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"COMMONS" from pg. 1
David. "This cafeteria
one way we hive to better
serve our stui;ients."
Attending the ceremony
were students, faculty, staff
and guests of the campus in
cluding William McKinnon,
Vice-President of Housing
and Food Services at
University Park, and
James Mcßrearty, Presi
dent of the Hazleton Cam
pus Advisory Board. Club
presidents on the campus
were provided with com
plimentary tickets to the
rededication.
At the height of the
ceremony, David, McKin
non, Mcßrearty, Karl
Krone, Hazleton Campufz
Housing and Food Services
Manager, and Alita Rovito,
SGA President, par
ticipated in a ritthon-cutting
ceremony in front of the
cafeteria's lunch counter.
"Even though it's a
spaghetti dinner, we still
consider this a French
cafeteria," joked David.
"Maybe we should rename
the road outside 'Bourbon
Street'."
The cafeteria itself is
decorated in a French style
with a blue and white
canopy supported by a
decorative blue framework.
Included in the im
• rovements were the addi-
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tion of several new tables,
and a complete painting of
the upstairs in Penn State
colors, blue and white.
The building was con
structed in 1958, and was
originally known as the
"SUB," or "Student Union
Building." It currently
houses the SGA, SUB, - and
Vet's Club offices, along
with a downstairs TV room,
a game room, and the
upstairs cafeteria.
" New Horizons
continued from pg. 2
lucky to keep getting at
least a few dedicated
students each year. "I'm
very surprised when that
happens, but very
grateful!"
Marchesani feels that the
magazine is attaining a
sense of "continuity." They
have now put out three con
secutive magazines, each a
little better than the last. He
would like to have more
short stories, though. He got
some material from his
science fiction class. And,
Dr. Price is allowing
students the option of
writing short stories in his
class. Marchesani is hoping
that these stories will com
prise some part of the
material for next year.
"But, ' Dr. Price doesn't
know that yet," he added
with a rather sneaky smile.
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"PM PROGRAM"
from pg. 1
The existence of the P.M.
program is thus justified by
the student's account based
on the need and desire of the
student to be full-time
(many forms of financial
aid require that the reci
pient be a full-time stu
dent.)
The P.M. program also
proves to be beneficial to
the University as well. The
directors expected the P.M.
program to be a student
"feeder" into Resident In
struction. So, it appears
that the P.M. program is
both practical and
beneficial to students and
the University alike.
Many teachers who have
taught P.M. feel that the
burden of teaching nights
spreads their time too thin
ly among their students.
Eighty percent of P.M. in
structors also teach in Resi
dent Instruction (R.I. ). The
result being that• some
teachers are overworked,
which does not go unnoticed
by students.
The principle problem
with the P.M. program is
the lack of variety in . course
selection. Another com-
plaint involved the closing
of facilities at night in
cluding the Commons and
Administration buildin!.
A major step in curing
these ills was taken by the
naming of the P.M. direc
tor, Mr. Larry Gingrich.
Mr. Gingrich currently
resides in Brookhill, Con
yngham, and graduated
from the University of
North Carolina in 1973. He
received his Master's
Degree from the University
(*South Florida in 1974.
Mr. Gingrich has worked
in Continuing Education on
a graduate level at both the
Ogontz add Allentown cam
puses of Penn State. With
the question of leadership
settled, the P.M. program
has now begun to work
toward the necessary im
provements.
A qualified pool of part
time instructors has been
growing in size since the
program's inception. Mr.
Gingrich feels that this in
itself will improve the quali
ty of the P.M. program next
year. Some of the load will
be taken off regular R.I.
teachers and distributed
amongst part-timers (it
must be noted that R.I.
teachers have first crack at
obtaining P.M. positions).
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A greater variety of
classes will be offered if
they 'can be justified.
Justification means simply
that there must be a need
for the course on the basis
of how many students
register. If fifteen or more
P.M. students express a
desire for a certain course,
and if an instructor is
available, then the course
has a good chance of being
offered.
The success achieved by
the P.M. program has, in its
initial year, surpassed the
expectations of all involved.
The grade point average for
P.M. students as a whole
exceeded expectations by
far. The Resident Instruc
tion program has been fur
nished with a large number
of qualified" students. But,
perhaps the greatest
measure of success is
shown in the attitude of
other campuses toward this
program. University Park
has been studying the P.M.
program here and has been
considering opening
separate programs there
and at other branch cam
puses across the state.
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