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blo,od ': a, year are, Jl~~ed::bY ,will be. used for, the follClwlng , , " , ' h!ispitals In the "'~, Vo~~ ~re,a dlly, b,ecauselhe l'1aed for,blood a":lne. p'nly 56Qi,OOO,~!llta are' Is so, great.' And second,,' one ' Rathskeller sales dropped provld!ld, b¥ vol~nteer don~rs'year, afte~ esc.h blood, drive during the paat year from $50,Inqrdertt;l!,!1 th~sgall; hoapltals ,thes\l cre~lts_explre. 9ne)1un- '106 in 1976 to $46,406. The ,:n;lu~t p,urchaae blooq ,from ~ clred:andelgh~YOft~/I340bloOd difference,. a lose in saies of commercial blood bank. Unfor qredds will, expire DeC. 1, 1977' $3,698 was' largaly accounted tuna~ly" due to the ~ature of and the,r"ml\ln''1g amount Will for on grltl o~eratlons. In spite , the ,pl\ld dpn~r, pOP~latlon. this. e1<plreon March 30, 1,978. sC!,.as of the SUbstantial decreaPe In comrner~lal' blood carries a you can see"lt Is very Imporlsnt saies, the cost of goods sold hl~h risk .ofhepatltls: " ~nd vltalthlit we all dollate to, went up by $1724, a 7.2% InD,onatlng 'blood ,Is ,a "ahl1ple perpetuate thl~, blO,od ~enk crease over 1976. Therefore, process'... All 'donors are coverage, Be there on October oniy 5O'l4 of revenues from food med,lcaily 'Screel)e~ l\nd ,ex- ,12th. and 'beverage operations went toward meeting operating expenses when nomnally this figure' Is between 60 and 85%. The largest of theseexperisesls the payroll which for 1977 \oI!as $22,422. arid 8.1% Increase over , ' 1976.'The payroll plus the cost Members of STUCO met last by ,the ,Student Affairs Com- of goods sold accounted for Sunday at a apeclalmeetlng "mlttee" and then' President 99:1% of total Sales with 'other oalled by President Jim, 'Rogers, who will present it to Indirect expenses, adding to $8,337, stili to be'pald. Vet there Weatherall 10, consider raising the Trustees. are those who say, "there Is no the Student 'Activities Fee. Attention Fre,hlneRI Become way that the Rathskeller can In view of the recent problems' active In the student Govern. lose money." rhe Rathskeller with the allotments, STUCO ment of your sohool by bllCOni- should not lose money, saw the need to take some ac- Ing a member of STUCe. Let however, It, did. Flnencial lion to prevent the same shor- your Ideas and the Ideas of the statements 0/ the Stevens tage from occuring' next freshman class be heard. Rllthskeller Association may be semester•. This semester, the Nominations' 'for Class found at the conclusion of this amount STUCe had to dis- Il.epresentatlve will be held article. ' tribute fell some $18,000 sh0'1 soon. If you are In the Class of Suggestions to revitalize the of the requests from, 45 '81 and In good standing have Rat published In the Sept. 16th recognized organizations. your friends nominate you (at Issue of the STUTEareali bslng , least two of them). Vou will pe Implemented thlssemester.The SI)nce the Council Is financed, notified on the day of Rat Board appreciates and enalmost toially from the $50 Stu- nominations, of your status. courages student Interest. dent ActiVities Fee levied every 'fall, Its members focused, the question of increasing the fee. After nearly an ,hour of discussion, the Council voted unanlmllusly to raiSe the Activities Fee to $75, effective Immediately. Assessment of the fee Is contingent, upon approval by the Board of Trustees, which meets early In November. The proposal will also be revle,wed
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, There have been no expensive has fixed costs associated with Rethskellar partlas to date, running It. These are expenses freebies are extremely Which cannotbs reduced, In the detrimental and must stop. We ideal case, or which certainly will try our best to enforce these cannot be eliminated. Failure to policies. However, a dllClslon !enerate enough revenue to was made not to' raise prices over t~ese fixed costs usually across'the board since they roveS' fatal and leads to were Increased last semester bankruptcy. and this type of action only SecondlY, In spite of the fact clouds the real isaue. that salesdropped In 1977, cost The Rathskeller's governing, of sales went up compared to body Is Its' Board of Directors. 1976. The cost of sales, or cost There are fifteen directors who of goods sold, Is that part of the appoint a person to chair the sale which goes toward the House Committee, which Is purchase of the particular Item responsible for the day to day sold. One would thlnk,that be management oftheRat, such as selling lees, the cost of sales prices, hours of operation, would proportionately go antertalnment, atc. The down, that Is, by percent, tha chairperson In turn appoints a cost would remain around last manager who It responsible for year's figure of43.5%.lnstead,lt stocking the Inventory and the rose by 7.2% to 50.7% for the management of the personnel. year 1977. This can choke any The current House menager is operation by reducing Its Mr. Wilson Orlsman and the operating funds. current manager Is Mr. William Lastly, as was mentioned Morely. , before, any outfit must overThe financial statements and come Its fixed costs before It experience Indicate that there Is can worry about what to do with no one thing which can be Its profits. One of the biggest singled out as the Rat's fixed costs Is payroll, which is problem. However, the large,ly responsible for the new Rathskeller's Ills can be Isolated hours 01 operation and the to three malor causes. (Conllnued on page 6, col. 3) First, the loss In sales during 1977 cannot continue. Like every operation, the Rathskeller
ASME Tours USS Ling by Paul Calroll ASME SllCrlitary
This past Wednesday, September 28, nine members of the Stevens ASME student section toured the USS Ling, a World War II SUbmarine In Hackentack, N.J. Conducted by Mr. Joseph H. Burges, P.E., a submarine veteran and radar expert, the tour covered every Inch of the sub, Including a few below-deck compartments containing compressors and hydraulic equipment. Each room had Its own specific function, I.e., the control room, maneuvering room and main engine room. to name just three. Mr. Burges described each compartment, keeping the engineering viewpoint In mind. Just walking through the confined rooms gave a good sense as to how life must have been aboard these old subs.
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