THURSDAY, April 27, 2000 UNIVERSITY PARK FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2000 An upper-level disturbance will be forming into a low-pressure system providing persistent clouds and precipitation. These conditions, coupled with temperatures slightly below normal for this time of year, will remain throughout the rest of the week and into the weekend. As a result, the dreary weather will limit outdoor distractions from studying for finals Tonight C 4i ) I 4 4 a Today Mostly cloudy; C3drizzle The extended outlook Tomorrow night: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Low 43. Saturday: Overcast with showers. High 57, low 40. Sunday: Clouds continuing; a few showers and cooler. High 51, low 37 Monday: Partial clearing. High 60, low 39. ALMANAC Today Normal high Record high Normal low 64 deg. 89 deg. in 1990 42 deg. 27 deg. in 1926 Record low Monthly Climate Summary (Data valid through 8 a.m. April 25) April precipitation . Normal April precip . April temp. departure Sun Data Sunset today . Sunrise tomorrow NEWS IN BRIEF Pa. men arrested on felony marijuana charges Three Pennsylvania men were arrested Tuesday for allegedly growing marijuana in a residence in Boggs Township. Brian K Brown, Michael R Stewart and Christopher P. Young were all arrested on two felony charges of manufacturing marijuana and possession with intent to deliver marijua na. They were also charged with possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor offense, accord ing to a press release from the Pennsylvania State Police. The Pennsylvania State Police Vice Unit, with help from the FBI of State College, the Centre County Drug Task Force, the Office of the Attorney General and the Bureau of Nar cotics Investigation, performed a search at 405 Curtain Narrows Road, according to the release. During the search, the team discovered the second floor of the residence was "convert ed into a marijuana grow operation," according to the release. Among the items located and seized were 270 live marijuana plants, $lO,OOO in a safe, about 10 pounds of harvested and processed marijuana, suspected marijuana seeds and more than 200 items of paraphernalia, tools and equipment related to cultivating, storing and processing marijuana, according to the release. The three were arraigned in Philipsburg and taken to the Centre County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail, according to the release. Libraries install Internet plugs for laptops Plugs to the Internet for laptop computers are now available throughout Pattee Library, Paterno Lftuiiry. and branch libraries at University Park. Eight hundred laptop ports were added over the past couple of weeks and users are able to access all of the University Libraries' electronic resources, check e-mail and use any other software already installed on their laptops. Users are required to have an access account, a network card and a 10-base T cable, which comes standard with most laptops but can be purchased separately. The Education and Behavioral Sciences Library does not have ports in its current Rack ley Building location, but ports will be installed when it moves into Paterno Library during the summer. Electronic transcript requests now available Current Penn State students and alumni who have graduated in the past six months are now able to request an official transcript electronically. The Office of Administrative Systems and the Registrar's Office worked together to make the application possible. The link is available on the Registrar's home page (www.psu.edu/registrar). Students and alumni must complete a Web Official Transcript Order Form and their request will be mailed the next working day. Credit cards can be used over the computer to pay the transcript fees and shipping and handling costs. Unlike the Comprehensive Academic Advising and Information System (CAMS), the link allows computer users to obtain their transcript by using the university's recently acquired IBM Net. Commerce payment server. This service operates between 7:45 a.m. and 11 p.m., Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Total Quality Forum IX begins Sunday at Penn Stater The Total Quality Forum IX will be held at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel from April 30 through May 2. University presidents, chancellors, provosts, deans of business and deans of engineering from Penn State, along with representatives from the University of Wisconsin, the Univer sity of Maryland and Rutgers, the state University of New Jersey, will explore new ways of developing mutually beneficial, flexible and responsive partnerships to aid business and industry. The goal of the conference is to help the universities broaden their educational goals for business and industry. Louise Sandmeyer, director of Penn State's Center for Quality and Planning, said busi ness and industry are looking for university graduates who add value, who are well schooled in global economics and technological innovation and who are ready to make the cultural shift to a flexible, entrepreneurial and fast-paced working environment. Cache of weapons found in dead man's apartment GULPH MILLS, Pa. (AP) A cache of weapons, ammunition and possible pipe bombs was found by police yesterday in the burning apartment of a Montgomery County man who apparently committed suicide. Authorities searching the apartment of Peter Kazlouski, 48, at the Kmgswood Apart ments found several high-powered rifles, semiautomatic handguns with sniper scopes and boxes of ammunition. Police also found a dozen cylinders filled with black powder and with fuses attached, and circuitry and batteries wired together as potential detonators. "There were several guns and then there are some circuitry boards that the bomb squad said are suspicious," Upper Merlon police Lt. John Hellebush said. If the fire had gotten to the cylinders, there could have been a catastrophic explosion, emergency workers on the scene said. Kazlouski owed more than $l,lOO in back rent and was supposed to be evicted yesterday, police said. Authorities believe he may have set his apartment on fire before killing himself with a shotgun in his bedroom. Neighbors were unnerved by the discovery. "If somebody wants to kill themself, kill themself," said Ernie DiSimone, who also lived in the apartment complex. "Why take innocent people with you?" POLICE LOG • Criminal Mischief: A Penn State student mischief, disorderly conduct and resisting was arrested at 1:09 a.m. Tuesday on the arrest. Kuhn was released on supervised 500 block of East College Avenue for bail from the Centre County Jail and will allegedly kicking a parking meter and then have his preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. resisting arrest, the State College Police Wednesday. Department said. Whitt A State College resident reported Police said Aaron Kuhn, 23, allegedly fled at 7:20 a.m. yesterday his bike was stolen from police and then wrestled with them, from the 1000 block of Karen Street some resisting arrest. tithe between Tuesday night and yesterday He was arraigned by District Justice morning State College police said. Allen Sinclair and charged with criminal The estimated value of the bike is $895. High 55 BIG TEN FORECAST STATE FORECAST Today's Weather HI/Lo University Michigan Michigan St. Minnesota .4.00 inches .3.38 inches .+0.85 deg. Northwestern Ohio State 8:04 pm .6:13 am Wisconsin Cloudy; than sun; light shower 4 4 e i High 59 scattered showers Low 41 Conditions Allentown Mostly Cloudy Altoona Bradford Erie Partly Sunny Rain Showers Harrisburg 53/42 SH Philadelphia 62/47 SH Pittsburgh 55/40 MC Scranton 54/40 SH Williamsport 56/42 SH Showers Johnstown Sunny Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny by Cindy Koons by Elena Caracappa by Elena Caracappa by Elena Caracappa LOCAL & STATE Tomorrow More clouds Tomorrow 60/45 SH 62/40 CY 59/38 CY 57/41 PS 62/46 SH 56/43 CY 63/49 SH 62/45 MC 59/43 SH 61/44 SH 57/43 SH 51/38 SH 49/34 MC 53/39 MC 55/45 SH SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDER: Christie Gerhab (junior-psychology), Stefani Palumbo (junior-psychology) and Julie Shafranko (junior-psychology) sit outside of Pattee Library yesterday, studying as they enjoy the sunny weather. GSA prepares for Fall Semester As the semester draws to an end, mem bers of the Graduate Student Association look ahead to Fall Semester 2000 with a new assembly of officers. The organization recently elected Audrey Elion (graduate-counseling psychology) and Gauri Guha (graduate-mineral economics) as president and vice president respectively. Dorothy Vanette (graduate-curriculum and instruction) and Frank von Willert (gradu ate-soil-*zee) won positions as secretary and freS,,- •r. The mttent GSA Executive Board accom plished many of the goals the organization set for this year, said GSA President Laurel Martin. Reflecting on the past year, Martin expressed satisfaction with the work of the board. Reforming internal operations and inter acting with other student organizations more became a main priority of GSA, Martin said. "I wanted to help strengthen the organiza tion internally as far as really building up a lot of teamwork and also to increase working with other organizations," Martin said.. "I think we've done that." Debate continues on engineered foods As corn-on-the-cob season approaches, you may need to know what you are biting into, as new genetically altered foods become available on the market. Although the debate over genetically mod ified foods has gained national attention, these foods have not yet been introduced to the dining hall menu at Penn State, said Lisa Wandel, associate director of Food Services. "Purchasing is keeping an eye on it," Wan del said. "But we have not yet found the need. It's not big enough in the industry yet. Right now we don't see it as an issue." Genetically engineered foods contain altered DNA, which provides plants with favorable traits or enhanced pest resistance, said Richard Arteca, professor of horticul tural pk , rft , "l — logy. De Calvin, associate professor of ento mology, was one of the earliest investigators at Penn State to research this technology, beginning his work in 1995. He works with modifying corn to provide added pest con trol. The" gene in bacteria that produces insect toxin is implanted directly into the corn, Cahin said. 50s jotinstown • 52/42 MI Pittsburgh • 55/40 BAC REGIONAL FORECAST MAP How to interpret this map: Shades of gray indicate the expected high temperatures for today. Today's forecasted high and tomorrow morning's low are also shown for selected cities. Legend: SU (Sunny), MS (Mostly Sunny), PS (Partly Sunny), MC (Mostly Cloudy), CY (Cloudy), RN (Rain), RS (Rain/Snow), SH (Showers), SN (Snow), SF (Snow Flumes), IC (Ice), TS (Thunderstorms), WY (Windy). By Jill Leonard COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER By Kate Barton COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER 54 . an y •••••- GSA members handled the issue of the possible unionization of graduate students well, Martin said. "I think we've really handled the union sit uation fairly well as far as being level-head ed," Martin said. GSA representatives met with administra tors from the Graduate School and dis cussed making the policies available on the Internet and providing each student with a laminated bookmark listing the Web site where the information can be found. "They (the policies) would be more acces sible to students and can be updated as needed," Martin said. "It's a lot cheaper that way." In addition, the organization also intends to continue plans for forming a Graduate Commonwealth Council to gain a better per spective into issues facing graduate stu dents at Commonwealth Campuses. Next year's officers are capable of han dling many of the tasks the current officers started this year, said Martin and Erdat Cat aloglu (graduate-science education), current GSA treasurer. "The new officers have experience with other organizations," Cataloglu said. "The people that are elected to GSA have a cer tain history with GSA so they are not brand new." Genetic engineering is not much different than plant breeding and gene pool selection, which has been practiced for years and has not been a concern to most consumers• "With genetic engineering, you're just doing it a little faster," Arteca said. Using genetic engineering to control pests prevents depositing unknown chemicals into the environment caused by pesticide use, he said. Some argue that pests become resis tant to genetically modified plants; however, this is also a problem with pesticides, Arteca added. But people are still complaining about genetically modified plants and the effect pesticides have on the ecosystem. Lauren Salvatini (junior-biology), who studied genet ic engineered foods in classes, put it this way: "How would you prefer your poison?" Using genetic engineering also provides plants with favorable traits. It is often used to make fruits and vegetables last longer. For example, a gene blocker added to toma toes prevents them from ripening at the usual pace. This ultimately prevents food waste, Arteca said. With third world coun tries losing up to 50 percent of their food crops because they cannot properly store them before they reach the hungry, this Athatiy 48/37 SH Binghamton 48/37 SH 101011 tom Stkie SH THE DAILY COLLEGIAN WEATHER HIGHLIGHT Much of eastern New England experienced a late-season snow storm yesterday. In most areas, accumulations failed to exceed two inches. Snow mixed with and changed to rain in the afternoon, but the system promises to deliver another couple of inches by this morning. DID YOU KNOW? Even though spring officially began more than a month ago, heavy snow can fall in central Pennsylvania this late in the year. On April 27-28, 1928, State College recorded a snow fall of 17.3 inches, a 24-hour record for the month. Somerset recorded a record 38.6 inches, one of the heavi est snowfalls on record in Pennsylva nia. ADDITIONAL WEATHER Visit the Meteorology Department at http://weatherpsu.edu Comments concerning the content of this page can be e-mailed to: cws@cws.met.psu.edu Forecasters: Megan Woodhead, Brian Lowry Jana Seilhamer, and Jacob Petre The new officers plan to continue several initiatives started this year, which include involvement in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, building upon a master plan for the year instead of doing things one at a time and enhancing access to student poli cies, Martin said. The GSA also represents professional stu dents at Dickinson School of Law, Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State Great Valley. Enhancing com munication with students at other campuses than University Park would benefit all grad uate students, Martin said. "Not only will it increase camaraderie, but it is also helpful for other organizations to share their resources," Martin said. The GSA also hopes to implement a better money-managing system next year, said Frank von Willert, treasurer-elect. "We want to try to streamline our money operations and become more efficient in terms of applying for UPAC (University Park Allocation Committee) funds," von Willert said. Before leaving their respective offices, GSA officers will meet with their successors to ease the transition period. "New officers are brainstorming to think of other things they would like to accom plish," Martin said. technology could help the food stay fresh while it is distributed, he said. By creating longer-lasting food and greater crop protec tion, which means bigger crop yields, advo cates say genetic engineering could benefit world hunger, Salvatini said. "In order to feed our population, it needs to be done," Megan Stewart (sophomore horticulture) said. Some students feel the issue, however, is being simplified in the public forum. Eco- Action treasurer Jeremiah Fasano (gradu ate-plant biology) said, "The debate over genetically modified organisms isn't about the scientific merits, rather the companies that implement them." Large multinational companies are using the technology to make a profit, he said. Proponents of genetically modified food say that it may help world hunger, but Penn State Amnesty International President Kum Singer (junior-sociology) does not feel that way. "The corporations developing it aren't interested in feeding the world," she said. "They're interested in making money. Wher ever there are people whose primary inter est is making money, I really need to ques tion that." Tobin Lehman/Collegian
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