high acres
■ Volume 11, Number 4
Published by students of the Hazleton Campus of the Pennsylvania State University Hazleton, Pa. 18201
Hazards On Campus Pose Threat
As a class project last
term, a small committee con
sisting of six Highacres stu
dents did a study of buildings
on campus to determine if any
fire hazards existed. What
started as a simple group pro
ject ended in the shocking
discovery of violations which
pose a threat to property and
lives on the Hazleton Campus.
The committee, which in
cluded Nark Bertoldi, Eddie
Sofianek, Ron Meola, Joseph
Melnick, Joseph Blisko, and —This building has no alarm
Jeff Wolfe.drew up a six page system.
report on their findings. Only —There are no extinguishers
a few are listed below: on the main floor. The extin-
Classroom Building:
guishers in the writing clinic
-—This building has no fire hasn't been checked since March
plan. In case of a fire, a 1974* The extinguisher on the
disaster could occur as stu- steps to the writing clinic is
dents panic' and try to flee the discharged.
building. Commons:
-—The rugs in the stairways —The only protection against
are'not fireproof. If they fire in the snackbar, which
were to catch fire they would contains deepfryers, grills,
fill the area with smoke and stoves, and many machines, is
render the stairs useless. a small five pound extinguisher
---It's against University pol- which hasn't been checked since
icies to smoke in the stair- March 1974*
ways, yet there are ashtrays —The new lighting system has
there. This encourages smoking created a major hazard. When
and is potentially hazardous. the control box is in place it
Library: blocks the emergency exit.
—-This building has no fire The only time that this system
plan. is used is during activities
—ln the instructional ser- , and this is when the exits are
vices room, where an alcoholic- of prime importance,
based type cleaner is used, Copies of this report were
the room is saturated with a sent to Dr. William David, Mr.
strdng odor of alcohol. This Paul Cerula, Mr. Richard Wrubey
could be hazardous if the per- (Fire Marshall), and Prof,
centage of alcohol in the air Leonard Shaevel (Chairman of
becomes higher. the Faculty General Assembly).
Main Building; At present, only a few hazards
iThis building also has no have been taken care of. SGA
fire plan. recently decided to take action
- Extinguishers are, old and if the hazards are not modified
obsolete. within one month.
Colleg
the
The new faculty secretary's
office has many valuable ma
chines in it and many flamable
chemicals• Nowhere ’in this
building is there an extin
guisher to handle this type of
fire.
—There are two fire hoses in
the basement, but are not con
nected to any water supply.
They're old and whether they
are useable any longer is ques
tionable.
Memorial Building:
ian
Term Stays,
Says Oswald
University Park—Dr. John
W. Oswald, president of the
University* told the University
Faculty Senate of his intention
to continue the present term
system, for a five-year period,
beginning with the Summer Term
of 1977 and extending to the
Fall of 1982.
He said such a calendar
would include the following
basic elements:
—A term system, as at
present.
—The academic year opening
with Fall Term registration and
orientation prior to Labor Day
with the first day of classes
Continued on Page 4
Comeriety, the annual facul
ty-student variety show, will
go on stage at 8:00 p.m. on
January,. 30 in the Commons.
Seen above is Brad McNab in a
scene from last year's show,
acting in a skit by Carl
Frankel titled "This is Your
Life."
January 21, 1976