The Highacres Colleg
Friday, February 10, 1978
Highacres’ students, from left to right, Tom Reed, Royce McMahon, and Chris
Cole take advantage of the weather by building an igloo in the snow.
"Who's Who" Selections
Twenty-seven Highacres students have
been selected to be listed in “Who’s Who
Among Students In American Junior
Colleges.” Selections for this program are
made each fall. Second year college
students are eligible for the program and
campus nominating committees are urged
to apply their own local standards of
academic excellence. The committee is
composed of representatives from the
faculty, administration and student body.
Because curricular and extracurricular
programs at the schools vary greatly, each
college is assigned a quota of nominees.
This quota is carefully calculated to insure
a well-rounded representation of the
student body. All nominations must be
endorsed by a college’s faculty or ad
ministration.
The procedure of local nomination
serves to highlight the individual and
diverse talents of prominent students.
Student Government
Survey Reveals Apathy
Student apathy was strongly reflected in
results of a recent survey conducted to
determine student opinion of the campus
mascot, the Condor.
Results of the survey taken by the
Student Government Association on
December 16 revealed that approximately
one-third of the students surveyed were
indifferent toward the campus mascot.
The opinions of the remaining students
who participated in the survey were ap
proximately evenly divided.
Consultation with Mr. Lawrence L.
Biacchi and Mr. Nicholas Skimbo of the
campus faculty revealed that the negative
opinion was dominant in view of the fact
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By CATHY RUSINKO
Collegian News Editor
In addition to the local and. national
publicity that each student chosen for the
Who’s Who program receives, his or her
complete biography will be presented in
the 1977-78 edition of “Who’s Who Among
Students In American Junior Colleges.”
Those students selected from the
Hazleton Campus of The Pennsylvania
State University are: Richard L. Aeor,
Edward B. Althouse, Joseph F. Boyle,
Joseph O. DeAngelo, Renee M. DiSabells,
Elizabeth A. Dougherty, Mark J. Dwor
sky, JCevin D. Fairman, Diane C. Faux,
Elizabeth A. Gorski, Annette M. Gutosky,
Brian K. Horwith, Paul D. Irwin, Greg S.
James, Nancy A. Klotsko, David A.
Kohuth, Christine M. Kokinda, David J.
Kraft, Lisa J. Lathrop, Patricia A. Marsh,
Janice L. McNelis, David M. Petrilla,
Thomas L. Reed, Scott J. Reedy, Cathy A.
Rusinko, Diane M. Skala, Keller E.
Taylor.
that only thirty-three percent of those
surveyed stated that they favored the
campus mascot, while thirty-six percent
were against the mascot and thirty-one
percent were indifferent. However, in the
final evaluation, Biacchi and Skimbo
termed the survey inconclusive.
Another question posed in the survey
asked whether or not the campus mascot
and team colors affected individual at
tendance at campus sporting events.
Seventy-nine , percent of those who par
ticipated in the survey answered that the
campus mascot and team colors had no
effect on their attendance.
Hazleton, Pennsylvania
“If there is no change in the program, I
will not attend,” Professor Leonard
Shaevel said, Associate professor of
physics at Highacres, in reference to the
annual awards banquet sponsored by the
Student Government Association. Shaevel
is not alone in his disappointment with the
banquet and his opinion is supported by
other faculty members.
“The awards banquet of 1977 was out of
hand,” Shaevel said, “I cannot understand
how the guest speaker continued to talk
with all the noise coming from the rear of
the hall.” Many faculty and ad
ministration members have attended the
affair in the past because of their direct
involvement with the ceremony. Program
content is the major problem according to
Shaevel. “The names of almost all club
members are read instead of giving
Krone Willing To Discuss
Food Complaints
By CHRISANNE CASTELLANI
Collegian Staff Writer
"if someone can come in and make a
constructive comment ... we can in
stitute some kind of change.” Air. Karl
Krone, director of the Food and Housing
Services at Highacres, said. “The food
service is a part of the total educational
experience and we are always trying to
make new foods available,” Krone said,
“Yet the students are reluctant to try these
new things, since they have the attitude
that all institutionalized foods are ‘lousy’.”
If more students would approach Mr.
Krone with an open mind to explain their
own feelings about the menu, “the happier
everyone would be.” At University Park, a
test kitchen is maintained to modify the
standard recipes if complaints are
registered, and also to create new recipe
ideas: tacos, steak hoagies, pizza, frozen
yogurt. Hie creation of the actual menu
plans, however, is the sole responsibility
of a committee of supervisors at Uni
versity Park. They meet during the sum
mer term to plan nutritiously balanced
meals within their budgetary limitations.
Hie menu selections are somewhat limited
due to the amount of money available to
the committee. The department of food
service and housing is an auxiliary en
terprise receiving no federal or state
funds. Food Service is a distinct depart
ment, separate from the university itself,
and they balance their budget with monies
received from room and board fees
collected from students. Their expenses
include the cost of food and all dorm
related maintenance costs.
Krone offered a helpful suggestion to all
those individuals interested in changing
the menus. “Get a group of students to
participate in the planning of menus
during the summer. That way the student
body will be heard,” Krone said.
It may be of interest to those health
minded students that “the Pennsylvania
State University does not use preser
vatives in the preparation of their baked
items,” Krone said. The main campus
Faculty May Boycott
Banquet
ByDAVID KRAFT
Editor-In-Chief
special recognition to certain par
ticipants," Shaevel said. The faculty is not
considering an official boycott of the
banquet at this time but if adjustments are
not made to the program, a boycott may
occur.
“If the S.G.A. does not have sufficient
funds to hold the banquet, the faculty may
sponsor an awards presentation outside of
the banquet with monies raised from other
sources,” Shaevel said.
A program to reorganize the awards
banquet is now in the planning stages.
Faculty members are attempting to Im
prove the content of the program as well as
place restrictions on the excessive
drinking that has been a part of previous
banquets. The planning committee hopes
to receive additional help from students
interested in making the banquet a success
this year.
prepares all cakes, pies, breads, and
doughnuts for the entire P.S.U. system.
These goods are frozen when fresh and
then shipped to the branch campuses.
Each commonwealth campus, in turn,
bakes the goods as they are needed. In this
way the students receive the freshest
possible food. “The procedure of freezing
and then thawing the goods is the reason
why they tend to be dry at times,” Krone
said, “since moisture is sometimes lost in
the process.”
“1 am willing to attend floor meetings
and R.H.C. meetings if the students would
like to discuss the menus or the dining
facilities,” Krone said.
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