Lion's Eye
May 10, 1979
Eye
Vol. X, No.9 May 10, 1979
Co-Editors-in-chief . . . . Steffi Stern, Christine Megargel
Business Manager ................ Harry MacCartney
Faculty Advisor ........~ coi ow. ony Janet Alwang
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and 24 as the Keystone Sociely sponsored the Red Cross Bloodmobile.
Students, faculty, and staff members alike parlicipaled in the event.
According to Dr. Cooper, Keystone Sociely Facully Advisor, another
bloodmobile is scheduled for September 23 and 24.
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A public service of this newspaper.
Letter To the Editor
Even though I am anxiously
awaiting my departure to Uni-
versity Park for fall term, I've
met a lot of really nice people and
made a lot of friends. The faculty
and staff have been great and it
was nice to be able to go to a
teacher for help if it was needed.
I'm afraid I've been spoiled by
the close teacher-student inter-
actions. Next year, no one will
know my name, and I'll be just
another pretty number! Such is
the plight of a student in a large
college! Underclassmen — enjoy
your identity while you can,
before you too become a number!
207-50-1411
Letter From the Editor
Looking back over the 1978-79 school year, one must agree that
it has been a successful one for the Lion’s Eye.
The Lion's Eye has prospered with a minimal budget and turned
from rags to riches. Many people.are to be thanked. for their sup-
port during the newspaper's growth period. Dean Linder, Faculty
Advisor Janet Alwang, Office of Student Affairs Secretary Tosh
Kieser,
U.S.A. President Mark Huber, Tom Manga of GMP
Publishing Co., and the Faculty and Staff Members are all to be
recognized for their guidance and assistance.
*In recognition of our efforts, the Lion's Eye received the Most
Improved Newspaper Award at the Press Association of Com-
monwealth Campuses Spring Conference.
Special thanks to everyone who contributed to the paper in
every way — writing, photography, production, etc. — and to our
readers who tolerated our appearance during our expansion.
Best of luck to Harry MacCartney, Lion's Eye Editor for the
1979-80 school year.
Have a good summer everyone, and look forward to reading the
Lion's Eye next year.
Editorial
Sincerely,
The Editors
A Moody Year!
Delco represents many differ-
ent things to different people. To
some Delco represents what they
refer to as a prison. To others
Delco is the opposite — an escape
from work or problems at home.
It is a place to experiment and
meet new friends. Those who say
Delco is dead are mistaken.
Delco is only sleeping for them.
It awakens only as much as its
members, you and I, allow. Delco
was very much awake and alive
this past year as its many moods
represent.
From the very beginning there
were many signs of change
occurring.
In a mood of self-improvement
and development Delco ad-
vanced. For the first time in the
history of the campus a hot food
service was installed for students
and faculty. Then, as more dirt
paths appeared students became
increasingly aware that construc-
tion for the new library had been
started.
In a mood of creativity, Delco
witnessed in fall term the
germination of the seed that
became the most attended,
popular club on campus, the
Outing Club. A spirit of fun and
adventure were characteristic
from the beginning in the
mellowness of the canoe trip
down the Maurice River to the
excitement of the rafting trip
down the Lehigh River. Many
new faces joined in the fun of
meeting new people while shar-
ing a weekend together in
accepting the challenge of
nature.
In a competitive mood Delco
went to and won the golf
championship at University
Park. Remember the high spirits
and hopes of everyone when the
Delco soccer team went to the
championships at the Park?
Remember too the high spirits
and hopes of everyone when the
Delco soccer team went to the
championships at the . Park?
Remember too the disappoint-
ment everyone felt when they
lost. When the Nittany Lions
went to the Sugar Bowl Delco
became rowdy. Were you one of
those who ran around the
campus shouting, eventually end-
ing up perched on the Delco sign?
One could hardly say Delco was
dead then!
Throughout the year various
aspects of Delco’s creative mood
flowered in the form of the
artist/ lecture series. Many
listened to the intrigueing story
of the C.I.A. spy, Peter James.
Others were amused and enter-
tained by the poetry and wit of
writer Marge Piercy, while the
puppetry of David Syrotiak left
the audience delighted.
One quality of being dead,
which one sometimes hears
Delco described as, is the
inability to feel anything or
respond to anything. When the
potential threat of a nuclear
accident hovered nearby in
Middletown, the pooled talent of
the Delco faculty drew a stand-
ing room crowd only in room 101.
Never before in campus history
was that room so packed. Delco
had arrived in a serious and
concerned mood seeking answers
to questions and a means of
attaining a solution to the crisis.
Delco was not without a mood
of charity for others. Twice the
Keystone Society exerted its
energies and resources to pull off
successful blood drives for the
Red Cross. The blood drives
wouldn't have been successful if
enough hadn't cared.
The quiet moods of Delco are
just as important as the others.
Did you ever take a snooze in the
grass by the orchard on a warm,
sunny, spring day? How about
the time you spent getting to
know your friends better by
shooting the breeze in the mods?
Those impromtu snow ball fights
were kind of fun, especially after
you bombed a test in one of your
courses. Remember the hard
work you invested on an english
paper writing it an hour before it
was due? Anyone who had a
chemistry lab will never forget
the joy of writing up the labs the
day before finals.
Allin all it has been a very full,
eventful, and moody year for
Delco. ope all of you had a chance
to See and experience one of
those moods in your time at
Delco before moving on to
University Park, graduating, or
taking a leave of absence. From
the entire staff of the Lion’s Eye
I'd like to wish all of you a very
happy, prosperous, and rowdy
summer!
P.S. Thanks for being a part of
Delco!
— Christine Megargel
Miricle
System
Commonwealth campuses.
Two kinds of students served
at the campuses never transfer
to the University Park campus.
One kind, two-year associate
degree students, choose among
28 associate degree programs,
ranging from Wildlife Tech-
nology to Hotel and Food Service
to Solar Technology. Penn State
is a national leader in its
associate degree programs in
Engineering Technology. Grad-
uates of the associate degree
programs are of significant
importance to the people in
industry located in the regions in
which the campuses serve.
Placement rates for associate
degree graduates are high; their
starting salaries frequently
higher than those commanded by
baccalaureate graduates.
The second kind of student
who does not transfer to Univer-
sity Park is the continuing
education student. Each year
about 81,000 people take advant-
age of the educational opportuni-
ties provided through continuing
education at the Commonwealth
campuses.
The 20th anniversary of the
‘Commonwealth Campus system
should be celebrated primarily
because it has enabled the
University to respond for two
decades to the needs of the
Commonwealth in a creative and
very efficient way.
What will be the challenges for
Penn State and its Common-
wealth campuses in the next
decade? Prognosticators say that
in the 1980s there will be a
decline in the pool of traditional
students (recent high school
graduates) and an increase in the
number of non-traditional stu-
dents. Every institution of
higher education in the country
must respond to that change in
clientele. Penn State is especially
fortunate because, with its
Commonwealth campus config-
uration, it is perhaps in the best
situation of any university to
respond to that challenge.