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COLLEGIAN 100 YEARS
AprillBB7•April 1987
Clinger supporters
celebrate victory
By MEGAN O'MATZ
Collegian Staff Writer
Bill Danch, a registered Demo
crat, and five of his buddies sped
back from an automotive conven
tion in Toronto on Tuesday, arriving
in Dußois just in time to cast their
ballots for Republican U.S. Rep.
William F, Clinger.
"We could have partied in Toronto
another two or three hours," said
Danch, general sales manager of
Johnson Motors Inc. in Dußois.
"But we rushed back and•made it in
time to vote."
Danch and his friends gathered at
the Holiday Inn in Dußois on elec
tion night to join about 250 Clinger
supporters in celebrating the con
gressman's victory over former
state Rep. Bill Wachob.
Danch is a Democrat, but that
didn't stop him from voting for
Clinger.
"It doesn't matter if you're a
Democrat, independent, Commu
nist or whatever. It depends on who
you feel can represent you best,"
Danch said.
"We knew that Mr. Clinger would
win," he continued. "He's been in
there a long time. Why should we
break a new guy in?"
That was the sentiment of most
Clinger supporters Tuesday night as
they , anxiously huddled around
three television monitors awaiting
results of the 23rd Congressional
District race.
Cheers often erupted throughout
the hall as Clinger aids posted indi
vidual county votes showing the
Fast
enters its
fifth day
By ERIC SCHMIDT
Collegian Staff Writer
During the first day of a fast, the
body will live off stores in the liver.
But after about 24 hours, those stores
run out and the body is forced to use
muscle tissue and fat for energy.
After about 30 days the blood be
comes acidic from waste products,
and brain damage or other tissue
damage may result.
"A person can get dizzy earlier in
the process (less than 30 days)," said
Pam Kase, staff nutritionist for the
Nutrition Peer Education Center. "It
depends on their stores (of energy)."
During a fast, people's bodies will
attempt to conserve energy, Kase
said, so they will become less en
ergetic and move around less. In
severe cases of starvation, the victim
becomes apathetic because it takes
too much energy to even think.
`lt depends on their
stores (of energy).'
—Pam Kase
As of today, four people have been
fasting for five days: Todd May
(graduate-philosophy); Robert Cor
rington, associate professor of philos
ophy; Don Rallis, a white South
African student; and Rev. Cecil Grey
of State College.
May said about 75 students and
State College residents have signed
up to fast with the four.
As the week draws to a close, May
said he expects more people to sign
up. •
May said the fasting has two main
theories behind it.
"If you take the suffering upon
yourself," May said, "then those who
oppress may have a call to con
science and those who are sympathet
ic may have a call to action." •
- .
Traditionally, fasting has been part
of western religious culture, said
Thomas Poole, affiliate associate
professor of religious studies.
In the New Testament, Poole said,
Jesus goes into the wilderness to fast
for 40 days and 40 nights before
starting his ministry.
"This is the classical example of a
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congressman ahead of Wachob dur
ing most of the evening.
Judy Smart, sporting a blue and
white Clinger T-shirt, with her 8-
year-old daughter Suzann, were
pleased with the early returns after
spending months campaigning for
the congressman.
"We are a more conservative
family than liberal," Smart said.
The family, she said, h - as been to
almost every , Republican barbeque,
rally and fund-raiser within the last
few months.
After months of hard work, Cling
er champions relished the taste of
victory, devouring hors d'oeuvres
and alcoholic beverages while Ed
die Delune and his orchestra pro
vided entertainment.
Jerry. Karson, chairman of Stu
dents for Clinger at Penn State, was
pleased with the large majority the
congressman won in Centre County,
receiving 18,103 votes to Wachob's
12,591.
"Wachob ran an effective student
campaign organization, but this
time he got opposition on campus,"
Karson said. In 1984, Wachob won
Centre County and came within 6,-
000 votes of defeating Clinger.
Harry Phillips, Clinger's press
secretary, said the congressman
actively sought the student vote this
year.
"In 1986 we had an aggressive
student vote effort. In 1984 we didn't
have that," he said.
It was the students who led chants
of "We want Bill" at about 11:15
p.m., urging the congressman to
speak to the crowd.
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Republican U.S. Rep. William F. Clinger speaks during a victory speech at his
campaign headquarters in Dußois yesterday.
Clinger called the victory "heart- tic" existence since the primary,
warming" as he introduced and Clinger said his next plan is to take a
thanked his congressional staff for vacation.
their efforts in a "long, hard cam- After hugging his wife, Judy, the
paign•" congressman said, "Let's all par-
Declaring that he has led a "fran- ty."
weather
Tonight will be chilly and damp,
with periods of rain and drizzle.
Low 38. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy
in the morning with light rain.
There'll be a few breaks in the
cloud cover later. High 47.
GOP wins
Dems win
By The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA Republicans
kept control of the state Senate in
Tuesday's election, while Demo
crats kept their grip on the state
House of Representatives.
The GOP went into the election
with a 26-23 advantage in the Senate.
One remaining seat was held by
Republican-turned-independent
Guy Kratzer of Allentown, who.lost
to state Rep. Roy Afflerbach, a
Democrat.
That closed the gap to 26-24, but
neither side made additional gains.
In the House, Democrats and Re
publicans swapped one seat each,
but the Democrats ended with a 103-
100 advantage. Entering the elec
tion, the Democrats had a 101-100
edge, with two vacancies.
One Republican incumbent, Ron
ald Black of Venango County, was
trailing early this morning, leaving
doubt About the final House tally,
but he finished with 52 percent of the
vote to 48 percent for Democrat
John Last with all the votes counted.
"We are still in the majority,"
Democratic spokesman Anthony
May said yesterday. "I don't fore
see any recounts at this time."
With all the votes counted in the
16th Senatorial District, Afflerbach
had 51 percent, while Republican
David K. Bausch had 5 percent.
Kratzer, finishing his first term, had
4 percent.
In the House, Democrats captured
a seat previously held by a Republi
can. The gain came in the 6th Legis
lative District, where Democrat
New editor chosen
By CAROLYN SORISIO
Collegian Staff Writer
Chris Raymond was named the
next editor of The Daily Collegian by
the Collegian Board of Directors last
night.
"I'm happy that the board gave me
the opportunity to serve as editor for
a term and I hope I can live up to their
expectations," Raymond said after
the decision was announced.
"There's a lot of potential in the
paper right now and with the ded
icated staff, I know we are going
places next year," he added.
Raymond (senior-journalism) is
the current magazine editor at the
Collegian and previously served as
assistant managing editor, assistant
sports editor and sports writer.
Raymond told the board that The
Weekly Collegian and Collegian Mag
azine are traditionally the "weaker
links" of Collegian Inc. and should be
emphasized by the editor and staff.
Raymond said he hopes to partici
pate in the daily workings of the
newsroom in order to increase staff
motivation.
"I want to serve as more than just a
liaison between the staff and the
public," he said.
Metric group
system's use
By BETH BOYER
Collegian Business Writer
Amid high hopes in the early 1970 s
that Americans would start measur
ing in meters, pouring in liters and
weighing themselves in grams, feder
al government officials are now ac
knowledging that efforts to convert
the nation to metrics were unsuccess
ful.
Members of a recent conference
held by the U.S.• Metric Association
said the government should do more
to push the metric system, by induc
ing industry to use it, said Valorie
Antoine, executive director of the
association.
The United States is one of only
three nations that do not use the
metric system. The other nations,
Burma and Brunei, are part of the
island of Borneo in Indonesia.
Countries under the metric system
have, on the average, been using
metrics for the past 100 years.
In contrast, the United States has
lacked the necessary political will to
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Connie G. Maine defeated Republi
can Gene G. Rumsey. They were
fighting to replace Republican Rep.
Tom Swift, who was beaten in the
primary.
With 100 percent of the district's
precincts reporting, Maine had 61
percent of the votes and Rumsey
had 39 percent.
In the 130th Legislative District,
Republican Dennis E. Leh' defeated
John R. McCloskey in the race to
succeed Democrat Lester Fryar of
Berks County. With all the votes
counted, Leh had 52 percent, to
McCloskey's 98 percent.
Control of the
House and Senate
determine, to a large
extent, the ease with
which the next .
governor will be able
to implement his
programs.
All 203 House seats and half of the
50 Senate seats were on the ballot.
Seven Senate incumbents and at
least 73 House members were unop
posed.
Control of the House and Senate
determine, to a large extent, the
ease with which the next governor
will he able to implement his pro
grams and appoint nominees to key
positions.
Anita Huslin, current editor, said
Raymond's ability to work well and
communicate with people will help
make him a good editor.
"The paper is in good hands . . .
He'll be a strong editor and he'll have
a strong staff to work with," she said.
Raymond will begin his one-year
term after the Dec. 12 issue of the
paper is published.
convert to metrics immediately and
has instead tried to convert slowly for
fear of adverse effects, said Donald
Rung, University professor of math
ematics.
"There was not enough people that
decided that it was in the best interest
of the U. 5.," he said. The nation's
government officials do not remain in
office long enough for them to take
the risk of immediate conversion,
which would face resistance from the
population, Rung said. Therefore, the
country's conversion process has
been occurring over time.
Rung, who did not attend the con
ference, said he was in Canada dur
ing that country's conversion
process. He added that the conver
sion attempt also faced public opposi
tion, but the country converted
immediately.
"(Canada) did it in the only way
that's possible cold turkey," he
said. "When you went on the road the
signs read so many kilometers to
your destination. There wasn't 80
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