—The Highacres Collegian, Tuesday, May 16, 1978
Residence Hall Council Reminisces
Residence Hall Council this year has
spent $2,100.00 and leaves next year’s
council with a balance of $6OO to start with.
R.H.C. obtains their funds from R.H.C.
dues and they sponsored a car wash to
raise money.
R.H.C. is made up of five committes:
Social, Recreation, Food and Housing,
Public Relations, and a new committee
this year’s fund raising. Also R.H.C. has a
new policy which probably most of the
students in the Residence hall are unaware
of; any freshman already on the council
that has served for two terms can be held
over next year as a committee head if they
are approved by the council. This policy
will allow for added experience at the
beginning.
Now many may wonder what happened
with their money. R.H.C. sponsored such
events as disco’s and one at the beginning
of the year with SUB, the Halloween party,
pin ball, ping pong, and pool tournaments,
road rally, Billy Joel concert, and the
naming of the dorm which has not been
held yet.
Besides sponsoring events R.H.C. has
found other expenses which had to be paid.
Two new speakers were needed due to
damage. Two home box office units were
stolen and will be replaced next year with
the money which was left from the
stranded visitors this winter. Texas
markers were purchased which are never
to wear out with a fifteen year supply of
ink. R.H.C. also financed Resident
Assistant programs and bought two new
pencil sharpeners that were stolen. The
piano was replaced after the old one was
Residence Hall
Council Officers
Elected
Next year’s officers of R.H.C. will be A 1
Cwalina, Pres.; Bill Snyder, Vice-
President; Jo-Anne Polyella, Secretary,
and Joe Ritoko, Treasurer.
For A 1 Cwalina this was not his first
election. Al, in high school, held such of
fices as Senior Class Tres., Junior Class
Representative, Student Council
Representative and Pres, of the Hor
ticulture Club. Also Al is the youngest
nominee in Pennsylvania to run for a
political office. He ran last year for School
Director on the Democratic ticket. Al this
year was third floor guys Treasurer and is
a Residence Hall assistant candidate. If
Cwalina becomes an R.A. he will be the
first student to hold an R.A. position and
an R.H.C. office. There was much con
troversy to this issue which finally was
resolved with a phone call to University
'Park. The final outcome was that there
was no rule to stop him from running for
both positions.
Bill Snyder, next year’s Vice-President,
held the position this year of Third Floor
guys Assistant Director. Snyder and
Cwalina made no campaign promises and
only came up with ideas for next year.
Some of their ideas were to eliminate the
apathy which was such a problem this
year. They would also like to see the
R.H.C. meetings more open and possibly
put them down in the lobby. They are
presently" held in the guys’ project room
with only enough room for the members.
They also would like to get the dormies and
townies together as they are so reford by
working with SUB.
Jo-Anne Rolyella, before coming to
Hazleton, worked for a year as a secretary
for the welfare office. Jo-Anne currently is
the assistant secretary of S.G.A. and a
member of the cheerleading squad. With
all of Polzella’s experience as a secretary
she should make a good RHC Sec.
Joe Ritoko was on the third floor guys’
weekend committee and felt that by
running for R.H.C. treasurer he could get
more involved in what is going on in the
dorm.
By LESA BAGLEY
Collegian Staff Writer
damaged by summer visitors in the dorm.
Lawn games were purchased—such as
baseball bats, darts, frisbees, and ping
pong paddles. Five Sunday papers are also
purchased by R.H.C. for the students to
read so we know what is happening in the
outside world. All these expenses add up.
R.H.C. also recognizes its outstanding
sophomore and freshman girl and guy at
the Awards Banauet. This year’s winners
are: Sophomore guy Greg James (this
year’s R.H.C. president) girl Nancy
Klotsko (S.G.A. presient), Freshman guy
Al Cwalina (next year’s R.H.C. president),
and girl Donna Ditty (first floor resident
assistant).
Greg James has some suggestion for the
R.H.C. of next year: disco’s during the
week, a bigger name for the lecturer, start
the Road Rally planning earlier and
maybe get another club to help in the
planning, and have the first R.H.C.
meeting of every month down in the lobby.
As Greg James leaves the office, he said,
“I wished next year’s R.H.C. good luck
and I feel sure they could do a good job
since they have a solid foundation. I
suggest that everyone on the council get
involved in the events the council holds
instead of just the committee sponsoring
the event and try to keep the students more
informed in what R.H.C. is doing. I also
would like to thank the people who helped
to make the council more effective
especially the officers: Blair Althouse,
vice : Pres., Janis McNelis, Secretary, Ed
Corningrato, Treasurer, and the coor
dinator Mark Galanoski.
Student Union
Board Ends A
Successful Year
Student Union Board “the activities
people” have been very busy with all the
activities they sponsored this year such
as: Las Vegas night, dances in the Com
mons, Spring week, lounge Christmas
party, Lizards, coffee houses, square
dances, and helped sponsor the UFO
lecture.
Brian Harwith, this year’s S.U.B.
president feels it was a successful year
because they retained a large group of
effective members which gave them a
solid core. Also Brian would like to thank
those who helped this year with S.U.B.
activities and he hopes that next year they
will have a successful string of events as
this year. Harwith also knows next year’s
president, Rob Byler, has the capability to
do a superior job along with the returning
S.U.B. members.
Rob Byler was active this year in S.U.B.
along with the War Games Club and
Outings Club.
Spring Week
continued from page 1
gyrated to the sounds of the
“Sophistocats.”
Dave Lugg and Chris Musgrave took
first places in the Agony Hill climb—a first
at Highacres.
However, the most exciting event took
place on Saturday, April 22, when the cars
traveled a pre-planned course in hopes of
capturing the Road Rally trophies. Skill
and luck were with two dorm freshmen.
Barb Seek and Donna Ditty, who placed
first in the Road Rally.
The course, planned diligently by
members of the Residence Hall Council,
was one that combined both skill and
accuracy. Given a set of directions in
rhyme, each driver and his order
navigator followed the route by answering
various questions and picking up various
items along the way. “The course was
mind-boggling at times which turned out to
be most of the time, “commented Patrice
Ackerman, a participant.
The Legend Of Highacres
continued from page 3
in his office. But doesn’t he realize that the signs could be destroyed
if they lay there.
What should the student do? “I’ll go see the dean. He is a fair
and understanding man, perhaps he can show the assistant to the
dean the error of his ways.” So onward to the office of the dean. The
student tells his story to the dean and then puzzles over how to react
to the dean’s statement that the incident will be “sat upon” Why?
Wasn’t the assistant to the dean wrong in what he did? Why is the
incident going to be “hushed up?”
In a final desperate attempt to find the answer the student turns
to the Student Governement Association, which is headed by a
friendly cheerful president. Surely she will help. But as the student
observes the S.G.A. (he is waiting for the president to finish a
meeting) he sees that maybe decisions are being made by the
president without the council’s help. But this is supposed to be
democratic! Many projects are cancelled as the student watches.
But where does the money for these projects go if not into the
projects. And plans are being made for many projects to be con
tinued next year. Continued?! .The student remembers only one
project that was sponsored by S.G.A. all year. What are they
discussing now? Oh, the Awards Banquet that will take place soon.
But what’s this? No speaker? But the students were told S.G.A. had
been trying to find one for months. What happened?
Turning away with a bewildered look the student wonders where
he can go to get his answer now. And suddenly it comes to him that
he has discovered the answer to the aged question “Why are
students apathetic?”
Army Gets Wet
By TERRI WINTERS
and LYDIA BOJSIUK
Collegian Staff Writers
On Thursday, April 27, the Army
R.O.T.C. unit performed the Ranger Swim
Test along with other water-oriented
activities in the pool at the Hazleton
Campus Physical Education Building. The
test began with forty-eight members of the
ROTC jumping into the pool and lining up
in formation at the shallow end of the pool.
They saluted the captain and he proceeded
to give them instructions for the testing.
This was followed by a demonstration of
the three phases of the Ranger Swim Test.
The demonstration was conducted by
approximately six individuals. The first
phase of the test consisted of an individual
jumping backwards into the water and
swimming fifteen meters without losing
his equipment. The second phase consisted
of an individual jumping in and shedding
his equipment while treading water. The
third and final phase consisted of a blind
folded individual striding off the high-dive
fully equipped with rifle held at arm’s
length. The individual could not lose his
rifle and was expected to yell Ranger on
the way down.
Along with being able to pass the Ranger
Swim Test, the ROTC members also had to
construct an Australian Survival Raft
(poncho raft). As part of the exercise, the
members paired off to assemble the raft
from rain ponchos as a means of tran
sporting their equipment across water.
Each person laid his rifle in the raft and
placed a boot at each end of his rifle. Then
the raft was wrapped around the equip
ment to make an airtight seal. The persons ■
then crossed the pool partially supported
by the raft. If a person failed to pass any
phase of the Ranger Swim Test or if his
equipment was wet after the Australian
Survival Raft exercise, he was required to
do push-ups for each failure.
TTie Army R.O.T.C. tests were ad- 1
ministered by Captain Goodwin who '
teaches the army courses at the Highacres I
Campus. He made sure the afternoon’s ,
activities ran smoothly and supplied the .
moral support for the students taking
these tests '
Literary Magazine
This year marks the reappearance of
“New Horizons” Literary Magazine. The
1976-77 magazine was suspended due to
publication difficulties.
Included in the magazine are poems,
photographs, illustrations, and a short
story, all contributed by student artists. In
this issue, poetry is presented in abun
dance; with a variety of styles and themes.