hiahacres Volume 12 Number 2 New gym being inau gurated by the bas ketball team. Photo by Dave Kraft 6 YMNASIUM INAUGRATED Highacres campus students enjoyed a broader selection of Physical Education courses when the Hazleton Campus Phys ical Education Building be came available for use with the start of the winter term. The university presently has partial occupancy of. the three million dollar facility. Not yet occupied due to opera tional disorders is the Olym pic—size swimming pool. Mr. George T. Bobby, coordinator of the new building, projects that the pool will be open when students return to clas ses after the holiday recess. The facilities will be available to the students. and campus community in a logical manner. Physical Education classes will have first pri ority followed by intramural anrl intercollegiate activi ties. Following the schedu- Colleg the RHC ELECTION PROVEN UNCONSTI TUTIONAL Oy Elliot Grossman On Monday, December 13 . the Resident and approved by four dorm students submitted the Council, Boyce said that P Pet-;tJon to the Residence the constitution says shall Hall Council of the Hazleton not "must," Grossmans* campus demanding that the response to this was, I_ past election for RHC President think we d have to consult Sd Vice President in which Mr. Webster about that*« John Page and lisa Loetzbeier respectively supposedly won, be declared void. The petition, submitted. by Craig Meyers, Royce McMahon, Joe Zenuter, and Elliot Gross men, with copies sent to the fiegistering committee of the SGA and the Highacres Collegian, asked "that the RHC election of November 11 be declared illegal, null, and unofficial." Grossman explained the reason ing behind this, "the RHC con stitution states that the Vice President should preside over all RHC elections. Kevin Adams did not preside over the RHC election." "More importantly the RHC election should never have been held in the first place, Gross man continued, "the constitution states that the position of Vice Presidency &L&Il-.be refilled by appointment by the President and approved by the Council." Arthur Boyce, RHC advisor, said that there were some things wrong with the way the election was run. "I sat down and did alot of thinking about it," Boyce said, "there was no bal lot box." Boyce also admitted that the Vice President did not preside over the election but "there was no Vice President to preside," In answer to Grossmans’ charge that the RHC con stitution states that the Vice Presidency shall be refilled by appointment by ian Hazleton, Pa. 18201 TABLE OF CONTENTS Associations and Council Newss...o Campus News 1 Club New 5....... 5 Edit oral Opinion 2 Larry Benner, an RHC floor governor, the only HHC member to present any personal views at length on the matter, ask ed the students why they should be so concerned with technical ities. Grossman answered, "What's the use of having a con stitution if you're not going to use it?" Dennen, Boyce, and Gross man along with other HHC mem bers agreed that the HHC con stitution is very vague and has many loophloes. Boyce, who as Advisor to RHC is supposed to advise the Council rather than run it, ( according to PSU policies and rules) pro mised that a committeeio revise and amend t.the constitution will be formed with HHC members, Grossman and other interested students on it. Boyce thetfasked RHC Pres ident, John Page, to appoint a Vice President. Page de clined, saying, "I'll have to think about it." At a Highacres Student, Government Association meetihg held the following day, Page asked that the Registering committee of the SGA take no immediate action on the students lemands in the petition. Page said that if the Registering sommittee is not satisfied fith the.action that the RHC ;akes by the end of winter erm, the committee should ;hen step in and take action. Becember 20.197 f
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