Eagle Eye Vol. XXV No. 2 Lock Haven State College Publishers Manipulating PUB Bookstore Prices Student Leaders Attend Meeting In Harrisburg By DALE ALBRIGHT Political Reporter Student leaders from Lock Haven and other state colleges a n d universities gathered in Harrisburg earlier this month to meet the challenges confronting students and public higher education in Pennsylvania. The CAS Leadership Institute was held January 2-5. The theme of this year's conference was "Education as a Right... Ideas and Skills for Student Leaders." The conference was designed to give students the knowledge and methodology needed to focus the state's student movement on critical isues and the tools to address them. Workshops and seminars were conducted during a 3-day period to inform the student delegates about such topics as tuition and funding, student consumerism, lobbying techniques, Direct Action organizing, public relations strategies, and more. The Institute was sponsored by the Commonwealth Association of Students (CAS), the state student lobby organization representing the 76,000 students of the Pennsylvania State College and University (PSCU) system in Harrisburg. This semester C A S ' s primary concern is tuition; specifically the possibility of another tuition hike - similar to this year's $150 increase. "There is little doubt that an attempt will be made to increase the PSCU's tuition. It could range from SI00 to $150.", says Eric Browning, CAS Campus Coordinator. According to Browning, students within the PSCU system already pay the highest tuition rate of any state college system in the country. The only one in the 4-digit range. Browning a n n o u n c e d , "We are being confronted with a situation with proposed cutbacks in Federal loan and grant programs. This, coupled with another large increase in tuition, will have a serious, detrimental impact on students' ability to continue or even begin a college (com. on pg. 3) Friday, January 30, 1981 By JEFF FLEISHMAN Editor in Chief "The publishers have the monopoly on the whole damn business," according to Howard Reynolds, Director of the PUB, in relation to the ever ""increasing book prices that LHSC students face each semester. Reynolds said the book publishers can more or less Dr. Darlene Thomas Photo By GLENN CHESTER Scanlon Supports LHSC D i s m i s s a l Of Darlene Thomas By Ellen Hearn Managing Editor PA Secretary of Education, Pete Scanlon, has supported the college in its decision to fire Dr. Darlene Thomas. Dr. T h o m a s , an anthropology teacher at LHSC, was fired last September after refusing to teach three basic anthropology courses-which the school called " a violation of contract." Dr. Thomas had appealed her case to Scanlon but he decided that the school had taken appropriate action. Dr. Hamblin, president of the college, was "pleasantly surprised" at Scanlon's decision, and said, "We couldn't have gotten any more support than we did." Dr. Paul Klens, president of the teachers unionAPSCUF-at LHSC, said he (cont. on pg. 3) "I'd love to sick Ralph Nader on all of them (book publishers). dictate policy concerning prices, transportation cost, and surcharges. Earlier this month the bookstore sent back $19,000 worth of books. Instead of receiving a cash refund from the publisher, the bookstore is given credit for the books returned. Reynolds said this is not an ideal situation because "we may never do business with the company a g a i n . " Therefore, the bookstore faces an indirect loss in finances for other books. Inflation is another factor causing expensive book prices. According to Reynolds^last year's transportation costs ran the bookstore 4 percent of the total gross sale purchased from the publishing company. This year, because of rising gasoline prices, Reynolds said that figure has hopped up to 6 percent. Reynolds said " I ' d love to sick Ralph Nader on all of them (publishers). Now they're even collecting surcharges on delivery." He also said there is usually a price increase effective January 1st of each year. Most of the time this increase will hike the price of a book up $ 1.25 to $1.50. Reynolds said overhead, the cost it takes to keep the bookstore operating, is a problem. "My overhead is $265 a day, five days a week year round, whether the students are here or not." This money pays for employee salaries, postage transportation, etc. Reynolds said that the shipping back of books to the publishers also costs a great deal of money. He points some of the blame at the teachers who over order books or wish to change text Burge Makes Plans for Upcoming Semester By PAM YOBLONSKI News Editor In spite of the confusion of taking office only two days before break, Phil Burge, SCC president, says he has everything under control, and is now planning activities for this semester. Burge said his term started out very confusing because ex-president Gerald Getz delayed leaving his office. "I didn't have enough time to get in and find things out." Burge said. Bringing more social life to campus will be a goal of the new administration, according to Burge. He said he feels that just having one concert a semester is ridiculous. To remedy this, Burge said he intends to have an SCC Week, which will probably follow RHA Weekend. He said during SCC Week, different activities will go on every day. One of these will be air-band contests, a fad populai in cunc^cs uiuuua the country, where students pretend to be playing instruments. Another activity he said he is planning is a game called Chaos, an idea borrowed from the students at Shippensburg State College. This game consists of students putting out contracts on other students, and then trying to "kill" them with dart guns. The game has many rules, like not having more than three witnesses to the "crime," and Burge said he feels it would be fun. He said he hopes to start Chaos within the next two weeks. Burge said he still plans to have Quiet Wednesday, but he hasn't started planning for it yet. When asked if paying PUB^ employees minimum wage will cause an increase in the activity fee, Burge said there won't be any increase, at least not for this year. He also said in the middle of the semester. When the bookstore ships back those $19,000 worth of books, it costs $600 alone in freight charges. As far as convenience products go, such as toiletries and clothes, Reynolds said that b e c a u s e of the bookstore's lack of buying power they cannot sell products to the students as ••The publishers have the monopoly on the whole damn business," cheaply as commercial merchants. A commercial merchant, such as Weis Market, may buy 1000 boxes of a product. The bookstore may purchase only 10 boxes of the same product. Therefore, because of lack of quantity, the bookstore prices are higher. Reynolds said the bouncing check is also a problem. Last semester the bookstore received almost $900 worth of bad checks from the students. These problems along with other reasons result in the student paying high prices at the bookstore, according to Reynolds. New Courses Draw Majority of Students Photo Bv GLENN CHESTER PMI Burge prepares for his flrst term as SCC President the SCC budget should remain operating in the black. Burge said the members of his executive board "get along well," and that rela- tions with the senate look good. His main annoyance, he said, is agents calling, him and trying to book concerts, but all in all, he loves his job. By CATHY WERT Stttff Writer Sixty-one percent of the LHSC student body signed up for writing emphasis courses, according to Dr. Michael Peplow, chairman of the English Department. Peplow said that 1'502 students enrolled in these courses which were designed by the writing committee on campus to improve the quality of student writing. Peplow is also pleased with the faculty involvement, which consists of 34 professors teaching 61 courses in writing emphasis. The 61 courses cover 21 departments, including art/music; education (specialized and foundation (cont. on pg. 3) Friday, Jan. 30, 1981 Page 2 EDITORIAL ^^^ommentary**.^* oug Buckwalter 14-12 in another close match, and Joe Baranick lost 4-1 at 167. Steve Williams wrestled a fine match at 177 giving Lock Haven three more points to make the score 20-6. Lynn Stover dropped an 18-9 decision at 190 to MatTown runner up Butch Snyder, and Tod Ribovich finished out a frustrating night for the wrestlers on an upnote with a fall to make the final score 24-12. The Bald Eagles are now 8-4 overaU and 1-2 in the EWL. The Pitt Panthers will invade Thomas Field House for an Eastern Wrestling League match-up Saturday night at deficit was too much to overcome. Winning Coach Neff commented afterwards, "I was very happy with our shot selection and with our foul shooting." This was evidenced as her team connected on 35 of 69 from the floor and 11 of 17 from the charity line. Following Derksen and Miller in the scoring department was Jan Brown with ten points. Mandy Lessig had eight o'clock. Panther head coach Rande Stottlemeyer feels that the match will be won or lost in the early weights. Stottlemeyer said, "We have to stay close in the first five weights to make it close. That's no secret." The Pitt head mentor feeb that his team must win at 118, 126, 150, and heavyweight, plus have "a surprise or two in between." Stottlemeyer said that his team hasn't had very good performances of late, partly due to some key injiuies to his team. Two of those injuries include Kurt Karanovich (190) who is suffering from a leg injury and was still on crutches yesterday. Karanovich is very doubtful for tomorrow night's match. The other wrestler whose injuries have caused many of Pitt's woes is Glenn Maxwell (118). Maxwell has been hampered by several nagging injuries, according to Stottlemeyer, and is also doubtful for Saturday. Stottlemeyer said, "If we have Maxwell against Millward it will be a classic matchup." Pitt lost to Cleveland State 36-3 at home on Tuesday night. Hocl^eV Highlights By GARY SOXiliX Staff Writer The Lock Haven State Men's Ice Hockey team started divisional play last weekend by winning both of their games. The team will play an 18 game divisional schedule, along with seven non-league contests. Leading the Dald Eagles in scoring so far this season has been sophomore Captain John Greenfield with 14 Doints and right behind Greenfield is sophomore Billy Smith with 13 points. Other top point producers for the team are junior Tim Pipe at 10 points, senior Kelly Parshall with 8 points, junior Lou Zavaglia with six points and freshman Scott Armstrong has four points. Bill Worth, Chip Chamberlain, and Tim Mullen all have three points each on the season. The main reason for the fast start of the team is due to the goaltending of Ray Partinheimer, who has a 1.50 goals against average. The teams low goals against average can be attributed to the strong play of defensemen Bob Young, Dave Raco, Brian Gearhart, Tom Burke, Jeff John and Chamberlain. This weekend the team takes to the ice against Bloomsburg and Sunbury in two important division games. By BOB BAKER Sports Editor The Lock Haven men's basketball team traveled to Clarion this past Wednesday and came out on the short end of a 92-71 contest. The loss drops the Bald Eagles to a 10-8 mark overall and 3-2 within the Pennsylvania Western Conference. Lock Haven led 13-10 with four minutes gone in the first eight points and Ann Grim registered six points. She also handed out four assists and controlled the Bald Eagle's offense. Palubinsky was the top scorer for Bloomsburg with 24 points. Hilarie Runyon added eight markers. Lock Haven, now 4-8 on the year and 2-3 within the conference, will travel to Millersville this Saturday for a 2 p.m. game. to Rebound half. However, Clarion ran off 14 straight points to take a 24-13 lead and were never really threatened again. Clarion led by a 48-33 score at the half. In the second half Coach Brad Black's team pulled to within seven points at 52-45, but Clarion's fine shooting and the inability of the Bald Eagles to convert at the free throw lead to their downfall. WELCOME BACK LHSC STUDENTS OUR BIG W i n t e r Doug LeGette again led the way for Lock Haven with 19 points. Terry Gilman and Bob Horodyski added 14 and 10 points respectively. This Saturday Lock Haven will host Mansfield State in the Thomas Field House at 3 p.m. Mansfield is sitting atop the Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Conference with a 5-1 mark. In their latest outing they were defeated by Chaney 65-62. 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