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A cluster of arrows around a target’s
bull’s-eye will not be the goal of Penn
sylvania bowmen this month. Since the
whitetail deer season opened to archers
last Saturday, bucks and does are legal
targets.
The bowman’s goal now is to put to use
skills perfected over the summer; skills
that have been practiced since April at
home, on campus and at private archery
courses.
At these courses, sportsmen can take
aim at a series of targets which are
strategically placed along a path. Such
courses simulate real hunting situations,
said John Taylor of State College.
“You don’t keep shooting at the same
target at the same distance and same
height. Here you have to adjust your shot
for each new target,” he said.
Bowhpnters seek fields and small
woodlands where they can “lie in wait,”
a tactic used by American Indians.
Shingletown Gap and local farms and
orchards are popular hunting grounds of
local bowmen.
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during this early hunting season, the
hunter is easily concealed from his prey.
This, and the fact that deer have not yet
been “spooked” by loud gun shots, allow
the bowman to get well within striking
range of a deer.
The maximum range at which a bow
hunter can shoot and still wound an
animal varies with bow types. With a
strong compound bow one with a pully
system a deer more than 50 yards
away may be reached. In contrast, guns
may reach over 300 yards.
Most hunters agree bow hunting is the
safer of the two sports. Anything within
range of the bow and arrow is easily
recognized as either human or deer, but
the identification of movement within
gun range may be uncertain.
Pennsylvania has the largest group of
big game archery hunters in the coun
try. This year the state’s harvest of deer
could reach 5,000. But even though many
hunters will return with trophies to be
prepared by taxidermists, others will be
left with only their story of how the
arrow deflected off of a twig and missed.
By MARYANN HAKOWSKI
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Would you take a job from midnight
until 7 in the morning and then go
through a whole day of classes and
lectures? Night receptionists keep these
hours several nights a week and see a
part of University night life most
students rarely see.
The night receptionist program is a
part of the University security program
offered to all residence hall students.
The main duties of a night receptionist
checking all keys for identification,
signing in visitors and making sure all
males have an escort do not sound
hard. Tim Gavin (nth-marketing) said
his job in South Halls was “to guard the
women of Cross Hall from the men of the
University.”
Receptionists are also responsible for
keeping order in the lobbies of some
buildings and giving information to
people who need it.
Sign-in sheets are used to keep an
accurate count of how many people are
in the building and who they are at all
times. In case of fire, the sheets would
help to account for people in the
building. In case of vandalism, the
sheets would make it easier to narrow
down the list of possible persons who
might be responsible, the receptionists
said.
Most of the receptionists said they
heard about the job from their resident
assistant or from one of their friends
who had the job before. The job had been
available only through the work study
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Glen Janos (left) of Boalsburg, is one of
the many archers in the area who have
been practicing for the opening of deer
season. Below, John Taylor of State Col
lege lets an arrow fly. Like many other
archers, he hopes it will find the right
target, so he can bring home a trophy
like those at right and venison for the
freezer. Above, Janos climbs a tree to
get a better vantage point.
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program until recently when the
declining number of students applying
for the job necessitated the hiring of
students through wage payroll.
Many students said they took the job
because they needed the money and
thought checking keys for a few hours
was an easy way to earn it. Diane
Bergman (llth-health planning and
administration) said she likes her job
because she is “paid to study.”
But some of the receptionists said they
are not as lucky as Bergman. The
amount of traffic in and out of the
building varies on different nights of the
week and dorms housing a large number
of residents often are busy.
Most receptionists work from mid
night to 7 a.m., although some dorms are
locked at 3 and one receptionist becomes
responsible for two buildings. The ex
ceptions to this are McElwain and
Simmons in Centre Halls who have
another shift from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Henri DeVastey (lOth-French) said
the extra shift in these dormitories is
because these buildings are “high risk
areas with a network of hallways and
doors.” In most dorms the RAs can see
and hear what is going on, but' in these
older dorms it is more difficult for the
RAs to watch several wings at once.
Reported harrassment and the need for
more supervision prompted the
residents of these two buildings to
request the added coverage.
Although most of the time their job is
routine, occassionally problems will
arise. Phil Grosnick, assistant director
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for residential life programs said the
night receptionists are to“report
violations and to take care of problems
they can handle. They are never to put
themselves in jeopardy, and can always
call the RA, the residence hall coor
dinator or, - if necessary, the campus
police.”
Some night receptionists that are new
at the job said they have difficulty
staying awake all night especially when
things slow down after 3 a.m. To cure the
sleepiness, some receptionists ask
friends to stay up with them amd talk,
while others use more common methods,
like coffee, No-Doz and radios.
Besides a lack of study time, other
problems plague receptionists.
“The most annoying thing is people
walking right by and having to yell after
them,” said Sanne Larson,
(13th—foreign service). She said she
also found some residents prop back or
side doors open for friends which defeats
the controlling purpose of the night
receptionist program.
Receptionists see more than their
share of drunks and rowdies coming
back from parties at all hours of the
morning, especially on weekends.
Larsen said “very often drunks will
come back from bars and put on a floor
show for me.” She said her most unusual
experience as a night receptionist was
when she got attacked by a 3 a.m. in
vasion of water balloons.
For most night receptionists the jobs
are quiet and routine. Pat Culbertson,
(7th—individual and family studies)
said the funniest part of her job is when
“guys come in, look at the lists for a
girl’s number, call and ask her out and
then leave rejected.”
The night receptionist program may,
be replaced in the near future by a key'
card system. Phil Grosnick, assistant}
director for residential life programs,
said each resident would be issued a key*
card with which they would gain access'
to the building which would be locked at}
all times
“We have looked into the possibility
but have no accurate data on the cost of J
installing these electronic devices and)
the students must be consulted first,” he,
said. ,
Often residents say they do not feel the
night receptionist program provides*
good coverage and the installation of'
these electronic devices would offer
tighter security.
“The program as it is costs about
$lOO,OOO a year and the key card system*
could prove to save money in the long
run,” Grosnick said. Larsen said she is.
concerned with this possibility because
many students rely on the wages from
this program to help pay for their college
The University, hires between 200 to
250 night receptionists a year. They are,
hired by area coordinators and do not.
have to have any certain qualifications'
other than a sense of responsibility. *
There are more men than women in
the program. Grosnick said “this is.
beacause many women alone at night
feel uncomfortable and are reluctant to'
handle men.”