News
Darkroom termed
By Tony Leshinskie
Almost two school
yea - I's have passed since
former , assistant Dean
Everitt Binns originally
proposed an arts and
crafts studio to be
located in the Memorial
Building basement. In
cluded in this proposal
was the suggestion for
converting an adjacent
storage room into • a
photography darkroom.
Though the arts and
crafts studio has essen
tially become a reality,
the darkroom has yet to
materialize. In this arti
cle, the Collegian in
vestigates the reasons
for the delay in the
darkroom's construc
tion.
The darkroom's pro
posed site had previously
been used as a
laboratory for Chemical
Engineering Technology
(Chem ET), a degree
program no longer of
fered at this campus.
Since the time of the pro-
gram's cessation,
the room has been used
to store the lab equip
ment and is now official
ly designated as Univer
sity storage space. The
campus has tried to get,
Gov's son in sch
By Joanne Valent
of the Blue and White
While Pennsylvania
governor Richard Thorn
burgh continues to cut
aid to the state's public
schools, his son attends a
private school.
William Thornburgh,
15, is a student at Deer
field Academy, in Deer
field, Massachusetts.
The academy is well
known as a very ex
clusive college
preparatory school.
The governor's press
office in Harrisburg ex
presses Thornburgh's
opinion on the subject.
"The governor's life is
not very private," says
Theresa Mitchell from
the press office. "The en
vironment at home
would not be very con
ductive to bringing up his
son 'properly'. Deerfield
is an exceptionally good
school and could take
care of his upbringing
needs."
A Pennsylvania
representative agreed
with Mitchell's state
ment.
the equipment removed,
with some degree of suc
cess. According to Dr.
Anthony Galanti, who
was in charge of the
Chem ET program at
this campus, Berks cam
pus has expressed in-
terest in the equipment.
There, Chem ET is still
offered. However,
-whether or not-the course
will still be taught there
in the future is now up in
the air. "The professor
at Berks (Prof. Jack
Chapin) has reached
retirement age," Dr.
Galanti told the Col
legian. "He is interested
in the equipment, but
he's not sure if he'll be
there to teach it (the
course) next year." Sup
posedly, Berks Campus
is looking for someone to
instruct the course, but
until that person is
found, Berks is not mov
ing on getting the equip . -
ment to their campus.
Dr. Galanti also ex
plored the possibility of
getting the equipment
moved to • another
storage facility, - but was
informed that no such
facility was available.
Getting' the equipment
moved does require a
certain amount of paper
work. "If you are going
discusses new legislation to aide the elderly with a
resident of a senior citizen's home the state official
visited recently.
He (William) could
never really escape be
ing a governor's son,"
says the Honorable
William Klingaman,
state representative
from Tamaqua. '"The
youngster preferred a
normal life as compared
to the public life of his
father."
President of the Tama
qua Education Associa
tion, Mr. Raymond Ed-
a possibil
to change the use of a
University facility,"
Campus Business
Manager Paul Cerulla
explained, . "You must ,
contact the Ar
rangements Commit
tee." This committee,
Cerulla went on to say, is
the authority that ap
proves campus projects
and the upgrading of
University facilities. One
of the more recent pro
jects the committee ap
proved was the conver
sion of a room in the
Phys. Ed. Building to a
Physical Therapy
Laboratory. It would be
this committee that
would have to approve
any permanent changes
at the darkroom's pro
posed site (i.e., plumb
ing, installing electrical
outlets, etc.).
How much work that
would have to be done to
convert the storage area
into a darkroom is uncer
tain at this time. Dr.
William David, Hazleton
Campus Director, did re
quest a feasibility study
be done for converting
the room`.`e really don't
have anyone who knows
what must be done in
order to set up a good
darkroom." In a memo
from Elwood Tito, cam-
ooi
wards, feels that the
governor's actions show
his lack of faith in public
schools. "Thornburgh is
turning his back on the
schools in Pennsylvania
by funding them with
less money," says Ed
wards. "He, by enrolling
his son at Deerfield,
seems to say, 'Run the
schools on whatever you
can, but I won't send my
kid there."'
ity for next year
pus maintenance direc
tor, to former Assistant
Dean Everitt Binns a
cost estimate for conver
ting the site into a
darkroom was estimated
at $2OO. Such
work would have to be
approved by University
Park.
Topping the list of ma
jor work that would have
to be done at the propos
ed site is the waterproof
ing of the room. Usually
after a heavy rain,water
has seeped through the
walls of the room and ac
cumulated on the floor.
When you consider that
every darkroom needs
an enlarger and several
safe-lights, the safety
hazard here becomes
rather apparent. The
darkroom would also
need a sink with hot and
cold water, though, as
Barry Jais pointed out,
there may be a way
around that. "There is a
sink in the arts and
crafts studio itself," Jais
said, "though it would be
more convenient to have
one in the darkroom
itself."
Some equipment for
the darkroom has
already been purchased.
A fund had been set up
for the darkroom from
PSU students at e
Several campuses of the Pennsylvania State
University, in cooperation with area McDonald's
restaurants, developed an "Eat-a-thon," which
took place April 18, to raise funds for the Ronald
McDonald House in Danville, Pa.
A Ronald McDonald House provides a home for
families of children suffering from serious illnesses
such as cancer.
The Eat-a-thon was organized in a manner
similar to the March of Dimes "Walk-a-thon."
Each contestant secured sponsors to pledge a
designated amount of money for each hamburger
eaten within a half hour time period.
The total proceeds from all three participating
campuses, Highacres, Scranton, and Schuylkill,
amounted to about $l,OOO.
The six Hazleton contestants ate a total of 89
hamburgers and raised approximately $4OO. Thir
teen competitors from Scranton ate a total of 114
hamburgers and also raised about $4OO. Seven
Schuylkill contestants consumed 57 burgers to
raise about $175.
Rich Battista, from Highacres, devoured 22 ham
burgers the most of all contestants and Tim
McHugh, also a Highacres student, raised $lO2
the most collected by any individual contestant.
. Jim Pugh, Hazleton R.A., acted as coordinator
for all three campuses and also chaired the
Hazleton organizing committee. Each campus had
its own committee and key workers. The coopera
tion of the area McDonald's restaurants and the ef
fotts of advisors Cy Falatko and Marian Galavinski
were also invaluable to the project.
Jim Pugh commented, "Next year we hope to ex
pand the event further, and establish the Eat-a
thon as a yearly Penn State tradition."
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July 1, 1979 until June 30,
1980. Through a Student
Activities Grant, this
fund accumed $550 from
which $350 was spent to
purchase an enlarger,
two safelight bulbs, a
film developing tank,
and various other
darkroom necessities, in
cluding chemical stocks.
The darkroom may also
be able to use equipment
that is now in storage in
the third floor of the Ad
ministration Building
from a previous
darkroom on campus.
This, however, is doubt
ful, since the equipment
is, in the words of Barry
Jais, "pretty anti
quated."
The outlook for this
campus getting a
darkroom is still hopeful.
Clearly, there is a need
for one. (Not only would
the Collegian benefit
from its installation,
New Horizons, Hazleton
Campus Video, and ar
tistically oriented
students on this campus.
would benefit as well.)
Dr. David is rather op
timistic that it will be
built next year.,