Study Abroad
by Terrie Smith, Public Relations
(Pennsylvania State University Ogontz Campus)
Has• living abroad always struck your
fancy? Have you dreamed of visiting
Mediterranean climes? Wouldn't you like to
spend your summer working, playing,
sight-seeing, studying in sunny, romantic
Italy?
The Office of Education Abroad Programs
is offering a seven week program (June 13 to
August 2) in the lovely, centrally located
artists' colony of Todi, Umbria, not far from
Florence, Assisi, and Perugia. courses include
Italian language, art, history and culture,
with an alternative in the visual arts. No
previous knowledge of the Italian language is
necessary, since all courses besides basic
language are taught in English.
There are no prerequisites (though
students choosing the visual arts practicum --
drawing, ceramics, sculpture or graphic arts
-- should offer eveidence of their
qualifications). Students in any major and of
any semester standing are eligible. Credits
earned can satisfy basic language, arts and
humanities requirements.
Tuition is the same as University
Park's summer session. Weekly excursions to
surrounding cities and towns of artistic and
cultural importance (including Rome) are
included, though optional excursions will be
available at the student's expense. Air
transportation, textbooks, academic supplies
and personal expenses are extra.
March 14 is the deadline to apply for
this exciting study abroad experience. For
information and an application write or call
the Department of Spanish, Italian, and
Portuguese at University Park (814) 865-4252,
or the Office of Continuing Education at the
Ogontz Campus (215) 886-9400, extension 300.
by Monica Shah
(reprinted from The Highacres Collegian
The sun descends
over the misty valley
a giant'orb hungOm the
sky.
Soft muted colore
of pink, orangel!violet
and gold,
. .
blend into lailender blue.
The giant'red sphere
hides in the clOuds,
surrounded by an aura of
mystic yellow.
The horizon brightens
as clouds drift away,
but the ball of gold fire
Ear thset
Vol 1, No 1)
Newspaper Redesign Seminar
by ASPI (American Student Press
Institute)
BOSTON -- Collegiate newspaper editors
and their graphic designers have been invited
to participate in a Newspaper Redesign
Seminar, April 11, 12, and - 13. Two- and
four-year colleges and university newspaper
staff members - from the northeastern United
States will attend the event which is
sponsored by the American Student Press
Institute--a national organization based at
the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Mario R. Garcia, director of
graphic/design center of the Poynter Institute
for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida,
will conduct the three-day workshop. Dr.
Garcia, a former faculty member at the S.I.
Newhouse School of Public Communications,
Syracuse, New York, is author of the
successful text, "Contemporary Newspaper
Design--A Structural Approach."
Student editors attending the workshop
will receive a critique of their present
design, input as to the current
state-of-the-art, suggestions for improvement,
a peer critique, and the opportunity to study
with Dr. Garcia during the three-day seminar..
As a part of the program, a new design is
prepared in labotator.v sessions with Dr.
Garcia being assisted by James F. Paschal,
associate professor of Journalism and Mass
Communication at the Oklahoma school, and
Russell K. Beishe, President of the ASPI.
Location of the workshop will be,in the
Boston area. Cost for the seminar is $385.00
per staff member. Information about
registration and response to any questions is
available by calling (405). 325-2453 or by
writing Belshe at Post Office Box 488, Norman,
Oklahoma 73070.
Bright pink ribbons
Swirling amongst blue
• clouds,
streaked by gold and red,
are all that can be seen
of the awesome lifeforce.
Twilight approaches,
lights twinkle in the
as clouds envelop
The stars have yet to
and the moon to glow,
before the sun
brightens the dawn of
valley
the mountain with fog.
shine,
tomorrow.