¥ 3 = = 3 x £ H 3 Page 2 ; . —LION'SEYE — Contests! Contests! Contests! — Lion’s Eye Staff — Stain ale Colleen Kelly YS ea So i Hetal Parmar AECL ETE +eee..... Jim Higgins Correspondent... .:...o in ae LT Re ve Gina Carbone Reporter....c...c...coive ioe. nan ERRRRRa a Bill Coccagna MA Corton. i es a Nilam Patel Harry S. Truman Scholarship The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has announced that it is now seeking mominations of outstanding stu- dents in’ any academic discipline who are preparing for careers in public service. Institutions can nominate up to two sophomores for the 1986 competition. If - selected, each student will receive a scholarship award covering eligible ex- penses up to $5,000 per year for their “junior and senior years and two years of graduate study. The deadline for nomination is Decem- ber 1. Eligible students must be full- time sophomores working toward or planning to pursue a baccalaureate degree, have a ‘“B’’ average or equiva- lent, stand in the upper fourth of the class, and be a U.S. citizen or U.S. na- tional heading toward a career in govern- ment. Interested students should speak to the Truman Scholarship Faculty Repre- sentative whose name should be posted on campus, or write the Truman Scholar- ship Review Committee, CN 6302, Princeton, NJ 08541-6302. ADVERTISE IN The Lion’s Eye? Contact COLLEEN KELLY at Dean Linder’s Office for Rates. You Could Be the Next Miss Pennsylvania! by Hetal Parmar Have you ever dreamed of winning a beauty pageant? Well, your dreams can. come true through the Miss Pennsyl- vania U.S.A. pageant to be held this year in Monroeville, Pa. The pageant will take place in the Grand Ballroom of the High Rise Howard Johnson's Hotel on February 7, 8, and 9, 1986. The only requirement involved is that the entrant must be at least 17 and under 25 years of age by May 1, 1986, never married, and at least a six month resident of Pennsylvania. Judging will be based on poise, personality, and beau- ty of face and figure — NO TALENT REQUIREMENT!!! All girls interested in competing for the title and in need of further informa- tioh can write to: Miss Pennsylvania - U.S.A. Pageant Tri-State Headquarters, 347 Locust Avenue, Washington, PA 15301. Some of the prizes include a 14-day all- expense paid trip to Florida (the sight of the nationally televised Miss U.S.A. Pageant), and scholarships! Who knows, maybe YOU can be. the next Miss U.S.A. To the Hy: The reigning Miss Penn- sylvania . . . Sandra Ferguson. SANDRA FERGUSON MISS PENNSYLVANIA U.S.A. "vor INFORMATION THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE "UNIVERSITY Delaware County Campus EMERGENCY CLOSING OPERATIONS During snow and ice storms or other emergencies, listen to one of the radio stations below to find out if classes are cancelled. These are the only sta- tions that will carry the campus code numbers. Please do not call the cam- pus. DELAWARE COUNTY CAMPUS RADIO CODES 495 DAYTIME CLASSES CANCELLED 2495 EVENING (Continuing Education) CLASSES CANCELLED The radio stations participating are: KYW WDAS-FM WKDN WCAU WFIL WPEN WDAS WIP WSSJ November, 1985 National Competition The 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution in 1987 offers a unique oc- casion for encouraging reflection on the history of America and the principles on which this nation was founded. To com- memorate that occasion, the National Endowment for the Humanities has launched a special nationwide competi- tion for high school and college students from every state to conduct research and writing projects on the U.S. Con- stitution. Award recipients will be expected to work full time for nine weeks during the summer, researching and writing a paper under the close supervision of a teacher or professor of the humanities. No academic credit may be sought for these projects. PROJECT EMPHASES In both subject matter and methodology, projects must be firmly grounded in one or more of the discip- lines of the humanities and must fall within one of the following areas: 1. the philosophical, historical, juris- prudential, political, or literary bases of the Constitution 2. the substantive meaning and intent of the provisions of the Constitution 3. the relation of the Constitution to American history or to American political, social, and intellectual culture : the connection between self-govern- ment and the purposes of human life THE HUMANITIES In the act that established the Na- tional Endowment for the Humanities, the term humanities includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following dis- . ciplines: history; philosophy; languages; linguistics; literature; archaeology; juris- prudence; the history, theory and criti- ‘cism of the arts; ethics; comparative religion; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philo- sophical approaches. WHO MAY APPLY? Applicants must be twenty-one years of age or under throughout the calendar year in which the application is submit- ted; or, if they are over twenty-one, they must be full-time college students pursu- ing an undergraduate degree at the time of application. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for at least three consecu- tive years at the time of application. In- dividuals who will have received or ex- pect to receive a bachelor’s degree by October 1, 1986, are not eligible to ap- ply. APPLICATION DEADLINE The deadline for receipt of Seles tions is December 15, 1985. YOUNG SCHOLARS AWARDS Awards are $1,800 for high school stu- dents and $2,200 for college students. Each award includes $400 for the teacher or professor who serves as pro- ject adviser. GUIDELINES To request guidelines and application forms for the special competition, write to: National Competition Bicentennial of U.S. Constitution Room 504 National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20506 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Endowment programs do not discrim- inate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age. For further information, write to the director, Office of Equal Opportunity, National Endow-_ ment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C. 20506.
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