Vol. XXIII, No. 4 Penn State University, Delaware County Campus November 8, 1991 Hispanic Heritage Week Otters Cultural Awareness By James Doolittle In their continuing efforts to make the students, faculty and administration more culturally aware, the Student Activity Committee has planned a Hispanic Heritage Week for November 11-15. Organized through the efforts of Tammy Zampogna and Beverly Lindsey, the week will be filled with events, lectures, and luncheons all designed to bring a better awareness of the international Hispanic community. : Although the program deals with the Hispanic community, it has been designed for all of the students of the campus, regardless of their racial background. “We would really like 0 see the Hispanic students on the campus participate in the activities,” said Tammy Zampogna, “but the programs are not necessarily for them only. The programs are intended to bring a greater awareness to all the students faculty and administration of the campus. . Our whole focus is to make our entire campus community aware of the different cultures in the world.” Three programs have been scheduled for that week. On Monday, November 11, a lecture will be held that will cover the past, present and future of Hispanic culture. A group of Hispanic dancers will be on campus by Frances Callahan In addition to the regular hours, the library will have special additional end-of- term hours. Saturday . . .. November 15. sa+- 12105 Saturday . ... November 23 . Je. 1tob Saturday . ... November 30 . is 21105 Saturday .... December 7. +1105 Sunday . December 8. .1t09 Wednesday, November 13 to perform a variety of dances from the many Hispanic cultures. Finally, on Friday, November 15, there will be a Fiesta. “ We will be having a Hispanic musician come in, a guitar player who plays music from the different cultures,” added Zampogna. “We will also have a pinata and different Hispanic foods. Hopefully the students will participate in making the food, but we will have some food catered. The Fiesta on Friday will be held’ from 12:30 to 2:00. To Continued on Page 2 z Pete Coleman takes to the stage as a Supreme on Family Weekend. Photo by: DIANA MICERI Advance Weekend Addressed Club Concerns by Kaspar Stromme The annual SGA Advance was “held the second week-end of October 12-13, in Bridgeport, New Jersey. Present were faculty, SGA officers, and representatives from most of the clubs. The core of the Advance involved several group sessions. Students and faculty were given opportunities to voice their opinions in each discussion, which produced not only answers, but new questions. One of the first topics discussed was the awareness of the SGA and the clubs on campus. The delegates of the clubs feel that there is a lack of awareness among the students, particularly about the clubs and their purposes. To change this situation it was suggested that the clubs be given the opportunity to present themselves, through an “awareness week”. Another idea was to include a monthly column in the Lion's Eye describing club activities. Another issue addressed concerned racism on campus. The participants agreed that it exists on campus, and ideas on how to combat the problem were discussed. One such idea was to flood the campus with posters conveying positive messages, such as unity. As well, because students who benefit from minority aid are often targets of racism, it was agreed that, to avoid this students become better informed about the programs. In addition, the new drama club decided to focus on racism in its productions. Last, but not least, it was decided that it would greatly benefit next Delco Seeks Release of $4M Appropriation By Chuck Spector Three years ago in 1988, Delaware County Campus was appropriated four million dollars by the State of Pennsylvania to finance the construction of an additional classroom building on campus. Today, the University is still working to have the Governor release this money to our campus in order to start this project. The projected building would be similar in size to our present Main Building, roughly 50,000 square feet. “That would be a tremendous asset to this campus, giving us much needed classroom space,” commented Dr. Ed Tomezsko, Campus Executive Officer. However, there has been no recent improvement in getting any of this money freed. As a result, there does not look like there is any hope for even planning construction in the near future. ‘current problems.” year’s SGA if this year's SGA left behind notes of their experiences. This could be done by documenting the year’s events in a scrap book, ‘Theft Follows Vandalism On Campus By Liz Russo The vandalism problem on campus has improved considerably during the past couple of weeks. However, when one problem is partially solved, another one takes its place. The new problem is that car break-ins are occurring more rapidly than before. These mostly result in stolen stereo equipment. According to Diane Jankowski, Campus Business Director, “Vandalism hasn't gone away altogether, but I'm not aware of any Why has vandalism gone away almost as quickly as it came? One reason is that the campus became well informed of specific problems through memos from Dr. Temezsko. Also the campus town meeting on September 25. helped increase awareness and concern about damage being done to campus property. In addition, the Department of Safety and Security is lending a helping hand to prevent vandalism. According to Jankowski, “We are raising the awareness level on campus.”
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