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MAC Card Theft
by Laura A. Weaver
Collegian Staff Writer
Someone used a stolen MAC
card to make two $2OO
withdrawals from the MAC
machine in the Reed Building.
The card was stolen from
student on April 5.
Several incidents of phone
harassment have were reported to
Police and Safety officials during
the first week in April. On April
3 a student reported eight weeks
of harassing phone calls. The
student indicated that an ex
girlfriend could be to blame.
Another student complained of
receiving annoying calls with
"weird" noises on April 5.
No one was injured in a minor
PSU Tuition Hike
The presidents of Temple and
Penn State universities have
announced they want to raise
tuitions close to $2OO in the
1989-90 school year without
losing a state grant designed to
keep education costs Check.
- Robert : :Casey : last
month proposed rewarding public
universities with a $lOO grant per
full-time Pennsylvania student if
they kept their tuition increases
under than $lOO.
"We want to keep tuition
down, but we have to fund our
academic needs," Temple
President Peter J. Liacouras said.
Liacouris and Penn State
President Bryce Jordan went
before the House Appropriations
Committee separately to advocate
allowing universities to raise
News
accident in the Nick parking lot
on April. 4. The accident occurred
when a driver backed into another
car. Also on April 4, several
antennas of cars in the F lot were
bent into triangles.
A student attempted to steal a
pizza delivery bag from a
Domino's delivery person on
April 9. The driver noticed the
bag was missing when he
returned to his car. The driver
then noticed a student carrying
the bag. The student, apparently
spotting the driver, threw down
the bag and ran into an
apartment. The driver will
consult with his manager as to
whether or not charges will be
filed.
tuitions 6 percent to 7 percent
and still receive the governor's
"challenge grant."
In his budget address last
month, Casey said tuition
increases at the states public
universities •-• - have
• been
unacceptable, averaging 13
percent iri•-"eacli cif the past 10
years.
But Jordan said he thought the
governor would be willing to
negotiate the conditions of the
grant.
Temple and Penn State have
proposed budgets with 5 percent
tuition increases. With this
increase, tuition for
undergraduates from Pennsylvania
would rise $195 to $4,089 at
Temple and $lBO to $3,790 at
Penn State.
Legal Expert Talks
About 'Beer Generation'
by Jennifer Rose •
Collegian Staff Writer
Arthur R. Shuman, co-author
of the new Pennsylvania underage
drinking law, topped off Wellness
Awareness Week with his speech
entitled "Underage Drinking -
The New Law: What are Your
Rights?"
Shuman is the Philadelphia
Deputy District Attorney and an
Assistant Professor of Law at
LaSallie University in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Calling today's generation of
young adults the "beer
generation," Shuman said they
have been raised on "Mom, apple
pie, and beer. Kids today are
programmed drinking machines.
Kids are taught from day one that
to be cool is to drink," he said.
"While there has been
negative campaigning against
drugs and cigarettes, little has
been done to combat alcohol,
though it has caused just as many
deaths," Shuman said, noting that
cigarette consumption in schools
has dropped to 11 percent while
drinking has increased to 72
percent.
Statistically, young adults
begin__ to. drink at an average age
of IE6 . yeats': "typieillYs iri ihd
the sixtli=grade. - Sixty-fiv6 percent
of beer consumed is by underage
drinkers, according to Schuman.
Last year, Pennsylvania
initiated a crackdown on
underage drinkers. Currently 92
percent of all college students are
regular drinkers. According to
Schuman, there's going to be an
increase in drunk drivers on the
road and the new stricter laws are
going to try to reduce these
numbers.
The new laws state that if you
are caught purchasing,
possessing, consuming or
transporting alcoholic beverages,
the first fine is a minimum of
$3OO. The third offense brings a
suspension of driving privileges.
Persons caught driving with a
license that has been revoked due
to an alcohol offense, will
receive a $lOOO fine and 90 days
in jail.
Schuman also discussed fake
identification and third party
drivers. Individuals convicted of
possessing a fake I.D. can
receive up to three years and three
months in jail. A person
convicted of furnishing alcohol to
minors must pay a fine of $lOOO
on the first offense and $4500 for
each offense after that. "Person"
can be defined as bartenders,
parents, sororities and fraternities,
as well as anyone also 21 years
of age and over.
Drunk driving is classified as
being at, in or near a car with
keys in your hand with a blood
alcohol level of .10 percent or
higher. There are various
penalties for this offense, the
minimum being three to six
years in a state prison for
involuntary manslaughter.
The Collegian Thursday, April - 6
Arthur Schuman was a highlighted speaker
during Behrend's annual Wellness Awareness
Week. Schuman, who has been a driving force
behind tougher drunk driving laws, claims
Pennsylvania has the toughest laws in America.
(photo by Tracy Cross)
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