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BSTews Bowling "Green State University Vol. 61, No. 36 Friday, November 18, 1977 Phone books in; to be distributed The University's 14.000 permanent 'We'll keep distributing them until phone books are in and being we are out." she said. distributed this week. The University did not publish a Phone books for on-campus students temporary phone book this year will be distributed to dormitory because of cost and information mailboxes on a "one per phone" basis. problems, Rohrs said. A temporary according to Becky A. Rohrs, in- phone book would contain only 5,000- formation writer in the publications 6.000 phone numbers, as many off- office. Distribution began yesterday campus students do not have telephone MAKING FABRIC FLOWERS afternoon. On-campus students should numbers when they first move into requires concentration. A receive a phone book by next week. their apartments, demonstration of flower Rohrs said. designing in (he Oriental fashion However. Rohrs said a partial was offered this week in the OFF-CAMPUS and commuter sliuloiiLs can pick up phone books from temporarj phone book is being con- Promenade Lounge, Union. It sidered for next year, containing ad- appears the demonstrator's 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the temporary Commuter Center, in the Browsing ministrative, academic and residence 'alenls stems from a bud of office telephone numbers. creativity. Room, Union. Shortages occurred yesterday afternoon, but Hazel Smith, "That way at least a student could N«wifho*o by Oov« ftyan the center's director, said corrections call the front desk at a dorm to find out have been made. a number," she explained. Center returns to Moseley Commuter students will be back at muter Center back home during winter home in Moseley Hall by the beginning break. She also said a grand re-opening Of winter quarter, according to Hazel is planned for the second week of winter M. Smith, Commuter Center director. quarter with a full program all week The Commuter Center has been long "in an attempt to get kids back into operating Ul the Browsing Room, Union the center." for two quarters while new windows were installed in Moseley. The program will feature events to "It was irritating because of the promote the center and explain its cramped quarters and services were purposes. limited, but we were very grateful to have a place in the Union." Smith said. "We didn't have tlie space to do our Smith said the center's executive programming in the Union, so we'll be board Of Students and the Inventory glad to be back to "home sweet home." Rent-a-tent service offers solution Control Service will move the Com- Smith said. for poor but ardent campers For camping enthusiasts at the service started two years ago with a THE OUTING center allows reser- PERSONS RKNTING equipment are University, the Union Activities $400 investment. vations only one week in advance. required to leave a deposit of $5 and a Organization (UAO) outing center is a FEATURES...What do Kris Kristofferson, "Three Penny Opera" TODAY, there is more than $4,000 in Despite the stereotypes, Yanik said University ID. and Bctte Davis have in common'.' They're all subjects of some dream come true. camping apparatus rented by the women usually rent more equipment Renters arc billed through the bur- Each year, the center rents hundreds reviewing in the News entertainment package today on pages 4 and center. New equipment is bought every from the center than do men. sar's office for gear lost or damaged. 5 of pieces of camping equipment to year to expand its inventory and She said that camping is becoming She said non-University personnel University students, faculty and staff replace worn materials. popular with women and that they cannot use the service because UAO who cannot afford to buy their own EDITORIALS...The News thinks the idea of burning trash stinks "Basically, we're still starting out," weather camping as well as their male has no way to collect for equipment not when first considered. But everyone deserves a second whiff. Page gear. Yanik said, adding that UAO hopes to counterparts. returned, i'.imping paraphernalia available at buy new and better equipment soon. the center ranges from a heavy-duty She saiil spring weather brings the "They mien and women) always "If Ihey i someone not connected with flashlight, renting for 25 cents a heaviest demand for the gear. Rentals make out about I he same, as far as I've the University l rip it off. we nave no weekend, to an eight-man tent, for arc light in the fall and even fewer in seen.".she said. way of getting it back," Yanik said. "If $13.50. Mess kits, sleeping bags, Weather the winter, she said. Ihej have the almighty ID card, the Windy, flurries compasses, shovels, portable stoves Although she could not estimate how Persons renting camping gear bursar can get it back." High43F(«C) and even a 16-foot canoe also can be many persons use the service each normally fish and camp throughout Low30F(-1C) rented. year. Yanik noted that all of the Ohio and neighboring states. She said In two years, she said, only one SO percent chance of precipitation equipment is rented during spring Hocking Hills State Park in Southern sleeping bag. an insulated cooler and a Marcia A. Yanik, chairman of UAO's weekends and competition exists for Ohio and various areas in Michigan are handful of tent pegs have not been outdoor recreation committee, said the rental reservations. favorite spots. ictutned. Computer pricing seen for future By Roger K. Lowe computerized checkout system at each Staff Reporter store. The lines and bars found on your can This high cost is the major reason no of soup or box or cereal are not some UPC systems have been established in new form of advertising or nutrition the Toledo and Bowling Green areas, guide, but are part of a computerized according to area supermarket checkout system used in some super- representatives. markets. The A & PFood Store, 814S. Main St., Shoppers nationwide are seeing the will get the UPC system "eventually," Universal Product Code (UPC).symbol manager Clay L Reed said, adding that on packages of all kinds. The symbol the system may be installed when and if consists of many closely spaced lines, the store is remodeled. bars and numbers and will be ap- pearing on more and more items, ac- A REPRESENTATIVE from the A 4 cording to an article in "FDA (Food P Food Store, 3365 Navarre Rd., and Drug Administration) Consumer." Toledo, said that there are no UPC scanners in the Toledo area and that he The lines and bars in the code symbol could not estimate when the scanners are unique to that product and can be first will appear. read by a computer. The UPC symbol does not include the item's price but has Ray Jacobs, manager of Great Scot information about its name, size and Inc., 1616 E. WoosterSt, also could not manufacturer. The computer is estimate when the UPC system would programmed to reflect the item's come to this area. current price, the article said. The most controversial aspect of the When the customer reaches the system is item pricing, the article said. checkout counter, the clerk slides the Supermarket spokesmen contend that product over a scanning device which stores can achieve ultimate savings uses a laser beam that "reads" the from the system only by eliminating the UPC symbol. practice of having store employees * stamp prices on each item, it said. AS THE PRODUCT is passed over the scanner, the computer identifies the Instead, products' prices would be item, "rings" it up on the register and posted on shelves. Consumer groups prints the item's description and price argue that elimination of item pricing on the customer's receipt according to will make it more difficult for shoppers the article. to compare prices, the article said. Trie new equipment is expensive, as Heed said that he thinks most con- Nswvholo by Dov. Ityon the supermarket industry estimates it sumers would like the UPC system once ITEMS OF EVERY description now bear the Universal Product A special computer is used to scan the code and flash the product's costs about $100,000 to set up the they understood how it operates. Code symbol. current price. opinion 'judgment is founded on truth...' quest columnist trashy idea smart The University soon may join the ranks of Sweden and Finland In the .realm of innovative energy conservation. get english-speaking instructors How? By burning garbage to heat the campus. At first mention, the idea stinks. How can bannana peels, yogurt cartons or discarded physics papers provide heat without polluting the By Richard Morgan sufficiently difficult to comprehend results from classes with foreign In- simultaneously, I would have enrolled whole town? Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy gas or coal? without having to translate lectures as structors readily support this fact I in Hong Kong University or the College The University says maybe not.