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The Train Station: making its way on a new track
By CHRIS RAYMOND
Collegian Business Writer
The 400 block of East College Avenue will
experience a major facelift during the next
several months that will affect The Train
Station Restaurant and its surrounding build
ings.
Two old buildings, one on each side of The
Train Station, 418 E. College Ave., will be
demolished and reconstructed for retail use.
The Train Station itself will undergo structu
ral changes, including the removal of the
caboose in front.
Charles Herlocher, owner of The Train
Station and the driving force behind the
construction, said the changes are designed
to add to the development of the block and to
his business.
! ‘We have two old buildings that have
outlived their usefulness and they have to be
replaced, so we’re tearing those down and
further developing the block,” Herlocher
said.
The development project will involve two
separate construction projects scheduled for
completion in August 1986, he said.
Downtown merchants campaign against vandalism
By SCOTT A. ALDERFER
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“We want to try and get all the
groups to help us educate everybody
as to what vandalism can cost the
consumer,” he said, referring to local
merchants, the University adminis
tration, University students and State
College youths. “We don’t want to
focus on any one group. It’s going to
have to be a joint effort throughout
the community.
“If they’re breaking store windows
and the store is paying insurance and
the insurance premium is high . . .
that’s costing us all money,” Rich
ards said.
One goal is to inform people that
“vandalism is definitely costing peo
ple money.” Landlords eventually
pass the cost of higher property insur
ance premiums to their tenants
Smoking:
A congressional study released in mid-
September revealed that smoking costs the
United States $65 billion annually in in
creased medical costs, lost work time and
premature death. That comes out to about
$2 for each pack of cigarettes sold in the
country each year.
According to the study, the big three
smoking diseases cancer, heart disease
and lung ailments cost the country $22
billion and lost productivity and wages cost
$43 billion each year.
U.S. Rep. Fortney Stark, D-Calif., re-
through rent increases, he said. Busi
ness owners must then pass rent
increases onto consumers.
“We’re going to try to do it through
an educational process,” he ex
plained. “We want to let people know
what to expect if they get caught
we want to let them know that it’s not
worth the good laugh.
“A lot of the things that are done
are .basically senseless acts,” Rich
ards said. “Whether it’s teenagers
trying to impress their pals or wheth
er it’s guys coming out of a bar after
it’s been closed and one of them
wants to play Tarzan on a tree limb,
their funnies are costing us all mon
ey.”
Richards said he met with Under-
Can the country afford to quit a bad habit that helps the economy?
The first phase, started this week, involves
demolishing the three-story apartment build
ing on the east side of The Train Station and
replacing it with a 2Mj-story structure that
could then be rented to retail businesses.
The caboose at the entrance to The Train
Station will be removed and replaced with a
small courtyard leading to the underground
level of the restaurant, he said. That level
will be open to retail businesses as well.
The second phase, scheduled to begin in
late March, involves tearing down the 12-
Week Bar on the west side of The Train
Station and replacing it with a three-story
retail building, Herlocher said.
Together, the two phases will open up close
to 35,000 square feet of retail business space
on that block, he said. That space will then be
rented to businesses, which he will handpick
personally.
“f already have about 30 to 35 people who
have contacted me directly for rental spaces
just from the sign I have out front, and the
bulldozer hasn’t even moved in yet,” Her
locher said. “I think a sign is one thing, but
when they see actual activity going on with
the bulldozer, I feel (the number of prospec
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quested that the Office of Technology As
sessment undertake the study. He said,
“Smoking is not only a deadly habit, but a
costly one for the federal health care bud
get.”
Hearing this figure $65 billion a year in
additional health costs makes many
people’s ears perk. What an atrocious waste
of money! What a shame that money is not
used to provide jobs for America’s thou
sands of unemployed people rather than to
pay the health bills of people who have
chosen to ruin their own health. Right?
But think about it. That $65 billion does go
to support American jobs. The U.S. Labor
Department says the tobacco industry em
ploys 64,000 Americans and the medical
industry, which the habit of smoking in a
sense subsidizes, employs 6,294,000. Many
people would be affected if the Americans
quit smoking.
The United States itself receives $7.28
billion annually from the 16 cents per pack
federal tax on cigarettes that Congress
voted on Monday to extend through Nov. 14.
tive renters) is_ going to multiply by two or
three times.”
Herlocher said he will select renters that
will enhance his business and the block and
will have a strong chance of surviving, be
cause “when they’re successful, I’ll be suc
cessful.”
John J. Haas, architect for the new devel
opment and the original Train Station as well,
said the design plan was drawn up with little
structural change on The Train Station build
ing.
“The only thing that’s going to change is
that the caboose will be removed and the
main entrance to the restaurant will be
relocated from the one side of the building to
what was originally the entrance to the ca
boose,” Haas said.
The only additional changes involve the
removal of trainyard features on the exterior
of the building, he said.
“The original Train Station Restaurant
building was really done in such a way that
there were a number of railroad artefacts
and things like exterior lighting fixtures that
would be found in a railroad yard,” Haas
said. “Most of that is being removed, but the
graduate Student Government Presi
dent David Rosenblatt yesterday to
discuss cooperation of University stu
dents. Richards said he was opti
mistic after their meeting.
“I think we’re going to get a lot of
support from campus,” he said.
Richards pointed to the Phi Psi 500
as an example of how something
threatened by the irresponsible ac
tions of a few could be turned around,
with cooperation from all groups in
volved, into a positive event. He said
the annual philanthropic race spon
sored by Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
can serve as an inspiration to the
DBA’s committee.
Dave Castor, State College Depart
ment of Police Services community
Congress doubled the tax to 16 cents in 1982
as part of a deficit reduction plan, agreeing
to restore the tax to 8 cents this year.
Because of deficit-cutting efforts, that part
of the deal is being delayed.
It’s a gruesome Catch-22; Americans
cannot live with smoking, but the economy
would suffer without it.
Even if Congress passes Stark’s pending
bill earmarking part of the federal cigarette
tax revenue for federal health care pro
grams, or if the cigarette tax would in
crease, tobacco consumption would be
affected very little. Not much happened
when the tax doubled in 1982.
Perhaps the quality or availability of
health care would improve; but the $65
billion demand for additional health care
would remain unchanged because the tax
per pack would remain unchanged.
We could try to decrease smoking by
increasing the tax per pack beyond the
affordability of many smokers (or at least
enough to cover the smokers’ excess health
care costs), thus making cigarettes more of
relations and crime prevention spe
cialist, said incidents of vandalism
are rising. Vandalism increased 25
percent in the first six months of this
year compared to the same period
last year.
Vandalism arrests increased 4 per
cent from January to June this year
with 521 arrests, he said.
Castor had no dollar value of van
dalism in the borough.
He explained that if a vandalism
damage exceeds $5,000, it is consid
ered a third degree felony and is
punishable by imprisonment. If the
damage is between $5,000 and $5OO,
vandals could face either a fine or
imprisonment. Causing damage up to
$5OO, vandals are committing a sum
mary offense and could face up to a
$3OO fine.
“I’m going to assist (the DBA) in
any way I can,” Castor said. “Public
ity is probably the best thing."
Castor said his department is using
the nationally publicized “Take a bite
out of crime” campaign featuring a
cartoon dog named McGruff to aug
ment the DBA’s campaign.
He said he believes the DBA’s cam
paign this month should be at least as
successful as the community’s 1980
campaign.
“This community, once it gets a
goal in mind, seems to do very well,”
Castor said.
Richards said the committee wants
to get residents to call police when
they see an act of vandalism in pro
gress.
“Let’s get the citizens involved a
little bit,” he said. “It’s their commu
nity; if they want it to look like the
New York subways then it’ll look that
interior of The Train Station Restaurant will
remain the same.”
The two new buildings will each have a
lower level, a sidewalk level and a mezanine,
Herlocher said. The roofline and the facade of
both buildings have been designed to incorpo
rate the architectual style of The Train Sta
tion building, he said.
“It’s being done in such a way that the
facade will all tie together,” Haas said.
Roger Downs, chairman of the State Col
lege Planning Commission, said he does not
expect drastic changes that would affect the
atmosphere of the area surrounding The
Train Station.
“From what I recall, the additions will be
very much in the existing style of the building
so I don’t think you will see a drastic change
in that sense,” Downs said. “If anything, the
development will be more in harmony with
what exists."
Herlocher said he has already anticipated a
decline in business at the restaurant once
construction has begun.
“We do not anticipate The Train Station
having to close, but I’m sure the construction
could possibly from time to time get a
way if somebody doesn’t start doing
something.”
Richards commended State College
residents for landscaping and renova
tion work, but said their efforts are in
vain when “some bozo takes a can of
white spray paint and goes all over
the place.”
“Just because you’re out to have a
good time doesn’t mean you can
crash through somebody’s window
and not expect some kind of repercus
sions from it,” he said.
He said that while much vandalism
is spontaneous and “for fun,” some
results from people trying to publi
cize a cause. He added that there are
more constructive ways to express a
an occasional novelty than a habit.
The increased tax revenue could subsi
dize the smokers’ additional demand for
health care, even though the excess demand
for health care would probably taper off
with fewer smokers. But that would take
some business away from the health care
industry and the tobacco industry. The
tobacco lobby, one of the most powerful
lobbies in Washington, D.C., would proba
bly prevail in blocking any significant tax
increase.
It would seem the ultimate question is an
ethical one of whether anyone has the right
to significantly interfere with the country’s
economy to save the health of fellow Ameri
cans who are, in a sense, addicted to a
substance.
Many people start and continue to smoke
despite the proven detrimental health ef
fects. And our economy the tobacco,
advertising and health care industries —has
come to depend on these people for a major,
or at least a significant, portion of their
revenue.
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Thursday, Oct. 3, 1985
little bit in the way,” he said. “That’s hard to
measure, but I’m sure it’s not going to be
positive.”
With demolition just under way, however,
Herlocher said he has already received com
mitments from businessmen for over half of
the rental space. With the support the project
has received thus far, the risk involved has
been reduced to close to nothing, he added.
“As far as renting it out, I don’t see any risk
at all,” Herlocher said.
The support has not been limited to just
potential investors, however. Local organiza
tions have expressed thier support as well.
“I think everything he’s done down there on
that block has improved that block,” said Pat
Daugherty, president of the Downtown Busi
ness Association. “There’s vacancies right
now for office space, but I don’t know of any
vacancies for retail space.”
“I think the new scheme, although it’s a
different thing than what was there before,
will certainly be a nice addition to College
Avenue,” Haas said.
Neither Herlocher, Haas, Daugherty or
Downs has heard of any objections to the
development project.
message than with a can of spray
paint.
“We’re going to use the campaign
that was used five years ago, which
was called ‘Put the brakes on vandal
ism,’ and I hope I can get some of
those materials reproduced to use
like posters,” Richards said.
The 1980 campaign, sponsored by
Barash Advertising, 403 S. Allen St.,
had a $13,000 budget and distributed
T-shirts, buttons and posters to pro
mote the campaign, he said.
The DBA’s present committee is
composed of representatives from
three local banks, two local radio
stations and one local merchant and
is operating with no budget, Richards
said.
Smoking seems to cost our economy a lot
of money. The entire situation, however,
has become integrated in the economy; it
cannot be eliminated or even significantly
cut back upon without serious side-effects.
Perhaps we should look for the answer to
this conflict of interests in our history
books. How many times in our country’s
past have we tried to tamper with a situa
tion that we’ve seen in later years could
have worked out better had it been left
alone?
In our highly integrated and dymanic
economy, it seems as if laissez-faire eco
nomics has become almost obsolete. How
ever, in the Catch-22 of smoking costs and
benefits, it still might not be too late to just
keep our hands off and let public sentiment
rather than the public sector deter
mine the future of smoking in this country.
Scott Alderfer is a non-smoker and a
senior majoring in journalism who writes
Jor The Daily Collegian.
Special lo (he Collegian
Public service scholarships offered
By KATHLEEN CASEY
Collegian Staff Writer
Qualified sophomores interested in a public service
career may find aid to continue their studies through the
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
The foundation recognizes sophomores with “outstand
ing potential for leadership in government” awarding a
maximum of $5,000 a year.
Applicants in the Truman Scholarship Competition
must have at least a 3.2 grade point average and be
ranked in the top 25 percent of their class. They must be
U.S. citizens and full-time students pursuing a bachelor’s
degree during the 1986-87 academic year. Applicants
must also have chosen a major permitting admission to a
graduate program leading to a career in government.
Vicki Norton, administrative assistant in the political
science department, said the Truman Scholarship is a
very presitigious, competitive award.
Each year 105 scholars are chosen from across the
nation. One scholar is selected from each state and U.S.
territory and 52 scholars are recommended at large by 13
regional panels. The University is allowed to nominate
two students for the competition. Universities must be
accredited to nominate students.
The requirements include a letter of application de
scribing career plans, a list of public service activities
and leadership positions, a 600-word essay on a public
collegian notes
• The Student Activities Office member of the University’s Hershey
reminds all registered student orga- Medical School’s Admissions Board,
nizations that officer lists are due for speaking on “The Medical School
1985-1986 in 202 HUB. Forms are Interview" at 7 tonight in 217 Willard
available in room 202 HUB. Deadline
is Oct. 11
• The Equestrian Division of the
Outing Club will meet at 7 tonight in
• Career Development and Place- 318-319 HUB.
ment Center will hold workshops to-
day: 1:25 p.m., *' Looking for a Job;” • The Agronomy Club will present
2:30 p.m., "Interview Skills;” and Dan Edwards speaking on “Work
3:35 p.m..“Resume Preparation” in Experience and Additional Educa
room 320-322 HUB. tion” at 7:30 tonight in 15 Tyson.
• The Veterans Organization will • The Cycling Club will meet at
hold a blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m. 7:30 tonight in 267 Willard.
today in 8 Henderson Human Devel
opment Building East (Nursing Lab). • The Engineering Undergraduate
• The Premedical Society will pre- Council will meet at 7:30 tonight in
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recommendation. One letter should be from a faculty
member in the applicant’s field of study, a second from a
person who can discuss the applicant’s potential in
government and a third from a person of the applicant’s
choice.
Trond Gilberg, chairman of the Truman Scholarship
Competition and head of the University’s department of
political science, said nominees are evaluated on a
regional basis and semi-finalists are chosen for inter
views in January. During February and March, the semi
finalists are interviewed and finalists are selected in
April.
Norton said the Truman Scholarship is not well known
at the University only 10 people applied last year.
Gilberg said the "larger the pool of applicants, the
better the selection of nominees for the competition.”
In the past two years the University has had three
Truman Scholars.
Amy Wilson (graduate-economics) was awarded the
Truman Scholarship two years ago while pursuing her
bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies. She said the
scholarship is- very helpful in attaining work in the
government.
. “It gives you an edge when you’re applying for a job,”
she said.
Applications may be submitted to Trond Gilberg, Tru
man Scholarship Committee chairman. Deadline is 5 p.m.
Oct. 31.
• The Asociacion de Hispanos will
sponsor a Mexican Disaster Relief
Fund at the Mexican office in 202
HUB.
• The Committee for Justice in
South Africa will meet at 7:30 tonight
in 318 Willard.
• The Indoor Winter Guard will
rehearse from 8 to 11 tonight in White
Building.
• The Office of Student Activities
will sponsor a workshop on the Viet
nam delayed stress syndrome at 8
tonight in the HUB Fishbowl. The
session will be conducted by Jed
Pendorf, head of readjustment coun
seling in Centre County.
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