ties major, is the new
SGA president. His term
in office began this
Wednesday.
Opinions V ary
On Boycott
Effectiveness
By Cliff Eshbach
Staff Writer
Just how effective was
the boycott of the winter
term course evaluations?
According to some student
feedback from SGA sena
tors, very effective. There
was some differing opin
ions, however.
The March 29th SGA
meeting was the forum for
the boycott discussion.
Opinions about its effective
ness ranged from “Great” to
“A farce.”
A recurring statement
during the meeting was that
the idea behind the boy
cott--to bring to the admini
stration’s attention student
Free!!!
Medical
Screen
Jean Kresge and Bonnie
Petrosino, nurses in
Capitol’s Health Services,
have arranged for the
Pennsylvania State Health
Center to provide the faculty,
staff and student body with a
free cardiac screening.
The screening will in
clude blood pressure, height
and weight check, urinaly
sis, blood test for diabetes
and an electrocardiogram.
A nurse will be available
to discuss the results of
each test immediately after
the screening. The results
will also be sent to your
family physician.
The screening will take
place on Thursday, May 13
from 12 noon to 4 p.m. and
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. It is
extremely important to sign
up for an appointment as
soon as possible in the
nurse’s office, W-102. Please
give your family physician’s
name and address at that
time.
Everyone participating is
reminded to not eat or drink
anything for 1 Vfe hours prior
to the screening.
'eats Platts By Six Votes
Eshbach Wins Election
By Wm. Kane
Staff Writer
In what was described by
pollster Todd Malpass as
“one of the best voter
turnouts the S.G.A. has had
in a while,” Cliff Eshbach
was elected president of the
Student Government, here
Tuesday night.
Eshbach, a humanities
major, defeated his oppo
nent Robin Platts, also a
humanities major by a
narrow margin of six votes.
Ray Martin, a social
science major, easily de
feated his opponent Joseph
Cloonan for the position of
vice-president. Martin had
176 votes to Cloonan’s 103.
Beth Kopas, treasurer,
and Carol Uhlig, secretary,
both went unchallenged in
their bids for election. There
dissatisfaction with the
evaluations—was sound.
Some disagreed with the
boycott concept as a form of
protest. They said they
believed a meeting or letter
to the administration would
have been more effective.
The purpose of the
boycott was to show the
SGA's concern about the
lack of student and faculty
control over the evaluations,
according to SGA President
Scott Deardorff.
Some of the student
feedback came in the form
of suggestions to keep up
the drive for an evaluation
form with some student and
faculty input. Another com
ment was that the boycott
was ineffective and would
result in no lasting changes.
One suggestion that
attracted much support
during the meeting was that
the SGA should devise its
own evaluation form and
publish it.
Deardorff appointed a
committee, chaired by Sen
ator Ann Dunn, to review the
evaluations and devise an
alternate plan. The commit
tee members are Senator
Cliff Eshbach, SGA Secre
tary Carol Uhlig, Senior
Senator Chet Gregoreski and
Ray Martin.
Spring Rise
Time Again
With the advent of
spring, comes the desire in
many of us to shake off the
cobwebs and commune with
nature. If you like the
outdoors and the oppor
tunity to drink and boogie,
then pay attention.
The Social Committee is
sponsoring a Spring Rise on
April 24. The event will take
place in the ravine between
Meade Heights and the
dormitories. Beer and
Tequila Sunrises will be
available, and there will be
music for your enjoyment.
The Spring Rise will start at
1:00 p.m. and continue til
everbody goes home. And
best of all, it’s free!
were a few write-in votes
opposing both Kopas and
Uhlig, but not nearly enough
to represent a unified
opposition.
In the race for senior
business senator, Lenny
Klonitsko won over Kitty
Nestar 103 to 54. Richard
Bulley received 18 write-in
votes, the most any candi
date attained in all of
Tuesday’s voting.
Vern Martin was elected
senior engineering senator
End Of Spring Term
Tischler To Resign
As Program Head
Jean Beatty
Staff Writer
Students are going to see
more of Dr. Nancy Tischler
in the classroom next
year.
In a note dated March 25
to Dean of Faculty George D.
Wolf, Tischler submitted her
resignation as head of the
Humanities Program effec
tive at the close of the spring
term. She cited her desire to
devote more time to teaching
and writing.
Wolf said he accepted
her resignation with “mixed
emotions.” Praising
Tischler’s performance as
program head, he said,
“Nancy has done a superb
job in making the Humani
ties program responsive to
the needs of students in
these difficult times for
higher education. She has
put together a quality faculty
and developed new talent in
the process. She knows her
faculty better than any other
academic administrative
head. It was my pleasure to
nominate Nancy to the
University Senate-to which
she has been elected~so
that her intellect and quality
of leadership will be a
continued asset to the
University.”
Tischler has been hu
manities program head here
Bloodhound
Will Visit
Here Soon
On Thursday, April 29,
the Central Pennsylvania
Blood Mobile will be at the
main entrance of the Main
Building to draw blood from
faculty, staff and students.
Everyone is urged to sign
up for an appointment before
April 22, outside Vendorvilie.
This project benefits the
campus blood needs and is
being sponsored by Chi
Gamma lota fraternity.
when he defeated both John
Stern ick and George
Rovnack, 65 to 58 to 33 for
Rovnack.
Katie Fee will be the
senior social science senator
for the 1976-77 year, beating
Charles Aleksy by a wide
margin of 50 votes.
Elizabeth Weimer is the
new senior social science
senator, and Theresa
Gallagher is the new senior
elementary education sena
tor. Weimer and Gal
for the past seven years.
Under her leadership the
graduate program was de
veloped and the undergrad
uate program was expanded
to include options in
Multi-Media, Secondary Ed
ucation and Humanitles-
Business. Courses in art,
music and theater have also
been added to the curric
ulum.
Asked to comment on the
program, Tischler cited the
strength of the faculty and
the impressive support of
the students. “The pro
gram,” she said, “has never
been as strong as it is now.”
were also unopposed.
One of Eshbach’s first
duties will be to appoint a
senator for mathematical
science. No one ran for that
office, and there were no
write-ins.
The term for the new
S.G.A. officials began this
Wednesday. They will re
main in office until this time
next year.
Aside from being pleased
Asked what she con
sidered the program’s major
strength, Tischler cited its
flexibility—(ts adaptation to
individual needs. She noted
that each faculty member is
qualified to teach in at least
two areas—a condition nec
essary to maintain that
flexibility.
Asked about plans for
improvement, Tischler cited
the acquisition of additional
media faciltites to enhance
the technological scope of
that program.
No replacement for
Tischler has been named
yet, according to Wolf.
Dr. Nancy Tischler
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