I I Tmjt r> B x I I A mix of clouds and sunshine His name was Barry; He TammCl I rOOrl today. High 84°F. Partly cloudy I w I I tonight with a shower or t-storm V was a showman Justin Leonard fired birdie after birdie to make up jKUXX a five-stroke deficit and win the British Open i **“l'?Sm d|s§|i§eD —Page 2 —Page 8 | daily OollGQ iBII www.collegian.psu.edu Vol. 98, No. 22 12 Pages ©1997 Collegian Inc. Hershey, Geisinger By JODI HANAUER Collegian Staff Writer Reactions have been mixed since the July 1 merger of the Hershey Medical Center and the Geisinger Health System into the Penn State Geisinger Health Sys tem. The mission of the merger was to “improve the health of the people of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania through an integrated system of health services based on a balanced program of patient care, education, research and community ser vice,” according to a news release. Kenyan injustice target of protest By TRACEY FOSTER Collegian Staff Writer Stop Police Brutality. Bad Constitution. Freedom. These signs were displayed by several children who took part in a demonstration to protest police and government brutality in Kenya at noon on Friday, outside of Schwab Auditorium. Before a crowd of about 50, members of the Kenyan Student Association and other supporting organizations sent condolences to thejamilies of the victims of vio ~Xept acts_of the Kenyan govern ment. In addition to giving their sup port, they too time to voice their opinion that non-violent demonstra tions and peaceful protests are part of a democratic tradition. “Our people are no longer satis fied. They want good government based on solid democratic princi- ple,” said Jimmy Adegoke, presi dent of the African Student Associ ation. During the month of July alone, 14 people were reported killed and hundreds more injured in pro-con stitutional reform demonstrations with the police, according to the protesters. “We thank God that we can do this in the United States,” Wanjiru Kamau, a senior diversity planning analyst said. “Some of the things we take for granted are very important.” “If we were (demonstrating) in Kenya, we would be beaten,” he added. According to the statement issued by the Kenyan community at the University, “The use of live ammunition and other killer gad gets resulting in the death of at least 14 Kenyans sets a new record of police brutality in Kenyan histo ry.” The statement also urged the U.S. government to reconsider their support “for a regime that thrives on corruption and brutali ty.” “We all live in a global village where we are all connected,” said Water authority urges conservation By KRISTIN WALPOLE Collegian Staff Writer Although State College residents may be enjoying the sunny days, the escape from rain has prompted the state to issue a drought warn ing to 34 counties, including Centre County. The State College Borough does not have a water problem yet, but must do its part to help surround ing areas that are suffering, said David R. Nevel, customer service administrator at the State College Borough Water Authority, 1201 W. Branch Road. “It’s not really fair if we don’t try to help areas around us, like Lemont, who are having problems,” he said. “That is why we are asking our customers to voluntarily con serve water right now,” he said. The conservation of water will not only help areas around State College that are in trouble, but will help to avoid water shortages in State College that could occur Geisinger employees had a positive out look about the changes from the merger. Dr. Charles Maxinn, senior vice presi dent for clinical operations of the Western region of the new system, said the changes did not effect any Geisinger physicians. “The merger is positive because it pre serves the Pennsylvania locally-run health system,” Maxinn said. “It also helps insure that Geisinger and Hershey Medical Center will continue to prosper into the future and that local HMO’s will continue to be| available to the citizens,” Maxinn said. Maxinn said he and other employees of Collegian Photo/David S. Spence Activists stage a protest outside Schwab Auditorium Friday afternoon. Students in Kenya have been jailed for protesting the government. Terrell Jones, deputy vice provost for undergraduate educational equity. “We must be as concerned with what happens in Kenya as we are with what happens in Philadel phia,” he said. According to the statement, the National Convention Executive Committee and international observers have called for constitu tional reforms and the repeal of the Public Order Act, which requires citizens to obtain permission to meet in public. “This is a call, calling all people who love peace and justice. The constitution does not give citizens the rights that they should enjoy in their country,” Kamau said. According to the statement, the upcoming elections would not be free and fair because public gath erings and media access of opposi tional politicians are restricted by the current government under Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi. “When we have a repressive gov ernment, many people are denied opportunities,” said Connie Ileko Mugalla, chair of the Kenyan Stu dent Association. "We hope to avoid a situation like last year where conservation was mandated and we actually had to go out and enforce it." David R. Nevel customer service administrator if the weather remains dry “We hope to avoid a situation like last year where conservation was mandated and we actually had to go out and enforce it,” Nevel said. It is not unusual to experience dry weather in the summer months, but the normal rainfall experienced at the University this time of year is 2.34 inches and the area has received only 0.35 inches so far this month, said Paul Yeager, Monday, July 21,1997 merger not a cure for nurses Geisinger received no cuts in benefits, time-off, tuition coverage, health-insur- Most of the other employees of Hershey have more secure jobs and a more secure ance coverage and seniority rights. are also upset with the reduced benefits, health system because of the merger. Because of these cuts, many registered she said. Some Hershey employees held a similar nurses took part in an informational The purpose of the informational protest view. protest on June 22 at the Hershey Medical held in June was to involve the community “The merger not only benefits our changes, but offers more opportunities for “Yes, we lost benefits and are very upset everybody involved,” said Steve Bortner, because nobody likes changes,” said Mar manager of public information for the garet McGinley, a nurse who works within Penn State Geisinger Health System. the new system. However, not all of the employees of the “Because of the merger, we lost one newly-formed system are pleased with the week of vacation time. Our contract was merger. disrupted. Our pension plan was affected. Some nurses are concerned the merger And our medical costs went up,” McGinley will affect their salaries, pensions, paid said. A participant in the 12th Annual Black Moshannon Festival tries to cut his way through a log during the Cross Cutting event at Black Moshannon State Park Saturday. The participants were timed to see how long it took them to cut through the 10-inch log. Log festival families, nature lovers By KRISTIN WALPOLE Collegian Staff Writer In 1983, a food concessionaire at Black Moshannon State Park, Philipsburg, set up four tables to exhibit and sell crafts. Fourteen years later, that small craft show has turned into the Black Moshannon Festival, including competitive events, music, entertainment and, of course, crafts. “We’re proud of what it is now,” said Shirley Pryde, the founder of the now-annual event. “It just kept getting bigger and bigger.” This weekend the park was filled with people enjoying the festivities of the 12th Annual Black Moshannon Festival. For some, it was their first visit to the festival, but for others the festival is a tradition they look forward to each year. “I’ve been to this before and I senior forecaster at Accu-Weather, 619 W. College Ave. The area should receive some showers on Wednesday, Yeager said. “But we’ve been so dry for so long that those showers won’t make much of a difference,” he said. The water authority is asking its customers to voluntarily conserve water using common sense. If households and businesses can cut back on water usage by 20 percent a day they can save more than 1 million gallons a day, according to the water authority. Common sense methods of water conservation such as repairing leaks, taking shorter showers and not leaving water running while washing dishes and brushing teeth are all helpful, the water authority said. The water authority also sug gests avoiding the unnecessary washing of vehicles, streets, drive ways and sidewalks. Center. Collegian Photo/Timothy Gyves Matthew Killen, 7, competes in the cross-cutting event. The event took place Saturday. love it,” said Lee Muston, a Port Matilda resident who attended the festival on Saturday. “My favorite event is the log birling out on the water.” entertains Log birling, a competitive event that involves two people rolling a log floating on water, is derived from a dangerous but necessary job that dates back to 1840. Men used to ride the logs downstream to prevent log jams, said Kurt Muston, park natural ist. “It was originally done for money, but over time some men became better at it than others and it became a competition,” he said. The object of the log birling competition at Black Moshannon was for competitors to balance on the log longer than their part ners and be the last one to fall off the log. Each pair had five chances on the log and the best of five was the winner. Penny Eifrig, of Berlin, Ger many, managed to knock her partner off the log three times in Please see LOGS, Page 2. Published independently by students at Penn State and let people know what is going on, she said. Nothing happened immediately as a result of the protest but they are still nego tiating a contract, she added. McGinley did not go to the protest because she was out of town. “We, as employees, work very hard, are very committed to our jobs and our Please see HERSHEY, Page 2. Collegian Graphic/Chris Kelleher Cunanan evidence discovered Andrew Cunanan, wanted by the FBI for the murder of Gianni Versace, left name and fingerprints in Florida pawn shop. By TOM BAYLES Associated Press Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Andrew Cunanan, already a most wanted fugitive by the FBI now being sought in Gianni Versace’s killing, used his real name and willingly left a thumbprint at a pawnshop eight days before the designer was gtinned down. The clerk at the pawnshop, Vivian Oliva, said she followed Florida law requiring her to mail a receipt to Miami Beach Police for the gold coin Cunanan pawned. The coin is believed to be stolen from one of Cunanan’s prior victims. It’s not clear whether police received that receipt or what they did with it. “There are four copies of (the sales receipt),” Oliva told The Associated Press on Saturday. “One I give to the customer, one I put in with the coin, and the one with the fingerprint I give to police.” Cunanan also left a record of the name of the hotel where he was staying and a room number where he lived until the day before the killing. Oliva said records show the transaction took place at 4:42 the afternoon of July 7. She told the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale that she mailed the receipt to police the next day. She didn’t talk to police until the day after Versace’s killing, when she called to tell them about the receipt she still had. They confis cated the fingerprint card and the coin, which investigators said was stolen from Lee Miglin, a Chicago developer Cunanan is charged with killing. Calls to the Miami Beach Police Department and the FBI by the AP were not returned yesterday. Cunanan, accused of shooting Versace on Tuesday, is also the prime suspect in the slayings of an ex-lover and a former friend in Minnesota, Miglin and a cemetery caretaker in New Jersey. Even before the Versace slaying, the FBI was receiving reports of Cunanan sightings from all corners of the country. Now that his face is plastered on virtually every storefront in south Florida, the supposed Cunanan sightings are pouring in. “There are just literally hun dreds and hundreds and hundreds of sightings and bits pf informa tion,” Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Barreto told CBS’s Face the Nation yesterday. Newsweek, in a story published today, reports that a Brazilian woman at Versace’s mansion for an informal get-together two days before the slaying caught Cunanan on video. The magazine also reports that security cameras at the News Cafe, where Versace bought magazines the morning he was killed, record ed Cunanan at the cafe last Monday about 30 minutes before Versace made his usual rounds.
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