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VOLUME 6 -- NO. 8
Yanoshik wins top SGA executive
Hazleton votes down
`COP' constitution
UNIVERSITY PARK
(APS) The new 'baby' of
the Commonwealth Campus
Student Government
Associations had its second
birth at a conference held here
April 16, when 12 of the 14
SGA's present ratified a
constitution to replace the
Organization of Student
Government Associations
(OSGA) with a Council of
Presidents (COP).
Forming COP itself was
again the main issue of the
Saturday COP conference,
chaired by Beaver Campus
SGA President Nick
Yovanovic. It was preceded by
three conferences highlighted
by constitutional revisions and
controversy.
Although . 10 of the 11
Commonwealth Campuses
present at a conference held at
Schuylkill Campus March 6
had already voted to replace
OSGA with COP, they did not
make up the two-thirds
majority considered by them
necessary to give them
authority to make the move
complete.
The 12 campuses who
voted here would have
constituted exactly two-thirds
of the 18 members of OSGA,
except that Capitol Campus,
who voted for COP, had not
been a member of OSGA
because of its unique status as
an upper-level campus. Capitol
has nevertheless often been
re fered to as a nineteenth
Commonwealth Campus.
The purpose of COP, as its
new constitution states, is 'to
represent the Commotiwealth
Campuses in matters of
University-wide concern which
affect the joint interests of
Commonwealth Campuses' and
`to facilitate the exchange of
ideas between Commonwealth
Campus SGA's'
Based on a proposal from
Shenango Valley's SGA
President James G. Burkhardt,
which faced revisions at both
the Schuylkill and University
Park conferences, the COP
constitution calls for the
elimaination of the Executive
Committee of OSGA.
The Executive Committee
is made up of officers elected
by the SGA's who are former
Commonwealth Campus
students now located at
University Park. Its function
was to coordinate
communications and activities
between the Commonwealth
Campuses and University Park
in matters pertaining to
student government and to
carry out the wishes of and
represent the SGA's. COP
will perform the duties of the
OSGA Executive Committee
itself, which was the basis for
some of the controversy over
the elimination of OSGA.
OS GA President Pat
Keaveny said he feels the
elimination of the Executive
Committee was a mistake,
because the campuses in his
opinion need vital information
from University Park they may
not otherwise get.
Discussion at the
conference arose over the
status of COP and OSGA.
Keztveny, who spoke for the
University Senate committee
members on the Executive
Committee, said that the
creation of COP has left
University Park officials with
such an ambiguous opinion
over Commonwealth Campus
representation that no one
knows whether to look to COP
or OSGA.
According to Keaveny,
OSGA will not dissove until all
of the Commonwealth
Campuses have ratified the
COP constitution. This brings
up the problem of who to
recognize. Keaveny added that
COP is in a state of 'limbo'
right now. So is OSGA.
Keaveny also accused the
Council for its disorganized
and drawn-out restructuring
procedures. Schuylkill's SCA
President Tony Koury
answered that 'every new
organization is shaky.'
Dean of Student Affairs
for Commonwealth Campuses
Merle E. Campbell suggested
that the SGA presidents send a
signed copy of the consitution
to President John W. Oswald to
gain temporary recognition.
Koury later stated that the
constitution and a letter are
being prepared for mailing.
Another problem was
brought up by the Hazleton
Campus delegates, who asked
about Senate representation.
Koury said that by next year
the Senate will recognize COP
and that COP will choose its
own members for Senate
representation, even though
they are not from University
Park Campus where the Senate
meets.
This procedure would
leave the seven campuses not
presently recognizing COP
without Senate representation.
As of yet, no word has come
from these seven campuses that
they have reconsidered
membership.
Those who ratified the
consitution include Allentown,
Beaver, Capitol, Deleware,
Dußois, Mont Alto, New
Kensington, Ogontz,
Schuylkill, Worthington
Scranton, Shenango,Valley and
York. Altoona and Hazleton
both dissented and Behrend,
Ber ks , Fayette, McKeesport
and Wilkes-Barre were not
present at the last conference.
A major reason for the
change from OSGA to COP,
according to many of the SGA
presidents, was the desire to
give Commonwealth Campuses
more autonomy and a chance
to represent themselves. Says
Ogontz SGA President Nick
Maiale: " Commonwealth
Campus students can better
relay sentiments on
Commonwealth Campuses than
University Park student
officials can."
Although the conference
was devoted mainly to Cop
questions, a report by the
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Student Affairs
was given by a representative,
which accused the
Commonwealth Campuses of
lack of cooperation, according
to one SGA president.
Both Koury and
Scranton's SGA President Bob
Lukasik had made similar
charges against OSGA. "They
failed to communicate," Koury
said, speaking of the Executive
Committee, "and instead they
became a legislative body
responsible only to
themselves."
continued on page three
To read at fine
arts festival
The Belles-Lewes Society
of the Highacres Campus will
participate in the Greater
Hazleton Fine Arts Festival to
be held Sunday, May 23, at the
Hazleton I'lll-YWCA on South
Church St.
Selections from New
Horizons, the society's literary
magazine, will be read by the
authors. The magazine, the
first to be, put out under the
new name, was published at
the outset of the spring term
and consists wholly of poetry,
prose, short stories, and
photography by students at
Highacres.
Prof. Andrew Kafka is
faculty advisor for the group
and Richard Dymond is editor
of the magazine.
Eigilarrts Totirgi
PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF THE HAZLETON CAMPUS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
HARRISBURG - Contract awards totaling $800,149 fora new library on the Hazleton Campus of the Pennsylvania State
University were announced by the General State Authority. The Awards:
General construction - Sutter Corp., Nescopeck, $549,700; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning - Joseph A. Wright Co.,
Wilkes-Barre, $105,817; plumbing - Losch Boiler Sales and Service Co., Schuylkill Haven, $46,820; and electrical - Schwab Electric
and Electronic Inc., Wilkes-Barre, $98,312
Oswald to visit here Tuesday
PENN STATE'S PRESIDENT, Dr. John W. Oswald will make a
fact-finding tour of the Hazleton Campus tomorrow.
Debra Zehner chosen
1971 May Queen
The preparations for the
annual May Ball arc now on
the home stretch. With the
event slated for May 15, the
various committees are
putting their plans into
effect.
The May Queen and her
court were announced last
week as follows: Queen,
Debra Zchner; Queen's
Attendant, Susan Kisthart;
Maid of Honor, Mary
Polascik; Keeper of the
Hear, Lynn Farmer; Keeper
of the Key, Judy Trisko;
and members of the court,
Amine Cumsky and Karen
Burcak. Linda Gray will be
the scroll reader, and Diane
Oberst will be the crown
bearer. Members from the
Delta Delta Tau and
Veterans Fraternities will be
chosen as escorts for the
Queen and her attendants.
The King and Queen from
last year have been invited
back to crown the new
Queen.
Debra Zehner is in
charge of the decorations
,:bmmittee, with plans for a
volcano, grass shacks, and
other tropical decorations, in
keeping with the theme
"Aloha." Fancy sandwiches,
punch, and various snacks
will be prepared by the
food committee, headed by
Karen Burcak and Arnine
Cumsky. Mary Lou Lazar is
in charge of entertainment.
HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA 18201 -
T.N.T., a well-known
rock group, will provide the
musical entertainment, along
with their own light show.
Dress for this occasion
is semi-formal; it is not
necessary for the men to
wear tuxedos, but merely a
dress suit.
Tickets for the May Ball
may be obtained from
Teresa Patton, Deb Zehner,
Karen Burcak, Greg Matyas,
and Mary Polascik. Price for
sorority and fraternity
members is $ 5.00 per
couple, and for all other
students $ 7.00 per couple.
Tickets will be available
until the afternoon of May
Get yours now!!
Drug-abuse
study made
University Park, Pa.,
Objective evaluation of the
effectivness of school and
college drug programs has been
recommended by a
Pennsylvania State University
professor.
Dr. John D. Swisher,
comparing four different
approaches to drug abuse
prevention, found that while
all of them increased the
knowledge level of students,
continued on page three
- MONDAY, MAY 10, 1971
Students and faculty are
urged to participate in the
program scheduled for May
11th concerning President
John W. Oswald's visit to this
campus. Because Dr. Oswald is
relatively new to his office, he
is conducting a series of visits
to all the Commonwealth
Campuses in order to acquaint
himself with their policies and
to try and understand the
attitudes of our students
toward the university. He will
arrive at the Hazleton
Municipal Airport at
apporximately 1:00 where he
will be met by the Director of
the campus, Mr. Frank Kostos.
Along with President Oswald
will be a faculty member and a
student from University Park
who will roam the campus and
speak to the students and
faculty at random. A tentative
schedule has been set up as
follows:
I:3OPM
Campus
Tour of the
2:l5:'M - Meet faculty
Room 101 - New Building
- PI
Highacres will house 206 students,
Dorm meeting held
"So what's the story?"
asked Mr. Shaevel.
This was one of the many
questions brought up
concerning the rules for the
new dorms at a meeting held
on May 6. Nine members of
the faculty and student body
got together to TRY to come'
up with some regulations for
the Residence Halls.
Subjects discussed were
ctosing hours for women,
sign-ins, quiet hours, guests and
the clinture of the evening,
visiting hours. For almost two
and a half hours ideas and
opinions were thrown aroung.
Most agreements were
3:ISPM - Meet with
students - Room 1 - Lecture
Room, New Building
4 :45PM - Meet with
Advisory Board - Room 101 -
New Building
7:OOPM - Pres. Oswald is
scheduled to speak at the
Chamber of Commerce Annual
Dinner
At the meeting of 3:15,
President Oswald will discuss
all facets of education and
activity on this campus and
any complaints will be heard at
this time. This is a grave effort
on the part of our president to
co-ordinate the campuses and
participation by both stulent
and faculty will be valuable.
Anyone interested in
hearing Dr. Oswald speak at
the Chamber of Commerce
Dinner should contact Mr.
Salsbury in the Northeastern
National Bank Building for
further information. Tickets
are $4.00 and may be
purchased from the Dean. The
dinner is being held at Gus
Genetti's.
unanimous except for
visitation which was opposed
by two members of the group.
At the outcome, one main
point was established, and that
is, 'that we will not be able to
please every in-coming
resident. Some may find it
similar to a poison, while
others are appalled at the
liberalism. But we have to
remember that this will be
filled mostly by freshmen away
from home for the first time.
But when the committee
finally up all the regulations we
can still remember that old
cliche, "Rules are made to be
broken."
Dick Gregory - page two
Elections for president,
vice-president, and ten
representatives of the
Highacres Student Government
Association were held May 6
and 7 in the Student Union
Building.
Capturing the presidential
and vice-presidential positions
were Paul Yanoshick (3rd,
Bus., Harwood Mines) and
Alan Ritz, (3rd, Bus., West
Hazleton), respectively, Prior
to the election, the pair stated
their goals as: "1) motivation
of students interest in social
functions by providing the
students with better functions,
2) selling used books back to
the bookstore for a reasonable
price in this way the student
will save many hassles and
actually save money, 3)
creation of more student
part-time jobs on campus, 4)
we will work toward lowering
the, price of the car permits
we feel that at the present rate
of $7.50 the student is being
exploited by the university."
The following candidates
were elected to the empty
representative seats: Lynn
Farmer (199 votes), Robyn.
Heckman (194), Barbara
Sheerin (160), Dan Ogden
(160), Karen Burcak (156),
Steve Wilson (145), Gary
Labanoski (140), Charlie
Andrews (138), Craig Knouse
(138), and William Gentilesco
(136).
Besides voting for the
candidates, the voters were
asked their opinions on the
following issues: "Would you
favor the cost of the Parking
Permit ($7.50) being
incorporated into tuition fees?
This would be absorbed by all
students regardless of thier
usage of an automobile, and
one must also consider that
University Policy has been one
of not incorporating small fees
into tuition." Seventy-three
students replied in the
affirmative, and 161 voted "no
"; the other opinion question
was: "Would you be in favor of
having both existing parking
facilities on a first come-first
serve basis for freshmen and
sophomores in Fall 1971?"
There were 55 yes votes and
184 negative answers to this
proposal.
Two hundred forty-eight
ballots were cast, as almost
40% of the approximately 650
eligible full time students
voted, as compared to the 29%
turnout at the winter SGA
elections.
Renaissance festival begins
this week at Main Campus
UNIVERSITY PARK,
Pa.--Pennsylvania Governor,
Milton J. Shapp, will serve as
honorary chairman of the first
annual Renaissance Festival,
May 14- 23, at The
Pennsylvania State University.
"The festival represents a
unique and important venture
in raising funds and focusing
attention on the many needs of
disadvantaged students across
the Commonwealth,"
Governor Shapp said today in
accepting the honorary
chairmanship.
"The whole concept of a
Renaissance to signify a rebirth
of efforts to help needy
students from environments of
educationally and socially
disadvantaged is something I
heartily endorse and call to the
attention of my fellow
Pennsylvanians. And the very
fact that students, faculty and
administrators have joined
forces in this effort shows that
something can be done."
The Festival brings
together the whole gamut of
already established programs at
Penn State--Colloquy, the
Black Arts Festival, Spring
Week, the Grand Prix Go-Cart
Race, Five O'Clock Theatre,
poetry, dance and music.
But if the theme is varied,
the goal is one--a better
mankind through a visual and
action-oriented display of
culture and entertainment.
Speakers, programs,
concerts, workshops,
exhibitions, and discussion will
FIVE:CENTS
post
Outgoing SGA President
Chris Pogozelski commented
on the election results:
"I am very pleased with
the outcome of the election.
On behalf of the Student
Government Association and
the Elections Commission, I
congratulate the winners and
wish them a successful year in
1972. I would also consider the
new election procedures an
extreme success."
'Historic event'
slated for June 19
Saturday, June 19 will be
a historic date at the Hazleton
Campus. It marks the first time
that a graduation for associate
degree candidates will be held.
During the 37—year history of
Highacres the candidates had
to travel to the University Park
Campus to receive their
diplomas.
James Connannon,
assistant professor fo English,
and M. Leonard Shaevel,
assistant professor of Physics
are the Faculty Marshalls. It is
their responsibility along with
the committee, consisting of
Frank Kostos, William
Schneider, Joseph McCalius,
and Paul Cerula, to plan the
graduation program.
Tenatively, the program
will begin at 10:30 with a
procession of graduates and
faculty members from the
Student Union Building to the
Lecture Room of the New
Classroom Building. The main
address will be give by Dr.
Michael Matsko, chairman of
the Advisory Board.
Mr. Kostos will be wearing
a medllion, which represents
his authority by the University
to confer the degrees in
Business, Chemical Bngineering
Technologh, Drafting and
Design Technology and
Electrical and Electronics
Technology.
It has been been decided
by the committee and the
University that no flash
pictures will be allowed to be
taken during the ceremony.
The committee has been
working since February trying
to make this historic event one
which the Hazleton Campus
will never forget.
be the thrust of Renaissance
Week in an effort, as
Renaissance directors put it, to
try and awaken society to its
"responsibility for bringing all
members of the community
into the mainstream of life."
Governor Shapp will take
part in some of the opening
ceremonies, appearing at Penn
State the afternoon of May 14.
He will lead a long list of
distinguished speakers that will
include Julian Bond, Georgia
State legislator and the first
Black ever nominated by a
major party for the vice
presidency; Pierre Salinger,
former U.S. Senator and press
secretary for two American
presidents; comedian and social
commentator Dick Gregory;
Betty Friedan, Women's
Liberation leader and author of
"The Feminine Mystique"; Dr.
Max Rafferty, superintendent
of Public Instruction for the
State of California; and Dr.
Howard Zinn, professor of
government at Boston
University.
Key to the Renaissance
Festival will be "Project
Motivation," a program
bringing 70 disadvantaged high
school students to Penn State
for the entire week to
participate in workshops and
experience personally the
cultural achievements of the
Festival,
Also featured will be an
exhibition of art work from
200 disadvantaged students
across Pennsylvania.