- The Highaores Collegian, Feb. 25, 1975 iLutters To The Editor! I: - ■ There is a game room down stairs where the machine could he placed. Pull utilization of this facility would not only "We the undersigned, hereby prove enjoyable to the students, request the immediate relocation profitable so as to further of'the air hockey machine to the support student activities, downstairs game room. The noise level produced by the machine is distracting and irritating, wgr it very difficult to lax~and converse in the Commons. This petition was signed by 195 people, including stu dents, faculty, and staff, in only one day of circulation. The point is dear. The air hockey machine must be relocated so as not to continually dis tract and discourage those who frequent the Commons. Thus, the students and faculty may continue to find the Commons a pleasant place to have lunch and socialize. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Donna Barer. . . .Editor-in-Chief Christie Tito. Executive Editor Donald Serf ass. .Managing Editor Doreen Mayo.. Production Manager Dr, Michael Santulli.. .Facul ty Advisor STAFF News* D. Serfass, Editor, D. Barer, J, Gomley, M. Hydock, B. Mace, D. Mayo, C. Tito, D. Tost, Feature* R» Uork. J« Barton James White, Carl Frankel Advertising* D. Barer. Sports* D. Mayo, M. Hydock, Compositions D, Mayo, D, Barer,_C* flfito, B, Race, D. Tost f K. Renstiel The COLDEGIAB is located in the Publications office in the Commons Game Room, The COLLEGIAN is a member of the Areas Assooiaion of Common wealth Campuses, Telephone number « 454-6551• Concern for alls Terry Houck We feel that the pe tition to move the air hock ey machine into the gsmeroom Is impractical. The game room has been the scene of many acts of vandalism over the past years and we would like to see this situation rectified, but until this is possible the air hockey should remain upstairs. The gameroom vandalism has had an undetermined ef fect on the machines cur rently there. The ping pong tables are unusable be cause of vandles ripping the nets and stealing the pad dles. The shuffleboard has been vandalized to the point that we had to repair the re straining boards. Each week the quoits are either broken or missing. The pinball ma chines have been repaired so many times it almost costs us as much to keep them op erating as we make on them. The pool table was removed from the gameroom because of vandalism. Removing the air hoc- key machine would also reduce the income from this machine which would in turn reduce student activities which are in part funded by this ma chine. While upstairs the ma chine is in full view when ever the building is open by either the women working in the Snack Bar or by other students. This alone would be a deterrent to vandalism. Unless something is done to protect the equipment in the game room, moving the air hockey game is the most ridic ulous thing that the campus could do. A.V. Chairman - Jack Tough Gameroom Chairman - Brad Mcßab Response to Frankel I am writing in response to your letter of Feb, 6 in whish you expressed your opin ion of the student attitude at the Hazleton Campus. As a freshman about to enter my third term in this institution of higher education, I can't say that X*ve ever had the plea sure of having you as a pro fessor; nor have I ever heard about you by way of the juicy rumors which seem to circulate themselves about campus every so often. In short, I wasn't even aware of your existence until a few days ago when I happened to read your above mentioned letter. Since I know nothing of your character, then, I can't help but wonder if you were sincere in what you wrote, or if you mere ly made a few adverse gen eralizations to see what kind of a reaction you could get from already-frustrated students such as ayself. But whetever the method of your madness may have been, I can not sit docilely and watch such statements go by un challenged. In other words, Dr. Frankel, your letter served its purpose—l've taken the bait. To begin, I'm going to take the liberty of quoting you from your first para graph, in which you so generously informed us that we are "doing the whole uni versity bit wrong" and that we "act as if this were Highaores High School." Ex cuse my ignorance, but why do college professors expect such a great change in a student's mannerisms once he crosses that sacred line of a high school senior to a college freshman? It's as if beooming a college stu dent assures you instant maturity, much like the as surance that using the right toothpaste will bring you im mediate sex appeal or the right cologne will bring a flock of suitors to your doorstep. Ac tually, the only change that Continued Page 3 >
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