—The Daily Collegian Friday, March 15,1991 Students welcome new snack bar in South Halls By KAREN GUTH Collegian Staff Writer As students streamed into a new South Halls Redifer Commons Snack Bar, Mary Ann Gavazzi recorded their names, ID numbers and pur chase totals on brown paper bags. "The reader isn't working!" said Gavazzi, an assistant manager, with a laugh. "It just won't accept cards." It was a small glitch in an otherwise popular enterprise. About 50 students had stood outside just a few moments before, waiting for the doors to open. Bea Shimmel, the manager, said she did not know what had gone wrong with the reader, which sub tracts the purchase amount from a student's meal account. Shimmel said the reader had worked yesterday afternoon when the employees tested it, adding that the students not Fun for the Entire Family! 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Behind the serving line, Reese Finn (junior-economics) said things went well with the first rush of students, adding that the french fries were the first to go. "If I were a student, that's what I would want," he said. "They make a good snack." A shuttle bus service service will be provided to transport guests from the Main Campus to and from the Aviation Center and Earth Science Center. Other popular items included cheeseburgers. Lore Buchalter (sophomore-wild life science) sat at a table enjoying her french fries, cheeseburger, and soda. "It's about time they had a snack bar with fries," Buchalter said. "These are definitely a plus." Buchalter, who lives in South Halls, said she used to go to Pollock's snack bar, R.C. Proffitt's, occasionally, but said it was too crowded most of the time. "It has things that Pollock doesn't have," Buchalter said, adding that she will probably come to the Redifer snack bar more often. Gavazzi said the South Halls snack bar had more of a club atmosphere than Proffitt's. "It offers a different kind of service - a different atmosphere and different foods," she said. OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, MARCH 17 Noon to 4:30 p.m_ College of Technology Formerly The Williamsport Area Community College PENNSTATE The College operates on a non - discriminatory basis African education reaches far beyond textbooks, lectures By BETH HARMEN Collegian Staff Writer Some University students and faculty are not just learning about West Africa from a textbook, but are experiencing its culture. Thomas A. Hale, University professor of African, French and comparative literature, said teaching about Africa goes beyond his classroom. "I'm teaching to a much larger audience all the students on campus," he said. Part of sharing the culture to students is inviting West African oral tradition musicians griots to the University. Vice Provost James Stewart, who teaches with Hale, said Hale is "instrumental in students learning about West Africa by bringing in griots, organizing films and arranging for speakers." "He's an ambassador to internationalize our mission," Stewart said. Hale, an African literature scholar for two decades, had his first experience in West Africa as a Peace Corps Volun teer in Niger from 1964 to 1966. Most of Hale's five students in his graduate seminar class on French-speaking cultures are pleased with his capabilities in the subject. "I find him very objective," said Margo Brault ( graduate- French) . "He's very professional, he sticks to the facts. I'm We've Got A Guest Coming On Friday, March 15 -12 Noon To 2 P.M. And He All Titles Available For Purchase And To Be Autographed. 330 E. College The Big Blue On The Corner 237-7616 Stop In And Celebrate St. Patrick's Day At SBS. Wants To Meet You! Author Jackson Spielvogel 20 0 70 Off Above Titles. always trying to figure out if he's left wing or right wing." Some of his colleagues said he nurtures student interest in West Africa both here and abroad. "Dr. Hale has been instrumental in developing opportuni ties for Penn State students to travel to West Africa, to do research, to engage in teaching and to learn about the cul ture," said Deputy Vice President for International Pro grams W. LaMarr Kopp. Comparative Literature Department head Caroline D. Eckhardt agreed. "He has been a major catalyst for comparative study of African literature at Penn State. He's very involved with both students and faculty." Hale also stresses the importance of teaching Penn State faculty about West Africa. "None of them have ever studied Africa formally," Hale said. "They don't know much about Africa, yet they're mak ing decisions on what African courses should be offered and what courses count for what requirements." Hale was also among 114 scholars nationwide recently awarded a National \ Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for University Teachers for 1991-92. As a West African bards specialist, he will use some of these funds to conduct the first examinination of bards' social function and verbal art. The research will be compiled in a book titled "Griots: Their Social Functions and Verbal Art, from the Empires of West Africa to the Global Village." Author Of: Western Civilization Comprehensive Volumes Also Available In Volumes 1 & 2 West. Hitler & Nazi Germany Prentice Hall. Student Book Store Downtown
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