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The Fourth Wall
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Adjuncts from page 1
of the students interviewed
said that they would contact
their instructor at home. One
student states that “there has to
be a separation between your
job and your personal life -
that’s why professors have
offices and phones: so they can
be reached by their colleagues
and students in the proper work
setting.”
Ron Swope, Director of
Business, and Francis
Achampong, Director of
Academic Affairs, both
acknowledge the insufficient
faculty office space. Don
Gogniat, a former Penn State
CEQ, says Penn State Mont
Alto “seems to be a heck of a
good campus that treats faculty
well and if they have a need
they’ll solve it.” A full time
employee of Penn State,
Gogniat commutes to various
campuses as an adjunct,
teaching Geography at Penn
State Mont Alto.
During an interview, Ron
Swope displayed a large white
board (the master plan) of
State Mont Alto; building
more faculty offices was a part
of : this, plan. As: Dr
Achampong recognized in a
Audio from page 4
“Jesus Is Alive And Well (And
Living In Mexico),” sending
the listener into a frenzy.
Art Barrios and Jason
Camacho are monsters on the
guitar, producing stunning
melodies. Justo Gonzalez
delivers beautiful baselines and
Gabe Camacho is insane on
the drums. :
The lyrics are excellent. On
the fourth track, “Ms. Foreign
Friendly,” Art Barrios holds
nothing back: “So what it’s all
a dream/ And you watched me
fall asleep.”
I had the opportunity to
meet up with Audio Karate a
few weeks ago at a show and
they told me they plan on
making a lot more appearances
here on the east coast.
SACLAY
later interview, Penn State
Mont Alto campus has a
“severe space. crunch,”
seemingly severe enough to
need short-term results rather
than long-term aspirations.
While the number of
employed adjuncts fluctuates,
they currently make up 43% of
faculty. They are typically hired
to teach a one semester course.
Adjuncts are an asset to Penn
State Mont Alto because they
are both inexpensive to hire and
flexible to schedule.
As to the current resolution
of inadequate adjunct office
space, Dr. Achampong has e-
mailed every adjunct with a
list of office space available to
accommodate any and all
seminar room on the second
floor of the library, the ROTC
room on the second floor of
Wiestling, the music practice
room on the second floor of
Wiestling the nursing suite of
the Science and Technology
Building, and the former
Counselor’s office on the
second floor of Weistling. A
plan to renovate the herbarium
in room 214 of the Science
and Technology building is
also underway and when
completed will supply six desks
for adjuncts.
Vanessa Lugo
Saturday October 9 marked
Penn State’s annual All-U Day
at State. College. Re-
presentatives from the
commonwealth colleges came
to support and represent their
schools at the pre-game tailgate
and the Penn State Nittany
Lions football game against
Purdue.
All-U day gave those
students unable to attend every
football game the opportunity
to experience Penn State
Football firsthand, as an
individual ticket could be
purchased from each campus
for this single event. Students
must purchase season tickets to
attend any other game.
The CCSG tailgate pep rally
at Bryce Jordan Center called
all students to come and
represent their campus and
show their pride as each was
recognized before the main
event. Many students also held
their own tailgate parties in the
parking lots or with friends
from University Park while
waiting for the game to begin.
All students were strongly
encouraged to “White Out
Purdue” by wearing as much
white as possible for the game:
Since many participated, white
was all over University Park
and it all came together in the
stadium with white clothing
everywhere.
After an amazing
performance by The Blue Band
at half time, each campus was
once again recognized with
campus banners as the fans
cheered on.
Although in the end
Purdue took the game 13 to 20,
the Lions put up a good fight
against the team ranked ninth
in the country. The Lions
suffered their eleventh loss
against ranked opponents.
Many Mont Alto students
came out to support Penn State
at the game and participated in
pre-game activities, some
beginning on Friday night.
Although many students at
University Park have never
heard of our campus, Mont
Alto was well represented by
everyone attending all U-Day.
After all, WE ARE...PENN
STATE!!!
from Dialogue, adjacent
allow me to expand my
occupation potentials.
Student B: What obstacles
do you face as a young adult
in college?
Student A: Stress is
something that I’ve found a lot
more in college. Managing my
time properly is such a hard
task. Knowing exactly what to
study for and how to study is
also something I struggle with-
I could study all day. for a class
and still bomb the exam the
next day. I'm finding it hard to
adjust to college. There's also
social obstacles that get in the
way of academics; it’s difficult
to balance the time you spend
with your friends versus the
time you spend studying.
“Penn State Mont Alto
classes become enhanced if we
can share not only what we
learn but how we learn it.”
— Alice Royer
Parking from page 1
on campus. Though the layout
and location of parking lots
may change, however, the total
number of parking spaces will
not change. If enrollment
increases, therefore, parking
will be a problem for everyone
on campus.
According to Ron Swope,
Director of Business Services,
the cost to install new parking
spaces is approximately $8,000
- $10,000. This includes
excavation, fill, sub base, base
runoff/detention/retention
area, and asphalt (two
applications). The Over-flow
lot was designed to
accommodate 100 cars.
Lighting will cost about $1000
per pole plus labor, wire,
conduit, excavation, long
trench from the main water
service pit (power source) to the
lot. Depending on the light-
throw of the lens/type of
lighting, I would think that one
could adequately light the
Over-flow lot for $20,000 -
$25,000.