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The Lion’s Eye
April 23, 2002
‘Campus undergoes changes for presidential visit
BY DAN ZACHER
Staff writer
Business as usual; that was the word on campus
on April Fools Day this year as everyone at campus scur-
ried to welcome George W. Bush, the 43rd President of
the United States, to Penn State Delaware County. The
campus went through many changes to accommodate the
Commander-In-Chief in his first visit to the campus.
The major change was the transforming of the
Commons Building into a temporary fortress for the Bush.
No person was allowed within a good distance of the
building and all protestors had to stay as far away as the
walkway between the Classroom and Main Buildings.
The building itself had been equipped with Penn
State wrapping paper over all the windows so that no one
could see inside the building and a red carpet was laid
down for the President to walk on as he entered the build-
ing. The building was also clean vigorously starting on
Friday.
Photos by Anteia Consorto
and Shawn Pettit
Top Left: President Bush
proudly displays his guide,
“Teaching our Youngest.”
Bottom Left: Rep. Curt
Weldon with students Jason
Mango, Cathy Nguyen,
Andrew Lowry, Andrea
Ricclardl, Kelth Farrell, and
Lauren Longbottom. Top
Right: Protestors display
banners as the President
arrives on campus. Bottom:
Rep. Curt Weldon with stu-
dent, Jason Mango. Bottom
Right: Protestors lined the
walkways while the
President was on campus.
Rooms in the Commons were also changed from
their mundane uses due to the visit. Doreen Hettich’s
office in Student Life was used by the President himself.
The Tree House in the Lion’s Den was used by the Secret
Service as their command center and was closed off to
students on Monday as well.
"The gym also took on a transformation of its
own. Crews worked for most of the day Monday chang-
ing our gymnasium into a temporary stage for the speech.
The gym looked like a small concert venue for some big
named band complete with risers and studio lights on the
ceiling. The press corps were accomadated in the auxil-
iary gymnasium.
The parking lot was closed to most students, fac-
ulty, and staff for the entire day. Staff and faculty could
park across Yearsley Mill Road in the parking lot of the
Easter Seals School.
Students were forced to brave the elements and
park on a muddy, unleveled grass field farther down the
road. Many students got to school early to make sure that
they had a parking spot on asphalt and were shocked as. -
they were led farther down the road.
Another big change was the massive speed bump nr the
Commons building that covered the extra phone lines into
the building, needed by the press for the day.
As it was announced on‘Monday, no classes were
officially canceled for the day. Although, many students
did not try to come to class and some classes were even-
tually cancelled due to a lack of students showing up.
“I was mad,” said John Childers, sophomore IST.
“I had to park all the way down there in the mud. I came
and found out there was no class.”
Only one class was uprooted by: the. ‘visit.
Professor McCourt’s 10 a.m. tennis class was moved to
room 218 of the Main building for the day. No practices
were scheduled, but some people’s training schedules
were abruptly interfered with.
The Student Business Association’s guest speak-
er, David Lipson, publisher of Philadelphia Magazine,
was postponed until Tuesday, April 9 at 4 p.m. in the
Classroom Building.
Missed the Presidential visit?
If you missed it or just want
to see it all over again, President
Bush's visit to our campus on April
2, 2002, will be remembered in the
Presentation on President Bush's
Visit of Penn State Delaware
County. The presentation, intro-
duced by Dr. Tomezsko, CEO, will
include news clips, photos and
video of President Bush's speech.
The presentation is sched-
uled for Friday, April 26, 12:30 p.m.
- 1:30 p.m. in 103 Ciassroom
Building. The presentation is also
scheduled on Tuesday, April 23, 5
p.m. - 6 p.m. in 101 Main for those
community members who can only
come in the evening.
Pizza will be provided and
all participants will receive a keep-
sake from the President's historic
visit to our campus.
Photo by Anteia Consorto
President Bush Is Introduced by Secretary of Education, Rod Palge before
giving his speech. If you missed the President, you can watch his speech
on April 26. ; ;
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