18— The Daily Collegian Monday, Oct. 27, 1986 Program By LAUREN YOUNG Collegian Staff Writer When the pledges of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority went to a program on Women and Alcohol last Thursday night, many of them said they were thinking about the happy hours scheduled for later that evening. But after attending the panel dis cussion on women and alcohol, the pledges said they thought before they drank at the social event that night. . , “The program was very informa tive,” said Zeta Tau Alpha pledge Suzanne Toczydlowski, (freshman- Health, Physical Education and Recreation). Jill Goldman, the sorority’s presi dent, said each sordrity member must be educated in alcohol aware ness. “We have a code of alcohol standards,” Goldman said. “Each semester, we usually have an alcohol program in the suite, but we brought the pledges here since a panel is more adept at answering questions,” Goldman said. The program was presented as part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week by the Universi ty’s Total Alcohol Awareness Pro gram, The Center for Women Future, reform of education debated at lUP “We don’t need to look far to see the importance of the education issue. Many of the governor races hinge on education,” he said. ered here on the campus of the Indiana University tion. ... , .. of Pennsylvania last week for a symposium titled, “The business community is giving education “American Dreams: The National Debate about reform its best shot and promises to turn its back the Future of Education.” on public schools if reform does not occur, said During the debates the role of the teacher at all Denis Doyle, director of Education Policy Studies levels of education, values expressed in the curric- at the American Enterprise Institute for public ulum, and whether teachers or the U.S. govern- policy studies in Washington, D.C. njent should control what is taught in the three-day symposium included workshops, classroom were discussed. films and a performance by the San Francisco “Education is in the midst of a reform, often Mjme Troupe _ a political theater group con referred to as the excellence reform,” said Ches- cerned w jth current issues, ter Finn, assistant secretary Re- rs opposing views squared off search and Improvement for the U.S. Department t /, o . and . a . ha lf-hour debates, of Education. 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This is false advertising,” said Chapman. "The use of alcohol f^jQ e complicates rather than simplifies a woman’s problems.” Women have different alcohol-re lated problems than men have, said Susan Kennedy, director of the Of fice of Health Promotion and Edu cation. Kennedy also spoke on the effects of alcohol in women. “Don’t assume you can drink a man under the table,” Kennedy said, citing that women physically process alcohol differently than men of identical weight. In general, it will take an hour for a 160-pound man to process one drink, while a woman of a similar weight will process the same amount of alcohol in about two hours, Kennedy said. Women may also be affected by alcohol prior to menstruation, while taking oral contraceptives or while under medication, Kennedy said. These factors may increase the effects of alcohol, she said. “Watch how your body reacts to alcohol and adjust your drinking habits,” said Kennedy. She added that alcohol will have a greater effect if a woman is under the circumstances of hunger, an ger, loneliness or fatigue. Kennedy told the mostly female audience to “drink when you are relaxed, eat 0, D protein foods while drinking alcohol and pace yourself.” Margret Shearon, coordinator for Centre County Women’s Resource Center told the audience that “alco hol takes choices away.” The influence of alcohol may in crease the risk of sexual assault by' impairing a woman’s ability to sense danger, Shearon said. Speaking on sexual assault, Shea ron said one in four college women are victims of rape. Contrary to popular belief, Shearon said, the rapist is not someone who is ugly or cannnot get a date. “Ninety percent of rapes com mitted are by a man the woman knows,” she said. Dana Froke, co-chairman of USG Department of Women’s Concerns said researchers estimate alcohol is involved in 60 to 80 percent of all rapes. Froke cited information from a pamphlet compiled by TAAP, USG Department of Wom en’s Concerns and the Center for Women Students titled “Women and Alcohol.” Froke, who was the final panelist to speak, said the University offers few non-alcoholic alternatives. “Penn State is a 100-proof com munity.” Froke said. This week, The Daily Collegian will examine the issues discussed at the symposium in a series of re lated articles that will address the following issues: • The role of education. . • The role of government education. • Experts’ beliefs about future of education. STOP! instructors Psi approval may depend on timetable Phi ners to consume a glass of some sort of beverage at each stop. Council member Daniel Chaffee Approval for the 1987 Phi Psi 500 said replacing Stroh’s Beer with Nike may be contingent on a timetable to shoes as sponsor of the race last year be set bv Phi Kappa Psi fraternity to was also a positive step. remove drinking from the race. Dagen described the race as more The move was suggested by State of a parade or a type of festival College Municipal Council President He said all but 100 J of last year s John Dombroski after council mem- participants entered in the Anything bers expressed concern at a lunch- Goes” costume time meeting Friday that the annual Council member James Bartoo race with stops at six downtown said the race ought to include obsta bars' is known primarily as a “beer cles, like a water hazard or climbing . .’ „ area, and at least one stop where no “If Ido not see some kind of decent alcoholic beverages are served, timetable, my vote will be no,” said “Right now, the focus is on getting Council Member Ruth Lavin. from one (bar) to another, Bartoo “The focus of the race should be fun said. “As long as we don t address for the whole community,” Lavin that,we’regoing to h^ v ®. a J°J™® said. “The feedback I’ve gotten from perception out mere that it s one the community is that it’s not fun if giant beer bust, the emphasis is on alcohol.” “It would be symbolic to have a Phi Kappa Psi member Todd Da- non-purveyor of beer as a stop, gen, chairman of the fraternity’s Phi Bartoo said. Psi 500 committee, said the fraternity Mary Ann Haas, another council would be willing to discuss a timeta- member, said the community should ble among fraternity members and allow the race, with council. “This is a colle S e community, “We didn’t feel it would work to do Haas said. “A certain level of toler it all in one year,” Dagen said. “In ance goes with that. As the spring the future, we’ll move toward it, but feat the Phi Psi is, it deserves a we didn’t feel we’d get participants if measure of tolerance, we iust cut (drinking) off in one Council member Dan Winand said vear” the race should be “brought within y Dagen said most of the Phi Psi the standards of the community.” money earmarked for the Centre “We can’t reduce our standards Community Hospital paramedic pro- and keep (State. < he c°mmu gram comes from entry fees for mty people want, Winand said. The runners and “Anything Goes” partic- race will have to have ipants phased out in order to keep with the The fraternity will also arrange to desires of the community.” have low alcohol beer instead of regu- Local and nationwide standards lar beer served to race participants have changed since the race began, this vear as a means of curbing Winand said, adding that they have drunkenness, Dagen said. Also, he been shifting away from accepting said, participants who do not wish to alcohol use as attractive and desira drink alcoholic beverages will be ble.” , permitted to drink soda at each stop. Winand said the group has already The Phi Psi 500 rules require run- made a number of improvements. By JAMES A. STEWART Collegian Staff Writer
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