2—The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Oct. 21,1986
Local establishments to face 10-day dry spell
By JAMES A. STEWART
Collegian Staff Writer
Hotel State College Inc., the new
owner of six restaurants and bars on
the 100 block of West College Avenue,
will use a 10-day liquor license sus
pension incurred by previous prop
erty owners to remodel one of its bars
and make minor repairs to another,
the corporation president said.
John C. Cocolin said Mr. C’s, will be
“completely remodeled into a high
tech nightclub” with videos and light
shows, during the suspension from
Nov. 24 to Dec. 4. During that time,
Zeno’s, will also undergo repairs and
remodeling, he added.
Costs for remodeling Mr. C’s will be
about $75,000, Cocolin said.
In addition to equipment for the
special shows, the bar’s carpeting,
wallpaper and furniture will be re
placed, he said. An additional $4,000
will be spent on repairs to Zeno’s,
Cocolin said.
The businesses will remain open
and continue operating normally un
til Nov. 24, Cocolin said.
The liquor license was suspended
after one of the restaurants served
liquor to a minor in July, said Liquor
Control Board press secretary Robert
Ford. The new owners agreed to
accept the suspension as a condition
of the license transfer, Ford said.
“The new owners had nothing
against them,” Ford said. “In assum
Nittany Mall developer shopping for student dollar
By MARTY IRVIN
Collegian Stall Writer
The Nittany Mall has long been a regular
spot for shoppers from State College and
surrounding towns. However, in recent
weeks, the developer of the mall has taken
measures to attract different shoppers
University students.
Benetton clothing store, Wall to Wall Sound
& Video, Corn Dog on a Stick, and King’s
Jewelry have recently opened their doors to
customers at the mall on the Benner Pike.
Meanwhile, Fashion Bug and Marianne la
dies’ apparel have remodeled their stores, all
in hopes of bringing in new customers.
William Conway, vice president of real
estate and leasing for Crown American Cor
poration, the developer of the Nittany Mall,
said stores are being added to Nittany Mall
and to Crown’s 23 other malls, as part of an
ongoing remerchandizing program.
“Periodically, we check with the mix of
stores in the mall to see if they are satisfying
ing the license, the new owners had to
assume the suspension that went
along with it.”
Under the suspension, Chumley’s
and Take Six, two other liquor estab
lishments in the Hotel State College
complex, will also be closed, Cocolin
said. The Corner Room and The Half
Shell, the two restaurants in the com
plex, will remain open without liquor
sales.
Gatsby’s and Hotel State College,
two other businesses also purchased
by Hotel State College Inc., will not be
affected by the suspension.
The five local Hotel State College
Inc. investors knew of the impending
suspension when taking ownership
this month but did not know when it
would take place, Cocolin said.
“We just hoped it would be delayed
until after the football season,” Coco
lin said. “If not, it would have cost us
an awful lot of revenue.” The football
season ends with the Nov. 22 Pitt-
Penn State game at Beaver Stadium.
The liquor license suspension will
result in financial losses from the
closing as well as a possible loss of
customers at the Half Shell, Cocolin
said. He said the previous owners,
One Hundred West Inc., agreed to
compensate the new group as part of
the sales agreement.
“We had needed some time for
remodeling,” Cocolin said. “The sus
pension gave us a pretty good time
for it.”
customer needs, and we felt the mall needed
an update,” Conway said
Conway said the new stores were not built
to try to compete with the downtown mer
chants. He said the mall is not in direct
competition with downtown stores, and that it
provides a varied environment for the same
shoppers, including University students.
“We are going after the same people in the
marketplace (as downtown), but in a differ
ent environment,” Conway said.
He added, however, that it is still too soon
to tell if the new stores have attracted more
customers.
The mall is using strategies to attract the
student shopper. Earlier this month, it spon
sored a student bus discount in cooperation
with the Centre Area Transportation Authori
ty. Students paid the 65-cent fare to go to the
mall and received a pass for a free ride back
to town.
The mall sponsored a series of physical
fitness displays from Oct. 16 to 19. The mail’s
upcoming anniversary celebration will in
The Corner Room, at the corner of College Avenue and Allen Street, Is one of six local establishments facing a liquor-license suspension from Nov. 24 to Dec. 4.
elude a Chocolate Rendezvous benefitting the
Leukemia Society from Oct. 23 to 26.
Rose Mary Novitsky, special projects coor
dinator for Crown American, said the mall
has attracted “more student shoppers, espe
cially since the bus service began.”
She also said she believes business has
picked up on Sundays with the special bus
service, and noted that the mall hopes to
sponsor the program again in the near future.
It remains unclear if more students will
continue to shop at the mall after the CATA
discount has ended.
But the mail’s developer is not alone in
wanting to attract more business. Mall mer
chants are also making plans for bringing
more customers.
Darla Witmer, manager of Wall to Wall
Sound & Video, hopes to feature “in store”
bands, which are playing in the State College
area. Her store has also been announcing its
sales in local newspapers. She said she ex
pects this strategy to draw more student
customers.
Mineral economics students
dig for rewarding careers
By BETH BOYER
Collegian Business Writer
Mineral economic students, their
futures dug firmly into locating gold
and silver, are working on energy
material and construction-material
products designed to serve the.needs
of the nation, said a University asso
ciate professor of mineral economics.
“Mineral economics deals with
supplying mankind with its funda
mental housing and energy needs,”
George Schenck said. “It’s studying
how you use scarce resources to
provide the most benefit.”
careers
Mineral economists concentrate on
the needs of firms that extract, proc
ess, market and use mineral materi
als, Schenck said.
Currently, 80 undergraduates are
in the major and are required to take
courses in chemistry, math, English,
economics and geological science.
In addition to 25 required classes
for the major, students can select 40
elective credits out of 120 classes
offered, focusing on business man
agement, resource economics or op
erations management.
Gail Gockley (senior-mineral eco
nomics) said she selected the major
Service sector leads Pa. job rise
systems and corporate reorganiza
tion of business data processing
plants, Gillis said.
Pennsylvania’s unemployment As part of this trend, International
rate, which has been the seventh Business Machines Corp. ceased to
highest across the nation for most of provide computer servicing from its
the decade, dropped to 27th highest manufacturing plants, establishing
this year, according to the latest regional service centers across the
statistics from the state Bureau of nation, Gillis said.
Labor Statistics. The result has been job transfers
Service-sector growth led to the from the manufacturing sector to the
employment increase because more service sector, he added,
jobs are being created, said William An aging population has caused a
Gillis, assistant professor of agricul- greater demand for health services
tural economics. such as insurance and Medicare.
Upturns, particularly in the busi- Increases in the population’s income
ness, travel and health employment and leisure time have also led to the
sectors, have created 87,000 new jobs need for more health and travel serv
for state residents, he added. ice workers, Gillis said.
As a direct result of increased jobs, However, Gillis said manpfactur-
Gillis said wage and salary employ- ing has been one industry that has
ment in the state has expanded 1.9 hindered Pennsylvania s economic
percent from 1985 to 1986. The areas growth. The manufacturing sector
creating the service jobs are causing has increased its use of labor saving
this growth. technologies and is increasing its use
Jobs have been created in the busi- of outside services such as accoun
ness sector as result of increased tants and lawyers, Gillis added,
demand of information processing' “One of the reasons Pennsylvania
By BETH BOYER
Collegian Business Writer
Benetton clothing store featured a fashion
show last week to introduce people to “the
Benetton look.” Manager Josephine Ruiz
said the store attracts a variety of people
and, “a lot of people still don’t know what
Benetton is, and they will shop at the cheaper
stores in the mall.”
She said the mall has attracted “a few
students, but not as many as the downtown
store." She said more students shop at the
downtown store because of the convenience
in location, while more area residents fre
quent the mall store.
Even with the mall’s, increase in student
shoppers, downtown stores are still attract
ing the majority of University students.
Fashion Bug has recently remodeled, and
is attracting its fair share of students,
according to manager Sharon Barger.
Barger said her business is not in direct
competition with the downtown stores. “No
one’s business is being hurt by downtown.
People need a mall, because it is convenient
for them to shop in one area,” she said.
because she wanted to go into busi
ness and was also interested in engi
neering. She said when she first
thought of mineral economics, she
thought of dealing with diamonds,
gold and silver.
But job areas for students are nu
merous and three major companies
hire a majority of the University’s
graduates. Trans Co., a natural gas
company; Vulcan, a construction
materials producer; and the U.S.
Department of the Interior are all big
employers of mineral economists,
Schenck said.
The starting salary for a mineral
economist ranges from $16,000 to $22,-
000, but job opportunities -are de
clining, Schenck said
“It’s a bad time in the mineral
industry. Oil prices are down by 50
percent and the steel industry is
suffering from overseas competition.
Most jobs that are available now are
in the non-metallic minerals indus
try,” he said.
Non-metallic minerals consist of
cement, fertilizer and clay. Jobs in
this area are availabe across the
country in heavily populated sectors
because demamd is greater there.
Although job opportunities are not
as readily available as in past years,
Schenck said he believes more oppor
tunities will surface in the next three
years.
“In 1974, everbody needed minerals
and the price went through the roof. It
How do the downtown merchants feel about
the Nittany Mali’s new stores? Geoffrey
Brugler, chairman of the Downtown Business
Association, said most merchants downtown
do not believe their businesses will be af
fected.
“The mall attracts people who live outside
of State College as opposed to those who live
closer to town,” he said.
He said he feels that because of the conve
nience of being downtown, the merchants can
attract a wider, more diverse area of people.
He sees downtown as being “more of a
cosmopolitan area more upscale. It has
many more specialty stores and therefore
attracts a different crowd than the mall
does.”
Conway agreed that the mall is trying to
attract the same customers as downtown, but
that it is “not necessarily targeting toward
more students.”
According to Witmer, the mall draws State
College residents, as well as Boalsburg and
Bellefonte residents.
should increase in the next three
years because the mineral industry
follows an economic cycle,” he said.
Students can work in as many as 29
specific occupations such as mine
safety administrator, mineral-indus
try forecaster, production manager,
commodities market analyst, or a
mineral industry insurance agent.
‘lt’s a bad time in the
mineral industry.’
—■ George Schenck
“A commodities analyst would be
working for a major brokerage firm
advising clients to buy or sell,”
Schenck said. “The major users of
the analysts are the companies that
use the metals. They don’t want flu
cuation in price, so they get the
specialist to advise them in buying or
selling.”
A mineral industry insurance agent
also advises mineral companies on
insurance against accidents.
“Imagine working in an under
ground mine with a roof that has been
blasted out of rock and is unsafe,”
Schenck said. With the assistance of a
mineral economist, companies can
insure against these problems and
reduce their risks.
has grown slowly is because we have
a high proportion of our economy that
depends upon manufacturing, which
is declining in employment,” he said.
“If manufacturing decides to subcon
tract out for services, the jobs are
moved to this sector.”
Theodore Fuller, a University de
velopment economist, said the de
cline in manufacturing is occurring in
the basic steel industries.
“In the past six years, services
have been expanding rapidly. The
state has picked up in the past year
because its service sector is growing
and this is encouraging for our econ
omy.”
Gillis said Pennsylvania’s economy
is going to be less dependent upon
manufacturing in the future than it
has been in the past.
“Pennsylvania’s economy will de
pend a lot on the national economy,”
he said. “We will be less dependent on
the manufacturing sector for jobs
than in the past because we have seen
the shift from manufacturing to serv
ices.”
Computer network simplifies local law enforcement
By GORDON ZERNICH
Collegian Staff Writer
Local law enforcement is putting its com
puter bytes on crime in a way that would
make McGruff the Crime Dog proud.
The logistics involved in fighting and
monitoring the world of crime become infi
nitely smaller with the help of computers
communicating information to law enforce
ment officials through the computer net
work currently being shared.
The State College Bureau of Police serv
ices is currently linked, via computer, with
the University Police Services, neighboring
townships, and state and federal law en
forcement agencies, said Lt. C.W. Prestia of
the State College police. It is used to make
inquiries in regards to thefts or wanted
criminals, he said.
Prestia said the computer network, which
accesses the records of the National Crime
Information Center in Washington, D.C.,
gives police in State College a better oppor
tunity to arrest a suspect who may have
failed a driving-under-the-influence sobrie
ty test in the state of Ohio.
David E. Stormer, director of University
Safety, said the national database is one of
the few systems in the fragmented criminal
justice system where the University and
town share the information obtained by it.
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“It is a joint service venture between
town and gown and a very positive one,” he
said. “It has supported our interaction.”
Prestia said the department uses its com
puter to keep track of all its records.
“We use the data to find out the type and
time of various incidents, the geographical
area in which they happen, and our re
sponse time,” Prestia said. “We can look at
a crime and how it was committed. It may
look like just a bunch of thefts, but after
closer investigation, we may find out they
have something in common.”
The computer also comments on adminis
trative matters, giving the department
some answers that have a direct impact
upon manpower and expenses, such as the
number of men needed to change a patrol in
certain areas of the municipality. It also
locates centers of repeated disruption or
criminal activity.
Prestia said the computer can be used as
an investigative tool to track down serial
murders, although it has yet to be tested for
that specific purpose.
“These murders may be committed by a
small number of people,” he said. .
“Some of their actions are carried into
crimes that are not as serious. We might
have a person who is arrested for assault, or
some less serious offense, and begin to use
the computer to find out more about his
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criminal history. Depending on the result of
the investigation, we may begin to look at
this person as a suspect,” he said.
Stormer said the computer network cost
$190,000 in 1979 90 percent of which was
supplied by the federal government.
“It serves law enforcement effectiveness
and it provides one more tool to provide
safety and security to the student commu-
‘(The network) serves law enforcement effectiveness and
it provides one more tool to provide safety and security to
the student community.’
nity,” Stormer said. “Criminals don’t care
which side of College Avenue they are
operating on, and the information sharing
between the town and campus helps us to
clear reported offenses.”.
The computer network among local law
enforcement agencies and state and federal
authorities have made crime fighting more
effective, but experts warn that the system
is not foolproof.
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an NCIC check and the dispatcher said the
car was stolen and be careful,” Watson
said. “The passengers in the car didn’t
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“There’s a danger of a lawsuit by relying
soley on the computer network,” he said.
“We have to judge a situation by what we
observe as well. He didn’t make any sudden
moves and he appeared relaxed. If I would
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Stormer said the computer information is
not good until it's verified from the federal
or state level to the local level.
“If you’re dealing with the Philadelphia
or New York City police, it could take up to
30 minutesto get that verification, but at the
smaller departments it could take 15 to 20
minutes,” Stormer said. “In that case some
judgments have to be made, and usually
they are made in favor of the citizen.”
Prestia said State College police can use
the computer to find crime trends based
upon past histories. He said if things change
in the community, the information, based
on economic growth and other demographic
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Watson said the state police get printouts
on the type and location of incidents to let
troopers know the areas of activity.
Cpl. James Stoller of the Slate College
police said part of the problem with its
system is that the hardware and software
are dated.
"The system will become more and more
useful,” Stoller said. “The larger the com
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is no question that the department’s activity
has gone up every year. Today, though, the
public demands more information and it’s
up to us to provide that.”
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