Lion’s
Vol. 8, No. 5
Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County Campus
May, 1977
_ Anti-Apathy Party Wins U.S. A.
by Eileen Laverty
After four days of voting at the end of
April, Norman Aamodt was elected
President of the Undergraduate Student As-
sociation,
Winning along with Aamodt, on the anti-
apathy ticket were, Larry Gallone, Vice-
President and Mike Cenci, Treasurer.
Getting 42% of the total freshman
population votes, Aamodt & Co. defeated
Dennis Swift, Dolly Darigo and Paul
Mullin.
According to Aamodt, the three can-
didates met five weeks ago to plan their
campaign strategy, which was “to campaign
as hard as we could, to make everyone know
who we were.” Also commenting on their
strategy, Vice-President Gallone added,
“Our campaigning shows WE wanted to
win. It showed our true interest.”
When asked about his major goals of next
year, Aamodt hopes to get rid of the vending
machines for a cafeteria and try to lower
the price of parking in the school lot. He
said, “We want to have new programs and
new activities next year. Whatever we do in
the USA office, we will be sure that our per-
sonal lives are kept outside, and every
decision made by the office will be judged
fairly.”
. The newly elected officers said they were
influenced by this year’s student govern-
ment. According to Gallone, “I was in Stu-
dent Government this year and I wanted to
continue next year, because this office was
always open-to anybody and there was
always somebody there.” He also stated
that there really isn’t anything they plan to
change about the present student govern-
Drill Team A Winner!
by Chris Smith
“Support your local drill team!” How
many times have you heard this phrase as
you pass the cake, bake or pretzel sale in
front of the Nittany Lion? The Rangerettes
have been very successful in fund-raising
endeavors for the 1976-77 season. Thanks to
generous students and faculty members, the
team was able to attend four drill com-
petitions — and bring home four trophies.
The Rangerettes performed consistently
well, capturing a first and three second
- place trophies. At their first and second
meets, Villanova Invitational Drill Meet,
held at Valley Forge Military Academy and
the Mountaineer Invitational Drill Meet
held at West Virginia University, they were
awarded second place trophies. At the
By Karen M. Wallace
As the great masked clown distributed
balloons announcing the arrival of Spring
Week, more and more students became in-
terested in what could possibly follow his
appearance. Believably enough, they were
not disappointed.
April 25-30 was Spring Week, consisting
of some 45 activities sponsored by the
school’s clubs, ranging from the likes of a
pie eating contest to a Monte Carlo Night.
The U.S.A. worked diligently day and night
to set up an agreeable schedule of events
certain to attract the attention of even the
most apathetic of the student body and
bringing the services of the numerous clubs
Bl A h high %
“CARTOON. . . by Dave Oswald
Greater New York Invitational Drill Meet
sponsored by Brooklyn Polytechnic In-
stitute, they captured first place, relegating
archrival Seton Hall to second place, and
beating them by 100 points.
At the Greater New Jersey Invitational
Drill Meet sponsored by Rutgers University
and held in Elizabeth, N.J., the Rangerettes
competed with seven other teams. This is
the largest meet held on the East Coast, and
teams from Michigan, Vermont, and
Delaware participated in various divisions
of competition. The Rangerettes placed
second, losing first place to University Park
Army by only 12 points out of a possible
1000. Third place went to the University of
Delaware. Seton Hall had three teams en-
tered in co-ed competition, but none of the
teams came close to placing. In years past,
into their respective spotlights.
There were several speakers invited to
participate in the celebration, on such
subects as pornography UFOs, ESP, and
the occult. The Brute Force Band provided
a musical interlude during the picnic, at-
tracting the attention of faculty and
students alike even though the reactions
were. quite different.
Anogher highlight was the “Olympics,”
which’ only Penn State students could
possibly dream up. There were races and
competitions which defied the laws of
sportsmanship and skill, but unfortunately
on oj be considered for the 1980 Moscow
“Delaware County Campus.
Seton Hall’s co-ed teams have taken both
first and second places.
Last year, the Rangerettes attended three
drill meets before they even got a trophy,
and it was third place at that. This year, a
complete revision of the show and many
hours of practice really paid off for the
team as they improved their performance
“by 100% .
At the end of the Spring term, eight of the -
ten girls on the team will be leaving
Anyone in-
terested in joining for Fall term can contact
Cathy Della Motta at 1-363-1397, or Nancy
Donahue at CL 9-2894. No experience is
necessary and being a member of the team
presents opportunities to travel and meet
people.
Congratulations on a fine season team!
Spring Week, Spring Fever
The underlying purpose of Spring Week
was to bring the student body closer
together. Being a commuter campus, it is
difficult to get everyone involved. Thanks to
everyone involved “back stage,”’ the
festivities were successful to a point. Most
of the activities were hampered by the
weather:
This was the first year that Spring Week
was thoroughly organized, and it did prove
that some students are not totally
apathetic.
At the end of the week, the exhausted
people who once asked “What's Spring
Week?’ finally got their answer: A
celebration of Spring Fever, school unity,
fun, craziness, and . . . ZZZZ.
ment but, “If something comes up, we’ll i im-
provise.’
Outgoing President, Jim Leemon, said
that this year’s election was handled dif-
ferently than of past years. In this way, a
new election commission was set up (added
amendment to USA constitution) and vot-
ing machines gave electronical tabulations.
Closing this interview with the new ot-
ficers, Gallone summed up his views: “We
have to have more organization. One hand
must know what the other is doing. We will
always be open to suggestions, complaints,
and ideas from the faculty and student-
body.” Aamodt added, “There is a feeling
inside me that I know I can do the job. I can
benefit the students.”
The LION’S EYE congratulates the new
officers and hopes they can live up to their
ideals and goals set for next year. We think
they’re on the right track, as of this point.
Baseball
Club Improves
by Ed Wrzesniewski
Penn State Delco Campus has a baseball
club, which despite a slow start, has dis-
tinguished itself as a real winner.
The baseball club is not officially rec-
ognized as a team, which lessens their
finances considerably. The club could only
be recognized as a team if it had originated
with the campus or if University Park rec-
ognized them. University Park is reluctant
to recognize any new teams as they are
tightening up the budget for sports on Com-
monwealth Campuses.
As player-coach Rudy Cerami said, “The
school has helped out financially, but we’ve
had to organize ourselves, coach ourselves,
call-up other schools to set-up games our-
selves and advertise the games to the stu-
dents by ourselves.”
The season started when the club was
shutout by the Ogontz campus and then suf-
fered yet another defeat at the hands of
Swarthmore. Though shaken, the club re-
grouped and tried to put together a winning
team. They have come back to win three
straight games; beating Haverford College
twice and Capitol Campus.
In the words of Co-Captain John Homill,
ton, “Hand the trophy over now, nobody
else has a chance!”