YAH < AR am rr we a AR PRAT I rr em GS En dele J 3 SARE CG EATS ALY Lion's Awarded MOST IMPROVED NEWSPAPER and BEST NEWS COVERAGE for 1978-79 by the Press Association of Commonwealth Campuses. Vol. XI, No. 6 November 8, 1979 Egdlor vi, ov on vidi hse aiid Harry MacCartney Faculty Advisor ........ sve i Sn SAE Janet Alwang Opinions expressed in the Lion's Eye are not necessarily the views of the University, Administration, Faculty, or Students. Letters, comments, and editorials are welcome. Write To: THE LION'S EYE Penn State University Delaware County Campus Media, Pa. 19063 (215) 565-3300 REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY ; CASS Student Advertising, Incorporated 1633 West Central St. Evanston, Illinois 60201 We want to hear from you... Your comments or suggestions concerning the content and for mat of the Lion’s Eye are always welcome. We invite you to let us know what you think of your newspaper. What do you like best about the Lion’s Eye? 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Woodland Ave. Springfield, Penna. 543-5445 — 543-9322 *Free Barrecratier’ s boot" tree with ski package and this ad. $206.00 value... oi Co... $189.95] letters tothe editor Dear Editor: It was with great disappoint- ment that I read (the October 25) issue of the Lion’s Eye. My disappointment stems from what I believe is rather poor coverage of local Delaware County Campus Sports. I am not disappointed that you have ‘‘saved’’ our coverage for the last two pages (after even the classified ads!). I am not disappointed for myself, 1 seek no personal recognition. I' am however disappointed for my team and for the overall athletic program on this cam- pus. Since the last issue of the Lion's Eye, the Delaware Coun- ty Campus soccer team has played some fine contests. Dur- ing this time the team has won three games and lost none.” It has put itself in a position and the polls have been closed for 48 hours but for Delaware. County Campus students. the season's horrors lie in the week ~ abead. And the upcoming ter- ribleness isn’t restricted to just one evening veiled in darkness or one day spent playing political russian roulette. This terribleness stretches itself out in the clear light of four days, November 13 through 16. Students: prepare yourselves for another reenactment of academic Armageddon, finals are upon us again! All rational methods of study are behind us now, the hour is far to late and our notebooks are way too full. Salvaging our grade-point is now a matter of cramming. Yes, the worst is true, we must spend the first weekend of November indoors, in the bizarre mental state of where, with two more victories, it can represent this campus in’ the Commonwealth Campus Championship game. These fellows have been working hard and representing YOUR University. John Kimport’s article about the sorry state of attendance at our games was indeed correct. I wonder if a little more promo- tion by our own student newspaper might not help the situation? What was the ‘‘biggest” story in this week's Lion’s Eye? An article on Beaver Stadium grass, of course, and a reprint article at that! While most of your reprint articles are somewhat interesting, I believe most of the students on your campus would like to read more about the accomplishments of their fellow students. In one paragraph, you summarized two complete soccer games, wins over York and Cheyney State. In 13 paragraphs, you ‘explained about the turf at the _ stadium. I understand the great in- terest in Penn State football and it is certainly justified. Could we not, with your help, try to create some of that same interest in our own athletic pro- gram and events? The Delaware County-Ogontz gaine received most of the “ink’’ in this week's paper. Counting players, cheerleaders, and students, I would estimate around 70 of our students were involved in that contest in one way or another. I can find only one other article in the Lion's Eye which deals with an on campus event attended by as many or more students. Having worked myself for several ‘‘media oriented’ organizations, I feel somewhat qualified to suggest to you that it would-be of great benefit to all of our athletic programs if we could work together with your organization to promote and create interest in these pro- grams, interest that currently seems to either be nonexisting or at least nonapparent. I hope you will view my thoughts as positive sugges tions and not negative criticism. “Sincerely yours, | Ronald Case Men's Varsity Soccer” and Basketball Coach Campus Observer Final Acts Syper-atully, pouring ourselves over unfamiliar text-books and dimly recollected notes. “+ Don’t be buffaloed by instruc: ya. «tors who downplay the serious Po consequences of finals, those : “wv whotell'us all tests are of equal - Halloween is eight days gone ed cumulative. Even if the last test does only cover the last “third of the term and even if it value and the final is not is multiple-choice, do not be ~ calmed into a false sense of “well-being. This is the last chance to offset previous low marks, to secure a ‘C”’ or bet- ter, and to pass the term insur- ing family funding for three more months. Cramming is our tuition-paid right to panic, and it is the com- mon bond among students. It is more than programmming ourselves like Honeywell com- puters; it is mystical; it’s method is intuitive. It is when students transcend the boun- daries of common ignorance. There are many creeds of cramming practiced in these final hours of preparation for students to choose from, but three stand out. There is the crib notes church of group-study, hing . to be the most serious student committees ever formed. They 4 meet in libraries, on street cor- ners, in private homes, and finally just’ before the zero- ~~ = 4 hours of their last classes. There are the hermit monks of individual study, who withdraw "into their rooms taking vows to abstain from television, radio, and stereo while they indulge in ‘all-night marathons of review. There are even progressive students among us who mix the previous two methods arriving at a hybrid form of study. Any method of cramming is an honorable and legit effort to subdue the terror of finals but steer clear of tales suggesting easier paths to passing grades. There are many stories of ‘derring-do; students ‘‘borrow- ing” tests and answer sheets beforehand, students hiding in unsuspected places, and even students pay- ing off imposters to sit in for them. While many of these tainted approaches are definite- ly the product of student fan- Continued On Page 8 RA SR A Sad =
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