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by Hal D. Coffey
News Editor
The Northwestern Penn
sylvania Energy Center
(NWPEC) moved from Lawrence
Hall to Carriage House West on
Monday.
More of a problem than where
to put the desks or if the carpet
matches the curtains, is the lack
of students who know there is an
energy center on campus, Center
Director Claudia Brown said.
Brown hopes that by moving
next to the Health and Wellness
Center will make the NWPEC
more visible to students.
The Energy Center is one of
seven Pennsylvania Energy
Offices in the state.
Indiana University of
Pennsylvania has the only other
one located on a university
campus. The others are located at
a variety of host agencies
including non-profit agencies and
regional planning departments.
Its main purpose is to educate
all of the public on energy-related
Handicapped persons' services
by Eileen Logan
Collegian sue
The handicapped students of
Penn State-Behrend are receiving
the most possible assistance from
the University, Special Programs
Counselor Gerald Spates said.
"The needs of handicapped
students are reviewed
individually," Spates said.
"Funding from University Park
usually helps to correct
equipment and materials."
On Tuesday, a civil servant
inspector made a periodic check
to see if accessibility to
buildings, rooms and other areas
is adequate for every handicapped
person.
The new plastics complex and
Academic Building will provide
elevators to make them more
easily accessible. The
renovations to the Reed Building
including adding an elevator.
Speaker Series
by Paul Lorio
Collegian Staff
The Speaker Series at Penn
State-Erie has twice won the
prestigious Distinguished Lecture
Award from the National Associ
ation for Campus Activities.
David Shiel is, Jr., Student
Activities Director and the Series
Coordinator, believes that the
success of the Series is based on
the lectures and the lecturers.
The lectures are free and open to
the public. All lectures start at 8
p.m.
The Series kicks off on
Thursday, October 7th with the
rust of three debates. This debate
will take place in Erie Hall and
includes the Russian journalist
issues, Brown said.
Brown believes that because
the Center is located on campus,
it is dually beneficial to the
NWPEC itself and students.
"Being at Penn State has some
unique benefits for us, especially
access to information and
professor expertise," Brown said.
"Penn State, in turn, gets in on
research projects for professors
and students."
Within the facility is an energy
library that students can use to do
technical writing or research
papers and speeches.
"Not only do students use the
Center, but the public does as
well," Brown said.
Brown thinks that one
disadvantage of the move to the
new location is the hindering of
public accessibility.
NWPEC is given funding from
the federal and state governments,
while Penn State gives the
Center rent-free space and
equipment.
The energy office funds
research and development
Spatef is trying to have
illuminating strips on steps and
walk areas before winter for those
who are visually impaired.
Special needs students also are
allowed parking facilities close to
building ramps for easier entering
and exiting.
Whenever a student requires
any form of assistance, whether
in or out of the classroom,
volunteers or work study students
are available to help.
Spates went on to add that the
phrase "special needs students"
also covers any form of learning
disability including dyslexia.
Counselors aid students in
learning to overcome or work
with disabilities. Tutoring is
always available and volunteers
or work study students can be
found to help in any way that is
Boris Notkin with the former
Deputy to the United Nations,
Ken Adelman discussing the
issue of "America and Russia:
After the Cold War, What Lies
Ahead?"
"The Clinton Report Card"
will be held in Erie Hall on
November 3rd. On one side will
be Edward J. Rollin who served
in three of the Republican
presidents' administrations as a
strategist. Debating Rollin will
be Bob Beckel who is a political
columnist and Walter Mondale's
national campain manager during
his campaign for the presidency.
Actor Darryl Van Leer will
start off the new year by
reenacting two of Martin Luther
King Jr.'s most powerful
what?
projects, like development of an
alternative fuel for vehicles,
Brown said.
Aside from funding projects,
the NWPEC assists business and
industry in cutting energy costs
as well as helping architects
design more energy efficient
houses.
The Center shares space in
Carriage House West with the
Ben Franklin Technology Center,
but they are not connected to each
other.
The space in Lawrence Hall
where the Center used to be will
house the psychology labs.
The Center provides a chance
for employment to Behrend
students. Over the past eight
years, 30 students have worked
there.
This year, they are looking for
two work study and one wage
payroll student to work part-time.
"The jobs for students usually
involve communications or
clerical work," Brown said.
required.
Counselors, instructors and the
entire Behrend staff aare doing all
the can to assist needs whether
it's changing meeting areas,
providing tape recorders in
classes, moving desks, lateness
in reaching classes, or just being
there, Spates said.
University Park and Behrend
work together in supplying
equipment and renovating areas to
accommodate the individual needs
of the handicapped or disabled
students.
Spates also mentioned that if a
student has a temporary disability
to call him at the Special
Programs Counseling Office at
X6lll. He said they will try to
find a fellow student to help if
possible.
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speeches. The program is called
"Martin Luther King Jr.: The
Norm of Greatness," and will
take place on January 17th in the
Reed Lecture Hall.
On January 27th, also in the
Reed Lecture Hall, the Series will
host "An Evening With Maya
Angelou."
The program called "Health
Care 2000: Managing the Future"
will take place on Febuary 15th
in Erie Hall. The speaker is Dr.
Louis Sullivan. The debate on
April 7th in Erie Hall will
include former Idaho Senator
Steve Symms and Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. The issue will be
"The Environment vs. Jobs," and
will be the last debate of the
Series.
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by Reagan Warner
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The Penn State - Behrend
Bookstore is a Barnes and Noble
leased operation. Barnes and
Noble also took over many other
college bookstores. Clarkson
University in Potsdam, NY is
one of them. Many workers
from the former bookstore
decided that they would resign
and start their own store.
That is exactly what they did.
They went to a local bank and
received a loan which was the
capital, used to initially start the
store. They decided to sell
everything that any ordinary
campus bookstore would sell.
After this new competition
darted, Barnes and Noble began
or - Offer discounts to` the
students. These savings were
from 10% - 40%.
Lee Matou, owner of the new
bookstore at Clarkson
University, felt that it was unfair
foi llamas and "le to give
discounts at only ,one of their
stores just 10 dritto away the
competition. H *marked, "I
strongly urge the students at
your campus to try to get
special deals. Obviously they
area
Alcohol in America:
The legal drug epidemic
How many Americans drink
Percentage of those wno consumea alconol at least occasionally
100%
80
70 58%
50
40
30
20
10
0
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Who's doing the drinking
Percentage of Americans wno con
sume(' alconol at
least occasionally Total 64%
in 1992
Ages 18-29
50 and up 56%
College graduates 78%
Some college 64%
High school graduates 34%
No high school diploma 49%
SOURCES: The Gailuo Organization. Centers for Disease Comm
National Institute of Ak:onoi Abuse ana Aiconoksm
Thursday, September 23, 1993
When Barnes and Noble began .
to discount their books, it Walt
difficult for the new bookstore in
compete with the price of new
books. However, they did weil
with selling their used books.
They carried more used books
than new ones because they had
bought them back from the
students. They paid 50% and
sold them for only 62% of the
oriltilial Price-
The admipistrituon was, not
picased with this new txichstate.
They were Wiled from camps,
and they are not allowed to see
'`!fie list of the books that are
going to be used. They received
most of that information from
the students. -
Even though it may be
difficult, Clarkson Universitet
new bookstore does not plan ` 40
close its doors. They feel tbet
they are doing much for , 40w
students. There is less chatiotilli
both stores being out of amain
book, and of course, the studs*
are saving money. °
Matou said, "If ye go may,
the: savings go sWay
He
He feels that once ' the
competition is gone, Banat ate.
Noble will take away. Ilse
discotmts that have beep':
to
Who's affected
Men 72%
Women 57%
30-49 68%
every
100,000
=ME
numoer of
Americans affected
by someone with a
drinking problem
1 in 4
number of
children under 18
who live with an
alcoholic mother
or father
6.6
million
number of
babies born in the
United States in
1992 who had fetal
alconoi syndrome
and Prevention