DECEMBER 14, 1984
During the course of this
semester, there seemed to be a
problem with scheduling classes
during the lunch periods. In order
that the Records Office get a true
understanding of the nature of
this problem, a question was pos
ed to some students about how
they felt. The responses were as
follows:
Ken Crumbacker
Ken Crumbacker - Seventh
Semester, Accounting
“The people that it hurts the
most are the students that live in
the residence halls. These people
are only allocated a certain
amount of time for lunch and
some of their classes tend to
overlap. Commuters aren’t hurt
so bad because the time period for
them to eat lunch is not the same.
It is an hour or so longer.”
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Dave Allen - Third Semester,
MIS
“With the high enrollment and
limited classroom space, there was
probably no other way to offer
the classes they needed. Hopefully
with the addition of the Hammer
mill and Zum Buildings they can
avoid scheduling classes over the
lunch and allow commuters like
myself to eat three meals a day
again.”
Bill Faggiano - First Semester,
Biological Science
“For most commuters it’s
nothing much, but for dorm
students, other classes are filled
up and some students have to
work. If the classes were schedul
ed at other times during the day.
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this would limit this inconvenince
very much, I’m sure instructors
feel the same way.”
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Craig Altmine -
Semester, Engineering
“Classes should be scheduled
straight through the day. I feel
that you should take lunch into
consideration when scheduling
your classes. Dobbins offers a two
hour lunch serving period, which
should be sufficient for anyone’s
schedule.”
Greg Thompson
Greg Thompson -
Semester, MET
“I think that lunch should be
off for everybody. No one should
have to go to classes and not eat
lunch. I don’t see how it could be
that hard to reschedule classes or
just make lunch hours longer.
There is no justice in paying for a
‘meal ticket’ and being refused a
meal.”
Bill Harten - First Semester,
Business
“A lunch period would be very
good for the general student body
because it would allow time for
friends to have a break together,
plus it would allow a set time for
clubs to meet. Also, the way the
schedule is now, some people are
missing lunch on certain days. I
don’t think it would be hard for
the college to give the students a
break.”
Francis Green - Sixth Semester,
Accounting
“A set lunch period would not
be possible for obvious reasons.
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Dobbins hasn’t the capacity to
seat the entire student body of
Penn-State Behrend at one time. I
think a lot of students would have
to be turned away due to the lack
of available space.”
“Students should be able to
allot a selected amount of time to
eat lunch without too much of an
inconvenience to their schedules.
This would eliminate the massive
rush and confusion ensuing a
common lunch period.”
Ed Applegate - First Semester,
Accounting
“As a resident student, I have
paid for all of my lunches in ad
vance. We all know that a large
number of people have a hard
time getting to breakfast in the
morning, and having to get
through the day until dinner
would be painful. 1 feel that it
Club Visits Children
by Marge Tomczak
Collegian Staff Writer
Members of the Psychology
Club are going to be brothers and
sisters very soon. No, there aren’t
goir- *o be any births. They are
get. involved with the Sarah
Reea children’s Center.
The center provides a home for
children six through eighteen
years of age who are unable to live
at home due to emotional or
social disorders. The center has
residents from Kentucky, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The Behrend Psychology Club
has recently become involved with
the program. Modeled after the
nationally known Big Brothers-
Big Sisters program, each member
is matched with a child who
becomes his or her little brother or
little sister.
Tim Davis, vice-president of the
Psychology Club, said, “The big
brother or big sister goes to the
center once a week to visit and
spend some time with the little
Ed Applegate
isn’t fair to schedule classes dur
ing the lunch time.”
Interviews conducted by Col
legian Staff Writer Gregory
Goldsmith.
brother or sister. Hopefully we’ll
be able to take the kids out
someplace later on. We want to
provide them with a role model
who is not a teacher or a member
of the staff.”
Davis stated, “Dr. Rosenfeld,
our club advisor, received a letter
from the Sarah Reed Center ask
ing for help and he presented the
idea before the membership. We
felt that helping the kids would be
a good thing to do and it would
also give us experience in social
services, a field that is part of the
psychology discipline.”
“The opportunity is open to all
students,” said Davis. If you are
interested ask any member of the
Psychology Club or come to a
meeting for details. The meetings
are Tuesdays at 12:15 in Behrend
117. There are no specific re
quirements if you volunteer
through the club, just a desire to
help.
“I personally enjoy it,” said
Davis, “it is a rewarding ex
perience. I feel-like I’m doing
something worthwhile. The staff
is underfunded and overworked
so we not only help the kids, but
the staff as well. A couple weeks
ago,” he continued, “I took a boy
to a scout meeting. If I wasn’t
there to be with him he wouldn’t
have been able to attend the
meeting. Someone drove us there
and picked us up, it just meant
spending my time with him. There
wasn’t anyone available to go
with him. Spending time and be
ing a friend. That is what it is all
about. We eat with the kids
sometimes in the cafeteria and
play with them. But being a friend
is the best thing of all.”
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