— Highocres Collegian, Oct. 1979
COBCSGA holds
Penn State students and deans
from the 19 commonwealth
campuses including University
Park packed the Highacres
Residence Hall on August 19,
1979. The reason for the gathering
was a Summer Leadership
Conference which was sponsored
by the Council of Branch Campus
Student Governments
Association (COBCSGA) and
Student Affairs which would last
until August2l,l979.
Vic Verbeke, coordinator of
COBCSGA and Dr. Stauden
meier, Associate Director at
Highacres officially opened the
conference .Dr. Kenneth Varcoe,
Assistant Vice President for
Student Affairs at University
Park and Mr. Ovaries Kor
manski, Counselor at the Altoona
Campus were the main
presenters. Mr. Kormanski gave
a lecture mi leadership qualities
to the one-hundred leadens in
attendance. After the opening
sessions, Dr. Varcoe had the
students break up into groups of
seven. The purpose of the groups
was to conduct an SGA “in
basket” simulation in which the
students were to pretend that
they were members of the SGA
council and had just arrived for
the first meeting. They find ten
letters waiting in the in-basket.
Given a few hours, the students
were told to conduct an SGA
meeting and provide logical
answers to the ten problem
situations. While holding their
meeting, the students were ob
served by the deans. After the
problems were solved, the
students were observed by the
deans. After the problems were
solved, the correct answers were
read and the deans gave reports
on how the students handled the
situations and how their
discussions worked.
Also on the agenda were a
number of workshops which the
students attended by their choice.
The workshops included com
munications, leadership decision
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making, motivation, coping and
dealing with stress, how to run a
meeting, and leadership
strategies.
Following the workshops the
students attended meetings
concerning their leader positions,
such as president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer or special
interest groups. These meetings
were very informal and offered
the students an opportunity to ask
any questions pertaining to their
position.
However, the conference
wasn't all work. During the
evening there were Penn State
mini-olympics held in the gym.
Here the students competed in
crazy events including a contest
which involved eating a cracker
and trying to blow up a balloon,
and bowling between their legs,
backwards. The students also
sponsored their own toga party.
These activities were as im
portant as the lectures and
workshops, since the students
met new people and were able to
share ideas.
Dinner on August 20, 1979 was
highlighted by guest speaker
John J. Coyle, Professor of
Business Administration at
University Park. He spoke about
what a leader should be.
Concluding the conference was
a COBCSGA orientation session
where the S6A members from
the campuses received in
formation about the meetings
held at University Park four
t-imgs a year. With this conclusion
the students were now well
informed and well-prepared to
carry out the duties of their
positions.
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PSU Linebacker
Lance Mehl: Monster 'Back*
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-
Unfortunately for Penn State
football opponents, linebacker
Lance Mefal’s modesty off the
field isn’t reflected in Ids play on
the field.
The 6-3%, 231-lb. senior from
Bella ire, Ohio, opened the 1979
season the way he ended the 1978
season, leading the lion defense
in tackles and establishing
himself as one of the country’s
top linebackers.
Characteristically, the Lion
defensive captain downplayed his
efforts and praised the entire li
man team.
“I thought we played pretty
well after we settled down in the
first quarter,” Mehl says. “We
had some new players in the
lineup and I only told them that
they had the ability to do a good
job. My play was Okay, but I did
miss a few tackles.”
Mehl led last year’s 11-1 team
in tackles with 96 and also ranked
third on the squad with four in
terceptions. He was voted
defensive player of the game in
the 17-10 victory over Pittsburgh
and then had 17 tackles, including
11 solos, against Alabama in the
Sugar Bowl.
His junior-year performance
earned him All-East honors and
honorable mention All-American
recognition, but that hasn’t
changed his approach to his
senior year.
“I’d just like to have our team
play as well as it can,” Mehl
says. “That’s what I wanted last
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schedule of library hours is in effect at the Highacres Library this
term
Sunday evening
Monday-Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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Rt. 93 Hazleton
Delicious Dinners
& Sandwiches & Food
to take out.
Diners; Open 11:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.
Mon. thru Sat.
Slave Sale
Residence Hall Lobby
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Residence Hall Lobby
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Residence Hall Lobby
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“Sure, I’ve set some personal
goals. I’d like to have a certain
number of tackles a game and a
certain number of interceptions
for the season, but as long as the
t«>nm {days as well as it’s capable
to playing, I’ll be happy.”
One person who is happy with
Meld’s play is Penn State coach
Joe Paterao.
“Lance played awfully well
against Rutgers,” Patemo says.
“He is certainly one of the best—
if not the best—linebackers in the
country. He is big, strong, has
good range and plays- with in
telligence and poise.
“Lance is as good an inside
linebacker as we have ever had
at Penn State," Patemo says.
“He is always around the foot
ball.”
Mehl established an out
standing reputation as a
scholastic football player at
Bellaire High School, where his
interceptions attracted attention
from colleges.
He laughs when he recalls that
he played high school football at
195 pounds and came to Penn
State and played at middle guard
at just over 200 pounds. Mehl and
the football fans in Bellaire didn’t
know much about Penn State
football in those days.
“Now there’s a lot of support
for Penn State back there,” Mehl
says.
And there’s a lot of praise for
Meld’s play—even if he doesn’t
talk about it.
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Drama Club **
to present
'Leaving Home’
The Drama Club will present
Leaving Home, a two ad play by
David French On October 24, 25,
26, 27 in the Commons. Dr. Carl
Frankel is directing the pro
duction.
Leaving Home has a cast of
seven. Members of the Drama
Steering Committee held tryouts
and selected actors and actresses
earlier this term. The cast in
cludes Martha Beharry as Mary
Mercer, Nick Millen. as Jacob
Mercer, Mark Peterson as Ben
Mercer, Jeff Beach as Billy
Mercer, Dawn Gyuresek as
Kathy Jackson, Beth Howard as
Minnie Jackson, and Glen Puhak
as Harold. Nora Reichard was
chosen as assistant director:
The setting of the two act play
is a family home in Toronto in the
late ’so’s. Among many others,
two rather typical household
problems are the basic themes
for the script: The inability for
family members to communi
cate, and the parents’ deep
rooted traditions. These come to
light as both Billy and Ben
Mercer, are preparing to leave
home, but for much different
reasons. The plot deals with these
reasons and the complications
which subsequently arise.
Admission to Leaving Home is
free to students, and additional
tickets will be sold at $l.
Rehearsals are held each
Monday, Wednesday and Thurs
day evening. Anyone interested
in helping in some capacity with
the play may attend a rehearsal
or contact Nora Reichard.
Security system
m use
A Checkpoint Security System
is now in operation in the library
here at Highacres. These are the
turnstiles located at the entrance
of the library that you must go
through whenever you enter or
exit the library, pus system
monitors pre-conditioned library
materials to insure that they
have been properly checked out.
If the monitor detects material
which has not been properly
checked out, a beeper sounds.
This system was not put into
use to be an inconvenience to
students. Rather, it is extremely
'beneficial to all who are Penn
State students. Each time
material is stolen from the
library and not returned, the
money to replace this material
comes from the students' pockets
in the form of increased tuition.
Also, the material someone else
may be exactly the book or
magazine you may need to
complete a term or research
paper. So, it can be seen that the
security system now in use in the
library is there to benefit each
student.
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