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News
in Brief
Penn State Intercom......November
14, 2002
Obesity is subject of
Spanier radio/TV call-in
Obesity, the country's most widespread and chronic disease, will be the topic of the next edition of "To the Best of My Knowledge," President Graham B. Spanier's monthly call-in show airing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, on WPSU-FM and WPSX-TV.
Joining Spanier to discuss how best to get America's weight problem under control will be Charles Billington, a member of the National Institutes of Health's National Taskforce on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, and Kristine Clark, coordinator of sports nutrition programs at Penn State.
Listeners and
viewers with questions or comments are encouraged to call (800) 543-8242
during the one-hour broadcast. Internet users worldwide will be able to
link to sound and pictures from the program at http://www.wpsu.psu.edu/ttbomk/;
and they will be able to contact the president during the program via
e-mail to response@psu.edu.
"To the Best of My Knowledge" is a series designed to explore topics of national and local interest and to allow listeners a chance to communicate directly with Penn State's president.
New TTY phone
To assist patrons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech impaired, Gateway Commons, 104 Pattee Library on the University Park campus, has created a station equipped with an AT&T Advanced TTY (Telecommunication Typewriter) 8840.
The number for the TTY phone is (814) 865-5336.
Staff will be
on hand during regular hours to answer short, general questions via the
TTY phone. For information on library hours, go to http://www.libraries.psu.edu/hours/
or call (814) 863-2174.
Lost and Found page
A new Lost and Found
home page,
http://www.guru.psu.edu/Lost&Found/, helps students and
staff locate missing items .
The site offers general information for the public about finding, processing and claiming lost items.
For the Record
Timothy Shafer will present a faculty piano recital at 8 p.m. March 3 in Recital Hall, Music I on the University Park campus.
Due to a source error, the date was incorrectly reported in the Nov. 7 Intercom.
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