The Highacres Colleg
Vol. 16, No. 1
Campus enrollment
soars above 1050
Penn State enrollment is on the
upswing even though it is
predicted that college enrollment
will be dropping. The Highacres
Collegian talked to three of our
administrators about the sub
ject: Dean McCallus, Dr.
Staudenmeier and Mr. White.
Mr. White stated that enroll
ment at the Hazleton Campus has
risen from 1,030 people to its pre
sent 1,100. (The reason for this in
crease is the large number of
qualified people who apply to
Penn State.) Other reasons for
people applying to Penn State in
general are the abundance of
financial aid, the high cost of
private schools, the excellence of
the academic programs, the
course and activity versatility,
and that PSU football is above
par. Penn State is also very
popular because of the different
branch campuses. Few students
choose to leave Penn State. The
Hazleton Campus especially has
few dropouts and transfer
students.
When •asked why the students
choose Hazleton, the general con
census was the accessiblity of
this area. Hazleton is close to
Ev. Binns
new position at
Schuylkill Campus
Mr. Ev Binns, who has been the
Asst. Dean of Student Affairs at
the Hazleton Campus since fall of
1978, was officially promoted to
the Dean of Student Affairs at the
Schuylkill Campus of P.S.U.
September 1. His career at
Highacres which lasted 7 years
began as Asst. to the Dean of Stu
dent Affairs and since then
demonstrated an "enthusiastic
interest in the welfare of the cam
pus and the community."
His dedication was manifest by
his participation in a multitude of
community services. Among
them were his leadership in the
local Volunteer Fire Dept. and
Ambulance Service, his integral
part in starting the Hazleton Big
Buddy program for orphaned
children, and his unsurpassed
ability to demonstrate proper
health procedures in a number of
First Aid courses which he
taught. The local community has
recognized him with their Young
Man of the Year Award. He has
recently finished serving as
President of the Fine Arts Coun
cil, and through his efforts the
Creative Arts Festival was mov
Published By Students of The Hazleton Campus of the Pennsylvania State University
New Jersey and New York. The
residence hall is another major
reason why students choose
Hazleton. Only five com
monwealth campuses have
residence halls. The reputation of
the faculty, the beautiful area,
the addition of new courses and
the good teacher-student rela
tionships are some additional
reasons students attend
Highacres. They also see
Hazleton as the opportunity to go
to, a big university but with a
small college atmosphere.
Hazleton makes the adjustment
from high school to the big col
lege atmosphere of University
Park easier.
Hazleton at its present size is
filled to its maximum capacity.
When asked if they thought
enrollment would rise again next
year, The Collegian got three dif
ferent answers. Dean McCallus
said that if all the present condi
tions remained the same, the
number of applicants should rise.
Dr. Staudenmeier predicted
enrollment would hold its own,
and Mrs. White expects a slight
drop due to the decline in popula
tion.
receives
ed from downtown Hazleton to
the Hazleton Campus of the
P.S.U.
Dean McCallus commented,
"Ev Binns is a very fine ad
ministrator who was very student
orientated. He was a man
dedicated to serving the com
munity and his campus, who fre
quently did more than asked,
above and beyond the call of du
ty."
In addition to his other
achievements, Mr. Binns
established the freshman orienta
tion camp and served as the
camp director. He also organized
the Hazleton Chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega, a national student
service fraternity.
Dr. David said, "His Eagle
Scout rank shows in his sense of
service in his career here. His life
has been one of good works and I
know that someone with his abili
ty is going to be given more
responsibilities. We are all really
sorry to see him go and are so
proud of his accomplishments.
Even though he has left Hazleton,
we are all fortunate that he is still
with P.S.U."
Too many cars, too few spaces
creates parking dilemma
As a record number of enrolled
students arrive on campus every
day, each is faced with and must
deal with overcrowded parking
conditions. A total of 727 single
parking permits and an addi
tional seven car-pool stickers
have been purchased by students
who commute to Highacres. This
total includes both full- and part
time students. Each student
driver must almost literally fight
for one of the 467 designated
parking stalls daily. The large
number of parking permits sold
provides for an excess of 267 cars
on campus.
"Although students may have to
put up with these prevailing con
ditions throughout this term, the
winter term, and the spring
term," said Dr. William David,
Campus Director, "I have sub
mitted a proposal to officials at
University Park that an addi
tional parking area be con
structed on campus to ac
commodate approximately 100
additional vehicles. Hopefully,
we will have a new lot by the fall
term of 1981."
The new parking area, if fun
ding is appropriated, will be
located on the south side of the
Physical Education Building. Un
til then, parking will remain a
problem on campus.
Currently there are 1,126 full
and part-time students enrolled
at Highacres-96 more than the
number enrolled last year for the
fall term.
As each new school year com
mences, the student population
rises higher and higher, but the
parking capacity remains cons
tant.
For a few days this term the
soccer field was utilized to
remedy the situation, but since
parking in this area interferred
with several physical education
classes, this alternative parking
area was vacated.
Wooden ramps have been con-
Because of shortage of parking spaces on campus, students
have had to park on the grass in front of the administration
building and on other grassy areas on campus.
structed to allow students to
drive over the curbs and to make
use of all available grassy areas
on campus for parking.
On the school grounds there are
officially only three lots set aside
for student use, one of which is
located in front of the residence
hall. An additional three lots are
set aside for the use of faculty
and staff members, visitors, and
students with medical permits.
In the past, the lower parking
lot on campus was reserved for
the use of freshmen while the up
per parking area was to be used
only by sophomores. This pro
cedure was abandoned this year _
due to the fact that the number of
sophomores and freshmen
outgrew the number of spaces
assigned to them and due to
numerous protests by irate
freshmen who were often forced
to park in the lower lot even
though there were many spaces
available on the upper lot.
Parking is now based on a first
come, first-served basis.
Students who arrive early are
parked on the upper grounds of
the school, often on the grass or
along the roadway. These
students do not have to contend
with walking up the hill to get to
class. Unfortunately, students
who have only afternoon classes
scheduled must park in the lower
lots and walk up the hill to their
classes.
"In order to avoid confusion and
to keep incoming traffic moving
without congestion," said Paul
Cerula, business manager, "we
ask that students do not go past a
lot with open parking stalls
unless directed to do so."
At 7:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m., and 2
p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, congestion always
arises according to Mr. Cerula,
so students are asked to arrive
early for classes scheduled at
these times. Tuesdays and
Thursdays pose no problem to
ian
Oct. 1980
student drivers since class
scheduling is much lighter on
these days.
A six-man security force is on
campus to direct students to
available parking areas each
day. The security team is work
ing efficiently during this term,
but once the winter term ap
proaches, the problem with park
ing will progressively worsen due
to the snow.
An idea that has been discussed
in the past to curb congestion in
the parking lots was to have a
shuttle-bus run between
Highacres and the Laurel Mall.
Although Penn State has ac
quired permission to transform
this idea into reality, several test
runs have been made back and
forth from the campus to the
mall, and this method was proven
to be inefficient and time con
suming.
"Unless we have a number of
students volunteer to park at the
mall, this plan will create many
more problems than we now
have," said Mr. Cerula. "Without
volunteers, we would literally
have to stand at the entrance to
the campus, direct students down
to the mall when our lots are fill
ed, and then bus them back to
Highacres, which would take up a
tremendous amount of time."
With the situation temporarily
under control, patience, coopera
tion, and arrival on campus
several minutes ahead of class
time will help to alleviate the cur
rent parking problem. Hopefully,
by the fall term of 1981, parking
will no longer be a problem to
Highacres.
Until then, Dr. David, Mr.
Cerula, and the security team
will be receptive to comments or
suggestions which will help them
to correct or improve on the
situation this term.
Inside
this
issue:
Calendar
change pg
WHCB
returns pg.
Club
news.
Sports pgs. 7,8