Am,WHAT'S
NEW?
SEMI FORMAL
NEWS
by Candice Canady
Are you tired of sitting
around campus every night
with no place to go? We
are offering you a chance
to get out and really have
a great time. Come to the
Semi Formal and Awards
Banquet to be held at
Genetti's on April 15,1988.
Tickets will be $35.00
per couple for dinner,
awards, and four hours of
dancing with Jumpin Jeff
Walker from WKRZ. They
will go on sale starting
Monday, March 14, 1988.
Pictures will also be
available for this memor
able experience at the
Semi Formal from 5:45 to
6:45. Hope to see you
there!!
COMMONS
EXPANSION
by Bethany.• Longenecker
Everyone who has eyes
realizes that the Commons
building is a bit too
small for the amount of
students(about 1100) that
use it. Origionally
built for 500, now twice
that, the Commons is
definately in need of
expansion. Highacre's
SGA (Student Government
Association) acknowledged
this inconvenience, and
have proposed a solution.
An expansion for the
Commons building is now
in the planning stages.
It will be in two areas
WiaaLt' s tl - 1. Wall<m - Awrci.
SUPERSTUDENT!!
Believe it or not
we, the students have
input on who gets
this award. Nomination
packets can be
picked up at the
Office of Students
Programs and Services.
Once all the packets
are in there will be
a committee consisting
of students, faculty,
and staff that will
pick the student
is most deserving.
I bet most of you
don't even know what
the Walker Award is
or that it even exists.
Well it does. The
Walker Award is given
once a year during
the spring semester.
It's purpose is to TtiEt
recognize students
1:1
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from Commonwealth
Campuses whose out- EG t
upstairs, the kitchen,
and the seating area are
to be expanded to seat
125 more people. Down
stairs, an overlook to
the Conyngham Valley,
and a faculty dining room
could be added. A
special Commons Expansion
Council has been estab
lished to represent the
students views on the
project. Dr. Staudenmeier
the campus CEO (Campus
Executive Officer) and
Dean McCall us are the
advisors. The expansion
should begin to take
shape in about five years,
so none of us will be here
for this exciting spec
tacle, but we have the
satisfaction of knowing
that we were the ones
to start it.
standing qualities
of character, scholar
ship, leadership, and
citizenship have been
directed into programs
and services that have
positively influenced
fellow students and
have contributed to
the prestige and well
being of the campus.
You know it's that
indic
individual on your
campus that seems
to be everywhere
helping everyone, and
still keeps a great
grade point average.
I guess it's like
ROTC UPDATE
ROTC has been
successfully organizing
many trips for the end
of the semester. Our
first repelling trip for
this semester was March
19, it was a great succ
ess due to a job well done
by C/SSG Michele Graham.
A BIOVOAC is being
brganixed by C/ILT Tera
Wain, where cadets will
be spending two nights
in the woods, eating
MRE'S (meals ready to
eat), going on road
marches and constructing
rope bridges. Sat. April
9, ROTC will be having
a car wash at the Laurel
Mall in the Boscovs
parking lot. Be sure
to come and help support
the ROTC program! Fina
lly, ROTC will end the
semester with their
awards Banquet where
cadets will be recogn
'zed for their support
and efforts to the ROTC
.rogram.
C/2LT Gina Orrico
Students of the
Highacres Musical Theater
will present the Rogers
and Hammerstein musical
"Carousel" at 8:00 pm on
March 23, 24, 25 and 26.
The musical, first
performed in the Majestic
Theatre in New York, ran
for 890 performances, and
includes such notable
songs as "June is Bustin'
Out All Over," "YoU'll
Never Walk Alone" and
"If I Loved You."
The Highacres Mus
ical Theater cast for
this performance is
composed of more than
35 students from the
Penn State Hazleton
Campus. Lead roles in
this performance of
"Carousel" will be sung
by Danielle Antolick,
Laurette Castagnola, Ben
Franqui, Bethann Longen
ecker, Michelle Palmer,
Kimberly Savage, and
Michael Yoder.
The Highacres Musi
cal Theater production
will be under the musi
cal direction of Dr.
James R. Gibson, assis
tant professor of music
at the Penn State
Hazleton Campus, and
directed by Heidi Gibson.
Barry Jais, foreman of
maintenance and operat
ions at the Hazleton
Campus, is technical and
lighting director for the
performance; choreograp
her is Mary Knappich, a
freshman from Shickshinny
Pennsylvania.
General admission
to the performance is
$5.00; student admission
is $2.50. For more tic
ket information, call
(717) 450-3164 - the of
fice of Student Programs
and Services at the Penn
State Hazleton Campus.
Hope to see you
there!!!