57 15 1774 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/95af2289a190616d38e54a9c4a39260a.pdf 063087cff3e1e9b9b5cb8a58deb435a9 PDF Text Text ea.can Vol. XXIX, No. 10 Wilkes Collegf' Wilkf's-Rarn-. Pf'nnsvlvania 1R70:l November 11. 1!176 Ne'W Gylll Needed To Suit Everyone · "There's a big, big need here at the college for another gym. We just don't have enough space to comfortably suit everyone." This was the sentiment expressed by John Reese, athletic director at Wilkes, as he described how congested the gym usually gets. He said that since the college has only one gym and one floor, the men's and women's basketball team, the wrestlers, the cheerleaders, majorettes, strutters, the karate cjµb, and other organizations must always Dixy Lee Ray Cancels Out The Dr. Dbc.y Lee Ray lecture, which was scheduled for last Monday night at 8 p.m. in the CPA, was cancelled due to changes in the governor-elect:s plans. Dean Edward Baltruchitis said that Dr. Ray, newly elected governor of Washington, was attending a national governor's conference from November 8 through November 10. He said that Dr. Ray may be rescheduled to speak at the college. · According to Baltruchitis, the governor-elect liad a contract with the Wilkes, but the contract doe~ not bind the agency to produce the star. Dr. Ray, who was to speak on "Alternate Energy ,,Sources ," was the first woman chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, when appointed by President Nixon in 1973. Not only has she had a long and prestigious career, but she has also been the recipient of various awards and honors. coordinate their practice times. Reese explained that the practice time for the women's basketball team has to be worked around the schedule of the men 's team. " But that's because we don't have enough space, and the men's basketball team had the program first. The wrestlers too have to work around the men's basketball team at the edges of the court." According to Dotty Martin, cocaptain of the- women 's basketball team, "there is much overlapping of practice times." She said, "We only need the court to practice, but the gym gets so noisy at times that it's hard to hear what your coach is • saying." She explained that other coaches may be talking to their teams, or the cheerleaders, strutters, or majorettes may be practicing using tape recorded music. "It's hard to concentrate," she said. "This is nobody's fault, but it's not fair to any of the groups. And you can't tell anyone to leave, because each group is as much a part of Wilkes as the next group." Martin along with Reese, believes that "a new gym would be perfect." "With another gym, everything would run smooth," explained Martin. "Everyone would have the privacy they need. And with the athletic program growing so fast, the need for a bigger gym is growing." According to Reese an extension of the gym was designed a long time ago, but "ever since the fire at Conyngham, the Agnes flood, and the construction of the new Stark Learning Center, nothing has been done." This is a photo of the proposed extension of the gym that came to light during the 1970-73 Forward Thrust campaign. No date was attached to the project. According to John Reese, athletic director, attention was drawn away from a new gym due to the Conyngham fire, the Agnes flood, and the construction of the Stark Learning Center. Commentary S\Vine Flu Shot Set For Tuesclay "Roll up your sleeves America" is the persuasive slogan of the controversial Swine Flu vaccination. Wilkes College is asking its students and faculty members to roll up their sleeves on November 16, between the hours of 9 a .m; and noon in the gymnasium. The vaccine will also be available to the general public from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the gym. The vaccine will be administered without charge. A detailed release form must be signed before receiving the innoculation. Anyone allergic to eggs should not take the vaccine. And anyone acutely ill with a fever on the day of the vaccination should wait until fully recovered before receiving it. Those concerned about any previously existing medical problem should consult his or her family physician about taking the vaccine. Although the value of the shot has been argued, recent surveys have proven that the deaths held attributable to the vaccination could have been due to many other causes. The chance of not taking the vaccination, is far worse than the chance of taking it. Recent statistics prove that in any 24-hour period there are approximately 16 deaths among every 100,000 people in the 60 or above age bracket. Therefore, tracing the swine flu vaccination to any particular death is not a fair judgement. One takes a far greater risk walking home from class each day. The vaccination is harmless, painless and takes minutes to administer. President Ford in an effort to gain public support for the $135 million program consented to the innoculation in the hope that others will follow suit. It is worth taking the time to get down to the gymnasium next Tuesday, and roll up those sleeves ... it only takes a moment. 'Godspell' Under Direction Of Students • · . · The next major theatrical production at Wilkes is unique in that four senior theater majors are in charge of all facets of Godspell. Linda Abbey, Diane Lacava, Vicki Moss, and Randy Smith will direct this performance. Godspell is part of their Theater Workshop 380 class. Usually each student does a one-man show, but these students desired to fill their requirement by putting on a major production. Although auditions were held in September, they have been planning this production since last spring. They are coordinating everything from sets to costumes to lighting. There are several crews working under them and responsible directly to them. Everyone consults directly with the four directors who jointly make decisions. The show is highlighted by a full-stage band. It will be held in the C.P .A. from November 19 to 21. Tickets will be on sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., beginning on MonJay, November 15. Students with Wilkes ID's will receive two free tickets, with each additional ticket costing $1.00. Tickets for all other students will be $1.00 and for adults $2.00. The musicians who highlight this play include Danny Williams, Marilyn Anderson, Donny Shappelle, Leo Gambacorta, Marty Straub, Allison Coumier, and Joe Riillo. -Among the crew heads helping the directors are Ann Boris, Paul Gallagher, John Novak, Randy Smith, Tony Baronio, and Elayne Tubman. Also serving as crew hands are Jim Ruck, Jeff Shlicher, John Griffith, Mollie Kennedy, and Bob Klein. Pictured in the front are Adele Ann Tavella, Long Island, and John Forte, Pequannock, New Jersey. Left to right are Michael Smith, West Pittston; Lisa Waznik, Wilkes-Barre; Mary Jean de Michele, Wilkes-Barre; aruce Phair, Nutley, New Jersey; Shawn Rozett, Branford, Connecticut; Paul Kerrigan , Philadelphia ; Patty Fichtner, Rochester; and David Lutz, Baltimore. I �jDebators Win T-.,o A-.,ards Around The Campus[ In ''Mad Hatter'' Contest QJlestion : Did you vote in the presidential election? What do you think of the results? t e ~ ~ c The Wilkes: College Debate Union · returneO victorious from the 8th Annual Mad Hatter Forensics Tournament held at Bloomsburg State College on November ~ - 8 Led by Dr .. Bradford L. Kinney, :ll Union members overcame very 111 := QI stiff competi?on to capture two awards· for Wilkes. Maryanne Bartoszek, a sophomore, won a trophy for first place in infor ma ~i ve speaking. David Evans also received a trophy for fifth place in informative speaking. Other Union members also did very well. Both Marcia Stratton and freshman Steve Jurewicz came within one point of winning trophies in informative speaking and extemporaneous speaking, respectively. Wilkes also came within one point of receiving a sweepstakes trophy, which is awarded for over-all..,team performance. The two trophies won at Bloomsburg raise to thirteen the number of awards brought home to Wilkes by the Debate Union so far this semester. The · Mad Hatter Tournament placed Wilkes in competition with over two hundred speakers from twenty-eight colleges and universities. Union members faced and defeated contestants from such schools as the University of North Carolina, . Princeton University, Haverford College, Penn State, LaSalle, Mansfield State College, a.nd many others from as far away as Connecticut and Virginia. Dr. Kinney is very pleased with the performance of the Debate Union. He states that while Wilkes has always been looked on as a well-disciplined and tough team, Union members continue to gain more and more respect from other schools. Dr. Kinn~y also feels that ,strong support for the Debate Union from the school, combined with the con- If you ignore it, maybe it'll go away. .. ...and other famous cancer legends.In 'an all-out effor t to avoid the t ruth, people have created some pretty imaginative phrases. Like the ever-popular "What I don't know can 't hurt me." And " Never sick a day in my life." You hear that a lot. Especially from people who are finally fo r ced to see t heir doctors. When it 's often too lat e. Logic doesn't work. F acts don't seem to sink in. We have no r ecourse but to fi ght fi re with fi re with some more meaningful ph rases. Like " 1 in 3 is being saved now. 1 in 2 cou ld be saved "if people went for checkups r egularly." And "more than 200,000 were saved last year. Regular checkups can help save thousands more." What are you waiti ng fo r ? Don't you want to enjoy the peace of mind that comes fro m knowing you're doing the best_thing for your health ? If it's slogan s you want, we can give them to you. We'll do anything t o try to make cancer a legend in its own time. But we need your help. · Help yo urself with a checkup! It's what you don't know that can hurt you! American Cancer Society This spa ce contributed by the publ ishe r as o public se,rvice. LUZERNE COUNTY UNIT 71 N. FRANKLIN STREET · WI LK ES-BARRE, PENNA. 18701 TELEPHONE: (717) 825-7763 l tinued hard work of Union members, will assure the success of the Union in the tournaments scheduled during the remainder of the school year. Dr. Merrill Presents Voting Power Talk Dr. Samuel Merrill, associate professor of m athematics a t Wilkes College, recently spoke at the national meeting of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Atlantq, Ga. His talk was based on a research paper, "Citizen Voting Power Under the Electoral College : A Stochastic Model Based on State Voting Patterns." Using the Wilkes computer, Dr. Merrill analyzed the voting record of all presidential elections from 1900 to 1972. With this information, he developed a scale to measure the influence of a typical voter on the outcome of national elections under the electoral college system. A resident of Shavertown, Dr; Merrill graduated from Tulane and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. He joined the Wilkes faculty after teaching at the University of Rochester for several years. The associate professor has published several ar ticles on national and international journals and is a member of the Rochester chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. - -- - N OTI CE - - - Tryouts for the next Wilkes College theater produc tion, "Rhinoceros," were announced by Alfred S. Groh, director. Open tryouts will be held at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts on November 29 and 30 between .7 and 9 p.m . . "Rhinoceros" by Eugene Ionesco is a savage commentary on the absurdity of the human condition. First presented in 1960, the play is a satirical comedy about a small town that is suddenly besieged by a r oa ring rhinoceros. Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods 39 W. Market St., Wilkes-Barre Jim Serino, Falls., (business administration major) - No, I didn't vote because I disliked both candidates. But I would have preferred to see F ord win the election. He was starting to straighten out the country, and I'm afraid tha t Carter may get us involved in a major war. Karen Olney, Connecticut, (accounting major ) I voted on an absentee ballot. I was surprised at the results. I voted for Carter, but I didn't expect him to win. Yet I do think we need a change - a new - face in office. A Democratic Congress and a Democratic president could work together for some changes. Bill Salus, Wyoming, (history major ) - Yes , I voted and for the winner. The decision of the pres idency , physica lly speaking in terms of legislative efficiency, does not directly affect the populous to any noticeable degree. I do, however , feel that in a psychological sense, the charisma of the president could initiate some positive reactions towards government as a whole. That is, the attitude towards government could change somewhat as to the interest and/or enthusiasm generated by the president in the people to become more involved in the governmental system. Nonetheless, I have an ambivalent attitude towards this presidentelect. Linda Hobrock, assistant dean of women Yes, I voted. I think it's going to be a:n interesting four years, especially if president-elect Jimmy Carter can fulfill all ,of his promises. Sue Fischer, Duryea, (nursing major ) - I didn't vote because I couldn't get to the polls in time. I was disappointed in the results because I don't feel Carter has the experience or qualities needed to lead a country. Art Daniels, New Jersey, (chemistry major ) I didn't vote because I didn't particularly like either candidate and I didn't want to condone any particular one. Yet I didn't think much of the results, the election was not worse than any other election. We should however, give Carter a chance . John Meyers, director of continuing education · and graduate studies - Yes , I voted. I thought the outcome was interesting qecause there doesn't seem to be any one particular explanation that accounts for why Carter won. I'm not sure whether the vote was for Carter or against Ford. Carter represents the lowest common denominator cha nge, but I don't think that the mandate which he hoped to get from the American people is firm enough. Given the lack of experience he has on the national level, I' m not certain he'll be able to accomplish what he's promised to the American people, but it will be interesting to see what he can do. Nurses Form Organization HELP WANTED To Serve Comniunity "How to Make $9 to $16 per hour while on vacation or , on weekend." $3 plus 50¢ postage and handling. The Morgan Press 308 South Dixie W. Palm Beach, FL 33401 © The Morga n Press , 1976 In the last few years the percentage of nursing students at Wilkes has skyrocketed. Lately the prospective nurses have banded together to form a Nursing Student Organization, with a membership of approximately 100 students. At a recent meeting of the Nursing Organization, officers were elected: Sandra Sabbatini, president; Paulette Kulesa and Tim Ohl, vice presidents; Judith Balent, secretary ; and Patti Moser , treasurer . Mrs . C. Alichine and Mrs. Fuller will serve as advisers. The principle objective of the organization is to serve the community. The group is working with the State Health Department .on the Swine Flu ~accination. They have set up a mass»vaccination on November 16 for the <>college in the gymnasium. · The , Nursing Student Organization (NSO ) has also set up a television panel show, which is aired on Channel 44, enabling citizens to get answers about health problems. The program started on November 1 and will · continued on page 3 �SG Party Planned By IDC Members ~ Union Board To -FOrbid i Hard Liquor At Pc1rtJes ~ < -.. Prepar.ations' for tomorrow night's IDC-SQB party were made at the IDCmeeting Sunday night. President Bruce· Lear made all the arrangements and is also going to look into getting a band for the party. · Tickets are $1.00 and will be on sale in the Pickering Hall lobby during dinner hours. Al France, IDC vice-president, Brought up the idea of IDC Tshirts for the basketball team. This will be checked further with the factors of cost and quantity to be considered. Under committee reports, Commuter Council made a proposal to IDC if they would like to venture into a SmorgasbordSUB party with CC. This was lightly discussed and will be decided upon during an upcoming meeting. Kim Witherow reported that the Visitation committee has written a letter, which 'will be sent to student government presidents of three other colleges, concerning . their visitation policies. The feedback from these other colleges will aid the committee in proposing a new visitation policy. Also reported was that parking applications for dormitory lots will be available after the Thanksgiving break. from page 2 run for a 30-week series. Many of the NSO members are joining a National Student Nurses Organization ( SNAP ), in an attempt to gain national recognition. The next SNAP meeting is being held at Wilkes on November 16 at 6:30 p.m. NSO and SNAP, in a collaborative effort, are sponsoring a food drive. Canisters have been put up all over campus to collect money and food. A career day has been planned for November 30 by NSO from 1-4 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. Representatives from the Army, Navy, and Air Force will be on hand to discuss nursing opportunities. And finally, the busy , organization has scheduled a roller skating party for the evening of November 15 from 10:30 to 2. The c;ost will be $1.65 without skates and one dollar with skates. The Faculty Art Exhibit, presently on display in the Sordoni Art Gallery until November 20, features the work of eight faculty members. . Shown are some of the participants. From left, Chester Colson, Richard Fuller, William Sterling, Henry Casilli, Bernice d'Vorzon, and J. Philip Richards. Herbert Simon and Mark Cohen also contribute to the show. . Encom~assing the display are works in oils, watercolor, acrylics, ~rmts, textiles, and fabrics, sculpture, photography, ceramics, and Jewelry. Many of these pieces will be for sale. .Registration Time May Be Confusing · Confusion and doubt may be plaguing the minds of many freshmen as well as upperclassmen (although they'd never admit to it) as to the questions of registration. This article is designed for those lost souls or anyone who may need a few answers. Registration for Spring Semester '77 will be in Stark Learning Center Lobby in the following time schedules: Juniors (75 credits or more) M-R 8-11 a.m. - Nov. 11 S-Z 12-3 p.m. - Nov. 11 A-E 8-11 a.m. - Nov. 12 F-L 12-3 p.m. - Nov. 12 Sophomores (45 credits or more) M-R 8-11 a .m. - Nov. 15 S-Z 12-3 p.m. - Nov. 15 A-E 8-11 a.m. - Nov. 16 F-L 12-3 p.m. - Nov. 16 Freshmen (15 credits or more) M-R 8-11 a.m. - Nov. 18 S-Z 12-3 p.m . - Nov. 18 A-E 8-11 a.m. - Nov. 19 F-L 12-3 p.m. - Nov. 19 Before you register, preregister with your advisor and work out a program of course needs on the pre-registration form your advisor will supply. Core, major, and elective needs should all be considered in determining courses. The schedule for pre-registration is as follows: Juniors - November 8, 9 and 10 Sophomores - November 10 11 and 12 ' Freshmen - November 15, 16 and 17. If you wish to report at a later time period to register you will be accommodated but not before the assigned time. It is not imperative to report at the opening hour of the period. Your advisor's approval and signature is required on the preregistration form and Department Chairman must initial courses where indicated on the printed schedule. At registration you will receive cards for the courses· listed on your pre-registration form. From these cards you will be able to complete the registration form· this will provide you with a copy of your completed registration. Your signature is required on the Evening College Rosters for an Evening Class Card. Don't forget to check the cards you receive for course and selection. Kingston House Rathskeller ' 1 m· 113 S. Main St., Downtown W-B Painter Pants Fam1er Jeans· I ,. Am1y Pants f "4'"' , . · IEANS I I Straight Legs Rares Maverick Wrangler Landlubber A II types of shirts Plain or Printed and Novelty Designs ~ 121 10 947 Market Street, Kingston IS NOW .OPEN Game Room Food and Drinks At Nostalgic Prices A report of Student Union Board activities given at the Student Government meeting Monday night revealed that the SUB will1 include in its party policy th~t no hard liquor be allowed ill the SUB. The poltcy change was made at a recent , SUB meeting after a request to have a party with hard liquor was turned down by the administration. Inter-Dormitory Council Preiiident Bruce Lear suggested tha_t Student Government challenge the change. When Student Government adviser Dean Baltruchitis was asked his opinion of the results a challenge would bring, he replied that he felt SG would b.e "p11shing your luck." . SG's representative - to SUB Diane Coleman will suggest at the ne_x t SUB ·meeting that greater consideration be given to the policy concerning hard liquor. An inquiry about the proposed stairwell in the Student Union Building was raised. It was reported that the Arthur Smith Construction Company has been engaged . to construct the stairwell. If work does not begin by November 15, 1976, however bids will be reopened. ' The proposat' that would eliminate tests being giy~p the week before final examinations was read at the faculty ·-meeting last week by Dr. Soter~ Dean of Academic Affairs:: Academic Committee Chairman Carl Holsberger reported ~hat the proposal was read incorr~ctly, however, and his attempt to clarify it accomplished little. As a result, the proposal will be read once again at the faculty meeting next month. Until then Holsberger intends. tct explain hi~ proposal at individual department meetings. . It was also reported that the faculty's reaction to th!;! proposal to eliminate cumulative final examinations was not encouraging. It is believed that the reacti,on may be due to the fact that the proposal as printed in The Beacon last week failed to emphasize that it concerned cumulative finals only. A social committee meeting scheduled last week had zero attendance. Vice President Steve Esrick pointed out that these committee meetings are open to everyone, not just Student Government representatives. High School Journalists To Compete On Saturday Area high school journalists will have the opportunity to learn more about various news media at the Wilkes College Journalism Society's Second Annual High School Workshop, Saturday, November. 13. The program is designed to familiarize students with the basic ideas of newspaper coverage and layout, and to give them the opportunity to put these concepts to use in an actual situation. Workshop participants will work on an issue of The Beacon. A luncheon will follow the morning workshop session, and people from various news media will speak. Gary Essex, WNEP: TV; Dave DeCosmo, WMSM Radio; Paul Golias, Times Leader Evening News-Record· · and Bob Heim, will be th; featured speakers. A newspaper competition will also be held, with Journalism Society members judging for five awards. Awards will be presented for best news coverage, best copyediting and layout, best feature writing, best sports coverage, and best overall newspaper. A written evaluation for each paper will be prepared and presented to the school's representatives. Editors and staff members of The Beacon will conduct the workshop, and will instruct students in copyediting, headline writing and layout, in addition to allowing the students to experiment and learn new ideas about the newspaper's operation. Journalism Society President Joseph Buckley commented that the workshop is designed to ·m eet the needs and interests of both experienced and inexperienced journalists. "We hope to demonstrate the basic ideas of journalism," he said, "while also providing the opportunity for students to be involved with a college-level paper. The best way to learn about newspaper operation is to actually work with the paper. We feel that this year's program can benefit all interested students." He also noted that faculty advisors are encouraged to attend the program with their students. ' The afternoon speakers will give students a view of the different area news media, according to Buckley, and the newspaper competition will serve to recognize the achievements of the local students. COSENZA'S PIZZA 84 South Main St., Wilkes-Barre FREE DELIVERY Free Juke Box Selections Phone 287-5081 SPAGHETTI DINNERS BAR-B-OUE CHICKEN ANTIPASTO PIZZA Phone 829-3667 -0 ..... 0- -i -::r n, 1:11 n, 121 n 0 ::, �.., ....... Female Athletes Merit Greiit~r Consideration Do Wilkes Athletes Stand Equally Tall? ...... -.,----. -, L. Ill .c E ~ 0 z C 0 u Ill Ill II) Ill ,C ~ Female. ,a_thletes, on all levels of competition, do not receive the 'att'ention and consideration they deserve. Athletes ranging from grade school girls to professional sports women usually ·pla'y 'out of the spotlight while their male counterparts have the pleasure of being center-stage. 'Please no,te that we are not criticizing the programs for male athletes. For the most part, these activities are excellent opportunities-for people to participate in sports, provided the programs ·are not overemphasized. But female athletes devote just as much time and effort, under .. more trying conditions, and usually receive only a fragment of the praise and attention awarded to others. Girls in elementary schools are very often completely ignored; high scho~>I" programs for girls ar~ theoretically "equal" to the boys' programs because of feder~l and state laws, but realistically they are usually inferior to some degree; and college programs depend on the size and motivation of the school. For example, a school such as Wilkes cannot be expected to compete easily with one like East Stroudsburg, a college that offers a physical education major. Despite the fact Wilkes is not as athletically-minded as some other colleges, especially concerning women's sports, our female athletes have done well in competition thus far this year. Championships in tennis and field hockey attest to that And there is evidence that a certain amount of concern is given to the women's program, since the college did take the time and effort to acquire a fine coach for the women's basketball team when the need for one arose. Wilkes sports programming for women is at least equal to other local colleges, although it should be, considering enrollment and the number of years the college has been in existence. King's College, which opened its doors to women only a few years ago, is in the process of building a program; Misericordia's program is comparable to Wilkes', although its coaches are not rewarded for their time and efforts either in money or reduced class schedule; and Luzerne County Community College is well into women's sports and also offers the first two years of a physical education major. Relatively speaking, our program is pretty good. But it can be better, especially where the attitude toward the program is concerned. Wilkes women and other female athletes deserve much credit for past and present efforts. We would like to see their enthusiasm and dedication prevail in the future, aided by the moral and active support of all sports fans. Addition On Gym Needed The Wilkes Gymnasium is in desperate need of an addition. With the change of season, men's junior varsity and varsity basketball, wrestling, women's basketball, karate club and intramurals all have to compete for floor space. The gym has taken on a carnival-like atmosphere. Screaming and shouting from coaches all over the gym echo off the walls. Any kind of concentration is difficult without tryiag to gain proficiency in any given sport. Wilkes has proven itself a power in many athletic endeavors , and therefore deserves a gymnasium that is an adequate size to include all the diverse activities. Sports are an effective outlet for scholastic headaches, but space is needed to pursue these sports. The old Miner Hall lot gives the needed space for the expansion. In the past money has been allotted to complete the Stark Learning Center, for the pursuit of academics, now it is time that the college once again loosen its belt in order to add on to another structure. This structure is also essential for the growth of the college. It is hoped that the college will heed this suggestion and consider plans to build a drastically needed addition to the gym. .. The Sophomore Class will meet today at noon in the C.P. A. lounge. Elden Hale, news direct<' · and editorialist for WNEP-TV, will sp.e.ak to journalism classes of Wilkes and King's Colleges Monday, November 15, at 7:_30 p.m. in SLC 204. .. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Candidate Raises Important Issues To The Editor: I am currently running for election as Freshmen Class President and feel that it is very necessary to raise what I feel are important issues and why I wish to become president. I believe that as a class officer I can work in conjunction with the other campus government organizations to accomplish my goals, as well as with the administration and students. I believe that a class president should serve as a bridge between the other organizations, and if elected, I plan to do exactly that. My primary reason for wanting the class presidency is because I see a great potential for improvement at Wilkes College. As president I would have direct input into the decision making process and could help make Wilkes a better place to iive and go to school. If elected, one of my primary tasks would be to improve the overall quality of cafeteria food for dorm students. I am sure many will agree that there is a definite need for improvement. : ;.,ei1eve in the involvement of as many people as possible so I Actor Will Stutts Extends Thanks To The Editor: I wish to express my sincere gratitude for the warmth and hospitality extended me during my recent Artist in Residence engagement at Wilkes College. While there are possibly many other positive ' sides to the profession of theatre which I have personally chosen to engage in, most certainly meeting such marvelous individuals as all of you is at the top of the list. I look forward to the opportunity of coming to Wilkes again in the future. Sincerely, Will Stutts would work for increased involvement, especially commuters. Fresh~en awareness to campus activities is very low. Many times an event will occur and the people most interested don't find out until after it occurs. This simply must change and if I am elected it will change. My major purpose will be to be as responsive to student wants and needs as possible and to get more freshmen involved in Wilkes College. As president I would listen to what the freshmen want, and act accordingly. I hope that the freshmen class will show that they want a better Wilkes College and vote for Albert Collier for Freshmen Class President on November 11. Thank you, Sincerely yours, Albert Collier IV Continued on Page 6 BEACON BIT$ .l • ";{I The Veteran's Club will hold an important meeting on November 11, at 11:00 a.m. in Room 204-205 Stark Learning Center. All members are urged to attend. There will be a meeting of all students who intend to do their student teaching this spring, 1977, on November 16, 1976, at 11 a.m. in the mezzanine of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. Election for freshman class officers will be held today at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Commons and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in New Men's Dorm. 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All views expressed in letters to the editor column , and viewpoints are those of the individual writer not nece ssarily of the pohlic;J iion �Ornit}lologist To Be Found ·--------------------~, I THE WIZARD Of WAZ I In Education Department 1---------------------· By Janine Pokrinchak "O Ill Ill II) u, z 0 < II) 3 er ... II) ..,.... .... ~ Where would one go to find an expert ornithologist on campus? To tr.e Biology Department, right? Yes, one could, but according to Dr. Charles B. Reif, chairman of the biology department, the "expert ornithologist" on campus is Mr. Edwin JoJ:mson of the education department. Johnson and Rev. William Reid of the Wilkes-Barre Central Methodist Church are writing a book about the birds of Luzerne and Wyoming counties. Dr. Reif, who accompanies Johnson on some of his bird surveys, sent a dead bird to Johnson in order to confirm his own identification of the bird's species. Dr. Reif found the bird, which had died either from exhaustion or from flying into a bank window, on a sidewalk. Johnson stated Dr. ~eif's identification was correctand the bird was a Maryland yellowthroated warbler. · ' 'I conduct the annual Christmas census in the county," said Johnson. "It is a national census taken from December 21 to January 1." Johnson, Rev. Reid and 10 to 12 people including, Dr. Reif, Dr. Robert Ogren, biology departnen t, Mr. Michael Barone, education department, and Mr. Terry Baltimore, manager of WBRE-TV, spent 24 hours counting the number of birds and number of different species in a 7½ mile circle around Huntsville Dam. The results are then sent into the National Audubon Society. Johnson and Rev. Reid also take a nesting census along a 25 mile stretch. Johnson stated they stop every ½ mile for three minutes and record what birds are found in a specific location. Johnson also teaches a graduate course in the summer about birds. The course deals with how to identify birds and how to set up study units on birds in teaching. Designed primarily p 0 R G y Dear Wizard, • ,L., • ., ~:I have been dating this guy for two years now a~ j1e ~till won't hold my hand. What should I do? . " ' ' ..,, Signed, "LooR,' No"iiands !" Dear Look, --Y · ·: You know holding hands isn't everything. Offer him something else to hold, like your foot, your nose, your ear, etc. Jf that doesn't work, drop him and date an octopus. .. . . . Keep your best foo( forward, · · Wizard Dear Wizard, . The boys at school won't even look at me. I don't know w~~t it is. People say I have a nice personality and a cute face. Do you think my being "five-foot two, eyes of blue, and weigh 222" 1night"have something to do with it? ; Signed, Goodyear Blimp Dear Goodyear, I don't know if you have the right lyrics to that song, honey. But in any case, maybe you could give Omar the Tentmaker a buzz and try to spruce up your wardrobe. Or apply for a job at the local fi~re salon. I saw a sign in the window the other day that they are looking for a girl to stand in the window. (The lettering on the window also said, "Do you want to look like this? If not, drop in." ) Yours in Ayds, Wizard Dear Wizard, I am one of your male readers and I am in love. Oh It's not with just anyone , it's you! Come with me to the Casbah where we can be together. Will -you make the trip? Signed, Mad for You Dear Mad, About the trip, no thanks, I'm trying to cut down. Sorry, Wizard for teachers, Johnson said the course is opened to other students as well. The book, which will not be published until the Spring, will discuss what birds are seen in this country, a description of these birds, when they can be seen and where they can be seen. " We usually identify over 200 birds in the county each year," stated Johnson. Johnson is a member of the National Audubon Society, the American Ornithological Union, the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and the Scranton Bird Club. Ornithology is an interesting SAV POLE - I LI l<E YOUR NEW SOUND SYSTEM Dear Wizard, I'm a pretty attractive young girl. But I have a problem with the guys. ·You see I'm only into a 32AA. Could that be helped somehow? Signed, Too Small field of study, according to Johnson. "It doesn't require a lot of money. It only requires a pair of binoculars," said J_ohnson. Dear Too, Well, the only advice I can offer in this case is for you to move into a larger apartment. I heard the 36 D's up the road were roomy. Maybe the guys will like the view. "C" You, Wizard Dear Wizard, My problem is not unusual in this day and age with morals being the way they are. My boyfriend has already "been to first, second, and third base" and now he's asking me if he can make a " home run." What should I do? Signed, Worried About The Future Dear Worried, Well, I haven't kept up on things since the Phillies lost. But you better call in the umpire and have this guy thrown out of the game for discorderly conduct. Yours in Mike Schmidt, Wizard Dear Wizard, It doesn't matter to us at all but people stare at us when my boyfriend and I walk down the street. I'm 6'3" and he's 5'4". What is the problem? Signed, The Long and Short of It - BUT WHfff5 ALL THESE SWITCHES DO ? Dear Long, I'd say the problem is about 9 inches. Why not try taking the bus more often. How does basketball sound to you? Does your boyfriend like horses? "Save the Giraffe" Wizard Dear Wizard, Every night about midnight a strange man calls me and breathes into the phone. This is very disturbing, especially if I'm studying. What should I do? Signed, What a Ringer WELL T HEREM BLOWS SOUNDS- ONE /NCR EVERY FUSE POWER- ONE IS IN THE HOUSE ~ - Dear What, You can try having the phone company changing your number. But, next time he calls tell him to dial 827-5903 and I'll try to be th~re. It gets lonely in The Beacon office. Do you think he likes Mateuse? I'll be Waiting, Wizard ON Dear Wizard, I think this column stinks. Why don't you find a new job? Signed, I Hate Your Guts Dear I Hate, j Manning © 1976 ~£~ tlJ~. , 12.;;; I know you can't please all the people all the time. I am looking ro, a new job, howeve, Ba,bru-:alre.-. ;,n't retiring tm, Henry JOKE OF THE WEEK: Q, Why don't they have ice in the Commons anymore? A. Someone stole the recipe. ... ::::r II) CD II) Ill n 0 ::, �-0 Ql en 111 D. ... -0 0,. C 0 u : Cll al ~I Spanish Prof Sees Need Fof / Foreign Languages Over the -_ past few years, the emphasis placed on the importance ot for:eign languages to education . seems to have decreased. " ... But according to Dr. Hilda Marban, assoeiate professor of foreign languages and literatures at Wilkes, "the study of foreign languages needs to be encouraged in a liberal arts college." She pointed out lhe innumerable advantages of knowing another language and explained that learning Spanish, Scholarships Offered For·~:F oreign Study The Spanish section of the Foreign Language _Department has announced that more than five . $400 scholarships are available to students for foreign study in Spanish during the spring, 1977, or during the 1977-78 academic year. To be eligible, an applicant: must be a full-time sophomore or junior student at Wilkes; must be a Spanish major or must have a double major in Spanish; must have at least a 3.0 average in Spanish; must have sufficient funds to cover all remaining expenses for a foreign study program; must apply the scholarship money to a foreign program of study in Spanish; and must be highly motivated, interested in Hispanic culture, and capable of profiting from the experience. The total cost of a .program of foreign study in Latin America or Spaip is from $700 to $1,000 for the summer, depending on the program. In order to receive a scholarship, a student must write an essay in Spanish of 500 to 600 words without receiving help from anyone. Title for the essay must be " Las ventajas de estudiar espanol en el extranjero." The essays will be judged by the Spanish section of the Foreign Language Department, and the level of study of each student will be taken into consideration in reading the essays. Applicants must also participate in a brief conversation (in Spanish) with Spanish faculty members, during which the applicant will discuss the point of view expressed in the essay, the reasons he wants to study abroad, and what he expects to gain from the experience. Completed applications and essays must be received by Dr. Michael Seitz, chairman of the Foreign Language Department, 201 Kirby, no later than November 29. Scholarship awards will be announced on Friday, December 10. Recipients will make immediate application to an approved program of foreign study. Extensive information of such programs is available from Spanish instructors. r•~fabridand·-, IGateway Shop!~~ fe~~}OUR SE~~!a~ES~~!ping Centerll !Kingston, Pa. 18704 Wyoming, Pa., 18644 •-~~~~---~------~w~--' Januzzi's Pizza and Hoagies Academy Street 125 FREE DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS 11 • 11 825-5166 825-5037 Motorcycle For Sale Kawasaki, just inspected, garage stored, new tires Book $825, Now $700 lmpac Helmet Included Excellent Condition Phone 823-3553 ' Moods In Leather FRYE BOOTS 91 S. Main St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 717-829-1089 French, or German "is a good mental exercise. It makes you think more." "You also make better your own language while studying another," stressed Dr. Marban. "You're constantly searching for synonyms and so you increase your vocabulary, plus you're reviewing your own grammar." "You learn your English better because you have to make comparisons," she added. Seeing the teaching of foreign languages and cultures in schools as a necessity, Dr. Marban said, "A person should be familiar with other civilizations and should therefore study about other countries and learn their language. She pointed out how officials in Florida needed help to integrate • the exiled Cubans years ago, and how she is often called upon by local officials to help translate for foreigners who are involved in automobile accidents. Students studying a foreign language can pursue a variety of different fields. They can become teachers, social group workers, foreign clerks, interpretors, translators, medical assistants, imigration inspectors, travel agents, stewardesses, lawyers, and a variety of other professions. Dr. Marban said that often a ·foreign language background helps doctors and nurses learn technplogical terms faster and easier. The late Mao Tse-Tung, in an interview with the late Georges Pompidou, who was president of France during their 1973 meeting, said, "I am not an educated man. For example, I do not know foreign languages." So the study of foreign languages does have a place in a liberal arts education. It not only opens many fields to students, but it also helps to strengthen a student's native language. Cluhs Warned Of SC Letters Continued To The Editor: In response to your article of November 4, 1976 in which it was reported that the Fine Arts Association requested funds for a trip to Philadelphia and were denied on the grounds that SG had already financed a Fine Arts Assoc. trip to New York, I feel it my duty to inform The Beacon and other clubs that SG granted the Fine Arts Assoc. club $17.42 and this was after one request was denied the previous week. If SG counts this as financing a trip, Let the other clubs BEWARE! Margaret Hreha, Sec. Fine Arts Assoc. ·Penn Plaza Shopping CTR Open 10 to 10 Every Day Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! Low Overhead Means Low Prices Talk to Rich or Foster Our Record Specialists Wilkes _Student Remembers Past Experiences In Brazil By Mary Stencavage After high school graduation, most students, who are collegebound, usually find themselves on the campus of their choice the following September. But Mary Krogulski, a junior math major from Pittston, found herself in Juiz de Fora, a small village about a three hour drive from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It all began with Rotary, an organization which sponsors students to study overseas for one year. The pretty coed decided to submit an application, was granted an interview by a panel in Scranton and within a few months found herself on her way to Brazil. Mary was scheduled· to stay with three different host families, spending approximately 12 weeks with each family. During her first few days in Juiz de Fora, which in Portugese means "Outside Judge" Mary sat in classes to observe and adjust to her new surroundings. "Their high school system isn't like ours," she said. "It is a long process of preparation for the vestibular." The vestibular is a test which all students take and . which helps them to prepare for or decide about continuing on to the university. · Mary began studying a varied curriculum consisting of chemistry, math, biology, geography, history and Portugese. "Portugese is studied there in the schools the way English is studied in the schools here," sh_e said. Biggest Selection Best Prices On ~ SURPLUS RECORD and TAPES ,. LOST A gold digital men's · watch has been lost - was gift from parents. Reward will be offered . Any information contact: John Larkin Rm. 21 Bedford Hall 829-9153 Diamonds VANSCOY Diamond Salon Gateway Shopping Center1 (Near Jewelcorl The grading system, however, is similar to the system used in the United States. The lowest grade, a grade of I, is equivalent to a failur~, while 0, standing for Otimo, is the highest, meaning quality and excellence in work. The major problems of living in a foreign country as an exchange student are language barriers, and becoming accustomed to the food and customs of that nation. "I didn't have as much freedom as I did before I left the United States," she recalled. In Brazil, girls are usually chaperoned on dates by their sister or another member of the family, and not until a girl is engaged is she allowed out unchaperoned." Yet, Mary feels the benefits of such an experience outweigh the problems. "The people were friendly and close. The opportunity of making friends and learning first-hand about the people of another country can be quite a valuable lesson." Mary commented one of her favorite times was the four-day holiday of the carnival. During this Mardi-Gras like festival, the people would sleep all day, but at night dress up in elaborate costumes, drink, eat and form colorful parades in the streets. Each parade was made up of "escola de somba" the people who, in groups, danced in · the parades. The festival lasts until Ash Wednesday. Another custom was to greet a friend when you met them on the street by kissing them on each cheek. This is a symbol of affection and friendship. When the year was up, Mary was content to come back to her home in the United States. In the years since her stay in · Brazil, Mary has kept in contact with some close friends and her host families by writing. Mary and her own family have been a host family to exchange students from several nations in the past also. Students from Brazil, Columbia; Australia, Japan and Sweden, have shared their home. The biggest barriers again prove to be language and homesickness. But each time with help and encouragement from the family they have r Justed through making friends and will always · A valuable memory fr / stay. i �Salvaged Pride Wilkes 14, Juniata 10 mr=:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::====::::::=:====:::::::::::::::::::::::::;=:=:::::::::::======:::::::::::::::::::::====::::::::::::::::::::::::::: i = ~ z 0 ~ 3 er ., ~ ot!~~ ~~ V'~ \ ~ ~~~ ~.~dC'~i~~;; o.__2iii e-- i ~;:~~ - ,0 ..... 0- .... Cll ~ QI n 0 ::, by jeff acornley Acornley To The Defense; • •· Pride Seen Differently J ,:,: ::=: I feel compelled by some mysterious force to somehow explain :::: rriy past and possibly future coverage of Wilkes athletics. :;:: Let's start right at the beginning. My position is that of Sports f Editor of The Beacon. The fact that the paper is subsidized by the school has no bearing whatsoever on the type of reporting that oc- - - - - · : . - - - - - - } casions its makeup. The paper is limited only by its scope of :::: coverage, not its circumstance. . :•·· It is a paper written by and for Wilkes students so that future } · journalists can gain very valuable experience and that the student :::: body be kept informed of campus occurrences. It is a school } newspaper, not "Cheerleaders Weekly." •:•: Journalistically, it is committed to truth and integrity in its reporting. Nothing less than that will do. :::: My coverage of the football team has been under fire lately and has been termed unnecessarily abusive by select members of the :::: student body.God knows what it has been called by other members of f,•,• the student body who don't have the "strength and guts" to make :::: public their views. :::: I maintain my contention that I have written nothing that By Jeff Acornley :::: demands an apology. I don't consider writing apologies demeaning, :;:: but I do not think one is necessary in these circumstances. I have The Wi lkes College Cross } ~di_tt~dn nolsthing slanderous or_untrue about any individual or group of Country team finished a :::: In lVl ua . relatively pleasant 14th in a field ···· If you think I was being unneccessarily abusive, you obviously of 19 teams on Saturday in the :;:; haven't seen any of our games, last week's performance the exMiddle Atlantic Conference } ception. They have been terrible. Championships held in Belmont :::: The fact that our heroes were 1-5 going into last week's action Plateau in Valley Forge. wasn't the fact that I was attacking. It was the obvious lack of effort Freshman Dave Boris paced :::: displayed in those defeats that was disturbing. the Colonel attack with a 41st { The lack of aggressiveness and apparent desire is by far worse place in a field of 135 runners . ···· than absence of talent. · Dave has been the Wilkes leader Criticism is the lifeblood of society providing the parties are all season long and has posted willing to use the opinions to better themselves. Maturity helps: . six first place finishes during the My past participation in the band has also been attacked. This 1s regular season. so ridiculous that it almost requires no comment. It is made to sound Behind Boris was another freshman Vince D'Amato, 81st; Jeff Davis, sophomore, 88th ; junior Steve Standiford, 90th; Danny Rittenhouse, junior, 100th; Don that is funny has been completely stripped of any imagination. Patrick, freshman , 108th; and •:•: Finally and most importantly, my pride in the school has been freshman Pete Kowalchik, 114th. challenged. Folks, I have as much p~ide in myfschobolil ads you dotbuft Gettysburg won the MAC ···· that serves as my basis for criticism, not or n suppor o championship with a low score of :) something that is not a credit to the institution. 28. Franklin and Marshall was a {: Athletic programs serve as a major means of public relations distant second with 88 points. :;:; between the school and the outside world. A team doesn't have to be Colonel Coach George Pawlush was pleased with his team's performance. "Due to a variety of circumstances we won Itd~,ftitl only three matches this year but :•:- quickly start our slide down the proverbial tube. We shoul n t expec we went to Philly and defeated ;:;: perfection, but we should very definitely strive for it. By humoring Dickinson, Philadelphia Textile, / the players on the teams and satisfying them by writing that their perWestern Maryla nd , Drew University, and Muhlenberg. The biggest encouragement is that these kids gained much experience this year and most will be back to form the nucleus for next year's squ9d. " f Co-Eds Disappointed In Hockey Tourney By Dotty Martin The Colonelette hockey team hosted the annual Susquehanna Field Hockey Tournament last weekend at Kirby Park. The Blue and Gold team tied three games and lost three. They tied Susquehanna, 0-0; a pick-up team, 0-0; and Bucknell University, 1-1. Losses came to the hands of Bloomsburg, 2-0; Centre County Club, 1-0; ~nd Lock Haven, 3-0. In this tournament, each team receives two points for a win, and one point for a tie. First place went to Bucknell, with 9 points; Bloomsburg State College took second place; and Lock Haven aptured third place. The Wilkes women weren't as I Book And Record Mart I I I 18 S. Main St. WIikes-Barre II H ill I Books, Records and Tapes 82S-4767 Cliff and Monarch Notes sharp· as they could have been. There were chances to score in every game; however, the Colonelettes just coul<;ln't get the • ball past their opposing goalie. Jerry Ann Smith stood out among all the hockey players at the tournament. She flicked well, drove well, played her position excellently and had an all-around good tournament. Barb Gorgas also played very well during the entire two-day event. Called to the both sets of trails on Saturday and Sunday for the Susquehanna team were Barb Gorga, Karen Killian, Jerry Ann Smith, Mary Jo Frail, Jean Johnson , and Lee Ann Earl. Commenting on her team's performance in the tournament, Coach Gay Meyers said, " I was disappointed with our lack of scoring - we got frustrated and that made it even harder to score. But I was pleased with having three people named and feel that we had a couple of others who just missed out. In terms of selection to the Susquehanna teams, we are getting more people looked at every year. This shows that Wilkes is getting stronger at this level of play. "••••••••• Men's and Women's _; :, ~air Sty ling -,.,: -; ' { You.R'F!THERS MU'STA CHE PENN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER Wilkes Barre Pa. Phone 825-7569 Boris Paces Wilkes In MAC r f f r r • ; ~~51~:fcf~1iF1;I~1~iflJl;±1 THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Specializing In: Hoagies And All Kinds Of Sandwiches I:; !~!;!i~~;~; ; ; ;~:;~~;; i;'.;:, •l .... BY PAPPAS - 155 North Main St . Wilkes-Barre, Pa . Phone : 825-711 O Hot Oven Grinders Ice Cream NOTICE There wili be a Men's In-; tramural Basketball -meeting on' Tuesday, November ' JJ; at 12:00. noon in the gym. The meeting is for team captains or representatives. Team rosters will be handed in at this time. Also any prospective officials should attend this meeting. �·BEACON·SPORTS co a, 0'l ~ C. .... ,0 . 0- Grid Team Aroused; ·L ook To · Positive Finish ...a, .c E ~ 0 z C 0 u ~ a, al a, ... .c TWIN COVERAGE - This is one way to apply d,mble coverage in the literal sense. Mark Molitoris (40 ) comes to the aid of identical twin brother Mike (42 ) as they break up an intended pass in the endzone. Coupled with Dave Korba, they have been doing a solid job in the Colonels "Kiddie Korps " defensive backfield. (Photo by Bill Walsh ) E-Tottn: 10- Zip Eaton Hushes Twin Defeats By Eddie White The Wilkes College soccer team dropped two matches this week. The Colonels suffered a tough 2-1 overtime defeat at the hands of Delaware Valley. They then went out on Saturday afternoon a nd played a game nobody wants to talk a bout, including Coach Chip Eaton. In the Delaware Valley battle, the Colonels scored first .when junior Tony Apostolaros passed to Mario Apuzzo for the goal at the 5:00 mark of the first half. It was the 5~, 155 pound sophomore's 8th goal of the season, which tops the club. ' The defense played superbly, holding Delaware Valley scoreless until 40 seconds remained in the match. DV scored and the contest went into overtime. Due to darkness, •.he regular two-10 minute overtime periods were cut to 5 minutes each. Delaware tallied the winning goal late in the 2nd OT period. Then came the match no one is talking about. The Blue and Gold were blitzed, 20-0, by a tough Elizabethtown squad. The score does not really tell the story, as the Colonels played the second half with all substitutes. The team, hurt by the sickness of star defensive player Mark Ritter, fell behind, 7-0 at the half. Coach Eaton chose to give the second stringers some playing time. Eaton stated one of the reasons E-Town was so offensively powerful was that, "They play 18 varsity matches , compared to our 12, and their Jay-vee squad is as big as our varsity." He also said Elizabethtown went all out to play their best because "they have a chance for a bid to the Division III playoffs. " At first nobody associated with the soccer team wanted to talk about the defeat. Coach Eaton told The Beacon he didn't want a story on the loss printed. It is hard for coaches, when their team loses a game bad, to face up to the facts and reporters. But, there is a respqnsibility for the coach to supply rep_or.ter.:s with information concerning their team and their team's games. Although Eaton objected to the printing of this story, it is our job at The Beacon to bring the students of Wilkes College news,. good or bad. According to Webster the definition for jo~rnalism is. "the writing ur news." That definition will never change arid The Beacon, as long as it's in existence. will go by that theory. Bob Considine would agree with us . "Potential never wins ba ll games," Colonel defensive coordinator Ed Lukas stated earlier in the year. He was right a nd it has taken the young Wilkes football team almost the entire season to learn that lesson but it does fina lly seem as though it has taken root. Not wishing to be prema ture, but based on last week's gutsy performa nce against highly favored Juniata it a ppears that the Colonels have a r rived. This week's encounter with De laware Valley might not seem important at first glance but to the teams involved it is crucial. Delaware Valley needs a win for obvious reasons. They are 0-7 this season a nd are trying to shake from the depths of a 17 game losing streak. The last time they won was when Dewey beat Truman for the presidency. They have been taking their lumps this campaign under new head coach Al Wilson. He served as assistant coach at Temple and Princeton before coming to Del Val. The Aggies (yes, folks, that's A-G-G-I-E-S) are obviously having trouble adjusting to his new system or suffering from severe lack of experience or any combination thereof. Included in their string of defeats this season are the likes of Moravian, Albright, Lycoming, Upsala, Susquehanna, Juniata, and Norwich. The Aggie offense is centered around two people. If you can stop the Haraka-Kingsbauer connection you have shut down the offense. Ron Haraka is the freshman QJ3 that the Aggies are high on but he has been subject to the mistakes of youth and has thrown quite a few interceptions . But he has also looked very good on occasion showing flashes of brilliance with statistics that are impressive; 124-57-574. His other half is senior co-capta in Scott Kingsba uer. He has good receiving numbers ( 22-226-lTD ) and also has been a big offensive weapon doubling as the Del Val punter and challenging Don McDermott for the MAC punting title. This should provide some excitement as these two go head to head for the top spot. If you can believe it, the Aggies have gained onl.y 330 yards rushing all year out of their Ml!ltiple T offense. It doesn't a ppear as though they have many multiple options a nd if the passing game is contained cha nces for victory are s lim for the Doylestown crew. Unlike the Colonels, the Aggies cannot cover 1 for the offensive weaknesses with a good defense. They have been giving up massive chunks of real estate to the tune of 403.5 yards a game. They have also yielded 27 TD's and 2,825 total yards. They a re very weak against the run despite the presence of co-captain Jim Bowman on the front line. Fitzgerald Gittens helps make the defensive backfield respectable with his 5 interceptions but the defense doesn't exactly strike fear in the hearts of men. The Colonels head into this tilt skyhigh after their inspirational upset of Juniata last week on TV. The Wilkesmen could use a victory this week to help make the winter a little easier to take. · Closing this somewhat bleak campaign with two wins in a row would really help the young Colonels set the stage for next season. Their performance last week can only be described as gutsy. They simply would not quit. They were beaten statistically in virtually every category except the most important one, the final score. The Colonel offense still wasn't that impressive but took advantage of the opportunities afforded them and they scored twice to give the cushion. The first score came on an excellent punt return by David Brace. For the second week in a row he made some offensive noise with his returns. He ran untouched to the 1 before he was forced out of bounds. Bill Slavoski took it over for the score on the next play. The other score came on an excellent drive after a bad punt by Juniata. Slavoski made three 3rd down crucial completions; Paul Wengen over the middle after reading the safety blitz perfectly and hitting Wengen in the spot vacated by the anxious safety; a sideline pattern that Cliff Jones made an incredible diving catch; and finally the TD jump ball to Rob Irwin. It was the "Big D" that won the ball game however . It's ha rd to tell whether Juniata's AllStar quarterback would have made a difference in the ball game because his replacement played very well. The defense yielded quite a bit of yardage but were consistant with the big play and stopped Juniata repeatedly in critical situations. Tony Couto, Chris O'Brien, and Tony Pace were all over the field menacing Indians. It was a n excellent win. The Colonels finally showed the kind of desire it takes to be a winner. E ncore! Acornley Wilkes Garners Three All-Star Places On All-Susquehanna -Team J erry Ann Smith has brought fame a nd honor to both herself and the Wilkes College Women's F ield Hockey Team. Miss Smith was named to the first team of the Susquehanna Field Hockey Association last weekend following the annual tournament. With this achievement, Jerry Ann becomes the first hockey player from Wilkes to ever be named to the first Susquehanna team . Junior Jean Johnson put Wilkes College on the map last year when she was chosen for the second team. A freshman nursing major from Lancaster, Pa., Jerry Ann played four years of field hockey at Conestoga Valley High School before coming to Wilkes. She was named to the center halfback position on the Susquehanna team, one of the strongest positions on a field hockey team. Barb Gorgas, a junior history major from Swarthmore, Pa., was named center forward to the second Susquehanna team. A graduate of Swarthmore High School, Miss Gorgas played hockey for three years there; however, she never played varsity until donning a Colonelette uniform. Another very strong freshman on this year's championship stick team, Mary J o F rail, received honorable mention at last week's tourna ment. A graduate of Meyers High School and a medtech major at Wilkes, Miss Frail has four years of high school hockey experience and plays the right wing position for the Blue and Gold. Miss Smith and Miss Gorgas played with their teammates in the MAC Tournament at Franklin and Marshall this past Friday, then travelled to Rochester, New York, to participate in the MidEast Tournament on Saturday and Sunday. Martin 1 nt:st: tnree 1,.;01onelette hockey players were honored at last weekend's Susquehanna Field Hockey Tournament by being recognized by the Susquehanna Field Hockey Association. From left. Barb Gorgas. of Swarthmore, Pa., second team; Mary / Jo Frail. of Wilkes-Barre. honorable mention: and Jerry Ann Smith, Lancaster, Pa .. firs1 tea m. , � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1976 November 11th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 November 11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/0ff8bdbe41118727f199e0dea10e48d9.pdf cba6bcb7771b2434f1e8786d5f93a006 PDF Text Text New Exam Schedule In Effect This Semester l l The new final examination this. format , which includes a Exam schedule runs from weekend in the middle of the Wednesday, December 15 schedule, was initiated by - through Thursday, December 23. request of the students, and is Departmental examinations will designed to be more beneficial to be given on Thursday. There will them, according to Doris Barker, be no classes Tuesday, December registrar. 14, and no exams are scheduled Intended to eliminate conflicts, for Sunday. the schedule is based on class However, a number of students meeting time, and will result in have claimed that instructors different exam periods for the have indicated that they will various sections of the same given an exam on Sunday, class. because they are trying to avoid In some cases, this will mean splitting class sections and thus that instructors will have to the need to use more than one construct more than one final for final. Sunday is reported to be the a class, but Mrs. Barker inonly day when ~uch rescheduling dicated that the faculty is willing can take place without to try the new schedule despite developing conflicts. JDC Calls Meeting To Discuss Fight Of Last Weekend The Inter-Dormitory Council called a "closed" emergency meeting Tuesday ev~ing to discuss the events of last weekend. It was the largest turnout of the year with 81 students present. After discussing the incident, which involved a fight at a Chap man Hall partv Saturday night in which two people were injured, the council voted to express the view to Dean's Council, which will meet in a special session Friday, that Tony·Nardelli be put on social probation. The result of the incident on Saturday night was that a guest of a dorm student was put in the hospital with four stitches, temporary amnesia, and a mild concussion. The agenda for the special meeting was to hear both sides of the incident. IDC acted in a judcial role when members heard stories from Greg Black and Tony Nardelli, both involved in the disturbance. Barry Zoppo was also asked about his participation in the fight and he explained his part. During the question and answer period, the question of what the issue itself was, was raised more than once. IDC president, Bruce Lear explained that the council is not making a recommendation, but rather a point of , view is being expressed by IDC to Dean's Council. One council member stated that IDC is here to decide 11 By Wilma Hurst Mrs. Barker noted that the calendar was arranged so that Sunday would be a free day in the exam schedule, and no exams are supposed to be given on that day. She did comment that she is willing to allow faculty to change the schedule and combine sections, "but if a conflict affects one student, I won't allow it." She stated that the format was introduced after students asked for a longer exam period, and that it theoretically will avoid the problem of students being scheduled for three exams on the same day. She did admit, however, that some students are still scheduled for three exams because of night classes. The registrar remarked that Continued on Pagp 2 In just about one month, these students will be settling down in their seats to take final examinations. With the new schedule that is in effect this semester, no one will have to face the impossible task of taking two exams at the same time, but taking two or three exams on the same day is still a possibility. whether Nardelli is "a threat to dorm students or not." When asked what type of punishment he deserves, Nardelli responded, "I should be put on _ _ __ social probation my oneOne or _:_=.:...e..=.~:.,::.'---'-'-=-=--~------'~=:....:::.==:.!....:-=-==c..;;:_:::.:..::..:_.::....c:.c;;;__...,:_,_:___:__ Vol. XXIX, No. 11 Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania_ 18703 November 18, 1976 two years leftfor here. _ _ _---=..:..=..:..::..:.:..:..::~_:_:~:...:....:.-=- .eato . distruptive incident of any kind and I'm out." Nardelli gave his word to the assembled group that he would conduct himself in a more favorable way in the future, and that he was "very sorry for his actions." He also remarked that in the future he would be certain to "think before he acted." At this time in the meeting Lear recognized Zoppo. Zoppo stated that "he does not do Nardelli's thinking for him ," and therefore was not making any promises as to his future actions. Lear asked Zoppo if the statement could be interpreted as a threat, a question that Zoppo failed to answer. There was some question as to how social probation would be applied. Joe Marchetti, Housing Director, explained that it is different for all cases. As for this particular case, Marchetti couldn't say for sure. It was reported at the meeting that Nardelli had made numerous apologies and showed much concern for the trouble he was involved in. From here Nardelli will meet with D<!an's Council on Friday for determination of punishment. Whaddya mean it's closed?!?!?" ·Hard Liquor Prohibited In SUB President Capin, who reportedly was partly responsible for the Student Union Board revising the SUB party policy to prohibit the consumption of "hard liquor" at parties, has denied being involved in that situation. "No one came to see me about it " he said. "The only way I io'iew was when I read about it in The Beacon." A request to hold a party in the SUB at which such refreshments would be served was turned down by Deans' Council. The Council also "recommended" that no hard liquor be sel'.ved at any SUB party, and the Bnion Board included that provision in the party policy. Lori Ashbaugh, SUB director, said that the Dean's Council directed the policy change to protect the college from any Liquor Control Board violations. When asked what student reaction has been Ashbaugh said that "many people are not too happy." Capin's reported involvement came to light during last week's Student Government meeting, when the SUB-SG representative gave her report. She mentioned By Jim Edwards and Wilma Hurst both Capin and Deans' Council as influencing the Union Board's decision. However, Capin asserted in an interview last week that the statement was "not the truth". Deans Ralston and Baltruchitis confirmed that they had not discussed the matter with Capin. The president also reaffirmed his official position concerning alcohol on campus, by referring to written college policy. Concerning the policy change, Dean Baltruchitus simply stated "we can't go against state law." Dean Ralston said that he and Dean's Council are "open to doscuss anything concerning revisions of the party policy, if it came up." He stated that he had no further comment at the time. The decision of the Union Board to prohibit hard liquor at parties caused much discussion at the SG meeting, with some members asking if SG should not challenge the decision. The body · decided not to push the issue, however, after its advisor commented that it "might be pushing your luck." SUB representative on Student Government, Diane Coleman, is going to constructively challenge the new policy change at the next SUB meeting. Once Coleman reports back to Student Government, then Student Government can try to amend the policy. In addition to the policy change Ashbaugh noted that groups sponsoring parties must also supply soda. That regulation, listed thirteenth in the party policy, states, "Groups sponsoring a function where alcoholic beverages will be served must provide a minimum of one case of soda for those attending that are under 21 years of age." SG Seeks To Revise Test.i ng Procedures Confusion seems to surround Student Government's proposals on pre-final testing week procedure and final immunity. According to Gina O'Brien, SG president, many faculty members do not fully understand the proposals and so no positive action has yet taken place concerning them. The proposal that would eliminate tests being given the · week before final examinations was read at the last faculty meeting but the group did not ' vote on it. If the proposal is passed, Miss O'Brien said that some of the stress placed on students at the end of a semester would be relieved. Students would have time to "catch up on their work and would only have to worry about papers and finals that last week instead of tests, papers, and finals." She said such a procedure would reduce the conflict bet- ween learning new material and studying the old material. "We want uniformity," said Miss O'Brien. "We want all departments to follow the same procedure." She explained that some departments · are saying "we can't do that, " while others are doing it. Music majors usually have their finals prior to the standard final week. Miss O'Brien said SG rec!,'!ived a letter from the English Department stating that it endorses the proposal of SG that no tests be given the week prior to finals. The proposal will be read again at the next faculty meeting and hopefully the faculty will vote on it. The proposal concerning immunity from finals also seems to be misunderstood. This proposal states that students be exempted from finals if they have Continued .on: Page 3 �Exam Schedule N QI Final examinations are scheduled according to class hour. For example, classes that meet every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a .m. (MFW~) will have the exam Wednesday, 8:30 to 11 :30 a.m . The schedule is as follows : 1:1> "' ll. ..,,._ .,. . EXAMS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15 8:30 to 11 :30 a.m.) MWF~ ; MTTh~ ; MTWTh-a ; MW~-9 :30 ; MW8; M-a. . ' (1:30 to 4:30 p.m.) TTh~ ; TTh~-9 :30 ; TTHF~; TTh-4 ; T-4. (6:30 to 9:30 p.m.) MW~-9 :30 p.m. ; W~ :30-9 :30: EXAMS FOR TIRJRSDAY, DECEMBER 16 (8:30 to 11:30) TTh-9; TTh-9 :30-11; T-9 ; Th-9; TThF-9. (1:30 to 4:30) MWF-9; MTTh-9 ; MTThF-9 ; MW-9 ; M-9. (6:30 to 9:30) Th-5 :30-a:30; Th~ :30-9 :30 ; TTh~-9:30. QI .c E QI > 0 z C 0 u "' QI en EXAMS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 QI r. (8:30 to 11 :30) MWF-10; MTTh-10; MTThF-10; MW-10; M-10. _ _ (1:30 to 4:30) MWF-3 ; MTThF-3; MTTh-3 ; MW-3; TThF-3 ; Th-3 ; MW-5~:30. EXAMS FOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18 (8:30 to 11:30 ) MWF-11; MW-11; WF-11; M-11; W-11; MF-11. (1:30 to 4:30) TTh-10; TThF-10; T-10; Th-10. I- SUNDAY - NO EXAMS _ EXAMS FOR MONDAY, DECJ<.:M;BER ?O Approximately 2,500 arms were bared in the gym Tuesday · as Wilkes became involved in the massive swine Ou Jnnoculation program. Despite the large turnout, the program ran very smoothly with the entire process taking only about five minutes. And it didn't even hurt a bit ... or did it? WeeH,entl Causes Concern Final Exams To DfJ:/-fuitory Students she understands that it is difficult From Page 1 A wee~end _of. "real hell raising''- was tne::c'ause for much Qiscussion at the well attended · IDC meeting Sunday night. Council ·memtiers::·.as well as dormitoiystQ'dents brought to the council'-s :a ttenUon many in~ cidents from the weekend. It was l}!P.QrJed thijt there were Certificate_ -ailable - :§Av ... -For GRE::Examinations Senior~ who are planning to take the Graduate Record Examination ('GRE) and meet certain qualifications- are eligible for a certificate to be used as a fee waiver. In order to qualify for the certificate, the student must be of senior standing, must be receiving financial aid through the institution and parental financial contributions cannot be more than $200: At · present six fee waiver certificates are available out of the original 14. · The certificates may be used for the tests to pe administered during'·J1!-nuary; February, April and June. , . Those interested in obtaining , more informa~ion concerning th£ certificate~·. or ·µie examinations - can do ·so at Chase Hall. four or five incidents of attacks on security guards. Reports of fights on both Friday and Saturday night were made and sex deviates were also mentioned to the council. Much concern was given by Prei,ident Bruce Lear and Joe Marchetti, housing director, but nothing could really be done. Further discussions of these matters will be on the agenda for upcoming meetings. Under old business, a report on the parking committee meeting was given. Lear said that there will be no more notifications concerning the towing of cars. He also reported that there have been less violations and if students continue to cooperate more parking spaces will be available. One council member reported that maintenance hasn't taken care of the many work orders filed for Sullivan Hall. This matter was referred to Marchetti who will look into the problem. Sheree Kessler, food committee chairperson, noted that there will be a meeting Friday at 9:00 A.M. with the Executive Council and Mr. Denion. The meeting will take place in the cafeteria and all students are encouraged to attend. ·:. :,·y,.~LJ~.r,R N N-tr~ FOOTWEAR LOCAL WHOLESALER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Home of Name Brands IPRIJ: Kells 1 "How to Make $9 to $16 per hour while on vacation or on weekend." $3 plus 50¢ postage and handling. The Morgan Press ' MINERS MILLS OPEN MON .· FRI. 9 TO 9 SATURDAY 9 TO 6 825-5346 . EXAMS FOR TUESDAY, DEQE!\f~~Jt .2! (8:30 to 11 :30) TTh-1-2 :30 ; TThF-1 ; T-1 ; Th-1. . (1 :30 to 4:30) MW-1 ; MWF-1 ; MTTh-l ;"WF-1 ;' M~i';° W-1. (6:30 to 9:30) T~~; T~ :30-9 :30; TTh~ :30.-:B;: ,. ~.v • EXAMS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22 (8:30 to 11 :30) MWF-2; MTTh-2 ; MW-2 ; ~\\;F~2· -MTWTh-2; MTThF-2 ; M-2; W-2. .. ,... .... .. (1:30 to 4:30) TTh-2; TTh-2 :30-4 ; TThF:~-:- -.. ; Thursday, December 23 - Departmental Exams - Instructor for an instructor to make up three different exams for one class, but noted that alternate exams had to will advise. be written under the old system Answers to questions may be found in the' registrar's office, lower to accommodate students who level Weckesser Hall. had conflicts. any inconvenience caused · by going to ti:y.iUhis semester," she Dr. David Leach, chairman of making different exams. said. "I don'foeheve in getting in the History Department, who Mrs. Barker, who said that a rut and staylng there. Change is does have to compose thre.e although she doesn't know good, provided that it is exams for different sections, whether the faculty will approve beneficial." commented that the schedule the new schedule, commented The schedule- =.ror next "makes a good deal of sense that she would like to see it used semester, she said; hasn't been trying to avoid conflicts," but since it's better for students. released, but will contain some admitted that there can be ·She also noted that a number of changes, including an additional problems when an instructor other schools use the systems, time period for departmental cannot give the same final to all and find it successful . . "We're class sections. ··, -·wr . ·'F ·0~'?t•i'•' "The inconvenience does not matter," he said. "The problem is one would prefer to give one exam in order to compare performance. There is a greater element of fairness in one exam, since more than that are not necessarily equal exams. There is a limited amount of material to start with, and by the third exam, one begins to scratch the bottom of the barrel." He also noted that although "it . is an illusion to think the problems of conflicts can be avoided, '' the new schedule provides more time for a student to prepare for an exam. "The exam schedule, if structured sensibly, should be to the students' interests," he said. He added that he is "willing to give ( this schedule) a shot." English Department Chairman Dr. Thomas Kaska believes that this schedule is an "improvement from the point of view of the students, " and that generally, he ~ \ likes the whole idea. The joint senior art exhibit of Karen Hendrickson, Forty Fort, He noted that it solves the and Margaret Mould, Forty Fort, will be on display in the conflict problems, and a better Conyngham Annex Art Gallery from Sunday, November 28 through schedule for a student outweighs HELP WANTED 161 E. MAIN ST . (8:30 to 11 :30) MWF-12 ; MW-12 ; WF-12 ; M-12; W.-12. (1 :30 to 4:30 ) MW-4-5 :30 ; MTWTh-4 ; MWF.--i ; MTTh-4 ; MW-4. (6:30 to 9:30) M~ :30-9 :30 ; MW~ :30~. ~:· :: ,: ·: .. 308 South Dixie W. Palm Beach , FL 33401 © The Morgan Press , 1976 Friday, December 3. Included in tht exhibit are weavings, paintings , and macrame of Miss Mould, plus the ceramics, prints, batiks, and jewelry of Miss Hendrickson. The two decided to have a joint exhibit because, "The works of both will make a good overall exhibit," they said. Gallery hours for the show are Monday through Friday , l to 9 p.m. r Januzzi's 12sPizza and Hoagies Academy Str.e.et · . FREE DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS ·11 - 11 825-5037 825-5166 �SG-- -- - - - - - - - Circle K To Sponsor Marathon Student Union Board Lists Its Expenditures A:detailed Student Union Board report was given at the Student · Government meeting Monday night. SUB Director Lori Ashbaugh presented a summary of expenditures made from the $5,000 that was granted to SUB by SG last year. Of the $5,000, $1 ,300 remains and will be used for the installation of . a stairwell in the Student Union Building . The $3,700 was spent for materials and labor to fix up the building. The SUB director answered some questions regarding the building and informed Student Government members that there is a pizza oyen avail~ble for use at parties. 'The oven has been available all year; but no one has used it yet. Dean Baltruchitis, advisor to SG ancf "SVB, added that pizza may be obtained from Nardone Bros . at' wholesale prices and n.qagies "'may be bought at wholesale · prices. He pointed out that the refrigerator may be put to more use, too, by organizations using the SUB for parties. It was reported that a Xerox machine will definitely be available by February 1, 1977 for a three-month trail period and the cost of copies will · be five cents . There is still some discussion as to where the copier will be placed. The SUB and the lobby of New Men's Dorm are · under consideration. late to dance , since you can sign up at the door. They also neeµ sponsors who can give an outright contribution or sponsor a couple per hour. Circle K President Jean Johnson stated, "We support MS with this marathon because this disease strikes people our age. " Circle K requests that all clubs and organizations on campus get President Gina O'Brien announced that there will be a jewelry sale in the SUB on December 1 and 2. The jewelry is reportedly sterling silver which normally sells for $3 and $4 but will be on sale for $1. The SUB will receive 10 percent of the proceeds. From Page 1 received a 3.0 or a 4.0 in the course by the end of the semester. But Miss O'Brien explained that the students must be 25 percent above the 3 or the 4 ( according to what the professor determines that to be), and " it has to be a cumulative exam that the student is getting out of." She explained that if the final for a course is not cumulative, it would not be fair for a student to be exempted from it. "And a student has to · cpmplete all required assignments for the course," she said. Whether these proposals become a reality depends on a vote from the faculty. Miss O'Brien realizes that if they are passed, a period of adjustment will be needed. #;,;-.1\} ................. CHASE KARATE • PATTI • KAREN • ANGIE • GLORIA •JEN NIFER• MARIE • AMANDS (M anicuri st ) Shampoo, Conditioning, Creative Hair t:ut anii Style $10 Complete - - - - - - SPECIAL---- -Reg $35 Permanent Wave 25 5 BEAUTY SALON 98 S. Main St. - Downtown Wilkes-Barre ,, . , - -PRIVATE STYLING AREA FOR MEN -OPEN TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY EVENING HOURS FO R M EN & WO M EN Tues. . thru Thurs . 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You can s ponsor a dancing couple f or 25¢ an hour or simpl y donate an uutr ight amount of money for the cause, wil l dona t e i r - - - - - t o spons or (name, or ganiza ti on , or bus iness ) (pe r hr, or donation) 77 S. Main, P ltts·ton and 362 Scott St., W-8 P or Information Call: 822-3681 ♦ Pr iva te Lessons and Demon~ : st r ations Available J ................ ♦ Also Pro Boxing Lessons ♦ Sun . 2-4 at Scott St. Gym ♦ in the Wilkes Colleg e Circle K Club M.S. Dance Mara t ho,n , Ve r y li ght spa rr ing Equ ip . su ppl ied by Chase ...... ,, ,. The Wilkes Co:l eg e Circle K Club and the Wilkes lla_rr ~ Chap~ ei,. of the Asst. Manager t{((;f~ed At Wilkes Cafete.r·ia By Rich Scott In the past few years, the Wilkes cafeteria has been under heavy fire by complaints from dorm students. A few weeks ago this discontentment almost turned into a war with the threat of a food boycott by IDC. A need for a change was apparent and something has been done about it. Mr. William Denion, manager of a food service which caters Wilkes, has appointed John Homa to the position . of Assistant Manager. Homa has been at Wilkes for only three weeks and already feels at home. The fact that he was born and raised in WilkesBarre could help this feeling. · After graduation from- Coughlin High School, Homa went on to the Air Force Academy in Colorado, where he spent seven years as a food manager. Since leaving the . Air Force, he had been. a food manager on another job, for about two years before coming to Wilkes. The general attitude of the dorm students about the cafeteria is a strange one. On a whole, there is a great dislike for cafeteria food. Some accept the food and never complain. Some students have noticed a change in the food. Whether or not a change has been noticed, there has been a change. That change is John Homa. It is his behind the scene organizing which has created better food and better service in the cafeteria. The food is the same food Wilkes ·students have been eating for years . The change is in the food's preparation and servicing, along with a new atmosphere in the cafeteria . A variety of meats, quality in the food due to the emphasis put on its preparation,and .a definite improvement at . the . salad and desert table .?re : jl!5t a few of these chang«:,s. .. .. .' John Homa " I'm here to help the students," Homa said, "because it's their cafeteria and it's my job to make it as comfortable as possible for them. "I'm here to serve them. and make any changes which I cah to better the cafeteria. " Helping Homa to get to know the students' needs is Sheree Kessler, head of the food committee on IDC. Through weekly meetings with Homa and Denion, Sheree has also helped improvements occur. One of these improvements is at the Thanksgiving meal, students will have a choice of turkey or steak. What all this comes down to is there is no reas,,m-, for complaining. If there'• is ' :problem concerning anything about the cafeteria, see John Itoma or Sheree Kessler, because~they are both here to help the students. CHASE KARATE Convenie ntly L oc ated at : ♦ ♦ : 0.1 1 FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Multiple Sclerosis So ciety thank you f or your contributi'ott l ·-• -• :/j * Just Ask For , 11> r-------------------------~ : WI LKES ClrtCLE 1/tV~CE &M'J:nON The Circle K needs as many dancers as possible. It is not too ,,1-;r;,'. ARE EXPERT HAIRSTYLISTS ::r ------~ - and -n a-m-es_)____ t o dance fo r ..,.(n-o-. -o-,<couple's f ..,.. h-our_s...,)- I .'"f>WE GIVE GREA-T HAIRCUTS" OUR ENTIRE STAFF Tom J oyce, is the general :!" chairman of the dance marathon. :e He reminds all students to show "' support for MS this weekend. -1 All money received, including admission, will go to MS. Circle K will supply food and medical aid for the dancers, and prizes will be awarded. A motion was passed to grant $50 to Circle K as a donation to its dance marathon which will be held this weekend in the gym. z . involved in this worthwhile en- ~ deavor by either dancing or ; sponsoring someone else. ~ Q0 J..i LElfE The social committee reported that plans for Winter Weekend are progressing and that only one night will be spent off-campus . Arrangements will be made at a resort for Friday night and entertainment will be provided on or near campus for Saturday night and all day Sunday. a., 11> 0 Following tradition, Circle K will once again sponsor a Dance Marathon to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis. MS is an incurable disease that cripples young adults. The dance marathon will begin Friday night at nine, and conclude Sunday at noon. There will be live bands both Friday and Saturday nights. These nights will also serve as dances with admission charged to nonmarathon dancers. ,, ... 10 . COSENZA'S PIZZA;-: e: 84 South (11\ain St ., Wilkes-Barre . :: FREE DELIVERY SP AGH ETTI DINNERS ANTIP4STO BAR-B-QUE CHICKEN PIZZA Phone 829-3667 �i Abusiveness Invites ~ Campus-Wide Interest --r\tl-TS :t L \ K£ ~bo4'-r IV ll. ~ ~ ~ z \,Vl\..l<.ES-= ,he<-e's N l:r(ti. J\ ru1 TthKCt The past weekend's activities have incited action and enthusiasm into what had become a dull, apathetic semester for the bulk of the student body. You may wonder what monstrous activities could have turned the tables so quickly ... a play? ... a movie? ... an ~ athletic victory? No, two significant fights . What exactly ~ makes a fight ordinary or significant seems to have been the 1- dilemna that Tuesday's emergency meeting of IDC tried tosolve. . "Before you can make men doctors and lawyers you must ... first make them men," was the philosophy of John Stuart Mill, and the philosophy of education Wilkes College has adopted. This educational belief supposedly produces college graduates of strong faith and fine character. It was also the job of IDC to_define just what is strong faith and fine character . c 0 ~ Unneccessary damages and abusive behavior, on the part of a few students, has surpassed all tolerance levels. There appears to be no reason for such childish acts. The question is when and how do the rules suddenly get enforced. As it is not fair for the entire student body to suffer the consequences of <\.few student's wrath, it is also unfair that all such incidents have not been dealt with equally since the 1 beginning of the semester. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR • The pathetic part of the whole weekend is that it takes ridiculously abusive activities to incite interest, into an otherwise uninterested student body. It seems that either students are either totally satisfied with life at Wilkes or they are suffering from severe cases of paranoia. Wilkes .students have a tremendous say in them:lkingof policies and various cuurriculum changes, but no one seems to want to take the responsibility of exercising these privileges. Even the move in S.G. to abolish comprehensive exams for students with an A in a course has not been met with ·a deluge of opinions one way or another. The Beacon is encouraging students to drop the paper a note through inter-dorm mail indicating opinions and suggestions about students' views on campus life. Indicate your class and anything you would like to see changed or amended at Wilkes. A large amount of results could bring significant changes, or at very least prove that someone is interested in the future of Wilkes. -o- Football Player Giv-e s Sports_Editor Another Dig To The Editor: I like the way Jeff Acornley writes for The Beacon. He does for The Beacon, what Jaws did for Atlantic City, botulism did for a soup company and legionaires disease did for the Belluvere Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. 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The History Club is still "on the drawing board," I have received a small number of responses to these announcements. This is partly my fault, as I have neglected to publicize my proposal(s). The lack of student involvement is also to blame. The History Club will be open to everybody, not just the people are are History Majors. It is not going to be limited to a few people with names of personalities and dates of famous events dancing through their heads. It will serve the same purpose as the other clubs do - provide social, cultural, and academic companionship between members. Students of Wilkes College, Get Involved ! ! ! Come up to my room, number 346 in New Men's Dorm, and we'll draft a constitution , elect officers, etc. If you Commuters have no idea where New Men's Dorm is, Ask!!! . come on over! Sincerely yours, Shep Willner lifebwod of variety shows. Mr. Acornley tells us The Beaconis Wilkes College's school newspaper and not "Cheerleader's Weekly." I think most students, faculty and admil(is tra tion • who read The Beacon realize this. Although I must admit "Cheerleader's Weekly" has more variety. It is my opinion that the letter to the editor by those seven young ladies was not an attack to the Wilkes College band, as much as this letter is not to the members of The Beacon and cheerleaders. As for "strength and guts,:' this student body does on.e heck of a job in campus participation in activities considering it is a dorm and commuter college. To close, I feel Wilkes College football needs Jeff Acornley for both his aggressivness and desire. I urge and nominate Jeff Acornley to speak to Coach Roland Schmidt to become a member of the 1977 Wilkes College "Colon~l" football squad. I feel Jeff Acornley should participate in Wilkes College football so he can keep up his tradition of being a vivid "athletic supporter." In warm regards touche ! ! ! BobAusura ..,_ BEACONBl'TS - l j., ,/ The CC-IOC Christmas party will be held Sunday, December 12 beginning at 9 p.m. at Gus Genetti's. Tickets will be available in the Bookstore and will cost $4.50 with a college ID and $5.00 without. The price includes a buffet, beer, soda, and a band. There will be a cz:;h bar. A Student Government meeting will be held Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the board room of \_Yeckesse~ Hall. It is open to all students! All-College Movie: "Alice in Wonderland" will be held in the SUB on Friday, November 19 at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. for Applications Commu,ter on-campus parking are available in the Commons, Bookstore and Finance Office until December 2. Absolurely no applications will be accepted after December 2. The applications may be submitted to the Bookstore, CC office in Weckesser Hall, or to any CC member. STAFF Editor in Chief. ..... . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . ...... . .... . .. . . .. . . .. . . . 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Thom as J . Moran Photographer . .. ... . .. .. .. .. ... .. . Ac e Hoffm a n St udios Shawnee H a ll . 76 W . Northampton sr,reet. Wilkes -B a rre, P e nn sylvania 18703 Published weekly throughou t the school year By Students of Wilkes Colleg e Second class postag e paid at Wilkes -Barre , Pa . Subscription rate : $4 p er y ear. ,Beacon phone (717l 824 -4651 , E x t. 473 Oft ic e Hou r s : daily A ll v iews ex p r ess ed in le tte r s to th e ed i tor column , a nd vi ewpoint s dre 1ho<e of th e individual write r nor nec essari ly of th e publiciltion '- �iTHEWiiARDOfwii-7 ! Foreman In_ Murde~ Trial Tells Of His Experiences•----------------· i ., By Lisa Waznik The Biggest Show In Town How would you like a two-week vacation from school? Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? However, Frank :McGrady, a sophomore from Laflin, didn't think it was that good. You see, Frank has just come out of spending two weeks away from home, family and school while serving as a juror in a recent murder trail in Luzerne County. Forced to live in the Hotel Sterling and not allowed any outside communication, Frankcells his tale. ........... With .the student production of "Gods pell" opening for high school students tonight, I thought I'd let you readers in on what you will see in the show. Here is a list I have compiled of reviews the show has received so far: -Rex Reed "EXCELLENT SCENERY AND SET IN THIS PRODUCTION." -:--Klaus Holm "ORIGINAL AND INGENIOUS PLOT." -St. Matthew "NICE JOB BY THE CAST IF THEY WOULD ONLY LEARN THEIR PANTOMIM~." -Diane Lacava "MEDIOCRE ACTING BUT THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF EXCELLANCE ON THE PART OF THE MUSICIANS!" • • \ -Marilyn Anderson "LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MOM." -Stenhen Schwartz "NICE PRODUCTION, BUT THE LEADING MALE THINKS HE'S GOD." -Bruce Phair "I LIKED THE ORIGINAL UN-CUT VERSION BETTER MYSELF." -John Forte "IT'S A FUNNY SHOW BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY." -:-Randy Smith "EXCELLENT DIRECTING JOB. THESE STUDENTS MUST HA VE HAD A GOOD THEATER TEACHER." -Al Groh Frank McGrady concerns if the death penalty should be awarded. Frank relates, "I didn't really know much at all about the case. I was the only student to be selected." Wednesday afternoon the jurors were sworn to being fair and just in the trail and that night the opening statements of each side were heard. For the next two weeks, Frank McGrady was to eat, sleep, and breath with only 13 other people and have no contact with · the outside world. His parents were notified and they in turn notified the school. Each were questioned once again if they knew anything about the case or were influenced in any way. They were also asked questions as to whether there were any religious or moral Knight-Time Puzzlers By Sue Ann Knight 1. What movie did Superman (George Reeves) play in? 2. What is Cora's (from Maxwell House commercial) real name? 3. Who is the author of "The Waltons?" 4. Who are the MC 's of the following shows? The original "Treasure Hunt" "The Dating Game" "The Newlywed Game" "Truth or Consequences" 5. Anyone remember "I'm Dickins, He's F enster?" Who starred? ANSWERS ,.-zo ti) Cl ti) QI n ::, "GOOD SHOW, FILLED WITH WINE , WOMEN, AND SONG!" "Monday morning, I just sat around down there waiting for my name to be called. Around noon it was called for a civil case but as it turned out, the case was settled out of court. So there I was waiting around again." Soon after 140 possible jurors were narrowed down to three and Monday, the District Attorney and lawyers for the defense had to question each of the 140 and it wasn't until Wednesday afternoon that the 14 members of this particular . jury were s~lected. -i '::t 0 "I just received a notice in the mail that I was to report to the Luzerne County Courthouse to serve as a juror for any cases to come up the week of October 25th." Frank said as soon as you register to vote in the county you are eligible to become a juror and you almost have no choice"'in the matter with the new system of selection. There has to be a pretty good reason for not serving, and as Frank said-many of his fellow jurors were mothers with babies at home and many professional men. Frank said ~mer lunch they began screening people, but neither he, nor anyone else knew why. The screening lasted for about half an hour in which many personal questions about backgrounds were asked such as if there were any law enforcement officers in your family or questions about the law. There was still no hint at the murder trail as of yet. 00 ·uqsv uqor pue s1a~u3 .(pew ·g J.)}!Jl:?8 qoa }!U1:?qn3 qoa ~Ue'J Wlf J.)}j;)TIJ. MaWOJOlflJl:?8 UljO f ·t, JauweH J.rn3 ·£ JO pll:?ZJM aqJ.,, WOJJ lj;)lIM pa}!;)!M aql 'UOlJIWl:?H 1aJe~J1:?W ·z · ·su!Ml UO1JRJ. aql JO auo .. PUJM aqJ. lll!M auo{),, ·1 "We stayed in the Sterling and really weren't even supposed to discuss the case between ourselves. I really had no idea how long this was going to last. It's a scary thing." The case involved a man who was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit arson, one count of arson, and five counts of second degree murder of a Deputy Sheriff, his wife and three children who were turned in the fire. The deliberating between the jurors after the last statements of the trial lasted three and a half hours before coming up with the unanimous verdict. Jurors were not allowed to take notes during the trail. During the deliberating the officials figured no important items would be overlooked by 12 people. They were, however, allowed to view photos of the exhibits. Frank, who was the jury foreman, was also the youngest juror. "This was probably the hardest thing I ever did in my life. When you think that I can't even decide on a major in college and I turn around and decide the outcome of someone's life." Coming home from the trial was also a big adjustment for Frank. First, he was two weeks behind in every subject and he also was subjected to constant questioning £roll) friends and · relatives about his experience. "I brought my books with me but I really had no spare time at all. As a result, I felt I was too far behind and decided to drop my English course." When asked how fair the trial was Frank concluded, "I couldn't ask for a fairer trial if I were being tried. It is a good system." "CUTE LITTLE GIRL DOING THE MAE WEST IMITATIONS." -Mae West "NOT SO FUNNY IMITATIONS OF OTHER ACTORS. " --Lawrence Welk and Jimmy Durante "THIS SHOW REMINDS ME OF A SONG, 'MORE, MORE, MORE! ' -Linda Abbey "NO ONE . GO~ UP ON STAGE UNTIL YOUR CARDS ARE CHECKED."· --P.L.C.B. "NO HARD LIQ.UOR IN THE S.U.B . BUT IN THE C.P.A. DURING INTERMISSION??? I SEE NOTEEING!" -President Capin "IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON TIME FOR THE SHOW IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT THIS TIME, BUT DON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN. NO EXCUSES." -Vicki Moss "I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THIS ~HOW IS OVER." -Jack Andrejko "WHO LET THOSE ANIMALS ON STAGE?" -S.P.C.A. "LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS PRODUCTION. GO SEE IT, OR ELSE!" -The Wizard -oJOKE OF THE WEEK: Q, How do you keep a skunk from smelling bad? A. Cut off his nose. ._.-##-4~#-#-##-4~##,##-4,.,,.,##.##-4~-P#4~-.P#4'##-##<P#4~H<"'4~H<~ 'Godspell' Opens Tonight In CPA ''Gods pell'', a musical based on the gospel according to St. Matthew, will be presented tomorrow and Saturday evening at 8 and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Dorothy Dic){son Darte Center for the Performing Arts . Tonight's production is for high school students. The play, under the direction ot Linda Abbey, Diane La Cava, Vicki Moss, and Randy Smith, deals with Christ's teachings set to modern times and music on a limited stage. �.... cc ........ .,.. CC Makes Arrangements For Christmas Party' ! co ...a, .c E > 0 a, z C 0 ,~ a, al a, .r::. I- Final arrangements have been made for the CC-IDC Christmas party, it was announced at the Commuter Council meeting last Thursday. President Dave Chernundolo reported that tickets will be on sale in the bookstore as soon as they are delivered from the printer. The party will be held Sunday, December 12, at Gus Genetti's beginning at 9 p.m. (See Beacon Bits for additional information ). · Surveys ~concerning a shuttlebus service from Ralston Field were given to the representatives for distribution in the Commons. The purpose of the survey is to find out how many communting students would be interested in parking in Ralston Field and using_" ,a·· shuttlebus to get on campus. • .;: · The qmrstionnaire also includes quesffons about·the smorgasbord to be : sponsored by CC next semestt!r. ,, 1·. ... • Local Newsmen Join Workshop Gary Essex-, anchorman from WNEP-TV;-Dave DeCosmo, new director . at •WMJW-FM Radio; and Bob . Heim:, public relations director at ·the First Eastern Bank; brightened the Journalism Society's Second Annual High School Workshop held Saturday in the Stark Learning Center. The featured-speakers related to the students their experiences as journalists and explained what TV and radio journalism and public relations work entails. They also provided hints for preparing for a journalism career and for obtaining a job in today's-market. Transportation Committee Chairman Dave Ney announced that applications for on-campus parking for commuters will be available November 18. More spaces will be allotted to commuting students, but Ney didn't have an exact number. He stressed that absolutely no applications will be accepted after December 2. Members of the transportation committee will meet on December 3 to distribute the stickers. Nursing Students Plan Career Day The Nursing Student Organization will hold a career day on .November 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the C.P.A. which will be, according to Jim Nicholas, a member of the N.S.O., a program "designed to provide opportunities to all those · nursing majors interested in careers in specific branches of the Navy, Air Force, or the Army." Representatives from Montafeory Hospital will also be present to answer questions and offer suggestions for those who wish to follow this type field of endeavor. Each representative will be located at various tables designated with the particular section each is there for. The student can inquire much more freely in this manner, rather than having a classroom ty~ atmosphere. Nicholas is looking forward to this function himself and hopes that many will take advantage of this opportunity to possibly gain a respected position in one of the grouos. First row, left to right, Saooy Pensieri, Sally Swisher, Cathy Hotchkiss, Lisa Mastrantuono, Bobby Hamilton. New ·C heerleaders The Wilkes cheerleading squad added two permanent and eight temporary members after tryouts were held last week in the gym. The new addition added not only spirit but numbers to the group. And a step in the direction of realizing a dream expressed by many of the girls was made. Tom Brooks, a_ freshman biology major and candidate for the Wilkes-Hahnemann program, was also chosen as a cheerleader base. The new members were judged on their cheerlP.ading ability, poise, appearance, voice, coordination and spirit. They Some people Best Prices On don't know gobblers from woofers ... Diamonds · VANSCOY Diamond Salon Gateway Shopping Center, (Near Jewelcor) _ come to .. 271 Wyoming Ave. Kingston Phone 288-3751 Open Every Nite Till Nine, Except Wed., and Sat. Till 5:30 ., ---(:1·, , - - - - - - - - F i r s t Male Member--;.._ •· ____;__;____ _~ Biggest Selection .for.the best deal in stereo equipment, Second row, Tom Brooks, Lori Mieszkowski, Candy Chilek, Susan .Rogers, Lisa Petrone. 113 S. M~in St., Downtown W-B Painter Pants Fanner Jeans J , Anny Pants Straight IEANS Legs • Flares Maver ick , By Cathy Hotchkiss performed cheers in groups of three in front of members of the faculty, administration and student body. Each girl performed one cheer with her group, three cheers individually, one of which she created, and three jumps. The girls generally agreed that the first cheer was the worst and "felt as if you were watching someone else do the cheer." Sandy Pensieri and Cathy Hotchkiss earned a permanent place on the squad. Until this time they were temporary members. ChOsen\ Two sophomores .and six freshmen g~i~ed ~e~porary membership. They will be active during., this year'. s basketball season and can ~yout next year to attain a permanent place. The new sophomore members are Susan Rogers, a biology major, and Candy Chilek, a fine arts major. ·Two nursing majors number ' among the freshmen members;· Bobbi: ·Hamilton and Lisa Mastrantuorio: Lisa Petrone, Sally Swisher, and Lori Mieszkowski , psychology, biology and sociology majors respectively, make up the rest of the temporary squad chosen. These eight new members Glass Works Rep along with the two permanent members, under the direction of To Talk Tuesday Donna Pape, captain of the A representative of the Corning Glass Works will be on campus Tuesday, November 23, to present a slide show and lecture on the safety aspects of glass in its manufacture and use. · Mary G. Burns, technical service representative for Corning, will begin her presentation at 11 a.m. in SLC 101. She will discuss various aspects of the glass industry, emphasizing the safety features and precautions taken with glass manufacture and use. , The presentation is being sponsored by the Wilkes Chemical Society, an affiliate of the American Chemical Society. squad, will be cheering the men's basketball team on to victory in a few short weeks. Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods 39 W. Market St., ' Wilkes-Barre r·•fabridand·--i · I ~ ALL YOUR SEWING NEEDS I m ·------------~~~~~--' ,~p, _ Wrangler Landlubber I All types of shirts Plain or Printed and Novelty Designs IGateway Shopping Center •Kingston, Pa. 18704 II 288-1132 Midway Shopping Center! Wyoming Pa l86 44 lt ·' ., II Men's and W b men's Hair Styling YOUR FATHERS MUSTACHE~· PENN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER Wilkes Barre Pa. Phone 825-7569 --•••••••a_••••••••••'J.-............................,,,..........■••r-., �Colonelettes Finish Fourth In Mac Tournament A t F&M kCornJJ ?lt ,~ l~111t-]$~ " V -- '----_..,,_-, 1 by jeff acornley Jim Stehle, the lanky lefthander with the blazing fastba ll and senior co-captain of the Colonel baseball team, has recently received his NCAA Division III second team All-American award for the 1976 season. . ~ ,-. Jim had a,n ap-iazing season last year in leading the Colonels to competition in the College World Series at Marietta , Ohio. He suffered_ an injury to his pitching arm in the latter part of the season which prevented him from actually performing in the Series but he was a major actor in the Colonels successfu l season. He compiled sQme staggering statistics, including a 6-1 record while striking our 65, batters in 51 innings and_an exceptional 1.41 ERA. '! ~ • . Stehle was drafted.in the fourth round of the major league draft of college and high school players last June by the Chicago White Sox. He turned dowri the bonus offer to return to Wilkes and finish his education. · '' Coach Gene Domialski, a former professional ball player himself, commented, "This award is a very special one, not only for J im and the team, ·buC_f_or· the school as well. " Only time will tell if Jim has completely recovered from his arm ailment and th4, season Will be important to the possibility of a pro career. . . ~ Stehle is only the second Wilkes baseball All-American. Steve Leskiw was a first team selection in 1975. Both played on the same nigh school team a_t Coughlin. · ALL-AMERICAN -Jim Stehle, left, and Colonel baseball coach Gene Domzalski proudly display Stehle's All-American citation for his pitching performances during the 1976 season. Jim turned down offers with the Chicago White Sox organization to return to Wilkes for his ~enior year. Moods In Leather FRYE BOOTS -91 S. Main .S t. .. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 717-829-1089- 155 North Ma in St . Wilkes -Barre , Pa . Phone : 825 -711 O Hot Oven Grinders Ice C,ream Penn Plaza Shopping CTR 10 Every Day Lowes t Pr ices on Tapes Anyw her e! Means Low Prices Talk to Ric h or Foster · -Our Record Specialists After the Thanksgiving break, the winter sports schedule gets into full swing rather quickly. All four teams are currently prl;\C· ticing intensely in preparation for their season openers. The wrestling squad gets thrown into the fire very quickly as they open up with intense rival and nationally ranked Lehigh. That very important match will be held on December 1 in the Wilkes gym. The men's basketball team will be opening on the road with Lock Haven State on the 30th · of November. The women 's basketball squad will entertain Delaware Valley on ~ < ct) .,<D -j -::r <D Ill <D C, n 0 ::I ,I • • -~ ...,.,_. "- 1976 WILKES FIELD HOCKEY TEAM - First ro.w1 ~{~ to rigJtt, Diane Colman, Correen Santoro, Donna Bettelli, Barb Gorgas, Mary McCann, Sue Pie. Second row, Coach Gay Meyers, JeriHoffm;m, Sue Ann Knight, Julie Kerrick, Lee Ann Earl, Lu Ann Neely ....Man~.~~o, Jean Johnson, Jonie Fiest.er. Third row, Sue Serio, M-acy ,Jq, Frail, Karen Killian, Jerry Ann Smith, Penny Bianconi, Kim Flis, Ronna Colvin. Donna Bettelli, who normally tiredness of the -team, .Wilkes plays the · line, filled in at the simply ran out of fullback position. With the use of. their ·quickness So - with all these changes and and their strongvattapR~line, Esome inspired effort, the Blue Town defeated Willtes, 7;-0 • and· Gold won again. Goalie Lee A player who should be:<Siilgled Ann Earl had dozens of saves out as the most consistent in the while senior co-captain Sue Ann tournament is sophomorie Lu Ann Knight had two goal line saves to Neely. In her quiet. way,.Lu Ann keep Juniata scoreless. was always there to. help. Coach It has been said by many of the Meyers commented, •"Lu Ann hockey players that this game , isn't a flashy player - she just was the highlight of the tourdoes her job and doesjt. well. She nament. Guess when Wilkes never seems to tire aild always scored their goal to win the seems to come through with the game? With only two seconds of big play when we need it most." play remaining. The score was At the conclusion of -the tourmade by Penny Bianconi on a nament, a very elated coach pass from Karen Killian. Penny remarked, "Even though we lost has scored many goals during her to Elizabethtown, I was proud of four year careE:r on the Wilkes our fourth place finish. The whole team, but you can be sure she will team played a good tournament. never forget that one! Credit must also be given to The Colonelette defense played Nancy Mathers arfd Donna just as much an important role in Bettelli who played well on this win as did the offense with Saturday in different positions. the pressure on them threeThey helped us a lot." quarters of the game. Lu Ann Season Wrap-Up : 8-4 overall Neely and Kim Flis played record, third straight NPWIAA superbly in their new positions championship, fourth place at and fullback Jean Johnson was as MAC's, and two people placed on consistent as always. Donna the Susquehanna teams. :. Bettelli did a fine job at fullback The Beacon extends its conquite a switch from right win. _gratulations to the members and It might be quite safe to say the coach of this ever so sucthat the members of the 1976 cessful athletic team. They have Wilkes College field hockey team shown what female athleteio can will remember this game for a . accomplish with some h ard work rather long time. and a lot of determil}ation. Again, Saturday morning was a difcontratulations. Wilkes College is ferent story when the proud of you. · Colonelettes faced a very strong · Elizabethtown team. Between not having Barb Gorgas and Jerry Ann Smith, Mary Jo Frail's earaches, Karen Killian's bad ankles and knees, and the overall gas: . THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Specializing In: Hoagies A nd All Kinds Of Sandwiches Winter Sports Start Alter Break BY -suRPLUS RECORD .and TAPES · Open _10 to Absolutely _the Records and Low . Overhead The Colonelette field hockey team added another honor last weekend to its unforgettable 1976 season. The girls travelled to Franklin and Marshall to compete in the MAC Tournament and came home with a fourth place trophy - better than any field hockey team_ from Wilkes has done before. Although the Blue and Gold fi nished fourt h out of nine competing teams, they opened their tournament on a rather sad note when they were defeated, 20, by Dickinson on F r iday morning. In a - very evenly matched contest, both teams were on attack about equal time. The Dickinson team scored its first goal in the first half but wasn't able to score again until the last minute of play. The difference between the two teams was Dickinson's ability to get to the ball first. They backed each other well and kept the Wilkes girls from mounting a strong attack. Junior Jean Johnson played an excellent defensive game, while freshman Lee Ann Earl had plenty of key saves in the goalie cage. The second game proved to be much easier for the female Colonels and they downed Drew University, 5-0. Ronna Colvin led the way with three goals. Cocaptain Penny Bianconi scored one and Barb Gorgas added another. Assists came from Miss Gorgas, three ; . Miss Bianconi, and Lu Ann Neely. The Wilkes girls knew that it was either " do or die" in this game and they chose to win and continue on in the tourney. Jerry Ann Smith was like a vacuum in the center, keeping the ball to the attack all the time. Miss Colvin had many shots at goal and showed excellent position. She was always in the right place to get the second effort shots in for a score. On Saturday morning , the Colonels knew they had to win again to stay in the tournament. And win they did as they slipped by Juniata, 1-0. For this game, the Wilkes women were forced to play without the services of Jerry Ann Smith and Barb Gorgas. The two girls left Friday night for Rochester, New York to compete with the Susquehanna teams at Mideast Tournament. Coach Gay Meyers was thus compelled to change her line-up somewhat. Nancy Mathers played center forward, Lu Ann Neely moved to center half, Kim Flis switched to right half and ..... 3 er By Dotty Martin ~H, 11 C, 10 <D December 2 in the Franklin St. gym, and the swimming team will be the guests of Ursinus on the 4th of December. Both the coed basketball team and the swimmers are sporting new head coaches. Complete winter previews and scouting reports will be published in the next issue of The Beacon on December 2. NOTICE There will be a meeting for all baseball candidates on Tuesday, Novemb er 30, 11 a .m . at Weckesser Annex. I II I I I I I I Book And ~ Record Mart 18 S. Main St. Wilkes-Barre Books, Records and Tapes 82S-4767 Cliff a nd Monarch Notes L,,.,,,,..,......,.wv-,~,,,,.,,,,,,__,,.,,Mlt#,, ./!!!ltl 'IMM,I �co Cl) 1:11 Ill a. .., BEACON SPORTS .... "' L. Cl) .c E Cl) > 0 z C Booters Climax Exciting Season 0 u Ill Cl) Ill By Eddie Whit.e Anticipation Is Keeping Us Waiting . Now, For A Long Winters' Nap By Jeff Acornley Cl) ~ I- ' As the dead of winter apIt's over. The most exciting season in Wilkes soccer history has proaches and Coach Rollie Schended. On a happy note at that. midt prepares to put the football The Colonels were victorious in their last match of the season, a season into hibernation, he takes 7-1 stomping of Albright College. This ended the team's record at 6-6, to slumberland with him many .500, a goal few had foreseen at the beginning of the season. · thoughts on which to spend those All season long he had been quiet, just played his steady defense. cold winter nights dreaming. But not this time, Len Vekkos went out and played the best offensive Some of them will be pleasant . game of his Colonel career scoring a three goal hat-trick. THE FIRST GOAL came at the 6:04 mark of the first half when : dreams while others will be nightmares. the 6-0, 185 pounder from Wenonah, N.J ., took a pass from freshman His main priority will be to try Joe Picone and fired it in. to establish some element of About a minute later, sophomore Mario Apuzzo scored to put the consistency in the ranks. The Blue and Gold up, 2-0. The 5-6, 160 pounder's goal came at 7: 12 and troops have shown flashes of was unassisted. brilliance and yet at times have Picone got into the offensive scoring action when he tallied on a looked like a band of rag-apass from fellow freshman Nick Golowich at 32 : 12 of the first stanza. muffins. Consistency is often a Still in the first~alf, Vekkos got No. 2, again on a pas~ from problem with teams as young as Picone. Five minutes later, senior co-captain Panos Kalaritis scored the Colonels and it simply takes the last goal of the half and his career, playing his last match as a McDermott. They, despite the Melvin Johnson, John Miranda, playing time and experience for Colonel. repeated protests of the offense, or David Brace can fill the need. them to gel. THE SECOND HALF began and before you could say, "When kept the Colonels close in many of Another Ted Yeager would be Personnel considerations should will Vekkos score again? ", he did. This time junior Tony Apostolaros the games this season. Every nice .. be minimal. It appears as though assisted on the goal at 2: 18. _ aspect of the Colonel " Big D" Without an outside threat, the a solid core for a successful Ruining the Colonels chances for a shut-out, Bruce Kern scored was impressive and that appears Wilkes offense was very boring football team has been for Albright on an unassisted goal at 12:43. That's all the offense to be the least of the coaches and everyone in the whole established, although a healthy Albright showed the rest of the way. Apuzzo closed out the scoring for worries. stadium, including the opposing crop of freshmen never hurt the day and the season with an unassisted goal at 19 : 10. The Colonel kicking game was defense', knew what was coming. anyone. Overall, it was a hell of a year for the Colonel hooters and their a definite strength this year and Speed is first on the list of needs. Offensively, the Colonels coach Chip Eaton. Coach Eaton received much more offense this record setting Dan Pisarcik will On the positive side of the desperately need an outside season. than he expected. , be back with his tremendous ledger offensively, Bill Slavoski running game. Ed Murray and Mario Apuzzo led the team in goals scored with 10 and was tied range but the punting game will has come a long way and seems Ed D' Amico are both fine backs for the top in total points scored, 11, with junior Tony Apostolaros. miss Don McDermott. to have taken a firm grip on the but neither has the speed to get Right behind them was freshman sensation Tim Reynolds with 10 , As Coach Schmidt frifts off into quarterbacking reigns although outside regularly and break the total points, 5 goals and 5 assists. the sunset to practice his putting, Mike Wilson is exciting and has long gainer. Murray put on quite THE DEFENSE was anchored by the two seniors on the team, he will have much on his mind. It much potential. The receivers a show last week against Del Val .the co-captains Bill Nardone and Panos Kalaritis. Nardone showed will be a winter of much are excellent and they will all be and finished the season with 554 all-star qualities as goalie while Kalaritis played, "Steady D." Panos, discontent but also mixed with back next year. And the line is yards rushing while D' Amico playing a defensive position, amazingly tallied 5 points this season. much anticipation toward next losing Frank Wengen, Len finished with a respectable 313. Eaton cited another factor in the team's success - the defensive summer to see if it is really true Dalmas, and Paul Adams but still Unfortunately, none of the other play of Mark Ritter, Andy Dutch, Joe Degenhart and Len Vekkos. that he is sitting on a veritable appears to be in good shape. Colonel runners even cracked the The ·Colonels will lose two lettermen, anu they are not easy to gold mine of football power just Defensively, the Colonels are 50 yard barrier and it remains to replace. But the Blue and Gold do have the top four scorers coming waiting to expfode. solid and are losing only Don be seen whether the likes of back. That mixed with the fact that sophomore Joe Stephens, a promising young goalie is also coming back, make the Colonels chances look even better for next season. Is it over? Like Archie Bunker would say, "nuts to- that. " By Dave Orischak And Bob Welsh :::::::~::::::::::::::::::::=:~:=:=::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::=:=::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: be defeating the Chickenhawks 14-0 last· week. The day ofreckoningis close at hand. On SunThe game was relatively close until John Larkin day afternoon at 2 o'clock, two of the survivors of broke into the open and caught a halfback option this week's playoff games will meet to decide this FINAL 1976 WILKES SOCCER STATS pass from Bruce Davis for the score. For furthe r year's intramural championship. details about this play, talk to John Larkin. He These two teams will be playing for the much GOALS A PTS. told reporters that he would be happy to disclose coveted championship trophy that is presently on • 10 Mario Apuzzo 1 11 TEAM SCORING further facts on the play. display in John Pinelli's room. Also, each memTony Apostolaros 5 6 11 ber of the winning team will receive a kiss from Thus far this season, all attention has been 5 Tim Reynolds 5 10 centered around the top ranked teams, but some this year's intramural queen, Karen Koehler. At Len Vekkos 4 3 7 of the cellar dwellers have been having just as press time there were five teams who still had a Wilkes Opp. Panos Kalaritis 1 4 5 much• fun. Iw fact, this week's game between chance at the championship. They are : New 1975 51 19 Joe Picone 3 2 5 Riders, Smegmas , STX, Wild Bunch, and Slocum and Hotel Sterling turned out to be the 1976 29 44 Dean Evans 1 1 2 battle for the basement. Denison. Nick Gillowich 0 1 1 Hotel Sterling dominated on offense in the The New Riders have lived up to the top Russ Whit.e 0 1 1 first half by holding the ba ll for 25 out of the 30 ranking they have held all season in the WPI poll minutes. Dur ing this time the Hotel managed to by defeating their arch rivals, Smegmas, in a key New members to lO point club : Apuzzo, Apostolaros, Reynolds. run 5 offensive plays. interdivisional battle this past Monday, 20-16. Slocum came back in the second half to score This game pr oved to be the most exciting the game's only touchdown on one of Slocum's contest of the season ; living up tt the expectations pa tented plays. Bill Manley galloped 90 yards in of the standing room only crowd. 'All twenty-three the wrong direction, only to have the ba ll stolen tickets were sold three weeks in advance by Lou by an alert tea mmate Bert Katz. Bert rolled 88 Elefante, who gave out a free candy bar with yards only to suffer ca rdiac arrest and fu mble 2 every ticket. yards short of the goal line. J oe Sullivan, who was The New Riders scored first early in the knocked down on the play, inadvertantly sat on second quarter on the first of three TD passes by the ball in the end zone and was given.credit for Irl Rosner. Unfortunately for Irl, this one was to Mike Carbone of the New Riders, who rambled 60 the touchdown. Final score: Slocum 7, Hotel Sterling, 0. ya rds to the Purple Sage, putting the Riders up 8GRID BITS : George Elliot has announced 0 with the conversion. From there the teams battled back and forth , that Welton Farrar will not repeat as line coach with Mik:e Capparell scoring on two receptions of next year, due to Farrar's recent comments to the press. Farrar in reply to his firing said that 50 and 65 yards for Smegma, while the Riders countered with a 10 yard touchdown run by Bill Elliot is both a sorehead and a lousy golfer .... Season tickets for next year's games will go on Polaha. Finally, with four minutes left in the game, sale next week in Mike Aeds office (trainers' room) . Hurry while the supply lasts ! the Riders mounted a 70 yard drive that was capped by a 10 yard jaunt to the end zone by QB WPI POLL Tot. Pts. Andy Kresky (who fortunately for the New 1. 'New Riders 4-0 (36 ) 291 Riders, throws footballs better than darts ). This CELEBRATION - The Colonels erupt after scoring another 2. STX 4-0 (17 197 score with one minute to go, put the New Riders goal. Somewhere in that mob are St.eve Kinback, Len Vekkos,Tony 3. Denison 2-1 (1 O) on top for good. Apostolaros, Panos Kalaritis, Tim Reynolds , Mario Apuzzo, Dean -~ 4. U. of Pitt 8-0 (2) STX earned there their way into the playoffs Evans, and Mark Ritt.er joins the party. 5. Chickenhawks 3-1 IM PLAYOFFS COMING � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1976 November 18th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 November 18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/d8e3f21ec91524f251d3cfdf3636a047.pdf 526fc217acee256dc99663aacfbcd376 PDF Text Text aton Vol. XXIX, No. ,13 Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pellffiylvania 18703 December 2, 1976 · Thirty-live Seniors Named To Who's Who Thirty-five Wilkes seniors were accepted to "Who's Who Among American Universities and Colleges," according to Arthur Hoover coordinator of the Who's Who Selection Committee and director of student activities. Among those selected were ten resident assistants and five members of The Beacon. The distinguished seniors are: Bruce Lear, 36 Summit Avenue, Phillipsburg, New Jersey. A History major, .he is Inter -Dormitory Ci> u n c i l president, and co-captain of the wrestling team, lettering two years. He is al,so a member of the education club and a four year member of the Intramural softball team. Linda J. Abbey is an EnglishTheater major from Tunkhannock. She has been a member of the Cue and Curtain Club for four years and has participated in all theater activities. In past years, she has been a student government representative, a participant at the Little Theater of Wilkes-Barre and has been stage manager for the Wilkes-Barre Ballet Company's shows in the · C.P.A. Paul S. Adams is an elementary education major from Binghamton, New York. He has been on the football team for four years, has participated in intramural sports and is a letterman. A resident assistant during his junior and senior years, he has also served on the Senior Class Executive Council for the same two years. He has been a playground leader for four years. Mary Ellen Alu, is an EnglishJournalism major from Pittston. She is currently managing editor for The Beacon, vice-president of the Journalism Society, a member of Sigma Delta Chi (Society of Professional Journalists), and a member of the Polar Bear Club. She has worked in the public relations office for two years. In the past, she has been a member of the Manuscript Society, has done research for the Pennsylvania News Media Association's Bicentennial film, ,NOted AUth Or Featured In CPA Decenilier 9 . Dr. Issac Asimov, well known writer of science fiction books, will lecture on the topic " The Beginning and End of the Universe", Thursday, December 9 in the Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. It will be another event in the concert and lecture series held at Wilkes College this year. Asimov, who is considered a "genius" in his field of writing, has compiled over 160 books in his career. · His talents are not bound to science fiction only. Asimov has also written non-fiction science ,material, history and geography books, and many ,m agazine articles ranging fiom Esquire, Harpers and the Saturday Review, to pamphlets of the Atomic Energy Commission. Some of Asimovs' books include "I, Robot", "Pebble in the Sky", " The God Themselves" and "Night Fall". , Along with this prodigious and wide-ranging production, Asimov consistently · wins awards and critical acclaim for his style and content-for example, the American Association for the Advancement of Science: Westinghouse Award for excellence in magazine writing. Plans are being worked out for Asimov to have dinner with some students in the cafeteria before the lecture. Although the dining arrangements are not definite, a reception will be held after the lecture. The location of the reception will be announced at the lecture and anyone interested in meeting Dr. Asimov can do so. Isaac Asimov and has ushered at the Wilkes theater. Lori Ann Ashbaugh is an accounting major who has been the treasurer and director of the Student Union Board for the years 1975-76, 1976-77. She is a member of the Accounting Club, and serves on the Academic Standing Committee and the Academic Committee of Student Government. Guy Barbato, is a biology major from Union, New Jersey. His college activities include Freshman Unity Committee, Human Services Committee, manager of the radio station, Chess Club, Student Life Committee, and Publications Cornmittee. He has also been president of his dorm and a member of the class Executive Council. His non-college activities include being a member of the Catholic Young Adults Club of Union, New Jersey, and a member of Campus Ministry. Giacomina (Jackie) Buzzelli, a music education major from Old Forge, is a member of the Hl).lllan Services Committee, the Emergency Alert Team, the Music Educator' s National Conference, the Wilkes College Chorus, and Theta Delta Rho. Miss Buzzelli is also a resident assistant, served as dorm treasurer, was a semi-finalist for 1976~ Homecoming Queen, and participated in the Wilkes College Summer Band Workshop this past summer. David Paul Cherundolo, of Old Forge, is a political science major. Among his college activities include Commuter Council, of which he served as president this year; Student Government Executive Council, Political Science Club, Student Affairs Committee, Student Life Committee, and the All College Assembly Committee. David's non-college activities include being a member of the Old Forge Fire Department and the Young Republicans of Old Forge. Lawrence A. Conner, III, of Glen Mills, · Pennsylvania, is a psychology and sociology major. While at Wilkes, he has been a resident assistant, a member of the Psychology Club, a member of the Ski Club, a member of the Parking Committee, a member of the Debate Club, and an me representative. Outside of Wilkes, he is a first aid member of the American National Red Cross, and a participant in the Cherry Blossom Festival. Mary Patricia Cullinan is an elementary education major from Henrietta, New York. Her college activities include Student Government, Human Services Committee, Cherry Blossom Committee, PSEA. treasurer, Blood Donor Day chairman, Cue 'N Curtain and Concert and Lecture Series. Outside of her college activities, :M;ary Patricia has worked on registration for local elections. Joanne Englot is a mathematics major from Bayside, ·New York. At Wilkes she was a member of the women's tennis team where she The Circle K Dance Marathon food for the dancers. However, held on November 19 through 21 · Caryn Axelrad did state the Circle K members did go out for proved to be a disappointment for coffee on the insistance of the both the dancers and members of dancers. The only food supplied Circle K. The marathon started on . for the dancers was doughnuts. Miss Axelrad said the persons Friday night with four people in charge of the marathon offered planning to dance the required no encouragement for the dannumber of hours. Of these four cers to continue dancing. people, only one partner danced Miss Axelrad, who has danced all Friday night with the other in several marathons on campus, three people returning at 9 a.m. stated the dancers' breaks were Saturday morning. not supervised and the dancers According to the one dancer could rest for as long as they Caryn Axelrad, who stayed all wanted instead of the alloted five Friday night, the persons in minute break every hour. charge did not have any coffee or The , music was another disappointment to the dancers. Circle K provided only one box of taped music, but thei::e was .a band which played on Friday and Saturday nights. Miss Axelrad stated that as far as she knew, no bOQkstore will be in operation arrangements had been made again 11&xt semester. Books will with a radio station to·play music be collected beginning on Monfor the marathon. day, December 6, in the Student Miss Axelrad was the only Government Office, second floor, dancer present when Channel 16 Weckesser Hall. called the Wilkes gym to talk to Vice President Steve Esrick one of the dancers. The other suggested that a detailed survey three people returned at 9 a.m. on be made of the campus next Saturday, but according to Miss semester. He pointed out that Axelrad, the other two girls left such a survey would make SG again during Saturday afternoon more aware of the student's' and returned later that day. wants and needs and might also Circle K, stated the reason for the serve to get them more involved. disappointing turnout of the A proposal to prohibit smoking marathon was the student apathy "within the confines of the room" on campus. "After listening · to in which a Student Government students complain about the meeting is ·being conducted was limited amount of activities on passed after lengthy debate. The campus, one would expect a large proposal will become part of the turnout when an activity is Student Government by-laws. provided. " SG Given Deans' Decision for approximately $100 for the trip was defeated several weeks ago. A complaint was voiced about. the sale of tickets to "Godspell" which was produced two weeks ago. It was pointed out that many; Wilkes College students did not see the play because tickets were sold .out by the Tuesday before the play. A suggestion was made that in the future ticket sales should be open to Wilkes students only for the first 3-4 days and then be opened to the general public. A letter will be sent to the Theater Department from Student Government stating the suggestion. It was announced that the used Continued on Page 2 Dance-a-thon Flops; Dancer Tells Story . . - - - - - - - - - Ralston At Meeting - - - - - - - - - Dean George Ralston reported the decision of Dean's Council concerning the Tony Nardelli at the Student Government meeting on ¥onday n!ght. The discussion, which · was limited to a half hour, was off the record, but after persuasion by soqie members of Student G~vernment, Ralston agreed to gi~e a report for publication . (Because Dean Ralston could no~ be contacted before press time, there will be a follow-up story in next week's Beacon.) A second request for funds by the Fine Arts Club for a cultural trip to Philadelphia was passed bY. a vote of 17-3-1. The club was granted $45.10. Its first request served as co-captain for the past three years, a member of the Letterwomen's Club of which she is treasurer this year ; Math Club, of which she served as vice president for one year; Computer Club, Russian Chorus, and as a tutor for the math department. Outside of Wilkes, Joanne has participated the past three years in the Wyoming Valley Cherry Blossom Tennis Tournament and has done private math tutoring for local high schools. Steven Esrick, 2 Yorkshire -Road, Rockville Centre, New York. A biology major, he is a member of the biology club, Human Services Committee, has served as Blood Donor Day Chairman, and member of the steering committee on the goals of the college. A four year member of Student Government he is Vice President this year and a three year member of the Debate Union. He is also active in the American Red Cross and has coordinated the ,volunteer program with the March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon. He has been a member of the Emergency �... t 35 Seniors Na,ned To Who's Who ·- ~ Alert Team for four years and she is a four year member of has served on the student-faculty Cue 'n Cur tain , Senior class .-. student life committee. Treasurer and recently served as ... Nancy Evans, Edison, New one of the student directors of the i Jersey, is a music ✓ education play "Godspell" . A member · of E Cl> major, member of the college the Spanish Club, she was the u Cl> concert band, chorus, woodwind recipient of a Foreign Language 0 qili.'i1let, a.'nd MENC. She has been Department Scholarship. Besides C a band officer for the past three 0 being active in the YM-YMCA u years, and is currently president. Ill Tutorial program, she has been a Cl> co Miss Evans has represented the member of several crews for Cl> college in intercollegiate band different-theater productions. .c and orchestra festivals, and also IShe is employed on the college participated in the Northeastern , work study program by the Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Foreign Language Department. Wyoming Valley Oratorio Michael S. LoPresti, Trenton, Society, and a number o( other N.J. , is a political science major music organizations in Pennand a senior class- executive sylvania, New Jersey and New council member. He has served York. Often performing as a flute on various colleg·e committees, soloist, Miss Evans is also a and was IDC president in his woodwind instructor. junior year·. He has worked on . David W. Gregrow, R.D. 2, programs for freshmen orienBerkshire, New · York is an tation and Parents' Day for the English major. A four year past four years, has participated member of the wrestling team he in intramural sports and is a is co-captain this year. Besides member of the library committee being a resident assistant for the and Ski Club. . past two years, he is a three year Mary Kay Malloy, _Shenanmember of the Lettermens Club doah, is a nursing major. She is and of the yearbook staff, Inco-captain of the cross country tramural sports and serves as team and · was a 1976-77 captain of summer wrestling and Homecoming princess. She is a summer softball teams. member of the Circle K, Human Panos Kalaritis, Box 325, Services Committee, the Pickering Hall, Wilkes College, ' "Colonelettes," Ski Club, Reach Wilkes-Barre, is a chemistry Out, Letterwomen, Nursing major. Besides being a member Student Organization, and is a of the chemistry club, he is activE dorm president. She is a class in the International Club, serving executive council member and as vice· president this year. Cohas participated in several other captain ~f the .~occer team, he is a clubs and organizations while at three year member of the letWilkes. An intramural sporttermans · club and is a resident swomen, Miss Malloy-also works assistant. with the American Red Cross, Sue Ann· Knight, R.D. 3, Port and Drug and Alcohol ComJervis, New York is an mittee. economics major. She is a four Dotty Martin, West Wyoming, year member of the yearbook is an English major, co-captain of staff and a member of the the women's basketball team and basketball team. Besides being__ business manager for The captain of the Womens Field ·Beacon. She was also co-captain Hockey Team, she has served on of the team for her sophomore various projects connected with and juniors years and was The the Circle K. and is employed in Beacon's advertising manager the regfstrars office. last year. An officer of the LetDianne Susan Lacava, 3 Ninth terwomen' s Club, member of the Street, Danbury, Ct. A Spanish Journalism Society and Sigma and English-Theater Arts major, Delta Chi, Miss Martin is a ,--~-fabridand•-•1ii I , a I I IfGateway ' Shopping FOR ALL YOUR SEWING NEEDS Center Mid-way Shopping Centerl -·------------~-----91C! f!~NN ·l~f • Kingston, Pa. 18704 _ Wyoming, Pa., 18644 693-1330 • 288-1132 FOOTWEAR YOUR LOCAL WHOLESALER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Home of Name Brands IPRIJ: Kells P.I.A.A. basketball official and is employed by the college public relations office and as a female • sports editor by the Sunday -Dispatch. Nancy Joan Mathers, Trucksville, is an business administration major and member of the field hockey team, Letterwomen' s Club; and Human Services Committee. She is a First Aid Team squad leader and a resident assistant. Miss Mathers is employed by the college economics department and also assists the American Red Cross. Victoria Augusta Moss, Mountaintop , is an English literature-theater arts major who has appeared in a number of Wilkes theater productions, including ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," " Hot l Baltimore", "The Fantasticks" , and "The Canterbury Tales". She has participated in several other productions in various capacities, and was one of the student directors for "Godspell". Miss Moss is a member of the chorus and Madrigal Singers, and sings with a folk-jazz band, "Just Passin' Thru ... " Stanley E. Murzenski, 237 Main Street, Duryea, is an electrical engineering major. He is a . member of the Wilkes chapter of the Society of Physics Students and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He has also represented the school in the region II section of that organization, which consists of 52 schools in five states. A four year member and past president of the Engineering Club, Murzenski is also a member of the Computer Club. Gina O'Brien, 11 Thoreau Road, Trenton, New Jersey, is a senior biology and sociology major. She is president of the Student Government, and has been active in that organization for four years. She was a member of the Inauguration, All-College Assembly and Curriculum Committees. She is presently serving on the Parking, Student Life, and Student Affairs Committees. O'Brien serves on the Act 101 Advisory Board and was_ co-chairman of freshman orientation. A four year member of the class of '77 executive council, she is also a member of the intramural volleyball team . Donna Lynn Reese, 12 Brian Lane, Spotswood, New Jersey, is a senior biology major. A four year member and assistant chairman of the Human Services Committee and the Emergency Alert Team, she is also a resident assistant and a member or tne Academic Task force . In addition, she has served as recruiting coordinator and general coordinator of the Marc~ (from page 1} of Dimes Walkathon. Patricia Reilly, Dover, N.J. is an English major with a concentration in Journalism. Editorin-chief of The Beacon, Mis~ Reilly has been secretary of the class of '77 for four years, a resident assistant for two years, a dorm secretary, and a member of the Journalism Society. She is also a member of the Student Life Committee, the Student Publications Committee, -the Inauguration Committee, and has played intramural basketball and volleyball and has been a member of the Interdormitory Council. She is also a member of Sigma·Delta Xi and Delta Chi and also a 1976 Homecoming Princess: Sandra Sabbatini, 66 N. Main Street, Hilldale, Wilkes-Barre, is a senior nursing major. She is a four-year member of the Wilkes cheerleading squad and is presently co-captain. President of the Nursing Student Organization and a member of the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania, she is president and a four year member of the Women's Activities Association. Nancy L. Slawson, 6 Walnut Street, Farmingdale; N.J., is a nursing major. A resident assistant and three year member of the Wilkes cheerleading squad, she is also a member of the Nursing Student Organization. She has also served on the Cherry Blossom Games Committee, and is a community representative for senior nursing students. Steven B. Standiford, Trenton, N.J. is a biology major and cocaptain of the cross country team. He will graduate in May after studying at Wilkes for only three years since entering as a freshman. Standiford is also captain of the Emergency Alert Team, member of the Wyoming Valley Striders AAU Track Club, Human Services Committee, American Red Cross and Goals of the College Taskforce. Patrice Stone, Wilkes-Barre, is an accounting major and News Editor of The Beacon. She is also a member of the Journalism Society and Sigma Delta Chi. A Homecoming Queen semi-finalist · this year, Miss Stone is an accounting club member and a part-time employee of Mark IV Homes, Inc. She has also participated in annual development and alumni campaigns and freshmen orientation, and wrote a series of newspaper articles for local newspapers as a sophomore. _ Mary Ann Toth is a Music Education major. Editor of Amnicola, she has served as tl)e business manager and assistant business manager of the yearbook. has been a member of the Music Educators National Conference for four years, and a member of PSEAA for one year. She is also a math tutor at the ¥MCA. David Wasi~ wski , Wilkes- Barre , is a math maj or. President of the Math club, he has belonged to the club since freshman year. He is a member of Committee for Selection of Academic Dean, a Wilkes math tutor, the Education Club treasurer, and a PSEA member. Lisa Waznik, Wilkes-Barre, is a music education major. Co-op editor of The Beacon, she has served on the staff for four years, and belongs to the chorus, letterwomen' s Club, Amnicola staff, and Journalism Society. She is captain of the women's swim team, and has had an active role in three theater productions, " Godspell " , " Canterbury Tales", and "Sing Out, Sweet Land". In the community, Miss Waznik serves as a swim instructor, swim official , pool manager, meet manager, and organist and director of the Children's Clioir at the Holy Trinity Church. Kim Witherow, Wilkes-Barre, is a biology and. Spanish major. She is actively involved in the Debate Union; intramural volleyball, and as a resident assistant. She is IDC publicity chairman, IDC corresponding secretary, a member of the Qualification Committee, and is a worker for the Chemistry Department and the Language Department. James Yosh, Dover, New Jersey, is a music education major. A resident assistant, Yosh has belonged to the Wilkes concert band for four years, the jazz band for four years ( serving as conductor for two years ), and plays intramural sports. He has also been dorm president and student government representative. He is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Mt. Washington Valley Band. NOTICE The Stude nt Gove rnm e nt Social Committee is sponsoring a lecture entitled "Who Killed JFK? You Be the Jury" to be held in the CPA from 3 to 5 Saturday afternoon. Films will be shown also. Admission is free. · 113 S. Main St., Large variety of healthy house plants, unusual cornhusk and pinec·o ne Christmas wreaths, holiday silk , dried and live plant arr.;ngemen-ts. For Christmas e_oin_set: tics and other flowering plants . FREE I DELIVERY . • and: m ,ip,. Downtown W-B Painter Pants _ -~anner Jeans I , Anny Pants Straight ;JEANS Legs :-...._, _____ · • -- ~ 1.. _________________ 161 f. MAiN ·••· _' _..; i • I_ ST. MINERS MILLS OPEN MON . · FRI.. 9 TO 9 SATURDAY 9 TO 6 8~S-5346 ;lirMri:W 1 •• '( ;., ;, ·Our<:,_, _,,,,,/ A 1mos11l1t•r,• ::. Upstairs 98 SO. FRANKLIN ST., W..-S.. . · · Mon.:2 - 9:: Thurs.:.lo ;. g· : .... 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It was reported that someone clogged up the drain to the showers and mt theshowers run for some time. Over $1,000 damage was done to Warner House and the Bookstore. Marchetti said that he has a list of names and is investigating the incident. As it stands now Diaz residents are responsible for the damages. It was reported that Sullivan Hall has seen an improvement in maintenance repairs, but there still is more work which has.to be completed. Dennison Hall temporarily had no hot water before the Thanksgiving break. Marchetti explained the situation of a faulty heating unit and assured the Dennison students that hot water would return before the break was over. A report from the Student Union Board was given where the administration has done nothing in getting the change machine and the stairwell for the . SUB. The Board is going to take action on its own as a result. BEER .., -0 ..... "And when you work with love, you bind yourself to yourself and to one andther and to God,' ' wrote Kahlil Gibran in "The Prophet". Last month's production of "Godspell" was an excellent example of " work with love." The musical was held November 19, 20 and 21 and was an experience hard to describe. First; credit should be given to Comic Strip Art To Be Exhibited Dec. 4 At Sordoni .Michael Weida poses with his sculpture in the courtyard o SLC. This piece is one of many which will appear in Michael's senior art exhibit. Weida Art Exhibition Encompasses_ Sculpture And Graphics Pieces Michael Weida, a senior art student, will hold an art exhibition of sculpture and graphics at the Conyngham Gallery beginning December 410. The sculpture will include works of welded steel, and carvings representing the basic form of the human figure composed in linear forms. Photolithography and metal intaglios, which are done in organic and natural forms comprise the bulk of his graphics display. Also included in the exhibit, will be the sculpture in the BEER Foreig n Beer Our Specmlty Bottles Cans Barrels Soda Snacks · 60 IMPORTED BEERS IN STOCK CASE BEVER,GE. 1 . I By Janine Pokrinchak BRANDS 1 ~ , 150 l ! "Codspe/1" Moves Audience To laughter And Tearg '' Age Accepted P.L.C.B. Cards "Only" Proof Of I The CC-IDC Christmas Party will be held on Sunday, December 12, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Gus Genetti 's, WilkesBarre. Tickets are $4.50 with an I.D. and $5.00 without an I.D. This year's menu consists of ham, chicken, meatballs, or piggies, cheese, potato salad, coleslaw, vegetables, coffee, and tea. Music will be provided by "Cookbook". -There will be free beer plus a half-price cash bar. The last day for obtaining tickets at the bookstore is Friday, December 10. • Tutors Needed At 'Y' "The worth of the program depends upon the good volunteers. " These are the words of Mrs. Hannah Janjigian, volunteer director of the YM-YWCA Tutorial Program. Anyone interested in participating in the tutorial program can contact Mrs. Janjigian at 8230181, or by going to the main office of the YM-YWCA THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Specmlizing In: H oagies And All Kinds Of Sandwiches HELP WANTED "How to Make $9 to $16 per hour while on vacation or on weekend." $3 ' plus 50¢ P,ostage and handling. The Morgan Press 308 South Dixie W. Palm Beach, FL 33401 Main St., Kingston 287-2126 ' . courtyard of SLC. Besides this coming exhibit, Michael has shown his works in other areas including : The Fine Arts Fiesta, Wilkes-Barre ; Western Illinois Print Exhibition, Illinois ; French Azilum Arts and Crafts Show; Wyalusing ; Lackawanna Art Council Festival '76, Scranton; and the Everhart Museum Regional Art Exhibition, Scranton. The upcnming exhibit will open Saturday, December 4 in the Conyngham Gallery Annex with a reception at 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Gallery hours are daily 1-9 p.m. An exhibition of American Comic Strip Art frpm private collections will be held in the Sordoni Art Gallery December 4 through 26. The public is invited to attend the reception Friday evening from 7-9:30. This original comic . strip art represents work that is originally inked, cleaned and corrected by the artist before it is given to the publisher: The comic strips dated from 1931 to 1961 have appeared in the daily and Sunday newspapers. Cartoon artists include native Rose O'Neill's "Kewpies," and native Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka." Other artists include George Herriman 's "Krazy Kat," Frank Frazetta's "Johnny Comet", Charles Schulz " Peanuts", George McManus " Bringing Up Father" , and other strips such as " Prince Valiant" , "Lil Abner", and "Dick Tracy" . In conjunction with the exhibit, there will also be a sale of portfolios of old comic strips. The · gallery is open to the public. Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays 1-5 p.m. Saturdays 10-5 p.m. and Sundays 1-5 p.m. © The Morgan Press, 1'Ji'6 the four student directors,·Linda °' Abbey, Dianne Lacava, Victoria ~ Moss and Randy Smith. They had <1> the initiative to do a major :: production and their role in this ~ performance was an .important g factor in the success ,of the play. However, almost all of the credit belongs to the members of the cast and band. It was very emotional to watch and experience the interaction between the cast members. How could anyone not be moved to laugh, to cry or to think by the performance of these 10 students? The love and sensitivity with which each of them performed could not help but be radiated to the audience. All the cast members were excellent. The singing and acting was good. The voices of the cast were blended together well. Bruce Phair did a fantastic job in his role as Jesus. His sensitivity and feelings for this role added to the realism of the performance. The other cast members: Patti Fichtner, John Forte , Paul Kerrigan, David Lutz, Shawn Rozett, Mike -Smith, Adele Ann Tavella, Lisa Waznik and Mary Jean DeMichele from Luzerne County Community College, showed versatility in their complex roles. The band also contributed much to the success of the play. The members of the band were: Marilyn Anderson, Allison Coumbier, Leo Gambacorta, Joe Riillo, Donny Shappelle, Marty Straub . and Daniel Williams. Their playing was excellent. -The band's position behind the chain link fence made the musicians an integral part of the performance. Every aspect of the production added to the success of the play. The scenery, which consisted of a chain link fence , garbage cans, saw horses and other common items was very effective. The lighting was also well done. "Godspell" was one of the best proiuctions done at Wilkes in the last couple years. The success of the play is the result of the bond which developed between t!le members · of the cast, the members of the band and the four student directors. It was an experience that one will not forget for a long time and one which one should regret having missed. I II Book And Record Mart 18 S. Main St. Wilkes-Barre. I I I I Books, Records and Tapes 82S-4767 Cliff and Monarch · Notes !Ea!C,erllJ:l[~t:eirlW\ICDl'"-CIII:._ L IA r.r.r.r.r.r.rSURP(US.rRECORD.r.r.,.,.,co-1 II 8 8 S f L Penn ~;:a Ts~::p~llg CTR Open 10 to 10 Every Day · Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! 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W~G If f OR At a ny rate , it certainly seemed that way when the entire Wilkes gymnasium was crowded with just two couples• dancing their way into the daylight hours for a very worthy cause. The sight wasn't futµly, it wasn't inspir ing, i_t was n't excusable , it was disgusting . . There is no excuse for the pervading apathy of the Wilkes College campus . The s tudents weren' t out on another charitable endeavor"" that weekend, in fact there weren't even that many other activities planned for November 19 a nd 20. However , the brunt of the blame ca nnot be put totally on the_students, no member of the faculty and administration were seen participa ting, either. In fact virtually no one even came out to support the four indus trious people that da nced their weekend away. This strange strain of theapathy virus has been plagueing Stude?t Government, Commuter Council and Interdormitory Council. No one seems to want to get involved. The curriculum at Wilkes hasn't gotten any more demanding, and the days haven' t gotten any shorter, the people just seem to ha ve gotten more selfish. It is time for this foolishness to end, the virus has to be cured. The Wilkes family must now start to show that they give a damn. 'Go~spell: Produ.c tion Alive With Spirit " Letters To The Editor BEACON BITS Distribution Of Tickets Questioned By Student To The Editor, As a dormitory student at Wilkes for three years, I have heard many complaints about the lack of activities on weekends. That is not my complaint. Two weekends ago the play ".Godspell'' was performed on campus, and much to the credit of the people involved it sold out very quickly. However, in doing so many students did not get an opporturtity to even get placed on the waiting list, much less get tickets. Therefore, we come to . my point, if we have activities for the students how come the students can't participate? And if the students are not participating, than who is? Yours truly, TomBazzini The Wilkes College Theatre · Workshop 80 production of " Godspell" two weeks ago was a shining example of what can be produced with a lot of time and effort. The play was a totally moving experience which left the audier Cc rocking in their seats long after the last actor had left the stage. " Godspell" is a rock musical adapted from the Gospel according to St. Matthew, that combines the reverence of religion with the rock of reality. The four student directors : Linda Abbey, Dianne Lacava, Victoria Moss , 'and Randy Smith, under the watchful eyes of theatre department head Alfred S. Groh, literally spent hours weaving the various To The Editor, I was extremely disappointed magic tricks , soft-show dances, vaudeville routines , and panto see the library once again close tomime into a creatively directed production. its doors during the Thanksgiving However, no production is possible without the actors , holiday. and " Gods pell" was no exception. The ten actors .were fan~t the end of the semester, students are usually faced with tastic ! They all . play themselves in the musical. They are numerous term papers, and they Mary Jean DeMichele, Patti Fichtner '77 ; John Forte '79 ; look forward to this vacation Paul Kerrigan '80 ; David Lutz, Bruce Pahir '73; Shawn Rozett period to get the papers done. '78 ; Mike Smith '80 ; Adele Ann Tavella '80; and Lisa Waznik This period.is often the only free '77. time that a student does have to do an adequate job on the paper. Throughout the production the actors don makeup and costumes and act out bible stories with unsurmountable Besides, Thanksgiving is th e time when everyone's house energy and spirit. Theii: voices were strong and clear,. and unseems to be the noisiest. It is believably-professional. , The show's mu1iwans also possessed lilted with relatives who are not • .,,J,-;;, j.. "' !. • r ·•~• ·' - •. :,e;,.,-.,1' ' ·. ;.it''?,- .,_. . f , •·1• wii> - -~ ~ .._.._,....._ tnd t' a very spirited prof~ ~l air, - , ,y. -;f::·:..vt: ·-:-:, .•- am1 1_a. · · wn11:1.~ ~..,.._ lfW •' ·•' ~ . so a student needs"the" . The best thing about " Godspell" was oot the directors , the peace and· quiet of...tbe library to actors, or the music. It was the spirit. The show left the get his work done. audience with a feeling that cannot be put into words. A feeling I hope that this is the last year that many say no longer exists on the Wilkes campus . It had that the library will close its something to do with unity a nd something to do with togetherdoors to · the students at ness and something to do with pride. At any rate , the show was Thanksgiving break. . .., ,. • "" Thanks, a s m ash a nd all those involved deserve a lot of credit. A frustrffte,d student library Houm Diiappoint_ Ambitioui Stqdsnt s "Who Killed JFK? " will be presented Saturday, December 4 at 3 p.m. in the C.P .A. sponsored by the SG Social Committee. The program is a lecture, slide and film presentation by Bill Spiropoulos. According to publicity on the program, 18 material witnesses died in the three years following the murders of President John Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. Chances of this happening are reputed to be over 100 thousand trillion to one. Several controversial films , some of which were supressed by the Warren Commission, will be shown. Spanish Club mem~rs will visit the su.;nyside Nursing Home De~ember 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. in order to decorate the home for the holidays and to provide refreshments and entertainment. -Spanish Club members will have a typical Spanish dinner on Saturday, December 11 in-Waller Hall. The Spanish Club is organizing a spring trip to historical Virginia. All Wilkes students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. The Ballet Society of Wyoming Valley is presenting The Nutcracker as danced by the Wilkes-Barre Ballet Theatre Co. & Corps_at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts on Sa,turday, December 11 at 2 p.m.; Sunday, De~ember 12 at 8 p.m. ; Saturday, December 18 at 1 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, December 19, at 8 p.m. Tickets will be available at the Box Office prior to each performance. Adult tickets are $4.00. Nancy Evans will give her senior flute recital on Saturday, December 4 at 3:30 p.m. in the Darte Hall recital room. The Wilkes College Chapter of Sigma Xi is sponsoring a lecture "Project Viking" presented by Dr. Priestly.Toulmin III tonight at 8 in SLC Room 1. Dr. Touh)iin has been associated with Project Viking since 1968 and recently returned from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. He will discuss the preliminary results of X-Ray florescence analysis of the Martian atmosphere and soil. · > The Wilkes College Committee for a Clean environment recently announced the winner of its Snowflake Contest. Jack Loftus of Olyphant, Pa., turned in the winning guess of November 5. The early snowfall was the first significant accumulation of the season totaling three inches at the Weather Service at Avoca. Loftus' prediction won him $5.00 and a close-up photograph of ~ snowflake. The film "Oliver" will be shown in the SUB Saturday night at 7 .and 9. · The .Veteran's Club "'.ill hold an important meeting Thursday, December 2, at 11 : 00 in Rm. 204-205 Stark Learning Center. 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Two New Jersey residents, who go to Wilkes, did not spend mµch time at home this vacation. Both had to return to lovely Wilkes-Barre so they could fulfill their occupational responsibilities. Both are "Skate-Guards" at the New Ice-A-Rama, Wilkes-Barre's first indoor ice rink. Mark Davis, from Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, and John Larkin, a Green Brook native, brought their talents and interests from their hometown ice arenas to ours. It all started when they heard the new ice rink was looking for some .e xperienced skate personnel. So, they went up to the Wilkes-Barre Recreation Board office to find out more information. They applied for the job and soon after found out they were well qualified and would start work as soon as possible. Their duties at the rink are to keep peace on the ice by preventing skaters from getting out of hand, skating too fast, and just plain helping out the poor skaters . They also must sometimes take care of the ice itself and even work in the skate room where skates are rented. The two skate guards are also founders and present members of the newly formed Wilkes Hockey Team. Mark, who is captain of the team, explains that it is a Hockey Club and not a school financed · team. "Many of the other schools around here are in the same League including King's, Scranton University, and East Stroudsburg State College. There are also four local clubs which make eight in our league.'' John, ~ ho is president of the club, said the team started last year as a club and played up in Buck Hill Falls in the Poconos. By Lisa Waznik !I) ~ Who's Who -i :::r I am pleased to announce the candidates for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Once again they gave me the list because this c6lumn is so well ·read: • ~ "' i S :s Simon Peter - From Salt Lake City, Simon came to Wilkes in search of himself and found himself. He is president of the Gospel Club, and founder of the Students for Heaven Society. He has participated in the Campus Ministry and was recently seen on the Billy Graham Crusade. His plans for the future include a national tour embroidering "One Way" patches on the back of wayward women's shirts. Elliot Electron -The son of Proton and Neutron Electron, Elliot is a combined Chem istry, Biology, Physics, Math, and Environmental Science Major. He received the "Isaac Assimov" Award for the most lab cuts and is secretary of the "Law of Gravity" Club from which he instituted the initiation ceremonies which is to fall off Stark Hall and land in the Courtyard. Elliot's plans for the future include research work on chemical-biological-physical-mathematicalenvironmental science. Mark Davis "It will probably be another three or four years before hockey becomes a varsity sport but we're headed in the right direction." The biggest disadvantage of not being a varsity sport is that they do not have a budget from the school. They were granted $1,100 from student government but even that is not enough to really get by on. Mark said, "It costs us $40 a game to rent the ice, plus the fees for practice time, plus insurance. Each team member has his own equipment and that runs a good amount too. Hockey is an expensive sport and Wilkes just doesn't have the money right now. The guys spend a lot of their own money." There are two seniors on the team and all members are· students from out-of-town. "There just isn't enough interest· around here yet to draw . more people to .the · sport. But Vocal Concert Features Variety Of Selections '.fhe Music Department will rresent the Wilke s College Chorus in concert on Tuesday, December 7 at 8 :30 _p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. . Director of th~ ch9rus is Richard Chapline. Since ~he date is still a few weeks away from Christmas , Chapline has chosen a program of music that ·is not entirely Christmas hymns and caroles but rather a program in a different mood. Included in the program will be "Five Folk Songs" by Johannes Brahms for unnaccompanied chorus. The "Te Deum" by Flor Peeters, which is a prayer of thanksgiving to God, is also included. One segment of the program will consist of five selections fro m Leonard Berns,tein' s ,musical "Ca ndide" including '''i' he Best of All Possible Worlds, " " Life is Happiness Indeed," , and "This Word," Candide's iament. Another portion of the program will include madrigals. They are : "Come Again Sweet Love" by J ohn Dowland ; "The Silver Swan" by Orlando Gib- 1•••••••••••••••••••••11., hons, an Italian Madrigal by Orazio Vecchi, "Sing, Sing A Song .For Me" or " Fa Una Canzone," and the humorous "Counterpoint of th:e Animals" by Adriano Banchieri. All are from the .16th Century. ~'Winter" with the text _by William Shakespeare and music by Harry Robert Wilson brings in the ' sea'sonal . changes. So, too, does "In a Stable Bare," and Christmas Song. Finally, from the rousing oratorio by Handel, " The Messiah," the chorus will sing, "And the Glory Of The Lord. " The concert is free pf a~mission. John Larkin with this new facility I'm sure it will become more popular,' ' John explained. Mark, who is a senior political science and Spanish major, is also co-captain of the lactosse team this year. There was no hockey team in his alma mater , Hunterdon Central High School, but they did once again organize a club hockey team. · "This is just a great, fantastic experience for me." Mark's sophomore cohort, John, is a graduate of Green Brook High School and belonged only to a club team there. He played in the organized league at home for almost two years. John is a psychology major who plans to go to graduate school, and he is also a member of IDC. What is a -new, different thing for residents of Wyoming Valley is old hat to these two. John relates, "There must be about five indoor ice rinks within an hour's drive from my home. It's ~ pretty common thing." Mark thinks this ice rink is just great. He is however, surprised at the amount of people that don't use it. " Ice is so valuable at home. I'm not used to playing a hockey game before 11 p. m . , and sometimes at 2 or 3 in the morning. There is just not a minute they are not in use." The Wilkes Hockey Club has its first series of games this week. Those who wish to see an innovative team in action, the Wilkes-Barre Ice-A-Rama is located on North Sherman Street in the Coal St. Park Complex, next to the Aquadome. It is in the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre. Public skating is Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to midnight ; Tuesday and Thursday from 9 :30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday and Monday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. In between these scheduled hours are the hockey games and time slots available for rental. The 10:30 to 12 :30, sessions at' night are for those 18 and over if you are shy. Skates can be rented for . 50 cents and admission is $1.50 with spectator admission at 25 cents. For any · other information call 824-8078 or 822-0891. But don't ask fer Mark or John. They will be too busy "watching the ice." Joe Jaque -Joe is the holder of the Wilkes College sports award. He has letters in every sport including women's field hockey. His pastimes include sports and girl chasing. He has the lowest cum in the senior class and intends to go professional after graduation, that is professional girl watching. His most prized possession is his trophy for scoring in all his endeavors. Joe also won the Mr. Wilkes contest last year. Hilarie Hooker - Hilarie is from downtown New York City and spent a lot of time outdoors before coming to Wilkes. She is very well liked at Wilkes and is holder of the "M9'st Known Around Campus" award and is an honorary resident of New Men's Dorm. Hilarie has a very high cum and credits her good marks to getting to know the professors well, very well. After being thrown out of TDR, Hilarie made her own personal mission to make people happy. The men on campus all know where to find Hilarie when they need her and she is quick to respond. Her plans for the future are to go back to New York and put some of her experience to work. Vinnie Van Gosh-An Art Major from Schickshinny, Vinnie has literally painted the town. He was commissioned by the city to decorate fire hydrants for the Bicentennial. Because of the fine job he did, he was awarded the Crayola Imagination Award and was elected president of the "Coloring Book" club: Vinnie plans to move on to mailboxes after graduation and maybe even telephone poles after that. Renee "Ra, Ra" Ro~rts - Being a cheerleader for four years, Renee is said to have the biggest mouth on campus. There is a rumor that when she cheers at Ralston Field, you can hear "Gimme a W" in the second floor bathroom of Gore Hall, with the toilet flushing . Renee, a communications major, plans to go into broadcasting after graduation. One network has already offered her a job announcing ·horse races . Johann Sebastian Smegleski - An excellent musician and carpenter, Johann is treasurer of the Wilkes Sharp and Flat Club. Most well known for his compos.ing ability, he has just recently completed ·a rendition of " Rudolph The Red-Nosed R,eindeer" for finger cymbal, kaz.oo, tympani, and harp · quartet. T~ere is also a version for colorattire soprano al!d cow-bell. Johann plans to continue with his composing and plans to enter the carpenter's union after graduation. He believes he can also earn some side money repairing violas. Gary Gay - Gary has recently been awaraect the "Sweetest Man on Campus" award and is running for president of the Women's Athletic Ass~ation. Gary's hobbies include crocheting, darning, and flower planting. Since he was thrown out of the dorms , Gary's apartment has been the scene of many a swinging party. All the "boyths" know where the action is. In the future, he plans to become a hairdresser or a ballet dancer. Betty Brownie - Betty boasts of having the highest cum ever at Wilkes and claims she doesn't do much studying. She does however frequently bring coffee and doughnuts to class and is many times seen washing professors' cars. She also enjoys babysitting for her professors free of charge. Her hobbies include doing showcases and bulletin boards, running errands, correcting tests , and doing extr'l reports. Her plans for the future are to r~n a Girl Scout Camp. '· ...... " . ,,::'! -0- JOKE OF THE WEEK: Q, What is yellow, and black, and blue, and yellow, and black, and blue, and yellow, and black, and blue? A. A banana falling down the stairs. ' �.... ~ ........ New Squad Members Selected By Cathy Hotchkiss O- N The Wilkes College majorettes ._ and strutters recently held i tryouts for their 1977-78 squads. E Many of their members gained permanent membership and a ~ new temporary member was c added to each of the groups. 8 Lynn Shearon, a biology major i from Freeland, and new com captain Charlotte Richards, a 1 sophomore psychology major 1- from Dallas; and Patty Davis, an elementary education major from Nanticoke, joined the majorettes with permanent status after making the squad for the second time. Donna Grontkowski, a freshman from Plymouth and a political science major, was chosen as a temporary member for next year's football season. Each girl performed a group and individual twirling routine and was rated by members of · the studen!. body, faculty, and administrc\tion on her execution. Other members of the. group include Ellen DuFosse, a junior nursing major; Gail Rinkunas, a psychology major; and Ruth Plytage, a n1t::J:,'.al technology major ; Sheree Kessler, business educationmajor and captain of the new squad; and Cheryl Moyer, nursing major and co-captain. Sheree who also acts as choreographer for the group remarked, " I plan to work along with my two ~o-captains, Cheryl and Lynn, to improve on our half time show for the next football season." e When asked what shethought about the new squad, Cheryl replied, "I feel our new squad has a lot of enthusiasm and talent which will contribute to a good year." Lynn Shearon simply added, "I'm so excited about starting another year." The Wilkes strutters who perform along with the majorettes during football season at half-time and pre-game held their tryouts for a new squad the same night. Their group now consists of nine permanent and one temporary member. Nancy Callahan, a sophomore environmental science major was chosen as a temporary member for the upcoming season. She will have the opportunity to attain permanent status by making the squad for the second time next year. Among those trying out for the second time who will join Freida Skaff as permanent members were: Andrea Chuba, a junior nursing major from WilkesBarre; Karen Burkley, a sophomore mathematics major from Watchung, N.J.; Elaine Gaughan, an environmental science major and a sophomore from Ashley; Cheryl Meier, from New City, N.Y. and an elementary education major; Debi Stephens, an international studies major (rom Maryland ; and Debbie Yedlock, a nursing major from Ashley. The leadership of the squad is provided by Suzie Pudlosky, captain and Susan Suchocki, cocaptain. Both girls are junior business administration majors from Wilkes-Barre. When asked about what to look for in next year 's strutter squad, Suzie Pudlosky replied, " We're sure to have a great year since we're not only strutters on a squad, we're also friends ." Susan Suchocki added to her sentiments by saying, " I'm looking forward to a good year with old and new members." Both the strutters and the majorettes will be hard at work between now and next football season preparing an entertaining half time show for all those who attend the Colonel football games next season. Next year's majorettes will be made up of nine members. Left to right : Gail Rinkunas , Taylor, Pa.; Ruth Plytage, Plymouth, Pa. ; Sherf'e Kessler, captain, Brigantine, N.J.; Charlotte Richards, Dallas, Pa. ; Patty Davis , Nanticoke ; Ellen DuFosse, Williamsport, Pa.; Ch~ryl Moyer, co-captain, Schuylhaven, Pa. ; Lynn Shearon, co-captain, Freeland, Pa., and Donna Grontkowski, Plymouth. ·Head Chef At Wilkes Wins Food Contest Adding originality to the ingredients of a common, wellknown food item, the head chef at Wilkes College was able to win "The Creative Cheeseburger Contest," distinguishing himself as an area cook. Fred Wall, who has worked at Wilkes for 27 years, was selected as the winner from over 1,000 applicants. The only requirement for the contest, which was sponsored by Kraft Foods, was for each chef to submit an original recipe for the makings of a cheeseburger. Strutters -Left to right, first row, Suzie Pudlosky, captain; Sue Suchocki, co-captain. Second row: Elaine Gaughan, Karen Burkley, Nancy Callahan, Debi Stephens, Andrea Chuba, Debbie Yedlock, Cheryl Reid. Library Offers Relief For Term Paper Blues When students find themselves .bombarded with research paper assignments at the end of the semester ( as they often do), they usually view the work · as something to be dreaded or feared. Many are uncertain as to how to approach writing the paper, where to · go for information, or how to punctuate the product properly. But at the Eugene Shedden Farley Library, students can get the help they need. Fred Walters, associate in reference. is iust one Biggest Selection Best Prices On •Diamonds VANSCOY Dmmond Salon Orders received by Dec . 15 , 1976 w il l be del ive red b efore Christmas . Mail check or money order to : TELTRONICS , 2400 E. 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Walters said, "I'll handle any problem that students may have, whether it's with writing the paper, obtaining biographical or informational material , or solving punctuation problems." He said that people come in with all sorts of problems, so a broad background is needed to properly answer their questions. He feels that his background in English, history and political science has helped him help the students. . . Walters finds it easy to ~empathize with the students, sinr::e he too is a student at Wilkes taking graduate courses. "I can identify with the problems they face," he said. Having working at the library as a student assistant during his undergraduate days , Walters found the work to be enjoyable and decided to stay on. He attended Wilkes full-time starting in 1969 until the Agnes flood hit. Then he · switched to working full-time and attending school part-time. So students can find the help they need for those pressing endof-the semester problems. The library is full of staff members both willing and able to offer their help. Januzzi's Pizza and Hoagies 125 Ac ademy St reet FREE DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS 11 - 11 825-5037 825-5166 �,, . Stage T,me For Winter Sports A:-C«aJJ a, 10 CD -.., 0 CD n CD ~H, 3 C" .,CD !"-' ~t ..., ...-.., lite, "l(c,-rntl8~ -! :::J" CD IJI CD Ill n 0 :I ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;:;:;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~:: :::: - Mermen Refuse · · To Take With many lettermen and women not returning this year, things don't look so bright for the Colonel Swimming squad s. However, Coach Ken Turley is not at all dismal. .., "We have a lot of work to do a nd must concentrate on all our strong points." The reas on for many former swimmers not returning this year is mostly due to the lack of a swimming facility. Tha t is that the Wilkes Swim tea m mus t practice in th e Wyo min g Seminary pool and the conditions are poor. "We have a bad time slot for practice , es pecia lly for those wit h n ight c lasses , a rid sometimes we must even sha re the pool with Semina ry." There is a chance that the team may get to practice at the King's Natatorium . The word on that will come this week. There a re however a group of swimmers that a re just not ha mpered by the condition. Co-captains P a ul Neidzwick i and J eff Jones a re putting in a lot of practice time a nd that will show in the upcoming meets. •l BY PAPPAS , 155 North Ma i n St . Wilkes -Barre , P a . Pho ne : 825-7110 Hot Oven Grinders Ice Cream / / / pos ing divers. He copped a fifth .... ) place in the MAC Swimming ···· Championships last year at \ I ;~1~jt(~]~:j~ i New Riders Cop Grid Cro112-,i dedicated to this sport and are :::: l~t~i}~:~~~-•·-• name to watch for in the winne r 's circle. For the girls things don't look as bright as last year either. The team consists of six members as ~~-mpared to last year's total of Captain Lisa Waznik is very optimistic however . "We did lose a lot but it seems that our strongest team members from last yea r a re the ones who are with us again. We definitely have the strength but not the numbers." Cindy Glawe , second place medal winner in the MAC Cha mpionships last year is in fine form for the season. Melita Maguire who swept through the Champions hips last year coming home with three medals is also back. Maris Solomon and Carol Piatt will be adding to the powerful s ix. Completing the group is P enny Bianconi coming to swimming from the hockey field. The season opens for the Aquamen and women Saturday when they will be hosted by Ursinus College at 2:00. PET CANDLE® Florida's Answer to the Pet Rock. 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Larry Conner scored in the final quarter on another one of Kresky's aerials. The final touchdown of the game was scored by Frank Lanky on a s leeper play. The play was so secre tive that half the New Riders team didn't realize that he scored. The STX offense sorely missed Mark Da vis at quarterback. Without him the offense lacked its usual punch. It seemed as though STX spent at least half of the game getting used to a new qua rter back and his style of play. However , there is no use making excuses for STX. The New Riders were a much more powerful team a nd they showed their worth on this pa rticular Sunday afternoon. · Other tea ms to ,make the playoffs were Smegmas and the Wild Bunc h. Smeg ma s was defeated by the New Riders on Wednesday a nd the Wild Bunch was defeated by STX on Thursday. �Winter Sports Preview Issue ... QI OI '= ll. ,0 ..... C>, . Wrestlers Open Tough Division I Schedule N 1l E QI u QI 0 By Earl Monk C 0 u '= QI ID QI ...z: THE 1976-77 WILKES COLLEGE WRESTLING TEAM - Left to right, seated, Tim Golden, Mat Simone, Casper Tortella, John DeSalvo, Al~x Grohol, Dick Bernier, Dan Cardell, Rick Mahonski, Lon Balum, and Eric Wolfsohn. Kneeling, Earl Monk, Bruce Lear, Greg MacLean, P erry LkJ.ttinger, Gene Clemons, Dan House, Dave Gregrow, Reggie Fatherly, and Bart - Cook. Standing, Jim Weisenfluh, Rich Nordheim, Dennis Flanagan, Denny Jacobs, Don Gaetano, Rick Smith, Bill Karpovich, Matt Middendorf, Mark Densberger, Wade Fatool, Chuck Partridge,· Glynn Mansfield, and Val Kaplan. New Coach Takes Over Helm Of Women Cagers By Joan Vorbach There will be a new face at courtside as this year's women's a big part of the Colonelettes training. Before any full court fset~il~~ Schierer, and she has come bearing gifts of discipline and defense. Miss Schierer boasts 14 years of coaching experience, 7 at Ber- :f;l::~~~~hr~:t f~ae~e~o~r;: which includes rebounding, dribbling, and conditioning drills. ·, Although Coach Schierer would like her whole team 05) there for every practice, she Fieii:~e[f!1!iii:2::~1}aa}] Schierer would like to continue that philosophy, but she was conduct. And my girls are so ·cooperative. They're terrific !" ~::::;~a~e/e:as;~ •• 1 !.l._!i. . j_j;_-! :=:: l ~?-~: ~~ a~~1~~t:ii;~~~~~~ _1:·•_ :: :_;::_1:: : The Wilkes College wrestling team, with perhaps its finest collection of talent ever, kicked off the 1976-77 season last night against the Lehigh Engineers. The Colonels return all of last year's team with the exception of Eastern champ Jim Weisenfluh 067 ) and Roy Preefer ( 118). Both contributed excellent seasons, but both spots appear ready to be capably filled . Coach John Reese is optimistic that his squad, which includes 11 lettermen, is capable not only of cracking the Division I national rankings, but also of taking, the Eastern title. A witness to just how strong the Colonels are this year can be seen by looking through the lineup. At 118, sophomore Mat Simone has the inside track, and is backed up by junior Tim Golden and fres hmen Glynn Mansfield (Irvington, N.J.) and Don Gaetano (Crestwood). Senior Rick Mahonski (21--8-1) one of the four Colonel captains is back at 126, and may be the finest wrestler on the team. Rick was the only Colonel besides Weisenfluh to place at East~rns, finishing second to Lehigh's Bob Sloand. Sophomore Dick Bernier .stands ready to fill in when needed. Lon Balum, a three time letter winner and captain will be in at 134 pound slot. Lon who was 12-7-1 last year and is 27-14-1 lifetime is expected · to put it all together this year for his finest season. Sophomore letterman Alex Grohol who is another blue chipper will also see plenty of action at 134 and even at 142. Junior Casper Tortella ( 11-3-1) , a favorite of Colonel fans, will be seen in action at any one of three positions 034)142)150). Another captain, senior Bruce Lear 06-5-1) wrestled last night at 142, and will shift between 142 and 150 during the season. John DeSalvo, another sophomore letterman, will also see action in the 142-150 slots. Freshman Denny Jacobs, a State champion from Pennsylvania, was expected to start at 150 last night after fighting off tough competition from freshmen Mark Densberger (Danville ) and Dennis Flanagan (Delaware Valley, N.J. ). Warren Bush is yet another fine freshman in the 150 category. Junior Greg MacLean (12-9-3) is back for second at 158, and will be backed up by freshman Wade Fatool (Shitellamy) and Bill Karpovich (Meyers). Weisenfluh's 167 pound position has been won by sophomore Gene Clemons. Clemons is back after sitting out last spring. Sophomore Perry Lichtinger is also ready for action at 167. Sophomore Bart Cook (5-2 ) and the fourth captain, senior Dave Gregrow 06-9)2) will alternate in the 177 and 190 positions. Junior letterman Reggie Fatherly is also at 190 and sophomore Matt Middendorf who looked impressive at eliminations is ready at 177. Junior Danny House (6-9) returns at heavyweight and behind him is freshman Rick Smith, who later in the year may drop to 190. So with the definite abundance of talent the Colonels appear to be well stocked for this season. The competition remains stiff enough so that no one will be able to slack off and there is enough depth that unless an epidemic occurs, injuries will not hamper the squad as severely as the past two years. All in all with this supply of talent and a highly competitive schedule, this season promises to be the most exciting since the national (Division III) championship season for 1973-74. :{iiti~i[~fI~1:I'.;,,,i~ll~I~~\i~:~i'.'.: : : : , , ,:~,~=:~:, J Tonite: Del Val Home Bearde's Boys Seeking Consistency And Style By Jeff Acornley Gone is Jack Brabant. And with his departure went the only verified star that Colonel basketball has seen during the last few years. But do not despair Colonel fans, the 76-77 edition will be tough. Coach Rodger Bearde, entering his sixth season at the helm of the Wilkes cagers, has reason for optimism. " Anytime you lose a player of Brabant's quality, you are going to miss him, but we are in the unique position of having mostly young . players but they have much experience. Four of last years starters are among the total of seven lettermen returning.'' "Our biggest priority will be to establish our own personality and character out on the court. We've got to learn to play our own game and not have that dictated to us by our opponents. Without a star, it will be very much a team effort. And despite their relative experience, they are still young and consistancy will be a major factor this season." The Colonels will feature a balanced offensive attack, hoping to have five players averaging in double figures. They are very quick and will look to score from the fast break as often as possible. Bearde was hasty to note, however, that they won't be simply a run-and-gun team. The patterned offense will look first to the inside for the percentage shot and then to the outside. This isn't because of any lack of outside shooters but because many of the Colonels were high school centers and work well inside where the good percentage shots are. The Wilkes defense will be mostly man-to-man with only occasional switches to the zone, depending on the opposition. Speed was damaged a great deal when senior Terry Schoen was shelved during the preseason with a fractured ankle. He was the Colonels quick quard and he doesn't get the cast off until December 17. A decision on whether to red-shirt him will not be made until then. The Colonel backcourt appears to be in good shape despite the loss of Schoen. Senior. captain The results of last night's match with Lehigh were unavailable at press time. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::: Tom Donahue and Kenny Hughes have nailed down the starting slots. Both had missed part of last season with injuries and it is hoped that they can regain the scoring touch. They will be backed up by Nick Holgash and Bob Welsh. This is the tallest Colonel team ever with giants like John Zapko ·(~) and Jeff Baird (6-7) in the -.- middle. Last year's second leading scorer Kendall McNeil and Tony Nardelli will start at the forwards. Nardelli is used to a lot of court action and his experience will be helpful. The Colonels dropped the season opener Tuesday night at Lock Haven State, 61-55. Leading at the half, they couldn't hang on despite high scoring by Ken THE 197~77 WILKES COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM - Left to right: Ken Hughes, Lewis Graham, George Oschal, Tony Nardelli, Jeff Baird, Kendall McNeil, Bob Welsh, Tom Hughes (18), Tony Nardelli (16), and Kendall McNeil ( 15 ). They hit on only 24 of 55 shots from the field. Jeff Baird grabbed 12 rebounds while Nardelli had 10. The cagers will entertain Delaware Valley tonight in the gym at 8: 15. They will then hit the road for battles with York on Saturday and Philadelphia Textile on Wednesday. Donahue, Terry Schoen, Art Meigh, Matty Peterson, John Zapko, Gary Toczylowski, Joe McCrae, Gordie Miller, and Nick Holgash. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1976 December 2nd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 December 2 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/a952c19a45db236b0088d6a8c6b01036.pdf b84e5accaf318b4f7a491b0ccbadf172 PDF Text Text The recommendation of IDC to place Tony Nardelli on probation has been approved by Deans' Council. Nardelli was involved in a fight · which resulted in the injury of an innocent bystander about three weeks ago. He was called before the Inter-Dormitory Council three days later at which time Nardelli himself said that he should be put on social probation after being asked what punishment he thought he deserved. According to George Ralston, dean of students, the decision to place Nardelli on indefinite disciplinary probation was reached after several hours of heated discussion. Ralston stated that it was agreed upon that discipline should be regarded as an educational function. Ralston also added that Deans' Council went much further than the recommendation from IDC. Although Nardelli will not be dismissed from the college, he must maintain specific standards for the extent of his probation, which could last for his remaining days at Wilkes. Any violation of these standards will result in immediate exclusion from the college; no further consideration will be given. These standards include the provision that Nardelli not engage in any physical threats. Winter Weekend Set For February 18, 19, 20 The winter weekend sponsored by student government will be held on the 18th, 19, and 20 of ·February, but it will apparently be a local event with no activities in the Poconos. Dean Edward Baltruchitis, speaking at the weekly SG meeting on Monday, stated the cost involved for a one or two day weekend in the Poconos would require a $15 subsidy by SG so that the student ticket price would be only $15. "It doesn't mean we can't have a winter weekend locally," he added. SG has budgeted $1000 for the weekend. A motion by Steve Esrick, SG vice president, "to have the winter weekend on campus" was amended to read "to have the winter weekend locally" and was then passed. A letter sent to several members of SG by Dale Buehler, librarian, and Frederick Kr ohle, library staff member, was read and brought considerable response from the SG body. The letter was a response to SG's attempt to have a Xerox machine on campus which would charge only five cents per copy as op- posed to the 10 cents charged for the library machine. The letter suggested that SG should reconsider its price per I copy for the Xerox machine or that the school should subsidize the library's machine. Reasons for the request that SG raise its price per copy were apparently unclear to SG members. According to SG Treasurer Patti Cullinan, Bloomsburg State College currently has a five cent copier available to students and another ten cent copier in its library. Therefore, the SG attempt to have one at Wilkes is not without precedent. Several SG members experssed consternation about why anyone would be opposed to such an action that SG members believe would obviously be of help to the students. The five cent machine, they believe, would be less of a financial burden to students and would be more convenient to students since it would be placed across from the housing office in New Men's Dorm, ~ a which they claim is open more titan the library. The biology department faculty However, the biology presented feedback to the conprofessors were concerned about cerns and problems discussed at ·' two other aspects of the Bio Dialogue Day in September cafeteria. The "outstandingly to a dozen juniors and seniors last ridiculous noise level" and the Tuesday night. lack of "social graces" of the Dr. Lester J ; Turoczi said the students were pre_sented as faculty had spent "lots of hours" concerns for which the students in order to find answers and could seek solutions. possible solutions to the problems Another problem was the noise mentioned by the Bio Dialogue in the library. Turoczi mentioned participants. this concern of the students was The first area which Turoczi brought to Dean Soter's atdiscussed at the meeting was the tention. Since alerting the adconcerns outside the biology ministration of the need for a department. The food service quiet study area, Turoczi comwas one such complaint. To mented the library is gradually understand this complaint, becoming a better study place. faculty, as a group, ate dinner in . One of the main concerns of the cafeteria one evening. "We biology majors was advisors. found that the Wilkes College Turoczi stated advisors are cafeteria is typical,'' noted chosen on a random basis for Turoczi. He also added the freshmen. Since the biology faculty found no essential faults department is one of the largest with the food. at Wilkes, each of the professors have a great num~r of students. Turoczi said the random choosing of advisors would be continued, but students wou!d have t}le option at the end of their During his report to Student sophomore year to .choose an Government last week, Ralston advisor on the basis of a common stated that the college has never interest in career or a special had very much problem with field of biology. discipline and that the college is The faculty will also be sending not a rehabilitative institution. a letter to incoming freshmen But by viewing discipline at the biology majors describing the college as an educational funcspecializations of the faculty tion rather than a surgical funcmembers . Incoming students, tion, the deans hope they will having a specific career interest, include Nardelli in the body and could request .to be assigned to work positively in trying to the faculty member substitute unacceptable behavior knowledgeable in that field. with acceptable behavior . Another concern brought up at the Bio Dialogue Day was the course program for medical technology majors. "Nothing can be done about the med. tech, major," commented Turoczi. He stressed the need for a strict program due to the clinical experience in the fourth year. He also mentioned new courses had been added to the curriculum to allow med. tech. majors more exposure to areas ofcy which are important to th career. The problem of I ansferring credits, especially for the freshmen and sophomore biology courses (Bio 201-208M) was also discussed. President Capin sent letters to various co_lleges in Pennsylvania concerning credit transfer policies. A general policy could not be made, but the modules (The Bio 201-208M courses) would be considered as a special case when transferring. Concerning credit transfer, Turoczi stated, "It is not an impossibility. Credit for credit, they are not transferable. It does require a special case offering. " He also gave examples of biology majors who received some credit and exemption for biology courses at other colleges after taking the modules. Juniors and seniors were also concerned with the offering of specialized biology courses. The biology cout ses offered ar e designed so that students receive a "background from which they Continued on Page 2 ~-----Vacation Dead Ahead--------, The Worst Is Al111ost Over "Tis the season to be jolly" proclaims an ancient Christmas carol, and after what seems to be countless weeks of tests, papers, trying to find a parking place, enjoying the cuisine of the cafe, the seme'ster is suddenly almost over. Md Christmas vacation is looming ahead. The reality of it will hit you as you walk out of your last final. Visions of long weeks away from classes dance in your head as your hurry for the Park & Lock or to the dorm, grab your suitcases and start for home. Your plans for those precious weeks may include a variety of events, from skiing to parties to visiting friends and relatives or going into hibernation to catch up on the sleep you missed all semester, getting up for those invigorating 8 a.m. classes. Maybe you are one of the ambitious people at Wilkes who is hoping to get a job over the vacation or just have a wonderful time with the many winter sports. The weeks after finals will find the science majors out of their labs and the .music majors away · from their music and the lounge. But whatever your plans, enjoy your vacation. It's the longest one that you will get during the year, and it is bound to go by fast. �iBio Day Report Fn>mPagol ;:e can step into anything." The Turoczi noted the reason for ! department offers specialized such variabi_lity in ~he ex~rtise ,:; courses in the summer, but not in of the teaching assistants 1s the ; the regular semester schedule. f~ct t?at the positions are_of~en In addition, some new courses filled m a hurry at the be?mnmg ~ 1. ve been introduced such as the of the semester. As a solut10n, the ~ OL ·mography course, which will professors are planning to ~hoose feature the team teaching of Dr. next semester's lab assistants :S Louis Rigley, biology, Dr. James within the next couple weeks. ~ Bohning chemistry, and Dr. " We are one of the most con: Bruce B~rryman, environmental cerned depar tments," added c:, science. Turoczi. He also said some of the (: Undergraduate research was problems presentooc1-s--the result another topic of interest. In their of Bio Dialogue Day required senior year ; biology ma jors more consideration. The faculty should be doing an independent is trying to put all the concerns in research project, according to the proper perspective. Turoczi. The lack of un"There's somethinginthe works dergraduate research is due to right now," answered Turoczi both faculty and students not when ques tioned about two initiating any interest in this specific concerns , prearea. Turoczi stated students can professional advising and gain a feeling of self-pride recommendations. through research. It also gives Some topics were held back students the opportunity to see from discussion until something "what science is really like," by concrete could be said. participating in the Eastern Turoczi also commented the College Science Conference. The biology faculty needs student Conference is designed for feedback. He feels students students to present papers on should be more responsive to the their research projects to concerns and problems and students from other colleges. . continue the spirit that was "It's an area that needs a lot of exhibited at the Bio Dialogue work at Wilkes College, " stated Day. Turoczi about career guidance and placement. The biology 1 department is trying to make students aware of job opportunities, career, orientation "The worth of the program and job and professional school depends upon the good volunapplications through the seminar teers. " These are the words of -course. Mrs. Hannah Janjigian, volunA facet of the biology depart- teer director of the YM-YWCA ment, which the faculty is trying Tutorial Program. to improve is the teachin_g Anyone interested in parassistant status. The faculty is ticipating in the tutorial program looking for students who are can contact Mrs. Janjigian at 823interested in the experience of a 0181, or by going to the main teaching position. office of the YM-YWCA . E Tutors Needed At Y' I An invitation to come in from the cold: Upsala' s January Intersession. If you don't want to put your head in the deep freeze between semesters, consider Upsala' s January Intersession. The JI offers some 20 courses (for academic credit) th at can be studied in depth in a four-week period. Program subjects range from business writing to a rE..ading of Plato's Republic and classes meet . mornings, afternoons, or evenings and, in some cases, over the weekends. Get out of the winter doldrums and warm yourself at a four- Ralston, Groh, Chwalek, WhithyAll Classina·tes At Coluinhia What do Dean George Ralston, · Alfred Groh, John Chwalek, and Dean John Whitby have in common? Well, besides being employed by Wi_lkes, they all received their masters degrees from Columbia University. What's more, all of them were at Columbia at the same time. CC Ana lys i s - - Counci / Active, Students Not As the semester closes, it is in order to evaluate the accomplishments to date of the Commuter Council. The council has been responsible for doing its best to solve parking problems for commuting students. Park and Lock stickers have been sold faithfully each month, more on-campus parking spaces will be available next semester, and the possibility of providing a shuttlebus service from Ralston Field is being looked into. Commuter Council was the only student government organization to set up a Homecoming display and it organized the Christmas party to be held Sunday night at Genetti's. It is also planning a smorgasbord for next semester. Why all this talk, then, about Commuter Council being dead? Because nobody pays any attention to CC anymore and nobody wants to get involved. There is no question that the council itself got off to a pretty slow start this semester, but it has · improved. The members have shown concern over their own lack of enthusiasm and consequently the meetings are ndw well-attended and more committees are being organized. All that is lacking now is the enthusiastic support from the commuting students that make up more than half of the 2000 students at Wilkes. With student support and interest, Commuter Council could be a vital orga,nization once again next semester. According to Dean of Student Affairs George Ralston, "It was like a little Wilkes College down at Columbia. There were four of us and sometimes six or seven of us." The group travelled back and forth together _for several summers. •~ost of us", said Ralston, "lived in the dormitories. I roomed with Mr. Chwalek one summer" . Ralston earned his masters degree in personnel psychology in 1952. He continued his graduate work until he amassed over 90 graduate credits. He completed everything necessary for a Ph.D. , but the writing of his dissertation. However, the topic for the dissertation was approved. From 1947 to 1952 Ralston spent his summers studying at Columbia. He spent a full year at the institution from 1954 to 1955. John Chwalek, now the . pl2cement director, majored in student personnel services. Of his days at Columbia with his Wilkes colleagues, Chwalek said "we used to get together fro:n time to time. After lunch we would sit down and have _-a little bull session. We would also take in a baseball game every now and then because the Yankee stadium was not far away." When he attended Columhi~ : Chwalek said he used to hitchike from Wiikes-Barre to New York. "I would allow myself $12 for a weekend in New York," he said, "and still bring back one or two dollars Qhange." . Concerning their finances in those days, Chwalek said, "All of us were short of money, it was just not available. I used to sponge more money fro m Whitby .. .! think I still owe him $10. I'll pay him back before I retire." Whitby, now Dean of Admissions, said "we used to have a lot of fun. " Baseball games provided a major form of en- · tertainment. "We would end up going to a lot of baseball games which George (Ralston did not want to do because he t bought he should be studying all the time." "There is no question that the graduate offices of Columbia knew of Wilkes College," said Alfred Groh, now director of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. He, too was at Columbia. One benefit of being there with other Wilkes people, he said, was that "we could discuss our classes and relate what we were doing at Columbia to what we were doing at Wilkes." Groh received his masters degree in comparative literature. Vet's Club Party December 23 The Christmas Dinner-Dance being sponsored by the Veterans Club will be held at the Gus Genetti 's Hotel at 7:00 on December 23. There are only a limited number of tickets still available, and ticket sales will end December 13. The affair will include cocktails from 7-8, with din_ner from 8-9, and dancing 1rom 9 till · 12. An open bar will be available throughout the affair, and music will be provided by "Grand Tour". For tickets and more information contact the Veterans Office, Lower Level, Weckesser Hall, Ext. 439. This event is open to all students , faculty and friends of Wilkes College. j. MARQUIS ART and FRAME -~~~~~~~';H:.~';H:.~ I II week f i r r n l ~ I I Book And Record Mart 18 s. 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FRANKLIN ST., W-B Mon. 2 - 9 Thurs. 10 · 9 Tues. , Wed., Fri., Sat. 10 - 5 824-6540 �"D QI A W~iI Cl CD ... St~dent:~ Being [ aJor Concern Of SGj C CD n CD 3 g., :!' By Patrice Stone Despite all · the griping that goes on about Student Government, this year 's body has proven itself to be genuinely concerning about the students. Even though there have been . no major or outstanding contributions made this semester , quite a few "behind the scenes" details, which are important to the general well-being of Wjlkes' students, have taken up many hours of time. Probably most important are the pending proposals to eliminate tests being given the week before a final exam and to eliminate cumulative finals for students with an A or a B average. Although there does not seem to be much work involved to get these proposals approved, numerous readings must take place and explanations ""given. The academic committee is to be commended for its work. Also important is the used bookstore that SG ran this semester and will run again next semester . This is an answer to students' needs. The student government members working THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Specializing In: Hoagies And All Kinds Of Sandwiches there get no reimbursement for the time they spend. A Xerox machine will be available next semester through efforts of SG. Also an answer to the students' needs, it will give copies for only five cents ; half the cost of copies in the library. The films being offered on a regular basis have been very good ones and student response has been good. Some attempts have been made to offer other forms of enterta inment on campus, but not that much has been done. Some improvement. can be made in this area. In a ddition to these accomplishments, the body has taken an active part in campus happenings . Dean Ralston reported directly to the body the outcome of the Dean's CounGil decision about Tony Nardelli. SG was also actively involved in fighting for better ca mpus security. A major cirticism of this year 's Student Government, however, is its seeming lack of consistency in the granting of funds. They granted $1100 to the hockey club one week, and the next we ek turned down a request by the Fine Arts Club for $100. With the large amount of funds SG controls, a more orderly system for allocating funds is definitely needed. All in all, Student Government is heading the right direction. It is working postively to solve the students' problems and tend to the students' needs. Hopefully, next semester will bring even more positive action. ...::r ID ID CD QI n 0 ~ ppeanng above as ebate Union With some of the symbols of their spirit: the trophy case enclosing "the hardware of our work," according to Dr. Bradford Kinney, Union coach, and the union's insignia placed on the practice podium. The display case·was made by Steve J urewicz, Debate Union member. The odd looking insignia appearing on the podium was designed by Donna Korba with respect to a trophy of a horse's behind which was won last year by Steve Esrick and Dave Evans at a tournament' in Louisville, Kentucky; home of the Kentucky Derby. · The newly adopted insignia will also appear on the union members' tee shirts which are currently on order. Kneeling: Harriet Smith, Donna Korba. Standing, from left, Steve Jurewicz, Dr. Kinney, Dave Evans, Maryann Bartoszek, Marcia Stratton, Davids Roberts. Debate Union Captures Third Place At Mencken Forensics Tournament·••··. -· The Debate Union, led by director Dr. Bradford L. Kinney, captured third place at the H.L. Mencken Forensics Tournament at Towson State University in Towson, Maryland on December 3-4. The Union's third place Sweepstakes trophy was based on the overall performance of the team. Each Union member received a certain number of Sweepstak~s points in each round of each event. The number of points awarded was determine~ ·~~~~~ BRING YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST to the by how well the speaker did in the round, and the points of all team members were added together and compared with the totals of other schools. Wilkes had the third highest point total. Dr. Kinney stated that he is particularly proud of his third place Sweepstakes trophy since it shows a total team effort. He said that all the Wilkes speakers contributed valuable points toward the high point total resulting in the win. The · trophy is the first Sweepstakes award the Debate Union has won this season and gives recognition to the effort put forth by all Union members. As indicated by the Sweepstakes trophy, individual Union members did well at Towson. · David Evans won a first place trophy in Salesmanship.· This category is unique and is rarely included in tournament schedules. It requires the speaker to present a sales spe·ech which will persuade the audience to buy a particular product. This was the first times Wilkes competed in the event. 51, The Debate Union continued its . p,:sJ:aJIISHfl:,:& JIIBlll9 >lfi JIIB,:Sllf I ff 1II1 everyone - even those hard-to-buy-for people. •I We've got big gifts , little gifts , in-between gifts to suit any budget. Shop early for best selections. I 1 3'. I ~ II You'll be sure to find just the right gifts for I If M 1I I Your Christmas Gift Headquarters! II J .~ ~·~~~~~ , I - ¥,,. , .;,- Wilkes also did well in impromptu speaking, with two Union members reaching the semi-finals. Senior Kim Witherow and Steve Jurewicz represented Wilkes in thi~ event. Some two hundred colleges and universities were invited to the H.L. Mencken Tournament, which is sponsored by the Baltimore Sunpapers. Some of the school competing were the University of North Carolina, the University of Delaware, Sheppherd College (Virginia ); Suffolk College ( Massachusetts ), Catonsville Coilege (Maryland ), Monmouth College (New Jersey ), York College of Pennsylvania and Bloomsburg State College, among others. The trophies won at Towson raise to fifteen the number of awards won by the Debate Union C_am_pus re ps wa n~ed to post dIStribute for comm1Ss1on. Lines If in the four tournaments attended gua ranteed to sell. Agressive. R by Union members this season. EARN UP TO $3000 PER SEMESI'ER OR MUCH MORE! R I II motiva ted pe rsons. Few hours According to Dr. Kinney, this is weekly. Send ~esume. $2, for job des9 npt10n, mfo s heets. a p- If an exceptional performance plication form s. post & handling. : which is making other· schools Upon acceptance receive coding R hold Wilkes in high regard. The Debate Union will wind up numb e r , memb . ca rd , work its fall semester this weekend manual free. With first weekly comm L<;sion check receive your $2 with a number of options open to bac k. WRITE : Nationwide it. It is possible that Union I I I I I College Marketing Services I (NCMS) , Box 1384, Ann Ar- II I bor, ~ . Ml. 48106. R rt l,:a,_,::a,_.,.•••:.J Make the Boston Store 1--,,1...---r-i'.~ ! fine performance in informative speaking. Union members had already won a number of awards in this event this season. Junior Marcia Stratton and sophomore Maryann Bartoszek both competed in the semi-finals. Freshmen Donna Korba and Stephen R. Jurewicz aiso made it to the informative speaking semifinals. · members will travel to Penn State University for another tournament on December 11-12. Januzzi's Pizza and Hoagies 125 Academy Street · FREE DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS -11 - 11 825-5037 825-5166 �.... lProblems Of Bio Majors ~Logi,cally Approached °'. Letters To The Editor GI Jl E GI u GI 0 C: 0 u Ill GI ID GI .c: I- The biology department faculty seems to be moving in the r,ight direction with 'the "reason and logic" approach to the problems of the biology majors. The professors want the students to know that they do care and trying to increase the students' perception of what college, in general and what Wilkes College are really like. Although the time period between Bio Dialogue Day and the Faculty Feedback was over a month, it is assumed this shows the time and effort with which the biology faculty attempted to tackle the "gripes" of the students. The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that problem. The biology department has realized there is a lack of communication between students and faculty. Through the Bio Dialogue Day and the Faculty Feedback, hopefully, the department will seriously be able to improve communications and overcome those problems and concerns which disturb biology and related majors. The faculty presented answers to student concerns in very general terms. Those specific problems that were only vaguely mentioned require more consideration . The f~culty must not forget these specific concerns since they are the ones which could harm the unity and reputation of the department. The biology professors also presented questions concerning the noise level in the cafeteria and the lack of social graces of the students, which are legitimate complaints. Yet, the concerns within the department are more important and demand the full attention of the faculty. Miracles are not expected since the faculty is only human and the members do have their own personal lives to lead as well. The spirit of Bio Dialogue Day should not be forgotten by either of the parties involved. Students and faculty members together can make the ideals work and possibly open communications that will eventually lead to the strengthing of one of the largest departments on campus. .HEACON BITS 1 Librarian Responds To 'Frustrated Student' To The Editor, The letter in last week's issue signed " Frustrated Student" deserves a response. The following is intended not only for one individual butfor the student community as a whole, because it is my feeling that part of the educational process should invo lve discovery and recognition of the other side of the question. An academic library is differ ent from other kinds of libraries. Its librarians are faculty members (just like your instr uctors ), its supporta tive staff works full time (like your parents at their jobs), and its cliente le is governed and motivated by the concerru; of "learning-Le., getting through college (which is not necessarily the same thing as getting an education). Library personnel must work a full day, but that never means 9-5. It means 8-4 three days a week, 2-10 another, perhaps a day off in the middle of the week, and working some kind of peculiar hours on Saturdays and.Sundays. It also means that library personnel, unlike teaching faculty, must be on hand during semester breaks, in summer , and a lot of other odd times when others in the academic community are not otherwise "at the office." When a holiday dr a ws near, it is Circle K Clarifies False Report To The Editor, We would like this letter published with the intention of clearing the air of the article printed by Caryn Axelrad. We, the members of Circle K, would now like to present some facts regarding our M.S. Marathon. We were shocked to hear the false accusations made by Miss Axelrad. First of all, regarding the dancers, the marathon lacked support. However, we never threw in the towel when the going was rough. Circle K members stayed the whole weekend, attempting to recruit dancers, calling on the results hourly to three radio stations even though, they were disappointing, and in general, trying to heighten interest in our cause and raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. The apathy of Wilkes College students surely proved their attitudes to such a worthwhile cause. There will be a meeting Monday, December 13 at 4 p.m. at the Wilkes Field House, football locker room, for those athletes interested in weight training. The meeting will be conducted by Mr. Ed Lucas, assistant football coach. General background facts, purposes, · objectiyes, and format of the program will be discussed. There will be a meeting of the Lettermen's ,Club today at 11 in the Gore Hall lounge. The Wilkes College student body will sing Christmas carols at Regarding the food, Miss Retreat State Hospital on Saturday, December 18, at 6:30 p.m. A signAxelrad stated "The only food for up sheet is available in the Student Government Office, second floor the dancers was doughnuts." of Weckesser Hall. A car caravan will leave from the rear of Where was she on Friday night Weckesser. _ when there were twenty hot dogs, A meeting to discuss plans for the Student Government spontwenty apple pies, ten gallons of sored winter weekend will be held today at 11 a.m. in the SLC. All inorange drink, doughnuts, terested students are asked to meet in the SLC lobdy. cookies, cakes and candy? The Parking applications for next semester are now available at the Marathon began at 8:00 p.m. and Housing office, according to IDC President Bruce Lear. the food arrived at 9:00 p.m. The Mr. Donald Williams will present an informal talk on local food was donated by: Weiner geology today at 11:00 in SLC 435. Mr. Williams is a junior enKing, McDonald's and Filled and vironmental science major at Wilkes with a special interest in Fancy. geology. The talk is entitled, "Geology and Geomorphology of the Wyoming Valley Region." For breakfast on Saturday The Wilkes College Department of Music will present the Wilkes morning the Wilkes College Concert Band in concert, Sunday, December 12. Director of the band is William Gasbarro, chairman of the department. The concert will - Cafeteria had donated four dozen eggs and a tray of bacon. As one be held in the ·CPA at 3:30 p.m., and is free of charge. can imagine, there was · more A swine flu booster shot has been determined necessary for than enough food for the dancers. anyone between the ages of 18 and 24 that received the first shot. Miss Axelrad was asked to eat, There is a four week wait after the first injection before the booster but she refused various memcan be given. Any student who can get the booster while they are bers. She was also told that the home for the Christmas break should do so. Otherwise, the booster food was available in the kitchen will be available through the Wilkes-Barre Public Health Agency whenever she was hungry. If any sometime during January, place and time have yet to be announced. of her accusations lacked basis, it "The Diary of Anne Frank," directed by Dorothy Salsburg, will was the one regarding the lack of be portrayed on stage at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the food. Performing Arts, by the J.C.C. Center Playhouse. Special preview performance for students and senior citizens will be held Thursday, On Saturday night we had January 13. orange drink, twenty hot dogs, A student tour of Europe will be held this spring, from Wedpizza, three barrels of chicken, nesday, April 6 to Thursday, April 14. Belgium, Holland and East and two fish and chip dinners, and West Germany are included in the excursion, which is organized by twenty whoppers and 20 fries. the Central Ticket and Travel Agency and Professor Inger Miller for These were donated by Pizza the benefit of students in Northeast Pennsylvania. Price of the trip is Hut, Burger King, Long John $550, which includes hotel accommodations, airfare, daily breakfast Silvers, and Weiner King. and dinner, all land transportation, sigtseeing, entrance fees, taxes and tips. For additional information, contact Inger Miller, 472: 3438, or As to the lack of supervision, Central Travel (Ross Valenti) 823-3166. Deadline is January 10. the President of the Club ex- plained all the rules to each of the dancers, and various members were told to time the tireaks. Although a member didn 't personally escort the dancers from the floor to their rest area and back it was believed that the dancers had enough honesty to time themselves accurately. Many bands were approached, but they were booked. The band that played on both Friday and Saturday nights was very good, but the lack of support disrupted their usual show. During the day, when no live bands were available , tapes were used. Better tapes than no music at all. Circle,K members worked hard and long to prepare for the Marathon, It was organized much in the same manner as in the past, and our other Marathons were very successful. The apathy is very high on campus and Miss Axelrad's accusations may only increase it. If students lose faith in the organizations on campus and their attempts to coordinate activities, disinterest will grow. It's a sad situation when fellow students can't support things held on campus. We, the members of Circle K, do give a damn about such a serious diseasei;ls M.S. We are concerned because it strikes people our· age, unpredictably. Just pray to God that it never hits you. Proudly yours, CircleK therefore, with some satisfaction (and delight) that librarians look forward to having a few days to themselves, to breathe, to relax, perchance to dream, and have an extra day or two with the children or friends and families. Now imagine yourself as a library employe. (Far fetched, yet, but let'.s just suppose.) After 11 weeks of grinding your nose (with students who don't appreciate your efforts, take you wholly for granted, and never think for a moment that you are human, have feelings, and need rest like everybody else), you look forward to having an extra couple of days free. You know the college is closed: classes dismissed , instructing faculty gone , administrat ive offices closed, students home with their families. Now imagine that somewhere out there is a student who has procrastinated since the third week of classes on a paper due · the Monday after a holiday. He- ' she has had plenty of time to work, but there 's always the friend to go to MacDonald's with, the special date to do special things with, maybe a part-time job to support oneself with, plus chores around the house, athletic competitions to watch, and a myriad of other activities . Suddenly it's the Saturday before Paper Due Day. He-she rushes off to the library to find it locked, barred, closed, and otherwise rendered useless . "Those x$cx? ! ! ! ! ! librarians !" he-she exclaims, damning the whole race thrice-times over. We are still imagining, remember. Now you (th_e imaginPrl 1:~.ary employe) are factd on next opening day by an irate studentwith or without friendly supportwho demands to know why the library isn't open "all the time. " Through your mind flashes the four hundred and fifty-seven students over the past ten years who have voiced the same demand. You think too, in that instant, of the 10 to midnight shift you work when it's just you, two students, and the security guard. You remember also the Sunday activity you had planned and then had to cancel because you had to come in to work. You think of these things and others in that flash, that instant, that split second. That's why the library is closed for holidays. F.J.Krohle Reference Librarian STAFF , Editor in Chief ....... . ........ .. .......... . . .. ..... - ........ Patti Reilly Managing Editors ...... .. . .. ... .. ......... Mary Ellen Alu , Wilma Hurst News Editor_ ....... .. .. . .... .. .... . '. ...... . ....... .. - .... . . Patrice Stone Copy Editor .... _. ..... _.. .... . . . . . . ... - . - .. . .. . . . ... . - - . . ... . Joe Buckley Sports Editor _... _. . .. . •.... _. . . . .. .. .. . - . ... .. . - . - ..... .. . . Jeff Acornley Co-Op Ed Editors ..... . .. • . .. .....• . _. .. 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All views expressed in le rrers ro rhe editor co lu mn , and vi ewpoints a re rho•e of rhe individu a l writer nor necess?. rily of rh e p11 t>liC.J l ion �THE WIZARD OF WAZ As I was sitting at my typewriter , I realized i had two assignments this week, one my column, and two, a story on the recent Student Teaching Seminar held this past weekend. So I said to myself, "Self, why do double work?" The result of this deliberation is an extended Wizard of Waz column including the seminar. And believe me, it was funny. It all started last semester in the spring when about 60 insane people registered for student teaching in the fall. Well, part of those 60, still insane by the way, met last Friday for a seminar in Bear Creek at an overnight camp. Instructions were to leave your school at 12:00 to meet to travel to the camp. Well, some of those dummies actually taught that morning, while others such as myself and my friend, Gail, had to attend to other important matters such as sleeping in and stopping at the State Store. We figured our cooperating teachers at Valley West would be able to handle the morning without us. Dr. Rees told us all to meet in the Sear's parking lot to form a car caravan to the campsite. Well, since we had spent so much time in the State Store, we were a little lale and had to travel to Bear Creek ourselves. "Don't worry, it's right past the turnpike on the left. Just look for the sign and turn in," Dr. Rees had told us a few weeks before. Well, we found the Turnpike, we found the left side, but the sign was about a six inch square and after passing it about 12 times we finally spotted it and turned in. This was just the beginning as we soon found out. Covered with snow and ice the winding road went about three miles into the woods, through snow banks, around sharp turns, over hill and dale until finally coming to a halt at the conference site. At the 'site there was a men's dorm, and a women's dorm which could hold about 50 people apiece. Connecting these two was a common dining hall, soon to be the scene of many activities. As soon as all the student teachers arrived, including the "goodies" that went to school that morning, the festivities began. Out came the "Amazing Rees and his Bag of Tricks." He handed out pencils and paper and we were all sure we had to write ."I love teaching" 100 times. But instead we began a series of group experiments, which were amusing and beneficial. It was surprising to see just how our brains work. The first experiment was to list all the things you could do with a common coathanger. Very difficult for colleg~ seniors, huh? Okay, smartie, you try it. The highest amount of ideas was 18, and myself having 16, and the lowest 5. Some of the ideas included things from TV antennas to angels' halos. This was only the beginning of what was an exercise in brain storming. We then did some experiments in group brain storming and that was pretty funny, too. This time instead of a coat hanger we attacked a leather belt , and buckle. Well, when some suggestions included using it for toilet paper, a puke inducer, and an evening clutch, Dr. Rees concluded that we were ready to do some se_rious experiments. Again we split up into different groups and this time we were to list more items, however they had more value. On large sheets of brown wrapping paper we listed the things in our past years at Wilkes that were strengths and also those that were weaknesses. The huge lists were then posted and we had time to check the other group's lists. It was very surprising to see the things that were common to each group and those that were different. Some groups had even lis ted as weaknesses what another group had listed as a strength. Common strengthes included the Education Department and such things as good The First Annual Overnight Student Teaching. Seminar friends and extracurricular activities. Common weaknesses included the lack of a course in adolescent psychology, which is so much needed in teaching, and more mP.thods coursed. A big concern was thP future of Wilkes. Was our college to continue its emphasis on the science and someday become Wilkes Technical School or would the humanities and liberal arts become just as important again. It was very interesting to see how others share what we thought were personal concerns. This is the first step to getting things done. . After that session, Mr. Chawlek of the Placement Office gave a few comments on securing jobs. He gave hints on interviews and resumes. He also suggested that each prospective teacher plan to send out from 50 to 75 letters of application. A delightful dinner of roast beef, potatoes, beans, salad and ice cream followed. After dinner, one more exercise was done. This was a kind of self evalua tion in front of members of your small group. It was amazing to see how varied people's opinions are of themselves and how one can misjudge another. Now for the hours of "fun and frolic ," as the Education profs described it. The group sessions were concluded and we were finally able to relax over a nice after dinner beverage. This is where we really found out the most about ourselves and others. These hours of "fun and frolic:; included such things as joke telling, Christmas carol singing, and dancing. Sounds pretty boring huh? Well, let me elaborate. Imagine 30 polluted people singing the "Twelve Days of Christmas" with the motions as led by a music teacher as she taught the song to her first graders. Can't you see Mr. Johnson motioning "six geese a-laying," or "eight maids a-milking." What about Dr. Darte sing all 36 verses of that old-time risque version of "The Persian Kitty?" Can you imagine Dr. Rees taking a ballet lesson? Or how about the group doing the "Bunny Hop," "The Limbo Rock, " or the "Hokey-Pokey?" Many things were heard from the group including : "Wake up, Ed!"; "Sing it again, Frank," "I like your buns," "Shut those Music Majors up," etc. Those attending also witnessed more bizaare behavior including excerpts from "Godspell," excerpts from "Dad's Army," a gallon bottle of Inglenook disappearing in 5 minutes, and the nun joke. When the group finally retired at about 1 a.m. , it was probably another hour before the dorms were silent after having been through panty raids and "jumping from the top bunk" contests. Eight o'clock came awful early, but breakfas t was mighty good. The meals alone were well worth the five dolla rs that each paid. After breakfast, one more experiment, the one which put the whole seminar together . We once again took our lists of strenghts weaknesses, but this time taking the weakness side and narrowing down the number to just three problems. But beside listing the problem we also listed our solution. It was at this time we realized the work that we had cut out for the future. Between fun and games and the experiments a group of student teachers left Camp Ministerium better teachers and better human beings. -oJOKE OF THE WEEK: Q, What is black, white and red and runs around in a circle? A. A penguin with its wing nailed to the flo()r. By Lisa Petrone loss of 7!525 books. At this rate, the library was losing $10,000 a year. In 1973, a new system was recommended by the head librarian, Dale Buehler. The system is called the 3M Book Detection System. It is an electronic device which has the ability to detect books which have not been checked out. The books go through a sensitizing and desensitizing procedure between the book and the circulation desk control. In order for a book to pass through, ta ID u, C ID n Book Detector Detects Detective About nine year ago, there was a great concern about theft from the library. When plans for a new library were made in 1968, it was felt that security measures should be taken to prevent the loss of library materials. This decision was reached after it was found that there was. an 11,000 volume discrepancy since the opening of the library in 1933. The first preventive measure ·•,is a guard posted at the exit. 'lot prove to be ac"ause after a J une . there was another ..,, ' it must be desensitized, and then sensitized when placed back on the shelves. Since the installation of this system, Wlkes has saved at least $5,000 and has been able to retain valuable materials. (While I was leaving this interview, I walked past the 3M Book Detection System, and to my dismay it rang! With looks of conviction, I proceeded to take off my coat, belt, shoes and put down my books. Thank goodness they found it to be a mistake befor e I had nothing on! ( ID 3 er .,ID ~ ...-....... -i =r ID . ID ID n 0 ::I Accounting Majors To Get Internship$ Several Wilkes students will be serving as accounting interns next semester at a variety of companies, a ccor ding to Assistant Professor Robert Hall of the Accounting Depar tment · who is in charge of the internship program and is assisted by Louis Gettinger, assistant professor of accounting. John J astrem, Plains; Patrice Stone, Wilkes-Barre; and Peggy Walczyk, Endicott, N.Y., will be working at Arthur Andersen & Co. in New York. · Paul Berdy, Hudson, will be at Laventhol & .Horwath, WilkesBarre; while David Francis, Old Forge, will work with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in Bethlehem ; and Russell Clelland, Pittston, will work with Baron, Strassman & Company, WilkesBarre. All these internships were arranged through the college's Placement Office. Students have been taking interviews with representatives of the companies since October. Other students who will be serving as interns next semester include : Karen Konsavage , Dallas, at Touche, Ross, & Co. in San Francisco; Carl Sgarlet, Wyoming, at Ley Accounting Services in Wilkes-Barre. A few students also served on internships during the summer : Ray Best, Flanders, N.J., worked with Lieberman,' Dumbroff, Abraham, & Mark in Netcong, N.J. ; Denise Schaal and Tom Park worked with Richard Evans, CPA in Scranton. "The purpose of the internship, " said Hall, "is to give students a chance to see what it's like in the real world and to help them get their foot in the door. " He explained that almost always, a student, serving as an intern, is offered a full-time job with the comp.a ny upon graduation. Hall believes that when companies are choosing interns, they look for someone with a good grade average; someone with a professional attitude who can fit into their company; and someone who is somewhat agressive and who looks the part of a businessman. Most of the students will begin their internships January 3 and will continue until March 14. The students will then r eturn to take classes at Wilkes on an accelerated basis. Hall explained that competition is tough in the business world and said, " Wilkes can be proud to place five or six students with big firms ." He said that to get one accountant, companies often have to look at ten applicants and all are " the cream of the crop. " " Considering the economic climate," stressed Hall " we did all right." ' Last year, about the same number of students received internships. Hall said that it is possible -that one or two students may still receive internships this year. Recital Saturday Ken McGraw, a junior music major, will present his piano recital on Saturday, December 11, at 8:30 p.m. in the Darte Recital Hall. Some of you may remember Ken from his " locked in the library" fame of last year. Ken is a student of Mrs. Anne Liva, instructor of piano at the college. He is a Scranton native and is involved with many musical · organizations there including many theater productions. Included in the program will be the compositions of Listz, Brahmms, Rachmoninoff and others. The pr ogram is free of charge and open to all . �Chase Prison Gets Air Time ; .------ JDC Analysis---111 ~.... Dorlll Life Resolved ;E By Council Menthers By Jim Edwards ~ Every Sunday night this past Under Sheree Kessler, the 2, semester, the Inter-Dormitory Food committee has worked very Council has met to make sure hard at improving the cafeteria g dorm life at Wilkes is pleasant conditions. Changes have been ~ and uncomplicated for resident seen and less complaints are :; students. Under the leadership of heard. An open forum meeting advisor Joe Marchetti, housing was planned by the council with Cl> &. Mr. Denion and students, but it I- director, and President Bruce Lear, IDC has been an effective some how backfired. Even so, place where council members Sheree has been holding regular have viewed issues and made meetings with Denion, complaints that have been suggesting new ideas and conresolved. stantly bringing to his attention The most important and most anything that should be imnewsmaking issue or complaint proved. was the Chapman Hall fight This year IDC has sponsored involving Tony Nardelli. The only two activities, the Halloween council acted quickly and party and tne IDC-SUB party. properly in what could have been Kim Witherow made all the a chaotic situation. The special arrangements for the Halloween closed hearing was the only IDC party and is responsible for its meeting with 100 percent atsuccess. tendance. However, it should be Currently planned is . the noted that the actual pl.ft"pose the Christmas party with eommuter meeting served is still Council. CC also proposed to have questionable. a Sm~rgasbord-SUB party with After the attempted rape in IDC, a proposal the council still September and various other hasn 't acted upon. disruptive incidents, the first Visitation policy revision is the three council meetings dealt only issue on the future agenda extensively with security. The _ worth noting. Letter have been council brought up many sent out to other colleges conquestions and suggestions percerning their policy revisions. taining to the function of the Once .the feedback is obtained security. from these other colleges, a The end result was that a proposal will be made. security guard was added to the Excluding the Nardelli inforce of three, a spot car was cident, IDC has voted on very added to drive around campus, trivial issues. The only one worth and a punch key was placed on mentioning is that a proposal to Barre Hall. Rezoning of the charge five dollars for a dorm campus security zones was also parking sticker was defeated. pushed by IDC. Nothing which would directly Vice President Al France affect the dorm students as a worked hard on dormitory whole was voted on. parking, maintenance, and maid What the council has done is service. In all three cases imbring out a lot of complaints and provements have been seen. questions which Marchetti and Parking has been more regulated Lear try and have resolved. If and systematic this year yet IDC follows through with trying abuses still occur. Yet an imto revise the visitation policy, provement has been seen and as then IDC can become more efa result more spaces may fective than it has already been. become available next ~mester. Maintenance and maid service has improved through the efforts Note: All dancers who did not of France. He met with Columbus receive prizes are asked to come to the Circle K Clubroom or leave Service and cited many areas which needed improvements and a note in the Circle K mailbox were taken care of. Every stating where the prizes should Council meeting though, there be delivered. We would like to are reports of still remaining ·thank anyone who did donate their time and energy to the MS maintenance problems which are referred to Marchetti. cause. '' O.K., WHO SWIPED THE PUCK? Members of the newly-formed Wilkes Ice Hockey Club spend much of their time chasing that elusive object as they practice at the Wilkes-Barre Ice-A-Rama at Coal St. Park. Colonel Hockey Club Is Ready For Action_ "Wilkes is as good a team as any. We're going to surprise a lot of people," was the comment from John Larkin concerning the Colonel Hockey Club. This brand new club has come to Wilkes through the efforts of two students, Larkin and Mark Davis, after pushing the idea of a club around campus. Now, with eighteen members, they are working hard to~ards an exciting season. After being turned down by the athletic department for a fund request this year, they successfully approached Student Government. Larkin said that he and the club are very grateful to Student Government for nearly totally financing the club. This year the club will participate in the North East Pennsylvania Hockey League. They will play teams from University of Scranton, East Stroudsburg State, King's College and a number of locally sponsored teams. The schedule for the club consists of a seven game exhibition Christmas tournament. After the Christmas break the regular season begins with a 15-25 game schedule. Advisor Bob Freysinger, a political science instructor, helps in coaching the club. Larkin noted that much of the coaching is done by the club itself. Larkin also stated that "we are a club and team together". There are no team captains as such but there are club officers. Larkin, a psychology major residing in Bedford Hall, is president. Vice ,president for the club is Mark Davis, a political science major, and Mike Anger, a biology major of Roosevelt House, is secretarytreasurer. Practices are held at the Coal Street Rink in the Heights of Wilkes-Barre. Games will also be held here and the club hopes to see many Wilkes students cheering them on. The future of the club looks very good. Larkin said that they plan to expand their college schedule and "we hope, within 2 or 3 years, to become a varsity sport." Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods Moods In Leather 155 North Main St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa . Phone : 825-711 O Hot Oven Grinders Ice Cream ' YOUR LOCAL WHOLESALER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Honte of Name Brands Wolverine~ IPR0: Kids a~~Mother Goose Shoes - 39 W. Mali<et St., Wilkes-Ba1re l•converseL ~ dlnQO ■ HERMAN FREEMAN 1 · , ' ~ Ei)> BO~~ ~ ~ 161 E. MAIN ST. a 1 ,. ·. lluHh :1 . l\11»ni,'°;~ MINERS MILLS OPEN MON .· F RI . 9 TO 9 SATl)RDAY 9 TO 6 82S-5346 ---------------------' STUDY AN· § I§ o Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! Low Overhead Means Low Prices 8 8 T a lk to Rich or Foster Our Reco rd Spec ialists that parking committee chairman Dave Ney is cracking down on the problem of unauthorized cars parked in areas reserved for commuters with permits. Reportedly cars are being "towed left and right." Council representatives were to hand in their completed survey forms concerning a shuttlebus service from Ralston Field at the end of the meeting. The results of that ·survey are to be tabulated and reported at today's meeting. There was more discussion on the smorgasbord to be sponsored next semester by CC. Originally IDC and CC were to sponsor the smorgasbord jointly, but when volunteers were solicited at a recent IDC meeting, no one volunteered. Plans have not been finalized because there is some question on the availability of finances. FOR FOREIGH STUDY/AY ADMISSIONS DEPT. 1'' 'P•State/Box 606. Ann A 717-829-1089 Open 10 to 10 Every Day l meetin~ last Thursday. It was reported at the meeting 8 91 S. Main St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Penn Plaza Shopping CTR t The six newly elected freshmen Commuter ·council Representatives attended their first Limited openings remain on CFS accredited Spring 1977 Academic Year· Programs commenc ing Spring Trimester . Early acceptance is now open for Fall '77, Winter, Spring '78 or Full Year '77'78 in Moscow. Salamanca. Paris, Dijon , Florenc e. Perugia , Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Vienna. Geneva, England for qualified applicants in languages, all subjects incl. int'! law, business . All students in good standing eligible Freshmen. Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors , Grads. Good fa culty references . se lf-motivation. sincere interest in study abrod, -int'! cultura l exchange count more witl1 CFS than grade point. For applications/information: CENTER ·FRYE BOOTS I8 8 New CC Members Attend Meeting IMPORTANT ABROAD NOU NCEMENT. : ~ I and TAPES I 8 WCLH, the Wilkes radio station, will present another in a series of programs from behind the walls of Chase prison in Dallas on December 12 from 9 to 11 p.m. The program consists of musical performances by the inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas. WCLH once a month sends a recording crew, headed by Keith Jones the program manager and a student at Wilkes, to record the program to be aired at a later date. Musical variety ranging from jazz to rock to gospel fills the program with a little bit of entertainment for everyone . Bob Keller, a senior and a DJ at WCLH, explains · why such a program came about. " The program was introduced a couple of months ago for a few reasons. For one thing, it's good public relations for the college. It shows that Wilkes is interested in the • community as wen as its students." ''.The program also helps the Correctional Institution. It gives the inmates something to do and it fills our time as an educational program. You see, WCLH is an educational station and this is our main concern," he said. WCLH usually obtains its educational material from the University of Texas and National Public Radio from Washington, D.C. 8 ~..r.r..r..r.r.r..r. ✓->'".r.r..r.r..r.r.r.r.r.r..r..r.rJ"..r.r..r.r.r..r.r.r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..;;i,, 48107 - (31:l ) 662-557 �IM Grid All-Stars •Picked; Cage Season Starts Soon A:-Corn.J - ~~ Well, it's that time of year again. It's time to hang up the football spikes and slip on a pair of sneakers. The 1976 intramural basketball season -will get underway this week. The pre-season talk has been filled with the usual threats. The usual amount of rumors are _also circulating around ...___,~-,,-,1 campus. One such rumor states that the Vet's Club has signed up by jeff acornley a Green Beret to play forward. DON McDERMOTI - Don, the senior coHe is an expert in self defense captain of the Colonel gridders had simply an outand practices guerilla tactics in standing season both offensively and defensively. the lane. There is also a rumor He was the Colonels most effective offensive that someone was launching player with his boom ing punts consistantly balloons in the gym over the past keeping the opponents in poor field position. He · few days. We checked into this was named to the second team of the All-ECAC story only to find Bert Katz Division III Football Team as a punter and was practicing layups. ( He registered honored as the "Punter of the Year" in the MAC an eight on the Richter scale. ) North. He was also honorable mention to the MAC The 1976 Intramural Football Defensive Team as a linebacker. season proved to be one of the FRANK WENGEN - Frank was honored as most exciting in the history of the a member of the MAC North Offensive Team WIFL , ( Wilkes Intramural when he tied in the voting with Paul Cappelli of Albright for one of the tackle positions. Frank, also a senior co-captain, was one of the mainstays of the Colonel offensive line for the past few years The Colonel Swim Teams got ~t both guard and tackle. their season off to a bad start TONY COUTO and LEN DALMAS were both Saturday with the boys losing 59honorable mention to the MAC North Teams. 42 and the girls suffering a 71-23 defeat in the hands of Ursinus BILL NARDONE - Bill's performances at College. goalie this seas on were nothing short of The scores don't always reflect miraculous . The Colonel hooter had one of their the close races of the meet. They finest seasons in recent years and "Mr. Defense" say close only counts in horwas one of the reasons , with many of the matches. seshoes but seeing freshman Jim decided by only a single goal. The senior coEdwards just getting touched out captain was honored on the Second Team of the · in the 200 freestyle is enough to _ MAC. make one weep. In his first year, MARIO APUZZO - The gutsy little forward first event, Jim was O: 01.5 was named to the MAC North Second Team. He seconds away from the school · led the Colonels in scoring this fall with 11 points record. He almost had a repeat as a sophomore: He was a key member of the performance in the 500 yd. free Coronary Colonels. but had to settle for third place. Captains Paul Neidzwieki and _ Jeff Jones built up the Wilkes points with Paul taking first in the two diving events and Jeff taking two second places in the sprints and leading the final relay to a win. Other members of the m ALL vou1 sEw1Nc NEEos winning free relay were Tony ! Gateway Shopping Cen t er Midway Shopping Centerl Pinto, Kevin Augustine, and Jim ~t ,~ "l(c,rntl8~ -=----- Football League) and it is only fitting that it should end with some recognition given to the players who made it successful. To do so, ballots were handed out to the fans who attended the playoff games, and from the two ballots that were returned we were able to choose this year's All Intramural Football Team . OFFENSE QB-Andy Kresky, J r ., (New Riders ) F B-John Pinelli,· Sr. (Denison ) RB-Tom McIntyre, Jr., (New Riders ) RB-Nick Lozorak , Sr. ( New Riders ) C-Lenny Roberts, Sr., (Denison ) T-Jim Weisenfluh, Sr. , (Denison ) T-Barry Zoppo, so., (Roosevelt) TE-Larry Connor , sr. , (New Riders ) WR-Phibes, sr. , (STX) DEFENSE DE-Bill Lemakos, jr., (Cew Riders) De-Lanny J acobowitz, jr. , (New Riders ) MG-Craig Pahl, so. , (Wild Bunch) OL-Seth Silver, jr., (Smegmas) OL-John Harper, sr., (Denison ) CB-Dave Raven , jr. (New Riders) CB-Bill Polaha, jr. , (New Riders ) ML-Lou E lefante, jr. , (New Riders ) LG-Craig Gorton , sr. , (unattached) GRID BITS: This year's entrants to the Intramural Football Hall of F ame are H.R. Haldeman, (m ost shirts recovered in a season ), Jack Brabant (best return average, career ), and John (Too Tall)Zimmennan (most passes blocked with his face ) . Women Swimmers Drown Dickenson . r •fabridand--, ~ I -•BEER ------------~---•-.n, -BEER 'd Klngston, Pa. 18704 ii 288 11 32 Wyoming, Pa., 18644 693-1330 - • Edwards. Kevin Augustine took second place in the 200 yd. IM and the 200 backstroke. Freshman Alan Shaw also took second place in the 200 yd. breastroke. Taking the only first place for the women was Melita Maguire in the 500 yd. free . Cindy Glawe took second in the 3 meter diving event and Melita took second in the 200 yd. free. Gaining third place points were Captain Lisa Waznik, Carol Piatt, and Maris Solomon. In Tuesday 's action , the wome1fs team came back strong, defeating Dickenson 48-46. Starting off the fine meet was the winning relay team of Maris Solomon, Penny Bianconi, Carol Piatt, and Melita Maguire. ~ Also taking a first was Cindy Glawe in the one meter diving. Piatt and Maguire also took firsts in individual events. Adding important 2nd and 3rd Men's and°Women's Hair Styling . 150 place points were Maris Solomon, Debbie Brodbeck, Lisa Waznik, and Julie Kent. In a close meet like this, these points are very iinportant. . ,... ,.. ',,,n,,p The men did a fme job but fell to Dickenson 29-73. Paul Neidzwiecki copped two firsts in the diving. Jeff Jones , Tony Pinto, Jim Edwards, and Alan Shaw put Wilkes points on the scoreboard with second places. _ The next swim meet for both teams will be after Christmas. .----WANTED _ _ _, TRAVEL REP . cz;;;j,("' 7 S iuden t travel Ii rm needs a representative o n your campus to sell sun spot trips to Jamaica and Florida , and Ski trips to Vermont and Quebec. 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Sunday turned out to be a much better day, as the Colonels ran C away with the Binghamton Invitational. The tourney, which allows 0 u two men at each weight class from each of the participating schools, a, "' was thoroughly dominated by the Colonels. They garnered 121 points Ill a, while runner-up Gettysburg could manage only 68. SUNY Bingham.t::. Iton and Cornell rounded out the field. The Colonels not only had seven individual champs ( out of 10 weight classes), but also had three matches in the finals which pitted them against their own teammates. Lon Balum defeated Alex Grohol at 134, Bruce Lear defeated Dennis Flanagan at 150, and in an upset Rick Smith beat Dan House 5-4 in the heavyweight bout. Amazing freshman Denny Jacobs moved up one weight class and captured the 158 pound crown on a 16-5 decision. Sophomore Perry Lichtinger and Gene Clemons won championships at 167 and 177. At 190, Dave Gregrow won the crown in an unbelievable fashion, .by pinning his opponent t7om Gettysburg in eight seconds. The Colonels also had two other second place finishers besides Grohol, Flanagan, and House. Rick Mahonski at 126 and freshman Mark Dennsberger at 142 both lost decisions in the finals. Three freshmen took third places for the Colonels bringing their total of number placewinners to 15. Don Gaetano (118), Wade Fatool (158), and, Bill Karpovich 067) were all relatively successful in their first participation in a college tournament. Coach John Reese now must prepare his charges for a tough .~ T h e Colonels are)lome against Navy tomorrow night and face Tennessee here on Monday. These two meets will conclude the semester and the Colonels will be off until the Wilkes Open (Decem- ber ~ -29). Navy, as usual, will be a formidable foe. The Midshipmen also competed in a weekend tournament, finishing third in an eight team field at Penn State, behind the Lions and Lehigh, and ahead of Clarion, Michigan State, Syracuse, and Pitt. Although their performance doesn't look as impressive as Wilkes' , their competition was much stronger. Headlining the Navy lineup will be Mike Beck 026) and also 1~ pounder Greg ~lthans, who placed in-Nationals last year. Tennessee will be coming here as a part of a no~thern tour. This weekend they will participate in a quandrangular which includes Cal Poly and Lehigh. The Volunteers of Coach Greg Simons are returning everyone from last year's South Eastern Conference championship team, and figures to be the top team again this year in the SEC. It will be the first time the Colonels and the Volunteers have ever met and it promises to be an interesting match. MAT MATTER: Greg MacLean (158), Mat Simone (118), and Bart Cook (177) sidelined by injuries for tournament .. . MacLean and Cook expected back for Navy, Simone doubtful . Monk BLUECHIP FRESHMAN - Denny Jacobs ·(150) is in con_trol of his Lehigh opponent in the 1 • I Wilkes wrestling opener. He scored a 40. The two teams traded baskets until the 4:00 mark, when WC's Karen Olney, a 5'10" junior, drove the baseline for an easy lay-up. giving WC a 5 point edge. ' On the next play, Martin answered with a 12 footer to give Wilkes a solid 51-44 lead. For the first time all night, the Wilkes women had a little breathing room. They maintained their tight defense, while slowing down to a more deliberate offense, and managed to coast into victory. The high scorers for Wilkes were: Dotty Martin and Mary-Jo Frail with 13 a piece, and Karen Olney with 12 points. The Colonelettes upped their record to 2-0 on Saturday, December 4, with a 52-29 trouncing of Drew University. With a solid rebounding and scoring effort, the Wilkes women went into the locker room with a 32-13 halftime lead. Scoring was sparked by Karen Olney, who tossed in 7 free throws and 4 field goals for 15 points. Dotty Martin and Mary Jo Frail both added 8. Luzerne Community College brought their big guns to Wilkes Tuesday, December 7. They loaded them and fired right through the Colonelettes defense. The Wilkes women fell 7640. Superb outside shooting and a well-balanced fast break by LCC put the game well out of reach before the half. Playing "catch-up" ball nearly the whole game tired WC. They had to fight for every point and · every rebound. With a lid on their basket, and five LCC shirts constantly shadowing them, it was a frustrating fight. . The performance of freshman Lynn Yedlock under the boards shown through as the only bright spot. Lynn grabbed 17 rebounds, and played her best game so far this season. Dotty Martin was high with 10. The loss left WC with a 2-1 record. Next game: Kings (H) tonight. Vorbach . .. . - --- - - . .BEACON . SPORTS ~e'U ,i:,_ I g vy MAC Schedule For Cagers Martin, Olney, Frail Lead Women vs. Kings Tonite The Colonelettes won their first game of the season on Thursday, December 2, as they downed Dti:la.w are~Valley 56-46. The 28-28 half time score reflected the tight see-saw battle of the first half. Wilkes ' zone defense was successful in keeping the DV women from penetrating the key for easy shots. However, DV's well-balanced offensive attack easily moved to an outside game. The switch seemed to pay off, as they began to hit consistently from the corners. The Colonelettes' outside guns _lacked ammunition, but their better than 50 percent free throw shooting in the last four minutes of the half kept them even at the buzzer. Then, with 9:30 to go, 5'7" senior guard Dotty Martin sank 2 free throws to put WC ahead 42- - decision to help the Colonel cause. He also won a championship at the Binghamton Invitational and is still undefeated. . STUFF ONE ·- Kendall McNeil, the Colonels' leading scorer, slams one home on the end of yet another fast break. Trailing the break is Kenny Hughes. Historic The Colonel basketball team is only three games into the season and already they are being plagued by what was initially feared to be their biggest problem: consistancy. Coach Rodger Bearde's charges have gone from rags to riches and back again in the short span of a week and their see-saw battle with brilliance has been at very least exciting. The ~agers wi..ll-be faced with a very demanding week of action · before the vacation breal:, having_travelled to Philadelphia Textile last . night and then returning home with Susquehanna (Sat.) and Lycoming (Tues.). They will have to mature very quickly if they have hopes of the MAC title because all three foes are MAC contenders. The Wilkesmen opened the season in poor shape as they were troµnced by a solid Lock Haven State team, 61-55. "That was a very upsetting game because although the Eagles are good, we helped them by just standing around waiting for something to happen instead of making it happen. That was disturbing," commented Bearde. Standing around was hardly a problem in the Colonel's home opener against MAC rival Delaware Valley. The court was a constant blu~as Colonel jerseys streaked from one end of the court to the othe and simply wore down the slower Aggies in what amounted to a trac meet. The Colonel fast break was devastating, exciting, and crow -pleasing. A Tommy Donahue backhand layup and a Kendall McNeil dunk off the break showed the kind of speed the Colonels have at their disposal. The Wilkesmen won pulling away, 97-72. Then came the game with York that some observers said was nothing but a street fight. York was very "physical" and questionable _refereeing helped signal the demise of our heroes, 84-77. "I refuse to make excuses for our team based on the refs. We just have to learn to overcome obstacles," was all Bearde would say. Obstacles, yes, but incompetance and fists are another story. "Our offense is in pretty good shape, but our inside defense is where we need a lot of work," stated Bearde. The Colonel offense sports a healthy four players in double figures. Sophomore Kendall McNeil leads with an 18.3 average. He is devastating one-on-one but needs to stay out of foul trouble so that he can play more aggressively without fear of fouling out. Tony Nardelli ranks second among scorers and also has been valuable as a strong rebounder. Guard Kenny Hughes follows with a 15.3 average and balances the attack with outside shooting. Completing the double-<iigit scoring is the Colonels' leading rebounder John Zapko, 31 boards and a 10.3 scoring average. Tom Donahue has also been very· exciting. Bearde: "We have the equipment, it's just a matter of gelling and doing it instead of just saying we can do it." Acornley Wrestling Open: Dec. 28 & 29 Sport Illustrated called it the "Rose Bowl of Wrestling." Wrestlers call it, "One of the greatest • tournaments anyone would ever want to participate in." And nationwide wrestling critics designate it as the oldest mat event of its kind in the country. It is the 44th Annual Wilkes College Open Wcestling Tournament, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, December 28 and 29, at the Wilkes gymnasium. More-than 300 amateur wrestlers from ac~s the United States are expected to compete in the grappling confab which is also known as the "grand-<iaddy of- them all." Among the top teams expected to challenge defending champion Clarion State College, which has won the event four years running, are the New York Athletic Club, Bloomsburg State, East Carolina, Yale, William & Mary, Delaware, Slippery Rock State, Lock Haven State, Rhode Island, Youngstown State, Baltimore, Lycoming and host Wilkes College, which finished runner-up in five of the last six_y.ears. History of the tournament goes back to 1932 when Austin Bishop, wrestling coach at neighboring Wyoming Seminary, initiated the event under the auspices of the Wilkes-Barre YMCA. Wilkes inherited the tourney in 1950 when it became apparent that the event had outgrown the Central YMCA facilities . Competition has increased steadily from .approximately 56 entrants in 1932 to the 300 plus contestants which has been the case in recent years. Last season's crownholders include Andy Daniels (118), Ohio University; Dennis Goldburg (126 >, Indiana State; Scott Pucino 034), Rhode Island; Don Rohn 042), Clarion ; Brian Schmidt (150), New York AC; John Althans 058), Navy; Wade Schalles 067) ,i Unattached; Dan Muthler (177), Unattached; John Raver (190), Unattached; Carl babman (Hwt.), AIA. The Colonels of John Reese will try to get the first Wilkes champion since 1974 when Mike Kassab garnered the 142 Pd. division for the Blue and Gold. Last season, Jim Weisenfluh reached the finals for Wilkes , only to be pinned by Outstanding Wrestler Award Winner, Wade Schalles. This year's matches will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 28 and continue till the end of the quarterfinals. Wednesday 's competition begins with the semi-finals at 1 p.m. followed by the finals and consolation finals at 8 :00 p.m. Tournament Director George Ralston has announced that the weigh-ins will take place from 7 to 9 a.m . on each day. White � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1976 December 9th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 December 9 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/f8d347c4da1e1c6063245421996b391f.pdf 5d2e99d42439b382a3b1a61db40c2920 PDF Text Text a.con Vol. XXIX, No . 15 SG Reviews Winter Plans More detailed plans for the upcoming winter weekend were discussed at the weekly Student Government meeting Mondaynight. The winter weekend will be held on February 18, 19, and 20. The schedule of events include a Friday night dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the gym. It will have a barn dance theme . . On Saturday, February 19, there will be activities in the gym from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. during which a volley ball contest will be held with a $50 prize going to the winning team. From 1 fo 4 p.m. there will be activities held on the side of the gym. These will include a sawing contest. At the same time, there will be refreshments and bingo in the cafeteria. At 7 and 9 p.m. on Saturday, the movie "Three Days of the Condor" will be shown. A lecture on "Science and the Bible" will be presented on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m. On Sunday evening, there will be free ice skating at Coal St. A request presented by one SG representative for John Reese, athletic department chairman, called for a five dollar a ·year raise in the student activity fee for the purpose · of giving the extra money to the athletic department. After citing the vote against an attempt made last year by the Amnicola to have the fee raised by the same amount as a precedent, SG unanimously voted against the suggestion to raise the fee this year. A fund request for $250 dollars by the Human Services Committee, a special sub-committee of. SG, was approved to be used for funding of the March of Dimes Walkathon. The money will be used for such items as food and publicity. While giving the academic report, SG member Carl Holsberger cited that prices in the bookstore have risen 100 percent in the last year. A request may be sent to faculty members asking that professors use books for more than one year in an effort to keep prices down. The idea of using the Kingston Armory, located near Ralston Field, for Wilkes athletic events was brought up under new business. No definite action was taken, but the availability of the armory for such a purpose will be checked out. January 27, 1977 Writer-In-Residence Heads Creative Course By Joseph Buckley Laura Furman began her stint as the writer-in-residence for this semester with a Tuesday night English topics course in creative writing. Teaching this class plus having a full day of office hours on Wednesday when she will be available for · consultation will fulfill her obligations for her appointment. Furman is the second writer-inresidence appointed at Wilkes. Hugh Seidman became the first appointee last year. With her course, Furman said she " would like somehow to get people sensitive to the narrative voice in their writing and in the writing of others." There will be plenty of writing in the course, she added. But, she also commented that "a student writer shouldn't worry about failure ." Growing up in New York and Schooley's Mountain in New Jersey divided Furman between the city and the country. "I grew up always wanting to be a writer. I always did write." However, while attending Bennington College, " that bottomed out." . The reason for discontinuing her writing, said Furman, was that she "got very scared of competition and trying too hard and wanting anything too much." Also, she added that " any aesthetic activity during the (Vietnam) War seemed inappropriate. " President Capin has asked In the past, Furman has students, faculty and adworked for the Grove Press and ministrators to join in a conas a free lance editor. certed effort to conserve energy. While living in Europe for a In the month of December alone, year ( 1970-71), Furman started to college-wide energy costs were write again. No , she says, "I very high, with the costs for take writing seriously. I think it's January expected to be nerve-wracking. " significantly higher. Her first novel, "Talking About At an emergency meeting held The Weather," was about war January 25 of faculty members, resistors and deserters in key administrators, and student Stockholm. However, it was not i /lJQj government leaders, President published. She has recently Capin outlined a course of action finished a second novel and has which the College needs to unhopes for its eventual j dertake to conserve energy and Carl Holsberger, left, is shown providing Holsberger are Peggy Tomczak, Levittown, Pa.; publication. curb costs. This year the "New Yorker" assistance to students in the Used Book Store Steve Pitts, Kingston; Maureen Yakus, Luzerne ; The president stated, "The has bought four of her short Steven Goldman, Wilkes-Barre. located in the Student Union Building. Shown with severity of the situation requires stories. "I'm very prolific," she extraordinary efforts to ensure said. She writes a short story immediate action to conserve about every three weeks and energy. To this end, I ask that " that 's prolific." Also, she By Harriet Ann Smith thermostats be turned down, and Once again the Student materials used to keep the store commented, "I'm ready to start Government has established a that faculty and students turn off operating. my third novel. " worker for the books they buy. all lights when rooms are Used Book Store for the conHolsberger said, "I feel that " You have to be deeply When the Book Store closes for venience of students. Students · the semester, the students selling vacated." this idea will definitely be cqnengaged in what you're writing," Special attention will be given . can buy books at a reduced cost tinued in the future . It is running says Furman. "You have to go books will be paid for them. If the and sell books that they no longer to ways of conserving energy in more efficiently than before." beyond just thinking about fame books are not sold, they are need; the dormitories, the Darte Music Student Government will and fortune ." returned to the seller. Students Hall and the Center for the Carl Holsberger, member of continue this service and invites Furman most likely will be selling books for a substantial Performing Arts, the gym - Student Government and all students to visit the store and giving a reading of her works amount will pay Student chairman of its Academic nasium, the library, and the buy and sell books. later in the semester. Government twenty-five cents. Committee, is responsible for the Student Union Building. establishment and running of this " While certain short-term store. measures can be undertaken," the president reported, "longThe Used Book Store met with By Patti Reilly term planning will also have to be immense success last semester As the resident assistant of ·last, " There is no greater with many students taking adinstituted.'' Susquehannock Hall, I had the exams." They also gave special humanitarian, ·ve couldn't There will be an open vantage of the store. "Although opportunity over the · past few thanks for the "flowers sent by possibly thank her for all that she emergency meeting today at 11 there are less books in the store months to get to know Correen several organizations and inhas done ... we also know how this semester than last, we still a.m. in SLC 101. Santoro. This is an experience dividuals. " . much she did for Correen and feel that it is successful. It is a and pleasure that I will not Mr. and Mrs. Santoro cited could never begin to thank this good idea since it enables readily forget. Correen meant a An emergency blood drive will President Capin and the Hockey fantastic person. " students to purchase books lot of things to a lot of people at be held on Wednesday, February team for the memorials that they The Santoros ended the letter cheaper and to get rid of others Wilkes, and her death on 2, from 1 to 6 p.m. in the Wilkes have set up. They added that they by thanking everyone who wrote, they don't need," stated December 11, 1976, left many of gym due to a rapidly dwindling knew "how much hockey and the sent cards and called. They Holsberger. us both helpless and speechless. supply of blood. Wilkes 'W' meant to Correen," added that they would like The process for buying and Mr. and Mrs. Santoro passed a and that they also wish to thank The current cold weather has everyone to stay in touch with selling books is rather simple. letter on to me to be printed in resulted in a need for blood for the administration staff, faculty them. " We always consider Students wishing to sell books The Beacon. However, because of the needy and deprived in the and students for their kindness ourselves members of the Wilkes should take them to the SUB Wyoming Valley and beyond. the lengthiness of the letter I will and consideration. "No one could family, and all of you will always where they will fill out inStudents, fac ulty and adcite specific passages. expect a college as a whole to do be welcome in our home, visit formation cards. The seller The parents of the former ministration are urged to parso much for one individual. " often .. . many thanks to all you determines the price of the books hockey player stated that they, Correen's dream was to ticipate in the drive being conbeautiful people." \, he sells. The prospective buyers "wish to thank everyone who eventually receive her diploma ducted by the Human Services To Mr. and Mrs. Santoro and to check to see if the store has the attended the services in spite of from Wilkes. In the letter, the Committee in conjunction with Correen all I can think to say on books, and they pay the SG the long trip and the hardships of Santoros left Dean Lampe for the Ameriy"ln Red Cross. behalf of all of us is 'Thank you.' Power Cut Requested • ~ Used Bookstore Proves Inexpensive Success Commentary �Writing Stressed As Useful Ability "' a., l:.0 ~ 0. The Stude nt Nursing Association recently conducted a n e mployment seminar with all branches of the military invited to speak on " The Opportunities Offered for Prospective Nurses." Lis tening intently are, from left, Cindy Glawe, Kathy Herlig, Jim Nicholas , Pam Gingell, Jill ... New York Weekend Open To Students THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Sp ecmlizing I n: - ·noagies And All K inds Of Sa ndwiches 113 S. Main St., m Downtown W-B Painter Pants Fanner Jeans I , Anny Pants Straight )EANS Legs Flares BLpE ·. · . .I I t 'ritz, Karen Snow, Rosie Noone, Debbie Condo, and Captain Dick Willet, United States Air Force. Seated, are from left, Captain Lucretia McClenney, Army Nurse Corps representative, Mary Ellen Bonomo, Chris Ames, and Captain Galen D. Bonebrake, Air Force. Maverick Wrangler Landlubber All types of shirts Plain or Printed ·and Novelty Designs Care to spend a weekend in New York City for only $36? The Alumni Association is giving students and faculty the opportunity to join Wilkes grads on the " Alumni Weekend" trip March 25-27. The trip was opened to students after heavy response from alumni necessitated the chartering of an additional bus. Art Hoover, director of alumni relations, reported that remaining seats will be filled on a first-come, first serve basis. The weekend is intended to be an unstructured one, with participants having the opportunity to shop, attend a Broadway play or sightsee whenever' they wish. The $36 fee covers tran - spor ta tion, two nights accommodations at the Abbey Victoria Hotel, and baggage handling. Buses will leave Wilkes-Barre Friday, March 25 at 2 p.m., and will depart from New York the following Sunday at 7 p.m. The trip was designed to give alumni the opportunity to enjoy the attractions in New York as economically as possible. According to Hoover, the trip is a real bargain in that bus transportation alone usually costs about half as much as the entire alumni trip. Reservations may be made with Art Hoover, third floor, Weckesser Hall. " If a person cannot read, write, or express himself, then hP. is at a disadvantage. " This was the sentiment expressed by Dr. Richard Soter, dean of academic affairs, as he explained the necessary stress placed on writing at Wilkes. The idea to emphasize writing arose during a meeting of a academic task force of the Goals of the College Committee, but Dr. Soter said that the faculty has beeri thinking about it for a long time. He said that writing is the primary responsibility of the English Department, but "other faculty should be concerned with writing." "The idea is to keep people writing constantly," said Dr. Soter. " You learn to write by writing. First it takes continual effor t, and .then later you do it automatically." Around The Campus Question : " Wh at are your views on the death penalty criminals? for Mickey Calabrese, West Pittston, (business major) - I favor the death penalty. It seems a fitting penalty for our society's most undesirable elements. Even if it doesn't curtail violent crimes, it will help eliminate those who can't be helped by our penal system. Camp Airy and ·Camp Louise Applications for Counselors are in the Student Employment Office. Submit them now for interviews on campus later. Or Write 5750 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21215 Men's and Women's Hair Styling YOURFATHERS MU·STACHE PENN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER Wilkes Barre Pa. Phone 825-7569 lose their parking stickers without warning. This week a tow truck went on duty to take care of out-of-state cars. No warnings or tickets are necessary for a car to be towed. Also noted by the committee was that Park & Lock stickers went on sale this week starting Monday. Under old business the idea of the shuttle bus is dead . Fifty survey forms were returned and most responses indicated in favor of the idea. It was the general feeling of the council however, that the shuttle bus would not work out. Also discussed were the plans for the Smorgasbord - SUB party on February 5. Final preparations still have to be worked out and tickets will go on sale Monday. Maria Malacari, Wilkes-Barre, (English major) - I have mixed views about the death penalty. Sometimes I feel it should be in operation and sometimes not. In the case of Gilmore, they should not have executed him. Instead, they should have made him suffer in prison. Why kill him, granting his wish, and take him out of his mis::ry? CC Discusses Parking At Meeting · The first Commuter Council meeting of the semester took place last Thursday. The council reviewed and reported on routine business. · A report from the transportation committee stated that there are not enough parking stickers to go around and will have to obtain some that were left over from IDC. Distribution of parking stickers will be staggered to cause less complications. T-he committee also reported that if any student argues with a Del Cap officer concerning parking, he or she can According to Dr. Soter, "students are demanding that faculty demand more of their writing." He said this is evident by the number of people who are v_oluntarily attending the writing laboratory at the college. In 1975, the first year of the · writing lab, 24 students attended the lab voluntarily for continual writing assistance. In 1976, 26 students visited it. These figures do not include the students who went to the lab to check a reference book, ask about the format for job applications, etc. Dr. Soter said that writing is clearly becoming a priority. He said that writing well is always useful to students and is crucial for today's job market. Dr. Soter said that the goal of the faculty is to provide a broad liberal education for all students. But he admitted that "it's easier said than done." Ricky Russo, Yatesville, (political science major) - I'm definitely in favor of the death penalty. The main objection to it is that it is an uncivilized form of punishment. But there comes a time when you have to treat uncivilized people in an uncivilized manner. Paulette Kulesa, Scranton, (nursing major) - I don't believe that a person should be killed just because he committed a crime. · But criminals should be justly dealt with in other means, such as through prison terms. Probation ProgramNeeds Students To Give Help r·~fabridand··, Young men and women are needed to serve as Volunteers in Probation. The Volunteers in Probation program, a component of The Bridge, in cooperation with the Luzerne County Juvenile Court, mptches an adult with a youth on official or unofficial probation for the duration of his probation - usually six months to nine months. Anyone interested in finding out more about the program is urged to contact the Coordinator of Volunteers in Probation, Patricia Crotty, at The Bridge, 19 North River Street, WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania. Phone: 8248756. !Gateway Shop~~~ N,~.!OUR SEf!!~t~~~!~plag Ceate,I --~~~~---~-------~~~~-' !Kingston, Pa. 18704 Wyomln!I, Pa ., 18644111 f...,....,....,....,..r...,.SURPWSRECORD_,.,...,....,..,.,...,.1 ~ I 8 8 and TAPES Penn Plaza Shopping CTR Open 10 to 10 Every D a y o B Absolutel y the Low est Prices on Records and Ta pes Anywhere! 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Either Mornings, Afternoons, or Both. Call 288-5661 or 288-5902 The interviewing process will involve two interviews, one with a group of three r esident assistants, and the other with housing personnel. For the first time, interview groups will be coed. Female applicants will be interviewed by two females and one male. Male applicants will be interviewed by two males and one female . This process according to Marchetti will "offer a more diverse interviewing experiP.nce. " Marchetti, went on to say that he views the resident assistant position as one belonging to a " Mature, diplomatic person with good judgement, and a lot of common sense. " The resident assistant should also "be able to help out with minor maintenance problems," added Marchetti. In short the resident assistant is something of a "jack-of-alltrades," chimed in Jean Conway, assistant director of housing. Last year over 80 applications were submitted to the Housing Office for the resident assistance position, and this year the response seems to be somewhat the same. Marchetti commented that " students should not apply for the resident assistant position for monetary recompense. sirice tthe hourly salary breaks down to something close to llc an hour." PET CANDLE® Florida's Answer to the Pet Rock. PET CANDLE comes to you with complete set of operating instructi~ns to train your PET CANDLE to sit up , stand , light up, and fly. ---------------------PET CANDLE n Biggest Selection Best Prices On Diamonds VANSCOY Dmmond Salon Gateway Shopping Center (Near Jewelcor) _ __ _ WANTED _ _ _~ TRAVE L REP . ~~ '11 Stud en t travel firm needs a representati ve on your c ampus t o se l l sun sp o t t ri p s to Jamaica and Flor id a, and Ski trip s to V er mon t and Qu ebec. High Com m iss i on s • F4ee T rip s • A l l promot i onal material s and training pr ovided . • For information : Ava il able in Small . Medium , and Large Sizes. 11 0 G iral da Small □ Mediu m C! Large Douglas J . Rubinstein who was appointed Director of Public Relations last month , has plunged enthusiastically into his duties. His appointment climaxed an intensive six-week screening by a special committee which interviewed nine persons for the position. Rubinstein, a 30-year old Assistant Dean of the Faculty for the Division of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of Communication Studies at the State University of New York at Oswego, has been teaching there since 1970. He also serves as a communication and editorial consultant to industries, professional associations and publishing houses. "Rubinstein will be responsible for facilitating communications with all segments of the public as they relate to Wilkes College," said President Capin. "He will act as a support system to all areas of the College aiding in furthering channels of communications between Wilkes College , the community, the media and the College's many supporters. Additionally, he will be responsible for keeping open every possible line of interaction to all members of the Wilkes College family --- students, faculty, administrators, alumni and friends ." A native of Scarsdale, N.Y. , Rubinstein is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island where he earned the Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, and of State University of New York at Oswego where he double majored in Communication Studies and Higher Education, earning a Ave .. Coral Gables , Flor ida 33 134 $1.00 p lus soc pos tage & handli ng $2.00 plu s 75C postage· & hand li ng $3 .00 pl us 95C posta ge & handling _ __ Ci t y _ _ __ Phone 1976. Pe t C a nd le. Inc. _ _ __ Sta t e _ _ _ __ __ ti _ __ __ _ _ _ Master of Science degree. Rubinstein is the author of articles on communication and education, and has been a nominee for the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching at the State University of New York. Additionally, he has produced television, radio and multi-media produc tions, including a nationally syndicated radio show dealing with current issues and contemporary music. As Assistant Dean, Rubinstein served as public relations officer of the Division of Arts and Sciences, helping in developing cohensive interaction between the college community and the community at large. While teaching at Rhode Island he served as assistant football coach under head coach Jack Zilly, and for two seasons was head coach of the Oswego State football team until his appointment to the Dean's office. During his tenure, the teams had a 12-4 record, climaxing with a 3113 victory over American University in the post-season Empire Bowl Eastern National Club Championship in 1973. Impact. Class. Openess. All three are words which Public Relations Director Doug Rubinstein used to describe the kind of department he intends to establish, and all three accurately describe the man himself. Seeking to develop a model public relations department at the college, he has already implemented a number of changes in the philosophy goals, and practices of the office. He outlined his ideas in the first staff meeting recently, stressing the concept •of teamwork and noting that "everything we do must have if!lpact." As part of the reorganization effort, George Pawlush, the department's number two man, becomes Director of News and Sports Information. And in an effort to improve communications with academic departments and to also provide extensive departmental publicity each week, PR will se.nd Jane Manganella to all department chairmen to gather news and ideas for feature stories. Januzzi's Pizza and Hoagies 125 Academy Street FREE DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS 11 - 11 825-5037 825-5166 Are you looking for something to fill in all thos~ spare moments? The Beacon may be looking for you. Staff writers, feature writers, _cartoonists and artists are needed. Experience is not a prerequisite. Stop in to a meeting Send To : Ad d re s s ~ = - - - -- -- - -- - - -S ta te _ _ _ _~ . Z i ,.__ _~ _ Sch ool _ _ __ N a me, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ C ity _ _-r-- -- - - Name _ Address _ Newly appointed Director of Public Relations , Douglas Rubinstein, right, is shown going over new ideas with Wilkes Director of News Service and Sports Information, George G. Pawlush, on the left. National Student Travel Services _ 2025 Waln ut St. . Ph il a., Pa. 19103 or ca ll Ran d y Wag ne r (215 ) 5 61 -293 9 Co llect SUNDAY at 1 SHAWNEE HALL or CALL 825-5912 �io A New Gymnasium Q., ~_. On Our Doorstep KtNGSTON ,.: N Wilkes College is in the market for a new gymnasium. The present overcrowding during team practice hours is not facilitating equal practice times for all athletic teams during inclement weather. The answer is not obviously a new gymnasium, or an adequate .addition to the ,present structure. However, there seems to be a third alternative sitting on our doorstep - The Kingston Armory. The Armory has served many purposes in the past. It was once used for the cavalry to train horses. During World War II a factory operated out of the spacious walls, and after the war the Armory was used by a professional basketball team and for high school basketball playoffs. More recently the brick structure has been used for Shrine.circuses and flea markets. At the present time it seems Wilkes College's need for gym space should have some priority over occasional flea markets held in the Armory. A 99-year lease on the 109th artillery property which ajoins the Wilkes baseball field, leased from the government approximately eight years and once a piece of armory property, would give the college the luxury of adequate gymnasium space. Circuses , flea markets, and basketball playoffs could still be scheduled in the amory through the college. The acquisition of the property wou!.d also supply the college with an adequate facility for concerts and other activities. In the past few years ·it has been used for Wilkes ' graduations. The size, proximity, and parking area of the building lends itself to becoming a financially feasible workable alternative to the shortage of gym space. With a few renovations , the possibititles the armory could afford the college are endless an ice hockey rink would not be totally beyond dreams. The next step to acquiring the property seems to be in the hands oftheStudent Government. The idea then has to be sold . to the Board of Trustees and eventually the services of Senator Martin Murray, Frank O'Connell, and Representative Frank Shupnik may be needed. Who are we to turn down the possibilities the Kingston _Armory could afford us. -o- .BEACON BITS The Veteran' s Club will hold its first meeting of the second semester today at 11:00 a.m. in Room 204-205 SLC. You need not be a Veteran to join the club. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend On Tuesday, February 1, elections for S.G. replacement representative will be held for 1978 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Commons and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in NMD. Validated I.D. is required. Library hours for spring, 1977 are: Sunday, 2 p.m. to midnight; Monday through Thursday, 8 to midnight ; Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1'RMORY Task Force Establishes Goals By Janine Pokrinchak The five Task Force Committees established by the Board of Trustees,underthe guidance of the Steering Committee, have been working since August. The Academic Committee with Dean Soter as chairman has completed its work on the "Goals of the College Mission Statement." The Mission Statement, which was approved by the Steering Committee, attempts to do determine what Wilkes College will be in the future , both immediate and long term, according to Dean Soter. The Academic Committee wanted a brief but meaningful statement, explained Soter. The statement reads as follows: To meet the challenge of predicted declines in enrollment, the vagaries of national economic conditions, and the encroachment of publicly supported institutions, we believe Wilkes College must establish itseH as an academically prestigious institution committed to excellende in Summer job analysis 1ndicate that the prospects for college student employment for the summer of 1977 looks promising. National parks through the nation will once again staff their facilities with college student summertime help. It is emphasized that students desiring summer employment in the various recreational areas throughout the nation should apply early. Students interested may request a free brochure by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Opportunity Research, Dept. SJO, Lock Box 4000, Kalispell, Mt. 55901. Letters To he E it r Commuter students who had parking permits on campus last semester must register their stickers at the bookstore any day after 2 p.m. .. o The Editor: I am writing this invitation to any and all lettermen of Wilkes College . Regardless of your sport, you are invited to join the Wilkes College Letterman's Club. The Club is attempting to rebuild its programs in area& of service to the College and the community. We are now in this rebuilding process and we would appreciate any help, suggestions, and interest from new members. A meeting will be held Tuesday, February 1 at 11 a.m . in the Gore Hall Lounge. Any lettermen interested are welcome. Sincerely, Dean Evans President Job opportunities in Europe this summer ... Work in the forests of Germany, on construction in Austria, in the Industries in France and Germany, and the hotels in Switzerland. Students have made their way across the Atlantic through A.E.S. - Service to take part in the actual life of the people of these . countries. Write for further information and application form to: American-European Service , Box 34733, Fl. 9490 Vaduz, Liechtensteirn, (Europe ). The Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association, an organization of state government reporters based in Harrisburg, will have, a summer intern J!rogram in 1977. Two students, who are currently Juniors, will be picked for the 12-week program which will begin in late spring. The deadline for applications is March 18. Those students interested may contact Tom Ferrick at 717-787-5990. The a~ plication should be sent to Scholarship Committee, c/o Tom Ferrick, P.O. Box 1287, Harrisburg, Pa. 17l08. lettermen To Meet (1) the students it graduates, (2) the instruction and programs it provides, and (3) the faculty and student scholarship it expects. In drafting this statement, Soter stressed each word was weighed. TheCommittee spent a long period of time determining what the goals of the College should be. To achieve these ends we propose that Wilkes College: ( 1) Emphasize the traditional . liberal arts requirements for competencies in oral, written and computational skills, and an understanding of huma.n experiences through a study of our literary and historical heritage by requiring all students to share a common curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences. Soter commented since Wilkes was less than 50 years old, it would require more time to increase the prestige of the College . . The prestige would be raised by the quality of students who graduate from Wilkes. In order to have top quality graduates, excellence in the classroom and scholarship must be achieved, stated Soter. The most important priority, according to · the Academic Committee, is that the students of Wilkes have a great competency in oral, written and computational skills as stated in the Mission Statement. The sense of historical heritage should include all human heritage, said Soter. Also, this understanding, as stated in the Goals of the College, should include the ability to think critically and the ability to appreciate beauty, truth and other abstract values, which cannot be gained through courses alone. (2) Provide superior major programs in the liberal arts and sciences. Soter commented major programs at Wilkes should be strengthened and should remain of the highest quality. ( 3) Help meet everchanging community needs by remaining flexibly committed to carefully selected . speciality programs. In addition to the general major programs, Soter stressed Wilkes has an obligation to provide programs, such as the Wilkes-Hahnemann program , which are important to the Continued on Page 6 STAFF Editor In Chief ... ... . . . . . ...... . .. .. ..... . ........... .. .. .. Patti Reilly Managing Editors . ...... . . . . .. ....... . •....... Mary Ellen , Wilma Hurst News Editor .... .... . .. . .. •.... ....... . ... ...... .. .......... Patrice Stone Copy Editor . ..... . ....... . ... . . . .. . • . . ........... .. . . ...... . . Joe Buckley Co-op Editors ... . ................ . ...... Lisa Waznik , Janine Pokrinchak Business Manager ........... . ... • ... . . ..................... Dotty Martin Advertising Manager ......... .. . . . . . .. . ... .. .... . .. . ... Mary Stencavage Circulation Manager ......... . .. ...•..... -......... . ..... . . Reenie Corpett Cartoonists ............... . ......... ... ...... 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All v iew s ex p ressed are those of the individual writer not necessarily of t he pu blication . �Smuggler's Notch Ski ReportrfHEWIZARDOFWAF1 As Told.By Novice Ski BunnyL-------------------J The Class Card Caper Picture a snow covered mountain set against a clear blue sky, with snowy pine trees dotting the edges of an untouched, fluffy slope. Suddenly a skier appears from the top of the hill, and gracefully glides down the hill. A free form in fluid motion, he seems to almost fly above the ground as he effortlessly floats down to the bottom before coming to a stop in a flurry-of snow. That's what skiing's all about, right? But how come it's not as easy as it looks? After watching Wide World of Sports every week (even "Agony of Defeat"-falling off the jump ), I finally decided to try skiing before I ran out of time, money, or nerve. So when the Polar Bear Club set out at 5:30 one frosty Sunday morning for a week in Vermont, I too settled in my window seat for a stomach-turning, non-stop, eight-hour ride. Anyway, I awoke on the day of~ my first lesson to find a raging blizzard outside our door. (Later, I found out it was the worst day the resort had all year.) Santa Claus himself would have stayed at home if he had seen such snow on a Christmas Eve. However, being a person noted for her; lack of common sense, I walked out into raging winds and limited visibility to trudge through the drifts to the rental office. Now, when one has never been on skis, and has seen them only on the racks of other people's cars, one can be accurately described as a beginner. And, it is a common practice for a beginner to begin with very short skis, which is why my tall friends were given 120 or 135 cm skis, Skaters' Talent Excells Despite Team's Defeats After the long winter break, the "unofficial" official Wilkes Ice Hockey Team has come back to action. The first two games of this second half of the season were disappointing, however, since they were both losses. The strong Lake Region team and the Bi-County Blazers handed Wilkes their defeats, 4-2 and 5-2 respectively. Bright spots in those matches · .,,,- were the efforts of team members Todd Noll who scored 1-3 in goals and assists and Dave Morales whose record was 2-1 in goals and assists. Captain Mark Davis, whose record is 1-1 in this segment of the season, is a little disappointed. He says the biggest problem is probably finances since the team does not have enough money to rent the rink for practice time. Since there are not enough organized practices the team hurts, even though individual talents come through. "I think there would be a better · attitude also if more students would come to watch our team - play," said Davis. Helping him in his job as captain are Jack Manley and Dave Morales, who act as alternate captains. Also working at a tough defense are Jim O'Neill, Bob Bensley, and Bill Manley. The next game is Sunday at 6 · m. at the Wilkes-Barre Ice-A-~ lr,nnted in the Heights, a sfio1 •. _ "rn the campus. By Wilma Hurst It was that time of year again ... tuition time. Being the extravagant spender that I am I had blown away my vast fortune on Christmas presents and reckless holiday living. Now once again the Colonel was waving that famous finger at me saying, "We want you ... and the money! " ., My paycheck wasn't due until the 21st so how could I attend a week of classes without my class cards. In the past I usually ~sed the old "I'll bring the card next time" or the famous "I left it in my locker" routine. But the profs told me already not to attempt any thing so foolish this time. · With the finance office as my target I had to develop a scheme that would secure the cards for me without cash. I know .. , the old "Rich Kid" act! After sitting under a sunlamp for five hours, I had my hair done , rented ten pounds of rhinestones, borrowed a Salvation Army reconditioned mink stole, donned my 5 inch Foster Grant's, and with gold cigarette holder in hand I sauntered off to Parrish Hall. "Oh yes, hello. I came to pick up my class cards. I must be dreadfully tardy in picking them up but I was on a cruise with Mummy and Daddy. He mailed a check from St. Tropez. I'.m sure you must have it unless the natives delayed the mail or something equally dreadful -might have happened to the mail plane crossing the Bermuda Triangle. In any case my cards , darling." · · · The next thing I remember was sitting out in the hall with no cards and a broken cigarette. Why did I have to buy that silly milimeter longer? which reached no farther than their armpits. So why did I, who am called "Shorty," " Shrimp" and " Munchan" by my friends, received 170 cm skis, which stretched far past my head? And why did the girl at the rental office (who gave me poles that reached my shoulders ) tell me, " You wouldn't want 160s because then you would feel as if you were wearing ice skates?" But, being a naive' novice, I decided they knew what was best for me ( even though I also knew that there was a dire equipment shortage) an d I staggered through the blizzard back to my condominium, struggling with skis, boots and poles. I think it was the remark, "If you use those skis and poles, you're gonna break your neck" that made me leave the safety and warmth of our room to return to the rental office (with the skis and poles) and announce that I couldn't possibly use them without being declared legally insane. (Keep your comments to yourself, Mary Ellen). . And so, I found myself standing with 15 other people on the side of the slope in a blinding snowstorm, with 135 cm skis and midget poles, my eyelashes coated with ice and my scarf standing out at a right angle, await.ing " The First Skiing Lesson. " I watched Mary Stencavage prove the " Domino Theory" as she snowplowed into the fifth person in the line and managed to topple everyone else; I learned my ski instructor's name (Bruce, the one with a half frozen mustache ); and as I lay in a tangle of skis, legs, arms, poles and snow, I understood the real meaning of "agony of defeat. " But, to give credit where credit is due, thanks to the ski in- The Feature Page structors at Smugglers Notch ( and partly to my inability to recognize imminent disaster when it stares me in the face) I finally learned to move my body down the slope in a manner that can almost be called skiing. I had my share of falls, spills and scares, (more than my share, actually ), and only one accutely embarrassing moment, (which was not really my fault ). Put yourself in my place. (Don 't panic, it'll only be a minute). You're riding in the lift with a ski instructor (David) and you're preparing to leave the chair and ski down a ramp ( which looks something like the ski jump at Innsbruck) . Is it your fault that the rest of your class has congregated at the foot of the ramp and that at least four of them are sprawled at the bottom, making it impossible for you to disembark without killing at least three? And so what if your instructor yells "Stop the lift" and then jumps to the ground and skillfully skis around all the casualties? He's been skiing since he was four; you haven't. So you remain on the lift as it stops 15 feet in the air and David looks up and says "You wanted to get off, didn't you?" The lift then moves several yards and deposits you in three feet of untouched snow which you promptly sink into, tangling your skis and leaving your floundering about in the drifts. You wade over to the fence, David opens the gate, and you join your class, which you would now like to murder, and the lift once against starts to move. (If anyone was stranded on the lift for about 10 minutes on that Wednesday, I did it. ) (But now I'm back at Wilkes, wearing my ski lift ticket, my Snoopy pin, and several bruises.) I solemnly swear that the above events really did happen (plus a lot more on and off the slopes which we won't get into) but I also swear that the trip was · the greatest. Wilkes Polar Bear Club, thanks for a fantastic week ( Do you think maybe next year we could stop for lunch?) I know, I'll try the "Note from Mr. Raspen" trick! I immediately disgarded the costume and scribbled this down on the back of an old test. ATT : Finance Office Please give this girl her cards as she has just been awarded the Einstein Academic Scholarship for highest cum. Signed, R. Raspen "Could I have my cards. I just got this .note from Mr. Ras pen, you know the little guy over at Chase with the cigar, who counts the money all day." · The note was harder to swallow than to write but I still can't figure out if it was the cigar that gave it away or the 26 I got in the test. To the phone booth! "Hello, finance office. This is Mr. Capin's secretary and Tm sending this girl over for her class cards. Oh, Molly, I remember you, you don't remember me ? You met me at the secretaries' Christmas dinner. My son is fine . I'm not married ? I can't get my cards. Sorry, wrong number." Dashing to the ladies room, I pµt on my warm up suit, sneaks, sweatband, Wilkes Letterman's jacket, and then jogged into the office. "Yea, I'm here ta pick up da class cards. I got a at'letic scholarship. First draft ya know. I was jus' runnin' da dike ta keep in shape. Us swimmers gotta keep in shape. What de ya mean da only draft for swimmers is from a hairdryer? There isn't a swimming scholarship? Isn't this USC? Sorry, I must a ran further than I meant I.a." Enough with the facade. I dashed into the finance office and pleaded, "You have to give me those cards. I just got out ?f the hospital, I'm putting my brother through reform school foi; tr-Y.I!1ft~?•.• rob a bank to pay this tuition, and I have to buy some firewood for the bonfire in the living room to keep our shack warm." Go see Mr. Croop? What kind of answer is that. Who is this Croup creep? I crawled into the office on my stomach and begged for the cards when I heard "Yeeeeeees. Welcome to my office. What can I do for you." The words came from this man wearing a black top hat and cape · sitting behind a desk twirling his handlebar mustache. • "So you don't have the money ," he said, "I'm sure we can work something out here, ha , ha, ha , ha, ha , ha !" He handed me a contract to sign. I didn't read the whole thing but I remember something on it about my first born and something about the deed to the ranch and railroad tracks. Oh, well, at least I have the cards. But what about my grades from last semester? I still owe about a hundred. I wonder if they lock that window in the Finance Office at . night? -oJOKE OF THE WEEK: Q, (delayed Christmas joke) If an.ahtlete gets athlete's foot, what do astronauts get? A. Missiltoe. Davies' Show At Sordoni A selection of drawings, prints and watercolors of Arthur Bowen Davies (1862-1928) will be in the Sordoni Gallery January 28 until February 20. · Arthur Davies -influenced by realism and impressionism, was one of a group of the " Eight" who straddled two centuries with one foot in the nineteenth century European art and the other in the twentieth century American Modernism. He was in the foreground, then considered avant-guard, in establishing the New York Armory Show of 1913 that is regarded as a pivotal point leading to an awareness of bringing European Modern art to America. The exhibition shown for the first time last fall was arranged in cooperation with Lehigh University. Gallery shours: daily . 1-5 p.m., Saturdays 10-5 p.m. and Sundays ·1-5 p.m. �/ THE PAffl'S OVER. All too often, when the party ends, the trouble begins. People who shouldn't be doing anything more active than going to sleep are driving a car. Speeding and weaving their .way to death . · Before any of your friends drive home from your party, make sure they aren't drunk. Don't be fooled because they drank only beer or wine. Beer and wine can be just as intoxicating as rr,jxed drinks. And don't kid yourself because they may have had some black coffee. Bl ack coffee can't sober them up well enough to drive. If someone gets too drunk to drive, drive him yourself. Or call a cab. Or offer to let him sleep over. Maybe yo ur friend won't be feeling so good on the morning after, but you're going to feel terrific. r-DRUNK DRIVER. DEPT Y BOX 2345 : ROCKVILLE. MAR\ LAND 20852 11-27 : I I want to keep my friends alive I fo r the next pa rty . . I Tell me what else I ca n do. I I ~ I I I -- - ---- j \l v n.-1m .-. is_ .\ddr n•s · it\ · - --- - -- _ _ ___ community. These special programs should be fully integrated into college life. However, Soter stressed the word "flexibly," which he also explained to mean that any specialized program would be phased out after its goal had been met and a new program brought into the curricuium. ( 4) Demand faculty committment to excellence in teaching, inspiration of students, and scholarly pursuits such as research activities. Soter noted this goal of· the college requires a heavy responsibility from the faculty. "We demand their excellence,' said Soter. ( 5) Actively recruit talented students by all feasible means, including scholarship incentive · programs and student and faculty involvement in recruitment. This statement, according to Soter, explains another method by which the College can increase its prestige. The quality of the __ Statv _ _ / .ip _· __ I I ----------------~ FRIENDS DON'T I.ET FRIENDS DRIVE DRUNK. ft ~· Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods 39 W. Mari<et St., Wilkes-Barre incoming students will determine the quality of graduates. Facu:ty members and students would he used to recruit new students at Wilkes College. (6) Gradually and carefully restrict the admission of marginally qualified students. The restriction of admissions would take a · period of time, commented Soter. Admissions of qualified students would be reviewed gradually. Although the College would like to restrict the admissions to qualified students, Soter also mentioned the College has a social obligation to those students who would not be able to attend college due to lack of funds for a college education. The Academic Committee wanted neither an open-door admissions, in which students are accepted regardless of qualification, nor · a revolving admissions, in which students are asked to leave the college if they do not produce the quality work expected by the college. To implement these goals Wilkes College must provide the necessary moral and financial support. Soter explained the last statement of the "Goals of the Coliege Mission", by commenting "We need the moral support of the entire college community." The success of these goals depends on the total commitment Jf the faculty and students, stated Soter. He also commented the faculty would have to "tighti,,. their belts" and productivity. �Merry Christmas ??? 'Tl,ing1 Sanla Forgol For Willt11 Spol'llm~n CIIlP EATON - F or Wilkes soccer scores to be reported in The New York Times a nd The Washington Post ; A tainted s ports page that reports only good news ; A rematch with E-Town. BILL NAROONE - Somebody to believe he's a n a thlete upon first glance. GEORGE PAWLUSH E a rplu gs; A moustache . ED FINN - Somebody to believe he's the world's greatest athlete incognito, Bruce J enner notwithstanding. MCK HOLGASH - To grow another foot, he might have a devil of a time getting shoes, but nevertheless. TONY NARDELLI - A vars ity boxing team at Wilkes. KENDALL McNEIL - Shoemanship ; An effective, crowd-pleasing dunk (Come on Kendall, come up with something novel.) CASPER TORTELLA - A 2.13 GPA; 4 red shirts. JIM WEISENFLUH - Humility. GLYNN MANSFIELD - Food! 1 DA VE GREGROW passion to dig his work, it' s pretty grave matter . MARK DENSBERGER - Spare ribs. TOM CROSS - May all your wrestling Tshirts be permanent press. TERRY SCHOEN - A computer to work all those silly basketball charts. JIM STEHLE - An $11 ,000 scholarship with the Chicago White Sox; Designated hitting lessons. BARRY HARCHARUFKA - Sanity. ROGER DAVIS - A running cast. BOB PATTON - A quadraphonic recording of the theme song of the "Jim McCarthy Sports Show. " JIM MCCARTHY - A year's subscription to the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader autographed by Bob Patton. DEAN BAL TRUCHITUS - A portable sand tra for his office. · Now tha t Chris tmas is long gone, we took inventory a nd found that Santa had forgotten some of our Wilkes athletic heroes. Horro rs I So naturally, yours truly has volunteered his services to bail out the rapidly aging Mr . Claus. JOHN REESE - An a ir conditioner for the gy m or at least a fa n to circulate some of the hot air ; An a rtificial surface for the top of his head. ROLLIE SCHMIDT - An offense; a running back with 3.8 speed in the 40 yard dash; A place to play Bob Ausura. RODGER BEARDE - :A defense; A tie; A seat belt to keep his torso on the bench ; A certificate fro m the "Les Turoczi Best Dressed Club." JONAH GOOBIC - The Minnesota Viking playbook ; A running back with 3.8 speed in the 40 ya rd das h. ED LUKAS -The Jim Za rdecki Joke Book. FRANK WENGEN - A paid-in-full membership to Charles Atlas Health Club ; A new red Flair to better outline my pearls of wisdom inThe Beacon. DON McDERMOTT Batteries for his bionic toe ; A .900 batting average this spring; Ray Guy's autograph. MIKE WILSON - Hands. BOB AUSURA-. Someplace to play, like on I-81; literacy. ALAN GREENSPAN - His "Delaware Fan Club" back. They' re getting on my nerves Al 'ole Boy; A haircut. BILL SLAVOSK.I - A football with strings ; A running back with 3.8 speed in the 40 yard das h. JOE MORAN - The Gene Upshaw Book of "101 Ways To Tactfully Hold A Defensive Line man"; A teaching degree. LEN DALMAS - Borrow Joe's book. JIM ZARDECK.I - One of Dr. J 's playground league teammates to play JV ball for Wilkes ; A sense of humor, with his job he needs it. TOM ROK.ITA - For his tennis team to make a racquet this sprin in the MAC . a Men's Basketball Leaders T. Donahue N . Holgash Gordie MIiier Art Melgh K . Hughes M. Peterson K. T. J. G. B. J. G. J. 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Main St. Wilkes-Barre 825-4767 ~ Cliff and Monarch Notes ' - ---~B:i[lQ(B:l[B:1(91( faculty or Student Reps Sell Summer Tours LOWEST possible air fares LOWEST possible rail fares LOWEST possible accommodation rates HIGHEST possible commissions! toEUROPE Call toll free (800) 225-4580, Ask for Oom Messina Or write, HOLIDAIR STUDENT TOURS 1505 Commonwealth Ave .,Boston,MA 02135 While nursing injuries and fighting scoring slumps, the Colonelettes have dropped four out of their last four games since semester break. This leaves them with an unimpressive 2-7 record. The well-known philosophy " If you play a tough defense, the offense will naturally follow " just doesn 't apply to the Wilkes women. Their defense has been well disciplined, but sporadic, and the Colonelettes also cannot find the hoop . At a recent Lackawanna Junior College game, the women held LJC scoreless for over 5 minutes with a 1-2-2 zone. However , at the other end of the court, Wilkes was inconsistant and frustrated. The defense has been forcing numerous turnovers. This looks good on the stat sheets, but these figures can't seem to find their way to the scoreboard. As a possible remedy, Coach Schierer has tried mixing up the starting line-up. So far, this change has ruffled more feathers than nets. Hopefully, in the nine remaining games the Colonelettes can straighten their aim, mend their spirits, and finish with a decent record. A:-Cotti)J ~~ ?lt ~~ "l(c,rnd8~ "=--- '-_,,!'~-1,'--,, by jeff acornley ; CHUCK MATTEI - Another hot Winter. GENE DOMZALSK.I -The Father Flanagall book of "Swear Words For All Occasions." Gosh, even a hardcover. MARY JO FRAIL - A tryout with the men's basketball team. DOTTY MARTIN - A women's gym. ED MURRAY - 3.8 speed in the 40 yard dash; Blocking; A pretty girlfriend. MELVIN JOHNSON - A lifetime supply of white spikes. KEN SICKLER - A job that's a snap. JOANNE ENGLOT - 3 1;2 new tennis outfits. BILL GASBARRO - The music to "The Entry of the Gladiators," hopefully for next year's football team. ED D'AMICO - A moustache. SUE ANN KMGHT - A hockey puck that bounces. DAN RITTENHOUSE - Windshield wipers for his glasses when he runs in the rain. MIKE AED - Sterile wrestling mats. ME A moustache defroster; Invisible poison pen ink, A shock proof typewriter with a snowball resistant shield on the front. SANTA - A better memory so I don't have to do this again next year. Gino's Tops In Early IM Ratings By David Orischak and Bob Welsh The intramural basketball season will get into full swing this week and all teams are eager to show their wares. There are a few contests before the Christmas break. In one big game, Sixers beat Sons of Softee 72-62. Both of these teams were strong pre-season favorites. Sons of Softee was hampered by injuries in the starting lineup. Bruce Douglas is still recovering from a knee injury he suffered when his knee hit the backboard during a pre-season warm up. · One reason for the close score in the game has been attributed to the strategic move by coach Jim Yosh. He kept Chuck Crawford on the bench for the entire game. In another high scoring contest, STX was defeated by Dirksen 3231. Rumor has it that both teams forgot to play the second half of this gam~. When referee Bill Manly was questioned, he was unable to recall the game. No player on either team hit double figures in the scoring column. USUC IV is the latest addition to the USUC dynasty which was upset last year by a strong Gino's squad. Both teams are back this year and Gino's is labeled as the pre-season favorite. Gino's is already off and running with an impressive win over stubborn Orien's Express, 84-67. Gene Marinelli had 27 points for the winners while Mike Wilson tallied 18 in a losing cause. In USUC IV's season pener, six USUC'ers scored in double figures as they routed Diaz by a score of 76-38. Don McDermott and Sam Diaz had 18 and 16 points respectively for the boys from Nanticoke. WPIRATINGS Gino's (27) Smegma's (19) USUC IV (7) Sixer's (3) Sons of Softee 397 311 182 97 47 PERSONAL FOULS Tom McIntyre reports that he is in shape and ready to win the John Pinelli Catapult Awar-d for the second year in a · row. This award is given to the player with the highest total of field goal attempts for the season. " Mac" reports that if he can stay in the league for six more seasons, he feels that he will have a shot at breaking Pinelli's all time career record for shots taken. The Public Relations Office on the Third Floor of Weckesser Hall is looking for students versed in Magazine Art and Creative Photography. For More Information, See DOUG RUBINSTEIN, DIRECTOR PUBLIC RElATIONS �BEACON SPORTS Grapplers Look To ·Finish _Strong The last time we discussed the Wilkes wrestling team it was 0-1 and looking forward to two crucial meets with Navy and Tennessee. Well the Colonels beat ·Navy 21-17 in one of the most exciting meets ever held in the Franklin Street gym, but then dropped a 25-16 decision to Tennessee. Right after Christmas the Colonels placed a disappointing fifth in the Wilkes Open, entering · only a partial team. Clarion State breezed to the team title. Starting the New Year out right, the Colonels swept all four meets on their southern tour. In the opener they beat V~ 24-13 and West Chester 32-8. The Colonels then proceeded to demolish East Carolina and North Carolina by scores of 34-9 and 29-8. North Carolina had been ranked 18th in the country. But the semester ended on a bleak note when the Colonels were hammered by Syracuse 34-9 last Saturday. The Wilkesmen began the second semester by defeating Delaware Valley 26-8 last Wednesday. Then they travelled to Oswego St. on Saturday and blasted the New Yorkers 33-9. So the Colonels record is currently 7-3, but what lies ahead? Last night they had what should have been a relatively easy meet with Elizabethtown, Saturday they travel to Lycoming and next Wednesday (February 2) they are home with Binghamton State. They still have big home meets remaining with Hofstra, East Stroudsburg, Army and Bucknell. While these five meets are against fairly good wrestling schools, the victories probably won't be enough to propel the Colonels into the top twenty rankings. The top twenty. That's been the Colonels nemiesis this year. A win over Tennessee might have shot them into the rankings, but the Vols reigned. Then after their romp through the South the Reesemen had another shot at the rankings going into the Syracuse match. Needless to say their hopes were shattered by the Orangemen. A top twenty ranking by the end of the season now seems to be virtually out of the question. True, the Colonels also have big meets on the road with Franklin and Marshall, Montclair State, and Rutgers, but even victories over these teams won't put them in the top twenty. So what do the Colonels look ahead to ? For starters, they want to go undefeated for the rest of the season and if they wrestle up to their capabilities this is a good possibility. Lately, however, the Colonels haven't been sharp. Both the Syracuse and Delaware Valle_y meets were disappointments to Coach Reese. The team looked sloppy and showed signs of fatigue. However, Saturday things picked up a little in the Oswego St. victory. Another goal would be to win the Easterns. This will definitely take a lot of work with powerful teams such as Lehigh, Navy, and Syracuse also in the tournament. With a few breaks in both scheduling and some outstanding performances by some of the lesser known team members, anything could happen. IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE - Hopefully, it's a rebound as Matty Peterson soars through the air. Matty had his finest game of the season last week in a starting role, throwing in 10 points and being a gene ral pain in the neck for Juniata. GREGROW FIGHTING OFF A PIN-Dave got out of this mess and went on to place third in the Wilkes Open, the Colonels highest finisher. He Right now though, the Colonels must look to the immediate future and upcoming opponent Lycoming . Although the Williamsport school is relatively weak, the Wilkesmen haven't been all that sharp and they have been hit by their old adversary, the injury jinx. Outstanding freshmen Denny Jacobs (separated shoulder ) and Mark Dens berger ( bad ribs ) are out for a few weeks. Greg has been a kingpin of the Wilkes power as his 11-1 record testifies. (Photo by Bill Walsh ) MacLean has been in and out of The talent is definitely there and the lineup with a sore shoulder if a good attitude prevails the and Rick Mahonski has been season should continue on a hampered by a · recurring neck winning note. injury. Also Casper Tortella has MAT MA TIER: All Wilkes decided to sit out the year and home meets are carried live on will be redshirted. WCLH 90.7 FM .. .Dave Gregrow So, Wilkes still has a good shot (190) pinned third and Bruce at rolling up an impressive Lear ( 150 ) placed fourth in the season record and making a Open ... Lear ( three pins), strong showing in Easterns. But . Gregrow, Bart Cook, and Dan the team must pull together and House were all undefeated on the forget about meets like Syracuse. southern tour Monk Cagers On The Road Sat.; Key MAC Title Tilt Slated Welcome to the new game show on the Wilkes College campus, "Your Guess Is As Good As Mine ," brought to you graciously by the Colonel basketball team. It is an exciting new game show concept where fans in the stands are selected randomly before the ball game to secretly mark their ballot and attempt to guess the outcome of the upcoming contest. The ballot has blocks· to be checked by the contestants regarding the Colonels perfo rmance. Some of the example choices include: 1. The Colonels will stop running and get blown out; 2. The Colonels defense will break down and they will get blown out; 3. The Colonels shooting will turn ice cold and they will get blown out; 4. The Colonels will take advantage of their quickness and blow the opponents out; 5. The Colonels will stay out of foul trouble a nd blow the opponents out; 6. All of the above; 7. None of the above . The ba llots are sealed hermetically in an Alumni Association envelope and kept in Art Hoover's Hus h Puppies until after the game. The fa n who comes closest to guessing the Colonel fate wins free tickets to the next JV ga me. It is not as easy to win this contest as it might seem because the Colonel basketball squad is the only team on campus where consistancy is the most consistant goal. As you might have guessed, Rodger Bearde has yet to win the contest. His ulcers have ulcers. Assistant Coach Jim Zardecki keeps slipping Maa lox into his Gatorade but apparently it's not working. · While you were in Florida on vaca tion, the Colonels kept quite busy and at times looked like the Harlem Globetrotter's " B" team and at other times looked like the Brooks ide Bomber s. Playing hide-and-seek with brilliance is at least an exciting lifestyle. The Colonels record now stands at 4-7 but that is not what is. impor tant. The important statistic is their 3-2 MAC record. The part that hurts about tha t important statistic is the loss to a hapless Lycoming team before the semester break. The Colonels went into the home ga me with the Warriors after accomplishing the remarkable feat of putting together two good consecutive perfor mances. A loss to Division I powerhouse P hilade lphi a Texti le a nd a v ictory over Susqueha nna coupled wiUi a previous win over Delaware Va lley gave the Colonels a 2-1 MAC mark and a victory over the War riors could have put them in excellent position during the holiday break. With the Colonels however, never count on anything. Garnering a seven point lead at the half, it looked like they had it won completely dominating the game. But the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrom grasped the Colonels again (either that or the cheerleaders played the second ha lf ) and they blew the game with little help from Lycoming. They scored only 23 points in the second half and took a lops ided 80~ loss on the chin. It was a game they never should have lost and might just be the one that keeps them out of the playoffs. "It's too early to tell, " commented Bearde, " but if we miss the playoffs by one game, the Lycoming loss will be the one to point to." Not all has been bleak for the Colonel cause however. At times they have looked awesome. Their most recent conquest was over a tough J uniata team last Saturday night. They ran the Indians into the ground with a devastating fast break and out hustled them on defense. The Co"lonels play was perhaps characterized by an outstanding play by Kendall McNeil, the Wilkes flas hy forward . Kendall blocked a Juniata shot off the backboard and then hustled downcourt and took a pass for a layup to complete the fastbreak. Kendall also brought the house down with a spectacular slam-dunk just before the half. He took a pass at midco urt during another of the many Wilkes fas t breaks and when he saw no one in front of him you could see him grinning. With a flying leap from the foul line he slammed the ball and hung on to the rim as the cr owd went crazy. He drew a technical but as long as the Colonels didn't lose by that point, it was worth the thr ill. Kenny Hughes, the steadiest player thus far , . chipped in with some key points after the Indians had fought back to tie and the Colonels were in control the rest of the way. Matty Peterson and J eff Baird added solid games as surprise starters. The Colonels are heading into a very important week of action which started last night with a matchup aga inst Albright. Another MAC encounter with Upsala on Saturday wi!I complete a week which may decide the Colonel playvff aspirations. "A 64 record should be enough to get us into the playoffs," commented the fast-graying Bea rde. " We' ll just have to get down to bus iness." Will the Colonels make the playoffs ? "Your Guess Is As Good As Mine 1" � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 January 22nd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 January 22 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/b54606f9328368457625421dc99241da.pdf 35dfb12a7302d915cc89e9f19f10c771 PDF Text Text College Feeling Energy Chills Vol. XXIX, No. 16 February 3, 1977 WIikes College, WIikes-Barre, Pa. Wilkes Takes Measures To Battle Energy Crisis Due to one of the coldest winters in recent history, thermostats on the Wdkes College campus have been turned down to 65 degrees in accordance with Governor Shapp's order. Shawnee Hall, where the offices of The Beacon, Amnicola, and photography club are located, have been closed until further notice. However, Wilkes students can still be seen fighting the cold on their way to classes. · HOffia ReSlgnS With the energy crisis threatening institutions and businesses in the area, Wilkes College is taking steps to conserve energy at the college. According to Dr. Richard Soter, dean of academic affairs, the idea of closing the college arose at meetings, but "We are worried about losing momentum in the academic program if we close now." Dr . Soter explained that President Capin believes that · "Now is not the time to panic; it's the time to plan on a long term basis." · He said that it is being considered whether the college will begin classes in August next year and whether a longer winter recess will be adopted. "But we're faced with a dilemma," said Dean Soter, " What do we do with the athletic schedules that are set two or three years in advance." In the meantime, President Capin has outlined a course of immediate action to be followed by those at the college. The President has asked thermostats to be lowered, all lights to be turned off when rooms are vacated, and windows . to be kept· closed. Shawnee Hall has been closed, and there may be a reduction in the time that buildings (such as the library) are open. If the price of fuel continues to rise, Dean Soter said that there is a possibility of a tuition rise for students next year. "But it would not be a large increase. The rise would be modest.'' A letter received by President Capin from Acting Secretary of Education Robert Hendershot explains the situation~ follows: As you know, the severe strain on all energy resources in the Future Of Cafeteria Colle F . Cause For Speculation ~e anng The new cafeteria manager, wishes that he could have done John Homa, is leaving Wilkes. He more, and he hopes that the wasn't fired, laid off, or excused. ·improvements that were made He is seeking greener pastures. will not be reversed after he Homa 's new job is as manager of leaves." the F~rnwood, an exclusive The cafeteria is always a resort m the Poconos. popular gripe among students. The dismal side of Homa 's new There have always been comjo~ plans are that he was the best plaints about hair, mold, warmth thmg t~a~ has happened to the of food, limp lettuce, etc., among cafeteria m recent years and he dorm students. However these is leaving. Homa'~· job was somewhat idle complain~ have creat~d when the d1Scontent of built up to a major issue early do~m1tory students was at the last semester and following a brmk of boycott ea_rly last period of remission have built up semester. The last time The again. Residents of Catlin Hall B~acon spoke t? the former have a collection · of interesting ~ilkes-Barre r~~1dent, . he had array of artifacts reminscent of high_ hopes of ~provmg food past pas de faux of the cafeteria service, food quahty and banin recent weeJrs. dling student complaints." The food committee was Homa's regime did bring a established some years ago to be change to the food service. In a liason between the students and fact, it would be said that the food cafeteria manager William improvements were as h_ard to Denion. miss as the man himself. Greater However there has been emphasis was made on the considerabl~ speculation among preparation of the food. The salad continued on page 4 and dessert tables showed a . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , marked improvement. But more The Wilkes College Human importantly students knew Services Committee wishes to that there was someone around thank all donors who gave so who would listen to their comselfessly yesterday during the plaints, and diligently attempt to emergency blood drive. The do something to correct the emergency blood drive was situation. necessitated due to the cold It has been approximately four weather and subsequent months since Homa has taken energy shortage, which over and things seemed like caused the cancellation of they , may be better. Homa, many regularly scheduled according to a food committee blood drives. The committee spokesman, leaves Wilkes with a would also like to remind sense of frustration and of yesterday's blood donors that sympathetic hope for the future. they are still eligible to "John feels frustrated," added participate in the regularly ~kesman, " because he scheduled April blood drive. W II e Despite Cold weather By Jody Berg The temperatures are dropping and Wilkes College, along with the rest of the state, is noticing a nip in the air and a chill in the wind inside the buildings as well as outside. But, Wilkes, which runs on four different types of heat - gas, electric, steam and oil - is faring as well as, if not better than the rest of the city. The units generating heat are stable and the college has had relatively little trouble. Of course, some students, mainly those living on South Franklin Street, will attest to a few hours of cold in their dorms shortly after the Christmas break. According to Mr. Art Sreelman, head of the maintenance department, this was due to a major break in the city steam line. A break such as this may be a result of a bad batch of coal, or too much pressure on the steam Hr.es. The city has had three such breaks. When such breaks occur there isn't much Wilkes can do except relay complaints back to city steam and hope for quick results. But in the long run, if oil and gas supplies should dwindle to a dangerous low .it will be the dorms run on city steam that will be heated since there is an ample supply of coal. The buildings on campus which are not heated by aity steam may have also experienced minimal difficulties. Andrew Shaw, special assistant to the President, explained that lack of fuel in the buildings isn't the major conspirator on campus; it is the great demands being put on the system. Oil heat is on a delivery cycle which so far, hasn't run out or been cut back. A minimal level of heat being kept in all the buildings is lowering the chances of the pipes freezing . . An extra suggestion by Mr. Speilman to keep the heat in is to keep the fire doors closed. The thought of flooding when Wilkes-Barre finally doesthawout hasn't been excluded. Even though the amount of snow has been average this year, pr!:)cautionary procedures for a floodstate have been reviewed. state brought on by our continuing cold weather caused Governor Milton Shapp on Wednesday, January 26, to order the temporary closing of public and private elementary and secondary schools. Drastic reductions in energy supplies are expected to continue even in the event the Governor is able to lift the order quickly. It is likely an extreme state of emergency will remain in effect throughout the Commonwealth. To conserve energy supplies during this crisis, the Governor has directed that thermostats be lowered in all state buildings and all lights be turned off at night. Where it can be done without risk of physical damage to the building, thermostats will be set at 62 degrees during periods of _ normal use and lower during other periods. Where there is a danger.of pipes freezing or other damage, . thermostats will be set at 65 degrees. I strongly urge the four staterelated universities of the Com• monwealth, our community colleges and all independent colleges and universities to adopt voluntarily thes·e same measures. I further urge all schools, colleges and universities, to the extent possible, to limit extracurricular activities to the daylight hours so that energy may be conserved. In a time of serious threat to the health, safety and livelihood of thousands of Commonwealth residents, I have no doubt that young people will willingly make certain sacrifices during this crisis period. Weather forecasts indicate that our cold weather will continue. I am confident that our educational institutions will cooperate fully to preserve our vital energy supplies throughout this crisis. Andre~. Shaw, special assistant to the president, is among those admbustrators concerned about the effect of the present energy crisis at the college. �: A/P Membership Reif Favors Frequent Tests That Boost Class Rankings 1:11 Ill ......... Awarded Kinney Dr. Bradford L. Kinney, a. M director of the Speecht Communication Division, Wilkes College, has been selected for ~ membership in the American IL Institute of Parliamentarians. The selection of Professor ~ Kinney for membership in this :il organization marks the first time : a member of the Wilkes faculty GI has been certified as a '{:. Professional Parliamentarian. Founded in 1958, the AIP is a professjonal organization dedicated to encouragingthe use of parliamentary procedures in decision-making. Membership in this prestigious society consists of some of the most respected scholars in the SpeechCommunication field. The society serves as the agency for the 2 By Jim Edwards Brad Klnn~y 1 certifying of Professional Parliamentarians. In addition to his academic duties, Dr. Kinney is also the director of the college's Forensics and Debate Program. Cast Announced For Two. seniors, one Junior, six sophomores, and six freshmen are actively preparing for their roles in the next Wilkes production, "Rhinoceros." Announced by Alfred S. Groh, director of the theater, cast members include : Marilee Gorman, Dover, N.J.; Grace Ciannilli. West Pittston; Jody A theory of Dr. Charles B. Reif is that testing is a learning process within itself. Professor of Biology at Wilkes since 1947, Reif is a graduate of the University of Minnesota where he also received his M.A. and Ph.D. His theory came from much analysis he had done in the early sixties. After teaching general zoology for twenty years, he compiled enough data to make this analysis. The study was done by reviewing several classes' test records and finding how each student ranked after each test in Berg, Kingston; Randy Smith, Steelton; Joseph Gavlick, Lopez; Wayne Clawans, New Brunswick, N.J.; Wayne Pannabecker, Temple; Robert Klein, Pocono Lake ; Lee Thomas, Easton; Victoria Moss, Mountaintop; James McGraw, Edison, N.J.; John' Forte, Pequannock, N.J.; Frank McGrady, Laflin; Kathy 'Rhinoceros' Herpick, Hillisde, N.J.; and Mike Smith, West Pittston. Joseph Salsburg will direct the production with Klaus Holm designing scenery and lighting. Costume designer is Murray Popky, and Joel Fischman will serve as technical director. Tickets will be available at the box office after February 21. MICHAEL STANCO PROP. his or her class. For example, Reif took the total points between the first test score and the second test score, and figured out how the student ranked in the class. Then he figured in the third test score and soon, determining class rank after each test. The analysis revealed that it took a minimum of eight tests to have eighty percent of the class within their final ranking at the end of the semester. The other twenty percent may have benefitted by taking more tests. Some students who received a grade of A at the end of a semester usually started out with test scores of B's. As more tests were taken, the students ' averages went up. Each test that was given was cumulative in subject matter from the beginning · of the semester. They also contained both subjective and objective points. Reif's finals do not count any more than his regular tests and are also cumulative. During this past fall semester thirteen tests were given in his JAMES STANCO PROP. Hair-Lo 2 South Main Street Wilkes Barre, Pa. • Personalized Service • 'H air Coloring and Frosting • Precision Haircutting • Hair Straightening • Permanent Wavin~ • For Both Men and Women • Specializing in Children's Haircutting For Appointment Call: 825-7371 825-7372 class. That is just less than one test per week. "It is easier to keep up than to catch up, " says Reif. In Reif's general zoology course this past semester , seventy-three percent of the class who completed the course received a point grade of 2.0 or better. Nine percent of the class fail€d. Student Government's motion to eliminate testing the week before finals would interfere with Reif's way of teaching and testing. He said that there has been a point of deliberation between himself and . Student Government. In reference to other professors, Reif said " Many people don't give enough tests to give the students a chance to make good rank within the class." He suggests that more tests ought to be given to let the student prove him or herself. Many professors give a mid-term and a final which Reif feels is not enough. Testing plays a major role in Dr. Reif's class and he feels it is strictly for the student's benefit. Jazz Band Conducts Annual Concert Tour Of Area High Schools The Wilkes College Jazz Band conducted its annual concert tour of high schools the week of January 10 through 14. The members of the Jazz Band gave up the last week of their vacation to perform at area high schools as well as one out-of-state high school. The area high schools included: Pittston Area, Coughlin, Wyoming Area, Meyers and Valley View, Peckville. The Band also performed at the Owego Free Academy and the Owego Junior High in Owego, New York. Concerts planned at' Northwest and Crestwood were cancelled due to the winter. In addition to the concerts at Coughlin, Wyoming Area and Meyers, the members of the Jazz Band conducted workshops for the high school students. The Jazz Band consists of 20 members. Most of the members are Wilkes students with one Wilkes graduate and one member who does not attend Wilkes. The Jazz . Band's Director, James Yosh, was pleased with the Band's performance during the tour. "I was really proud of them, giving up the last week of their vacation," Yosh stated. The Jazz Band also recently recorded a tape to be aired on WVIA-FM on Tuesday, February 8 at 9 p.m. Currently, the Band is rehearsing two nights a week, getting ready for their Pennsylvania debut as part of the Wilkes College Concert and Lecture Series. The Band will perform Monday, February 14 at 8 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. The concert will feature vocalist Angela Bofill, who will perform five songs with the Jazz Band. �"V Four Conducting Research With Industrial Physics Ill 10 ID w 'Tl ID ...., er C ~ Hidden in the lower level of Wilkes College's Stark Learning Center, is a labyrinth of laboratories which have become a sanctuary of sorts for many science and engineering majors. One such group taking advantage of the relative serenity of the basement labs are one physics and three engineering majors who are jointly working on a project to develop better magnetic materials for use in generators and transformers. Working with unusual materials such as gadolinium, samarium, and crystaline alloys, the four students for the past year have been measuring the magnetic properties of these and other materials at temperatures down to minus 300 degrees fahrenheit. According to Dr. John Orehotsky, a member of the engineering faculty,,,. various industries such as Sylvania and General Telephone and Electronics will be deeply interested in the completed findings. The foursome which includes seniors are Tom Wahl, WilkesBarre; Linda J amiolkowski, Ashley; junior John Gerboc, Duryea; and freshman Marie Kaczenski, Duryea, are involved in a two-year project which is being sponsored jointly by the Pennsylvania Science and Engineering Foundation and the National Science Foundation. Gerbv..:, the lone nonengii:ieering major in the group, points out that the project involves not only the development of better magnetic materials but · the guest to gain a clearer understanding of the fundamental principals of magnetism and electron figuration. He added, "Our work ha~ involved the cheaper permanent SG----------- State Health Office Gets Food Com plaint Someone has apparently registered a complaint about the cafeteria food with the State Health Department, according to IDC President Bruce Lear. Reporting for me at the weekly Student Government meeting Monday, Lear stated that students have again begun to raise a clamor over the supposed diminish quality of the food served in the cafeteria. Lear clarified what he had said about the complaint sent to the Health Department by stating that he learned of it from two other members of IDC, Sheree Kessler and Maris Solomon. Those two, according to Lear, checked into rumors that the local health officials ( Luzerne County Board of Health) had not been in to check the Wilkes cafeteria for three months. Although he was not sure of the procedure, it was Lear's opinion that the health authorities must , periodically supervise all food service facilities. What Kessler and Solomon were told in answer to their inquiry said Lear, was that someone from the State Department of Health had gone to the Wilkes cafeteria in response to a complaint received. The identity of the complainant was not revealed. Although the State Health Department report has yet to appear, Lear said he hopes to obtain a copy to find · out the results. "I think the students deserve to know what the health officials found," he commented. Previous student unrest con- cerning the food and service had begun to subside and, said Lear, the food and s·ervice were getting better. · However, student disapproval has begun to rise again and Lear has been receiving a renewed increase in the number of complaints about the food and service. The cafeteria problem will be the topic of the meeting of the food committee today at 3:00 in the cafeteria. The meeting is seen by the me president as being very important and he urged SG members to get as many in.. terested students as possible to attend the meeting. On other SG matters, approval was given to a motion for SG to pursue the installation of a new xerox machine in the library which would charge only five cents per copy.· The machine would not be in addition to the current library copier, but would instead replace that machine with an up-to-date copier. SG would subsidize the operation of the machine to cover any costs not taken care of by the five cent charge. The only fund request of the meeting was one by the computer club for $197.12 to help defray the costs of a trip to • Binghamton. It was unanimously approved. No additional plans were made for the upcoming winter weekend. Only a few minor details remain to be handled and, according to SG member Norman Verhoog, "Things look really good" for this year's winter event. Camp Airy and Camp Louise Applic a ti ons f or Coun se lors a re in the Stu dent Em ploymen t Off ice . Submit the m , now for interv iews on campus later. Or Write 5750 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21215 magnets which are found in loudspeakers and a softer kind which are used in transformers." The students, who usually only have the opportunity to work on the project during vacation period, see the extra-curricular work as a challenge. "It g1ves us an excellent chance to learn," ,Linda Jamiolkowski stated, "flopefully, later we will be able to put some of this practical experience to work in the job market." Industry has realized and appreciated the efforts and research of the students, and in turn have donated some of the equipment used in the experiments. " It is a two way street," concluded Dr. Orehotsky, "Industry benefits with the added technological findings and the students benefit by putting some of their course knowledge to work. In the end it spells a happy relationship between campus and industry, one that will eventually add up to a better tomorrow." Debate Team Plans Trip The Wilkes College Debate Union has been invited to participate in the Pennsylvania Forensic Association's 1977 State Championship Tournament. The P .F .A. tournament, hosted this year by Clarion State College, will be determined through competition in the state championship in Forensics and Debate. The top Colleges and Universities of the state will clash in three days of competition to determine which school will be able to carry back to its campus the title - "Number One in the State." The Wilkes unit, under the direction of Dr. Bradford L. Kinney, has · already demonstrated great skill in Forensics winning 15 major awards this year and having one of the best records in the College's forensic history. Kinney, with Debate Captain David Evans, Forensic Co-ordinator Marcia Stratton, along with five other Union members will make the February trip to Clarion. The Wilkes debators plan to participate in all levels of competition. According to Kinney, "Our novice squad will take on the best in the state and I am sure that we will do well. Wilkes is a dedicated and well disciplined squad." Prior to the state championship tournament, the Debate Union will travel to Monmouth College, W. Long Beach, N.J. to compete against many New England institutions of higher learning. r~ ~ I ~ § f S 5. -i i ID ID Ill n 0 :I Recipients of scholarships to study abl"!)ad are shown, from left, Thomas ~ubas and Cheryl Kellar. Scholarships Awarded For Spanish Studies By Harriet Ann Smith Three Spanish students have recently been awarded $400 departmental scholarships to study abroad. According to Dr. Michael Seitz, chairman of the Foreigh Language and Literature Department, these scholarships are awarded to Spanish majors who have excelled in competition. These scholarships are presented to the department by an anonymous donor. Dr. Seitz stated, "We are very happy that the students have the opportunity to receive these scholarships. We certainly hope there will be more scholarships in the 'future." Recipients of the scholarships are Maryjean DeSandes, Thomas Lubas, and Cheryl Kellar. Mary jean, a junior, is spending the present semester at the University of Valencia, along with Maria De Rojas, a previous scholarship winner. Both students will be taking courses in the Spanish Language, history, art and music. Thomas will be participating in an intensive summer program at the University of Salamanca in Spain. Tom will spend ten weeks there studying in Spanish and will receive twelve credits for this program. Although Tom expects the program to be very demanding, he also expects to speak Spanish with Spanishspeaking people without thinking first in English. A Spanish and Biology double major, Tom hopes to teach Biology in Spanish in a bilingual program. Tom stated, "Of course there will be time zone and food adjustments, but I am still very excited. This summer will be quite unique. It will be a great experience." Cheryl is still in the process of making final plans, but she is hoping to participate in a sum- · mer study program in Mexico. She will probably participate in a five-hour-a-day intensive program in Spanish. Cheryl, a Spanish-Sociology double major, hopes to become a social worker. She said, "I'm looking forward to the challenge of being thrown into a situation where I willl have to speak in Spanish." Although Cheryl will not know anyone on her trip to Mexico, she is really looking forward to it. Both Tom and Cheryl wish to thank the anonymous donor for being so generous. "We both really appreciate the money and the opportunity to study abroad. We hope the scholarships continue, so more students can participate in foreign study." THE HUT at Hotel Sterling m. 113 S. 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Hopefully we will all be able to hang together to keep warm and keep the school functioning with some degree of normalacy. If everyone does their part, we should be able to endure. Mr. Salley, a member of the Chemistry department, has posted notices on every thermostat in Stark Learning Center stating that no one should tamper with them, and that they should remain at 65 degrees. In fact, Mr. Salley has done such a terrific job that even the thermostats in the bathrooms have been adequately regulated. Members of The Beacon had their office in Shawnee Hall closed down, but the dedicated staff met in Weckesser Hall last Sunday to do their part for the energy crusade. Numb fingers hit typewriter keys, but as the saying goes the press must go on. At any rate, if dormitory students will keep in mind that they will not succumb at 65 degree temperatures, fuel costs can be saved by lowering dorm temperatures. Unfortunately because of the age of many of the outside buildings, it is almost impossible to turn all thermostats down to 65 degrees and adequately heat the antiquated buildings, but cutbacks ~ other areas can help. ... Appliances can be unplugged when not in use, and lights need not burn all night. ,Athletic events are being curtailed, to prevent the heating of the gyn;inasium. . Who knows, if .the weather persists lectures may be conducted around wood fires at Ralston Field. Seriously, everyone can help, students, faculty, and administration, by sticking together and attempting to cut fuel costs wherever and whenever possible. · -----i ,. 7 VV\. V\ l .NE' THa 'RAIN~ NoR -S'NOW, NOR Letters To . The Edi ·Food Committee Attempts Volunteers Thanked To Solve Caf's Problems For Program's Success "Eye of newt and toe of frog/ Wool of bat and tongue of dog,/ Adder's fork and blind worm's sting/, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing. " This thought provoking quotation from Shakespeare has lately been referred to in comments about the cafeteria food. Surely the cafeteria staff does not cook with bats or lizards as ingredients, but there has been some speculation as to just what they have been using. The resignation of ,John Homa, the assistant manager of · the cafeteria, has filled students with a degree of fear as to what will be the future of the food service. Homa, known as a friend confidente and liason between students and the machinery of the cafeteria, is leaving Wilkes for another job. In his brief ·stay at Wilkes a large amount of changes have ,been made in the cafeteria food. According to William Denion, manager of the cafeteria, "The cafeteria is inspected on a regular basis by health department officials," and he has "not been made aware of any dissatisfaction among students." Students should be aware that there are channels to go through with food complaints, and a food committee meeting is being held today at 3 p.m. in the cafeteria. There are always complaints about red tape in instilling change, but Denion did comment that Roma's position, "is being filled as soon as a replacement is found." If you have a problem about the food service attend the food committee meeting today - if you don't, fine, but if you have a complaint and you don't do anything about it then eat up, che~ up, and digest the situation. Hang In There Guys Admittedly, the overcrowding in the gym is a frustrating problem, but this is a poor excuse for the recent bad manners displayed by the Wilkes College Wrestling team. With 2:59 left on the clock in an afternoon women's basketball game, the wrestling team proceeded to arrange their mats along the sidelines. This left about six inches for out-ofbounds plays. Fortunately, Wilkes had the game well in hand. However, the presence of people on the sidelines is always a distraction. Please, next time, hand in there and wait. Your patience will be appreciated. ·-- To The Editor: I would like to publicly thank those students who tutored foreign students in English phonetics, syntax and conversation during the first semester. Because of these efforts, this aspect of the new " English as a Second Language program" for foreign students was quite successful. The students who contributed their time and good will include: Ron Sweeda, Tom Lubas, Ellen Berb, Mark Ritter, Claire Donahue, Cheryl Kellar, Carole Backstein, Dianne Lacava, Cheryl Roman, Kevin Eldridge, and Jerry Mehalick. Thanks to all of you for your time and energy. · Sincerely, Shirley Eaton Dept. of Foreign Language . P.S. Any other students interested in working with foreign students on a one-to--0ne basis for an hour or two a week may contact me in Kirby Hall 309. -o- from page 1 food committee members as whether the much needed position of assistant food manager will be elimated followingHoma's resignation. Homa once said, "I'm here to serve them (the' students) ; and make any changes which I can to better the cafeteria". Homa has brought changes and alleviated many of the students gripes, but a replacement is needed to quiet the students and provide, establish and maintain adequate meals for a growing dormitory student population. A Tropical Fish Club is going to be started here at Wilkes College. Anyone who has a tank or just likes to look at fish is welcome. The advisor will be Dr. Rigley of the Biology Department. For information, contact either Dr. Rigley or Greg Miller at Room 346, Webster House in the New Men's Dormitory. Anyone interested in cross country skiing from 1 to 4 Sunday, February 20, at Mulhenburg Golf Course, sign up in the SG office. Cost is $3.00 per person. AU unsold books and/or money collected during the recent SG used bookstore may be picked up in the SG office, second floor, Weckessar Hall. Please stop in as soon as possible! Bring your ticket stubs. A survey of student interest in thefraternity/sororitysystem will be held today and tomorrow during the lunch and dinner hours in the cafeteria and all day in the Commons. The survey is being taken by the ad hoc committee investigating the fraternity/sorority system. The Commuter Council meeting will be held today, February 3, at 11 a.m. in Kirby Hall, room 102. There will be a meeting of the class of 1978 today, F ebruary 3 at 11 a.m. in the CPA. FL & L Department Film will appear in the CPA at 7:00 p.m. this evening. The final date for graduate students to procure commencement clearance forms is Friday, February 4. They are available in the graduate office. · Tryouts for "H.M.S. Pinafore" and "Trial By Jury, " Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, will be held tonight at 7 in Room 2 of Darte Hall. The annual TOR dinner-dance will be held Friday, February 11, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music will be provided by "Museum." The $20 per couple tickets are sold daily from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Commons. On Sunday, February 6, at 3:30, Christine Brozusky from Tunkhannock, will give her junior horn recital in Room 2, Darte Hall. STAFF Editor In Chief ... . . .... .. .. .. ... ...... . .. ..... . .. . . ... . ...... Patti Reilly .Managing Editors ........ ........ . . . ... .. . Mary Ellen Alu, Wilma Hurst News Editor . .... ... .. .... . .. .. . . •... . . ... .. .. .... ..... . . .. . Patrice Stone Copy Editor .... ...•... .. .. . . .. . .......... .. .. . ... .......... . . Joe Buckley Co-op Editors ... . ... .. . ....... . . ........ 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Northampton Street Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania 18703 Published every week during the school year by the students of Wilkes College . Second Class Postage paid al Wilkes-Barre, Pa . Sub~cription rate : $4 per year. Beacon Phone (717) 824-4651 - Ext . 473 Office Hours : Daily . All views expressed are those of the individual writer not necessarily of t he publication . �Easy American life Ideal For Greek Student~ CD ' By Lisa Waznik "Well, it's all Greek to me." And it sure is for Maria Bardoutsou, a freshman who is a native of Patras, Greece. . One of five other native Greeks (excluding Len Vekkos, who is a bogus Greek from Woodbury Heights, N.J.) Maria says Patras is the third largest city in Greece but is much like the size of Wilkes-Barre. Just how did Maria wind up at Wilkes? "Well, my bro'ther Tony graduated from Wilkes in 1974 and I had won a scholarship to attend Wilkes." Maria explains that in Greece there is a series of "v.ery difficult" exams which prospective college students must take to enter a Greek University. "I was sure to be able to study at Wilkes so why should I go through all that trouble of those exams." Maria was a little hesitant at first about leaving her family and friends at home but she was well prepared for her trip. "I studied English privately for seven years in Greece. I also had English in school but it wasn't very good. That teacher didn't know much." Like anyone coming from a far away country Maria found it a little hard to adjust to this lifestyle. Before coming to the Wilkes campus she spent some time with her brother, who was living in Troy (New York, not Greece) to get a taste of American living. "Things are very different here. It's such a good experience though." Maria said the people are different in that they have different ideas, a totally different way of life, and that Americans have an easy way of life! "Let me explain wha~ I mean by easy. Take, for example, a· supermarket. That has everything all in one place. Back home, we would have to travel from store to store for rice or vegetables. Life is made simple by this." The chemistry major plans to move back to her homeland after graduation, unlike• her brother who lives in California. She will also return home in the summers. "I live in the southern part of Greece and I really enjoy the sea , THE WIZARD OF WAZ Wilkes Swim Team Wins At last, the thrill of victory. Those Gino Burgers sure tasted good. Where is that silly Freshman? Back in the van on the Jersey Turnpike heading for home. Looks a little windy but once we get on 280 it's straight traveling and no worries about exits or turns. The Bear is in the second van behind us. Look, ahead is the Delaware Water Gap. Don't those snowflakes look pretty in the car lights. There goes that Bc;:ir;. The nerve o{ him passing coach's van. I am the only one to sec him pass. After a while, Coach said we need gas and so does Bear. Where is Bear? His gas gauge doesn't work. I'll keep a lookout for a stranded Wilkes van on the side. We stop for gas in Stroudsburg then on 80 we head home. The road is getting icy. The van slips from side to side. Look out, we're off the road, no. on the road; no off the road, no - we're stuck. And there we were. Half the Wilkes Swim Team in the middle of nowhere, half on the road, half on the shoulder. Coach: Don't panic." Crazy: "I always wanted to visit the Poconos." Tony: Anybody want a box lunch. Coach: "These tires are just not moving. We can't even go backward." Cindy: Maybe we could catch the last run at Camelback if we're lucky." Carol: "Gee, the wrestling- team always has good luck and they use this van." Melita: "The van broke down for the wrestlers last week, Carol." Carol: "Yea, but they won the match, and we won our meet, and we're equal." Melita: "Forget it, Carol." Co~ch: "Everybody mov_e to the back of the van to add some weight to the rear." Alan: "Lisa, you stay up front, you have enough weight on the rear." Lisa: "Shut up or I'll suck on your nose until your head caves in." Melita: "According to the Medical Journals, I don't think that's possible." Frosh: "Everything is under control, hie." Coach: "Okay, somebody drive and we'll all get out and push." Crazy: "I used to always push until I got busted." Tony: "The only thing you ever busted is your brain, Crazy." Coach: "Wait, you can't push uphill. To the rear." Alan: " Lisa, about the rear ... " Lisa: "Alan, why don't we use your head for an antenna and signal th_e State Police." Cheryl: "Let's flag down a trucker. Breaker 1-9 this here's the frozen Swimmer. In need of assistance, good buddy." Coach: "Crazy and Tony, you come-with me and we'll try to find a tow truck somewhere. The rest of you stay close to the van but not inside just in case it should get hit. " Cheryl: "Let's huddle together to keep warm." and swimming and the sunshine. I just can't believe how cold it is here. I came well prepared with my clothing, however." Maria says she misses everything at home at times and always writes to the friends she has at home. One fellow, however, would not have to wait very long for a letter from Maria since he has also come to Wilkes this second semester. Nick Pitsis is also a native of Patras and is a very good friend of Maria's. Maria Bardoutsou At Wilkes, the Waller Hall resident belongs to the International Club. "I don't like it that much, though, because we don't do very much as a club." Maria could probably be social coordinator of the Greek Club if one did exist, however. "We Greeks often get together ourselves. It brings us a little closer to home. When one Greek is at a party, right behind him are the rest of us." If there was a club they really almost have a club language! The Greek language sometimes has its drawbacks to the English speaking students. "Sometimes the Greek boys teach the American students some Greek words, usually 'dirty' words. Then they come up to me and try to embarrass me. But I know the trick and I just laugh at them! " One thing that Maria never had to do at home was work, outside her home that is. She works part-time in the Housing Office. "I really like working there because I get to learn more and more about the school and get to meet many people." Some of Maria's hobbies include reading and listening to music. She enjoys rollerskating: Ask anyone who was at last week's skating party. "I like some sports like swimming, basketball and volleyball, but I hate football and soccer. Soccer is the big sport in Greece. I don't know much about tennis, but would like to." When I asked if she had anything else to say and she replied, "I really didn't want to say anything since the beginning !" Besides being camera shy, she is interview shy, but is loved by all who know her. And that's quite a lot of people! ""' Frosh: "I'm freezing. Does anyone have something I can wrap lee -Stickmen Tie In Competitions around myself?" . Carol: "You should wrap a life jacket around yourself for the way you swim." Melita: "But, Carol, would that keep him warm? " The Wilkes Hockey Team is on Carol: "Forget it, Melita." , the move and coming back to life Lisa: "I have just the thing for you, Frosh, this gigantic towel of after some disappointments. In mine. " the past week they tied with the Frosh: "This towel is wet." top teams in their league. Lisa: "I have a feeling you won't even know the difference." In a match with the Tobyhanna Cindy: "Let's take turns sitting in the van. If it gets hit, the ones Nordsman, who were the winoutside could take down the guy's license." ners of the Christmas TourCarol: 'Tm volunteering to go in." nament, Captain Mark Davis Melita: "It's in for me, too." scored three goals along with his Alan: "I'll go in to keep everything under control. Here I come, teammates Todd Noll, Dave girls." Morales and John Larkin each Cindy: "Look, Frosh's towel has frozen!" scoring one to tie 6~. Cheryl: "It's stiff, let's build a tee-pee." The Wilkes stickmen were 6-2 Frosh: "Sure and then we could smoke signal for help, hie." behind going into the third period Lisa: "Say, look at that salt truck up there it's stopping." but with · the efforts of Ed OhCheryl: "Let's ru,n up to it." mott, Mark Ungvarsky, Dave Alan: "Look at that towel sticking out straight behind Frosh as Arrioni, and Craig Jackson they he's running." pulled ahead. Assistant Captain Salt Truck Driver: "What's going on here, and who are you with Jack Manley is credited with an that towel on? Do you know you look like Superman?" assist in the Wednesday, Frosh: "No, but if you hum a few bars .... do you have any PepJanuary 26 game. permint Schnopps? In Tuesday night's -action the Salt Truck Driver: "If I did I'd drink it myself and wouldn't give Wilkesmen tied abain, but this it to some freshman with a frozen towel playing trick or treat. I'll put time 5-5 against the Dallas team. up a flare for you. So long." Scoring goals in this comCindy: "Let's stand around the flare to keep warm. Maybe we , petition were Brian Roth, Jack could toast some marshmallows." Manley, John Larkin, Jim Carol: "Look, that truck up ahead is backing toward us." O'Neill, and Mark Davis, with Melita: We'll be rescued. " · Davis, Roth, and Larkin each Alan: "Here comes the guy." having one assist also. Cheryl: "104 good buddy, wha's your handle, seen any smokies The second line did a fine job lately, have any change in double nickels for a phone call?" with the talents of Mark UngvarTrucker: "Let me see what the problem is here. Got a sky and Bob Bensley. flashlight?" The next game for the team Lisa: "No flashlight, but don't light a match around Frosh's will be February 7th .a t 5:30 at breath." the Ice-A-Rama. Trucker: "Well I hit the niftolator with the tuner jack and I think I got the ello rod to fire into the jahooser." Lisa: "Cindy, give it a try." Cindy: "Look we're moving! " AU: "Yeah." Cheryl: "Look here comes the coach!" Alan: "There are Tony and Crazy." Carol: "They each brought a tow truck. Maybe they could hook one to the front and one to the back. It should be easier to pull with two." Melita: "Car~l, I think we should hook one to each of your ears to let the air out of your head." Coach: "Let's get going. What can we do for the trucker?" Cheryl: "I offered him a box lunch, but he said he already ate." Tony: "I think he knows better than to try the Caf Traveler Special." JOKE OF ,THE WEEK: Q. What AU: (In harmony) "We're on our way home, da, da, da, da. We're on our way home." did the inventor of the monorail Trucker: "Breaker 1-9 this is Guardian Angel, Looka here White have? Father, I'm sure they thanks ya, want a box lunch? 104" A. A one-track mind. ~ ~ -< -............ -i ::r CD 01 CD a, n 0 :, �Disney World Experience Made Available To Students There will be a meeting of the Amnicola staff today at 12 :00 and for anyone who is interested in working on the '77 yearbook. There are still some 1976 yearbooks left to be sold. The 1977 yearbook subscription drive will start February 7th. Anyone interested in purchasing a '77 yearbook can do so in the S.U.B. everyday until 8 p.m. or in the cafeteria from 5~ p,m. Chuck 'Robbins Sporting Goods 39 W. Mali<et St., Wilkes-Barre Singers, dancers , and musicians will audition for the Disney Entertainment Work Experience Program at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, starting February 11. The program puts college entertainment to work for the summer utilizing their entertainment talents and making them eligible for college credits. The Work Experience students perform in several entertainment groups , including the All American College Marching Band and the All American · College Singers, providing them with valuable work experience, exposing them to top names· in entertainment, and earning them a salary. Since the Workshop's inception in 1971, more than one thousand students from all over the United States have participated. Several have returned to work full time in the Disney theme parks. Selected applicants will receive scholarshiJ?S to the Programs, a grant for housing costs, and a one Commuter Council is spon. soring a smorgasbord catered by Genetti's on Saturday, February 5 from 6 to 8 in the Commons. The menu includes; sliced turkey, sliced ham, roast beef, veal parmagiana, cheese, rigatoni, potato salad, vegetables, desserts , and beverages. Price of the smorgasbord is $2.50. The affair will be followed by a SUB party from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a .m. Price is $1.00 or $.50 with a smorgasbord ticket. Tickets can be obtained daily in the Commons from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ' thousand dollar stipend for the summer performances . The auditions are open to all Freshmen, Sophomores a~d Juniors currentlyin~ollege,- The deadline for applications is March 1, 1977. In addition to performing in the parks, students in the Workshop Experience will receive training in voice, movement, composition, arranging, acting and other skills which enrich a performer. Guest lecturers from the Disney organization, plus noted celebrities and performing groups from the entertainment fields will be invited to speak to students. In previous years, Jack Lemmon, Mel Torme and Paul Winfield have addressed workshop participants. Students will also have the opportunity to study privately with selected faculty. The work schedule for the Disney college program is eight hours per day, five days per week. This includes performances, workshops, and rehearsals. Auditions will be held in the following cities on the following dates: Chicageo (Feb. 11-12 ); New York (Feb. ·14-15 ) Washington, D.C. (Feb . 17 ); Atlanta (Feb. 19) ; Miami, (Feb. 21); Orlando (Feb. 22); Kansas City, Mo. (Feb. 25 ); Dallas (Feb. 26); Houston (Feb. 27); Salt Lake City, (Feb. 28); Seattle, (March 5); San Francisco, ( March 6); and Los Angeles (March 7~) . Further information and an application can be obtained from Disney Entertainment-Work Experience Program, Entertainment Division, Walt Disney World, P.O. Box 40, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830. Telephone : ( 305) 824-4206. �,, Swimmers Coo Another Victory kCortt)J a, ID CD .... 'Tl CD 17 2 a, ~ ~~ - ........ ,0 ?lt -i l~ "l(e-rntl8~ i GI CD a, n 0 =i ,.. ._____ _,, 71 by jeff a cornley Band Night Sweet bellowing strains of music emerged from the Wilkes College gym last Wednesday night. The scene for this rather unusual occurance was the basketball-wrestling doubleheader. In an attempt to promote college spirit, the college ba nd was asked to perform at the doubleheader between games and at halftime. The experiment met with a great amount of success. Basketball mentor Rodger Bearde claimed , "It really helped our team. The simple fact that they were willing to spend the time to come out and support us by playing made the team feel like we had the whole school behind I.\S ." · The band also had a big effect on the crowd. The mass exodus that usually occurs during halftime was curtailed as the people sat and listened to the concert of modern tunes. A host of compliments accompanied the music. Although it is unreasonable to assume that the band can perform at every home athletic game, it would be nice if they could play as often as possible. Ranging from propositioning the cheerleaders into going out for pizza after the game to playing the team fight song, they were a vital contribution to the spirit of the evening. And anything that will keep that high-pitched wail that passes for The Star Spangled Banner off that cheap public address system can't be all bad. Thank you, Mr. Gasbarro and the band for the foot-stomping good time. Good Humor Man? I hope my column of last week has fallen on appreciative ears. I assure you that it was meant in a joking manner and that my intentions were honorable. It's nice to be able to laugh at oneself and see humor in life. Please call off the dogs . . . The Wilkes Swim Team began the s~cond half of their season Friday, January 28, by de feating Jersey City State College 74-35 at the Jersey City pool. Co-Captain Paul Neidzwieki and Cindy Glawe, both from Wilkes-Barre, took first and second in the diving events respectively. Divers competed on the 1 and 3 meter diving board in Triple winners for the Colonels were CoCaptain Jeff Jones , Wilkes-Barre, in the 50 and 100 yd. freestyle ; Kevin Augustine, Nanticoke, in the 200 I.M. and 500 yd. freestyle, and Jim Edwards , Danbury, Conn., in the 200 yd. freestyle and breastroke. The three combined with Tony Pinto, from Dunmore, to come in first in the 400 free relay. Coed Me1ita Maguire broke the school record in the 1000 J J. freestyle with a time of 12:27.8 and also placed first in the 200 yd. butterfly event. Melita is from Bear Creek. this meet. Maris Solomon, Alan Shaw, Keith Augustine, and Jeff Boberick all put in good efforts for second place points. John Heffner, Greg Black, Carol Piatt, and Bill Manley, and Lisa Waznik added third place points. This meet could well have been the turning point for the combined men's and women's team. They travel to Williamsport next Saturday to swim Lycoming College. Basketball Coeds Trying To Turn Season Around; At Bucknell Tonight By Joan Vorbach In one week's time it seems as though the Colonelettes have found the right combination of heart and hustle. The first evidence of their turnaround came on Saturday at Upsala. Their excellent all-round effort, however, fell just short of victory, as they dropped a heart breaking 58-57 decision. The Colonelettes came out shooting in the first half. This plan coupled with their usual tight defense gave them a 6 point ~ - --WANTED _ _ _~ TRA VEL REP . . '17 St ud en t travel fi rm nee ds a represe ntati ve o n yo u r campu s t o sell sun spot trips to Jam aica and F lorida, and Ski t rips to Vermo n t an d O uebec . H ig h Com missio ns • Free T rips • All pro m o t iona l materials and trai nin g provi ded. • For info;m ation : halftime advantage. But the second half saw Upsala retaliate with a full court press. Before Wilkes could regroup they committed a few costly turnovers. As a result, Upsala managed to chip away at their deficit. With less than a minute to go UC scored what proved to be the winning bucket. Three Wilkes starters were in double figures . Freshman center, Lynn Yedlock hit for 16. While Karen Olney tossed in 3 field goals and 7 from the line for 13, · and Mary-Jo Frail netted 5 hoops for well outside the key for 10 points . Two days later, the Wilkes women notched a solid 51-40 Biggest Selection Best Prices On Name _ __ _ __ _ __ A ddress _ __ __;__ City _ _ School _ _ _ _ _ St at e _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ Ph one t4 _ _ _ _ __ __ Sen d T o : Na t i onal Student T rave l Serv ices 2 025 Waln 1Jt St. , Ph i /a ., Pa. 1910 3 or c al l Randy Wagner (215) 56 1-2939 Co l lec t Diamonds VANSCOY Dmmond Salon Gateway Shopping Center ( Near Jewelcor) J.M. 'Weathering' Scheduling Problems RECOGNITION Don't be afraid of a little criticism- it's pr oof that you are on the right track. homecourt victory against Muhlenburg College. Wilkes jumped off to an early 12 point lead, only to see. MC come roaring back to within 4. But with two minutes to go, Dotty Martin pumped in three consecutive 15 footers to give Wilkes a 26-17 halftime lead. Martin and Co. cooled off considerably in the second half. But a hard-working Wilkes defense silenced the MC guns long enough for the Wilkes women to find their range once again. . Lynn Yedlock hit a key lay-up at the 3: 30 mark to up WC's lead to 8 points. Then Sharon Wilkes iced the victory with a free throw at 2:00, and a bucket on the very next play. High scorers for the Blue and Gold were Lynn Yedlock with 17, and Dotty Martin with 10. The coed Colonels will be on the road tonight at Bucknell and at Misericordia Saturday before returning home on Tuesday with Albright. raook~And Record Mart I 18 S. Main St. I Wilkes-Barre I I I ! Books, Records and Tapes L il 825-4767 Cliff and Mona rch · Notes By Dave Orischak And Bob Welsh Frost on the rims has temporarily interrupted the intramural basketball season. Play will resume when thermal underwear can be obtained for all players. Mike Aed is also purchasing hand warmers for the referees who have been seen with their hands in their pockets too . often. It seems that the heat in the gym is being turned off after girls' basketball every night. The season fried to continue despite the lack of heat but was forced into postponement when several members of Sons of Softee came down with frostbite. Well, at least , their noses were red. Because of the sudden push for conservation all games will be moved up one hour and will be played by candlelight when the season resumes. Games will now be played at 8, 9, and 10 o'clock. Also, · any games that were cancelled last week will be rescheduled at the end of the season. Despite the cold there were several games played last week. In the closest game of the week, Butler lost to Grissom 44-43. Jay Mack was high scorer for the winners with 17 points. Bob Schaefer contributed 19 to the losing cause . In another B Division battle, Grunts defeated Gore 42-34. A near-sighted Bob Rischman gunned in 13 points for Grunts, while Tim Moffit canned 23 for Gore. In one of the two A Division games played last week, top - rated Gino's continued their winning ways when they defeated Playboys 76-45. Dave Dudick led the Gino's scoring with 24 points. In the other A game, Sons of Softee rolled over Butler IV 68-59. ---~------ Bruce Douglas chipped in 16 points for the Softees. In a game lalreled, " The Mismatch of the Week," STX buried the Bananas 61-29. Kurt Frank, who thinks a basketball court is a football field without lines, was high scorer for STX with !6 points. Mike Sibilia was high scorer for the losers with 8 points. It should be noted that most of the games played so far have been interdivisional games and will not count towards the final record of these teams. Only games played within the respective team's divisions will be counted. Also , Mike Aed has informed us that there will be no playoffs this year. Instead, the top team in Division A will play the top team in Division B for the championship; WPIRATINGS ' 1. Gino's (30 ) 2. Smegmas (17) 3. USUC IV (7) 4. Sizers (4) 5. Sons Of Softee 400 290 132 79 50 INTRAMURAL NOTICE "A" Division - All games moved up one hour starting Feb. 1. Jan. 27 games moved to March 1. Feb. 8 games moved to March 2. Championship game moved to March 7. " B" Division - All games moved up one hour starting Feb. 1. Jan. 27 games moved to March 16. Playoff between North and Central l\1arch 17. Championship of South vs. winner of NorthCentral playoff March 21. �Cl) CII OI "' ll. ........ .... CAGERS PLAYOFF HOPES A QUESTION Maybe You Should lam To Swim...Quicldy .., t "'2 -eo~ .J:1 CII ~ u. C 0 u "' a:i CII CII ~ I- c::::::.: --- tL,u ~~ Grapplers On HOfflestand: - H~!!es~~.~.,,,!:!~r~,es!~!~!~ay Night their last home stretch of the season. Starting with last night's meet against Binghamton State, The Colonels will wrestle five consecutive , home matches before going on the road for their final three meets. The home schedule is an attractive one. This Saturday the Colonels host Hofstra, and next Wednesday they entertain East Stroudsburg State. Both schools defeated the Colonels last year, and both have built up a fierce rivalry with Wilkes. East Stroudsburg features 150 pounder Gary Kessel, who in the latest issue of National Mat News was rated number four in the coun- · try in his weight class. Kessel is I?robably the best individual wrestler to come into Wilkes this year since Lehigh's Bob Sloand (r,-anked second in the nation at 134). So, Colonel fans will get to see one of the top wrestlers in the nation along with two good, solid teams that should provide more competition than the last team here Elizabethtown. ' The Blue Jays, 40-3 losers to Wilkes, were one of two teams to fall to the Colonels last week. On Saturday the Reesemen defeated Lycoming 28-9 in 126 pounder Rick Mahonski's home town of Williamsport. Mahonski capped off an excellent week against the Warriors by pinning his opponent in 4:18. Against E-Town Rick had already achieved a measure of sweet revenge by pinning Eric Mast, the defending MAC champ, who had previously beaten him three times. · The Colonels -top wrestler of the season, 190 pounder Dave Gregrow (11-2) was defeated at Lycoming for the first time in a dual meet since the opener against Lehigh. Dave had won nine matches in a row, and placed third in the Wilkes Open to become the most consistent wrestler in Coach John Reese's camp. His dramatic come back win against Navy set him off on this streak, and he figured to start a new one last night against Binghamton. The two other Colonel quad-captains, Lon Balum and Bruce Lear won against Lycoming thus giving both of them ten victories on the season. Freshman Mark Densberger came back against the Warriors and even convincingly, thus preparing himself for this important home stretch. The home stretch, as stated before, promises to be an interesting and exciting one. It will see Hofstra Saturday night, East Stroudsburg next Wednesday, Army (Feb. 12 ), and Bucknell (Feb. 16). The Colonels who are presently 9-3 would dearly love to win all four and senior captains Mahonski, Balum, Lear, and Gregrow are anxious to make good showings in their final appearance at the Wilkes Gym. 'Grappling Gab: The Colonels are presently ranked 18th ( Division I) by National Mat News, but that ranking was taken before the Syracuse loss ... The jayvees of Brooke Yeager will also wrestle against Stroud Wednesday starting at six ... Perry Lichtinger has been a consistent winner since being inserted in the line-up. . .Dan House has been impressive in the heavyweight slot recording two superior decisions and a pin in· the last three meets ... Hofstra was a 20-19 victor over the Colonels last year while Stroud beat Wilkes 24-20. ... The Jayvees host Scranton 6:30 Saturday before Hofstra ... Bart Cook was expected to return to the lineup last night in the 177 pound class. Monk Colone/1? ... Negatory Good Buddy w Phlla. Taxllle Albrlght Scranton Ellzabethtown WIikes Susquehanna Lycoming Upsala Juniata Delaware Val. Drew pct 1000 6 2 714 666 750 428 375 428 500 400 200 166 Nardelli Quits Team In Wave Of Controversy Controversy surrounded the Wilkes basketball team last week when they were dealt crushing blows to their playoff hopes due to twin losses to MAC foes Albright and Upsala. The controversy centered around disciplinary problems among team members which resulted in the benching of two key players and finally the quitting of Tony Nardelli. To more fully understand this complicated saga, let's drift back to January 19 in Madison, Virginia. The Colonel basketball team had travelled south to play Madison in a non conference game. During the stay in Virginia, two Wilkes players allegedly broke training regulations and the actions of Nardelli and Kendall McNeil were reported to assistant coach Jim Zardecki. Sensing his obligations as a. coach, Jim reported what he had heard to Head Coach Rodger Bearde. Bearde held meetings with both Kendall and Tony before the next game with Juniata and although both denied any wrongdoing, the situation seemed to be straightened out. The Colonels went out on Saturday, January 22, and blew away a very strong Juniata club. Both McNeil and Nardelli played and peace seemed to abound at the Wilkes camp. They were in the middle of an exciting playoff race and team unity seemed to be strong. However, during the week's practice sessions before last week's important MAC tilt with Albright, some additional discipline problems arose. Confrontations between Bearde and Nardelli surfaced. So much for team unity. No disciplinary action was planned however, until after the Albright game had started. Neither Nardelli nor McNeil had started the contest but Kendall was inserted into the lineup during the first half and played about two minutes before being pulled out of the game for a substitute, After the substitution, some comments were exchanged among McNeil, Nardelli, and Bearde and neither player saw action for the remainder of the contest. "Some of the other incidents I was willing to overlook, but this was a public affront to my authority as the team leader and they sat out the rest of the game with Albright as a punishment for the comments," stated Bearde. The game was a disaster as far as the Colonel basketball performance was concerned. The team blew a six point halftime lead and were beaten by 11 points. There was room for some second guessing as the tired and demoralized Colonels struggled through the fourth quarter without their best rebounder and best scorer. Following the Albright contest, there were more meetings and more discussions and again it seemed as though everything had been worked out. Agl!in _!hat hope was false. The Colonels travelled to New Jersey last Saturday night to take on Upsala in yet another key MAC encounter. Both McNeil and Nardelli were there but McNeil played and Nardelli didn't. Bearde stated that Tony didn't feel well and that the reason he didn't play was due to the illness. After the game, Nardelli turned in his uniform and quit the team after watching the Colonels drop a heartbreaker, 71-70. "His ql.clitting was incidental," said Bearde. "He'll never play for me again. He would have been put off the team if he hadn't quit." "The pressure around here was unbelievable. Every practice session was loaded with tension and Coach Bearde was under tremendous pressure in many different ways. I fully support the decisions he has made concerning the matter," commented Zardecki. Bearde added, "Kendall reacted postively to our meetings and is currently a full-fledged member of our team. Tony responded in a negative manner as far as the team is concerned and elected to quit the squad. The team was filled with dissention but hopefully now we'll be able to concentrate more on winning ball games." The decision of Bearde to keep two of his star players on the be'!_ch during an important MAC game was a gutsy one. The Colonels will have to win all of their remaining league matches to still nave a shot at the playoffs, and that is highly unlikely. This has been a long winter for Bearde, Za'rdecki, and the talented cagers. Bearde : "I just felt that my integrity was more important than winning a ball game." The Beacon is anxious to print the complete story from many points of view. Attempts have been made to contact Nardelli but none have been fruitful at press time. Subsequent comment will be considered at a later date relative to the further amounts of information garnered. Acornley BEACON SPORTS :l~ MAIIONSKI IN CONTROL - Rick, one of the Colonels' quad-captains, had a simply outstanding week. He pinned an old rival in E-Town's Eric Mast (NCAA runner-up) on Wednesday and then went home to record another pin, Lycoming's 126 opponent. He has been struggling a bit this year due to a recurring neck injury and is trying to gain some momentum for the postseason tourneys. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 February 3rd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 February 3 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/13748fe28d09260cd64604a654ad7e3a.pdf 02cb01bb18448924576a5fb90cd58425 PDF Text Text Response To Basketball Team Going To Pot (see editorial page) eatan Vol . XXIX, No. 17 Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Lack_Of Adequate Gym Space· Frat Issue Sparks Continues To Pose Problems . The lack of adequate gym facilities caused problems again last Wednesday when three groups, + the Human Services Committee (HSC), the women's basketball team, and the wrestling team, wanted to use the gym, at the same l ime. It was reported that due to a mixup in scheduling, the blood drive sponsored by the HSC was cut short to make room for a J.V. wrestling meet. Meanwhile, the women's basketball team, which had a game the next day, was not able to obtain any practice time. Rumors circulated around campus to the effec t t hat wrestling coa ch and at hletic director John Reese ordered the Red Cross out of the gym because of the meet. However, Steve Kirshner , HSC president, said that although he was told that the blood drive would have to end earlier than planned, " there really wasn't any problem," and Reese definitely did not kick them out. Reese, when contacted by The Beacon, explained that blood drives are usually scheduled from 9 a .m. to 4 p.m., and he was :10t aware that the recent one was to run rrcm 1-6 p.m. until he read about it in The Beacon. He noted that neither Dean Ralston nor Art Hoover, who were responsible for scheduling the blood . dr ive, contacted him to check about the time. He also stated that when he did learn that the drive would extend to 6 p.m., he called Dean Ralston and Hoover to tell them that the women's team needed time for practice. According to Reese, Ralston didn't know the blood drive was scheduled from 1-6 p.m. But, according to Kirshner, the time was cleared through Ralston, and Kirshner personally made the arrangements with the dean. · Dean Ralston explained that the drive was originally set for the usual time of 9 to 4, and it was changed by the HSC and the Red Cross. He stated that he didn't know of the change at first, but Jazz Band In Concert The Wilkes College Jazz Band will be presented in concert on Monday, February 14, at 8 p.m. at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts . The program is part of the continuing Concert and Lecture Series. ' J:< 'eatured with the Wilkes Jazz Band will be 22-year-old song stylist Angela Bofill, a New York born singer, who is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music. Miss Bofill was nominated for Best Latin Vocalist for 1975 by the u ,,rk Latin Magazine. approved it because he felt it would be no problem. He also said that arrangements were made for the girls team to use half the court, the team could not be contac¥d and was not informed of the arrangements. Ralston emphasized that there were no problems that day, arid although Reese was " a little anxious" he did not interfere with the drive. HSC President Kirshner also explained that the committee stopped accepting donors at 4:30 in order to finish and pack up before the 6 p.m. meet. " We were out before the spectators started coming in," he said. "I didn't think it was fair to kick the girls out," Reese said. " And I don't think it's fair to ask us to cancel our programs everytime someone needs the uut Continued on Page 6 A hot debat~ ensued over _the issue of havmg a fraternitysorority system at Wilkes during the Student Government meeting Monday night. Steve Connolly, an SG member representing the ad hoc · committee to investigate the possiblity of the fraternity system at Wilkes, stated that over 700 completed surveys were returned to the committee . Because a complete tabulation of the results was not yet finished, Connolly would not give any indication of what the response was like: Connolly 's intention was to merely keep ~G informed as to the committee 's progress . However, tempers flared when SG Treasurer Patti Cullinan and other SG members raised a question about the manner in which the survey was conducted and about the structure of the survey itself. Gina O'Brien, SG president, ByJoeBuckley told Connolly of rumors about people claiming to have filled out several surveys, an action which would invalidate any results. Connolly's general attitude was that he and others who had conducted the survey had ensured valid results, with only a slight margin of error possible. As for the structure and content of the sur vey qeustionnair e, Connolly said tht the survey had been shown to members of the psychology department before the survey was conducted and that the psychology department had looked it over, changed some questions to eliminate bias and · then approved the questionnaire as valid. Dean Edward Balthrchitis, SG advisor , commented on the matter by saying that the college will make a decision in the very near future whether or not to get involved with the fraternity system. Campus To Host Winter Weekend Events By Donna Korba If you are suffering from the mid-February blues and need a break from school work, Winter Weekend may be the answer to your problem. The weekend to keep open is February 18, 19 and 20. The weekend is full of good old fashion activities, something we see so little of around here. Activities will be held on campus this year, with the hope of attracting a bigger turnout and more involvement. To kick off the weekend there wfll be a barn dance on Friday night from 9 to 1 in the gym. The dance will be free to all Wilkes students with an I.D., and free refreshments will be served. Banjo pickin' and fiddlin ' will be furnished by the group "Abelene". A volleyball tournament begins Saturday at 10 a .m. and ends at 1 in the afternoon . A cash prize of $50 will be awarded to the winning team. Students who wish to participate sho_uld have a team of five girls and five guys. You can register by filling out a roster and returning it to the Student Government Office in Weckesser Hall. Later Saturday ( 1-4 ) Paul Bunyan events will take place in the empty lot beside the gym. Many old time activities are on the schedule: making and eating good homemade ice cream, compass reading activities, log sawing contest, tripod building contest, demonstraitons by the First Aid Team, and Dean Baltruchitis will attempt to boil an egg in a paper cup. Numerous trophies will be awarded for the contests. All one has to do is to show up and enjoy. February 10, 1977 Concern Rosetta Chiavac ci, . ~G member, expressed the opm1on that not many people kn~w enough about what a fraternity system actually was when they responded to t he survey. Chiavacci said that people would be better able to decide on the issue if they knew more about . fraternities , what they are for and what they do. On another matter, Academic Committee Cha irman Carl Holsberger reported on the status of the proposal for a decimal grading system. This proposal calls for the introduction of hall grades. The new possible grades would be .5, 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5. However , such a system would not become fully operational for four years. The first students to receive such hall grades would be the incoming freshman cl~ss, then every class following. Current sophomores, juniors and seniors would be ineligible for the new grading system and would be graded according to the present system until they graduate. The idea of using the Kingston Armory as a supplement to the gym for Wilkes activities was Continued on Page 2 Law School Dean To Visit Wilkes Getting a little preliminary practice in the Paul Bunyan logsawing contest of Winter Weekend are John Senatore, ski director of the weekend, Rosetta Chiavacci, co-chairperson, Frank Scanarella, tournament secretary; and Norman Verhoog, co-chairperson. ' lecture demonstration on If you are not · into the great outdoors, you can enjoy a nice· "Science and the Bible" from 2-3 comfy game of Bingo in the p.m. cafeteria at the same time~ To wrap up the weekend of festivities, there will be an Ice Dunkin' Donuts and hot chocolate Skating Party at the Coal Street will be served. Prizes will also be awarded. Rink. Skating is free to students with a Wilkes I.D. but skates will A movie will be shown in the cost 65c. SUB, "Three Days of the ConThe Winter Weekend is under dor" , at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. At the 7 the direction of Norman Verhoog p.m., showing, ' trophies from and Rosetta Chiavacci, coearlier events will be awarded. chairpersons. Frank Scancarella Sunday afternoon holds cross is tournament secretary and country skiing from 1-4 at the John Senatore, ski director. Muhlenburg Golf Course. The Posters were made by the Art cost is $3.00 and interested Club. , students can sign up in the SG The committee is looking office. The number is limited to forward to a big turnout and lots 30, on a first come, first serve of fun . As Norm Verhoog combasis. mented, " I bet Paul Bunyan Dr. Pense, from the Departwould be proud to see some good ment of Civil Engineering at outdoor fun come to Wilkes." Lehigh University, will give a Peter Liacouras, dean of the Temple University School of Law, will visit the Wilkes College campus on Thursday, February 17. Dean Liacouras and members of the Temple Admissions Department will meet with the Wilkes students from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Placement Center and discuss law school opportunities at the university. Since being named, in June 1972, Dean of Temple University School of Law, one of the nation's largest law schools , Dean Liacouras has taken decisive action to help move the Temple Law School into national and international prominence. He has moved on many fronts: innovative reforms in curri culum ; educational and service programs foc using on both local and world-wide needs; recruitment of an outstanding and diversified faculty, staff and student body ; and the development of a new spirit and sense of pride am ong the s tudents, faculty, and graduates of the Temple Law School. The remarkable advance at Temple Law School was reported by outside evaluators following a complete reinspection of the law school last year. Accompanying Dean Liacouras to Wilkes-Barre will be Sandra Weckesser, dean of admissions, and Carlton S. Clark, director of the special admission s and curriculum experiments program. j . . ' ' �Vehicular Problems Becoming Noticeable N 41 ti! ra 0. ........ 0, 0 By St.even Buckman . > ra ::, . Recently, there have been reports concerning the use of some school owned vehicles, namely the old station wagon that formerly belonged to the Emergency Alert Team and the two vans parked near Conyingham Art Gallery. Many people believe that these vehicles have fallen into disrepair and that the College ought to do something about it. .a 41 IL C 0 .u ra 41 Ill 41 .c I- the job done from left are Karen Olney, Mrs. Louise Burke and Squire Smith. SORTING IT ALL OUT - Finding the right · place for each piece of mail that enters Wilkes every day is a task that requires .attention. Gettinl! Mailroolll ED1ploy~es Sort Mail, Send Many Strange Parcels By Mary Stencavage There's an old saying that goes; Neither rain, snow, sleet nor gloom of night stops the mail from getting through. This could very well serve as the motto for the Wilkes College mailroom, which is located in one corner of the bookstore. Thanks to the dedication of the individuals who work there, the hundreds of pieces of mail which arrive at Wilkes daily find their destination in a minimal amount of time. Mrs. Louise Burke, is the . cheerful, friendly person who works behind the counter each day. Along with Mr. Harry Smith, better known around campus as "Squire", and Karen Olney, a junior from Monroe, Ct., Mrs. Burke sees that the mail reaches the different dorms, departments and offices. THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Specializing In:. Hoagies And All .Kinds Of Sandwiches - It's not an easy job. Each day at 7 a.m. the mail arrives in sacks along with packages and intercollege mail. The first class mail is sorted first and then the job starts on packages and the rest of the mail. Sometimes the packages can contain the strangest things, like live frogs and mice, which were sent ( quickly) to the bio. department. Once someone emptying a mail. sack reached in and pulled out a baby alligator! It seems that the "passenger" had gotten out of his container and was squirming around in the sack. The alligator had been sent to a student by some friends from Florida! ) Mrs. Burke, who has efficiently tackled the mailroom for nine years now, has warm feelings for the students at Wilkes. " I .-------l!m:W1 Book And II Record Mart I I I In ; ~ wouldn't go anyplace else to work," she commented, "I love the students. " She also attends . many productions and sporting events at Wilkes, most recently the wrestling meets. One rule that has been established and enforced is the time of pickup of mail. The hours have been set from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Burke explained that it was established because by that time, most of the sorting has been done and the mail is ready for pickup. Sometimes, especially after holidays, there are tons of mail which take time to sortand separate. Stamps and bus tokens for commuters can also be purchased at the desk. Commuter Council r.ecently presented a plaque to Mrs. Burke for her work. And so each day the mail gets to the different buildings on the · Wilkes Campus despite rain, Andrew Shaw , special assistant to president Capin, after being asked about these grievences, reported. l. The old station wagon at Koycan Hall was donated to the College. The car is in terrible condition now and it will be sold as scrap metal at a fair market price at the earliest possible date. 2. The yellow van is the property of Wilkes College and is used by any organization on campus, provided the organization has departmental approval. However, because of a laxity on the part of the students to fill out the required .forms properly, it has fallen into disrepair. An examination of several of these forms shows that the majority of students reported little or no problems with the van. When one of the maintenance men checked the van, it needed three quarts of oil, gasoline, needed to have the brakes adjusted, and had to be inspected. All of these measures should have been taken by the last person to use the van. The only way that the administration learns about problems with these vehicles is through these "Report Sheets" ·which are to be filled out by every user. People who use the van are urged to fill out the forms more carefully and to report any problems. 3. The blue van belongs to the athletic department and it is responsible for its upkeep. The van is used for transportation to and from sporting events. SGfrom page 1 checked into. According to SG Vice President Steve Esrick, Wilkes could possibly reserve dates to use the armory that are not already being held for the army and other organizations. But it would be an expensive venture because the base rental fee for the armory is $47 per hour. When questioned about the possibility of a new gym being · built within a few years, Baltruchitis responded by giving a list of the college's priorities which he said he had received from President Capin. These priorities are: ( 1) the construction of a new high rise dormitory because of the growing numbers of resident students and to enable the college to tear down many of the costly older buildings. (2) a new gym complex to accommodate the growing interest in women's athletics; (3) the recovery of one million dollars from the federal government for flood recovery efforts; ( 4) upgrading existing buildings. . Baltruchitis continued by saying that the college would start a capital gifts campaign to raise funds to pay for the estimated ten million dollar cost of the programs listed as priorities. Although he said that he had received that list on Monday, which would indicate that this is the college's most recent list of pr icriiies , he stressed that the list and any action on it were only temporary and not definite. 18 S. Main St. Wilkes-Barre .Books, Records and Tapes . 82S-4767 Cliff and Monarch No~s r·~fabriCiind::; --~~~~---~---~-~~~--' !Gateway Shop!~~ fe~~}OUR SE~~!a~~~~!plng Center.I !Kingston, Pa. 18704 Wyoming, Pa., 18644 Theater Schedules ''Rhinoceros'' "Rhinoceros," the · third production of the Wilkes College Theater this year, will open with a high school performance Thursday, February 24. Performances will then continue for the next three nights, February 25, 26 and 27. The play, an "absurd comedy" written by Eugene Ionesco, will be directed by Joseph Salsburg. Technical director is Joel Fischman, scenery and lighting designer is Klaus Holm, and Murry Popky is costume designer. Crew heads were recently announced for the production and are pictured above. Kneeling, from the left, Edward Darling, Kingston; Carolyn Szczechowicz; Wyoming, properties; Linda Abbey, Tunkhannock, master electrician; Joel Fischman, Wilkes-Barre, technical director; Jeff Schlicher, Center Valley, stage manager; Jackie Reinhard, Milltown, N.J., crew ; and Patti F ich tner , Rochester, N.Y ., master carpenter. Standing: James Ruch, WilkesBarre, publicity; Paul Kerrigan, Prospect Park, crew; Mike Smith, West Pittston, box office; Adele Tavella, Pittstc costumes; Ann Boris, Wilk~ . Barre, assistant to the director ; and Paul Gallagher, Kingston , sound technician. Absent from the picture were John Griffith, Dallas, assistant stage manager; Randy Smith, Steelton, make up ; and Elayne Tubman, Kin gs ton , house manager . The box office will open Monday, February 21. Alfred Groh is director of the Wilkes Theater. �----Signal Will lmprov~c--- '1l Ill ell II) More Power Awarded: To Radio Station ~ II) er By Nancy Kozemko ~ :.....-------~-=--,,,,,,.,. - - - - - Pho n ie Phones Found Favorable The Wilkes College switchboard? Not quite! Actually, this mural occupies the wall outside the Art Department in Stark Learning Center. Indeed, the seven telephones situated here must trigger many a conversation, so to speak. ·Because of its betraying quality, the painting at first glance might also bring about a slight confusion. In truth only one of the phones is legitimate, and a casual desire to pick up the receiver to dial a friend might beget unforgettable embarrassment if the caller is not careful. Mrs. Berenice D'Vorzon, the instigator of these "phonies," described the mural as only one phase in an ·ongoing mural project. She defined the project as an effort to relieve the walls of their very institutional flavor and said that students are offered the opportunity to take part in de corat ing and " architecturalizing" them. B iggest Selection Best By Pam Long As a result, a more pleasant and artistic atmosphere surrounds visitors to the building. The several already completea murals in the -building represent only the beginning of a continuing cc.------------Proposed College Calendar Causes Council Disapproval Next year's calendar, parking stickers, the smorgasbord and holiday parties were among the topics of discussion at last Thursday's Commuter Council meeting. Dave Chernundolo, president of CC, described the tentative calendar for the upcoming school year as presented by Academic Dean Richard Soter. Under the proposed calendar, school would open Tuesday, September 6 and classes would be held that first Saturday. There would be no fall break, except a two-day holiday for Thanksgiving. The last final of the semester would be given December 23. Commuter Council members On Diamonds VANSCOY Dmmond Salon Gateway Shopping Center, (Near Jewelcor) program. "When we finish here, we'll find some place else to start; perhaps upstairs," Mrs. D'Vorzon declared, thus revealing that there are indeed more to come! Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods 39 W. Mari<et St., Wilkes-Ba1re expressed their dislike of the proposed calendar and planned to send a letter to Dean Soter. Questions were also raised concerning the distribution of additional parking stickers for commuter students. Cherundolo explained that more stickers will be given out as soon as the council gets possession of them, plus the school is negotiating for the lot next to Brown's delicatessan to be used for parking. March 20 has been selected as the tentative date of the St. Patrick's Day party. It was r eported the IDC members wanted the party to run earlier than the Christmas party (starting at 6 p.m.). CC members, however, preferred that the · party be held from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Concerning Student Union Building parties, it was reported that high school students have been attending them. A CC member asked the rest of the council to help keep the high school students out of the parties. Commuter Council members also decided that they will help IDC run the St. Valentine's Day party with CC helping with the costs. FALCONE BEVERAGE "For All Your Beverage Neeas " 329 SOUTH MAIN STREET Call -654-6767 or 822-7572 PITTSTON, PA. The college radio sta tion, WCLH, recently received an affirmative response to an application made to the Federal Communication Commissions for a power or wattage increase. The station has since applied to the Department of Health, Education , and Welfare for grants to finance some new equipment which will be needed, mainly a transmitter. The radio sta tion is currently shar ing broadcasting facilitie~ with WNEP-TV. According to Station Manager Jay Finkelstein, the most important aspect of the power increase is that WCLH will reach more people in more areas, although he declined to cite any specific distances. The quality of the station's signal will · also improve. . Finkelstein also commented on the fact that the hours of 7 to 9 p.m. will, from now on, be reserved for primarily educational programming as opposed to entertainment. This is in accordance with a recent FCC ruling which requires a certain amount of educational programming on all colle&e educational radio stations during prime-time hours, 7 to 9 p.m . These hours, however, are not the only ones r eserved fo r educational braodcasting a t WCLH. "Our programming right now is about 70 percent educational, and 30 percent enter ta in men t , ' ' s a i d Finkelstein. He explained that the word " educational" refers to programs and features of an informative or cultural nature. "For instance, we broadcast a jazz program three to five p.m. weekdays which we consider cultural." The WCLH schedule also ineludes such features as religious music on Sundays, folk music, opera, Classical Showcase (twelve to three weekdays), and regular public-service announcements. "We also broadcast shows created and produced by Wilkes faculty members, like Dr. Turoczi's 'Biological Perspectives,' and a show by Colonel Wing," the station manager added. When asked whether he thought enough students took an active interest in the school radio station, Finkelstein replied, "There's just too much apathy. WCLH is different from most of the other student activities on campus in that it serves the entire community, and not just the college. Working at the station can be a very broad learning experience for any student willing to give a little time." Finkelstein ended by encouragingany interested students to come up to the WCLH office and fill out an application. This application, plus a two dollar check will be sent to the FCC, and the student will receive something called a " provisional, " which is a type of permit to broadcast. WCLH offices are located on the third floor of Darte Hall, and the telephone extension is 360. The emergency blood drive, held last Wednesday for the American Red Cross, proved to be a success, as 172 pints of blood were donated. According to Human Services Committee spokesman Steve Kirshner, the student turnout was very good, but the faculty turnout was "really poor," as only six members donated. Kirshner noted that the committee had hoped to receive between 150 and 200 pints for the drive, and so they were "very pleas~d" with the final total. Human Service Committee members are shown above assisting with the blood drive. Co-chairmen for the drive were Scott Becker and Debbie Thompson. Since a number of people were turned away because the drive closed earlier than the 6 p.m. deadline, Kirshner noted that they may donate blood any day at the Red Cross Building, qext to Weckesser Hall, since the Red Cross is always in need of blood. He also pointed out that last week's donors may still participate in the Human Services Committee's regular blood day April 21. Januzzi's Pizza and Hoagies 125 A cade my Street FREE DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS 11 - 11 825-5037 825-5166 ........ -0 -I ::r II) IJI II) Ill n 0 :l �i Reporter Goes To Pot, "' ~ In More Ways Than One . ~ t "' 2 .0 QI IL C 0 u "' QI Ill QI .c I- I Letters To The Editor This Is Wilkes College,Not Reese's Wrestling Can1_._ To The Editor: Last weekend a local journalist unexpectedly struck out at two members of the Wilkes College basketball team. More specifically the journa list stated, " F rom a source extrem ely close to the team , we have determined Nardelli a nd Kendall McNeil were caught s moking pot befor e a recent ballgame." The journalist goes on to say that, "our sources tell us it wasn't the first time." According to the Sunday newspaper's colum n The Beacon carried, "a stor y on the controversy, but nobody ha s told precisely what happened." The Beacon "did" carry a story regarding "discipline problems" on the basketball team, however, the reason we did not print "precisely what happened" is that there appears to be many sides to the story, and our journalistic integrity warrants us to publish "accurate" information and not heresay. · Secondhand information is questionnable evidence in reporting the news. We at The Beacon see news to be the facts. Just how iwportant it was for the columnist to mention that, "assistant coach Jim Zardecki doubles as a county detective and knows the smell of grass when hw whiffs it", is unknown to us. Just how the .columnist can claim to have such expertise as to "determine Nardelli and McNeil were caught smoking pot," is also unknown to us. Who caught them? What tests were made on them? Apparently the Sunday newspaper is more interested in gossip and heresay than facts and evidence. Allegations regarding moral or legal behaviorare serious allegations and ought to be supported by facts and evidence. T he "reporter" purports to suppor t m orals in the Wyom ing Valley area, yet apparently the columnist feels his information should be shared with the rea dership before sharing it with authorities, college officials, or the individuals involved. Such journalism , in our opini0n, suggests the possibility that the writer may have other motives than merely reporting the news. While Wilkes College does not condone illegal or immoral activities, we also do not condone publishing allegations surrounding one's .character or behavior without having the facts. It seems to us that the journalist should remember that people are guaranteed rights under the Constitution of the United States. We learn in our political science classes than as an American, we possess certain unalienable rights, one of which states that a "person is innocent until proven guilty". According to an article in " Pennsylvania Education" , dated September 1975, "From the Washington Post down to the one-page news sheet, responsible and fair journalism must be practiced. In these and all other forms of expression, what is said and written must be the truth." If a reporter feels his " source" has the " facts " then let him present them to the appropriate authorities for action, instead of hiding behind a desk taking " cheap shots " that we def him to • • • .BEACON BITS SENIORS If you have not returned your proofs for your senior pictures to Ace Hoffman Studios, please do so immediately. The deadline is February 15th. If they are not returned by this time, your senior picture will not appear in the 1977 yearbook. There will be a freshman class meeting today at 12:30 in SLC 166. Commuter Council meeting will be held today, February 10 at 11:00 a.m. in Kirby Hall, Room 102. A faculty recital will be held Sunday, February 13 at 3: 30 p.m. in the CPA. February 14 through February 28, the Sordoni Art Gallery will present the Northeastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Art Awards. Concert and Lecture Series, Monday, February 14 in the CPA at 8 p.m. The Wilkes College jazz band will be in the concert. This will be their debut performance. There will be a SG meeting Monday, February 14 at 6:30 p.m. in Weckesser Hall. Mary-Doreen Menta, a senior music major at Wilkes College, will offer a voice recital on Saturday,- February 12, at 8:30 p.m. in the Gies Recital Hall of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. A Career Day "1977" is being sponsored by College Misericordia, King's College, Marywood College, University of Scranton, and Wilkes College. It will be held on Thursday, February 17 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Student Center at the University of Scranton, Scranton. I We were very pleased to finally read in The Beacon an editorial comment relating to the ignorance of the wrestling team at a recent home girl's basketball game. This particular instance was not unique in itself, having occurred many times throughout the years. I really don't think that waiting three minutes longer would have had any great effect on the outcome of their season. This is a fine example of what Coach Reese thinks of women's basketball, athletics a nd anything else unrelated to wrestling. Recently, the hours in the gym were shortened and the men's intramural basketball games were started one hour early. As a result of this, and Coach Reese's adament refusal to shorten wrestling practice by any amount, the women's Polar Bear Remembers To The Editor: On January 9-14 the Wilkes College Polar Bear Club held the most exciting and successful ski trip ever to Smuggler' Notch Vermont. The trip began at 5 in the morning on January 9 with 90 people gathering around the Wilkes gym for a breakfast of Dunkin' Donuts and coffee. At 6 a .m. the buses left, and at 6: 05 the parties began. Although it was a long ride, we arrived about an hour-and-a half earlier than we expected. This gave everyone a chance to eat, drink and be merry, and also to watch the end of the Superbowl. The officers had a " re-get to know each other" party for everyone getting skiing partners later that evening. It may have been the coldest winter in Vermont for nine years, but you would never know it when almost the entire 90 people were skiing as soon as the lifts opened the following morning. The whole week we were blessed with about a foot and a-half of snow, providing skiing conditions never seen in the Poconos. After the brisk Monday, Wilkes had the heated indoor pool reserved; with wine on the side for the beginning of the evening. Some people thought they were in Sweden and went rolling in the snow after their sauna. Later in the evening and the next two evenings to follow everyone hit the Smuggler 's night spots. By Thursday everyone had a lot of skiing behind them and entered the Wilkes Nastor races. That night, we reserved a room in the barn to award trophies and Nastor racing medals, and a few other surprises. Well the week flew by, and before anyone knew it Friday was upon it us and it was time to leave. We all appreciated the fa ntastic job the officers of the Polar Bear- Club did in putting together a weekend of this kind. Much thanks to Millie Wysocki, president; Michael 1Anger, vice president ; Steve Bailey ; treasurer and Dr. Karpinisch, advisor, and Ken Rex, ~ past president. The Wilkes Polar Bear Club has been skiing weekly, so if you are interested watch for the signs. Anyone who wishes to purchase club T-shirts contact Mike Anger, Room 240, NMD, phone 829-9160, or extention 408. Thanks again, A Polar Bear basketball team has been forceu to cut their practice time by 50 percent! , Coach Reese not only evicted the women, but also threw out, last Wednesday, the Red Cross during their emergency blood drive; so his wrestlers could run around the gym and lose weight. J ohn Reese, it would be a tragedy indeed, if one of your wrestlers should need blood and could not obtain any. Excuse us, but isn't this Wilkes College and not Reese 's Wrestling Camp ? Think about it ! Sincerely yours, Karen M. Olney, Lenore E. Weiss Ad Hoe's Q _ uestio nnaire Lacks Objectives Over the past week a questionnaire has been circulating campus that states neither its objectives, or defines its guidelines. The questionnaire has been circulated by the Ad Hoc Committee on fraternities and sororities. Just what organization the ad hoc committee is associated with is another interesting point. Student Government, Interdormitory Council and Commuter Council all claim that the committee is not associa ted with them. School officials claim that they are not backing the committee, so therefore, it appears the ad hoc committee is ad hoc of itself. The thought-provoking questionnaire that they are distributing states that the committee is "conducting an investigation into the feasibility of a fraternity-sorority system." However, the questionnaire fails to point out exactly how they hope to achieve such feasibility. In another line of the questionnaire it states, "while all fra ternities and s or orities have certain features in common the system being presently proposed will be set up with the needs and require ments of the Wilkes College Comm unity in mind." One is brought to wonder just what these needs a nd requirements are that the committee has in mind. Fraternities and sororities have been known to run a spectrum of purposes from community service, to purely social. Just what the ad hoc committee's idea of a fraternity-soror ity system is, is anyone's guess. The specific questions that appear on the questionnaire don't have a lot to do with the proposed system. The first question asks the student his opinion on, "the social atmosphere at Wilkes." Qµestion two rephrases the fi rst question, - and question three is almost identica l to question two. Qµestion four asks if the student feels "fraternities a nd sororities should exist on the Wilkes College campus." The next to the last question asks the student "would you be interes ted in joining one." The last question is very thought provoking, "any suggestions or comments? " The Beacon has always advocated interest in, and investigation into alternatives to the present system at Wilkes. However , investigations a nd questionnaires a r e only meaningful if they are s traight-forward in design. How a nd where this present committee plans to augm ent a fraternitysorority system a re questions that should be answered. ST A FF Editor I n Chief. .. - .... .. ............... - .. .. ...... . . . .... ... . Pa tti Reilly Managing Editors .... - .... . .. . . ... ........ Mary Ellen Alu , W i lm a Hurst News Editor ... . ... .. ........ •... ..... .. . ... ...... ... ....... Pa t r ice Stone Copy Editor ... . .. .. . •. .•.. . . ...... .... ....... .. . . .. . .. . . .. .. . 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Ace Hoffm a n 5r udios Shawnee Hall , 76 W . Northampton 5treer Wilkes -Barre , Pennsylva n ia 18703 Published e very week d uring the school year by the srudenr s of Wilkes College . Second Class Pos ta ge paid at Wilkes -Barre , Pa . Subscriprion rar e : S4 per year . Beacon Phone (717) 824·4651 - Exr. 473 Office Hours : D aily . All views expressed are those ot rhe individual wrirer not necessa·rily of the publication . �lack-Of-All-Trades What Doesn't He Do? By Llsa Waznik "D Ill co Cl) u, 'Tl Cl) a 2 .,Ill -< The College Fuel Economist ---'"=~---·=-------="-·· What does Nigel Gray do that is interesting? Wait a minute, what does Nigel Gray do that ISN'T interesting ? That 's a hard question to answer. Well, to start, the junior engineering major is a photography buff. It is a little more than a hobby, however, since he does do work for weddings and even for the Amnicola, our yearbook. He has been at this for about ten years or as he puts it, " Ever since my dad gave me my first camera." Nig el likes landscape photography more than portrait work and just loves to take pic-·tures around the Wilkes campus. "I have a big box full of pictures. About five to seven hundred of them are of p~ople of • Wilkes and the school grounds. " This cold winter has got us all down, but the burning desire of the Wilkes family will keep us warm throughout these winter months . Here is Conserva Killowatt, the college fuel economist, to give us an idea of just what the college has done to conserve energy around the campus. Remember every watt wasted is just added to your tuition next year. · Coru.erva: Hello, Conserva Killowatt here, and I am standing in the Wilkes College Commons where I will begin my tour of the Wilkes Campus and illustrate how saving energy is really ·saving your tuition. With me is Sophie, boss of-the commons. Sophie, we realize that this energy crisis is a burden on everyone but what changes have you made around the campus watering hole? Sophie: Well, Conserva, we stopped serving hot foods to keep the stoves off. We use raw egg in the egg salad, no more toast, iced tea and coffee and frozen fish sandwiches. I don't think the students mind though because they say they hardly notice the difference. We've even turned off our refrigerators and put the food in the back yard. Coru.erva: What has this done to the cost? Sophie: Well, sorry to say it has increased because we had to buy two cats to keep the mice away from the food out back. Coru.erva: Why that's· a tasty bit of news. Why here is Joe Marchetti, our Housing Director. How has the cold bug bitten you, Joe? Joe : We had a lot of cutbacks including cutting out all dorm power. I've installed glow in the dark stickers so people can sort of grope around for their things. We eat dinner by candlelight, very romantic, you know. Instead of students playing their stereos, I go around to each dorm whistling through the halls. I try to meet every request. For those students with electric alarm clocks, Mrs. Conway has volunteered a morning wake up call service. Coru.erva : Are the students cold? Are there heaters in the dorms? Joe: We supplied every student with a blanket and a flashlight and told them to find a way to keep warm, however, some students said they didn't need a flashlight for what they were going to do. I don't really understand. Oh, well. , Nigel has his own developing equipment and has a full scale darkroom at his home in Guilford, Connecticut. At school he uses the old Photography Club darkroom in Shawnee Hall. " The club is defunct now, but a few of us are still on campus and still use the room, along with the Photography class." Nigel will also be doing some work for the new Public Relations Director, Doug Rubinstein, for the new Alumni Magazine. " I do it mostly for the enjoyment. At a sports event, I like to take pictures of the crowd. I try to find the artistic things around campus. You'd be surprised at the way some people don't like getting their picture taken. Some really get bitter. " Nigel Gray "I do mostly custom work, but I haven.'t much time for that this semester.'' The craftsman says he usually The picture nut really thought gets about $12 for a belt and of photography as a profession at around $35 for a custom purse. How is car racing related to one time but now plans to go into an engineering firm with his dad. making purses? Before you try to What do leather crafts have in figure that one out ask Nigel common with photography ? , about his racing Firebirds. He Actually, not much besides Nigel. has two, one for racing and one " I just picked this hobby up for driving. " I received my third class from my boy scout days, and now it's a part time source of income licensed mechanic papers and do a lot of work on them myself. " for me." Nigel used to live in Nova In his limited spare time Nigel hand makes belts, purses, visors Scotia before moving to Conand other leather goods. He buys necticut and tried to attend hides them cuts them into· strips. almost all the races there. He has Then with his own tools, he dyes done his car racing on Prince Edward Island. them and carves the designs. Knight-time Puzzlers By Sue Ann Knight Who was the psychiatrist on "I Dream Of J eanie? " 2. Remember Top Cat? Who was the officer on T.C.'s corner? And where did T.C. call home? , 3. Going way back - "The Millionaire." Who distributed the check for one million dollars? What was the stipulation? 4. On "Leave It To Beaver," who were Wally's two friends ? Who was Beaver's friend? 5. Game show MCs : A. Concentration B. Original Price Is Right C. P.D.Q D. You Don't Say Answers: f:paUUcl)I WOJ. - f:BS l ,UOQ 00}._ SclWBf S!UUclQ - 1:)·a- d uann:::> ll!S: - l4~!'H SI a;:i!Jd SUMOQ q~nH - UOJlBJlUcl;)UO:) ·f:al!4M n a:l!SBH a1pp 3 puu (a;:iuaJBJJ) f:dwn'] ·t, ·,{auow JO Ul~lJO JBclAclJ l OU PJOO;) ' f:uoqw v Jclt?'t.j;)!W "£ ·u u;:i qsBJl 'aJqq!a Jcl;)!JJO SMOTTclS: 'JQ ·y ·s ·z "These aren't really big races. You come home with a case of oil or a set of spark plugs if you win. " Besides racing, Nigel ah,o makes furniture. He builds tables, chairs, and shelves and sometimes even upholsters them with leather. " My father taught me most of this hobby. I mostly make things for myself, though, not for other people. " · Nigel went to St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia for a few years before coming to Wilkes. He also worked in a machine shop for a while. " I also enjoy scuba diving, boats, and electronics. I think I'd like to try parachuting, too. I think I'd like to try everything once. " With his electronic skills, Nigel builds amplifiers and sound systems. He was also involved in the discos that we had on campus a few years ago. " I've made mixing boards for my friends too. I'd like to see some more of those discos on campus but it's hard to get the gym." How did Nigel wind up at Wilkes? " Well, my dad has a few degrees, and his doctorate. Doctor Rozelle, who is associated with the Hahnemann program, studied for his doctorate under my father 's supervision. He knew some people around here and they sent me an application, and here I am." For those who think school takesup a lot of free time just take a look at this fellow and think a while. In the future, some of his fondest college memories may be the ones associated with these hobbies. · Coru.erva: Thank you, Joe . And here we have Bill Gasbarro, chairman of the music department. What "measures" have you taken Bill? Mr. Gasbarro: As I always say you must be resourceful. So we have added a new course in lieu of the visscisitudinal circumstances. To conserve energy we have turned a nebulus of the lights off in the practice rooms and replaced them with candalabras. This has led to the institutionalization of the new "Piano Performance In The Style of Liberace 101" course. You must always be resourceful. Coru.erva: "I' ve "noted" the "intervals" that you have taken. Keep in "tune." Nowwe go to Dr. Erickson and his solution to the fuel shortage. Dr. Erickson: Stark Hall is in full operation since Dr. T09le and I devised a new energy source. We have hooked up a system that generates energy when my little hamsters r.un the treadmill. We tell them we'll take them to the cheese shop after ·a workout and they run so fast we can heat Stark Hall. Coru.erva: Very good, Dr. Erickson, but what if Sophie's cats should decide to pay Stark a visit. Dr. Erickson: Well, I think Dr. Rigley's Animal Behavior class has a few spare dogs running around. You never know what that man has up there. · Coru.erva: Well, that about wraps things up here on the Wilkes campus. I hope you are all trying your best in these trying times. Conserva Killowatt, good day. · - oJOKE OF THE WEEK: What did the bartender say to the doctor who ordered a pistachio nut daquiri, when he realized all he had left were hickory nuts? A. "Sorry, all we have are Hickory Daquiri Doc. Grad MakesMetFinal Christine Donahue, a 1974 Wilkes graduate, was recently notified that she was one of three winners in this years New York Metropolitan Opera auditions. In this eastern region the auditions, which were held at the Academy 'of Music in Philadelphia , were - highly competitive. The Kingston native is presently persuing her masters degree in opera performance at Julliard. At Julliard she will be appearing in "The Magic Flute", which will be performed . at the Julliard Theater. She will also be appearing in " Falstaff ", in which she has a lead role for the American ')pera Company. At Wilkes, Miss Donahue studied with Richard Probert and Richard Chapline and was recently featured at this school year 's first chorus concert. She also had roles in the productions of " Fiddler On the Roof", and "The Wizard of Oz". A member of Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, Miss Donahue was also the recipient of the F. Lammont Belin Arts Scholarship and winner of the Dallas Kiwanis Talent Competition. , 0 The fe,ture Page -.... ......, -i "3 Cl) ~ Cl) Ill n 0 :, �~ 41 IDC----------- Cl Ill II. Council Reviews · i Committee News ~ 0 41 Committee reports were the only items of business discussed 8 at the Inter-Dormitory Council :R meeting Sunday night. ID Sheree Kessler, food com~ mittee chairman reported that at 1- tpe last meeting many people attended, which was a change. Many constructive ideas such as mixed menus and different food plans were brought to William Denion's attention and much was accomplished. The next food committee meeting is February 17 at 3 p.m. in the cafeteria. Kessler is hoping for a big turnout again. The visitation committee has written 14 new letters to other colleges concerning their policies. These letters will be sent out this week. No feedback has been received from the ~olleges previously written to. LL c Students Asked To Tutor At 'Y' Wilkes College students are urged to give educational assistance, one hour a week, to pupils from low to very modest income homes, in the Tutorial Program of the YWCA, 40 W. Northampton Street. Initiated in 1964, Tutorial, with the assistance of volunteer tutors, gives free aid in basic school subjects ( grades 1 through 12), familiarizat ion of our language, and high school equivalency preparation to those who cannot afford paid tutors. . United Way of Wyoming Valley has helped Tutorial since 1972 because of the need for compe nsatory education and the value to many community agencies and citizens. Tutoring is on a one-to-one basis, using school textbooks. Tutors help improve academic achievement, more positive attitudes toward self and school, and help avert many school failures. Education majors find the volunteer tutoring gives them the chance to make useful, needed contributions to individual children or teenagers while adding to their own ability. ( Many include YWCA Tutorial in job resumes.) Mrs. Edward R. Janjigian, volunteer director of tutorial, urges you to choose one hour between 3-7 p.m. on either Monday or Tuesday, subject and grade level of your own pupil. Call her at YWCA, 823-0181 or if possible, come in between 11 and noon on Monday or Tuesday. Come in the YWCA, 40 W. Northampton Street door , go straight down hall to desk, turn left, and follow signs to Tutoring Office ... which has moved to the lower level. A report from the Student Union Board stated that a real crack down on party policy is now in effect. The pr ocedure of running a party at the SUB must be followed or else the party will be cancelled. This was almost the case for the class of 1978 which started selling tickets for a SUB party before it was even registered. So many tickets were sold that the party couldn't be cancelled. In the future, groups sponsoring a party must follow t he set procedure. President Bruce Lear reported that the money granted to the Ad Hoc Investigating committee for its expenses has been taken back. The committee is a committee of the college, not IDC, and therefore the administration will pay the expenses. The St. Patrick's Day party will be held Sunday afternoon, March 20. Some people feel having the party in the afternoon was not a smart idea. However, uncontrollable circumstances at Gus Genetti's last year prove that Sunday afternoon is the best time. Human Services committee members are pla~~ for their future projects. The next big proJect IS the walk-a-thon for the March of Dimes Huntan Services Contnrlttee: A Most Active Org~ization · By Jim Edwards The Human Services Committee over the past years has offered much assistance to both the .college and the community. Now into its fifth year the committee is one of the most active organizations on campus. This year the committee is headed by Chairman Steve Kirshner, a Biology major from Levittown and Vice-Chairman Ellen Merten, an Accounting major from Rockaway N J with ·······"i5r:··Bruce··Berryma~~.;······i Wilkes' Weather Man By Harriet Smith While most people complain about the weather, Dr. Bruce Berryman studies it. Berryman , acting chairman of the Environmenta l Science Department, did most of his graduate work in climatology. This obvious interest in weather has developed into an extens ive study of our local weather conditions . By using data and statistics on regional weather patterns , Berryman sees a pattern of winter weather developing. The data he used in this study covers the last 80 years, encompassing the temperature , heating degree days, snowfall, and rain. Berryman studied this statistical analysis to determine if trends exist. Then, ·he determined if there were any indication of a January thaw and February cold spell, also known as singularities. He found that, on the average , the week of January 18-25 was warmer tha n the prev ious week a nd the following week. Statistica lly, a thaw the third week of January occurs 60% of the years. Dr. Berryman is quick to add , "This is not a prediction or forecast. It is the probability of what will happen bas ed on statistics.'' Will futu re winter s be a s horrendous as this one, as some forecas ters predict? According to Berryman and his st.afr,ti('s. f.r.r.r.r.r.rSURPWSRECORD.r.r.r.r.r.r.r1 ~ I 8 8 and TAPES Penn Plaza Shopping CTR Open 10 to 10 Every D a y ~ Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! Low Overhead Means Low Prices , Talk to Rich or Foster § on April 17. F rom left to right are Chairman Steve Kirshner, Vice Chairman Ellen Merten, Steve Staitdiford, and Lance Laube. • : : "There is a trend toward greater variability. The extremes in winter weather will increase. The fluctuations between warmer and colder winter weather will increase." Gym- F r om page 1 gym. We get pushed out of our own gym for too many things." He also commented that there would have been no problem if someone had checked with him before schedulingthe blood drive. "They could have had the whole day ," he said, " but they set a different time without telling us. " Kirshner explained that he and . Ralston both agreed that 1-6 p.m. would be the best time for the drive. In another gym-related matter, Reese was asked why the wrestling team pulled its mats along the sidelines when there was 2: 59 left to play during a women's basketball game . " We were supposed to practice at 4," he said, " and we waited around for 45 minutes just doing nothing. We got a little edgy waiting to get started, and we pulled the mats to the sideline to get ready to move them onto the floor when the game was over. " I didn 't think it was out of line and I didn't think it bothered them ( the girls ) at all." Dr . Lester Turoczi of the Biology department as their advisor. · One of the committee's big projects on campus is the blood donor drives held semi-annually. When an emergency need for blood is evident though, the Red Cross may request an emergency blood donor day to be held by the committee. This was just the case last week. Kirshner noted that the next scheduled blood donor day is April 21 and their goal is 300 pints. A service of the committee ·is the Emergency Aler t Team which offers 24 hour a dax first aid coverage on campus. The team, however, is working with inadequate facilities . "We were promised a vehicle at all times and this promise hasn't been fulfilled" says Kirshner . There have been many instances that Kirshner cited where a patient is in need of transportation to the hospitai and has had to wait up to 45 minutes for a vehicle to be obtained. Kirshner would like to see a vehicle parked outside Pickering Hall, where the Emergency Alert Team is stationed, at all times so that there will be no more delays. Courses in Cardio Pulmonary Recuscitation (CPR) and First Aid are available to students from the committee. The CPR course is offered every Sunday night in the cafeteria between 7:00 and 10:00. The course takes about two to three weeks to complete and the committee feels it is a very worthwhile course to take. Interested students can start any Sunday. Students interested in the fi rst aid course should contact Mike Barth of Colonel 's House for information on starting dates and location. _ Tbe committee also offers a great deal of services to the community. Tutoring programs at the YMCA, Crippled Children programs at the Kirby Health Center and first aid coverage at community events are just a few . On a larger scale the committee provides the disaster team Men 's and Women 's 1 Yolltr!Tliff Eas I MUSTACHE ~ § 8 § S 8 h Our Record Specialists ,y-.r.r.r.r.r.r.r ✓-:=r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r..r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r..r.r..r.r.r..r..r..-,, __1.~ PENN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER Wilkes Barre Pa. Phone 825-7569 for the city of Wilkes-Barre. They work with the Red Cross at major city fires, floods and other disasters. This work entails relocation of victims, feeding victims, helping with firemen and setting up temporary disaster shelters. The team is also certified in disaster surveys and shelter management. Just getting underway this year are fund raising projects with the American Cancer Society. The present campaign is titled "Send a Mouse to College" in which you can buy a button for $.51 or a t-shirt for $3.00. Both items may be purchased through Ellen Merten of Barre Hall or Rhoda Luborsky of Catlin Hall. For the future, the Walk-AThon for the March of Dimes of Northeastern Pennsylvania is currently being planned. This year's Walk-A-Thon will be held on April 17 and more information will be available at a later date . Kirshner said "we expect at least 1,000 walkers and to raise c,-,;er $20,000. " This is the largest fund raising project for the March of Dimes which is coordinated by the committee. Even though the committee is quite large with roughly 80 members, Kirshner welcomes and encourages new members. Meetings are held every Tuesday at noon in Stark Learning Center room 318. 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Larry Conner was the ~ high scorer for Smegmas with 3 n, :::c; . points and John Pinelli tallied 23. -1' by jeff acornley Last week in the Sunday Independent Sports Section there appeare<i an e<iitorial column by Lou Rauscher concerning the recent foibles of the Wilkes College men's basketball team. Grante<i the team has been having som~ internal problems· as well as problems on the court, but his comments were totally unjustifie<i. He, just as any other member of the me<iia, has the right to comment and criticize anything he thinks deserving. He doesn't, however, have the right to be judge and jury in a controversial issue. It is my belief that he went beyond his journalistic rights when he levie<i criminal charges against Tony Nardelli and Kendall McNeil. He attribute<i a fe<ieral offense to the actions of the two Wilkes athletes which has yet to be substantiate<i in fact. Whether or not the players actually committe<i the act is beside the point. Proof that it happene<i is lacking at this time and before something appears in print for the whole world to see, the author had better be able to prove it. ' Rauscher cre<iits his information to one source who is "extremely close to the team". One source is not exactly what could be terme<i investigative reporting. He didn't even talk to the persons involve<i. I talke<i to Tony Nardelli this week and he is very upset. Understandably very upset. "Charges like that could ruin me for life. What happens when I go to look for a job? He didn't even call to give me a chance to defend · myself. His charges were false and the whole article was ridiculous ," commente<i Tony. Rauscher's article was substantiate<i on here-say. Gossip is not a very good place to start to get information for a column. Journalism depends on facts, not locker room gossip. · Obviously, Rauscher doesn't realize the impact of his column. The power of the press is not something to be taken lightly, especially when the consequences of the act are so dire. When journalists are too lazy to go out and get the facts , their columns become nothing but glorifie<i gossip columns. Rauscher and Rona Barrett make a cute pair. We live in America, a country where a person is innocent until proven guilty. Until eyewitnesses to the alle<iged crime testify, there is no case. Nardelli and McNeil have constitutional rights. Rauscher's zeal for his "scoop" trie<i to rob the players of their rights and in doing so - committe<i a gross injustice to Nardelli, McNeil, Coach Rodger Bearde, and to the entire Wilkes College community. MARQUIS ART and FRAME Art Supplies and Picture Frames 217 South Main Street, WILKES BARRE FRAIL SCORING - Mary Jo Frail, one of the Colonelettes leading scorers, pumps one from the outside. The women's basketball team has rebounded from early season problems and has been making a strong showing during the last half of the season. Led by Frail, Dotty Martin, Lynn Yedlock, Sharon Wilkes , and Karen Olney, the Colonelettes are very competitive. (P hoto by Bill Walsh) Schoen: Waiting Game Hy Ed White Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota Viking's quarterback, is still waiting to win the big one. Jimmy Carter waited between election day and January 20 before he was -officially named president. And President Capin is nervously waiting to see what happens in the months of February and March, concerning the energy shortage. Now, Terry Schoen must wait. Wait till next year, as the old saying goes. Schoen is a senior business administration major, from Scranton. He was a member of the Colonel basketball team until a broken tibia in his ankle ended this year 's competition for the former All-Leaguer at Bishop Hannon High School. Terry came down on another player's foot in the first preseason scrimmage. He had to wear a cast for six weeks, putting transferring from Quinnipiac him out of action for the year. College. That was for baseball Terry had to be red-shirted. and this season he will be eligible For those not totally knowing of for the Colonel diamond team as red-shirting, he explained, "you . a second-baseman. are taken off the season's roster Ironically last season Terry and yo·u are made eligible for the filled in for this year's cage next year in that sport." captain Tom Donahue , who Terry had to be red-shirted in . suffered the same tibia injury. his first year at Wilkes, after Modestly, Schoen sees his loss as not hurting the Colonels, " no one player can affect the success of a team. I know if I was in there it would be different, but we are not hurting at the guar d position wjth Tom (Donahue), Nick ( Holgash), Artie ( Meigh), and others filling in." Terry added some thoughts on what Coa ch Rodger Bearde might do to help the team next year. "Coach Bear de will probably try to recruit a quick guard and a big man, maybe 6-8 or 6-9. The big man will be most important.'' -------------7 f')l{LJNK l)HIVEll. DEPI y .\ -~ I Terry still sits on the bench BOX 2:345 ' I with the team, keeping statistics : llOCK\ 'IUY. ~1/\ llYL/\ND 20852 I for Coach Bearde. He suffers I I don·1 w;1nt tl, rl'main sih•nt. I I Tdl nlL' \\"hat l'isc I can dtl. I from the same disease all I I dedicated athletes go through l \hn.1nwi, ~ - '\ when they are injured and are not I \,\dr,·,~ -- I able to contribute to the team 's IL C1t\"_ _ __ Stat.-_ _ __ __ __ __ _________ _ cause. FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS It is almost as painful as the injury itself, but as the pain sets DRIVE DRUNK. in on Terry Schoen, he waits and waits. Oh, how he waits! SILENCE IS DEADLY. When someone drinks too much and then drives, it's the silence that kills. Your silence. It kills your friends. your relatives, and people you don't even know . But they're a ll people you c@uld save. If you knew what to say. maybe you'd be less quiet. l\faybe fewer people would die. W hat you should say is. "J'II drive vou home.•· Or. "Let me cal l a cab. '' Or. ''S leep on my couch tonight. '' Gino's Retains· Top Spot In IM Don't hesitate because you r friend mav have been drinking onlv beer. Beer and wine can be just as. intoxicating as mixed drinks. And don·t think that black coffee will make him sober. Bl ac k coffee never made anyone sobe r. Mavbe it would keep him awake long enough to have an accident. Rut that's about a ll. The best way to prevent a drunk from becoming a dead drunk is to stop hi m from driving. Speak up. Don't let silence be the last sound he hears. /ip _ J (I~ \•• Ron Wein was high scorer for Butler with 27, and contributed a fine defensive effort. . In the other A division game played that night, Orien's Express was defe ated by the Faculty 60-55. Bill Molner lead the Express with 18 points. In the last A game of the week, top ranked Gino's had an easy time with Sixers 63-43. Again, it was Gene Marinelli and Dave Dudick who carried Gino's with 17 and 12 points respectively. In B division action, STX continued to shot their strength by beating a much weaker Slocum squad. John Larkin did a fine job on defense, holding Gary Toczylowski to 34 points, but this stalwart effort was not enough as STX nipped Slocum 91-29. Bill Manley was very pleased with the play of his Slocum squad and stated that with a few breaks the game could have gone the other way. In other B action, Grissmon pulled out a close one over the Warhead's 49-44. Ray Pamoico's 30 points was not enough to help the Warhead's in this contest; it was the more balanced scoring attack of Grissom that turned the tide. At the end of this week there remained five undefeated teams in the B division: Outlaws, Grunts, Desperados, Dirksen and Prep H. A division standings were not available at press time. PERSONAL FOULS One of the big stories on the intramural scene was the trade that sent the legendary Gary (Cape Klonowski) Toczyloski to the STX squad. Toczyloski (who is also famous for proving that hot air ballons don't always fly) was a member of the famous " Bomb Squad" during its glory years under coach "Drigs" McStoolpidgeon. A Polish interpreter was unavailable to translate any further comments by Toczylowski...A brew-ha-ha almost broke out last week between Chris ( the Flake ) Drake and the officials when the Flake tried to run off With the game ball after hitting on a clutch basket at the final buzzer of ,a game between Smegmas and Butler IV. Dr ake explained that , even though his team (Butler) still lost by 18 points he was nonetheless excited because it was the first time . he has scored in his life ... Craig Gorton and Jim Serino are this years finalists in the slam-dunk competition. They'll determine the winner when they square off in the championship match to be held during the next Wilkes Varsity home game .. .Intramurai sottball is still many weeks away, but already the defending champions, The Dennis Phelps Fan Club, have completed tryouts for this years squad. Team captain Nick Holgash reported that out of all those who were cut, Brian (Smokey ) Roth was definitely the worst. Roth , during a two year intramural softball career, has logged an -037 lifetime batting averag-e, and has often been described as " no glove, no stick." ..... �BEACON SPORTS C 0 u "' al Cl) Cl) .c I- ..... ..... °' Doubleheader Action Saturday In Gym Cagers Home ; Wrestling Home IFinale This Week II. co Cl) C'I "' ll. By Earl Monk The Wilkes College wrestling team is in the process of putting the finishing touches on what has been an outstanding home stretch. 1'he Colonels met archrival East Stroudsburg last night in what was expected to be a toss-up similar .to last Saturday's 21-18 win over Hofstra. The Colonels will then conclude the home season by facing Army this Saturday and Bucknell next Wednesday . Looking ahead to Army and Bucknell, Wilkes will be favored in both meets , although either team has enough talent to upset the Colonels. The Colonels defeated Army 27-18 last year and this will be their initial meeting with the. Bisons of Bucknell. Last Saturday;s 21-18 victory over Hofstra saw perhaps the greatest ever individual performance by a Wilkes wrestler, when Lon Balum defeated Nick Gallo. Gallo who is the number two ranked wrestler in the country at 126 had moved up a weight class and came to Wilkes with an outstanding 21-1 record. He has been chosen to wrestle for the East in this year's East-West AllStar matchup. However, he ran into much more than he wanted in the person of Balum. Lon, wrestling at his usual fanatical pace, came back from an early 5-1 deficit to defeat Gallo 10-8. In the end it was Balum's conditioning that won the bout as Gallo gave up a takedown in the last fifteen seconds. Heavyweight Dan House came through with some heroics of his own in the Hofstra match. With the bout tied 18-18, House took a 5-2 decision to win the match for the Colonels. Other outstanding bouts were turned in by 126 pounder Rick Mahonski and 167 pounder Gene Clemons, with both wrestlers coming up with pins in the second period. Also a bit of praise mu~t go to two wrestlers who lost against Hofstra. Bart Cook 077 ) wrestled despite being very sick and weak. Cook was bothered by severe stomach pains yet hung tough and almost pulled out a win, just narrowly losing 15-13. Had the Colonels forfeited that ' weight, the meet would have ended in a tie. At 190 Dave Gregrow put on a courageous showing before he had to default in the second period. Hofstra's Aurel Balaianu forced the disqualification with three or four head butts, one which knocked Gregrow out cold. Coach John Reese finally decided to pull Dave off the mat rather than risk serious injury. The Colonels also defeated Binghamton State last week by a 35-14 score. Individual standouts in that meet were Gregrow, Perry Lichtinger 077), Mark Densberger (150), and Alex Grohol (142). Gregrow won a 21--0 decision over former high school teammate Bill Janson, while Lichtinger, Densberger, and Grohol recorded pins. So, the Colonels started this homestand successfully and look to fi nish that way. After the Bucknell meet next Wednesday the Colonels will then finish the regular season on the road at Franklin and Marshall, Montclair State, and Rutgers. Their record currently stands at 11-3 and should they win these final six matches it would give them their best record ever. GRAPPLING GAB: Brooke Yeager'sjayvees also won two meets last week, defeating Bia r Academy 22-20 and Scranton 23-3 .•. Heavyweight Rick Smith was the star of both meets ... Freshman Don Gaetano now in the Colonel lineup at 118 has rolled up a 5-3 record ... Greg MacLean also won in the Hofstra meet ... Hofstra brought an international flavor to Wilkes with a Rumanian and a Russian wrestler in the lineup Finale This Week "' THE BAIRDED WONDER -e- Jeff is what you might call a dominant force in the middle. At 6' 7", he takes up a lot of room under the boards. A totally unselfish ball player, his playing center allows John Zapko more flexibility of movement and as a result both are playing the best ball of their careers. The Colonels are still alive and kicking for a playoff berth and Jeff Baird is one of the main reasons. (Photo by Bill Walsh) :::'J:!@?ffl%~ TAKE ME FOR A RIDE - Lon Balum wrestled the match of his life last week against Hofstra. He defeated Nick Gallo who was only the number two ranked wrestler in the country and owner of a 23-1 record. Lon continues in the fine line of outstanding wrestlers in the Balum family from Muncy. His brother Dana is the wrestling coach at Coughlin High School, perennial powers in the Wyoming Valley Conference. Lon has come on strong recently and is hoping to get h"t for the Easterns coming up soon. Beating Gallo was a good way to start. By Jeff Acornley "Our backs are to the wall." "There's no tomorrow." "It's do or die. " These are some of the old cliches that are dogging the Colonel basketball team this week as they prepare for their one last ditch shot at a playoff berth . The Colonels had what could be termed a successful week, despite their 1-2 record. Nonconference losses to Susquehanna and Bloomsburg State damaged their overall record and a little pride, but the Wilkesmen are hanging tough in the MAC race with a road victory last Saturday against Drew University. The team journeyed to Selinsgrove last Wednesday to play the Crusaders of Susquehanna University and came away with dizzy spells, not to mention another loss. The Colonels sorely missed the defense of Tommy Donahue as his quick guard counterpart, Mike Schieb, literally dribbled the Colonels to death. Schieb and Co. almost scored at will through the pourous Wilkes defense. Despite high scoring by the Colonels Jeff Baird (16), Ken Hughes (16) , Kendall McNeil (12 ) and John Zapko (12); Schieb controlled the ball and the ball game with his dazzling moves. The Colonels had beaten SU earlier in the season so this one didn't count in the MAC standings. The Colonels other loss of the week came in the hands of a very strong Bloomsburg State club on Monday . Wilkes hung tough and closed to within one point with eight minutes left in the game but the Huskies reeled off 12 straight points to put it out of reach, 8Hi9. Kendall McNeil paced the Colonels scoring with 24 markers while John Zapko chipped in 16. The most important matchup last week was Saturday's trip to Madison, N.J. Drew University isn ' t what one would call a basketball powerhouse, but the game was none-the-less vital to the Colonels already feeble playoff hopes. Our heroes got five players in double figures with John Zapko leading the pack with 22. Nick Holgash and Matty Peterson followed with 14 a piece and Ken Hughes and Kendall McNEii ·contributed 12 points each. The Colonels entertain Madison FDU tonight and P hiladelphia Pharmacy Saturday, both nonconference games. Their real test of fire starts on Tuesday when Scranton comes to town. The Royals are the defending National Division III champs and will present a stern challenge. If the Colonels can get by Scranton, their playoff hopes will come down to the matchup with Elizabethtown on the road. Wilkes' current record is 5-12, but their 4-4 log in the MAC is keeping them in contention for the playoffs. Earlier in the year Coa~h Rodger Bearde stated that a 64 record should be enough to qualify for post-season honors. It's been a long and frustrating year for the Colonels. Dissention and injuries have taken their toll. Tony Nardelli, Gordie Miller , and Gary Toczylowski have all left the team while Terry Schoen, Bob Welsh and Tom Donahue have been shelved with injuries. · Donahue is going to test his injured ankle this week in practice in an _attempted comeback bid. Ken Hughes is also expected to recover fully from a bad cold that has been bothering him for weeks. Qµalification for the playoffs would be the Colonels ultimate satisfaction in a season of discontent. The problems are hopefully · behind them and they've survived · in relatively good shape. This season doesn't have to be a sacrificial lamb. This coming week will reveal much about the character of the Colonel basketball team. Swimming Team -Clobbers Lycoming 'Consistent is the word you can use to describe the Wilkes Swim team. If Wilkes takes a first, Wilkes takes a second. If Wilkes takes a second place, in third place is another Wilkes swimmer. Some of the winning combinations in Saturday's victorious meet over Lycoming College are: Paul Neidzwieki and Cindy Glawe taking first and second in the diving; Alan Shaw and Carol Piatt taking first and second in the 200 yard breaststoke event; and Jim Edwards and Lisa Waznik taking first and second in the 200 yd. butterfly. By Lisa Waznik Then there are the second and third place combinations of Bill Manley and Jeff .Tones in the 60 yard freestyle and Melita Maguire and Jeff Boberick in the 500 yard freestyle and Jeff teamed up with Keit Augustine in the 200 yd. freestyle. In many of the pairs you will notice one is male and one is female. This is a fine example of the teamwork that exists on the swim team. Other team members working with the rest are Maris Solomon, Greg Black, and John Heffner. Also taking first place for the Colonels were Tony Pinto in the 100 yd. free; Kevin Augustine in ten J.M. and 200 yd. backstroke ahd the 400 yd. medley relay consisting of Kevin Augustine, Tony Pinto, Jim Edwards and Jeff Jones. The final score of the meet was 57-34. The Colonels travel to Kutztown next week. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 February 10th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 February 10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/9f85f5f890db79a91430552f349a9c99.pdf 0fb06143b5e69e23bb74baf7fcadf89b PDF Text Text a.can Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Vol. XXIX No. 18 Grade Inflation Questioned Dean's List Increases Again By Mary Ellen Alu Grade inflation has for some He said that perhaps the whole time been a topic of concern on thinking of who should be on the the Wilkes campus, and when the Dean's List should be evaluated. number of students making - (maybe those with 3.5 and Dean's List was announced for above). ', the fall-1976 semester, various But Dean Soter made it clear people at the college began to that he is not sure grade inflation wonder if grade inflation entered is occurring at Wilkes. He said the picture. there are so many factors inThis past fall, 428 studerrts were volved in high grades "that one named to the Dean's List with 68 ought not jump to any decision." students attaining perfect 4.0 Factors which Soter believes averages. Enrollment was 2,072. would have to be considered Comparatively when 2,074 include: the mix of courses, SAT students were enrolled at Wilkes scores of entering students, for the fall semester-1975, 366 students' high school records, students were on the Dean's List. motivation, majors vs. non382 students were named in the majors, late bloomers vs. spring - 1976. students at loss of what they want One factor that accounts for the to do; and level of classes - freshincrease in the number of Dean's men vs. seniors. List students last fall is that the He said that before any eligibility requirements have decisions can be made on · the been lowered. Previously, matter, the data must be students had to carry at least 14 reviewed and interpreted. credits; now they need to carry at · Soter explained that grade least 12 credits. inflation would negatively affect Mrs. Doris Barker, registrar, the college and its students explained that the Academic because if employers and Standing Committee voted to graduate schools find out that take requirements down to 12 Wilkes students are overvalued, credits. She said, "As long as 12 "they'd be wary of Wilkes grads. hours is counted as full-time, they But this is a national problem." (those carrying 12) should be allowed to be on the Dean's List." Because of this change, 45 students who .would have been uneligibile last year w~re named to the Dean's List. Yet even without the change, 383 students would have made it - 17 more than last fall. But according to Academic Dean Richard Soter, the Dean's List is running about 20 pei;-cent of the student population ( 428 is 20.7 1 percent of the 2,072), · and so thinking about it in these terms, Peter J. Liacouras he said the number would not seem as high as it appears. Peter J . Liacouras, dean of " If grade inflation is a factor, Temple University Law School and I'm not convinced it is," will be at the Placement Office stressed Dean Soter at various from 2 to 5 p.m. today to discuss times, " we must overhaul the law school opportunities at the curriculum to insure that the university. This is the first time instructional staff is enforcing that Temple will be represented rigor in the classroom. at Wilkes. Continuous Info Available Through New Hot Line By Jim Edwards Many times a phone call will come through the main college line concerning the location of a party or the score of a swim meet or the curtain time of a play and so on, inquiring about information that is not always readily available. Starting Monday a new hot-line will be set up called the "Wilkes College Connection", which will play on a tape recording system up-to-date campus happenings 24 hours a day. The "Connection" was designed for the use of students, parents, and faculty members as well as being a public service to the community. This new idea was star:ted about a month ago through the joint efforts of Douglas Rubinstein, the new director of public relations, and George Pawlush, director of news and sports information. Research into hot-lines at other collegeswas made by the Public Relations Office to see if this was a practical idea or not. They revealed that at Lehigh University , their hot-line received over 1200 calls one weekend from 23 states. The issue of whether or not to establish a fraternity-sorority system on campus, which was the subject of a lengthy debate at last week's Student Government meeting, received little attention at this week's meeting Monday night. However, this is not because · the issue has been forgotten. Instead, after SG advisor Dean Edward Baltruchitis informed the body that the Dean's Council would like written recommendations concerning the matter from SG, CC and IDC, the issue and further discussion of it RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco· directed by Joseph Salsburg 27, 1977 James Aikman, director of development, and Jane Manganella, public relations secretary, are preparing for the opening of the 24hour "Wilkes College Connection." "It is a new idea to this area a lot of flexibility and can try and we're hoping a lot of people different things with it". · will use it,"said Pawlush. The future of the Wilkes "Our first step is to let people College Connection depends on its know about the "Connection". use but the public relations office Since the number is not in the has positive feeling13 toward it. present phone book he feels it will Again, the name of the line is take about six months to get the the Wilkes College Connection number spread around and used. and the number is 826-1135. Right now it will only be used The telephone answering for campus announcements but system was donated by an Pawlush commented, " we have anonymous benefactor. SG Tables Fraternity Question WILKES COLLEGE THEATER presents Dorothy Dickson Darte center For The ·Performing Arts February 17, 1977 Wilkes students/Personnel 2 free tickets .... By Joe Buckley were tabled until next week's meeting. Mark Abruzzese, speaking for IDC, stated that President Capin, after being informed of students complaints about the slowness of Columbus Services, met with the president of Columbus Services to discuss the complaints. According to Abruzzese , the meeting resulted in having Columbus Services receive a 30 day grace in which the service would supposedly rectify any problems with the company's performance of its duties. If the problems remain after the period of grace ends, then the college would begin reviewing Columbus Services' contract for next year. Abruzzese quoted the college president as saying that if the complaints continue, Columbus Services may not be here next year. The following fund requests were granted by Student Government: · $22 to Gary Toczylowski for the rental of a Colonel's costume ( complete with top hat and beard) to be used during the Colonel's basketball games. $30 to the Human Services Committee for the purchase of new first aid supplies. · $150 to the Committee for a Clean Environment. In surprise commentary at the end of the SG meeting, Dean Baltruchitis praised The Beacon staff as "really good iour- nalists." He stated to the SG ·body that "SG should say something nice about The Beacon since SG is usually so negative." Winter Weekend Starts Tomorrow; Schedule Usted The Student Government presents the Paul Bunyan Winter Weekend February 18, 19, and 20, for all students, faculty and administration. The schedule of events for the Winter Weekend is as follows: Friday, 9-1 : There · will be a barn dance in the gym with banjo pickin' and fiddle strummin'. The dance is free and so are the refreshments. A Wilkes ID will be necessary. Saturday, 10-1: Fifty Dollar Volleyball Tournament will be played in the gym. The games should be a lot of fun and if you do not know how to play we will teach you. To be eligible for the tournament, a team must hand in a roster with the names of ten players (five girls and five boys) on a team. The x:osters should be handed into the student Government Office on the second floor of, Weckesser Hall. The deadline to hand in the rosters is Thursday, February 17, two days before the competition . . continued on page 6 �Summer Program In Israel Offers Learning Experience Wilkes College will give graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to study the culture of Israel in the best possible setting - the State of Israel itself. The summer semester study program, directed by Rabbi Abraham D. Barras, includes a three week tour of Israel, along with approximately two weeks of orientation and evaluation at C 0 u Ill GI di GI .r: I- Art Department Holds Rome Tour The Wilkes College Art Department is sponsoring a three-week summer tour of Rome. The tour will run from May 24 to June 15, 1977. Emphasis will be placed on the art, fashion, cuisine, and music of Rome. However, side trips outside the city will be made to informal meetings for people Tarquinia, Trivoli, and Ostia. A new club is forming on is for anyone interested in campus. It is the tropical fish tropical fish, not just biology with this common interest. Prof. William Sterling, If you are interested in the chairman of the art department, club, and is open for anyone in- majors," stated Rigley. terested in this hobby. · tropical fish club contact Greg Miller is excited over tropical and Prof. D'Vorzon, associate Miller, Webster Hall, or Dr. professor of fine arts will be tour The purpose of this club is to fish and the club. He remarked, Rigley, SLC 351. leaders. understand the hobby better. "This is a rather inexpensive Shown, kneeling at the Sterling, who specializes in the Also, members will learn better hobby, but it is great fun." aquariums, are from left, Greg methods for taking care of their The club, upon being chartered Italian Renaissance, and Miller, a sophomore biology D'Vorzon, a painter and printown aquariums. " In recent by the Student Government, major from Edison, New Jersey, maker who has lived in Rome, months, collecting tropical fish plans a trip to Martin's Aquarium are well-versed in the culture. has become a prominent hobby in Philadelphia. The group is and Jay Rappaport, a sophomore on campus," stated Jay Rap- planning very informative and biology major from Winwotd, Pa. They will be placing most of their attention on both thematic and paport, one of thegroup'sleaders. chronological developments Dr. Louis Rigley, a member of the biology department, will through the periods of Etruscan, Republican and Imperial Rome, serve as technical advisor. He the High Renaissance, and the was asked to help the club Baroque. because of his own interest in tropical fish. There are apThe tour will be offered as a 0-3 proximately 50 aquariums credit course. Interested located on the third floor of Stark, students, and non-students are mostly under Rigley's care. welcomed. President Bruce Lear reported next month, search for a new Some of the more interesting fish at the Inter-Dormitory Council The approximate cost for the maintenance company will begin that live in Stark are catfish meeting Sunday night that trip will be $950. This will include for next year. cichids, and mouth-breeders ( th~ President Capin is disgusted with round-trip air fare from WilkesThe major complaint . against mother carries her babies in her the maintenance service on Barre, room, meals, entrance Columbus Services is that they · fees, and ground transportation. mouth). campus. are not completing their jobs in a The student founders of this Lear went on to say that The group will be staying at the reasonable amount of time. It club are Greg Miller and Jay Columbus Services, which is in demi-pension in the Pensione, also often takes as many as seven Rappaport. Any student in- charge of maintenance, are on a Adriana, centrally located in a work orders to be filed before the terested in pursuing this hobby is 30 day watch period. If an impiazza near the Pantheon. job is even looked at. welcomed to join the club. "This provement is not seen within the Enrollment deadline for the trip is Friday, March 4. · It was reported that the For more information contact proposed calendar . of JDC Prof. Sterling or Prof. D'Vorzon, Commuter Council, and Student Department of Art, Wilkes · Government were considered • College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703 and agreed upon by the ad( 824-4651, Ext. 480), or Jack ministration. The new calendar ALL YOUR SEWING NEEDS Meyers, Director of Continuing includes starting each semester fGateway Shopping Center Midway Shopping Center! Education, Wilkes College . roughly one week earlier and P~. 18704 Wyomln" Pa 18644• • Kingston, 288-1132 ,., ., II therefore ending each semester one week earlier as compared to this vear. CamPus Club Sounds Fishy Capin Disgusted At Maintenance r·l,afabridand·--1 I ~ I ·------------~-~~~~-' Features the Largest Selection of Boots in the Area. All Styles, Sizes,·and Colors of Lee Jeans and Western Shirts. Open Monday thru Saturday 611 S. MAIN STREET WILKES-BARRE. PA . 18701 PHONE: (717) 824-3053 Wilkes. Six graduate or undergraduate credits will be awarded upon successful completion of the course. Students will study the history, political system, culture, economy, foreign policy, education and religion of Israel through regular course lectures, special lectures by members of the government and other institutions, and pertinent tours and field trips. Regular course lectures and seminars will be conducted by professors from Israeli universities, government officials , business and labor leaders, Arab leaders and politicians. Field trips will include visits to archaeological sites under expert guidance, the Western Wall, Mt. Scopus, Mt. of Olives, Bethlehem, Rachel's Tomb, Massada, the Jordan River, Caesaria, Rehovot, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Megiddo, Avdat, Safed, Tiberias, Golan Heights, Rosh Hanikrah, Acra Nazareth, Galilee, and numerous visits to museums and institutions of educational and cultural interest. The course is open to all qualified students, especially those studying the social sciences. Students not regularly enrolled at Wilkes should consult with their respective department heads before registering. The course is offered to graduate students under the titles of Ed. 597 and Ed. 598, Education in the Middle East: Israel, and Social and Political Structure of Israel, for a total of six credits. The undergraduate course, Ed. 398 and P.S. 398, Social Foundations of Education in Modern Israel and Political Problems in Modern Israel, is also worth six credits. The course begins JUI)e..20 at Wilkes College with orientation. Students - tlepart for Israel on June 27, return July 17, and then participate in summation and evaluation· from July 18 to 22. Inquiries regarding fees, deposit and registration may be addressed to Rabbi Abraham D. Barras, Director, Summer Program in Israel, 236 S. River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. R.D. 1 WAPWALLOPEN , PA. 18660 SLOCUM TOWNSHIP PHONE : (717) 868-5775 Under coµunittee reports, the St. Valentine's Day party was not a success because of the poor attendance. Lear reported that Dean Ralston almost cancelled the party because of rumors that JDC was supplying alcohol. It was reported that this was not true. Next year's party may be held in the Student Union Building because it was felt the gym was too spacious. The St. Patrick's Day party will now be held 7 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sunday, March 20 at Gus Genetti's. Commuter Council felt that having the party in the afternoon was too early. The food committee is having a meeting today at 3 p.m. in the cafeteria. Lear urged all students interested to attend the meeting and noted that much was accomplished at the last meeting with great attendance. 113 S. Main St., Downtown W-8 Painter Pants Fanner Jeans I . Anny Pants Straight Legs Flares m ,~_VJ . IEANS I I ' Maverick Wrangler Landlubber A II types of shirts Plain or Printed and Novelty Designs Speaker SLC Today There will be a speaker at Wilkes today at 11 a.m. in SLC Room 411. Dr. J . Stuart Hunter will speak on "The Statistical Design of Experiments" to students interested in Mathematics and Computer Science. At 2 p.m. today, Dr. Hunter will give a second talk. He will announce the topic at the morning lecture. Dr. Hunter, founding editor of TECHNOMETRICS, received his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in experimental statistics. He is currently a professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University. These lectures are sponsored by The American Statistical Association, the Biometric Society and the Institute oi Mathematical Statistic,;;. r" �ManuScript Opened To All "We'd like to get greater participation from the student bo?y," commented Brian Boston, editor of the Manuscript, concerning this year's publication. The Manuscript Society, which is marking its 30th year on campus, is still searching for works to be published in this year's issue of "Manuscript" . "It's hard trying to reach people," stated Boston. He explained that the Manuscript Society is open to anyone. Many misconceptions have circulated around campus in recent years and Boston and other members of the Society are trying to put an ~nd to the rumors. The Manuscript accepts works _of prose , poetry, fiction , photography and art. The Society members select those works which they feel should be published. IDENTITY OF AUTHOR UNKNOWN Boston noted year after year, students believe the works submitted are selected QY the English faculty, which is incorrect. The members of the Society are given typewritten copies of the works to be considered. Only Boston knows the By Janine Pokrinchak identity of the author , which is withheld from the other members until the work has been accepted for publication. People who have submitted works to the Society for consideration are welcomed to attend the meetings. As a matter of fact, Boston said, "We'd like to see more people at ow· meetings." The deadline for submitting works to the Manuscript has not been set yet, but Boston commented that the deadline would probably be the end of March. A publication date will probably be sometime in April. Ray Klimek, assistant editor, and Terri Williams, art editor, help Boston with the editorial duties. SPONSORS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES In addition to the publication of the Manuscript, the Society has sponsored films . The group also sponsored some coffee houses last semester and is considering holding some this semester as well. Advisor to the Society is Dr. Robert Heaman, who is currently Film-Studies Course A First At Wilkes By Nancy Kozemko Dr. Michael Seitz, chairman of - the Department of Foreign Language and Literature, has put together a new course entitled "Introduction to the History and Art of Film," to be offered this fall. It will be run as a threecredit topics course under Theater Arts 398, and will be the first cinema-studies course to be offered at Wilkes College. Dr. Seitz, who will be teaching the course, said that it will include 14 Monday evening _ screenings of films, selected readings in film criticism and theory, and one weekly two-hour discussion section. "I've always been a compulsive film nut," Dr. Seitz explained. "Films are probably the most significant form of artistic expression in the modern world. So many ideas and attitudes are conveyed, and sometimes created, by films. " The aim of the course will be to better acquaint students with the language of film, its history, and basic techniques and theories. "Every consideration; lighting, camera angles, composition within the frame, editing, sound; everything is an artistic choice," Seitz continued. He feels that an understanding of film as an art form is important because, " Clearly, in this country, more people see more movies per year than read books." He added that study in this area might especially interest education majors since films are used so extensively in modern classrooms. If the film course is successful, it may become a permanent addition to the Wilkes curriculum. Dr. Seitz said that he would like to see more advanced and specialized cinema-studies courses developed at Wilkes. Separate courses dealing with the Art film, the Propaganda Film, · the American Film, or · the Documentary may be realized in the future. The films will be viewed in t he auditorium of the CPA, and there will be no limit to the number of students permitted to take the course. " We can accommodate any number." Seitz also mentioned that, in a cooperative effort, the departments of Foreign Language, English, Fine Arts, and Theater Arts recently applied for a grant to finance some new projection equipment for the CPA, which, if obtained, will be · used for this course as well as other classes and campus activities. Any students wishing to obtain a syllabus or any information about the introductory film course can s·ee Dr. Seitz in his office in Kirby Hall, Room 201. 8...,.....,....,.....,.....,......,.. ...,.....,.. ...,.. ...,.....,.....,....,....,.....,....,...,....,.....,.....,.....,.....,....,....,....,...,....,...,,....,...,,....,.....,...,....,...,....,....,....,....,...,...,.-4 § ~ I Ss S o S tl ~ SURPLUS RECORD and TAPES Penn Plaza Shopping CTR Open 10 to 10 Every Day Absolutely t he Low·est Prices on Records and Tapes _A nywhere ! Low Overhead Means_ Low Pr ices I ~ I § 8 8 §0 Talk to Rich or Foster \. _ _ Our Record Specialists ~__8 tr - --~.,.o,-_,.....,....,....,...r..,....,....r..r..r........r........r..r✓..r..r..r..r..r..r..,...r..r..r..r..r.....-..r..r..r..r~, in Ireland. Dr. Lee Terry is acting as advisor during Heaman's absence. The society is planning an Open House to be held on Thursday, February 24. The Open House will include refreshments and reading of poetry. .Anyone interested in submitting works to be considered for publication in the Manuscript can drop the works in the Manuscript box located on first floor of Kirby Hall or leave them with the English Department secretary also located in Kirby Hall. Trifold Forum Held Tonight "Birth and Death: Choice or Chance ? The Bio-Ethical Dilemmas"· is the topic of a forum to be held tonight, February 17, at 8 p.m. in the Schaeffer Lecture Hall at the college. Three brief presentations will be included in the forum. An introduction to the Bio-Ethical Dilemmas will be delivered by Dr. Jerry Wouri of the Philosophy Department; Birth and Accompanying Genetic Dilemmas will be offered by Dr. Lester 'I'uroczi from the Biology Department; and Death and Dying by Rev. James Doyle of the King's College Religion Department. Following the presentations, small group discussions will deal with the issues raised in the opening talks. A plenary session and a social hour will conclude the evening. The forum is a presentation of the Wyoming Valley Campus Ministry, a group of people from the various colleges in Wyoming Valley who are concerned about ministry to higher education. Chem Society Commended Dedication, good leadership, and hard work are some of the characteristics of the Wilkes College Chemical Society which have led the society - to be perennially commended as an outstanding student chapter. The Wilkes society is one of 49 student chapters affiliated with the American Chemical Society which has been chosen from 652 chapters and commended for excellence in the 1975~76 academic year. Selection for this special commendation is made by the Council Committee on Chemical Education which reviews the activities of all chapters before making a decision. Merit was awarded the Wilkes Chemical Society because of the extensiveness and intensiveness of its program and the outstanding record it has compiled over the year. Organized some 28 years ago, the Wilkes group, being among the elite number of outstanding chapters, has set an example for others to follow. By being affiliated with the American Chemical Society, the Wilkes chapter helps students interested in chemistry, develop attitudes of professionalism. Student affiliated chapters are organized at institutions granting degrees in chemistry or chemical engineering. The new comput.er science. major at Wilkes College will 'make good use of the existing comput.er science facilities. Discussing the merits of the program are left to right, Matt Middendorf, sophomore, Owego, N.Y. ; Dr. John Koch, faculty member ; Eric Jansen, junior, Valley Stream, N.Y.; and Dr. Joe Parker, faculty member. Program Added In Math Studies After several years in the planning stage, a major in computer science has become a reality at Wilkes College. With the rapid advances in computer technology and applications, computer science has now become an established area of study in American colleges and universities. · In response to growing interest among current and potential students, the Wilkes College Mathematics Department has been consolidating certain mathematics courses while expanding its offerings in computer science in recent years. Dr. Bing Wong, chairman of the mathematics department , announced, " It is something that we have been working on for several years. Though closely allied with mathematics, computer science is actually a discipline of its own." With the addition of the computer science major , the department will not only provide many of its mathematics majors with the opportunity to achieve double majors in two closely related subjects, but also at the same time attract many new students. To meet the demands created by the new computer science major, two new faculty members have been added to the mathematics department during· the past year. , Dr. John Koch, who holds his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, and Dr. Joseph A. Parker, who gained his doctorate at Cal Tech, both have extensive computer science backgrounds. Coupled with the increased student interest, the attainment of a qualified computer science faculty has also been fulfilled. Dr. Wong added, "We now have a total of six Ph.D.'s in our department and most of these people will work interchangeably in both areas." ,..lft__! BUMPER STICKERS MOVE' OVE'R- MY WARRANTY Exhibit Opens In eo.,,ngham The senior exhibit of Wilkes College fine arts major, Scott Key, opened Sunday, February 13, at the Conyngham Art Gallery. Included in the exhibit are metal sculpture and pastel drawings. The exhibit officially opened Sunday evening at 8 with a reception. Key's exhibit will continue on display to the public Monday through Saturday, February 19, from 1 to 9 p.m. daily. Key, the son of Mr. and Mrs . . ~arold W. Key, West Wyoming, 1s a 1973 graduate of Meyers High School. r·-;:;~~:::::·1 + Dealer : : ·sell Brand Name Stereo Components : At Lowest Prices, High Profits; i i i NO INV~~'T:.~::.~.~~UIRED i i ! ................................ : ♦ ♦ FAD COMPONENTS, INC. ♦ I !♦ 20 Pa ssa ic Ave. Fa irf ield , N ew J ersey 00006 Ilene Or1owsky 201-227-6884 ♦ _. _ �A Rose ... f By Any Other Name ..,. ........ °' t Ill 2 .0 a, LL C 0 u Ill a, IO a, .c I- • • • Last Monday was Valentine's Day, in case you forgot, and in accordance with the occasion, President Capin presented every female that works on campus with a red carnation. This was more than a considerate thought for a man that 1s faced with rising operating costs, an energy crisis , recruiting, and the general responsibilities of keeping a college this size together. Capin, in his few months as president, has proved himself to be a man with a surplus of honesty, consideration and integrity. He has accepted criticism and strove to rise above. He has listened to students' problems and tried to alleviate them. Capin is never without a kind word for the college or the individuals thereof. It is to this means that The Beacon would like to wish President Capin a belated " Happy Valentine's Day. " • ~,N-t ~~l\~t~ <.;-, A' f' ~ '-CJ A NewSlant On The Blahs: Winter Weekend This weekend promises to be full of activities for all. Student Government has put a lot of time in the planning of Winter Weekend and it is our hope that everyone will take advantage of all the activities . Since the weekend will be held on campus this year, the activities will be easily accessible to all. The weekend's activities will also be affordable to all. Too often we all sit back and gripe and yell about "what is going on. " Well friends, this weekend "a lot is going on" and with your support weekends of this type may be common occurances on campus. Rosetta Chiavacci and Norman Verhoog, co-chairpersons of the event, have spent much time and many headaches , and probably a lot of aspirin on the planning stages. With your participation their hopes may be realities. Winter Weekend has a lot of possibilities , get out and support it, and most of all enjoy yourself. NOTES.COMMENT Student Has Nose For News And Likes To Find It The majority isn't necessarily right. **** Too much talk loses most arguments. To The Editor: **** In case of doubt, don't borrow and don't lend. BEACON BITS A social evening for history majors will be held Tuesday, February 22, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Sterling Hotel. All history majors are welcome to attend. The Alumni Relations Office is attempting to identify current students who are the sons or daughters of Wilkes alumni. If your mom or dad is an alumnus of the College, please stop by or call the Alumni Relations Office, third floor of Weckesser Hall (Ext. 207) to identify yourself. On Tuesday, February 22, there will be nominations for the classes of '78, '79, and '80. Peter Liacouras, dean of the Temple University School of Law, will be on campus today from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Placement Office. Along with members of the Temple Admissions Office, he will discuss law school opportunities at the university. A woman student from a foreign country is needed to speak about her country on Wednesday, February 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Laflin Boro Building. The student will be speaking to a junior girl scout troop. Call Mrs. Bartoli, 655-3279. There will be an all-college movie, "Three Days Of The Condor" in the SUB on Saturday, February 20. SG meeting will be held Monday, February 21 at 6:30 p.m., in **** It's time to make plans for a summer vac ation. **** Puzzlers 1. Detective series starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Ed Brynes. 2. Detective series starring Anne Frances as a beautiful blonde sleuth. STAFF 3. Detective Burt Reynolds in rough series about city detective. 4. British detective series starring three individuals with super-human talents. 5. Who are John Reed and Britt Reed? ( what shows did they star in?) 1).nswers: A Career Day "1977" is being sponsored by Vollege Mi!iericorclia, King's College, Marywood College, University of Scranton, and Wilkes College. It will be held on Thursday, February 17 from 12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Student Center at the University of Scranton; Scranton. February 14 through February 28, the Sordoni Art Gallery will . present the Northeastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Art Awards. (sMoqs q1oq JOJ a1OJM JalpM awes aq1) 1auJOH uaaJD aq1 pue 'Ja~ueu auo1: aqJ.. ·g ·suo1dweq:J aq.r, ·i, 1sn~nv uea ·1: 1saM ,-\aUOH Editor In Chief ... . . ... . . . • . . ................... .. ..... . ...... Patti Reilly Managing Editors ...................... • , . Mary Ellen Alu , Wilma Hurst News Editor ................. . . .............. .. .... .. ..... .. Patrice Stone Copy Editor ........ . . . .. . .. 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Living in a college community should not mean being cut off from the rest of the world. Being a dorm student has the disadvantage of not having an easy access to current national news. What is going on in the world as .it is happening is an important thing to know. Unless special time is taken out at 6:30 p.m. to watch the national news on T.V., a student does not know from two days to a week ( when "Time" and "Newsweek" come out) what has been happening. I say two days to a week, because so far I have not found an up-to-date newspaper in the library nor Sunday edition~ at all. I have asked at the desk and they always say they are with the newspapers. I feel this problem can be easily eliminated in one of two ways. First, the library staff could take the time each morning to put out the new editions. Also, if the library would care to save somemoney, they could stop the subscriptions of local papers . There are not that many students from such areas as Berwick and Tunkhannock to warrant their own newspaper. The second answer to the problem could be if the bookstore would sell certain national papers, "New York Times," "Washington Post", etc. Other college bookstores are doing this with good results. Respectively yours, Pamela M. Keller ·z d!JlS 1asuns ll ·t Advisor .. . .... .... . ......... . . ... ... .. ... ... .... .. Douglas J . Rubins rei n Photographer ... . .. . . .... . .... . . .... . . . . . . . .. . .... . Ac e Hoffm an 5 rudios Shawnee Hall. 76 w . Northampton Street Wilkes -Barre , Pennsylvania 18703 Published every week during the school year by the stu d e n ts of Wilkes College . Second Class Postage paid at Wilkes -Barre, Pa . Subscri p ri on ra re : 54 per year . Beacon Phone (717) 824-4651 - Ext . 473 Office +tours : Daily . All view s expressed are those of the individuai writ e r nor necessa·rily of the publication . - l r I �,, Ill la ID UI ,, ID a 2 .,Ill -< Valentines I Have Known Last Monday was St. Valentine's Day and being the popular literary figure that I am I received a numerous amount of the little love notes. So I have taken this opportunity to print the gems of the lot. If yours wasn't printed that means it just meant so much to me that I didn't want to share your personal feelings . Roses are fat, Violets are trim, You're like a rose. That's why you can't swim. -Love, Coach of the Swim Team Violets are smooth Roses are thorny, I'd rather read this column Than the one by Acornley -Bob A rose is a rose And I have been thinkin' How can you print This junk in The BEACON -The BEACON Editor JAZZ BAND - Monday's Jazz Band concert was the result of these students spending some of their free time rehearsing weekly in the Student Union Building. Shown during a break from rehearsing are, left to right, seated on the floor: Ron Bielecki, Wilkes-Barre; and Ed Richards, West Pittston. Seated on the sofa, left to right, Jon Boghosian, Hasbrouch Heights, N .J.; Bob DeRiggi, Moscow; Tim Young, Patm·; James Yosh, band director, Dover, N.J.; Joy Mayhoff, Dupont; Sandy Shotwell, Pottstown. Standing, from left to right, Al Collier, Highland Park, N.J.; Pete Grabko, Hudson; Dave Palanzo, Annville; Jim Nicholas, Hazelton; Tom Ralston, Wilkes-Barre; Ron Reagan, Athens; Rich Cutler, North Massapequa, N.Y.; Bruce Kinney, Plains; Joe Cole, Scranton; and Jeff VanArsdale, Dover, N.J. A rose is so pretty, But thorns cause a tear, I liked this column better When you wrote it last year. -Your Buddy, Marianne The Jazz Band was founded in 1973 by Albert Dunn, a 1975 Wilkes graduate. James Yosh assumed the position of the Band's Director when Dunn graduated. During its first year, the Band rehearsed at Bishop O'Reilly High Sch_ool and the Dorrance Methodist Church, Kingston. Since 1975, the Band has been rehearsing in the Student Union Building. The repertoire of the Jazz Band includes songs of some of the Jazz Greats such as Count Bassie and Maynard Fergusen. Flowers are for the birds, That's what I've been preaching. With a column like this How did you pass student teaching? -Forever, Mr. Johnson We always liked roses, But we'd much rather beer. This column is not funny But it'll get a "ker-heeeer! " 'Jazzy' Concert Enjoyable by -Joe and Gus WIima Hur.;t • filled with talented individual players. The saxophone section was especially good, and although the audience reacted well to every section, the sax players seemed to be the crowd-pleasers. It was extremely gratifying to watch and listen to musicians who obviously enjoy playing as much as the audience enjoyed listening. Any performanr.e is. moreeffective when the performers themselves appear to The concert gave-the audience like what they're doing. an opportunity to sit back, relax, The band proved it could play and enjoy the sounds of jazz. Although most numbers were . the blues as well as take on the big band sound, although the obviously classified as jazz, there latter appears to be its strength. was still a certain amount of "Somewhere" from "West Side variety in the program and Story" had some moving within the numbers themselves. moments, but there must have Tempo changes throughout the been something lacking in the selections coupled with numerous arrangement, for it seemed that solos and rides served as pleasing there should have been more to changes of pace during each . the number. song. "In The Mood", performed Numbers ranging from without the benefit of the "Country Road" to "Down Basie chickens, was a definite crowdStreet' were interrupted pleaser, as were tunes from Duke numerous times by applause. Ellington and other jazz and big Most, if not all, members were band composers. featured in various selections, Angela Bofill, a Manhatten and they showed that the band is School of Music grad, The Pennsylvania debut of the Wilkes College Jazz Band proved to be a relaxing, enjoyable night of entertainment. The band, appearing as part of the Concert and Lecture Series, featured singer Angela Bofill. Under the direction of James Yosh, the 18-member band played before a near capacity audience at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts on Monday night. nightclub singer from New York and New Jersey. She is also the featured singer on the flip side of "A Fifth of Beethovan" by The Walter Murphy Band. She added a new dimension to the program and was an excellent entertainer. Her voice was a bit too fragile-sounding to be really effective, however, although she was good in the lower ranges. There were a few rough spots in the band's sound, a few muddy tones, a few just-missed notes, but they didn't harm the overall sound a bit. With a good sound and an appreciative audience, the evening had to turn out right. Roses are red, Violets make me cough. How come you're working And I am laid off? -Eddie White, Vice President of the M.D.F .C. Roses are red, . Violets have pizazz, Someday our alma mater Will sound like our jazz. -Jim Yosh Roses in the Library, Violets in the SUB, What this campus needs Is another club. -Steve Connolly Roses are red, But I like to wrastle. When you beat my record, Then give me a hastle. -Coach Reese Roses are red, Violets are blue, If you liked this column, It's the nut house for you. -The Wizard -oJOKE OF THE WEEK: Q, Knock, Knock. Q, Who's there? A. Dwayne. Q, Dwayne Who? A. Dwayne the bathtub, I'm drowning. EY BARTENDER I II A GOLDFISH WHAT ELSE WHATS THIS FLOMINGAf?OUND IN MV GOLDFISH BOWL OF BEER ? ........_____ ,_ ...,.,..---.---~ J~ If/(((/(((, ~ - \{ r~ ,.-~,\..e--, . «A / ),"HfTl I - ~ D<JvT FEEL SO BAD P0RG-E- I ALREADY DRANK MINE -.........., ~ ::r ID Ill ID Ill n 0 :I �,0 Seit Defense· Club Shows Where To Hit t March Is The Month ~..: For Financial Aid -t It's that time of year again - impossible to " guess" at your own eligibility with any kind of "' when students who plan to return ~ to the College next Fall begin :_ making plans to apply for renewal of their financial aid .:; packages for the year 1977-78 ~ academic year. m According to the College 1! Financial Aid Office, application .,_ forms and instructions will be available at the Financial Aid Office, Chase Hall, beginning on March 1. Office hours are 8: 30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. As in the · past, students applying for air from the College must return the completed forms by April 15. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency will mail renewal forms to students who are currently receiving state grants. The deadline for filing the State form is May 1. The Basic Grants program will also mail renewal applications to current BEOG recipients. For those students not receiving State or Basic Grant assistance this year, 1977-78, applications will be available at the Financial Aid Office. Two · problem areas were highlighted by Financial Aid Director Richard Raspen, which in the past have sometimes resulted in students having serious financial difficulties. The first is that for one reason or another, students do not file for all of the aid programs available to them. Every Pennsylvania resident should apply for the State Grant, just as out-of-state residents should file for their state programs if they are available, such as in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont. And every student who will carry at least six credits a semester should file the Basic Grant application. In fact, the College presumes that a student does file the applications, and builds an estimated grant into our aid package, so that if the student does not apply, he comes up short of dollars during the year. Just because a student was denied aid through a program in one year, that student should still at least file the forms . With changes in the family's financial situation, P"ii changes in programs, it is accuracy. The second problem area involves meeting filing deadlines. While the college will accept late applications and make awards :until funds are exhausted, PHEAA, for example, will not even consider late applications until the second semester. So a student stands to lose as much as $600 just from the State program by filing the forms after their May 1 deadline. Raspen urges all students, whether or not they are currently receiving financial aid to(l) stop by the ~d Office during March to . pick up the forms and instructions, and (2) file them before the filing dates as indicated. Any student who has questions about financial aid programs, forms, or procedures should feel free to use the services of the Financial Aid Office. · Scholarships Awarded To Two Local Students Two Wilkes College French majors, Anita Meehan of Plymouth and Diane Polachek of Kingston, have recently been awarded scholarshfps · for summer study· in F:.ance. The awards, the result of a competition, were announced by Dr. Michael Seitz, chairman of the College's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. The two junior co-eds will spend the summer in a program in Tours, France, sponsored by Rutgers University. In addition to classes in the French language, literature and civilization, the program includes exc.ursions to the magnificent renaissance chateaux, which are among the major attractions of the Loire valley area. This rare opportunity was made possible by a special scholarship fund established by Lewis Salsburg of Kingston and his son, Robert Salsburg. The latter is himself a graduate French major of Wilkes College. By Jody Berg D'Vorzon Commissioned For Mural In Scranton Bernice . D'Vorzon, associate professor of art at Wilkes, was recently commissioned to do a mural for the Community Medical Center in Scranton. The 32-foot long mural, painted in acrylic paint on masonite panels, is an abstracted landscape with some feelings of Atlantis. Ms . D'Vorzon has another mural in Pennsylvania, at Percy Brown's in Allentown. The work, 9 by 60 feet, is totally abstract. A native of New York City, Ms. D'Vorzon is a graduate of the High School of Art and Music, Queens College, and the Art Students League. . She received a B.A. degree in Fine Arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and an M.A. from Columbia University. She has done one person shows at Brata Gallery, New York City; Wilkes College, Keystone Junior College, Everhar t Museum, Scranton; and the Benson Gallery, Hamptons, N.Y. The Wilkes educator was the recent purchase winner at the Everhart Museum, Scranton. Until the new wing at the Community Medical Center . is completed, the mural will be installed in the lounge on the neurological floor. In addition to the mural there will be an exhibition of art works by professional artists, including Ms. D'Vorzon. The opening reception will be Sunday, March 6. THE PARTY'SOVER. All too often, when the party ends, the trouble begins. People who shouldn't be doing anything more active than going ~o sleep are driving a car. Speedmg and weaving their way to death. Before any of your friends drive home from your party, make sure they aren 't drunk. Don't be fooled because they drank only beer or wine. Beer and wine can be just as intoxicating as mixed drinks . And don't kid yourself because they may have had some black coffee. Black coffee can't sober them up well enough tA '1r1vP LV.._. •• ,._, If someone gets too drunk t0 d!"~':'~; d:!'!~ h!~ JVi.ifSeiF. Or call a cab. Or offer to let him sleep over. Maybe your fr iend won't be feeling so good on the morning after, but you're going to feel terrific. r,----- -- --------- 1 DRUNK DRIVER, DEF'T. Y n zl BOX 2345 I : ROCKVILLE. MAH.YLAND 20852 I I I \.V ant to keep m y friends a li ve I fo r th e ne xt pa rty . I Te ll m e w hat else I ca n do. l \ l vnan11•. is j .\d tlr ,•s;, - 1Lc;,,_ : I ,. - . _ ~ --- : _ _ __ i · -·-- s tall·~ ~ r. 1p _ _ _JI FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DRIVE DRUNK. . "The ~ardest thing is to get a girl to hit you," explained Gene Gorski, president of the Karate Club while referring to the self defense course he's instructing this semester. "I'll stand in front of them and tell them to hit me and they just won't do it." · But when the girls finally do hit Gene, they learn exactly how to hit him and exactly where. The self defense course began after an interest was shown in such an art last semester. Unlike Karate, where one learns definite blocks and punches, the course is designed around individual needs of the st~dents. For example, a girl might ask what to do if two guys grab her on either side and hold both arms. Gene sizes up the girl taking into consideration he; height and weight; and shows her a defense move best suited for her. The core of the course is mental as well as physical relaxation because as Gene explains, "The most important thing is to be able to relax and have control over your body." Therefore, lessons are given in an informal atmosphere and limbering exercises are encouraged. Guys as well as girls take the c?urse just to try something different or to keep in shape for another sport. The course is given on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7: 00 at the gym or the basement of Susquehannak depending on which is available . Anyone interested is invited to come, watch, and try it. Dress is casual - just wear something you can move in. New York Weekend Open To Students Care to spend a weekend in New York City for only $36? The Alumni Association is giving students and faculty the opportunity to join Wilkes grads on the " Alumni Weekend" trip March 25-27. Buses will leave Wilkes-Barre Friday, March 25 at 2 p.m., and will depart from New York the following ~unday at 7 p.m. Reservations may be made with Art Hoover, third floor, Weckesser ·Hall. Winier Weekend Events Cont'd. Saturday, 1-4: Paul Bunyan Events in the empty lot next to thg gym. Everyone is welcome to ~bserve or participate as they like. No neetl to sign up for the competitions ahead of time. "Ice Cream Manufacturing" You will be able to make your own ice cream right there and we have everything necessary. It just takes a lot of cranking on your part. "He-fylan Log Sawin' contest" This is a timed competition and an opportunity to win your horse girlfriend or mom a wonderfui prize. The saw is a 6½ footer and takes two people to handle. "Wee-Folk Log Sawin' Contest" - This is · also· a timed competition using a small bow saw easily handled by one person. We will have a boy's and girl's division with a trophy for each of the quickest log-sawers this side of the Mississippi. . "Simple Art of Orientating" This competition requires no experience, although it sounds like some complex type of moonshining. It is in fact a simple 25 yard compass-challenge course. We will teach everything you need to know and supply the compass. All you have to do is be first for tne trophy. Fro,m Page 1 wit~out the use of modern day eqmpment. Brews, herbs and other techniques will be included. "Boiling an Egg in a Paper Cup" - Dean Baltruchitis will demonstrate and lecture on the colligative properties of albumin versus the oxidation of paper under extreme conditions of temperature. Amazing, but true. "Match and Ax Competition" Do you have a steady hand guided by an eagle eye That is what you need to light a wooden match with an ax. SEE YOU THERE Saturday, 1-4 - Bingo will be played in the cafeteria. This is similtaneously with the Paul Bunya~ events. So if you get cold, come m and have sone free Dunkin' Donuts and hot chocolate. Lots of prizes. 7, 9, and 11- Two showings of the movie, "Three Days of the Condor." At the 7:00 showing, the Paul Bunyan Trophies will be awarded. Then at 9: 00, the volleyball tournament winners will be awarded a fifty dollar check, ~~day, 1-4 - Cross-Country · Skung - We will be skiing at the Muhlenburg Golf Course which is o~ly fifteen minutes away (so you will need to provide your own " Tripod Construction " - A transportation ). Sign up in the tripod is built by you and three Student Government Office in teammates in this time d com- , Weckesser. Sorry - skiing is petition. But remember after it limited to thirty people. is built and towering si~ feet in 2-3 - "Science and the Bible" - A the air, you have to climb on to b-; see if it will hold up. If not, you lectu re -dem o~ ~ti'aiion might lose more than the prize, P!'i:!!~:isor of Civil Engineering at but do not feel bac.l.. 'N~ can still Lehigh University, Dr. Pense. use YCJ1.! for i:he first aid team's Dr. Pense will perform an exfrost-bite and outdoor first aid periment that is a miracle - or at demonstration. We will teach you least it seems to be one. knots and lashings to build your 8:30 - 12:30 - Ice Skating - The successful tripod. Coal Street Ice Skating Rink is "First Aid Team" - There will reserved for Wilkes College. be demonstrations on various Skating is free and skates are outdoor rescues and first aid only 65 cents if you do not have them.- ID required. �Terry Schoen I hope someone had the presence of mind to send Mike Prekopa a copy of last week's Beacon. He turned out to be the star of the show and he's not even a student anymore. The featur~ article on basketball player Terry Schoen had a few mistakes in it that we would like to correct. First of all, Terry mentioned the guards on the team that were picking up the slack created by his injury · and the name of Kenny Hughes was omitted. Secondly, and most importantly, a "negative problem developed" at the printers. Pictures got shuffled and we're still waiting for the real Terry Schoento please stand up. (Sit down, Terry.) I hope this clears things up. At right is a new professor at Wilkes in the plumbing department. Ms. Farrah for all of you faucet majors. At left is Terry. Urchin·s, Grunts Keep Their Role In Pefspective By David Orischak The leading intramural basketball teams like Gino's, Sixers, Sons of Softee and others have been the primary recipients of publicity in this column, but what about the heart of the league, the Urchins. This team has spirit that compares with the best of them; the only thing they lack is height. You see, in order to play on this intramural team one must meet one big or is it small requirement. You must be under 5 feet 7 inches tall. It is the only team in the league that uses a step ladder during its pre-game warmup. It is also the only team with a center only 5 feet 4 inches tall, Tim Golden, alias Doctor G' . We had a chance to talk with Tim a few nights ago and discovered that he does not consider his height to be a detriment to his play at center. He has great confidence in his hyrdo-glide sneakers, which he himself patented, to make up any difference in his height. The Urchins are still looking for their first victory, but to them, having a good time is more important. This team also has a policy that everyone gets into every game, even James Johnson, whose pregame warmup consists of two layups, three jump shots and six Schlitz: Grunts, better known as the Vet's Club, is another team that has adopted the 'everyone plays' policy and has achieved great success with it as they are undefeated in B division play. When Biggest Selection Best Prices On Diamonds VANSCOY Diamond Salon ' Gateway Shopping Center, (Near Jewelcor) ,, QI 112 (D .... .,, (D C' 2QI ., < ........ ,0 -i :::r (D ~~l;f~ 01 (D QI ;:::; -1' by jeff acornley F,rr,h Fswcsff-Majol'I Cofonelettes Wind Season Dovvn and Bob Welsh the players from these two teams leave the game they do so with a smile and not with the begrudged feeling that seems to be present among so many other teams who like to take these games all too seriously. It seems as though these two teams have captured the true spirit of intramural competition and we should all hope that some of this spirit touches us. Division A games played last week saw USUC IV defeat Butler 71-59. Mike Super was high scorer for USUC with 21. The Playboys defeated Orien's Express 69-54 as Joe Slavoski dumped in 18 points for the winning cause. In the final A division game this week USUC was upset by the Sixers 67-56. The Sixers were led by John Duda's 18 points and the fine defensive play of Jim Michaels. In B division competition, Northern Death beat the Harriers 36-35 in what turned out to be one of the many close games that night. J. Fisch and E. Ohmont each chipped in 13 points for the winners. In another close game, Grunts' Bob Rischman made a layup with only two seconds left on the clock to give his team a 5150 win over the Moonshiners. Tom Rovinski was high scorer for Grunts with 20. In the Final B division Game, Slocoke defeated Jiotel Sterling ij: 45-43. Big John was high scorer for Slocoke with 17. PERSONAL FOULS Sons of Softee have come up with a new pregame warmup drill. Coach Yosh has instituted this drill in an ~ffort for better conditioning of his team. Each · player must run three laps around Bert Katz before every game. NOTICE The 1977 EIWA Wrestling Tournament will soon be upon us and now is the time to apply for tickets. This years tournament will be held at Syracuse University. Since this is the college showcase of the best wrestlers in the country, tickets will be going fast. So apply now for your tickets to the event of the year and cheer for your Colonel grapplers. Ticket applications are available in Art Hoovers office on the 3rd floor of Weckesser Hall. WILKES LADY CAGERS - Kneeling, left to right, Karen Smallcomb, Dotty Martin, Sharon Wilkes, Sue Freda; Standing, Kathy Keating, trainer; Julie Kerrick, L_ynn Yedlock, Mary Jo Frail, Karen Olney, bbie Yedlock, Nancy John- son, Sue Ann ·Knight, Anita Meehan, Wilma Hurst, manager; Coach Wilma Schierer. By Joan Vorbach Lynn Yedlock paced the Colonelettes with 21 points on Tuesday, February , 8, as they posted a solid 61-51 homecourt victory over Albright,College. Despite foul trouble, the Wilkes women managed to keep a comfortable lead throughout the contest, as they brought their record to 5 wins and 12 losses. On February 11, Bloomsburg State rolled over the Blue and · Gold with a height ladened lineup to the tune of 75-47. The Colonelettes did well in the first half, scoring 30 points, and coming up only 7 points short at the buzzer. However, the second half brought a tenacious Bloomsburg man-to-man defense, which held the Wilkes' guns to only 17. Prior to·the Bloomsburg game, the Colonelettes lost Julie Kerrick with a strained ankle ligament, and Sue Anne Knight with a knee injury. Sue Anne will undergo surgery on Friday, February 18, for removal of cartilage. The Colonelettes just couldn't bounce back on Tuesday, as they lost to Kutztown, 65-47. Again, the first half was close. The point difference was only two throughout most of that time, but Kutztown used its quickness to THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Specializing In: Hoagies And All Kinds Of Sandwiches score three quick baskets just before the clock ran out. A long bomb at the buzzer put them ahead by eight. _The second half was frustrating for the Colonelettes offense, as Kutztown went to a man-to-man defense. Scoring only 21 points in the second half, Wilkes fell behind early, and began substituting. Sharon Wilkes and Karen Olney were high scorers with 12 points apiece. The Colonelettes travel to Elizabethtown today. Dana Hall Girls Capture Co-Ed Intramural Crown By Dotty Martin Julie Kerrick ripped the cords for 18 beautiful points recently to lead Dana Hall to a 30-14 victory over Sturdevant, thus capturing the women's intramural basketball championship. Other scorers for the victors were Ronna Colvin, 8; and Jerry Ann Smith, 4. All three girls were superstars on the hockey field for the Colonelettes last semester. · Individual scorers for the· Sturdevant team were Geri Hoffman 6; JoAnn Mican, 4; Jan Kadlecick, and Tricia Ryan, 2 points each.' Final standings in the American League were: Dana, 4-0 ; Catlin, 3-l; Barre, 1-3; Sullivan, 1-3; and Weiss, 1-3. In the National League final standings were : Sturdevant, 3-0; Delaware, 2-1; Hollenback, 1-2 ; Susquehannock, 0-3 ; and Chesapeake, 0-3. Leading scorers in the American League were Jerry Ann Smith, of Dana, with 33 points ; Julie Kerrick, also of Dana, with 24 points; and Ka~y Bozinski, of Weiss, with 11. National League leading scorers mclude Sue Freda of Hollenback, with 24 points; Jo Ann Mican, Sturdevant, 17; Tricia Ryan, Sturdevant, 16; Debbie Orbinati, Delaware, 14; and Mary Ellen Strong, Delaware, 12. Sue Freda, a freshman from Hollenback Hall, held the record for the most points scored in a single game. Sue garnered 20 points in a contest against Chesapeake. Ellen DuFosse of Barre, and JoAnn Mican of Sturdevant hold the distinct honor of having the most ~alled on them this year. 1 ·e oo~ And II Record Mart I I I I ; Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods 18 S. Main St. WIikes-Barre Books, Records arid Tapes 825-4767 Cliff and Monarch .. ....::J:J---- · 39 W. Mari<et St., Wilkes-Barre n 0 :::, �iE-TOWNTONIGHT: PLAYOFFS AT STAKE ........ ;:,. By Jeff Acornley .... tID 2 .a QI II. C: 0 u ID QI al QI ... ~ 1WO OUT OF THREE? - Kenny Hughes drives around a pick by John Zapko. Both of these players had a large role in Tuesday's heart-stopper against Scranton. Hughes dumped in 10 points including a shot at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. Zapko garnered 17 points including a hot streak at the start of the second half to J>ring the Colonels into contention. Kendall McNeil also had a lari: le with his hotdogging inciting the crowd as well as a 15 point, 14 rebound performance. There were no discipline problems. There were no allegations of pot. There was no dissention. All there was on Tuesday night at the Wilkes gym were two local basketball teams who came to play. And play they did, in one of the most exciting games in the history of the rivalry. Wilkes vs. Scranton. Just by the very nature of the geographical situation, this was destined to be a hotly contested matchup. But there was more at stake than bragging rights, this was a key game in determining who would qualify for the MAC playoffs. The gym was dramatically hot and crowded and the decibel level was piercing. Scranton's large following swapped insults with the home crowd with as much rapidity as the lead changed hands on the court. The setting was prepared for a tremendously exciting game. Both teams obliged. The Royals of Scranton, defending National Division III champs and currently in the top playoff spot in the MAC, escaped with the overtime victory, but not before the scrappy Colonels of Wilkes extended them to the limit. They knew they were in a ball game. The lead changed hands scores of times before Scranton took a 30-24 lead at the half. But the much maligned Wilkesmen showed their character and came charging out of the dressing room to rally and go ahead by one point at 14 :38. The Colonels have been having a great deal of trouble this season during the latter portions of the game, and have been blowing leads with astonishing ease. This was not the case Tuesday as John Zapko hit four shots in a row to get the Colonels back in the game. Again the lead see-sawed and it was tied at 53 with two minutes remaining and the Royals had the ball. Time for a little more drama. Scranton froze the ball and ran all but six seconds off the clock before'they surged into the lead, 55-53. Tom Donahue, the Colonel quarterback who had just returned to the lineup this week from his ankle injury, took the inbounds pass and made a brilliant pass to Ken Hughes who was all alone because of the double-team on Donahue. Hughes calmly swished a 20-footer as the buzzer sounded, sending the contest into overtime. Coach Rodger Bearde's troops scored first in the extra period. But two in a row by Scranton's Phil Johnson iced the game for the defending champs. It was a very frustrating contest for the Colonels because they played their best &ame of the year and lost. What looms bright in the wake of their heartbreak is the remaining shot at a much treasured playoff berth. They travel to Elizabethtown tonight in a must-win situation. If the Colonels can defeat the Blue Jays they will be assured of at least a tie for a playoff spot. It is here that the MAC race gets quite confusing. Scranton and Albright have already clinched two of the four berths. The other two ~re up for grabs between Upsala, Elizabethtown, Wilkes and Susquehanna. Susquehanna's chances are quite remote. They have one remaining league contest on their schedule and that is with Scranton. Even if they beat the heavily favored Royals, their hopes would rely on Upsala losing both of their remaining games. The Crusaders 5-5 record would not be enough to qualify because of their head to head losses to both Wilkes and ElizabethtQwn. Upsala has the best chance to qualify. They have two games on their MAC slate. Back to back contests with Lycoming and E-Town on Friday and Saturday night will determine their position. All they have to do is split that card to assure them the third slot. In all probability, the fourth spot will go to the winner of the Wilkes-E-Town contest tonight. Wilkes' 5-5 record will be enough to gain the slot on the merit of victories over both Susquehanna and E-Town, who also have 5-5 records. If this seems confusing to you don't worry, it's confusing to just about everyone. There is also the possibility ·of either a three or a four way tie for the final two slots. That would cause a miniplayoff before the MAC's. It ·could get pretty hairy. The bottom line is this however. The Colonels have to win tonight. If they lose they are automatically eliminated and if they win they are automatically assured of at least a tie for the berth. A stunning tribute to a team that was in shambles in mid-season. Wres·tlers To Finish Schedule On The Road By Earl Monk . The Wilkes College Wrestling Team concluded its home schedule last night against the Bisons of Bucknell and will take to the road starting this Saturday for their final three meets of the year. The Colonels were expected to tame the Bisons without too many problems, and then travel to Franklin and Marshall Saturday. They will finish the regular season next week with matches at Montclair State and Rutgers. From the way the Colonels smashed Army this past Saturday their three road opponents had better be prepared to wrestle a team that is beginning to look unbeatable. The Colonels utterly crushed the Black Knights of the Hudson by a 43-0 score in a meet that once more highlighted the four senior guard-captains. Rick Mahonski (126), Bruce Lear (150), arid Dave Gregrow (190) all registered pins , while Lon Salum ( 134) won a lopsided 18-5 decision. All four concluded their home careers at Wilkes last night, and each was looking to finish up in a spectacular way. The four have contributed a 119-50-6 dual meet record in their four years at Wilkes, and have excited Colonel fans with their successes throughout the years. The four seniors were not alone in their heroics against Army. Greg MacLean (158) and Gene Clemons 077) each won superior decisions to contribute to the victory. For Clemons it was his second victory of the week after winning a decision in last Wednesday's 24-13 victory over East Stroudsburg. In that Stroud meet Balum again was a standout, recording the only fall of the night. Mark Dens berger (150 ) hammered out a 19-3 decision and heavyweight Don House continued his winning ways with another superior decision to finish off the Warriors. So, with a 13-3 record (excluding last night's meet), the Colonels look to be on the way to their winningest season ever. Should they win their final four meets it would give them a 17-3 record and break the· current record of 16 victories set in ~ 1972-73. They have now won eight meets in a row , and are flying high as they prepare for the road trip. Their three opponents are relatively good wrestling schools, but as stated before, the Colonels are looking awesome. Coach Reeses' charges seem finally to have blended and the whole key may have been Lon Balum. The Colonels had seemed listless after losing to Syracuse and were fortunate to have five easy matches before Hofstra. Then Balum won the thrilling victory over Nick Gallo, Hofstra, and the Colonels went on to defeat the Flying Dutchmen 21-18. Since then, the Colonels have been overpowering. East Stroudsburg came to Wilkes with a 10-2-1 record and still the Colonels handled them fairly easily. Army came here with a better than average team and yet the Colonels shut them out with ease. The team appears finally to be living up to preseason hopes. So, with the home season at an end, the Reesemen travel to Franklin and Marshall Saturday ; Montclair next Wednesday, and conclude with Rutgers (February 26) in what has turned out to be a very satisfying season. The momentum has picked up, and they may be ready to make some noise in the Eastern Tournament (March 3, 4 and 5). GRAPPLING GAB: Balum (14-4), Gregrow (13-3), Lear (13-3-i), House (12-4 ), Densberger 00-3), and Perry Lichtinger (9-2) have the best dual records on the team . . .Densberger, who is only a freshman, is the third •ranked wrestler in the East at 142.. .Gregrow is ranked third in the East at 190.. .The Jayvees also continued their winning ways by defeating Stroud 23-15 ...Standouts were Rich Nordheim, Bill Karpovich, and Wade Fatool, all freshman . . .Coach John Reese has been released on $100,000 bail until his trail for the capital offenses he committed against the girls' basketball team . . .Judge Roger Bearde has been assigned to the case. UNHAND ME YOU BEAST - Colonels' Bruce Lear struggles to get out of the grasp of his opponent. He was one of the many Colonels to turn in outstanding weeks. The Wilkesmen are incredibly hot and hope to stay that way heading into the EIWA tourney in early March. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 February 17th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 February 17 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/c50277416b424eacede58d87ae68875f.pdf f0e043d98185192ffb7f48dca5e686b2 PDF Text Text Columbus Services Begins Trial Period lllintet Weekend Feature - P. 6 "The Beacon" was not unfair, President Capin was not unfair, but all circumstances are not known." So commented Art Spielman, project manager for Columbus Maintenance Service, on recently voiced opinions of the new maintenance takeover. Columbus Services recently assumed the responsibility of maintaining the campus for a thirty day trial period. Former maintenance employees were retained with a one year contract. This does not mean , however, that the employees will be fired after one year. It just gives them an option. In this thirty day trial period the new program must prove to be effective. Spielman is very optimistic and has taken steps toward improvement. "Right now we are in an organization period in which we will give our supervisors more responsibility. These lead men will be held to their job By Lisa Waznik descriptions and will be responsible to me." He also explained that he has instituted some new programs including the hiring of a full time steamfitter controls man to work directly with the HVAC systems. Impressed With Students Spielman says he is very impressed with the caliber of the students at Wilkes and he realizes that some have justified complaints. However, he feels that the students must realize just what is behind a simple work order at times. "Many times we are waiting for a piece of equipment that had to be ordered. Sometimes our present equipment breaks down and has to be repaired. Often times there are what we call "emergency" jobs that have to be taken care of immediately, such as a contact lens falling down the drain. All of these things take the men away from atan Vol. XXIX No. 19 WIikes College, Wllkes-aure, Pa. their scheduled jobs and puts the job ahead until these things can be attended to." Vandalism Spielman told of a case recently where student van• dalism kept his men from continuing with their scheduled work. Last week in the gym, in the early morning hours, all the showers were turned on and the drain blocked. Since the gym is locked around midnight and is checked, someone had to break in. When the night man was patrolling he found the shower room filled with water to the point that it was almost over !,he top. Had it gone over, it could have flooded the gym floor , causing greater damage. "It's things like this that prevent us from getting to our other work," Spielman commented, "We have nearly 40 of these calls a week! " Speilman stated that the crews have been getting some painting done and have been replacing windows, which number near fifteen broken in the past two weeks. "We have a man on campus 24 hours a day with full crews working from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We just can't get the men there really quickly when there is something of greater importance somewhere else." He asked for student cooperation in matters involving Continued on Page 3 Still Undecided About Frats After spending the greater part of its weekly meeting on the fraternity-sorority issue, Student Government was able to take no definitive action on the matter. The body voted down a motion not to recommend the establish~ent of such a system on campus. But when another motion was introduced calling for support of the frat system, it too did not pass. Instead it ended in a nine-nine split with three abstentions. Since the Deans' Council had requested a statement from SG concerning the matter, several SG members suggested that Dean's Council be presented with both motions that were introduced at this week's meeting. It was felt that such an action would indicate to the Deans' Council that SG is divided on the issue. The statement receiving more support, that which resulted in the tie, reads as follows: "Student Government feels that a fraternity and-or sorority system with a full time director and a workable budget separate from Student Government funds could enhance campus .life." The statement of opposition to the frat system, which lost in an 8-14-0 vote, reads : " Student Government does not recommend the institution of a fraternity-sorority system on the Wilkes campus, because such a system would be devisive, segmentary and would detract from rather than enhance the social and extracurricular c:ystem of Wilkes College." By Joe Buckley In other matters, SG voted to accept the title and purpose of the proppsed decimal grading system. A vote was withheld on the procedure which will be used to operate the grading system. r SG also approved requests for the intercollegiate orchestra and for Circle K. While giving her report on the success of the winter weekend, social committee member Rosetta Chiavacci was given a round of applause and congratulations from SG members for her excellent work on the winter weekend planning and organization. Decimal Point System Gains SG Approval Purpose: In an effort to improve the present grading system, we propose the addition of grades .5, 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5. Procedure: There a re numerous reasons for the addition of grades .5, 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5. Within particular grade levels, grades are not necessarily equal. For example, if a professor determines that 80 to 89 constitutes a 3, there exists a disparity between Student A's final grade of 80 and Student B's final grade of 87. In this particular example, with decimal point grading, Student B could receive a 3.5. This grade is significant because it rates the student at 3+, a much fairer analysis of his work. Thus, decimal point grading allows a truer measure of a student's academic achivement. Decimal point grading will not cause grade inflation. A professor will be less inclined to lower this 4, 3, 2, 1 grade ranges when there is a .5 difference between grade levels. In other words, a professor will award fewer 4's when he can give the student a 3.5 as opposed to a 3. In the present system, the professor may feel a group of students have almost earned 4's and as a result lower his curve and give the students the 4 as opposed to the 3. The 4 may not be the student's actual achievement, but the 3 is no closer an analysis of his work. With decimal point grading, a student who has almost earned a 4 could receive a 3.5. This not only cancels grade inflation, but the 3.5 is the actual achievement of the student, as stated earlier. Decimal point grading can be easily introduced. It would begin with a freshman class (this would exclude the sophomore, junior and senior classes ) and would follow the freshman class through their next 3 years. Succeeding freshman classes, would also be graded in the decimal point plan. (For example, after one (-1) year, the sophomore and freshman classes would use decimal point grading. After two (2) years, the freshman, sophomore , and junior classes would use a decimal point grading etc. ): Therefore, in 4 years time, decimal point grading would be in full operation throughout the college. Our present grading system is in need of revision. A truer, fairer system appears to be decimal point grading. For both the professor and the student, it is the true indication of academic achivement. ''Rhinoceros'' Opens Eugene Ionesco, one of the foremost practitioners in this area , has written many plays that are theatrically brilliant and intellectually stimulating, but whose message ( if indeed, there is one) is not apparent. "RHINOCEROS" which opens at the C.P.A. tomorrow, has been called Ionesco's most accessible play. It has performed to critical approbation in Paris by JeanLouis Barrault, in London by Laurence Oliver under the direction of Orsen Wells, and in New York by Zero Mostel and Eli Wallach. This hilariously farcical satire is Ionesco's blow against comfotmity and the mob-instinct, epitomized by the transformation of the people of a little French town into rhinoceroses. Ionesco has denied any political involvement as an artist, but it must be deemed beyond question that RHINOCEROS was written as a reaction to the Nazi takeover in the playwright's native Romania. The playgoer will have little difficulty in recognizing the sharpness of Ionesco's barbs if, whenever he hears "rhinoceros," he substitutes "Nazi." Announced by Alfred S. Groh, director of the theater, cast members include: Marilee Gorman, Dover, N.J.; Grace Ciannilli, West Pittston; Jody Berg, Kingston; Randy Smith, Steelton; Joseph Gavlick, Lopez; Wayne Clawans, New Brunswick, N.J.; Wayne Pannabecker, Temple; Robert Klein, Pocono Lake; Lee Thomas, Easton; Victoria Moss, Mountaintop; James McGraw, Edison, N.J.; John Forte, Pequannock, N.J.; Frank McGrady, Laflin; Kathy Herpick, Hillisde, N.J.; and Mike Smith, West Pittston. �Heating Cost Analysis Proves Confusing ; Chorus Concert -~- Set For March 1 Ill Q. ....N t Ill 2 .c CII IL C I 0 u Ill 111 · IIO CII .c I- On Tuesday, March 1 at 8:30 in the Center for the Performing Arts the Wilkes College Chorus, under the direction of Richard Chapline will present their third concert for the school year. Featured in this concert will be a group of songs written by Antonin Dvorak that will give you a premature case of spring fever since the group of five all deal with the wonders of nature. These " Songs of Nature" glorify God's creations in nature. Another segment of the program will include selections, some very humerous, fr om opera s of the 19th century. Featured will be "The Neighbor's Chorus''", "The Beggar's Canon" by Offenba ch, " The Dream Chorus" by Rameau, "Waltz Barcarolle" by Verdi ·and "Evening Bell Chorus " by Meyerbeer . The Offenbach selections are quite funny when you hear the text combined with the dynamics and voicings. A selection of ~ even songs written by Ned Rorem are really poems that -have no known authors such as those referred to · as written by Anonymous. These "Songs of An Unknown Past" are 20th century and have memorable melodies. _ The final group of songs are from an American songbook and include two folk hymns arranged by Alice Parker, ''Happy In the Lord" and "Wondrous Love" . Also the New England Humerous song "Billy Broke Locks" and the familiar "Drill Ye Tarriars" will be included in this part. The admission is free. The Student Union Board is interested in student opinion regarding plans for next year for the SUB and the two gamerooms operated by the Union Board. Suggestions, comments , and ideas may be submitted at the SUB or given to any board member. By Harriet Smith IIlGH WINDS - Ellen Ferretti and Marian Cole record the wind speed in the Environmental Science Department's Meteorological Observation Station located on the roof of the Stark Learning Center. Accurate record of daily weather conditions, including maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, including the type and amount, cloud cover, and barometric pressure readings have been collected for several years. IDC Displays No Interest In Frats After a Deans Council request, President Bruce Lear asked for recommendations and general attitudes toward the establishment of a fraternal system ·on Campus at the Inter-Dormitory Council meeting Sunday night. Letters of recommendations must be written by IDC, Commuter Council, and Student Government. It was suggested and agreed that the issue' be tabled until next week so that Steve Connolly, chairman of the fraternal investigating committee, be present at the meeting. Lear did persist to draw some kind of reaction from the council, however. After no reaction at all one representative stated that it looked like there was not interest. Concerning Winter Weekend, most council members preferred and enjoyed the activities on campus. The band for Friday night's barn dance, Abelene, sparked favorable interest and was suggested that they be asked to perform on campus again. It was suggested tha·t since Giant supermarket is going out of business soon, a co-op for students be set on campus. Lear will look into the idea with Mr. Charles Abate, Business Manager. Under maintenance, a few complaints were brought to Joe Marchetti 's attention . In response to a question from Lear concerning maintenance's 30 day grace period, Marchetti stated " we've seen some improvements." . Under committee reports, the St. Patrick's Day party tickets will go on sale March 14. Prices are $4.50 with Wilkes College ID and $5.00 for guests. The party is March 20 at Gus Genetti 's starting at 7: 00. r•wwwta_:i-.,__ ! II Book And Record Mart 18 S. Main St. Wilkes-Barre I I I Books, Records and Tapes ! 825-4767 C liff and Monarch ; r s~ j I Penn !~~~~. ~he~~!~~~ CTR I § and TAPES ~ ~ ~ ~ l Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! Low Overhead Means ·Low Prices ~ 8 . Talk to Rich or Foster Our Record Specialists S 8 .~..o,--..r..r..r..r.r..o,--..r..r..r..r..,...,....,...,....,....,...,...,....,...,....,...,....,...,....,...,...,....,....,...,...,...,....,.....,................,...,.._,._J., 111••-~J:isBl'Bl'Bl'tJlll THE HUT ! 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According to David Ney , parking committee chairman, there are more parking spaces available at Parrish Hall lot and at the Temple lsrael lot ( during off hours), but there are no stickers to be distributed for use in those lots. David Ney explained that IDC was supposed to give CC red stickers in exchange for CC's purple stickers, but CC has not yet received them. Ney said he is disgusted with the IDC parking committee and does not expect to ever get the stickers from that organization. Concerning fraternities on the Wilkes campus, Commuter Council has decided to support the committee to look into the establishment of fraternities. Steve Connolly was present at the meeting to explain the purpose of the ftaternities to the council members. He said that no specific system is yet being proposed, but that he just wants some system implemented to bring commuters and dorm students together - to promote unity. 150 BEER BRANDS Foreign Beer Our Specialty Bottles Cans at Hotel Sterling BOOK WORMS! Come Wonn Your Way Thru 12,000 Current Best Sellers And Out-Of-Print Paperbacks. The analysis of heating costs at Wilkes is complicated and few people are aware of all the variables that must be taken into account when studying or comparing fuel costs. One person who does understand the problem is Charles Abate, business manager. He has stacks of records and data computing the costs based on the variables. Some of these variables concerning cost include: building size, fuel type, the ceiling height in the dorms, and the fluctuating distribution of heat. According to Abate, " We calculate the cost per square foot per building and use this data as a management tool to check why the cost might be above the normal. " Is the cost above usual this year? Since this is a complicated question, it presently cannot be answered satisfactorily. The College heats eight buildings on oil. A ninth building, Dorothy Dickson Darte, is heated by gas and oil, but primarily oil. The cost for this fuel is $35,714 for the net area of 87,725 square feet. City Steam is the fuel used to heat twenty-two buildings on campus. For a net area of 228,457 square feet the cost is $126,262. Electricity is the most confusing form of heat to analyze. The cost includes only the eight winter months and all the electricity for those eight months. Electricity heats four buildings: the new part of Stark, the Library, the New Men's Dorm, and the Snack Bar behind Parrish. For the eight months, the cost of all the electricity is $149,135 for the net area of 244,643 square feet. Abate stated, "Electricity is the most expensive, followed by city steam, oil, and gas." The only solution Abate sees at the present time is to build new Barrels Soda Snacks 60 IMPORTED BEERS IN STOCK CASE BEVERAGE Main St., Kingston 287-2126 P.L.C.B. Cards "Only" Proof Of Age Accepted �"D English Curriculum May See Additions . Lecture Series l Detailed Fully; g' By Jim Edwards At present, a student entering Wilkes College with the intentions of majoring in English has the choice of choosing a concentration in either literature, writing, journalism, or theater arts. Under the new curriculum revisions and additions of the English Department, a student may also choose concentrations in either communication studies, linguistics, and speech. These new additions of the department are currently being reviewed by the Curriculum Committee. If recommended, the proposals will then be put up for decision by the faculty and administration. Dr. Thomas Kaska, chairman of the English Department said "We hope to have an answer this academic year." The concentration in communication studies program is actually replacing the joUFnalism curriculum. Areas now covered will be in journalism, radio, television and communication theory. The program will utilize both the college radio station and the television facilities that are a part of the Wilkes-Hahnemann program. Internships will continue to be set up with local newspapers, firms , television stations, and radio stations, to give the students the work experience needed. Addition of one faculty member to the English Department will be necessary, but Kaska feels this will be offset by the number of students the program will attract to the college. Evaluation of the English Department will be made in April by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This is necessary in order to receive state certification in teaching communication studies. One of the guidelines for certification suggests that a scientific study of English be offered. The addition of a concentration in linguistics program would satisfy this guideline. No additions to the department staff would be necessary for the linguistics program and Kaska noted that " we have the resources to present a good program." The concentration in speech would be added to attrack interested students to the college since only a limited number of colleges in the area offer such a program. . Emphasis of study would be placed on rhetoric and public · address. Again no additions to the department staff would be necessary for the new program. "We are 'attempting to give the students inore career options and make English majors more attractive · without sacrificing anything" said Kaska. If the proposed curriculum revisions and additions are accepted by the Curriculum committee, faculty and administration, the programs can be set up for the fall semester. If there is a delay in the decision, ,the programs may have to wait a year. Courses can only be offered if they are posted in the college bulletin. Students had the opportunity last week to. hear about law school opportunities when the dean of Temple University's School of Law visited the campus. Peter Liacouras and members of the admissions department met with Wilkes students at the Placement Center last Thursday. Shown above are John Chwalek, left, Wilkes director of placement, and Liacouras. Last week's visit was a first for Wilkes, as it marked the first time a Temple Law School representative has met with Wilkes students. from page 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - munication with all employees at all times. "Some people have legitimate gripes. We have our 30 day trial period and we are clianging the amount of work and the manner in which it is getting done. I feel we are headed in the right direction and there is no problem we shouldn't be able to solve." vandalism and asked for patience . in other jobs. "We are trying to improve everyday. In a few weeks there will be a detailed inspection of all dorms, with Mrs. Conway from mmsing." He also said the men will be using a new paging system in the near future for better com- Januzzi's Pizza and Hoagies 125 Academy Street FREE DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS 11 - 11 825-5166 825-5037 -WHAT ARE YOU .DOING NEXT YEAR? . . : Collerr~ is a part o f you r life fill ed wi t h those fin al ~ ;ams youd like to forget. quick meals in the Un ion. good friends ancf muc h more. A college ring is a symbol of it all. In the years to com e. your college ring will reflect t hose days gon e by at yo u r alma m a ter. The week of February 28 through Ma rch 5. 1977. is a good ti me to invest th ese memories in the purchase of your own Josten·s college ri ng. A SPECIAL DEAL. Take advantage of our one week only s pecial o ffer and ((el any on e or all of t he deluxe ring option s a t the s tandard ring price. , He re's what you get: • White or yellow gold ~ • synthetic sunburst stone ~ , or birthstone • encrusting • .(lj ~ or even full name engraving on the inside of the ring ... all at no extra cost. llJ ~ "We try to bring to the Wilkes College community attractions that most people don't get a chance to see," explained Edward Baltruchitis, "that's the committee's philosophy." :- . . App l ica nts are now being considered for th e 1977 ca m p sea son. M ust be able t o t each one of the following: Arts & Crafts Director, Theater Director, Piano Accompanist and singing, Archery , Tennis, Tennis Director, Golf, Trampo Ii ne, Gymnastics, Photog r a p hy, Cheerleading , Scou t ing a nd Nature Study, A.R.C . Swimming Instructor, Boating, Canoeing and Water Skiing Instructor. Camp Office,. 707 Gawain Road, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 19462 -........ ,0 -t ::r ff) ID All meetings are open which · allows. for what is called an "adjunct committee." This is comprised of students who come to the meetings and participate but do not vote. ' a If a voting rriember is absent, member of the adjunct committee who has been diligent in attendance may be called upon to take his place. The committee replenishes itself with members from the adjunct committee when an old member leaves or graduates. An annual conference in New York City presents to those who are interested celebrities, speakers, companies, and artists who are available for the college circuit. Dean Baltruchitis who attended this meeting last year made a list of those celebrities who looked like a good risk and were offered at a good price. Of course speakers don't always keep their appointments as in the case of Dixy Lee Ray and Sir Hartld Wilson; The funds for this program come from a block grant from the Student Government and the administration. In total the budget is approximately $13,000 for each year. A representative of SU NY - Binghamton, will be In the College Commons from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 1977, to discuss (applied Masters), combined degree program and Masters and Doctoral program for Fall 1977. Are You Looking For ASummer _Counselor Position? ..., Dean Baltruchitis who bears :n the title administrative coor- g dinator for the concert and lecture series, not only explained the philosophy but the precedures and mechanics that make the series work. The committee . for the series which decides who will be brought in is made- up of five faculty members, two administrat9rs and ten voting student m~mbers. Miss Ray had all intentions of keeping her lecture at Wilkes but became too busy while Sir Harold Wilson will be doing a series for the BBC at the time of this proposed lecture for Wilkes. Want To Find Out About Graduate . .:Study At Binghamtc,n, State University · ()f New York? JISTEl'S lllllllll ClllEIE 11_11 IEEK 2 a, By Jody Berg 113 S. Main St., Downtown W-8 Painter Pants Farmer Jeans J . , Army Pants m BLpE Straight )EANS Legs . .I ,. · Flares Maverick, Wr angler Landlubber A II types of 'shirts · Plain or Printed and Novelty Designs .., �.,. ~ ...... 0. Scoop Truth, Not Air! After two weeks of silence, Mr. Lou Rauscher of the Sunday Independent has again shown us how not to conduct our t journalistic affairs. We are astounded by his persistence in 111 2 throwing out potshots from the potholes of journalism. .c In his column of February 20, Mr. Rauscher speaks of us GI u. as being "several budding scribes who didn't like our scooping C 0 them on the Wilkes College cage story." Well Mr. Rauscher is u 111 GI wrong! For in order for a story to be scooped, one must first ID have facts to scoop. "Scoop" Rauscher did not scoop facts. He GI Iscooped air . . He also tells us to get out of our "ivory towers and quit subscribing to the type of mediocrity that passes for so much of reporting these days." We fail to see our mediocrity! So too does the Columbia Scholastic Press Association which for two years has cited us as one of the top college newspapers in the nation in its annual newspaper competition and last year proclaimed us as being the best in the news competition. No newspaper, college or otherwise, receives such high honors from its peers and superiors by practicing mediocrity. We wonder if Mr. Rauscher could cite such high honors. Furthermore, comparing our journalistic efforts to his, we much prefer living in our "ivory tower" than in his bedraggled basement. For, if nothing else from our tower, we can see truth. Thu~ we are better able to offer a clearer- perspective on the issues surrounding us. And, after all, that is what journalism should be - a means of offering enlightenment and perspective. It is not, nor should it ever be, a compilation of false statements made from the soap box of personal belief. Journalism is not, as Mr. Rauscher appears to believe and practice, a safe wall behind which to hide after hurling allegations and insinuations disguised . as truth. Two weeks ago, Mr. Rauscher accused two Wilkes basketball players of possessing and using an illegal substance. Tragically and seemingly deceitfully, Rauscher defied the ethics of journalism. Mr. Rauscher offered absolutely no proof! In the two weeks hence, Mr. Rauscher and his actions have been lambasted and severely criticized by many respec. table jou_rnalists and newspapers in the local area. To seemingly sponsor such questionable journalistic standards suggests that the Sunday Independent operates under standards different from those honorable standards upheld and enforced by most American journalists. Such inaccurate reporting as Mr. Rauscher's cannot be condoned if journalism is to keep itself above public disgrace. In this week's column, Rauscher stated he had been "treated to several sermons on journalistic ethics." It is true that he was sermonized and criticized. However, we think it was rightfully deserved. He responded to the sermons this week by preaching to us that we "probably won't be told this in Journalism 202, but there's a cruel world out there waiting for you." But, while the world is a cruel place, it is only that way because of insensitive people who do not uphold justice. Yes, the world is cruel - but we think it still respects the truth. The issue here is not just Mr. Rauscher's seemingly unethical practices. There is a much greater issue, the issue of journalistic infallibility. A journalist can make a misutke. We understand that. But when he refuses to recognize his mistake, accept the constructive criticisms of his fellow journalists (even if they are " budding scribes"), and make amends for his wrongdoings, then it seems he is no longer a respectable journalist. One might even term ·such action as cowardly. To berate other journalists for the purpose of preserving one's own presumed journalistic infallibility is an action indicative of an obscure, ineffective and · immature journalist crying for attention. Most "real" journalists find such behavior appalling. Conceivably, one might say that Mr. Rauscher is operating with the mandate embodied in the first amendment of the constitution which grants freedom of the press. Such an argument would be indefensible and, if committed, the one committing it should be used in Journalism 202 as a . classic example of mediocrity at its best. It is true that we have a free press. But the privileges and rights of a free press carry with them a sense of responsibility we believe should be, and for the most part are, supported by the majority of journalists. If Mr. Rauscher can bring forth factual evidence supporting his Finally, we believe an apology is in order. We expect that apology to be written by Mr. Rauscher and to be printed in a prominent place in the news.paper which so far has seen fit to protect his questionable style of journalism. Let us hasten to add, sadly, that if our editorial is accurate, we have our doubts that Mr. Rauscher will have the courage to write an apology. Instead, we will probably find another protective barb or even nothing at all. If that occurs , we shall have made our point ! .,; N ~ 11 Letters To The Editor Beacon Gains Backing Of Local Clergyman i JazzBandPraised To The Editor, The jazz band concert on February 14 was very en• tertaining. It is about time that the Wilkes College jazz band got the recognition it deserves, and has earned. I hope the jazz band concert will be a continuing tradition at Wilkes College. Bert Katz To The Editor: Your editorial on February 10 was right to the point. You explained why you did not, and could 1,ot, in fairness and in respect for the truth, print more than an early story on "discipline problems" on the basketball team. more letters on page s You had ever y right, . and responsibility, to take a stand against unproved charges and allegations. We know the made all the practices worTo The Editor: College's position regarding thwhile when you showed your On behalf of the Wilkes College illegal and immoral activities. support in a win and your symBasketball Team, I would like to But we salute the correct reminpathy in a loss. thank those fans who came out der that many of us do not conThis was a tough year for the Bthis year to support the team. done the publishing of assertions ball team, but it was a year of When each player went out on about students (including listing learning and maturing. Next the court he gave a 100 percent of names) without documentation year should prove to be the year what he had to give at that time. by facts. that Wilkes will once again enter And when you, the fans, went to People have a way of believing the MAC playoffs and I hope you the games to cheer for them, it that if something is said, or prinwill once again show your supmade it that much easier for ted in the media, it must be true! them to give, what they had. Yo.u port. Rich Scott The Federal Communications Commission requires annual documented certification of service rendered to our community and its institutions, by radio and television stations. I have been a witness at a number of those Classes of '78, '79, and '80 ... elections for class officers will be hearings in Wilkes-Barre. In held on Tuesday, March 1 from 11 to 1 p.m. in the Commons and from regard to the press the offended, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in New Men's Dorm. You must have a Wilkes I.D. to and the public , have little vote. recourse except through the A Red Cross Course in Cardiopulmanory Resuscitation will oe oicourts. This can be expensive fered every Sunday night from 7 to 10 in the New Men's Dorm lobby. and non-productive from many Faculty, students, administration, and college personnal are all inangles. vited to attend. In the long run, if we keep our There will be an open forum tonight (Thursday ) at 7 p.m in SLC appreciative , and critical 101 concerning fraternities and sororities at Wilkes College. Speakers faculties , evil destroys itself and ~ include representatives from the National Inter-Fraternity Counright comes to prevail! This is an cil and from Alpha Chi Rho, a national fraternity. A question and anera in which our country owes swer period will follow. much to courageous reporting There will be a freshman class party Friday in the SUB from 8:30 and responsible journalism. to 1. Admission and refreshments are free. ID is required. Let's have more of that here ! We WCLH Radio Station is sponsoring a benefit basketball game Sunhave colleges, and students to be day, March 6 at 8 p.m. in the Wilkes College gym. The station will proud of, and Wilkes has its full play the WBAX "Goldiggers" . for the Melissa Gibson Child Abuse share of them ! Fund. Tickets are $1 for adults, 50 cents for children. Rev. Jule Ayers The station will also sponsor a concert-dance for the same fund on March 19 in the gym. There will be a chorus concert on Tuesday, March 1 at 8:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. Financial Aid Applications for 1977-78 will be available beginning To The Editor: on Tµesday , March 1 on the first floor, Chase Hall. This letter is especially adThe Wilkes College Theatre Production of "Rhinoceros," by dressed to seniors. Eugene Ionesco, will run on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and The Placement Office, which is Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the box office. located next to Chapman Hall, Scott Key's senior art exhibit is now showing at the Conynham South River Street, is and should Art Gallery from 1 to 9 p.m. be used as a viable job - seeking Mary Jan Kadlecik, a seni~r music major, will present a tromtool by all seniors. bone recital on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the Gies Recital Hall of By stopping there and picking Dorothy Dickson Darte Hall. up the necessary forms to start In another event at · the Gies Recital Hall, Cynthia Stuccio, a your permanent file you can aid junior music major, will offer a piano recital on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. yourself in obta ining em• ployment. The forms are resumeThe World Mutual Service Committee of the Wilkes-Barre Y.W.C.A. is holding a supper party on Sunday, February 27, from 4 to type, and take about an hour to complete. Once completed return 7 P·Dl: at the Y.W.C.A. International Students from Wilkes, King's, them to the secretary and make Misericordia, Luzerne County Community College, and Rotary Exan appointment to see Mr. Chchange Students will be tlie guests of the committee. walek, the Placement Director. The interview may help guide STAFF your employment decisions, Editor In Chief .. ... . .. ............. . ...... ... ..... : ...... . ... Palli Reilly however, most valuable will be Managing Editol"S .................. .. . .... Mary Ellen Alu , Wilma Hurst the exposure you will gain to Mr. News Editor .... .. .. ... ....... ............................. . Patrice Stone Chwalek and his exposure to you Copy Editor ..... .. •.. . • .....•..•.. •. ...... . ... ... . . . .. .. . . . .. Joe Buckley Co-op Edilol"S ...... ..... .. . .. •..• . . . . . . . Lisa Waznik , Janine Pokrinchak as a job-seeking senior. Sports Editor . . . . . . . .. .. . ........•.... . .. . . ..... . . .. .. . . ... . 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Dougla s J Rubin s re in mailed to any employer. Any Photographer . . .... .. l\ce Hoff m a n Srudios employer 'can get these forms which little or no delay. Shawnee Hall. 76 W . Norrhamp1on 5 rre e, The Placement Office, if not W i lk es· Barre , Penn sy lv a n ia 18703 used correctly, will not be any Publ.ished every week during 1he school year by the s rudenr s ot Nilke s use to us as college seniors and College . Second Class, Postage paid a, Wilkes -Barre . Pa 5ub scrip rion r a re thus be of value to the complete ;4 per year college segment it serves. So help Beacon Phone ( 717 1 824 -46 51 - E « H J Mr. Chwalek earn his paycheck. Sincerely, Offic e Hours Da i l y All view s expre ssed a r e <ho se ot <he individ u 11 Nri ,er Craig Gorton no < necessa r i ly of 1h e publica rion Vice PresirlPnt Cl""" of '77 I------------4-t 1--- 8-Ball Team Manager Thanks Fang For Support .BEACON BITS Attention Class Of '77 �,, First Degree Black Belt Revives The 'Gentle Way' QI ca ID u, 'Tl ID tr 2 QI .... < .., By Patti Reilly "Self-defense has become a very popular and useful hobby in recent years. Although selfdefense has many general definitions, one of the more specific styles of the sport is Judo." By definition, Judo means the "gentle way," and now there is a judo club at Wilkes to teach that gentle way. The club meets Monday nights at 7: 30 in the Susquehannock Hall basement under the instruction of Fred Murty, a black belt and former student at Wilkes. Murty emphasized the fact that "the club is open to everyone, and anyone has the ability to partake in the sport.'' He added that there are two basic reasons for the popularity of the Judo style; "the first is the benefit of mutual welfare, and the second is the maximum efficiency one can reach." Many colleges enter their Judo clubs in college competition. This is Murty's basic goal. He feels it a ''shame not to see Wilkes in competition when they have the raw talent." Lehigh, Penn State and Clarion Stat~ all have growing Judo programs. Murty commented that Judo "teaches one humility and selfconfidence ." Of course proficiency in the sport does not come without practice, and Murty recommends that one practice at least twice a week for three hours. If one follows a re gular practice schedule seriously, Murty felt one should become self-defense effective in about a year. Murty smiled and said, "Judo isn't magic, it's not phony, but works very effectively when one has the right state of mind." And according to Murty the right frame of mind is gained through diligent practice. . Murty is a first degree black belt with 9 years experience. He taught Judo at Wilkes from 1973 to 1975 and is anxious to revive interest in the ancient art. During the three years that the A Trip At The Zoo The other day I took some time out from my busy college senior schedule to visit the zoo. It just happened to be the State Zoo down in Harrisburg. There was a parade there at the time because Governor Shapp was in town and had just granted the animal park an amount of money. They had a few speeches and ceremonies but then got on to the proposed budget for the upcoming new year at the zoo. Well, being the seeker of unique things that I am, I asked the zookeeper who was speaking, if they had acquired any strange animals in the past few weeks since they were almost assured of the grant. He went on to say that most of the money was going to be spent on rebuilding cages and pens that were destroyed by the rising river a few years back. He did however mention that they had secured a type of dolphin for the aquarium which has never before been held in captivity, but something strange had happened to them. The topic changed as the reporter asked him questions, but those silly fis h kept swimming through my mind. The zookeeper had seemed a little hesitant in telling a lot of information about these water mammals and a sea of mystery surrounded their existence. When the festivities concluded I hung around by the monkey cage for a while and then went over to the zookeeper's office. A reporter always tries to seek out the strange and sometimes the strange seek a a reporter. I'm not sure what exactly the case was here, but I knocked on the door. "Come in," said a voice from within the office. I entered only to find the zookeeper with his head in his hands in a state of anguish. "I knew you would come back to see me about those fish. You had that inquisitive look about you," he said to me. I thanked him for the compliment. (Reporters always take that as a compliment.) He then began to tell me the strange but true story. "You see, I recently spent some time scuba diving off the coast of New Guinea in search of the rare Australian Kissing Gourami. I had almost given up all hope of a discovery when I spotted one dashing about on the ocean floor. He then swam into this underwater cavern. I followed him and upon reaching the center I beheld the most wondrous sight I had ever witnessed. There in a marine playland were a dozen porpoises frolicking about! THROWN AROUND - Fred Murty demonstrates a shoulder throw to junior Willis Hapeman, Pittston, Pa. black belt taught at Wilkes, he produced two brown belts, threegreen belts, one female student went on to win a Judo tournament, and became the first female in the history of Wilkes College to claim that record. As a beginner, one shouldn't be intimidated by Judo. Murty guaranteed that students "aren't just thrown around. but are taught how to fall and how to take care of themselves. " According to Murty, "anyone interested in Karate should not be turned off to Judo, because many of the striking techniques are the same. Lastly Murty added that he hoped people will come out and give Judo a try because "its relaxing, useful and a good way to stay in shape." Letters Librarmn Replies To Keller's Compliant To The Editor: In response to Ms. Pamela Keller's letter to The Beacon which appeared· in the February 17 issue, I wish to comment on it by presenting a few facts to your readers. 1. Our local newspaper, the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (morning edition ) is delivered to the library by a newspaper carrier boy everv morning. 2. Out-of-town newspapers ( ot national repute, or otherwise) are received on a mail sub- Freshmen Presidential Candidates Explain Their 'Team' Campaign To The Editor: This letter is to inform members of the class of 1980 of the candidacy of myself and David Finkel for the presidency and vice-presidency of our class. We have chosen to run as a team because both David and I realize that as a team we can do many things to benefit our class and the school. With 'apathy increasing and the number of activities initiated by class officers decreasing we feel a victory for Collier and Finkel can only be a victory for the class of 1980. As a team we both feel qualified and confident that our tenures in office will only help to increase student . activity and decrease student apathy. The election will be on March 1 in the commons and in the New Mens' dormitory. We are hoping that the class of '80 is ready for some real leaders. If you are tired of inactivity and want capable leaders for class office then vote for Albert Collier and David Finkel for President and Vice-President of the class of 1980. Thank you. Sincerely yours, Albert Collier IV scription basis. Therefore, this library, like everyone else, is subject to the whims of the postal service. 3. We have explored other possible alternatives, such as making a delivery arrangement with our local newspaper dealers. Due to the limited number of our subscriptions, no one is interested in our offer. 4. Our library budget does not permit multi-copy subscription to newspapers, even though they · are constantly in great demand. It is our practice to re-shelve newspapers (for that matter, journals and books ) continuously throughout the day to ensure ready accessibility. However, when the current newspapers are being read by other people, naturally these can not be located on the shelf. 5. Newspapers from Berwick and Tunkhannock areas are gifts from publishers. College funds are not used in paying for these papers. Respectfully yours, Hsi-ping Shao Serials Librarian "When they saw me they were at first startled but then realized I was a friend. All at once one came up to me and said hello ! ! ! I couldn't believe my ears! But he then explained that he had learned to speak from a fellow porpoise that was cast in a recent movie. That explained everything. "I got pretty friendly with the creature, had a nice chat, but then learned from a cute little female fis h a secret that the other scorned her for revealing. You see this rare school of dolphins had been on this earth since the beginning of time. And to continue, they would also live forever, thus making them immortal. "I could not believe my ears. But they continued by telling me that the secret of their existence was to feed once a year, on Ash Wednesday, on helpless little baby seagulls. This was totally out of character since they normally ate only fish, especially on Ash Wednesday. "So I talked a while longer with them and finally got around to asking the question, would they come back with me to the State Zoo. And to my surprise, they agreed as long as I would supply the infant gulls on the dav of immortality. Naturally, I agreed. "Well, I placed them in the Aquarium which was located next to the lions' cage. You know all of this belongs to the state and thus all of our animals are state animals. Well, back to the subject at fin. Yesterday a terrible thing happened. I had forgotten that it was Ash Wednesday. It was about a quarter to midnight when I realized that the immortal fish would die if I didn't supply the baby seagul,S. "I rushed over to the state bird sanctuary and grabbed a .dozen baby seagulls. I ran back as fast as I could. I then figured that the quickest way to the State Aquarium was to go over the lion's cage. So, I jumped over and just as I reached the Aquarium the F.B.I. came and arrested me. I was in grief. The porpoises that could have lived forever had died. And this is the end of my story." "Oh my goodness," I said, "That's hard to believe. I can't wait to put this in The BEACON. But, by the way, just why were you arrested?" "The charge was Taking baby gulls over state lions for immortal porpoises. " · So was another day in the life of your average BEACON reporter. -0- JOKE OF THE WEEK: Cancelled in memory of the sickest punchline ever to appear in the "Wizard of Waz" column. Thanks, Garry. - ~o The Feature Page ~ !" -I ':r ID GI ID QI n 0 :::, �,0 !--Winter Weekend Termed Successful ...... ... t Ill 2 .0 GJ T l lf] IL C: 0 u : ...z: ID GJ - f? Dean Baltnachitls Volleyball Ballet Volleyball Tournament ~""'''~.--t:· ~ Winter Weekend proved to be Scanarella gave special thanks to action-packed attracting many the judges - . Les Burns, Ernie Wilkes students who Rouse, arid Jim Murtha - for energetically participated in the their help. events. Saturday .afternoon from 1 to 4 The surrounding picture!S Paul Bunyan events were held in depict some of the activities. the empty lot next to the gym Photos of the ice skating night calling on the strength and skill of were not available at press time. the Wilkes students. Bingo was The festivities began on Friday held in the cafeteria. night when " Ab ilene ," a At the Bunyan events, wooden banjo pickin' and fiddlin' group, plaques went to Jim Murtha and displayed their musical talent to Steve Kirshner for winning the several hundred Wilkes students. "Match and Ax Competition." According to Frank Scanarella, Kurt Franke, Rich Hoffman, Jim tournament secretary, the affair Antonik, and Marian Cole was "scheduled to be a dance, but (Committee for a Clean Enit turned out to be a minivironment ) was first place concert." winners in " Tripod ConThe highlight of the weekend, struction" (1: 53 sec ). according to the chairmen, had to Winner in the girl's division of be the volleyball tournament on the "Wee-Folk Log Sawin' Saturday morning. "The people · contest" was Merle Zipkin ( 32 really got involved ,'' .· sa id seconds) while winner of the guys Scanarella. There were about 26 .- diyison was Joe Sullivan (37 participating teams (16'cm each . seconds ). . team ). Victory along: with a $50 ._ First place winners in the "Recheck went to • -the team man Log Sawin' Contest" were "Lagato." Team memberifwere: John Konicky and Dave Polanzo John Zapko, Nick Holgasb~Matty · ( 35 seconds ), and second place Peterson, Brian · Roth;.· Gary · winners were Danton Sanders Toczlowski, Mary _Ann: Zillnski, and Dave Samsell (36 seconds). Karen Ashman, . Donna > Whit,- -· In the "Simple Art of Orienmore, Maureen -F:aiV;ey,•· and tating" anaward ·went to Rich Sheila Pestinikas.,.. · .:... ·. . . . Hoffman and Jim ·. Antonik Second place - ~forieriL ((;:ommittee for a Clean Enrepresentatives of,th~:MatnX!li:ib;>/ .· vJrontiient) who completed the 25 Tripod Building were'. yard compass challenge course in 1:05. The award presentations were made Saturday night during the well-attended showings of "The Three Days of the Condor". Dr. Pense, professor of engineering at Lehigh University presented an excellent lecture on Sunday afternoon, and that evening, an ice skating party attracted about 200 people. Those in charge of the weekend were more than pleased with the outcome. Rosetta Chivacci, cochairman, said, "The weekend showed that the students are not apathetic. They did get out. And those that worked did a fantastic job." Norman Verhoog and Rosetta were chairpersons : Frank Scanarell a , tournam ent secretary; and John_ Senatore, ski director; · Others who contribµted greatly to the successful outcome include : J an Petrilak, Donna Smith, Pat Cullinan , · Kl.m Witherow, Gina O'Brien, Barb · Kilkenny ' Rosie Noone, Mark Abruzzese , Diane Cimak:oski, Sharon Manganello, Bob Husty, BillKeba, Mike Cole, Carol Pash- · chuk, Mike Volpe, Dean Ed <·. Baltruchitis, the Biology · Club, . and the maintenance men. Mary Ann Toth �adduya Mean We're i · ut Of Life Jackets? ! . . A-Cottt)J '11 Cl) i:r 2 1',Ht ?lt Ill ~ .... ;;;;;;;;---_ -----== l~ -.........., CII Cl) "l(c,rncl8~ Ill n '---~-,' 0 ::i by jeff acornley : DEAR LUDW/C Advice To The Journalistical~ lost DEAR LUDWIG, With all of your infinite journalistic wisdom, you must help me by giving me your sagely advice. I'm a lowly cub reporter who is plagued with idealism. It seems as though every time a big scoop crops up, I hesitate before printing it. This irritating inner nagging keeps telling me to check out the facts before I hit the typewriter. My silly conscience has made me blow more scoops than I can even count. . Now no one will read my column because it only contains facts and everyone knows that facts are boring. Please show me how to write like you. I' m in dire need of your advice. My column is dying. Signed, IDEALISTIC IDIOT DEAR IDIOT, You've got a severe case of Cultivated Compassion. It is a quite serious malady. You have to stop being concerned about the correctness and validity of your comments. People aren't important. You have to learn how to spice up your column at all costs. Rumors and fabrications work very well. If you like I will send you my new book, "How to Spread Rumors and Ruin Reputations In One Giant Step." It also comes in paperback or newsprint. Don't forget the 25 cents in coin. (No stamps, please). DEAR LUDWIG, I'm desperate. The problem centers around my school. You see, my Journalism 202 professor is an old fuddy-duddy. He absolutely insists that our classroom work be based on fact. I've liad conferences and numerous arguments with him ·but I can't seem to get through to him. Everyone knows that facts lead to mediocrity in reporting and that no one will read newspapers that insist on being so dry. This is a new age where reputations don't mean a thing anymore. • I can't stand it ! I'm considering transferring to the University of Independent but I feel an obligation to teach these people here a lesson. Please answer qqickly, I don't know how long I can take this ethical hogwash. I've got THE BEACON BLUES DEAR BLlIBS, You can try till you're blue in the face, but those people at your outmoded school seem hopelessly lost. They are too concerned with accuracy. On the other hand, you seem like our type of man. We have an opening in our department because we lost a reporter to a libel charge and a jail sentence. If you .ioin our staff, we can send our paper to the college every week and maybe by seeing how exciting we are they will fall out of their ivory towers and realize that this is a cruel world. Love and Coed's Finale To Host MAC's The women's basketball team travelled to Elizabethtown last Thursday, only to bring back a very disappointing 62-58 defeat. Remembering last year's loss to Elizabethtown in the first round of the MAC Tournament, the Wilkes women showed determination .in the first half of this year's contest and held an impressive 32-24 lead at the halfway mark. However, the Elizabethtown girls caught on to the slow-moving Colonelette offense and switched to a man-to-man defense for the second half. The female Colonels have had problems scoring against this type of defense all season and this particular game proved to be no exception. Wilkes was outscored 38-26 in the final period, thus receiving their 13th loss of the season. · The Colonelettes hosted a very strong Scranton University team on Saturday and went down to defeat, 66-44. Although the Wilkes women were consistent, scoring 22 points in both periods of the game, the fast working Scranton offense was too much to contend with. The Colonelettes put on a super effort for their final home game Tuesday, handing Baptist Bible a 78-31 thrashing. They got off to a slow start for the first few minutes, but suddenly pulled way ahead and put the game well out of reach. Scoring 48 points in the first half, the female cagers enjoyed a 36 point lead after the first period. Wilkes seemed to score at will, as they picked Baptist Bible's defense apart, and also used the fast break effectively. Four Colonelettes hit double figures, led by Mary Jo Frail with 16, Sue Freda and Lynn Yedlock with 12 apiece, and Karen Olney with 10. Dotty Martin led a tough defensive effort that restricted Bible's scoring mainly to outside shots. Wilkes, now 6-14, closes out the season Sunday at Marywood before hosting the MAC Tournament next week. GAME NOTES: Eveything was coming up roses at the Baptist Bible game when senior cocaptains Sharon Wilkes and Dotty Martin were The Colonel Swim Team saw some exciting action in the past week ending in a win and a loss. The swimmers lost to FALCONE BEVERAGE The greatest little beer in the world is here! "BUD 7~:." • lot al qua/lty, a 1/tffe at a time._ Div B o ·n ly Act·1on · By David Orischak Slow was the word in intramural competition this week with only four games being played, all in Division B. One reason for the slow down was the direct result of Chris Drake's second basket of the season. After this bright spot in Drake's career time was taken to present awards and make speeches. The other reason for the slow down was the abundance of varsity action in the gym last week. In one of the four games played, Northern Death defeated Bananas 54-46, as Fisch carried the winners with a game high 16 points. In another game, Orien's Express easily defeated Diaz 68-52. Mike Briel was the big story of this game as he set a season high in individual scoring with 31 points. Dirksen proved to be easy pickings for Slocum as the boys from 262 won by a 44-35 margin. Norman Rickles was high scorer for Slocum with 20. Finally, the battle for the basement continued this week and almost had a surprise ending when the Urchins came within two points of winning their first game. With three seconds left in this contest Hotel Sterling I was in the lead 40-38 and the Urchins had the ball out of bounds. The inbounds pass went to 5-7 forward Dean Evans who made a remarkable turn~around slam dunk with no time left on the clock. However, Evans was called for travelling and the victory went to the Hotel. Swiuiuiers Head To MAC's compassion are ridiculously archaic. "For All Your Beverage Needs" 329 South Main Street, Pittston, Pa. Call 654-6767 or 822-7572 presented with red roses upon leaving the game. Senior Sue Ann Knight, confined to crutches after recently undergoing knee surgery, also received a rose. The game marked the last home showing of these girls. Co-captains Martin and Wilkes also presented certain individuals with carnations for services rendered throughout the season. Biggest Selection Best Prices On Diamonds VANSCOY Diamond Salon Gateway Shopping Center, (Near Jewelcor) Binghamton last Wednesday but came back to end their dual meet season by defeating Cathedral College, both at the home pool. In Wednesday's action, Wil}{es placed first and second in both diving events with Paul Neidzweicki winning and Cindy Glawe right behind the co-captain. Both divers are expected to do well in the upcoming MAC Tournament, Paul being undefeated throughout the season. . The Colonel medley relay team consisting of Kevin Augustine, Jim Edwards, Tony Pinto, and Jeff Jones won the event. Binghamton took firsts in almost every event following but Wilkesmen and women took most second and third place points from the New York school. The close final score was 61-49. In Saturday's meet with Cathedral the Aquamen joined forces at the start of the meet by winning the medley relay event. Relay members were : Maris Solomon, Carol Piatt, Lisa Waznik and John Heffner. The Colonels continued by taking first and second in the 1000 yard freestyle with Melita Maguire and Jeff Boberick scoring. Double trouble surprised the seminarians when Keith and Kevin Augustine whipped through the 200 yard freestyle adding eight more points to the score for Wilkes. Bill Manley and Jeff Jones finished first and second again in the 500 yard freestyle. Freshman Jim Edwards broke the school record in the 200 yard individual medley event with Tony Pinto following for the second place. In their last dual meet at Wilkes Co-captains -Lisa Waznik and Paul Neidzwieki culminated their college swimming careers with Paul taking two firsts in diving and Lisa swimming in the two winning relay teams and taking second in the 200 yard butterfly event. John Heffner had a fine day taking three first places, two in relay events and the single victory in the 100 yard freestyle. Others taking firsts were Jeff Boberick, Alan Shaw, and Maris Solomon. Final score in the victory was 83-25. This weekend the Colonel Swim Team will be traveling to W_idener College in Chester·, Pennsylvania for the M.A.C. Swim Championships. �CD g BEACON SPORTS Ill II. ...... 0, .; N t Ill i? .a GI IL C 0 u : !... ID ~ . •11:· ! ·• · A BEARDE IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH Coach Rodger Bearde in a pensive moment. The potential is there as illustrated by two outstanding plays by underclassmen Kendall McNeil (left) and Art Meigh (right). Bea·rde is anxiously waiting for it to gel. (Photo by Bill Walsh) Grapplers Look For Win Record While Waiting For Easterns By Earl Monk The Wilkes College Wrestling Team conwill in all probability lead the Colonels next year. eludes its regular season this Saturday at Rutgers House has been especially outstanding this year University by going for record-setting victory and now has ten straight wins. Last week he pinnumber seventeen. The Colonels entered this ned his opponent from Bucknell and won via forweek with a 15-3 log after defeating Bucknell 33-7 feit against F&M. He and MacLean will be counlast Wednesday and Franklin and Marshall 41-3 ted on to lead the Colonels in the same successful last Saturday. Last night they were at Montclair fashion as Lon Balum Rick Mahonski Bruce State for a match in which they were expected to Lear, and Dave Gregr~w have done thi; year. pick up their sixteenth victory. After concluding their dual meet season witn The victories last week gave them ten Rutgers, The Colonels will then turn their atstraight wins since the loss to Syracuse last tention to the Easterns. This will be their second January 15th. Should they win both matches this year of competition in this tough tournament and week they'll end up 17-3 and set a record for viethe field is impressive. Lehigh and Syracuse tories surpassing the 1972-73 season high of 16. (both of whom defeated Wilkes) will be there. In The victories would also give them the momenaddition Navy(a21-18 loser to the Colonels), East tum and confidence they will need for the Eastern Stroudsburg, Franklin and Marshall, and Yale Tournament next week at Syracuse. will be there. Lehigh will be the favQrite, while the Mark Densberger (150) was last week's stanColonels, Syracuse and Navy are expected to batdout performer, picking up pins in both matches tie it out for the runnerup slot. However, with a as he ran his record to 12-3. The freshman from few breaks here and there the Colonels could Danville has been outstanding all year and Coach even cop the team title. John Reese is looking forward to three more enGRAPPLING GAB: Senior Bruce Lear (142) joyable years from Densberger. Another freshalso won two bouts last week and gave the Wilkes man 118 pounder Glynn Mansfield (11-3) also concrowd a great display on his feet against Bucknell tinued his fine showing chipping in with two wins when he took his opponent down four times ... The during last seek's victories. jayvees (9-1) of Brooke Yeager continued their These freshmen along with several other outwinning ways with a 27-9 defeat of Bucknell's standing underclassmen give Reese a very opjayvees ... Freshmen Warren Bush (150) and Rick timistic outlook for next year. Denny Jacobs and Smith (hwt.) both had pins in the victory ... Don Gaetano are two other freshmen with bright Balum didn't wrestle at all last week due to infutures. Sophomores Alex Grohol, Gene Clemons jured ribs. He may be back this week ... Clemons (13-5-3 ), Perry Lichtinger (11-2), and Bart Cook was also out last Saturday due to an ear injury ... · (7-2) will also return. Cook won two decisions last • Next week's issue will have the Colonel line-up week, and Lichtinger had a pin in the F&M bout. and a preview for Easterns ... In the big meet in Heavyweight Dan House (15-4) and 158 pounthe East Penn State beat Lehigh last week 18-17. der Greg MacLean (8-4) are the two juniors who BIG MAC ATTACK - Colonels Greg MacLean using another person's head. Beset by nagging shoulder injuries throughout his Colonel career, Greg is hoping to pin down a slot at Easterns. A complete preview of the EIWA Tournament will be published in next week's Beacon. r Cagers Mercifully End Frustrating Campaign By Jeff Acornley The Wilkes· College Colonel basketball team ended their season last week. Graciously. No playoff berth. No winning record. Nothing to look forward to and certainly not much to look back upon. May this season rest in peace. Heading into last week's action, the Colonels, despite all of the problems that have dogged them relentlessly all year, were actually in excellent position to grab a playoff spot in the MAC. Obviously it didn't materialize. After the Colonels tremendously inspiring performance against Scranton last week, faith seemed to have been restored to everyone except the team members. The defending National Division III Champs had to fightfor their lives in overtime before succumbing the scrappy Colonels. Wilkes was beaten but they proved that they could play competitively with the big boys. All they had to do was beat Elizabethtown to be assured of a playoff spot and a clean slate, not to mention. another shot at Scranton. The Wilkesmen travelled to E-Town just two days after the nearmiss with Scranton and to say that they got blown out would be understating the situation drastically. The Blue Jays completely dominated the contest from beginning to end, thereby adding another Colonel team to its list of enemies. Wilkes soccer coach Chip Eaton isn't the only person on campus to have a special place in his heart for Elizabethtown. Cage mentor Rodger Bearde isn't very fond of the Blue Jays either. "This is the third year in a row that this has happened to us. It seems as though every season comes down to our beating E-Town after big games with Scranton and three years in a row they have handled us," commented a frustrated Bearde. The Colonels simply looked awful. Relying too much on emotion, they were slow, flat, uninspired, lethargic, and any other adjective you can think of that means lousy. One Colonel player said, "We kept thinking about the Scranton game and some of the things we should have done differently to give us the victory." Another player commented, "We were so pumped up for the game with the Royals that we could have jumped through the roof of the gym. When we lost it, it just drained us and we didn't have anything left for E-Town." The Colonels were fixated on the fact that they lost to Scranton and their excellent performance didn't buoy them at all. Everything they tried flopped. Beset by a leg injury to Kendall McNeil and a groin injury to Tommy Donahue, things got progressively worse. Jeff Baird ran into a wall chasing a loose ball and had to sit for a while with an injured hand. John Zapko fouled out ' with 10 minutes still remaining in the game. Ken Hughes managed only four points while suffering with a bad cold. The bench looked more like an emergency room at a hospital than a basketball team. While these players rode the bench, the players on the court didn't look much healthier. They seemed to be content to remain spectatqrs while E-Town provided all the action. For all intents and purposes, the contest was decided in the first half when the Colonels could only muster an anemic 22 points and went into the locker room trailing by 15 markers. The final score was a devastating 87-57. That's a 30 point difference folks; a very large total. The team closed out the season on Tuesday night with yet another loss to Lebanon Valley, 76-75. This dropped their season log to a dismal 7-15, more than twice as many losses as wins. Although this year was a disaster in more ways than one, the Colonels do seem to have a solid nucleus for the future. Only Tom Donahue will be lost via graduation. "I wish the season was just beginning," commented Bearde. "These kids are going to have a great future." No doubt about the future, coach, but the fans need a rest. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 February 24th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 February 24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/7488346ff0c7a5670148d3d9b35ee2af.pdf b25f8c951da33833a3ba026e7b51fdcd PDF Text Text Tuition Hike Is Predicted Vol. XxtX, No. 20 Wilkes Co lleg e Lecture Series Contin ues BuchwaJd To Speak Art Buchwald, noted newspaper columnist, will be the featured speaker as part of the Concert and Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 16, at 8 p.m. in the gym. Buchwald has been called by Time magazine "the most successful humorous columnist in the United States." His column appears in over 400 newspapers in the United States and all over the world. In addition to his syndicated column, Buchwald has written a number of books including: "Washington is Leaking, I Never Danced at the White House and the Establishment is Alive and Well in Washington. Buchwald wrote ·a play which opened on Broadway in 1970. "Sheep on the Runway" also opened in Washington. The play received many favorable reviews. Buchwald's popularity -is not _limited to only writing. He has performed on records, on television and before audiences. Buchwald gained his early experience in journalism during his service with the Marines. As a student after the service, Buchwald became managing editor of 'the University of Southern California's humor magazine. His experience in writing columns began with "Europe's Art Buchwald Lighter Side" in 1952, which he wrote for the European and American editions of The New York Herald Tribune. atan Ma rch 3, 1977 Spiraling Costs Hit W ilkes Spiraling costs, a spiraling ·economy and spiraling tuition costs seems to be the general course of affairs in the entire nation. President Capin is presenting a recommendation to the Board of. Trustees that Wilkes College raise its tuition $200 for the 197778 school year, along with a room and board hike of $50. Comparitively, Wilkes is fairing well when practically every other college in the state is also confronting its students with tuition and room and board hikes. Franklin and Marshall College is increasing its tuition $345. and King's College, right down the street, is sporting a $100 increase. King's is also increasing its student activ~ty_fee by $20. Wilkes is dead set against raising extraneous fees and is still pushing for a quality education for its students. President Capin commented that, "the tuition increase is being made necessary by the inflating economy and that cutbacks have been made, wherever possible to keep the costs down." Wilkes is still one of the least expensive private colleges in the state of Pennsylvania. Capin also added that student aid would be increased by $40,000 making the total student aid the college gives out to reach the $500,000 mark. Part-time and , graduate rates will also be raised by $5. a credit hour. Statistically this all means that student aid will be increased by 8.7 percent, room and board will be increased by 3.6 percent, and tuition will be increased by 8 percent. SALARY INCREASES The increased tuition will go towards provided long-awaited salary increments for Wilkes College employees, improved Blue Cross coverage for these employees and also maintenance and general improvements of the many Wilkes College buildings. Several new academic programs are being proposed, including a broadening of the present Computer Science Program .and the opening of a Communications major. When asked about the students' feeling the brunt of the spiraling economy Capin stated that "everything possible is being done to keep tuition and room and board hikes to a minimum. " One may ask where does it end, and what can be done to stop the soaring costs of existence. The answer is simple and blunt, "not much." It is sure to end somewhere at sometime but just when, where, -and how no one seems to know for sure. . Since that time, -Buchwald moved to Washington and started a career in writing about the happenings in the nation's capitaL Buchwald's success as · a columnist and lecturer is due to his sense of humor and satire. Walter Lippman said that Buchwald is "one of the best satirists of our time." Juniors To Dost Gong Show On Mareh 18 In The CPA By Pam Long How would you like to do something really crazy on Friday night, March 18? If this proposal sounds agreeable, then mark the calendar and get set for the very first "Gong Show" ever held on the Wilkes campus. According to Frank Scan. carella, manager of the event, the sole purpose of the show is to provide amusement for the audience and "something crazy to do" for the participants. It offers st_udents the opportunity to air those " unusual" talents they possess and to perhaps satisfy their burning desire for fame and fortune. And indeed fame is not all which lies in store for the winners! Scancarella also anticipated the prizes to be awarded which may include trophies, and for the grand prize, the enticing figure of $51.32. The judges, Dr. Turoczi, Dr. RQdechko, and _Elaine Slobinski will be present to evaluate each act fairly, with John Forte acting as Master of Ceremonies. Of the 42 applications sent out, a discou_raging nine have made their way back to Frank Scancarella. He mentioned that he would like to see all of them returned, but that due to the time factor involved, the number of acts will be limited to 20. At present it seems word of this opportunity hasn't yet reached all of the " hidden stars" on campus, and surely, a little modesty never stopped anyone. Students are urged to turn out and show their stuff. Applications in present circulation are the only ones which will be available to participate and all are reminded that Friday, March 4, is the deadline for submitting them. Remember, the time is 7: 30 on Friday night, March 18, at the Center for the Performing Arts and the admission is free. To all who attend or participate is promised an unquestionably "crazy" experience. Shown are some of the students who will be assisting with the campaign luncheons. From left, seated, Charlotte Richards, Dallas; Mary Beth Banos, Hughestown; Art Hoover, directo~ of alumni relations: Mary Ellen Alu, Pittston:_ and Denise Schaal, Wilkes-Barre. Standing, Jeff Acornley, Wilkes-Barre; Terry Schoen, Scranton; Don Voight, Washington. D.C.; Mike Castrignano, Wilkes-Barre; Barry Pezzner, Wilkes-Barre; and David Brace, Burnville, Minn. College Launches Ca111pa ign 177 Campaign '77, the annual fund raising drive of the college, opened yesterday as a kickoff luncheon was held at the Hotel Sterling. Earl Macarty, vice-president of the Wyoming National Bank in Wilkes-Barre. According to Director of Development James Aikman, the overall quest of the campaign ($350,000), will be attempted to be raised through the community, alumni, the college family, aqd other sources. A veteran of many Wilkes fund drives, Macarty is optimistic about the challenge presented by Campaign '77. "The college is important to the life of .the community," said Macarty, "and I feel, as has\been the case in past years, that they will continue their fine support." Chairman of the community phase which began yesterday is Report luncheons will be held on successive Wednesdays with the final report to be made March 30. Assisting Macarty as vicechairman of the community phase is Atty. Gene Roth. President Robert Capin explained the purpose of the campaign as being two-fold-to raise additional financial support for the scholarship program and to reinforce the financial status of the institution for the purpose of off-setting costs that have increased far beyond income derived from t11ition. · �~wc~----_- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seminar On Mentally Ill ~ Recommendation On Frats Scheduled For March 16 ~ Is Passed .Overwhelmingly 11' 0. cu ..... 0- A recommendation to support a M fraternal system -on campus for a ~ trial period was overwhelmingly ia passed by the Inter-Dormitory ~ Council at their meeting Sunday night. This recommendation will be given to Dean's Council for their reviewing. Steve Connolley, representing the Ad Hoc Investigating Committee, spoke before the council and answered questions that some of the representatives had. He explained that the fraternity or sorority would operate as both a college and community service organization and · a social organization. He also strongly emphasized that a fraternal system would be a part of the college family and would not split it up. IDC now joins Commuter Council as being in favor of a fraternal system on campus. President Bruce Lear reported that Dean's Council has also requested IDC to clearly redefine the college party policy. Since the spring break is next week Lear postponed the request until the next meeting so that anything completed at this meeting would not be lost or forgotten over the break. It was reported that a couch was stolen out of Slocum Hall in which the thief simply walked in, took the couch and drove away. Joe Marchetti, Housing Director, said, "On paper, the men in Slocum are responsible for the couch ." Lear strongly . · suggested that all outside dorms lock their doors. More . complaints against maintenance were reported to Marchetti. These complaints dealt with maintenance men refusing to do a job and just checking over a job but not completing any work. Under committee reports, the BEER visitation committee is now going to take steps in drafting a proposal of revision in the current policy. The letters written to other colleges concerning their policy revisions were never answered. The ·food committee is holding a meeting today at 3 in the cafeteria. Again all interested students are urged to attend. At the end of the meeting', Marchetti said, in his advisor's comment, that he hopes council members were reporting back_to their dorms what was discussed at IDC meetings. Marchetti feels it is the representatives ' responsibility to keep their fellow students informed and to also direct their complaints in the right direction. All Wilkes College faculty members and students are invited to attend a conference on " Community Care for the Mentally Disabled" March 16 at 1: 30 p.m. in the Wilkes Library Seminar Room. The program is being sponsored by the Wilkes Community Service Department in cooperation with Horizon ' House Institute of Philadelphia. The program was developed to help. the community explore its response to the mentally ill and the mentally retarded, and to Tickets On Sale Mar. 21 For Jr-Sr Dinner Dance IS IT A BIG MAC ATTACK? - Almost. But in this case McDonald's famous burger isn't involved. The Middle Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament has come to Wilkes, and the Wilkes Colonelettes are featured in the first contest today at 11 a.m. The above picture is from a regular season game with Scranton U, this year's top-seeded team. Wilkes players are freshman Lynn Yedlock of Ashley (42), junior Karen Olney of Monroe, Ct. (54)·, and senior Sharon Wilkes of Nanticoke (40). Ticket sales will be restricted to members of the junior and senior classes; a Wilkes identification card must be presented at time of purchase. Those persons, from Community Service, involved in organizing the program include: William Popeleski ( committee member in charge of the program ), Dave Sick (graphics ), Monty Harris and Linda Goss (publicity ), Sue Johnson and Lisa Robak ( clerical). It is the community itself which will have ultimate resposibility for resolving the difficulty and complex issues involved. By encouraging balanced discussion among all those affected better solutions can be framed for each community. Three Competing For Scholarships BEER MARQUIS ART and FRAME BRANDS Art Supplies Foreign Beer Our Specmlty and_ Picture Frames Bottle~ 217 South Main Street, WILKES BARRE Cans Barrels Are You Looking For A Summer Counselor Position? Snacks Applieants are now being considered for the 1977 camp season . Must be able to teach one of _the following: Arts & Crafts Director , Theater Director, Piano Accompanist and singing, Archery, Tennis, Tennis D i rector, Golf, Tram po Ii ne , Gymnastics ; Photography, Cheerleading, Scouting and Nature Study, A . R . C . Swimm in g I _n st r u ct or, Bo at in g , Canoeing and Water Skiing Instructor .. 60 IMPORTED BEERS IN STOCK CASE BEVERAGE Main St., Kingston 287-2126 P.L.C.B. Cards "Only" Proof Of A~e A1;cepied . The conference will involve a film entitled "These People." This documentary film focuses on the response of Pennsylvanians to the phase down of local institutions for the mentally disabled and the development of greater numbers of ·community care-alternatives. Following the film, a panel discussion will be led by community leaders involved in community placement, institutions, administration, legal rights, and academic humanism. These representatives are : Donna Comiskey ( HazletonNanticoke MH-MR), Dr. William Reed ( White Haven Center ), Barry Simmons ( LuzerneWyoming MH-MR), Atty. James Morris ( Luzerne County Legal Services Assoc.) and Dr. James Rodechko (Wilkes College). The annual Junior:senior Dinner Dance is set for April 1. The location for this gala affair is The Treadway Inn. The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with a cocktail hour. Dinner will then be served at 8 p.m. Included in the buffet menu will be sliced beef, lasagna, chicken kiev, baked halibut on shell, salad, brown rice; two vegetables, relish tray, rolls, ice cream sundaes, coffee and tea. Music for dancing will be provided by " Bingo's Diesel" from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. A half price cash bar will be available. The price for mixed drinks · will range from sixty to seventy-five cents. Munchies will be served later in the evening. Tickets will tentatively go- on sale Monday, March 21. They will be available in the Commons from 11 a .m. to 1 p.m. and in the lobby of New Mens from 5 to 7 p.m. The price of tickets will be approximatelytwenty dollars per couple. Definite information will be posted at a later date. 150 bring together those voices in the community that need ,amplification on a very specific component of that issue--the response of local communities to the growth and development in their midst of community care facilities for the mentally disabled. 1 Camp Office, 707 Gawain Road, Pl~mouth Meeting, Pa. 19462 Nominees for the Air Force ROTC scholarships have been announced by Col. Richard Wing, professor of aerospace studies. Nominated were Christian Shippey, Tunkhannock; Peter J. Kowalchik, Pringle ; and Thomas Matiska, Wilkes-Barre. The three Wilkes freshmen will be competing against other students from New England, New York, New Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania. The three-and-ahalf year scholarships cover full tuition, books, and monthly living expenses. will The awards will be given in the areas of pilot, navigator, and missile training, plus other technical and non-technical studies. Nominations were based on SAT scores, Air Force Officer Qualifying Test scores, competitive grades, and officer potential. Granting of the awards . require that the students complete their studies, and remain in the service four years after graduation. The winners are guaranteed a job with a starting pay of $11,000 and a raise of $5,000 if they choose to remain in the air force after the required four years. The scholarship winners will be announced in March. �"U Debaters Finish High At Forensic :Tourney Dot-Line Connection-~ A Success At Wi-l kes-~· QI ,a <II w -I ::r <II 111 <II QI The Wilkes College Debate Union, led by directpf Dr . Bradford L. Kinney, traveled to the Pennsylvania For ensks Association tourns1ment held at Clarion State College fr om February 25-27 and returned as the ninth-ranked forensic school in the state. The PF A tournament, held annually at one of the member schools, brings most of the major forensic schools from across the · state together for two days of high-powered competition. Since only PF A schoolr are invited to compete, the competition is considered the state championship tournament. The Wilkes finish in tlie upper division of all the schools attending the tournament was sparked by fine individual performances. Maryanne Bartoszek, a sophomore Union member, brought home a fifth place-trophy for after dinner speaking. This makes her the fifth ranked after dinner speaker in the state. Maryanne will defend her title at the national championship to be held in April at George Mason University in Washington, D.C. Five other Union members competed at the tournament. Although they didn't bring any trophies back to the college, they contributed to making Wilkes the ninth-ranked school in the state. The five members are Marcia Stratton, David Roberts, Steve Jurewicz, Donna Korba , and David Evans. Dr. Kinney also brought an honor to Wilkes. He was unanimously reelected to a second term as secretarytreasurer of the PF A. br. Kinney was praised for his fine work . during the past year and also for his valuable help in running this year's tournament. The PF A competition was attended by many powerhouse forensic schools from across the state. Wilkes competed against such schools as LaSalle, Edin- · boro State College, Bloomsburg State College, Shippensburg State College, and many other · state schools. _ Debate Union members will next travel to Shippensburg State College, giving up part of their spring break to compete in the Raider Invitational Tournament on March 11 and 12. Invitations are sent nationwide, so Wilkes will once again fa ce heavy competition. This will be the last tournament the Union will participate in before traveling to Seattle, Washington, to compete in the Pi Kappa Delat Nationa1 Convention and Tournament from March 18-22. n By Jim Edwards 0 :I The Wilkes College Connection went into operation on February 21. This new 24-hour hot-line of campus announ cements has received over 600 calls on an average of 80 calls a day after one week. "We are very pleased with the response, " said Douglas Rubinstein, director of public relations, who went on to say that " the people from the community who have called are very please with it also." Many of these calls can be accounted for as just being made out of curiosity during this initial per iod . It should be noted, however, that after the score of an away basketball game.was put on with the other announcements as an up date, the hot-line "lit up like a Christmas tree with calls" according to Rubinstein. One of the immediate concerns of the public relations office is to continue their promotion projects for the "Connection." A major promotion campaign is being planned for the fall semester with publications, bumper stickers, etc. "We have to continually remind the people that were are providing - them with this service," said Rubinstein. The " Connection" is being used to kick off the college campaign for fund-raising which started this past Tuesday. Campaign updates will be put on the hot-line along with mini interviews of people involved in the campaign. An y college-sponsored 3:: QI ., n ::r ~ .., ........ SPORTS, CONCERTS, TH EAT RE, LECTURES, FILMS, HAPPENINGS, EXHIBITIONS, RECITALS, NEWS 717-826-1135 FOR 24-HOUR INFORMAT·ION ON WILKES C~ LLEGE EVENTS. Above is shown the front and back of the "Wilkes College Connection" announcement card. In operation only a short period, the communications system is already proving to be successful. organizations are welcomed to put their important announcements on the "Connection." Two weeks notice should be given to the public relations office before the ct.ate of the event. " It is an inexpensive vehicle of publicity," commented Rubinstein. The tape recording system was donated to the school so the only expense of the hot-line is the $17 a month line fee. Even if the system was not donated Rubinstein feels the benefits would still far-out-weigh the costs. The public relations ·office is still in the process of studying the uses and advantages of a hot-line, but Rubinstein could not emphasize enough how pleased they are with it. Again the name of the hot-line is The Wilkes College Connection and the number is 826-1135. R e~ onal Art.Awards On Exhibit The 1977 Scholastic Art Awards Regional Exhibition is currently on exhibit at the SordonL and Conyngham Art Galleries. The show will run through March 9. The galleries will be open daily from noon to 8 p.m. Scholastic Art Awards is a national program for the encouragement of junior and senior high school · art achievement. About 400 pieces of two and three-dimensional works are being shown. The entries came from 57 schools thr oughout Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, St. Pat's Party Set For March 20 The student art show of Randall Bond will be on display in the Cony ,..~ham Anne x Gallery from March 6 to March 12. ' A reception will open the show on Sunday. March 6, at 8 p. m .. and the gallery will be open· daily from :1 to 8 p.m. Featured will be Bond's paintings and drawings. He is a l!J7:I graduate of Central Columbia High School. The annual CC-IDC St. Patrick's Day Party will be held Sunday, March 20 from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. at Gus Genetti's, WilkesBarre. Price of the affair is $4.50 with a Wilkes I.D. and $5.00 without. There will be a buffet dinner consisting of sliced ham, southern fried chicken, Swedish FALCONE BEVERAGE Chuck Robbins Sporting Goo.ds "For All Your Beverage Needs" 329 South Main Street; Pittston, Pa. Call 654-6767 or 822-7572 The greatest little beer in the world-is here! 113 S. Main St., m Downtown W-8 Painter Pants Fanner Jeans i , Anny Pants Straight Legs · · Flares Maver ick , BLpE JEANS "BUD 7'!..~._" a lot of quality, a little at a time. meatballs, sliced assorted cheeses, potato salad, vegetables, desserts , and beverages . . Music will be provided by "Cookbook", and there will be free beer, and soda, and a cash bar. · Tickets will go · on sale until Friday, · March 18 in the · ' bookstore. Sullivan, Wayne, and Wyoming Counties. Wilkes College faculty, administrators, students, and alumni played an important part in this year's regionai program. The Scholastic Art Awards Regional Advisory Committee was directed by Henry Casilli, assistant professor of ar t. Richar d F uller, assistant professor of art and art education, also served on the committee and judged one level of competition. The regional sponsor for the Scholastic Art Awards is Fowler, Dick, and Walker, the Boston Store. Wrangler La nd lubber J . All types of shirts Pla in or Printed and Novelty Designs 39 W. Mali<et St., Wilkes-Barre Men's and Women's Hair Styling · YOUR FATHERS MUSTACHE PENN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER Wilkes Barre Pa. Phone 825-7569 �State=iegislature To Vote "' ! On LoWer Drinking Age 8 Wilkes Students Are Feeling All The Punches a, ........ 0- .., I believe the old saying went, "Old enough to vote, old enough to fight, old enough to accept responsibility, but not old enough to drink in Pennsylvania. " It seems very true, -approximately 68 % of Wilkes' dor..,. mitory student population is from out of state, where the 18 ~ year old drinking age is legal. However, within the state, :_ students are unable to indulge and must therefore resort to other forms of entertainment. With so many local watering holes off campus, it seems a shame that the majority of Wilkes' students are unable to take advantage of them. Although the fairness and justice of a change in the present drinking age laws are obvious to those of us who are directly affected, it is necessary for us to apply as much political pressure on our representatives in favor of a change as those who oppose a change. We have heard that when the hearings to lower the drinkin& age -were being held last year only two groups supported the change, while many pressure groups opposed it. If we want this law changed, it is our responsiblity to let our representative for whom we vote, know our position favoring a change in this law. The state representative for this district is: The Honorable Bernard F. O'Brien Room B-8, State Capitol Building Harrisburg, Pa. 17101 The state senator for this district is: The Honorable Martin L. Murray Room 291, State Capitol Building Harrisburg, Pa. 17101 According to a letter The Beacon received from the Student Association of Lycoming College, "If 10,000 college students in Pennsylvania write to their representatives in Harrisburg, it would be difficult for the legislature to ignore such a demand.'' The present proposal in front of the state legislature favors lowering the drinking age in Pennsylvania to 19 years of age. At present, the most constructive thing college students can do is to write letters to the above people urging them to vote in favor of the proposal. Hopefully with enough letters, q.nd enough interest the age may be lowered .. BEACON BITS Attention Seniors: Any senior who has not returned their proofs for senior portraits to Ace Hoffman - please do so by March 9th or it will not appear in the 1977 Amnicola. · There will be a band concert tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the CPA. Meeting of the class of 1978 will be held today at 11 a.m. in the CPA. Commuter Council meeting will be held today at 11 a.m. in Kirby Hall, Room 102. Spring vacation begins Friday, ·March 4 until March 14. TDR Freshman Initiation will take place on Sunday, March 6. Deadline for filing BEOG Applications for the current school year will be Tuesday, March 15. Tickets for the annual CC-IDC St Patrick's party will go on sale Friday, March 18 in the bookstore. The party will be held on Sunday, March 18 in the bookstore. The party will be held on Sunday, March 20 from 7 p.m. to 12 :00 a.m. at Gus Genetti's. Library hours for the spring vacation will be : Saturday, March 5, 9-5 ; Sunday, March 6, Closed; Monday, March 7 to Friday, March 11, 8-5; Saturday, March 12, Closed; Sunday, March 13, 2-12. The Northeastern Art Show is now on exhibit in the Sordoni and Conyngham Art Galleries from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. , now through March 9. ·g eginning with the 1978 entering class, all applicants to the nanor,'s five colleges of podiatric medicine will be required to take the new medical college admission test as an entrance requirement. The test dates for 1978 admission are April 30 and October 1, 1977. Interested students should register for the new MCAT no later than 30 days prior to either test date. Registration materials are available at the Placement Office. Women Against Cancer will sponsor a Las Vegas Night on March 11, beginning at 7 p.m. at Gus Genetti's Ballroom in Wilkes-Barre, to benefit the American Cancer Society. Tickets are available at Rea and Derrick, Gateway Shopping Center; Paperback Booksmith, Wyoming Valley Mall; Book and Record Mart, South Main St. ; Leo MaJ;us, Public Square, or phone the American Cander Society, 8257763. Nominations for Student Government representatives will be held Thursday, March 7. The Class of '78, at 11 a.m., CPA; Class of '79, 11 a.m., SLC 101; and Class of '80, 12 noon, SLC 101. Elections will be held one week later, Thursday, March 24, 11-1 Commons, from 4.:30 to 6:30 NMD. You will need a validated Wilkes I.D. to vote at this time. ·llLettersll Student Argues Against Apathy To The Editor: Having written a ·few months ago, I am writing again. Last time I wrote about apathy. This time I will also talk about this phenomenon known as apathy. Since apathy means indifference, I must ask the students what they want out of college besides a degree and possible employment. I ask ,the students: What will you tell the interviewer· when he asks you how you spent your free time besides studying? I am not denying that studying comes first before activities and clubs. What I am doing is asking people, exhorting people to join in the fun of college. I know I am going to be blasted by some people who are club members, however, this letter is directed to those apathetic students who either don't know or don't care. Since September, I have joined or have achieved membership of four organizations (whose m:11n~s have been excluded to protect the innocent) on campus. This is when I have a 2.5 GPA. I make it a point to attend some of these meetings, whereas the SG and IDC meetings are mandatory. So, next September, I hope to see my fellow students walking up to one of the club booths and signing up with one of the clubs. Don't worry about attending all of the meetings. Attend those meetings and p·a rticipate as much as your time permits. By the way, SG, IDC, and CC meetings are OPEN. You don't have a vote, but you can tell your rep what to say, do, or how to . vote. After all, you elected them and they are doing ·a job for you. So, get off your duffs and get walking and talking. · Sincerely yours, Shep Willner STAFF Editor In Chief .. . . . . .. . . ... .......... ... ..... . .. .. ... ... .... . Patti Reilly Managing Editors .. . .. . . ..... ... . . ..... .. . Mary Ellen Alu , Wilma Hurst News E.dilor . .. ........ . . ... .... . .......... .. ..... . ..... . . .. PJtrice stone Copy Editor ...... .. ... . .. . . . ..... .. ... . ... .... . . ........ .. ... . Joe Buckley Co-op Editors ... .. .... .. ... . ... . . . ...... Lisa Waznik, Janine Pokrinchak Sports Editor . .. . ... . .. ... . • . . . . . .. . . . . ... . . .... . ....... .. .. Jeff Acornley Business Manager ... .. .... . . . • .. . . . . • ... . . . .... • . . . .. . .. . . . 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All views expressed are. lhose of the individual writ er nor necessarily of lhe publicalion . fl BONNIE AND Ol'DE TIIEY A1NL [l'c; 's ·FUNwrrn.. DICK -:,r &JI\NE Shows: Daily 2-4-6-8-10 Shows Daily 2: 10 - 4:35 7:30 - 9:25 The fear is s p r eudi~! THE C::ASSANDRA I!!) A CROSSING SILVER STRERl-1 (iE NE WILDER Feature At 2:10 - 4:35 7:00 - 9:30 �---------------------, l THE WIZARD OF WAZ I Superb Actors In Absurd Play ~-------------------J By Mary Ellen Alu Humorous but disturbing , absurd yet moving was the Wilkes theater presentation of Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" this past weekend. Combining the talertts of Director Joseph Salsburg, the 15 cast members, and the production staff, directors, and crews, the theater was able to add to its list of successful plays and once again preserve its welldeserved good name. The success of the play re~ted heavily in the suberb acting, since the play, being absurd, was difficult to understand. The actors displayed perfect timing as was expecially evident in the first act of the performance. Randy Smith, Joseph Gavlick, Paul Kerrigan, and Robert Klein executed their lines at precisely ' the right moment in Act I jnd in such a smooth manner that the audience found it impossible to control their laughter. Randy Smith, as Berenger, performed excellently throughout the entire play, helping to convey the mood of the play while at the same time in~ viting the audience to identify with him. The highlight of Joseph Gavlick's performance. had to be during his transformation into a rhinoceros. He was comical, yet convincing. In addition to the memorable roles performed by Smith, Gav lick, and Kerrigan ( as the old man), the audience cannot easily forget the performances of newcomer Jody Berg, John Forte, and Victoria Moss. II) u, ... '3 II) OI II) Ill n A Day At The Races 0 :I ~ Ill g This past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend the M.A.C. . Swimming Championships at Widener College. I always thought I knew a lot about swimming, but I realized just how illiterate I really .... was on some matters. (You know, I did watch the Olympics on TV.) .... "' Since a lot of people also don't know a lot about swimming I Bt:Ql!ght my tape recorcler to the pool and sort of listened to a few poolside cen_versations. In lane five: Swimmer No. I: You know our motel has a pool. When it gets crowded here, we could warm up there. Ha, ha, ha! Swimmer No. 2: Yeah, and if it's raining we won't even have to come here to swim. We'll just time ourselves there and phone in the times. Ha, ha! · Obviously a freshman swimmer: Could we really do that? Wow! Near a women's team: . White s~m suit: I am so glad we 'came to this meet. Those Hopkin's swimmers are unbelievable. Red swim suit: Yea, they are definitely the fastest I've seen. Blue swim suit: I like their suits myself. Kinda' reminds me of being spray painted on. In the stands: Kinney Has Help For The Joh Panic By Janine Pokrinchak Does the idea of filling out job applications and writing resumes cause you to panic? Dr. Bradford Kinney, who is in charge of Speech and Communications in the English Department, has a solution to the problem instead of pushing the panic button. Kinney's solution is a course dealing · with interview Miss Berg only showed her techniques. First proposed as a talents briefly in Act I, but it was course during last January's enough to impress the audience. intersession, the course has · And Forte as Botard leaves become a non-credit course unquestioned his ·acting ability. which is being offered again this Miss Moss, in her delightful semester starting March 16. role as Daisy, added a refreshing The purpose of the course is to element to the play. Seen in help students prepare for inseveral roles in various Wilkes terviews. "There is a definite productions, Miss Moss never need for it," commented Kinney. , fails to give an outstanding He noted that the course is ofperformance. Her versatality as fering students a service in an actress is well-presented. helping to overcome any fears about what to expect during an , The lighting, costumes, sound interview. effects, and stage design all Kinney said his course is worked together well, providing unique. Most courses on inunity for the play. terviews discuss both the person But despite the good acting and giving the interview and the all the positive aspects of the person taking the interview. This performance, the f¢al act of the course is concerned solely with play seemed to drag on. Perhaps taking an interview. • it was simply the structure of the The course is divided into four play, but the final scene did tend parts, which correspond to the to be monotonous. four weeks that it will run. The four parts include : the in- dividual, which will discuss self analysis and appraisal; the resume, which will require the student to write an actual resume ; the interview, which will The Feature Page discuss the questions and various .61.,...,.IY'lr/Y''rl"rl..-.lY'lr/Y''rl"rl._...,.....,,f'r/",........- aspects of an interview itself and finally the actual interview, which will discuss the methods used to evaluate the person ·being interviewed. Kinney spent most of his 18 S. Main St. · Christmas vacation doing WIikes-Barre research for this course. He also clarified that he has spent about Books, Records the last six months actually doing , and Tapes the research. In addition to lecture material, 82S-4767 Kinney provides students Cliff and Monarch enrolled in the interview course Notes with a booklet bf information. .,.IY'lr/Y'la",JY',,l"'Jlil'J'l.,,,,""""".,..._,.._.,r/Y'""""""" This booklet contains sample Book And Record Mart 'V Ill :&:I resumes, job applications, cover letters and questions that may be asked during an interview. The most important part of applying for an interview or a job is "to sell yourself," commented Kinney. With the job market in the present state, Kinney mentioned that a person must show the firm or company that he would be a special asset to the staff of the firm if hired. Kinney also stated that an interview can be turned around such that it works for the person taking it rather than just for the interviewer. Another important part of an interview is researching the company ahead of time. Kinney cited the importance of researching the company as giving yourself an advantage over the other · person and as showing your interest . in the company. Kinney stressed that his course does not guarantee jobs for students, .but he feels it is worthwhile. He is constantly expanding the information in the booklet so that it contains updated information. Kinney said he would like to see the course offered at least once a year. "I'd be willing to give up some of my free time," commented Kinney concerning teaching the course. He feels the course is extremely beneficial to students since college does not prepare students for interviews. Through a course of this type, students would be more prepared for entering the job market. It would give students the chance to see what iriterviewers look for in an individual besides academic qualifications. The next session of the course will start Wednesday, March 16 and will finish Wednesday, April 6. Each session will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The Office of Continuing Education is responsible for registration for the course. The course fee is $20. Larry: Well, I really didn't do too well this year I only got 2. Moe: I only got 3 myself. Curly: I got 6 and I won the backstroke, too. But those six T-shirts are the best thing anyone could bring •home from a championship meet. . Larry: Yea, but I got Gettysburg's and that has "Get It'Up For the Big One" on the back. Moe: Say, what about Elizabethtown that has "Smoke It" or Hopkins that says "The Jay Gang Rides Again." Curly: I have you all beat with "Dickinson Swimming" on the front and "Take It Out Hard" on the back. Moe: Very successful swim season for us with all these shirts. Behind the diving judges: Judge A: Here comes the one in the black suit. She's a little chubby. Judge B: I'd say she was about a 2. Not a bad dive. Judge C: There is that cute one in the hot pink low back diving s~t. Judge A: Definitely a 6 on whatever dive she does. Judge B: I'll give her a ten if she puts the suit on back\\'.ards. _Behind a winning team : Coach: Swim faster, break the conference record ! We'll qualify for nationals if you take a first! Behind a losing .team : Coach: Swim, finish, don't get out after a lap and a half. I'll take you to Burger King if you don't drown. And so is the brighter and darker side of swimming. Don't you just wish you had been there. -0- JOKE OF THE WE£K: Q, What is yellow, mushy, 'and smells like bananas? A. Monkey barf. Band Concert Tonight The Wilkes College Band will be performing their third concert in the school year this evening at 8:30 in the Dorothy ·Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts., The Concert Band is under the direction of William Gasbarro, Chairman of the Department of Music. Included in the program will be "Americans We" a selection composed by Henry Fillmore . Following the Fillmore composition is the familiar piece by Johann Sebastian Bach "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." "The Suite No. 1 L'Arlesienne" written by George Bizet and arranged for concert band by Herman Finck will be next on the program fe~turing the "Prelude," "Minuetto," "Adagio," and the "Carillon" movements. A very modern composition, . written in 1976 by Walter S. Hartley is "Bacchanalia for Band" will follow. " Bravada" by Frederick Curzon is next. A cycle written by William Schuman in 1942 describes different events in music. The composition is entitled . " Newsreel in Five Shots" and will feature such scenes as a horse race, fashion show, dance of natives, Monkeys at the zoo, and a parade. "Serenata" by Leroy Anderson follows the "Newsreel, " A selection of familiar marches will conclude the program including such favorites as: The Ringling Bros. Grant Entry by Al Sweet, the "Colonel Bogey" by Kenneth Alford, Filmores "Rolling Thunder," "Gloria" by F .H. Losey, "Thunder and Blases ( the entry of the Gladiatiors) " by Fucik-Laurendeau and finishing up with "Invercargill" written by Alex F. Lithgow. Admission is free, �'° Annual Award ~ Namei:t'.· ln Honor Of Dr. Vujica Q) C 0 u n, Q) Ill 1! .,_ :::: °' .., 5 :V ::E -- The Wilkes College Department of Philosophical and Religious Studies have instituted a new award honoring the memory of former department chairman, Dr. Stanko M. Vujica. The annual award, which will be presented to a beginning philosophy student, will be awarded at the Wilkes College Awards Banquet in May. Any student" who is taking any beginning philosophy course or courses, and who the faculty feels has promise in the study of philosophy, is eligible for the award. Each year a book will be presented in honor of Dr. Vujica. This year the book will be ''The Collected Dialogues of Plato." Dr._ Vujica was born in Yugoslavia and attended the Universitites of Vienna, Croatia, Innsbruck, and Zagreb. He received his masteri degree from the University of Innsbruck and Ph.D. from the University of Zagreb. In his native country, Dr. Vujica taught philosophy and was editor-in-chief of two magazines. He wrote many magazine articles attacking Nazism during World War Two and was imprisioned. Dr. Vujica and his wife, Nada, immigrated to the United States in 1947 and settled in Wilkes- · Barre. He was a member of the Wilkes College faculty for 28 years prior to his death in Sep- · tember of 1976. Three-Act Opera In CPA Sunday " Cossack Beyond the Danube," a comic opera in th,ree acts, will be presented at the Wilkes Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, Sunday, March 6, at 4 p.m. The popular Ukrl!inian opera will be performed by the Ukrainian Opera Ensemble of New York, an outstanding cast of performers with leading singers of international renown. Also on the same program is an area chorus under the direction of Professor Nicholas Martyynuk of Olyphant and a dance group under the direction of Rev. Bohdan Lewycky of l\:kAdoo. . Among its varied repertorre, the Ensemble will feature the internationally known contralto voice of Alicia Andreadis, winner of the international competiti~n of chamber vocal arts, recording star of RCA and Art Productions. The show is being sporn~ored by the Wilkes College Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Tickets will be available at the Wilkes CPA box office after March 1. Around The Campus Question: Are you in favor of establishing fraternities on the Wilkes camous? Why or why not? Rick Smit , ermont (earth science) - I think the idea is great to have fraternities and sororities. We then could have bigger and better parties. The individual housing of fraternities and sororities would benefit the campus. Kurt Franke, Boonton, New Jersey (environmental science major) - I think our school is too small to have fraternities. I've been at a school that had fraternities and only 800 students. No one got to know anyone despite the small size of the school. Bob Ausura, Levittown Sam Fabbrini, Plains Town(political science major ) - I think ship (English major) - If having fraternities is another excuse for sororities and fraternities are an excellent way to create parhaving parties·, then they ticipation among_ dorm students shouldn't exist. If they're going to do constructive things for the . and commuters. But if their sole purpose is just to party and not campus and commuriity, then we serve constructive purposes, then should have them. · they aren 't n~esled. Of College Budget Student Government spent a lengthy meeting on Monday night listening to President Capin's presentation of the projected budget for 1977-78. It was only the second time in the college's history that the president has approached the body to explain the college's financial situations and policies. SG approved that an electric typewriter be secured for the SG office and staff. It was stipulated that the expense of the machine is not to exceed $300. There were no other fund requests at the meeting. According to Dean Edward Baltruchitis, SG advisor, the Deans' Council still wishes to have a written recommendation concerning the fraternitysorority issue from SG. SG voted to send in written form the report of last week's meeting. Such a report would indicate SG's in- · dicisiveness on the issue. The idea of SG funding a possible mini-course in interview techniques was also discussed at the me~ing. Dean Baltruchitis stated his belief that there is no reason why SG should subsidized such a program. He continued by saying that the information that could be gained from the course is already available in the Placement Office. No action was taken on the matter. There will be a very important meeting of the SG social committee today in SLC 101 at 11:00 for the purpose of discussing the formulating plans for the upcoming spring weekend. Nominations for SG representatives will be held on Thursday, March 17 according to the following schedule: Class of '78-11:00 a.m., CPA ; Class of '79 - 11 :00 a .m., SLC 101 ; Class of '80 - 12:00 noon, SLC 101. Elections will be held one week later on Thursday, March 24 from 11-1 in the Commons and from 4:30 - 6:30 in New Mens' Dorm . You must present a validated Wilkes I.D. card to vote in these elections. Environmental Contest Set For H.S. Studenti The Department of Environmental Sciences and the Committee for a Clean Environment are sponsoring an environmental awareness contest March 26 at 1 p.m. in Stark Learning Center. Purpose of the contest is to recognize high school students most proficient in the environmental sciences and who demonstrate a knowledge of current environmental problems. Contest will consist of an objective test of general knowledge of the environmental sciences and a short essay dealing with attitudes toward environmental problems. Test should last approximately one hour. Trophies will be awarded to the first three finishers and the first place winner will receive a year's subscription to an environmentally oriented journal. During a recess for the marking of test, Wilkes students will be available for tours of the campus and to discuss life at the college. All high school students, grades 9 thru 12, are invited to enter. Names of contestants and the name of their high school should be sent to Environmental Awareness Contest, Committee for a Clean Environment. Bridget McDonald, South Brunswick, New Jersey (elementary education major ) - I am against fraternities and sororities being established here because I think there is enough dissention on this campus, and sectioning people off like that would only cause more. Joe Stern , Wilkes-Barre (biology major ) - The entire question brings to mind that this valley is 20 years behind the times. I can see people being initiated and having to brush their teeth with toilet water. So what's the difference between dorms and fra1ernities? § and TAPES I§ Penn Plaza Shopping CTR R Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! Low Overhead Means Low Prices 8§ if ~ l Open 10 to 10 Every Day Talk to Rich or Foster our Record Specialists YOUR LOCAL WHOLESALER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Home of Name Brands IPRO~ Keds. 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To P - seeded Sc rant 0 .n University plays an unseeded Dickinson College at 4: 15, while Upsala, Juniata and Franklin and Marshall take on victors from first round action at 6, 7: 45, and 9:30 p.m. respectively. Doris Saracino of Wilkes is tournament chairman , and Marge Goeringer is chief Q,fficial. Elizabethtown, coached by Yvonne Kauffman, won the title last year with a 54-44 victory over F & M. The Jaygals found themselves unseeded in this year's tournament when they were 7-7 after 14 games. Scranton U. earned the top spot with the best overall record this season. Coached by Donna Leonard, the Royals will be out to better their fourth . place finish last year. F & M, the 1976 second place team, is coached by Sandy McCullough. The Diplomats handed Scranton u a firs_t round defeat last year, something the Royals aren't likely to forget. A rematch in the final round is a possibility. Juniata and coach Ed Gargula is seeded third and will meet the winner of the Wilkes-Gettysburg game on Thursday night. Upsala, seeded fourth, is sporting a nine game winning streak with an all-freshman team. A massive recruiting campaign has turned carol Clark's cagers right around after losing every game last season. Upsala makes its first MAC Tournament appearance in Thursday's final game at 9:30 p.m. Host team Wilkes is trying to ~· ?lt make up for a dismal 7-14 season by doing well in the tournament. . The Colonelettes' record doesn't reflect the potential of the team and the female cagers are out to prove it. They were ~mt of competition early last year, losing in the first round to eventual champion E-Town, and then bowing to this year's topseeded, Scranton U. Other teams participating are Albright, coached by Jeanette Hunkins; Dickinson; Gettysburg, Carolyn Schlie, coach; Western Maryland, coached by Carol Fritz; and Widener, coached by Gigi Hagan. "l(c,rtttl8~ Daniel Webster and Dr. Reif have collaborated on a definition of the word hustle. In the dictfonary it is defined as energetic action or drive; to work or act energetically or rapidly. However, in men's cage coach Rodger Bearde's book, hustle is defined as Tommy Donahue. Donahue, the 5'10" playmaker guard, served as the captain of this years cage squad in one of the most chaotic years. in memory. Amidst all, of the tension and turmoil on the team this season, Donahue's leadership was evident when he took the floor. "There's no question about it," said one of Tommy's fellow teammates. "We are a different team when he is out there directing the. action." Yet another teammate stated, "When Tom is on the court we know how hard he is playing and_ consequently we all "try to give a little bit more because of his example." Perhaps the highest praise comes from his coach, Rodger Bearde. "Tom has never given _tit, medley relay event. In men's action, junior Captain J eff Jones had a personal best time in the 100 yd. freestyle and just missed consolation finals comiI,1g in 13th place. John Haffner and Bill Manley had fine times in the freestyle also. Junior swimmer, and one of next year's captains to be Kevin Augustine broke the school 500yard freestyle record by over five seconds. Jim Edwards broke his own school record in the 200-yard individual medley and did well in the breast stroke event. Tony Pinto, a Dunmore resident, put in fine times in the free-style events and also . was butterfly man in the medley relay along with Augustine, Edwards, and Jones. The four also took seventh in the 400-yard freestyle · relay. Wilkesmen came in 7th the championships while the women were sixth in the final totals. :* i * ! * . . (717) 826-1135 .* i * ! l * ** ·: -24 Hour Information Line On All Wilkes Events......................................................... for · Immediate Updates Direct from Syracuse on Wilkes College Results in the Easterns CD 1:11 CD Ill n 0 :I :C Ill ;:: -:r ...-...... by jeff acornley less than 110 percent during his career at Wilkes. This includes even practice sessions. He leads by example and all the players have great respect for him." All has not been roses, though, in the Colonel career of Tom Donahue. He only spent two years as a Colonel after transferring from LCCC. Tom was an integral part of two LCCC championship teams but didn't find continuation of that success at Wilkes. Instead he found much pain. Last year, he broke his ankle in the season opener against Lock Haven and spent most of the year watching the action. When he finally did return to action he didn't perform up to par because of the lingering problem with hls mobility. This year, after being named captain, be ~ primed for his most productive campaign but more injuries took their toll. · "The most frustrating aspect of my career here at Wilkes has not been our lack of success," stated Tom. "I enjoy playing and it was killing me just to sit on the bench and not be directly involved in the action." Success dominated the early basketball career . of Tom Donahue and pain and frustration marked the latter. Mixing the two together usually results in bitterness, but Tom Donahue is not . an ordinary ballplayer. For him it has been a character building experience and not many people have the strength to resist the bitterness. Tom Donahue has that inner strength. Retain Top Slots In IM TENNIS ANYONE? . -:r Gino 's And Sons Of Softee Wilkes tennis coach Tom Rokita has announced that there will be a meeting of any male students interested in playing men's varsity tennis on March 14 at the Ralston Fieldhouse at 3:45. Cindy Glawe ........................................ ~~~~~~~•+++•4··••t !-CALL THE WILKES COLLEGE CONNECTION- t -I ,rne, Co- Capta1•n5 . Dotty Martin Sharon Wilkes petitive this year in both female and male events. Captain Paul Neidzwiecki was edged out of sixth place but moved from eighth in the final round of diving. Paul, fifth place winner last year, was up against three powerful Johns-Hopkins · University divers and two home pool favorites from Widener. Paul was 11 wins and no losses in dual meet competition. Johns-Hopkins University is ~ team participating in the N.C.A.A. Division III which really belongs in a tougher division. This was very evident in the swimming and diving since they took first place in the championships by almost two hundred points. Establishing new school re.cords for the women were . Maris Solomon in the 100 and 200yard backstroke events and Carol Piatt in the 100 and 200-yard breastroke events. Sophomore Melita Maguire, ,hopeful finalist, was close to a sixth place medal in the 500 yard freestyle but had to settle for seventh place. All three girls plus ·senior Captain Lisa Wazi:iik COf!1bined efforts to take eighth in the Ill _*Cortt)J Cindy Glawe Grabs Only Medal A t MAC Swimming To_u rney The Wilkes College swimmers fini"shed their season last weekend at the M.A.C. Swimming Championships at Widener College. Stal)d out for the Colonels was sophomore nursing major Cindy Glawe of WilkesBarre. Cindy moved from fourth in diving semi-finals to take a hard earned second place medal in the finals, making her M.A.C. record two second places, one last year, and one third her freshman year. Ursinus College had first, second and third places until Cindy performed three excellent dives in her final round to push two behind her in placing. Diving was especially com- ,. •... ca By David Orischak The highlight of this week's intramural activity saw Sons of Softee and Gino's secure their first place position in Division A competition. Sons of Softee obtained their first place berth by defeating Orien's Express 69-35. High scorers for the Softee's were John Lack, Bill Abrahams, and Bob Bruzinski, all had 14 points. Coach Yosh was pleased with the team's play and is looking confidently towards the championship. · Gino's captured first place via their win over Butler 85-80. Chet Dudick and Dave Dudick contributed 18 points piece to the winning cause. Both Gino's and Son's of Softee have looked strong all year long but Gino's will be favored since they are the · returning champions. In other A divison play USUCIV squeaked out a win over a strong Smegmas _squad · 51-50. Mike Supezynski chipped in 20 points for the winners including a technical foul shot that proved to be the winning margin. Northern Death defeated Smegmas 48-45 as Kurt Franke and his "Barn Burners" could not handle the shooting of Rick Karo a who had 20 points in this contest. In B Division play Priapus won a close decision over Butler 51-49. Carl Holsberger helpe'd out the winners with 24 points. Grunts secured first place and remained undefeated by their victory over the Outlaws 54-52.' It was Tom Rovinski's four baskets in the final minute that iced the decision for Grunts. PERSONAL FOULS: Off season action on the intramural softball circuit saw Nick Hol~ash jump his contract with Phelps Fan Club in an effort to for.m an expansion club. League commissioner Bowie Kuhn was displeased with this action and a possible suspension is rumored. -""'<.,, -G.>..___."<:.,>,,c::;,;<;.;,..<:;><:;.=:;.~ THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Specializing In: H oagies And All Kinds Of Sandwiches �Wrestlers Seeded An1ong Top .As They Shuffle Off To Syracuse. CD GI OI Ill D. C 0 u By Earl Monk The Wilkes College wrestling team concluded weight classes. This includes a 43-0 victory over Army, their only shut-out of the season. its regular season last week with victories over Montclair State (30-15 ) and Rutgers (34-9). The The Colonels have put the wraps on one of wins upped the Colonels' final record to 17-3 and their finest seasons ever. There were some disapset a new mark for most victories in a season. In pointments such as losing to Lehigh for the fourth this past month of February alone, the Colonels straight year and a poor showing in the Wilkes Open. But, these were more than offset by the were 8-0. It has been a highly successful season with .highlights of the season. The two big wins over the Colonels defeating large schools such as strong Navy and Hofstra teams, the undefeated Navy, Hofstra, Army, East Carolina, and North sweep through the South, and the taking of the Carolina. They enter Eastern competition this team title in the Binghamton Invitational were just four of the more memorable events. weekend at Syracuse with enough confldence and momentum to possibly take the team title away Individually there were many standouts. Gregrow and Balum were both 16-4, Lear had a frorri Lehigh. Last Saturday's match at Rutgers saw the 17-3-1 log, and House finished at 15-5. Freshmen perfect close for the careers of the four senior chipped in heavily led by Mansfield and 150 pounquad-captain.<;. At 126 Rich Mahonski wori 5-2, Lon der Mark Densberger. In the Wilkes Open Balum destroyed his opponent by a 21-4 score in Gregrow finished third, while Lear placed fourth. the 134 pound class, while Bruce Leon at 150 won All in all it had to be a most satisfying season 4-3, a nd 190 pounder Dave Gregrow had an easy for coaches John Reese and Brooke Yeager. It time with a 19-5 decision. W{lS probably the Colonels best since the National Danny House came back from a loss at MontDivisioti III Championship team of 1973-74. And, clair by pinning the Rutgers heavyweight in 42 they can tip it all off with a strong showing at Easterns this weekend. seconds. 167 pounder Gene Clemons ( 14-5-3) won both his bouts last week, including a fall in the GRAPPLING GAB: Team manager Val Montclair match. Bart Cook ( 177) and Glynn Kaplan also retires this season after three years Mansfield (118) also won twice last week as they of hard work and dedication which each and pushed their records to 10-2 and 14-3 respectively. every team member greatly appreciated. He will Lear, Balum, and Gregrow also won in the be missed ... Densberger reinjured his ribs in the Montclair meet as the Colonels buried the In.:Montclair match and is listed as probable for dians . As a team over the last six meets the Easterns · Photos By Bill Walsh, Mark Warnick, Colonels have averaged eight wins out of the ten and Ace Hoffman Studios Ill GI ID GI ... ...... s::. 0. . Mark Deniberger . EIWA Tournament ()pens Toda~ Wilkes will make its second appearance in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Tournament this weekend at Manley Field House on the campus of Syracuse University. Last year the Colonels were sixth in a field of fifteen teams. Lehigh, the defending champ, is favored while Wilkes , Syracuse, and Navy figure to be the strongest opposition for the Engineers. Jim Weisenfluh (167) was the star for Wilkes last year by being named the Outstanding Wrestler at the tourney. Rick Mahonski returns at 126 for the Colonels after finishing second · last year in that class. Dave Gregrow (190) and Danny House (HWT), both placed fifth and return this year looking for bigger and better things . Returning champs are Bob Sloand (126), Lehigh who moved up one weight class to 134 ; Lehigh's Don McCorke'~ HWT ) who will drop to 190, and another Engine~ Mark Lieberman at 167 who won the event two years ago. The tourney will have sixteen teams this year with the addition of East Stroudsburg. Other teams rounding out the field are Empie, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Army, Franklin and Marshall, Rutgers, Colgate, Penn, Harvard. and Cornell. A look at the weight classes: This is a class dominated by three 118_ freshmen: Gene Mills, Syracuse; Steve Bastianelli, Lehigh and Mansfield. Mills and Bastianelli appear to be the top two. Also watch for Tom Coleman of Army and Mitch Vance, Temple. 126- Lance Leonhardt. Lehigh, and Mike Beck of Navy are the two favorites. Mahonski has to be counted in as another top contender. Bob Vottero of Army and Dugas of Syracuse (who beat Leonhardt last Saturday) should gigure in somewhere. 134- Sleound has to be rated the favorite. but Balum has knocked off other top dogs ( remember Nick Gallo of Hof- stra? ), so don't be surprised to see an upset. George Medina of Syracuse and Navy's Nick Episcopo should place. 142This weight class has no clear cut favorite. Pat Scully of Lehigh was trying to drop down here, and if he does he'll figure as one challenger. Lear, Princeton's Steve Grubbman (alsto trying to drop down), Navy's Tom Bauer, and Ed Rivera of Tempie round out the headliners. 150- Gary Kessel of East Stroudsburg is the heavy favorite. However, Densberger could catch him. Chris Moffa of Rutgers and Sculley if he can't drop will be in the running also. 158- Nils Deac?ns of Lehigh, usually ~ 167 pounder , 1s trymg to drop and if he does will be the favorite. John Althans of Navy, Tim Jenks of Syracuse, and MacLean are potential challengers. 16 7Lieberman is the favorite if he can make the weight. Clemons and Roger Fleischer of Navy will figure in the running. 177- Another Lehigh wrestler ' trying to drop down is Mike Brown, a very tough freshman. He, Cook, and Carmen Morina -of Temple are the favorites. 190McCorkel is the man to beat. Gregrow could pull it off, while Greg Cooper of Navy, and Steve Paterno of Franklin and Marshal1 should also place. HWT.- Princeton's John Sefter is the top dog. House, Roger Mitchell of Navy, Mike Rotunda from Syracuse, and Brown if he can't make 177 will be the men looking to stop him . Monk Dan Houie Women Host MAC Tourney (See Page 7) , ~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 March 3rd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 March 3 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/e6e180374417596cef5230adbf3898b6.pdf 4da74234a215f402f22c9f92cf43728b PDF Text Text .e atan March 17, 1977 Wilkes Campaign '77 For Student Benefit By Jim Edwards " Very few private higher education institutions in the country can operate on the tuition from students alone. They need outside help to rely on." So explained James Aikman, director of development, who spoke in clarification of the Wilkes College Campaign '77, which raises funds for the college. _CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF - President Capin mercial for the Wilkes College Fund Drive, at a The main purpose behind the anxiously awaits the beginning of a taping of a comlocal TV station. drive is to raise money for the scholarship progra_m of financial assistance. "We recognize the increasing tuition costs and financial burdens on families and Art Buchwald, noted columHe said that he writes for Buchwald said that he does not that is why this drive is imnist, gave a brief indication of his himself, not considering who is cultivat e any sources in portant" said President Capin. humor at a press conference out there reading his columns. A Washington; he doesn't want Money r aised through the yesterday as he spoke about his possible future article may be problems explained to him. "I campaign will also go towards lifestyle, his reputation in how "yo u can ' t believe in made a lot of things up that meeting the ever increasing costs Washington, his column, and the anything anymore. " turned out to be true," he said of maintaining and improving the Carter and Nixon adThis tentative column would be good-humoredly, while admitting ~ollege. The campaign affects ministrations. sparked by the recent findings that it frightens one a little. everyone on campus. Puffing on a big cigar, Buckthat Howard Hughes estate is not With his columns, one would This year's overall goal is wald viewed his role in the press. worth as much as anticipated. assume his reputation with $350,000, but this can be broken He sees his column, which apBuchwald amusingly said that others would be adversely afdown into several segments. The pears in over 400 newspapers, as it 's like having your faith fected. But "I don't find any goal to be reached from the a "political cartoon in words." destroyed in Santa Claus. hostility toward me." He said Wyoming Valley community is hat he has to k\:!.ep his distance $120,000. From · the Almani, from those in Washington since $65,000 is hoped to be collected becoming too familiar with them , and from the college family, it is is inhibiting. hoped that $15,000 will be raised. Since Nixon stepped down from The Board of Trustees is also an the presidency, Buchwald Student Government approved the proposed budget for 1977-78 important contributing segment. stopped writing colunns about Monday night by an almost unanimous vote. The budget will now be This leaves roughly $100,000 to him. He said that Nixon was sent to the President's Council for approval. The distribution of funds be raised by collecting from funny while in office, but now is as follows: corporations, foundations, and there was not a need to write even from the state and federal S.G. Requests Organization about him. Grant Buchwald appea r ed las t 77-78 77-78 evening at the Wilkes gym . $ 9,100 $ 9,100 All College Weekend 4,500 4,500 Debate Union 3,250 3,000 Commuter Council 13,500 13,500 Concert & Lecture Series 1,500 1,500 Intercollegiate Conference Fund 2,500 2,500 Dance & Filma 3,000 3,000 Interdormitory Council On Monday evening, March 21, 2,500 2,500 Various Clubs at 8 p.m. in the C.P.A., the 3,000 3,000 Student Government Fund Concert and Lecture Series will 2,000 2,000 Senior Class present opera singer Patrice 2,000 2,000 Junior Class Munsel. The attractive singer 6,000 6,000 Special Projects began her career in Spokane, 2,000 2,000 Sophomore Class Washington, when twelve years 1,000 1,000 Freshman Class old. 301 301 Theta Delta Rho When 17, she appeared in the 974 Student Union Board Metropolitan Opera Auditions of Radio Station the Air. Immediately after this Publications performance, she signed a Total $56,201 $56,925 Metropolitan Opera contract. As explained in the proposal set before the body, "'The Student Patrice became the youngest Government Budget for 1977-78 is based on 1977 anticipated student singer ever to appear at the Met enrollments multiplied by $25 per full time student (12 credits or as a Prima Donna. more) plus a stipulated administrative grant of $7500 for the Concert Miss Munse l has received and Lecture Series. Based on a total figure, the Student Government much acclaim for her varied Budget of $56,925 is desireable." talents. She has sung command Increases in the allocations to the Debate Union and the Special performances for the Queen of Projects Funds from this year were explained as being permissable England, Emperor Haile Selassie Patrice Munsel since no money was allocated to Publications by SG for 1977-78 . of Ethiopia, and for three King and I;" and '. 'My Fair Lady." whereas publications received $2000 ir 1976-77. The publications Presidents a't the White House. ( Beacon, Amnicola, and Manuscript) are fu nded by the Student She has appeared on television A new Broad wa y musi cal, as a guest on many major variety Publi cations Com mittee. based on the life story of Dorothy shows, a number of TV specials ,lt was reported by Dean Edward Baltruchitis, SG adv;sor. that Parker, is now being written by and dramatic shows, and as the the positif'n.s of Student Government and Commuter Counci I( i DC subPulitzer Prize-winner playwright star of her own weekly musical mitted no position) eoncerning fraternities were read at the Deans' Paul Zindel for Miss Munsel. Her show on ABC. husband, Robert Schuler, is Counci l meeting Monday. After a one-hour discuss ion, Baltruchitis She has appeared in such producing the musical. said, the Council decided to set up a committee cons isting of three musical comedies on Broadway All Concert and Lecture student-; having no SG. CC, me affiliations, three fac ulty members as, " Hello, Dolly," " Mame," presentations are free to the and three administrators to review a ll the deta ils involved in public. " The Sound of Music," " The establishing fratnernites at Wilkes. Buchvvald Humor Seen By Press SG Approves '77 Budget; Most Requests Honored Opera Singer Munsel In CPA Monday Evening governments. Aikman said, however, that this segment "is most unpredictable" as to how much will be collected. The campaign in the community was kicked off March 2 and is headed by Chairman Earl McCarty, vice-president of the Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre. Under the ~hairman there are nine divisions with division leaders. In each division there are four to five captains who are responsible for three to four workers and every campaign worker is· assigned roughly five ·people from whom they are to seek pledges. All the above people involved are from the community. It should be noted that only a small minority of these volunteers are members of the Alumni. "They are interested people of all walks of life who know the need for the institution in the valley," said Aikman. A divisional system was set up to helI> stimulate a kind of competitiveness between each division. This gives the campaigners the incentive to get the most money pledged for his division. The campaign is four weeks long and will run through March 30. In between are four progress meetings, held every Wednesday, to check on each division and give support to the weaker areas. The r e·s ponsibility of each campaigner is to approach ·his four or five assigned past contributor s and on a one-to-one basis, get a pledge. This pledge can be paid off in anyway that best suits the contributor. Art Hoover, director of alumni and community affairs, is heading the Alumni campaign which started two weeks ago. There are now over 10,000 members of the Alunmi and it is hoped that their goal will be reached. Dr. James Rodechko of the history department is chairman of the college family campaign. This group represents over 300 people who are employed as faculty members, administrators, and maintenance servicemen on campus. " Right now we really ·have to go out and work," said Aikman and commented that "it is going to be tough. " In past campaigns there was usually a 97 percent return on all pledges made . "This is a good indication of the responsiveness of the pledges," Aikman feels. Last year 's goal of $325,000 ($25,000 less than this year ) was reached. " This drive is important to us and we are grateful to the community members who serve year after year," commented Capin. �... Work_ shop Will Aid Class Atmosphere <II CJI ,a a. C 0 u ,a <II ID <II .c I- ......... .c u ... ,a ~ series of ropes and pulleys and a windlass. This was to be operated by the flyer, lying prone in the framework. . Pictured above is a model of an ornithopter which follows an early design calling for a latticelike wooden framework, two moveable wings, a da Vince Exhibit At Sordoni The inventive genius of Leonardo da Vince, who conceived of the flying machine and other developments that did not take practical form until modern times, will be depicted in an exhibition opening at the Sordoni Gallery. The exhibition of the 15th century artist-scientist's work, on loan from the IBM Corporation, includes various models built from Leonardo's scientific and technical drawings. Models in the show include both practical and theoretical devices. ~~n!nt~~;/f~af cessfully developed until the l9th century; a theoretical gear system that produced three speeds of rotation, and a device for determining the tensile strength of wire. Leonardo was fascinated with the possibilities of human flight, :~~e~r~~~~ and devised many schemes for flying, including orinthopters, whose principle support and propulsion come from flapping wings. Leonardo was a leading military engineer of his time, making sketches for fortifications and weapons. Models in the show include an armored tank, and a scaling ladder that resembles modern fire - fighting apparatus. · The show also includes models of Leonardo's designs for a hygrometer for measuring 1u•1k nl s C es ponsors ontest Wilkes College Department of Environmental Sciences and the Wilkes College Committee for a .Clean Environment are sponsoring an environmental awar~ness contest March 26 at 1 p.m. m Stark Learning Center. The purpose of the contest is to .1',J._._,......IYIJIJ._._,.,_..,.IYl,l'l,l.,,..,.,.,_..,,v,1,1'1,1'.;. recognize high school students most proficient in the environmental sciences and who demonstrate a knowledge of current environmental problems. The contest will consist of an 18 S. Main St. objective test of general W llkes-Barre knowledge of the environmental sciences and a short essay Books, Records dealing with attitudes toward environmental problems. The and Tapes test should last approximately one hour. Trophies will be Cliff awarded to three top finishers and the first place winner will Wl."'-AIV'.JU'I.Jll..111.A.,......IYIJIJ,.....,.....IV'.JU..., receive a year's subscription to ·aook And Record Mart Januzzi's Pizza and Hoagies ' 125 Academy Street FREE DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS humidity, an anemometer for measuring wind velocity, and an inclinometer for determining the degree of a slope. The group of models was bwlt in the United States after World War II, and was acquired by IBM for their touring exhibition program. Not only is the display for art students, but science students as well are encouraged to visit the gallery during regular hours: daily 1-5 p.m., Saturday 10-5, Sunday 1-5 p.m., or upon appointment. 11 - 11 825-5166 825-5037 Keystone Automotive Warehouse 44 Tunkhannock A venue Exeter, Pa. Needs Student For Warehouse Work 52.50/Hour Weekdays - s P.M. till ?? Saturdays: Optional Apply in Person ,to Mr. Vince Ciccone an environmentally oriented journal. During a recess for the marking of the test Wilkes students will be avaiiable for tours of the campus and to discuss life at the college. All high school students, grades 9 thru 12, are invited to enter. Names of contestants and the name of their high school should be sent to Environment-al Awareness Contest, Committee for a Clean Environment, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703, no later than March 21, 1977. NOTICES Tickets for the Junior-Senior Dinner-Dance will be on sale Monday from 11 a.m. tol p.m. in the Commons and from 5 to 7 p.m. in New Men's Dorm. The price is $20 per couple and the dance will be at the Treadway on April 1. "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" will be sponsored by the Student Government Film Committee Saturday at 7 and 9 p.m. in the CPA. Biggest Selection Best Prices~~~~ On DiarTlonds VANSCOY Duimond Salon Gateway Shopping Center, (Near Jewelcor) Wilkes College will hold an orientation program for teachers tentatively on March 25 and 26. This Teacher Effectiveness Workshop (T.E.W.) was devised in order to improve the relationship .between the student and the teacher at Wilkes College. Dr. Bruce Berryman, acting chairman of the Environmental Science Department, is the committee chairman of the T. E, W. and has high hopes for its success, Berryman said, "Some of the problems we hope to work out are new course formats, the testing and grading system we are presently using, and we are going to try to improve teacher effectiveness. I am not condemning the teachers or the teaching system at Wilkes, but I am saying that there is always room for improvement. " A questionnaire was sent to all the professors in the college and the response was overwhelming. Most of them feel that such a program would be beneficial and they would attend it. The T.E.W. will be held on the Wilkes campus and is being made possible through a federal grant from the National Action Committee centered at the University of Rochester in New York. The workshop will be under the guidance of Wayne Paulson, an expert on teaching methods. The workshop will be attended on a voluntary basis and all teachers are welcome. Dr. Richard Rees, assistant professor of Education, has been a prominent factor in setting up this workshop. He has served as the intermediary between Wilkes and the National Action Committee. According to Rees, the program "will deal with human relations in the form of teachers working better with groups. " The Teacher Effectiveness Workshop is an outgrowth of a program held at Wilkes last year called Operation Future. Berryman said, "It was a tremendous success and it covered every aspect of the college picture while looking at all college problems. The T.E.W, will focus on a few specific problems.'' Berryman hopes to hold such a program at Wilkes every few years in order to keep up with more proficient teaching methods. He said that if such a program could help only three or four teachers, it could affect many students that have those teachers. Below is a questionnaire dealing with the T.E.W. Dr. Berryman is hoping to get the students response to such a program because it is the students who will be affected by it. Fill out the questionnaire and dropit in the Beacon Box on the third floor of Weckesser Hall. All results will be forwarded to Dr. Berryman. •. Do you feel the College should attempt to hold such a workshop? ..... Yes ..... No 2. With regards to teaching effectiveness at Wilkes, what do you consider to be general "strengths?" 3. With regards to teaching effectiveness at Wilkes, what to you consider to be general "weaknesses?" 4. Do you have any other comments concerning this workshop program? VolunteersFor Literacy Offer Training Workshop A workshop to train volunteers to teach adults to read and write will be held this month at 251 South River Street, Ross Hall. The 10-hour course is open to interested volunteers and is · sponsored by Volunteers for Literacy, a recently formed organization housed on the campus. Sessions will be held 10 a.in. to ftp.m. on March 19 and 3 to 7 p.m. on March 20. No previous teaching experience is required. According to the staff of the Literacy program, "At least 5,000 adults in Luzerne County can _neither read nor write beyond a fourth grade level. By setting aside only two or three hours a week, volunteers can aid in the solution of one of our major social problems and receive the personal satisfaction of teaching an adult to read." At the completion of the workshop, volunteers will receive tutor certification and will be assigned students on an "eachone-teach-one" basis. Teaching materials will cost $5 and will be available at the workshop. Workshops to train volunteers to teach English to speakers of other languages, will · be scheduled at a later date. Workshop details and registration forms are available at Ross Hall. Contact: Mary Klimchak or Janet Johns, 251 South River Street, Ross Hall, Wilkes College, telephone: 824-4651 Ext. 389. Horse Club Making News The Wilkes College Equestrian Team, a chapter of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association, may be newly organized, but it has already begun to make itself known in area contests. The Wilkes group has so far attended two shows, competing against students from Penn State, Princeton and Rutgers. At the University of Delaware's Horse Show, Kim Wolny (a sophomore) placed in the Novice ·Horsemanship over fences, while Carol Page (a senior) placed in the Advanced Walk, Trot, Canter class at the Centenary College's show. · The horse shows are sponsored by colleges in the PennsylvaniaNew Jersey area. Any Wilkes full-time undergraduate student who is in. terested in riding hunt seat is welcome to join the college's Equestrian Team. The classes range from Beginning Walk-Trot to Open Horsemanship and jumping, and riders of any ability are accepted. For more information or details, call Carol at 836-3451 after 4: 30 p.m. or Kim at 472-9032. }. �Fogelson Exhibit Being Shown In Conyngham Art Gallery Renee Fogelson is currently exhibiting her work at the Conyngham Art Gallery. Her senior exhibit includes watercolors, graphic prints, photography, and threedimensional works, along with pencil and charcoal drawings. Several of her works won her awards from the Sussex Farm and Horse Show Art Exhibit and the Lackawanna County Arts Council. Two works will also be displayed in Scranton in an invitational exhibition of award winners. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fogelson, Newton, New Jersey, Miss Fogelson is an art education major. The exhibit closes tomorrow. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mcffafe Exhibit Opens Sat. The senior art exhibit of Maureen McHale will open Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Conyngham Art Gallery. Watercolors, graphics, weaving and acrylics will be included in the display. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. McHale, Forty Fort, Miss McHale is a gradlUite of Wyoming Valley West High School, and is president of the Wilkes College Fine Arts Association. She is also the student representative at the art department faculty meetings. A Dean's List student, she plans to engage in summer study in Italy this year, and also plans to begin graduate work in business administration. The exhibit will nin until Friday, March 25. Gallery hours are 1 to 8 p.m. daily. Frat Issue Shows Promise The fraternity and sorority question has been popular topic of discussion among many campus groups in the last few months. Commuter Council and Interdormitory Council are . both overwhelmingly in favor of the idea, and Student Government hasn't taken a definite stand on it yet The man that has been credited with the idea js Steve Connelly, a freshman at Wilkes and a dorm student at the Hotel Sterling. Connelly claims that the whole idea began quite casually in a discussion with a few guys who thought that fraternities might add to campus life at Wilkes~He said that the group elected officers and he was named president and spokesman. Connelly laughingly added that, "my job as spokesman hasn't been easy, and at times the whole fraternity-sorority issue has been termed Connelly's group, which it isn't." He also commented that most of the_guys he has met are very enthusiastic about the idea and feels that it would be a great way to bring people together. The purpose of the fraternity and sorority system, according to Connelly, "would be to give students, especially freshmen, a feeling of belonging ... they would be more than just names on a roster." The red-headed freshman stated that he felt frater- a . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.. nities and sororities would end the much acclaimed apathtic attitude on campus. The first step of the ad hoc committee on fraternities and By Sue Ann Knight sororities was to bring their 1. In the old Topper series, who played Mr. Topper? What was proposal to Dean Ralston. Mr. Topper's first name. Ironically, that very same day a 2. Remember Henry Aldrich? What was his best friend's name? representative from Alpha Chi 3. On the Lone Ranger, what was Tonto's real name? Rho had been on campus and had 4. Do you know where Carol Burnett and Kaye Ballard got their spoken to the Dean. Dean start? 5. Who was the announcer on the Merv Griffin Show when it was on in the 60's. Knight-time Puzzlers .1aqaea.iJ.. .1nqµv ·s Moqs ampAea a.ioow: A.le{) aqJ.. ·t siaaq.1aAnS AB r "& AZZJO ·;: OWSO:J 'U0.1.18:J "{) Oa'] "l : SH:.il\SNV ·r I IGateway Shop!!~ fe~~}OUR SE~~Sa~~~~!plng Centerl !Kingston, Pa. 18704 . Wyoming, Pa., 18644 --~~~~-----~----~~~--' ~~ Penn Plaza Shopping CTR , I Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! 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He said that the organization wants to have members that are willing and able to work for its benefit, just like any other organization. "There really isn't any difference between the baseball team, The Beacon, and a frat; they all at- Gong Show Set For Tomorrow St. Pat's Party Set March 20 The annual CC-IDC St. Patrick's Day Party will be held Sunday, March 20 from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. at Gus Genetti's, WilkesBarre. Price of the affair is $4.50 with Wilkes I.D. and $5.00 without. There will a buffet dinner consisting of sliced ham, southern fried chicken, Swedishmeatballs, sliced assorted cheeses, potato salad, vegetable, desserts and beverages. Music will be provided by "Cookbook", and there will be free beer, and soda, and a cash bar. Tickets will be on sale until Friday, March 18 in the bookstore. THE HUl From the hidden corners of the· talents while providing campus they'll come -- the amusement for the audience. talented and the maybe not so Judges of the acts will be Dr. talented - equipped with songs, Lester Turoczi, Dr. Rodechko dance routines, jokes, and who and Elaine Slobinski. John Forte Specializing In: knows what else. will act as Master of Ceremonies. Their destination? -- the Admission is free and all are Hoagies And All Dorothy Dickson Darte Center welcome to watch the parfor the Performing Arts where ticipants unveil their talents. · Kinds Of the staging of the first Wilkes There will be a rehearsal Sandwiches College Gong Show will take tonight at 9 in the CPA for all place tomorrow evening at 7: 30. participating acts. The show, headed by Frank Scancarella and sponsored by the junior class, will feature about ten acts which will be judged and possibly gonged, but there will "For All Your Beverage Needs" also be ringers ( those who perform simply to entertain). South Attempting to win the $51.32 and a plaque will be the college's Call 654-6767 ~r 822-7.572 own version of the Supremes, a barbershop quartet, the revival of the Mickey Mouse Club and the Tropical Fish Club review. Other acts include : 22 girls from Sullivan Hall performing a song and dance act called "Maestro Please," two girls staging the skunk and piano player, a unicyclist, a stand-up comedy about college, and two guys doing a two-man dummy called "Harvey Wackough." With the ringers, such as an unknown comic who will don a paper bag and tell jokes, the acts should number from about 15 to 20. According to Scancarella, the show offers students the opportunity to air their unus~al FALCONE BEVERAGE 329 Open 10 to 10 Every Day ID tract a particular type of person, and only hold members who can l: effectively benefit that ~ organization " commented · g Connelly. The possibilities of fraternities Ill~ and sororities are endless. Many ;:: national fraternities have little ':I' sisters and sororities have little brothers. " We don't have any structure at this date because we .... .... don't really have an organization to structure," stated Connelly. The Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity that Connelly has been working closely with is a mixture of both social and service projects. The group sponsors scholarships, student loans, and community service projects. Other fraternities and sororities have been known to sponsor blood banks to their members, hold national conferences, and various sporting activities. With a burst of enthusiasm, Connelly added, "I think fraternities and sororities would add to the overall college experience. at Hotel Sterling fabridand·--1 and TAPES Ralston put the committee in touch with the Alpha Chi Rho representative, and the wheels started turning. "V Ill ca Main Street, Pittston, Pa. �:Adhoc Committee Keeps ~ The Wheels Turning It isn't easy to start the wheels turning, to start the ball rolling or to get a proposal off the ground. We all think at sometime in our lives, that there is some thing, or some idea, we would like to see instituted or irradicated. But realistically what usually happens to the idea ... we shelve it for a later date when we have more time. The ad hoc committee on fraternities and sororities hasn't \ost that vim and vigor, in fact they were never without it. They have been questioned, interrogated and criticized, r ight in this very paper, but they haven't given up. Under the direction of Steve Connelly, the group has effectively researched and handled the issue. They have gone through all the proper channels and have been reaping the profits. The idea isn't just a dream anymore. It is a very talked about and debated issue among several campus leaders. Connelly, the modest red-headed spokesman of the group, has presented his proposal time and time again, with the very same enthusiasm he possessed the very first time he presented it. The proposal seems to possess an endless amount of benefits to the campus. If, perchance, the idea didn't catch on after it was instituted for a few years, what really would be lost? Fraternities and sororities are the nucleus of campus life in many well-known institutions, and certainly could not adversely harm the campus life at Wilkes. Time and time again students criticize campus life at Wilkes. Sometimes it seems like it should be recorded onto a long-playing recrod just to preserve vocal chords. And time and time again we hear a student comment that, "someone · should do_ something around here. " Now somebody is, and those somebodies need the support of the entire campus. The group has proposed many promising ideas and projects, and have begun work on several of them. J ust what will come out of this group of students' extensive and diligent work is unknown at this time, but it certainly deserves thought A lot of people have put a lot of time into something that began as a phenomenon close to a dream and now that it is so much more than j~t a dream it deserves attention ... a lot of attention. And we hope that it gets the attention it so deserves. Reese Praises Beacon Coverage To The Editor: On behalf of the wrestling teani and myself, I want to thank all the students, faculty, administration, and local wrestling fans · for all their support this . year. It was a long tough season, but the team rose to the occasion and set a· new record winning seventeen meets. Your support and interest in the team helped ' make this possible. I would like w make a special comment on last weeks wrestling article in The Beacon. I have been coaching wrestling at Wilkes for twenty-tour years, and T have had a lot of great teams, and have liad a lot of great articles written by The Beacon, but none even came close to the page you and your people did last week. The idea of the head shot, along with an action shot, and some comments about each • weight class in the Easterns, was really first class. I'm sure that the team was thrilled and inspired by the article and we all appreciate the time and effort that you put into this project. Congratulations on a job well done. Thank you again for your interest! Sincerely yours, JohnG. Reese STAFF Editor In Chlef .. . . . .. . . .. .. .. ... ; . . ... , ...... . . ... . .. , , •. . . .. Pattl Reilly Managing Editors .. .. . . . .. .. . .. .... . ...... Mary Ellen Alu , WIima Hurst News Editor .. ... ... ... ..• .. .. ..... . ... . . . .. .. • .. . .. .. . ..... Patrice Stone Copy Editor ....... .. . .. ..... .. . . . . .. .. . . . .. ... . . .... ... . .. ... . 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Noah is supposed to have invented base two and applied, that to multiplying, although that has nothing to do with Mr. Acornley's hustled misnomer . As a hexapodologist, I share with Noah an interest 1n the entomology of words, and, since my vocation is limbnology, I also enjoy legsicology. Suspectfully remitted, Charles B. Reif Reading Course Termed A 'Trap' To The Editor: In the month of October of 1976, the Beacon ran an ad concerning a speedreading courseoffered to . Wilkes students. As a person who foolishly engaged in the marvals of speed reading, I would like to take this time to warn all other Wilkes students who plan on falling into this trap of this socalled speed reading organization. In the contents of taking this course, five elements were supposedly to be accomplished. 1. The chance of increasing the reading speeds by five times the normal amount. 2. Five three hour classes for the development of skills in reading. 3. An option to drop the course with the agreement of receiving half the amount paid for the course. continued .on page 6 Nominatiom for Commuter , Council, classes of 1978, 1979, and 1980, will be held Tuesday, March 22 at 11 a.m. in SLC 101. The Wilkes-Barre YWCA is in need of an individual to tutor ballet at the YWCA to beginners on Saturday afternoon from 1 to 2. Rate of pay is $2.50 per hour. Interested students should call Mrs. Doris Murphy at 823-0181 to schedule an interview. Weight Room Hours: Ralston Field - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday 2 to 5 p.m. The Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic Women will award three scholarships of $300 each to deserving women in the junior class for use during their senior year. She must major in political science, government, economics, or history, or be preparing to teach one of these subjects. She must be a Pennsylvania resident, demonstrate financial need, and possess a Democratic family background or herself be active in the Democratic party. Application forms are available at the Financial Aid Office and must be postmarked not later than May 6, 1977. The King's College Science Fiction Club is sponsoring Ganymede77 a llllDH!onvention, on March 25 and 26. It will feature science· fiction films, discussion groups, and special guest speakers Theodore R. Cogswell and Charles A. Spano Jr., authors of "Spock, Messiah," the newest Star Trek paperback. For further information and ticket reservations, call Gloria at 825-9686 after 5 p.m. The Lyceum II lecture series is sponsoring a lecture by Richard C. Hottelet, a United Nations Correspondent for CBS. He will speak on "American's Role in World -Mfairs;" crises situations confronting the Carter Administration, at the Koppelman Auditorium of the Jewish Community Center, 601 Jefferson Avenue, Scranton, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 and are available by contacting the Center. Tickets for the annual CC-IDC St. Patrick's party will go on sale up until Friday, March 18 in the bookstore. The party will be held on Sunday, March 20 from 7 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. at Gus Genetti's. Beginning with the 1978 entering class, all applicants to the nation's five colleges of podiatric medicine will be required to take .the new medical college admissions test as an entrance requirement. The test dates for 1978 admissions are April 30 and October 1, 1977. Interested students should register for the new MCAT no later than 30 days prior to either test date. Registration materials are available at the Placement Office. There will be anAIBS meeting today at 11:30 a.m. inSLC 380. All chapter members are requested to attend. There will be a Theta Delta Rho St. Patrick's Day Flower Sale today. There will be a Foreign Language Department Film this evening at 7 p.m. in the CPA. SG nominations for classes of '78, '79, and '80 will be held today. Commuter Council meeting is 11 a.m. today in Kirby Hall, Room 102. AU College Movie in the SUB on Friday, March 18. "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" will be presented. Faculty Recital will be held Sunday, March 20 at 3:30 p.m. in the CPA. Concert and Lecture Series will be Monday, March 21 at 8 p.m. in the CPA. Metropolitan Opera Singer Patrice Munsel will present, "From Grand Opera to Broadway." SG meeting will be Monday, March 21 in Weckesser Hall. Tl_te Abstract Paintings of Franz Kline will be presented in the Sorodoni Art Gallery March 26 through April 17. �.---------------------I.____________________ THEWIZARDOFWAZ JI;: -: CD Ill Ladies' Night n g ~ Ill We all had many things to do during the vacation but I hope most of you took time out for relaxation. I did. I went out every night and this is what Monday night was like: Me: I'm sure glad you girls were here before me. I'd be afraid I wouldn't see you and make a fool of myself. Linda: So what else is new. Donna: Don't worry, I had two vodka-on-the-rocks before you came. Me : The band looks pretty good. Linda: Yea, considering they didn't play one song that any of us knew. Joanne: The bass player is cute. Donna: I wonder if they take requests? Band: Please don't ask for requests. We are just jamming. Donna: I wonder if they would play "When Sunny Gets Blue? " Joanne : Why don't you just go up and ask? Donna: Wait until at least two more vodkas. Me: Don't look now but that old man is coming over to our table. Old Man: (To Donna) Hey, honey, do you want to dance? Donna: There isn't a dance floor , besides you can' t dance to this jazz. Old Man : Well, let me buy you a drink, let me buy you all a drink, in fact, I'll go ask the band to play something we can dance to like "Proud Mary" or "Joy to the World." You like those jitterbug songs, don't you? Donna : Not really jitterbugs, just ordinary pests. Bug off. Me: I'll take that free drink before you buzz away. Joanne : Thanks, old pal. Linda: I'm glad he bought the drinks. I'm low on funds. Me: Nice guy. You should have danced with him, Donna. Joanne: I really don't think he would have made it. Look at the table there, he's sound asleep. He'll see you in his dreams, Donna. Donna: I think I'll ask for "Sunny Gets Blue." Me: Go, Donna. ReporterFalls For Dorothy By Eddie White Who is your favorite personality or motion picture or TV star? Whether it's Robert Redford or Farrah Fawcett-Majors, did you ever meet him or her? Well, I met my favorite person two weeks ago. The Ice Capades were performing in Philadelphia, at the Spectrum, the home of the successful Flyers and 76ers. And like those two teams, this show was a winner. But the one person everyone came to see, ( including yours , truly), was the queen of the show, Dorothy Hamill. Yes, Dorothy Hamill, the 1976 Olympic Gold Medal Champion, is now skating with the Ice Capades. She has been skating for 11 years, which means she started when she was eight. Dorothy was the United States Senior Ladies Champion in 1974, '75, and '76. She also won three gold medals at the 1976 World Championships, held at Gottenborg, Sweden. In addition to starring in two specials for TV, she also makes commercials for "Short and Sassy." As we arrived in Philly, (that's what they call it down here), I had a feeling this was going to be some kind of a day. First thing I did when I entered the Spectrum, was to buy a Ice Capades program, which included a large color poster of you-know-who. When I looked at the program, I saw that the petite superstar from Riverside, Conn., would perfotrn in the eighth act of the first half of the show. After the third act, my friend and I sneaked down behind the curtain and waited. Soon after a guard came by and told us to move. We moved to the side of the curtain and continued Hamill would shake hands with to wait. people in the front of the ice at the And then, in the middle of the end of the show. And as you might seventh act, like the rising of the have expected that's , where we sun, she appeared behind the were when the show ended. curtain. I grabbed my trusty I ran up to her, and had my " lnstamatic" and headed down camera set for a picture. But she toward her. I snapped the picture. Then was looking the other way, so I Dorothy Hamill said to me, tapped Dorothy Hamill on the "Please stop, the flashes hurt my back and asked her to smile. eyes because I wear contact She did, and I had my "up close lenses." I was stunned, 17,000 and personal picture of her. people in the Spectrum, and she Many people around the United talked to me personally. States can say that they shook Just then, the same guard hands with Dorothy Hamill, but came out and chased us away how many can say they tapped again. If you are wondering about her on the back? my friend, when he saw her, he And then it was over, but, oh, choked, he didn't snap a picture, how t.h e memory will last he froze. forever. Miss Hamill came back to If anyone has the chance to see perform in the second half and .. the Ice Capades and Dorothy Hamill, don't miss it. She truly also at the end of the show. is Dorothy, from the Land of My friend and I were t.old by sources (we can't disclose) that Ahhhhssss. Manuscript Editor Appeals For Student Body Support To The College Student Body: With this year's publication, the campus literary magazine, Manuscript, will witness its thirthieth anniversary. What is so astounding about our age is that few literary magazines across the country can boast of such longevity. - Manuscript dates to 1947 when a handful of interested students wanted to find a voice for artistic endeavors on campus. This desire led to small yet promising collection of short stories and the birth of the magazine. Today, after decreasing monetary allotments and other problems, the magazine is still functioning . The Manuscript offers any interested artist on campus the opportunity to have his or her work seriously reviewed and selected for publication. If the magazine is to see anotheranniversaryitmusthave the support of the administration, faculty, and student body. We are nearing publication date but the staff has yet tp receive a substantial amount of material. As of date, we have been approached by one visual artist. Our deadline for submissions is April 7 and we are • still awaiting delivery of promised material. I am asking you for a broader support for our magazine. Should anyone be uncertain of our procedures concerning submissions please contact me or continued on page 6 Blonde Man in Plaid Hunting Jacket or B.M.I.P.H.J.: Mind if I sit here? ( Pulling up the extra chair at our table.) Donna : No, go right ahead. (Under her breath, "Just what we need, another one.") B.M.I.P.H.J. : What? Donna: J ust what we need, a guy full ~f fun. Linda: Looks like a winner , huh. Me: Yea, but that plaid C.P .O. jus t gives the right effect for a nightclub. B.M.I.P.H.J: !SK09 57391 sdf09 30 aud iO347 ? $! • & &) $• ©* ? Donna: I'm sorry, I can't hear with this loud music. B.M.I.P.H.J.: Sure, )%(&? !/ )95&98 ) $86.$65? Donna: What? B.MJ.P.H.J.: I can take a hint, honey. So long. Joanne : He was cute, where did he go? Linda: Yea, he was cute. Looks like he was catching harpoons with his face. Me: Gee, I 'wish this group would play a familic1r song. Donna: That's it. I'm going up. Joanne: All right, Donna. Band: We have a request here, we'll get to it after the break. And now for that old standard, " Moon Hibernation of Freedom." Old Man: Say, Donna honey, want to dance? Donna: No, I'm waiting for a request. Old Man: Yes, that's right. I'm requestipg-that you dance. with me. Joanne: Say, why don't you buy yourself a nice potent drink, like Geritol on the rocks. · Donna: No. I requested the band to play, "When Sunny Gets Blue." Old Man: Your wish is my command. I'll go right up there and ask them to play it. Until then, why don't you all have another drink on me. Linda: Look at that table full of guys there. One of the guys: Hello girls, (pulling our table over) care to join us? · Joanne: Do we have a choice? Donna: No, I'm waiting for my song, "When Bluie Gets Sun." Me: Donna, that has been 7 vodkas. You're cut off for the rest of the night. Another Guy: Say leave her alone, I have a lot of influence around here. They'll play the song. (He goes up to the band): Band: And now for the house favorite "Our version" of "When Sunny Gets Blue." Donna: This doesn't sound like "When Getti Blues Sun." Let's go. Me: Sounds good. Linda: Be right there. ·Joa.one: I'm coming, too. Guys : Typical women. Do all you can for them and they walk out on you. Old Man: Say, Donna, that's quite a beard you got there. Are you ready to dance yet. One guy: Get lost, oldtimer. Me: (outside) : I think it's going to be a long vacation. -<>Joke of the Week: (dedicated to the Wilkes Baseball Team). Q, What makes spiders such good outfielders? A . .They catch flies. ""I g. :" _ ~ " �Wilkes De~ate Union Hahnemann Program 5th At Sh,ppensburglmpresses Man In Countr .., & t:.. 8 : ai ! t- ..., :;: ..: ~ 111 ~ - The Wilkes College Debate Union, under the direction of Dr. Bradford L. Kinney, travelled to Shippensburg State College from March 11-12 for the Cumberland Valley Forensics Tournament and returned as the fifth ranked team at the tournament. The combined efforts of all the Union members allowed Wilkes to win the fifth place sweepstakes trophy. Sweepstakes awards are made on the basis of the overall performance of the team, with each team member's performance receiving a certain number of points in each round of each event. The points of all the team members are totaled and compared with the totals of the other schools competing. Wilkes had the fifth highest point total. The Debate Union's fifth place finish is particularly impressive since it was won at one of the largest tournaments.,. held this year. Forty-one schools from over twenty states competed in the tournament, and there were over 360 individual contestants. Also, many of the schools brought bigger teams than did Wilkes, but Union members were still able to surpass them in total points. The Cumberland Valley trophy is the second sweepstakes award won by Union members this season. Last December they brought home the third place sweepstakes trophy from the H.L. Mencken Forensics Tournament at · Towson State University (11.iaryland). As indicated by the fifth place finish, individual Union members did very well. Donna Korba, a freshman, won a trophy for second place in informative speaking. Sophomore Maryanne Bartoszek brought home a fourth place trophy also in informative speaking. In addition to these trophies, Wilkes also captured two other awards at Shippensburg. Donna BEER Korba qualified for the National Individual Events Finals in persuasive speaking. David Evans also qualified for the finals in impromptu speaking. The Finals tournament will be held at_ George Mason University in Washington, D.C., at the end of April. So far, seven Union members are eligible to compete at the Finals. Other Debate Union members who competed at the tournament and contributed valuable points toward the Union's fifth place finish were Kim Witherow, Marcia Stratton, Davida Roberts and Steve Jurewicz. Many fine forensics schools competed at the Cumberland Valley Tournament. Among these were the University of Maryland, Washington and Jefferson, St. John's University, Temple, Virginia Polytechnical Institute, Western Mar.yland University, George Washington University, Penn State, Emerson College, Eastern Michigan University, Fordham University, and Suffolk University. Dr. Kinney said he is very proud of the Union's fifth place finish since it shows a total team effort. Also, it shows Wilkes can compete against and defeat the top forensic schools in the nation. The award goes far to establish Wilkes as a strong forensics powerhouse. . This weekend the Debate Union will travel to Seattle, Washington, for the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament and ConvEintion. Wilkes will be officially inducted into this national honorary forensic society and will pick up its charter. Inclusion . in Pi Kappa Delta shows colleges and universities across the nation that Wilkes has a strong committment to forensics and that Wilkes is a power to be reckoned with in all phases of forensic competition. 1 So BEER The Wilkes-Hahnemann Program, along with three other cooperative medical education programs in the state of Pennsylvania, may soon be receiving support from the state in addition to funds currently being supplied by the federal government. In describing the move, Dr. Ralph Rozelle, project director and dean of health sciences, stated, "We are beginning to approach the state legislature." He also said that he was "looking forward to the state considering Me d Tee h Ma,·ors Don A Tr Ip . Ie p· erS On a , I.t y . By Wilma HurS t Ever wonder what medical technology majors (med tech for short) do in that final year of the program? Working at a collegeaffiliated hospital, they seem to become chemist-biologisthematologists all rolled into one, as they enter a medicallyoriented atmosphere. In that fourth and final year, med tech majors put their classwork to use in one of the hospitals associated with the college's medical technology program. They also continue to learn at the hospital, attending classes and gaining valuable experience through the lab work with which they are involved. Two Wilkes students are presently at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, fulfilling the final requirements for a B.S. degree in medical technology. Georgine Knight and Kathy Warakomski are working with five additional students from other affiliated colleges, along with the regular hospital employees, under the supervision of Helen Ruane, educational coordinator. With a background in both chemistry and biology, the students find many occasions to BRAN Ds Foreign Beer Our Specmlty y this legislation favorable," but that it would be "a long process," · and it is uncertain how long it will be before a final decision is reached. The Wilkes-Hahnemann Cooperative Medical Education Program in Family Medicine was initiated in September of 1972 in an effort to alleviate the serious problem of physician maldistribution in northeastern Pennsylvania. Since that time, similar programs have been developed at .::.-.------· use both kinds of ~owledge. Scores of different tests are performed daily in the lab, and students must learn not only the test procedure, but must also understand the mechanics of each test, and the interpretation of the results. At the General Hospital, the laboratory is not really a single department. Separate areas of the lab contain different equipment and personnel, with each section being responsible for a different task. Med tech students are rotated throughout the lab during the year, eventually learning each phase of the operation. Departments include hematology, blood banking, urina.l ysis, serology, coagulation, clinical chemistry, and microbiology. The hospital experience is an invaluable learning process, as students commented that they have been exposed to things they could never have experienced in a college atmosphere. Students must meet requirements of both the college and the hospital before being awarded a baccalaureate degree. Upon successful completion of the program, students are eligible to take the national registered examina tron. Fulfilling the requirements of that test entitles a student to use the initials BS MTASCP, which indicates that he or she is a registered medical technologist with a B.S. degree. Letter Bottles from page 4 4. Tests to be given throughout Cans Barrels Snacks 60 IMPORTED BEERS IN STOCK CASE BEVERAGE Main St., Kingston 287-2126 P.L.C.B. Cards "Only" Proof Of Age Accepted . 113 S. Main St., Downtown W-B Painter Pants Fanner Jeans I Anny Pants Straight IEANS Legs Flares mE J'~P, ., · I Maverick Wrangler Landlubber I All types of shirts Plain or Printed and Novelty Designs Y other Pennsylvania colleges, although Wilkes is named as the forerunner . Wilkes, in the northeastern sector of the state, sends approximately twenty-five students per year to Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelpilia. There is a Lehigh Valley Program, sending about ten students per year to Hahnemann, and Gannon College, in the northwestern sector of the state, also involves about twenty-five students. Widener College will begin next year with ten students, concerned mainly with non-Philadelphia counties in the southeast sector. "The plan is to try to cover most areas of the state," Dr. Rozelle explained. •'Other programs are visualized, but we don't know how many will become realities." These projects are all concerned specifically with Primary Care or Family Medicine, and are aimed at relieving physician shortages and maldistribution. Students who enroll in the Wilkes-Hahnemann Program complete six years of studies, dividing the time between the two schools and, toward the end of this period, in Wilkes-Barre hospitals. After the six-year period is completed, a three-year residency is also required. Rozelle also mentioned that the telecommunications network, being set up at Wilkes under the sponsorship of the federal government, will play an important part of the Hahnemann Program, providing an audiovisual link between Wilkes, Hahnemann, and the other schools. The television facilities, to be utilized by all departments at Wilkes College, were primarily planned for this direct-link purpose. There is a smiliar system currently being used between Logan Airport in Boston and the Harvard Medical School. A noteworthy point is that the Wilkes-Hahnemann Program is the first of its kind in the entire country for Primary Care Medicine. When Dr. Rozelle recalled a statement made by Congressman Daniel Flood concerning the program, he summed up its importance and needed function, "The whole country is watching the WilkesHahnemann Program." the course to check progression of reading speed. 5. Tapes and books to develop advance speed reading after the course was finished. As a student of the New England Speed Reading Clinic I was taught the fundamentals of how to cheat your fellow consumer. Sure we were taught something: we were taught how to sit in a noisey hotel room for three hours while the WilkesBarre Senior Citizens Choir chanted Silent Night. Therefore, I would like to warn all students who decide to take a speed reading course. If you do plan on taking a course such as this, then don't take it with New England. I would also like to ask all students who did take the course, and those who did have bad results to contact me and we will band together to try to receive the money that we were so dishonestly cheated out of. Thank you, Jay Finkelstein Manuscript from page better yet come to our meetings. We meet every Thursday at eleven in room 302, Kirby Hall. If we combine our efforts, the thirthieth anniversary issue can stand as a hallmark for future years and not just another magazine. I am appealing to all of you to seriously give your magazine some thought. Please come forward with any ideas you might have. Hopefully s you'll have a few submissions in hand. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Brian Boston Editor Manuscript P.S. Our submission box is located on the first floor of Kirby Hall. �Kaplan Manage$ To Gain Respect i A-CotttJJ ~ot ?lt lite, "l(crncl8~ by jeff acornley The Sunday Independent strikes again! Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Their Editors? I regret to acknowledge the fact that the Independent has snatched yet another scoop right out from under my naive little nose. Last Sunday, my i_dol Don Zimmerman penned a story about the resignation of Wilkes assistant basketball coach Jim Zardecki. I can't figure out where he got that information or who was his informant. It obviously wasn't Jim. He didn' t know about it until he read it in the paper. The Independent story said that Jim had quit his Wilkes post and was seeking a head coaching spot in a local high school. In a conversation with Jim just a few weeks ago, Jim had told me that he was looking for a high school job but that he wouldn't leave Wilkes unless he found one. I'll take a direct quote any day but I called head coach Rodger Bearde just to double check. "The story is complet~ly false," stated Bearde. "Jim is still onthe basketball coaching staff at Wilkes." So there we have a few boring little facts obviously regarded as incidental by the Independent sports stafL Not only was the story blatantly false, it was cheap. It came across as nothing more than a glorified advertisement for Jim 's talents in the high school market. It made Jim look bad and is just another example of the bar room gossip that the Independent passes off as fact. I find it amazing that the Sunday Independent gets away with publishing garbage on their sports pages. It is even more amazing when you consider how consistant they are. The Wilkes-Barre Sunday paper is certainly appropriately named. They seem to operate "Independent" of any facts. IM Cage Finals Approaching By Dave Orishak As the 1977 Intramural basketball season drags to its finish, we are all now beginning to ·feel the excitement which begins to build leading up to that spectacular extravaganza, · the championship game. In the past, these final encounters have always been exciting, down to the , wire donnybrooks, with . screaming sellout crowds and tequila for everybody. However, don't get too excited fans, because this year will be an exception. The championship mismatch becomes apparent when we size up the two teams, Gino's, a team that hasn't lost a game in over two years, and "Sons of Softee," a club with guys Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods 39 W. Market St., Wilkes-Barre and Bob Welsh like Bill Abrahms who has been a loser . for as long . as he can remember. Our pick is Gino's to repeat as champs by 15. During the current basketball season, Rich Mutarelli, otherwise known as the "Crestwood Flash", has received little recognition for the part he has played in the success of Gino's, the top ranked team this year. However, when we look more closely at Mutarelli's contributions to the team: this lack of attention becomes obviously justified.. .In the Softball Gr1:1pefruit League, it has been learned that the . " Ducks" have fined two of their non-hustlers, Arthur ( the fungo bat) Daniels and Nigel ( the backstop ) Grey for breaking training rules. Daniels and Grey contend that tbe rules might have been broken before they got them ... Commissioner Bowie Kuhn lifted · the fine and suspension placed earlier in the month on Nick Holgash when it was revealed that Holgash didn't jump contract, but rather . was given the option of either going back to the farlll team in Tuscaloosa or remaining with the Dennis Phelps Fan Club to serve _as a bat boy. .. ................................: Women's "' Women's Intramural Varsity Softball · Vollejball Organizational Meeting All Rosters Must Be In By Friday, March 18'- Tuesday, March 22 11 a.m. Weckesser Annex Questions: See Mrs. Meyers Send To: Mrs. Meyers Weckesser Annex ... .. .. ... . . . .. .. .... .. . .. .. . .. . . . •. :........ .. ..... ..... ....... ..... ..: By Eddie White , "I've always wanted to raise ' •.,,.. • the standard or alter the appearance of being a manager." Those were the words of junior Val Kaplan, manager of the highly-successful Wilkes wrestling squad. Kaplan, a man who takes his work serio- ,sly, went on, "The most important thing a manager must do is to sacrifice to help the team. He must do his own work and do it right." Val, a 1974 graduate of George Washington High School in Philadelphia, never saw a wrestling match until he came to THE WHOLE CREW - Essential qualities in a successful Wilkes. He dormed with memprogram are proper health and equipment maintenance. Shown are bers of the wrestling team in his some of the key memhers of the Wilkes Wrestling Team. From left, freshman year. After becoming Tom Cross, assistant coach Brooke Yeager, Val Kaplan, and Coach very good friends with them, he John Reese administer to Dave Gregrow. was encouraged to become a part of the team and contribute. After conferring with Colonel wrestling mentor John Reese, Val took the job and became, maybe, the best sports manager Wilkes has ever known. Now that the weather has turned nice, and all the wrestling mats Kaplan, a baseball, football, have been rolled up and put away, it's time for Wilkes College to turn and track standout in high school, to its spring sports. And when you talk of Wilkes Spring Sports, one said that adjusting from playing · that has to draw attention is baseball. The 1977 edition of the Colonel to being a manager was hard at ball club is back to pick up where it left off last summer. first, but well worth the trouble. For those of you who may have forgotten, last year was the best He stated that his motto is in Wilkes baseball history. The Colonels captured the Mid-East . "Nothing is too good for my Regional Title (Division III) at Mansfield State, and then advanced to team," and all he wants from the the first ever Division III World Series which was held in Marietta, club is respect, which he Ohio. The Colonels finished fourth in the nation, while California deservingly receives. The art State, Stanislaus was the champion. major also said that his job never · The Colonels are ready to defend their regional title and appear ends as he spends many hours to have a good shot at winning the national crown. Starting last month before and after matches, the Colonels held workouts in the gym to begin their preparation for preparing and cleaning up for the this quest. Last week's beautiful weather allowed them to go outside team . He commented, and practice for the first time at Artillery Park. "Sometimes if a wrestler is sick And, they definitely worked ! Head Coach Gene Domzalski had his in the middle of the night, I have · . charges out for three or four hours each day last week as they began to get him something, so really sharpening their skills for next week's Southern trip. Donizalski and my job is 24 hours long." his assistant Bob (Ach) Duliba put the thirty or forty players through He also has a managing style some good, hard calisthenics along with the usual batting and fielding all to his own. As he says, "I was practice. · one of the first managers at The squad will have to be cut down to about twenty players for the Wilkes to truly be with the team trip next week, which will see the Colonels play Randolph-Macon, all the time. I cheer them on Richmond, and Lynchburg Baptist. They will play five games against when they are rolling and I -these teams in three days. · console them when they are · Co-Captains Jim Stehle and Don McDermott will be counted on to down." Kaplan can even be seen lead the team on the field in the same manner in which last year's at Wilkes matches dressed in a captains, Steve Leskiw and Dave Trethaway did. Leskiw and blue and gold uniform, unlike any Trethaway both graduated along with steller performers Jack Keller, other manager on the Colonel Greg Snyder, and Tony Schwab. The five will be missed, but the Campus. He claps and screams Colonels had a strong bench last year, and some key acquisitions during the match for all the · were recruited from high schools to try and pick up the slack. wrestlers, whether it is a veteran As far as individuals go, all eyes will be closely watching Stehle or a yearling in competition. who was drafted by the Chicago White Sox last year on the fourth Once this season Kaplan was round. The lefty hurler passed up the Chisox' offers so that he could seen standing on a chair, giving return for his senior year, and is looking to have another good year, directions from the sidelines. Val which may push him even higher in this year's draft. said that is part of "his spirit on The Colonels will open their season April 2 at Allentown College the team," as much needed and play two doubleheaders on the road before their home opener quality for a successful team · with Scranton on April 12. Then on April 16, they will get their biggest unity. test with a home doubleheader against bitter rival Elizabethtown, So, He said that working close with the start of what could even be a greater season than last year's is Coaches Reese and Brooke just one week away and weather like last week's should get fans itYeager, has paid off with much ching to see this club play. experience. "Coaches Reese and COLONEL CLOUTS: The. Southern tour opens at RandolphYeager have an aggressive and Macon next Thursday at 3 :00 . .. Another performer lost this year is winning style which is very three year letterman and one of the finest hitters of last year, Jim helpful to the team and myself. Michaels. His clutch hitting will be sorely missed. Monie Coach Reese is a great man and I would like to thank him for giving me the chance to meet very interesting people and gain a lot of friends." Val Kaplan will retire after this Like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby for the upcoming season. " The season, because of student in all those old successful " Road" club played with great intensity, teaching duties, and he would not . · pictures, The Wilkes College like they were in a playoff have enough time to fully work as · Lacrosse Team enjoyed a sucgame," he added. He also noted a manager for the grapplers. cessful week with their "Road to that the club went south with only Although he has only Nationals · Tampa" during the spring break. eightdaysof practice under their left, Val- Kaplan still worries The Colonel stickmen parbelt. about how people react to the ticipated in the Sun-Coast The Blue and Gold are a young, position of manager. He worries ·. Lacrosse Tournament in Tampa, but strong team, as shown by the if people respect the title of · . Florida, where they played two fact that six out of the seven goals manager. matches. scored against Ithaca were Val, stop worrying, you have Iri the first game, the Colonels tallied by freshmen. Hobrock our respect. noted the oustanding goalie play · · belted Swarthmore College, 21-4, while in the second match they of senior quad-captain Bill There will be a Men's Inbattled highly-touted New York Harris, as being a significant tramural Softball Meeting on State champ Ithaca College, to a factor in the club's success. Tuesday, March 22 at 12: 00 noon Joining the Long Island; N.Y. in the gymnasium. This meeting 7-7 standoff. Assistant coach Jon Hobrock native, Harris, as quad captains is for team captains or are seniors Bruce Davis and Kurt representatives. Team rosters said the tournament was a great help to head coach Chuck Mattei Franke, from Boonton, N.J., and will be handed in at this time. Mark Davis from Hunterdon, and himself, as it gave them a Also, any people interested in good look at how the team will be N.J. White officiating games, please attend . Diarnondrnen Start Spring Training Lacrosse Team Returns From Suncoast Tourney ------ .... -i ::::r II) gJ II) Ill n 0 :::, ~ Ill ri ::::r ........... �m NCAA National Tourney Opens Today !Prelims Start This Afternoon; Injury Grounds Bart Cook C 0 u I'll a, ID a, s::. I- s::. ... u I'll ~ By Jeff Acornley Wilkes wrestling coach John Reese and three standout Colonel wrestlers departed from WilkesBarre Tuesday and headed for the dusty plains of Oklahoma. The Okies not only have deer and antelope frolicing on the range but also will have the best wrestlers in the country cooking in their gym this weekend. The Colonels destination is the University of Oklahoma to participate in the NCAA National Division I wrestling championships. The preliminary action starts today and culminates with the championship fil'lals on Saturday night. The Wilkes College Connection will carry continuous updates on the action. (826-1135 ). Making the trip for the Colonels will be seniors Lon Balum (134), Bruce Lear (142 ), Dave Gregrow (190), and although sophomore sensat ion Bart • Cook ( 177 ) qualified for the tourney, he will be unable to participate because of a very painful cyst. He was probably the Colonels chief hope for a medal and it's a shame that he will be delegated to observer status. Wilkes has only ever had two place winners i11 the " big time" Joe Carr, 3rd at 167 in 1966; and• Joe Wiendl, 5th at 160 in 1969. The team's fourth place finish in the EIWA tournament at Syracuse University two weeks ago was met with mixed emotion. The powerfu~ Colonels improved over last season's sixth place finish and doubled the number of National Tournament qualifiers, but were in excellent position to finish as high as second. "I felt that we were tl]e second best team at the tourney," stated Colopel mentor John Reese. "I was a bit disappointed with our place finish." The 1976-77 11dition of the Colonel grapplers was perhaps the best team in Wilkes history and they were wrestling up a storm until they ran into the proverbial brick wall in the semifinal rounds. They still had eight of a possible ten wrestlers, still alive and were sitting comfortably in second place behind seemingly unbeatable Lehigh. In pre-tournament forecasts the Colonels had all ten wrestlers seeded. By the time the curtain fell in the action the Colonels had 8 place winners with 1-2nd, 2-3rd, 2-4th, 2-5th and 1-6th place awards to tfieir credit. The first tw'o Colonels to bite the dust were both the only freshmgn in the lineup. At 118 Glynn Mansfield (8th seed) suffered a 17-5 mauling in the prelims in the hands · of unseeded Randy Brungard of Franklin & Marshall. Brungard got pinned in the quar terfinals by eventual champion Gene Mills of Syracuse and that ended any of Glynn's hopes for a comeback in the co ns olat io ns. Inexperi en ce signaled the end for Glynn as he found himself down 7-1 after the first period. , Inexperience wasn't the only problem faced by the other Colonel yearling in the lineup. Mark Densberger's' ribs were tender as he dropped his first match to Navy's Larry Kihlstadius 11-5. However, Kihlstadius was victorius in the next round but Densberger ( 4th seed ) dropped a 14-4 decisin to Steve Leslie of Colgate. Mark simply wasn't up to par physically to the rigors of tournament action. With these two wrestlers lost in the early going, the Colonels had their backs to the wall. For a while it seemed as though they were up to the challenge with all eight surviving until the disastrous semi-finals where seven of the eight met with defeat. Gene Clemons, seeded 4th at 167, was wrestling well until he met eventual champ Mark Lieberman of Lehigh in the semi's and got clamped at 7:24. Gino racked up his shoulder during that loss and then dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to Pete Englehardt of Syracuse, but came away with a 6th place medal. Senior guad-captain Rick Mahonski, a runnerup last year, finished a disappointing fifth at 126. He was seeded 4th and was pinned by eventual runnerup Greg Shoemaker of ESSC in the DID GINO REALLY LOSE? - Just moments after heartbreaking double losses in the EIWA semifinals, Gene Clemons receives consolation from giggly Carli Yeager. Gene's sensitivity and Carli's innocence make for communication on a very special level. In love , there is no loser. 0 WE.EflM semi's. Rick showed a lot of character and fought his way back in the consolations and still had a shot at 3rd place until he was pinned in the consolation semi's by Princeton's Kirk Dabney after leading 4-0 with only about a minute left in the match. Rick earned his fifth place trophy by decisioning Andy Sama of Columbia 8-7. The Colonels other fifth place trophy was won by junior Greg MacLean who was seeded fifth. Greg defeated 4th seed Bill Miron of Princeton in a 3-3, 3-2 (OT ) decision, but was yet another Colonel to be defeated in the semifinals by eventual champ John Althans of Navy, 9-4. Greg too bounced back in the consolations and decisioned Colgate's Lloyd Woodruff for the second time in the tournament, to earn his trophy. Colonel heavyweight Dan House lost twice to the same man but not before he garnered a fourth place cup. Dan, seeded 4th, lost in the prelims to Nick Mygas of Navy 10-9. Mygas had to hang on to his early big lead as House came roaring back in the . final period but came up a point short. House received new life and preceMed to destroy the second, third and fourth seeds with two pins and a decision, but again faced Mygas and the unseeded wrestler again edged Dan by a single point 5-4, thereby edging House from the national scene. Bruce Lear, seeded 6th at 142 finished fourth , but qualified for nationals on the virtue of being seiected by the coaches as the · wildcard choice. Bruce, the quadcaptain, survived until the semifinals without a loss when he met Steve Traylor of Yale. Traylor · won the championship despite being seeded seventh. Lear lost his bid for third place in a thrilling 4-2 loss to Tom Bauer of Navy. Bruce had Bauer down on his back but the clock ran out before he could pin him. It was a tough way to lose for the gutsy senior . At 177, third seeded Bart Cook lost only once but again it was in the crucial semi-finals. Cook was flying high until he was pinned in 45 seconds by Princeton's 2nd seed Keith Ely. Bart was making a move and was knocked off 1 balance and Ely had his piri · before they even broke a sweat. Bart earned a shot at the NCAA tourney by hammering Rich McPhee of Army in the consolation finals. Senior quad-captain Dave Gregrow was fighting injuries as he captured the other Colonel third place trophy. Dave, despite a nagging cut in his mouth, hammered everyone he faced except the stubborn second seeded Greg Cooper of Navy. Again a Colonel faltered in the semi's as Cooper ended 3rd seeded Gregrow's hopes for a championship with a 2-0 squeaker. It was the fifth time for a Gregrow-Cooper matching and each wrestler knew the other inside-out. It was a virtual stalemate but Cooper got the nod. Gregrow mauled Colgate's Mike Morrell to nail down third place an an NCAA invite. The Colonels highest finisher was gutsy quad-captain Lon Balum. Fighting off badly bruised ribs, the second seeded grappler breezed through every foe until he was clamped by the tourney's outstanding wrestler George Medina of Syracuse in the finals. Lon was the only Colonel to survive the paralyzing grip of J f. \Zo'-'""\) ~~ PlAIN I • the semifinals by decisioning Kevin McHugh of Columbia, 7-3, to advance to the finals . Medina proved to be too much for everyone, including top-seed Bob Sloand of Lehigh. The Colonels substantially improved over last years' initial venture at Easterns, but still should have finished higher than they did. Lehigh engineered their third successive championship and were clearly the class of the field . Navy finished a distant second with Ivy League champion Princeton placing third, only a single point ahead of Wilkes. Perhaps th e Lehigh SID summed it up best when he stated that the Lehigh wrestling program is now at a point where they are looking primarily toward the National Tournament and using the EIWA as a stepping stone toward national acclaim. Whereas Division I infant Wilkes is looking primarily toward a successful showing at Easterns. It is only a matter of time until Wilkes grows to the stature of it's Eastern counterpart Lehigh. The Colonel wrestling program is on the verge of national prominance under the expertise of Coach John Reese. Lon Balum was the Colonels most successful entrant in the Eastern Tournament March 3, 4, 5 at Syracuse University. Lonny, one of the Colonel's quadcaptains, had an extremely successful campaign despite some bruised ribs. Earlier in his career he had won two MAC championships and was a third place finisher in the NCAA Division III tourney in 1974. Lonny really used his head (above) and was the Colonels' highest finisher (left) with his second place finish . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 March 17th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 March 17 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/422efe64a1b6c3c9a9a3797e4bcc9de8.pdf 9b02cc8f908d17d40daad14e9ad0a9df PDF Text Text Class President-s Discuss Recent Elections By Jim Edwards The recent elections for class officers of the '77-'78 school year · indicated that the majority of the students have no feeling toward class officers. Only fifteen percent of the student body participated in the elections. Do class officers direct and offer their classes many activities to get involved in or is apathy the reason students are so turned off? When asked what he has accomplished as president, Larry Cohen of the senior class at first sarcastically said "nothing-no moqey". He then clarified that the class has sponsored a few successful roller skating parties and is currently working on the_ annual Junior-Senior dinner dance but because of the limit of funds Student Government grants, class activities are very limited. . Junior class president of one · Failure To Vote Plagues Elections year, Kim Dubosky, seemed more positive and stated that as president she has worked on the Freshman-Sophomore dinner dance, representing the class in Homecoming activities, the Foreign Beer Festival, and most recently The Gong Show. Citing problems that the president runs into, Cohen and Dubosky, both agreed that student apathy is the biggest problem. They also both agreed that few people want to do the planning of activities or as Dubrosky noted " they will only get involved when recognition is going to be made. " Cohen also complained that both Student Government and · the administrators, "don't keep you informed 'with important news that will affect the class." "You're lucky if you get the full executive council to attend a class meeting" said Dubrosky when asked for her impressions of the class. She noted that at this commuters and in fact, he couldn't think of any commuters who are involved in class activities. Apathy is the major problem noted by both presidents. The only resolution as Cohen sees it would be more money from Student Government to sponsor more class activities. · The more activities, the less apathy. But as Cohen feels "Student Government is all knowing, all powerful, and ful1 of shit." Buchwald: Carters Good For TV Comedy By Wilma Hurst By .Harriet Ann Smith President Carter strolled through the streets of Washington on Inauguration Day to prove Where ·have all the students that he could walk and chew gum gone ? That question has been at the same time. asked by several people since the At least that's what Art Buchrecent nomination and election for class officers. The res.ults of .wald said. Speaking in a jam-packed these elections were considered gymnasium last Wednesday, the unfortunate by most observers. syndicated columnist kept his The class of 1978, next year's audience laughing as he comsenior class, showed very little mented about Washington perinterest and involvement in these sonalities, elections and his publicized proceedings. For the column, lifestyle and personal four offices, a total of two people experiences. ran. Write-in votes were the order of the day for this class. · "Everyone thinks I have one of the greatest jobs in the world, " Even the new Class President's he said. "But when you look at it name was n_ot on the ballot. objectively from all sides, I do. " Eighty-nine of 419 students voted, He also confessed that"it'svery which is 21.2 percent of the class. true that the Russians use my The class of 1979- showed even less involvement than the senior • column quite a bit, especially when l criticize the adclass. There were five people ministration." But he- explained running for four offices with his role in the Communist press three offices having only one by saying, " I really work for the candidate, Sixty students out of C.I.A. My column is a code to our 469 students in the · class voted. agents in Moscow. Every third This resulted in only 12.8 percent word is a secret coded message. " , of the class voting. Finally, the class · of 1980 All in the Carter Family? showed the greatest interest of all Noting that he has had the the classes regarding candidates. opportunity to cover five They had seven people running presidents and eight vicefor the four offices. But, when it presidents so far, he then came time to vote, their interest proposed his theory as to why diminished. Only 100 out of 726 President Carter walked on the students voted, which was only day of his inauguration. 13.5 per cent of the class. Continuing on the subject of the Gina O'Brien, Student chief executive, he asserted that Government President, stated Mr. Carter and his family would that the ·class officers are in a be excellent subjects for a position to gef a lot done. She television situation comedy. cited the senior class as the class Referring to the · head of this that should accomplish much, television family as a peanut especially with graduation and farmer from Georgia; who has a associated activities. wife, daughter, a mother who Where has all the involvement joined the Peace Corps at 68, a gone? brother who drinks 10 six-packs of beer a day; and a sister who is a fai thhealer, the columnist Elections for :SU represen- · contended that the only comment tatives will be held today for a producer would have is, 'Get rid juniors ('78), sophomores ( '79) of the faithhealer .' and freshmen ( '80) from 11 a.m. Buchwald also commented on to 1 p.m. in the Commons and .the reaction in · Washington from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the New following President Carter's nowMen's Dorm. You must have a famous interview with Wilkes I.D. or meal ticket to vote. "Playboy" magazine. He said that a popular bumper sticker in NOTICE The Beacon will be published . the nation's capitol is "In His next week on Friday, April I, in Heart He Knows Your Wife." honor of April Fool's Day. He noted that acress Shirley ELECTIONS year's nominations , meeting, only four people attended. Two offices , vice-president and treasurer, had to be write-in candidates. As for other impressions, she said that the class is happy when activitiPs are prganized and later commented, however, that the students rely on the president for all the ideas. Cohen's impression of the elections is that "students don't care". He also stated that th~re is a lot more apathy among Later, when asked why he ·was "whether we like it or not, we are eliminated from the presidential not ready for a woman president race, Buchwald said that he had for at least four more years." had psychiatric help ). Three million people are afraid to fly, ( an obvious handicap), two No Bayonets million have wives who won't While his talk was usually move to Washington, another two humorous, he occasionally exmillion are being audited by the pressed some serious opinion. He IRA, and 18 million are featured pointed to Watergate and the in Elizabeth Ray's book. subsequent resignation of a That leaves seven million, according to Buchwald. But . president and noted that only in America could a government 6,999,998 of them have been change hands without one treated by a psychiatrist, and the bayonet being unsheathed. American people will not elect as He answered questio~s from president a man who has had a · the a_udience following his talk, meqtal disorder. and was honored at a reception at Of the two Americans Waller Hall after that. Earlier in remaining, one· is a peanut farthe day he attended the weekly. mer from Georgia. The other is college campaign luncheon and . "a guy who played football also spoke with -area newspeople. without a helmet. " SG Time_Monopolized With Fund . Requests NOTED COLUMNIST - World famous newspaper satirist Art Buchwald is shown prior to his lecture at the Wilkes gym last Wednesday. MacLaine expressed the feeling of many people regarding the personal conduct of our presidents when she said, "I'd rather a president do it to a woman than to a country. " Why Carter? He raised the question, "Why, in a country of 200 million people, can't we find one outstanding person to run for president?" and then proceeded- to answer it. He claimed that only 144 million people are over 18 and only 99 million of those are registered voters. But, 38 million are under 35 and are therefore, not eligible to run for the office. One million more are not native Ameri cans. Half · of the remaind er are women , and Fund requests were the center of attention for the major portion of the Student Government meeting Monday night, with $835 being granted to five organizations. An expenditure of $95 was approved for the ROTC Club's formal dining-in to be held tomorrow night at the Franklin Club. The Chemical Society received $120 to defray the expenses of an upcoming seminar trip. The newly formed Tropical Fish Club was granted $200 to· purchase a 50 gallon fish tank plus accessories. The tank will then be placed in the library. Mr. Edwin Johnson, director of student teaching, represented the Education Club to request $200 to enable an estimated 50 student teachers to attend an overnight work session at the Bear Creek · campsite. After an amendment opening the event to all students was approved, request· was granted. Reason for the amendment, proposed by IDC President Bruce Lear, was that it would allow stude nts interested in the teaching profession to have an opportunity to see what they're getting into. The final request of the evening was presented by the Bar Bell Club which . received $220 to construct a portable Bar Bell platform to be temporarily housed in the basement of New Men's Dorm. · The issue of the pre-final week testing procedure will come to a yes or no vote at the next meeting of the Department ·heads, according to SG Academic Committee Chairman Carl Holsberger. Pure Prairie League is scheduled to give a concert on April 23 in the gymnasium as a part of the Cherry Blossom Festival. Tickets will possibly be on sale next Monday at an approximate cost of $4 to $5.50. In its final actions of the meeting, the SG body voiced its approval to IDC and CC for the excellent work done to · accomplish last Sunda y's St. Patrick's Day party and to members of the junior class for the highly successful presentation of The Gong Show. �;Equestrian Club MeJDbers Around The Campus ~ Experience Colllpetition ll. QI al QI (=. ,.._ :;: ~ 5 :; ::E For many people the words "horseback riding" may entail several mixed interpretations from John Wayne all the way down to the picture of a breezy blonde bouncing along the surf. But, even though pleasure is of some concern, the members of the Equestrian Club are indeed involved in much more than just "horsing around. " Numnu1 Place, Second· In Melropolilan Audifion1 A Wilkes alumnus won second pri~e Sunday in the Metropolitan Opera House auditions and was awarded a contract to sing with the Barcelona Opera Company in Spain. Christine Donahue, daughter of Mrs. Isabel Donahue, 28 Price Street, Kingston , finished second in a field of 11 finalists from across the United States. Her second-place fil)ish earned her $4,000. • Miss Donahue is scheduled to give her senior recital Monday at Julliard School of Music. Kim Wolny, one of the team members; mentioned that at least once a week the team travels to the Shiloh Ranch in Moscow, Pennsylvania, where their activities take place. While there, most of their time involves intense practice in order to assure them of a favorable position in the Intercollegiate Horse Shows, of which they are a part. Some of the stunts they perform include walk trrot, canter, halting, backing, along with practice in jumping and turning. All of the exercises are designed to improve the skills of both horse and rider, a more agile equestrian being the result. Basically, the prerequisites for membership in the club involve both a sense of competition and some experience with horses. When one considers the club's participation in various horse shows, the need for experienced members becomes unders'tandable. Those lacking in experience might be interested in the riding instruction wpile Mr. Edwards, manager of the Shiloh Ranch, offers at a fee of $4.25 per class. Kim would also like to air the fact that possession of one's Knight-Time Puzzlers By Sue Ann Knight , 1. What were the character names of the lead roles on Route 66? What were their real names? 2. What were the opening words on the recording tape on Mission Impossible? 3. What was the female star of "The Avengers" character name? 4. What saying did Red Skelton close his show with? 5. Who were the neighbors on the Dick Van Dyke Show? ·.1ad1aH ,uiar pue armw ·s ·ssam poD pue 1q8!ll pooD ·t ·a1ead eww3 ·r.·sd1aqd ·.1w '8U!U.10J\l pooD ·.:: ·.1aunw un.1ew pue sµeqew a8.1oaD 'ssng pm: ppo.1, ·1 =SH3:MSNV BEER 150 BEER BRANDS Foreign Beer 0 -ur Specialty own horse is "not" necessary for club membership. Kim reflected that the competition is what she enjoys most as a member of the Equestrian Club, which presently has only a small membership roster. If you 're looking for the same kind of enjoyment and possess some experience in horseback riding, the Equestrian Club might just be for you. Evaluation Be~inninJ? For Commuter Council With the end of the semester fast approaching, Commuter Council has begun evaluating itself as 'an organization, asking members for criticisms and compliments. Positive comments were made about the smorgasbord sponsored by the group, and Barry Pezzner hopes that CC can hold more next year. But some concern was expressed about the CC parking system. President Dave Cherundolo said that a rearrangement is. possible and that the procedures should be more open. He added, "It looks like we're going to have more spots for next year." Arthur Hoover, director of student activities, was present at the meeting and reported that it was CC's letter on fraternities that spurred positive action. He said that hopefully, the factfinding and recommendation committee on fraternities will have results by the .end of the semester. Election dates for new members and officers, plus the senior gifts to be given at the awards luncheon were also discussed. Dr. Bronis Kaslas , former Wilkes professor of history, invites all members of the community to attend an exhibit of religious paintings, ancient Byzantine orthodox incons, and genuine European Easter eggs at his Warehouse Art Gallery, 381 No. Main St., Pittston, from Friday, March 25, to Wednesday, April 26. Gallery hours are 1-5 and 7-9 on weekdays and 2-ti on Sundays. The exhibit is presented as a public service, free of charge, to the religious community of this area on the occasion of the lenten and passover seasons. Qµestion: Class elections have see med to have lost their potency. Do you think the idea of a socially active class is important? Bill Davis, Wilkes-Barre , psychology: Yes, a socially in- · valved school privides a sharing environment for its students. The experien.ces learned in social interaction enhance the quality of education. Dave Cherundolo, Old Forge, political science: Most definitely - because we must realize that involvement - whether it is with the four classes or any of the other organizations on campus is a vital part of education in the broad sense. · Rosie Noone, Scranton, nursing: I think it is important to have a socially active class, but if people don't show up for elections how can they ever become involved socially in the class. Rosetta Chiavacci, Hughestown, nursing: I think a socially active class adds to the togetherness of the class. It makes everyone closer, and makes the class seem more like a class. Bert Katz, West Orange, N.J., accounting: I think a socially active class is importan t, however the apathy in the elections discouraged me from becoming involved in my class. I thinkthough that the Gong Show i:, a good step towards promoting interest in class activities. Barry Zoppo, Newark, N.J., psychology: I think a socially active class is important but I also think the college restricts the flexibility of the classes. Total freedom for social activity is not a reality. Bottle s i,inda Busch, Duryea, art: It Can s seems fruitless to have active student officers working for a largely apathetic student body. Barrels 113 S. Main St., Snacks liO IMPORTED BEERS IN STOCK CASE ·B.EVERAGE Main St., Kingston 287-2126 P.L.C.B. Cards "Only" Proof Gf Age Accepted m Downtown W-B Painter Pants Fanner Jeans I , Anny Pants Straight IEANS Legs Flares ,~PJ·. ·1 · Ma v erick Wr angler La nd lubber I A II types of sh irts Pla in or Printed a nd Novelty D es igns COSENZA-'S PIZZA 84 South Main St., W i lk es- B arre Phone 829-3667 Open Sa turday and Sunday a t 12 'noon .FREE DE_ LIVERY BAR-8-QUE CHICKEN SPAGHETTI DINNERS ANTIPASTO PIZZA HOMEMADE LASAGNA �Contntunity Service Progrant Helps Students Obtain Jobs The senior art exhibit of Patti Steele and Eliza Small will open in the Conyngham Gallery on March 26 and will nm until April 1. The exhibit, which consists of works done by both seniors , is a concentration on color relationships. Patti will exhibit paintings , graphics, jewelry and ceramics. Her paintings portray romantw realism incorporating landscapes and · buildings. Photolithography constitutes her grapic portion, while her jewelry consists of pieces in modern style. Also included will be traditional ceramic pieces including vases and pitchers. Eliza Small will exhibit batiks of abstract design, modern jewelry, and ceramic pieces. Her favorite works are the batiks which are designs on fabric. The designs are achieved by dipping the fabric into different colored dyes. The exhibit will open March 26 with a reception at 7:00 p.m. The public is cordially invited. Gallery hours run daily 12-8 p.m. Due to an imbalance between the number of job openings and the number of college graduates flooding the market, there are many job-searching grads who tend to become disillusioned with higher education. But at Wilkes College, students can enroll in a program that seems- to enhance career opportunities, especially for government and public service positions. It is · the Community Service Program, set up at the college in September, 1975, in cooperation with Action, an indepe ndent government agency. Under this program, participating students are expected to devote one full year ( 35 hours per week) to service in a public agency. The students also · participate in seminars, and are r esponsible for a r esearch project relating to their agency experience. Mrs. Barbara Bellucci, the pr ogram's project coordinator at Wilkes, said that the first year of Community Service at the college has been very successful as far as enhancing job opportunities. " About 80 percent of the participating students were hired either by the agencies they worked for or at agencies related to the field ," she commented. Mrs. Bellucci explained that Opera Buffs Disappointed? · Singer Dazzles Young_A udience 1 Opera singer Patrice Munsel dazzled the young audience but perhaps may have disappointed opera buffs in her appearance in Monday night's Concert and Lecture Series presentation. Miss Munsel performed .for an hour and a half with no intermission . Popular songs, broadway show tunes and a minimal number of operatic arias were interspersed · with amusing tales of the Metropolitan and other delightful stories. The talented entertainer began her program with a song from the sixties, " By The Time I Get To Phoenix," written by Jim Webb. She then continued with \'Musetta's Waltz" from Puccinni's " La Boehme." With grace and ease she floated from one octave to another in both selections, but was more musical in the latter. Her renditions of songs written by Burt Bacharach, Elton John, and others were fresh and exciting as compared to the style of singing most of us are used to hearing on the Johnny Carson Show, as actors try to be singers. With crystal clear diction, the singer-housewife communicated every word of every song. Included in the program was a medley of Broadway musical By Lisa Waznik show songs from "The Sound of Music," "My Fair Lady," "South Pacific," "Mame," and others. She also performed a selection of favorites from the 1940's. In contrast to these , Miss Munsel took the audience back to the Classical period with a Mozart aria. She combined her voice with that of her accompanist, a Julliard School student, in the popular version of "The Lord's Prayer. " He was amazing in himself as a perfect accompanist. His rapport with the keyboard was evident as he · watched his songstress' every move r'or a cue, rubato, or a cutoff. One of the finest of the modern pieces on the program was Stephen Sondheim's "Send In The Clowns" from the musical " A Little Night Music. " With intense emotion and musical accuracy Miss Munsel told the story of a heartbroken actress in the words of the song. With an encore of " He's Got The Whole World In His Hands," the performer began in the longing style of Marian Anderson and ended her performance with the audience singing and clapping in time. Men's and Women's Hair Styling YOUR FATHERS MUSTACHE PENN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER Wilkes Barre Pa. Phone 825-7569 Although a very entertaining evening, many people must have · been disappointed at the sparse amount of opera that was sung. It was true that her low register was not as overwhelming as the lyric higher notes in the operatic material. However, it was an excellent presentation on her part and on the part of the Concert and Lecture Series Committee for their By Mary Ellen Alu the program benefits the student since it allows them to do . something meaningful while . earning college credits and gaining experience. But she added that the Community Service progra:n also benefits the community as it provides agencies with aid and the publj.c with assistance. Three Wilkes students who were placed with the Legal Services of Northeastern Pennsylvania , Inc. under the Community Service Program, and two Wilkes students who were placed with the United Services . Agency (USA) have found permanent jobs at these offices. Tim Farmick, Bill Rinley, and Laura Davis were retained as paralegals at Legal Services, while Bill Lavage and Dennis Phelps were hired at USA. F . Charles Petrillo, executive director at Legal Services,. finds that the Community Service " is a program certainly worth encouraging. " He said that the students develop wide contacts among local agencies in the welfare, social services and court system, and added, " It is a welcome opportunity to apply a liberal arts education to a community need." Also pleased with the Commuriity Service program is Gene Brady from the United Services Agency. He said that the kinds of work the students do are important. Under the program, Brady explained that the student has responsibility, is provided with IDC To Nominate Officers P resident Bruce Lear announced at the very poorly attended Inter-Dormitory Council meeting Tuesday morning, that nominations for next year's officers will be made either this Sunday or April 3, the following Sunday. If council members are not ready to make nominations this Sunday then they will be held the following Sunday. The only stipulation is that a nomination must be made of someone who has served on the council this year. Under new business, Spring ~-f NN-Lr~ FOOTWEAR YOUR LOCAL WHOLESALER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Home of Name Brands Wolverine-., IPRO· a, ~-· -· Mother Goose Shoes l•converseL - ~ding:) ■ HERMAN FREEMAN ~~~(Q ~ .;lllush ~ ~ ll11>n~~:.~ 161 E. MAIN ST . training, and gains experience by actually performing the job. But Brady added that the program was a benefit to the USA. " We had the opportunity to see the students in a full-time setting." Several other agencies are used for student placement with the Community Service P rogram. They include: Economic Development Cpuncil of Northeastern Pa., Citizen's Choice Coalition, Head Start, Wilkes-Barre Planning, Family Service Association, the LuzerneWyoming and HazletonNanticoke Mental Health-Mental Retardation Centers, Volunteers of America , Pocono Environmental Education Center, Upward Bound , Women's Resource Center, Small Business Association, and Malabar. Mrs. Bellucci pointed out that even if the students cannot be hired by the agency they are placed with, they still have someone in the job sector in their corner to· make recommendations. The project director of the Wilkes Community Service Program is Dr . James P. Rodechko, professor of history at the college. · Upon completing the service year, students are awarded thirty credit hours under the title " Community Service. " These credit hours, along with an additional 12 hours of course work in the social sciences or other fields, can also apply toward a second major in the Community Service. MINERS MI L LS OPEN MON . · FRI . 9 TO 9 SAT l.,I RD AV 9 TO 6 82S-S346 Weekend is this Saturday and Sunday. The band, " Dialogue", will perform in the CPA on Saturday and will conduct a workshop during the day for interested students. _The movies "Mash" and " The Other Side of the Mountain" will be shown Saturday nighfin the SUB. There will be showings of each movie. Lear reported that the film committee has proposed to have 14 films for next year as compared to the nine shown this year. The tentative list includes such films · as " The Longest Yard" , " The Wizard of Oz" , " Murder on the Orient Express" , and "Young Frankenstein". The Education .Club is spon- · soring the student teacher workshop seminar May 5 and 6 in Bear Creek. It will be open to ·all students interested in teaching as well as Education majors. If interested, contact a member of the Education Club. It was reported that the Barbell club will allow other students to use the newly purchased weights that will be placed in the weight room of Pickering Hall. A lock, however, will be used to store the weights since they belong to the club. THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Specializing In: Hoagies And All Kinds Of Sandwiches OI ID Ill g :::1 ~ 111 ~ .,. ~ ~ .... �i Class ·Government: iAn Institution Of The Past Ill Ill . • • ELECTION QI ID .! ... Just what students consider an ideal student governing body seems to be a difficult statement to,pin down. Responses vary widely in accordance with class, age, major, interests , .; N and personalities. Some students felt that class governments s: are outmoded organizations , while others felt that the class ~ Ill structure is needed to maintain spark iri the student body. ~ Interest in class elections has dwindled down to practically nothing in the past few years. Most class elections are total farces with many candidates for offices running unopposed. Other slots wait to be filled in by write-ins. Most students agree that the principle activity of all classes are the freshmen/sophomore, junior/senior dinner dances, respectively. Besides these affairs, interest or attendance of class meetings or other functions is minimal. The one exception was the Gong Show of last week, sponsored by the class of '78. The basic problem with the class .election disinterest is not easily determined. Several students referred to an article entitled, "The Student as a .!'Jigger," written by Jerry Farber. One particular line in that article came up repeatedly, "The students are, it is true, allowed to have a toy government run for the most part by Uncle Toms and concerned principally with trivia. The faculty and administrators decide what courses will be offered ; the . students get to choose their · Homecoming Qµeen. '' · But by no means is the above quotation the basis of some underground student movement motivated to undermine the existence of class government. In fact, we would venture to state that the majority of the Wilkes population is ·either unfamiliar or unaffected by Mr. Farber's article. The problem with class government as The Beacon sees it, is organizational. Class government officers are primarily dormitory students. Commuting students are rarities in the ranks of officers or members of class executive council. This situation alone alienates over one-half of the Wilkes' student population. Publicity and attendance to class meetings · is largely limited to a few interesteddorming students: The other problem is that tbere seems to be a definite set of boundaries surrounding class governments. Just how far the power of a class can go, and can be taken is unknown, even among ciass officers. Student Government dolefully hands each class its $2,000, ( the freshman class only gets $1,000. However, that amount of money -doesn't go too far. In fact, it is practically spent before it even reaches the class. A large percentage of the bulk sum must go to the annual dinner · dance, another adequate amount goes to order a couple of movies to be shown in the SUB, and the rest is squandered for the senior year expenses. The decisions on how class funds will be spent are made by approximately 8% of the· class , which means basically that the money allotted to 300-400 students is spent by the votes of anywhere from 10 to 20 students. The entire structure and purpose of class governments needs to be looked into. Some students felt that a central ac, tivity committee composed of representatives of all classes, and subservient to the total student government body, but make activities and outings morefrequent. At any rate class governments should not be accepted each year solely because they were instituted the year 'before, but should be restructured to meet the needs of the students they serve. ...... 0, \ I Letters I .BEACON BITS Frats: Not A_Real . Issue? Alumni sons and daughters are reminded of picture session today at 11 a.m. in front of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. To The Editor: On Saturday, March 26, at noon, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Fraternities "seem" to have Hockey League will present a benefit AU-Star Hockey Game for become a major issue on this Multiple Sclerosis. A donation of $2.00 is asked and refreshments will campus . .The emphasis is placed be available. The game will be played at the Wilkes-Barre Ice-Aon "seem" because the entire Rama on North Sherman Street in the Heights section of Wilkes"movement" is being blown Barre. totally out of proportion. There A water safety instructor's course (WSI) will be available March has never been a real.movement 28 and 29 throogh April 25 and 26 at King's College pool. Class will be for fraternities at Wilkes, but held on Monday and Tuesday nights from 6 to 10 p.m. Those eligible rather a small group·of students must be 17 years of age and must have a current advanced SLS card. who would like to be known as a Anyone interested, please contact Mrs. Meyers in Weckesser Annex. fraternity. A case in point would Tickets are now on sale for the Junior-Senior dinner dance which be t}Je February 22 meeting for will be held Friday, April 1. The cost will be $20.00 per couple. Contact those people interested in frats · ·Larry Cohen or John Metta for tickets. with 3 representatives of national FL&L Department Film will he shown in the CPA at 7 p.m. fraternities ( one of whom left tonight. early) . Less tha:n 10 individuals SG elections for the classes of '78, '79, and '80 will be held today. attended, and of those only a few Commuter Council will meet today at 11 a.m. in Kirby Hall, appeared interested in Room . 102. Nominations for Student Government, president will he establishing a fraternal system held. on this campus. · The deadline for filing P.C.S. and College Aid applications for In all . of the arguments, 1977-78 will be Friday, April 15. discussions, and generalities The Senior Art Exhibit of Maureen McHale will open in the concerning the fraternity issue, Conyngham Art Gallery on March 20 and continue until March 26. where has it been demonstrated The Gallery is open from 1-8 p.m. daily. that fraternities will indeed · Models of Leonard DaVinci painting will be on display in the Sor" possess an endless amount of doni Art Gallery beginning on Monday, March 21. Gallery hours are benefits to the campus?" One Sunday to Friday from 1-5 p.m. , and Saturday, from 10-5 p.m. wonders how a . student could art ex. cutlines , manage ·not to find at least one area to be involved in when such STAFF a diversity of opportunities and activities are offered on campus. Editor In Cllief . .. .. . . .......................... • ....... , ..... Patti R eilly For instance, Winter Weekend Managing Ed i tors ........................ . Ma ry Ellen A lu , Wil m a Hu rs t N ews Ed i tor ........ . .. . ............ . ........... . . . .. . . ..... Patrice Stone which "proved to be actionCopy Editor ... ... . . .. .. ........ ... . .. . ... . ... . ................ J oe B u c k l ey packed attracting many Wilkes Co-op Editors .................... .-. .. . . . Lisa Waz nik , J an ine P ok r inc hak students who energetica lly Sports Ed itor . . ..................... . ..... . . ...... . . . . ... .. . Jeff Aco r nley participated in the events," the Bus i ness Manager .. ... . .................. , .. . .............. Dotty M a r tin Junior Class Gong Show ( stanAdvertising Man;iger ... . . . ....... . • .. .•..... . ........ . . M a ry Stenca v age ding room only!! ), Films, SUB Circulation Manager ... . . .. . .... . .. . .. . . . . ........ . .. .. .'.. Reenie Corbett and dorm_ parties, intercollegiate Cartoonists . . ...... . .. . . . . . . .. . .... ... .. .... . Donna Korba, Linda Busch, · and intramural athletics, concert Walter K i llian and lecture series, as well as Reporters . . .. .. ........ . ... . .. , Donna Korba, ·Rich Scott, Jim Edwards , Lisa Petrone, Shep Willner, Pam Long , Anyone who did not attend "The Gong Show" last Friday . theater productions are a few of Jody Berg, Steven Buckman , Nancy Kozemko, the benefits on campus, without night in the CPA missed not only ari excellent performance, Harriet Smith , Joan Vorbach , Earl Monk, Eddie White fraternities. This week is Spring but also an outstanding effort by the junior class, which sponSue Ann Knight, Dave Orlschak, Bob Welsh Weekend, and a faritastic Cherry Blossom Week-end (and concert) sored the show. The people involved with the production of this Advisor ... . .................... . . .... . .... . . ..... .. Douglas J . Rubinstein is in the works fo,r April. No less · Photographer . , .... . ............. ..... . ....... ...... Ace Hoffman Studios novel campus activity deserve to be commended for their efthan 32 open, active , nonforts, especially when one considers that they did not charge Shawnee Hall , 76 W . Northampton Street selective clubs and organizations for the privilege of attending. Judging from the standingWilkes -Barre , Pennsylvania 18703 presently exist ( and their room-only crowd at the CPA, the · junior class could have number is growing! ) , offering Published every week during the school year by the students of Wilkes everything from field-trips, to benefitted greatly if admission had been charged. College . Second Class Postage paid at Wilkes -Barre , Pa . Subscription rate: community services, and a Frank Scancarella has been credited with starting "The . S4 per year . ' campus Blood Bank. Is there Beacon Phon e (717) 824 •4651 - Ext . 473 Gong Show" wheels in motion, and we are grateful that he did. really a need or a place for Our congratulations and thanks to both Frank and everyone fraternities on this campus? Off.i ce Hours : Daily. All views expressed are those of the individua l writer Standing -Room Crowd Drawn To Gong Show else involved for a noteworthy addition to campus activities . . continued on page 6 not necessarily of the publication . �r,rnewilioOfiAzl Artist Draws Landscapes On Canvas And .T he Land ...______- - - J The Big Apple By Lisa Waznik My buddy Patrice just got back from her accounting internship in New York City (alias "The Big Apple") and I figured she could add some culture to this column by writing about her experiences. So here is Patrice's account of her educational experiences in New York. · How often do you have a businessman enter college after he has been in business? Not too often, but Paul Niedzwiecki, an art major from Wilkes-Barre, has been in business, and tells about it. "I was a partner in a nursery and garden care business. My friend and I had worked in the summers for an area businessman. When we realized we were almost running his company with our work and experience, we decided to open our o.wn company." You student teachers out there think you had it bad when you were set loose in "the real world." Probably the worst threat you had to cope with was a classroom full of hoods coming at you with switchblades. Big deal! Did you ever have to ride the New York subways during rush hour? You could get raped and never know it happened. That's what happened to me - , almost. . First of all, for those of you who never had the pleasure (?) of riding the New York subways during rush hour, I'll give you a little background information. For those of you who have, my deepest sympathy. Anyway, you know all those horrible things you hear about the subways, like people hanging out the doors trying to push their way onto an already jam-packed train? Well, they're true. Believe me. I wouldn't lie to you. I mean, when a train pulls in and you can get on without having to push and shove, it's not crowded. Paul and his friend, Ed Kopek, invested their savings into a dump truck, a pick-up truck, tools, and lawn mowers and then instituted the K&N SMding Service. During the summer of 1975, Paul and Ed had their hands foll with ari average of about 25 lawn_jobs a week. "When we first started, a friend in the sodding business was closing up show and gave us about five customers. Eventually through word of mouth and the quality of our work we were up to 25 a week." What is a lawn job? Well, it includes initial sodding, landscaping and then weekly cutting, raking and shrubbery clipping. " It's extra for fertilizer! " Paul commented. The K&N Sodding Service landscaped four new homes one summer. With the customer, the ambitious youths planned . and laid out the design on paper and 'then put in the necessary greenery. The sod came. from Hackettstown, . New Jersey and the shrubs were bought.at a local nursery. "It wasn 't too easy that summer," said Paul. "We were working 10 hours a day and if wasn't until halfway through the summer that we made enough money to clear our debts. The season lasts from March to October so it also interfered with ' school. That is why I decided to give up my half of the partnership at the end of the summer." Paul explained that to really get involved he would have to quit school. So he and Ed split, with Ed continuing in the business and Paul continuing at Wilkes. Freshman year, Paul was a business major because of the company. "I then realized, however, that for our company, I knew what I had to for that first year, so I decided to switch my major to art." So there I was in New York (I was on an accounting internship, by the way) . And was I nervous about my first day on the job? No - I was too worried that I wouldn't make it to work on the subway. It's bad enough getting on the train, but once you're on, the worst is not over. As you probably know, subways have doors on both sides of the train, but the doors only open on one side at each stop and you guess_ed it - I'd push my way onto the _train on one side and have to fight my way to the other side of the tram to get off. Now this 1:1-ay not sound so difficult since the width of your average subway 1s only about six feet. But when there are wall-to-wall people ( and I mean wall-to-wall), it's not so easy. I panic when I end up in the back of a crowded elevator now because I'm afraid I won't be able to get off at my floor. Subways do strange things to you. . . Getting on and off the subways are definitely the worst parts, but the ride in between is no pleasure, either. It's a real thrill to stand next to someone ( like two inches away) who ate a raw onion .for breakfast and has a cold, so they're breathing with their mouth open. And you'd be surprised how many people hit the bottle early in the morning. I was grateful that it was cold while I was in New York. I can imagine what it's like in the summer, if you know what I mean. Paul Niedzwiecki " Architectural landscaping involved a lot of art knowledge," said Paul. " I learned so much about color combination, which I used for arranging the flower planting, or symmetry and line. A yard is a picture." Last summer Paul worked as a lifeguard but still had a few lawn jobs of his own that he took care of on his days off. He said he liked being on his own in the work for a while. Paul, who is also the captain of the Wilkes Swim Team, plans to teach art after graduation. He said, however, that if there is no jobs for him in education, he will return to the business. Last year Paul captured a fifth place medal in the M.A.C. Swimming Championships at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. This year he took seventh place against tough competition. He holds the school diving record, which totals 410, which also is -better than former M.A.C. champion diver from Wilkes, Doug Krienke. ''I enjoyed my four years on the swim team, but the most im- portant thing I learned from it was that if big hearts could win races, the Wilkes swim team would always be number one." With Paul 's share of the company money, he has paid for · his entire tuition at Wilkes. This summer he has decided to do some lawn work on his own and, in a surprise switch he will also be working a few days for Ed, who now has expanded the business himself; Paul is. an efficient businessman and an intelligent lawn specialist and would surely appreciate any new jobs. Need some lawn care? Give Paul a call. t 1 - - - - - - - - ; -~ I 01-/ l3ABY I .THINK r lOVE YOOOO/';f And for those of you who have an interest in surfing, but can't quite afford to make it to the west coast - just try riding the subways standing up without holding on to anything. It requires extra-ordinary balance and stamina. You know, I never thought I'd be able to fall with all those people around propping me up. Now I know better. What really scared me was when they started making bets that I'd never make it back onto my feet. I could just see the headline in the Daily News, "Girl Trampled to Death on Subway.." Oh - back to what I started to tell you about almost getting raped and not.even knowing it. Well, there twas on one of these delightfully cozy subways one morning with purses, brief cases, elbows and whoknows-what jammed against my body. (It's a good thing I'm tall because I could at least get air to breath.) There happened to be something pressed against my derriere also, which I really didn't notice until some people filtered off and I had more space. Everytime I moved to get away from whatever it was against my derriere, it was still there. When I felt it starting to push between my legs ( it was a hand, by .the way ), I knew in an instant that this was no accident. Preceptive, wasn't I? I turned around abruptly, but the subway was so crowded, I don't know who the friendly person was and I was not particularly anxious to me~t this Don Juan anyway. So there you have it. That's what tp.e New York subways are like. It's an interesting way to meet people (personally, I didn't bother to try to get to know anyone). And now that all of you are probably sworn off subways for the rest of your lives, I have to add that -once you get used to the subway scene, it's not all that bad. Honest. 0 yeah - the internship was really great and I really liked New York, too. But anybody can tell you about New York. But how many people are going to tell you their true-to-life experiences in the New York subways? -oJOKE OF THE WEEK: Q, Wh~t is dark, hangs around Parrish Hall and Jeff Renoe, and prefers masculine endomorphs? A. A gay Crow. wow THAT CLOCK RADIO SURE IS GREAT FOR WAKING- (,JOU UP IN THE HORN IN& - EH JUMBO 2 - ...."....' �j FirstGong Show Proves A Complete Success C 0 u IV GI Ill GI ... ~ ..... ..... -... Wilkes College's own version of The Gong Show was presented "almost live" from the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts last Friday night. Sponsored by the Junior Class, The Gong Show was under the direction of Frank Scancarella. The hour and a half show consisted of 15 acts, which performed for a full capacity audience in the C.P.A. Celebrity judges for ~e show Tropical Fish Club Revue Letter from page 4 Last week's editorial reference stating that fraternities "certainly could not adversely harm the campus life at Wilkes" implies that frats will either be beneficial or at the very least neutral in their effect on campus life. By their very "selective" nature, frats are the legalization of cliques and are thereby destructive to the Wilkes college family idea. The co-operation and communication necessary for the organization and innovation which result in a diversity of campus happenings are destroyed by this selectivity inherent in fraternities, on a campus such as Wilkes. Also, the idea that a trial basis could be utilized to determine the ef- --f fectiveness of frats on this campus is falacious in that once the doors are open to national frats they will attempt to perpetuate themselves, even if they are not being constructive. Those students who are pushing for fraternities on campus feel they are lacking a sense of community and belonging. If they put less energy into "formalizing" an institution and more energy into the end results they would like that institution to achieve, they would themselves·achieve that sense of community, involvement, and family that they so sorely miss. Respectfully yours, . Larry Assalita Steven Esrick abridood·--1 1 • ~ ALL YOUR SEWING NEEDS . I fGateway Shopping Center ltKingston Pa 18704 Midway Shopping Center,. Wyoming, Pa., 186441' --~~~~--------------11:R No Need To Miss Church ill ' . 693-1330 Central United Methodist Church So. Franklin & Academy St. Announces A Saturday Evening Worship Starting Saturday, March 26 at 6 p.m. Sunday Worship at 11 A.M. Everyone is Welcome William Reid, Pastor , • were Dr. Lester Turoczi, biology; Miss Elaine Slobinski, nursing; and Dr . James Rodechko, history. The Master of Ceremonies was John Forte . The entire format of the show was based on the television show hosted by Chuck Barris. Forte and the judges kept the mood of the program relaxed with the constant jokes and comments. In general, the acts were funny and the judges took advantage of their option and gonged five of the acts. · Two acts, Leo and Vicki, who sang Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarabough Fair," and Paul Kerrigan, who performed Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic," were tied at the end of the show with 30 points. The audience decided the winner by the amount of applause for the best act. The act of Leo and Vicki was presented with a plaque and a check for $51.32. Other acts included : Poetry .and Motion, a ballet routine . performed by two guys, which received 20 points; the Tropical Fish Club Revue, which received 23 points, performed with banjo, spoons, jug and pitchfork; The Supremes, which received 35 points for theif act; Dave · Hricenak, a comedian, who got 23 points for his jokes; Harvey Wackneough, the typical Wilkes College student, had a score of 34 points. Mr. Melody received 20 points for his acts; Mario, who performed an orig1nal composition for guitar, had a total of 34 points; and Cathy David received 35 points for her piano solo. The acts that were gonged were: Lida Rose, a barbershop quarter complete with centerfold; The Great Lee Thomas and . Adele, a juggling and unicycle act; "The Skin I'm In;" the Unknown Comic and "Maestro Please. " The audience's participation in The Gong Show was just as important as the acts, the judges, the Master of Ceremonies and the bands. The audience responded to the acts .even by telling the judges to gong acts that the audience thought deserved to be gonged. · ·John Forte, Vicki Moss, Leo Gambacorta, Frank Scancarella. Forensic Squad To .Compete The forensic squad of the Debate Union has entered into competition in a unique national speech-communication contest. The tournament is being run by Stetson University, Deland, Florida. What makes this tournament so unique is that it is conducted completely through the use of cassette tapes. Along with Wilkes Co.Hege thirty-five other colleges and universities representing over twenty states have entered this national forensic tournament. Stetson University reports that there are more than 400 student entries making this the second largest national speech tournament in the United States. The largest tournament is the National Individual Events tournament hosted this year by George Mason University. Wilkes specifically entered competition in the following areas: Persuasive Speaking, Expository Speaking, Prose Interpretation, and After-Dinner ' Speaking. According to Dr. .A.MNW....MNW..-.l'V'lrfV'll""lt..,,,r~ Bradford Kinney, Director of the Debate Union: "This is a very unusual type of tournament - it Book And Record Mart 18 S. Main St. W llkes-B a rre Books, Records and Tapes Biggest Selection Best Prices ~~~~ On Diamonds VANSCOY DiRmond Salon Gateway Shopping Center (Near Jewelcor)_ gives our students a chance to participate against some of the best colleges and universities in the nation without having to leave Wilkes' campus." Since this is a tape contest the emphasis of the tournament is placed on message content and vocal delivery. Each contestant and his institution ' remains unknown throughout the tournament to insure a fair evaluation. Judging will be by some of the foremost SpeechCommunication experts in the nation. Each student entering will receive 9 written critiques per event. Winners of this tournament will qualify for the Individual Events National Finals to be held in April. Those representing Wilkes College in the Stetson tournament are : David Evans, Steve Jurewicz, Marcia ·stratton, Davida Roberts, Donna Korba, Terri Williams ( all of WilkesBarre) , Kim Witherow (Harrisburg), Maryanne Bartoszek (Philadelphia), and Anne Wall Allentowr.. · Resident Assistant Posts . Available In Early April Have you ever wondered what goes into the selection of resident assistants? It is not an easy job, but the time has come once again to choose individuals for these positions. It is a rather thorough process since the job requires a certain type of person. The basic requirements for consideratiQli include an application, three recommendations from various sources, ( teachers, students, etc.) an interview with current RA'S as well as with Mrs. Conway and Joe Marchetti. The qualities looked for include whether or not an individual has common sense, if he can handle responsibility, and most important, the · ability to communicate with all types of personalities. Although an RA is not a trained psychologist, he or she should be able t:i help out the dorm members in any way possible; i.e . problems with school or otherwise. The process began on January 16 and at present, the information is being compiled anq the final results will be available during the first week in April. As there are many qualified candidates for the R.A. positions, there is a slight difficulty in choosing RA'S. For the 1977-78 school year, there are openings for 10 girls and only 5 guys. They must be chosen out of 80 applicants. So, it ,goes without • saying that it will be a job! Tickets for the Junior-Senior dinner dance are currently on sale. The event is scheduled for Friday, April 1, and the ticket price is $20 per couple. Sales will be held from 11 to 1 in the Commons and from 5 to 7 in NMD, Monday through Friday. Ticket sales are restricted to juniors and seniors and tickets. may not be reserved. �Two New Varsity Sports At Wilkes Fo.r Women A:Cortt)J ~~ ?lt In keeping with the constant growth of women's athletics in and around Wyoming Valley, Wilkes College has added another varsity spor t to its ever growing women's sports program. The female Colonels will field a softball team this year under the direction of Mrs. Gay Meyers. Mrs. Meyers has been coaching the Wilkes field hockey team since 1970 and has compiled a 41-28-5 overall record. She has also guided the Blue and Gold stickwomen to thr ee consecutive championships in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association lhe, "Ke-rncls~ ,, by jeff a corn ley The Wilkes College Lettermen's Club, a campus powerhouse in former years, is trying to revitalize itself this spring. The club has faded in recent years but President Dean Evans is hoping to change all of that. "Our goal is to get back into the mainstream of campus activities and provide services to the college," stated Evans. "We want to restore the club's prestige." Evans has talked to President Capin and has volunteered the club on a stand-by basis for anything that needs to be done. The members of the club also form the Wilkes flood emergency team. · The club also raises money througl]out the year to give as a scholarship to an incoming freshman athlete. "We a re hoping to gain some more regular functions such as concessions, parking, dances, and car washes and build our reputation from there," commented Evans. · Dr. Harold Cox and Art Hoover are the club's advisors while Evans, Larry Tarutis , ~ice president; Greg Wild, treasurer; and Bill Sobczak, secretary; provide the student leadership. · "Our biggest problem right now is people. We need more members. Only about 20 members are active and they are mostly dorm students. We encourage the commuters to come out and help us build a solid nucleus for the future," pleaded Evans. All that is required for admission to the organization is a letter in any varsity sport at Wilkes. Help do something positive for the college. They meet every . two weeks in the Gore Hall lounge on Tuesday at 11 a.m. "For All Your Beverage Needs" ·_ 329 South Main Street, Pittston, Pa. Call 654-6767 or 822-7572 11) -i ~ 11) !JI 11) Ill Susquehanna University. The Colonels will play at Kirby Park and will begin practicing next week. Also fairly new on the spring sports agenda for the Wilkes women. is a varsity volleyball tea m which is coached by Mrs. Doris Saracino, coordinator of women's athletics at Wilkes. Mrs. Saracino has been a member of the Wilkes fac ulty since 1960 and has coached both hockey and basketball during her tent.ire there. This will be her second year as coach of the volleyba ll squad. · The Colonel netwomen will compete in nine vars ity c ontes ts aga in st Ki ng's Co ll ege, Mary wood College, College Mise ri cord ia, Keystone J unior College, University of Scranton, and Baptist Bible College. Practice has a lready begun for the volleyball team. Their home games will be played at the South Franklin Street gymnasium. Martin (NPWIAA) . A graduate of Lock Haven State College, Mrs. Meyers coached a softball team last yea r in the Mountaintop Little League. The Wilkes softball team will play .varsity games in the NPWIAA Softball League and will co mp ete in a sc r imma ge gam e aga in st n 0 ::i Golfing Journey To Georgia Proves Profitable For Duffers Qµick , what comes to your mind when you hear the word, Georgia. Probably President Jimmy Carter or the famous Carter, Billy. Well ask ·that question to a Wilkes golf team member and he'll, (or where Sandy Pensieri is concerned, she'll), tell you that it means hard work and prac- ' tice. Over the college's annual spring break, the golf team, led by Dean Baltruchitis, (Wilkes' answer to Arnold Palmer) , took off for Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. While there, the team practiced at the Callaway Garden Golf Club, one of the finest in the country. The group included some 12 athletes, alumni, and friends of the college. USUC FALCONE BEVERAGE Ill 10 Upsets In playoff action earlier this week, USUC IV upended undermanned Ginos, 68 to 58 behind Mike Superczinski and his 27 points, and The Sixers zipped Sons of Softee by a score of 75 to 64 with Kenny Sickler tossing in 18 points to lead the winners. This sets up the championship game to be played later in the week at a site to be named, probably the Franklin Street Palestra. The game is rated a tossup by many, even though the Sixers did beat USUC earlier in the season, but the USUC'ers are peaking right about now so our pick is the boys from Nanticoke by a hesitant two points . Tickets for the game are still on sale in the bookstore. FOUL TIPS Some teams tha t will be featured in this _years softball season and who figure to make a run for the money The Independants-team capt. Joe Mullarkey doesn't want to be controlled by schedules and rules so the l ndependants won't join the league and won't play any games unless the aforementioned team captain decides that it is a " Dyno" day. M ansons Gan g- Mi c ke y Calibrese repor ts that the team is still totally intact from last year after a four th place finish, the only change was moving last years hard hitting Rookie of The Year George (Rocky) n,-,..hal ,,. -------------.... Chuck -Robbins .Sporting Goods 39 W. Market St., Wilkes-Barre Dean Baltruchitis, subbing for Coach Rollie Schmidt, who had important plans and could not attend the trip, said the journey was worthwhile and very valuable. "It will give Coach Schmidt and I a .chance to evaluate the club as a whole, and how we will do this year." The Colonel duffers will be led by junior Ken Donlavage . The former Wyoming Area standout has been chosen to be captain for the 1977 season. Other outstanding members for \he team are Joe Skladany, Steve Nielsen, J;ohn Petrosky, Barry Williams, Bryan Hoynak, John Ralston, and the only girl on the .team, Sandy Pensieri. The Colonels will open their season on April 6 with Ursinus and Lycoming, away. White Gino's from third to first base where he won't reinjure the elbow and wrist strain he suffered during basketball season. The One Point Two's-Coach Art Meigh reports that all members of this years team will be allowed to use his car and that the team picture will appear on the cover of his next album. Also, free baby ·sitting service will be available on Saturdays. Smegmas-Will again be tough this year, but they· are traditional also-rans in every sport · they play. Mike Capparel claims that this year will be different. If Mike Vassil recovers fully from a leg injury, Smegmas could be. the team to watch. Legatto' s-Brian ( Smokey } Roth reports " We're pretty much set. All we need is one good hitter and then we'll only need nine more. " Jeff Baird adds, " We;re not very good in the field but we don't hit so well either." Slocum-hasn't won a game in three years but Bill Manley feels that with ·a few breaks they can win it all this year, despite having only three players on the team. . ..ED. 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T a lk to R ich or Foste r l Our Record Specialists • ✓-:l-:}. ._______ _______, .,......,.._,._,...,....,.._,._,....o,-_,-..,....,....,....,....,....,....,....,....,....,.. ..,.._,. ..,....,.._,...,....,....,....A:r_,...,....,....,...,..,...,..,...,_,...,... �00 QI Cl ro fl. C 0 V ro QI al QI ~ I- ........... Diamondmen Beat Snow; Head To Dixieland Today By Earl Monk After putting up with the rain and snow of the spring break came in early March, too early for past two weeks, members of the Wilkes baseball the team to be ready to go south. And the players team hope to get a break this weekend as they can't afford to take a full week of classes off, thus travel through Virginia for their annual s_pring they must cram as much playing time as they trip. The Colonels will play five games in three possibly can in. one brief weekend. days against three teams which always present On the other hand , Lock Haven's spring tough opposition. . break was later, so that their club was prepared, Coach Gene Qomzalski and his squad of 21 and had the time to go as far as Florida and play ball players were expected to leave Wilkes-Barre for a full ten or twelve days. Other teams ( inthis morning at six and head down to Randolpheluding Colonel opponents ) also enjoy this luxury Macon for their first game at three o'clock. The - and could also afford to spend much more time Colonels will then travel to Richmond, which playing down south. probably has the best club they'll face down Another factor that hampers the Colonels is South, to play a doubleheader Friday at 1 p.m. money. This is a big stumbling block. Even if the The weekend will continue at a hectic pace as Colonels had time to take a full week or two they the Colonels then will leave Richmond to play a might not be able to afford to go as far or for as . doubleheader against Lynchburg Baptist starting long as Domzalski would like. For this trip alone, at 1 :00 p.m. Saturday. The Colonels will stay in the Colonels were scraping the barrel so that they Lynchburg Saturday night, leave for Wilkeswould have enough vehicles to be able to take the Barre Sunday morning, and be back for classes team for three days. on Monday morning. · Obviously then , the Colonels are hurt by not This spring trip hardly compares with the having enough time or money to _take as good a spring trips of other schools which are of the tour as their coaches would like. They'll just have' same comparable size as Wilkes. Scranton (a to put up with it though. They'll have to try. and Col<;mel MAC rival) usually takes a full week or get as much training and playing time as they can more to go down to Florida. Just last week Lock in these next three days to prepare for a season Haven (another Division III school) . went to which is Just around the corner. Florida and play~ twelve games in ten days. COLONEL CLOUTS: A reminder about difThese are just two examples of schools which go ferent openers ... the Colonels open their season farther and play longer than Wilkes. . April 2 at Allentown College ... They open MAC Why is Wilkes at such a handicap when it play at Susquehanna on April 9 ... The home comes to a Southern trip? T\1ere are probably opener is April 12 against Scranton. s; cal ,easo~ :est is ~ fact ; OIL UP THE ARTILLERY - Antique Artillery Park has been a hub of activitity during the past few weeks as the Colonel spring sports squads started training. Shown are Colonel diamondmen from left, Barry Harcharufka, Manny Evans, and Jim Stehle. Gallo Top Wrestler Grapplers Fail To Place In National Tournament r's lliis Frail,Olney ·Na111ed To NPWIAA Second Tean, All-Star Squad . Basketball season seems to have come and gone and for the Colonelette cage team the 1976- TEAMWORK - Karen Olney supports teammate Mary Jo Frail as Frail struggles to reach the bas.ket. Both girls worked well together on the court for the Colonelettes this year and were' recently named to the second team of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association All-Star team. By Dotty Martin .77 season proved to be a very frustrating one. However, if one looks beyond the disappointing 816 record with which the Wilkes women finished, one may find some bright spots in that long, long season. First of all, the Blue and Gold girls made history on February 27 of this year when they travelled to Scranton and defeated the girls of Marywood College, 76-54, thus capturing their seventh win of the season. This was the first time in the history of women's basketball at Wilkes College a team had won more than six games. Secondly, the female Colonels won their first game of the Middle Atlantic Conference this year which was something no Wilkes women's cage team had done before. The girls defeated Gettysburg College and advanced to the second round before going down to defeat. And now - two.members of that infamous Colonelette cage team have been named to the second team of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NPWIAA ) All-Star team. Mary Jo Frail, a freshman psychology major from Wilkes: Barre·, served as the playmaker of this year's team. Counted on by her teammates to do the heavy scoring, Miss Frail did just that as she racked up 226 total points this seasin for a 10. 7 points per game scoring average. Mary Jo made herself wellknown among the athletes at Wilkes College way back in September when she donned a Colonel field hockey uniform and took over at the right wing slot for the charges of Coach Gay Meyers. After dazzling both fans and opponents for an entire sea~on with her fancy stickwork, Frail received Honorable Mention to the Susquehanna Field Hockey Association Team. A 1976 graduate of Meyers High School, Mary Jo was also very active in sports during her school years. She played varsity basketball for four years, serving as tri-captain her senior year-and being named Most Valuable Player that same year. A four year member of the hockey team, she also served as captain of that team in her senior year and was named Outstanding Offensive Player in her junior year. She was member of the Meyers softball team for three years and a member of the volleyball team for one year. Karep Olney is a junior accounting major from Monroe, Connecticut. Moving from her usual forward position to an unfamiliar guard spot this year was not the easiest thing in the world for Karen to do; however, her determination dominated and ·she was able to master the new position. Even while playing at the _ guard slot, Olney was a heavy rebounder for the Colonelettes, controlling the boards . in many games. She also -scored a total of 179 points for an 8.5 points per game scoring average. · Karen has been a member of the Blue and Gold cage team for three years now and was named Most Valuable Player in her sophomore year. A 1974 graduate of Masuk High School, Olney was a four year member of the women's . basketball team there serving as captain during her senior year and receiving an Outstanding Athlete award in her junior year. · She also played hockey for four years in high school, serving as team captain in her senior year and was a three year member of the softb'all team. Both Mary Jo Frail and Karen Olney will be seen on the softball field for Wilkes this year a The Wilkes College Wrestling Team scored a record six points last weekend in the NCAA National Wrestling Tournament. It was the Colonels s.econd appearance in the tourney and they improved substantially over last year's showing. Coaches John Reese and Brooke Yeager along with senior wrestlers Lon Balum, Bruce Lear, and Dave Gregrow flew to Norman, Oklahoma and the campus of the. University of Oklahoma to compete. The Colonels jumped off to a fine start in the preliminaries, garnering four matches -in a row and placing 16th after the first day of competition. _ . Bruce Lear initiated the success when he pinned 8th seed Tim Granowich of the University of Florida in 6:10 in the 142 pound class. This match was held prior to the first round preliminaries because of the abundance of wrestlers. · Lon Balum got the Colonels first victory in the preliminary round when he clamped Rick Stone of Alabama in 6:30 in the 134 pound class. . Lear then came back in the prelims to record his second tourney win by decisioning National Division III champion Steve Cavayaro of Binghamton 14-10. The Colonels fourth win was picked up by Dave Gregrow at 190. He beat Jim Washington of the University of Southern Illinois by a 149 score. All three of the Colonel entrants advanced into the second round of the preliminaries but they had scored their last victory. Balum was pinned in 7: 10 by Don Brighton of Michigan State, Le"1r was decisioned 7-4 by Ohio State's Andy Despato, and Gregrow was clamped in 50 seconds by defending national champ ·and number one seed Evan Johnson of the University of Minnesota. Both Lon and Dave received second chances in the wrestle-back consolations but both again met with defeat. Balum was outpointed 126 by Fran Aftentranger of Cal State at Bakersfield who eventually placed third and Gregrow was decisioned 10-3 by Boise State's Steve Needs. "I was very pleased with the team's performance," stated Reese. "I was glad to see each one of our entrants win at least one bout and we proved that we can stay with the best teams in the country." Iowa State captured the team title followed by Oklahoma State and Iowa. The top 10 was rounded out by Minnesota, Oregon State, Wisconsin, Lehigh, Oklahoma, Michigan, and Kentucky. Nick Gallo was absolutely phenomenal and hardly broke a sweat while copping the 126 pound crown and was named the tourney's Outstanding Wrestler. The Hofstra grappler's only dual loss was to Lon Balum earlier in the year. · Acornley Reese Gailis_More Honors Wilkes Wrestling mentor John Reese had more honors bestowed upon him during this past week. The veteran coach had to hustle back to Pennsylvania from the NCAA National Tournament in Oklahoma last Saturday night in order to be inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The special recognition came during the state high school wrestling tournament at Penn State University. Reese was selected for this honor based on his contribution to wrestling in the state. Reese was also recently named the Eastern Representative to the National Executive Committee of -Wrestling Coaches in the U.S. The nation is divided into eight regions and one persons is elected to serve a four year term in each region. "Both of these honors are truly gratifying and flattering," commented Reese. " It is really nice to be honored by my peers." The Wilkes coach is surely deserving of the honors. Reese has brought the wrestling program along slowly and is now one of the best small college programs in the country. He has compiled a 245-47 record including 14 MAC championships, an NCAA division title, and is also a member. of lhe NCAA Rules Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 March 24th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 March 24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/3a785a02bb1983383da13d7c02dd0adc.pdf 3d39b7ed9032906005617bf8209a8ed0 PDF Text Text Who Says BEACON Editors Are Out Of Their Trees? ( No Related Story) - ' APRIL FOOL! - In honor of April Fool's Day, The Beacon editors w _ o uld like to prove to all their faithful (?) readers that they are NOT out of their trees and they are always willing to go out on a limb (ouch!). And you thought there was profanity on Page 1 la~t week ... For Pagel See Page 2 ... �Vol. XXIX No. 23 Wilkes College a.con New SG President Nominated ·Holsberger Running Alone On Ballot Bazzini, France, Zipkin -Running In IDC Election Nominations for the officers of next year's Inter-Dormitory Council were made at Sunday night's JDC meeting. Running for president are Tom Bazzini, Alan France, and ~rle Zipkin . . Elections will be held Thursday, April 14 for all resident students. Tom Bazzini, a chemistry and biology major from Holbrook, New York, felt that this year's council was effective but had no major a.ccoinplishments. He clarified· this by saying, "The council solved all the day to day crises and instigateti a few activities ; ·however, it didn't push many issues such as the visitation policy . or the party policy." In comment on the present JDC pres1dent, Bruce · Lear, Bazzini said, "He did as good a job as possible." "The main change I would like to see," added Bazzini, "is a better coordination of activities instead of having a movie running opposite an athletic event for instance." In addition, he would like to have passed a "twenty-four hour visitation policy using the 'proposed summer school policy as a jumpingoff point." The proposed policy deals with having male and female students rooming in Pickering Hall on separate floors. · In citing problems he believes he will run into as president, · Bazzini said, "The main problem I feel will be getting enough interested students to support me. Nothing can be done without student backing or interest." The second contender for the office of pre~ident is Alan France, an accounting major from Allentown. France is vice president of JDC at present and has been·chairman of the parking committee while working on the food, maintenance, and attendance committees .. He has also been a resident assistant for 1 the past year. When asked how he felt about this year's council, France said, · "It was very ineffective. •We didn't fulfill our potential." He also commented on Lear as being , "a little too busy with other activities, but he tried his best." "I feel the main problem is communication or the lack of-it," commented France. "I would work closer with the dorms." He suggested an JDC newsletter which would be more comprehensive than the present one and would be available to all resident students, not just council members. France also spoke of himself as he said, "The vice president knows the ins and outs and is well equipped for the job." The last contender for the office is Merle Zipkin, a political science and French major from New Milford, New Jersey. Zipkin feels that this year's council did not have the needed participation of council members. "More people should be encouraged and more people should have an interest because IDC can become more viable." Under changes to be made, Zipkin said, "I would like to see a more flexible party policy and to keep working on the visitation policy for what a majority of the students want." She would also encourage and like to see more student participation. Zipkin sees her main problem continued on page 3 run to give the students a Carl · Holsberger, a junior choice." Political Science major from In expressing his plans for Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is the only nominee for Student what could be done to improve SG, the sole nominee stated, Government president for the "The students' wants have not 1977-78 academic year. Junior been brought up this year, Larry Assalita and Freshman especially on the fraternity issue, Steve Connelly were nominated, Twenty-four students were but both declined. making the decisions, supposedly During the course of the representing their classes, but nominations, Dean Edward there was no communication Baltruchitis, SG advisor, pointed between the classes and the out that a full tuition scholarship representatives." . accompanies the Student As a solution, Holsberger ¥ Government Presidency. proposes that classes should be President Gina O'Brien added polled through a "Ballot-box type that there's more to the SG thing. " In this way, Holsberger presidency than a full-tuition believes, SG reps will have a scholarship. better idea of exactly what their O'Brien went on to say that no class wants, one sbould accept the nomination As Chairman of the Academic for the presidency unless they are willing to accept all the · Committee this year, Holsberger made sever~! proposals to imresponsibility and work involved prove academic life. These inand if only one person is willing to Carl Holsberger clude: .the initiation of decimal accept these responsibilities. point grading and teacher ratings When asked to comment on the ( made by the students and the fact that he is the sole nominee results compiled and distributed for · Student Government to . the students for future president, Holsberger stated, reference), both of which are ''This might raise some questions pending, · . amo_ng the students as to why Although he believes social life someone from the , student body is important, tile SG presidency Student Government cannot be nominated." hopeful believes that the He remarked that he does not representatives for next year academic sector, "is what we're believe someone from outside were elected last Thursday. all here for." He also believes Student Government should be Results for the class of 1978 are: that a good foundation has been nominated. "The president of SG Larry Assalita, Kim Dubosky, laid for academics in the above Daryl Dwyer, Carl Holsberger should be someone who unmentioned proposals. derstands the functions, and Frank Scancarella. As far as social activities go, The class of 1979: Greg Black, limitations and goals of SG. If a Holsberger would like to see Diane Coleman, Steve Kischka, person takes time to run for more weekend activities next Steve Kirshner, Lance Laube and Student Government year like this year's highly representative, then he or she is John Senatore. successful Winter Weekend The class of 1980: Steve Con-. more likely to take the time as because there was "a lot of president to see that SG is run nelley, Bill Keba, Julie Kent, student involvement," and it wa~ Sharon Manganello, Larry Walsh efficiently and correctly," relatively inexpensive. Holsberger added, "I would and Shep Willner. like to have seen someone else the greatest blood donor percentage. Becker said that vampires will also be seen roaming around the gym, Blood Donors Days, a tradition at the college, are a means for the American Red Cross to help meet the needs for blood in area hospitals. ' The only general qualifications for donors are that they are 18 or older, ( to donate without parental permission), weigh at least 110 pounds, and are in good health. Other tests and questions will be included on Tuesday to make certain that a person can safely donate blood. No Excuses! "No one has ever asked me to donate." Consider yourself in- vited. Blood comes only from people. It can't be manufactured. , _ , • Representatives Chosen For SG I April Blood Donor Day This Tuesday The semi-annual blood donor day, sponsored by the Human Services Committee in conjunction with the American Red Cross, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5 from 8:45 a,m. to 2:45 . p,m. in the gym. According to chairman Scott Becker, the goal is once again set at 300 pints, and students, faculty, administration as well as the public are urged to donate blood. . ·. Becker also wished to remind those who participated in the emergency blood drive earlier µiis semester that they are once again eligible to donate. The enthusiastic chairman noted that faculty and administrators will be pushed ahead of the line. As in the past, awards will be given_ to the male and female donors, and club and class with , Chairman Scott Becker, left, discusses plans for Blood Donor (lay with c<H!hairman, Debbie Thompson. Absent is co-chairman Sue Suchanic. , .. Your gift could mean life for a sick child, an accident victim, or an elderly person facing surgery. "Frankly, I'm scared of giving blood." Nearly everyone feels that way the first time, Donating blood has become a habit with many people, A few regulars have become 15-gallon donors, "Other people must be giving enough blood." "The demand for ~ blood and blood products is constantly increasing, The needs of patients must be met by more donors, people like you. "I don't have any blood to spare." The average adult has about 10 to 12 pints of blood in his • body. Doctors say that healthy persons may donate regularly. "They'll take too much and I'll feel weak." "Less than a pint is taken, Your body manufactures new blood constantly . �SG Funds· Down To '2000: Fund Requests Continue! Festival Events Scheduled ~ a, . ca - ft) w Wilkes will be blooming with A $5 entry fee and a small ticipating club if profits don't activity later this month when the admission fee will be used to reach that amount. A meeting -➔ requests, from the Journalism annual Cherry Blossom Festival After a special meeting for benefit the · Heart · Association will be held today at noon in the - if Society and the Philosophy Club, gets underway, April 22, 23 and nominations for · the upcoming after expenses are paid. Larry SUB for -interested clubs. 111 totaled $155. That money, to be 24. Games, concerts and contests Student Government presidential Assalita and Dane Drasher are · " Pure Prarie League" will be : taken from SG's Inter Collegiate will be held during the three-day elections, SG moved into its chairmen·for this segment of the featured in concert Saturday Conference Fund, was granted event, all designed to bring regular. Monday night meeting weekend. In addition to comnight at 8, along with "Dice" and without much debate. students, faculty, adwhere fund requests threatened "Stanky Brown." Tickets are on ► ministrators, and the public to the stability of the SG budget. The third request, from the sale now. General admission is the campus. Unless SG ga!riS back through theater arts department for $5.50, and the concert will last The college Cherry Blossom ticket receipts the rponey it has $2,000 to subsidize the- cost of until midnight. No smoking or ·::Committee, chaired by junior invested into the spring weekend student tickets for the April 21-24 driJJking will be allowed during :;; Ellen duFosse', is striving to concert, SG will have to face the presentation of Gilbert and the performance. :;: make the weekend a real school final six weeks of the semester Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore" and Greg Black, Steve . Connolley activity. Membership in a parwith less than $2,000. "Trial By Jury," began to worry and Kevin McCall are chairing ticular club is not a requirement The $2,000figure, however ,.does some members of SG about SG's the concert. Additional workers · to be able to participate in the not represent the amount of economic pliability. Most will be selected by the comgames and contests, and the money left in this year's SG members appeared to agree with mittee, and tickets will be sold at committee itself is made up of budget. Ten percent of the SG treasurer Patti Cullinan's the door if they are available. ·people from various areas of the original 1976-77 budget, or about remark that it was not a matter The committee is hoping to campus. $5,600 still remains in addition to of the production being worthwile "get commuters to stay on Activity starts Friday, April 22, the $2,000. but of whether or not SG could campus and get dorm students to with games on the dike for fiveThe problem results from the afford the possible financial come out," said Chairman member teams. Prizes will be fact that SG is required to setback. duFosse'. She also stressed that awarded to the team which reserve that ten percent for the faculty and administration garners the most points in · a 1977-78 budget. Further comparticipation is important for the series of contests, Which include plicating the problem are the from page 1 weekend to be a success and she balloon sitting, egg throwing, tugfund requests, including those hopes to see everyone come out 'o-war (in the mud ), and threegranted Monday which are for the event. legged races. Larry Assalita is quickly depleting the $2,000. as being ,ia conflict in what Other committee officers are Two of this week 's f~nd. students and the administration · chairing this part of the festival, Sue Volovicz, ireasurer and Terri which will run during the af' :\. want and then to find a comBurdo. secrefurv ternoon until around 6 p.m. The promise. " caf will be open later to acSince being an IDC alternate commodate participants. Ellen duFosse' last year and a member this That night Wilkes' bodyyear, Zipkin has worked on the builders will be in the spotlight, petitors, comedy acts are also parking and the ad-hoc calendar ~s the Mr. Physique _Contest will invited to register. · committee. She has also been be held in the SUB. Sponsored by The annual Wilkes Carnival Preparations are currently 113 S. Main St., secretary for the class of '78 since the Heart Association in moves back to the dike this year underway for the upcoming her freshman year. Downtown W-B cooperation with AFROTC, the for both Saturday and Sunday theater production of "H.M.S. competition will include three afternoons. Booths will be Pinafore" and "Trial by Jury," For the other four offices the Painter Pants divisions for participants, with available to campus clubs and $15 scheduled for April 21 through 24 nominees are : Vice president, Fanner Jeans prizes for each category. is guaranteed to each parat the Dorothy Dickson Darte Dan Cardell, Tom Malanga, Gary J , Anny Pants Toczylowski, Shep Willner; Center for the Performing Arts. treasurer, Mike Heller ,v Sheree Straight · Kessler; recording secretary, Drena Grainey, Carla Sechrect; st Legs corresponding secretary, Maris By Rich Scott McGrady, Michael . Smith, Lee Solomon. . Rares The meeting held last Thurstaken outside the cafeteria and Thomas, Larry VoJtko, Gerald , Maverick day between the IDC food conswned in the sunshine. D' Albis, Joe Laub, Victoria ~oss, Wrangler committee and the cafeteria staff · Capping things off this Dagmar Morave~, and , Linda Landlubber was your typical !DC-cafeteria semester. will be the granddaddy Abbey. The~e w~ also be a food meeting. Sheree Kessler and of all events. On May 1, the c~orus ef n_me sailors and 19 Al France represented an entire students will be treated tQ all the sisters, cousins, and a~ts_. A II types of shirts dorm population of well over 600, banana splits they can eat. Cast members for . Trial by Plain or Printed while Calvin Baggs and William "Banana Split Sunday" will be Jury" are : Bob Klem, Sandy Denion were tlJere to represent the cafeteria's little present to all Sho~well, James . Ruck, Frank and Novelty Designs the cafeteria. to get students in the right frame· Kosik, Paul ~errigan _and Ron It was clear to see that there is of mood for the "exam crams " Fex. There will be 11 Jurors, 11 little student interest in what they The cafeteria must be a gre~t bridesmaids ~d a ~ublic of 10. eat at meal time. So through this pla~e to eat since there appear to '.fhe box office will open for assumption, it must mean that · be no students grumbling at the W~es students and personnel on 125 Academy Street there is nothing wrong with the food meetings held every April 12 and 13. food and ·everything is fine. Thursday at 3 p.m. in Pickering Since there were no complaints H~ll. But, if any students would NOTICE from al!Y.§tudents, it was decided like to suggest ways to improve An organizational field hockey that upcoming events should be such fine food, they are more meeting will be held Tuesday, announced. than welcome to voice their April 5 at 11 a.m. in Weckesser Starting things off this spring opinion at the next food meeting, Annex. 825-5166 will be a "Jelly Bean Count today at 3. 825-5037 Contest" held by IDC. The exact number of beans will be known only by a "Barre Bunny". ~~~~ Chances for a guess will be 10 cents a piece and the contest will Nice Sele~tion of Potted last from March 28 to April 2. The "For All Your Beverage Needs" winner will be announced at the Easter Flowers, Easter dinner on April 3, and the 329 South Main Street, Pittston, Pa. prize will be all the profits made from the contest. Call 654-6767 or .822-7572 Beautiful SprinQ Silk ~lower Next in the line of springtime events will be a picnic-type. Arrangements dinner on April 23. It will be called a "Chicken in the Basket" and will consist of a chicken Free Local Delivery dinner which will be able to be g 1 IDC Two Rerformances Planned In April m • pI F00d C0111111,ttee . anSaJ::rt t;;d ruri~~~~et::r ■LpE Some Tasteful Eventsin~~~:s~ ~~~~-~!i!~1;~~ )EANS I Januzzi's Pizza and Hoagies FREE .DELIVERY OPEN 7 DAYS 11 - 11 FALCONE BEVERAGE 1· MAGGIE'S PLANT SHOPPE . B·ook And Record Mart Visit Our C,asual Atmospheni Upstairs 91 SO. FUIIICUI ST., W-1 ..... 2-5 T•L . . Sat. ll-5 824-6540 ' . . ~ 18 S. Main St . Wllkes-B a rre ~~ --~==,... .-,~.-G'~ Books, Records and Tapes 825-4767 Cllff and Monarch ~'l,NWll,lll,lll,,ll!WIIN,;,o,._tel\ls"-"-YY'-Y~. .•--ss•SSl!•ISSssSSl!!ISl!ll!!llilllB!!l_!illSll!_ll!!ill!!I_ _ _ _ _ ·· i l �~, Guest Editorial By Mark R. Abbruzzese 0 u 7 I Letters To The Editor! - - Student Government Officers Comment About 'Cohen' Article to attend meetings in a glaring Gong Show and the Winter To The Editor: admission of their own disinWe.ekend Bingo Game . and Let me first say that when Larry Cohen was asked by The The end of the year is ap- Outdoor Activities. The Cofterest. QI ,C Beacon reporter Jim Edwards , what he has accomplished as proaching; a time when feehouses and Disco-dances of Apathetic classes are led by organizations and class past years were also relatively the president of the senior class, Mr. Cohen replied, "nothing apathetic leaders! Changes in the presidents reflect upon their past inexpensive but successful. attitudes of some class leaders no money." I was glad to see that Mr. Cohen admitted to his accomplishments or lack of would enhance campus life to a The other complaint about accomplishments, however, the reason for his lack of ac,.; them. As in, the past it can be being uninformed of matters that greater degree than would complishment is by no means a financial matter. In fact, it is seen that it is much easier to pass affect the classes is another ·changes in the budget! · the blame of one's own inef- - example of passing the buck. · obvious . that Mr. Cohen lacks concern and possesse.s the Sincerely, ficiency onto the shoulders of apathy (to the nth degree) that he accuses the student body Gina O'Brien, S.G. Pres. Class Presidents are associate others. · An overabundance of Patty Cullinan, S.G. Treas. of having. members of S.G. and their failure money will not make up for a lack As president, Mr. Cohen has done very little-to promote of interest or effort. activity or class unity. Class meetings are announced by word Student Government allot~ of mouth rather than by poster or notices in the interdorm money to the classes according tc the requests which each clas~ mail. Consequently, only those members of.the class who hear submits. This year in particular, this "word of mouth" have the opportunity· to attend~Can Mr. no preliminary budget request~ Cohen speak of student apathy when he doesn't even give There will be a trip to Cape Canaveral, Florida, which will leave were submitted by any of the them a chance? I hardly think so. Mr. Cohen's comment that from Shavertown, Pa. on Friday, April 1 and will return on Friday, classes for the year 1977-78. April 8. The cost .o f the trip is $149.00 per person. For more "students don't care," is justifiable and being a student himTherefore, S.G. " dolefully " formation _contact Dottie Shelly, 696-3295. / self, Mr. Cohen demonstrated this very well as our "acting - handed out $2,000.00 to the Senior, The Wilkes College Committee for a Clean Environment wishes Junior, and Sophomore classes president" of the senior class. to announce that the High School Environmental Awareness Contest, and $1,000.00 to the Freshman Mr. _Cohen does not stop here with his ironical remarks, which was scheduled for Saturday, March 26 was cancelled because class ( because they are only however. He continued of the College Boards which were being given on the same. date. The for one semester) ... to say that Student Government and organized retest for'._ this contest will be Saturday, April 16 at 1: 00 in Stark Learthe administrators, "don't keep you informed with important based on last year's budget - Ding Center. requests. news that will affect the class." Mr. Cohen again is guilty of The Wilkes College Committee for a Clean Environment would When the budget is decided his own accusations. The vice president of the Senior Class like to announce their third annnal Photo Contest. The event will have upon, money can be added to or knew nothing about our last roller skating party until the day $115 in prizes given out for Black and White Prints, Color Prints, and subtracted from any particular before it was scheduled, at which time a Student Government . a special category for snapshot buffs. For a copy of the rules and account depending on requests prizes look on the bulletin. boards of the Cafe, Com~ons, or Parrish \ representative informed him of his class' activity. Pm very and the decision of the Activities Hall; or come up to the Clean Environment Club Room 436. Fee Fund Committee. H the glad to see that Mr. Cohen informs his class officers of the Tickets ~ on sale for the Ju.r-Senior Dinner Dance, which classes had submitted a larger events sponsored by the class. Also related to Mr. Cohen's acbudget, money from Student - will be held at the Treadway on Friday, April 1 from 7-1. It is $20 per cusation, as seniors, I hope that we still do not have to be couple. Tickets are being sold from 11-1 in the Commons and 5-7 at Government's activity fund "spoon-fed." Now let me reinform Mr. Cohen of one of his New-Men's Donn. (ACW) could have been allotted The Organizational- meeting of Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor to them. S.G. ·does not want a duties as a class president because he obviously has neglected Society will be held today at 11:00 a.m. in Parrish Hall, Room 23. ·monopoly on activities, the it . Comm~ter Council Meeting will be held today at 11 a.m. in Kirby money that S.G. uses could just I refer to Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Hall, Room 102. as easily be used by the classes to Student Body of Wilkes College: An AD-College Movie: "The Elger Sanction" will be shown in the provide social life for the camARTICLE VII Associate Members SUB on Saturday, April 2. ' pus. Elections for Student Government president will be held Activities do not have to be Section 1: The associate members of Student Government Tuesday, April 5. expensive to be well attended. shall consist _of the following: Student Government meeting will be held Monday, April 4 at 6:30 This can be seen by the Jr. class A. Voting Members . in· Weckesser Hall. 1. President of Commuter Council. Registration of seniors for next semester will take place on Mon2. President of Inter-Dormitory Council. day and Tuesday, April 4 and 5. The deadline for filing P.C.S. and College Aid applications fer B., Non-voting Members 1977-78 will be Friday, AprB 15. 1. The four class .presidents. 'l'.be joint art exhibit of Patricia Steele & Eliza Small will be held · To The Editor; 2. Any other person(s) so designated in the Conyngham Art Gallery from Match 26 until April l. Gallery From April 24 to May 1 at the by Student Government hours are 12-8 p.m. daily. Irem Temple in Wilkes-Barre Refering to letter B, number 1, Mr. Cohen has failed to at- · there will be a reachout Crusade Models of Leonardo DaVinci painting will be on display in the Sordoni Art Gallery until April 17. Gallery hours are Sunday to Friday tend any Student Government meeting this year. He in fact, for Christ. This is the perfect from 1-5 p.m., and Saturday, from 1~5 p.m. has not done his job. Who is apathetic and lacks concern? time to make that necessary The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency has What makes Mr. Cohen think that students should be any more -committment for your life. Clyde removed its policy denying State Grants to dormitory and off-campus · Dupin is the featured evangelist. involved than he is? Shouldn't Mr. Cohen be setting some sort students who either own or have full-time use of a motor vehicle. This Prior to the Crusade there will of example? change, effective for the 1977-78 academic year means that all PeQDbe 3 rallies. 1) luncheon with the sylvanta residents, regardless of their housing status may now own or Mr. Cohen also want& more money. The Junior-Senior New Genesis Singers and a have full-time use ot a motor vehicle and sdll have access to the State Dinner Dance Committee gave away about 15 free tickets, inMoody Science Film 2) 10 mile Grant Program. If the former prohibition, has kept you from filing for· mare!) for Christ. Coverging on cludingfree tickets to our "hard working" class officers. Have State Grant aid, you should now file for 1977-78. Applications are the square in Wilkes-Barre. Food we progressed to an era where we reward people just because available at the Financial Aid Office, Chase Hall, and · are due in donated from Burger King. : they have a -title behind their name? Why should our class ofHarrisburg before May I. · _ If anyone is interested _in the Financial Aid _ P ackets must be picked up at the.Financial Aid Of. ~cers get free tickets when they obviously have done nothing crusade contact me at Sterling fice. They _must be returned to the Financial Aid Office by April 15. -to deserve them, as admitted by Mr. Cohen himself. If money Hall, ext. 425; 829-9754. . Debbie Gould is such a problem, then let Mr. Cohen ask his class officers to Youth Leader STAFF purchase their -tickets like everyone else. After all, their efLuzerne County Reachout -Editor In Chlef . • • • • • .• • .......••......•....._... ,. ., .. . ,,, .... Pattl Reilly forts are wor._th far less than $80 of the class money: It should Crusade For Christ Man-.1ng Edlfon ........ ..• .•........ , . .. Mary Ellen Alu, WIima ltunt · t,e- noted that I.D.C. and C.C. officers pay for their tickets to all News Edltor • •••• . • . •.•... . . .• . : • . • ..•. ·.......•....... ·. . ... . Patrtce Stone · of their sponsored functions. Copy E~ltor .... •. ... •... .... •. ... - . .. . : .. ..... .. .. _: .... . . - ... Joe Buckley Co-op Edlton ...... ... .....•..... . ...... Liu Waznlk, Janine Pokrlnchak In conclusiQD, I would like to compliment Mr. Cohen on - Sports Editor •. • .......... ... . - .....•.....•........ - ... - ... . Jeff Acomley . _On the front page - staJadfQg : his __ yocabulary. He bas obviously -taken :many upper level 8uslness Manager ....... - . ... - - ... - ......... - ........ . . : ... Dotty Martin . grammar courses ·and he has incorporated: "four letter. from ·1efl, Mary Stencavag_e, Advertising Managff ... . -. , .. . ..... ... . -. . ............... Mary Stencavage words" fluently into his working vocabulary. However, there - Clrculatlott Manager . -- .. - - - - .... - .............. - ......... Reen le Corbett Cartoonists ...... • ..... . ..................... _D onna Korba, Linda Busch, advertising manager; Joseph is - one thing that puzzles me about his last statement And I Walter · K llllan quote, "Student Government is all knowing, all powerful, and - Rett9rters ...•.. . ... . ••... - •. . .. Donna Korba, Rich Scott, Jim Edwards, Buckley, copy editor; Janine Liu Petrone, Shep Willner, Pam LOll9, full of shit" Now, I ask you to decide; was Mr. Cohen Jody Berg, Steven Buckman, Nancy Kozemko, Polrincbak, co-op · edito_r ; __ ~fen:ing to Stu(ient Government, or in_fact, was he- speaking Harriet Smith, Joan Voiuach, Earl Monk, Eddie White cl. hirriself?Sue Ann Knlfht, Dave Orlschak, Bob· Welsh _Patrice Stone, news editor; Advisor ........ : ... - .. .. . .. -- - - ... .. . - .. . .. . ... ... Douglas J . Rubinstein Editor's Note: The Beacon would like to correct a statement that Mary Ellen Alu, co-managing PhOtographer ..... - ..... - . - .. - ........ .. .. .. . . . . .. . . Ace Hoffman S)udlos made last week. Classes can ask for more than S2,000 for their editor. ID QI m ... ......... - BEACON BITS j. in-\ I c,.... ,-........ ·----- was ammal budgets. NOTICE '· Articles or notices submitted to The Beacon must be RECEIVED .by the Sunday before publication. Material' submitted after this date cannot be assured a position in the issue. , Also, materral should be ad- - dressed specifically and only to The Beacon if sent through the inter-college mail system. Articles may also be delivered to The Beacon Box in the Public Relations Office, third floor, Weckesser Hall, or to any staff member. ID the tree, from left, Dotty Martin, business manager; Patti Reilly, editor; Wilma Hurst, co-managing editor; Lisa Waznik, co-op editor, and behind the bush; Jeff Acornley, sports editor. Shawnee Hall, 76 W . Northampton S-treet Wilkes' Barre, Pennsylvania 18703 Published every week during the school year by lhe stodents of Wilkes College. Second Cl;1ss Postage paid at WIikes -Barre, Pa.. Subscription rate: S4 per year. Beacon Phone (717) 824-4651 - Ext. 473 Office Hours : Daily . All views expressed are those of the individual writer not necessarily of the publication. �-t :r CD Ill CD Ill n 0 :I - ......., ..... Chip Pufko Tony Grimaldie Tony Grimaldie Chip Pufko . Shaved Heads Make Students $50 Richer By To break the monotony of college life, many studehts have been known to swallow gold fish or cram 32 people into a tight VW or even shave their heads on a dare. Two Wilkes College undergraduates completed the latter and are now $50 richer. Chip Pufko, a business administration major from Valle)' Forge, explained that Barry Zoppo had his head shaved in high school and dared him and Tony Grimaldie, a Math and· Computers major from Deer Park, New York, to do it. Barry and Rick Caro, Tony's . roommate, then quickly collected $100 in three hours by hustling students outside the cafeteria. THE WIZARD OFWAl. Fun Page Tony and Chip couldn't belie.ve they collected all the money and as a result were now committed. That night, while Art Buchwald was speaking in the Gym, hundreds of students gathered in the center lounge of Pickering Hall to watch the shaving. As one student commented, ''it was a pretty good show." When asked how it has affected the girls on campus, Tony said "it doesn't really matter' while Chip said, "There are no more girls worth getting around here." He then quickly clarified himself and added that it has caused a problem because "who wants a bald-headed guy." Both their girl friends were shocked and Tony P. LRDS 'BJENF WRJXGJEIQK RDONAHUESW SYWFVOPIRO EXBEACONXH ILURDNLMNS DTJKCZIOSG LWIZARDTAN ASHFBENGYO BRUCELEARG Jim Edwards and he is quite proud of it. He said added that most girls feel he it is a great conversation piece shouldn't have done it. and has often asked people if they Since Chip is going into the Marines this summer and will · would like to see his shark. The two baldies have become eventually have to have his hair cut he said, " all ya people who . the subject of many jokes such as gave are suckers." Tony, on ·the "don't fall asleep in a bowling alley" or "your neck is trying to other hand said, "I got $50 for doing it and I'd pay $75 to get my blow bubble" or "I wish I had a hair back." He said it is a cool watermelon." Even Harvey novelty around campus but e~ Wackenough of the Gong Show where people think it is strange. fame wore sun glasses to keep the Tony considers himself a glare out of his eyes. "usually quiet and conservative Chip has taken his well person" and has never done deserved prize money and anything else weird. Chip, on the "blown it all on luxuries" and other hand, recalled the time he, . Tony is. saving his for certain . Barry, and Tony Nardelli went obscene pleasures. They both feel out and were tattooed. A shark is the shaving brought some exnow located on Chip's inner thigh citement to the college and as Chip says, "it was good clean fun." As the novelty of ·their shaved heads begins to wear off, life goes on. Tony, a member of the Lacrosse team, has an exciting season ahead of him and Chip, who is involved. in intramural sports, also likes to sleep. FIND THE WORD: Circle the · things that you find on the Wilkes campus. "gong show" · class participation baldies SG l - profanity fraternities Bruce Lear 1-- "Wizard" parking _beer . BEACON tuition decrease employment Donahues work study money 7 FREE SPACE: Here is your chance to put any thing you, want in The BEACON. Please include dirty words, drawings, and pictllres. t • •f • • ' SG PRESIDENI' MAZE: Tey to g•it the candidates . on the SG President Ballot. (expert time: 5 years) ECITAL CORNER p.m. On April 3, um, at.3:30 in the Darte Recital hall, senior DOWN: 1. has a $7,000 Door 2. home of "All the Dean's Men" 3.Ho t l - - - 4. underager 5. George Washington threw a silver dollar across it. ACR~: 1. a ghost lives here 2. former English Dept. 7. where to find the best food in town 8. cleanest men's dorm 9. quietest men's dorm ~ · music major Linda Schall will present her senior piano recital. Linda is a member of the chorus and band and was a member of the Concert Choir. • • ..... Included in the pfograin will\be some of the works of :Bach, Beehoven, Dvora}c, ~ahrhs, Chopin, Jacobi, Creston, Bae~, and Liszt. 1 · �; Carl Holsberger : To Participate ! In Symposium Debate Union Wins Two National Awards 0 1 A political science major 1- recently was chosen to represent ::::: the college at the Eighth Annual ~ Student Symposium on the .: Presidency to be held in Reston, Virginia, from April 15-17. i, Carl Holsberger, a junior, will cs: participate in the symposium based on a recommendation from the Wilkes Political Science Department, chaired by Dr. Jean Driscoll. · This year's theme is "National Leadership and Priorities for the Third Century." Holsberger will join students from various colleges across the nation in an effort to obtain an idea of current trends and developments in the Presidency and to gain a perception of the office in relation to other areas. Also participating in the symposium will be some of the foremost students of the American Presidency,.. personalities from the. Ford and Carter Administrations, and several media leaders. Tentative activities will include a reception and-or tour of the . White House, lectures, discussion periods, and dinner sessions. Frank Baran, a 1976 Wilkes graduate who is presently a research analyst at the Pennsylvania Econony League, attended the conference as the college's representative in March, 1974. Baran was one of about 300 students who listened to panel discussions about "The People, The Congress, and the Presidency." According to Dr. Driscoll, a top political science major is chosen to attend the conference and "one we feel will benefit from the involvement." She said that a junior is sent so that "he can share the experiences with other students." and The Senior Art Exhibit of Mary Ann Petro and Rick Mahonski will open at the Conyngham Art Gallery on April 2 at 8 p.m. It will • continue until April 8. Mary Ann is an art major Jrom Wyoming, Pa., who is interested in teaching when she graduates. Her presentation will include water colors, wall hangings, and weavings. Rick is an art major from Williamsport, Pa. He will show stained ~ass wall hangings, stained glass inlaid in mirrors, pottery, and Jewelry as part of his exhibit. He hopes to open his own shop and teach after graduation. • The gallery is open daily from 12-8 p.m. Nursing Dept. Approved Approval by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners has recently been granted the Wilkes Nursing Department, thus supplying a head start for its accreditation by the National League of Nursing (NLN) in the spring. The Nursing Department chaired by Mrs. Ruth McHenry'. is now in its fifth year and boasts a total of just under 300 students who have participated in the nursing program within the last four years. Upon completion of the program, f!ach student receives r~fabridancl--, ShoJ~ 'Gateway IKlngston, Pa. The Wilkes College Debate The PKD Tournament and Union, under the leadership of Convention was attended by the Dr. Bradford L. Kinney, recently top schools from across the traveled to the Pi Kappa Delta nation. Some of the schools in National Convention and Tourattendance were Arizona State nament and returned to Wilkes University, University of with two national awards and one Arkansas, University of the national appointment. Pacific, University of Southern The PKD National Convention Colorado, Georgia Southern and Tournament, held in Seattle, College, Bethel College, Washington, from March 18-22, Georgetown College, University brought more than one hundred of Missouri, Montana State PKD chapters from across the University, University of nation together for five days of Nebraska, Appalachian State competition and business University (North Carolina) meetings. Pi Kappa Delta is the Lewis and Clark College, South national honorary forensics Dakota University, Texas A&I society. University of Wisconsin, David Evans, the Wilkes many others. delegate at the convention, NOTICE competed in two events, the Tickets for the Freshmanmaximum number one person Sophomore Dinner Dance will go could enter. He returned with two on sale Monday, April 4. The national awards, one in each event will be held at the Treadevent. David picked up a cerway Inn on Friday, April 15. A sit tificate of excellence for tenth down meal, free beer and a hall place in informative speaking, price cash bar will be offered. and he also brought Wilkes a Music will be provided by certificate of superiority and a "Museum." The price of the gold medal for third place in tickets is $20 per couple. oratory. Since the PKD TourReservations for tables can be nament is a national competition, made by having the names of the this ranks David as one of the top 5 couples sitting ,together. speakers in the nation and places Otherwise, seating arrangements Wilkes up at the top ·of the list of will be on a first-come, firstfine forensics schools in the served basis. Tickets will be sold country. from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the David was also appointed to a Commons and from 4: 30 p.m. prestigious national committee 6:30 p.m. att he cafeteria. For at the PKD Conventipn. · He was named to the national PKD fut1her details contact Mary Anne Gazdick at 829-9717, Ext. Research and Public Relations Committee, a committee chaired 400 or Steve Elko at 829-9958, Ext. by Dr. Marty Beasley of 409. Louisiana Tech. Dr. Kinney, who accompanied David to Seattle, was also named to a committee. Dr. Kinney was appointed to the Constitution Revision Committee for the Province of the Colonies, the • province of PKD to which Wilkes Specuilizing In: belongs. Wilkes·· also received its Hoagies And All national PKD charter at the Kinds Of convention. fe~e!OUR S~~!a~~\!,ng centerll Wyoming, Pa., 18644 --~&~----------~~=--' 18704 a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. According to Mrs. Cheryl Fuller, a nursing instructor, national accreditation of the department will reveal its achievement of various high standards, providing national publicity and increased prestige for the college. Nursing students will also benefit from this process since carious graduate schools have shown a preference for students graduated from an NLN accredited school. -,oc1ee,0=»0=---~~..,....,....,....-=i-c . ~=oiccoaoc:.9,:x:i-cco-=IQl SURPLUS RECORD and TAPES Penn Plaza Sho_pping.CTR Open 10 to 10 Every Day Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! Low Overhead Means Low Prices THE HUT at Hotel Sterling Sandwiches Mattem's Florist 21 E. South St, Talk to Rich or Foster -~ioc=oc=o~cieiCC>=c~0~ucrccR~e~c~o~rd=o~b~~0000oooa0◄ Wilkes Ba1Te, Pa. Phone 823-1103 lJos"/;;zfitf!.. Hi1ali•1lo ,1,,,;,1, ,,,, 111itt11I I ol 1,gen111lion and ,,1,;t11,, and t,, 11,anltlal lo~ al ,I Iii,', ,,,,,,;,,,,. Biggest Selection A special pr~sentati6n of your college ring. The Josten's representative will be In the college store to assist you In selecting your WIikes College Class Ring. We encourage ,the ladles to stop In and see our all new "After Five" collection of rings, and for everyone, our display of Super Bowl and National Championship rings. A special savings of 5% wlll aJso be offered at this time. Date: Monday, April 4 4:00 P.M. Time: 10:00 A.M. Wl&.kll•IAUIE • HAZLlnMI Wilkes College Bookstore Best Prices On Diamonds VANSCOY Diamond S4lon ·Gateway Shopping Center (Near Jew'elcor) �"II Ill 0 ID ... -4 i 111 ' ID Ill n 0 :I 'the, ...-... ,0 "1(c,rntl8~ by jeff acornley The Purest Reflections of the purest of games in it's purest of forms. Baseball ... 28 ounce Louisville Sluggers . . . ... .. rubber spikes ... baseball trading cards ...huge wads of 14 sticks of bubble gum in 6 year old mouths.,.patchwork · jeans ... tee shirts with M-A-N-T-L-E scrawled on the back in magic · marker ...baseball cards stuffed into sweatbands of caps to make the crown firm ... plastic batting helmets from an AtlanticRichfield promotion ... gloves 9 times the size of seven year old hands ... fat, gray-haired men sitting in lawn chairs watching ... pigtailed girls playing right field because no one ever hits to right field .. .lemonade because Mom won't allow soda ... backyard World Series' ... " In the neighbors yard is three outs and the hitter fetches" ... garbage can lid is first base, mud puddle . is second, cardboard box is · third, and Tommy 's new sweater is home ... six inch plank is a pitching ribber ... balls bandaged with black electrical tape .. .P.F. Flyers ... " No snagging off the garage roof" ... boy soprano voices screeching, "I got it!" ...dogs chasing little boys legs while they are sliding into the mud hole that serves as second base ... Mom calling for supper ... gloves strapped over handle bars on bikes with banana seats ... Dad's using the catcher mitt ... broken w. in dows... baselines made from chalk ·stolen . from school...skinned knees ... Tastee Freeze ... catcher's equipment maQe from pillows and Mom's ~tchen strainer .. ."If you hit the car with that ball one more time I'll spank you good" ... black eyes ... Ben Gay ... nails and tape rescuing an antiqQe bat...the tree is interference ... fathers are steady pitchers ... names printed carefully on the underside of baseball cap peaks .. .lopsided saw-dust balls ... "I was safe!" "You were out by a mile!" ... balls hidingJn sewers ... Dairy Dan as a sevenffi inning stretch ...Saturday triple-headers or at least play until dark ... real baseball. \ ~ 'J Colonel Duffers Open Wed W.ith Tria~gular Match In Philly along with Donlavage, qualified for Nationals last The Wilkes College golf team will open their season and the national exposure will help bolster season full of hopeful expectation next Wedthe youngsters. nesday when they compete with Ursinus and The other four slots are anyone's fair game at Lycoming in a triangular match on the Limerick this point Leading contenders are returnees Golf Course just outside of Philadelphia. Steve Nielson, John Ralston, and three promising The Colonels have their work cut out for them freshmen in John Petrosky, Joe Angelella, and if they are to duplicate last season's performance Barry Williams. when they were the first Colonel team in history The Colonels, like all other spring teams, are to qualify for the NCAA National Tournament suffering a little because of the inconsistant There were a couple of firsts accomplished when weather. There is still quite a bit of snow on the the Colonel co-captain Mark Jarolen was the first Colonel home course at the Irem Temple Country Wilkes golfer to be named to the All-American Club. team. "So far it hasn't been a major problem," said But Jarolen and fellow co-captain Larry GurSchmidt "We have been practicing our short nari have graduated and left sizeable holes in the game over at Ralston Field. The green approach Colonel lineup. Coach Rollie Schmidt is hoping game is very important and he who gets it up and that his young squad is up to the challenge. down the quickest will win these early matches._ help rate the college teams in the Colonel head baseball coach, "This is a very young team," stated Schmidt We are hoping we can get to Irem as quickly as nation. The News is the most Gene Domzalski, has been chosen "In fact there are no seniors and only two juniors possible, but until then, we'll be at Ralston Field." comprehensive college baseball by Collegiate Baseball News to on the whole squad." Coach Schmidt is cautiously optimistic for the newspaper in the country. Ken Donlavage will be taking over as captain upcoming season. "We will definitely have to rely The Wilkes mentor is one of 75 and also shooting out of the number one slot in the on a consistantly balanced attack. The entire baseball experts who will be lineup. The junior has plenty of experience and involved in the poll which is team will have to shoot low in order to keep the will be relied upon to solidify the younger memteam scoring average down. We'll just have to ! carried by both the Associated bers of the team. , Press and United Press Insee how the younger players react to the Bryan Hoynak and Joe Skladany are two ' ternational. pressure.'' - more veterans returning this year and will be Domzalski has been the Colonel It should be an exciting season. Acornley shooting second and third in the lineup. They, ' baseball coach for the past seven ' years during which time he has garnered an outstanding 93-34 39 W. Mari<et Sl, ; record including a fourth place The Wilkes baseball team's Freshman Carl DeFelice started Baptist College of Lynchburg. finish in the first NCAA Division Wilkes-Barre recent Southern swing may not the opener and gave up only one Despite an excellent pitching III World-Series last season. seem to have been a great sue- run in five innings. Andy Kresky effort, Barry Harcharufka was cess to Colonel fans, but the trip took the loss in relief, giving up the loser in the opener by a 4-3 served the purpose Coach Gene the winning run in the eighth score. Harch got very little Domzalski wanted it to. Although inning. support, especially from the SHELLEY'S the club won only one of five Dan Pisarcik started the Wilkes fielders who made seven games, the players finally had a second game and gave up both errors in the game. chance to get some game ex- runs in three and two thirds inJim Stehle pitched six innings perience in some decent weather. nings. Manny Evans Felieved and of shutout, and Manny Evans Last Thursday they opened blanked the Spiders for the rest of mopped up as the Colonels won against Randolph-Macon losing the game. Colonel hitters could the second game 5-0. This time 11-3. Domzalski used his entire only manage a total of four hits in Liberty 's fielding fell apart squad including five pitchers. the two games. allowing all five Colonel runs in On Friday, the -Colonels The Colonels concluded the trip the fourth inning. Stehle struck dropped a double header to Rich- Saturday by splitting a out ten in his six inning stint. mond b ide!ltical 2:1 scores. doubleheader with Liberty So, the Colonels got some Wl~~MM~w..-.M~~~~MAi'w~~MN~lliiJl.iiM~W- sorely needed playing time against teams which had already Men's and Women's played an average of fourteen games apiece. The pitching was Hair Styling excellent, but the hitters were a 1 little rusty. However, by this Saturday's opener at Allentown, Comer of Division St. & Carey Ave., Wilkes Barre the bats will probably be back in form. The main concern may be the fielding which was probably the sorest spot on the trip. But, if the Colonels get their fielding and hitting to match the pitching they PENN PLAZA ·SHOPPING CENTER will be extremely tough in the ·_Wilkes Barre ~a. Ph_one s25:.75&9 weeks ahead. Domzalski Chosen To Rate Nations' Top College Teams Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods Dian1ondn1en Gain riaying Tiine ••••••••••••• AMERICAN PIE PIZZA 826-1234 YOUR FATHERS MUSTACHE~ Monk �C: 0 u ,a GI m GI ... .c ........ 0, ..: Baseball Season · Opens Tomorrow At Allentown By Earl Monk end of the season in both the regional playoff and The 1977 edition of the Wilkes College the World Series. baseball team will be on the road this Saturday aga inst Allentown College to .begin a season that Bill Hockenbury (shortstop ) and Terry Schoen (second base) both saw limited playing Coach Gene Domzalski hopes will be even more time last year, but both are juniors and should be successful than last year's fourth place NCAA able ·to handle the keystone combination while Division III finish. The Colonels have a lot of gaps chipping in with their bats. Four freshmen, Rich to fill due to graduation, and only time will tell if this year's replacements can fill in for last year's Borofski, Rick Holsman, Gary Capece, and Phil Marino will be counted _on for infield backup. stars. · Junior Mike Supczenski will be the leader in Gone due to graduation are second baseman Dave Trethaway, right fielder Steve Leskiw, cat- • the outfield. The swift center fielder from Wyoming stole 17 bases in 29 games while leading cher Jack Keller, shortstop Greg Snyder, and left the Colonels in hitting with a .386 average and fielder Tony Schwab. Also departed for personal belting five home runs. His excellent glove . ,. reasons are third baseman Jim Michaels and rescued many a Colonel pitcher from trouble last relief pitcher Joe Delozier. The Colonels have year. thus lost six starters, and may suffer because of it early in the season. · Flanked to Supczenski's left and right will be Lou Elefante and Bill Polatra. Elefante, perhaps However, the men being called on to fill these the most powerful man on the club, had five positions all saw playing time last year at various homers last year, and half of his hits were for extimes and got five exhibition games under their tra bases. Polaha hit .333 in sixteen games last belts last weekend in Virginia. The Colonels won year; and might be the most consistent hitter on only' one game down South, but got a chance to the club. When Elefante is used as designated hittest everyone, while playing against schools that ter either Steve Grasley or Dave Korba will be had already played at least 14 or 15 games apiece. used in left. This year's pitching staff will count on the Catcher Ken Suchoski will be counted on to return of five veter~ns plus outstanding freshman handle the talented pitching staff. Suchoski filled prospect Carl DeFelice. The "Big Three" of cocaptain Jim Stehle (6-1, 1.41 ERA last year) , in last season when Jack Keller went out with a broken jaw. He performed admirably with seven junior Andy Kresky (6-3 , 1.94 ERA ) and junior Barry Harcharufka (3-0) will head the staff. homers and twenty R.B.I. ' in seventy at bats. His strong, accurate arm will keep enemy base runSenior Manny Evans (4-2, 2.44 ERA ), DeFelice, ne_rs in check. Backing up Ken will be . and sophomore Dan Pisarcik will also get plenty freshmen Wayne Yankosky and Bob Brazenski. of hurling time. The 1977 Colonels on the whole appear to be The pitching has to be deep since the Colonels less powerful hitters than last year, but promise have one stretch in which they will play six to be a much quicker team. The fielding may not doubleheaders in fifteen days. Down South all six be as good as last year's at the start, but should hurlers saw action as the Colonels played the five games in only three days. After a shaky start improve as the season progresses. Should the Wilkes' bats falter it will be the task of the pitagainst Randolph-Macon, the pitchers went on to ching staff to keep the team going. give up only eight runs in four games. This staff All in all, it promises to be an interesting may be among the top in the nation. year. Because of Wilkes success last year, every The infield will be headed by the other cosquad will be gunning for Utem. But, . they ha ve captain, first baseman, Don McDermott. McDerenough talent to get _the job done, and if mott had ten home runs in 29 games last year last everything clicks as Coach Domzalski hopes it year to finish in the top five of that <:ategory in the will, who knows 'how far they'll go this year. nation. He also hit .327 and had 21 RB.l's. He'll be COLONEL CLOUTS: McDermott, Supccounted on to hold together an infield wnich sees zenski, Hockenbury, and Suchoski were the top three new faces. hitters in Virginia . . .Colonels fell prey to a very These three players' total playing time last questionable call in the second Richmond game . . year is less than half of what McDermott's was. .Domzalski used his entire squad of 22 in the RanDave Hungarter, the new third baseman, has the dol h-Macon - ame. most ex rience of the three havin layed at the TAKE A SWIPE - Bill Hockenbury, Colonel shortstop, takes a fierce cut during a Ralston Field workout. The Colonels will ditch the . sweats and don the pinstripes tomorrow when they are entenained by Allentown College at 1: 00. Netmen On The Road For Opener At Juniata By Jeff Acornley The Wilkes College tennis team will take the wraps off a brand new season tomorrow more than four hours away from home when they battle with Juniata College in Huntington, Penna. The Indians are the first Colonel foe on an extended 12 match schedule. The netmen of Coach Tom Rokita are loaded with fresh new faces . Only three returning lettermen lend experience to the squad while the remainder of the roster is bulging with underclassmen. Senior Judd Davis is the ringleader. By far the best player qn the team, he will serve as captain and compete out of the first singles slot. The two other veterans are senior Mark Abbruzzese and sophomore Gary Krupenski. The kiddie corps is headed by freshman Mike Hromchak from Woodrow Wilson High School in Levittown. He has been very impressive in spring practice and so far looks to have captured the number 2 singles position behind Davis. ·Krupenski is currently positioned third while another newcomer, Vince Walters is sitting in the fourth slot. Walters is from Meyers . High School and transferred to Coloneland from LCCC. Rich Baran and Charles P etrino are currently competing in the fifth and sixth positions respectively. Baran is a junior from Wyoming Valley West and Petrino is a sophomore from Binghamton. Rounding out the squad are freshman Scott Gruber, sophomores Pete Eller and Clint Walker, and senior Abbruzzese. Coach Tom Rokita is very optimistic about this year's team. "We have a lot of depth on the team this season which leaves us in the very pleasant position of having 10 players fighting for the 6 starting slots," stated Rokita. "We've never really had thls kind of situation before at Wilkes. I like it!" The intersquad competition for starting positions br'eeds a -,.healthy attitude and makes for lively practice sessions. It also prevents the players from feeling secure and makes them work even harder on improving their games. . The Colonels preseason practice competition has been limited, due mostly to the bad weather and the great expense of playing indoors. However, they did get to compete in the College Bowl and finished third in the four team field. SUNY Binghamton finished first Every so often, a leader of a with Scranton, Wilkes, and King's following. team suffers an injury which puts "We placed third in that tournament but it was a very competitiv( him out for the season, and the so.: finish," stated Rokita. "We. lost a .couple of squeakers that could have called "experts" conclude that easily gone the other way and we didn't get blown out in any of the the year is over for that club. matches." The Wilkes College Lacrosse Rokita feels that the Colonels will be very competitive on the team was dealt a severe blow courts this spring. when quad-captain Bruce Davis "Our surprising amount of depth can only help us," said the sustained a badly separated coach. "We have more quality throughout our lineup than ever shoulder against Ithaca in the before. We used to send six bodies out on the court who were decent club's southern 'trip to Florida. but now our program has advanced to the place where we have 10 Davis was body-checked from the very good players who will see a ·1ot of action. I believe we have a blindside in the contest. Although coach Chuck Mattei said Davis · very solid a nd very competitive squad this spring." · They might just surprise a few people. was, "A leader and an instrumental part of our team," he is not ready to give Athletic said, "It will be the toughest Director John Reese a call and schedule in the Wilkes lacrosse cancel the season. history. We play ten games, with " We have some good young six guaranteed to be tough and players, who can hopefully come close." in and fill the big hole left by The Co1onels will face NCAA Bruce," said the Colonel mentor. Division I power, Bucknell at He mentioned some of the top home on April 14, along with offensive players on the team: another Division I team in Lehigh Dwigh~ "Mad-Dog'' Beck, Greg on April 6 at Ralston Field. Other Wild, Mark Davis, Bob Abrams, top opponents include Madison / and Brian Blesi. He also noted a FDU, April 9; Gettysburg, April I few defensive standouts: Bob 27; Western Maryland, April 30; Taylor, Bernie Donachie, John and Franklin & Marshall, May 7. ~j Larkin, and goalie Bill Harris. If The Blue and Gold will open Harris can have a season like their ·season with an important , Colonel soccer goalie Bill Narcontest with a tough Dickinson L. done, the stickmen~will in for a squad on Saturday afternoon, . good year. April 2, at 2 at the .Ralston Speaking of the se!3son, Mattei Lacrosse Field. White SPRING PREVIEW ISSUE ·Davis Out Wi th In jury . lacrosse To Open At Ralston FIRE ONE-Colonel goalie Bill Harris blocking some shots fired at him by assistant coach Jon Hobrock during a recent workout. The Colonel quad-captain will see a "whole mess" of these before the season closes. r Bruce Davis Separated Shoulder I • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 April 1st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 April 1 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/8b6c47d27fd7ab33f1b75f49e9801dcf.pdf 020735ad7218d8a8dac303cb2708dda9 PDF Text Text WIikes College Vol_. XXIV No. 24 CC Postpones Nominations. eaton \ April 7, 1977 SG Funds At $1100; Constitution Ratified Elections for Commuter Attention was again brought to independently publish the results Council president will be held the rapidly disintegrating for the benefit of students who Thursday , April 14, it was Student Government budget at will register for courses next decided at the CC meeting last this week's SG meeting, the last year. Thursdat, due to a mix-up in the . meeting to be gavelled to order Also at Monday's meeting, SG elections for junior class and adjourned by outgoing SG accepted the final version of the representatives. ·President Gina O'Brien. new SG constitution with only There .was a tie for onE!"junior Fund requests, channeled minor corrections. That conrep position which would result in through the body without much stitution · was ratified by the having seven instead of the debate, brought the remaining student body in Tuesday's normal si~ reps from that class. SG funds down to approximately election. All . previous_ conAs a result, the CC body agreed to $1100. However, the financially . stitutions are now void. run the election for the junior weak position of SG could be . IDC President Bruce Lear class again. These elections were greatly improved if the Cherry reported thi:!t J DC and CC will held on Tuesday, .(\pril 5. Blossom concer:t by Pure Prairie jointly sponsor an all college Since the CC president must be ' League is well attended, block party on April 30. He also nominated from within the body After initially requesting .$440, stated that there·have been many and the junior members of the responses to the recent food the Psychology Club was granted body . were still unknown, the survey. $250 to enable members to attend Council agreed to postpone IDC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS - Nominations for officers of a convention in Boston. In her 1976-77 review, O'Brien nominations for next year 's the Inter-Dormitory Council were conducted on March 27. The elecThe· Committee For A ·clean cited a list of what she believed president until the junior reps tions will be held next Thursday, April 14 in the cafeteria between Environment was granted $100. - were the major ~ccomplishments were elected. Nominations will 4:30 and 6:00. Above are the nominees for president. From left to The French Club received $60 of this year's SG. In prob~ble b~ held today in Weckesser Board right are Merle Zipkin, Tom Bazzirii, and Alan France. · for the purpose of sponsoring an anticipation of criticism, she room at 11 a.m. awards banquet and lecture , s~ted, " No one. can say that SG Citing mix-ups in joint CC-IDC during which several French didn't do anything this year." social events planning, Vice After commenting that "this year Club awards will be presented to President Dave Nye recomdeserving individuals. · The was really great," O'Brien mended that the two councils' The community phase of workers about a study of longpurpose of the awards is to received a round of applaus~ social committees work together Wilkes College's C mpaign '77 range goals and objectives which promote the study of and interest from the SG body which then more closely next year. The· CC surpassed its $120,000 goal last has been in progress at the began hummtng,its own rendition in foreign languages on campus. officers are still uncertain as to week as nine division leaders college for the last six months. Academic Committee Chairof "Auld Lang Syne." the amount that IDC will conreported the receipt of $123,545 The Wilkes dean explained that man Carl Holsberger, who was Surprisingly, O'Brien's last tribute toward that smorgasbord - with some cards still to be collecthe "Goals of the College Comelected to the SG Presidency on official comment as SG President which was held in the early part ted. mittee," which has been under Tuesday, reported on the status was to state that "this year's of this semester. The community phase is part the chairmanship of Ben Badof the Teacher-Student Beacon coverage was pretty Approval was given to have of an overall campaign to raise man, Jr., a member of the · good. In fac;t, many times it was Evaluation sheets. certificates printed _ for $350,000 - $165,000 from "other Wilkes College Board of letter perfect." Holsberger stressed that those distribution to deserving Comsources" and $65 ,000 in an Trustees, is broken up into five evaluations, to be mailed to muter Council members at the alumni phase which will be consubcommittees : Academic; NOTICE students by SG and then returned end of the year. · ducted nationally.until the end of Q..ualifications of Faculty, Due to the Easter holiday, The to SG, are evaluations of the It was announced that those the college fiscal year on May 31, Students, Administration, and Beacon will not be published next instructors and not of the courstudents who have received 1977. Board; Size of the College; week. The next publication date ses. After the completed parking tickets from the College Dr. Richard P . Soter, dean of Physical Plant; and ~xternal will be April 14, 1977. evaluations are returned, SG will will not graduate unless their academic affairs at Wllkes Relations. t1cket( s ) are paid. College, spoke to campaign Campaig~ Tops ,Goal Human Services Sponsors . March Of Dimes Walk , WALK-A-THON - Members of the Human Services Committee planning the upcoming March . of Dimes Walk-A-Thon are: Steve Kirshner, ·Levittown, co-chairman; John Andrake, Endicott, New ,· York· Connie Rickard, Hazleton; Ellen Merten, Rock~way, New Jersey, co-chairman ; Helen Stubits, Chalfont; Kathy Rickard, Hazleton; and Mike Barth, Union, New Jersey. The Human Services Committee will once again sponsor . the March of Dimes Walk-AThon. The purpose of this WalkA-Thon is to raise money for the March of Dimes to aid them in their research of birth defects and in their work in genetic counseling. . The Walk-A-Thon will be held on Sunday, April 17. The rain date is set for Sunday, April 24. The walkers will meet on Public Square and proceed through Plains, Pittston, Swoyersville, Kingston, and conclude their walk at Kirby Park. The theme of- the twenty-mile walk is "Walk For Those Who Can't !;, The Human Services Committee needs walkers to help in this worthwhile cause. They also need people to work on the Walk-A-ihon itself. Those people interested in walking should register now. There are two ways to register. For further information and to register call toll free 1-800-4320, 'from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Or, fill out application forms which are placed in the Student Government Office, Bookstore , and Housing Office. Co-chairmen for this event are Steve Kirshner and. Ellen Merten. For further _information, contact either Steve at 829-9860 or Ellen at 8258808. NOTICE Anyone interested in applying for an editoria l position on next year 's Beacon is urged to pick up an application and information in The _Beacon box , in the Public Relations Office , Third Floor, Weckesser Hall. Appiications must be submitted in the P.R. office by Tuesday, April 19. �~ - JDC .... QI OI Short Council Meeting Discusses Business Of No Major .Concern IV 0. C 0 u IV QI ca QI .c I- Routine business of no major concern was d iscussed at the very short Inter-Dormitory Council meeting Sunday night. Concerning the Cherry Blossom Festival, Bruce Lear, me president, announced that tickets are now on sale for the - " Pure PrairieLeague" concert to be held April 24. Since Student Government is subsidizing the first 500 tickets the cost is only $3.50. Any tickets sold after the first 500 will be for $5.00. Also discussed was - the All•College Block party to be held on April 30 which is sponsored by me and Commuter Council. Lear will approach Dean Ralston some time this week for final approval · in having the party. It was suggested that the band "Abelene," who performed during winter weekend, be sought after. Under committee reports, the Art majors Terri Jackson and Theresa Domanski will hold their food committee is having a senior exhibit in the Conyngham Gallery beginning with a reception meeting this Thursday. The time on April 16th to 22nd. and place will be posted outside Terri, a native of Wilkes-Barre, will exhibit still-life and landthe cafeteria. All students are scape watercolors, cellographs, hand-built and wheel-thrown urged to attend. Sheree Kessler, · ceramics, and batiks which are biomorphic and organic in design. food committee chairman · and Besides being eye catching, the batiks serve as functional pieces. "The Barre Bunny," announced Theresa, who hails from Ashley, will exhibit paintings centered the winner of the jelly bean on a naturalistic theme and will include: landscapes, flowers, and contest. Gordon Miller of Butler still-lifes. Also included will be hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics House guessed 1301 jelly beans in which are functional as well as decorative. which there were 1302 in the jar. Theresa recently finished her student teaching semester at NorHe wins a $25 cash prize. thwest Area elementary and secondary schools. The cafeteria food surveys that The exhibit is open to the public. Gallery hours run daily 1-5 p.m. were handed out to the dormitory and 6-9 p.m. students were returned at the meeting. The feedback obtained from the surveys will be instrumental in seeking a new food The situation surrounding the medical and allied health . plan and' service for next year. problem of graduate school sciences advisor. The visitation committee advisors on campus was the main Due to the lack of medical reported that they still have not topic discussed at last week's school catalogs, Dean Soter said yet received any letters from meeting of the Student Life that the Health Science offices is other colleges concerning their Committee. at the present time unable to give visitation policies. Kim Dr. Richard P. Soter, dean of sufficient information-in regards Witherow, visitation committee academic affairs, was present to to schools of dentistry and those chairman, said that if the try · to clear up the important offering advanced study proposed summer school matter of advisors at Wilkes. programs in the allied health program in which male and In regards to the field of law, sciences. Dean Soter stated that - female ·students will live in Soter said, "Wilkes is in great he was confident that something Pickering Hall on separate floors need of a new pre-law advisor. In could be done about this problem is successful then next year's the past we have had a faculty and that he will give it his full council should use that as a member fill in this position, but attention. jumping ·off point we hope to have a practicing As for advanced study in other attorney do the job in the future ." areas, Dean Soter suggested that Dean Soter also said there is a every department should have a good chance that Dr. Ralph designated graduate school Rozelle, dean of health, sciences, advisor. will probably become the Grad School Advisors· Discussed At Meeting · YOUR LOCAL WHOLESALER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Home of Name Brands Wolverine,.-, IPRO- a~~ Mother Goose Shoes Kedse f*converseL - ~dlngO ■ HERMAN FREEMAN .eoSWN·~. N r ~ ._. a©ve bl~ ~ a: 161 E . MAIN ST . !i:R:::J~:~ MINERS MILLS O PE N MON . · F RI. 9 T O 9 SA Tl,IRD A Y 9 TO 6 825-5346 The senior art exhibit of Linda Busch and Sharon Warren will open on April 9th to 15th in the Conyngham Gallery. Linda, a senior art major from Duryea, will exhibit black and white prints of abstract design. Also included will be watercolors including realistic still-lifes and landscapes. Sharon, an art major from Hazleton, will show . sculpture and ceramic pieces. Organic movements and feeli~gs, are displayed throughout her hand-built works. Both girls recently finished student teaching at local high schools. Linda taught at Pittston Area, while Sharon taught at Crestwood Area. The exhibit will open with a reception at 8 p.m. The public is cordially invited. Gallery hours run daily 1-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Beacon Recaptures First Place Honors The Beacon was recently awarded first place honors by Columbia University in its annual Scholastic Press Association newspaper competition . This marks the second consecutive year that the paper has received such recognition. Classified by 'the judges according to method of reproduction, type of publication and enrollment of institution, The Beacon accumulated 868 points out of a possible 1000. It earned an average of 88 percent of the total possible points in each 9f three major areas, and was granted additional points in DesignDisplay for "orderliness and functional accomplishments.' ' The paper was rated on its ·r ..,,.~REcoiir"7 I and TAPE~ · ~I~ Penn !.~~!~. !hE~~!~~~ CTR I§ ~· 8 ~ 5. Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhere! Low Overhead Means L.ow Prices Talk to Rich or Foster Our Record Specialists • . J t~,.r..r..r..r..r.r.r. ✓.:irJ"..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r~..r..r..r.r..r..r✓-:_ Men's and Wol}len's Hair Styling YOUR FATHERS MUSTACHE. PENN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER . Wilkes Barre Pa. Phone 825-7569 - ---NOTICE - - - - - t.._ Remember the good old high school days? Did you have to struggle with World Cultures , ~ Accounting, Math or History? No doubt, you could have used a little .,,_ help (a lot of help?) back then. Upward Bound is a helping .. -, program for high school stude~ts who are struggling with many of your old high school subjects. Wilkes gives these students a boost by conducting tutoring sessions every day from 4 - 9 p.m. on the third floor of Chase Hall. These tutoring sessions can work · wonders, particula rly fo r students with troubled grades and troubled lives. Tutors are more than tutors ; they are friends. Upward Bound - ext 382. S ~ content-coverage, writingediting, and design-display for each type of page-news, feature, opinion, editorial, and sports. In addition to the scoring, specific comments and suggestions were also included as an aid to future improvement. Beacon editor Patti Reilly commented on the award , saying, "I am very proud of the , , staff's accomplishment and I · hope it will serve as a motivation for a greater degree of creativity and excellence in next year's publication." , _ Columbia University and its graduate school of journalism enjoy the reputation of being among the finest institutions in , the coµntry . Its School of Journalism has been staffed by ac- • ..., claimed pr ofessors and professionals, many of whom are associated with prestigious publications. The selection committee for the Pulitzer Prize , journalism's highest honor , is also based at Columbia. �Careers Library Is Planned ! I Pictured above are the three principles in "Trial By Jury." Left to right are Sandy Shotwell, sophomore, the Plaintiff; Robert Klein, junior, the Judge; and J~mes Ruck, junior, the Defendant. Theater Productions Scheduled By Groh ,Alfred S. Groh, Chairman of Lighting Designer ; Joel Fischthe Wilkes College Department of man, Technical Director. The student production staff Theater Arts, announced the production of "H.M.S. Pinafore" includes : Paul Gallagher, State and "Trial by Jury" , two Gilbert · Manager ; Jim McGraw, and Sullivan operettas, to be Assistant to the Director ; Jackie presented on a double bill at the Reinhard , Assistant State Dorothy Dickson Darte Center Manager ; Carolyn Szczechowicz for the Performing Arts. Per- and Stella Korpusik, Master formances are scheduled for Electricians; John Forte, Master April 21, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., and a Carpenter; Wayne Clawans, Sunday matinee on April 2 p.m. Property Master ; Claire Ennis, "Trial by Jury" , a one-act Costume Mistress; Randy Smith dramatic cantata, the first and Mary Ellen Evans, Make-up; collaboration by Gilbert and Mary Dorinne Menta and Grace Sullivan, will be done as a curtain Ciannilli, Box Office Managers; raiser for "H.M .S. Pinafore" . Alison Miller, Publicity; Mike First produced in March 1875, Flamini, House Manager; "Trial by Jury" centers around a The box office will open for breach of promise trial in which Wilkes College students and the Learned Judge solves the personnel April 12 and 13. problems ·of marriage in a novel General admission sales will decision. begin April 14. Box office hours Also to be presented is "H.M.S. are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. · Pinfaore" , a two-act nautical Telephone reservations may be comic opera which pokes fun at made by calling 829-9144. General the British class structure. admission for the production is The following people serve on $3.00. Wilkes College students will receive one free ticket with the production staff : Alfred S. Groh , Director ; Richard additional tickets at $2 .00. C::hapline, Musical Director ; Tickets for Wilkes College faculty and personnel are $2.00. All seats Klaus Holm, Designer for H.M .S. Pinafore ; Richard Fox, Easton 9re reserved. One free ticket for all students was made possible by Area High School, Designer for Trial by Jury ; Murray Popky, an appropriation from Student Government. Costume Designer ; John Griffith, FALCONE BEVERAGE "For All Your Beverage Needs" 329 South Main Street, Pittston, Pa. Call 654-6767 or 822-7572 The Department of Placement · and Guidance is currently in the process of putting together a new student facility called the Careers Library. The Library will be located in the Personnel · Office ( at the rear of the Placement Office on South River Street), an is expected to be in full operation by the start of fall semester classes. At the head of the project is John Chwalek, placement director. Working with Mr. Chwalek is Barbara · Fit~geraldMcClain , personpel office secretary. "The job market in this country is becoming more · and more competitive, " stated FitzgeraldMcClain when questioned about the function of the Careers Library. As a result, many colleges are compiling libraries like this one in an effort to better prepare students to make career. choices and plans. The library is only one of a few · ideas that are being developed for the Placement Program.· Two By Nancy Kozemko areas will be focused on : career orientation ( choosing a career in the first place ), and employment orientation ( actually getting the job). The Department of Testing Services, headed by Joseph Kanner, plays an important role in the former by offering students vocational testing . Those involved are attempting to coordinate the services of the two offices, Placement and Vocational Testing. Materials for the library itself are now being collected and assembled ; many are still on order. Books, pamphlets, and brochures provided by companies and corporations will make up one section. Lists and directories of positions and job openings are also being put together. One such directory is the Pennscript, a microfiche card file of positions available in Pennsylvania in which there are over two hundred job titles listed. Information given on each card inoludes a job description, what The Placement Department is currently planning a Careers Library. Shown at the location of the Library are, from left to right, Sharon Seidner, junior, elementary education; ·earbara FitzgeraldMcClain, personnel office secretary_; Nancy Kozemko, sophomore, English. Creative Writing Class · Added To English Dept. · Dr. Thomas Kaska, chairman of-the English Department, has announced an important addition to the fall schedule. English 203, a Creative Writing course, will be offered. It will be taught by Mr. Jack Hardie, and it will have guest , writers meet with the students periodically. The guest writers are sponsored through a National Endowment for · the Arts Award that Wilkes has received in conjunction with the Allan Hamilton Dickson Chair of English Literature. Dr. Kaska is very excited with this endowment and hopes to have · a new writer at Wilkes every two or three weeks. The writer will teach the course one night and will be available for consultation the next day. This course will be in addition to the Writer-in-Residence program that. is included in the spring semester. -4 -:::r college courses would be best to take for it, where the necessary courses can be taken, and the average job openings in various parts of the state. . Ms. Fitzgerald-McClain, who holds a B..-\. in history and minor in English, and was formerly employed as an audio-visual librarian in Florida, is ordering and compiling materials for the library. She said that she is especially interested in audiovisual aids such as a cassette file which she has already partially obtained. Each tape describes a different profession and the frequency of job openings for that profession. This file is an example of the service that the library will provide especially for freshmen and sophomores who may be unsure of their career goals. Other plans include workshops or seminars to give instruction in writing resumes and taking interviews. Representatives from various firms or companies in the community will be invited to speak and hold discussion groups. Mock interviews will be set up in wJ:rtch ·students can gain experience in taking interviews and become prepared for the real thing. Hopefully, discussion groups like these will be videotaped and kept ~n file to be used later. Ms. Fitzgerald-McClain also said that she ts working on a special Women's Section for the Library. " Opportunities for women are really expanding, and we'd like to make young women more aware of ·the fact that they don't have to limit themselves to certain areas.'' Another set of materials is aimed at the.liberal arts major . f•students don 't realize how much they can dQ with a liberal arts degree. T) iS' type of guidance is very important since Wilkes is a liberal arts school. " Both Chwalek and FitzgeraldMcClain have visited other ,chools which have set up Careers Libraries . Chwalek .::ommented, " When ours is finshed, it will probably be the largest in the state." He also said that the most important thing about the Careers Library is that it is a tool to be used by students. He hopes that as many students as possible will take advantage of this facility when it is completed in the fall. Chwalek concluded, "We want to get all the students involved." <I) IJI <I) Ill n 0 ::i THE HUT at Hotel Sterl_ ing Specializing In: Hoagies And All Kinds Of Sandwiches r·~. . . .. .,. .,..,-...,.......,...,.,..., MARQUIS· ART and FRAME - Art Supplies and Picture Frames 217 South Main Street, WILKES BARRE , Book And · ~ ~ Record Mart \ 18 S. Main St. )_ i Wilkes-Barre , i Books, Records and Tapes ~ \. 82S-4767 Cliff and Monarch \ • Notes ( L.~..,.....,,,.._.,..~~...r--•~·..,,,,••---' . �; Our Yearly _C ycle : Demands Change 0 u George Washington fought for c_hange, as did Abraham Lincoln and Gloria Steinham. They, and many others, knew .c that change is the mainstay of human existence. Wilkes College is in the midst of change - schedule change, ... course change, administrative change, and student leader changes . This year's student leaders are about to step down and Iet next year's leaders take over. All nominees advoca,te .:: CL changes in the present structure of Wilkes to some degree, but <( to just what degree they will be able to instigate change, is the question that the student body must ask itself before the el~ctions. Gina O'Brien will hand her gavel to Carl Holsberger shor~ tly. Holsberger ran unoppos~d in this week's Student Government election. He is expected to be an effective president and many students will be watching him closely to see if he carries the ball as far as he is supposed to. ';.;. : The race for Inter-dormitory Council president is competitive and the results should be noteworthy for many .. reasons. The primary reason is that so many dormitory students are watching this election closely, and "the second is ;;,~:·;;~- >· . ·_: -~~ .:~that there are many fine candidates running. Bazzini is advocating a coordination of activities , a feasible visitation policy and a party policy. Zipkin is standing fast' on passing 24-hour visitation and a working party p<_>lice, France is pushing better communication throughout the dorms via -a newsletter, better ·visitation and party policies. Change is not a word to be. afraid of, but better improves the atmosphere. Fresh blood lik,e fresh air, gets rid of stalemate attitudes. IDC Presidential Ca ndidates Sp eak: Zipkin Now if only the new officers in all these organiza.tions To my fellow dorm students: · development. students can obtain what we could work on a few other problems Wilkes has, that are in Allow me t-o formally present Next year, if elected, I will would to have if we use me to its need of change. One that comes quickly to mind is the lighting myself to you. I am Merle Zipkin work my hardest on changing two upmost potential. around Barre Hall and in the Old Slocum parking lot. The and I am running for the office of In the past, there has been of the biggest grievances on President of our Interdormitory lighting there makes the areas potentially vulrterable to tinmuch apathy toward me yet campus to what a majority of the Council. ther e have been hoards of students want : the party policy warrented atticks. . . I believe that this branch of our complaints concerning dorms and the visitation policy. The Beacon hopes that the stµdent body r ealizes how imstudent government can be as I believe that for organizations and campus life. Surprisingly . portant these ·upcoming electi_ons are (also the Commuter effective as you want to make it. me rarely hears this type of to function properly · they must Council election ) to next year's hopes. The onfy promise next ~ d I sincerely feel that we _aL complaint directly. Students change with the times, or they _ year's student body has is in the leader they elect this year . speak with themselves and not to become stagnant. At this point their respective representatives. me and the administration seem Policies and programs have been promised and repromised to At IDC we - mainly hear of · to be at a stalemate concerning Bazzini students . .. now is a time for action. maintenance complaints and day these two policies. Along with To the Editor: With some interest and enthusiasm this year's elections to day grievances. The only way new faces in an organization I would like to thank you for and next year's governments could, in fact, invoke enough in-_ to correct this is by getting more come new ideas that can .spark your coverage on the Interest and enthusiasm to make the necessary changes to put students genuinely interested and change. Right now seems like a '.terdormitory Council elections, involved with me. What me good time for some new blood for confidence back into elected student leaders. however, I would like to point out needs are representatives who · me. I feel that with my three "' a:i Cl) QI ... ...... ' -~~~-::~\( !Letters .To The Editor! ·Qualificationg Clarified · By BEACON BITS The last day for s.ophomores to apply for AFROTC will be on Friday, April 15. · _ . _ Pure Prairie League will be in concert in the Wilkes College gymnasium on Saturday, April 23, the weekend of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Tickets are now on sale in the Bookstore. The first 500 tickets are $3.50 with a Wilkes College I.D. _(One per I.D. ) and af. · ter that, $5.50. . The deadline for submission of material to be published in this year's Manuscript has been extended from April 7 to Tuesday, April 12. one glaring omission . - my qualifications. In ' my three years at Wilkes College I have been a member of the Intermitory Council for three years , including a . year as chairman of the publications committee , worked on the visitation committee, partypolicy and calendar committees. I have also been the IDC representative for the Film Committee for two . years. A member of the Student Life Committ!;:!e for two years, a member of the Goals of the College Committee and others. These credentials I feel make me as q~alified as an~ person There will be an all-college movie on Wednesday, April 22. "The Professionals" will be shown at 7:30 p.m . in the SUB. continued on page 6 There will be a senior class meeting on Thursday, April 21 in the CPA at 11 a.m. A review of commencement plans and activities will _be discussed. Saturday, April 16 at 4:40 p.m . in the Darte Recital Hall, Senior To all Dormitory Students : Nancy Evans will give a flute recital. Thursday, April 14 is an imThe.deadline for filing P.C.S. and College applications for 1977-78 portant day for the future of the will be Friday, April 15. . _ dormitory community of Wilkes . Models of Leonardo daVinci paintings will be on display in_the College. On this day elec.tions for Sordoni Art Gallery until April 17. Gallery hours are Sunday to Friday the Inter-0ormitory_Council will from 1-5 p.m., and Saturday, from_10-5 p.m. . France Presents Goals Financial Aid Packets must be picked up at the Financial Aid Office. They must .be returned to the office by April 15. Tickets for the Freshman-Sophomore Dinner-Dance went on sale Monday, April 4. The event will be held at the Treadway Inn on Friday, April 15. The price of the ticket is $20 per couple. Tickets will be sold from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Commons and froni 4:30 to 6:30 in the cafeteria. To further details contact MaryAnn Gazdick at 8299717, Ext. 400 or Steve Elko at 829-9958, Ext. 409. The Senior Art Exhibit of MaryAnn Petro and Rick Mahonski will be in the Conyngham Art Gallery now through Friday, April 8. The Gallery is open daily from lZ-8 p.m. The Easter break begins at 10 p.m. this evening. Classes will resume ·on Tuesday, April 12 at 8 a.m. · · Commuter Council Meeting will be held today at 11 a.m. in Kirby Hall, Room 102. llS . be held, and I, Alan F! ance, am urging each resident student to take time and voice his_opinion. I have served as a Council member for two years, and currently I am working for you in the capacity of Vice President. I believe this amply qualifies me to represent you as the President of IDC. I have worked within the system for three years; I know its strengths, and I know where the system is weak. As • President my four main · goals will be :. an increased effort toward a workable 24 hour visitaiton policv which will offend continued on page 6 are willing to speak up more at meeting~ and in their dorms. . It is the duty of the representatives to keep their dorms -informed about what is being discussed at IDC. The reps themselves should not be voting on their convictions alone, but by majority of how their dorms members feel about subjects. With the support of you the students and the needed en-· thusiasm that I have to offer, I feeJ justified in saying that IDC · can bec ome a viable organization ... one that is capable of growth , expansion · and a year s of experience on the executive council of the class of 1978, that has provided you with many innovative ideas such as the recent Gong Show and last years' Disco Dances, I can be the catalyst needed to satisfy your wishes. Therefore, I ask for your support ·on election day, April 14th, so that we may work together to accomplish the above goals and more. Sincerely, Merle Zipkin P.S. Don't allow yourself to be accused of apathy VOTE ! •J STAFF Editor In Chief. ..... .. . . . ... ...... ... . • . ... ... . ,,,, ...e..,, ... . . Patti Reilly Managing ·Editors .. . . . ..... . ·. . .... . .. ... . . Mary Ellen Alu , Wilma Hurst · News Editor .. . . . .. . . ...... .. . .. .. .. , ... . .. . . ....... ... . .•. . . 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All v iews exp r essed a.re those of the indiv idual writer not necessarily of the publicat ion. \ I �English Major Planning To ·Publish Manuscript u, -t ~ C1) .~...1111111•-~-.11,11...-..a.__..............._.,.........._..._.,:n Cl 0 :::, By Mary Stencavage _ )> 'C "Undisciplined ... striving ·for · discipline, experimental, freestyle ... '' . These are the words senior English major Karen Line, uses to describe her style of writing. "It is unrestrained, yet I try for exuberance and emotion in my writing." Things To Do On The Easter Break .., ~ ..... ..... All over the country, college students spend months anticipating that favorite mid-semester break =--- Easter Vacation. They flock down south and hit all the hot spots like Fort Lauderdale or Miami. Some snow bunnies try to get in that last run and head up north to Vermont for the last of spring skiing. But, of course, here at Wilkes we had our vacation in the middle of March when the most exciting thing happening was the "Knitting and Crochetting" exhibition at the "Y.)' · So, in order to make the most of this extended vacation that is 'coming up, I have compiled a list of activities to help you really live it up on your vacation. Karen is the author of a manuscript with a tentafive title of "In The Grottos." It is a collection . of short stories and poetry, consisting of four sections containing six parts. , Karen has been writing ever since her elementary school days, but began to write in earnest at Wilkes under the tutelage of Dr. Rizzo. "If anyone has helped me it has been him" Karen said. · Take a cruise - For just a buck three eighty you can cruise down the beautiful Susquehanna. We begin our luxury voyage in Harding at the Celotex plant. Drift.down in'the moonlight past scenic Pittston. As you continue downstream you will pass under the historic Eighth St. , Pierce St., and Market St. bridges. We'll -port here where you can spend a few leisurely hours shopping in downtown Wilkes-Barre or tour the wilds of Kirby Park. Just a few yards past here we end our boat ride at the exciting Center for the Performing Arts where you may get a glimpse of the Wilkes campus. All this for one low price. Tax and tips included. Her writing deals with ''psychological interactions between families, as in a motherdaughter relationship." It is grotesque, dealing with the common, frustrated man and his trouble communicating." Karen has been accepted for graduate work at NYU and while in New York she will send the manuscript · to various publishers. Karen Line Karen believes that the best time to begin dealing with writing is with elementary sc!Jool-age children. "The pQtential is there, and you can expand on interest. There is a silent teacher in writing." The writing on the manuscript covers a time span of three years, during which one piece developed into a script for a play .. "I view the characters in my writing from an existentialist point of view," she commented. "I never com~ right out and say what they are feeling." She believes that "the writer is a medium for the people; saying what people want to say but maybe can't. The writer steps in, develops a character, a composite of people, ahd puts it all down into weirds,'-' she stated. "He tunes into them, letting them speak through his pen. The wri~er keeps on learning and learmng and sharpening ~is tools." language well has written some French poetry. On her next trip to Europe_ she will be finishing a current work or beginning a new one. Karen is not the only one in her family who has been at Wilkes. Her mother,'Mrs. Kathle·en Line, is a graduate of Wilkes and the University of Scranton, today working as a guidance counselor. · The petite brunette has done extensive traveling in Europe. She : has visited Italy, Holland, and on several occasions, France and England. Other trips have included Bermuda and the Bahamas. ' 'I write while travelling, gaining and expanding on information, and keeping in contact with people,'' she said. Out of all the fascinating places she has been, Karen has enjoyed France the most. She knows the After graduation from Wilkes, the pretty coed hopes to continue with writing and travelling, or as other alternatives, work at a publishing c_ompany or a magazine. But whatever direction her career takes after Wilkes, Karen seems bound to succeed. r----::::===;:;:;:----7 vou :::!. KHOW SOl'fETHJNG P0RGE I CAN SEE THAT jOGGING- ~ 1S HEJ..PING- VDU 1..0SE uJEIGHT ? ,____-. \:._ V z? -)~· -4~ ~===~~~~::::::::==; -I I WH<.J, BECAUSE' I 'M J...OOKIN& SLIMMER ? . ~ [3 ( ~-- -· . "' WllKE :')__, (j ( -~ NO BECAUSE VOOR PANTS ARE FALLING DOWW Take a tour-Sign up now. Reservations are limited for this once in .a lifetime opportunity to tour beautiful Nanticoke. For four bucks and a kielbossi you can board the Nanticoke bus and spend the day in the city where "Every- House Is A Home." You'll see that famous Carroll's drive-in, recently converted to a Burger King. Or climb the exciting hills of Sheatown and Glen Lyon where you can see that famous view of. a coal mine. , You can also -see that institution of quality higher learning LCC or Last Chance Coliege. Visit "The House That :6uilds The Jocks " - Greater Nanticoke Area Trojan Machine. Each tour includes a box lunch of pierogie; klopsy, platski, and a Gibbons .Beer. Visit the Shore - Yes, it is now warm enougn to go to the beautiful white shining beaches of Harvey's Lake. BclSk in the sun all afternoon, or water ski the not too polluted waters of the lake. Stop in at the Disney World of the North, Hanson's Park. Wine and dine at the exclusive Joe's Grotto Pizza Palace. Or scuba dive the treacherous waters to discover ancient ruins and sunken treasure. You just might find an old outhouse or flat tire. Don't forget about fishing. The lake was just recently stocked with carp and suckers. J ust a short drive from the big city. Try Backpacking - For you lovers of the outdoors, a hike in Nesbitt Park between the dike and the river is just breathtaking. See the mountains and streams, actually mountains of beer cans and streams of sewage. Pass under the railroad trestle back to where the river runs over, just loaded with mosquitos and snakes. Make a plaster cast of tracks from rats and mice. If you are lucky you might run into a party being thrown back there in the woods. There is usually enough stuff to pass around. All the while you will hear the sound of the might Susquehanna roaring by. This wilderness is just a few blocks from downtown. Join the Easter Festivities - Try your luck in the annual Easter egg hunt in Kirby Park. Or spend a few hours trying to guess the number of jelly beans in the jar in Woolworth's window. Go to the pet shop ahd pet the Easter bunnies. Buy an Easter chick for your mother. Visit the dentist after eating the candy. Visit the dermotologist after the Easter "breakout " Tell that prof who gave you a term paper due on Tuesday that your typewriter blew up and you broke your writing hand. Start sending out applications for summer jobs. Start planning on the classes you will be skipping from now until the end of the semester . . s·t art counting · the school days until graduation (25! ! ! ). ·Have a nice break from school. -oJOKE OF THE WEEK: Q, What goes "meow, meow, splat, splat?" A. A Gat that ran into a fan. �: Format Offers Greater Depth ~ OI Muscle Building Scholars To Pose At Physique Contest Alumni Report Has New Look By Pam Long u "' Ill The alumni publication has donned a new look. Instead of <II finding the 8-page ''Wilkes College , Report'' in their ........ mailboxes, alumni will now find a 32-page magazine entitled the ,.: . "Wilkes College Quarterly." ~ In an opening message in the a. Spring 1977 "Qfiarterly," Arthur <i: J. Hoover, director of alumni and community affairs, explained the switch in format. "This change," said Hoover, " represents a response from hundreds of alumni who want to learn more about the college and share in some of the achievements of our alumni." "The n'ew format will present Wilkes College in greater depth and we would welcome your comments," he added. The first issue of the magazine, published by the Public Relations Office and the Alumni Relations Office, offers five features. The main article, " Conversations with Dona1d Carpenter: · College Trustee," deals with the board members-thoughts on the past, present, and future of the college. · Decorated with photos that capture Carpenter at his Mendenhall home, the article also relates the man's experiences in Washington, D.C. during the late 1940's. The other feature articles include : an interview with two Wilkes graduates workinR at WYZZ-FM ; a reflexion of the 12 years of the Dorothy Dickson., Darte Center for the Performing Arts ; a story on Joseph J. Pinola, '49, who now heads the United California Bank; an interview with Alan Schneider, a '63 graduate who has made a major breakthrough in prolonging the lives of people with heart conditions. The magazine is also filled with articles touching every aspect of Wilkes College life. There are stories dealing with campus happenings, such as art shows, appointments, departmental activities, faculty members, the radio station, the connection and sports, to name a few. <II WILKt;o COLLl;~r ... ... QUAC4tTE~• ~ - '••• a II . various fine healthy specimens m Since it appears to be competition. widespread "opinion " that Dismissing all caricature, the Wilkes College men far exceed all contest promises to be a serious others in " brain" power (?) they and ultimately stimulating one . will now have the chance to prove The admission is free. themselves worthy according to " brawn". The opportunity will come at the Mr. Physique contest to be held Friday evening, April 22 at 7:30, through the combined efforts of Dane Drasher and Six more Trophies were Larry Assalita, and in conrecently added to the growing junction with the Heart list of awards won by the forensic Association. unit_of the Wilkes College Debate According to Assalita , the Union. The Wilkes victories were contestants will comprise three announced at the awards major divisions ranging from assembly of the recently comsmall, medium, and tall. The pleted " Minuteman Forensic contest activities will con- Tournament" hosted by Luzerne centrate mainly on body building, Co. Community College. Bringing home the "hardware" with each contestant being judged accordingly. The best was Donna Korba (Fr. from WB) winning a first place trophy in from each of the three divisions Informative Speaking and a will receive awards. Assalita also anticipated a second place trophy in Afterspecial appearance by a guest Dinner Speaking . David W. poser as an added attraction Evans· (Jr. from Kingston ) won during the program. three trophies: a first place The Student Union Building has · trophy in Persuasive Speaking, tentatively been chosen as the fourth place in Impromptu and a location for the event, the final fifth place trophy in Exdecision depending upon the turn- -temporaneous Speaking . Also out. Assalita also stated that supporting the Wilkes College tickets may be issued in advance. overall fourth place victory were Qualifications for· entering are Marcia Stratton (Jr . Mounnot explicit, and those for at- taintop ), Steve Jurewicz (Fr. Wtending require only that one B), Laura Alunni (Fr. Scranton), possess a rather " strong" Davida Roberts (Fr. W-B ), Steve weakness-for muscular activities Esrick (Sr. New York ) and Kim and enjoy company with the Witherow (Sr. Harrisburg ). Six Trophies Added To Debate Union List The cover of the new Walkes College QJlarterly depicts Donald F. ' Carpenter, center, member of the college's Board of Trus.tees in relation to some prominent figures he had contact with. From left, President Harry Truman, President Dwight Eisenhower, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, and Admiral Harold Stark. Bazzlnl· - from 4 IDC president, if I am elected. living in the dorms who have First I would like to get a better served on IDC in any function · coordination of activities on for the office of President. I campus to insure more things to would also like to take this opdo more often. Also, I would like portunity to urge every dorto get a better visitation policy, a mitory student on campus to more liveable party policy and vote. Voting is open to everyone greater student input into IDC. living in the dorms, freshmen ·Respectfully submitted, through seniors. __ Tom Bazzini ' The more people who vote, the more credible the winner will be, France from 4 this will help him or her in their neither the administration nor dealings with the administration the student body; a revised party on your behalf. There is no expolicy which will result from cuse but apathy for not voting - dormitory and organizational because voting will be at lunch cooperation and planning; an and dinner on Thursday, April 14. increased awarness of student And everybody eats at least one activities via a weekly IDC meal a day in the cafeteria. newsletter, which will lead to , a Also, at this time, I would like better coordination of events, and to summarize my basic goals as hopefully avoid overlapping activities; finally a more ef, ,,. fective cafeteria system through ~ continual student evaluation, and investigation into alternative I, i: b • I~nd•••~.~ ·. ., V ~et! fe~~}OUR SE~~!a~Es~~!plng Center II Wyom ing, Pa ., 18644 . 693-1 330 • ••••Bll[••••e=,;•••--..••~•WI !Gateway Shop!~~ Pa. 18704 • Kingston, 288.1132 sy!~~si4, 1977 is the day to make your voice heard. Show your interest in campus life by voting for Alan France for IDC President. Remember your vote is important! Sincerely, Alan C. 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" "We should have more of these on the local scene." These were just a few of the comments after the dus t had cleared from the first Wilkes College F ootball Workshop last Saturday night. The workshop, the first of its kind at Wilkes , was the brainchild of head footba ll coach Rollie Schmidt. " It was a high school oriented workshop, designed to provide information to local high school coaches and Wilkes alumni who are in the football coaching field ," commented Schmidt. " It wasn't a moneymaking project, we were just trying to provide a service to the community." · A complete day was devoted to the workshop. It began with a registration period in Stark Hall from 8:30 till 10 A.M. Danish and coffee were served and the time was used as a get acquainted time. The rest of the morning was used for classroom time as was the afternoon after a break for lunch. After dinner they returned for more information and then capped the day off witli a social time at the Alunni House. Some of the topics duscussed with over 9 hours of lectures, slides and handouts were offensive and defensive developments, drills, aspects of running, option plays, option defenses, training techniques , developing offensive linemen, and defensive secondary play .. All of the clinicians and guest lecturers are or have been associated with Wilkes College in some way in the past. Some of the speakers included Jonah Goobic, Wilkes offensive coordinator; Ed Lukas, Colonel defensive coordinator ; Joe Moran, Wilkes offensive line coach ; Jim Fennell, Wilkes defensive secondary coach ; Mike Aed , Colonel head athletic trainer. Also participating were John Rowlands , former Wilkes assistant and currently head coach at championship GAR High · School ; Marv Antinnes , Wyoming Seminary ; and Ted. Yeager, Wellsboro. "Although we did have recruiting and admissions people there, it was not primarily a recruiting push," stated Schmidt. "We simply wanted to provide this service to the community and make available some high school coaching hints in a social and relqxed setting. I think it was very good for both Wilkes College and the surrounding communities." A-Cottt)J ~6t ... ?lt ~he- "l(c,11\ci$~ by jeff a(:ornley Meyers _New Coach Co-ed Softball Team Practices ... By Dotty Martin varsity team before. Mrs . Meyers commented, "After , the initial practice sessions, it looks like we're going to have a really solid outfield and some strong arms ·for the outfield. Now we have to-see how our pitchin'g is going to go. " Currently, the pitching staff consists of Mary Jo Frail, Julie Kerrick, and Debbie Welliver, all participants in other varsity sports. Gay Meyers has produced three championship field hockey teams at Wilkes in the past three years. It should be very interesting to see what she produces the first year of varsity softball. The brand new women 's varsity softball team is coming along quite well after only one week of practice - practice that is held in the cold, wet weather that prevails at Ralston Field. The Wilkes girls are using the hockey field to practice but have received permission from the Wyoming Valley West ·school District to use one of their fields as the Wilkes home field. Coach Gay Meyers said practicing on the hockey field has been working out well, but she still has to set a regular practice schedule. Mrs. Meyers added that after only a week of practice she has seen 28 girls at one time out for the team. She said that participation-wise, the girls are really excited about playing softball. The coach remarked that there is a wide range of players - from girls who have played a few varsity sports at Wilkes to girls who have never participated on a Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods 39 W. Mari<et St., Wilkes-Barre Women's Softball Schedule Wed. Apr. 20-King's Thurs. Apr. 21-Susq. U. Fri. Apr. 22-U. of S. Tues. Apr. 26-Baptist Fri. ,.\pr! 29-Marywood Thurs. May 5-LCCC 4-A 4-H 4-H 3 ;30-A 4-H 4-A Women's IM Volleyball Standings Following are the division standings in women's intramural volleyball after last week's play. Regularly scheduled play ended last night. The first round of playoff action will begin on Tuesday, April 12, instead of Thursday, April 7, as orginally scheduled. In the East Division, the Catlin Catastrophe leads with a 4 and 2 record followed by the Dana Delights with a 6 and 6 record. In the West Division, the MixUps hold first place with a 9 and 3· record but the Dizzy Dames are right behind sporting a 7 and 2 record. ( The Rotten Tomatoes, last year 's champions, head the ~ North Division with an unblemished 9 and Orecord followed by Delaware with a 6 and 6 slate. 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The day's activities started with a keg party at Bedford Hall; then a players' parade to Ralston Field ; Casper Tortella then flew the opening ball into home plate (people are still'Jooking for a kite, or a plane, or something)"; the season was thfn officially launched when Dean Ralston·threw out the first ball, which hit Larry Conner on the nose. Opening day was the climax to a very active spring training camp for this year's team. Manson's Gang, a Pittston based team , arrived home Tuesday after a rigorous southern trip to Honeypot. Captain Mickey Calabrese says the games were a challenge but the bars were even tougher. · In other pre-season action the Dennis Phelps Fan Club swept a doubleheader from Legato, 27-1 and 19-2. Tom MacIntyre, John Desalvo and Casper Tortella all homered for Phelps while the big hitters for Legato were John Zapko, who singled , and Kenny Hughes who managed three foul balls. Denison made George Elliot an offer he couldn't refuse and he signed a one year contract as head coach this week. Elliot brings with him one of the best staffs on the circuit. Welton F:arrar will serve as batting coach, T.J. Engel as pitching coach and Dr. Howard Williams will carry out bat distribution duties. Charles (Sputnik ) Caukins will head the umpires this year and has promised his crew of umpires additional equipment this year. It seems that several compla_ints were issued that a_ccused catchers of missing the pitch on purpose after a questionable call by _an official. Netmen Home Sat The Wilkes College tennis team finally got their season under way yesterday after two early pQstponments due to inclement weather. · The Colonels scheduled opener with Juniata last Saturday got the axe because of the rain as did the match with Ursinus scheduled for Tuesday. from page 8 The Juniata match has not been rescheduled yet but the netmen were to initiate the season yesterday at Ursinus. The tennis home · opener is scheduled for Saturday at the Ralston Field courts when the Colonels entertain Baptist Bible at 2:00 P.M. -------------- __ _ from this Saturday the crucial doubleheader with E-Town will be played at Artillery Park. · The Blue Jays were the only Northwest Club to defeat Wilkes last year. In their doubleheader at :E-Town last year, the Colonels lost the first game 1-0, before coming back behind the pitching of Jim Stehle to win the second game 4-0. This year's games promise to be just as tough. But, the Colonels must not look past this Saturday's game with 'Susqueha·nna. . So Wilkes has its work cut out for them in the next four or five weeks. Coach Gene Domzalski : not only has to worry about opponents, but never knows when the rain clouds are going to str~e and cause more problems with the schedule. The )?itching staff may become depleted. As Stehle put it, "We may have to pitch _Donny (McDermott) or even Steve (Fella) Grasley; we have so many games in so few days." - �RAIN! · RAIN! RAIN! RAIN! c---------------------------------------- co QI 0, "' Q. 1 Don~ Rain On Mi Parade ; V I Hardballers Postponed Twice; r"- C~. -~ Face SU in MAC Game Sat ( ~ rr~ 0 / f ? \ // II {j U /1 II 'l '\, \ ~ By Earl Monk The -beautiful Wilkes-Barre area spring weather has once again created havoc with the Wilkes baseball team's schedule. Last Saturday's season opener at Allentown was rained qut and rescheduled for April 22, and the Colonels looked forward to opening the season at Bloomsburg on the past Tuesday. However, rain wiped out the Bloomsburg doubleheader and the games were expected to be played-yesterday. But, the condition of the Bloomsburg playing field was so poor, that the games .were to be played at the Central Columbia High School diamond. So, the weather has not only wiped out t4ose games, but created a problem for the Colonels in the weeks ahead. After the April 16th joubleheader with archrival Elizabethtown, Wilkes will play seven games in five days. Even with a pitching staff as deep as the Colonels, this stretch of the schedule almost has to take its toll. The Colonels will travel to Susquehanna this Saturday to play their first two Middle Atlantic Conference Northwest Division games. These games are crucial, since the Colonels only have eight conference games altogether. The other six game_s will be played against Elizabethtown, Albright (April 21) , and Juniata (April 30). All encounters will be doubleheaders. Last year Wilkes swept Susquehanna by identical 8-1 scores. The Colonels ended up tied with E-Town gor the conference crown with a 7-1 record. In a one game playoff Blue J ays, Wilkes was defeated 8-J. This year the Colonels hope to go through conference play unaefeated and win the title outright. The road to accomplishing this feat will be rocky. As mentioned before all games are played in doubleheaders, and basebail fans know how· difficult it is to sweep doubleheaders. Also, the· Susquehanna and Juniata games are on the road, one never knows how fair umpires will be on the road in the college ranks. - This isn't meant to imply that all road umpires are "homers." But! the Colonels have experienced problems with c;ertain teams over the years because of umpires,.and there is always the cnance of running into that one man , in a blue suit who can wreck or hinder an otherwise successful season. · The Colonels may show the effects of the last couple of weeks weather in their first few games. After finally getting some playing time in down South, they came back here ready to open the season, only to be rained out twice. If they were rained (or snowed ) out on Wednesday·, it would mean playing those two big games at_ Susquehanna without having played any other games in the past two weeks. _ Wilkes will open the home season next Tuesday with a doubleheader against non-conference foe Scranton. Last year the Colonels defeated the Royals in three out of four meetings. One week \ v I I I Home Opener Tom·orrow For Colonel Duffers Continued page 7 By Jeff Acornley The Wilkes golf team wi.ll open its home match schedule tomorrow when the Colonels entertain Haverford at the . Irem Temple Country Club course. The du.al competition is slated to begin at 2:00. The hilly Dallas c_ourse just opened last weekend so this week marked the first time that the Colonels have been able to practice as a team on the home grounds. Coach Rollie Schmidt isn't too concerned, however, about the lack of team practice time on the course. "We've been drilling fundamentals and short iron and approach shots over at Ralston Field for quite a while now and I feel we're in pretty good shape for this time of year," commented the mentor. A lot of the Colonels are members of assorted loca l courses and have been getting some "live" practice on. the weekends. The biggest problem in the Colonel camp seems to be the weather. Irem has been open but also very wet and muddy, as are most of the other local courses. The Colonel golfers luckily have escaped the postponement syndrome so far. They were scheduled to open the season yesterday in Philadelphia with a triangular match against Ursinus and Lycoming. After tomorrow's encounter with Haverford, the Colonels take to the highway for a triangular match with Upsala and defending MAC champ Scranton on April 14. Now if the weather will only cooperate a little ... ;- f. '. Greg Goes 'Wild' In Mud Bowl To ·Mad is-on FDU Travel I By Eddie White Who says rainy days are dark - and dull? For lacros:;e coach Chuck Mattei and his team, they are like rays of sunshine. The club played in a monsoon at Ralston Field last Saturday and . drenched Dickinson College, 11-6, in the season opener. _ The big gun for Wilkes was 6-4 junior Greg Wild, who waded through the Red Devils defense for four first quarter goals. Freshman Tim Smith also had a tremendous opening quarter , scoring two goals and handing out two assists , as Wilkes led 6--0 at the end of the period. · J ust 30 seconds into the second period, senior co-captain· Kurt Franke took a pass from Smith, (third assist)', to put the Blue and Gold up by a commanding 7--0. Sandy McAllister, Dickinson's .co-captain, who played a great game, tallied the next two goals, while teammate Clark Willey scored one to cut the Colonels lead to 7-3 at the half. Wilkes continued their offensive brilliance in the .third period, scoring the first four goals of the quarter. Sophomore Jim O'Neil scored an unassisted goal at 2: 15 to put the Blue arid Gold up 8-3. Tim Smith, (fourth assist), passed to Kurt Franke, (second goal), at 4:50 for a score. Brian Blesi scored from Dwight Beck at 11: 35 and co-captain Mark Davis, ( Wilkes ice-hockey I star), scored on a pass from Franke to close the Colonel offensive barrage for the day. · Bill Petrick added two goals and McAlHster notched one, to end the scoring for the game, and set the final at 11-6. One of the officials in Saturday's contest was ·heard to say, "this is the worst weather I've seen for a lacrosse match." If thes·e tough Colonels can get a victory on a day -like last Saturday, they can win anywhere , anytime and at anyplace, a warning to the rest of the league. The Colonels, . who battled a tough Lehigh squad yesterday, will meet Madison FDU on the road, on Saturday · afternoon, April 9, at 2. They will return home, to a hopefully dry Ralston Field, to duel with Bucknell on Thursday afternoon, April14 at 3. STICKING WITH IT: Colonel goalie Bill Harris had a great game in the goal. An accurate account of his saves was not available, because of the terrible weather conditions, as the scorebook looked like a wet mop after the contest. Scorekeeper Ronna Colvin, keeping her first game, has to be given credit for a gre_at job under those conditions. Coaches Mattei and Hobrock were as wet and muddy as the players after the· game, but both said it was well worth it. I STICK IN THE MUD_:, Colonel Freshman Mark Sanders (30) battles at midfield for the ball that is firmly imbedded into the Ralston Field turf. A stubborn Dickinson foe is providing the opposition as senior quad-captain Kurt Franke (16) circies around to lend a helping hand. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 April 7th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 April 7 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/a98514585ab87084147f83f687040db5.pdf a4990a785724ff4dd846b0d60de407d9 PDF Text Text SG, IDC Presidents Elected; CC Contested ' . eatan Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Vol . XXIV No. 25 (*****************************1 Charge Of Illegal : : : Cher_ry Blossom. : _·• T * · Beg1ns_ _orn.orro'W Student Gpvernment vo ted almos t unanimously Monday night to conduct the Commuter * Council presidential elections * overagaintodayfromlla.m. to 1 * * p.m. in the Commons . The * • * election held last Thursday was * * contested by Louis DeRobertis, a * UPCOMING EVENTS FOR CHERRY BLOSSOM WEEKEND * candidate for the office, after he * FRIDAY AFTERNOON_ 2 P.M. * discovered that 15 students, * Commons and Cafeteria Lawn Areas * reportedly friends of another * · Wilkes College's "Special Olympics" . G-members per team; 3 ** candidate, Stanley Korzeniewski,_ ** girls and 3 guys. First Prize, $30; Second _Prize, $l 8 ; Third Prize, $l 2. * were allowed to vote without student ID's. There will also be "special prizes for th,e winners of each * * category. Give a list of your team to Larry Assalita, Ellen DuFosse * * * or drop by the Student Government Office. The list of events include: * * "The Yolks ,On You" (2 from each team) * * "Eat 'em Up" 0 team member ) * "Push-Me, Pull-You" (team ) * "Dress and Strip" (2 from team ) 0 5 00 April 21, 1977 Voting Cited from Baltruchitis, they were not · asked to produce any identification proving that they were who they purported to be. Since DeRobertis was unaware that such permission to vote without ID's was being given, he felt the elections were unfair and thus contested them. Korzeniewski stated that he had not accompanied these students.to Baltruchitis' office, as some people had been led to believe. Th t· h 1 1 e mo lOn to O d thee ections ara~~1tayT~as pa:sed by: ~ot~ , 0 • e voes cas a~ Thu~sday _for _Comrnuter Council president were not counte~ and 0 U w~re to be destroyed without "Keep It Up" (team) . bemg counted afte~ the Student "Step And Fetch It" (2 from team) * By Jim Edwards Go~ernment _mee_tmg_ ~onday. * "Sit On It" * Tom Bazzini, a junior . program as a jumping off point. Diane Marcmko is tbe thrrd a nd "Pass It On"_ (_team ) * Chemis • t ry- 8 10 . 1 . from Th"is proposed program dea1s · final candidate Commuter * ogy, ma.1or Countil president.forStudents are * Holbrook, New York, clearly with males and females boarding · d d t b · th · t d * defeated Alan France and Merle in Pickering · Hall on -separate remm e O rmg eir s u ent * FRIDAY EVENING - 8 P .M. * Zipkin in the elections for Interfloors. Concermng the pa rty ID's. Student Union Building Dormitory Council President policy, Bazzini stated, "I would * Wilkes College "Physique Contest" Thursday, April 14. like to see less restrictions on · . : Sponsored in conjunction with AFROTC for the benefit of the When asked to comment on the bringing kegs into the dorms, * American Heart Association -Admis~ion: 50 cents. _If y~u wish to en-* elections, Bazzini_ said "I was particularly New Men's." * ter,call Dane Drasher at 829-9115 or pick up an apphcat1on. $5 per en- * very pleased with the voter · In discussing the question of try - get sponsors. * turnout and I would like to thank having fraternities on campus, * * all the people who voted for me. Bazzini stated, "I l;laven't really * And during the upcoming year I decided because I'm not sure if * would like to disprove all those the student interest is there. So After accepting the gavel from * SATURDAY - ANNUAL CHERRY BLOSSOM CARMVAL people who voted against me." far all I've seen is a ·very few former Student Government * RIVER COMMONS AREA Bazzini's plans for the up 0 students involved. For IDC to President Gina O'Bria11, new SG SATURDAY MGHT - CONCERT coming year include a better become. involved in the fraterPresident Carl Holsberger * coordination of campus acnities issue, more-students would presided over his first meeting Wilkes Gymnasium - "Pure Prairie League" -Tickets are still on * tivities. He also said that the have to become involved." Monday night. * sale in the bookstore. · * visitation and party policies can The present food service plan is During that meeting, * be improved and he'll work in one that causes mariy questions nominations and elections for the : _ . : that direction. For the visitation and complaints to arise at IDC other SG offices were conducted. Elected were: Larry Assalita, policy, Bazzini said he'll use the meetings. Bazzini's feelings on · · proposed summer school this subject are simply "I think a Vice. President; Frank Scan_new food service is in order · carella, Treasurer; Diane · because people get complacent Coleman, Recording Secretary ; after a while." and Rosetta Chivacci, The first step ahead of Bazzini Corresponding Secretary. is adjusting to the responsibilities According to the new SG Assistant Professor of Sociology of the office. Bazzini feels this constitution, the new will not be difficult because he corresponding secretary will, in I knew- Dr. Jaroslav G. Moravec for only a and ~ honored by people everywhere who love life has been a member of IDC for a_ddition to other duties, be the short time. But I knew the day I met him that I had and strive for a better world. three years, including a year as chairperson of the homecoming met a man who was -thoughtful, and considerate, Dr. Jaroslav Moravec, former chairman of the chairman of the publications and possessed a firm sense of purpose and concommittee. Sociology and Anthropology Department, died two viction. And our relationship became a very special committee, and working on the The Biology Club presented the weeks ago after suffering an apparen_t heart attack one. parking, visitation, party-policy only fund request of the evening at his home in Dallas. , Dr. .Moravec was an energetic and intelligent and calender committees of IDC. and was awarded $100 for a A Czechoslovakian who came to this country as - He has also been the IDC man who drove himself hard, not because he had camping trip. Concerning future to, but because his own standards ·of conduct · a political refugee , he was a member of the faculty · r epresentative for the Film fund requests, Holsberger anfrom 1963 to 1975. He retired from full-time demanded it. Nor did he believe in compromising Committee for two years, a nounced that the new SG conteaching in 1975 and was among the firs t faculty with principle, and he lived his own life acmember of the Student Life stitution stipula tes that fund members to be honored as professors emeriti last cordingly. He knew, more closely than -most of us, Committee for two years and a requests must be made li>y an October. that those who are willing to struggle for their conmember of the Goals of the officer of the club requesting the He received a doctor of laws degree from . victioris, and strive to live up to their highest ideals, money. College Committee. Charles !V University Law School, Prague, must take great risks. The proposal for a decimal Changes a nd improvements Czechoslovakia, and e arned a doctorate in And so today we honor the memory andmourn point grading system will be will only get done with the sociology and anthropology at Boston University_the loss of our colleague Dr.-J aroslav G; Moravec. presented to the faculty at the backing of student interest feels Dr. Moravec was a ~ibliographer at Havard Some will remember- him for his years ofdedicated next faculty meeting on May 4. Bazzini. He stated that the IDC. Law School Library, and taught at Boston Universervice to Wilkes College; still others will mourn However, it is being given to the meetings _are open to all insity, Bucknell University and the Newton College of the loss of a devoted husband and father. We will faculty by the academic standing terested students an~ is urging Sacred Heart. He was also involved with the remember him for the good and decent man he committee with no recomall constructive ideas to be Wilkes-Hahnemann Medical Program. was, for his_friendship, for his toleration of our mendation from that committee. brought to his attention. He was honored at Boston University when he shortcomings , for his love of life, and his comLooking at the year ahead of The forms on which students · was named a human relations fellow, and was cited mittment to the pursuit of truth. him Bazzini said, "I'm going to can evaluate teachers will be in by the Outstanding Educators of America in 1973.We hope his family, and all those who loved Surviving are his widow, the former Alexandra try to do a good job. I'm going to and were touched by him, may be comforted by the the mail prior to finals week, knowledge that the achievemnts and ideals of Dr. work as hard as I can and do what according to former Vice Ouhrabka; three children ; sister, brother; and Jaroslav G. Moravec will live on in uur memory, granddaughter. I can. " President Steve Esrick. * According to Larry Assalita, chairman of the publicity and elections committee, each of the students obtained a note from Dean Baltruchitis saying that he or she was a full-time student of the . College ; was presently without a student ID, and requested that -it (the note ) be used in place of an ID. The students were apparently allowed to vote. It was pointed out that when these students· received the notes Tom Ba zz •• n·1 w .• ns I DC Race· _ t T -. t ***·-N te G dV er rnou · ** * * J- * * !* * ** * * ** ** * * -'f******************************~ r- Memorial _T?, .~~~N!:?:?0slav Moravec I ' Top SG Off"1ces Go To Assalita, Sca·ncarella �Luncheon To Reco.g nize Students The Annual Student Awards Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, April 26, at 11: 15 a.m. in the Lounge of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the , Performing Arts. In charge of the event is Art Hoover, director of student activities. According to Hoover, the luncheon is held each year "in order to recognize those students who have distinguished themselves through curricular or extracurricular activities." The system by which award recipients are chosen is a simple one. Notices and forms are sent to all department chairpersons, adminis t rati v e offi c ers , organization -presidents, and special presenters from Hoover's office. If members of a department or organization wish to present an award, they fill out the enclosed form, naming the award and the student who wilLreceive it. More than one award may be included. · The forms are then returned to the StnrlPnt Activities Office so C 0 u Ill QI co QI ... .t::. Niccolo Cortiglia, a current resident of Wilkes-Barre, will exhibit some of his paintings at the Sordoni Art Gallery. The exhibit will start April 23 with a reception at 8:00 p.m., and run through May 15. Gallery hours are daily from 1:00 to 5:00, ,Saturdays, 10:00 to 5:00, and Sundays, 1:00 to 5:00. Cortiglia was born in New York City in 1893 and received his early art instruction at the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana. While there he was encouraged to continue his studieit in Italy at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy. By 1919 he had set up his independent §tudio and went on to exhibit successfully at the Society of Fine Arts there as well as in Venice and Rome. Returning to New York in 1922 be exhibited at the National Academy of Design and undertook a number of portrait com. missions. His productive career flourished along with the Cortiglia Art School which he founded in 1923. It discusses and examines creation, evolution, scie.nce, and scripture, geology, etc. If you would like to receive this Free Course, write to : · Correspondence Course S63 Mott St. Sugar Notch, Pa. 18706 r-~. . . .~_..,. .. . --.,,,... . . .; ~ ~ Book And . i ~ Record Mart t i 18 s. Main St. WIikes-Barre . ~ Books, Records • Cliff and Monarch Notes ,Ii a°!s~:!~s included Who's Who awards, Biology Department Awards, the Copernicus Award, Commuter Council Senior Commendation Awards, the Faculty Women Scholarship Award, and Department of Fine Arts Awards. Some groups made two or three prese nta tions in different categories. For instance, the I.D.C. Awards included Outstanding Female Dorm Student, ·outstanding Male Dorm Student, and Outstanding I.D, C. Re presentative. ,~!If. Blood Dav Donation Falls Short ·O f Goal; Total Reaches 163 FREE Course Correspondence on Science and the Bible that the necessary preparations can be made. Since recipients must confirm their luncheon· reservations, they know ahead of time that they will be receiving an award. The only awards made at Commencement are the Alumni Award for Leadership , the Deans' Awards, and the three Divisional Awards. All other student awards are presented at this luncheon. A total of 25 departments and organizations presented awards at last year's luncheon. These I \ ~ ~ I ~ ~ L...,.....,,.,.....,......,...~~.,,,.~~··4""1 "We were hoping for a better response, but we do have 163 pints of blood · that we didn't have before. " Such was the sentiment of Debbie Thompson, co-chairman of the April Blood Donor Day that was sponsored by the Human Services Committee in conjunction with the American Red Cross. The group's goal was 200 pints. Miss Thompson, along with Sue ' Suchanic and Scott Becker ( also co-chairmen), extended a thankyou to the students, faculty and administration who worked to make the day possible. Dana Hall, a girl's dorm, and Grissom Hall, the men's dorm, were the dorms with the most donations. The Biology Club :was the organization with the most contributors. Over 450 people participated in this year's March of Dimes Walka-thon, making the event even more successful than last year's. Howie Schulman, a senior biology major from Huntington Station N.Y. , signs up another walker. · ' The walk was coor.dinated by the Human Services Committee. Orientation Commiffee looking For New Memberg The orientation committee for next year's students is looking for members. This year members of the new student orientation committee will participate in an in-service training program several days before new students arrive. The orientation committee is a very intricate part in how new students adjust to Wilkes, and therefore, needs enthusiastic participants with some time on their hands. If you are interested in participating in the fall orientation program, call Dean Hobrock at extension 232 or stop up and drop your name in her ·office on the second floor of Weckesser Hall, before Wednesday, May 4. Remember that as a student you play al) important role in the planning and implementing of the annual orientation program, and only students .can make it work. • Summer Jobs On Cape Cod Send Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope 'to : Cape Employment Service Hyannis, Mass. 02601 FALCONE BEVERAGE "For All Your Beverage Needs" 329 South Main St., ,Pittston, Pa~ Call 654-6767 or 822-7572 113 S. Main. St., m Downtown W-8 Painter Pants Fanner Jeans , , Anny Pants Straight Legs Flares BLpE IEANS · · I. I Maverick Wrangler Landlubber All types of shirts Plain or Printed Novelty Designs .' �"II Media Producer, Director ! To.Give Photography Show! J> THEA'l'ER PRODUCTIONS OPEN - "Trial By Jury" an~ "H.M.S. Pinafore," two Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, open tonight at 8 in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Art'i. Shows will be pe1 ·med Friday and Saturday nights, and Sunday afternoon. Members of the cast of "Trial By Jury" are shown during one of their many rehearsal scenes. Engineers To Present Paper Four Wilkes electrical engineering . students will visit · East Stroudsburg State College tomorrow, April 22 to pal-ticipate in the ·annual meeting of the American Society of Physics, Central Pennsylvania section. John Maziarz and Stanley . Murzenski will present a paper entitled "Computerized Antenna Analysis System" which was developed in the electrical engineering advanced laboratory by the senior EE class. · The other seniors EE students who worked on the project include: Tuan Nguyen, George Ribar, David Smith, Robert Wolak and Joseph Yedniak. At the meeting, the two Men's and Women's . Hair Styling YOUR FATHERS MUSTACHE PENN PLAZA SHOPPING · CENTER Wilkes Barre Pa. Phone 825-7569 students will explain that this integrated and extensive system provides the user with a large selection of antenna types and polar plots. The program is user written and only requires an organized selection of call cards. The second paper, " A Computer Aided Visualization of Electrostatics," was developed in the electrical engineering electromagnetics laboratory by John Bremser and John Gerboc. These two students, who will present the paper at the meeting, are members of the junior class. This interactive programming, which the paper deals ·with, .provides the user of equipotential plots for a two and three dimensional . electrostatic potential distribution. The program is also user written and requires an organized selection of call cards. The Concert and Lecture Series will present KINEMATRIX with Harvey Lloyd on Monday, AP.ril 25, at 8:00 p.m. in the C.P.A. Lloyd is an independent photographer, multi-media producer, and film director. He has been noted as an innovator in multi-media communications theory, technology, and practice. KINEMATRIX is a unique experience in which the photographs become life, emotions and tears. The experience is of the every-day made exciting, as the audience becomes part of the experience. Through the media of projected light and sound, the viewer becomes enveloped in what Lloyd cal.ls ''the infinite variety of man's experience." · KINEMATRIX is a selfcontained multiscreen show of experimental color photography. .A. new digital-analog electronic dissolve programmer, engineered to Lloyd's design, and the only device of its If.ind creates movie-like dissolving images for this multicmedia technique. The striking visual effects are fused with a multi-layered sound track of electronic, choral, classical, and contemporary folk music. Lloyd will present a program of KINEMATRI."X;, which will be augmented by a brief lecture on his technique. All Concert and Lecture Series are free and open to the public. NOTICE On Tuesday, May 3, 1977, all Faculty and students will follow their regular Friday schedule. This is necessary to make up Friday, April 8, 1977. Lloyd has several honors to his credit. He won the first multimedia award of the New York Art Directors Club and the Distinctive Merit Award of the New York Art Directors Club for multi-media in 1970-1971. He is also the first Vice President of ASMP, The Society of Photographers in Communication for 1973-1974. Topics Course Offered In The Visual Arts It's not too late to pick up a new course being offered next fall. The course is entitled Topics in Literature and the Visual Arts. The new three-credit offering is open to any student who has completed English 152 or 154. In this course, literature and the fine arts are brought together to explore their common ground. The image as a matrix of visual and verbal expression gives the course its center. Discussion, guest lecture, readings , and individual ( or term) research projects will revolve around the image, and range through history, theory and technique. The course will survey such historical and contemporary movements as Rococo , Pictorialism , Pre-Raphaelitism, Impressionism, Imagism, Cubism, Vorticism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Pop, Op, and Mini, in which literature and the visual arts are analogous or complementary. The course will consider some of the implications for traditional aesthetics of marriages of the .arts. / Speed Reading Course To Be Ta~ght InWilkes Barre The New England Reading Lab is offering their 'famous speed reading course to a limited nun:iber of qualified people here in the ,:Wilkes-Barre area. The average person ~ho _completes thIS course can read 10 times faster , and with substantially improved comprehension and better concentration. This famous course has taught many thousands of people to read over 1000 words per minute· with the ability to understand and retain what they have read much more effectively. Average graduates can read most novels in less than one hour. · For complete details about this famous speed reading course, be sure to attend one of the free one hour orientation lectures that have been scheduled. These lectures are open to the public, above age 13 (persons under 18 should be accompanied by a parent, if possible) and.the course will be explained in complete detail, including class schedules, instruction procedures and a- tuition that is much less than similiar courses. !hese meetings will be he!d at the Treadway _Motor Inn, Route 315 in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Apnl 21 at 6:_3? p.m. and agam at 8:30 p.m., Friday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m., and again at 8:30 p.m. , S~turday, Apnl 23 at 1 :3_0 p.m., and again at 3 :30 p.m. , Monday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m., and again at 8 -30 p.m., Tuesd~y, Apnl 26 at 6:30 p.m., and again at 8:30 p.m. , and TWO FINAL MEETINGS on Wednesday, Apnl 27 at 6:30 p.m., and again at 8:30 p.m. Classes are limited and class places will be.filled on first-come, first-serve basis only. Be sure to attend the earliest meeting possible to insure a class place. Gfoup rates are available upon request ADV. ;;; ::: CD ID Ill n 0 :I �.,. . ~ i•Priorities . Need To Be Set .... Preview of Coming Attractions·: FINALS ! ....... ;:; The new year is off with a bang. Tom Bazzini began his term as IDC president last Sunday night. Bazzini claims ct visitation policy change and a coordination of activities are top ~ on his list of priorities. We all sit back to see what will get ~ done. · ia The old officers take a back seat pondering what they 1! have done, and what they may have done if they had a little 1- more time or a little m~e cooperation. The truth is that few great feats are ·accomplished without a group effort. This year by either accident or mistake The Beacon regrets not adequately thanking the countless amount of people that worked to make the annual fund-raising campaign its usual success. For -~ome reason feats like this are brushed over in the day to day hassle of life. It should be remembered without the work of this group of people many students would be without the scholar,ship aid they need to continue their stay at Wilkes. The annual campaign doesn't,as manystudents - believe, get stuffed in someone's pocket, but goes to benefit . the students at Wilkes. Walk-a-thons, fund-drives , and other constructive activities should be on every list of priorities , but unfortunately the dedicated and the diligent often get passed over. The Beacon thanks all those fund-raising campaign workers and all the people that made the 1977 March of Dimes Walk=a-thon a reality. "' - i ' .._ .._ ~ ~ '-.._ '--._ ' _J_ ,, E'!'ission Spectroscopy Discussed On April 26 . , - ,,, ~~­ ~ Th e 1vf averick, " :. .___· No . Oklahoma College, -Tonkawa r~. . 1 Reif Expresses His Feelings On·F-rats BEACON /JIT$ - . I Dear Ms. Editor: Mr. Esrick 's commendable attack on the fraternity system irr\plies_ that those of us who belong to fraternities have been stigmatized, therefore it seems There ,will be a senior class meeting today at 11:00 a.m. i~ the fair that I mention some of my CPA. A review of commencement plans and activities will be own feelings in the matter, discussed. having been a loyal member of Commuter Council meeting will be held today at 11:00 a.m. in Phi Delta Theta for forty-five Kirby Hall, Room 102. years. I am surprised at . Mr. As a part of the Concert and Lecture Series, a multi-m~de Esrick's use of the _ adjective p~otograp~y presentation will be presented on Monday, April 23 at "exclusive" because I recall 8.00 p.m. ID the CPA by Harvey Lloyd. spending many hours as an undergraduate trying to convince On Tuesday, May 3, all faculty and students will follow their other young men thatthey should ~gular Friday schedule. This is necessary to make up Friday, April join Phi Delta Theta which was HMS Pinafore and Trial By Jury will be presented in the Dorothy founded by six sincere Christian Darte Center for the Performing Arts April -21 through April 24. college students in 1848. The Bond Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased from 9 to 4 daily at the of Phi Delta Theta is based on the Box Office. moral and ethical concepts exThere will be a chorus concert on Thursday, April 28 at 8:30 p.m. pressed in the Old and New in the CPA. Testaments of the Holy Bible. Mee1ing of the class of 1978 will be held Thursday, April 28 in the At times I have wondered how CPA. _ much of that wisdom sinks into FL & L Department Film will be shown on Tuesday, April 23 -at the ·brains of young Phi Deltas 1:00 p.m. in the CPA. but I do know that in my first and Pure Praire League will be in concert in the Wilkes College Gym second years I was helped in on Saturday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets can be obtained in the many ways by the fine examples Bookstore at $3.50 per I.D. and $5.50 for any others you may wish to set by the upperclassmen as well uurchase. as in other ways by assuming the There will be a mee1ing of all persons who intend to student-teach in the fall on May 3rd at 11 a.m. Plans for time will be discussed. . responsibility as an upperclassmen in encouraging the - Please attend. · younger men in their efforts to April 24 to May 1, Reachout Crusade for Christ, Irem Temple, grow up. One of the principle Wilkes-Barre. Dupin, evangelist at 7:27 nightly. If interested contact reasons I chose to remain at , Debbe Gould, Sterling Hall at 824-46.51. The annual student awards iuncheon will be held Tuesday, April - Bucknell University Junior College (when the entire campus 26 in the CPA at 11:15 a.m. · . consisted of Conyngham Hall, The pi.ano .~cital o~ Cathy Davis will be on Friday, April 22 at Chase Hall, arid Kirby Hall, with 8:30 p.m. ID Gies Hall ID Darte Hall. . no prospect of ever being a viable academic institution) was because Eugene S. Farley was also a member of Phi Delta 'l'heta and he had dream of building a spectrosc9py smce l!J:ili except grent college. for a period of three years whe_n I take pride in John Reese's C. Lee Thompson of the Carhe taught mathematics at wrestling successes because we penter Technology Research Nazareth College, Louisville. are fraternity brothers; and I can Center-(Car Tech) Reading, will Prior to his employment at Car name others of the faculty of be on campus Tuesday, April 26, Tech in 1967, he specialized in the Wilkes College who, in the past, to present a survey of the funspectrochemistry of uranium and were also Phi Delts. Vicariously I damentals of - Emission Specrelated materials for the Union shared in the lunar explorations _ troscopy. Carbide Nuclear Company, because the first man to set foot The presentation 'will be ofKentucky, and the National Lead on Luna is a member of Phi Delta fered twice: at' U a.m. in Stark Company, Ohio. Theta and through his efforts I Learning Center (SLC) 27 and received a letter ( which l had again at 3 p.m. in the SLC 270. · - Thompson is twice past president of the Lehigh Valley written to myself) that was handThompson will discuss the chapter of the Society·for Applied cancelled . on the moon. The historical development of Spectroscopy. doctor who firs! performed openemission spectroscopy, the origin .This Industrial Visitorheart surgery -I .knew at .Minof atomic spectra, electrical Program is sponsored by the nesota, and the list is extensive of excitation sources and the optical Manufacturing Chemists other fraternity brothers in confriguration of the specAssociation . and the Industrial whose achievement I share with trometer, and applications of the pride. But let-me make the point techni'que in analytical . Research Institute. It is designed to give students information, clearly, that all of this has been chemistry. advise, etc., regarding .the inexpensive, both in my unA 1954 graduate of Bellarmine dustrial job market and opdergraduate days and since, for I College·, Thompson received a portunities as well as give B.A. degree in chemistry. He has have religiously paid my dues technical talk on specialty. been engaged in · emission and contributed to the scholar- '-. ·, _';)_ a Wilkes College apparently never ship fund of the Fraternity. Let ine hasten to say also, that I have the opportunities which I . have found the same benefits in think I had as an undergraduate member of Phi Delta Theta, but I other organizations, on and off ha ve consistently worked to the campus of Wilkes College. At develop an esprit de corps within times during my thirty-five years the Department of Bi6logy that at this institution. The Biological could serve, at least in' part, as a Society has provided the milieu substitute. In many cases I think for undergraduates of Wilkes College to have such benefits and , that the faculty of the Department of Biology, through the I am sure that dther years, has succeeded in doing organizations at Wilkes College just that. During the decade of have done the same thing. Within the sixties when individualism the Department of Bi_ology we was the style, very few have not encouraged affiliation organizations were successful with Beta Beta Beta or Alpha but I feel that during the decad~ Epsilon Delta because not all of of the seventies mor·e and more the majors in biology could people have found value in being qualify for membership and thus members of organizations of high would have been "excluded." I purpose. hope that the embroyonic AIBS I think I sense stirrings in The Student Chapter can be a vehicle Biological Society of Wilkes for the establishment of close College of a desire once again to meaningful friendships. I agree make that organization a truly with Mr. Esrick that fraternities constructive force on the campus on the campus are probably not of Wilkes College, so that ne_eded and that the niche they rmght occupy can be filled by . membership in The Biological Society can be worthwhHe in the other kinds of local best sense of liberty, fraternity, organizations. and equality. I hope that as If it be true that three quarters Wilkes College works its way of the present students at Wilkes through the "Goals Of The College receive some kind of College" that more emphasis can scholarship aid, fraternities be placed . on the benefits of would be economically out of the providing more group exquestion. And, without some kind periences which can held our of home base (at least a private students the better to achieve the , roo~ for each fraternity, or an Marks Of An Educated Man. entire house) the effect would be Sincerely, hard to create. I regret that the Charles B. 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All views express ed are those of t he ind i vidu al w r i ter not n eces sa r i ly of th e public at ion . .. �Theater Tradition Started By · Father-Daughter Tearn By Wilma Hurst \ "Like father; like son," goes the saying, but don't forget that daughters can also follow in their father's footsteps. Remember Danny and Marlo Thomas, Henry and Jane Fonda,- Vincent and Liza ·Minelli? The Wilkes College theater also boats a father-daughter combination in the team of Howard and Claire Ennis. Mr. Ennis· ( quite well-known as "Skinny" according to his daughter), was . the leading man in many Wilkes comedy productions in the theater of the 1950s. "If he wasn't in a production, he was working in it in some way," said Claire. Claire is also spending a great deal of time backstage at 'the th~ater. She's serving as costume mistress for the upcoming productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas, ''Trial By Jury" and "H.M.S. Pinafore." "I was very reluctant to get involved at first, " she admitted, "because the work takes up a .good deal of time.In fact, I didn't start until the end of my freshman year." Claire's roomate was involved in last year's production of "Sing Out Sweet Land" (sponsored by the 'wnkes-Barre Kiwanis), and before Claire knew it, so was she. "I told my roommate I wanted to get involved in either costumes or make-up," said Claire. "She pushed me over and introduced . me to Murray Popky. He put me to work and I've been there ever since." Claire had worked in costuming, wjth the stage crew and in' the box office before being appointed costume_mistress for the two-show production. With a cast of 40 in each operetta, requiring 80 costumes, the sophomore education major wasn't exaggerating when she said that being costume mistress · is "a lot of work." · In "Pinafore" alone, there are 19 aunts, cousins and sisters, 10 spectators and the major characters. For "Trial" dresses for an 1860s wedding party will be needed. Although the wedding gown itself has been donated, the pastel gowns for the bridesmaids must be made. It takes one to two hours to make the voluminous .petticoats alone, and Claire estimated that ........,....... __......,..,..........._...,___~., ..,_.. l> '0 ::!. ~ ... :' -4 Spring W~ather Diseases i IJI I went to my doctor the other day to see if he had an elixir that would eliminate the cold symptoms I was experiencing. During the visit he said that he was having a good number of patients come in with' many symptoms of various· diseases that occur especially in !he spring weather. Besides hay fever a!ld the cold you get from laying in the suri because it's sunny (even if it is only 40 degrees out), there are a group of illnesses that are prevalent to college stu.dents. Being an advocate of good health, I have decided to_ forego the outrageously funny items I usually write and devote this space to good health and prevention of disease. . . Here are a list of the common maladies, their symptoms, and prevention or treatment ~ · , Claire Ennis it would take an experienced character.'' sewer about four hours to make Not only can the wrong an entire dress from scratch, if costume hurt an actor on stage, she worked continuously. according to Claire, but the When one remembers that the costume must be in harmony costume crew that makes these - with the stage itself. "Sets and costumes is made up primarily of costumes have to be coorfull-time college students, that dinated," she said. "You can't task seems almost impossible. have a color clash." And Claire even admits, "I'm no The Wilmington, Delaware fantastic sewer." native noted that she receives a She said that she took the basic great deal of personal home economics course in high satisfaction from her conschool, but doesn't hav.e a strong tribution to the theater. "The sewing background. "But one satisfaction in knowing that thing about the Wilkes theater," you've dressed those people on she said, "is that you can go over, stage is worth the work and eftell them what you're interested fort. I'm sure I'll feel really great in, and they show you · right when I see "my" costumes up away. I really think that exthere." perience is the best teacher in The theater will probably theater. I've learned an awful lot continue to play a big part in just by asking questions." Claire's life, even after the · The importance ·of good curtain closes on this upcoming costuming has often been unproduction. As she said, "It's a derestimated, for Claire pointed very common phenomenon that out that costumes are a vital part once the theater bug bites, you're of any production. "I know that hooked. I just can't stay away." I've watched actors backstage when they get into costume, pacing back and forth, trying to get the mannerisms right. The costume helps them get into· Thea·t er Company To Expand Season Neil Simon's comedy "Plaza Suite," William Inge's comedy . "Bus Stop," and Stephens Sondheim's Tony award winning - · Best Musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". are scheduled to be performed by the Summer Student Reperatory Company being formed by the Wilkes College Theater Department to augment . its regular season •program. The Repertory Company has been formed to give interested people the opportunity to be involved with a summer repertory style theater. All rehearsals, technical work, and per- · formances will be held on weeknights and weekends, thus allowing participants to hold a summer job during the weekday. This experience will be of great u, personal value, . both educationally and emotionally, and will enhance the cultural activity of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The dates of performances are June 30, July 1, 2, 3, "Plaza Suite," July 28, 29, 30, 31, "Bus Stop," _ and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Marie Sul~van, a senior music Forum" August 25, 26, 27, 28. educatiori major, will present her Three Children's Theater piano recital on Saturday, April productions are scheduled for 23, at 8:30 p.m. · June 18, July 16 and August 13. . Included in the program will be The company is open to all Bach's "Concerto in C Minor" for Wilkes College students, inwhich she will be assisted by coming freshman and college Narda Sperrazza, " Three graduates. Interested persons Preludes" by Claude Debussy, are asked to contact the Darte Mozart's "Sonata in D Major," Center for the Performing Arts . "Three Mazurkas" by Frederic office for 'an application. ApChopin, and Haydn's "Sonata No. plications and resumes are to be 60 in C Major." submitted by May 9. The recital will be held in Gies recital Hall in Darte Hall. Recital Corner SPRING FEVER: The first signs usually strike in temperatures of·75 degrees or over in bright sun. Soon you \\'.ill see things begin to pop out such as frisbees, softballs, tennis raquet.s, and suntan lotion. Victims of this torturous disease are prone to skipping classes and flocking to the roofs of building, lawns of yards, and especially the river common. Once there they experience the strangest behavior and begin to take off their clothes. It's usually a shoe or sock or rolling up a pant leg or two, bJit then quickly spreads to shirts and sometimes ends with the victim running around in a bathing suit or gym shorts. Affected persons often sit and look at trees and flowers. The best way to treat these people is ·to lock them up inside a dark room. When you are near them put on a fur coat and comment on how chilly the weather has been lately. If you see any admiring the wonders of nature, explain how you think chopping down all the trees on campus and· paving the grounds for parking would be a good idea. SENIORITIS: This serious sickness takes hold about three quarters through the last semester. Students graduatingfinally realize that they will be leaving the "Wilkes Wroost" soon and begin to experience strange behavior. They develop an attitude of "what the heck, it's my last semester and I'll be out of this place soori." They realize that their grades are already sent to graduate schools. They begin to cut classes. They often spend a lot of time in the Commons. They are most often heard saying such things as: "I think I'll carve my name in this booth in the library so Wilkes will remember me:" Or "I think I'll pull a stunt at graduation and wear white socks and sandals under my black robe." Or "I think I'll take a :year off and be a bum before 'I get a job or go back to school." Or "Nobody is going to fail a last semester senior." The best way to combat this sickness is to sit down and realize all the work you have to do such as that paper, those job applications, running around getting that sheet signed, and attending those- meetings with Dean Ralston. The ultimate cure is going down to the registrar and having her tell you that you still need another gym class and you can't graduate until next year. EXAMA: This usually begins to have its first symptoms around the first week of May. Students begin to have nervous breakdowns. They take numerous trips to the library. The drug stores begin stocking up on No-Doze. Then about the middle of the week you begin to have serious "cram(p)s" in your mind. You begin to lose sleep. Your fingers get weak especially in your writing hand. This disease is also found in the professor rank. Their symptoms are slightly different in that they must take the No-Doze to combat the sleep which is caused by reading excessive amounts of papers. The best cure for this is to register for classes that don't have finals such as volleyball, student teaching, and The Beacon story writing. --0~ JOKE OF THE WEEK: Finding a job after graduation. Piano Seminar fo Be Held Today The Wilkes College Music Department. and the National Piano Foundation will co-sponsor a Piano Seminar today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Dorothy Dickson Darte Hall. The Seminar is presented by Dr. Robert Pace, Head of Piano Instruction at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Education Director of the National Piano Foundation. Dr. Pace has written a number r~ I § of texts on music and music education, which has been used in many countries. Pace is recognized as one of today's outstanding educators. Dr. Pace will deal with several new aspects of teaching music. The Feature Page and TAPES Penn !.~~~~. !hE~~!~~~ CTR Absolutely the Lowest Prices on Records and Tapes Anywhe_re ! Low Overhead Means Low Prices I I~ § S 8 Talk to Rich or Foster our Record Specialists ~ ,~J.>.:r ✓ .r~..,.. _,.._,....,.,....,Q,""..,... ............ ...e,...... .,.. ............. ..,... ...... ..,....,.,....,.....,. ............. ..,...,,. ✓-7'"◄ f · ................ CD Ill n 0 :I �... ~ Lear Bows Out Of IDC ~ Former Inter~Dormitory _ Council president, Bruce Lear, ;:;; stepped down from office to allow °L newly elected president, Tom 0. Bazzini, to take over at the <l meeting Sunday night. ;u The first order of business i accomplished by Bazzini and the ai council was to elect Lear as Outstanding IDC Representative of the year. This honor is accompanied by a $25 cash award. Others nominated for the award were Sheree Kessler and Kim Witherow who both worked hard at planning the activities sponsored by IDC. It was announced that Outstanding Senior Male and Female Dorm Students elections will .be held today at 4: 30 to 6: 15 in the cafeteria. Ea'ch dormitory student has three votes in both the male and female categories. The award goes to the student . who best exemplifies dorm living at Wilkes College. · Under committee reports , Sheree Kessler of the food committee reported that from the , recent food surveys most students favored the foot!. plan of limited initial porportions and unlimited seconds. Most representatives felt that the surveys were not explicit enough and that students didn't realize what this food plan entails. If a student wanted even a second · glass of milk, he or she would have to get back in line: Therefore a new _survey will be conducted. Kessler also an- nounced that this Saturday is the picnic dinner and May ·1 is Banana-Split Sunday. At the close of the meeting, Bazzini expressed himself as open to suggestions about next year. Bio Club Sponsoring Ping Pong Tourney The Biology Club is sponsoring a P ing-Pong Tournament on , Saturday, April 23. The tournament is p~rt of the many activities on campus for the Cherry Blossom Festival this weekend. The tournament will start at 9 a.m. in the lobby of Stark Learning Center There will be separate tournaments and prizes for guys and for girls. Four prizes will be awarded to the two top winners in each· tournament. The winners of both tournaments will receiye $10, while the two runners-up will receive $5 each. · Entry fees for the tournaments are: $1.00 for guys and $1.00 for girls. These fees will be collected at each player 's first match. International Table Tennis Association rules will be used during the tournament. Members of the Biology Club will officiate. Anyone interested in playing ping-pong may register for the tournament before Saturday in the Biology Club Room located in Room 363, third floor of Stark Learning Center. , 11ej· Seniors Dennis Falc~me, right, Pittston, and Mark Zavoy, Wilkes-Barre, will present a joint art exhibit at the Conyngham Annex Gallery from Sunday, April 24 to Friday, April 29. A reception will open the exhibit on Sunday evening at 8 and gallery hours will be daily from 12 to9 ~~ · · Falcone is a 1973 honor graduate from Pittston Seniors Are Readied For Co,n,nence,nent § We're Called The: NOTICE Rich Schudak, manager of the Wilkes-B arre Veteran's Administration Office, will address a meeting of the Veteran's Club to explain recent changes in veteran benefits. The meeting is open· to all Wilkes College students and will be held today at 11 a.m. in Room 204-5 Stark Learni ng Center. Students currently receiving benefits are urged to attend. As is ·traditional Spring - has aids to allow those who can't get again arrived, arousing endless into the gym to view the excitement in the graduates for ceremony . this year, and anticipation oft-he One reminder to seniors is that future upon . successful com- . they should now be · following pletion of their work at Wilkes. through with all of their preGraduation, of course, represents graduation business, the very cornerstone of their future careers and will be held r-..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r .....-..r..r..r..r.....-..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r..r--f this year on Sunday, May 22 at 2 o'clock in Ralston Field. Dean Ralston, official chairman of the graduation activities, Only 350 Advent_ large , utility loud stated that action will get under speakers left to be sold in the area . way beginning Thursday, May 19 • with a meeting of all those inAfter eight years, the coun try 's tending to graduate to be held at ~ best selling loud speaker is be ing ~ the Center for the Performing Arts. All seniors are required to ~ · discontinued. _ attend this gathering where they This speaker, a t its regu lar price of ~ will r eceive important preliminary information. $150 for la r ge , spea k er s, a nd $1 30 f or The festivities resume again at utili,ty, rep r esents, in our opinion, the 6:30,- the evening of the 19th, with the Senior Dinner Dance, to be finest speaker value to be found in the held at the Treadway Inn. ~ hi -fi industry. o President Capin will host the event and dress is semi-formal. ~ This also represents the last chance ~ On Friday, May 20, at 10 a.m. for owners -of Advents to double their there will be a class meeting and rehearsal in the gym. From 12: 00 sou nd . to 4: 00 on Fr iday afternoon, For those who have th ou_ght abou t seniors will travel to Dr. Farley's fa rm in Beaumont for the Senior purchasing Advents, don ' t wai t . This is Class Picnic. your last chance! Don't wai t! The Saturday, May 21, will be left as a free day for seniors to attend quanti t y we bough t is a f acto r y bu y at to any last minute business, with specia I prices. the actual commencement exercises taking place on Sunday afternoon. Dean Ralston also indicated . that tickets will be issued in LARGE- $ each limited numbers to be used only in the event of inclement weather. If bad weather does . indeed arrive in time for the UTILITYeach _ graduation proceedings, the 5 activities will instead take place in the gym. Th'e Schaefer Lecture WatchForOurHi-FiShowlnMay. Hall will also be equipped at thistime with special audio-visual 1- There's ANew Restaurant In Wilkes·Barre Area High School. There he was co-art editor of the school's literary magazine, "I nvictus," and was a member of the football team. Zavoy is a graduate of Coughlin High School where he was captain of the track team and a member of the cross-country team. At Wilkes he belonged to the cross-country team. ENDANGERED SPECIES SALE ~ The Food Prepared Japanese Style Is Delicious Nutritous And The Prices Reasonable LUNCH DINNER Assorted R ice Bowls La-M en T~riyaki Platte rs Steak Sandwich Te mpu ra Sukiyaki Fried Rice Fried Chicken F ilet of Sole Sandwich L obster T ai ls N.Y. Cut Sirloin Prime Rib Chicken Teriyaki King Crablegs Tempura Pork Cutlet . Fried Shrimp Salmon Steak Salad Bar § § § § § -§ § § ~ i § § § § § § CLOSED SUNDAY § §· § § I§ I§ I NOTICE All students interested in serving on any of the several student-faculty committees next year are urged by SG President Carl Holsberger to fill out an a lication for a osition. § ~ i I§ _ 92 South Main St . • Wilkes-Barre , Pa. 18701 • 822-2141 I 124 109 § § § § § I§ I.§ I Ii1'1fl Sifl[fl(] 1'illlJSfl I ~ § · 271 Wyoming Ave. Kingston Phone 288-3751 §, ~ a,.....,.~_,...,._,._,..,.,.,..,....,._,._,...,....,....,...,...,...,..,.._,....,.....,....,...,....,...,...,.....,....,.....,....,.....,.._,....,._,......,....,.....,.....,.....,..J �1977 Ba&ooa Athlet. o~ the rear uspense OI It All ,~/ -,; '""""""""""'"' •~""""""--"", , 'V Once a.gain the Beacon is aollcl U ng votU'II to hel.J Hlect t he -1• and feal e a t hletes of \he y-.r. tou £ f'l'I E.LO ,_-r-__ L£-t-.Sl '" tave been selected i n an effort to establish equl~ table representation fro• t he a dalniet1•tion , Beacon aport e s taff and a thle tic coac he s . S1-ply select ,10ur top t hr.e (J) choices by pl.&cl n« 1st, 2nd &nd Jrd in fro nt o f the i r na.aea. The . noalnatlons are co11pletel7 open to all who . p.rtlcli-, t ed in Wil kes intercollegiate sports during the put a cadellic year. Write-in votes a re e ncouraged i f 7our choice isn't li s ted below. The f ollov1.ng &N the s uggested favorites in each category . PleAse return t hese tallot e to - through lntercaapus 1111.11 by f'rtd&y, April 22 , c/ o Beacon Box, Jrd fioor Weckesser Kall . · = _ _ _ _ _ _ .- &n Don McDer110tt Frank Wengen Ed Murray _ _ _ = _ _ _ Tony Couto Bill Nard.one Panos JCa.lariti s Mario Apuzzo Dave. Bori s To11 Dona.hue Lon Balu.a Bruce Lear De. ve Gregro w Ric k Mahonaki Paul Neidzwi c ki Judd iAl.vi s Ke n Donl&vage Bi ll Harris Jh St ehle _ Andy Kresky _ _ Mike Supczenski _ = _ = Hary J o F'I9.1l Penny Bi&nconl J ean J ohnson Jerry Ann Sill th Barb Go r,!511, s SU:e Ann Kni ght _ Lee AM Earl _K&:ren Kil l i&n _ Ronna Co l vin _ _ _ _ _ _ -t:...._ = J O&Me Engl.ot S&lly s t - le Patty Steele J o&Me Pugliese K&:ren Olney Dottie Hartin Sh&ron Wilkes ,Ani t& Heigh&a l.yM Yedlock Meli ta. Maguire Cind.y Gl&we Ill ca CD *Cotti)J ., lt ... ~· -t ~ CD m ~~ CD Ill n 0 :I ·u l(c.rncl8~ by jeff acornley Vr1 te-i n Vo t ea t Saracino And Colonel Spikers Stru gg Ii n g To Get Established ,.- Spring is here' That time of year that is synonomous with birds, bees, love, life, a nd selection of the Male and Female Beacon Athletes of the Year. The selection process -will be altered slightly in this, the 27th year of the award." No official nominations were made. I have made suggestions on the ballots that were presented to the voters in an ef· fort to be as fair as possible. If an athlete doesn't appear on the ballot, the voter is encouraged to subm it a write·in vote fo r his choice. Seeking the most completely fair method of selecting the winners of these awards, The Beacon has solicited the help of the Wilkes College community. Ail of the head coaches of intercollegiate sports at Wilkes were given ballots as well as The Beacon sports staff and selected members of the college faculty and administration. Pictured above is a copy of the ballot. The panel includes Rollie Schmidt, Chip Eaton, George P awlush, Gay Meyers, Sandy Bloomberg, John Reese, Rodger Bearde, Wilma Schierer, Ken Turley, Gene Domzalski, Chuck Mattei, Tom Rokita , Doris Saracino, and Mike Aed ; all of the Colonel coaching· staff. The Beacon sports staff includes Earl Monk, Eddie White, Dottie Ma rtin, Wilma Hurst, Lisa Waznik, Joan Vorbach, and myself. Members of the faculty and administration asked to participate a re Art Hoover, President Capin, Ed Baltruchitis, George Ralston, Bernie Vinovrski, J ack Meyers, Bob Stefanko, George Elliot, and Welton Ferrar. The awards will be presented to the winners next Tuesday at the Student Awards Luncheon. (from page 8) thing~ keep going the way they have, the NCAA playoffs will see the Wilkes Colonels for the second year in a row. COLONEL CLOUTS: Stehle has given up only two hit.$ in two games and struck out 33 batters in 14 innings ... Terry Schoen has been the ,most consistent Colonel hitter to date with a better than .400 ave rage ... Supczenski leads the club in homers with four, Suchos.ki and Elefante have three and McDermott two . Monk ·eEER I 150 BEER BRANDS Foreign Beer Our Specmlty Bottles With five returning letterwomen, seven girls who have either played last year or have already seen action this year , and a total of 21 players, Coach Doris Saracino certainly has a , lot of material to work with for this year's women's· varsity volleyball team. Since volleyball is not an established sport in this area as of yet, the skills of the game must first be mastered before the program can grow. Mrs. Saracino had a similar problem when she organized the first field hockey team at Wilkes. Much time was placed on teaching skills and once these skills were developed, the program grew - and now Wilkes College has one of the most respected field hockey teams of colleges ll\ this area. Volleyball is a fall sport at_MAC Colleges and tournaments are held during the fall semester. Once the program is established, the Wilkes team will also be competing in the fall. Led by junior Sally Steele, captain of the team, other returning letterwomen are seniors Sharon Clune, Barbara Gorgas , Debbie Orbinati ; and sophomore Karen Polomski. _ Other returning members are seniors Joan Chemnitus and Mary Ann Toth and junior Peggy Rentschler. New members who have seen varsity action so far this year are freshmen Diane Brod- Dizzy Dame~ Cop IM Volleyball Title It wasn't the easiest thing in the world to do, but the Dizzy Dames put it all together Thursday .. evening to slip by the Chicks of Sturdevant Hall, 16-14 and 15-11 to capture the 1977 Women's Intramural Volleyball Championship. The Dames finished first in their division with an impressive 13 and 2 record, defeated Delaware Hall in the quarter-finals, 15-8 Chuck Robbins Sporting Goods 39 W. Mari<et St., Wilkes-Barre Cans Barrels Snacks 60 IMPORTED BEERS IN STOCK CASE BEVERAGE Main St., Kingston 287-2126 P.L.C.B. Cards "Only" Proof Gf Age Accei,ted beck and Sharon Knight, sophomore Donna Whitmore, and senior Sharon Wilkes. Other members of the squad include freshmen Karen Burkley, Pat Kloz, -Martha Lasco, Barbara Shaffer, Terri Saboski, and Ann Timko, · and junior Hury Gochez. Diane Coleman and Pam Balden have been placed on the injured list. Karen Olney, Colonelette cage star, serves as the official scorekeeper and Kathy Keating is the student trainer for the team. The female Colonels played two games in March against the University of Scranton and were defeated bot~ times. Scores were 15-0, 15·5, and 15·2, 15-~. The remainder of their schedule is as follows : Friday, April 22, Misericordia, home ; Monday, -April 2.5, Baptist Bible, home ; Tuesday, April 26, University of Scranton, home ; and Friday, April 29, Misericordia, home. East Stroudsburg State College has invited the Wilkes team to participate in an Invitational Tournament there on Sunday, May 1. Six teams or more are expected to take part. Those an· nounced so far, besides Wil\{es, are Temple, University of Scranton, and East Stroudsburg. A tournament such as this should provide excellent exper-ience•for the girls. Martin Biggest Selection Best Prices On Diamonds VANSCOY Dmmond Salon Gateway Shopping Center, (Near Jewelcorl' and 15-6; downed a tough team from the ever-famous Chesapeake " Party" Hall, 15-12 and 15-9; then met Sturdevant in the 'finals. Psyched by Tommy .Roe's "Dizzy", the Dames were out for revenge Thursday night against Sturdevant since the Chicks were the only team to get by the champs during regular play. Led by Wihna "Super Serve" Hurst, the Dames were able to set up their points through the efforts of Debbie " Long Arms" Yedlock and her baby sister, Lynn " I Got It" Yedlock. Mary Jo "Spiker'1 Frail dazzled the Chicks with her . spikes that seemed to be going right through the gym floor . Inspired by Mary Ellen "Jokester" Alu, the Dames were given extra support by Dotty " Cap" Martin and Nancy "Let's Go, Dames" Johnson. Also helping out during the season was Karen "Little One" Smallcomb. In other action during the intr am ur al volleyball season, division winners were Sturdevant Chicks, 10 and 5; Dizzy Dames, 13 and 2; Rotten Tomatoes, 15 and O; and Chesapeake, 14-4. Second place teams were McClintock Sprubs, 7 and 8; Mix-Ups, 10 and 5: Delaware Hall, 9 and 6; and THE HUT at Hotel Ste~ing · Specmlizing In: ·H oagies And All Kinds Of Sandwiches Susquehannock Starlets, 14 and 4. - Intra-division playoffs were held Tuesday morning with . Chesapeak~ defeating the Starlets, 15-11, 13-15, and 15-9, to gain first place in the South division. Other action in the quarterfinals showed the Chicks over the Starlets, 15-11, 13-15, and 16-14; Rotten Toma~oes over the MixUps, 15-1, 11-15, and 16-14 (b~, way of the second game in this match, the Mix-Ups became the only team to beat the Rotten Tomatoes in the past two years ). Chesapeake won by forfeit over Mcclintock ( can you believe _ McClintock made it all the way to the quarter-finals and didn't show?). The other game in the semifinals showed the Chicks downing the Rotten Tomatoes, 5-15, 15-10, and 15-13,. The Dizzy Dames would like to thank Mrs. Meyers for making intramurals possible, Miss Bloomberg for her expert officiating, Sturdevant for providing some tough competition, the Rotten Tomatoes for losing so the Drunes didn't have to meet them in the finals (How's that, Sharon?) and Sue Ann Knight, Lenny Vekkus, and Joe McKeown for providing the best silent cheering section on campus. Martin --NOTICE- Colonel football coach Rollie Schmidt would like all students interested in playing football next year and who haven' t played at Wilkes previously to stop at the Athletic Department offices in Weckesser Annex to fill out some biographical material. �Diamond Record A Gem; B • Facing Hectic Sched:ule a, QI a, "' ll. ...... 0- ;:; ;: a. cl: r:0 u "' QI ii Don McDermott-Big Hitter . Davis' Expertise Helps Net Kids Tennis isn't a major spring sport at Wilkes College, but you would never know it by watching the team in action this year. The 1977 edition is by far one of.the most talent laden and best balanced clubs in the history of the sport at the college. One of the reasons for the drastic upsurge in the net program is the great influx of young talent. Freshmen and sophomores the likes of Mike Hromchak, Gary Krupinski, Vince Walters, Rich Baran, Charles Petrino, Scott Gruber, and Clint Walker are bound to make their presence felt on the squad. These players have much potential but right now they are green and lack experience. They need seasoned advice to help them correct their mistakes and yet still · make valuable contributions ·to the team this year. The sources of this sagely advice are the mutual admiration society of captain Judd Davis and coach Tom Rokita. . Davis says of Rokita, "He does a great joh with the tennis program here at Wilkes. He's at a tremendous disadvantage by not being a faculty member of the college. That, plus the fact that we don't recruit and don't have a terribly large budget makes his job a very difficult one." Rokita says of Davis, "He is a fine leader and q. tireless performer. He just never quits and has the respect of all his teammates." Sounds almost too good to be true but be assured it is not. · Once the team takes the court to play a match, the coach can no longer coach, so Davis being in the position of captain and ·number one player assumes the role of leadership and Judd has come through with flying colors. "Tennis is a head game," comments Judd. ''My job is to try and keep the team as poised as possible. A player can have the best shots in the world but if he is not mentally composed, he'll get pounded into the ground. With so many young players on the team, it is a challenging job." Judd started his Colonel career at the numbers three and four slots in the lineup and posted a tremendous 11-1 record his freshman year. He has been competing number one ever since. Perhaps Coacl1 Rokita says it best. "Playing number one is a tremendous burden to bear because mevery match you are pitted against the best the other school has to offer. Even if it is .a weak team, they usually have at least one excellent player and Judd gets the unenviable job of always playing the best." Judd Davis has made his mark in the annals of Wilkes· College tennis. Hail to the King ! Long live . the King! Acornley :l1;:..•••~ DOUBLES TEAM - Captain Judd Da~s and Coach Tom Rokita shake for a successful t.ennis season. Leadership and experience are the qualities that these two men are trying to convey to the young squad in order to help build a winner. The last ._time we wrote of the Wilkes baseball .team, they hadn't yet played a regular season game, and were fighting snow, rain, and freezing temperatures in order to get a game in. Well, things have certainly changed since then. ~ In the last two weeks the temperature has been in the 70's, and the Colonels have played nine games , winning eight of them. Where two weeks ago there was very little to write about, this week we don't know where to- start. So·, we'll start at the beginning. Against Bloomsburg, in their season opener, the Colonels had to go into extra innings to defeat the Huskies 6-4. Manny Evans picked up the win in relief. Mike Supczinski drove in the winning run, and also had a two run homer. In their first MAC North West games, the Cotonels split a · doubleheader with Susquehanna. They lost the opener on some questionnable calls by umpires, before coming back to win the nightcap behind the ·one hit pitching · of Jim Stehle and the hitting of Don McDermott and Lou Elefante. The Colonels opened their home season last Tuesday by sweeping a doubleheader against Scranton. Evans and freshman Carl DeFelice each picked up a win, as Steve Grasley ( with four RBI's in the first game), McDermott (a grand slam in the second game!, and Ken Suchoski (with a homer in each game) . led the Colonel hitters to seventeen runs. in the twin bill. Archrival Elizabethtown came into Artillery Park last Saturday and by the time the day was up, wished they'd never heard of Wilkes. Andy Kresky pitched a no-hitter in the first game as the Colonels won 2-0, on a Supczenski home run, and an RBI single by Dave Korba. In the second game, Stehle allowed only one hit ( that in the last inning) and the Colonel hitters gave him eleven runs in the first inning as Wilkes breezed to an 18-3 victory. Supczenski and Suchoski each had a home run in that first inning, and in the fourth inning Elefante hit a tremendous 425 foot homer as the Colonels ended the game with 20 hits. .. The Colonels swept their third doubleheader in a row Tuesday against East Stroudsburg and handed Coach Gene Domzalski his 100th and 101st career victories. Wilkes won the opener 13-3, behind · the pitching ofDeFelice and the home run power of McDermott and Elefante. The second game saw a brilliant pitching performance by Barry Harchrufka before he had to yield to Evans who picked up his -third win. Phil Marino led the Colonels with a triple, and a cluth RBI single. · · So, the Colonels are now 8-1 overall and 3-1 in conference play. They have a conference doubleheader at home today with Albright and travel to Allentown for a make-up game tomorrow. Then on Saturday, the Colonels will be home again for a doubleheader against Delaware Valley. The season thus far has been going strong and if . 1:-'l :]'. An~ Kresky-No Hitter Open.Home Today;~ Tourney Monday "I don't know if you've ever played golf with mittens on, but I assure you it's murder! " exclaimed Colonel golf captain Ken Donlavage. " It w~s the first time I ever wore longjohns on a golf course:" Such was the situation when the Wilkes golf team initiated their 1977 season at the Limerick Golf Course near the campus of Ursinus College. The team split a triangular decision but were lucky they didn't get frpstbite. In near hurricane conditions, Ursinus slushed the Colonels while Lycoming forfeited and the Wilkes record shivered at a very chilly 1-1. That's not all skiing fans, two days later they were _snowed • out of their home opener with .Haverford College. The Colonels were prepared · to play however. They each had a complete set of differently pitched shovels and a round's supply of snowballs; but Haverford wouldn't fall for the snow job. The weather finally broke and the team went for broke in their next match. Taking advantageof · (continued on page 7) beautiful conditions at last, the Colonels took it to Upsala and Scranton at the Scranton Municipal Golf Course. The Royals are the defending MAC champs. Not havTng to worry- about leaving snowshoe spike marks, on the greens seems to have buoyed the Colonel charges. They will again attempt to Winter who is to Wilkes lacrosse, open the home_campaign today at ·Irem Temple what Pele' is to_ soccer, came Country Club. The Wilkesmen will be shooting at back to his old "sticking" . Moravian and Muhlenberg and a 5-1 record to grounds as a Bucknell assistant take into_tournament competition. coach. As a Colonel, Winter made The MAC tournament will be held at Hidden the MAC All-Star team the last Springs Golf Course in Willow Grove, Pennthree years, in addition to being sylvania again this- year on Monday. named MVP in 1976. · "It is an excellent golfing facility," states Winter must have kept a good Colonel coach Rollie Schmidt. book on his former teammates, The tourney is a one day shot with each golfer as the Bisons ran over Wilkes, 17playing 36 holes; 18 at each course. The Classic 9. Bucknell's Pete Von Hoffman Course is a relatively short but tough course. It and Jim Ball were unstoppable, requires much finesse and accuracy while the as they scored as many goals as other Professional Cours~ is very long and the Colonels did, totaling nine awfully tough. With two drastically different courgoals and six assists. Von Hoffses to play on, every golfer has a chance. Both man tallied three goals, while courses test every possible ~kill of the golfers. handing out six assists, as Ball Coach Schmidt hasn't announced the starting scored six goals. · four players who will compete in the MAC's yet, Adams again scored three and probably won't until sometime after today's , goals and Tim Smith added two match. tallies with an assist. "If we are at any disadvantage at all going Wilkes, who hosted Moravian into the tournament," comments Schmidt, "it is yesterday, will play their next because of our lack of competitive matches thus four games on the road, meeting far. But we can't make excuses. We just have to Muhlenberg on April 23, Getgo and perform." Acornley tysburg on April 27, Western Maryland on April 30, and Lebanon Valley on May 4. Stickmen-Look To End Bad Losing Streak At last writing, the Wilkes College lacrosse team was 1-0, and backed by our compients, were on their way to the highest mountain. , But along the way, . they ran into a couple of detours. Three, to be exact. The Colonel· stickmen were defeated in their next three games -after the initial victory. First disaster was a 13-7 loss at the hands of Lehigh University on April 6 at Ralston Field. Wilkes, which was never really in the game, came within one at 5-4 with 3: 07 left in the first half on a Bill Adams unassisted goal. But when the half came, the Blue and Gold were down, 8-4. 'F-hen it was 10-5, and then 13-6, before Adams scored his third goal of the day .for the 13-7 final. Besides Adams, Doug .Price had a good game with a goal and an assist. Juniors Chip Von Heil and Mike Kane tallied three goals apiece for ttie Engineers. Chuck Mattei's club then went on the road with a .game with Madison FDU. The Colonels got belted, 17-10. Where's Sylvester Stal\one when you need him? The Colonels were tied 3-3 at the end of the first quarter, but fell behind 8-6 at the half and 11-8 at the end of the third quarter. Wilkes, after coming within one at 11-10 in the early part of the final period, were outscored by Madison, 6-0 to close out the game. Adams and Brian Blesi had three goals and one assist each. Quad-captain Mark Davis added two goals in the losing effort. Then came , the match_up with Bucknell University. It was Bill Winter's homecoming game . STICKING WITH IT: Winter had some interesting comments on coming back to Wilkes: " Wilkes lacrosse really meant a lot to me. I loved the game, the players and the school. But, now I'm with Bucknell and that is where my interest lies." ... Freshmen Bill Adams and Tim Smith are having great seasons so far ...With the beautiful weather, many fans showed up for the Bucknell game. Where were these "dedicated" fans when it was snowing and raining in the early games? .. :Reports are in: Kurt Franke looks better without moustache. White ✓ LOOKING FOR AN OSCAR - "It was just here a minut.e ago! " Colonel Greg "Oscar" Wild searching _in vain for that little elusive devil; the ball. Larry Sall ( 17) joins the search along with a few of his "friends." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1977 April 21st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 April 21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College