Page 2 — LION'S EYE — March, 1991 DeRosa Receives Grant For Student Research © fs BE 0S 8 Dean’s List Fall ’90 The following are the names of students on the Dean's List at the end of fall 1990. The list was supplied by Joyce Rigby, Registrar. Barlow, John Bednar, Barbara Anne Bielby, Brett Alan Bilotti, Maria Boughner, Abraham Brennan, Dennis Sean Brown, Leland Blair Buckannon, Alisa Ann Burns, Robert Francis Campagna, Dina Marie Chung, Kyung Cianci, Francis Cohoon, Samuel S. Cormany, Sharon Joyce Cross, David I. Cross, Johnathan Deal, Angela Dever, David Adam Devlin, Bey Fiona Dick, Kristine Michele Diec, Jennifer Drott, Brian Paul Faragalli, Craig M. Foote, Sarah May Frain, Theodore Hathaw Garraty, Chrisopher P. Gaudiuso, Gioia Gaul, John Nathaniel Gaul, Rene Joan Giorgini, Kathryn Rose Goodwin, Michele P. Gregory, Karen Rita Guerriero, Franco G. Gunther, Michael Harris, Ronald Claire Higgins, Mary Ellen Hockenberry, Michelle Hoffman, Keith Charles Hovis, Michael Howe, Richard John Hurchik, Lisa Marie Impagliazzo, Joan Kamau, Njeri Kurland, Michael David La Rocca, Thomas Lahrman, Robert Francis Lewis, Kenneth Barton Lyons, Karen Lynne Maguire, Kristine Ann Maguire, Maura Lynn Massi, John J. Matthew, Kirsten Ann Maurer, Amy Jo Mc Adams, Patricia M. - Mc Gowan, James Andrew Mc Laughlin, Erin M. Mc Nally, Andrew John Mecray, Kurt Ludwig Miceri, Diana Molloy, Catherine Jean Murray, Shane Alison Newdeck, Patricia C. Orr, Robert B. Otte, Jason Leigh Pancoast, Elizabeth Pappas, John Paul Parker, Shannan R. Phillips, Denise Carol Pollard, Randall Edward Poloncarz, Nancy Ann Rappucci, Lori Raynor, Timothy Jay Rhoades, David Francis Rich, Brian A. Rockwell, Kevin Joseph Roney, Scott Michael Ryan, Lisa A. Sandoe, Jeanine Sheehan, Bryan Simons, Robyn Elizabeth Slater, Benjamin Louis Spyropoulos, Bill Sternberg, Gregory Sutton, Sean Christian Terilli, Daune Than, Thomas Trong Thomas, Leena Susan Thomson, Robert W. Tidd, Stacy H. Urban, Richard J. Varano, Mary Thomas Varano, Sean Patrick Voigt, Eric Christopher Westerling, Denise Wohlken, Luhr Jamison Yancey, Robert Scott Zalesky, Eric Zeka, Dwight Alan by Vi Ong Many students complain about the daily, insipid routine of classroom learning, such as memorazation of formulas and classifications of class notes, not to mention listening to the monotonic lecture. Well, bore us no more! Any student who is majoring in chemistry or is interested in the field of chemistry is strongly encouraged to participate in a research project headed by Dr. DeRosa this coming summer. Here’s a grand opportunity for students to get hands-on experience and to indulge their curiosity by attempting to unravel the mysteries of the mechanism of organic chemistry. This research project is involved in the mechanism: how certain chemical reactions take place. The reaction that’s going to be studied is of a group of compounds called Pyrrole. Pyrrole are compounds that contain one nitrogen in them, and the question is how they get chlorinated. The finding of the mechanism in this particular system can be used for other reactions that are important in the field of organic chemistry. Among the students who will involved in the research are Kimberley Sanford, Keith Brown and Edward Melenski. Dr. DeRosa has one position still available for any student who is interested. This great opportunity for research is ‘Ten Days by Frances Callahan “Ten Days in Russia” is the title of the next of the library’s “Power of 10” presentations. On Tuesday, March 19, 1991, in the library lounge, Dr. Ivan Moyer, Jr., professor of family studies, will present the eighth in the library’s series of programs in celebration of the library’s tenth year. Dr. Moyer traveled in the Soviet Union during the semester break with a singing group to which he belongs to available thanks to funding by the National Science Foundation and other private organizations. This funding has to renewed every three years, but Dr. DeRosa is hoping that “it can be a continuous process.” One of the great bennefits for freshmen and sophomore science majors at a small common wealth Penn State campus is that they can participate in a research project with the faculty members. The best method for learning is for students to maximize the amount of personal contact between faculty and other students. In this way, the faculty member can also be a learner who needs feedback especially in developing his/ her pedagogical skill, such as his/her effectiveness in teaching. This research opportunity enables students to facilitate their areas of interest. Students become involved in their learning by constant intellectual challenge and by actuating their learned information. As Dr. DeRosa stated, “They (students) learn to do things which aren’t generally written down, like physics or biology, where you just follow what it is and you know what to do. However, when you do research you have a general idea of what to do, but you're really not sure until you have done the experiment, whether it’s going to work or not, and if not, you have to find a way to make it work.” In Russia’ perform concerts for the Soviet people. During his presentation, he will talk about the most outstanding concert hall in the world and the most beautiful city in the world. : His observations as a visitor are only part of the story. While he was there, he was also consulted for his expertise on several social problems and solutions. The problems in education and the living conditions in the Soviet Union are part of what he learned and will talk about. He promised he won’t sing any Russian folk songs! PSU at Heroes’ Day Parade by Jill Rhodes At 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 9 a group of Delco students met outside the Lion’s Den in the bitter cold. Dean Keyes and his flatbed tow truck were already there waiting to take us to downtown Media, Pennsylvania for the Heroes’ Day Parade and Rally. Student Government President Chuck McCarthy and other supporters including Rich Schaffer, Larry Ulmer, Jeff Steinberg, Becky Lindsey, Michelle Walsh, Gretchen Gatchel, Jim Hall, Chrissy Smith, and Dianna Cahall helped to lift the Nittany Lion statue from the Student Lounge onto the Penn State Delco float, BSL Starts Spring 1991 With New Club Officers by David Clements, Jr. The Black Student League, better known as the BSL, is still going strong after the semester break. Some people thought the club wasn’t together and the officers were traveling on “troubled waters,” but last semester is behind us. This semester the BSL is bigger, better, and blacker. Thanks to the hard work of advisors Mrs. Boswell, Mrs. Lindsey, and Mrs. Ware and the togetherness of the members, BSL survived the flux and is confident that this will be the best semester the BSL has ever had. Spring 1991 has brought a change in all the club officers except treasurer, where Denita Wright still remains. New Officers are Damon Glen, President; Letitia Jones, Vice President; Monica Dickerson, Corresponding Secretary; and Kemba Vick, Recording Secretary. They comprise a very hard working executive board. The reports are that “Black History Month” was very successful due to the many events and programs that were scheduled. The BSL is grateful to all who attended or helped plan those events. Anyone interested in joining the BSL should see any current member, who will be happy to put you on the path to becoming a member. Look for the complete schedule of BSL events in the next edition of the Lion’s Eye. adorned with banners and PSU flags. Someone had already tied a yellow ribbon around the Lion’s neck. By 9:00 a.m. we were ready to roll, despite the fact that very few Penn State Delco students, faculty, and staff had joined us. But that didn’t bother us. We were pumped up and ready to show our support. “What about the signs?” someone said as we were about to leave. We had almost forgotten the reason for the parade. We had made signs with the names of Penn Staters or other loved ones who are in the Gulf. Becky carried the sign reading “Sue Hubbard,” a sophomore who left Delco at the end of the fall semester to serve. Other people held signs for sophomore Joe Irwin’s father and freshman Anna Owen’s brother. I couldn’t help thinking, “What if that were my sister, father or brother?” I would love to know that so many people who are strangers were of enthusiastic about his safe return. We slowly drove on the shoulder of Route 352 so we wouldn’t lose the Lion statue (because Dr. Tomezsko might kill us). Cars on the road honked their horns and flashed their headlights at us, showing us that they cared, too. We assembled in the Granite Run Mall parking lot and were amazed to see the masses of people already ahead of us. Schools from all over Delaware County held up their signs for their loved ones in the armed forces. As we waited to move, we were entertained by the Chester High School Band, who were lined up behind us. Then, we began our trip to the Media Court House. Continued on Page 3
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