News Darkroom termed By Tony Leshinskie Almost two school yea - I's have passed since former , assistant Dean Everitt Binns originally proposed an arts and crafts studio to be located in the Memorial Building basement. In cluded in this proposal was the suggestion for converting an adjacent storage room into • a photography darkroom. Though the arts and crafts studio has essen tially become a reality, the darkroom has yet to materialize. In this arti cle, the Collegian in vestigates the reasons for the delay in the darkroom's construc tion. The darkroom's pro posed site had previously been used as a laboratory for Chemical Engineering Technology (Chem ET), a degree program no longer of fered at this campus. Since the time of the pro- gram's cessation, the room has been used to store the lab equip ment and is now official ly designated as Univer sity storage space. The campus has tried to get, Gov's son in sch By Joanne Valent of the Blue and White While Pennsylvania governor Richard Thorn burgh continues to cut aid to the state's public schools, his son attends a private school. William Thornburgh, 15, is a student at Deer field Academy, in Deer field, Massachusetts. The academy is well known as a very ex clusive college preparatory school. The governor's press office in Harrisburg ex presses Thornburgh's opinion on the subject. "The governor's life is not very private," says Theresa Mitchell from the press office. "The en vironment at home would not be very con ductive to bringing up his son 'properly'. Deerfield is an exceptionally good school and could take care of his upbringing needs." A Pennsylvania representative agreed with Mitchell's state ment. the equipment removed, with some degree of suc cess. According to Dr. Anthony Galanti, who was in charge of the Chem ET program at this campus, Berks cam pus has expressed in- terest in the equipment. There, Chem ET is still offered. However, -whether or not-the course will still be taught there in the future is now up in the air. "The professor at Berks (Prof. Jack Chapin) has reached retirement age," Dr. Galanti told the Col legian. "He is interested in the equipment, but he's not sure if he'll be there to teach it (the course) next year." Sup posedly, Berks Campus is looking for someone to instruct the course, but until that person is found, Berks is not mov ing on getting the equip . - ment to their campus. Dr. Galanti also ex plored the possibility of getting the equipment moved to • another storage facility, - but was informed that no such facility was available. Getting' the equipment moved does require a certain amount of paper work. "If you are going discusses new legislation to aide the elderly with a resident of a senior citizen's home the state official visited recently. He (William) could never really escape be ing a governor's son," says the Honorable William Klingaman, state representative from Tamaqua. '"The youngster preferred a normal life as compared to the public life of his father." President of the Tama qua Education Associa tion, Mr. Raymond Ed- a possibil to change the use of a University facility," Campus Business Manager Paul Cerulla explained, . "You must , contact the Ar rangements Commit tee." This committee, Cerulla went on to say, is the authority that ap proves campus projects and the upgrading of University facilities. One of the more recent pro jects the committee ap proved was the conver sion of a room in the Phys. Ed. Building to a Physical Therapy Laboratory. It would be this committee that would have to approve any permanent changes at the darkroom's pro posed site (i.e., plumb ing, installing electrical outlets, etc.). How much work that would have to be done to convert the storage area into a darkroom is uncer tain at this time. Dr. William David, Hazleton Campus Director, did re quest a feasibility study be done for converting the room`.`e really don't have anyone who knows what must be done in order to set up a good darkroom." In a memo from Elwood Tito, cam- ooi wards, feels that the governor's actions show his lack of faith in public schools. "Thornburgh is turning his back on the schools in Pennsylvania by funding them with less money," says Ed wards. "He, by enrolling his son at Deerfield, seems to say, 'Run the schools on whatever you can, but I won't send my kid there."' ity for next year pus maintenance direc tor, to former Assistant Dean Everitt Binns a cost estimate for conver ting the site into a darkroom was estimated at $2OO. Such work would have to be approved by University Park. Topping the list of ma jor work that would have to be done at the propos ed site is the waterproof ing of the room. Usually after a heavy rain,water has seeped through the walls of the room and ac cumulated on the floor. When you consider that every darkroom needs an enlarger and several safe-lights, the safety hazard here becomes rather apparent. The darkroom would also need a sink with hot and cold water, though, as Barry Jais pointed out, there may be a way around that. "There is a sink in the arts and crafts studio itself," Jais said, "though it would be more convenient to have one in the darkroom itself." Some equipment for the darkroom has already been purchased. A fund had been set up for the darkroom from PSU students at e Several campuses of the Pennsylvania State University, in cooperation with area McDonald's restaurants, developed an "Eat-a-thon," which took place April 18, to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House in Danville, Pa. A Ronald McDonald House provides a home for families of children suffering from serious illnesses such as cancer. The Eat-a-thon was organized in a manner similar to the March of Dimes "Walk-a-thon." Each contestant secured sponsors to pledge a designated amount of money for each hamburger eaten within a half hour time period. The total proceeds from all three participating campuses, Highacres, Scranton, and Schuylkill, amounted to about $l,OOO. The six Hazleton contestants ate a total of 89 hamburgers and raised approximately $4OO. Thir teen competitors from Scranton ate a total of 114 hamburgers and also raised about $4OO. Seven Schuylkill contestants consumed 57 burgers to raise about $175. Rich Battista, from Highacres, devoured 22 ham burgers the most of all contestants and Tim McHugh, also a Highacres student, raised $lO2 the most collected by any individual contestant. . Jim Pugh, Hazleton R.A., acted as coordinator for all three campuses and also chaired the Hazleton organizing committee. Each campus had its own committee and key workers. The coopera tion of the area McDonald's restaurants and the ef fotts of advisors Cy Falatko and Marian Galavinski were also invaluable to the project. Jim Pugh commented, "Next year we hope to ex pand the event further, and establish the Eat-a thon as a yearly Penn State tradition." Page 3 July 1, 1979 until June 30, 1980. Through a Student Activities Grant, this fund accumed $550 from which $350 was spent to purchase an enlarger, two safelight bulbs, a film developing tank, and various other darkroom necessities, in cluding chemical stocks. The darkroom may also be able to use equipment that is now in storage in the third floor of the Ad ministration Building from a previous darkroom on campus. This, however, is doubt ful, since the equipment is, in the words of Barry Jais, "pretty anti quated." The outlook for this campus getting a darkroom is still hopeful. Clearly, there is a need for one. (Not only would the Collegian benefit from its installation, New Horizons, Hazleton Campus Video, and ar tistically oriented students on this campus. would benefit as well.) Dr. David is rather op timistic that it will be built next year.,
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