Thursday, April 6
Wellness
by James Martin
Wellness week has gotten off to a
good start, drawing large groups of
students for the blood drive,
demonstrations and other activites,
according to Health Center nurse Mary
Anne Weiner.
Highlights of the week-long activity,
sponsored by The behrend Health
Advisory Board, include a mock drunken
driving trial and
_a polygraph
demonstration.
Numerous local health agencies set
up stands Tuesday in both the Winter
Garden and the lobby outside the
Wintergreen Cafe. In addition to offering
free testing, groups distributed balloons,
popcorrn, condoms and other items.
Life-Star helicopter also visited
campus Tuesday, drawing a crowd of
interested students when it landed near
the Reed Building.
"I think it's going very well," said
Weiner. "The helicopter was here and
everyone seemed to really enjoy that."
Weiner notes that other activities
this week include a self defense
workshop to be held at noon on Friday.
Community Blood Bank of Erie
visited campus W.ednesday,-collecting
62 pints of blood.. The bllood bank will
be on campus again today.
Wellness Week concludes with a
workshop/fun run to be held at 10 am
Saturday.
Smokers' Rights
Snuffed Out?
by Maria Plaza
Collegian News Editor
Students and faculty huddled in
doorways to escape the rain and smoke
cigarettes after Penn State's newly
implemented smoking policy forced
them outside Monday and a small group
of students gathered in the Picnic Grove
the same afternoon to protest the policy
and call for designated smoking areas.
The University-wide policy, which
went into effect Monday, bans smoking
in all University owned or occupied
buildings and vehicles. Individual
residence hall rooms are the only
exception to the policy.
"This is a violation of human
rights," said student Andy Festa,
organizer of Monday's protest, which
was attended by local television
stations. Festa warned minorities and
nonsmokers that "the stripping away of
smokers' rights is planting the seed for
further loss of rights."
"Fm not against the ban -- I don't
think there's a smoker - nowadays that
would say nonsmokers don't have
rights. All anybody's asking for is just a
place (to smoke)," said Rocky Nelson, a
smoking student who attended the
protest. "Surgeon General Koop has
said that nicotine is just as addictive as
cocaine and I think the University
should take that into consideration," he
added.
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Another student at the protest, Todd
Turley, a nonsmoker, agreed that
smoking areas should be provided. "If
they're kicking them out of one place,
they should give them a place to go,"
Turley said.
Police and Safety will have a
"passive role" in enforcing the policy,
said Manager Randy Hoffman.
According to Hoffman, the officers'
responsibility will be enforcing the ban
among visitors. He said that smoking
visitors will be made aware of the
Lawmaker
to Lecture
The co-author of the 1988
Pennsylvania underage drinking law will
speak on the law and rights tonight at 8
pm in the Reed Lecture Hall.
Lawmaker Arthur R. Shuman will
lecture on "The New Law, What are
Your Rights?" Shuman is also the
director of the pre-law program at
LaSalle University. .
Shuman will attend a hors d'oeuvre
reception with student leaders in the
Wintergreen Cafe at 5 pm and will be
the guest of honor at a 6 pm dinner in
the Cafe.
PENN STATE ERIE'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
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as part of Wellness Week activities. (Photo by Richard Cain)
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Student Government elections will
be held next week on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Elections will be held in
the Reed Building.
To help better acquaint students
with the candidates running for
various offices, The Collegian has
asked all candidates to submit
information about themselves. We
received many responses and have
printed a portion of them on page 3.
In some cases, we have had to cut
candidates responses and not everyone
was available for a photo. For this we
apologize, but hope this information
will be helfpful as you cast your
votes next week.
Upcoming
Student
Elections
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SGA Canidates 3
Letter to Editor 4
Soap Operas 5
Mark Owens 9
Baseball Preview 11-12
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Some April fool played games with
small cars on April 1 in the apartment
lots. Several small cars were turned
sideways, damaging at least one truck
when its door was struck by one of the
cars.
No injuries were reported following a
head-on collision near the entrance of
the D-lot on March 31. A student
leaving the lot lost control of her car in
the heavy snow and hit a car entering
the lot.
A car stereo system was stolen from
the trunk of a car parked in a commuter
lot. The owner had placed it in the trunk
after working on it and discovered it was
missing after arriving home.
It was reported on March 31 that
insect traps in the Wintergreen Gorge
had been vandalized. Nets had been
slashed and ropes cut. The traps were set
by Behrend biology professor Dr.
Masteller.
On March 27 the Pepsi vending
machine in Turnbull was kicked in. No
money or products were stolen.
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