The Highacres collegian. (Hazleton, PA) 1956-????, April 29, 1977, Image 10

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    - ■The Highacres Collegian, April 2S, 1977
STATE CLOSES PORTION OF
New criteria set by the
Pennsylvania Department of
Labor and Industry caused the
closing of the second floor
of the Memorial Building.
The second floor portion
of the building was officially
closed and sealed-off on Feb
ruary 28, according to Paul
Cerula, Business Manager at
Highacres. "At one time it
was safe, but the Department of
Labor and Industry updated their
standards and-we were ordered
to vacate the second floor,"
said Cerula, speaking about the
Memorial Building.
Because a portion of the
Memorial Building was closed
three faculty members have had
to be temporarily housed in of
fice space in the Main Building.
Dr. Dill, Mr. Breckenridge, and
Mrs. Moyer, members of the Eng
lish staff, have temporary of
fices in room nine in the base-
“Bigfoot
continued from page 1
sightings come from the north"
ern and espcially Canada.
A majority of the witness
es tell of "a strong musky
odor" accompanying the crea
ture.
All of the witnesses have
asked to remain anonymous "to
avoid publicity and and sland
er." For all, "it was certain
ly a night to remember. First
the keg party on the fireline
and then bigfoot."
The Parnassus Chapter of
the Keystone Honor Society in
ducted nine new members into
it's ranks on April 21. The
inductees are: Lisa Angst,
Annette Bowski, Mark Gerhard,
Elizabeth Gorski, Annette Gu
tosky, Robert Hahn, Brian Hor
with, Raymond Kissner, and
Frank Zwetolitz.
MEMORIAL BUILDING
SECURITY HEPARTMJLNXJBELOCATED
By CATHY RUSINKO
Collegian News Editor
ment of the Main Building. The
writing clinic, which was for
merly housed on the second
floor of the Memorial Building
is also lacking a permanent lo
cation. "Hopefully, we will
find a more permanent location
in the near future," said Cerula,
speaking about the faculty of
fices and the writing clinic.
Another relocation on cam
pue occured whe the Department
of Safety was moved from the
South Building to the building
formerly occupied by the Depart
ment of General Services. The
move was made to expand the
quarters assigned to the Safety
Department, according to Cerula,
the entire Security Department,
the Maintainence Staff, and the
Technical Service Staff will be
housed in this building in the
future.
Student Standard
Board Revises
Procedures
Continued from page 9
ested in their purpose, is the
person "power-hungry", does
the person give "right"-or "pat
answers, do they "stand on their
own two feet", do they indicate
an ability to commiriicate their
ideas and thoughts to others,
do they reach for questions,
are they confident, are they
aware fo the situation at hand,
what are their social awareness
es or prejudices, are they wil
ling to ac-ept responsiblities,
is the candidate honest about
their motivation for the job?
Each applicant is evaluated in
dividually on these and other
areas and are then rated in a
scale of one to five in each
area. Each applicant is then
given a final overall rating on
their performance. The indivi
duals with the top nine scores
(seven board members and two
alternates) are then elected
as candidates for the Hazle
ton Campus Student Standards
Board.
However, the election
process is not yet over.
These candidates are then giv
en booklets containing all
University disciplinary pro
cedures and policies. They
must read and understand these
books entirely. The candi
dates are then given a written
test that deals with the en
tire scope of University dis
ciplinary procedures. To sit
on jthe Student Standards Board
the candidates must earn a
score of at least 85%. The
chairman of the Board must
score at least 90%.
Once a candidate passes
this test with the necessary
score he is required to attend
a number of formal training
sessions. In these sessions
he learns about his duties, re
sponsibilities, and KQle as a
member of the Hazletaw Campus
Student Standards Board.