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Hartline (senior-chemical engi
neering).
While people in Pennsylvania
question this new law, the debate
between community safety and the
rights of offenders who have paid
their debts to society has continued
to rage in Megan's home state.
The New Jersey statute has met
with opposition in the courts. On
the very day the Pennsylvania
House passed its law, New Jersey
was defending the concept of noti
fication in federal court.
Harold Rubenstein, a New Jer
sey attorney, said he feels the law
is an excessive punishment.
"These are convicted sex offend
ers who have served their time," he
said, adding that he is also con
cerned about vigilantism.
The most serious New Jersey
case of vigilante violence occurred
in Phillipsburg, Warren County
several months ago.
Frank Busci, a Warren County
chief assistant prosecutor who han
dles the implementation of
Megan's Law for the county, said
two men were drinking one
evening, shortly after they were
notified that a sex offender had
moved into their neighborhood.
Having learned about their new
neighbor's past, they decided to do
something about it.
The two men knocked on the
door and proceeded to beat the
man who answered it, but the man
was not the offender, Bucks said.
"These two individuals under
the influence were convinced
they had the right guy," he said.
Since the incident, New Jersey
officials have taken steps to pre
vent another incident.
In spite of the vigilante inci
dents, New Jersey law-enforce
ment officials have already seen
the law pay dividends.
Several months ago a group of
girls were frightened by a suspi
cious-looking man driving a black
car near a school bus stop. In New
Jersey, all convicted sex offenders
are required to register with local
law enforcement. The registries
are used as a tool by police in sex
offense investigations.
When the girls reported the inci
dent, the only detail they could
remember was the car, Busci said.
"It just so happens the next town
had an offender who owned an 'BB
black Camaro," he said.
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permarkets took that business
away from the corner market and
forced them to either adapt or per
ish.
And adapt is what Stone is telling
small businesses to do.
Businesses can compete with the
likes of a nationwide retailer, and
even take advantage of their prox
imity to a Wall-Mart if they
avoid head-to-head competition,
Stone said. The chains tend to pull
in shoppers from a wide area, and
the resulting rise in traffic can
benefit certain businesses.
For example, furniture stores
tend to report an upswing in sales
after a Wal-Mart opens nearby,
Stone said.
"Wal-Mart really doesn't carry
furniture, just small things you put
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money to see the changes through,
he added.
But Spanier said the restructur
ing of the CES is not about cutting
the budget or axing jobs. Instead,
he said, it is about getting the Uni
versity organized.
"We're undertaking this study
with a realistic sense that re
sources are tight," Spanier said.
"We are ready now to begin looking
at the possibility of delivering our
services differently and organizing
ourselves differently."
Some of the options proposed to
the Altoona Campus are to continue
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The CES continued to grow
steadily because of the communi
ty's educational needs and ambi
tions, Hosler said.
"There has been constant evolu
tion," he said. "The needs of the
society and the needs of the stu
dent keep changing."
As students and community
needs evolved, so did the structure
of the CES; by 1966, enrollment
increased significantly. Many new
campuses were added and dorms
were also constructed at a few
locations.
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Realizing the benefits of a near
by Wal-Mart is just one of the few
adaptations Stone said small busi
ness must make.
Stone uses the once-typical small
town hardware store as an example
of how many businesses must
adapt to large chain stores. Many
hardware stores had branched out
into housewares, sporting goods
and cleaning supplies, which are all
Wal-Mart's strong suit, Stone said.
Now, more are specializing in
order to compete.
"The advantage of the small
town hardware store is all the fas
teners they carry, in all the sizes
you can possibly think of the
eight-inch bolt," he said. Wal-Mart
does not carry those types of
its present mission with an alter
ation, such as adding one or two
four-year programs, becoming a
community college or becoming a
four-year college.
The plan proposes the Dußois
Campus form an alliance with the
University of Pittsburgh at Brad
ford. And the York Campus,
Schuylkill Campus and Mont Alto
Campus have the option of collabo
rating with Penn State Harrisburg
as a multi-campus system, Dunham
said.
Penn State Harrisburg Student
Government Association President
Duane Brooks said it is a good idea
ment, it became apparent that Uni
versity Park would not be able to
accommodate all of the students
attending the Commonwealth Cam
puses. In 1970, the University des
ignated Penn State Erie as the only
Commonwealth Campus to offer a
four-year degree plan and also
began to evaluate the mission of
each of the Commonwealth Cam
puses.
The condition of the CES contin
ued to undergo evaluation through
the presidencies of Bryce Jordan,
Joab Thomas and Spanier.
During the 1980 s, the system
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customers where to go to find
them, he added.
"I know a few hardware store
owners who want their stores to be
as close as possible to the Wal-
Mart; they know how to play the
game," he said.
Jacob Deßooy, associate profes
sor of managerial economics at
Penn State Harrisburg, said he
agrees with Stone. Small business
es cannot compete with the behe
moths of retail if they sell the same
merchandise.
"What's got to happen is that
these small firms will have to look
at themselves and see if they are
offering a different product than
the larger stores," he said.
With the recent addition of
another Wal-Mart in the State Col-
for Harrisburg to work more close
ly with its neighboring campuses.
Delaware County Campus Com
monwealth Educational Officer
Edward Tomersko said Delco
received four options to choose
from.
"I'm not considering any of those
the one. I want to give them all fair
opportunity," Tomersko said. "(The
students) were very pleased. About
40 percent don't transfer to Uni
versity Park due to personal rea
sons. The president made them feel
very good."
Collegian Staff Writer Megan
Donley contributed to this report.
tinuing Education to form what is
now the CES. During that time, the
state saw a steady decline in the
number of high school graduates.
Thomas said ongoing discussions
concerning the CES were a regular
part of his presidency. He conduct
ed studies of select Commonwealth
Campuses and developed a strate
gic plan to address some of the
CES problems, such as financial
instability, he said. But change was
not set into motion.
"We had a number of long-range
plans but none that were honed
down to implementation," Thomas
added.
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ing a greater need to distinguish
themselves from their big-chain
competitors.
O.W. Houts and Son Inc., 129 N.
Buckhout St., is a hardware store
that tries to set itself apart through
service, said General Manager Sam
Rogers.
Many people, Rogers said, come
into the store with a specific prob
lem such as a leaky faucet.
"We tell you how to repair that
faucet and sell you only what you
need," he said.
Although O.W. Houts has seen its
regular customers try the chain
stores. Rogers said they often
return, saying they missed the ser
vice.
But, sometimes these competi
tion strategies prove to be futile.
AT&T chairman shows hope
for age of better information
By MICHAEL LEACH
Collegian Staff Writer
The Palmer Chair Lecturer yes
terday brought with him a message
of hope and anticipation over the
coming technologies involving the
information superhighway, but
stressed the need for responsible
drivers to follow —and perhaps
fashion the rules of the road to
come.
Robert E. Allen, Chairman and
CEO for AT&T, delivered the annu
al James R. and Barbara R. Palmer
Chair Lecture in Telecommunica
tions Studies yesterday to an audi
ence of 100 people in the Carnegie
Cinema and 60 colleges, universi
ties, and media organizations via
satellite.
"This is the first Palmer Chair
Lecture that is transmitted by
satellite around the country," said
Terri Brooks, dean of the College
of Communications. "It is a sign of
how far, how fast things have
changed."
Allen, who assumed the positions
of both CEO and chairman of
AT&T in 1988, stressed the impor
tance of moving forward in wisdom
as well as information in his 45-
minute commentary.
"I would, in short, ask you to con
sider information, not as an end in
itself, but as raw material that can
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Scott Welham, president of
Dank's Department Stores, which
closed its location at 148 S. Allen
St. in May, said it is not a problem
of competition but a lack of cus
tomers. More stores have opened
in the area while the population has
remained fairly steady in the past
five years.
"Something's going to be
squeezed out," he said.
However, Welham said he thinks
that reports of the death of down
town have been greatly exaggerat
ed. While cleaning out the down
town store, he said he found sortie
old newspaper clippings that pre
dicted tough times for local bus!
ness.
"They were having the s[ n „
problems in the '6os when the : , :3 1
tany Mall opened up," he said.
be magically transformed
human imagination, Allen said.
Additionally, the head of AT, - - I
a multibillion-dollar empire, not,(:
the changes that have taken pl-ic
in the development of the Inter - 11cl
"When this decade began, ti
Internet was still the provin.- t
science and goverr ment," !' -
said. "Today it's estimated
between 30 and 50 million pc .0
access the Internet an ad '1( c
network that has come to sy
ize the freewheeling, somet, •-,
seditious, and always inter:• ti
nature of things to come."
The things to come are not
essarily going to be easy, etir , _:
The exciting technologies
the markets today carry pitfall- if..
future generations. Allen
added that the Internet of t
won't necessarily be the info— -
tion superhighway of tomorro,-.
"The Internet is kind of 1,
today," Allen said. "But it ;
very efficient, not very roll.)1
and not very secure."
Gary Augustson, execu:
director of Computer and Info
tion Systems, sees bright NI:
for both Penn State and AT&T
the development of 'met r _
resources.
"The partnership between 1
State and AT&T is a strong n
Augustson said.