ELECTIONS APPROACH: SGA CANDIDATES VOICE MOTIVES By Joan Mazzella Candidates are beginning to spring up over Dela- ware Campus as elections for next year’s Student Government Association are approaching. Any student wishing to run for office, is invited to contact Tom Lordan, SGA president, for a declaration of candidacy paper. A summary of the present contenders’ platforms follows. The students vying for the hot seat, the office of president, are: Arthur Modesti. He described his motive as want- ing to see ‘‘the school get alittle ahead of where it’s at.”’ Art has been involved in community affairs, particularly the housing program in this area. Modes- ti’s platform includes improved intramural activities, more student participation, a suggestion box for petitions to the SGA, and better orientation procedures. Bill Balco. Bill’s motive is to get students in- volved with the Campus. Balco is a member of the SGA council, serves on the bulletin board committee, and participated in orientation. His platform includes more activities geared to develop interest, getting the SGA to work as a team, and to work towards what the students want. Barry Rosenberg. Barry’s motive lies in the desire tohave a chance to serve the students and the school. Rosenberg is a member of the Constitutional Revue Committee, active in community affairs and education, an SGA councilman, and on the Teacher Evaluation Committee. = Rosenberg’s platform includes more activities, keeping up an ‘‘academic atmosphere,’’ bringing teachers and students together, and initiating sub-committees toward the end of a more adminis- trative role for the president. The candidates for the office of vice-president are: Peter Hladish. Pete would like to improve the school and help SGA be as efficient as possible. Since the office of the presidency is a difficult one, Hladish realized his obligation to assist Tom Lordan’s successor. Fran Hoffman. Fran senses a greater potential than is being utilized. At present, Hoffman believes the SGA to be ‘‘no more than a puppet of the adminis- tration.”’ Questioned on his qualifications, Hoffman responded, ‘I'm a hard worker, and I’m not afraid to go out on a limb for my fellow students.’’ Other candidates include Kathy Donahue, running unopposed as yet for secretary; Stuart Levin and Mike Johnson, treasurer; and Steven Schucraft, also running unopposed, for parliamentarian. TEACHER EVALUATION: Improved Instruction Goal of Task Force II By Anne McGeehan “The prime intent of the Teacher Evaluation Form is to allow the student a meaningful feed-in and to spur the teachers toward improved and cor- rected instruction,’’ said Dr. Bruce Stephens, head of Task Force II, a faculty group at Pennsylvania State University’s Delaware County Campus. Dr. Stephens and eight other colleagues are currently redrafting the questionnaire. Students will meet with Task Force II to revise the evaluation sheet. ‘‘It is not known, at the pre- sent time, exactly how the students will be select- ed,”’ said Dr. Stephens. The question of promotion and tenure has arisen from the student body. Is the Teacher Evaluation Form being used as a means of proving achievement? “Is it being used as a resume for promotion,’’ stu- dents ask? According to Dean Johnson, the Evaluation forms should not be used exclusively for promotion or salary increases. ‘‘In order to have promotion or (Continued on Page 3) Yearbook, Literary Magazine Combine for Arrival '72 By Carl Vairo The 1972 issue of our yearbook, Arrival ‘72 will deviate from the conventional yearbook to which we are accustomed. “The staff decided to get away from the tradi- tional type yearbook,’ said Marge Fritz, editor. There will not be the traditional format of pic- tures of all the teachers, and graduating students. Instead, Arrival ‘72 will contain candid photo- graphs portraying ‘‘the life and times of students on this campus during this academic year.’’ Fifty percent of the book will be devoted to poetry and literature composed by students of the campus. The other 50% will consist of photographs and sketches. The book, which is under the guidance of Joseph Biscontini, public relations officer for this campus, received funds of $600 from the Student Government Association. It is expected to be out by early June and the cost will be inexpensive.
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