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Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1985
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USG endorsements for borough council
By David Rosenblatt
This forum is to explain why the Undergraduate
Student Government endorses John Dombroski,
Fremont Dan Winand, and John George for the
State College Municipal Council.
To start , some background information on coun
cil will be helpful. The borough council is the
legislative governing body in State College. The
council consists of seven elected members and the
State. College mayor. The mayor does not vote, but
does have veto power.
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In 1983, four people were elected to this council.
The most votes received by one individual was
3,142. At present there are over 30,000 students at
University Park. USG believes that students regis
tered to vote in State College can have a direct,
positive impact on local policies. The best way for
us to influence State College government is to vote
on Tuesday, November 5. Voting provides us with
the means to voice our opinion of the borough's
future.
We have reason to be concerned about the
council's future. A look at the council's past
demonstrates this point. The most publicized is
sues have been the council's adoption of the'
ordinance prohibiting more than three unrelated
people to live in the same house, and more recent
ly the council's adoption of the noise ordinance.
Both of these measures went through despite vocal
student opposition. With the election for three
AIDS: proof
"Lung cancer is God's punishment on smok
ers."
What?!
"And heart disease is God's punishment on
joggers."
Are you kidding?
"And diabetes is God's punishment on
sweets eaters."
Are you crazy?
"And hunger is God's punishment on Ethio-
pians. "
You're sick
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"And Aquired Immune Deficiency Syn
drome is God's punishment on homosex
uals."
You better . believe it! Serves 'em right!
—Pfieffer, from a cartoon depicting the
AIDS controversy.
It doesn't seem logical that in the twentieth
century, fear and ignorance should prolife
rate our society. But here's proof that socie
ty, in my opinion, can intellectualize and talk
an idealistic line when discussing humanis
tic, non-ism behavior. But when the issues
threaten us personally, then our true beliefs
are revealed.
Realistically, we just want to protect our
selves and steer clear of anything that might
do us harm. Run, baby, run pull that neck
into your shell. Without checking out the
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of the need for community awareness and support
facts, I think we're doing an injustice to
ourselves and to each other. Perhaps the
truth would be -less threatening than igno
rance.
A turtle might live in a shell, but it sticks its
head out and moves about the earth slowly
and inquisitively. Stick your head out for a
while and travel with me as I share informa
tion on AIDS.
Silently, this deadly disease, which has its
origin in Central Africa, has taken up its
crusade amongst the western world. The
sexually transmitted disease embarked on its
journey from Central Africa where it plagued
both men and women. From there it traveled
to the Caribbean (Haiti). And now it has
taken up residence in the western world
mystically plaguing our land.
AIDS debilitates the body's immune sys
tem leaving it helpless to fight off infection.
Since 1981, when the first case appeared in
this country, approximately 12,000 cases
have been reported. But let's not just say
cases —that's 12,000 Americans who have
been invaded; weakened; physically and
mentally destroyed; socially scorned. Fifty
one percent have died helplessly.
What's AIDS? It is diagnosed by the pres
ence of HTLV-111, along with an opportunistic
disease; the virus, HTLV-111, weakens the
body's defenses and increases the opportuni
ty for a disease to invade the body. Human T
cell lymphotropic virus-11l (HTLV-III) kills
the T-cells, which would fight infection in a
healthy immune system. Pneumoncystic car
inii pneumonia and Kaposi's sarcoma (KS),
the opportunistic diseases, are present in 85
percent of all the AIDS cases reported in this
country. The weakening of the immune sys
tem opens the doors for these two leading
diseases to eat at the body.
council seats on Tuesday, November 5, we have
the opportunity to influence the community's
future..
USG, in an effort to serve students, researched
and interviewed each candidate and endorses
Dombroski, Winand and George. The criteria
. we
used to evaluate candidates were: 1) Which candi
dates would be most responsive to student input
and concerns and 2) Which candidates have the
most to offer the community as a whole. The USG
endorsement is the opinion of the entire USG and
was made from a committee consisting of Mary
Weaver, USG vice president; David Rishel, USG
senate president; Joe Tentilucci, chairman of the
senate Community Relations Committee; Michael
Wein and John Clisham, co-directors of USG
Political Affairs Department; Tony Wilson, direc
tor of USG Minority Affairs Department; Jay
Clark, president of USG Academic Assembly and
myself.
Incumbent Dombroski has been an accessible
councilman throughout his first term and has
demonstrated a fairness on issues concerning
students. He stresses the need to think of the
community as one and not as factions. Dombroski
supported the Phi Psi 500, and voted against the
recent licensing ordinance. He also supports mi
norities and believes more should be done with
retention. He is an advocate for the area to have
another north-south route and believes in long
term planning for a growing State College.
Winand, a native son of State College, has
experience in a wide range of activities. He is a
member of the State College Planning Commis
sion, which is the commission most directly con
cerned with the future of State College. His
extensive business background will benefit State
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difficulty breathing are the symptoms of this
parasitic living disease. Symptoms of Kapo
si's sarcoma, which is a cancer, include: skin
or mouth bruises; blue-violet or brownish
spots on legs, which can spread and grow in
organs.
There is an incubation period for AIDS,
which lasts from six months to five years.
During this time, a person may be carrying
the virus and not experience any of the
symptoms. Some of the early signs include:
extreme fatigue, fever / chills, diarrhea,
swollen glands, and rapid weight loss.
It is transmitted by sexual contact, sharing
of needles and syringes, and through blood.
There is no evidence that AIDS is transmitted
through sweat, saliva, air, or casual contact.
Also, contrary to these myths, AIDS can not
be contracted in these ways:
. 0 Swimming in community
pools
e Touching the tears of a person (contact
lenses).
• Hot tubs, hand shaking, toilet seats,
kissing.
• Donating blood at a blood bank
Antibody screening tests at blood donor
sites or by a private physician act as a means
of checking out whether a person is a carrier
of the virus. It does not necessarily mean
they have AIDS. But high risk people may
want to go through the screening process for
themselves and their partners.
Presently, 73 percent of those falling prey
to the disese are homosexual males. Since
this disease infects men and women in other
countries, it is only a matter of time before
our whole population will be at risk. Intrave
nous drug abusers contract 17 percent of all
cases, hemophiliacs and those receiving
blood transfusions acquire three percent and
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College as the area faces a changing financial
picture. He is the only candidate to suggest a
periodic review of the noise ordinance. He favors
the proposal that each new apartment provide 1.5
parking spaces as a measure to help alleviate the
parking problem. He understands borough govern
-zrient and has the potential to be a fair, approacha
ble councilman.
George has extensive experience working with
government on many levels. He is a former Penn
State professor who is committed to responding to
the concerns of students. His campaign stresses
the importance of long-range planning to solve
State College's problems. His knowledge of envi
ronmental concerns will be valuable as the area
continues to develop. He believes the noise ordi
nance should be a last resort in dealing with
neighbor problems. He opposed the licensing ordi
nance and wants to have continual dialogue with
community groups including USG, Interfraternity
Council and the Organization of Town Independent
Students.
USG, in the .interest of students, believes Dom
brosici, Winand and George hold the most promise
of Making student input count and creating a
better State College.
USG asks you to vote for the three endorsed
candidates. But regardless of whom you decide to
vote for, the important thing is that we show we
care about State College and where it's going. The
best way to do that is to vote on Tuesday, Novem
ber 5. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
If you need any information, please call USG at
863-1874.
Rosenblatt is president of the Undergraduate
Student Government.
seven percent have varied and unknown
'causes. For women, intravenous drug abuse
accounts for 53 percent of all cases.
Although people in this high-risk category
are men between the ages of 30 and 39, and
live in either New York or California, cam
puses across the country are starting task
force groups to prevent outbreaks of AIDS on
campuses and educate campus populations
about this potentially devistating disease.
Penn State is in the proceth of organizing
an AIDS policy group to discuss ways of
handling potential cases on campus as well as
educational programs. The members will be
University administrators, as well as medi
cal and health officials. Along with this
group, there's a collection of student organi
zations uniting to help educate our campus on
the issues of AIDS. University Health Serv
ices, Campus Life Ministries, Associated
Student Activities, Residential Life, and Gay
Student Services will be developing informa
tive programs to increase awareness and
understanding of this disease.
(campus)
I feel this is a delicate and serious health
issue. People are being forced to examine
their specific sexual behaviors, their health
values and their concern for society's health.
Those who are in a high risk category are
under great mental and emotional pressure
to somehow understand and deal with this
life-threatening disease. Through these var
ied student organizations, students will be
able to increase their awareness in a non
threatening environment.
I feel consideration must be given to chang
ing sexual behavior, but not to condemning
sexual orientation. AIDS awareness is for the
well-being of the community, therefore the
community must become informed of the
facts and myths and impact that this disease
reader opinion
Election choice
Today is an important date both for
students and for all residents of State
College. Once more, we will elect the
members of the State College Munici
pal Council who will help determine
the kind of place State College will
become. Three members of council
will be elected.
It's no news that State College is
changing, rapidly, but the fact is im
portant. Even minor decisions can
make a difference in determining
long-run affairs. That's why it's im
portant to elect the best council we
can.
The Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment and Inter-Fraternity Coun
cil did us little good in their
endorsements last week. In a field of
three men and three women, three
Democarats and three Republicans,
both organizations simply endorsed
the three men.
In my view,
.those endorsements
were poorly informed and'that is
why I am writing this letter. In next
Tuesday's election, I will vote for
Jacqueline Vrelander and Rita Fode
raro for council. I want to explain
why.
I have good reasons for my vote.
For about eight years, I was a mem
ber of the State College Planning
Commission. Both Rita and Jackie
were members of the commission, so
that our terms overlapped. I had a
chance to watch them do their jobs,
day in and day out not for glory
( there was none) and not for pay
(there was none of that, either) but
simply because they thought it was
their responsibility to do the best job
they could for their community.
Jackie Melander and Rita Fodera
ro did excellent work during their
terms en the commission. At the
time, State College was growing rap
idly, and the commission was under
very heavy pressure. Some of the
pressure came from land speculators
who wanted to relax zoning standards
so they could make a fast profit.
Some pressure came from slumlords
who wanted to squeeze the last possi
ble dollar from student renters. It
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Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1985
was our job, as we saw it, to try to
prevent that sort of thing to chan
nel State College's growth in direc
tions that would make it possible for
the town to retain the qualities that
we all valued and to prevent the town
from being raided by people who
cared only for a fast buck. In meeting
after meeting, I saw Jackie Melander
and Rita Foderaro stand up against
all kinds of pressure, trying to keep
State College the kind of place where
both students and permanent resi
dents would be glad to live. I learned
to admire both of them greatly. They
are women of great intelligence and
character.
I haven't always agreed with them,
of course. But that is hardly surpris
ing. Both Jackie Melander and Rita
Foderaro are people with indepen
dent minds = the kind of people you
don't push around. Both had the ex
cellent habit of listening with courte
sy to anyone who came before the
commission to plead their case:
townspeople and students, young and
old, business and academic. Again
and again I saw them make up their
minds on the basis of evidence not
because of partisan politics. They
were the kinds of people you could
rely on when the going got tough as
it often did.
Both Rita Foderaro and Jackie
Melander understand the kind of
town State College is: a nice town
with a fair number of defects, but still
a nice town. It's the kind of place
that's changing rapidly and badly
needs tough-minded, responsible peo
ple to help retain the qualities that we
all admire and to remedy the defects
we all recognize. That is most likely
to happen if State College has a
municipal council that includes peo
ple like Rita Foderaro and Jacqueline
Melander.
That's why I will vote for them
during today's election. And if you
are registered on State College, I
hope that you will too. In a close
election, a few votes can make a real
difference.
Pierce Lewis, professor of geog
raphy
Oct. 29
could have on our campus and on our coun
try.
Prevention and awareness means nothing
to the 51 percent of the victims who are dead,
they can only serve as a cause for us to
increase our awareness of a potentially rav
aging epidemic.
The Public Health Service Prevention for
the spread of AIDS suggests the following:
• Avoid sexual contact with carriers of
AIDS virus. If you are active with such a
person, use a condom and avoid anal sex,
which may damage body tissue and cause
bleeding.
• Avoid sex with multiple partners.
• People at high risk should not donate
o Don't use illicit drugs. If you do, don't
share needles or syringes.
• Avoid sexual activity with people who
use illicit drugs.
With one of our neighboring states, New
York, having the highest incidence of AIDS
reported (35 percent), I feel campus aware
ness should be a paramount issue right now.
Whether a homosexual or a hetersexual, we
are members of a transient community that
tends to be experimenting and seeking an
swers and clarification to our own lives. I
think this increases the need for community
awareness and support.
Before I caught my last cold, I hadn't really
been concerned about being sick. I thought I
was healthy and on the go no time to catch
some old virus. Watch out! The turtle moves
slowly as it travels onward. I wonder if
turtles ever catch colds?!
Victoria S. Lachenmayer is a senior major
ing in wellness and a columnist for The Daily
Collegian. Her column appears every other
Tuesday.
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for the State College Municipal Coun
cil today.
Jackie Melander has a genuine
concern for issues that relate directly
to students, particularly in the area of
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tion, she favors appointing a student
as a voting member on the State
College Planning Commission and
perhaps, most importantly, she
would like one member of the council
to act as a liason between students
and the council. By talking directly to
a voting member of council, our opin
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If students want to do more than
complain about our lack of influence
in this community, then I suggest we
participate in this local election and
elect a candidate who will thoughtful
ly listen to our concerns. Jackie Mel
ander is such a candidate. She
deserves our support.
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which "I'm sure that I set for 6:00 a.m." to buzz
me for breakfast, seems to have been tampered
with by the night gremlins and I find myself
staring at a glowing green digital 7:50 a.m.
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"come as you are as you go to bed" look. The cold
water face splash (strictly a wake tactic) leaves
traces of Oxy-10 from last nights zit war and the
hair looks worse after brushing than it did
initially. The clothing for today is strictly formal,
grey sweat pants and the biggest, cover every
thing sweat shirt one can scrounge up. The best
being one of Daddy's that somehow disappeared
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Entering the Forum on the wrong side we pro
ceed to dizzy ourselves by running the circular
hallway to the testing room. (I think the Univer
sity commissioned the same architect to build
the Forum as they did the Hammond Building.)
Upon entering the test room, via the rear door
(obviously another ingenious architectural de
sign) the entire class peers over their test papers
to laugh at the late riser, tripping down the steps
toward the teaching assistant to pick up an exam
copy. Exam in hand you take an aisle seat that is
conveniently deskless. Glancing to your left you
realize that you've just plopped down next to
your "scope". . . and you curse under your
breath about the fact that your sweat shirt has no
hood under which to hide.
Scanning the test you realize that its going to
be one of those "get credit for putting your name
on the paper" deals, as your pencil pokes a hole
'in the circle reserved for your student number.
Laps, do not a fine desk make. Oh . . . piss.
Things can only get better. Right? And you
glance at the clock that screams 8:20. Time is not
on your side.
The mid-term is over and so, you believe, are
your worries. Trying to escape the Forum with
out being seen proves futile as you see a "friend"
from class waiting for you at the bottom of the
steps. And all the way home you are privileged to
a verbal recount of the previous exam. . . I
haaaaate when people do that, especially the
ones who get A's in the class yet are convinced
that they failed every test that they ever took.
Arriving back at the dorm you realize that
breakfast is still being served in the dining hall.
Quickly grabbing your favorite coffee mug you
procede to the cafeteria for a quick cup before
you have to run to your next class. Balancing the
coffee filled mug in one hand and a doughnut in
the other, you proceed back to the room where
you are confronted by your unmade bed and
clothes-strewn room. The phone rings! It's got to
be "him.." Spilling coffee on your 'sweats you
proceed to the phone on the desk. We have a
"Two ring rule" in our room. So as not to appear
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too anxious to answer the phone you must let it
ring twice, then you may answer. Hand poised
over the phone, I await the second ring. It never
comes. Who Would call, let the phone ring once
and hang up? Leaving me to wonder all day who
was on the other end. Was it "him" or just a
wrong number? Well, this just adds to my great
mood I think as I take a sip of coffee and realize
that I forgot the sugar factor. Disgusting, it's
gone down the sink drain. Better the University
sewer system than my system at this point.
I plop down on my unmade bed and seriously
contemplate the effects of skipping my 11:00
class. Before the brain has a chance to respond to
the question posed, the body has already initiated
sleep. I'm doomed to be a "couch potatoe." You
know, the status we assume over any semester
break. Lying on the TV room sofa ordering Mom
to bring us food between commercial breaks,
growing "eyes" all over your body and only
rising for the dinner bell. If my days keep up at
this pace I surely will need eyes in the back of my
head. Sleep does not elude these tired eyes, it's a
great way to avoid those "bad day" problems.
Sleep your cares away and wake up fresh and
rejuvenated.
The phone rings again, waking me from a
"care-less" sleep. Again my hand is poised over
the receiver, awaiting the second ring. It never
comes. The glowing green digital reads 10:45,
guilt overwhelms me as I roust myself out of bed
again to "play student" for 11:00 class. Some
days are just made to be endless I think as I lock
my dorm room door, and zip my key into the
knapsack pocket. From inside the room comes
the familiar jingle of the telephone. I decide that
it's just another one-ring fake out, and proceed
up the stairs toward the "out" door. And from
inside the room comes a second telephonic jingle.
Oh. . .PISS. What a day. My watch reads 10:50.
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