LION’S EYE Page 3 - April 7, 1975 ‘Bubble’ Entertains Children By: Debbie Nicotra A room-size balloon called the ‘Bubble’ has been enchanting children audiences with its vivid presentations of children’s stor- ies by participating PSEA mem- bers. : An Environment The Bubble is an audio-visual aid that acts as an environment for children watching a presenta- tion so that they can become a part of it. Films, slides, or other pictures are projected on the sides of its walls and mu=- sic or taped voices canbe played from outside and heard within, A narrator sits inside with the children accompanied by dis- played decorations in completing the Bubble’s affective presenta- tion, This semi-transparent audio- visual aid is made from squares or rectangles of polyethylene plactic that are held together with aluminum electrical tape, A large tube-like structure is con- structed to fit a house fan and AONON cAONEN cADMON cAOMON> § Poetry { Corner SOND: OND “Our On UNANSWERED QUESTION By: Gen Belfiglio You are as free as the ocean. ue leaving no shell unturned, no shore untouched. attached to the bubble at one of the corners. A slit is cut ver=- tically and reinforced for the door. When the fan is turned on-the 32° x 24° x 7’ Bubble inflates and a gentle current of air passes through the audiences out the door. When deflated, the Bubble can be folded up and easily transported, along with the fan and decorations, in a car trunk. Children Fascinated The Bubble entertains audien- ces of children at churches, ele- mentary and nursery schools, and other places where children are available to see the presen- tations. Their reactions to the ~ plastic world presentations have been ‘‘very excited and astound- ed”, For instance, at the Christmas presentation of ‘‘The Littlest Angel’’, one girl was awed by the fact that ‘‘God’s voice came from out of no- where.’ The Bubble needs people tohelp develop new: programs and to carry them out, Anyone’s in- terest in helping will be greatly appreciated in continuing the children’s enjoyment. Engineering Student Designs ‘Bike Of The Future’ University Park--Is a bicycle that has the strength of steel and the weight of cardboard an im=- possible dream? No”, says Carl M, Sara, of » North Olmsted, Ohio, a junior in mechanical engineering at The . Pennsylvania State University who has devised a vehicle which might lead to such a bike. He got the idea for designing a ‘bike of the future’’ while working at Union Carbide Corp. last sum- mer and his efforts were noted this fall at a Union Carbide con- ference in Boca Raton, Fla,, where educational and corporate personnel discussed the training and utilization of young engin- eers, Plastic Frames “I started putting the bike to- gether in my spare time”, ex- plains Sara, who structured the frame, His immediate goal is to make a durable graphite bicycle frame, But first, Sara must obtain more “information on structural mater- ials. He is collectingbasic informa- tion such as the modules of elas- ticity and ways the percentage of fibers and binder loading af- fect the density of the material. - Further Research He hopes to pursue the project further during an undergraduate thesis study which he plans to take during the next two years, The course provides the oppor- tunity for students to undertake individual work in some branch _ of mechanical engineering, Meanwhile, Sara intends to continue his preliminary re- search on the vehicle under the N A ) | By: Susan M. Siciliano As you wander down the halls of this campus, there are many ground--all four of them. familiar and fuzzy faces, even after several cups of coffee. But, none is as famed as that of George, our good, faithful, flat-footed friend. In fact, he is the only one who always has his feet on the If we can stop him on his adventurous journey to the lounge, maybe we can find out what makes him so devoted and loyal. ME: Hey, George! How’s life treating you? GEORGE: Ruff, ME: Could you go into a little more detail? GEORGE:Ruff, __ ME: Come on George! It couldn’t be that bad! GEORGE: Oh yea? Well, you try truckin’ over here early in the morning to find nothin’ but (yuck) coffee and empty Tastykake mach- ines and tell me things ain’t ruff! ME: So what do vou do here that’s so exciting? GEORGE: If you ask the kids, they’d say ‘‘mooch.’’ I roam the halls, let the kids feel good by lettingthem scratch my belly and feed me. Wish I could read though. Sometimes it’s good to know what’s going on, ME: Then you’re illiterate? GEORGE: I don’t think so, Mom said she knew my dad, ME: I mean, you can’t read? GEORGE: somewhere? I thought T already said that, or is there an echo ME: Does this place live up to what college life is supposed to be? GEORGE: Kinda. But where’s all that stuff about ‘‘Sex in the classroom’’ and ‘‘Swingin’ Co-eds’’ and-- ME: So that’s your kind of excitement! I wouldn’t mind it. I’ve heard some pretty . GEORGE: Well, exciting things go on in those vans! But this place doesn’t even come near to that. I’ve seen more social ‘life in a ring worm. I mean I’ve heard there’s actually been some parties here but they musta been rumors ’cause nobody else knew about them, ME: What about Monte Carlo? GEORGE: Never heard of the guy, He anything like a count? ME: The Halloween and Christmas parties? = GEORGE: I gave in the parkin’ lot, ME: But'you said-- supervision of Dr, David M, Parke, associate professor of mechanical engineering. GEORGE: Hey, don’t get me wrong, but the only stuff I know about is what I hear the kids talkin’ about, like raisin line... ME: Grape-vine, frame of the vehicle from a Un- ri 1 © : always exploring! ion Carbide experimental ma- “you collect a vastness of . : knowledge and maintain an terial, The composite material For his second test vehicle, - GEORGE: I knew it had something to do with grapes. Hey! | untatomable A eit consists of an epoxy resin as Sara hopes to further reduce the = You know a lot of things have been goin’ on around here, Like, did : i matric, reinforced with agraph- weight of the frame by making you ever wonder where that big trench came from? If you ask me, - VOL Ga Be ite fiber called THORNLEL, a structural changes in thevehicle I think it’s a gigantic gronhag, and he’s hiding in the basement av gonile ne a Tipple trademark of Union Carbide itself. There are various pro- of the school -- 2 of the water, Corp. : ; totypes in the planning stages. ME: Oh, come on. . . AE : but : Lng hi 1s 2 Dlagtie, is Saye yould syoniuglly 1ke i GEORGE: And did you ever notice how thick the coffee’s been Es properties are quite different do graduate work at Penn State 2 the love you diffuse to from other plastics,” says Sara, op composiie structure research getting? Well, where do you think they’ve been putting oi that mud? the world is as powerful as who explains that the material’s ME: Now that’s a little hard to swallow. the crashing surf p : in the Dept. of Mechanical En- GEORGE: You’re telling me! And what about those modular Lira Men nodules make it a gineering. He hopes to return buildings? They said March, but did they also mention the yea: more flexible plastics. Thema- to Union Carbide this summer Puildings? They | in your openness, terial is of interest to the aero- to work in the carbon fibertech- ME: Now wait a minute , . . you preserve an air of GEORGE: We've all been waiting, space industry because it is nology department of the carbon : : : mystery; strong, yet light in weight. products division ME: Well, I’ve gotta go. . . - and beneath your shining : GEO RGE: Down the hall on your ri- vivacity is anundetectable Bike Tested P.I.R.G. Program | ME: Thank you, George. Do you have any parting words? : somberness = Sard’s Blois fisionedtoseibes (Continued from Page ?) GEORGE: Life is like an emory board. Ruff on both sides, but as dark as the water itself. bY ehvonie-moly steal a investigations, but also in lobby- If used right, things always smooth out in the end. Will You?? Oo ie ME mar : i proximately 370 miles but the ve- e , Suck Fe aah Sons Sips hicle hasn’t been developed to ~ executive (also hired by the YA TAYAS = AVE OF Will You?! the point where it can withstand ~~ board) who is in charge of all embrace me with the tide,and ~~ 8reat impacts. The first frame Proce odings wt fhe brooks.) BUY ON 3 Sparkle My Life of the test bike, according to Petition Favore with reflections Sara, weighed ‘‘considerably The group is at present FOR:*1.10 = isn: less?’ than an ordinary steel petitioning the Board of Trustees . at P.S.U. for acceptance into the = [| University system for funding purposes, Acceptance is neces- sary for the initiation of the proposed funding mechanism. The petition was received favor- J ably by the Educational Policies ~ Committee of the Board of Trus- tees recently and the petition will be re-submitted tothe Board itself at its next meeting. If- approved,. funds shall come from contributions of $2 from each student at the start of each term, If a student doesn’t careto back Penn P.I.R.G. financially, ~.. CET A SECOND FREE! 9 : : : Jr the quarter-pound sandwich that's deliciously different. Chick fil-A. 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