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" CHRISTMAS SPIRT 1 "
Laughter and excitement rang
throughout the Commons on Sunday
Dec. 11, as the Student Union
Board sponsored the Annual Christ
mas party for underprivileged
children. The day began at noon,
as 40 children swarmed The Commons
and made themselves at home. 25
student volunteers gladly helped
in entertaining the children
throughout the day. A cartoon was
shown and games were played, but
the most exciting part of the day
Occurred when Santa, played by
Alan Roman, arrived with six elves.
Santa's little helpers were por
trayed by Sandy Wayne, Noel Burke,
Traci Watson, Ann Marie Gentilesco,
Mitch Brown, and Art Gross. The The bells are ringing, but
gifts for the children were donated Christmas carols are heard now,
by Boscovs, H-Mart, Peoples First the snow begins to fall softly on
Bank, Strohemans, Hazleton National the campus grounds, signifying the
Bank, Belltrami, and "The Standard
Speaker." Valley Transit provided coming of Christmas break, and more the transportation for the child- importantly, the end of the semest
er. Students are busily trying to
ren to and from the Salvation Army predict their grade point averages
free of charge. Mr. Chrone kindly The University uses the system
helped with the food expense also. of assigning a specific amount of
The Christmas spirit was evi- points for each letter grade. For
dent, as all that participated in example, an A equals four points,
the festivities graciously donated a B equals three points, a C two
gifts, time, and money for the points, a D one point, and an F
benefit of the children. constitutes zero points. The
number of credits per course
multiplied by the grade points
equals the grade points for each
course. For example, a grade of a
B in a three credit course equals
9 points. The semester average
equals the semester total of grade
points divided by the total num
ber of credits received. The cum
ulative average is calculated by
dividing thr: total number of cred
its scheduled in all semesters in
to the total grade points.
A student must have a C average
or 2.0 in order to graduate. If
a student's grades fall below 2.0,
that student should consider him i
or herself in academic difficulty.
The Dean's List requires a 3.5
G.P.A., figured for each semester
separately.
Grades will be sent to the
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The S.G.A sponsored this year's
annual ChristmasSemi-Formal, whibh
took place at the Lobitz Safari
Room Friday, December 9.
Smiling couples arrived at 6:30
to have their pictures taken by
Diana Photographers. The festivi
ties commenced with a family -style
dinner at 7:30. Sufficiently
stuffed, the crowd of 162 was
ready to rock. A soda bar was set
up, then Rogue performed from 9:00
to 1:00 a.m. The enthusiastic
crowd cheered them on and danced
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