls for cooperation.
The idea of keeping high school students
out of fraternity parties is an intelligent,
reasonable one. College parties are not the
place for high school students or the possi
ble liability that enters with those students.
Rooney said the reason some members of
the council did not vote for the proposal is
that they were afraid this regulation may be
followed by other crackdowns.
But wouldn’t it make more sense and
show more maturity to weigh the merit of
each regulation individually?
When living in a community such as State
College where some fraternities live side
by side with area residents it makes
sense to keep high school youth out of
fraternity parties, if for no other reason
than good public relations.
By not acting when they should have, IFC
members may now be forced to conform to
a regulation that they could have volun
teered to impose on themselves.
And, with the conclusion of the Penn State
Alcohol Crackdown hanging in the balance,
cooperation rather than oppostion is the plot
line students will have to follow to ensure a
happy ending.
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Problems abound
There is a growing problem on campus the bush. I
speak specifically of two bushes they sprawl at the rear
entrance of Irvin Hall. They are of unknown genre and
beauty, and obstruct the potentially panoramic view of
numerous Irvin basement residents. Tltanip Qnifi+o
I urge that the University’s landscapes take a few I Ho I opinio
minutes out of their hectic schedules to remove these go they’ve finally found the Titanic
cancerous growths before I lose my appreciation for the bottom of the North Atlantic,
sunshine
Just a question
To whomever can answer our question: .
We two have lived in East Halls for the past two years Star W3rS ignore
and are beginning our third. There is a phenomenon that
we’ve been observing on a regular basis, and we’re Of the Strategic Defense Initiative
curious as to the reason why .. . . Some professors are not appreciative,
The lights of Beaver Stadium burn through the night, They have signed a petition:
and there seems to be no reason for this. “This is pure science fiction.
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Kick it:
Programs use friends to help
By VALERIE GLEN 2
Collegian Staff Writer
Smokers who want to “kick the College of Human Development,
habit” may be able to get some help Young will be conducting the re
from the University’s nursing depart- search on "relationship enhance
ment which is offering two programs, ment” along with Bernhard Guerney,
said Elaine Young, an assistant pro- professor of human development,
fessor of nursing. “Dr. Guerney has found in past
One program uses relationship en- research that using a support person
hancement, which enlists a person to can help to change unwanted behav
help the smoker quit, Young said. ior, such as drinking or eating prob-
Participants must bring someone lems,” Young said. She and Guerney
with them to go through the program will try to determine the effective
to provide support, Young said. ness of support persons in ending a
“The support person can be a smoking habit,
spouse, a co-worker or a roommate. Another program, which the nurs-
Smokers will probably know who ing department has held periodically
would best be able to help them stop,” over the last five years, uses methods
she said. such as behavior modification, relax
“ Both people will be able to help ation and group support to help peo
each other. The partners will learn pie stop smoking, Young said. The
how to be a help rather than a hin-' “relationship enhancement” pro
drance and the smoker will learn how gram will teach these methods, but
to work through the problem using a will be expanded to include the sup
support person,” Young said. port person.
PSU will fine groups
breaking sign rule
Students and organizations post- ments. These boards are in hail
ing flyers on restricted areas on ways, private offices and above
campus will be fined for posting blackboards,
bulletins on buildings, doors, win- Johnson said physical plant em
dows, fence posts and trash recep- ployees have to remove announce
tacles, a University ments which keeps them from
announcement stated. other duties. '
The announcement also said However, Johnson said, within
those posting flyers will be the last year the department sent
charged if University workers numerous memos about using bul
have to remove them. letin boards and received a posi-
Ardath Johnson, coordinator of tive response. She said
University customer information compliance has been tremendous ,
services, said University regula- and no one has been fined since the
tions state that only bulletin memo distribution,
boards may be used for announce- — b Y John Spence
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This program is part of a research
project the nursing department is
conducting in conjunction with the
smokers quit
“We will also try to help the smoker
understand the motives involved
why he or she smokes,” Young said.
“People wishing to stop smoking
can participate in any of the pro
grams we offer they don’t have to
be a part of the actual research (to
determine the effectiveness of the
support person),” Young said.
The relationship enhancement re
search project is conducted with
funds from a bio-medical grant from
the University and the National Insti
tute of Health, she said.
She stressed the importance of us
ing the money to prevent smoking
related diseases.
“It’s more cost effective to prevent
the problems than to treat them and
it’s more humane to help people be
healthier rather than struggle
through an illness,” Young said.
Interested persons should contact
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surfaces, he said. Viruses die quickly without ideal
temperature and moisture conditions.
Dr. Harry McDermott, director of University
Students, faculty and staff members could find Health Services said the flu season usually begins
thpmselves sneezing their way through fall and with cooler weather. . ~
winter because the University is the ideal environ- A chill is all that is needed to trigger a cold
ment for spreading colds and flu, a University because the seasonal trans't.onfromhigh to low
professor of microbiology said. temperatures can stress the body enough for the
lohn J Docherty said students and staff mem- cold to take over, he said. .
bers will be exposed to the influenza virus this “We all harbor the common cold virus m our
vear through close quarters in residence halls, nose and throat all the time, but it has to have an
dassrooms?dining halls and other group facilities, opening to set up its ,n . f^ tlon - a " d ■
“(The University) is a perfect place for out->- can be something as simple as a simple chill,
hreaks of resoiratory illnesses,” he said. McDermott said. , .
Influenza or flu virus, is usually transmitted Docherty said students lifestyles make them
through coughs or sneezes to people with low particularly susceptible to the flu because they
defenses The virus invades the nose and throat often do not get the proper nourishment or rest,
infecting the upper respiratory tract causing in- Under these conditions a virus can easily overtake
n'!r" ‘, in n Dnohertvsaid the body’s defense mechanisms.
Cdd and flu viruses are not usually transmitted McDermott said immunization is one route to
by contact with drinking fountains and other prevent the physical discomfort of flu. September
By DIANE WOZNICKI
Collegian Science Writer
Kimberly McMichael
Gail Meyer
Stacey Mohl
Lisa Quinn
Lisa Rado,
Karen Rubenstein
Heidi Schmidt
Bobbie Jo Snow
Linda Spratley
Kim Stiffler
Megan Thomas
Nicole Tysowski
Sonya Sabatelli
'Perceptions' to increase publication
By GREGG BORTZ
Collegian Staff Writer
The Undergrade,.te Student Gov
ernment’s magazine, Perceptions,
which features articles on Univer
sity life, will include more stories
and will be published more often
this year, according to Perceptions
editor Scott Seymour.
Seymour said this year the mag
azine will be split into a features
section which will include a dining
segment, a fashion section and a
University history section.
Student poetry and other crea
tive writing will also be used and
an information section will include
a freshmen introduction, Seymour
said. The first edition will be dis
tributed Oct. 3.
“The magazine will be similar to
what it was in the past except we
have a more progressive style
eventually leading to a more liber
al publicaton,” Seymour said.
“I’m trying to create an outlet
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for creative writing, but right now classes in January and again be
we’re maintaining our informatio- fore Spring Break, Tung said,
nal format.” Publicity will also increase, said
Seymour said the magazine will Amy Schmargen, publicity and dis
be about 42 pages which is longer tribution director,
than before. “In the past, (the magazine) has
Perceptions will also be pub- not been publicized that much,”
lished more often due to increased she said.
advertising revenue, said William she said the distribution will be
Tung, project manager. greater this year, with boxes con
“ln the past two years,” Tung taining the magazine in Willard
said, “the magazine has usually and Kern buildings, in residence
run once a semester because there jj a jj s and fraternities. The mag
was not a lot of advertising reve- az j ne w jn a ] so be available in the
nue. Financing came through the jgjß and a t downtown businesses,
USG and (Associated Student Ac- she sai(l
tivities).” Although the magazine is oper-
He said the magazine will be ated USG, Seymour said most
published twice ai semester_star - writers are from ou tside the orga
ing in Spring 1986 because the mag- n | za tj on
azine has covered its costs with writers are just a compila
advertising revenue for the first peop]e with nQ real aff j lia .
lI “As long as we have that reve- tioni (to USG) except they are just
nue, we will publish twice a semes- good writers, he said,
ter ” Tung said. For fiction, Seymour said he
Next semester, the magazine takes submitted proposals for sto
will be released the first week of ries from “almost anyone.”
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or early October are the best times to be immu
nized so the body can build antibodies for winter
months, he said.
It takes about a month for the vaccine to work at
full strength, but even during the interim period it
fights symptoms, he said.
Common flu symptoms are headache, runny
nose, fever and chest congestion, Docherty said.
McDermott said high risk individuals should be
vaccinated. Diabetics, renal patients and people
with chronic respiratory illnesses, such as asth
ma, bronchitis or emphysema should be vacci
nated. People older than 65, and cancer patients
who are receiving chemotherapeutic drugs that
reduce the immune system also risk contracting
the flu, he said.
Certain University employees who come in daily
contact with many people, such as food service
and dormitory workers, are being encouraged to
receive vaccinations, McDermott said.
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