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97 Blood Donors
Give to Blood Drive
Ry: Michelle fake
A blood drive was held by
the American Red Cross, at the
Penn State Hazleton campus on
Monday, October 12. 1 had
never given blood before, but it
was a cause I wanted to
participate in. There were 27
first time donors in all and most
of us were a little scared.
The first step was to register
by giving your name, address,
etc. Then you moved on to the
hemoglobin test where they
pricked your ear . This process
did not hurt at all. They had
you drink a glass of juice and
move on to have your blood
pressure and temperature taken.
Then there were questions' that
were designed to find
individuals who engaged in high
risk behavior. These
individuals’ blood may not have
been safe to give to another
person. The questioning was
done very privately and there
were further confidential
questions. You attatched a
National
Association of
Campus Activities
By: Gina Hammond and liaa flornticrgcr
Bands, comedians, and one
thousand college students: what
do these things have in
common? If you guessed the
National Association of Campus
Activities, otherwise known as
NACA conference located in
Lancaster Pa. then you are
right. Erin Baursachs, Eric
Bush, John Costa, Gina
Hammond, Lisa Hornberger
and Eric Sherman were the six
representatives from the Penn
State Hazleton Campus who
attended the conference.
Listening to the bands jam and
watching the comedians
perform were not all that these
representatives did for the three
' sticker to your form which
indicated "My blood is safe to
use" or "My blood is not safe to
Next, you were ready for
the real event. You laid down
on a table as the nurse cleaned
your arm with lodine. The
needle was put into place and a
wooden, cylindrical object was
placed in your hand. You were
instructed to squeeze for five
seconds, then relax for three.
The bag was full in about eight
to fifteen minutes, depending on
the individual.
Afterwards, you were
escorted to a refeshment table.
The escorts took your arm and
made sure you were all right
until you sat down.
The Medical Lab
Technition Students who
escorted were: Chris Fox, Chris
Dunn, Rob Faenza, Melissa
De’Andrea, Mary Ward, Misty
Flock, Hita Shaw, and Mike
Crangle.
At the refreshment table, the
volunteers were very pleasant in
offering the food and
refreshments. There was pizza
complements provided by
Dominoes Pizza, as well as
donouts, juice, and soda.
The goal of the blood drive
was to have 120 donors. The
actual number was 97.
Eighty-one percent of the target
was reached. Hopefully this
article will educate those who
were afraid to donate because
they were ignorant of the
process. It just takes a little bit
of your time for a very good
cause.
day stay. Between three to five
educational sessions were
attended to enlighten these
students on various matters. At
one session, learning how to
focus on different cultures and
nationalities was discussed,
along with ways to inform the
student body of these
differences. After seeing a
number of bands and
comedians, the students broke
up into small groups to talk with
the agents as well as performers
on the different routines and
prices. The Edge and Touch
were two bands that a majority
of the students at the conference
enjoyed the most. Hopefully
with the help of a few different
clubs, some of these interesting
bands can come to Penn State
Hazleton. Disk Jockeys are
alright, but sometimes you just
need the real thing.
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Theme of
Semi-Formal
By: Erin Ann Keane
The winter Semi-Formal
will be held at Genetti’s Best
Western on Friday, December
fourth. The colors for this
year’s winter-semi are royal
blue, silver, and white. Those
who plan on attending must
bring their tickets to the dance.
The schedule for the evening
begins with pictures at seven
o’clock by Diana Photo
Graphics. Dinner will be
served at eight with a choice of
a beef, chicken, or vegetarian
meal. From nine until one, King
Sound Productions will spin
tunes to keep us dancing ’til we
drop. If you are interested in
requesting certain songs that the
DJ may have to aquire prior to
the dance, request lists are
available in the S.G.A.
office.
Also on schedule for the
evening will be the voting for
King and Queen. Any
sophmore who will be present at
the dance may be voted for.
S.G.A. has also extended an
invitation to faculty and staff
members so convince your
favorite professeur to attend.
Tickets are available at the
S.G.A. office and are
twenty dollars per person. You
can call 454-5785 to order your
tickets or purchase them from
SGA members. The final day
to purchase tickets is December
2, at five o’clock so be sure to
get yours.
Students Attend
Annual Casino night
in Commons
By: Grin Ann Keane
Casino Night was held on
October fourteenth, with
gambling beginning at seven
thirty in the Commons.
Gambling continued until nine
o’clock when comedian Don
Reeves took the stage. He is
known for his appearance on the
"Cosby Show" and for
performing on numerous
comedy club shows. Dan
Reeves was met with a standing
room only crowd who enjoyed
his performance. Members of
the audience participated in the
act as well as being called upon
for information that was later
incorporated into the
performance. Don Refevs
performed until approximately
ten o’clock when gambling
re-commenced until midnight.
Throughout the evening,
members of BACCHUS served
mocktails while the Lion
Ambassadors served samples of
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Pro-Life argue that the baby in
the womb is a person. Killing
is killing; whether it is thirty
years after birth or 6 weeks
after conception. Every child
should have a chance at life.
If a woman does not want
to have a baby, she should be
responsible enough to decide
this before she gets pregnant.
There are various forms of
birth control available for
those who choose to have sex.
Women do have a choice-the
choice not to get pregnant in
the first place.
If an open mind is kept, you
can see that both sides have
stable arguments. However,
the debate will probably go on
for as long as abortion exists.
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Tombstone Pizza. Members of
WHCB played music for a
majority of the evening to
benefit those gamblers who
were looking to dance when
they ran out of cash. Not many
people took the opportunity to
cut a rug, but those who did
enjoyed themselves. Casino
Night was a success due to the
fact that many students
participated in the events of the
evening and illustrated their
interest in club sponsored events
by attending.
November 1992