ORIENTATION
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Association (SGA) Orientation
Committee was responsible for
the over-all planning of Orien
tation Week. Two members of
the Committee, Jim Durso and
Tim Mueller, stated that the
primary goal of orientation
was not to have the students
learn all the information blast
ed at them, but rather to in
troduce the new students to
various important peopl/e on
campus. Durso pointed/out that
most of the material covered in
administrator's speeches was
included in the various publi
cations distributed.to the
freshmen, such as the Student
Handbook. Mueller also said
that the idea of a campus tour
was rejected as most of the
students had received a tour
at preregistration.
Another Committee member,
Joseph Melnick, SGA President,
said the aim of orientation
was not only for the freshmen
to become familiar with impor
tant people, but also become
familiar with the campus, and
important rules and facts of
Highacres.
For orientation the fresh
men class was divided into three
groups. Each group went to a
that we can achieve the highly
A policy on smoking in desirable objectives which were
classrooms sad other facili- S •
ties, designed to protect the P ort of the University Council.
rights of nonsmokers while at Pol i°y d ° e * no £ * pply
the same time providing arrange- to the hospital at the Milton
meats for smokers, has become S. Hershey Medical Center nor
effective since September lat to Ritenour Health Center at
The Pennsylvania State Univer- University Park, where special
regulations already are in eff
fhe policy follows reeom- e °t» nor to the J. Orvis Keller
mendations to Dr. John Oswald, Building nor the Nittany Lion
president of the University, Inn * which likewise will have
from the University Council and separate regulations.
Reflects a growing concern of The Policy states that
many persons about smoking in smoking is acceptable in hall
public plaoes. These concerns ways where receptacles have been
were indicated in a poll con- provided and where no contrary
ducted earlier in the year by instructions have been posted,
students, which showed strong specially designated study ar
support for the regulation of eas » dining facilities, and
smoking in classroom facilities, public lounges; private*offices
Ih announcing the new pol- and private laboratories, at
icy, President Oswald, empha- the discretion of the assigned
sized that "successful imple- occupants} and designated foy
mentation of this policy will ers and lobbies,
in large part depend upon the "Smoking is not acceptable
cooperation of the entire Uni- in classrooms and seminar rooms;
versity community. With this study areas, dining facilities,
cooperation, I am confident and public lounges except in
seperate activity, which meant
that three activities were going
simultaneously. Committee mem
bers openly admitted that at
least one of the three activi
ties was used primarily as a
time-killer. Mueller said that
the only real innovation in or
ientation this year was the
three-way division of the stu
dents. Two groups had been
used in 1974, but this years'
Committee anticipated up to 600
in-coming students. The Com
mittee felt that with two
groups, each group would prove
too large to move between ac
tivities, so a third was added.
Durso also mentioned that the
Committee was hard-pressed to
find locations on campus that
could hold up to 300 people,
the Commons was the only one
available. There were several
rooms which would accept 200
people in a pinch, a fact which
necessitated smaller groups.
Melnick expressed his
feeling that next year with the
completion of the Physical Edu
cation Building the Committee's
space problem will be solved.
The gymnasium should easily ac
comidate the entire freshmen
class.
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At the regular SGA.meeting
on September 9» Melnick summed
up the previous week's activi
ties by saying "Orientation
went well."
Motninyifony
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also the untold promise of the j
new day, fresh and alivej grow- :
ing and changing. We felt the
new role in a sudden wave of
songwriting, the enthusiastic
acceptance of our own music by
a steadily increasing following,
and a mounting wish to improve
and better ourselves. The pro
duction of Listen to a Sunrise.
our initial L.P., and the ac
quisition of Greg Taylor on
drums.
So the spectrum is com
plete. Yet it is only a begin
ning, like the first rays of
the sun peeking over the hori
zon. There are many more
hearts to warm and great dis
tances to travel before the
sunset, and, from what the
clear morning sky tells -us,
our day is going to be a beau
tiful and memorable one.
special segregated areas pro
vided for smokers; auditoriums,
museums, and exhibition galler
ies; laboratories; elevators
and stairwells; indoor recrea
tion areas; and committee meet
ing and conference rooms."
The intent and spirit of
the policy, as approved by the
President, is to protect the
of nonsmokers without
placing them in the defensive
position of having to request
relief at every offensive inci
dent, to provide ample arrange
ments for smokers, and to take
into consideration the appear
ance and maintenance of the fa
cilities.
The new policy also pro
vides for reports of violations
and complaints to be submitted
to the Scheduling Officer of
the Campus concerned who will
route the information to the
administrative officer or to
the academic dean of the unit
against which the complaint is
lodged -
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