In the money
HARRISBURG—Fifty-three million
dollars in federal student aid
money cajrie into Pennsylvania
this year, and most of it was
'captured 1 for the state's stu
dent grant population because
of a special requirement man
dated by the Pennsylvania High
er Education Assistance Agency
(PHEM).
PHEM, beginning in June of
1975 * had required that stu
dents applying for state funds
under the Higher Education
Grant Program also file a Basic
Educational Opportunity Grant
(BEOG) application. BEOG is a
new federal student aid program.
PHEM administers'the state's
student aid program, and had
made the BEOG application man
datory to ease the pressure on
state funds in the grant pro
gram. Bast year state resi
dents received $7 million in
BEOG funds, but filing for BEOG
was not mandatory then and the
number of eligible students and
the size of grants were not
significant. Since it became
a requirement it has netted $46
million, more to Pennsylvania
students enrolled in colleges,
trade, business and nursing
schools throughout the country.
The last laugh
by Sharon Rupert and Tim Mueller
Pomeriety| 1976 was presented
the evening of Jan. 30 by the
students, faculty and staff of
Highacres after three weeks of
planning and rehearsals.
What proved to be a long but
Sometimes enjoyable night began
with the traditional welcome
song by the Comeriety Chorua.'
MG for the show was Laugh Lead
er Susan Dahlin, who filled
the blank spots between skits
rather nicely.
The first and one of the
finest skits to take the stage
was the oldest living couple
to have graduated from Penn
State, Homer and Ada Jones,
played by Carl Frankel and
Ron Sandrock respectively.
The costuming and make-up Was
quite good, much beyond what
one has come to expect in a
show of this nature.
A recurring group of pre
formers was the Lavish Lob
otomy Traveling Troupe which
continued on page 5.
We would like to bring to
the attention of this campus
that the stairs located between
the Sophomore parking lot lead
ing up to the Faculty parking
lot (on Little Agony) pose a
threat to students.
These steps are very slip
pery not only during Winter
term after it has snowed or ice
has formed but also will be
during Spring term when it
rains. These stairs, being
made of metal, become very
slippery when wet and it is
very easy for someone to fall
and possibly break bones or can
otherwise cause even worse in
juries. Also, because there
is no back to the steps it is
very easy if someone were to
fall, for a leg or arm to slip
through, get caught and break.
We know of three cases already
where individuals have fallen
because of the slippery steps
and have fortunately only come
through with a few bruises.
Another problem that faces
us is the broken railing. If
someone finds himself falling,
this railing does not inhibit
their fall. This railing is
flat on the surface and when
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Illustration: Jon Beazley.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joyce Barton... Editor in Chief
Tim Mueller.... Executive Editor
Kurt Nenstiel..Production
__Cathy Adair.... Business
Dr. Mike Santulli...Adviser
STAFF
Letters
to the
Editor
ice forms there is not enough
friction to slow or stop hands
from sliding.
An ideal solution for this
problem of the stairs would be
to rebuild the stairway using
concrete which could be salted
very easily during winter. If
this is not possible, at least
rubber matting should be placed
on the metal steps to help cut
down casualties during the win
ter and rainy months.
On the matter of the railing,
it should be replaced with one
which is round in circumference,
where ice could not form as
easily and the grasp would be
much easier than the square
flat surface. If the railing
cannot be replaced, it at least
should be fixed so it is not
wobbly and one can at least
grab on to it to break a fall.
We strongly -urge for the re
placement or repairment of these
steps and railing so no more
accidents will happen in the
future.
Thank you,
Deborah E. Ball
Robin L. Weinacker
Susan J. Frey
Catherine E. Adair
1976 -
Sharon