4 —The Daily Collegian Monday, Oct. 27, 1986
Vonnegut:
Author lectures tonight about art of getting a job
Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. arrives here today to tell Dan Walden, professor of American Studies, said Von-
University students how to get a job like his. negut writes, “socio-literary tales told in the science
Vonnegut will lecture at 8 tonight in Eisenhower Audito- fiction vein,
rium. Tickets are $3, $2 and $1 and are available before “Vonnegut is an excellent writer as well as an imagina
the lecture at the Eisenhower box office. tive writer. He cares about his characters and about the
“I will discuss my own work in a whimsical manner, situations that we human beings arc involved in,” he said,
touch on current events, and give the best advice I can to balden, who teaches Vonncgut's novels, sgid his favor
those who would like to become writers, said Vonnegut j te j s Cat ' s cradle, “a brilliant imaginative satire that
of his talk. He is on a college lecture tour managed by the dramatizes w hat has happened by inventing characters
Cosby Bureau International speaking agency. Colloquy, anc j inventing a new language.’* *
the University’s speaker organization, is sponsoring the HesaldheisalsoparlialloSlailghterhousc . FlvC|Which
lecture. . hi= lonn deals with the Dresden firebombings of World War II and
“f !tz —S ie*”
war and death. “Vonnegut will be read as long as there are people to
His other novels include Breakfast of Champions, read,” Walden said.
Slapstick and Deadeye Dick. His last novel, Galapagos, So it goes.
was published in 1985. “ b V Damon Cha PP ie
Seat belt users not very
to drink and drive, study
By MARIBETH ROMAN
Collegian,Staff Writer
Individuals who habitually use seat
belts are 60 percent less likely to
drink and drive than their unbuckling
counterparts, according to a recent
University study.
The finding was part of a survey of
300 college students to determine how
people decide whether they are too
intoxicated to drive. Fred L. Manner
ing, a University assistant professor
of civil engineering, completed the
study.
Alcohol-related automobile acci
dents were the leading cause of death
among 16- to 24-year-old Americans,
according to the federal statistics.
Last year in Pennsylvania, from
20,136 alcohol-related accidents, 29,-
981 people were arrested for drunk
driving, according to figures from the
Pennsylvania Department of Trans
portation.
“Whether or not a driver wears a
safety belt is an indicator of that
person’s safety consciousness,” Man
nering said. Therefore, a person who
usually wears a seat belt is less likely
to get behind the wheel after drink
ing.
Teaching academy to be established
INDIANA (AP) The chancellor of
the State System of Higher Education
has unveiled a $1 million plan to
establish an academy for upgrading
teacher education.
James McCormick said his pro
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Mannering also found nearly 50
percent of all respondents would
drive home, “even though their aver
age blood-alcohol content was 0.12,
well above the 0.1 percent legal intox
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The number of drinks consumed, a
person’s gender, and wearing a safe
ty belt were among the factors in
fluencing the decision of whether to
drive after drinking.
Mannering concluded the length of
the drive, the time of the day, and the
respondent’s age had little bearing on
the decision whether or not to drive.
However, Mannering added, age
did play an interesting role.
“Older persons seemed more likely
to drive after drinking,” Mannering
said, adding that this could reflect
more confidence from additional
drinking-driving experience, or may
indicate less sensitivity to the drink
ing-driving problem.
Mannering’s study also suggested
educating the public about the prob
lem, consequences, and penalties is
more effective than enforcement.
However, according to PennDOT,
“the decrease in alcohol-related acci
dents can be attributed to the continu
ing unified efforts of federal, state,
positively and aggressively to the call
for improvement of teaching and
strengthening of curriculum at all
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Hall of Fame:
Voters honored for 50 years of serious citizenship
By LAUREN YOUNG
Collegian Staff Writer
In Cooperstown, N.Y., they built a
Baseball Hall of Fame. In Cleve
land, Ohio, there’s The Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame. And now Penn
sylvania has a Voter Hall of Fame.
The recently established Voter
Hall of Fame, more an idea than
commemorative museum, inducts
all Pennsylvania registered voters
who voted in every November elec
tion for the past 50 years.
“The Hall of Fame is for people
who have exemplary voting re
cords,” said Kathy Liebler, spokes
man for the Pennsylvania
Department of State. “Its mem
bership consists of people who take
their citizenship very seriously,”
she said.
Besides proving they have voted
for the past 50 elections, “Hall of
Famers” must also agree to en
courage two Other citizens to regis
ter to vote, Liebler said.
In Centre County, one Howard
resident and one Aaronsburg resi
dent have voted for 50 or more
consecutive years.
“After certifying the voter’s re-
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cord, he or she will receive a certifi
cate signed by Gov. (Dick)
Thornburgh,” Liebler said. “Our
long-term goal is to bring the voters
together once a year. The Depart
ment of State is also considering the
creation of an honorary display in
Harrisburg,” she said.
In the Centre County Voter Regis
tration Courthouse, the voting re
cords date back to 1937, said Nancy
Fisher, supervisor of voter regis
Aaronsburg man hall of famer
Harry Burd can’t remember if he voted for either teacher for 13 years and worked for the Firestone Corp.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Alfred Landon in the 1936 He also was the Centre County Register of Wills for 36
election. Nevertheless, he voted. years. . „ ,
Fifty years later, after voting in every November “The Register of Wills does lots of jobs, said Burd.
election, Burd is one of two members of the recently “I was clerk of orphans. I issued marriage licenses and
established Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame. adoptions.” .
“I have been registered Republican all along,” said A widower with one son and two grandchildren, Hurd
Burd, “but I have always voted for who I thought was said voting shapes the future.“l want life to be good for
the best person.” me and my family. Hopefully, the right vote can solve
The 81-year-old Aaronsburg resident has never our problems,” he said. ,
missed a November election. “I have always voted,” Burd does remember, however, who he voted for in
Burd said. “It is one of the great American privileges.” the last election Ronald Reagan. But if Reagan was
Burd said by voting, citizens insure their freedom, a third term candidate, Burd said he doubts he would
“Would you like to live in Russia?” he asks. “In vote for him again.
America we have a voice.” “Retired people don’t vote for Reagan,” he said.
Burd has held an array of jobs. He was a school
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The Pennsylvania Association of
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Hall of Fame, Liebler said. The
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Pennsylvania is not the first state
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Other states with similar programs
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—by Lauren Young
The following is a list of Student Organization Budget Comm, sponsored
groups which are having an organizational meeting this week:
ORGANIZATION’S NAME DATE TIME PLACE SPECIAL EVENT
AG STUDENT COUNCIL
ALPHA KAPPA PSI
ARHS
BLACK GRAD STU ASSOC
CARIBBEAN STU. ASSOC.
CIRCLE K CLUB
COLLEGIATE 4-H
ECO-ACTION
FOOD SCI. CLUB
FRIENDS OF LATIN AMERICA
INTERLANDIA FOLK DANCERS
KRISHNA YOGA SOCIETY
LESBIAN/GAY STU ALLIANCE
P S AG MECH CLUB
P S INDOOR WINTER GUARD
P S JUGGLING CLUB
P S MATH CLUB
P S MODEL RAILROAD CLUB
P S SAILING CLUB
P S SCIENCE FICTION SOC
P S SQUASH CLUB
P S STUDENTS FOR LIFE
P S WATER SKI CLUB
PHI BETA LAMBDA
STU PA ST ED ASSOC
STUDENT UNION BOARD
USG-DEPT WOMAN’S CONCERN
VETERANS ORG
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We finished sth overall,
And our Banner placed ONE
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Kappa’s
Thanx, We had a great time
Love & Spoons,
The Phi Psi’s
10/28
8:00pm Rm2l4Boucke Pledge Meeting
6:3opm Rm 225 HUB
7:lspm Cult Ctr Conf RM
10/28
7:oopm Cult Ctr
7:oopm Rm 323 HUB
10/28
7:oopm Rm 301 Ag Admin
10/27
s:3opm Rm 224 HUB Low-Level Radioactive
Waste
10/27
7:oopm Rm 320 Willard
8:00pm Rm 133 White Bldg. Exper. Dancers
7:3opm Rm 301 HUB Folkdancing/Teaching
6:oopm 103 E. Hamilton Ave.
7:3opm Rm 322 E. H Dev
10/27
7:oopm Rm 248 Ag Eng S:
10/29
7:3opm Rm 133 White Bldg,
10/27 &
11/2
10/27
8:00pm Rm 3A White Bldg
10/28
7:3opm RM to be
announced
7:oopm Rm S-5 HUB
10/28
7:3opm Rm 321 Boucke Bldg,
10/28
7:oopm Rm. 316 Boucke Bldg,
7:oopm Rec Hall Squash Cts
9:oopm Rm 251 Willard Bldg,
10/29
10/28
7:3opm Rm 106
Boucke Bldg,
10/30
7:oopm Rm 203 Willard Bldg.
10/29
7:oopm Rm 212 Boucke Bldg S:
10/28
7:oopm Rm 307 HUB
10/29
8:00pm Rm 120 Boucke Bldg,
10/29
8:00pm 227 E. Nittany Ave.
Speaker
Rm 301 Ag Admin. P.R. Workshop Info
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General
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Welcome
General
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Minorities & PSU
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