Vol. XV, No.5 Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County Campus May 3, 1984 17th Annual Awards Ceremony by Donna M. Curran The 17th Annual Penn State Delco Campus Awards Cere- mony was held on April 25th in Room 101 of the Main Building. This ceremony is held every year on each of the Common- wealth Campuses for those stu- dents who have achieved out- standing merit in such areas in- cluding academics, service to the campus and surrounding community, athletics, and the ROTC military program. There were many awards given out this year, including the very prestigious Walker Award. This award, which was founded by the twelfth president of the University and his wife, is given each year to the student who demonstrates outstanding character, scholarship, leader- ship, and citizenship on his/her campus. The students for this award are first nominated by the faculty, staff and other students of the commonwealth campus. The names of these students are then submitted to the Scholarship and Awards Committee which is comprised of faculty, staff, advisory board members, and selected stu- dents. After narrowing down the list further, the list is pass- ed on to the Selection Commit- tee which chooses the winner. For each commonwealth cam- pus there is a Selection Com- _ mittee which consists of three members; the executive officer; Penn State by Chris Redding In an attempt to spark in- terest in Penn State Delaware County Campus, the admis- sions Office headed by Ed Sevinsky recently held an Ad- missions Night for incoming Freshman. This office has been AFL-CIO to Boycott Coors Beer | by Christopher Conti ~ The American Federation of ~ Labor and Congress of In- dustrial Organizations has call- ed for a nation wide boycott against the Adolph Coors Com- pany of Golden, Colorado. The boycott was brought about due to remarks made by Chief Ex- ecutive William K. Coors. In a speech to minority business owners Coors at- tributed the economic ‘problems in black-governed Africa to “a lack of intellectual capacity.” “Its not that dedication among the blacks is less’ .Coors told the crowd of 110 minority business owners, ‘‘Its that they lack the intellectual capacity to succeed.” Coors went on to state that if blacks visited the African countries from which their ancestors were taken by slave traders, the would be glad they were living in a country with a free enterprise system. “One of the best things they (slave traders) did for you,” Coors remarked, ‘‘was to drag your ancestors over here in chains.’ “thur. the director of academic affairs and the director of student pro- grams and services. This year's Walker Award recipient was Johnson N. Payne, III. Other students nominated for this award were Francis D. Flynn, Donald J. Nazario, Valerie J. Richter and Alfred N. Tucker. The nominees for the Outstanding Service to Cam- pus and Community Award were Ernest Derrickson, Jr., Francis ‘D. Flynn, Donald J. Nazario, Johnson N. Payne, I11, John A. Tajirian, Alfred N. Tucker and William H. Wayman. The Outstanding Adult Student Award Nominees included Martha Ashenfelter, Catharine Donohue, Kathryn Greer, Laurie Larson, Jean Phillips and Michele Renneisen. The winners for both of these awards are chosen by the scholarship and Awards Com- mittee. The recipient for the Outstanding Female Student Athlete Award was Lori Schraeder while the award for the Outstanding Male Student Athlete went to David MacAr- Other Intercollegiate Awards given for excellence in the Athletic Department in- cluded the following: George S. Shull, III — Tennis; Mary K. Weaver Field Hockey; Patrick D. Bianco, Mark B. Dych, Joseph P. Zamonski, and ‘Matthews P. Zuras — all named to the 1st team in Soccer; Thomas W. Wiechecki, William F. Chalupa and David MacAr- thur — all named to the 2nd team in Soccer; William McKee and Gerald Haftmann — both recipients of the Outstanding Basketball Player Award; Eric W. Dirks — Baseball Leader- ship Award; Michael P. Stankavage and Jeanne Stankavage — recipients of the male and female swimming awards respectively; Harold J. Lockheimer Volleyball Club. The ROTC Department of Penn State Delco Campus, headed by Captain Marvin A. Chandler, gave out many awards including the following: the Department of the Army Superior Cadet Award — Mary Martin, MSI and Francis Flynn, MSII; the Reserve Of- ficers Association Award Christopher Stam, MSII; Veterans of Foreign Wars Award — Kimberly Keller, MSI and Bradford Espenlaub, MSII; The National Sojourners Award — Alfred Ullman, MSII; ‘the Sons of the American Revolution Award Todd Martin, MSI; the Military Order of World Wars Award — Mary Martin, MSI and Susan Burns, MSII; The Daughters of the American Revolution Award Michele Teofilak MSII; the Retired Officers Association Award — Donald Nazario, MSII;: and The Holds Admission Night holding these meetings for three years to keep up with the competition from other area col- leges and universities. One of the last ones was February 12. The students, after a welcome from Director Ed Linder and Director Ed Tomesko, get a chance to hear the experiences of three students and one facul- ty member. The student panel was an idea new to this Admis- sions Night. Later, the prospec: Army Army ROTC Basic Camp of- fers college students better than a money back guarantee. Basic Camp gives students the chance to sample Army life before they make a decision on enrolling in the Army ROTC Advanced program. It’s better than a money back guarantee because students receive top mental and physical training during Basic Camp and are paid for their time whether or not they choose to continue. . Last summer more than 4,055 college students from across the country volunteered to. spend six weeks at Fort Knox, Kentucky undergoing intensive Basic Camp training. In fact, the camp was oversubscribed, and some applicants had to be turned down. Those completing the course successfully were given the option to enroll in the Army ROTC Advanced Course and take advantage of ROTC’s two-year program. / Students who went to Basic Camp had either recently tive students were able to talk to representatives of all the col- leges. To finish off, an optional tour of the campus was offered to the students and their parents. There were two similar programs over Spring Break and two more are scheduled on March 20 and 27. Over and hun- dred students are invited. Ob- viously Penn State is interested in people attending this campus. ROTC transferred from colleges that didn’t offer Army ROTC, were recent community or junior col- lege graduates, or were men or women who, after two years, had decided to take a look at Army ROTC. 23 students from Penn State went through Basic Camp last summer, with 20 of these students continuing in ROTC. Most of the students couldn’t wait to enroll in the Advanced Course. They considered Basic Camp a great confidence builder and an excellent way to work themselves into top shape both mentally and physically. Equally as important, they liked what ROTC offered them both now while in school and in the future. If you are a sophomore, and you think you are up to the challenge of ROTC Basic Camp, and want to learn leadership, contact CPT Chandler in AA-H. Get the facts on how to qualify for this year's ROTC Basic Camp. and Association of the United States Army Military History Book Award — Joseph Gib- bons, MSI. Army ROTC Scholarship recipients included Francis Flynn, MSII; Alfred Ullman, MSII; Todd Martin, MSI; Alfred Tucker, MSII; and Michele Teofilak, MSII. 4 All of these students should be congratulated for their fine accomplishments because they: have not only achieved personal satisfaction, they have also ad- ded to the honor and prestige of Penn State University. Note: Due to layout procedures, this article was written before the actual awards took place and 2 of the award recipients could not be named because they had not yet been chosen at the time that this article was written. Delco student works for his free donuts. ~ Bloodmobile Visits Penn by David Talento On April 11th the American Red Cross Bloodmobile came to our campus for the second of two visits this year. The blood- mobile travels to various organizations from local chur- ches to college campuses recruiting volunteers to donate blood to the 113 hospitals that it serves. Each pint donated is broken down to serve five people rang- ing from children with leukemia to accident victims. The age group that uses the most blood is 16-25 year-olds who, are in- volved in hundreds of accidents relating to drunk driving each year. ) : The bloodmobile performs an invaluable service to the com- munity but it is entirely depen- dent on volunteers to determine its success. Recently the Red Cross has been experiencing a serious decline in donations - which may be attributed to the hesitation of people to sign up for fear of contracting Aids or a similar disease. The Red Cross would like to reassure all poten- tial donors that there is ab- solutely no chance of this occur- - ing. All needles and collection materials are sterile and. used only once. This eliminates the possiblity of the contraction of disease through giving blood. While this may make some feel better, others are hesitant to sign up because they are wor- ried about the procedure. There is a slight discomfort when the “nurse inserts the needle but other than that it is rather quick and painless. At all times registered nurses monitor the activity and afterward there is a recovery area provided. At Penn State, there are various organizations which work together to make the bloodmobile a success. The Keystone Club and Mrs. ~ State Touchstone, our nurse, helped to recruit volunteers for this April's activity and, once again, thanks go out to the ROTC volunteers who help to set up the equipment in the student lounge. Also, to add a further incentive the cafeteria staff made a 75¢ hamburger and Coke special available to all those who donated. These peo- ple and of course the volunteers helped to furnish the Red Cross with 101 pints of blood. The next bloodmobile will be sometime in October and all are looking forward to an even more enthusiastic response then. Unfortunately, there is always a need for more blood but thanks to the bloodmobile and caring people who are will- ing to donate many victims can be given a new lease on life. The next time you are offered a chance to give blood, take it. You'll be helping others and you may one day be helping yourself. In This Issue... Entertainment Sete hae Page 4 Sports An, Page 6 Classifieds Bre Page 7 Comics eres Page 2 cE
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