The Lion's Eye April 27, 2004 Pye on Campus Communications major offered in fall A new communications degree is coming to Penn State Delco in Fall 2004. The four-year degree allows a student to focus in one of two areas: Corporate communications or journalism. Some of an extensive list of careers the communi- cations degree prepares students for are publicity managers, corporate public affairs specialists, sales people, authors, actors, public relations managers, editors, reporters and screenwriters or even a talk- show host. Classes for the major consist of Comm 100, a basic course of the media field; IST 110, an introductory course in information systems and technology;Comm 260W, a course in news writing and reporting; and an internship and research project. For those interested in the corporate communica- tions option of 24 credits, a student is recommended to take classes in public relations, marketing, law, news media and ethics, and business and professional communication. In the journalism option, classes in law of mass communications, news media and ethics, reporting methods and journalism are offered. Minors that enhance the major include business, international business, English, communication arts and sciences, and women's studies. Also, writing for the Lion's Eye, Delco's campus newspaper, allows students to gain a better under- standing of writing and reporting. For more information about the communications degree, contact Dr. Susan M. Fredricks at SMF17@psu.edu of call (610) 892-1373. — JENNIFER RUFO Hidden Agenda wins hoops tourney Sixteen teams participated in a three-on-three bas- ketball tournament at Penn State Delco, held for the past couple of months. The teams could be coed, and could consist of only one player that was on the men’s or women’s basketball teams. Teams also called their own fouls. When the dust cleared, Hidden Agenda was the last team standing. Hidden Agenda consisted of Jeremy Branch, Nahfees Akbar, Ed Sinclair, and Ty Lecato. All of the teams worked hard and showed good sportsmanship. a — SEAN ORNER PSU Delco athletes garner honors Penn State Delco athletes were well-represented as the CCAC (Penn: State campuses) and EPCC (area community celleges) bestowed all-conference and all- academic awards recently. In baseball, Frank Flaim and Dave Wray were named all-conference by both organizations and Ernie Pietropola was named All-CCAC. Women’s ‘basketball standout Dana Johnson earned all-conference honors from both groups. In soccer, Chris Wrigley was named All-CCAC and Raul Amador and Frank Schweitzer were honored by the EPCC. Catherine Basquill was named All-CCAC in volley- ball; Oanh Dinh'earned similar honors in tennis. Worthy of all-academic honors (University Park honors those athletes who maintain a 3.0 or better) were Karen Craig, Julia Della Guardia, Jackie Clark and Chrissy Kelly in volleyball; Jackie Clark, Oanh Dinh, Andrew Walter, Trung Nguyen and Molly Hoffman in tennis; Warren Middleton, Kevin Reigner, Eric Richardson, Patrick Wilson and Chris Wrigley in soccer; Kunal Vara, Dave Wray, Karl Jastrzebski, Beau Martinelli, Mike Greeley, Bill Barnett and Robert Condon in baseball; Brooke Edwards, Dana Johnson, Amy McGregor and Molly Hoffman in women’s bas- ketball and Mike Johnston and Hisham Rahmi in men’s basketball. / Announcement of the awards was made by it. ing Delco Athletic Director Tiz Griffith. | i — ANTEIA CONSORTO In ia eh
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