Committee has hopes for Commons Expansion by Dayne McAfee The commons is a place where we all go to hang out, eat lunch, study, play pool, watch TV, and to blow off steam after that horrible exam. Now a new addition will make this place that we have all grown to love even better. The commons was built in 1959 with the design to accommodate a student popula tion 0f250 students. Since then however, the population has grown to an outstanding popu lation of approximately 1300 students. This Radio gains FM approval by Tom GiUigan The campus radio station has been trying to convert to F. M. for quite sometime. Never has the possibility ofF. M. transmissions been as prevalent as now. The station has recently revised its constitution and changed its call letters to WPSH, under the direction of Tom Gilligan, James Grimaldni, and Reggie Lutz. The station has taken some important steps towards con verting. Notice: All registered Penn State Students are eligible to contribute to TheHighacres Collegian. If you are interested in writing articles, taking pictures, advertising, or aiding the production ofthis paper in any way, please call 450-3131, talk to one of our staff members, or visit our office in the lower Commons. We want your input! The Highacres Collegian Staff 3ditor .Janice D. Hayes \ssisant Editor: Jane! Murphy treasurer: Tonia Sulick \dvisor: Dr. Michael Santulli )ther staff members Ash, Kristen Beam, Dawn Daglian, rhomas Gilligan, Jovina Johnson, Eric Crieger, Scott Lieberman, Dayne Macaffee, oanna Martin,, R. Scott Rappold, Virginia« lodino, Andrea Santer, Erik Schaible, David jcopinich, Joe Spado growth has made the commons far too over crowed, especially during the 12 o’clock hour when the majority of the students come to grab a bite to eat. This problem is being met head on by Dayne McAfee, a member of the Student Government Association committee of Up keep and Improvement, led by Erik Schaible. Dayne met with Karl Krone, head of business affairs about theproblem and was told that the project had already been looked into and an The station has a petition with 350 students' signatures calling for the conversion to be made by August 1994. The station also has a petition with 42 signatures from faculty and staff of this campus. The radio stationalso gained the unani mous support of the Senate to convert to an F.M. frequency. According to Tom Gilligan the president of WPSH, “the only thing pre- COMMENTARY Debate Fuels Abortion Question But Didit Really Accomplish -Anything? by Amandy Ash Whbnthe word abortion is mentfoned, people often , that gets peopledired up. That is just what happened la& week mthe SotttiißteU The debate had its good and bad impressions on those students who attended. By talking with the students, there seemed to be more negative Forexample,manythoughtthatitwasn’tworth their time a^gotoutof^nff^Stu^ents ikSliSe^iasli J alrobl^t&^^eiu^nftf ijere late would ask questions that were already covered and added to the tismg c ao_