ORIENTATION /Continued from page 1. Association (SGA) Orientation Committee was responsible for the over-all planning of Orien tation Week. Two members of the Committee, Jim Durso and Tim Mueller, stated that the primary goal of orientation was not to have the students learn all the information blast ed at them, but rather to in troduce the new students to various important peopl/e on campus. Durso pointed/out that most of the material covered in administrator's speeches was included in the various publi cations distributed.to the freshmen, such as the Student Handbook. Mueller also said that the idea of a campus tour was rejected as most of the students had received a tour at preregistration. Another Committee member, Joseph Melnick, SGA President, said the aim of orientation was not only for the freshmen to become familiar with impor tant people, but also become familiar with the campus, and important rules and facts of Highacres. For orientation the fresh men class was divided into three groups. Each group went to a that we can achieve the highly A policy on smoking in desirable objectives which were classrooms sad other facili- S • ties, designed to protect the P ort of the University Council. rights of nonsmokers while at Pol i°y d ° e * no £ * pply the same time providing arrange- to the hospital at the Milton meats for smokers, has become S. Hershey Medical Center nor effective since September lat to Ritenour Health Center at The Pennsylvania State Univer- University Park, where special regulations already are in eff fhe policy follows reeom- e °t» nor to the J. Orvis Keller mendations to Dr. John Oswald, Building nor the Nittany Lion president of the University, Inn * which likewise will have from the University Council and separate regulations. Reflects a growing concern of The Policy states that many persons about smoking in smoking is acceptable in hall public plaoes. These concerns ways where receptacles have been were indicated in a poll con- provided and where no contrary ducted earlier in the year by instructions have been posted, students, which showed strong specially designated study ar support for the regulation of eas » dining facilities, and smoking in classroom facilities, public lounges; private*offices Ih announcing the new pol- and private laboratories, at icy, President Oswald, empha- the discretion of the assigned sized that "successful imple- occupants} and designated foy mentation of this policy will ers and lobbies, in large part depend upon the "Smoking is not acceptable cooperation of the entire Uni- in classrooms and seminar rooms; versity community. With this study areas, dining facilities, cooperation, I am confident and public lounges except in seperate activity, which meant that three activities were going simultaneously. Committee mem bers openly admitted that at least one of the three activi ties was used primarily as a time-killer. Mueller said that the only real innovation in or ientation this year was the three-way division of the stu dents. Two groups had been used in 1974, but this years' Committee anticipated up to 600 in-coming students. The Com mittee felt that with two groups, each group would prove too large to move between ac tivities, so a third was added. Durso also mentioned that the Committee was hard-pressed to find locations on campus that could hold up to 300 people, the Commons was the only one available. There were several rooms which would accept 200 people in a pinch, a fact which necessitated smaller groups. Melnick expressed his feeling that next year with the completion of the Physical Edu cation Building the Committee's space problem will be solved. The gymnasium should easily ac comidate the entire freshmen class. c4cin<f SPcJicy Effect SPm The Highacres Collegian, September 26, 1975 - 3 At the regular SGA.meeting on September 9» Melnick summed up the previous week's activi ties by saying "Orientation went well." Motninyifony Continued from page 1. also the untold promise of the j new day, fresh and alivej grow- : ing and changing. We felt the new role in a sudden wave of songwriting, the enthusiastic acceptance of our own music by a steadily increasing following, and a mounting wish to improve and better ourselves. The pro duction of Listen to a Sunrise. our initial L.P., and the ac quisition of Greg Taylor on drums. So the spectrum is com plete. Yet it is only a begin ning, like the first rays of the sun peeking over the hori zon. There are many more hearts to warm and great dis tances to travel before the sunset, and, from what the clear morning sky tells -us, our day is going to be a beau tiful and memorable one. special segregated areas pro vided for smokers; auditoriums, museums, and exhibition galler ies; laboratories; elevators and stairwells; indoor recrea tion areas; and committee meet ing and conference rooms." The intent and spirit of the policy, as approved by the President, is to protect the of nonsmokers without placing them in the defensive position of having to request relief at every offensive inci dent, to provide ample arrange ments for smokers, and to take into consideration the appear ance and maintenance of the fa cilities. The new policy also pro vides for reports of violations and complaints to be submitted to the Scheduling Officer of the Campus concerned who will route the information to the administrative officer or to the academic dean of the unit against which the complaint is lodged - Continued on page 5.
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