The Highacres Collegian
It’s the beginning of the
Spring semester, and students
are already talking about
running for the 1993-94
President and Vice-President of
the Student Government
Association (SGA). Who are
the eager students? They
happen to be none other than
Eric Sherman and Rob
Venema. These two have been
talking about running since the
beginning of last semester.
They are both presently
senators of SGA.
Eric Sherman, who lives off
campus in the Hazleton area,
may seem at a disadvantage for
getting the votes of on- campus
students; however Sherman is
not your average off- campus
student. He is more aware of
events and problems happening
on campus than most campus
students. Sherman is on the
Volunteers for the March of
Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
will "arrest" prominent
Hazleton Citizens and
personalities on February 25
and 26 during the Foundation’s
Jail and Bail. These "prisoners"
will "serve time" in "jail" at the
Laurel Mall, Hazleton while
they raise "bail" in the form of
donations to the March of
Dimes. Funds raised by Jail and
Bail will aid the fight against
birth defects and infant
mortality in Luzerne County.
The planning committee of
volunteers for the event
includes Helen Braskie; Mark
Maguschak, Hazleton National
Bank; Janet Stecker, First
Eastern Bank; Karen Hischar
and Henry Schultz, Boscov’s.
"All participants are good
sports about serving time in
prison," said Sandra Day,
March of Dimes Community
Director. "They know that
their efforts are helping mothers
and babies in our area."
START, Inc., is the official
national sponsor of Jail and
Bail. START offers a patented,
new consumers savings service
that allows individuals to buy
everyday goods and services
from companies like MCI,
F.ddie Bauer, Hertz, Spiegel,
and others. As much as six
percent of their purchases are
automatically deposited in
retirement savings accounts
SGA Elections
By: Lisa Hornberger
Bail Money Needed.
Campus Up-keep and
Improvement Committee. One
of the items of improvement is
club involvement. His latest
project is volunteering his time
and effort to help clubs and
organizations who would like
his help in recruiting members.
Rob Venema is an on-campus
student, which might give him
an advantage over Sherman.
Venema is a member of Lion
Ambassadors and is on the
programming committee of
SGA. Rob’s latest project was
the book buy back sale, which
went underway at the beginning
of the semester.
These two candidates are
ready for the election campaign
to begin. The question is,
"Who are their vice-presidents
going to be?" This may be the
factor that places one of them
over the top.
guaranteed by Metropolitan
Life. When consumers enroll
in START through the March
of Dimes, a percentage of their
membership fee and purchases
will be donated by START to
the March of Dimes Campaign
for Healthier Babies.
Individuals who difficulty
saving of donating can use
START to help them and to
help the March of Dimes
simultaneously.
The March of Dimes
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Chapter hopes to raise S6,OCX)
dollars through this year’s Jail
and Bail in Hazleton.
Anyone willing to donate
"bail" money should call the
March of Dimes at 451-0533.
Funds raised by Jail and Bail
support March of Dimes
programs in Luzerne County,
including Babies and You,
FAE/FAS seminars,
distribution of free educational
materials to schools, hospitals,
clinics, doctors offices, etc.
The March of Dimes is a
national voluntary health
agency whose mission is to
improve the health of babies by
preventing birth defects and
infant mortality. Through its
campaign for healthier babies,
the March of Dimes funds
programs of research,
community services, education
and advocacy.
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WHOEVER FIGHT
MONSTERS:
INVESTIGATING SEXUAL
HOMICIDES AND
SERIAL KILLERS
Robert Ressler, Founder and
Director,
FBI Violet Criminal
Apprehension Program
Tuesday, 23 February - 7:30
PM in K-l, Kostos Classroom
Building
Robert Ressler is the
acknowledged true life hero of
the movie "Silence of the
Lambs," and is credited with
coming
the term "serial killer." Ressler
was the key person in
making the identification and
capture of violent criminals a
science. Combining
observational and deductive
skills with
modem techniques of forensics
and psychology, Ressler was a
leader in the emergence of
criminal profiling as an accurate
way of describing unknown
serial killers.
Ressler investigated and
interviewed such notorious
murderers
as Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne
Gacy, Ted Bundy, and David
Berkowitz (Son of Sam).
Annual Poetry Reading
Festival
Linda Frost (Penn State
Wilkes-Barre Campus)
James Harms (East
Stroudsburg University)
Tuesday, March 2 - 7:30 PM
in G-109 Evelyn Graham
Academic
Building
Frost’s work has appeared in
many fine literary publications,
among them Columbia
Maga:ine and Sing Heavenly
Muse!
was recendy invited to give a
special reading of her work at
the Twentieth Century Literary
Conference in Louisville, KY.
Harms’ first book Modem
Ocean has just been issued this
spring and he has widely
published in Poetry, The
Missouri
Review, and The Kenyon
Review. He was the recipient
Academy of American Poets
prize in 1986.
both regional poets will read
original work in Celebration of
March is Poetry Month in
Pennsylvania.
Annual Mylar CM Lecture in
the Physical Sciences
Comets and the Origin of die
Solar System
Dr. Michael Mumma, Chief
Scientist, Planetary and
Astrophysical Sciences Lab,
NASA/Goodard Space Flight
Center
Monday, 15 March - 7:30 PM
Evelyn Graham Academic
Building
Mumma’s team was the first to
determine that the nucleus of
Comet Halley consisted largely
of water. The determination
was made from NASA’s Kuiper
Airborne Observatory in 1984,
and
was later confirmed when a
Russian spacecraft .
rendezvoused
with Halley’s comet. Mumma’s
instrumentation indicated the
amount of water present, the
interior temperature of the
nucleus, and gauged the outflow
velocities of escaping
matter.
Dr. Mumma’s lecture will tie
current research on the nature
of comets to the formation of
planetary systems, to the
origin of life and to
catastrophism.
In conjunction with this
lecture, the Greater Hazleton
Astronomical Society will
sponsor a "star party." The
Society will set up telescopes
for viewing planets, stars and
possibly comets after the
lecture.
Human Immunodeficiem
Virus (HIV) and the Nen
System
Dr. Brian Wigdahl, Professor
of Microbiology and
Immunology,
Penn State Hershey Medical
School
Thursday, 25 March - 7:30 PM
in G-115 Evelyn Graham
Academic
Building
Dr. Wigdahl’s lecture will
center on current research
investigating the interaction of
the ADDS virus with the
functioning of the nervous
system.
The
Highacres Collegian
Staff
Editor: Gina Hammond
Assistant Editor: Ben Turrano
Secretary: Erin Ann Keane
Treasurer: Tonia Sulick
Other staff members:
Connie Cardillo, Keith Femsler,
Janice D. Hayes, Lisa Homberger,
Eric Kreiger, Harry Madigan,
Steve Mazlum, Stacy Ritchie,
Todd Ritter, Rob Venema, Kelly
Anne Walch
February