Page 2 The Highacres Collegian Tuesday, October 31, 1978
Collegian Personality
We are sitting in the cafeteria
discussing the days events and
enjoying a delightful repast.
Suddenly, a white blur flashes
by; is it a streak of lightening?
No, it is Mr. Karl Krone,
Housing and Food Servies
Manager, clad in his white lab
coat tending the kitchen in his
usuhl vivacious manner. One will
frequently see r Mr. Krone
fleeting around observing that
the operations in the cafeteria
are - running smoothly and ef
ficiently. Working in restaurants
since he was 15 years old, Mr.
Krone is very knowledgable in
the food business, and has
worked at the Hazleton Campus
since 1971. Born and raised in
Freeland, Mr. Krone attended
the Hazleton Campus of Penn
State from 1966-1967 majoring in
economics. He remembers that
then there were only 400 studen
ts on campus, no library,
classroom building, Physical
Education Building, residence
hall or cafeteria. Classes were
held in S-101, the Main Building
or the Memorial Building. After
that he transferred to Univer
sity Park where he finished his
education. Upon returning to
Hazleton and his new position,
the residence hall and cafeteria
were just being completed. His
duties now included being
responsible for the maintenance
of the residence hall and food
service department, which in
cludes the cafeteria and snack
bar in Commons.
While having to put up with a
lot of complaining from the
students, Mr. Krone explained
that from his point of view how
well a person is going to accept
things is according to his at
titude. He knows that many of
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the students are coming into an
unknown situation, and it is the
change in lifestyle, not really the
food, that they must become ac
customed to. He also added you
can never please everyone, but
any complaints, as long as they
are constructive and legitimate,
will gladly be considered.
When asked to comment on
the students, he replied that he
has always enjoyed the students,
but two things that concern him
today are the negative attitudes
among people, not only college
students but the general trend
of many all through life. He ad
ded that one is not going to
solve problems that way.
Another problem that concerns
him is the lack of responsibilitiy
amongst people. If people don’t
way to get involved everyone
will pay for it sooner or later.
“The uncaring attitude in repor
ting a crime will lead to more
crime, until someday you become
the victim.”
When not occupied in the
cafeteria, Mr. Krone enjoys
playing tennis and working with
his hands, usually fixing his car.
He also enjoys spending time
with his 2 year old son and is
hopeful of another addition soon.
He is of course a big Penn State
football fan, likes going to the
games and would love to see
Penn State win the National
Championship.
When asked about his future
plans, Mr. Krone stated that he
intents on staying here until
something better comes along.
He likes working for Penn State
because he feels they do a more
efficient jofr and because it is a
non-political institution.
Hopefully he will be here for
many years to come.
Backgammon Tournament
By MARIANNE PINDAR
The first week in October saw
the Highacres Commons turn in
to a haven for Backgammon en
thusiasts. The Student Union
Board (SUB) of our campus,
sponsored a Backgammon tour
nament as part of its many ac
tivities listed for October. This
contest was open to all
Highacres students. Rules for
the contest stated that the best
two out of three games wins,
and the player moves on to the
next round, after which a winner
was declared.
This entire event began when
Mrs. Anne Perry of Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, introduced
the sport in our Commons to all
students interested in learning
the rules of the game. The
Perry’s own a shop in Florida
called, “Backgammon Em
porium,” which deals souly with
Backgammon novelties. Ac
cording to Mrs. Perry, the store
has been quite a success. People
come to look, learn, purchase ac
cessories and exchange game
strategies. Backgammon sets
range in price value from two
dollars, to as much as two
thousand dollars. The winner of
our contest was the recipient of
a Backgammon set, worth
$40.00, courtesy of 'Backgammon
Emporium.’
For those of you who are not
familiar with the game, let me
briefly explain it to you.
Backgammon, is the second
oldest game in the world. The
game was first introduced into
the United States around 1930,
but only recently has gained in
popularity.
The game itself, is played by
two persons, each having fifteen
“men” on a special board with
twenty-four “points.” Each
player in turn rolls two dice, and
advances one or two of his
“men” the number of points in
dicated on the dice. The object
of the game is to move all fifteen
men around twenty-four points,
and off the board. The first
player to do so, wins the game.
The following is a list of the
contenders for the tournament
title: Susan Janesky, Eugene
McGill, Rob Byler, Rich Woz
nick, Will Donner, Keith
Knearem, Donna Bubeck, Randy
Matthews, Mark Shorr and Sean
Regan.
After a long week of com
bating the strong determination
and mind-boggling tactics of
fellow competitors, Highacres
names its tournament winner -
Randine Matthews.
“Randy,” as she is known to
her friends, is a sophmore at
Highacres working toward a
double major in Liberal Arts and
Engineering. Besides being
Secretary of SUB, she is in
volved in the Drama Club, is
Treasurer of the Parnassus
Society, and is also President of
“Students for a Creative
Society.” Randy is a novice in
the sport of Backgammon, but
will now add it to her list of hob
bies. When asked for a
statement, Randy comments, “I
attribute my success to BEGIN
NERS LUCK!”
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