a Orientation and Registration Issue Lion’s Vol. XII, No. 1 Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County Campus September 4, 1980 $52 More Per Term Here Tuition Up 10.5 Percent UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. — The University Board of Trustees approved a 10.5 per- cent tuition increase during the summer — twice the amount anticipated earlier this year. , The total -operating budget adopted for the 1980-81 year — including general funds, aux- iliary enterprises, estimated research grants and other funds. — is $443 million. The tuition hike is to ‘help cover the $238-million general funds por- tion of the operating budget.” That portion of the budget is funded by state appropriations and student tuition. It supports the University’s basic pro- grams of teaching, research, CAREER CENTER and public service. An automatic 5 percent tui- tion increase was included in the 1980-81 budget plan presented - to the Board of Trustees last Fall. The plan marked the first time the University had ever proposed a state appropriations request Continued on Page 4 Photo by Fred Mason The Career Development and Placement Center (CDPC) offers information on career opportunities, job outlooks, Penn State majors, and more. The Center also sponsors workshops in decision-making, career exploration, and study skills. In addition, the center offers a free job placement assistance to assocaite degree graduates. For more information on the Career Development and Placement Center, contact CDPC Counselor Steve Sciscione in the Student Affairs Modular Building. Class of '80 Tenth Annual Commencement Held Fifty-five students were graduated at the tenth annual commencement exercises here last May. Delaware County Senior Judge Louis A. Bloom, presi- dent of the campus’ advisory board since 1968, delivered the principal address. John D. Vairo, Campus Director, presid- ed over the ceremonies and con- ferred degrees. Forty graduates received associate degrees, 8 received bachelor of science degrees, and seven received baccalaureate degrees. While .the Delaware County Campus does not pro- vide the third and fourth years of most baccalaureate pro- grams, the 7 bachelor of science degree graduates did complete a pilot extended program in Ad- ministration of Justice here. Other baccalaureate candidates may choose to be graduated at the Delaware County Campus rather than at University Park. Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh was the guest speaker at Spring Term com- mencement exercises at Univer- sity Park. University President John W. Oswald, University Board of Trustees President Quentin E. Wood, and Provost ‘Edward D. Eddy presided and conferred degrees. More than 4,500 seniors received baccalaureate degrees, 540 received masters degrees, 138 were awarded doctorates, and 26 received associate degrees. The total number of University graduates for the 1979-80 academic year exceed- ed 11,500. Penn State has graduated more than 240,000 students in its 125-year history. Of the liv- ing alumni, approximately 123,000 are living and working in Pennsylvania. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 6 Your Vote is Your Voice The last day to register to -vote in the November 4 General Election is ivionday, October 6. You are eligible to vote if you are a United States citizen, you will be 18 years old by the day after election (you do not have to be eighteen: when you register), and you will be a resi- dent of your election district for -at least 30 days before election day. You may register in person at your County Courthouse. Post card registration forms are available at your local post of- fice, state liquor stores, public Bibraries, and at the Curran Building in Mcdia You should re-register if you have moved, changed your name, or failed to vote in each of the last five regularly scheduled elections. You may change your registration to any party designation or to non-partisan (in a primary election, you can only vote for candidates in your party). To determine in which voting district you reside, contact your County Board of Elections. For more voting information, call the League of Women Voters at 543-1270 or the Committee of Seventh at 545-0104. University Park 1977-78 $421 1978-79 $456 1979-80 $495 1980-81 $547 1981-82 $? ‘Undergraduate Tuition (per term) Commonwealth Campuses $378 $393 $427 $472 $7 Welcome from the Dean All of us in Student Affairs welcome you to the Delaware County Campus! I am pleased to send greetings once again to those of you whom I have met and to you students I have yet the pleasure of meeting, as you embark on one of the most memorable periods of your life, your college career. Congratulations are also in order to you for being chosen to attend the University. Natural- ly, this speaks well of your academic performance up to this time. However, I should like to point out that the years you are in college will probably be the last time in your life you will be able to devote most of your energies toward self- improvement. So choose your. academic and social activities wisely as you move forward on the road to professionalism by being a ‘thinking doer’’ not a “wishing hoper’’. The future is yours . . . go get it! Once again, I hope that this . experience will be a happy one for you, full of fond memories and pride at being able to call yourself a student of The Penn- sylvania State University. Take advantage of what is here. In the Penn State tradition, work hard, play hard, and most of all, contribute something of yourself to the life of the Cam- pus. Best Wishes To All of You, Edward F. Linder, Jr. Dean of Students Affairs University Seals Returned Two cast aluminum universi- ty seals, removed from the new gateway wall last March, have been returned to the campus unharmed and have been re- mounted — more securely, ac- cording to John D. Vairo, cam- pus director. The insignias, each 30 inches in diameter and weighing about ten pounds, were taken from the wall’s brick centerpost dur- ing the night of March 3. They are valued at about $900 each. “It turned out to be more of an apparent prank than a theft,” Vairo said. “When word got out that the seals were so expensive and that the campus was trying to find the money to replace them, those responsible realized, I think, that it was a pretty expensive joke.” A new installation method was used to mount the seals this time, making it virtually impossible to remove them, Vairo said. In addition, flood lights have been installed which illuminate the entrance wall at Yearsley Mill and Middletown Roads. The lights had not yet been installed when the seals were removed. : - Construction of the wall, bearing the seals and the legend ‘“The Pennsylvania State University — Delaware County Campus” in aluminum letters, was completed in February. Funds for the project were con- tributed by campus students and Penn State alumni in the county during a phone-a-thon in 1979. ; New Base Fare Last July, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) enforced a fare increase. : The base fare is now 65 cents. Transfers from one vehicle to another will cose 10 cents and each additional zone will cost 40 cents. These bus routes serve the Delaware County Campus: Routes 77 — from Chester to Media via Parkside, Aston Township, and Granite Run Mall. = Route 80 — from Chester to Broomall via Media. Schedules are available in the Office of Student Affairs. In This * Answers te your Issue . . . © 9 065 2 #4 & ww ¢ Penn State Football . Page 3 © Et cetera........... Page4 e -
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