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Psssst ... come here. No! Don't
look around! Someone might notice
you. Try and act casual ... that'~
better. Now, just listen .
I need help . Find help . I've been
trapped in a hot, sweaty office all
summer. I've been shunned by my
friends, bothered by strangers, confused by administrators and tormented by unreturned phone calls and ignored deadlines. I've suffered cruel
indignities at the hands of the U. S.
Postal System and endured the
attempts of a scornful, tempermental
typesetting machine to break my
spirit.
I can't stand it any longer! I've
got to have help!
I know, I know, it's all hard to bel' ieve isn't it?
You're wondering
why I've 6een forced into such an
existence. Why would anyone allow
a fairly normal (some may dispute the
last statement) college senior to be
virtually imprisoned for the entire
summer, subsisting on Coca-Cola?
What could have tricked me into such
an evil, sinister situation? Why did
any of this occur?(Come closer and I'll tell you the
whole sordid story . I have to speak
quietly or we may be discovered).
I did it all for you, that's right ...
you. · Everything I've endured these
past few.mo~ths has been so that your
life at Wilkes might be a little more
enjoyable, a little easier, and perhaps, even slighly enriched (Wow,
I'm sort of a martyr) (Okay, okay,
pushing it). That's why I

feel the least you can do now is either
help me or find me some help.
I can't be completely removed from
this living nightmare.
You see,
I've sold my soul for a half scholarship for the 198 3-84 school year.
I've agreed with the financial aid
office to endure the physical confinement and mental-torture every editorin-chief experiences until the last
issue of The Beacon rolls off the presses and into the sweaty little hands of
the Wilkes College family.
You can help ease my suffering.
If you're ready for a challenge, for a
weekly adventure into the unkown,
you can give my preforated stomach
lining a new lease on life.
I'm not totally alone. Seven brave,
spirited, semi-intelligent if sometimes fool-hardy youths have made a
pact similar to mine with the dreaded
financial aid office. As you become
bored with my whining, you will
tum the pages of this paper (this
is starting to sound like I'm hypnotizing you), and see their tortured
· faces (oh wait, they're smilingan honest mistake on my part) their
smiling faces. Each of them will
make their own impassioned plea for
your help.
Actually, they just about cover the
bases on why we need you, and why
or why not you should consider join-

Vol. XXXVI
No. l
August 28, 1983
Wilkes College
Stud~nt Newspaper
Wilkes -Barre, PA

sold your soul. You can bail out anytime you feel like it. If you decide you
enjoy the work (it has an odd magnetism), you can always sell your soul
next year, after I have been released.
I'm hoping this year's paper is
going to be new and different than
all the issues of The Beacon that
have preceded it. It's certainly" going to look different than The Beacon
of the past. However, what it needs
• to be truly new and exciting are truly
new and exciting ideas.
I know
you've got a few in you, and I'm willing to sit ans! listep. to any or all of
Rebecca Whitman
them (and I promise not to laugh until
Editor-in-Chief
you're safely out of hearing range).
Senior - English/Communications
We're looking for people with
Clarks Summit, PA
special interests or amazing senses of
humor or both to write weekly coling _The Beacon. They use every umns.
We're looking for people
pitch imaginable. There's a pitch interested in sports, news and/or
in there somewhere with your name features. We're in desperate need of
on it, but you'll have to read the rest photographers and an advertising
of the paper and find it yourself.
manager. We'd love to have anyone
The Beacon is published weekly interested in doing graphic designs, a
during the school year, and it's fill- weekly political cartoon or a weekly
ed with information about campus comic strip stop in at our office. We
activities and campus changes, ad- really do want your help.
ministrative decisions, fun columns
So this Friday at 3 p.m., instead of
and sports, sports, sports. I won't sitting around your room being bored
go into the gruesome details of what or homesick, come to our first meetgoes into creating each issue; you ing. We're located on the third floor
wouldn't believe me anyway. You'll of the Student Center. You can't
have to come in and see it all for miss our office; it's the only one with
paper and freeze-dried coffee spillyourself.
' the doorway.
But, here's the really excitin•g part: ing out
unlike me or my staff, you haven't
You may be my last hope. -Amnesty International laughed at my
request for a letter writing campaign
and - protest march-they claim this
is self-imposed exile.

�news

Sean Connolly
News Editor
Junior -Communications
Honolulu, Hawaii

I received a letter from my beloved
editor at The Beacon telling me to
create two or three pages of copy for
the "We ' re Back" issue. It was not
welcome news ; it meant I really had
to sit down and think . This meant I
had to put down my trashy novel,
turn off my radio, take off my sunglasses and write something coherent.
After two weeks of procrastinating , I
finally decided to give it a go. Besides , it was raining. 1
This summer , I decided to get away
and do something with my life. I
thought a vacation in Florida with an
internship at a radio station would be
great. I know most people are saying,
1 "Florida in the summer." I admit,
J it was unbearably hot. I mean everyi't!1 thing was hot. My roc;,m was hot,
l /.' the porch was hot, the water that
came out of the cold faucet was hot ,
.the water in the pools and at the
beaches was hot , the cars were hot ,
and an unprotected beer had the life
expectancy of about a minute and
forty-nine seconds.
Of course , I got a super tan , but
everyone had a super ·tan . The mailman had a super tan , the bank teller
had a super tan , the librarian J;iad a
super tan , and even the usher at the
museum had a super tan . I really

didn ' t impress anyone but myself
with my browness ..
In a couple of days I'll be home.
I'm actually kind of looking forward
to it. The lifestyle down here is too
slow for this Yankee. Although I'm
afraid my speech pattern has been
terminally damaged , I'm going to do
my best to_save it ; I've already signed
up for rigorous deprogramming.
A fter all , I wouldn 't want to be mistaken for a relative of good 'ole boy
Coach Unsworth.
The Beacon looks prom1smg this
year. We have a. young but fairly .
well-trained staff. We are going to
take one paper at a time and learn
from our mistakes. I think we have
the support of the student body, a
support that was missing in past
years. The Communication Studies
·program at Wilkes is growing every
year, and students are beginning to
realize the need for experience outside
the classroom for a better chance in
the job market. The Beacon offers
this experience. We are hopeful in
our efforts to recruit students as reporters. We offer- training to anyone
who is interested in joining the
paper .
Tom Mansell and I are looking forward to a large news department .

A news department that is not afraid
to spread out and cover stories not
necessarily in our backyard. I think
there are things that are going on at
our school and in the community
that may have an effect on each and
every one of us. If we can find reporters to cover these stories, we will
be fine. I also think we should get an
air-conditioned office with a refrigerator, but we'll work on one thing at a
time.
I hope everyone had an enjoyable
summer, and I hope we all have a
prosperous semester. I know I will
do well ; I'm taking all my classes
over again. I hope that Qur instructors all had a nice summer and aren 't
planning on pushing us too hard after
such a tough summer.
What I'm really looking forward to
is spending endless hours in the bookstore line and walking through Stark
Learning Center with my schedule
glued to my forehead. The only
chuckle I'll probably get will be the
sight of the new freshmen wandering
around looking like extras from
Night of the Living Dead. I guess I
should just try to remember it is only
four months until Christmas .
H ave a good semester!

assistant news/feature
One of the first things I learned
about' ·writing fo r a newspaper was
never, never be cliche. I guess I
haven't learned as much as I thought,
because I am now going to be very
cliche by saying, " Can you believe
we're back here already?" It seems
like I just said good-bye to all of my
friends; the trials and tribulations of
college life were behind me for three
months. Although the summer flew
by, I can honestly say I'm glad it 's
time to return to the "wonderful"
world of college life .
One of the things I am really going
to enjoy this year is working for
The Beaco n. I am excited about
working with the people who make up
the staff of The Beacon. Let- me tell
you about these people: they are
extremely intelligent and hard work-

ing and make the somewhat tedious
task of putting together a newspaper
incredibly fun . My job at the paper is
that of the Assistant News and
Feature Editor. I help Sean Connolly
and Donna Nitka put together the
news and feature sections of the
paper. We search thro ughout the
campus fo r exciting stories to help
keep the campus informed of what 's
going on. The editors at the paper
help one another , especially the notso-experienced people like myself,
to get the hang of what the newspaper
world is all about. I would strongly
recommend to any one who has ever
wanted to work for a newspaper to
get involved , don 't be afraid that
you don ' t have enough experience because everyone will share what they
have learned at no cost to you.

My job at T he Beacon is very good
experience because I am a communications major leaning toward a
career in journalism .
My summer job is also helping me
gain precious experience that will
be helpful in my major ; I'm sure you
run into construction workers with
communications degrees everyday.
I should also take a course in budgeting my time, because I' m playing
football , being an R.A. , and of
course , going through the normal
tough schedule every college student
faces .
I' d like to welcome all of the new
fresh men as well as everyone else
including the faculty · back to what I
am sure will be a very prosperous
year.

Tom Monsell
Assistant News/Feature Editor
Junior - Communications
Bridgewater, NJ

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�news

Sean Connolly
News Editor
Junior - Communications
Honolulu, Hawaii

l received a letter from my beloved
editor at The Beacon telling me to
create two or three pages of copy for
the " We're Back " issue. It was not
welcome news; it meant I really had
to sit down and think. This meant I
had to put down my trashy novel,
tum off my radio, take off my sunglasses and write something coherent.
After two weeks of procrastinating, I
finally decided to give it a go. Besides, it was raining. 1
This summer, I decided to get away
and do something with my life. I
thought a vacation in Florida with an
internship at a radio station would be
great. I know most people are saying,
"Florida in the· summer." I admit,
it was unbearably hot. I mean everything was hot. My ro&lt;;&gt;m was hot,
the porch was hot, the water that
came out of the cold faucet was hot~
.the water in the pools and at the
beaches was hot, the cars were hot,
and an unprotected beer had the life
expectancy of about a minute and
forty-nine seconds.
Of course, I got a super tan, but
everyone had a super ·tan. The mailman had a super tan, the bank teller
had a super tan, the librarian l_iad a
super tan, and even the usher at the
museum had a super tan. I really

didn't impress anyone but myself
with my browness ..
In a couple of days I'll be home.
I'm actually kind of looking forward
to it. The lifestyle down here is too
slow for this Yankee. Although I'm
afraid my speech pattern has been
terminally damaged, I'm going to do
my best to save it; I've already signed
up for rigorous deprogramming.
After all, I wouldn't want to be mistaken for a relative of good 'ole boy
Coach Unsworth.
The Beacon looks promising this
year. We have a. young but fairly .
well-trained staff. We are going to
take one paper at a time and learn
from our mistakes. I think we have
the support of the student body, a
support that was missing in past
years. The Communication Studies
·program at Wilkes is growing every
year, and students are beginning to
realize the need for experience outside
the classroom for better chance in
the job market. The Beacon offers
this experience. We are hopeful in
our efforts to recruit students as reporters. We offer training to anyone
who is interested in joining the
paper.
Tom Monsell and I are looking forward to a large news department.

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A news department that is not afraid
to spread out and cover stories not
necessarily in our backyard. I think
there are things that are going on at
our school and in the community
that may have an effect on each and
every one of us. If we can find reporters to cover these stories , we will
be fine. I also think we should get an
air-conditioned office with a refrigerator, but we'll work on one thing at a
time.
I hope everyone had an enjoyable
summer, and I hope we all have a
prosperous semester. I know I will
do well; I'm taking all my classes
over again . I hope that qur instructors all had a nice summer and aren't
planning on pushing us too hard after
such a tough summer.
What I'm really looking forward to
is spending endless hours in the bookstore line and walking through Stark
Learning Center with my schedule
glued to my forehead . The only
chuckle I'll probably get will be the
sight of the new freshmen wandering
around looking like extras from
Night of the Living Dead. I guess I
should just try to remember it is only
four months until Christmas.
Have a good semester!

assistant news/feature
One of the first things I learned
about· ·writing for a newspaper was
never, never be cliche. I guess I
haven't learned as much as I thought,
because I am now going to be very
cliche by saying, ''Can you believe
we're back here already?'' It seems
like I just said good-bye to all of my
friends; the trials and tribulations of
college life were behind me for three
months. Although the summer flew
by, I can honestly say I'm glad it's
time to return to the "wonderful"
world of college life.
One of the things I am really going
to enjoy this year is working for
The Beacon. I am excited about
working with the people who make up
the staff of The Beacon. Let: me tell
you about these people: they are
extremely intelligent and hard work-

ing and make the somewhat tedious
task of putting together a newspaper
incredibly fun . My job at th-e paper is
that of the Assistant News and
Feature Editor. I help Sean Connolly
and Donna Nitka put together the
news and feature sections of the
paper. We search throughout the
campus for exciting stories to help
keep the campus informed of what's
going on. The editors at the paper
help one another , especially the notso-experienced people like myself,
to get the hang of what the newspaper
world is all about. I would strongly
recommend to any one who has ever
wanted to work for a newspaper to
get involved, don 't be afraid that
you don't have enough experience because everyone will share what they
have learned at no cost to you.

M y job at The Beacon is very good
experience because I am a communications major leaning toward a
career in journalism.
My summer job is also helping me
gain precious experience that will
be helpful in my major.; I'm sure you
run into construction workers with
communications degrees everyday.
I should also take a course in budgeting my time, because I'm playing
football, being an R.A ., and of
course, going t:4rough the normal
tbugh schedule every college student
faces.
I'd like to welcome all of the new
freshmen as well as everyone else
including the faculty back to what I
am sure will be a very prosperous
year.

TomMonsell
Assistant News/Feature Editor
Junior - Communications
Bridgewater, NJ

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�typesetter
The words you are reading right
now and the words on every page of
this newspaper were all created by
me. Well, I guess I can' t take all the
credit. After the words were penned
by staff members I did have a little
help from an updated model of Gutenburg' s printing press, or better
yet , from an oversized word processor. You see, I'm the typesetter for
The Beacon, and for the past year
and a half I have been typing, retyping, spacing, lengthening , shortening, and experimenting with most of
the articles that dared to appear in
this newspaper . But for the moment I
have the opportunity t't&gt; explain my
position as typesetter, to demonstrate
the possibilities of the typesetting
machine, and hopefully to inspire a
few people to join the Beacon staff
so that they too can someday operate
the typesetting machine.
Ever since the staff acquired the
typesetting machine almost two years
ago , life with The Beacon hasn ' t
been the same. Now the staff members themselves perform most of the
functions needed to produce a newspaper : writing, compiling, laying
out, and, of course , typesetting.
Once all of this work is done the
newspaper is transformed by a printer
into the finished product that you are
now holding. The staff is then eagerly (hmm) back at work preparing for
the next issue.
As the typesetter, I've found that
the job is a rather absorbing one.
Along with the headaches, red eyes,
late hours, and the almost constant
plague of machine trouble , typesetting the newspaper is like typing a
long paper-a real long paper . To

tell you the truth , though, the job
isn't all bad. All it takes is knowing
how to type and even that can be
learned on the typesetting machine.
Once the basics are discovered, typesetting a newspaper is simply the push
of a few buttons. (Did I say that?)
Also, now that the Beacon staff
has the typesetting machine (taking
up most of the office space), the st;rlf
is able to bring to you, our loyal
readers , the late-breaking, scandalous
news that always pops up after the
Friday afternoon deadlines for the
submitting of articles. But armed
with extra-strength- aspirin and many
squirts of Visine , · I warily try to
type the late stories by Wednesday
nights' lay outs. I admit sometimes
typesetting is an onerous chore ,
but most often typesetting is challenging and, yes, even fun.
Part of the fun is experimenting
with the machine. At first glance,
the machine looks like a bulky typewriter surrounded by a lot of miscellaneous buttons and keys that
could be intimidating to the novice
typist.
However, once the typesetter becomes familiar with the use
of the buttons , he is ready to typeset articles, ads , and headlines . For
example , the machine can make
words into· different sizes-

big,

medium,

or small;
it can make words into
different types of lettering , or into
boldface or regular face ; it can also
space a word to the left ,
to the right ,
or in the center.
In addition , the machine can make

Doug Fahringer
Typesetter
Senior - English
Deridder, LA

lines ,________ _ _ _ __
dashes- - - - - - - - - dots . . ... . ... ..... ... .. ... . .
-all with the touch of a couple
buttons.
In producing the copy (newspaper
jargon for the typesetted material),
the typesetting machine is like a
camera taking pictures of the typed
words and then , within seconds, a
film processor develops the copy
wh!ch is finally ready to be layed out
in The Beacon .
So there you have it-a short
explanation of the position of typesetter and a demonstration of what
the machine can do. Now comes the
hard part (I th1nk). As a senior this
year I will be giving my swivel chair
to a new typesetter fat next year.
If you are interested in learning how
to typeset and/or applying for the
position for next year, call me at
The Beacon, or come by the office.
Typesetting is a great experience in
working with machinery, but more
important it is a great experience in
working with an interesting . group
of people, all dedicated to bringing
the printed word to the campus in
one way or another .

Not Just
Another
Pretty Face

Dr. Leslie
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Welcome and/or welcome back!
tap, tap, tap (typewriter noises) I am
here to tell you that The Beacon, as
part of your college life, would be
more fun than The Muppet Show,
more exciting than Generai Hospital, more .. . uh , excuse me a moment, my editor wants to speak with
me.
Oh, more subtle, huh?
Well .. . I could always use the
'' Hi , wanna-be-more-intellectual' '
approach, but ·I'm a senior and it
·doesn't take anyone · three years of
college to learn that the intellectual
approach never works on students.
tap , tap, tap (more typewriter noises)
Let me see ... there must be other
more acceptable ways.
I suggested to Becks (our beloved
editor-in-chief) that we lure unsuspecting students into the office usin,"
beer as bait and then "detain" them
until they agree to be reporters . Ho"'

�student government

HOWDY ! WELCOME BACK!
Aren ' t you glad summer finally ended (he said sarcastically). M y name is
Ralph Pringle an d I' m a senior (Oh
yeah!) psychology major from Monument, Pa. I am currently serving as
this year's Student Government
President so I thought I would tell you
a few things about my organization.
(Besides, The Beacon made me).
Well, down to business. Student
Government is the major governmental organization on campus. It
consists of 31 members who are elected to their positions by fellow students. Membership consists of six
representatives from each class, the
four class presidents, and the oresi-

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Student Government also deals with
academic grievances. If you have any
complaints about the curriculum ,
classes or any other matter, bring
them to us, and we will see what can
be done about them . Our meetings
are every Monday night at 6: 30 p.m .
in the Weckesser Board.
On the social side of Student
Government, we have a whole host
of activities ranging from gym and
Student Center parties to concerts and
.coffeehouses. We also have a · very
active film committee. Some of our
films this year include Raiders of the
Lost Ark, An American Werewolf in
London, and Tootsie . Also , Student
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Hello everyone! My name is Dave
Kalinowski and I will be serving as
president of the Commuter Council
for the 1983-84 school year. The
Commuter Co·uncil is made up of 24
elected commuter students from the
four classes. Working closely with
the Inter-Residence Hall Council, the
Commuter Council plans, organizes
and sponsors the four major parties
of the year. These parties include the
Christmas and Valentines Day parties which are held off campus artd the
Halloween and St. Patrick's Day

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Government is responsible for the
three major weekends of the yearHomecoming, Winter Weekend,
and Cherry Blossom. These weekends are filled with fun events which
incl ude a dinner dance and lots of •
competitive games for teams.
Well , I think that I have babbled
enough about Student Government
so now I'll just offer one suggestion.
If you are a festive person who likes
to be involved, consider campaigning
for a position on Student Government. Check your school calendar for
election dates. It is great experience
and lots of fun. Have a good semester.

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dents of Student Government Com '
muter Council, and Inter-Residence
Hall Council. Along with our 31
voting members, Student Government also has associate members.
These members are non-voting' and
serve as committee members as well
as committee chairmen. If you are
interested in being an associate mem ber, you can sign up for one of our
committees on Club Day, September
6.
The responsibilities of Student
Government are many, ranging fr9m
financial to academic to social. The
main function of Student Government is to allocate the Student Activity Fee Fund. This is the money we
receive from the $50 activity fee from
each student. This money is distributed to various clubs and organizations that show a financial need as
well as subsidizing ,club trips to conferences. H owever , the major use of
this money is to insure that each
full-time student receives a copy of
the Amnicola , the college yearbook.
On the academic side of Student
Government we have many activities.
At the beginning of each semester,
Student Government sponsors a
Used Bookstore. This is a free ser:vice
open to all students. Students wishing to sell books may drop them off in
our office on the third floor of
Conyngham .Student Center. St,udents who sell books there will be
financially compensated and books
that are not sold will be returned.

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parties which are held in the college
gym.
T he council also sponsors
Student- Center parties and annual
bu~ trips to New York City, the
Bloomsburg Fair and Great Adventure Amusement Park.
Commuter Council also offers a
wide variety . of services to commuter
students. The ·council distributes oncampus parking permits, sells reduced
rate parking stickers for the Park and
Lock South and sells LCT A bus passes and bus tokens.
I would also like to mention that
Commuter Council has openings for
representatives in each of the four
classes. So , if you are a commuter
student and looking for a fun and constructive way to spend your free time
on campus, think about joining the
Commuter Council. Our office is
located on the third floor of the
Conyngham Student Center and our
meetings are held every Monday at
4: 30 p.m. in the Board Room of
Weckesser Hall. Again, welcome
back and I hope we, the Commuter
Council, can be of some assistance to
you during the school year.

Sincerely yours,
Dave Kalinowski
CC President

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�business tnanager
When asked to write an article introducing myself and my position on
the Beacon staff, I thought, "How
hard can that be?" However, after ·
several attempts at writing an article
which does exactly that , I have come
to the conclusion that all papers I
wrote for English 102 last semester
were much easier than this could ever
be. Now, nearly a month after I was
given the assignment, this is the
article I managed to put together.
Let me begin by telling a little bit'
about myself.
I graduated from
Southern Lehigh High School and live
in Coopersburg, Pa. which is a small
town about 75 miles south of WilkesBarre. It lies just outside Allentown
which is much more familiar to most
people.
Why I chose Wilkes , l don't know.
However , I'm here , and I'm beginning my sophomore year as an
accounting major. How an accounting major got involved with a school

newspaper will be explained a little
later.
Although I'm far from being
''athletic,'; I enjoy playing ra-quetball, swimming and skiing. In the
summer I like going camping and
spending time at the beach. Most of
all, however, I en joy spending time
with friends.
I got involved with the school newspaper during my first semester at
Wilkes. Becky Whitman, then the
news editor (presently editor-inchief) managed to talk me into writing
news articles for the paper. I was
somewhat hesitant at first but later
found I actually enjoyed my new
"job." I had to go out, interview
people and then write an article on my
findings. It was .something I had
never done before, and it was often
quite a challenge.
After working with the newspaper
staff my entire first semester I decided
I would like to join the staff. During

Business Manager
Sophomore - Accounting
--~~persburg, PA
my second semester, I applied for a
staff position on the paper, and now
here I am the Beacon Business Manager.
This is quite a change for me.

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Don't forg~t Club Day - -September 6

GET INVOLVED

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• • •

Previously I was involved in the
actual construction of the newspaper.
Although you may see my name on
a few articles this year, my work now
· lies completely behind the scenes.
, My new job isn't exactly exciting,
but it is very interesting andf I enjoy
it very much since it involves work
which lies within my major course of
study.
As business manager I am responsible for all the financial matters of the ·
newspaper. This includes monthly
billings , dealing with the college
business office, keeping accurate
financial , records, and assisting in
the preparation of the paper's budget. I am also responsible for the oncampus circulation of the newspaper.
I certainly have enough to keep me
busy.
Well, that just about wraps it up.
Now you know who I am and what T
do. It's hard to believe it took me a
month to say so little.

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sports.

• •

.sports.

Welcome to Wilkes College (I'm
sure that greeting is worn quite thin
by now) and the Beacon sports pages.
My name is Tim Williams, arid my
position on the staff is · that of cosports editor along with Charlie
Yozwiak.
Even though my partner in crime
(Charlie) is a journalism major, the
Beacon staff is not restricted to communication majors. I myself am a
history major. If you are interested
in writing for The Beacon or would ·
like more information on what you
as a writer would be responsible for ,
yo u should get in touch with either
Charlie or myself.
·
Charlie comm utes to school , but
locating him should not pose much of
a problem ; all you have to do is keep
your eyes peeled f~ a tank with
blonde.hair and a text book.
Actually, finding me would be
much easier since I am tl1e Resident
Assistant for Diaz Hall which is
on the second floor of Pickering !-Jal!.

.sports.
'

• •

Getting involved with The Beacon
can be a fun and rewarding experience. Many of us, including myself, had very little or no previous
experience working with a newspaper prior to joining the Beacon
staff. Within a few weeks, I developed the confidence of an old hand.
The sports editors are responsible
for any and all athletic events, both
varsity and intramural. Sometimes,
this is no easy task since there are a
number of sports that must be covered and we (the editors) also have to
keep up on our school work. During
fall season I will be especially busy
since I play soccer for Wilkes. If you
are remotely interested in lending a

• •

.sports.

hand, please g~t in touch with meit would be greatrly appreciated.
In addition to covering all
athletic events, Charlie and I will
each write our own sports related
column in alternative issues. The title
of my column will be ''Overtime.''
This column will feature topics
ranging from opinionated critical
analysis to (hopefully) humerous
stories. You see, within the past
year I have discovered the wonder
ful and exciting world of golf
The fall card includes football,
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.sports

soccer, girls tennis, field hockey ,
volleyball, and cross country. I will
be covering soccer, field hockey and
girls tennis. Charli~ will cover the
remaining three. Hopefully, each of
us will have so.me help from some of
you.
New coaches (as of last season)
have given the football and soccer
teams new hope. This, coupled with
a nationally ranked (Div. III) field
hockey team and a very respectable
volleyball and cross country teams,
give rise to a promising future for the
fall sports program and a more interesting sports section for The
Beacon.
Wilkes athletics has a lot to offer to
the students . It ' s my job to show you
exactl y what it has to offer and keep
you informed on its progress . I hope
you will take the time to follow our
sports co verage.

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Charlie Yozwiak
Sports Editor
Junior -Communications.
_Falls,._PA

ls it September again? It seems like
only yesterday that I stepprd off the
plane in Johannesburg. Well, I guess
that's what fighting SW APO guerrillas· in the South African bush will
do to one's sense of time. Anyhow,
I've put my .mercenary uniform back
in the closet for the cold season and
traded in my AK -4 7 rifle (I hate to
admit it, but those commies make
pretty good guns) for a typewriter.
Now, instead of shooting bullets,
I'll just be shooting off my mouth.
Yes , I'm back at The Beacon
where I will take over the duties of
sports editor. Sure, it's not as exciting as dodging bullets and tripping
over anti-personnel mines, but it's a
job. This year, .the sports depart ment duties will be shared by Tim
Williams and myself.

• •

Tim Williams
Sports Editor
Junior - History Bethlehem, PA

When I am not in some far off
corner of the world winning hearts
and minds for democracy , I reside in
the bustling metropolis of Falls , Pa .
That' s right, FALLS.
Remember
that name. Your children might one.
day have to memorize it as my birthplace. Now, I don't want this to fall
prey to legend (you know, like
George Washington throwing the
dollar across the Potomac) ; let's just
keep the name in mind- Falls. Oh,,
and when they erect the monument in
my honor make sure they spell my
last name right.

Enough of these trivial matters,
let's get down to business . My duties
as .sports editor include making sure
all of the college sporting events are
covered, laying-out The Beacon
sports pages and writing a weekly
column. ~
My basic goal as sport's editor this
year will -be to give equal coverage to
all sports including intramural sports
and non-collegiate sporting events
such as powerlifting, bodybuilding,
karate , biking, and much, much
more.
Non-collegiate sports are those
sports . which _include competitors
from Wilkes who are not actually
representing the college. If they were ,
it would be a collegiate event such as
football or wrestling.
A reporter working under me
would be assigned a particular sport
or sports to cover and would be solely
responsible for his or her assignment. Their job would not necessarily be limited to covering sports.
They might also be responsible for
doing a feature story on an athlete (if

you ·are really good, I'll even let you
interview me).
We do need reporters, and this is
where you, the student, come in.
Working as a reporter will give you
practical experience, especially if you
are interested in pursuing a career in .
journalism.
It will give you the
opportunity to find'out if journalism is
really for you. However, you don ' t
·have to be a journalism major to be a
reporter for The Beacon. We ' ll take
anyone (exc:ept communists , as they
might make my whereabouts known
to the Soviet KGB). Being a reporter
for The Beacon will sharpen · your'
ability to think under pressure , to ask
questions and to be objective.
I
haven't even mentioned what it will
do for your writing skills.
As sports editor , I will not be
partial to one sport or anoth.er. My
interests are not limited to football ;
they are as diversified as the universe
itself. They include Russian roulette,
women ' s mud wrestling , roller
derby, poker, and feeding flies to
spiders. Heck, I even went to a horse
race this summer.

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Vol. XXXVI
No. 2
Sept. 23, 1983

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Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre , Pa. 18766

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The Search Continues
by Sean P. Connolly

The Wilkes College Presidential
Search Committee will choose a candidate for the college presidency by
January 1, 1984, stated Dr. Heaman ,
one of the two faculty representatives
on the committee.
•
Wilkes' president, Robert S. Capin, is scheduled to resign on June 1,
1984. He announced this decision
earl y in December of 1982 to give the
Board of Trustees time to form a committee that could find candidates to
fi ll the vacancy.
The committee began soliciting
nominations for the candidacy last
year through advertisements, letters
and telephone calls directed at College presidents, deans and other possible candidates. Heaman said the
. rnrnrnittee screened over 150 applica tions over the summer and is now

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working with a "select list. " He
Following Lhese interviews , Lhe list
added that the list contains candi- of candidates will be reduced to 5 or
dates who will be given closer exami- 6. These remaining applicants will
visit the campus, meet and talk with
nanons .
In addition to the work of the com- administrators and members of the
mittee, the college alloted $10 ,000 to board of trustees and be interviewed
a private company, The Presidential for the last time. ·
Then, the committee will submit
Search Consultation Service, to assist
in the process. Heaman noted t hat its recommendation to the Board of
"this was a good investment because Trustees. If the board votes against the
the company has contact with the candidate , the committee will reconvene and choose another candidate.
proper people and can solicit them .''
The search committee is comprised
The committee 's next step in the
search is to contact applicants and of seven board of trustees mem bers,
gain permission to research their ref- two faculty members and one student, David Fife. Heaman reported
erences.
The me~bers of the search com- · that the committee works well tomittee will then meet with the candi- gether and that he foresees no probdates and interview them in Philadel- lems in the future.
Patricia Davies, a member of the
phia on Sept . 26 . A neutral spot such
as Philadelphia was chosen to protect board of trustees is the head of the
committee.
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.Dpl ica nt,·r &gt;resenr employmen t

Though they're getting closer
everyday, the Presidential Se_arch
Committee still hasn't chosen
the face that will replace this
space.

Production Underway
or Television Studio Freshman
by Sean P. Connolly

Wilkes College is in the process of
building a modern , operating televi' sion production studio .
Dr. Bradford Kinney, supervisor of
the studio , said the college has already spent about $25 ,000 purchas-

Pack it in Pat. Th at control
· board is obsolete now that the
' school has purchased new "state of
the art" equ.irmen t fw the T.V.
studio .

ing new " state of the art" equipment
and building the studio and controlroom, "Nothing is second-hand ,
and nothing was donated. Thi:: college purchased all the equipment, "
Kinney reported.
The supervisor stated that the project began on June 1 when he and Dr.
Thomas Kaska, head of the Language
and Literature Department, visited
what was then the school's studio and
were not pleased with its appearance .
With the cooperation of Kaska, Dr.
Andrew Shaw and Dean Gerald Hartdagen, proper facilities became a reality.
Wilkes purchased two new O.V.C.)
cameras, a new editor, a new video
typewriter and a new audio mixer. A
private company is building a
custom-made patch panel for the studio.
Kinney expressed his belief that
students need more "hands-on" experience with the practical aspects of
their majors and the television studio
is an example of this .
''We taught Broadcast Production
for two years wuliout a decent studio,
and it was very frustrating to the
continued on page 12

Class
Enrollment Grows
by Sean P. Connolly

The freshman class at Wilkes, numbering 640, produced 30 more students than the college expected .
Gerald Wouri, Dean of Admissions , reports that, while all the
" meaningful" data is not yet in , this
increase in enrollment looks positive.
' 'When you consider that over 80 %
of the college;s budget depends on
tuition, 30 more students is obviously
a big plus," commented Wouri .
Wouri said the role of the college
admissions Department has changed
in the last ten years, and this has
forced Wilkes to take a more active
role.
"We have flip-flopped, At one
time, it was the job of the Admissions
Office to keep students out. Now it 's
our .job to find them," Wouri explained.

Presently in the Admissions Department, Wilkes has a traveling staff
of five people who visit about 800
high schools, in ten states, annually.
The dean said that the number of
high school students who have firsttime contacts with the college is up
28 % from last year. There has been a
9 % increase in applications over the ·
past. four years and a 4 % increase in
this year alone.
Wouri reported statistics for ·the future in the Northeast section of the
country show a 45 % declin~-in the
number of college students: " What
they call the Baby Boom is over. The
number of kids between 18 and 25 is
going to be much less."
Wouri went on to say that though
.these statistics are gloomy, the college
has taken them into account, and he
will remain optimistic.
We've Been Moved!!!
Sure its a cop-out, but its the best
reason we have for the fact that the
first Beacon has been so long in "hitting the stands." (For a longer explanation , turn to page .,4.)

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City Refuses To
Allow New
Parking Lots

Real News
by Thomas J. Monsell

Gromyko Cancels Trip to UN

Russian foreign minister, Andrei Gromyko, canceled his trip to the United
Nations because New York and New Jersey Governors Cuomo and Kean
refused to let him land at Kennedy or Newark airports in response to the August 31 downing of South Korean Airliner 007 .
Gromyko also skrapped an offer from Washington to land at a Military Base
in the New York area because Washington could not guarantee the foreign
minister's safety once in the United States.

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U.S. Warships Bomhard Lebanon

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Positions belonging to anti-government force, deep · inside Syrian -conrroi i, J LebamJ11 ½u~ fired upon bv iwo Arncnc;:.n ;--...,,,.i ve~,;els last Saturday.
Tli.e targets were said to have fired on the UniteJ Srates ambassador's residence outside of Beirut,endangering American lives.This was the first time1
American ships had fired on Syrian held positiom inside Leoanon.
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Reagan to Face a Tough Race in 84

Advisors in Washington are co~cerned with the problems President Reagan
would face if he decides to run for a second term .
The advisors fear that the political coalition that ~lect:ed Reagan in 1980 has
lost its strength and that despite the fact th~t Reagan's popularity has increased
in the last year, he is not getting enough credit for recent improvements.in the ·
economy.
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"Monster of Florence" sought in 12 Slayings

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Florencr.,ltaly is being terrorized by a killer that murders in pair~, The first 10
murders were. all couples brutally attacked while parked i, 1 ! ove i ~ t ine s •
The latest two wc;re both male tourists killed while asleep ,n their trailer. The
police believe the killer lives in the area because of his thorough knowledge of
the winding roads and rugged countryside.
The murders have taken place over a period of 10 years and local authorities
are baffled over the killer's ability to escape capture.
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After Wilkes College refused to
purchase a parking garage on South
Main Street, the city planning commission voted against the college's
plans to build two new parking lots
for its students.
City Engineer Robert Beltzer said
he thought the college should assume
the bonds on the 550-space Park and
Lock garage instead of building new
lots where the college tore down two
buildings over the summer.
·
Dr. Andrew' Shaw, Dean of Management at Wilkes College, said the
school wants to build the lots at 275
South Franklin St. and 61-63 West
Union St . because the sites are closer
to the school and safer for the students
to use . Shaw said many students are
reluctant to use the Park and Lock,
and their parents are concerned with
the darkness of the lot at night.
Beltzer replied to this by poking
fun ~,1 the eating habits of students

saying, "Do you serve quiche in your
dining halls?" Quiche is supposed to .
be the food of weaklings or timid peo- ,
ple.
Shaw said the parking lots are crucial to Wilkes' future, and that
Wilkes has already lost a number of
students because of inadequate parkmg.
The Park and Lock garage has lost
money since its opening in 1970. The
city floated the $2-million bond issued to finance the garage. The bond
is due by the year 2007.
Commission member Joseph Williams said he does not approve of tearing down buildings to build parking
lots. Wilkes wants to build the new
lots on the sites where Gore and the
Conyngham Annex used to stand.
Beltzer added, "If the college would
assume the bonds (used to pay for the
garage construction) they could take
it."

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Catholic Leader Dies

Cardinal Sousa Medeiros 67, an immigrant from Portugal who became a
leader of over two million Catholics in the Boston a rca,&lt;lied last Saturday after
triple-bypass heart ~u rgt&gt;rv
Medeiros,who '-poke six languages,became archhishc,o d the Bostonarea in
19 / fl. He was strictly against nuclear arms and in his Easter message m 1982
said he wanwd tu .. r,mt die consuousness of Ca: holi(, ;,1 Lh is archdiocese to
their responsibility to help form ari international consensus to reject ultimately
the use of all nuclear arms."

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Monday
Ham and Macaroni Casserole
Chicken Rice Soup
Tuesday
Baked Chicken Noodle Casserole

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Chili Con Carne
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Sunday 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM
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Residence Life
St ays A f Ioat
semester, which is 35 less than, last
year, but there were some room assigrment difficulties. Adams said
some male students had to be placed
in alternative housing until room was
found, and that two male students
had to be placed in McClintock Hall,
a female dormintory. He said the
problems have been remedied and
that assignments are now in order. He
added that drop in resident students
can be attributed to the graduations
of large senior classes over the last two
years.
Adams said he sees no problems
with the resident situation in the future, and if enrollment continues to
rise and the need for additional space
occurs, the college can meet this extra
rooms such as Ross Hall which can be
converted into a dorm easily. He
added that the renovation and maintenance of old buildings at Wilkes is
an important and on-going process. -

by Sean P. Connolly

In a summer of continual motion
and change at Wilkes College, the
Residence Life Office, formerly the
Housing Office, was an extremely
busy organization that held its composure well , according to Mr. Paul
Adams , Director of the office.
Adams said the hardest job of the
summer was to inform the residents of
Sturdevant and Bedford Halls that
their residence halls were converted to
office space. He said the offices rather
than the residences were more affected by the moving .
Hollen back Hall, which was closed
in the Spri!"}g, was reopened because
of the sale of Parrish and Chapman
Halls. The decision to convert Sturdevant, which was one of the largest female dorms, also made the reopening
of Hollenback necessary to accommodate the extra residents.
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9:30 P.M. with the fall sports teams'
This year's Homecoming Festivities
members and coaches being introwill include six student activities and
duced . Majorettes, strutters, and
five alumni activities running from
cheerleaders will perform routines,
September 29 to October 1. .
and the announcement of the Home· According to Beth Cortez, chaircoming Court will also be included.
person of Homecoming Weekend , ·
As in previous years, . Dean Ralston
Thursday night will begin the cele- : - will be doing his famous Wilkes
bration of Homecoming Weekend ,
cheer. ·
with the annual bonfire at Ralston ·
During Friday's afternoon, the
Field.
judging of homecoming displays will
The bonfire is planned to begin at
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. Saturday's festivities will begin
with the football game· against Susquehanna Crusaders. Half-time of
the game will be devoted to the announcement of the king and queen
by President Capin. Other varsity athletic events will take place throughout
the day.
Saturday night is the gym party featurinl! the Student Center Board 's
d.js and buffet-style food. The cost
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The Way We See It

The Rolling Stones wer:e right, "You can't always get what you want, but if
you try sometimes . .. you get what you need.''
I wish they had been just a little more specific in dvfining "try. " If Mick
Jagger had ever had to deal with the Wilkes College administration, he surely
would have substituted " be obnoxious" or "be a real bitch, " because that 's
what it takes around here to get what you need.
After four rounds of " Beacon vs. Administration, " we have finally succeeded in getting enough office space to operate effectively (or at least what we
think is working effectively).
We've discovered tp.at getting the school administration to concede to relatively simple demands is like trying to squeeze blood from a stone . Perhaps it
stems from what I see as their amazingly short and selective memory.
It all began before the end of the 1983 spring. semester when the now defunct Student Center Director,Jay Tucker, designed a floor plan for the incomplete third floor of the Student Center.
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One of the roo~ designated for the Beacon looked like the attic of your
average grandmother's home. It had no windows and a ceiling that started
halfway up one wall and slanted to the center of the room
We not-so-affectionately dubbed this room ·· lhe Black Hole " and immediately protested to 1:utker that it was totally unacceptable . We showed him the
office we wanted in~tead and gave him a Est of reasons why we needed two
"real offices" instead of one "real office" and " The Black Hole."
I contacted the Student Affairs Council twice during the summer about
where we were to be placed. Dean Ralston, accommodating and concerned as
usual, even visited the Student Center with myself and one of my editors so we
could explain "live and in person" what we needed and why.
After this meeting, I assumed everything was settled, and I relaxed thinking
The Beacon would have what it wanted: two offices connected by a passage
through a common wall.
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However, when we returned for the fall semester, I was rudely reminded that
you should never "assume" anything, and you should never turn your back on
the Wilkes College administration .
After discovering that , for the third time, the date of our move to die new
offices had been pushed back; thus causing us to miss putting out one issue of
the paper, I phoned the Business Office for more information.
What I learned was that some ''higher authority' ' had overruled the Student
Affairs Council, and they were still insisting we be content with one real office
and the "Black Hole."
To make an extremely complicated and frustrating battle short, after two
more confrontations with the admini~tration, we got what we needed - the
two offices we had begged for all summer, but unconnected by a passage.
Instead of the moving company, we got the maintenance men and their pickup truck in which to move our delicate machinery. I should thank the main:enance men for all their patience while we tried to decide where we wanted our
desks and tables.
I realize that the school went through a lot of physical changes this summer,
and that the Beacon was hardly their major concern, but I can only document

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Lost in Stark 34 2 - Mass Media
textboo k ; t itle Intcrmedia. li found
call 824-2472 or ext. 134.

Anyone interested in being the
Wilkes Colonel (alternate) should
contact Sharon Michener at 8242672 . Persons should be enthusiastic, energetic and not afraid to g~t
up in front of a crowd and cheer his
or her heart out. Tryouts will be held
at the convenience of those involved .
Afrer a twenty year lapse, Mike C.
is back at it again, pounding away
on the dike!

If you're planning a career in
med icine you owe it to yourself to
fi nd out about the Ai r Force's
Health Professions Scholarship Program .
Qualified U.S . citizens can receive scholarships for medical or osteopathic school. Our scholarships
include :
Tuition
Required Books
Required Lab Fees
Required Equipment Rental and
more than $576 Monthly Stipend
For Details Contact :

SSgt Charles McGinty
(717) 823-5117

Sean-Sean &amp; Tim - Thanks for
going ·above and beyond the call of
duty Monday night . You deserve
gold stars.

what The Beacon went through .
. All of this has been a learning experience. The newspaper staff has learned
some valuable lessons and gained serious , if slightly depressing, insights into
the inner workings of Wilkes College:
1. We 've learned that no issue is too large or too small to fight for. No one
should give up when they feel they are justified in their argument. Even if
we hadn ' t gotten what we needed , we wouldn ' t have had to sit around in
" The Hole" during layouts wondering " What if we had tried a little
harder? What if we had protested just once more? " We would have at
least had the consolation of knowing we gave our all.
2. There is a serious breakdown in communication on this campus, not just
between students and administration, but within the administration itself. How else can all that happened this summer be explained?
3. Even though we are in the "Student Center," the administration still
controls us. Though it may be unfair to state this early in the school yeat',
it appears the new student director of this building will have little say in
what goes on here ( except perhaps planning parties and trips).
4. The administrators of this school are humans, and they are as fallible as
the rest of us . This, for me, was a revelation. I had always thought of the
administration much like the gods on Olympus, which wasn't really fair
to them (the administrators, not the gods).
All of this has also left us with some unanswered questions:
1. What exactly is cubic feet of space ? When we tried to convince Mr. Abate
we needed more room for our equipment we were told ''The Hole'' had
more cubic feet of space. What good is the space above your head in a
room unless your planning on building a loft or a walkway?
2. W.py were the carefully organized and typed up arguments of The Beacon
tossed aside, and the structural changes deemed necessary to make the
black hole habitable for the newspaper continued, thus costing the school
funds that could have been used better elsewhere?
3. Who really makes the decisions at Wilkes? Deans Hoover and Ralston
were very cooperative and helpful , but their efforts were rebuffed by
someone. If the Student Affairs Council decides what students do, who
decides what the Student Affairs Council does?
4. Can small matters like the unhappiness of a student publication always
thro_w the school administration into a tailspin so easily? Wh~t of larger
problems?
I know this editorial isn't the nicest way to begin the school year, and I know
it will not be received well at Weckesser Hall, but I feel the fact that the first
issue of the school paper has been published so late in September deserves
some explanation and comment.
All said and done, the third floor looks fantastic and The Beacon staff is
certainly going to do our best to keep our offices as nice as they were when we
moved in .
It just seems that sometimes the administration gets so caught up -in their
plans, they forget about the people they're planning for.
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Hey you with the blonde hair! Are
you interested in me? Let me know
. - I ,an ' t deal ll'ith shy guys.
Petite, dark-haired, dark-eyed
beauty wants to party. 829-9292 .
:\sk for the red door.
Bowesy - still sucking on eggs? I
waor a bronzed God by Thanksgiv' r&gt; c '- ·:m know, something I can take
h ,mt to Mom .
President Dr. Reimers . , . Baby i,
still alive. Pay up.

Baron , you are a "callo us"
S.0. B. We hope we can be just like
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Veronica': At this point - I th ink
you deserve the title Co- instead of
Vice- I swear last week won't happen
again (or someone's butt will be on
the carpet.)
Suena Tuna - I miss you muchly.
There's just no one as "oil" as you
around here. Call me, because if you
wait for me to write, I'll be graduated .
I've been watching you and I
know the route you take home fo ,m
rhss.
Hi Janet, How do you like fim
grade? We miss you . Patty &amp; Donna

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said we missed the elephant imi - ,
tations, but we do m iss you . Bcacun
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Steve Thomas, Remem ber the
bet' Becky lost and she still hasn ' (
paid up . Wonder why? Donna &amp; BC'~
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Amy, Why are they screaming tof
me instead of you? Where did yol!,
hide the Varium? Becks .
Mr. Happy Lips·, This is to inform
you that you have not been selened
as this year's poster child . The honor
goes to Chas . Tim

Heidi, Here's to the next Homi: coming Queen of Wjlkes College. ,..
Enpy, but try to resist the electric ·
fireplace. Nikki

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C onservative Comment ______ _________
you run to your nearest newspaper
and say, "I want to be a columnist,"
we must explain the fo llowing . The
life of a columnist is not the glorious
and adventurous. life described to
many in such reknowned and well respected publications as The Star. In
fact , the life of a columnist is tough,
unrewarding, and filled with horrors
one could never imagine. There are
deadlines to be met, there are topics
to be chosen , and of course , there is
the rotten fruit and vegetable that
must be dodged with the utmost agility (so as to keep the column unscathed by anything except our pens .)
After years of writing, we have
grown used to the _rotten fruit and
vegetables and the deadlines, whereas
they pass without so much as a
thought. The selection of a topic is
still as intriguing and as mystifying as
it was when "Conservative Comment'' was first conceived of back in
Medieval times. Although , the old
chance method of rolling dice has
been replaced by a new sci,entifically
proven effective method . This year we
paste all the possible topics on a wall
and throw darts.
Now, most ~four readers are won-

by Stephen K. Urbanski
andJamesJ. Haggerty,Jr.

We're back. After a short four
month break, we're all ready to jump
right into ·the fast-paced world of political column writing (known to
those of us in the profession as columning. )
We would like to welcome back our
loyal and dedicated supporters , who
wait outside The Beacon office , trying
to catch a glance and be the first to see
what truly exciting and sometimes
controversial issue we have tackled
with our pens in the most recent edition. We would also like to welcome
back our loyal and dedicated adversaries, who also wait outside The Beacon office for an all toget er different
purpose. But, even more important
than welcoming those two groups of
individuals back to Wilkes College , is
the welcome of a new breed of uniformed minds which are easy prey for
our right to far-right propaganda .
Now that the welcoming is out of the
way, let 's talk columning.
Every week, or whenever we are divinely inspired , we sit down to write
' ' Conservative Comment .'' Before

dering what we will be writing about
this year. Well , since we are political
columnists (at least that's what we
think of ourselves as,) logically we
should cover politics. But, since darts
have no logic, we often drift into
baseball predictions, poetry in iambic
pentameter, and psychic predictions
for the coming year.
At this point many, avid followers
of " Conservative Comment " might
be a little concerned over the fact that
we haven't used any startling statistics
in this column. In fact, they are probably asking, "why? " We don't have
the answer to that question, although
we will supply you with the latest
odds .
Before you mortgage the house, let
us warn you . These odds are based on
past performance, and may change at
any time as the year progresses.
Taking into consideration the state
of world affairs, the President 's indecision on whether to run or not, the
decision of half the Democratic party
to declare a candidacy for the Presidency, the weather, home field advantage , and the Earned Run Average of
every pitcher in the American League ,
we _h ave come up with the following

.odds:
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A " Conservative Comment " in every issue of
The Beacon

An important and relevant topic covered in
every column
3-2 A National League
team winning the
World Series this year
30-1 The New York Mets
finishing the season
above .500
4000-1 The Beacon's circulation surpassing that of
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print
"Conservative Comment" on a weekly basis as an example of
American propaganda
There are the odds. If they change ,
we will see that they are published .
We' ll be back next week with a political column, and as always , any
comments or criticisms are welcome.
Please write to us at The Beacon . .

Cit izen Protests Captive Nation Policy
lo the Editor:

President Reagan proclaimed the
third week in J uly to be Captive Nations' Week . Captive Nations' Week
proclamations became almost meaningless during the administration of
President Carter, and failed to list any
captive peoples and name the Soviet
Union as the oppressor.
Contrary to these meaningless
proclamations , President Reagan' s

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Bill French
Chris Henry
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proclamation is a strong statement on
behalf of captive peoples . On July 19
President Reagan emphasized the
Baltic States :-- Lithuania, Latvia and
. Estonia - stressing the crimes against
humani ty which were committed by
the government of the Soviet Union
in the Baltic countries. The President
also mentioned the Ukraine, Czechoslovakia , Cuba and Vietnam .
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assert that even the use of nuclear
weapons for self-defense is immoral,
are silent about the large-scale crimes
against humanity committed by the
Soviets in captive countries. !~formed
persons can draw their own conclusions about the moral attitude of
those self-styled moral leaders.
Sincerely yours ,
Dr. Alexander V. Berkis

Facult, Association Re-Groups

Queen:
Debbie Bligh
Diane Chuff
Paula Hamorski
Sue Havrilla
K . Potter
Cathy Roach
Cathy Schafer
Monica Tambasco
Phyl Totaro
Becky Whitman

Voting for Homecoming
Court takes place T uesd2.y,
September 27 , from 10,4 in
Stark Lobby and from 4 : 306 : 30 in Pickering Lobby.
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Reagan connected the fate of the captive nations with the present com munist aggression in Central America
and asked the representatives of the
captive peoples to help with their
knowledge and advice , pointing out
that they may be important in the development of U.S . policy in Central
America .
Nevertheless, it is a shame to me~tion that our very liberal news media

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intereated.in writing a llberal:polltlcal cola•n
to counter Conaervatlve Co•••nt. Apply at
\ he Beacon off Ice, Third Floor Student Center

The Wilkes College Faculty Association, whose mission is to foster professional zeal and advance educational standards at Wilkes , will hold
its first meeting of the new academic
year on Thursday, September 29, at
11: 00 A .M . in SLC 1. The Association
was founded last year as a forum
where faculty could meet to discuss
academic and professional concerns ,
and to generate new ideas to promote
the welfare of the faculty and institution. This year the Association plans
to address faculty development, tenure and promotion review, and the
!"Ole of the faculty in the goverance of
the college.
. There are presently about 40 duespaying members , but the Association

expects that number to increase as it
gains momentum . Initially the Association was founded in response to the
unpopular Tenure Document II decision, a policy which was imposed on
the faculty against its will, and which
many feel effectively eliminates tenure at Wilkes . The Association has
since broadened its commitment beyond this specific issue to attempt - ·
through open and intelligent discussion - to bridge any gaps that may
exist between faculty and administration, and tenured and non-tenured
faculty: All members of the faculty are
urged to attend the September 29
meeting.
BobHeaman
Don Leslie

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ilk es College
Bulletin Board

The following schedule of "open
hours " for the gym for use by Wilkes
students has been developed for immediate implementation for the current fall semester:
Monday thru Friday:
8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m
Saturdays: 1 p .m . to 6 p.m .
Sundays: 1 p .m . to 7 p.m.
Please carry your I.D . card with you
and be prepared to present it to the
person on duty in th_e gym .

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The Boscov' s and Alexander W
Dick Foundation Scholarship. Minimum scholarship awards of $500.00
will be granted annually to a student
or students who demonstrate ability
and need. Preference will be given to
qualified individuals who are sons or
daughters of employees of Boscov' s
Department Stores. Interested students must contacnhe Financial Aid
Office by Friday, September 23, 1983,
to be considered for the scholarship
for the 1983-84 academic year.

The Scholarship Research Institut,c

On the week cn,I ,it· &lt;..;ti t. 3, 1983,

of Washington , D .C. is offering three

in ' ic· vicinitv ,,[ R11~s a1iJ Academy
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$1 ,000 scholarships . Applicants must
meet the follow i'l _g lriteria: undergraduate, full-ll " lt. student with a
G .PA. of 2.0 or above . For application and information students should
write to:
Scholarship Research Institute
P.O. Box 5015 7
Washington, D .C. 20004
These awards are for the spring 1983. 84 semester. Application deadline is
October 30, 1983 .
A scholarship for up to $5,000 for
students enrolled in a computer sci enc('. or computer technology program in a four-year college or university is being offered by International
Computer Programs, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana. To qualify for the
1984-85 scholarship, a full-time student must be a sophomore or junior
who is maintaining a " B" average
and is in need of financial assistance.
For more information, contact the Financial Aid Office.

front of the home of a Wilkes alumnus. Anyone k!]owing the whereabouts of this flag should contact the
Alumni Office at ext. 32 5.
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The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants is sponsoring its ninth annual Student Manuscript Competition . .The competition
is open to all junior, senior and graduate students majoring in accounting
at a Pennsylvania college or university.
Cash awards of $700, $500 and $300
respectively will be given for the thre~
best articles. The topic of the contest
is "Accounting Standards Overload :
An Alternative Approach.'' Manuscripts must be 1500-2000 words in
length and submitted by December
30; 1983. For more information and
an application, contact the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1100 Lewis Tower Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 .

Mark Cohen, an award wmning loal photographer has been appointed
adjunct professor of art. He will direct
the program in photography, a concentration leading to the B.A . and
B.F.A . degrees in art .
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the World of Poetry newsletter. There
are an additional 99 prizes worth over
$10,000!
" We want to c-11courage new poets,
even those who have never entered a
poetry contest before,' ' says Contest
Director Mr. Joseph Mellon . "We expect our efforts to produce exciting
new discoveries!' ·
For a free brochure of rules and
prizes write, World of Poetry, 2431
Stockton Blvd ., Dept . P, Sacramento,
California 95817.

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Alcohol Perspectives
Alcoholism. It's a major heahh
problem in the U.S. today. It is estimated that seven out of every ten
adults consume alcoholic beverages,
and that one out of 11 of these is an
alcoholic .
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Alcoholism is an illness, an uncontrollable habit that affects not only
the alcoholic, but also those around
him. Alcohol abuse adversely affects
an individual's health, his work ability and, eventually, his relationships
with others.
While there is no clear-cut cause of
alcoholism , alcohol is generally used
as a means of escape or a method of
coping with problems such as loneli. ness, boredom, family difficulties
and work-related prol3'1ems. It may
also be used as a substitute for.maturity (may cover up feelings of insecurity), self-expression and achievement, and courage. While it seems to
solve some problems, alcohol is only a
temporary aid which often only
makes the situation worse. This adds a
sense of guilt which, in turn , leads to
more drinking.
Each person reacts differently to alcohol. Some people can drink heavily
for long periods of time and yet remain sober. Some people get sick
when they drink even a little. Some
develop a tolerance for alcohol, while
others lose control after one drink .
Most people can use alcohol socially
without becoming addicted.

"The (underage drinking)
situation can not be remedied. If there is a desire for alcohol, it can be obtained."
Student Surveyed

The symptoms of alcoholism can be
divided into three stages. In the early
stages, the alcoholic makes promises
to quit drinking and repeatedly
breaks them. Drinking to relieve tensions becomes more frequent. Alcohol tolerance is increased and changes
in personality (irritability, forgetfulness) become apparent .'
During the middle stages a cycle
develops. The individual attempts to
deny or conceal his drinking. He begins to drink in the morning and
alone , and the signs of drinking become more noticeable . Drinking becomes a daily necessity.

"If it wasn't for beer, I
wouldn't be here."
Student Surveye~
The final stages are marked by
loneliness; the alcoholic is isolated
from family and friends. Personality
changes are very pronounced and
health begins to deteriorate.
The only way to cure alcoholism is
to abstain from alcohol. The alcoholic
must want to recover. A variety of
physical as well as mental treatments
are employed when dealing with alcoholism. These include vitamins, psychiatric counselling, clinics and group
therapy.
Once on the road to recovery, a relapse may occur, but the longer an alcoholic stays dry, the better his
chances for recovery.

''Wilkes College does not
encourage the use of alcoholic
beverages by students."
Student Handbook

While the college does not encourage the use of alcoholic beverages by
students, it does recognize the fact
that many students do drink alcoholic
beverages. For that reason, the college
developed an alcohol policy to encourage responsible drinking by students .
According to Residence Life Director Paul Adams , the present policy
was structured to support the following objectives: - To allow people
who choose to abstain from drinking
to have that decision respected so they
can feel comfortable and unpressured. - To reinforce moderate
drinking habits. - To control consumption by heavy drinkers. - To en.courage heavy drinkers with a dependency on alcohol to seek counselling.
Adams noted that, in keeping with
these objectives, sociai events will
no:w have more of a social focus. The
policy is structured so that food and
alternative beverages will be provided
at social functions for those who wish
to abstain from alcohol. While this
has always been the policy of the Student Center, it is now being enforced
in residence halls also.

Adams further stated that few students realize the problems caused by
excessive drinking . In addition to the
obvious problems such as vandalism,
public drunkenness and the physical
abuse associated with drinking , there
are numerous problems that are not
normally recognized as such . These
include classes that are missed due to
l).angovers, not being able to study
because others are partying and behavior modifications due to drinking .
When asked how the Residence
Life Office deals with alcohol problems when they arise, Adams noted
that the student is encouraged to seek
counselling from a professional
agency. He stated that the most difficult part of dealing with a problem is
often just getting the student to recognize that there is a problem. Once
that is done, help can be obtained.
Just how widespread is drinking
among college students throughout
the country? The latest statistics reveal that 80-90 % of college students
consume alcoholic beverages. Only
10% are classified as non-drinkers.

"In societies where there is
no true drinking age, eg'. European ·· countries
· The
drinking problem is nonexistent virtually. But here,
· society would need tremendous restricting which now
would probably be impossihle."

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Writer's
Cramp
by Donna Nitka

I can't believe it. This can 't be happening . I thought I was prepared ,
that I could handle it. But now . . .
· "What's 'it,' " you ask? Why
school ofcoursc . lt 's onlybeeninsession fo'r four weeks however Nith
all the reading , researching and writing I have ro do it seems more like two
and a half months .
I cried to prepare for it , honestly I
did. I solemnly swore that this year
things were going to be differe':1t. I
was going to reform ?1Yi rocrastmating ways. No more skipped c_lasses, no
more all-nighters. I was gomg to be
the model student, going to all my
classes (even my 9 o'clock Fortran
class), meeting all my assignment
deadlines and keeping up with my
read ing. Yeah, righ t. Dream on . .
I guess I shouldn ' t be totally d isaJ?pointed, though. After all, . I did
manage to stick to m y ~esolu~10n_ for
an entire week, but wtth m idmght
trips to Ollie 's and friends dropping
by unexpectedly I really couldn't help
falling a bit behind , could I?
If I knew last March what I know
now , things would probably be d~fferent. I mean it ' s one thing to register fo r a class and quite another ro actually have to take it . Take Fortran for
example. Sounds harmless enough .
Little did I know when I signed up for
C.S . 123 that I'd have to le?,rn to
think differently, to be able to turn
si mple problems into long , complicated, step-by-step procedures. It 's
no wonder you need a computer ro

You asked for it! You got it! It's the new weekly gossip column. We (Ann &amp;
Abby) have decided to write for_the Beacon to_ l~t you in on what your fri~nds
,, re doing behind your back. Besides we had to JOin one club to keep our Wilkes
~c holarship . AND NOW THE BIRT. . .
.
Rhondado you have to be 21 to drink in Pa.? Let's ask the bartender at
lJunahue 's.
fhe soccer team seems to be starting out well this year. Hey Bill, how's
Nancy? Hope the team does as well as you the rest of the season, on and off the
field. What room number was that?
.
One of our roving spys has told us what fun they had at the_Planned Pa~en~- ·
hood· lecture. Anne Marie wants to thank you all for attendmg ... I didn t
know they came 10 so mahy colors. How about that bicentenial year!
Hey Lester how abou t those fre.s hman gi!ls? Maybe you'll find a starlet for
your next video . I hope more than her face is photogemc.
Brenda W. stay away from Donahue's, you ma:°ia~. Happy ~2! What wQuld
that poor guy's mother say if she knew you_got him m trouble .
Hey MOM , who is going to be D AD this year? _Maybe you can adopt ... I
hear Patty Purge is still available.
Ellen, how's the new roomie? I hope this on e lasts a full year. Been to Domino's lately?
.
Bedford, Gore, and Dana we salu te you, gone but not forgotten. Who is the
lucky teacher that got Scott and Pat's old room ? If thos_e walls could tal_k . . :
Uncle A rt what's the matter don't you dance? I thmk those two guls ltke
older men.
.
.
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,
Allen M. Dido ' t your mother ever tell you not to get 10 a car with a pig? Its a
good thing your brother is here this year to watch out for yol:.
. Who was that dippy blonde collecting money at And]usttce For All? Someone should buy her a book of etiquette.
.
Sbmeone please try to keep the edit~r of ~his newspaper (and her friend)
away from Denison parties. I ~ate t? see mtelltgent women embarrass themselves in public. Yes Becky, that is a mce hat.
.
What famous Student Government President has been covered with black
and blue marks for the last week? S &amp; M much Ralph? Just stay away from
Waller . .. President Capin needs his rest.
.
How about those fourth floor nymphettes? A ~ hole week and no gossip what's the matter girls ? No more wild oats to sow . Maybe there are som e
farmers in the freshman class who have some extra oats you can borrow or trade

sort the whole thing out.
Besides . those innocent-looking
courses that turn out to be real monste rs , there are those courses that are
"required." You know the type, the
ones you have to take in order to graduate (I wonder if anyone would take
them if they didn't have to?) . Well ,
being a senior I decided to get as
many of these required courses out of
the way this semester as I could. I
can ' t h ide from them m uch longer.
So, to fu lfill a requirement, I took
seminar. This is a one-credit course
that requires only one assignment fo r
the entire semester: a 4 5 minute presentation, complete with slides , on
the natural history of the organism of
my choice. Simple, huh? Only trouble is I can't think of any one organism I' m so fasc inated by th at I'd be
able to talk about it , with some d egree of knowledge: for 45_ m inutes .
O.K. I lied . There)s one higher-level
organism I'm totally taken with , but I
can't give a seminar on him . Help!
Now, can you see why I'm having
anxiety attacks? My system 's in a state
of shock. No sooner do I leave one
working environment (no, I'm not
going to bore you with details of my
summer job) when I' m brutally thrust
into another one withou t so much as a
week off for recuperation .
Bu t, I guess I'll manage . A few days
barricaded in my room with only m y
books for company should do the
crick. Besides , things always seem ro
work out in the end. I've survived so
far, haven't I?

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we are everywhere. Beware Freshmen! You a~e no_t to~ young to_~ake our news.
Jf
've got a juicy scoop you'd like to see 10 pnnt, Just drop 1t 10 any Beacon
Box. We are looking forward to writing about you.
Love,
Annand Abby

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beacon survey
The followi ng survey was conducted to determine student attitudes toward alcohol on campus.

Topic: Alcohol on campus
Please answer the following questions:
1. Class:
Fresh. 24
Soph . 16
Sen . 30
Jun. 22
off-campus houscommuter 35
2. Housing status:
resident 50
ing 8
male 42
female 50
3. Sex:
4. Present age 18-30
5. At what age did you start to drink ?
· 10 yrs. and younger, 4
17 yrs., 14
13 yrs., 2
18 yrs., 8
14yrs. , 16
19 yrs. ,2
15yrs. , 14
20 yrs. ,2
16yrs.,24
21yrs., 2
6. Approximately how much alcohol do you consume in one week? Less
than than a six-pack , 20; six-pack, 30; one bottle of wine, 8; case or more,
16.
.
7. Approximately how much money do you spend on alcohol p er week? $2
and less , 18; $3, 22 ; $5, 14; $10, 12; $15 or more, 10.
8. Do you prefer beer, wine, mixed drinks or hard liquor? beer, 26 wine , 10
mixed drinks, 26 hard liquor, 4 .
9. Do you consider yourself a social drinker?
yes, 70
no, 22
no , 56
yes, 36 10. Did (do) you ever drink alone?
no ,92
yes, 0
11. Do you consider yourself an alcoholic ?
12 . Are you familiar with the college's alcohol policy?
If so, please state.
familiar and could state correctly, 28
familiar but couldn 't state correctly, 28
not familiar, 30
13 . Do you adhere to the college's alcohol policy?
yes, 26 ·
no , 66
yes , 80
no , 12
14. Do you think underage drinking is a problem ?
If so, how can this situation be remedied?
15. In your opinion, what should the legal drinking age be?
18 yrs ., 24
20 yrs., 4
19 yrs., 16
21 yrs., 34
While the majority of students surveyed stated that they consume on sixpack or less per week (spending an average of $3.00/week) there were exceptions. Two people surveyed reported that they do not drink at all, while one
student admitted to spending $70-80 per week on beer and assorted hard liquor. Even with these variances, no one considered himself to be an alcoholic.
It is interesting to note that while the majority of those surveyed feel that
underage drinking is a problem, these same students are the ones who began
drinking when they were 16 years old or younger. Most students also felt that
this situation can not be remedied. Many pointed out that "as long as there is a
desire for alcohol, it can be obtained." A few students did , however, offer
solutions to the p roblem. These included doing away with the legal drinking
age, thus decreasing the "status of being a 'legal' drinker," stricter L. C.B .
laws, and scare tactics such as showing underage drinkers "accidents d irectly
caused by alcohol. "

i't4S only rock .,n roH

(year): " Keep lt Up ," Loverboy, * ½ .
by Joseph Mamourian
Wh t' n I first took on this assign - I guess after you " Ger Lucky" you
ment I Lhought ir would be a piece of have to " Keep It Up' ' wh ich is the
cake. After all , I Iis ten to a lot of music perfect title for this stiff. Loverboy has ·
and my interest covers a fairly wide managed to transform themselves
range . Now I see man y late nights and from a promising new band into an
a lot of coffee ahead. There are so over-rated over-played group of sex
many albums released every week in bombs. It's hard to believe that this is
so many different formats that it's the same group that swept the 1980
hard to pick what to write about. Not Juno Awards (Canada's Grammys) .
only that , there are different ways to Listening to "Hot Girls in Love, "
write a feature article like this one. which sounds like "Workin' For The
One quick example: if I featured the Weekend, " which sounds like "The
new Peter Schilling album , ' 'Error in Kid Is Hot Tonight" (off the first althe System, " most people wouldn't bum), it is easy to hear that Loverboy
care less because most people have has turned a dynamic new style into a
never heard of Peter Schilling (actu- formula (insert lyric into music " B").
ally it's a blend of highly technical Unfortunately hot girls in love eat this
progressive and dance music. An in- kind of music up which will encourteresting investment for someone· age more mediocrity from this onewho is bored with their music and time promising band .
Summer's Surprise : " Pride," Rolooking for something new.)
The sum mer months are d ifficult bert Palmer, ****. For years Robert
times for albums as pre-Christm as re- Palmer hJs peen searching for the disleases are easier to sell (hence: the gift tinct sou~d that would automatically
of music) . There are a few exceptions, identify ~im with the listener. One
of course . 22 Top albums are always need only to hear 4 to 5 bars to idenreleased with the summer months in tify Nat "King" Cole ,Julie Andrews,
mind . People seem to relate to their And y Williams or Sinatra , the trend Texas desert , cactus and cookout at- setters of a long lost era. Palmer has
mosphere. Thus, the record compan- spent most of his time in the past cuties feel they can sell them easier in the ting re-makes of Lowd George , Ray
summer. David Bowie and.The Police Davies and Moon Martin songs, comboth had major tours this summer, bining fusion rock with a danceable
which is why they had major releases; array of scream ing electronics .
The tour promotes the album and the " Pride" is a tasteful blend of that cool
album promotes the band on tour.
''give me a pina-colada and a spliff"
With all this to consider I think it reggae beat that makes you bop and
would be a waste of time to write urban dance tones that really make
about what I think is a hit or a stiff you bop. "You are in m y system "
when you have no idea what my taste made a brief stay in the top 20 while
is like. So this will be a brief review of taking the number one spot in the urfour albums that most everyone is fa- ban contemporary charts. Unfortumiliar with. Then , in weeks to come, nately, this album will fall into obscuI'll review one album in depth. So, ifI rity except for a scattered few bought
cut to shreds an album you like and by Palmer's strong cult following.
praise on you hate you' 11 still know Best album of the summer: "Synwhether-or not to buy the album. I'll chronicity," The Police, **** ½. The
use the standard excep ted rating sys- Police have finally come of age. To
tem of stars: 5 being flawless; 4, excel- have a chart-leading album you have
lent; 3, a good effort , 2, average ; and to sell on more than one format. It's
1 , stiff city. ·
progressive enough for all the fan s
Th e summer's worst: "Every Bodys who remember "Reggatta De Blanc"
Rockin '," N eal You ng and the Shock- and wonder where it went, and bubing Pinks, ½ . I gave this album a ½
bly enough for those who " 2 enyatta
star because , frankly, I can't rate it any Mondatta" was m ore their cup of tea.
low&lt;;r. After such classics as ''Down by This album is a good excuse to make
the River," "Ohio," "Southern Liverpool the reggae capitol of the
Man' ' and ' ' Heart of Gold,'' I would world , and if Peter Tosh weren ' t
· hardly consider the name Neal Young around it would be . Sting's cool and
synonymous with rock-a-billy. What's now much more refined · vocals in
worse is this isn ' t good rock-a-billy.
"Every Breath You Take" gave Irene
Cara's "Flashdance" a run for the
The lyrical content is repetitive onemoney in the charts. "King of Pain,"
liners. Musically, the band is tight and
in tune, but even the Sex Pistols acthe other single, will be enough for
complished that . The first few lines of the people who "just like the songs
" Marylou Bought a New Pair of and don't worry about the album ."
Shoes " will convince you that this alMeanwhile, Synchronicity #1 and #2
along with the off the wall ' 'Mother,''
bum is sheer torment . If you ' re a diehard Neal Young fan do yourself a fathat sounds like a Robert Fripp oldie ,
fill ,, 11 album that will probably give
vor and wait 3 months before you buy
this . It'll be in Nardone' s cut-out rark
The Police an Album of rhe Year
by then .
nomina ion . i ' II be very surprised if ir
isn't. H.:1ppy 1,;, cening .
Disappointment of the summer

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Weekend
Forecast
Aquarius 0 an . 20-Feb . 18) Friday
may hold some adventure, but the remainder of the weekend should prove
uneventful. Use Saturday and Sunday
to catch up on work .
(**)
Pisces (l-"eb . 19-Mar. 20) Don't let
serious problems with a friend overshadow weekend fun. Get out and
enjoy your,elf.
(***)

.,.
Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19) A new ad mirer fills your weekend with romance. You get no work done, but
who cares?
(*****)
Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20) Friday
night proves disappointing. Saturday
and Sunday may be plagued with difficulties.
(*)
Gemini (May 21-June 20
friend could be the key to this
end. Don '. t overlook the
VIOUS .

Leo Ouly 23-Aug. 22) Friday's excitement more than makes up for Saturday's slowness. Su nday has definite
possibilities.
(****)

185 N. Pennsylvania Blvd .
Back Street
Cook's
49 S. Washington St.
Sat. Rox
Mickey Finn's 100 Pennsylvania Blvd .
33 Wilkes-Barre Blvd.
The Station
Beer Bash with The G reat Rock Scare
Fri.
Iron Horse: Pat Godwin
David and Timothy
Sat.
Pat Godwin
Sun.
Les Gibbs
The Woodlands
Rt. 315 Plains Township

At The Movies

Who
what
w ere

Wyoming Valley Cinema - Wyoming.Valley Mall
Return of the Jedi
1:00, 4:00,
Mr. Mom
1:30, 3:30,
Th"' Triumph of a Man Called Horse
1:30, 3:30,
Risky Business
1:30, 3:30,
Nightmares
1:45, 3:45,
KRZ Midnight Movie Madness: Friday &amp; Saturday
_ The Rocky Horror Picture Show
· The Clash -

7:10, 9:50
5:30, 7:30, 9:30
5:30, 7:30 , 9:30
5: 30, 7:30, 9:40
5:45, 7:45, 9:45

Friday, September 23:
Student Government presents "Raiders of the Lost Ark," Stark Learning Center. 101 , at 7 and 9 p.m. Admission is 25¢ with I.D. 50¢ without it. ·
Saturday, September 24:
CC-IRHC Block Party. Evans Hall Parking Lot. 4 p.m.-10 p.m . Music by
"Strangers, " beginning at 6 p.m.
Sund ay, September 25 :
·
,
Student Center Trip to Atlantic City. For more details see a Student Cente
Board member.

and

Concerto Concert. Center for the performing arts. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 27.

Virgo (A ug. 23 -Sept . 22 ) Unexpected p ho ne call provides op portunity fo r fi nancial gain. Concentrate
on intellectual development rather
than social activit ies.
(***)
· Libra (Sept . 23-0ct. 22) Romance
may be just around the corner. Enjoy
the weekend, but don 't :-~xpecc too
much .
·· ·
(***)

23-Nov . 21)Concen- • ~
·
ival .
( ½ ) °".....-"'
ct .

Sagittarius (Nov . 22-Dec. 21) A
close friend is seeking a more intimate
relationship . Don ' t pass up this opportunity. •
( *****)

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Around The Campus

Cancer Oune 21-July 22) Peer d ispproval stalls your weekend plans.
ork ro improve your home env.iro n(*)

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan . 19) Unexpected travel leads to new experiences; career opportunmes follow .
( ***)

Social
Lights

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E~ectio~s for Ho~eco1?ing King and Queen. 10 a .m. to 4 p.m. in Stark lobby.
~.30-6.30 p.m. P1ckenng lobby.
Thursday, September 29:
Bo_n fire at Ralston Field .

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S tudent Governm ent
Commuter -Council
by Scott Seebald
Announcing the acquisition of 16
new parking sp aces was one of the major topics to rise during the 2nd mee ting of Commuter Cou ncil.
The new spaces are located beside
Parrish Hall and are now available for
commuter student parking .
New progress on S1;$gestions of
parking problems have been considered and the Council has settled with
lot parking rather than individual
space parking. Lot parking should alleviate the troubles suffered by commuters. The policy would extend to
all commuters who would be assigned
lots, the proposition - a first come,
~rst serve basis parking.
Last weekend 's Stud ent Center
party ,held by Comm uter Council in
cJ L1J U11Ll10t"l wid~ ~,u,:Ll ll Gu,dllment , was hailed a success with 519
students
attending .
Commuter
Council's presiding advisor Dean
Hoover said at the meeting Monday
that he enjoyed the p arty.
Com ing later this month, the
Commuter &lt;Zouncil has planned two
activities for all students.

Th e first , a block party, to be posr ,o, ,ed until Sepremher 24th . The
Saturday party in Evans parking lot
will have tab les ot toad (hamburgers
and soda) and a band co entertain
those that attend. Add ed treat - dart
throwing at faculty photos .
The other activity scheduled is one
that is tried and true - the Bloomsburg Fair trip . The Comm uter Council plans to charge $1 per ticket which
includes the bus transportation. Tickets will be sold soon at the usual locat10ns .

SCHOOL ACQUIRES NEW
WRITER-IN- RESIDENCE
by Buddy SutliffJr.
Dr. Thomas Kaska, Chairperson of
the Language and Literature Department, has announced that poetJohn
Taggert will be Wilkes College's
writer-in-residence for the 1983-84
academic year.
The writer-in-residence program at
Wilkes brings an American writer to
campus each year to teach a specific
area of creative writing. The program
is funded through the National En-

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._.._ Treasurer Tod'·,Hogan reported that
che condition of the treasury is the
most stable since the council began.
The council is starting the year with a
budget of $7,850 .
Some of this money will be put to
immediate use this weekend when
IRHC will co-sponsor a block party
with Commuter Council. The party is
open to all students and will be held
in the parking lot behind Evans Hall.
Food and drink will be availabie.
It was also annou·nced that IRHC
and CC will be co-spnnsoring a bus
trip to the Bloomsburg Fair.
Inter-Residence
Representatives were reminded
Hall Council
that instead of meeting every week,
the council will meet every other
week. This new schedule was deby Thomas J. Monsell
signed so the information discussed at
Inter-Resid ence Hall Council held meetings will not become repetitive .
it' s first meetm g of the 1983-84
school year Sunday Night.
IRHC president, Al Melusen , was
Student Government
pleased with the attendance and
stated that he hoped for continuing
participation from the representatives.
by D. M. Nitka
The various committees, such as
Plans for Homecom ing were finalfood, vandalism, maintenance , and
ized during Mond ay night 's Student
social, were explained for the benefit
Government m ee ting. Homecoming
king and queen will be announced
of new members.

dowment for the Humanities and
through the Allan Hamilton Dickson
Chair of English Literature.
Taggert is the author of five books
of poetry: To Construct A Clock, The
Pyramid is Pure Crystal, Prism and
the Pine, Twig Dodeka, and Peace on
Earth. His work has appeared in leading magazines, anthologies and journals. Taggert is currently teaching creative writing in fiction, poetry, and
drama at Syracuse University.

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during the bonfire at Ralston field
Thursday night . Judging of dorm displays and the dinner dance will be
held Friday. Residence halls wishing
to enter a d isplay should obtain a
form from the library and return the
completed form to the Student Government Office by Wednesday, Septem ber 28. Saturday's activities include the football game against
Susquehanna and a gym party.
Social
committee
chairperson
Donna Garber reported that the committee is planning a Pat Godwin coffeehouse for Homecoming week. Tentative dates for the coffeehouse
include Wednesday night, September
28, and Thursday, September 29,
during the activity period . Garber
also stated that the committee is planning a dinner theater for next semester.
SG President Ralph Pringle announced that Lhe pt e:,idem of the
High Acres campus of Penn State suggested that Wilkes join them in sponsoring an event in an attempt to get
into the Guiness Book of Records .
The event suggested was a lap -sitting
contest . The suggestion will receive
further discussion at future meetings.

Wilkes Revises Orientation
by Karen Cassidy
Incoming students participated in
a revised orientation program August
25 through August 30 .
Jane Lampe, Dean of Student Affairs , and students , Gene Chicowski,
Mary Kutz and Ann Marie Romanovitch, co-chaired the program
with the assistance of Ralph Pringle,
S.G. President .
In previous years, the New Student
Orientation lasted two days, but this
year the program spanned three days ,
Sunday through Tuesday, with classes
beginning on Wednesday. A revision
m the school calendar caused the
change.
Chicowski said he felt the new format created a more relaxed atmo- .
sphere . He also stated that the difference in the leng_th of time ~elped the
.. freshmet? and transfer s_tudertts be- comd better acquainted with the
school, orientation staff a'nd other
students ... · . . . . ~
.Since :di~ prqgrain lasted an extra
day, funds had to be stretched to cover
the additional expenses . The solution
was.to limit the size of the staff to 3 5,
a much smaller number than in past
years, and to have these people involved in numerous activities .
One activity which was eliminated
be, ause of a lack of funds was " Play fa i , ' ' a professional organization
which creates an atm~sphere for new

students to meet each other through
imaginative and zany games .
In place of " Playfair," a dance
D.]. 'cl by WKRZ and a coffeehouse
featuring Pat Godwin were held.
Dean Lampe reported that she
plans to speak with each of the students who participated as staff members to get his or her views on the
strengths and weaknesses of the new
orientation format.

T.V. Station
contin~ed from page 1
teachers and students . The equipment means nothing if you can ' t
teach with it or use it," said Kinney.
With the help of engineer Carl Brigido the studio should be ready for
use by the students' of Broadcast Production in a few weeks . In time the
studio will be open to more students.
Kinney reported that the rise in en'rollnient ·of communications majors
shows the presence of a possible large
market of students , and that the television studio will be a plus in attracting them.
"What I envision , over the next
few years, is a good facility that will
operate and grow for years to come .
Eventually, it should be experienced
by larger groups of students," stated
Kinney.

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�-sports
Lady Colonels. Open Season
by Valerie Roberts
On Tuesday, September 13, the
women's field hockey team opened
its season at Kirby Park. Weather
hampered the game as the rain made
play difficult . The team battled to a
0-0 tie and went into overtime when
J uniata scored within the first minute
of play. Juniata was able to hold
Wilkes and come away with a 1-0 win .
Freshman Karen Domzalski and
sophomore Allysse Croft played well
for the Lady Colonels , while senior cocaptain Karen Johnson was not as mobile as usual at her sweeper position.
Wilkes' goalie Janee Eyerman recorded seven saves while her teammates posted seven..:,hots on goal and
two penalty corners. Coach Meyers
noted that Debi Cometa and Sally Vojtek had several good shots on goal
but were unable to finish.

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Pl'oblem.To
Field Hoclcey
Team

On Thursday, September 15 the
team dropped its Second consecutive
home game to Elizabethtown 2-1.
The visitors managed to score a goal in
each half. It wasn't until midway
through the second half that the
Colonels managed to get on the score. board with a Cometa goal and an assist from Vojtek .
Wilkes mounted a good rush on
goal in the last 20 seconds of the contest but were unable to put the ball
past the E-town keeper. Meyers commented that her team played better
against Elizabethtown than they did
against Juniata.
The Lady Colonels then took out
their frustrations on College Misericordia this past Saturday. The team
totally dominated play which enabled
Meyers to give some of her new players valuable 2ame experience.
by Tim Williams
Coach Gay Meyers this, year inher- .
ited a problem synonymous with
many of the athletic programs here at
Wilkes-nurpbers.
Six varsity players were lost to graduation leaving Coach Mevers with
only eight returning letterwomen.
Two other letterwomen have decided
not to return to Wilkes.
Meyers will be looking toward most
of her upperclassmen to carry on the
tjam 's winning tradition. This group
mcludes seniors Tracey Day, Valene
Frey, Karen Johnson ; juniors Debbie
Cometa-Santayana, Jean Dougherty,
Tracey Kelly; and sophomores Alysse ·
Croft and Lisa Thomas:
Five upperclass women are playing
field hockey for the first umc at
Wilkes: Jane
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Coach Meyers made a few line-up ·
changes to "beef up" the attack. She
strengthened the midfield defense
which worked to the teams advan- ·
tage .
The goalie had " an easy time "
since she never had to play the ball.
The te.a m still needs some cohesiveness , but the rough edges are smoothing out.
Wilkes had 23 shots on goal and 16
corners. Five of the seven goals were
scored by freshmen . Both Vojtek and
Cometa tallied two goals and an assist
while Yvonne Pierman rounded out
the scoring. Mary Ann Judge recorded
two assists while Lisa Thomas and
Croft each added one.
The Lady Colonels are now 1-2 with
their next home match on Saturday,
October 1.
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Wieder, and Marianne Judge.
The Lady Colonels' tresnman entourage consists of Stacey Baldwin,
Keren Bennett, Dorothy Zwoyer,
Sally Vojtek , Sharon Domzalski,
Yvonne Pierman,and Debbie Nelson.
It will be difficult to equal last
year's overall record of 8-4-3, and
each of those four losses were by a single goal.
Coach Meyers' personnel problems
run deep. Several players she hoped
to have on the field decided not to
play this season. To complicate matters further, many of her players have
late classes which hinder her practice
sessions.
All of the freshmen are expected to
contribute greatly this year which
gives rise to another problem. These

The Lady Colonels took on Misericordia last Saturday and came out
with a 7-0 win to bring the ladies record to 1-2. Freshman Ka-ren Bennett
beats two defenders in one of the
Colonels many offensive surges.
freshmen must make a rapid adjustment from high school field hockey to
that of college. By the same token,
the upperclassmen must adjust to a
great number of new people.
It is critical that the Lady Colonels
mold as a unit quickly because their
three toughest opponents (Elizabethtown, Bucknell, and East
Stroudsburg State) all appear early on
the schedule.
Prior to the September 13 season
opener against Juniata,Meyers will
have only two scrimmages to develop
an entirely new offense and defense.
"Our attack has potential but we
drastically need more depth in our defense." Meyers added, "I have an
idea what might work, but we have a
lot of work to do.''

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Second in Tourney
by Charles Yozwiak
Misericordia was victorious in all of
The Wilkes College Women 's Vol- its fo ur matches while Wilkes capleyball team opened their ex~ibii:ion tured second place by winning three
season recently, losing a best-of-five of four matches . The Colonels won
series to Penn State /Wilkes Barre .
the opening set of the final match
The Lady Colonels lost 15-12, 15-4, with Misericordia by a score of 15-4.
and 15-3 . The Lady Colonels won one
It was downhill from there as the
game, 15-1 L The Wilkes College Lady Colonels dropped the second set
Women's Volleyball team is coached by a score of 15-3. The final set deterby Doris Saracino.
mined who would take first place in
The Lady Colonels were also the newly organized·tourney. It was a
blanked by Elizabethtown reL.-:ntly, close set as the Colonels forced Miseri
dropping three straight sets, 15-11, · to win by two and therefore take
15-13, and 15-1.
home the hardware .
This past Sunday Wilkes College
The next home contest is tonight at
hosted the first annual Luzerne 7:00 PM . with College Misericordia
County Volleyball Tournament. The against whom the Colonels will be
four team tournament included looking to avenge last weekend 's loss.
Wilkes, King's, Misericordia, and
LCCC.

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looters Lose At Home,

STEROIDS:

Win On Road

Too Little, Too Late

by Tim Williams

b, Charles Yozwialc
Many people are applauding the
disqualification of athletes at the Pan
American Games for their use of anabolic steroids. I tend to agr_ee with
that consensus . Anabolic steroids are
synthetic derivatives of the male hormone testosterone . Hence, they produce the same characteristics of that
hormone-aggressiveness,
strength,
muscle size, etc. They give athletes an
unfair advantage over their drug-free
opponents .
Steroids have been in existence ever
_since the CIBA Corporation started to
market the drug Dianabol in 1958.
Let's see, it's now 1983. Do you mean
it took the Olympic committee 25
years to determine that steroids can
give an athlete an unfair advantage?
These drugs have been known to
produce very hazardous side effects in
humans such as serum hepatitis, liver
failure, kidney failure, intestinal disorders and diseases, and kidney tumars, to mention a few.
Everybody is hailing the . drug
crackdown in the Pan-Am Games as
something great. It is just a feeble effort on their part which has come too
late. The Olympic Committee should
have started implementing serious
measures against drug abuse by athletes a long time ago. They knew that
there were drugs which could conceivably enhance one's athletic performance when those drugs first came out.
Let me throw some facts around. In
an independent study conducted by
the American College of Sports Medicine, it was found that the National
Collegiate Athletic Association estimated that roughly 70 percent of all
serious weight-training athletes in
this country alone were using steroids .
In the 1968 Munich Olympics, over
60 percent of all weight athletes (discus, shotputters, weightlifters, etc.)
actually admitted to using steroids in

their training .
Only now do· they start to crack
down on steroid athletes . What good
is it now that they have damaged their
bodies with steroids . These drugs
have been in use for a quarter of a cen. tury and their use has become cancerous. If you know a corrupt doctor or
pharmacist, chances are that you can
get your hands on some good steroids.
As a powerlifter myself, I know
how infested a sport can get with steraid use. There is only one way to stop
young athletes from destroying themselves and the tenet of "fair competition", and that is through education ..
We must make aspiring athletes
aware of the dangers of steroids , and
what the institution of organized
sports is all about - to build character; not to "win at all costs".
I am glad that people are becoming
aware of the dangers of steroid use, .
how they are destroying sports, a,.9-d
the athletes who compete in them.
The campaign against the steroid
athlete has just begun, but it should
have started a long time ago. The steraid mentality is based on the premise .
that one cannot compete unless one
can produce an advantage over one's
opponent. This mentality, like the
disease of cancer, will be very hard to
eliminate, indeed.

nated play but could not put the ball
into the back of the Vikings' net.
The Colonels had several opportunities to get on the scoreboard
throughout the game . On at least ten
occasions the ball traveled across the
Upsala goal mouth without a Wilkes
or Upsala player getting a foot on the
ball.
At the end of regulation there was
no score, which required playing
two, ten minute periods of overtime.
The same brand of soccer continued
into the overtimes that plagued regulation time .
But, at the 107:27 minute mark
midfielder Vince Dominach passed
the ball up to forwardJeff Wertz who
drew the Viking keeper out and
slipped the ball over to winger Mike
Molloy who knocked the ball past the
sprawling Upsala keeper to give the
Colonels a 1-0 edge.
With less than three minutes remaining in the overtime the Colonel
forwards and. ·midfielders dropped
back to help out the tired but capable
defense . of freshmen Roy Delay,
Frank Wanzor, Bob Stoffel, and junior Tim Williams . Hankins had another fine day ,recording only six
saves.
' ' Our defensive game is pretty
good, but we need to work on our offensive game before we meet up with
F.D.U. Madison," commented assistant coach Kelly Noseworthy.
Saturday, Sept. 24, the boaters will
take on one of the toughest division
three teams on the Colonels' schedule, F.D.U. Madison. Wilkes will be
looking to avenge· last year's 4-0 loss
to the Jersey Devils.

Last week proved to be a very fruitful for Phil Wingert and his hooters.
The Colonels accomplished some
things they haven't done in years.
It has been over three years since a
Colonel soccer team has hit the . 500
mark. In addition to that, it has been
several years since they have both
scored on the University of Scranton
and have shut-out an opponent (Upsala College).
The Colonels (1-1) opened their
season with a hard fought 3-1 loss to
nationally ranked Div. III Scranton.
This marks the first time in a decade
that the Colonels have been competitive with the division three power.
Freshman Mike Molloy hit the back
of the net at the 28: 10 mark to put the
Colonels up by a score of 1-0. Sophomore Greg Trapani had the _assist.
With slightly less than two minutes
remaining in the first half, the Colonels defense broke down and played a
. ball right to a Scranton forward who .
simply chipped the ball over the onrushing freshm~n goalkeeper Bill
Hankins who had 26 saves on the day.
The Royals managed to slip two
more balls into the Colonel goal at the
6 5: 2 5 and 84: 24 minute marks to
complete the scoring.
''We did O .K.-considering that we
start nine freshmen,'' Coach Wingert
added, "Our program is showing
signs of improvement, I am satisfied
with today's game, but that is not to
say that there is no room for improvement."

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Harriers off to _Slow Start
The Wilkes cross country team
dropped two matches this past weekend in a tri-meet at Delaware Valley
College . The Colonels took on crosstown rival King's College and Delaware Valley.
King 's College trampled the
Wilkes harriers by a score of 42-18.
The Colonels were more competitive
with the Aggie~ but fell prey to a 35-

20 loss .
Mike Keshane, Wilkes' top overall
finisher for the day, placed seventh
with a time of 30:33.0, 10:04 minutes
behind the first place finisher.
Tomorrow, the harriers will travel
to Lycoming and then return home
for a quad-meet with King 's, Scranton, and Muhlenberg on Wednesday,
September 28 at 4 :30 PM.

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Colonels Downed by Upsala
' by Charles Yozwiak
The Wilkes College football team
opened the 1983 season with a 28-0
loss to Upsala College on Saturday.
The Colonels were plagued with
penalties (90 yards worth) and turnovers, which resulted in poor field position and frustrated offensive drives .
After a scoreless first half, the Colonels built up an impressive drive to
the Vikings' 22 yard line. Wilkes
fumbled, and Upsala marched 78
yar.ds down the field to get ahead, 70.

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Upsala then threatened to score
again, driving to the Colonels' 24yard line. Wilkes' defensive back Lou
Zampetti stifled that drive when he
intercepted a pass in the end zone.
The Colonels then fumbled again a
few plays later, which set up the next
Upsala score. The Vikings scored from
the five-yard line to lead, 14-0.
Upsala scored a third timewith7:21
remaining in the game. The Vikings
unched throu h the endzone when

tailback Daryl Smith scored on a 44yard run .
The Viking tallied their last score of
the game with 4:28 remaining. The
Vikings scored from the Colonels ' 49yard line to make it 28-0.
With only_a few seconds remaining, freshman quarterback Brad Scarborough marched the Colonels to Upsala' s 12 yard-line.. B4t the clock ran
out and the Colonels failed to score.
The Colonels amassed 206 yards in
total offense, but were plagued with
90-yards in penalties for the game and
three key turnovers. - ·
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The Colonels held Upsala to 19
yards in the air. The Colonel defense ;
let . by George Solomon and Keith
Conlon, played an impressive, first
half and halted Upsala's attempts to
score.
The Colonels will be on the road
this week when they square off
against the Lycoming Warriors on Saturday.

continued from page 16

Tennis Team Prepares
by Annette Winski
Combine two hours of hitting a little yellow ball over a net (which has
the nerve to jump up in front of the
ball at the most inappropriate times),
a doubles partner who has a one word
vocabulary - "yours," and a coach
whose favorite drills are called suicides and you'll yield one terrific tennis hangover.
Actually, the Wilkes College women's tennis team practices haven't
been all that horrendous. In fact, be-ing true tennis addicts, most of the

team is willing to admit they look forward to the strokes and strategies of
the fall tennis season.
Last year it was a relatively young
team: five freshmen and one sophomore. However, this season looks
more promising. Hopefully, like fine
wine, the women's tennis team improves with age .
Returning this year are Cress Shallers , Jennifer Briscoe, Chris Matzinger, Jackie Br:own and Annette
Winski, team captain. Lending their
tennis talents will be two new recruits,
Maureen Roland and Debbie Ogden.
The coach who loves suicide drills is
Cathy ' Lee, a- Wilkes graduate who
participated not only in tennis, but
also basketball, softball and raquetball.
Lee's record is impressive and the
Women's tennis team will try the
same level of success this year. Seeing
the bleachers filled with cheering
Wilkes College students would certainly help . They may not be EverettLloyds and _Navritiloyas, but they give
it !~eir _b_est shut. . ; :
Women's Tennis Schedule

Thurs, Sept. 15
Fri., Sept. 23
Sun., Sept. 25
Wed. , Sept. 28
Thurs., Oct. 6
Sat. , Oct. 8 •
Tues., Oct. 11
Wed ., Oct. 19
Sat. , Oct. 22

Scranton
Upsala
Lockhaven
Bloomsburg
Marywood
Mansfield
Lycoming
Kings
Baptist Bible

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from sop~omores Mike Higgms and Mark Rhodes in the Colonels 28-0 loss to
Upsala this past Saturday.

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A very positive thing that comes as
a result of these two matches is the
confidence in the depth of the offense. Many of the forwards and midfielders are of equal ability which is a
greatly appreciated luxury for
Wingert.
This past weekend the soccer team
took on the Alumni over at Ralston
field. Even though the alumni controlled most of the midfield the Colonel hooters managed to tally three
goals while holding the Alumni scoreless.
The first half left much to be desired as the Colonels did not play up
to their potential. Numerous skill
breakdowns left the hooters playing a
bland brand of soccer.
In the second half the Colonels
were able to capitalize on several
Alumni mistakes. Jeff Wertz opened
up the scoring with a perfectly placed
shot into the upper left-hand corner
of the net. This came as a result of an
_Alumni hand-ball just outside the
penalty area.
Wertz struck ' again about fifteen
minutes later as he tapped in a cross
that eluded the goalkeeper and
dropped in front of the Alumni goal
mouth. The final goal came as a result
of an Alumni defensive error. While
attempting to clear the ball from the
goalmouth and out of danger an exColonel accidently deflected the ball
off of a team mate's back and into the
net.
Even though the team has not
"jelled" yet the potential is there and
it will just take time.

"We do not expect to reverse last
years 2-11-1 record but I feel we
should be around the . 500 mark."
Wingert adds, ''With seven returning
players and an influx of talented
freshmen, our program is on the upswing. ''
This is a realistic goal for coach
Winger( and his players because five
of the teams eleven losses were by a
one goal margin. The Colonels 19game schedule offers an excellent
combination of Division I, II , and III
opponents, including a first-time
tournament at Virginia Tech and a
visit from nationally renown Notre
Dame University. It is the toughest,
most demanding schedule in Wilkes'
33-year soccer history.

Footltalla
Lycoming, away, Sat. Sept. 24,
1 :30 p.m.

Soccers
FDU Madison, home, Sat.
&amp;:pt.24, 2:00 p.m.
Muhlenberg, home , Wed.
Sept. 28 3: 30 p.m .-

Field Hoclce,a
Albright, away, Sat. Sept. 24,
11 :00 a.m.
FDU Madison , away, tues.
Sept.27, 4:00p.m.

vone,a.ana
Misericordia, home, Fri .
Sept. 23, 7:00p.m.
Marywood, away ,.· Sun .
Sept. 25, 2:00 p.m.

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beacon sports

Wingert's Efforts Begin
To Show Good Signs
by Tim Williams
Second-year coach Phil Wingert
has a peculiar problem with quantity
of freshmen out for the team . Its a
"problem" that every coach on campus would love to have - a large
freshmen group.
This marks the first year that the
Wilkes Soccer program has had a recruited freshmen group to work with .
Not only is there a high quantity of
first year players , the quality equally
applies . Of the nineteen freshmen
out for the team, nine or ten of chem
will fill the eleven positions on the
field .
Of the thirteen letter-winners of
last season· only six are presently on
the roster; four were lost through
graduation and three others have decided not to play this year.
In the goalie position there are
three freshmen in contention for the
starting nod . Tom Walton has been

PO
by Charlie Yozwiak
The Wilkes College football team
got its final tune-up recently when
the Colonels scrimmaged the University of Pennsylvania and Ursinus College at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
The scrimmage was set up as an actual game situation, with the Colonels playing each team in separate
periods.
The Colonels " lost" the first scrimmage to the University of Pennsylvania , with the Quakers scori ng ,wice .
Wilkes di&lt;ln 't srn rl'.' :u ~II hut threatened to few times in Quaker territory.·
i he Lolouels the11 sat dowu ior a

while and watched the Quakers scrimmage Ursinus . Ursinus "lost" that
one , 14-3 .
Wilkes suited up again to meet Ursinus. The Colonels manhandled
their opponents, driving the ball up
and down the field , and eating up
time on the clock.
The Colonel offensive unit, led by
Joe Zuk in the backfield and a powerful offensive line, scored twice in the
scrimmage , while the defensive unit,
led by Rich Murray and Bernie Kusacavitch, shut down the Ursinus offensive . The Colonels " won", 14-0.
The Colonels square off against
Upsala College on Saturday at 1 p.m .

nagged by an injury, so Bill Hankins
'and Don Shaw are the two top candidates ·at the present time.
Offensively Coach Wingert has six
to eight players ro choose from to fill
the three forward positions. These
players include freshmen Michael
Molloy, Steve Sliearer, Matt Wasel,
JeffWeinstein,JeffWertz , and junior
Jim Hancharick.
.
The midfield gives coach Wingert
the most headaches. Senior cocaptain Greg Losier has a serious knee
problem that may require surgery.
The only other midfielder with college experience is sophomore Greg
Trapani .
The freshmen candidates for the
three midfield positions are Vincent
Dominach, Tony MoQ.teiro , Mitchel
Reese, and late-commer Richard Sisson. Wingert is not sure who he wants
at the all important center-midfield
posmon .

The defense is about the only thing
Wingert is -sure about. Ankle injuries
to junior Paul O'Leary and sophomores Bob Simler and Chris Fox has
left the soccer mentor with only four
defenders . It appears as though freshman Roy DeLay and Mark Tobino will
fill the outside fullback slots while
freshman center - fullback Frank
Wanzor and junior co-captain Tim
Williams at sweeper will hold up the
center of the defense.
The hooters have had two scrimmages to try different things. The
team looked sloppy against Keystone
Junior College and Lafayette College
(Div. I) jay-vee squad. The defense
has not been very consistant in either
scrimmage. At times they play well
and at others they succumb to mental
breakdowns.

Vol . XXX VI
No . 2

Sept.

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Freshman stopper-back Frank
Wanzor dispossesses an Alumni forward in the Colonels 3-0 defeat of the
. Alumni at Ralston Field on Saturday,
September 10th.

Continued on page 15

Colonels opti-.istic
after scrimmage
at Raiston Field to start off the 1983
season.
The Wilkes College football team,
under the direction of second-year
head coach Bill U risworth, will open
up the 1983 season on September 17
when they host Upsala College at Ralston Field.
The Colonels, with 21 returning
lettermen, will look to improve on
last year's 1-8 record . The " Run And
Shoot" offense will enter its second
year of development on the Wilkes
squad.
The Colonels' offensive unit comes
back this year with a host of experienced . letterman returning for the
1983 season. The critical quarterback
spot , so important to the "Run And
Shoot" offense, is a battle between
sophomores Eric Reidinger and
Randy Rice . Freshman Brad Scarborough will also be looking to see
action at quarterback .
The offensive backfield will be lead
by veteran wingbacks Mike Higgins
and Todd Horn and junior Andy
Harakel. Freshman Bill Buoni will be
at fullback, with Joe Girman and Tim
Frateschi giving him a lot of competition.
Tom Mansell and Mike Slepian will
be sharing the right t;nd duties whik

freshman Ed Mann will be at wide reThe Colonel 's defensive backfield
is filled with lettermen this year. Don
ceiver.
Sparks, Lou Zampetti, Ed Kennelly,
The offensive line, coached by
Pete Walsh and Keith Conlon are
Randy German, returns almost intact. Senior guards Tony Popple and
back for the 1983 season to bolster the
Allan Roberts will lead the way to
defensive backfield.
The Colonels also have two new
opening big holes for the offense.
Senior Jerry O'Neill bolsters the line
coaches this year-Bob Crimmel (lineat the center spot. Sophomore Mark
backer coach) and Nick Ametrano (reRodes will be at right tackle, and
ceiver coach). They replace Tom Vaxfreshmen Ron Drogan and Kevin Samonsky
and
Frank
Galicki .
lus battle it out for the other tackle
Vaxmonsky is presently the head
coach of the Pocono Mountaineers, a
posmon.
Freshmen Dave Altamose and
semi-professional football team.
The Colonels will also have another
Mike Byrne will be seeing a lot of
action at guard, while Todd Brinley
weapon to add to their football arseand Eric Gundry will be looking to
nal this year in the form of Jo Man- .
break into the lin~up .
ti one . Mantione, a transfer placeDefensively, Wilkes has eight letkicker from the University -of Miami,
terman returning for the 1983 season.
will be handling the kicking chores
Leading the list is senior co-captain
this year.
Rich Murray, who will be playing lineMantione kicked a · 60 yard field
backer this year. Scott Bruggeworch
goal this summer while at a kicking .
will be at the other linebacker spot.
· caqip run by Mark Mosely. This gave
Veteran tackle George Solomon an- · him the second best attempt out of 90
chors the defensive line, with Mike
kickers.
Thornton at the other tackle spot .
Armed with experienced players
Sophomores Dan Paveletz and Rich
and sound strength program, the
Hochreiter will be at the defensive
Colonels will start another season on
end positions.
Saturday agajnst the Vikings of UpSam Graziano and Phil Cyriax will
sala College.
also be seeing a lot of action at linebacker this year.

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                    <text>CU.l l.V.l. .1.a.1.

The Way We See It. • •
It's a supreme irony that in the year that student 1ec1aer scholarships are
to be phased out, the annual Wilkes College fund-raising campaign slogan
is "Maintaining Excellence Through Scholarships." In fact, if it wasn't so
depressing, I'd laugh.
If the "powers that be" at Wilkes want a clue to what will occur when
scholarships are no longer offered to students willing to take on the editorial positions of the Amnicola, Beacon and Manuscript and the presidential positions of CC, SG and IRHC, all they have to do is take apart
their own campaign slogan.
Many may argue that the performance of the above mentioned "student
leaders" is hardly "excellent," but without any financial encouragement,
next year, this school will not have a newspaper, yearbook or literary magazine and the effectiveness of the student government will surely suffer.
Until you've handled one of these positions, you may find it hard to sympathize .with whining editors and grumbling presidents. You really have
to experience the stress, frustration, and late-hours for yourself to understand. I would love to create the position of "Editor.-for-a-Week" just so
the administration could better comprehend why students need some
form of renumeration for their labors. •
It's 1 984, and America is long past the "Ask not what your country can
do for you" phase. We're now in the "You can't get something for nothing" phase, and if this college is hoi;-iestly trying to prepare students for
survival in the "Real World," it should be teaching us how the "Real
World" works.
The "Real World" is a place where "money talks" and "all you need is
cash." A pat on the back just isn't enough incentive to do your best.
People need more.
I cannot speak for the other organizations, but I can honestly say that
no one on the Beacon staff is here for the sheer joy of Wednesday night
layout sessions that end at sunrise Thursday morning or watching someone pick up the newspaper, glance at the sports section, wad it up and
drop-kick it into some shrubs. Some.of us may be here because we hope
it will make a drfference on our resumes, but all of us are here because of
the scholarships.
Wilkes is not a cheap school, and it seems that they should be able to
reward those students who have proven they are responsible and dedicated . Often, only the knowledge that we have scholarships keeps the
Beacon staff responsible and dedicated. Once the scholarships are
gone, the only things that might keep people working are personal honor
and integrity (and we all know how much those things mean to Wilkes
students).
If the school can't keep student leadership grants, which seems odd
considering this year's c~paign slogan and the sudden rash of newly
created scholarships, it must find some other way to support publication
editors and the tri-organization presidents. Perhaps work-study money
could be substituted or class credits given.
Something must be done. It would be an embarrassing tragedy for an
expensive , private school such as W.ilkes to have no student publications and an inactive, apathetic.student government.
The idyllic day~ of social activism for the sake of being "involved" are
gone. The Wilkes College administration and Board of Trustees must
realize: "You get what you pay for."

CC-President
Thanks
Bio-ck Party
Helpers

To the Editor:

I would like to thank everyone who
helped in making the Block Party a
success. Your help in the setting up,
cleaning up, and the overall running
of the games and food is deeply appreciated.
Th~~Again,
Dave Kalinowski
CC President
P.S. I 'hope everyone had a good
··time!

Aml1esty International Seeks Asylu_m At Wilkes :
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To the Editor:
At this present point in time there
are thousands of people in prison
throughout the world because of
their beliefs, color, sex, ethnic origin ,
language and religion. None of these
people have used or advocated violence. They have thus been termed
political prisoners or prisoners of conscience.
During this past year thousands of
people were in prison because of their
beliefs. Many of them were held fo r
years without · receiving charges or
trials. Prisoners were frequently subject to torture and many were executed without a legal or judicial process.
Furthermore, in many countries
there were men, women and child:
ren who disappeared and were left unaccounted for.
Amnesty International , a worldwide voluntary movement, is attempting to lessen the severity1 of
this worldwide situation. It does this
through trying -to obtain the uncon ditional release of prisoners of conscience , trying to bring an end to
torture and execution, and informing .
the public of the activities and actions
of Amnesty International.
At this time there is a han dful of
students at Wilkes that is attempting
to establish an official campus group
of Amnesty International for the purpose of conducting the intended affairs of the organization. Recently, a

constitution was written by the group .
This document will be submitted to
the Student Government for hopeful
approval. If approved, the organization will become a campus organiza- ~tion .
The students at Wilkes may also be i
quite instrumental in the task of helping to establish a camp.us group. At
this present time petitions calling for .
a universal amnesty for all prisoners
of conscience are being circulated . . .,
This petition is an appeal which applies to all prisoners of conscience ,.
who have been recognized by Amnesty International and to those who
fulfill the definition of such prisoners. ·
Amnesty International plans tb pres- '·
ent the appeal to the President of the
General Assembly of the United ·•
Nations. In order to become a cam pus organization the presently un official Amnesty International group ··
must return their completed petitions
to the organization . However 2,500
signatures are necessary to ensure .
that the group may become a campus
organization. The assistance of all
Wilkes students is both necessary and .
desirable fo r this project.
Please
contact Anne Graham at the Upward Bound Office or Shannon
Bridget M urphy at Weiss Hall (ext.
118). Your cooperation will be deeply
appreciated.

Shannon Bridget Murphy

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To "Ann and Abby" and anyone
else on this campus it may
concern:

We, the women of Evans (Founder's) Fourth, have had it up to our
eyeballs with all the cutesy comments
about us that have been floating
around this campus for the past year.
It all started with Becky Whitman's
humorous article about life in Foun der's, which a few people twisted
around to suit their own warped
minds. Then came the:- oorm sweatshirts, also meant to be a joke because
we were the first CO-ED cbrm on me
Wilkes campus. We heard things like
· 'Founder's Pounders" and few
prudes even had the nerve to approach
some of us and tell us we were sleazy

just because we wore them . There
wul'. other things said, such as " the '
fourth floor girls are stuck-up, snob- bish ... "etc.Tell us, if you can, an y
time that someone (female or other- •
wise) was snubbed at one of our parties. Never. Unfortunately, we can't
s;:·,- the same. Frankly, it's all a!ot of
bull, malicious, jealous gossip. And
it you ilrn't believe· us, why lkm · l
VO~I ask the guys we''1ive with what
~e're like? What's wrong with you
people anyway? Don't yon have anything better to cb than to talk about
girls who never did anything to you?
Or maybe you're still back in high
school?
Signed,
The Women of Evans Fourth

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Vol XXXVI

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No.3
Sept . 30, 1983

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Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766

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1983-84 Wilkes Homecoming Court Announced
by Donna Nitka
Monica
Tambasco was named
queen while Dave Fife was chosen
king of Wilkes' 36th annual Homecoming. The announcement was
made Thursday evening during the
bonfire at Ralston field. Other members of the Homecoming Court include : Kathleen Roach , First Princess ; Chris Henry, First Prince ;
Phyl Totaro , Second Princess; and
Bill French, Second Prince.
A nursing major from Hazleton ,
Pa. , Monica is the daughter of Monte
and Yolanda Tambasco. She's the
resident assistant of Doane Hall an d
is active in the NSO.
bave Fife is an earth and environmental science major from Mayfield,
Pa. The son of Robert and Millie
Fife, he is the resident assistant of
Sterling Hall and is a member of the
Presidential Search Committee.
Kathleen Roach · is a business ad-

Dave Fife

ministration major from New Paltz,
New York. She's a member of the
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Club and
the Accounting and Business Club.
She is the daughter of Tom and
Audrey Roach.
History and business administration
major Chris Henry is the resident
assistant of Priapus. He ' s the son of
Neil and M arsha Henry and hails
from Mendham Township,
New
Jersey.
Phyl Totaro is a nursing and psych
major from Old Forge, Pa: The
daughter of Leonard and Bertha
Totaro, she's· the resident assistant
of McClintock Hall and is a Student
Government representative.
Accounting major Bill French hails
from Endicott , New York. He's the
son of Bill and Linda French, and is
an active memher of both the Physics
Club and IRHC.

Monica Tombasco

Campus Changes: Piecing Them Together
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by Rebecca Whitman
Upperclassmen returning to Wilkes
this fall were presented with a campus
. - ~ - - - - - - - - that is very different than the one
they left behind last M ay .
Buildings were sold, torn down ,
closed, and reopened in an effort to
consolidate the campus. _
According to Andrew Shaw, dean
of management, the college always
had plans to move the campus down
one block to Northhampton Street.
President Robert S. Capin said that
since 1977, the administration has
been following a long-term plan to
consolidate Wilkes more to the
south.
A decline in enrollment and spiraling heating costs have caused the
school to close a n.umer of buildings in
the past few . ears. Th _q mstructiory
of Evans 'Hall allowed tlre school to'~·
further condense the resident student
population.
Many of these changes had been
· announced , but some of what was
executed this past summer was a
surprise to students and faculty alike .

Sold
Parrish and Chapman Halls were
sold together to an insurance company for approximately $650,000.
Dean Shaw cited zoning rules as
a reason it was agreeable to the college to.sell these structures. "We are
in fact zoned from Northhampton
down and for the west side of South
Franklin Street. The only buildings
zoned on the east side of the street are
Weckesser and the gym and the property next to it.
He explained that the college is
allowed to use the rest of the buildings as long as they do not dramatically change how they are used. ·
Demolished
Two former residence halls , Gore
an d Dana , which were closed after
the 1982 fall semester , have been
demolished.
Conyngham Annex , which housed
the Infirmary and a student art gallery , was also torn down .

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Conservative Comment
'Men born to free.dom are naturally ale.rt to repel
i~vasion of their liberty by evil-minded·rulers.'
dividual who "intends rmlv h,~ own
by Stephen K. Urbanski andJamesJ .
gain, is led by an invisibl~ hand to
Haggerty;Jr.
promote an end which was no part his
America's destiny as the world 's
intention." In other words, an indileading economic power will hinge in
vidual who pron,otes his own goals, in
great part on its commitment to capithe long run, promotes the goals of
talism and the free enterprise system .
society at large.
Are we beginning to move away
The second set of ideas were laid
from this system? And if we do, will it
cause us to become a second rate · down in writing in the Declaration of
country; no longer having such high
Independence. Thomas Jefferson put ..
the thoughts and ideals of The Enproductivity, such high standards of
lightenment into ·a document that
living, and the world leadership we
now enjoy?
would be the basis for our great nation . Our new nation, like none other
There are two possibilities that
would lead to the abandonment of
before it, would be established on the
· principle that every person is entitled
our current system. They are : a forced
change by a conquering nation, or an
to pursue his own values. Jefferson
wrote: "We hold these truths to be
abandonment of the system by its
self-evident, that all men are created
own people through government control. The latter possibility is much
equal, that they are endowed by their
more likely.
Creator with certain unalienable
Rights; that among these are Life,
Former Supreme Court Justice
Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappiLouis Brandeis commented on this
ness."
very situation back in 1928. He said,
Much of the history of the Uniteq
"Experience should teach us to be
most on our guard to protect liberty
States has revolved about the attempt
when the government's purposes are
to translate the principles of the Decbeneficial. Men born to freedom are
laration of Independence into practice.
naturally alert to repel invasion of
their liberty by evil-minded rulers.
Political freedom was the most imThe greater dangers to liberty lurk in
portant goal throughout the struggles
in American history, but political
insidious encroachment by men of
zeal, well-meaning but without unfreedom cannot be had without economic freedom. People must be alderstanding." Justice Brandeis said
these profound words over fifty years
lowed to cooperate with one another
without coercion or central direction.
ago, but it appears that most AmeriThis disperses power and allows the
cans failed to heed his advice.
free market to offset whatever concenThe history of the United States is
tration of political power that may
the story of an economic and- political
arise. In the words of Noble Prize winmiracle. This miracle came about as a
ning economist Milton Friedman,
result of the translation into practice
"the combination of economic and
of two sets of ideas. Both of these sets
political power in the same hands is a
of ideas, by a curious coincidenee,
sure recipe for tyranny."
were formulated in documents in the
same year; 1776.
On the other hand, the combination of economic and political freeThe first set of ideas was embodied
dom that did exist in the United
in The Wealth of Nations. This masStates produced a'' golden age,'' and
terpiece established Adam Smith as
allowed
us to reach our present world
the father of modern economics.
leading
position. The United States
Smith analyzed the way in which the
transformed itself from a small agrimarket system worked, and the efcultural based society into a large infects of freedom of individuals to purdustrial nation. Even though die
sue their own objectives in the marUnited States became the leading inketplace .
dustrial nation, it remained the
Adam Smith came up with a key
world's largest food producer.
insight. He stated that both parties of
During this "golden age", the rean exchange can benefit, and that so
strittions and interventions by govlong as cooperation is strictly volunernment were few and far between .
tary, no exchange will take place unEven the size of the government reless both parties benefit. The individmained small. In the last fifty years,
ual needed no external force , no
coercion, and no violation of freedom
restrictions have become common,
to produce cooperation.
government imervemion is no longer
In the words of Adam Smith, an inrare, and the size of government has '

;;rown dra~ticaHy.
•
Doesn 't economic freedom matter
any more? Some intellectuals believe
it doesn't. They believe intervention
and restrictions are necessary. They
tell us that laissez-faire capitalism no
longer applies to our complex industrial society. We are led to believe that
the average American can only be
h~lped fro11} this government intervention; ana that economic freedom
for the i_ndividual is a thing of the
past. Nothing can be further from the
truth.
Government intervention on a
large scale has continually failed all
around the world. Central planning,
the most severe type of intervention is
a miserable failure. In countries
where the market system is allowed to
work, living standards are much
higher, the people are more content,
and the society in general is in a much
better position.
The best way to picture this is to
cite current examples of success and
failure in countries around the world .
Perhaps the best example of limited
government and non-intervention is
Hong Kong - a speck of land next to
mainland China. Hong Kong is only
400 square miles in area, and contains
4. 5 million inhabitants. Its population density is 185 times that of the
United States. After examining these
physical facts, one would assume that
massive government intervention is
necessary for this nation to survive.
Wrong!
Hong Kong enjoys one of the highest standards of living in all of Asia,
second only to Japan. Hong Kong has
no tariffs. It has no government direction of economic activity, no minimum wage laws, no fixing of prices,
and residents are free to spend their
money, whenever, wherever, on whatever they please. Government in
Hong Kong has only five major functions. It enforces law and order, provides' a means for formulation of rules
of conduct, adjudicates disputes, fa-·
cilitates transportation and communication, arid supervises the issuances
of currency.
·
A perfect example of government
intervention and controlled economy
is that oflndia. India has many of the
same physical characteristics of Hong
Kong (most obvious, over population). Indiahkes for granted that free
enterprise capitalism and a free market are devices for exploiting the
massc- while central economic plan0

ning is the wave of the future tha·t wiH
set their country on the road to rapid
progress.
For years India has ·controlled its
economy, even undertaking So".ietstyled five year plans. Where has all of
this mass intervention led india? Well,
today India is one of the world's most
backwards countries. Its people are
starving, it has one of the world's
worst standards of living, anJ its
economy is going nowhere, except
maybe backwards.
Throughout the world, countries
, that have followed the teachings of
Adam Smith have · succeeded in
bringing prosperity home. While
those who have taken the other road
are in the same condition as lowly India.
So what is in the future for the
United States? Which road will we
venture to proceed down? Will we
head towards bigger government and
more intervention, or will we return
back to the principles of Adam Smith
and Thomas Jefferson? These questions are already being answered. Up
until lately, the United States has
been leaning towards or shall we say
falling into more and more government intervention. In the past few
years, a tum around has begun, but
will it continue?
Americans have begun to reject the
notions of New Deal liberalism (big
government and intervention.) They
are beginning to believe that, maybe,
government isn't the answer to all
their problems. In fact, it is the belief
of many that government itself may
b~ the problem.
Perhaps it is proper to look upon
the future with this optimistic note.
In Free to Choose, Milton Friedman
says: "Fortunately, we are waking up .
We are again recognizing the dangers
of an overgoverned society, coming to
understand .that good objectives can
be perverted by bad means, that reliance on the freedom of people to control their own lives in accordance with
their own ·values is the surest way to
achieve the full potential of a great society. We are also fortunate as-a people
still free to choose which way we
should go · - whether to continue
along the road we have been following to ever bigger government or to
call a halt and chartge··direction. '' ·
Any comments or criticisms are
welcome. Please write to us at The
Beacon.

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Real News
by Thomas J. Monsell

·campus Changes

U.S. Chopper Opens Fire In Beirut
A U.S. Marine' s hd;copter opened fire on Shiite militiamen in the dense
slums of southwest Beirut Saturday , as fighting raged for the second day in
neighborhoods a few hundred yards away from Marine ground positions.
The outbreak of fighting in the suburbs was the first since the Lebanese
army drove the main Shiite back into the southern neighborhood during
four days of heavy fighting beginning August 28.
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S 17 Million Cocaine Bust In Los Angeles
Pos.sibly the ~gest cocaine in the history of Los Angeles took place when ~O
pounds of pure cocaine valued at 17 million dollars was seized by narcotic
agents.
An anonymous telephone tip led police to a southwest Los Angeles apartment where the cocaine was found in plastic bags packed in cardboard boxes.
Three South American meri were booked with a $500,000 bail ticket offered.

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Yugoslavian Reveals Plot To Kill Reagan
· A Yugoslavian has claimed he was recruited for a Libyan-Palestinian plot to
assassinate President Reagan during his scheduled visit to the Phillipines this
November.
George Ben Yousef, 52, says he was offered Sl million to participate in the
plot to kill Reagan and former Middle East envoy Phillip Habib.

••••••••••
Texas Massacre Leaves Five Dead

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Last year, Dean Shaw estimated
that this would cost the college anywhere from SI 5,000 to $20 ,000 per
building .
Originally, it was planned to landscape the Dana area while the
Conyngham Annex and Gore areas
would be made into parking. However, the city now refuses to zone
those areas for parking use.

Reassigned
.Sturdevant. a wnmen's dorm, and
Bedford,a men's dorm, were closed as
residence hails anu renovated tor ust:
as offices and classrooms.
Sturdevant now houses the Re!?istrar, Finance Office, Business Office ,
and Financial Aid Office.
The duplicating office was moved
from Parrish to the basement of
Weckesser. The Computer Center
has also been moved to Weckesser.
Bedford now contains the Com merce and Finance Department and
several classrooms.

Closed and Reopened

The bodies of five oersons were found at a blood-splattered Kentucky Fried
Chic~en restaurant Saturday.
The victims had been missing since being abducted during a robbery late
Friday at the fast food restaurant.
·
.
The employees apparently had closed the place and were cleaning up, when
an unknown number of people entered through the back door as an employee
carried out the garbage.

Napol~on's Treasures To Be Resurrected
French salvage divers will try to raise Napoleon Bonaparte ' s sunken fleet
and treasures sent to the bottom of the Nile by the British 185 years ago.
T he wreckage has rested undisturbed on the sandy hottom since Admiral
N elson caught the French sleeping and defeated the French fleet in the summer
of 1798.
The project is expected to take three years and the wealth will k divided
evenly between the French and Egyptian governments .

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Hollenhack Hall was scheduled to
be closed however . with the dosin e
of Sturdevant and Bedford , the Resilience L 1;c u iii L~ i,, un cJ it nc-cessary
to reopen th at rc&lt;:idt'nce ha!!.
A sudden increase in the freshmar,
class · adJcd t&lt;' housing dift irn!t ic"

and two men had to be placed
woman 's hall , McClintock.

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, Problems
Many commerce and finance students were disappointed with their
new classrooms .
.
" The new rooms have poor lighting, and the desks don ' t have adequate space for calculators , worksheets and textbooks ,'' stated J anet
Dorio , a senior accounting major.
' ' Some of the rooms in Darte just
have chairs with no desk tops.''
Registrar Doris Barker reported
that the school has ordered new desks
for Darte , Room 1 which will cost
approximately $14 ,000. The only
other problem Barker saw was getting
blackboards into Bedford.
A junior business major complained that street noise filters in too easily
in Bedford. " It ' s impossible to concentrate when cars are going by with
their radios blaring.''
Several residents moved from
Sturdevant, were upset with the way
their move was handled.
" We were notified by letter that
our dorm was being closed,'' explained senior Marianne Dettore. ' ' and
they placed all the incnrnin~ frp,i ·men fi rst and then let lb c!in, l"t ' rr, ,m

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Theater Toys Around

A Dolls House Opens Fall Season
by Scott Seebald

ress to play the part of Nora. Amy
Heisler will portray Nora and she
describes the play as a challenge,
due to the time and arduous requirements to organize and present the
production.
The play is set in the restrictive
society of Scandanavia in 1879.
Nora is treated like a plaything by
Torvald ,who thinks practical knowledge is unladylike. Nora is forced
to commit a crime which she thinks
is justified by her predicament. Siegfried says he thinks the play is rele. vant in today 's society in man y
ways.
Other members of the cast include
John Domzalski, Rebecca Schmitt ,
Barbara Stadie, Gene Wachowski ,
Ruth Schmitt, and John Schugard.

The Wilkes College Theatre Arts
Program will open its 1983-84
season with Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's
House on October 7 ,8 and 9 at the
Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for
the Performing Arts .
Director Jay Siegfried says he is
enthused about the production, and
that he has waited seven years to
direct it. He says the play contains
contemporary meaning ,as it deals
with the rights of women in society.
"The husband, Torv;ld, treats his
wife, Nora , like a child , and society
treats women on the whole as children . Nora•~ quest is to become a
'real person.' -·
Siegfried says the play is demanding
and it requires an experienced act-

Parr is h Hall Sold
To lnsUr.a nce Firm
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by Thomas J. Monsell
Wilkes College sold Parrish Hall
to an insurance firm this summer.
Shoval Associates has expanded
their offices by purchasing the 74
year-old building that has been a fix ture at Wilkes College for many years.
Dr. Andrew Shaw, Jr., Dean of
Management , stated three reasons for
the sale of the building that housed
many classrooms and offices. The
first reason was to honor a long
standing commitment to consolidate
the college area in order ''to mak~ a

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mt' re cohesive campus.'' Shaw also
said that the building had a very high
operating cost, somewhere in the
area of $70,000. Selling Parrish Hal!
also "falls in the line along with the
new dorm in attempt to make the entire campus more cost efficient.''
Shaw doesn't see any major moves
like the sale of any buildings such as
Parrish in the near future, but says of
the college's long range plans to
make the campus more compact,
"that it doesn't sit on the books~e!f gathering dust.'' He also added that, "we are moving in the right
direction."

Members of the cast from A Doll's House
shown rehearsing
the "pantyhose scene." Memb_ers (left to right) are B~cky Schmitt,
John Domzalski,
Amy Heisler, Gene Wachowski, and John
Schugard.
PhotobyJerry Gelinus

Fund Raising Campaign
To Begin Corporate Phase
by Sean P. Connolly
'' Maintaining Excellence Through
Scholarships'' is the theme for the
1984 Wilkes Colle~ Annual FundRaising Campaign. This year's overall_goal is $400,000.
The campaign will be divided into
three phases; the corporate, the
alumni, and the community. The
corporate phase is scheduled to begin on October 26, 1983. Chairperson of the corporate phase is Beverly Hishcox. She is also overall vicechairperson.
Campaign ChairpPrson. Harold
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donations made by past students of
President Capin." This is the l~t
campaign conducted under the presidency of Robert Capin. He has announced his plans to retire his post
after this academic year.
The campaign is structured into a
hierarchy of leadership. Under Trethaway and Hishcox are five division
leaders, 30 captains, and 150 workers.
According to T rethaway, the
corporate pfiase consists of soliciting
businesses into maintaining and possibly increasing past pledges, and obtaining new pledges from other businasses. Trethaway says the phase is
not only directed to local businesses,
but includes any business interested
in mainitaining- academic excellence
at Wilkes Colfege. "What we are
trying to say i_s that Wilkes offer~ a
quality education, and scholarships
are an important part of this educa~
tion.''
Trethaway says he feel.s corporations should contribute to the campaign because, indirectly, they benefit from the students with a quality
education that the college produces.
Trethaway says, "Scholastic aid
should be like a loan. One where the
past student who is in business and
doing well today is honor-bound to
give today's student a chance."
.
Trethaway has been involved m
Wilkes' campaigns for the past 12
vears and was last year's vice chair~rson . He also has a son who is a
Wilkes alumnus and a daughter who
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by Cindy DeVore

ability tests. If a student is deficient in
a core subject , classes in that particular subject will be necessary .
Under the current core policy
s·tudents must take 12'-16 math and/
or science classes. In the future, if
a student has less than 450 in math on
the SAT, then placement tests will
be required. If the score is 50 percent or better on those tests, classes
are not needed, but can ,be elected.
However, if the score is under 50 percent, remedial classes are necessary.
Another major change concerns
the physical education classes. Students will not be allowed to take the
same class for the four semesters of
requirement. Students will be re·
quired to take a variety of gym classes.
Also, students who take foreign
languages as part of the core will
have to complete the language
through the 204 level to meet the
new requirement.
These changes do not affect currently enrolled students, but there is
a college policy that allows a student
who wishes to follow a later , revised ,
set of requirements , to do so .

According to Dr. Clyde Houseknecht, associate protessor of biology and head of the college curriculum committee, the core requirements are the '' body of the courses . ''
But , a special committee, the Ad- - Hoc Curriculum Committee, lead by
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humanities, and fine arts are required under the core.
The committee reviewed the entire
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which was reviewed but not passed
until this school year. There will be
more amendments presented at the
October faculty meeting.
The major change, Dr. Houseknecht said, was the fact that the
The Political Science Department,
language and literature departments
class of 1988 will need 45-65 core
by an administrative decision, has
requirements to gradua~. The reason
a few years ago.
been merged with the History Defor the large margin is to allow for
The lack of space on campus after
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thusiastic about the move and he was
Franklin Hall. The Political Science
quick to point out that the merger
Department was formerly in Chase
will not mean the submergence of any
Hall.
of the two majors. He added that each
Rodechko said the merger is hectic
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now because of.the packing and unAccording to Rodechko, a merger
packing, but in time it should prove
of this type is not uncommon. M~ny
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ulty. Rodechko added, "Personally,
subjects together in one department
we will work together well. Everyone
because many teachers are qualified
Judge the patentability of scientific and engineering
has a cooperative attitude plus we like
to teach both subjects. At Wilkes, a
discoveries made by R &amp; D engineers, inventors
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EVERY BREATl1

Weekend
Forecast

YOU TAl&lt;E. ..

w e ·re back and bigger than lite!
You've accused your friends, but our
-dentity is still secret. And you
thought you could get away! Here's
what we've found out this week... .

To the little red-haired girl_
from Weiss: Like younger men:
much? You're gonna give that:
boy an Oedipus Complex-simmer•
down!
:

Dave B., nice to see you at the
block party, even though you
weren't there for very long.
How's the little girl? And we
thought you liked older women.

Nice to see you Mary R. out on the:
prowl again. Don's room has never:
been so messy-poor Jim .

Hey , Jim H ., nice to know you,
too, got a little girl. Maybe next
time she'll let you dance .

Robin, stop fantasizing and do
something about it! Stay away
from "married" men.4&gt;

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 · Feb. 18) A friend may be relying on you to keep your promise. Don't disappoint him by
becoming involved in your own weekend plans. You'll
feel better for helping them.

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Molly, nice to see you at the
"Welcome Back" party. Where'd
you disappear to?

PICES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20) Don't be afraid to discuss
problems with famil~members. If you want to have a
good weekend, conflicts must be resolved before Friday night.

Jeff-Nice tan . . . What did your
roommate do?

**

ARIES (Mar. 21 · Apr. 20) Your procrastination must
end if you wish to stay ahead of your work load. It would
be smartest to dedicate yourself to finishing projects
Saturday and Sunday.

What did you do at Dirksen,
Bill? What happened to Nancy?:
Is she really blonde? (That's twice :
in a row for you, too, Buddy):

· Ralph P., it's nice to see you having fun at a dorm party , but next time
keep your beer in your glass. (Two
TAURUS- (Apr. 21 · May 20) Your social life will experiLeslie H., Nice sweatshirt and sun~
weeks in a row , buddy~ettle down). glasses combo. Didn't you star in ence quite an upswing. Saturday holds definite possibil- ·
ities for a closer relationship with someone new.
"Flashdance?"
Shelly, who was the handson.te
****
blonde rubbing your back Satur- We guess that MOM won't have to
day night? Don't think we didn't adopt after all-didn't we see
GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Avoid anger this weekend.
see you two. Rumor has it Al- DAD running around this weekThough
Friday activities cause stress, make plans to get •
end?
bert smiled a lot on Sunday.
out on Saturday. Things brighten further on Sunday.
***
Well, that's enough to tide you
GEM
Attention , Bill French; Allison
called~She wants her pizza. Hold the guys over til' next week- hope you
CANCER (June 21 - July 20). This is your weekend!
pepperoni.
enjoyed it! We sure did. Congrats N th'
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ities that will come your way. Romance finds you even if
To Mrs. Barker and the rest of commg K1°:g ru:id 9ueen, but as you • you trv to hide.
-· the "New Sturdevant" . When's can see, this d1dn t amke all of you
1
~Yql\r first P&lt;!1'ty? :•strohdevant" safe. We'll be watching you, and,'
*****
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even though you won't know it,
~ LEO . (July 23 · Aug. 22) Money matters will plague
didn ' t see much of Dave Tal- you'll be watching us, too. Catch us
your
Friday plans. Saturday holds little consolation. The
if
you
can
!
, : enti this weekend. He must have
smartest way to spend Sunday is with a good book.
·, : been holed up with his books. They
. : were the best looking books we ever
Love ya, Ann and Abby
: saw, isn ' t that ri .~ht. Chuck?
- VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) New ener
rom ts ou
t, -- ----.---------• • -• •-- ------ - ---- --- --- -- --- ---- --- --- -- - Pto be danng.
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Don 't t ake too many risksgyon
p Friday
p y or
Saturday's fun could be dampened. Watch for possible
phil frank
FRANKLY SPEAKING
trouble with a loved one.
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YOU

LIBRA (Sept. 23 · Oct. 22) Solutions to old problerms
are now in sight. Don't be afraid to act on them. Opportunities for cash gain present themselves on Sunday.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Don 't be taken with
glamourous schemes of friends. Go your own way
this weekend and enjoy yourself.
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SAGIT1UIUS

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 · Dec. 21) An old flame sud. denly appe~rs in_ your thoughts. Resist the temptation
to go· out Friday rnght. Saturday and Sunday could be
terrific if you're willing to work on it.
*****

CAPRICORN (Dec. 2? · Jan. 19) Compromise may be
the key to keeping your sanity this weekend. Though
nothinq seems to work out, watch your temper.
*
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it4:S only rock ·n roll
by Joseph Mamourian

Cheap Trick
Next Position Pleases

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AC DC Flick of the Switch
AC DC albums are always hard
to evaluate. On one hand their
stuff is the same , loud, screamy,
stuff with a strong beat. On the other
hand . they don't try to diversify
themselves and
achieve schlock.
For example, you wouldn't go to an
AC DC concert to hear ballads.
The AC DC album has the typical AC DC earmarks: the song's
written around
the chorus, the
stanzas fall on the \fayside and are
filled with stimulating lyrics like
"abba dabba" or "kada gada",
their two songs on each side everyone likes and the other three (usually
in a row) only a real AC DC fan likes
and he's the guy who owns the
stereo.
· rve seen these bums twice. Both
times they were billed with someone
bigger and both times they stole the
·show. They have that constant
energy that makes them sort of the
class act of heavy metal acts.
There are the same typical flaws
with this album . "Guns for Hire"
sounds like "Back in Black" and
the best cut is the title cut. It's not
an outstanding album so I didn't ·
give it an outstanding rating. However , if you liked "Back in Black"
and "For Those About to Rock,"
then this will be worth investing in.

This album will not get you on
all fours, nor will it knock you on
your back or put the on top. Bowever, this is
enough to forgive
them for all that "Dream Police"
stuff, we had to wade through a
while back. Todd Rundgren produced this album, and like anything Todd touches, it sounds like
Todd.
'
Their last album, "One on One"
was a great comeback and a little
better than this album. In fact,
the only real Cheap Trick $Ong is
"3-D." What happened was Cheap
Trick became a top act, they wanted
more money and t~ey dumped
Epic Records.
Record companies stick together
and soon Cheap Trick was back
begging Epic Records to let them in .
Thus, Epic couldn't care less if the
starved, and CheapTr ick gets nn
promotion.
The reason Todd produced this
album is· because every "Utopian"
loves whatever Todd does, and this
is an attempt to rebuild a core audience (something Peter Frampton
lacked) on his comeback. "Next
Position Please" has a nice flavor
and has come along at a needed
time as the summer music is beginning to taste like Saturday morning.

Kathleen Roacl
First-Princess

Bi 111= rench
Second -Prince

Writer's

Cramp..................................................................
by Donna Nitka
Photos, photos, photos. This
week I've had my fill of photos.
I
don't know what I've done, but for
some strange reason the Great
Photo God just wasn't smiling on
me.
What am I talking about? You
mean you haven't heard? A crazed
photo thief is, at this very moment,
stalking the Wilkes campus . I should
know, I was his latest victim.
As feature editor exttaordinaire of
this beloved rag, I was responsible
for securing pictures of all twenty
homecoming court nominees. This
was no simple task. I had to contact each person to set up a date,
time : and place where the picture
could be taken and it had to be con-

venient for the nominee, my photographer, and myself. Sometimes I
ran into
snags, but
everything
worked out eventually.
By Friday afternoon everyone's
picture had been taken and I had
enough information from each person to enable me to write a reasonably coherent article. At this point,
I thought I could relax. My part in
this scheme was just about complete.
All I had to do was to wait for my
photographer to develop and print
the pictures so I could choose the
pictures I wanted for the paper,
_right? Wrong.
Monday afternoon, after a gruelling
three-hour session with E.
coli lac operons in genetics lab, I
received a frantic phone call from my
editor. All the negatives of the
nominees, plus a $15 packet of that
paper you print pict 111 1·, , ·n, were
missing from r:~(' dark o . !, which
they had heen ~;;fr•I v r ~ i lnckl'd fnr

week. ·
the weekend. Wh::11 a way I&lt;' " " n a
Well , J had to call everyone a~;ain
and persuade (beg, plead with) them
to drop what they were doing and
rush to the Beacon office ~ so we
could re-take their pictures. This
would give my photographer just
enough time to have the pictures
developed &amp; printed by our Tuesday
morning deadline.
Luckily, most
of the nominees were able to make it
and, despite the fact that I was at
the office until 2: 30 a.m. Tuesday
morning,. just trying to get this mess
straightened out, the pictures turned outO.K.
Now , for the BIG question: Who
took my negatives? Were they somehow accidently misplaced by a student who happened to be using our
darkroom? Did,aliens beam them
up! Did little elves make off with
them under the cover of darkness?

Did the CIA confiscate them
· for security reasons (there were a
, few
shady characters among the
nominees)? Was it part of a plot by
a fascist regime to retaliate for last
week's editorial? We may never
know for certain, but I do have a
theory. I think that some crazed,
psychotic,
would-be homecoming
court nominee was so crushed by the
fact that he/she didn't get nominated ,
that he/she took the · negatives to
"get even" with those who were
nominated (no , I did not take the
negatives!) ,
No matter what happened, the
result is still the same-my original
tlegatives are missing. All the time
and effort that went into taking
those pictures and preparing those
negatives · was for naught.
This
annoys me. It had better not happen again .

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Homecoming Gym Party, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Sunday, October 2
Stephen Porter Sculpture Exhibit opening in the Sordoni Art Gallery
Hours: Sun. - Fri. 1-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday 6-9 p.m.
Tuesday, October 4
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WILKES ACQUIRES SCHOLARSHIPS
by Thomas J. Monsell
Wilkes College has set up three new
scholarship funds for deserving
students.
The Mildred G. Gittens Memorial
Scp.olarship, The Board of Trustees
Scholarships and Scholarships donat ed by the RCA Corporation will help
students with the financial burden
that attending college can bring.
The Gittens Memorial Scholarship
is in honor of Mildred Gittens who
was a four decade employee at Wilkes
College. Miss Gittens died on July
23 of this year following an illness .
Gittens began her "'long career at
Wilkes in 1946 when she was employed as a piano player and in 195 5
she was appointed manager of the college bookstore. During her years

at the college she became involved in
many aspects of college life: She served as treas'..1rer of the Faculty Women's Group, was active as to-advisor
for Theta Delta Rho, was named .
Honorary Letterwoman, Honorary
Co!lege Alumnus, plaved piano for
the underprivilged and" elderly, and
was selected Honorary · Chairperson
for Homecoming Weekend in 1981.
The scholarship award will be given to students ''who demonstrate
scholarship and leadership abilities,
as well as financial need," said President Robert Capin. The creation of
this fund ''will help commemorate
the dedication and service of Mildred, who became a close, personal
friend to the students, faculty, and
staff of Wilkes College over the
years,'' added Capin.

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the Board approved six full tmt1on
four year scholarships for students of
exceptional academic ability,
according to Dr. Gerald K. Wuori ,
Dean of Adrnissions. The minimum
requirements are a combined SA 1
score of 1200 and a rank within the
top five percent nf the graduating
class. Using these criteria, un March
1, admissions screens all students
who have been accepted to the college
and come up with a list of students
eligible for the awards. The scholarships are based solely on "academic
excellence not financial need ,'' said
Wuori. , Another reason for the
· creation of this scholarship fund was
to keep pace with other colleges and
to help bring "desirable" students
to Wilkes, said Wuori .

The RCA Corporation of Mountaintop, Pa. has donated $10,000 in
scholarship money to Wilkes College. Paul Davis, Director of Powers
Operations, RCA Solid State Division said, "I am extremely impressed with the engineering program at
Wilkes College both in stature and
direction . Dr.s Robert Capin and
Umid Nejib (chairperson of the Engineering Department) have done a
super job." The $10,000 check has
not been designated as of yet, but
there has been a strong ongoing relationship between the engineering
department and RCA engineers.
The Board of Trustees Scholarship Fund was used during the 198.283 recruiting year to bring students ·
who will make a positive contribution
to the college. In the spring of 1982

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Lady Colonel Netters Overtime
Fall To Scranton ·
by Jacqueline Brown

The Wilkes Women 's tennis team
opened their season against their
long time nemesis , -the Lady Royals
of Scranton. Although the Lady Colonels gave Scranton a tough battle,
they came up short of an opening victory.
Chris Matzinger and Cress Shallers
took their singles match by 6-2,
7-6 and 6-3, 6-4 respect ively. Jennifer Briscoe came up a little short of
a victory with a 4-6, 3-6 match
against Lady Royal Janice Kane.
Also, Ellen Dunnigan, Liz Maddi,
and Marie Griffen of Scranton came
· up victorious over Jackie Brown ,
Annette Winski, and Natalie Sodano.
The doubles team of Cress Shallers
and Jennifer Briscoe produced
Wilkes ' final victory of the day with a
score of 6-2 , 0-6 , 6-2. The second
doubles match played by Chris Mat-1
zinger and Jackie Brown lost a hard
fo ught battle of 6-4 , 3-6 , 3-6 as did
tM final doubles team of Annette
Winski and M aureen Roland.
Following the disappointing loss
to Scranton , the Lady Colonels traveled to Lock Haven for .their second
match of the year against the powerful Lady Eagles.

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an undefeated record of 3-0 , Lock
Haven proved to be too overpowering · for the Colonels . Wilkes did,
however, produce a victory in a
singles match played by Jennifer
Briscoe in an exating match over
Lock Haven's Holly Reitzel by the
score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Briscoe simply
outlasted her counterpart with an
overall impressive game.
The Lady Colonels-now stand with
a record of 1-2, and are looking forward to their up ·and coming matches.

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The Wilkes College Cross Country
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under the direction of head ·
coach Dave Matt~s , beat Lycoming
Collegerecently , 22-35 .
The Colonels , now 2-3 on the
season, · grabbed the first four places
with identical times of 29 :44. Tom
McGuire , George Hockenberry ,
Mike Keohane, and Neil Williams
were the top four runners.
Lycoming won the next seven
places, and Colonel's harrier Dave
Machina finished twelfth .

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Tim Williams
While sitting at home tbis past Sunday with nothing to do I decided to turn ·
on the tube to watch 60 Minutes. Much to my dismay, CBS televised a professional football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington
Redskins.
As I was thanking God that the Redskins were able to conclude the game
ten minutes short ot eight o'clock, tragedy struck. The people at CBS " gracious} y'' switched us over to the tail end of the New York Jets and Los Angeles
Rams game.
Caught between homework and waiting out the game, I chose the lesser of
two evils, and grabbed a Coke (no, not a beer, I'm in training for soccer) and
kicked back in an easy chair.
As if the game wasn't bad enough , I was subjected to poor color commentary and intelligence-insulting gadgets such as the "chalkboard." Howard
Cossell Jr. , ahas John Madden. was guilty of both charges_
But it doesn't stop there, the commercialization of the entire affair is enough
to make any struggling ,blue collar family sick, when they thi_gk,about all of
the money that flows as a result of professional footQall. Throughout the long
hour that I was watching the game I saw more shaving and beer commericals
than I see in an entire week. These advertisements featured famous ·athletes
from the past and present and almost gave me the impression that professional
-. athletes shave and play ball , while retired ball players sit around drinking beer
and shooting the bull.
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Even though professional football players must ·make enough money in one
decade to last them a lifetime, some of their salaries are astronomical. (After
all, what do they go to college for anyway?) The famous players (" wealthy" is
an adequate substitute for famous) always seem to be pushing some kind of
manly product and earning a hefty supplement to their already hefty salary.
It never fails , the rich continue to get richer and the poor seem to nev-er get
ahead .
A normal American child can't grow up without owning or wearing something that was sanctioned by the National Football League . Much of America
idolizes the NFL and all it entails. We must all remember that these players
are just men and not gods.
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·Intercollegiate football does not involve many of these horrible aspects and
misconceptions. The televised college football games are much more exciting
and much less commercialized. These college players perform , for the most
part , because they love the game ; : not like· their professional counterparts
who sometimes change teams as often as they change their socks.
Let there be no mistake-college is virtually the only stepping stone to the
''pros,'' but the numer of permanent amateurs greatly outweighs that of the
eventual professionals. Take, for example, our very own Colonels football
team . None of them in their right mind could possibly expect to break into the
professional ranks . These guys play because they like to play, not because
they are shooting fo~ the stars or even because they are on scholarship. They
are here at Wilkes to get an education, not to become a weekend warrior.
Who is responsible for the exploitation of an otherwise enjoyable sport?
The American public shares in the responsibility because Americans love
both,extremely physical activities, and large, extravigant events. Americans
are a different breed; football is not nearly patronized anywhere else in the
world as it is in the USA . Shrewd businessmen share some of the responsibilitv, too. To them the NFL is a business, as it should be, but they lose
sight of the fact that football is also a sport.
It would be crazy to wish fo r a purification of the NFL, so I won 't. Over
the last few years it has gotten to the point where I don 't even watch the ~uper
Bowl. All the pre-game hype is enough to drive me to I Love Lucy re-runs
rather than sit through a game fr•;itu ring the two ''greatest'' teams in the
world. (',1llege football ; . where i '. at . and f'd prefer a televised co!!ege foot ball :L::mw n \ er the Super Hrm' a11 _, , ,,: \.

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Upcoming

Susquehanna,Home,Sat.,October 1

Soccer

Sporting

lycoming,Home,Sat.,October 1
Juniata,Home,Wed .• October 5

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by Charlie Y ozwiak

Field Hockey

Events

S-cranton,Home,Sat.,October 1
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Colonels
Bowto
Lycoming

Delaware Valley;Home,

Women's Tennis

Tves.,October 4
Marywood,Home,Thurs.,OctoJ,,er 6

Marywood,Home,
Thurs.,October.6 .

Women's Volleyball
FDU Madison,Home,Sun.,October 2

Cross Country
Baptist Baptist Bible/Lycoming, ·

Delaware Valley,Home,

Home,Sat.,October 1

Tues., October 4

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The Wilkes College football team
lost their second game of the season
to Lycoming on Saturday, 59-0.
·The Colon~s ·were plagued with
turnovers. (10 in all) and po.or field
position throughout the game. " :
The Colonels' offensive
unit
couldn't get into gear, and failed to
produce the spectacular aerial show
that is die product of the '' Run and
Shoot" offense.
Quarterback Randy Rice was under
pressure all afternoon, and the Colonels only managed 90 yards in the
air.
The Colonels, o-2 in the Middle
Atlantic Conference standings ,
will look to rebound on Saturday
when they host the Susquehanna
University Crusaders at 1: 30 p.m. at
Ralston Field.
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Mi11Astrone Soup
Tuesday
Pierogies
Ham and Bean Soup
Wednesday.
Meat Loaf and Gravy
Chicken Noodle Soup .
Thursday
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Vegetable Soup
Friday
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Field Hockey Lacks Depth
by Tim Williams
Coach Meyer's field hockey team
played their last three matches on the
road and were able to come up with
only one win. This was also perhaps
the toughest week on their schedule.
On Tuesday the Lady Colonels
dropped a 1-0 decision to Division I
Bucknell University . The team managed a 3-2 win over Divisio~ II East
Stroudsburg University, but dropped Saturday's contest by a score of
3-1 to Albright.
The Lady Colonels Elesperately miss
the services of co-captain Tracy Day
(a sweeper) due to a serious auto accident. This has caused Meyers to juggle her personnel to shore up the defense. She had players playing new
positions which caused a problem because the competition was stiff.
The hockey team is also having
trouble with consistency. At times
the offense and defense look good and
at other times they "just stand
around. '' The team ' s skill level has
not improved rapidly enough and they
often succumb to mental breakdowns
and ''stupid mistakes.''
Lack of depth and several key injuries also cuts down on the Lady Col·onels' performance .

' 'In the beginning of the first half
we really looked good, we caught
their defense flat several times . .. this
was a good y.rin for us," commented
Coach Meyers.
WC 1 Albright 3
Albright capitalized on Wilkes'
poor first half play as the Lady Col-

onels found themselves down by three
goals.
Albright held a decisive 20-11
edge in shots. Most of these came in
the first half when Wilkes was plagued
by poor passing, disorganized defense, and confusion in the offense.
The Colonels got it together in
the second half and avoided a shutout. On paper ,Wilkes outplayed Al-

bright in the second half but it wasn 't
enough.
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On Saturday, October 1 the field
hockey team will take on the Scranton Royals ,which promises to be an
exciting game; also on October 4
and 6 , the Lady Colonels will host
Delaware Valley and Marywood .
respectively.

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Bucknell turned out to be Wilkes'
toughest opponent to date. Their
skill level was superior to that of
Wilkes but the Colonel defense was
able to hold out against the Bison
attack.
Just 12 minutes into the second
half Bucknell managed to score as a
result of two defensive errors.
Bucknell held an 11-10 edge in
shots and a 9-6 advantage in corners .
. Janee Eyerman and Tracy Kelly had
five saves between them.

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Neither team managed to tally in
the first half with all five goals coming
in the second half.
Debbie Cometa opened the scoring
· at the five minute mark from a Sally
Vojtek assist. Only four minutes
later , Vojtek scored with an assist
from Karen Johnson.
With Wilkes on top,ESU scored at _
the 25 :00 minute mark to make it
2-1. With only five minutes remaining in the contest a Lady Warrior was
fouled . which resulted in a penalty
stroke. ESU did not capitalize and the
score remained 2-1.
Less than four minutes remained
when Jean Dougherty assisted Stacy
Baldwin to put the Colonels up 3-1.
ESU retaliated with less than two
minutes remaining , but it was not
enough .as Wilkes held on to win.

The
Contest:
Domino's Pizza will award
free, 30 large pizzas and
$50.00 cash for liquid
refreshments to the group
purchasing the most
pizzas starting 9/28/83
and running through
10/5/83.

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1. All deliveries made
from Domino's
Pizza to your floor or
dorm will be counted.
The winner is not
the dorm or floor
which orders the most
Pizza, but.the one •
who has the larger $ ..
Dollar Amount per
person. Dorms of 40
students or: more will
be judged by floor.
The Prize - 30 Large

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for liquid refreshments.
Any pizza over $10.00
will be counted twice.
The winning group's
name will be published
in the local newspaper.
The location and time
of the party will be
convenient to both
the winners and
Domino's Pizza.
The 30 pizzas will be
1-item pizzas. The
winner will have the
choice of items. The
pizzas do not have
to be the same;

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Our drivers carry less
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Lycoming 59

WC Field Hockey 3
East Stroudsburg 2

WCer Country 21
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WC Volleyball 3
Misericordia 2

WC Tennis 9
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Allentown... 1

WC Volleyball 1
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~arywood

WC Tennis 1
Lock Haven 8

WC Field Hockey 1
Albright
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WC er, Country 15
Phil. Textile
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WC Tennis 3
Scranton 6

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Boaters Up Record to 2-1-1;
·E arn Regional Ranking
by Tim Williams
The soccer team has only lost
one game in their last four outings;
that loss coming from nationallyranked University of Scranton. After
trying Allentown College and beating F .D .U. Madison last week, the
Colonels' record stands at 2-1-1.
Wind and rain made play difficult
as the Colonels took on the Centaurs
of Allentown College, in Allentown, last Wednesday . With the wind
at their backs, the Centaurs first
drew blood when an Allentown forward slipped the ball past the sprawling Bill Hankins midway through the
first half.
Neither team played well through
the remainder of the first half which
made for a very dull match.
Early in the second half the Colonels managed to get on the scoreboard with a goal from freshman
Mike Molloy. Molloy beat the Allentown keeper easily by placing the
ball into the lower right-hand comer
of the net.
The Colonels had several other opportunities to score but simply could
not capitalize on them. On several
occasions the hooters botched golden
opportunities by shooting the ball
directly _at the Allentown goalkeeper.

With neither team managing to
tally a goal before the 90-minute
mark, the game was sent into overtime. This marks the second time in
as many outings that the Colonel
kickers went into two, ten minute
overtimes.
With only two and a half minutes
gone in .the first overtime, Allentown
went ahead 2-1 as the result of an
Allentown headball ·over Hankins'
head. Through the seven and a half
remaining minutes of the first overtime neither team was able to control
the midfield.
Realizing that time was running
short, the Colonels started to push
forward in the second half of the overtime. The Wilkes hooters began to
control all of the action and constantly pressured the goat
Finally , the Colonels equalized with
a goal from junior Tim Williams.
After dispossessing an Allentown
defender, Williams hit a very weak
shot that managed to bounce over
the suprised Centaur goal keeper.
With only a minute and a half
remaining in the game, the Colonels
drew a foul just outside the penalty
area. As Wilkes set up the restart,
the referee called the game on account
of lightning, leaving the match in a
2-2 deadlock.

The Colonels displayed a better
brand of soccer in their contest with
FDU-Madison, which sent the Jersey Devils home with a 4-1 loss at
the hands of Coach Wingert's hooters.
The Wilkes team could have beat-·
en any team in the MAG in the
first 24 minutes of Saturday's gal!le,
as trhey scored four goals and did not
allow any goals to be scored against
them.
"We changed our system of play
this week,' ' commented assistant
coach-Kelly Noseworthy. "I thought
it would offer our attackers more
space and mobility. We found it better utilized our player's talents also.
the result was our best offensive production this year.''
Freshman Jeff Wertz opened up
the scoring at the three-minute mark
when freshman midfielder Mike
Crusco pushed the ball to Wertz
who easily hit a shot to the right of
the FDU keeper.
Two minutes later, Wertz tapped
in the rebound from a Mike Molloy
shot to put Wilkes up by a score of
2-0. At the six-minute mark the Colonels executed a perfect comer kick
when freshman stopperback Gary
Klopchin headed the ball past the
FDU keeper to give Wilkes a three
goal margin.

Wertz completed the hat trick
when he headed in a rebound from a
Tony Monteiro shot. Wertz also injured his knee on this play which
forced him to watch the remainder
of the match from the sidelines. This
marked the end of the scoring for the
Colonels as the first half ended with
Wilkes up by a score of 4-0 .
After playing well in the first half,
the Colonels could n,ot put it together for the remainder of the game.
Hankins missed out on a shutout as
his defense did not set up well for an
FDU free kick at the 65-minute
mark.
The Jersey Devils ' forward shot
· the ball to the far post and Hankins
was able to get a hand on it but could
not hold on. This closed the scoring
for the day as the Colonels avenged
their 4-0 loss to Madison of a year
ago.
The Wilkes soccer team is currently, as a result of the FDU contest, an
honorable mention
in Regional
Division III polls. The hooters will
take on Lycoming on Homecoming
Saturday at 10: 30 p.m. at Ralston
Field. . This match will be Wilkes'
first conference game.

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Vol. XXXVI
No.4

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October 28, 1983
Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766

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Vandalism Ruins Sculpture
by Sean P. Connolly
On October 1st and 8th, three sculptures of an outdoor art exhibit, with a
combined estimated vaLue of $15,500, were vandalized on the Wilkes College
campus.
The damaged sculp tures , created by artist Stephen Porter, a nationally
known sculpter and teacher at Pennsylvania State University, are part of a large
show of Porter's work being held at the Sordoni Art Gallery.
Mrs. Judith O'Toole, director of the Sordoni Art Gallery, said the show
opened on October 1st, the Friday of Homecoming Weekend, and later that
evening the first act of vandalism. O'Toole said, "Friday we opened and Friday
night three white pieces of a sculpture which were in front of the SLC were
knocked over.''
O'Toole said she learned about the vandalism the next morning when one of
her house guests walked pass the art and noticed its disrepair. The pieces were
bolted to the ground with lead sinkers on October 2nd .
On October 8th, the night of the theater arts production, "A Doll's
House," the second act of vandalism occurred . 0' Toole said a Wilkes faculty
member was returning home after the play, noticed the vandalism, and reported it to her. She said she and her husband went to inspect the damage and
were heckled by passing students. ''There were lots of peop le on campus, and it
would of been alright if they walked by and didn't say anything, but many of
them laughed and snickered at us and worse.''
O'Toole said one of the white p ieces was pulled out of the ground and
dragged from the front of SLC to the lawn between Chase and Kirby Halls . She
said a security guard chased the youths away but did not get a good description
of them. ·
Two other outside sculptures were vandalized that night . A wooden arch
which was standing in the SLC courtyard was pushed over and a small chunk of
wood was lost. Also, an iron sculpture with chrome pieces was pushed over
resulting in scratches to the iron and bending of the chrome pieces. The white
. " piece, which was dragged from its place, received scratches and the entire work
will have to be repainted.

After the second occurence, the \X' ilkes-Barre Police were notified, according to O 'Toole. She said the police took a report of the incident , but did not
give a hopeful statement about apprehending the vandals. She said the police
said an investigation should be conducted internally by the administration.
They said the lack of witnesses was the reason for an internal investigation.
O 'Toole said when she and her husband proceeded to take the sculptures
inside the building, she was again insulted by a student . "I went around the
side of the building to see if the door was op ened, and a student began saying
things to me. I said something back and he threw an empty beer can at me,"
she said .

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know
About The Cranes On The D ike

No, its not a satellite on a launch
pad at Cape Kecnedy, its some of the
heavy duty machinery utilized to
build additional flood prevent10n
walls along the river.

by Buddy Sutliff.Jr.
The two construction cranes on the
river side of West River St. are being
used to plant steel piling which will
give better stability to the flood pro•
tection system.
According to the Army Corps of
Engineers.John Connolly &amp; Sons Inc.
of Luzerne are the general contractors
for the job which calls for the placement of 2000 ft. of sheet p iling in
Wilkes-Barre and 1900 ft. in FortyFort .
Wilkes alumnus, Michael Connolly, supervisor of the job, said the
pie~es of sheet piling range from 39
ft. to 62 ft . and will be placed according to height where they are most
needed. Connolly reported that the
longest pieces will be placed on the
bends in the river because these spots
receive the most stress during high

waters. The new piling is longer than
the existing piling .
The 80 ton Lima Crane and the 100
ton American crane, both 140 fr. tall,
are being used to drive the pieces of
piling into the ground . One crane
picks a piece of piling up, swings it
into place and holds it there while
other sheets are welded "into a frame.
After the pieces are in place, the
second crane, attached to a hydralic
vibrating hammer, vibrates the piece
into the ground .
Connolly explained that this
method of using the weight and vibration of the hammer is better than
the conventional air-powered piledriving hammer because it is faster
and produces much less noise in residential areas.
After every other sheet is driven
into the ground and is checked for po-

sition, the hammer is use&lt;l to drive
other pieces into place. Connolly said
this method is used to establish a line
to work with and to hold the welded
pieces in place.
Connolly went on to state that the
next step in the process is to remove
the frame and remove the existing piling by burning them off at ground
level. He said the ground will then be
restored to it's proper height and the
new piling will be painted.

Bulletin Board
Student Government is selling
Homecoming glasses for $1. 00 each
in the SG office, third floor of the
Student Center.

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editorial
Who says Wilkes College students are apathetic? A few short weeks ago , an
unknown group of students proved they could take action where they saw 'a
need. Apparently, some people decided the sculpture Stephen Porter donated
to the school was an eyesore, so they did something-,_about it; they ripped it out
pf the ground and tossed it around campus. How's that for decisiveness?
. Wait, there's more! Another group of sJudents, obviously sympathetic with
!this symbolic gesture, not only refused to assist gallery director Judy O'Toole in
lPicking up the debris, but verbally abused her for having the absolute ga 11 to
~kfor help.
All of this is certainlr a first for Wilkes students - they have managed to
create a new form of art criticism. By adding insult to injury, they've built on
the work of that great criticism theorist who took a sledgehammer to ·Miehelangelo' s Pieta.
We've all heard quite a bit about apathy and vandalism on the Wilkes College campus, but I never thought about the two of them together. While going
over the entire sculpture incident, I came to the realization that they may be
directly related to one another. Perhaps apathy breeds vandalism .
When we speak of student apathy, we are generally referring to the lack of
interest in the manyactivities available to students on campus (witness the slow
death of IRHC and CC and the poor attendance at most of the Concert and
Lecture Series events) . It seems like the same handful of students are involved
in most _of the campus dubs and organizations. Ask anyone involved in an
extracurricular activity and they' re likely to tell you they are also involved in
two or three others.
Within the large portion of students who aren't involved, you have the
faction that feels there is nothing here that interests them yet is content, the
faction that feels there is nothing here that interests them and constantly complains about it, and finally, a small faction that feels there is nothing herl'.'·1.:hat
interests them, constantly complains about it, and then drown tlieir sorrows in
the ~earest quarter keg OR drowns their sorrows in the nearest quarter keg and
takes out their frustrations on the nearest phone, water fountain, glass door, or
piece of modern sculpture.
This is the group that ctabs about how much they pay to go here arid then
goes out and breaks something that cost the school hundreds of dollars, something they indirectly paid for, and will now get to pay for again. In their own
tiny minds, they seem to think they are getting back at the school for not giving
them what they think they need and deserve for their tuition dollars: an open
bar in the cafeteria, an unlimited number of excused absences from classes and
academic probation only if your GPA goes into the negative number rang~.
I guess the pleasure in ruining something is the fact that it's not yours. Ac
least once in everyone's life , he/ she has felt that little rush of excitement you
get from drawing a mustache on the photo of someone you dislike or writing' 'I
am a loser" on an opposing candidate's campaign poster and knowing that no
one saw you do it. However, no matter how they felt about Porter's sculpture,
or if they merely saw it as an extension of the Wilkes College administration ,
the persons responsible had no right to touch what wasn't theirs.
Studehts may laugh at the destruction of the sculpture, but they should
realize that a group that would do something on that grand a scale wouldn't
think twice about mangling an unguarded bike or smashing a few windshields
because they got a rotten grade on their Business 101 test, and it' s the third
time they took the course .
Getting back to the apathy, maybe the college administration and SG should
consider creating some new activities that would appeal to the apparent mentality we're dealing with ; you know, tailor activities to their interests . Maybe
SG should sponsor a few drunken orgies instead of gym parties. Perhaps CC
should hold demolition derbies to decide who gets a parking sticker (hey, those
who didn't win wouldn 't have to complain; they wouldn't have a car to park
anyway). How about IRHC buying a few glass panels and old couches for people to take their frustrations out on. Bring your own sledgehammer or ice pick,
of course.

Farkel Fans At WCLH
Dear Editor,
Imagine our surprise when we opened the October 7 issue of the BEACON
to find a spoof on WCLH in the Wilkes Barrel comic strip. Thank you, especially Farkel, for acknowledging the existence ofWCLH 90. 7 FM . We hoJ?e t0
see more of Phil the D .J. in the future.
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. . -Thanks Again,
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Shawn A. Sharksnas
Music Coordintor, WCLH

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People have been complaining that
there's nothing to do on campus.
WRONG! If you're looking for some
excitement why not try one of these:
( 1) How about following Coach
. Wingert around on weekends?
He has set an eleven o' dock curfew for the soccer players, and
that means he has to go around
making sure they' re home and
tucking them in. "But coach,
can I have a glass of water? And I
can't find my teddy bear."
(2) Dance lessons are being held at
Catlin Hall. · As I understand,
the rates are low. Plus, for the
advanced students, they teach
dancing on stairs and on furniture . Class size is limited, so sign
up now.
(3) Try out for the football team.
Why not? It couldn't hurt. Or,
if you don't like the physical
contact, how about helping the
other teams with all the stats
they seem to aquire ~hen playing Wilkes.
(4) Go to the gym for some exercise.
Remember Wilkes students, you
only need three forms of identification (your college I.D., certificate of citizenship, and proof
of sanity) plus a presidential permission slip to get in. Then, after you get all of that together,
remember, the gym i:: open to
students 6:45 a.m. to 7: 03 a.m.

on every other, rainy, Tuesday.
Come on people, you don't have w
start new traditions, just maintain the
old, and always fun , ones.

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The Golden Coal Shaft of the Week
goes · to the campus bookstore. First
they refuse to sell used books, so students pay the full price. Then, they
bust your chops by advertising a used
bookstore after you've already spent
all your money on new books .
The next six feet of shaft is dug
when the bookstore refuses to accept
books you want to return after the
third week of school. How many students · out there, raise your hands,
know for sure they want to drop a class
in only twenty-one days?

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These ;i.re just a few of the opinions
of the writer. If you have some complaints, or you want your ideas heard,
write me a letter in care of The Beacon. I'll print them if I think it's any
good.

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Next week: How to rate your professor, a review of campus parties, and
of course, more on whatever I find
real important. If anyone wants to
help me with spelling or typing, you
know where to reach me.
That 's the way it is, the fourth week
of October, 1983 . Party 'til you . ...

The Beacon
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Student Center
River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Wilkes College
Student Newspaper
Permit No. 355

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Conse.rvative Comment,_ _ _ __
by Stephen K. Urbanski
andJamesJ. Haggerty,Jr.
The 1984 presidential election is a
little more than a year away. Even
though we have a pretty good idea of
who the Democratic and Republican
nominees will be , in an effort not to
spoil all the fun, let's look at the long
shots as well as the favorites.
Since the Democratic party seems
to be much more difficult to analyze,
we'll start with the Republican party.
'.As of today, there is only one announced candidate on the Republican side. He definitely has experience
in the primaries (having run for the
president seven times in the last
thirty-six years ,) but that seems to be
his only asset , if it is that . We speak of
none other than for~r Minnesota
governor Harold Stassen. Stassen first
sought the Republican nomination
back in 1948. At that time, he was
considered a serious contender, but
since then his candidacies have become somewhat of a joke.
This time around , Stassen has a lot
against him , 'although that didn't
stop him from running in the past.
He's a liber.al in a conservative party.
He 's four years older than President

Reagan . When the president finally
gets around to announcing his candidacy, Stassen will be up against-an extremely strong ·incumbent. Stassen
lacks money and organization. And,
he is unknown to a majority of the
American people. You're probably
asking yourself, "Why, then, did you
devote so much writing to Stassen's
campaign?" Well, we're trying to
make it interesting.
In reality, by the time tl}e primary
season rolls around, Ronald Reagan
will have declare·d ·his candidacy and
he'll chalk victory after victory.
The Democratic side is much more
interesting, as far as competition
goes . Former Vice-President Walter
Mondale is the . front runner in the
polls, but former ·astronaut, Senator
John Glenn is only two points behind. Let's examine Mondale's campaign first .
Walter Mondale has a lot going for
him. He has raised close to $10 million , he has recently received ~he endorsements of the NEA , the AFLCI O, Governor Mario Cuomo of New
York, and Senator Patrick Moynihan
of New York, and appears to be a classic big spending liberal. On the Democratic side this all adds up to one

thing, the nomination .
If the nomination is almost assuredly Mondale',s, why should we even
talk about Glenn? John Glenn has
some advantages of his own, and if
Mondale stumbles in the primaries,
Glenn will be there to benefit.
Glenn's major asset is his past. Being an astronaut, John Glenn is a national hero . Because of this, Glenn
has name recognition throughout the
nation. His major disadvantages are
that he lacks the support of party regulars and he lacks an effective campaign organization. He may be ver_y
popular among the average Amencan, but he's too conservative for the
Democratic party regulars.
The other Democratic candidates
are as follows : Senator Alan
Cranston of California, former Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, Senator Ernest H~llings of
South Carolina, Senator Gary Hart of
Colorado, · and former Governor
Reuben Askew of Florida. Civil
Rights leader Jessie Jackson is also
considering a campaign. We listed
this candidates for you , because this is
about the last time you' ll hear their
names mentioned. They will only

play minor roles at the convention,
possibly as favorite sons. Cranston
might win California and Askew
might win Florida, but their ·national
support is weak.
All in all, the Democratic nominee
is insignificant. Mondale would make
the ideal opponent for President
Reagan . Mondale is Reagan's opposite. With the economy improving
every day, the American people aren't
ready to return to the policies that
gave us double digit inflation, uncontrollable government spending, and a
multi-billion dollar government program for every conceivable problem.
The only difference in a Glenn candidacy would be the magnitude of
Reagan's victory. Glenn would be a
more formidable candidate than
Mondale, due to Glenn's broad public appeal. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, whoever the Democrats
nominate will have to face a very popular Ronald Reagan.
Any comments or criticisms are
welcome. Please write to us at The
Beacon.

Proper Perspective_ _ _ _ _ __
by Chuck Denis
In today 's world, whenever a problem is in need of a hasty solution , government is usually called upon. This
is especially true on the state and local
levels of government. But it is not the
role of government to be a problem
solver for all of the people's problems. There is one area however, in
which government intervention is vital , and that is the area which pertains
to the restrictions of large corporations.
There was a time in this country
when there were no restrictions on the
economy. Sub-subsistance incomes
and unhealthy working conditions
were widespread problems that existed durinJ_ this period. When a

worker died, quite often there were
no mechanisms to help provide for his
family. If he was injured , more often
than not, he had to fend for himself.
These people were ignored!
Without restrictions, corporations
themselves were getting out of hand.
Large monopolies were sprouting up
along with men of unimaginable
power. Men like J. D. Rockefeller and
J. P. Morgan were gaining so much
power that it was said of them , that
they actually controlled the inner
workings of government.
Curiously, this elitism still exists today. There are only a handful of people who control the small number of
major corporations in this country.
These are th~ same people who carry

zen must hold his ground and preserve
his individual rights, and the
ence (Some coincidence, eh?): Just
rights
of his group . Without these
imagine what our society would be
rights
the citizens ' lives would be
like if all restrictions on "Big Busimeaningless.
This could happen by
ness" were suddenly · lifted. This
lifting restrictions on the great comwould be like putting a vulture in a
panies owned by the ruling class, esmorgue of fresh bodies, or, making
pecially because of the power they alJames Watt s·ecretary of the interior,
ready hold. The role of government is
whichever would be more destructive .
to serve and protect the rights of the
The American people have been
majority of the people, not the few.
abused by those who hold power, for
Therefore, the government should be;
long enough. Decreasing regulations
looking to help the average citizen,
on these individuals would do nothnot the power hungry elite.
ing but increase their already enorIn the past, this very idea has been
mous power. The average worker and
suggested. The American people
citizen would suffer, because his.voice
must be aware of it's effects arid stop
would be diminished and to lose your
voice in politics is to lose your identity · this obvious plot to destroy American
democracy.
and your hum_anity. The a'.'erage citiche greatest amount of political influ-

Students Co01plain About
Maintenance Service_______________
To The Editor:
I would like to address a problem which concerns both the students and the
faculty of this college. In the fairly short time I have been here I have noticed
what seems to be the very slow response to requests for the maintenance of
college buildings. I realize that dorms are difficult to maintain and that maintenance personnel were busy relocating many office buildings but this does not
really explain the slow response to requests.
The dorm room that I am housed in still has damage caused by previous
students. The students who lived in this dorm last year have stated that at the
end of last year they were assessed approximately $20 per person for common
area damages. As near as I can tell none of the damaged areas have been re-

paired . A request to have the radiator reattached to the wall in my room has not
been answered ; a request that was made at the start of this year. Another request made on the 3rd of October to have an electrical outlet with exposed and
dangerous wires exposed repaired has also gone unanswered .
From the comments that I have heard from both faculty and other students
seems to indicate that this problem is fairly widespread . For the amount of
money paid to the college for the privilege of living here I think we have the
right to both safe and well maintained rooms .
Mark Radabaugh
Robert Leo

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Reagan's Assailant Surrenders
A g_u nman ~ho rammed ~is truck through the gate of the Augusta Country
Club m Georgia whete President Reagan was staying, surrendered after taking
seven hostages last Saturday.
Tw~ presidential aides were among the hostages trapped for two and a half
hours m the golf club's pro shop until the gunman, Charles Harris, 45, gave up
after ~o unsuccessful attempts by_Reagan to reach the gunman by telephone.
Harns was recently fired from his job and extremely depressed by the death
of his father, possibly prompting him to cause the disturbance, said White
House Officials.
Thousands March Against Missles
Tens of thousands of Americans and Canadians opposed to deployment of
U.S. missles in Europe, joined marches and rallies last week in a show of solidarity with their European allies in waging an Autumn peace campaign.
The protesters marched near military and nuckar installations all the way
from New Hampshire to southern California. In Canada , police estimated
18,000 marchers gathered in front of the American consulate for a march on
the Canadian legisb.ture.
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Robbers Grab a Million In Gems
Three armed robbers, using mountain climbing gear lowered themselves
into an 11th-floor jewelry firm in New York City, handcuffed a dozen workers
and I_11ade off with a~ estimated $1 million in diamonds and gold.
The robbers were m the offices when the 12 employees arrived for work at
8:00 in the morning,and proceeded to stuff as many of the gems and gold into a
duffle bag as they could. The police have no suspects and no leads and one
policeman was heard to say that it looked like the perfect crime .
Killer Confesses After Seeing Movie
A prison inmate admitted to beheading Adam Walsh, the six year old whose
kidnapping was made into the recent TV movie ''Adam .'' The inmate also said
he had ki{led 3 5 to 50 other people while wandering around the country with
another man .
Otis Toole , 36, signed a confession of Adam's death and the other homicides
and police chief Sam Martin said, ''He gave details of the murders he and Lucas
( the other man) committed. The details make Charles Manson sound like Tom
Sawyer."

Debate Tourney
Two varsity members of the Wilkes
College public speaking squad recently competed for honors in Fairfax,
Virginia.
Donna O'Toole and Annette Winski represented Wilkes College at the
home campus of the grand national
champions in speech competition George Masoh University. The weekend invitational tournament brought
schools from as far away as ~A. for
competition in ten different public
spea~ing events . Wilkes entered eight
of the events and came home with a
second place overall trophy. In addition to defeating such institutions as
Hofstra Univ ., James Madison Univ.,
The Univ. of Va. , and Washingtort
and Lee University, Wilkes also won
an additional five individual trophies.
Donna O'Toole displayed her rhetorical talent by being a finalist in
four of the five events she entered .
Ms. O 'Toole won a 1st place trophy in
Informative Discourse, a 2nd place in
the extremely difficult Communication Analysis, and a 3rd place finish iri
Extemporaneous Speaking. She completed her awards with a 5th place trophy in the area of Persuasive Oratory.

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Donna's
teammate
Annette
Winski secured a 5th place trophy in
Extemporaneous Speaking. It was
through the efforts of both team
members that Wilkes was able to win
the second place overall award. While
Wilkes had one of the sm:tllest squads
to enter the tournament, it never-theless came home with a great deal of
awards and respect from those schools
attending the tourney.
The appearance at the George Mason University Tournament marked
the first time in several years that
members of "Kinney's Kids" have
participated in this prestigious tournament . The Wilkes entry and second
place win was a surprise to many, as
the debate union was able to finish
behind only the national championship squad from George Mason University. This victory in Virginia enabled Wilkes to continue to
twenty-five consecutive tournaments
that the union has won a major victory. This makes the forensics union
the holders of the longest winning record in the history of Wilkes College.
. The public speaking unit as well as
the debate squad are coached and directed by Dr. Bradford Kinney.
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Communter Council Takes -A Stand
by Donna Nitka and
Rebecca Whitman
In an effort to save their dwindling
organization and improve student interest, the executive council of Commuter Council has proposed strong _
measures which should force commuting students to recognize the im- ·
portance of the branch of Student
Government set up specifically to
help them .
''What it comes down to is a lack of
interest in membership," stated Dave
Kalinoski , Commuter council president. The organization should have a
full membership of 25 students which
would include re·presentatives from
each class. Presently, approximately
only eight -students are involved in
CC , including the executive council.

Dave Brown, ·CC treasurer,exsince been proposed, one of which
tance of the coi'iimuter organization.
plained that the courtcil has had probwas vetoed by the Student Affairs
The council feels its effectiveness
lems since the end of spring semester Council.
would
be vastly improved if it had full
last year. Apparently, no one ran in
CC first decided to close it's office
membership
. "We should be doing
the elections that would fill the class for a week in an effort to prove to
more
than
planning activities for
representative positions.
co1:1muters that they need the organicommuters,"
said Brown.
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then, but hasn't really done anything dent Kalinoski announced a new plan
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It's not too early to think about
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CO-OP Offers "Real,, Experience
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by Mar Kay Nocera
Wilkes College Cooperative Education Program (Co-op), is a process of
education which formally intergrates
a student's academic experiences and
studies with productive work experiences in employing organizations.
The Cooperative Education Department, which is located in the rear of
34 South River Street, second floor, .
has been in operation for seven years.
Co-op works simply and effectively.
The employer and the college co-op
department discuss co-op training positions, position descriptions , and
qualifications sought in the student
candidates . Before being accepted,
the student must meet coitain qualifications designated by the co-op staff.
The students must have a 2.0 or above
grade point average, they must be a
full time undergraduate student with

sophomore class standing or :i h( ,ve,
and they must have the signed permission of their advisor, department
chairman , co-op academic coordinator, and the Cooperative Education
Department before placement in the
program.
Once in the program, students may
earn from three to twenty-four hours
of credit. As for the wages earned during a co-op experience, they range
from the minimum wage to the wage
that a professional would earn in that
particular field .
Many students, educators , and employers find the co-op experience extremely rewarding. One of the many
successful students is Susan Harrison.
When Susan Harrison entered the
theater arts program in 1979 she
planned on becoming an actress .
However, after four years, her aspira-

riom have c~ahged dramatically.
'' I really want to do technical theater now,' ' Harrison said recently in a
telephone interview from Colorado
Springs,' ' and this-cooperative educa•
tion experience has even helped me
decide that I'd like to specialize in
lighting design.''
Susan spent her co-op experience at
the Colorado Opera Festival as scenic
carpenter and assistant set designer.
She enjoyed the summer and the "invaluable experience" that she ob. tained. "I learned so much, especi~lly
about lighting, " said Susan , "and
that 's why I think it's vitally import~nt to give students these co-op expen.ences. I was aware of problems in set
design , but in co-op you are there
when they happen . You help to solve
them. It 's great."
Susan felt too that the cooperative
education process has another very

positive aspect. "Even though you are
1n the real world of business when you .
are doing co-op, you are thought of
by the professional you are working
with, as a student. They go out of
their way to help, to teath. You are
not under the pressure of having to
know everything. It's o.k. for you to
say I don't know how to do this yet. I
strongly recommend the experience."
Susan was getting ready to leave
Colorado for an interview in New
York. If she gets the job she wants, it
will be with a small opera company..
With technical theater expanding by
leaps and bounds, Susan knows that
she must stay well informed and current. But, she said, "I feel I have a
good basis for keeping up with all of
it , thanks to Wilkes College theater
faculty, Klaus Holm, and cooperative
education."

the best costumes in three categories.
The categories are 1) scariest, 2) Most
original, and 3) weirdest. Prizes will
also be awarded to the dorms that
have at least six to eight peopl~ dress
up in costume. The cost of the party
will be $2.00 without costume and
$1.00 with costume.
Melusen also stated that the
Christmas Dinner Dance is being·
switched from Friday, December 9, to
Tuesday, December 13, which is also
the last day of classes for the first semester. The party will be held at the
Woodlands and Melusen said that
they would like to keep the price as
low as possible so more people could
participate.
Ralph Pringle announced the appointments of Cherry Blossom and

Winter Weekend Chairpersons. The
Cherry Blossom Chairpersons are Phyl
Totaro, Ellen McDermott, and Cathy
Schaeffer. The Chairpersons for the
Winter Weekend are, Becky Whitm.an, Donna Nitka, and Maryanne
Schicitanno. Both events will be held
next semester.
Melusen also wanted to clear up the
duties of the Maintenance Committee. The committee, headed by Tod
Hogan, w_as defined by Melusen as
being a service for problems that haven't been solved for a long period of
time . He wanted to make it cleanhat
the committee wasn' t availab.le for
every little problem that occurs in the
dorms. The Residence Assistants are
supposed to take care of small problems, not the Maintenance Committee. Hogan reported that the dirt pile
outside of Evans Hall that has been in
the way to those wanting to use the
basketball court is soon to be removed. He also said that the trash
bins behind Evans will be painted so
they won't look so ''cumbersome.''
Melusen and Adams both stated
how pleased they were with the attendance at the meeting . Melusen
added that he hopes that it continues
because he sees IRHC as the dorm students' voice and it is important for the
representatives· to show up and express the views of their dor~ates.

· IRH C Repor..__ _ _ __ __ _ _ __
Blood Donor day was the most discussed to__pic at the Inter-Residence
Hall Council's meeting last Sunday
night at Stark Learning Center.
The event will be held in the gymnasium on November 3 from 9:45
a.m. to 3:45 p.m. and is being sponsored by the Pennsylvania division of
the Red Cross. The Red Cross has set a
goal of 320 units of blood which, according to advisor Paul Adams ,
shoul"d be very attainable from a
school the size of Wilkes. Incentives
are being offered to students to participate ,in the form of cash awards.
· Ralph Pringle , representative of ·the
Student Government , stated that the
Human Services will give $25 to the
dorm with the highest percentage of
donors who participate. President

Alan Melusen -said the IRHC has a
tentative plan of dividing the dorms
into two categories according to size
and giving the dorms with the most
participants $25 as a reward. Adams
wanted to make clear the importance
of Blood Donor Day and thought it
was important that IRHC members
get involved and encourage others to
give .
Other topics of discussion at the
meeting were the upcoming parties
that will be offered to Wilkes students . On Saturday, October 29 ,
IRHC is sponsoring a Halloween party
to be held in the gym. The party will
run from 9:00 p .m. to 1 :00 a.m. and
there will be plenty of food, according
to Melusen, and the band will be Arc
Ange~. There will be ~ash awards for

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by Sean P. Connolly
Modern technology has made computers a practical and important part
of education, according to the chairman of the Notre Dame University
Biology Department, Dr. Theodore].
Crovella.
Crovella, who gave a lecture and
slide presentation on the role of computers in education, (at Wilkes Col- ·
lege) said the computer's size has decreased in recent years to make it a
possible fixture in the classroom and
the laboratory.
Crovella's lecture, which was held
in room 1 in SLC on October 19, focused on computers as a tool in biological education, but also stressed
the use of computers in all studies at
all levels of education. "The computer revolution is actually only a few
years old. The _ability for e_ducators to
utilize computers in the classroom is
growing rapidly,'' said Crovella.
In biological education and research, the computer is used to collect
and present data. Crovella said it is
basically a time saver. Instead of
spending large amounts of time in
data collection, students can spend
more time in analysis of the data with
the help of computers.
Cr_o_velJa defined the c&lt;&gt;Illpute! . as
an extension of our minds and senses .

He said it is ironic that the computer,
which is supposed to be an· impersonal machine, actually offers a high
level of individual education. "It
might offer a better education for a
heterogenous gr&lt;?UP," said Crovella.
Crovella said computers can help
motivate problem students at different levels. He said the idea is that if
you have a passive student, you may
not realize it by his work ina -textbook, but if you have a passive student on a computer, you will have a
passive computer, which is easily noticed. "If we get a wrong answer on a
computer, it won't chastise us the
way, say, our inothers did . It will simply state our mistake and encourage
us to find the right answer,'' said
Crovella.
Crovella admitted that not everything is positive regarding computers
in education, "Sure we will lose some
skills, like calculating square roots in
our head, something I do every ten
years, but we will also gain skills.'' He
added that we must not accept everything from computers and that we
must think for ourselves.
Crovella said some of today's 'problems in education that have received
much national attention may be concurred in the future with computers.

by Samuel Merrill
"The Medical Implications of Nuclear War" will be the topic of a lecture by Dr.Jonathan Lorch at 8 p.m.,
Monday, Oct. 31, at the Wilkes College Center for the Performing Am,
as part of the Wilkes Concert and Lee-.
ture Series. Tfie lecture is free and
open to the public.
President of the New York City
chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility and ari expert on the
problems of civil defense planning for
nuclear war, Dr. Lorch has appeared
frequently on local and national media. Co-author of the book A New
Yorker's Gttide to Civil Defense, he
was recently called to testify before
Congress on civil defense planning for
nuclear war.
Si_nce 1961, Physirjans. for Social

Responsibility has been committed to
public and professional education on
the medical hazards of nuclear weaponry. In a recent statement, the group
warns: "Medical 'disaster planning'
for nuclear war is meaningless. There
is no possible effective medical response. Most hospitals would be destroyed, most medical personnel dead
or injured, most supplies unavailable .
Most 'survivors' would die. There is
no effective civil defense."
During his stay in Wilkes-Barre,
Dr. Lorch will meet with members of
the Luzerne County medical community. A specialist in nephrology, he is
associated with St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Hospital Center in New York City and
is a member of the faculty at Columbia University.

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Experts Discuss Education
On October 19th, a panel discussion titled "A Nation At Risk" was
held in the .Center for the Performirtg
Arts at Wilkes College.
The open public forum, sponsored
,by the Wilkes Chapter of Phi Delta
Kappa, brought togethe~ five Pennsylvania educators who discussed the
strengths and weaknesses of the N~tional Commission on Excellence m
Education.

The panelists covered topics such as
merit pay for public ~chool teachers,
priorities in curriculum, and federal
aid to education. Mrs. Ruth Husband, principal of the Dallas Intermediate School and chairperson of
programs of Phi Delta Kappa, said,
"It is the purpose of the special
debate/forum to provide a balanced
analysis of the commission's report. "

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Weekend
Forecast
Aquarius Oan. 20-Feb. 18) Your
weekend starts out fast on Friday but
slows by Saturday. Don't be tempted
to overindulge. **

Leo Ouly 23-Aug. 22) Don't let
others talk you into doing something
you really don't want to do on Friday.
Trust your own judgement.*

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) A friend's
surprise visit brightens you weekend .
Take the time to make the most of it .
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Romantic
prospects are at a peak this Friday and
Sacurday. Don't shy away from commitment. *****

Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Tempers
flare this weekend, especially on Saturday. Be careful not to lose your composure if things don't go your way. A
friend's advice may help you avert
trouble . **

Libra (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) A disagreement with a friend throws a
sh'adow over your weekend fun . Resolve conflicts before Monday or your
entire week will be trouble-filled. **

Taurus (Apr. 21-May ~O) Although
Friday proves disappointing, the remainder of the weekend more than
makes up for it. Use every opportunity to your advantage . ****

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Week-

end prospects prove better than they
seem, especially on Saturday. Don't
be afraid to take chances. ****

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) FriGemini (May 21:June 20) Use this
weekend to catch up on projects that day's fun and Saturday and Sunday
are even better. This is your weekendhave been put off for too long you'll regret it if you don't. Spend a enjoy it! *****
quiet Sunday evening with a friend.
Capricorn (Dec. 22:Jan. 19) Seize
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the opportunity to travel when it
Cancer Oune 21-July 22) While Fri- presents itself on Friday, just rememday offers some excitement, Saturday ber to come back for that early mornand Sunday prove uneventful. Try to ing class on Monday. ****
avoid agruments with loved ones on
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EVERY BRE-ATI,
YOU TAl&lt;E
Hi, everybody! Hope you all had a nice break! We tried calling all your
mothers but they wouldn't talk, so we only have a few scoops this week. Dirt
time...
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Mark - Get a grip on those hormones, boy! .And stay away from Waller
sofas. (Chalk up another score for the soccer team!)
Dr. O ' - Nice topics you pick for class discussions. (Put a·lid on the lan-

guage, please, I'm only a sophomore.)
Jeannie - I heard Danny Hause has an art exhibit at the United Nations this
month. And yes, he did marry Melissa.

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Waller Hall still stands ... thanks to Ralph's face.
Hey Tom, what would you do with that squash?!! Wrap it up in a·halupki?
Jackie - Is that really Jimmy Lee in the bathroom? He looks so much
"shorter" on TY.
Colonel's House - what did you do with the money your·mothers gave you
for singing lessons? Thanks for making the movie such a "howling" good
time!

Shelly, nice lollipop . What do you look for ·i n a man?!!
Hey Coach Phil, the guys on the team wanted to tell you how happy they
were that you FINALLY got adate ... Now maybe practice won't be so rough,
guys. Have fun with Dana, Coach! Just be in by curfew ...

.To the " Pinky Lady". and her friend Cindy, do you re:tlly make movies with
snakes? I'll bet you didn't think I would do it, did you?
Hey Fran, we heard you're trying to increase your magazine collection, coiµ.pliments of the library. (Don't laugh Pat, we know you tried it, too.)

Fred K. - How's the paternity suit developing? Has a decision been rendered yet?
Janet D. - Did you have to bring ALL the male exotic dancers to Evans after
the show?

Well, that's all we have for this week. We hope you had a nice break and
remember, LIVE IT UP so we have something to write about. We'll be ·seeing
you in the papers.
Love,
Ann&amp;Abby

CC-IRHC

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"Rock 'n Roll is here to stay, It will never die ... "
Don't believe it? Just take a look around, it's everywhere. It's become a part
of life.
So, not wanting to be left out, The Beacon is presenting it's very own rock 'n ·
roll centerfold. No, it's not a nude photo of MickJagger. What we've done is to
bring together interviews with recording artists and album reviews. With Vic
Ramone in the hospital and Johnny Rotten dead, our contacts in the seemyside of the rock world were unavailable for comment. We did, however, attempt to conduct a phone interview with Pete Townshend but were informed
by the Wilkes switchboard operator that we don't have a Watt's line connection to England.
Yet, despite all the obstacles, we have managed to come·up with :,lbum
reviews by our own Joe M,\mourain. This is our tribute to rock 'n roll.
Long live rock!

The Glass
Onion

by Craig Tomashoff
As the saying goes , old punk bands
never die. Usually, they just end up in
jail on a morals charge . They certainly
would never fade away nor, heaven
forbid, try making records which
might have some commercial appeal.
Red Rockers , therefore, is not your
typical punk band . In the spring of
1982, the band's debut album was released by the tiny San Francisco label,
415 Records. It was a minor sensation
in punk circles. The four-member
band from New Orleans dished out a
sound complete with chord crashing
and socialistic lyrics, naturally provoking comparisons to a more famous
hardcore band from the other side of
the Atlantic -The Clash.
"Yeah, that comparison's one we
don't really care for," explains the
Rockers ' mild mannered vocalist and
guitarist, John Griffith, after a recent
performance. "We' ve had to deal
with it but I don ' t think we'll have to
deal with it anymore ."
"Not since our new album anyway," chimes in James Singletary, the
band's lead guitarist and more talkative spokesman. "People said that
(compared them to The Clash) because of our first album, because of
the format and the fact that we were a
'political' band. But that 's the easy
thing to do, to say ' Oh yeah, these
guys sound like The Clash so I'll write
that down.' We've created more of an
identity for ourselves now, though,
with a new sound."
The new sound he and Griffith are
referring to is the sound that has set
them a notch above their former punk
peers. It's plainly evident on the
band's second album, Good As Gold,
released last spring. The record features a sound that is nowhere near as
harsh as Red Rockers ' first effort. The
politics are more persona'I than internatiqnal this time around, but they're
still leaning left. The record and it's
hit single, "China," are deliberate attempts to refine the group 's music
while keeping the original intentions

in mind . Almost like what The Clash
has done .
Griffith refers to the new Red Rockers sound as " less distorted. " Singleta.ry expands on that, calling the music on Good.A.s Gold" more mature"
and "an extension of the band 's ability. "
''The record really has brought us
some commercial recognition," he
adds with the slightest of Southern
accents. "We were lucky people
picked up on 'China' for what it was
and on the band for what it was . And
really, our background made it even
tougher to get played on the radio because we do come from a punk rock
background."
"China" is a finely crafted, melodic single that spent a brief time
floating around in the pop charts during late spring and early summer. It
was quite a departure from the old
Rockers, a danceable tune which actually let you hear and und erstand the
words. Keeping musical integrity intact while reaching out to the masses
is never easy, but Red Rockers seem to
be doing just that.
A summer tour opening for the B52s, the consummate commercial
band, went over well. That group 's
lightweight fare is quite a contrast to
the brash, introspective style of the
Rockers. And that's precisely what
the band wants .
' ' Actually, that makes for a better
show when you have two very different types of bands, " Griffith says.
" When you have two groups that are
alike , it can get boring."
"We' re much more serious in approach than their crowd wants,'' adds
Singletary. ' 'They come in here to see
the B-52s, who are real light and everything, and we're maybe a little too
serious and intense for them. But
that's the challenge we're into now.
We've made the big step to try and
break out from the little cult scene.
And when we do good , it really feels
rewarding because you've broken
through to somebody who didn't like

you .''
. These days, loads of bands seem to
be breaking through to audiences
which until now never have tolerated
much new music. The success of more
mainstream new groups, from the
Stray Cats to Flock of Seagulls, has
made radio and the record-buying
' public more receptive to different
sounds. Some bands adapted to the
new mood, but only after enduring
all the charges they "sold out."
Those charges have been hurled at
Red Rockers by those still stuck on the
band 's early, rabble-rousing days. But
such complaints haven 't flustered the
group .
" There 's no sense in just trying to
please a handful of people when you
can reach so many others,'' explains
Griffith . "The whole movement we
were in before has changed," adds
Singletary. " People have moved on to
different things. "
Most people in the music business
are quick these days to pluck out M
TY, the 24-hour music video cable
channel, as the main reason for mass ·
acceptance of new bands. Video is
now all the rage, though even Griffith
and Singletary admit that at times
more emphasis will currently be
placed on how a particular song
should look rather than on how it
sounds. Th~t's a trap they seem to
have avoided, though .
' 'MTV has a lot to do with the commercial masses changing over,"
Singletary says. '' A lot of the kids who
used to buy records have grown up.
Now it's the younger kids, watching
M TV and finding out about new
bands who are, buying the records ."
He admits radio has gone along
whole-heartedly with the MTV - in-

duced changes · in music. But at tht
same time, he insists Red Rockers has
not tried to keep the chain going by in_
turn pandering to radio in order to
achieve success.
"Radio is conforming more to us
than we are to it. That surprises me, "
he says.
"It's not really surprising ," co11r _
tends Griffith in a tone of mild disagreement. "Well, it is a little bit but,
when you have the majority of band~,
coming out there and playing new
music , radio really has no choice. "
Red Rockers got together as a ban!
about four years ago in New Orleans,
a place both Griffith and Singletary·
confess they seldom return to any~.
more. Singletary says the city has "a
good musical culture," citing the fact
that the Sex Pistols chose to play therduring that infamous band 's first ,
last, and only, U.S. tour.
It's real metropolitan," he savof his hometown . But the South and
Southeast are generally the last places,
to catch on to things. We got as far ar5,
we could get there before moving to
California and 415 Records .
That label, distributed by the monolithic Columbia Records , basicall)
has only three artists - Red Rockers
Romeo Void, and Translator. Eaclgroup puts out a recbrd and tours ai
different times of the year, enabling
the company to work hard on each
band individually. Griffith and
Singletary credit this approach as one
of the major reasons Red Rockers ha.§
achieved a moderate level of succ~ss.
The band is currently touring ,
mostly as a headlining act, in Europe
and Japan . In the meantime. work is

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by Joseph Mamourian
Well , it looks like the drought is fi nally over. Now that October or
"Rock-tober' is here, a flood of albums will be gushing into record
stores and saturating the airwaves .
The main idea is that people spend
the most money around Christmas, so
the record companies give you the
best selection at this time.
·
"Rock-tober" is an Epic-Asylum
marketing scheme to psyche the market for the barrage of new music. Radio stations pick up on this scheme
because it psyches up their listeners.
" Rock- tober" also falls in the middle
of a rating period and most stations
will do anything to get more listeners.
Meanwhile, the flood continues.
There is a lot of diversity in what's being released right now. What l have

done is take what I think falls into the
category of "campus taste" and evaluate it.
The Romantics - In Heat • • • ·
Back in 1978, there was a movement to get back to the basics. The
over-simplicity of punk rock was just
about out the window, and disco was
clinging tightly to leisure suits on the
way to extinction. The Who was
growing old and the Stones quit taking drugs, and marketing music became as risky as a kerosine heater. If
you didn 't have a name, you didn't
get a name .
Along came the Romantics making
a name for red leather. They had "a
good beat, and you could dance to
it. " Their music had a different
" throng" to it . However, at the time
the Knack was being referred to as
larger than the Beatles, and songs like
"What I Like About You" fell by the
wayside.
Well, its 1983, and The Romantic's
have " grown-up ." In Heat is a cooler,
more thoughtful album . The energy
is still there, although it is not static,
and the leather is gone .
The targeted song off this album is
"Rock You Up." It has a bit Muddy
Waters-like melody with a touch of
Rockabilly (see, they haven't changed
that much). The only way to describe
the album is like aging wine: smooth ,

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already underway on their next album
as they write songs for it during breaks
from the road . The sound on the record will most likely be in the same
vein as Good As Gold Griffith predicts it will keep the band·s label as
"prettymuchawck 'n ' roll band" intact and will certainly not go in the
direction of the synthesizers so in
vogue right now.
Still, the next album may mark yet
more growth ih the band's lyrical' approach , keeping the polit(cs on the
liberal side but making them more
personally relevant and more posi-

tive. It 's par of Red Rockers' continued drive to show that while punk
music may have its merits, it can also
progress to a higher level.
"Hopefully, the audience will get
som·ething positive out of it because
that's what we' re trying for (on Good
As Gold and the next record),' Singletary explains earnestly. "So many
people can ·say, 'This is bad, that's
bad . Don't do this, don't do that. It's
really hard to be positive without doing it in a certain way to where you
come off real w_impy.''

· subtle and crisp·. Now, the Knack is
wearing the red leather.
Saga-Heads Or Tails • • •
When Worlds Apart was released,
progressive rock enthusiasts rejoiced .
"Now," they thought, "We can have
music we enjoy that everyone else
won't mind listening to."
This album is like the first, it is neither better nor worse. In fact, you
could put Heads Or Tails and Worlds
Apart in the same package as a double
album, because they sound like they
were recorded in the same session. Finally, a band comes along that
achieves consistency. I hope this album puts them over the top .
Look for "The Flyer" to command
a lot of " New Action" (that's chart
movement) in the next three weeks.
Saga has the most raw potential I've
heard in a long time. They' re just a
drummer away.
Genesis - "Genesis" •
· If you were a fan nine years ago
when Trick of the Tail was released,
hearing the new album will put you in
tears. What ever happened to music
that meant something? It's a shame
when true artists such as Banks, Collins and Rutherford become trendy.
The music is mildy sophisticated and
reflects little talent . In fact, I found
this painful ' to listen to . At least
"Duke" had a new energy for its
time .
The targeted single "Mama" fell
off the charts with a loud, painful

thud . There's only so much electric
cymbol and arp buzz a man can take.
Another version of "Puttin' On The
Ritz" would fit in nicely.
Hold on until after Christmas for
this one. It will be another Joe Nardone "Cutout Classic."
The World - debut album * * * *
Ever since Steely Dan appeared a
decade ago, the record industry had
no idea the two-man band would
come into vogue. Back then , they had
to hire studio musicians to fill the
gap . Now, two men can simply overdub and oscillate. Most of the time
this results in a schlocky album .
However, The World has a distinctness. For once a sync pop band has
more to it than a beat. Roy Thomas
Barker, who did a lot of work with
Cheap Trick, produced the album . I
pick ''Take Me To Your Heart'' to be
top 10 before 1984 comes.
The Motels - Little Robbers • • • • •
There 's nothing sleazy about this
motel. This album is the last because ·
the best is always last. This is the best
produced alb.um of 1983.
Every song is different and every
song has a message. Everything has a
purpose, from the eeriness of "Suddenly Last Summer" to the climactic
sledgehammer in "Monday Shutdown ." If this album has a couple of
bullets and gets good chart action by
February 1, it could edge out Synchronicity for album of the year, but
that's a long hard climb.

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Noted American poet Stephen
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Norma Schulman, Dunn began with
his earlier writings, including
"Grey," "Midnight," and "At the
Smithsville Methodist Church," a
poem about his yo},m ger daughter's
experiences at an arts and crafts class
that involved, Dunn said, "not only
arts and crafts."
Dunn's work is considered to evoke
positive feelings. "What he sees,"
critic Richard Hugo remarks, "is a
cause for hope in the human condition where others see only reason for
despair."
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shock.
The Pine Barrens region of southern New Jersey, near Atlantic City, is
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passion for gambling, which is the
subject of a poem entitled " Atlantic
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His newest is " Desire." Dunn's fifth
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This week's meeting of Commuter
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C.C. decided to have Arc Angel entertain the festivities along with a
long list of snacks.
Suggesting the price of admission ,
vice-president, Nancy Moore '=&gt;aidthat
it will be a dollar for a costume, two
dollars without.
On November 3, there will be a
Blood Donor Day at Wilkes College.
Commuter Council expressed a desire
to see a large number~f commuters to
donate. Prizes through raffle will be
rewarded to donors, one of the least
motivatio~al factors for giving blood.
320 pints has been set as the minimum goal of Wilkes College.
Work still needs to be done for the
Commuter Forum , a mandatory
meeting of all commuters seeking
Spring Semester Parking Permits.
Letters will be sent out next week designating the date and time of this
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Porter wrote a letter to the gallery saying he understood their position, but
he was obviously hurt by the acts. In the letter, he referred to the vandalism as a
cowardly act of censorship on thd part of the students.
O'Toole said Porter has presented exhibits on college campuses previously,
but this is the first time any of his work has been damaged. She said Porter
decided to do the show this semester after being invited last year by the gallery,
and that they discussed the possibility of vandalism with the large, outside
sculptures. She said, "When you are involved with abstract art you realize the
possibility of something like this happening, but I think Stephen might have
taken it personally.''
O'Toole said all the works will be covered by insurance, but that this is the
first time the gallery has ever had to file a claim. The wooden arch and the iron
sculpture will have to be repaired by Porter and the white pieces will be painted
locally. O'Toole said she is not sure what effect this will have on the insurance
policy, but she said it will definitely have an effect on the gallery' s programming. ''Well for one thing we will never do an outside exhibit again , and that's
too bad because we have perfect areas for them ."
O'Toole said the students who pushed over the white sculpture are believed
to be high school students; but the people who heckled her and her husband ·
were definitely college students. She said two students did stop and offer assistance, but that the majority of passers-by were '' extremely crud people. ''
O'Toole said she always got along with students previously and that she
could not understand the reason for the acts of vandalism and especially for the
- cruelty of the inconsiderate students. She said the acts were probably meant as
fun and not a direct reply to the artist's work. O 'Toole said she hopes if anyone
knows about the people involved with the vandalism, that they will come forv.•ard, and that the administration should get involved in an active investigation .

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Friday, October 28

Movie: Victor / Victoria. 6 pm in the widescreen TV room, second floor of the Student
Center. Sponsored by the S.C.B. Admission is free.
Student Center Party sponsored by the freshman and sophom~re classes. 10 pm-2 am.
Saturday, October 29

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Music: Lecture-Recital. Roosevelt Newson with performance of Beethoven's Three Sonatas ,
Op. 10, by Wilkes students. CPA. 8: 15 pm .
Movie: Victor/Victoria. 2 pm in the widescreen TV room, second floor of the Student
Center. Sponsored by the S.C.B. Admission is free.
CC-IRHC All-College Halloween Party 9 pm-1 am in the gym. Music by Arc Angel.
Sunday, October 30

Music: Pianist Roosevelt Newson. CPA. 3:30 pm.
Movie : Victor/Victoria. 7:30 pm in the widescreen TV room, second floor of the Student
Center. Sponsored by the S.C.B. Admission is free.
Monday, October 31

Lecture: Dr.Jonathon Lorch speaking on "The Medical Implications of Nuclear Wai," 8 pm
in the CPA.
Tuesday, November 1

Poetry Reading: Poet-in-Residence John Taggert will present a reading of his works at 8 pm
in the CPA lounge. Admission is free and a reception will follow.
Wednesday, November 2

Mime: Tony Montanaro will perform in the CPA at 8 pm ..
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Overtime
by Tim Williams

.

Congratulations are in order for the Colonel football team for their 24-12
victory over Juniata College a few weeks ago. After.the game,~ am sure Coach ,
Unsworth and his staff enjoyed shaking hands with the Jumata player who
wished the Colonels luck prior to the game by saying, "Good luck, you are
going to need it."
.
.
Unfortunately this attitude is not resmcted to only opposmg teams; many
people on campus feel the same way. All th~ough the fi.rst four games of ~he
season, you couldn't walk across campus without heanng someone makmg
derogatory statements ab~ut statements a~out the foo~all team. Some poor
misguided souls insist that the only soluuon to the problem would be the
elimination of the football team.
The football schedule consists of at least three Division III three powers; that
is one-third of all the team's contest. it would be difficult to schedule a more
rigorous list of opponents. Also, the Wilkes team consists !~rgely of_f~eshme~,
and consequently, rhey are quite small compared to theu opposm~n. This
season marks the first that Unsworth was able to have freshmen on his roster.
Most students don't realize this. It would be nearly impossible for any new
coach to turn a program around in only a matter of one ~r two years.
These things are not excuses; they are facts. I am sure it took more than on~
or two years for Coach Reese to build a winning wrestling program. Phil
Wingert and his booters have experienced unusual _early succes_s - but let there
be no mistake, they have been extremely lucky. When one thmks of the number of freshmen on the football roster and the recruits for years to come, the
future actually looks promising.
. .
.
Then there are some people who believe that Wilkes College could save·
money by dropping the football progr~m a~ th~y did with th_e lacrosse team and
some of the educational aspects of the mst1tut1on. The fact is that these people
couldn't be more wrong. Many players choose Wilkes because it has a football
program. If this was dropped, there would undoubtably be a_nu~ber of transfers, which would certainly not help the college enrollment s1tuauon.
The Colonel football team consists of approximately 50 students. In dollars
and cents that works out to around $400,000. I hardly believe that the football
team's to~al operating expenses and budget exceed this amount. An additional
few dollars come as a result of ticket and program .sales. Also, the Letterwo- ·
mens' Club reaps a small profit from the concession stand.
Perhaps the saddest aspect of the entire issue is the fact that these players go
through the hell of summer workouts, the embarrassment of total annihilation
by some teams, and worst of all, ridicule by fello':" students .- : for ~h~t? They
do it for themselves, the student body, the alumm, the admmistrauon and the
faculty. It is no easy task to get back on the horse after it throws you repeatedly
(especially by back to back 59-0 losses) .
.
It takes a lot of heart and soul to do what these players are domg. However,
more than the, it is going to take time for the team _to improve._The efforts of
Unsworth and his men cannot and should not be measured m dollars and
cents· too much time dedication and human effort are involved. The studentathle~e gives too much of himself to be dis~llowed t?e oppo~tunity to continue
what he enjoys - playing football. All thmgs considered, it would be a grave
mistake to eliminate the football program.

Colonels Devoured
By Lions
by Charlie Yozwiak
The Wilkes College football team,
'looking for its second straight win of
the season, lost to a tough Albright
College squad 25-3, at Ralston Field
on Saturday.
The Colonel's offensive unit, facing an Albright defense stouter than
Stonewall Jackson at Bull Run, only
got on the scoreboard once. Jo Jo
Mantione booted a 29-yard field goal
to cap a ten-play, 78-yard , scoring
drive in the third quarter.
In the first half, both defensive
units dominated play, with the only
score coming on an Albright safety,
when Wilkes running back Tim Frateschi was downed in the end zone.
The Colonels, who were held to
only 138 yards in total offense, were
plagued with poor field position
throughout the first half. The Lions
were on top, 2-0 at halftime.
Albright's defense, ranked second
in the Middle Atlantic Conference,
stood like a brick wall against the
Colonel's rushing effort, forcing
Wilkes to -3 7 yards. The Lions also
intercepted two passes, one of which
was returned for 36 yards to the Colonels 3 yard-line to set up the first
touchdown of the day.
A few plays later, the Lions scored
on a one-yard keeper play. The Lions
went on the scoreboard again later on
in t_he third quarter, scoring on a nineyard bootleg play by quarterbackJim
Kirkpatrick.
Albright added on nine more
·points in the fourth quarter to give
them a convincing 25-3 lead . The Lions am'.l.ssed 329 yards in total of-

fense, with 227 in rushing.
The Colonel defense, led by linebackers Scott Bruggeworth and Rich
Murray, and defensive end Bernie Kusakavitch, held the Lions to 113 yards
in the first half. Defensive back Ed
Kenelly and blitzing safety Sam Gra'ziano also helped in denying the Albright offense any points in the first
half.
The Colonel's offensive unit was
led by wide receiver Ed Mann ~nd
Quarterback Randy Rice. Mann had
nine receptions on the day for 57
yards. Rice went 14 for 33 in the air,
covering 166 of the total passing
yards.
The Wilkes offensive line, which
literally cohtrolled the line of scrimmage during last week's convincing
24-12 victory over Juniata College,
failed to establish a solid rushing
game against Albright. Rice was under pressure most of the day, with the
Lion defense recording a number of
sacks.
.
The Colonels were also without the
services of freshmen Bill Buoni and
Brad Scraborough. Buoni, who
rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown
against Juniata, suffered a knee injury
and will be out for the rest of the season. Sfarborough, a quarterback, will
also not oe playing anymore this year.
He sustained a broken clavicle when
he was sacked in the Moravian contest
two weeks ago.
The Colonels, under the direction
of head coach Bi11 Unsworth, will be
on the road this week when they take
on a tough Widener University squad
on Saturday.

Free Movie!

Victor/ Victoria
Friday, October 28 at 6
Saturday, October 29 at 2
Sunday, October 30 at 7 :30
at the Student Center
in the widescreen TV room
. sponsored by the S.C.B.

Sophomore

quarterback

Randy Rice looks for a receiver while under

pressure from the Albright defense as he was throughout most of the game. _

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beaco-- sports

VOL. XXXVI
No.4
October 28, 1983

Hooters Edged
By Fighting Irish
by Tim Williams
The -Fighting Irish travelled from
Indiana this weekend to play Wilkes
and other east coast colleges as part of
a nine day east coast swing. The Irish
got more than they bargained for as
the Colonels rose to the occasion in a
hard-fought 1-0 loss at the hands of
the guests.
.,.
The first ten minutes of the game
showed Wilkes playing up to par with
the division I Irish. The remainder of
the match was dominated by Notre
Dame as the Colonels were forced to
play constant defense.
Early in the first half Wilkes had an
opportunity to tally but were unable
to capitalize. As a ball was crossed
into the Irish goalmouth the goalkeeper could not hold onto the ball as
it dropped to the ground; no Wilkes
player was able to get a foot on the
ball and the keeper recovered .
After a scoreless first half the game
continued in much the same manner

in the second half with the Colonels
backed against a wall. Freshman goal. keeper Don Shaw , making only his
third start, continually was called
upon to mak .: key saves to-keep the
Colonels in the game .
The game-winning goal was scored
by Rich Herdegen, a junior forward
from London, England, with only
nine minutes remaining in the game.
Freshmen· Roy Delay, Mark Tobino, Bob Stoffel, Gary Klopchin,
and junior Tim Williams played well
defensively as Shaw had a fantastic
game. Shaw has been the back-up until starter Bill Hankins hyperextended his elbow three games ago . .
The Colonels were outshot 28 to 5
and Shaw was called upon to make 15
saves as compared to Ir'ish's eight.
"Our defense played a great
game," commented Coach Wingert.
·'I'm glad we had the opportunity to
play Notre Dame. It gave us the opportunity to promote our program

Freshman midfielder Frank \ \! , ·1zor tries to clear the ball from dange, ,"
second half action this past Sunday.

and it will aid us in recruiting high
school seniors."
This marks the second match with a
division I foe for the Wilkes hooters.
They fared well on both occasions .
The Colonds dropped to 6-6-2

while the Irish upped their record to
15-4. Wilkes visits East Stroudsburg
(div. II) on Saturday October 29 to
avenge last years 4-0 loss. Game time
is 10:00 a.m.

Colonels Win, Lose And Draw
by Tim Williams
Phil Wingert and his hooters travelled to Virginia Tech University during"Fall break to participate in the annual
Hokie
Classic
Soccer
Tournament. The tourney featured
the host, Virginia Tech, Radford University and Longwood University
(both Div. II).
Wilkes' first match against Tech determined who they would play the
second day of the tournament. If the
Colonels won they would play the victor of the Longwood-Radnor match
for the championship. Otherwise
they would play the loser for third and
fourth place.
· Each team had their chances in the
first half with the Colonels outplaying
their division I foes at times. Thirtyone minutes into the game the Colonels managed to break the ice on a
Mike Molloy goal.
A Hokie defender tripped a Colonel forward just outside the penalty
area. As the Tech defense set up a wall -..
Molloy managed to catch t~1e goal keeper ::iff guard with a bollistic to the
upper right hand corner of the net .

Therewere no additional goals in
the first half as the Colonels managed
to keep up with the better skilled Tech
team.
The second half belonged to the
Hokies as they pushed everybody forward in hopes of equalizing . Just as it
looked like the Colonels would escape
with a 1-0 victory, tragedy struck.
With just a little more than a minute left in the match a Tech forward
chipped a ball over the onrushing
freshman goalkeeper Bill Hanksin to
knot the score at 1-1. This required
the playing of two ten minute overtimes which were dominated by Virginia Tech.
Neither team was able to score in
the overtime so the match ended in a
tie. Since one team had to advance to
the championship game a penalty
kick shootout was required.
Both teams converted their first
three of five kicks. The· Colonels
fourth shot went wide while Tech
made theirs . If Wilkes was to miss
rheir fifth attempt they would be destined for the consolation game , but if ,
rhey convefred there would still be a

chance for the championship match .
The Tech goalkeeper lunched to his
left to save the Colonel shot thereby
sending Tech into the final. Even
though the hokies were victorious in
the end the match is recorded as a tie
for both teams, thereby putting the
Colonels at 5-4-2.
The Colonels second and last game
of the tournament proved to be a total
disaster as they lost by a score of 7-0 .
Wilkes was plagued by injuries, exhaustion, and bad play in the consolation match.
''The effort was tremendous in the
Tech game , but there is no way we
should have gotten blown-out by anybody 7-0." Wingert added , "We
gave up one-third ·of our total season
goals against in that Radford match .''
WC 3 Albright 1
The Colonels managed to put all
the loose ends together to defeat
MAC rival Albright College by a score
of 3-1. Three Wilkes players tallied
their first goals for the 198 3 season.
At the 13:54 minute mark freshman Matt Wasel opened the scoring
when sophomore Greg Trapani

crossed the ball from the right side to
the anticipa,ting Wasel who knocked
the ball home by beating the Albrigh r
keeper to the right side.
Nine minutes later freshman Frank
Wanzor capitalized on a loose ball in
the opponents penalty area and put
the Colonels ahead 2-0. With two
minutes remaining in the first half,
Trapani scored an insurance goal on
an .assist from Junior Tim Williams .
The score remainded 3-0 at halftime a~d through most of the second
half. At the 88: 12 minute mark an
Albright midfielder prevented a shutout by chipping the ball over goalkeeper Don Shaw.
.
The Colonels dominated the statistics with 25 shots to Alb~ights 12.
Shaw was called upon to make six save
as compared to his counterpart's 13.
This match put Wilkes at 3-2 in the
MAC and 6-5-2 overall. The Colonels
are , in all probability, out of contention for an MAC playoff berth, but
this season marks the best conference
finish in years.

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                    <text>Vol. XXXVI
No.)
November 4 , 1983
Wilkes College:
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766

Wilkes Wangles Waller
by Sean P. Connolly
Wilkes College, which owns half of
Waller Hall , purchased the second
half of the building on October 28 .
The college will keep the entire building for its use, according to President
Robert Capia.
Waller Hall, which is two doors
from the CPA on West River Street,
was divided into a female dormitory
and a residence for the late Mrs . Francis Waller. Mrs. Waller died in August
of 1983, and her property was put up
for sale by her estate.
On October 14, the executive committee of the Board of Trustees decided to purchase the second half of
the building. Capin said the main
reason for purchasing the property is
that it shares common ground with
other Wilkes properties and is important for co!lege control of the area .
Capin added, "It will give us a much
more attractive package with our fa-

cilities."
Capin said the dormitory, which
houses 19 females, will continue to be
used as a dormitory, but at this time,
the second half of the building will
not be converted into student residence. Capin said the school does not
need extra dorm space and that converting the property would be too
much trouble .
Mrs. Waller was the widow of Charles Waller, who was a prominent attorney in the Wyoming Valley. Mr.
Waller was also the chairman of the
Wilkes College Board of Trustees .
"It was in the bes~ interest of the
college to purchase the property, an d
by owning the entire building, it will
make the building more ·sc!l-able'if
the college decides to sell it in the fu.
ture," said Capin.
Capin said Wilkes is always open to
the possibility of purchasing other
properties within its area.

The purchase of this half of Waller Hall is currently being negotiated by the
college.
·

Alumnus Key To Information
During Grenada Blackout

Mark Barettella

Following the initial invasion of
Grenada, one of the only sources of
information about U.S. military
action was a Wilkes College alumnus
enrolled at Medical School on that
Caribbean Island .
Mark Barettella, a member of the
class of 1982 used his ham radio· to
contact the major networks and news
services wh&lt;;n these agencies were not
allowed to send correspondents to the
island.
Barettella, a native of Ridgefield,
New Jersey, graduated from Wilkes
two years ago with a degree in biology,
and was accepted at St. Georges Medical school in Grenada .
Until U.S. Marines liberated the
entire island , American reporters
were forbidden to enter. Barettella
managed to control networks with his

radio set and gave reports on the military activities . These reports were
aired for several nights on each of the
major networks 'special programs and
updates:
When the school was liberated,
American citizens were given the option of returning to the U.S. or staying on the island. While a few stayed,
Barettella was in the mijority that decided to come home .
There is presently discussion perhaps moving the medical school to
the U .S.; however, Barettella plans to
return to the island if the school remains there.
While the government ·which was
overthrown approximately two weeks
ago was marxist , Barettella had no
problems with the old regime.

..........•.....••......•.•.....•
GRENADA: RETUrtN OF
THE BIG STICK'?

.....•••••.
Phi Alpha Theta,
the Wilkes College
chaoter of the national history honor
societ y will hold a
discussion of the U.S.
involvement in Grenada
on Tues . Novo8 at
7 :30pm at Annette
Evans Alumni Houseo

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.Editorial
Something really scared me this Halloween. It wasn't the usual costumed
ghoul jumping out from behind a shrub, or even my own reflection in the
mirror first thing in the morning.
This year, it was a group of guys at the annual Halloween party at the gym
that made my face blanche and my stomach twist into a knot that slowly rose to
my throat.
Yeah, that's right, just a small group of guys being themselves and managing to cause an incident that rivals West Side Story as far as stupid, unnecessary
injury goes. It amazes me that four or five people can sour what was a perfectly
good evening for a large part of the campus.
This is hardly the first time such an incident has occurred; it's hardly the-first
time this year the same group has created problems. Their ringleader has a
history of immature, violent actions on this campus , and this year alone managed to ruin several other parties because of his senseless, neanderthal behav10r.
Since I'm sure everyone on campus knows what I'm referring to, I'll skip the
gorey, yet entertaining details of what occurred when campus security tried to
eject said party from the gym at the first sign of trouble (if you don 't know the
whole story, ask a friend), and get right to what scared me about the rumble
that ensued :
1. It's scary that so.u:iething had not already been done ab·out the behavior of
someone who has acted like a spoiled grade-school bully since his arrival
at Wilkes. My sophomore year, I had the pleasure of watching this guy
spatter someone's blood all over the wall and couch of my old dorm for no
special reason.
Are the students at Wilkes to assume this is accepted party behavior or
will something finally be done? Removing this menace from the dorms is
the very least action that should be taken.
2. It scares me that such a maniac could find a group of guys willing to
mindlessly follow him through a continuing series of showdowns with
authoritr- Do tr "" SFe hirn :\S -~Orne sort of non-conformist messiah?

- Slap me (oops, that's probably the wrong phraseology to use in this
particular editorial) if I'm wrong, but I thought we were at college to
develop our individuality, to shape our own thoughts, to learn how to
reason out our problems. These guys don't belong at college; they belong
in the armed forces.
3. ltscares me that the hired Student Center Security could find no other
way to prevent violence than with violence . I realize this was probably the
last resort, and I don't kno-w the exact details of the fight that took place,
but from all accounts, it sounds like excessive force was used in ending the
battle.
- Perhaps students shouldn't be given the responsibility of keeping
order at school functions. While I'm sure they are capable in most situations , they are, after all , students prone to the same weaknesses and flareups as the rest of us.
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4. It scares me that I was as happy as everyone else on this campus to find out
that someone had finally given this semi-adult delinquent the thrashing
d served. It was not until I sat down to write this article that I really
though about all the implications of the entire incident. Will this matter
spark a series of revenge-motivated attacks ?
5. It 's always scary when something like this happens at Wilkes. It gives
school activities a bad name ; one small group could easily destroy everyone's fun . If incidents such as this continue, we may end up with even
fewer social activities.
6. It scares me to be reminded that humans are merely animals with supposedly higher intelligence.
Face it , as scary as it sounds , Wilkes is merely a microcosm of the "Real
World .'' It is here that we sho1;1ld be learning that you can 't just attack people
that look at you the wrong way, that those chosen to keep the peace have no
right to act as the judge , jury, and executioner, and that violence merely begets
violence.

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I finally figured out why the girls
on tne upper floors of Miner Hall
don' t have boyfriends . Did you ever
try to climb all those stairs? I guess the
guys at Wilkes have more sense than I
thought. When you climb past
mountain goats, snow covered peaks,
God, It 's a little far to go fot a girl.
The thing that bothered me the most
was the way the Emergency Alert
Team of Wilkes hangs out at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for victims
to come tumbling down . They must
need people . to work on and good
heart attack patients are hard to find .
Tell me that Jeanie and Paul didn't set
that one up to discourage primitive
mating behavior.
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class?; Code name SIBOP.
While you' re in class did you ever
notice people wearing shirts that are
too short? If you have, you know that
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of tht:ir pants are buckled out . All you
have to do for hours of fun is wad up
little bits of paper and shoot baskets .
Keep score , shoot with different
hands, challenge the kid across the
aisle, before you know it , class is over.
Time flies when you're having fun!
The teachers are staging a rebellion! That's right and it's against the
students that come to class casuallydressed. How are they doing this? Let
me tell you of a few cases I've seen.
Professor X - Black double knit
pants, a dark green silk shirt, rejected
from 1970, and of course a red and
gold tie. Sorry girls, he's already married. You know as well as I do, a stylishly dressed man doesn't stay unmarried for long.
Professor Y: A tasteful plaid blouse
starts off, the colla:r is up but the shirt
is buttoned all the way to the neck. A
wide plastic belt sets off the wild colors of the shirt. A skirt, pleated, made

of that fake blue jean macenal. That' s
righr , the material that the Salvation
Army won't take clothe.s made
of
. Of course the skirt is
wrinkled, static has it clinging to her
pantyhose, and black shoes round out
the outfit . Luckily she is available ,
anyone interested send me a picture _
I'll see what I can do .
The golden Coal Shaft this week
goes to the Wilkes Security. As you all
know by now. somebody ripped off
the Bookstore. Logically the first person to discover tht break-in called security. The only problem was that security forgot to show up for awhile
(approx. r. 5 hrs.) It must be more
important to put parking tickets on illegally parked cars. Not to forget last
week's episode with the art work over
at Stark. You'd think after the vandals
got away with it they'd be back. lt was
fun ,they'd have to try it again .
Everybody out there remember

these people are trained professionals ; they know what they' re doing.
It's true, they didn ' t catch the people
that were shooting offbottlerockets in
Warner House. But, they let them do
it two nights in a row. And they did ,
after the rockets set off the fire alarms,
get those alarms reset faster than I've
ever seen .
We can't blame them totally, you
have to understand that their pay
does come from the college. It's not
like they're suppose to protect the
students, too.
Congratulations Security Dept.,
keep up the good work, I haven't seen
an illegally parked car in weeks.
Next week: You'll meet the best
"date on campus. We'll find out where
the chef really learned to cook . Also,
an interview with the guy from Wilkes
that's appearing in December',, issue
of Playgirl. 'Til then keep those box
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On the morning of October 25, 1983, American marines,
as part of a multi-national force, invaded the independent
nation of Grenada. Immediately, questions were asked as to.
what could prompt such an aggression, and what are the
future ramifications of this action. Before discussing the
action itself or the future of Grenada, it is important to look
back at the events that led to the invasion .
In 1979, Maurice Bishop, a lawyer with Marxists beliefs,
overthrew the freely elected government of Grenada in a
bloodless coup. Being a Marxist, Bishop sought the aid of
the "Papa Bear of the Western Hemisphere," Fidel Castro.
Castro began to assist Bishop in many ways, including the
building of a 10,000 foot airstrip . Bishop claimed this airport was being built to help the tourist trade' on Grenada.
American intelligence gave us a different picture. It seems
that the airport being built by Bishop and Castro would be
all too convenient for military aircraft, including Sovietbuilt long range bombers. Also, the Cuban workers helping
to build the airport were military reserves.
On Onnt_er 12 of this year, a small groul) of rebellious
miltia leaders overthrew the Bishop government, and
placed Bishop under house arrest. It became evident that
this new group of revolutionaries was even more militant
than Bishop, when a few days after the coup, Bishop and
several members of his cabinet were executed and a 24 hour
shoot-to-kill curfew was imposed on the island. Now, the
militant force had completed its short term objectives; to
seize power and to eliminate their formal opposition.
The other independent states in the ar,ea feared for their
safety since the army which Bishop left behind was larger
than the-armies of all of the other states in the area, combined . With this, the independent states called upon the
United States for assistance.
The United States had even more at stake than Grenada
becoming a pit of Communist influence . Over 800 American citizens were attending medical school in Grenada. Taking all of this into consideration, Ptesident Reagan, with the
advice of the joint chiefs decided that an invasion of the
island in order to restore a democratic form of government
was our only alternative.
Well, the intelligence reports turned out to be correct,
although there were a few surprises. Since the invasion on
October 25, United States Marines have uncovered warehouses of military equipment, including weapons in boxes
marked "economic aid ." There is no doubt that the Cubans were ready to set up a base of operations in Grenada
and that the invasion by the multi-national force was an
appropriate action.
When order is finally restored in Grenada, the people
will be able to elect a government without the influence of
Cuba or the Soviet Union. If the invasion had not taken
place, the people of Grenada would have had to suffer
through some very rough times. The invasion has guaranteed at least a chance at building a stable and peaceful government for the future of Grenada.
General Douglas MacArthur once said that failure in foreign policy can be explained by two words; "too late ." We
are happy to say that because of President Reagan's resoluteness and swiftness of action, we were not !'too late" to
save the people of Grenada from communist domination .
Any comments or criticisms arr:: welcome. Please write to
usat The Beacon.

Proper Perspective
by Chuck Denis

For many years the threat of war is a
subject which has been coming up
again and again.
Each of us has his or her own feelings about war and those feelings are
often shown in the form of an ethical
or moral standpoint - Is war right or
wrong?
In my eyes the question is very different. The question should read:
Why must the United States always
be in the forefront in provoking war?
Why must we "lovers of peace" always be so violent in our attempts to ·
keep peace?
Through moclern history the
United States has maintained its position of wanting nothing but pea'Ce .
Yet , also throughout modern history,
the U.S . has seemed destined to be
involved in militaristic peace-keeping
missions. This has happened in Korea, Vietnam, Chile, and many other
small nations. Vietnam and Chile are
two examples of how communist revolutions (with popular local support)
were delayed, or putdown, by the
presence of U.S . military forces.
Do we, as a great world power, have
the right to try to force our views on a
country which already seems to have
made its decision? Just because another world power may have done this
does that mean that we must follow in
suit? I thtak not! Even if you are the

most powerful country on earth, two
wrongs do not make a right, and, for a
country that is supposed to represent
freedom of choice and the rights of all
people, these actions are obviously
wrong.
How can people believe that violence, or the threat of violence, will
bring peace? Violence only brings
about more violence . To continue in
this manner over prolonged periods
of time will produce a violent and
hateful people; doomed to destruction .
The only way to actually· achieve
peace, whether it be local or world
wide, is for someone to be brave
enough not.to fight!
It is-peace that brings about peace .
Economic support, open trade, bargaining in good faith, and other such
actions are examples of how, this can
be carried out. Curiously, the United
States has been guilty at one time or
another of not performing these civil
duties (we, the so-called ''protectors
of freedom") .
Throughout history men have felt
that the way to peace is through the
build-up of military strength. Either I
am so blinded by my hatred of violence that I cannot understand this
point of view, or, those who believe it,
are so blinded by their love of violence
that they cannot perceive anything
else.

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Real News
by Thomas J. Monsell
U.S . Troops in Grenada Exceed 6,000

The pentagon announced last Friday that more than 6000 U.S. troops are
participating in the invasion of Grenada. This total is more than double what
was previously recorded.
Over 1000 marines were to be withdrawn but more than 5000 U.S . troops
must remain on the Caribbean island to track down and "neutralize" Cubans
still at large, according to Admiral Wesley L. McDonald , the Atlantic
commander-in-chief who is running the military operation.
Northwest Jolted by Earthquake

A major earthquake shook eight Northwestern states last week and killed
two Idaho childre~, the first deaths from a U.S. earthquake in 12 years.
The quake dislodged the front stone wall of a building in Challis Idaho,
crushing Tara Leaton, 7, and Travis Franck, 6, as they walked to school.'
James Watt to Work for the Heritage Foundation

Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt, whose revival-style speeches condemning liberals and environmentalists made him a favorite of ultra-

conservatives, will go to work for the conservative Heritage Foundation when
he leaves his cabinet post next month, said officials of the foundation.
Watt will be the latest of several departed Reagan administration appointees
to go to work for the Heritage Foundation.
Senate Votes to Study Agent Orange

The Senate approved a $400 million spending bill that includes funds for a
medical study of Vietnam veterans exposed to the defoliant Agent Orange.
The study is to determ ine whether Vietnam veterans who might have been
exposed to the chemical are at a greater risk for health affects than veterans who
did not serve in Vietnam .
Israelis Find Ancient Altar

A stone altar 30 centuries old has been unearthed on a West Bank mountain'
where the Bible says the prophet Joshua built his altar after leading the children oflsrael into the promised land .
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If the·altar is proven to be that ofJoshua it would lend support to those who
argue the literal nature of the scriptures rather than their allegorical value.

Nuclear 'War Seminar
by Sean P. Connolly
Nuclear war, from a medical perspective, is not a political
issue but a serious health issue which presents a large
amount of practical problems , so stated the President of the
New York City Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
On October-31, Dr. Jonathon Lorch, assistant professor of
Nephrology at St. Lukes's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in
New York City and faculty member at Columbia University,
presented a lecture titled , "The Medical Implications of
Nuclear War" at the Center for the Performing Arts.
In his lecture, Lorch explained the process of human annihilation during a nuclear explosion. Lorch used the hypothetical situation of dropping a 20 megaton bomb on the
city of Wilkes-Barre as an example. At ignition , a flash
would appear that could be visable from another gala,xy.
The heat generated from the blast wsmld be between 10 to
20 million degrees centigrade, and most of the people between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton would be vaporized in 11
seconds.
Lorch said people as far away as Hazleton would suffer
third degree burns from the flash and that within 100 seconds of the blast, 70% of the popi.,lation from Wilkes-Barre
to Carbondale would die and 10% would be injured.
In the aftermath of a nuclear explosion , the medical
problems that would demand immediate attention would
overwhelm the medical community, reported Lorch: "Io
New York City, after you consider all the physicians who
would die, it is estimated that there would be 5000 doctors
to 4 million patients. The problem is that even if the doctors
are willing to return to a highly radioactive city, there would
be no hospitals standing.''
Lorch explained that there are two types of radiation that
effect survivors of a nuclear explosion . The first type is acute
radiation which is susceptible to humans from one day to a
month after the explosion, and the second type is chronic
radiation that is prevalent from one month until 45 years
after the explosion.
Again using Wilkes-Barre as the example of nuclear attack , Lorch said that people as far as 'Boston would suffer
from acute radiation , that causes such ailments as bleeding
from all orifices of the body and a loss in white blood cells
that are used in our immune system .

Currently, major medical centers can treat up to 5 victims
of acute radiation. During and after a nuclear blast, these
centers would be faced with over 100 thousand sufferers.
One of the largest medical considerations after an explosion would be infectious disease, according to Lorch . "The
environment for infectious disease would be perfect. Disease would spread with the help of the corpses and rats and
insects would thrive," he stated.
Lorch quoted a civil defense manual in dealing with the
fantastic sum of dead bodies that would accumulate in the
cities, "Begin to look for new habitation sites and let the
dead sleep in their memorial . ''
It is estimated that there is 50,000 nuclear weapons presently in the world, and three to four new explosives are created daily. In a war, if 7000 megatons were used in a nuclear
strike, it would be equivilent to 550 bombs of the strength
of the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in 194 5.
Humans are clearly living in jeopardy, said Lorch, and
civil defense only perpetuates the illusion of surviving a nuclear war. Lorch commented on current governmental proposals of civil defense and some of their obvious absurdities:
"The crisis relocation plan for the New York City area is to
move 9 million people in three days to the Catskills, but the
Russians will have to wait three days before attacking.' '
Lorch commented that the ecological tragedy that would
occur after a nuclear explosion will destroy the life chain of
the Earth. The ozone layer, which is a layer in the atmosphere that absorbs ultra-violet rays from the sun, will lose
60% of its composition in the northern hemisphere and
70% in the southern hemisphere, added Lorch. The rays
from the sun will kilJ unprotected animal life, and "The
cockroaches will inhabit the Earth," he said.
Because neither side of the superpowers are willing to
lose, the era of having a war is over, commented Lorch. He
suggested that through awareness action, and creativity the
citizens of the United States could help put a stop to its
countries insistance in building nuclear weapons. He said,
"Don't pay your taxes . Reagan doesn't have enough
money; not even Casper Weinberger and his friends can afford to build these weapons ."
He said that Americans have a unique opportunity because we can make a difference in the people we elect to
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Insight Provided.By Mock Rape Trial
by Karen Cassidy
The Victims Resource Center ofWilkes-Barre presented
its fifth annual mock trial,
October 25, at the Luzerne
County Courthouse.
The mock trial involved the
Honorable
Chester.
B.
Muroski, who served as the
presiding judge. _Prosecuting
attorney was Robert Gillespie, Luzerne County District
Attorney. Defense attorney
was Luzerne County Assistant
Public
Defender
John
Thomas. The victim was
played by Ms. Beverly Stavish
and the defendant was Mr.
Dave Jenkins.
The trial followed the outline of a realistic trial situation by tracing the prosecu-

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tion process from jury
selection, through opening
statements for defense and
prosecution, victim's and defendant's testimony, closing
arguments, deliberation · of
the jury, and the jury's verdict.
The mock trial began when
actress Beverly Stanish accused actor Dave Jenkins of
raping her by forcable convulsion and threat. She claimed
he pushed her onto the bed
_with a knife at her throat and
forced her to have sexual intercourse. He entered her
:1p.1rtment by slitting open a
window screen. A third
charge of burglary was listed.
However,
according
to
Jenkins, Stavish suggested

Jenkins visit her that evening. the District Attorney 's office,
He said she suggested going local police departments,
into the bedroom to get more medical personnel, and Viccomfortable, and that he did tims' Resource Center.
not force himself upon her.
The Victims Resource CenAfter cross-examinations ter ~s a comprehensive service
hv both ,prosecuting attorney ,.,rganization for rape and sexand d~fending attorney and ual abuse victims that began
LJosing arguments, the jury in May, 1974. V.C.R. is a nonproclaimed Jenkins guilty .t ~ profit, volunteer corporation
charged of rape by convulsion, rape by threat, and bur- developed because of the rapidly increasing rate of sexual
glary.
assaults
in this area.
According to Ms. Jane MaTheir
purpose is to help
her and Mr. Paul Kanner, covictims
of
sexual assaults,
chairpersons of the mock
trial, it is hoped that through
their families , and friends
the trial, the public becomes
through the ordeals they have
aware of the cooperative supco face after an assault,
port network available to sex''Through the mock trial,
ual assault victims through
we also try to present a realisthe Luzerne County Courts,
tic view of the rape process,''

The debate union of Wilkes College continued its winning season
with it's recent victory at the annual
'' Autumn Leaf'' individual events
tournament, hosted and sponsored
by Clarion State University of Penn:
sylvania.
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Twelve schools from four different
states gathered on the Western Pa.
c.ampus for two days of stiff competition. Wilkes continued it's record by
winning five trophies. Members of
"Kinney's Kids" won the recognition
of being the fourth best overall school
in the competition.

In addition, in the individual public speaking events the following
awards were won. Walter Schonefeld,
the defending winner from last year,
once again was awarded the first place
trophy in Extemporaneous Speaking.
Ms. Donna O'Toole continued her
own winning record by placing 3rd in
the very competitive area of Informative Speaking. She capped her awards
by winning the first place trophy in
i111pr0m_ptu Discourse, which marks
the· second year in a row that a mem- ,
ber of the Wilkes unit has won this
competition.

stated Ms. Maher.
V.C.R., formerly Women
Organized Against Rape , is a
United Way Agency providing a 24 hour hotline, 8230 76 5 , a referral system for clients in need of additional
counseling services, accompaniment to the police station
and court, victim support
groups, and the presence of a
trained sexual assault counselor in the hospital emergency room.

Annette Winski giving a very different type of Persuasive Oratory advanced to the final round and was
awarded the 4th place trophy for her
rhetorical skills.
New comer to the team, Dan Duttinger, was recognized by the tournament officials as the top novice Persuasive Speaker at the tournament
and was awarded a certificate of excellence.
The Clarion tournament victories
rai~es the number of honors, awards,
and trophies won by the debate union
this year to fourteen.
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Big Brothers/ Big Sisters are "Friends Forever,,

The Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization held their a~nual Halloween
party on Sunday, October 30, in the Student Center. Approximately 30 people
attended the event.

by Donna Nitka
Looking for something to do with
your spare time? Want something
that is interesting, challenging, enjoyable and, at the same time, worth- .
while? ·sound too good to _be true?
Why not look into the Big Brothers/
Big Sisters organization? There's a
chapter here on the Wilkes ' campus
and they are currently seeking new
members.
The Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization brings together kids, little
brothers and sisters, seeking adult
guidance and companionship with
adults who are willing to spend a few
hours each week with them. Mose of
c4e children involved in the program
~ome from problem homes and/ or
from economically disadvantaged
backgrounds.
Jim Volpi, vice-president of the or:
gani1.1tion, stated that the purpose of
che organization is to bring exposure

to the Big Brother program of the
Catholic Social Services. He went on
to say that prospective big brothers
and sisters must go through an orientation- progra_m before they're
matched with a little brother or sister.
Being a big brother carries with it the
obligation of spending at least four
hours per week with your little
brother. The obligation is set for a one
year period.
The campus organization sponsors
many activities for its members . Their
annual Halloween party was held on
October 30, with 25-30 people in attendance . They also hold a Christmas
dinner in the cafeteria and a picnic in
the spring . Their main fundraiser is
their annual talent show which will be
held in February. The proceeds from
the show go toward paying for little
brothers' and sisters' meals in the cafetena .

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.SCB Is More MTV
by Karen Cassidy
The Student Center Board sponsors a majority of social activities on campus
throughout the school year.
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The SCB meets every Thursday at 11: 30 on the second floor of the Student
Center in the widescreen T. V room to discuss and plan social activities and
events such as trips, parties, and widescreen T. V viewings.
The Student Center Board or SCB, has an executive council comprised of
Cress Shallers, director; Kathy Hyde, personnel director; Karen Cassidy, social
director; Naomi Harris secretary; and Jackie Pauly, publicity. Ralph Pringle ,
MarkJohnson, PJ1il Abramson, Beth Cortez, TomJamicky,Jill ~anLoan, and
J oe Williams are members of the Board. Dean Hoover acts as advisor.
The Cavern, located in the basement on the Student Center, is run by the
SCB. Playing video games, such as Star Wars, Centipede, Baby Pac-Man, and
Dig Dug to name a few, is m_ade possible by SCB . They have also furnished a
Fussball , a pool table, dart boards, ping pong tables, and the equipment to
play these games. A stereo system, usually playing MTV, along with tables and
chairs, are placed in the cavern to promote a social atmosphere. Visit the cavern '
weekdays from 9 am to 11 pm and weekends from 12 pm to 11 pm, with the
snack bar open Sunda,'S from 6 pm to 11 pm.
Also located in the Student Center is the Mitsubishi Widescreen Television.
This television was purchased last year. The SCB encourages all students to use
the color television. Bringing two IDs to the cavern worker allows anyone to
watch it. The T. V is hooked into cable and receives MTV HBO will be installed
shortly. They are also showing ~r Games, Diner, True Confessions, and Who's
Life Is It Anyway? on the widescreen throughout the school year. The dates and
times will be publicized a week or so before the free showings.
The Student Center parties are organized by the SCB and other organizations, with the building, stereo equipment, and DJs being supplied by the
SCB. Any organization on campus may sponsor· a party simply by contacting
the social director, Karen Cassidy. Free food and drink is always supplied with a
$1.00 admission price by showing a Wilkes ID. Th.e music is supplied by the
SCB 's DJs which are Frank Schaffer and Wilbur McCann known as Mom and
Dad's Roommate, Tom Butcher and Brian Calhill, or Nat Brown and Jim Hancharick. The stereo equipment and DJs are available for dorm and gym functions for a $10.00 stereo rental fee and a $25.00 fee/DJ During all Student
Center parties, the Cavern is open to socialize and to get your food and drink.

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Student Center Board members include: (seated, left to right) Phil Abramson; Karen Cassidy, social director; Jackie Pauly, publicity secretary; Naomi
~a~ris, clerical. s~cretary; and Jill Van Loan. (standing, left to right) Tom
_,amtcky; Joe Williams; Cress Shallers, director; Kathy Hyde, personnel director; and Ralph Pringle.
The SCB sponsors a variety of trips, one being Whitewater Rafting each
spring down the Lehigh River. Atlantic City trips are sponsored by the SCB in
the Fall and Spring of each year. They are run in conjunction with a casino and a
casino rebate is furnished.
Ski trips to Elk Mountain have always been a popular activity coordinated by
SCB. They begin second semester and are weekly ski trips alternating Wednesday and Thursday nights leaving from the Student Center in the late afternoon.
A concert trip is being considered for next semester. SCB is look-ing for suggestions of a band or artist students would like to see perform. All upcoming
trips will be publicized with more detailed information for-all students. The
cost of these trips are kept at a minimum since the Board subsidizes these trips.

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The Glass Onion
by Craig Tomashoff
Don't get N ick Lowe wrong. H e
may sing about old movie stars being
eaten by dogs, do a mock tribute to
the Bay City Rollers,and come up with
such cheeky album titJes as The
Abominable Snowman , but he insists he's not a funny guy.
''I'm not a comedian, though some
people think of me like that," explains Lowe during a recent interview. "But I can't take this business
seriously , I must admit, It's a very
nice way to earn a living and I get
reasonably well paid to do what Jdo .
But I just do what I can and if I caf!
sort of prod someQOdy w h ~ e r
than me, which is what I~ better at,
. . . I can give a million reasons why
somebody else should do
something.''

''. . . pop is short for popular. It's what sells and generally what I do doesn't
sell.''

What Lowe does is work as one of
the most · creative minds in pop
music. He's turned out four solo
albums, starting back in 1978 with
the legendary Pure Pop
For Now
People. He was also teamed for years
with Dave Edmunds in the band
Rockpile.
And to top it all off,
he's worked for years as a producer
for artists ranging from Elvis Costello to the Pretenders.
Still , Lowe has remained in relative anonymity. His singles, with a
few exceptions like 19 79 's ' ' Cruel
To Be Kind,'' have gone nowhere.
His brand of pure pop has yet to find
the audience it deserves.
"There ' s a sort of reverse snobbery,' ' he s·ays in his thick British
accent. "When I coined the phrase
'pure pop for now people , ' it sort of
annoyed people at the time because
pop certainly wasn ' twhett&gt; it was at.
Pop has become a sort of bycword - for
everything that isn't pop. Pop is
what sells. Journey is pop. Styx i~
pop.''

It 's not like he's onl y trying to
make music in order to make a
profit.
Pop is as much a unique
so und and style as it is an abbreviation
for popular. But a little appreciation
certainly won't hurt anything.
Lowe's last album, The Abomin able Snowman, came out
this
past spring.
It featured plenty of
horns and background vocals, lots
of catchy stuff that pleased his record
company.
''The reco rd was better than
thonght it was going to be . ''
"l got some stick (a.k.a. flack) from
my record company (Columbia) for
the hst record I did (Nick The Knife).
They thought it was underproduced,
which it was. It sounded like demos.
I kind of grooved on that but the big
men at CBS came an&lt;l saw me and
said, - 'Nick, you've got to fuckin'
get the hits stuck in here. You do
it for other people.'''
One of the most prominent of
those other people is Elvis Costello,
whose early albums were all produced by Lowe. He . helped shapeCostello's style but he insists he
finds it '' quite difficult'' to do his
own records.
'' As soon as I hear the bass and
drums and a bit of a guitar solo,
that's it," he explains . A shrug of
his shoulders.
"And 1 thought it
was really cool to do a record like
(Nick The Knife). I thought they'd
all be saying, 'Whoa! What a cool
record!' So with The Abominable
Snowman, I tried' to work much harder qn it. That's why I brought in
another producer to help
me , to
sort of kick my ass a bit. ''
Word of Lowe's skill as a producer
has gotten around, no matter what
he seems to say.
H e even admits
that he's heard now and then artists as diverse as Yes and Art Garfunkel who seek his services .
" Those are the sort of people for
whom I might go, 'Hmmm, I could
put something into ol' Yes ,''' he
says with his characteristic smile
beaming.
''But you never kn ow if
the artists themselves
ask or
whether their lawyers or managers
say, 'Artie needs a producer'. Who
are the producers these days? ' And

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Happy 21 Don! Maybe you'll be
old enough to shave now . By th e
.way, was she a good witch?
Dear Don &amp; Dave ,
Happy 21 baby bros. Try to stay
out of trou~le. Your loving sister.
To Margaret: Do you have a
comb? R. C.

Happy Birthday to th ree wonderfu l people - David , Donald and
Ralph . Gold Bless ' Shelly and Beth
C.
Robin,
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It 's time to go for the full-time
man . You deserve better. - S To Roosevelt: What's a T. F.?
Squirrel.

they get the list . It's unfair for me
to say that Art Garfunkel is just
dying for me to produce him.''

''I enjoy doing whatever I'm
not doing at the time.''

Since he ' s pro ven himself equally
adept both inside and outside
of
the recording booth, it would seem
Lowe has at least established himself
in the business . Still, he's a bit restless because "I enjoy whatever I'm
not doing at the time.' '
'' I like being able to do all the different things (in music) but I'm not
sufficiently good at one or the other
of them to sustain my interest,"
Lowe continues.
"I don't really
much like doing my own records. I
don't mind standing up and playing
them but the thrill is pretty much
gone. I prefer to act out my fantasies
with the people I work with.
Like Paul Carrack, the former
keyboardest for Ace and Squeeze,
who had a mild hit in 1982 with the
Lbwe-produced single '' I Need You''
and the· album SV.:..1 urban Voodoo.
An&lt;l . of course. Dave Edmunds. ,
Starting in the mid-7 Os, Lowe
teamed up with the veteran Welsh
rocker , Dave Edmunds , to form the
band Rockpile. Though the group released only one album in its long history, and
that not coming until
1980 with Seconds of Pleasure, Rockpile served as the backing band for
each Edmunds and Lowe solo album.
In addition, it became known as one
of the most entertaining live bands
around.
The band was a reflection of both
Edmunds ' and Lowe ' s strong points,
featuring both Elvis Presley-style
rockers and crisp, clean pop songs.
But not long after Seconds of Pleasure came out , the chasm between the
the
two men ' s styles proved too
large. The band broke up what
seemed to be the height of its popularity, with rumors popping up
everywhere about a Lowe-Edmunds
feud .
"We did fall out. The rumors

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were true,' ' Lowe confesses, tern poraril y foresaking his grin . "I was
livid with him. But not now.
Christ! It's been two ye·ars .
I' ve
only seen the guy twice in that time
and only spoke to him once. We just
don' t see each other.' '
Still, Lowe respects his fo rmer
partner.. He attributes the split to a
need for both artists to simply move
on to other things. Life was getting
too rnutine. As the saying goes,
the thrill was gone. And Rockpile
was nothing if not fun.
"What is awful is when people
sort of grin on and on doing something for no r~ason
at
all,
really , ' ' Lowe says.
' ' The thing
about Rockpile was we hardly ever
used to rehearse and that's what
people liked about us, the spontaneity
of it. It seemed like we were enjoying it and we were. We were really
good friends .
"But when that starts
going,
people can really pick up on it. I
always say that if groups that do more
structured stuff hate
each other,
they can stick with each other and
the audience won't pick up on it
because the bands play these structured arrangements. But with Pile,
the first thing the fans picked up
on us was our enjoyment of it so
if you' re going to 'stand there with
a phony smile on your face, people
are gomg to notice it quick. ''

To all m y friends : You have onl y 1
more shopping day left before my
birthday, Please hurry and avoid the
rush . All gifts accepted (cash also).
Love , Ralph .
P. S. Gifts will be accepted no earlier than Saturday, Nov. 5.

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''I prefer to act out my fan. tasies
with the people I
work with.' '
Apparently, Lowe's smiles these
days are quite legitimate. Last winter
and spring, the band Lowe and Paul
Carrack have formed toured with
consummate pop star Tom Petty
and received a bit of notoriety. And
radio
programmers around the
country, as new music formats gain
popularity , are taking note of what
Low can do.
The future looks bright . Or,
at least , brighter than it did a few
years ago . Still , the laconic Lowe is
not ready
to order the chauffered
limos yet .

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Jim,
Is that any way for a p resident tu
act? I'm shocked 1
Donna

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B. K .,
Happ y two and one half years
baby! I've always loved you and I
still do. Nobody's going to take me
away from yo u .
M. W. A.
B. F.
D id you get my kiss?
Your Short ,
Sexv. Blonde , Friend .

To Fufie and Otter: T. P. vs. C. M.
in the F. F. race. Who 's winning?

Fid ,
Har:, py 11 mor,th an ni versary'
I I nvc you!

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wench, I'll .il wa ys wait for you. So
what if yt,, :._,,, hroker, my heart 3
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1 he entire campus
know~ I love pain .

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Writer's

Cramp
by Donna Nitka

Have you noticed that there's an
overabundance of "how to" articles
cropping up in women's magazines?
They're not your average "how to"
articles that give you step-by-step instructions for performing such delightful tasks as fixing a leaking roof
or building a dog house. Rather, they
deal with things of a more personal
nature.
I was first introduced to these articles last year when one of my friends
came running int6' my room, clutching the latest issue of Cosmo and rambling on about an article that I just
HAD to read. Well , curiosity got the
best of me and I found myself reading
" How to Seduce a Man ."
Since then I've noticed that most of
these ' ' how to '' articles deal with beginning, reviving, or ending relationships , and include such topics as
" How to Pick Up a Man ," "Making
That First Date Great, '' '' Putting The
Romance Back In The Relationship ,''
and even '' Surviving The Break-Up.' '
But, what about those instances in
which no relationship is involved ? I
have yet to find an article that addresses my particular problem: the
all-consuming obsession.
Now, as any poor soul who's been
unfortunate enough to develop an
obsession can tell you, obsessions
aren't pretty. In fact, they're far from
it. Not only do they occupy all of your
free time, but they also find their way
into your thoughts during class, at
work, when you're trying to study,
and any other time you' re trying to
concentrate.
Do you know what makes this situation even worse? It's the knowledge
that the person you're obsessed with
either doesn't know that you're ob-

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sessed with him or, worse yet, knows
about it and doesn ' t care .
I'm sick and tired of hearing the
girls in my dorm complain about their
recent break-ups with their boyfriends . At least they have memories
to look back on - the parties, the picnics, the movies, the evenings spent
just talking (among other things) . At
least they had someone to argue with.
At least they HAD someone to break
up with. What do you have with obsessions? Nothing.
What wouldn_' t I give to have the
opportu nity to break up with my obsess-ion. Do you have any idea what
it's like knowing that not only will
you not be able to be able to break up
with' your obsession , but that you 'll
probably never even get the chance to
establish any type of relationship that
will be worth terminating? In other
words , not only does your obsession
not break up with you, but he never
even wanted to go out with you in the
first place , so you don 't even have a
relationship to break . How's that for
disheartening ?
Contrary to popular belief, you do
not outgrow obsessions. Believe me, I
know. I figured that once I got to college I' d be over my "obsession
phase.'' How wrong I was. Instead of
getting better, it only seems to get
worse. Help! I can 't take it anymore.
Being obsessed takes too much out of
me - all the planning, all the scheming, all the gathering of facts about
the object of the obsession . It's terrible. It's gotten to the point such that
I'm probably an expert on the object
of my obsession. Scary, isn't it?
The sad part about the whole thing
is that there's nothing I can do about
it. An obsession is ;n obsession and it
just has to run its course . I've tried

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Saturday's Halloween party atmosphere to advertise his wares.

Manuscript Society Lists
Sponsored Events
by Denise Seiner
and Cheryl Kashuba

p . m . in the CPA lounge . The reading
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sponsored by the Department of Language and Literature .
The Manuscript Society
held a relt'Ptio n afterwards.

The Manuscript Society, publisher
of the Wilkes College literary magazine, sponsors a series of poetry readings each year.
The first reading of this semester
The Manuscript Society also sponwas held on Thursday, September 29
sors a film series. The Tin Drum was
at 7 p .m. in the Student Center.
shown on Friday, September 9 in the
Henry E. Long, Karen Mason,
CPA. A reception followed. NosDarlene Miller, Anna Mae Stanley,
feratu, a silent vampire film , was
Tom Butcher, and Ahmad Harris
shown on Friday, October 21 in SLC 1.
read. Both original and non-original
Pop.corn and cider punch were served.
works were read .
The series will continue with Hester
A second reading is scheduled for · Street on November U. Admission
Tuesday, November 8 at 7 p.m . The
for all films is free.
location will be announced. Anyone
Manuscript meetings are held every
wishing to read should contact any of · Thursday at 11 a.m. in the basement
the editors or any member.
of Kirby Hall. Everyone is welcome.
John Taggert, poet in residence ,
Any students wishing to obtain more
· read selections from his original
information concerning the society
works on Monday, November 1 at 8
and its events or to submit original
writings or art works can contact Editor Karen Mason, Associate Editors
Denise Seiner and Anna Mae Stanley,
t-l&lt;X{M~w, our&lt;
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Art Editor Henry E. Long, or any
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submitted via the Manuscript box on
the first floor of the Student Center or
the Manuscript mailbox located in the
mailroom on the second ,floor of
Kirby Hall. The Manuscript office is
soon to be located on the second floor
of the Student Center.

by Kevin Fagan
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everything I could think of to get over
it - diverting my interests elsewhere,
immersing myself in my work, everi
aversion therapy but nothing
works. A friend once described obsession as a ''vortex'' that you ' re sucked
into and can't get out of. She was
right .
So, what's.left? Nothing really. Obsessions are a part of life, and the best
anyone can hope for is to be able to
cope with them. Of course, for the
more enterprisingly obsessed, there
may be a job for you writing obsession
cards with David Letterman. "I've
been watching you , and I know the
route you take home from classes

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you think about a major issue this weekend. It could avert larger problems.
Enjoy yourself Friday nwhr, but working on projects Saturd?y and Sunday
would be the most intelligent decision. **
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) Your weekend will be filled with attempts to console disappointed friends. While Friday and Saturday night are lack-lusrer,
Sunday dawns full of promise - try to get out . *
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Problems in classes plague your Friday afternoon,
but go out Friday night anyway. If not , you may miss something you 've been
waiting for, for a long time . Your academic life is infringing too much on your
social obligations . ****
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 20) Family arguments break up weekend plans with
a loved one . Be patient with relatives who attempt to put you in the middle of
the crisis. Saturday evening may bring peace and a chance to relax . *
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Nothing can keep the excitable Gemini from
cruising through the weekend at the maximum level of enjoyment. Toss aside
work until Sunday night when you'll be recovering from Friday and Saturday.
*****
CANCER Gune 21:July 20) Life offers you little in the way of fun this Friday.
Watch out for romantic problems . Saturday may hold promise if you follow
cues from a loved ones behavior carefully. ***
LEO Guly 23-Aug. 22) Ignore the pleas of a self-interested friend as they
could ruin Friday night plans. An unexpected gift brings pleasure o_n Saturday.
Even Sunday looks promising if you are generous with someone you may not
agree with. ****
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You sail smoothly through a weekend filled with
possible pitfalls. Numerous activities and projects scream for attention ; try to
get some sleep on Sunday. ***
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) A new romantic interest is heading your way;
however you may have trouble recognizing the favorable qualities in this person. Be more observant of the behavior of those around you and your weekend
could be perfect. *****
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destroys happy plans . Only by opening your mind to the equality of your peers
can you salvage even part of your weekend. Be more willing to admit you are
wrong.**
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) An average Friday and Sunday are your
fate . Saturday should be spent attempting to catch up on back work assignments and projects. Productivity is high if you ignore distractions. ***
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Given the circumstances surrounding your
plans, watch out for problems with authority figures . Keep your cool or you
may find everything you 've worked on in ruins. **

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* what you were doing. Now, _on with the dirt . ..
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PAT - Grow up already! I think everyone is tired of the tough guy image.*
Maybe you could try the Woody Allen image for a change.
KAREN - You are definitely one gutsy lady . . . What does it feel like to:
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STEVES - I want a list of all your relatives. Who really is your brother?
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BILL - Where's your "Hall pass " ?
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CINDY - Sorry but Karl and Dave both hate blondes ... something about*
tp.e "overbite" effect. Nice story about one from every team . .. was that while:
they were in training or out of training?
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BOB - Yes you do know us ... some of us might even live in your building . *
DON - You devil you, who was that cute witch we saw you with Saturday!
night? Is it true ·s he turned you into a toad and made you all bumpy and horny?*
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Hey little girl - COKE adds life - but not .to someone's hair! So next time:
keep it in your cup!! !
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DONNA - Nice outfit! Glad to see you are living up to your nickname, *
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SHELLY - I think the man with the moustache wants you . GO FOR IT!!! :
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ELLEN....:... Nice costume ... who were you supposed to be? Looks like this:
: roomie is going for the record . . . she has lasted almost a whole semester.
(What's wrong with her?)
Hey Halloween belly-dancer - Did you rent thar costume by the piece? It:
sure looked like there were a few pieces missing! Abby, you ' re such a prude . *
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: seeing you in all the familiar places.
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Social Lights
Night Spots
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Cook's
Fri. Tumblin ' D1ce
Sat. Butch Rao
Mickey Finn's
The Station
Fri. Billy &amp;Jerry

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Friday; November 4
Student Center Party: 9 p.m.-1 a.m. "Goodbye to Student Scholarships". Sponsored by
the Amnicola, Beacon, and the Manuscript.
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with I.D., 50¢ without I.D. Skate rental is 75¢. Tickets will be sold at the door. Buses will leave
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Who's Who Deadline Extended
by Thomas J. _Monsell
The deadline for "Who's Who
Among Students in American Colleges and Universities" applications
has been moved to Friday, November
11, at 4:30 pm.
The change in the deadline according to Dean Arthur Hoover was · because he felt that the previous deadline was not publicized enough and
did not allow the students enough
time to apply for the honor.
"Who's Who" has been serving
American colleges and universities
since 1933. The honor of being selected is conferred by.more than l 000
schools in all 50 states and the District
of Columbia. " Being selected is an
honor," said Dean Hoover, and. "is
consistent with our (Wilkes College)
philosophy of developing the total
person , both academically and socially. "

The intent of "Who's Who" is to
give recognition to students who have
distinguished themselves apart from
their classmates. Hoover said it was
important to note that the honor is
not strictly based on academic
achievements but is mostly based on
the student's demonstration of active
participation in college activities or
community activities. The honor is
also based on the student's ability to
demonstrate potential leadership
qualities.
The requirements for nomination
are: the student has to be in senior
standing and must have maintained a
minimal 2. 0 grade point average.
Self-nomination forms are available
for students at the deans' offices, the
Residence Life Office, and the registrar.
The most important aspect of

nomination according to Dean
Hoover is that he wants to make sure
"that everybody feels he or she has a
chance to be chosen ."
Much time and effort go into the
selection process according to Hoover
because this is a very special honor
and Wilkes College wants to be well
represented . The selection committee
is chaired by Hoover and contains
Student Affairs personnel and usually
two students . Hoover wants to make
sure that when choosing, he has people who are familiar with the applicants so there are no questions of
whether the applicants merit the
honor. Hoover said the addition of
the two students to the selection process is very important because the students usually know the applicants not
just as students but-as a whole and the
students' input to the process will
sometimes make the difference in-

who receives the honor and who does
not.
Department chairpersons and administrative officers also aid in the selection process. The chairpersons and
officers can nominate those whom
they think merit the award, because
they know their students and they
know if they should be awarded the
honor.
The number of applicants chosen
to be representatives of Wilkes College is a set number. The number chosen cannot exceed 36 students, but it
is important said Dean Hoover that
''we not choose 36 students just to fill
a quota. We have the option to choose
less than 36 if we want to." Dean
Hoover pointed -out that the honor
can be helpful in future placement
because ' ' it says something about that
student that shouldn'_t go unrecognized."

Bulletin Board
Advisement Task
Force Established
An Advisement Task -Force has
been created to make a _thorough evaluation of the entire advisement proc_ess at-Wilkes College. Meetings are
scheduled for Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m.
in Weckesser Hall.
At ·the recommenda(ion of the
Long Range Planning Committee,
one of the five Institutional Priorities
for 1983-84 is to i:eview the college advisory system . Members of the task
force will study procedures at Wilkes,
look at other advisement systems, review literature on the subject, and
survey faculty and student opinions
on campus. The work of the task force
will report recommendations for
strengthening advisement at the College.
Students , faculty, and staff are
urged to submit comments, suggestions , or recommendations , in writing, to any member of the task force
or to appear at a meeting of the task
force to make a presentation.
The composition of the task force
follows: Dr. Gerald Hartdagen, Dean
of Academic Affairs; Mr. George.Ralston, Dean of Students; Mrs. Doris
Barker, Registrar; Ms. Adelaide G odek, Director of Nursing Learning
Center; Mr. David Talenti, student;
Dr. Joel Bedatsky, Associate Professor
of History; Mr. Robert De Young, Associate Professor of Economics; Mr.
Boyd Earl , Associate Professor of
Mathematics/Computer Science; and
Dr. Penelope Padgett, Assistant Professor of Biology.

THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY MEETING FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO STUDENT
. TEACH . DURING THE' SPRiNG
1984 SEMESTER ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 8 AT12 NOON IN SLC
ROOM 137 .

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Student Government
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by Karen Cassidy
Student Government divides itself
into nine committees to serve the student body in a mo"re efficient , organized manner.
The social committee , co-chaired
by Donna Garber and Sharon Fidishun, plans and initiates social activities on campus~ as well as helping
other organizations sponsor activities .
They sponsor some of the coffee
houses , gym parties, roller skating
parties, and student center parties on
campus.
The publicity committee, chaired
by Marion Karmilowicz, Linda Fritz,
and Jeanine Boliniski, publicizes Student Government activities ranging
from gym parties to the films shown
on campus by Student Government .
The film committee , chaired by
Debbie Vogt , is responsible for the
films shown throughout the school
year.'
Phil Totaro is chairperson of the travel committee. This committee gathers material for, and arranges , trips
such as the Florida Spring break trip
and the Vermont ski trip , for the student body.
The
ecumenical · committee ,
chaired by Shelly Urban, arranges religious se!'lices for Thanksgiving ,
Christmas, Easter, and Passover, with
clergymen speaking at the programs .
The academic comm ittee, chaired
by Randa Fahmy, investigates academic complaints made by the student bod y. They review academic p roposals presented to them .
Don Talenti, chairperson of the finance committee , provides up-todate records of Student Government
funds . The finance committee also
examines the spending of Student
Government money when given to
college dubs and organizations. They
also meet with all campus treasurers
in the beginning of each semester.
The
constitution
committee ,
headed by Dave Talenti , keeps the
Student Government constitution
and by-laws up-to-date. They also
make sure all clubs' and organizations' constitutions are consistent
with Student Government's constitutton .
Steve Scharpnick is chairman of the
election committee which coordinates
Student Government's nomi nation
and election procedures. They also
enforce campaign rules.

WILKF.S COLLEGE!
It's not teo early to think about

by Donna Nitka
The Biology Club was granted $220
during Monday evening's Student
Government meeting by a vote of 200-1 . The money will be used to subsidize the club's recent trip to two New
York wineries .
The Hockey Club presented a first
reading of their request for $758. The
money would be .used to furnish the
team with equipment, etc . They will
present a second reading next week,
at which time their request will be
voted on.
Social Committe&lt;· ( &lt;J-Chairperson
Donna Garber remin ded everyone of
the upcoming skating party at the
LS. Skate-A-Rama in Nanticoke .
The party will be held on Sunday, November 6, from 7:30-10:30 p.m.,
with buses leaving Stark at 7 p.m. Admission at the door will be 25¢ with

I. D . , 50¢ without it. Skate rental will
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be 75¢ .
President Ralph · Pringle announced that tickets for Comtnuter
Council's New York trip, scheduled
for November 23, will go on sale on~'-i••Penunentlii
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Sudden Death

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by Tim Williams
The Wilkes Soccer Team defeated
Baptist Bible College, 3-1, and
dropped a tough match to East
Stroudsburg University by a score of
2-1, in soccer action last week.
The Colonels dominated play in
the first half but could not manage to
put the ball in the back of the Baptist
Bible net. As a result, the score remained 0-0 at the half. ·
Early in the second half a Defender
obstructed a Colonel forward six yards
form the Bible goal to give Wilkes an
indirect free kick. Freshman Mike
Molloy' s shot was deflected and
knocked in by junior co-captain Greg
. Losier.
The hooters continued to pressure
the Defenders' goal despite their one
goal lead. The Colonels tallied their
second goal as freshman Matt Wasel
dribbled along the endlirie and
passed the ball to the onrushing Frank
Wanzor who easily scored to put the
Wilkes team up by two . Molloy added
an insurance goal with approximately
fourteen minutes remaining in the
match when Wanzor gave Molloy a
thru-ball which put him one-.on-one
with the Bible goalkeeper.
Coach Wingert ~cleared his bench
after the third goal. With only a few
minutes left in the game Baptist Bible
scored as a shot deflected off the Colonel goalkeeper's hands and into the
net .
Wilke!- ~i~r,layed a better brand of

soccer in the East Stroudsburg match
but were unable to come away with a
victory. In the first half the Warriors,
with the wind at their backs, dominated much of the play.
The Colonel defense only broke
down twice in the first half, but it was
enough to give E.S.U. a two goal margin going into half-time. The second
goal came with only 20 seconds to
halftime.
The second half belonged to the
Colonels as they took control of the
game by passing effectively. Wilkes
had several opportunities but did not
capitalize on them. .
About 70 minutes into the match
the Colonels were awarded a free kick
30 yards from the Stroudsburg goal.
Junior co-captain Tim Williams
chipped a ball into the E.S .U . goalmouth for freshman Gary Klopchin
to head into the net . This rounded
out the scoring for the day as the
Colonels fell to 7-7-2.
"I really thought we were going to
score at the end there, to send it into
overtime, but we came up short ,"
commented assistant coach Kelly Noseworthy.
Coach Wingert added, "That's the
best we've played all year. We passed
well and our defense was strong .' '
The Colonels' next and final match
is Saturday, November 5, against Delaware Valley College. The match begins at 2 :00 p .m.

by Charlie Yozwiak
Whew! And! though dodging bullets in the Belgian Congo was rough. Just
try to reason_ with a group of football players who are disgruntled over comment~ made m The Beacon by a person who calls himself (or herself) Dr. Zonk.
This so-called "Dr. Zonk" decided to have a little fun in last week's edition
by doing what every other insecure, big-mouthed idiot does to make themselves feel important on campus-undermine and discredit the Wilkes football
team.
.
This person evidently gets a good laugh at the football team's expense but
does:°' t have the courage to sign their name . By remaining anonymous and not
ownmg up to these comments , this person proves that he or she lacks the
backbone to make these comments face-to-face.
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I would really enjoy seeing this person come up to, say, Mark Rodes, (or any
football player for that matter) and say, "Hi, I'm Dr. Zonk . Do you want to
know about some of the things to do on campus? You can go out for the
football ,team . If that's too much, you can take down stats for the other team
since they pile up so inany. ''
Good o Id Dr. Zonk will be needing a doctor for himself after that encounter. He'll be piling up his own stats in the emergency room .
How can this so-called "Dr. Zonk" (who probably doesn't even know what
it is_ like ~o play football) make such comments and not even have the courage
to sign his name? I don't have any respect for a person who is not willing to back
up ~hat he sa~s or does. Hell, a_nybody can write or say something and not sigri
theu name to it. It takes a special person to stand up for what they believe in.
What rea!ly makes_me mad is that this person is probably one of those people
who aren't mvolved many sports and dorsn't know what it is like to compete.
Sure , the football team hasn 't been having a stellar season. But is that a
reason to launch a campaign of verbal abuse on the team . What the team needs
is. the support of the student body, not the abuse. The team doesn't need
people poking fun at them b~hind their backs, the football team needs student
support.
Well , I've released my views on this su bject. But there are 52 other football
players who are very disgusted with this Dr. Zonk character. I hope for the good
old doctor's sake that they never find out his true identity. If they do, Doc Zonk
will himself be a statistic.

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Harriers Run Downby Mike Keohane .
The harriers finished up their regular season on a grim note with a loss to
the very powerful Susquehanna University this past Saturday.
The Crusaders dominated the race
from start to finish on a course consisting of very difficult terrain. The
team's morale suffered due to the loss
of co-captain Tom McGuire and a leg
injury to freshman Dave Macchina.
The harriers did not expect to accomplish much, but were satisfied to
come away without a shutout . They
feel they will do a lot better against
the Crusaders this Saturday, November 5, at the MA Cs where the competition will be a little tougher.
The week was not a total loss, however, as the Colonels travelled to Baptist Bible College to participate in a
tri-meet between B.B.C. and WilkesBarre campus of Penn State.
Senior co-captain Joe Dill finished

in fine form with freshmen Neil Williams and Macchina not far behind.
Leading the pack of Wilkes runners
were sophomores George Hockenbury, McGuire, and freshman Mike
Keohane.
The Colonels are looking forward
to the upcoming MAC meet. Wilkes
has experienced considerable success
in the playoffs in the past.

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stay alive .
Other than swi~ming across the river filled with man-eating plants, it
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Season Previews
Basketball
by Charlie Yozwiak

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The Wilkes College Basketball
team, under the direction of first year
Head Coach Bart Bellairs, will be
looking towards the upcoming season
with optimism.
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The Colonels, who have missed the
Middle Atlantic Conference Championships for the past two seasons (losing in a playoff tie-breaker game),
welcome back five returning lettermen, and a host ~f talented ,freshmen .
Senior Co-captain· Rick Sheaffer
and Ken Yakobitis will be manning
the front court, along with Dave Zapatocky and Tom Allardyce . Dave

Wrestling

Piavis and Mark Aguilar, both sophomores, will be providing depth at the
forward and guard spots.
The Colonels lack depth in the
backcourt. Senior transfer John
Duesler (Duquesne University) and
freshmen Eric Jacobs and Bobby Collins are expected to play prominent
backcourt roles this season.
John Bracken and John Buis are expected to see a lot of action in front
court positions for the Colonels.
The Colonels will look to improve
on their 8-15 record of last year. Bellairs will be assisted in coaching duties
by Tom Pieczynski and Dave Mattes .

by Charlie Yozwiak
iors Kurt Rowlette (14-4 last year),
The Wilkes College Wrestling Mark Correll (18-8-1) and sophomore
team, laden with seven returning letMarc Sodano (14-8-2). The return of
termen and a bevy of incoming freshGene Clemens (3rd place EIWA in
man talent, will be looking to draw · 1979) has given the team a boost in
first blood against Oregon State Unimorale.
versity on December 1, when they
Top recruits include Glenn Whiteopen their 1983-84 season at home .
man (145), Tony Troyan (Hwt.),John
The Colonel grapplers, under the
Cherry (132), John Pauley (105) ,
direction of Head Coach John Reese
Gary Lee (155), and Brandon Serra(who is entering his 31st season at the
tore (119).
helm) will be looking to get back into
The Colonels will be looking to imthe top 20 rankings this year. The
prove on last year's mark by avoiding
Colonels had a 12-7 dual meet record
key injuries and beating some tough
last season.
opponents such as Navy, Temple, LeReturning lettermen include sen- high , and Penn State this season .

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Notices
Floor hockey is being considered as
an intramural sport. If enough interest is generated a six or eight team
league will be formed.
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The sport basically has the sam~
rules as ice hockey, the only major difference being the floor. Teams will
consist of 8 to 10 players with six play1ers playing at on~ time.
Submit your team rosters to Bart
Bellairs before December so that he
can make a schedule before the second semester. If you cannot organize
a team and still wish to play, submit
your name to coach Bellairs and he
will place you on a team.
Information concerning all intramural activities can be obtained in the
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Due to the interest shown in Coach
1Wingert's social and coaching activi1ties in our last issue of IBE BEACON, we felt it right to update you
on his bowling activity classes.
This past week three teams were
crowned CHAMPIONS of their class
tournament.
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Winners included: The Wanderers
John Stich, ScottKeller and Jeannette Wans; Team Arold - Ralph
Pringle , Sharon Fidishun, Marisa
Marguardt, and Steve Sharpwick; a?d
55 ML2 - Liz Nevin, Mary Woronow1cz
and Linda Shaw.
Those students looking-for a daily
schedule of Mr. Wingert' s activities
should either join the soccer team or
schedule one of his bowling classes.
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VOL XXXVI
1'11.- 5
November 4 . l 983

Pioneers Pop Colonels
The Wilkes College ootball team,
under the direction of Head Coach
Bill Unsworth, lost to Widener University on Saturday, 41- 7.
The Colonels, despite the decisive
edge that Widener had in points on
the scoreboard, played sound football
with a minimum of turnovers. Wilkes
got the ball first in the game and then
quickly marched downfield inside of
the Piol)eer 30-yaidline.
The Colonels were stopped short in
that series, but in their next two possessions they marched down and repeated the first drive into Pioneer territory.
A stiff Widener defense held tight

as the Colonels tried to score in those
next two series; with an interception
halting the last deep penetration in
Pioneer territory. Widener signal
caller Bob Mangold held the Colonel
defense at bay, passing for 148 yards
and scoring three touchdowns.
The Colonels continually moved
the ball on a highly-touted Widener
defense ( ranked first against the rush
in Middle Atlantic Conference standings), but only managed to get on the
scoreboard once in the game. The
Colonels also found themselves on
the lower end of a 27-0 score at half
time.
The Pioneers came out charging in

the second half, rolling up 14 more
points to seal the fate of the Colonels.
Widener scored on a 73-yard touchdown pass from Quarterback Dan
,,.. Guy to Steve Carter, and on a 6-yard
run by Jerry Irving.
The Colonels finally hit paydirt in
the fourth quarter. Wilkes field general Eric Reidinger connected with
junior wide receiver Ed Mann on a 15yard pass to score . Jo Jo Mantione
booted the PAT to finalize the score,
41-7.
Freshman runningback Gerry Russomano and offensive tackle Mark
Rodes turned in fine offensive performances for the Colonels, along

with wingback Mike Higgins.
Defensively, the Colonels were led
up front by outstanding play by defensive tackles George Solomon and
Dan Paveletz. Linebackers Scott
Bruggeworth and Rich Murray also
contributed to the defensive effort.
The Colonels, now 1-6 overall and
in the conference, will be on the road
again this week when they travel to
FDU-Madison for a Friday night
game on Saturday.
NOTE: Special thanks and condolences to Gerry O'Neil for making a
very big sacrifice for the team on Saturday.

Lady Colonels Lack Luster
by Valerie Roberts
The woman's field hockey team
finished its season last Monday when
they were eliminated by Franklin and
Marshall in the MAC playoffs. The
team finished up at 7-8; this marks
the first time that Coach Meyers has
been below . 500 percent.
At the beginning of October, the
team capitalized on some key attacks
to defeat Delaware Valley 4-0. Good
defense by Valerie Frey and Lisa
Thomas held the opponents while
Debi Cometa lead the key attacks to
score.
Goalies Tracy Kelly and Janee Eyerman had four and three saves, respectively. The College team had 28 shots
on goal and seven corners to help the
scoring drives.
Against Marywood on October 7,
the team was evenly matched accord-

ing to Coach Meyers, but were able to
able to score, thus giving the team a · Wilkes team had all the advantages .
The primary advantage was playing
drive in two goal~ . Alysse Croft was
double loss for the day.
noted for an excellent defensive game
on the home turf. This helped the
At this point in the season the team
as the Marywood attacks were shut
team pull off a victory over Susquelooked forward to Lycoming and Sushanna, 3-1.
down .
quehanna. These two games would
Wilkes had 18 shots and six corners;
Sally Vojteck, Debi Cometa and
either qualify or eliminate the team
Janee E¥erman had two saves and • for the MAC playoffs ..
Mary Ann Judge each had a goal and
Tracy Kelly had five.
By the end of the day, October 11 , 'Tracy Kelly had four saves. The
The ·team then had a rough schedWilkes team had 15 shots and nine
the team had one game down and one
ule on Saturday, October 10, with a
saves.
to go to qualify. The team beat Lydoubleheader against Frostburg State
On Monday the first round of the
coming 2-0 and had 13 shots and nine
and Bloomsburg.
corners.
MAC's were held. Wilkes travelled to
The team suffered a 2-0 loss against
Goalie · Tracy Kelly registered six
Franklin &amp; Marshall in hopes of adFrostburg and a 7-'1 loss verses
vancing to the next round of the playsaves while Sally Vojtek and Jean
Bloomsburg. This was the worst loss
Dougherty slipped in the two winoffs. It was not to be as the Lady Colosince i976 when Bucknell beat Wilkes ,ning goals.
nels lost by a score of 4-0. They
managed to hold off the F&amp;M attack
8-1:-Messiah dented the Lady Colonels'
record on the fifteenth, with a 4-0 win
in the first half but could not do so in
Meyers listed Bloomsburg' s talents, speed and continuous attacks as
over the team . The team had eight
the second half. This eliminated
what damaged the team's defensive
shots and three corners, while Tracy
Wilkes from the playoffs, thus ending
Kelly had 15 saves .
and offensive abilities . The team outtheir season.
played Frostburg State but were unWhen Saturday rolled around the

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                    <text>Wilkes College Logs Onto
-New Computer System
by Thomas J. Monsell

The college's new Data general
computer system 'fits into the admin- (
istration and the faculty ' s long range
plans to make Wilkes literate in com1Juter languages, according to Dr.
Umid Nejib, chairman of the
Engineering Department.
"We're trying to keep ahead of
the world,'' said Nejib. He sees
computers as an integral part of the
education process. The· new system
is being used by a vast array of disciplines, not just the usual Computer
Sci ce.
Ev~rybody from math
classes to the humanities are using .
the system.
T he old system, a Honeywell,
was not discarded but will be serving
the administration and the faculty.
The old system did not correspond to
the needs of the students anymore;
it was outdated. Nejib reported ,
"Our students couldn't have found a

job anywhere if we continued use of
, the old mach_ine.''
·
Nej i b also added that the library
should be computerized within a
year's time.
The new computer is a " state --of
the -arts" system which means that
it is the newest machine of its kind.
A lot of the system was donated by
the computer company because it is
new , and they want to prove to the
business and academic communities
that it is a very valuable piece of
machinery to have. "It is a test and
the company and the college have
a lot to gain from it ,'' said Nejib.
The actual machine is about the
same size as the old one except the
Data General is much faster and is
expandable to 16 megabytes. The old
· Honeywell was expandable to only
two megabytes.
When Nejib and his staff embarked
on the involved task of overhauling
the college's computer last February,

they projected the needs of the college
for the next five years, and the Data
General , served the needs best.
"My staff did a tremendous job.
There still are some bugs in the
system , and it is important for users
not to get mad at these bugs. Any
problems will be worked out,''
explained Nejib.
Nejib hopes that in the near future ,
all students will have access to the
Data General: "We' re thinking of
giving every student an account on
the system, to use or not to' use."
This would allow the average student
to compose and store documents and
learn computer language in preparation for the highly computerized job
market.
Nejib also stated that there has
been a change in the approach of the
administration. The acquisition of
the Data General marked the first
time the task of running the computer
services has been given to the faculty.

Another Story About The Same
Computer ,By A Different Reporter
by Sean P. Connolly

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Vol..XXXV-1
No.6
November 18, 1983

Wilkes College
W ilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766

Wilkes College recently installed a
state:._of-the-art , Data General computer that will ·not only benefit the
students but will also be available for
use by members of N0nheastern
Pennsylvania business and industrial
community. This in turn will benefit the college financially , said Dr.
Andrew Shaw, dean of Management.
Wilkes College is one of the first
institutions to purchase the modern
computer , said Shaw, and is ·one of
the institutions involved in the Ben
Franklin Partnership. This is a gro_up
working towards cooperative efforts
between higher education and industry, sponsored by the Commonwealth of the State of Pennsylvania.
The program is designed to bring
high technology to educational
programs through involvement with
industries .
The program also is
intended to give existing industries
a chance to use the high technology.
Shaw said the program may in fact

enhance the ecohomy of the region.
The Ben Fran klin Partnership
program offers state grants to institutions who have approved programs ,
said Shaw, and Wilkes College , with
the use of its new computer, has the
possibility of receiving such finances .
''These programs do not happen
overnight, but Wilkes is already
working with area businesses . ''
The computer was purchased after
a long study which involved analyztrative needs of the college, according to Shaw. He said the computer
will be used as a tool to provide
students with the use of up-to-date
equipment and to create a continuing
relationship with businesses. Students, specifically· uppe'r classmen,
may have an opportunity to work
with companies, which will give them
"hands on" experience and possibly
a chance for employment.
Shaw said the finances collected
from the program would greatly
benefit the college, by stabilizing
escalating tuition and offering funds
for other facilities and personnel.

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Editorial-------------=-=As I sat in my room this past weekend, forcing coffee down,my throat
and trying to convince my brain that it should seriously consider the
manv auestions that mv historv research paper, "Was The Black Prince
Really Black?" raised, I realized that it was that time of the semester.
All of a sudden , hidden research papers an d exotic class projects are
sneaking · out of desks everywhere to terrorize students late at night.
Chances are your body has decided that since it never gets to see your
bed , the minute you sit on it (the bed) , it's nap time. Your. instructors get
all misty-eyed when you show up for class.
The entire campus has fallen under the spell of "end of the semester
apathy." Even parties seem dull. Only a human sacrifice could satisfy
our jaded tastes now.
If you think battling academic apathy is tough as an underclassman,
try it as a senior. For seniors , " end of the semester apathy" begins in
mid-July. Somehow, next to the ever-present threat of being pushed out
into the cold, cruel world , it just doesn't seem to matter what color the
Black Prince was . Strange things begin to happen when you're a senior:
1. Grad. school actually starts to look appealing. " Of course I'm sure
I want to spend another five years complaining about the stupid way
the educational system works."
2. You lose the common decency of at least worrying because you're
not worrying about your grades and classwork.
3. You get an uncontrollable urge to do something lasting for the school
like paint "Helter Skelter" on the front of Weckesser Half.
4. You staple a resume on your chest, superglue your mouth in a smile
formation and have "Pick Me" tattooed on your forehead.
5. You feel old and wise in the ways of campus life. Freshmen come
flying into your room with horror-filled tales of woe about what they did
. at a party the night before, and all you can do is smile, seeing your own
"freshman face" reflected in their's.

To the Editor:

Director Prescribes
Tbe Good Doctor

For Entire
Community

I would like to take this public
opportunity to invite all faculty,
students, ad~inistrators, and staff
to the Wilkes College Theatre production of The Good Doctor by Neil
· Simon. This comedy wit!\ music
will be presented Friday and Saturday ,
November 18 and 19, at 8 p.m.
and Sunday , November 20, at 2

Pringle In Traffic Jam
To the Editor:
This is an open letter to an youe
who was inconveniencec1 by the lack
of a bus fo r the r .iller skating party
which was held November 6. Please
accept our apology but the bus driver
got sick and dido 't bother to get a
replacement. The bus company was
very . apologetic and has offered to
make reparations for our next trip. ·
Again , I apologize for the inconvenience and hope you can understand
our dilemma.

Thank you,
Ralph Pringle
Student Government President

However, th e largest, scariest symptom of being a senior is the ovewrwhelming fear that you have spent four years majoring in th e wrong
subject. Suddenly, you hate your major(s). Nothing you 've do,ne seems
to be worth anything. All you want to do is quit school and_become a
welder at a nuclear power plant.
My poor roommate has listened a million times to my " I Should Be
Going To Empire Beauty School" speech: " Face it, people will always
need their hair cut. My mom is a hairdresser; it's in my genes. I never
should have tried to break out of my working class background .. . ."
Everyone pan ics about the future: It doesn 't really hit you until you 're
a junior that soon you will really have to go out there into the " Real World"
and do something with what you've learned at Wilkes. As s_
enior year
moves on, people start saying things like, "Only six months until graduation," and your stomach just curls up and dies.
.
· .
Had Charles been able to wait until I graduated from college, instead
of marrying th at ditsy blonde , my original career plan to be Queen of
England would have remained the same . I wouldn 't have to be worrying
about whether to apply for work with the National Enquirer or to try to
get a job coming up with new names for nailpolish and lipstick colors
(that's a job for an English major; who else could possibly think of eighty
different ways to describe " red "?).
The point of all this is to beg the campus ' forgiveness if the seniors
seem a little more testy than usual and to tell the seniors to hang on for
one semester, and then come out fighting. Don't give up on your career
plans quite yet.
(In the spirit of this editorial, I myself have come up with an altern~te
plan to become Queen, whereby I marry Prince Andrew, and then,
suddenly, Di, Chuck and .the kid have a "tragic" helicopter crash.
Naturally, the IRA will claim responsibility; they always do. And if Andrew
gets married, there's always Edward, and if he gets married, there 's
always Prince William. So I'll be 38 and he'll be 18, we'll adjust ... .)

p.ni.. in the Center for the Performing
Arts.
The Good Doctor has been entered
in the American College Theatre
Festival, a nation wide competition
with finals next spring at the Kennedy Center in Washington ,
D.C. Attendance at The Good Doctor will
demonstrate to Festival evaluators
both support for our hard-working
cast and crew and a college-wide

interest in the · performing arts , so
please plan to attend. Each student,
faculty member, administrator, and
staff member may receive two free
tickets. Reservations can be made
by calling 829-9144 or by stopping
at the box office.

Sincerely,
Dr. Michael O'Neill
Director

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be glad to print the letter in the
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Beacon
next
issue of the newspaper.
received two letters in response
·
The
Beacons
letter policy states
to my last editorial. I would
that,
while
we
will withold the
have included both; however,
name
of
an
author
on request,
one, which was extremely wellthe
newspaper
staff
must
know
written, was unsigned. The perwho
wrote
the
letter.
The
letter
son who wrote this has no reason
we
have
printed
this
week
was
to withold his/her name, and if
typeset
exactly
as
it
was
received.
he/she will come forward, I will
To the Editor(s):
This letter is being written in
disagreement with last week ' s editorial. We realize everyone ' s right to
freedom of speech and freedom of
press , but that ' s really not the issue
at hand. We won't use the name of
the individual (hint: it's underlined) because I'm sure we're all
aware of who and wtfat we' re talking
about. Granted the actions of all
persons involved were not appreciated , but what really has 'irked' and
disgusted alot of people and has been
questioned is this staff'~ _ ability tC&gt;
present such a sti:uation. The 'labels'
and judgement passed on individuals
(hint: it's underlined again) by the
few persons who colaborate to write
the editorials are in no way, shape,
or form entitled to pass judgement or
discredit an individual(s) name by
his associations or reputation (which
others claim he has).
Although
Wilkes College students are professed
in being responsible for their own
actions (which has yet -to be seen
because of administrations. constant
inconsistencies i.e. housing-especi-

ally with discipline , it appears they get
the words and meanings of social
a~d academic mixed up!) A few
others besides ourselves are quite
perturbed at the barbaric ''phraseology" used, the accusations made,
and even more so the 'labels' placed
on the individual(s) involved. Where
the HELL does this staff come off
with ''non-conformist messiah''?
That's definitely a strong claim and
not appreciated, so . . . ''oops, slap
yourselves". How do you Beacon
staff writers know he was a "spoiled
grade-school bully'' ? In other words,
we the readers can safely assume that
you all know this individual, not his
actions, well. We think some clarification of your thoughts not your
journalistic vanacular-jargon ability,
wou:ld be appreciated considering it
sounds like all of you are not intuned
to the whole story "What did you do,
ask a friend"?
SIGNED:
Janet Confalone
JillDeWald
Kathy Taylor
Leslie Smith
Joe Birmingham

Peggy German
, John Pauley
Marc Scarafile
Andre Miller

Anybody seen the "Phantom
Kisser?' ' She gave some guys on
the floor some things that they want
to give back. I told them the scabs
will go away as soon as the sun comes
out. As for her male counterpart, I
just can't go into it yet. Well, at
least not until the mono tests come
back.
How about that Commuter Council
threatening people to get them to
join? In the public interest, Dr.
Zank thought they might need some
more suggestions: (1) Take a bath.
(2) Let all the air out of commuters'
tires and install an air pump in the
commuter office.
(3) Give them
the wrong stickers so they'll get
tickets. · (4) When they come to
Dave to complain, lock the door.
(5) fell their mommies! (6) With
each new membership, offer a free ·
six pack and a date with Greg B,
maybe a free subscription to · the
Beacon. (7) How about an all-expense
paid night a:t McOintock Hall, with ·
No-Doze of course. (8) Get a new
club president. (9) I'd say blow up
all the cars, but someone wou:ld
burn his lips on the mufflers. (10)
Make them sit and eat the food in
the cafeteria. (11) Disband the council. It shou:ld be an administrative
iob anvwav. But the administration

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just gets it off its back by giving it a
fancy name, and telling students
that it's a responsible job.

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The Golden Coal Shaft this week
goes to the student advisors
who don't advise you. You know,
the ones that- hand you the slip and
tell you they'll sign it when you' re
done, knowing full well that you'll
mess up. What do they care?
They've got their job, and their
life is pretty well set. It's not like
they have anything riding on this.
The students shou:ld get these bad
advisors to pay for their extra expenses.
It's funny, they're the
professionals, and they expect to get
paid, but they never deliver the goods.
The students should have to sign a
paper saying whether or not their
advisor did his or her job.
Thanks to my advisor and others
like him there's many students on
the eight-year program.
Luckily
they 're people you can go to to get
help.
Congratulations advisors!
Way to take the students to the cleaners and get paid for it.

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Next week: · Does the school
really put saltpeter in the food? And
the Betty Crocker A ward for the
best buns on campus. Party 'ti) you . .

Conservative Com.m.ent--------------by Stephen K. Urbanski and
James J. Haggerty, Jr.
On Tuesday, November 8, the
voters of Luzerne County made their
choices on who shall govern for the
.next four years, but since this column
is being written before Tuesday's
election, we can't tell you who won .
Actually who wins the ele:tion is
not really important. The past has
shown us that no matter who wins,
and no matter what great changes
they promised during the campaign,
any change that comes will be minor.
Ev~n when the Democrats took over
control of the courthouse from the
Republicans, there were no major
changes. In a sense , we changed the
conductor when we should have
changed the music .
For years, county government
thro ughout the state has been the
best example of all things government shouldn't be. People fail to
realize the tremendous potential in
county government . Although the
general public is not entirely at fault
here. The reason they fail to realize
this potential is due to the archaicness of the present form of county
government. Before the county government can even begin to tap any of
this vast potential and become some. thing besides the wasteland it is to day,

we must reform it.
The problems with our present
government in Luzerne County are so
numerous that they could fill volumes
upon volumes. The three major
problems are: the form of government, the offices, and the ele=tion of
certain offices. These problems can
not be solved by simple administrative changes. A major overhau:l is
not necessary, but it is our only
alternative.
The major problem with this form
of government is that there is no
separation of powers between the
legislative and executive branches.
The three county commissioners are
both the executive and legislative
branch , therefore , they must make
the laws and administer them, also.
The combination of powers is contrary to all the ideals written into our
constitution . Whenever the executive and legislative powers are combined , the result is always the same-ineffective governmen t.
T hroughout the history of the
United States, we have prime examples of the fail ure of just such,
govern ments. T he commission fo rm
of municipal government is one of
the best examples. The commission
form had a consolidation of executive and legislative powers, and after
widespread use in the early part of

this century, the vast majority of
those cities that adopted it have
abandoned it. In contrast, our federal
system, with its separation of powers,
has survived basically unchanged for
almost 200 years.
The other two major problems
with county government are closely
intertwined.
In Luzerne County,
we elect a sheriff, a coroner, a recorder of deeds, a register of wills, a prothonotary, a clerk of courts, a controller, a treasurer, and two jury
commissioners. This brings to mind
an interesting set of questions: Why
not elect a county window washer?
Why not elect a county gardener?
Or , why not elect a county crossing
guard? Unfort unately, the election of
many of the row offices are just as
ludicrous as electing a county crossing guard .
Every time a county election comes
up, the candidates campaign fo r these
row offices wi th the assumption that
if elected they will either change
the way things are done now (if they
are the challenger), or keep doing the
good job they have done in the past
(if they are the incumbent). This
sometimes becomes very interesting ,
especially in offices like that of
coroner or jury commissioner. We
have always fo und difficulty in understan ding how the coroner is going to .

bring new jobs into the area, or how
the jury commissioner is going to
pick the names for jury using the
Democratic or Republican way. Of
course, there was one candidate for
jury commissioner who claimed he
was more qualified than his opponent
because he had been picking the
names out of the barrel for the past
four years, and that he had grown
quite proficient at this job.
. If the potential of this region is
ever to be recognized ; we must first
realize the potential of county government. .We will never be able to
attract industry to this area so long
as we have ineffective government at
the local level. Very few candidates
for public office realize this. Most
of them are too concerned with getting elected rather than to attack
the issue of governmental reform at
the local level. It' s time for the public
to do something about it.
First , we must study the present
fo rm of county government to fi nd
its weaknesses and strengths. Then ,
and only then can we begin to restructure county government to be the
fountainhead of democracy that it's
supposed to be.
·
Any comments or cnt1osms are
welcome.
Please write to us at
The Beacon.
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Alcohol Policy: '' No Crisis,'' Says Ralston
by Sean P. Connolly
The Student Affairs Council conducted a discussion concerning the
alcohol policy on campus on November 10 in the board room of Weckesser Hall. The meeting was attended
by 17 students and seven administrators.
George Ralston, dean of Studert
Affairs, said, "It seems that we have
a large turnout for today's meeting
because people think we are in a
crisis situation. There is no crisis."
Ralston added that the ~eeting had
been planned for some time, is part
of a continual process, and was not
directly scheduled because of recent
alcohol related problems that have
occurred at Wilkes.
According to Jean Adams, assistant director of the Residence Life
Office, who was also present at the
meeting, there has been a ban placed
on all residence hall functions unless
special permission from the office is
received. During the past few weekends, problems in student behavior
have occurred while students were
-under the influence of alcohol at
campus funct;ons.
Ralston said the reason for reviewing the policy is that the policy is

a difficult one to arrive at because of
complications with relation to city
and state laws. He said that ,no action
would be taken on the current policy
because of the discussion.
At the request of Ralston, Resident
Life Director Paul Adams, explained
that the existing policy concerning
alcohol in the student center was
adopted during the 1980-81 school
year and the policy for residence
halls was adopted in 1979.
Adams said this second policy
was intended to provide for private
parties in the residence halls where
residents and guests could socialize
in their living environment. It was
not intended for the "open" party in
which anyone could attend a function
at a dormatory. The "open" party
violates the double occupancy clause
in the party policy which states that
each resident of the dorm may invite
one person to a function.
Students participated in the discussion by relating the problems and
frustrations of students concerning
the current policy. A common complaint by the students was the
excessive pressure which is placed on
the resident assistants and dorm presidents while trying to comply with
the party policy. The students, who

were mostly class officers, resident meeting was how to control students
assistants, and organization leaders, who abuse alcohol during campus
also expressed problems in trying to functions. Students said it is hard to
enforce school policies to a some- monitor people at a party who have
times non-compliant student popu- consumed an excess amount of
lation. "How is an R.A. or a dorm alcohol, especially freshmen who
president supposed to enforce policy have recently left the restrictive
on a group of rowdy students?" atmosphere of home. A freshman
questioned one member.
who was present, commented on the
Mrs. Rachel Lohman, a member of subject, "I have been to quite a few
the student affairs council and Fin- parties since I've been here , and
ancial Aid director, suggested that believe me, it is not only the freshthe responsibility of enforcing the men who cause problems.''
alcohol policy should rest on the
One student said she would sum
entire membership of the residence. up the policy problem by saying that
"ff there are 20 people in a dorm, students do not realize that the
there should be 20 people enforcing alcohol policy on campus is a privthe rules,'' said Lohman.
iledge and not a right. ·
Kathy Hyde, an R.A. from Evans
Ralston commented on the possiHall, suggested that when a residence bility of banning alcohol on campus
hall wants a party that would be an altogether by eliminating the current
infraction of the policy . they should policy, but he again added that no
use the Cavern, the basement of the action would be taken on the policy
Student Union Building.
because of the discussion.
Hyde said that the
Another discussion has not been
Student Center would be~ a perfect scheduled at this ti~e, but future
location for a party because of the meetings are expected.
large space available and the few
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entrances used, which could be
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''Kinney's Kids" Coach
Com.m.unications
The Academic Support Center
recently announced the offering of a
new service at Wilkes College.
Beginning this m:onth the members
of the award winning Pennsylvania
Omicron Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta
National Speech Honorary Society
will assist any undergraduate student
having difficulty in the Communication Studies program's Fundamentals
of Speech classes.
The members of the speech team
will offer tutoring service in the techniques of speech construction, organization, delivery, use of gestures,
personal and interpersonal communication techniques, and how to develop
confidence while speaking. Eventually the service is planned to be
extended to cov.er all upper level
speech and communication courses.
'' The public speaking team has
been very successful in the area of
intercollegiate competition and would
like to offer what we have learned
from comf?etition and observation to
the Wilkes student body, skills and

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stated Annette
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~'Kinney's Kids" and president of
the local Pi Kappa Delta chapter.
Currently members of the Debate
Union hold the longest winning
record in the history · of Wilkes
College.
The tutoring service is free and
available daily by contacting the
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' ' Psychic Numbing ' ' Com batted By Peace Group
.by Sean Connolly
"Psychic numbing" is a term used
to describe the general tendency of
people to ignore the reality of the
possibility of nuclear destruction.
The term refers to the process of
"numbing" or blocking the thought
of nuclear war in one's mind so that
one is not concerned with the grim
facts of human am1ihilation in the
event of a nuclear catastrophe.
Dr. Samuel Merrill, professor at
Wilkes College and member of the
Wyoming Valley~Peace Committee,
said the term was invented by Robert
J. Lifton, and it applied to the survivors of the Hiroshima nuclear
explosion. Today, he said, th-e term
refers to Americans and others who
constantly ignore the fact that man-

kind is living in an extremely hazardous state.
Combatting ' 'psychic numbing' '
is the primary goal of the Wyoming
Valley Peac e Committee , sa_id
Merrill, whose wife, Susan , is coordinator of the group. "The idea of
nuclear war has become taboo. We
are an education group that tries to
raise the consciousness of people,''
said Merrill.
The Wyoming Valley Peace Committee was informally formed in the
1960s to discuss the issues of war
and peace. Today, after two and a
half years as an established organization, it has 160 full members and a
375 member newsletter mailing list.
The group does not have · a headquarters, but meetings are held on
the second and fourth , Fridays of

every month at 12 p.m. at the First
Presbyterian Church of Wilkes Barre.
The committee worked with the
Wilkes College Concert and Lecture
Series in scheduling the recent lecturer Dr. Jonathon Lorch at the
Center for the Performing Arts.
The lecture was titled ''The Medical
Implications of Nuclear War,'' and
was · attended by over 200 people.
Dr. Lorch, president of the New Yark
Chapter of Physicians for Social
Responsibility, spoke on the medical
perspective of nuclear war and the
consequential overwhelming problems that would paralyze the medical
community.
Merrill said that although the
group does not sponsor protests, it
does participate in and organize qther

act1v1t1es. In 1982, tor exami-'1L,
the committee circulated a petition
dealing with nuclear freeze.
The
petition had over 3000 signatures and
was presented to various congress
members, said Merrill.
The American people, who ch,; ose
the representatives in government.
can make a difference in putting .i
stop to nuclear arms, commented
Merrill. He said that people should
be aware of the crisis and the alternatives, and that, they should really
talk about the subject, no matter how
unpopular it may be.
For information concerning membership or receiving a free newsletter,
write:
Wyoming Valley , Peace
Committee P.O. Box 1416 WilkesBarre, Pa. 18703.

The Good Doctor_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Department _ Presents

Theatre

The Wilkes College Theatre
Department will present Neil Simon's
The Good Doctor on November 18
and 19 at 8 p.m. and November 20
at 2 p.m. at the Center for the Performing Arts.
Dr. Michael O'Neill, director,
said the play is based on the works
of playwright Anton Chekov. O'Neill
described the play as ''hysterically
funny but at some points very
moving.''
'' It is Neil Simon's

attempt to write a Neil- Simon play
like a Chekov play.'' He added that
there are musical parts in the play
as well.
The production has an eight member, cast with senior Thomas Butcher
playing the lead role known as "the
Writer,'
Neil Simon's . interpretation of what Chekov might have been
like. 'The Writer' speaks to the
audience while the cast and he act
out nine different stories.
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play, but because it is a good approach
to Chekov. O'Neill added that in
the last five to six years, critics have
re-evaluated Chekov as a playwright,

Weekend

and they have found him to be more
humorous than previously believed.
O'Neill said, "Chekov had always
said that he wrote comedy, but no
one believed him.''
Faculty, staff, and students are
allowed two free tickets with identification.
All seats · are reserved.
Reservations may be made by calling the box office at 829-9144 or
extension 416.

Wilkes College
Bookstore· Burglarized
by Sean Connolly
Someone entered the Wilkes
College Bookstore on · Wednesday,
Oct. 26, by breaking a small window
of the backdoor, and proceeded to
steal three display cases of class rings,
the keys for two cash registers, and a
portable tape recorder valued at $40,
said Gene Manganello, bookstore
manager.
The burgulary was reported by
bookstore employee Bob Stefanko
who said he noticed the shattered
steal-enforced w i,ndow as he walked
from the parking lot to work on
Thursday morning . When he entered the store, said Stefanko, he saw
the counters cleared off, the display
cases crush ed on the floor , an d the
. place in general disrepair .
Manganello said the display cases
belonged to three separate ring com panies and that he could not estimate

. their value. He added that th,e keys
from the resisters were stolen, but
that no money is left in them overnight.
According to Housing Director
Paul Adams, an alarmfrornthe bookstore went off at approximately
5 :30 p.m. and was noticed by a resident assistant who wa_s on duty in
the lobby of Pickering Hall. Adams
said the alarm is a short signal and
the R.A . assumed it \ 1 as triggered by
a bookstore emplnvep re - , ·ntering
the store. N:- ;:.::tion was t c' ::c1 !.
Manganello said the Wilkes-Barre
police were notified and detectives
investigated. He said a lieutenant
from Globe Security, the college's
security contractors was also present .
He added that the ring cases were
taken to be dusted for fingerprints,
but that there has been no word from
the police concerning the investigation.

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Alan,
How about "I give ya" a few questions?
How's softie? Do you walk him on the
dike too? Why do your boots make so
much noise? Where did you get those
flowers? I'm dying to know!
..Guess who? -

Sue,
Why the big smile? You can't hide it
from us. Hope it lasts a long time.
Love,PBS
J

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ToW.M.S.:
Friends? Please, let's talk!

**
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To Ralph, Frenchly and Vince:
**
Come over to Miner 4 anytime for some
*
"Intimate Lessons."
*
Love,
**
Diane, Megan and Linda
**
**
Anne Marie,
**
Don't worry abolt it! You'll beat
-- one day! Who needs "it"!
**
The future Mrs. J .D.S.??
**
** Aquarius (Jan . 20 - Feb. 18) Your work load seems to be getting heavier,
T() the Squirrel:
' In reference to your question addressed
** but don't worry, it will lighten up, Devote Friday to work, but let yourself
to Roosevelt, what are you doing Friday
** go Saturday and Sunday. A change of pace does you good.
night?
***
B.C.
**
(Feb. 19 - Mar. 20} This weekend provides the perfect opportun** ityPisces
' y
for you to take that long weekend you've been planning. Friday and
** Saturday are filled with excitement. Use Sunday to relax.
To Frenchly, Ralph an'd Vince,
It was fun last Friday night and oh boy,
*
****
did we see the sights! It was the first time ·*
for some, but it was old hat for those who
* Aries (Mar. 21 - Apr. 20) Weekend plans should be postponed until all
always COME!
*
_ . , ·, Love and Kisses,
work is done. Don't be tempted Friday. Saturday and Sunday are
Trixie, Candy and April
*** your
best spent reading.
*
*
Linda, Diane, and Megan from fourth- • *
** Taurus (Apr. 21 - May 20J Dmgence pays offFriday, Saturday. Tempers
floor Miner,
How were the movies Friday night? Did
** flair Sunday, so take care to avoid senseless arguments.
you learn anything?,
***
X-Rated
**
(May 21 - June 20 ) Everything you touch seems to crumble
*** Gemini
P.,
before your eyes, so watch your step this weekend. Don't despair.
Say hi to C., A., and the Twins. ( miss
* Though you must be cautious Saturday, Sunday offers new opportunities.
them a lot.
*
**
Love,D. *
**
(June 21 - July 20) Don't pass up a friend's offer of a night out
* Cancer
Friday. This could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. Saturday
*
Russell].,
,_
** and Sunday are promising.
Genesis, Genesis, Geriesis!ti • ·we just
*****
*
can't wait!!
*
Guess who?
*
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Fore

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Renie,
Happy "19th" birthday!! I hope your
day is great! Don't party too much or
you'll end up with wide thighs.
Friends Forever,
Angie

Special thanks to Beth Cortez, Cress
Shallers, Dave Siegelman, Caryl Goldsmith, and Security for their help at the
Studer:it Center party Friday night.
· Steve and Lori-

If you want your club or organization's
picture taken for the 1984 Amnicola
please contact Marianne at 829-9786,
to set up a time.

Lisa F. Evans 1,
Thanks fot; the TV offer and the food,
but instead of viewing TV fd rather view
you.
Sincere! y, Guard
· P .S. Thank your roommate too.

Nicky,
Do you know how hard it is to get
shaving cream out of fish net? Ya know
what!? By trhe way, did you find my
earring?
Love ya and ... OH nothin'

Hey Liteweight,
How's the phone booth these days?
Tell me why do you wear ties ... Why
not? P.S. Don't spit on the library and
pick up your feet!

Hey Nicky,
Mr. Heat Miser wasn't too popular this
week. Mr. Cold Miser seems to have
total control this time of year. Well, ya
know ... what do you expect if they're
sons of Mother Nature!
P.S. "Nobody wants a Charrrlie in the
box!"
"P.T."

To the founder of "Scue-stix,"
Do they really have "nickies" in
Jersey?! Please be careful as to where
you stick me . .. it could be dangerous;
ya know what I mean !

...,

· Dom, .
Where does milk come from? Can anyone have some? This is fpr the big number 6, you ANIMAL you!
R

Ron, Where does all that hiiir ·go? You
animal you!
R

Scue Sticks Phone Home,
How's your forks? Acme tonite? Two
Bacons, Two Hams, half &amp; half or all
one? Keep thrusting that pelvis.

Diane, I'm really sorry!
forgive me?

Can you ever
Ralph

Dave,
Forget" about Cleveland.

Donna Fs , helman,
Stav nut of Woolworth's. Now everyone k~ows you're alive.
Ralph

GregorY,
Thanks for the Big Red Surprise!
Don't worry about the gas. So tell me
how a, you play Backgammon in the
dark?!

Nicky,
Haven't seen any elastic bands flying
around lately. You better be careful
next time because they have a tendency
to break ... "that's what he said." And
then you have to fix them ... "that's what
she said."
Keep rockin' the 25

Featherduster,
Where did you get your nickname?
I have an empty dresser, if you're interested. Are you STUMPY?!
Ralph

To the girls from fourth floor Miner,
Was th~t an army helmet or a mushroom, and what was that guy doing with
the chicken?
X -Ra ted

David,
Are you still letting Baby go with
Mr. Potato Head on Saturday? He's a
big boy now, and can be trusted on his
own.

Hey Karen and Judy,
When are we going to spend a long
night getting "deep" at Donahue's? I
think I'm ready to do right. Fa, Fa, Fa,
Fa, Fa, Fa, Fa .
Rizzo's Rag

Whoever stole my green 10-speed from
Pickering third floor had better return
it. Thou shalt not steal sayeth the Lord .
Thou shalt perish in eternal flames if
thou doest not return thine Schwinn .

To all the FUN people on the staffs of the
Beacon, the Manuscript, and the
Amnicola,
You're all great to work with! How
wonderful it is for three organizations
to work together with cooperation and
not competition. Let's do it all agai n
some time.
Lor

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Leo (July 21 - Aug. 22) TrOffble with a loved one dampens your· weekend *
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.spirits. However, reconciled .differences will brighten your Sunday.
**
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'!rgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Don't be afraid to admit your limitations this *
veekend. Facing them will help you get through a troubled Saturday. *
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Sunday is best spent with family and friends.
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Ubra (Spet. 23 - Oct. 22) Financial troubles plague the beginning of your *
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·, weekend, but they should be resolved by Saturday night. Look forward *
**
to a surprise-filled Sunday.
* * * * *·
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-;corpio (Oct. 23. - Nov. 21) Things appear to be going your way this *
*
weekend, but don't become overconfident. Be wary of · a "friend's" *
*
advice.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) You receive a well-deserved rest this !weekend. Enjoy it.
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'Around The Campus
Friday, November 18
Theatre: The Good Doctor, CPA, 8 p.m. Students receive two tickets
with college I.D.
Saturday, November 19
Theatre: The Good Doctor, CPA,' 8 p.m.
tickets with college I.D.

Students receive two free

Sunday, November 20
Theatre: The Good Doctor, CPA, 8 p.m.
tickets wit~ college I.D.

Students receive two free

Monday, November 21
Music: Wilkes College Wind Ensemble, CPA, 8 : 15 p.m.

· At The Movies
Wyoming Valley Cinema-Wyoming Valley Mall

The Bio Chill

1 :40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9 :40

Nevewr Say Never Again
All The Right Moves

Writer's Cramp

1 :00, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45
1 :15, 320, 5:30, 7 :40, 9:50

or GRE test scores to come m, or
waiting to learn if you were accepted
to the graduate or professional school
of your choice? All these individual
bits of waiting add up.
Don't forget all the non-schoolrelated waiting that you do also.
You know what l mean, the waiting
for the buses, or for the traffic light
to change, or in the check-out line
at your favorite store, or for the phone
call you' re expecting, or for the delivery of the pizza you ordered, or ,
. .. . The list just goes on and on .
See, I told you that ' you spen&lt;I a
Jot of time waiting. Didn't realize it ,
did you? _''What now," _you ask?
, rm not really sure, but there inust
be some way to ·elirtlinate all 'this
waiting. How, l'don 't' k:ncr~: I guess
we'll just have to wait and see ... .

Wait-vb: to remain inactive in
readiness or expectation. "So what,
you ask? I realize that you probably
already knew what that word means
·but have you ever stopped to think
about how much of your time is spent
each day just bv waitin~?
Seriously, think about it for a
minute. You and I, as students,
spend a great deal of time waiting for
something or other. If you don't
· believe me, just look at a day in the
life. of the average resident student . . .
· From the time you wake up until
the time you go to sleep, you, the
resident · student, are waiting · for
something. It begins in the morning. You wake up, stumble out of
bed, grab your towel and head for
the shower only t9 find that several
other people ip your dorm had the
same idea at precisely the same time ·
The Officers and Members
you did. So, you wait . . . .
of
After your shower (which was, of
co.u rse, cold) you manage to make it
Theta Delta Rho
to your morning class. All goes well,
and you begin "looking forward to .
cordially invite alf women
meeting your friends at the cafeteda
of Wilkes College
for lunch. You arrive at the "ca£"
(commuter and residence
and what are greeted with? You
students)
guessed it , a line that rivals that at
to
.
t
he opening
.the box office the day tickets for the
last Who coricert went on sale. More
fall meeting
waiting . . . .
to be -held on Tuesday,
. You somehow manage to make it
November22
through the rest of your day. You're
at 11 a.m. in the
back in your room and decide to make
Annette
Evans Alumni
your weekly check-in-call to Mom. '
House
You go out to use the phone only
•· to find that, once again, the majotjty
of people in your dorm also had the
Refreshments will be served
same idea.
Fine. You figure that .as long as
·Questions and Answers
everyone's waiting for the phone,
,About
Theta Delta Rho.
now "would be the perfect time to get
rid of the clpthes monster that's been
growing in the bottom of your closet
WhatisTDR?
for the past three weeks. Well,
i Theta Delta Rho is a sorority open
guess again.
You carry all that
to all women who are students at
laundry down to the laundry room
Wilkes College and is one of the oldonly to find several baskets of other
est traditions on the Wilkes College
people's laundry in line for the single
campus.
machine.
As you can see, ·residence life is
What is its purpose?
filled with waiting, but waiting
Theta Delta Rho provides service to
isn't limited to just residents. Just
the community and to the college.
being a student on a day -to-day
basis requires a lot of waiting. Take
What are its activities?
registration, for example. I'm sure
It has an annual Golden Agers
everyone has had the wonderful
Christmas party for resi dents of
experience of waiting in line to get
area nursing homes , the women
his / her advisor's signature on
assist at registration for the Wrestling
, his/her .persepective ~hedule only
Tournament in December ,and serve
to find that he/ she has an even longer
as ushers for the graduation cere(llonline waiting for him/ her at the
ies in May .
registrar's office.
What about waiting for a computer
What can TDR do for me?
terminal, or for a test you took a
It will give you something to remem month ago to be returned? Or what
ber after your college years-TOR
about those really difficult times
friendships have been known to last a
spent waiting for MCA T , NLN . ·
lifetime!

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Dr. Wagiha Ta1lor recently too k
a gro up of Money and Banking
st udents on a one day visit to the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
the New York Stock Exchange ,
and the Commodity Exchange at the
World Trade Center. The prearranged trip included lectures, slide presentations, and question and answer
sessions at each of these New York
financial centers.
The purpose of the visit was to
provide the students with an insight ·
into the, workings of these most
important finan cial systems.
The
highlight of the visit to the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York was the
walk into the unique vault holding
the largest accumulation of gold in
the world. The gold is owned by
foreign nations and international
monetary institutions.

The Physical Education Department recently announced a variety of
new courses for the upcoming Spring
semester. Many of these courses can
be continued as lifetime recreational '
acuvmes.
The new courses include: night skiing, day skiing, racquetball, self defense for woman, karate, golf instruction, indoor soccer, and field hockey.
The ski courses are arranged in
group rates so the students can save a
great deal of money. The price of this
course includes transportation, lift
tickets, and rentals if desired. The
cost will range from $55 to $85 depending on the section and the need
for equipment rental for five days or
nights of skiing. The course is held at
Elk Mountain .
.
The racquetball course requires a
$34 . 50 payment to cover rourt fees
and a three month membership
which entitles the student to use the
Kingston Recreational Center's facilities anv rime, not just during sched-

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uled class hours. A minimum of six
and a m aximum of twelve students
will be needed to make the course go.
Any student with questions should
contact Mrs. Meyers at Weckesser Annex or call ext. 342.

T he -s ho w c a s e T he a t re w i 11
present Lilian Hellman 's Little
Foxes Nov. 24-27 at the Wilkes
College Center for the Performing ,
Arts. The play will be performed
at 8 p.m . each night with a special
..................................... student performance on Nov. 24.
Students and faculty will be admitted
Wilkes ·College will be conducting
free with college identication.
a marketi nl: study during the month ~
For more information contact
nf Novemher. The randomly selened J Eileen Carlin after 4 p.m. at
st·11d,·ri: n..-,.-eived notices on N nn 'i
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Debate T earn Places Fourth At Tourney
From far and wide more than 17
institutions came to the main campus
of Pennsylvania State University to
participate in the annual Invitational
Speech and Forensic Tournamen t.
Wilkes College' s speech and debate
union received one of the invitations
and participated.
The members of "Kinney's Kids;'
while small in number for this tournament , nevertheless captured four
major trophies and finished the
tournament in fourth place overall.

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40 contestants . Finally, O'Toole
was a finalist in the Impromptu
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sell and must organize and present
the sales speech in no more than
seven minutes. Wilkes College has
always placed in this type of competit-

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speaking and persuasive skills.
Annette Winski continued her
winning reco rd by being awarded
a tro phy for being a finalist in Impromtu Speaking.
The awards won by the debate
union so f;, r this year now number
24. The team has traveled over 4000
miles and averages better than six
trophies won per tournament this
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Soccer Team Closes Out Season At 8-8by Tim Williams
The soccer ream dropped a 3-1 decision co cross-town rivals King' s College and defeated Delaware Valley
College 5-0, co close out the season
with an 8-8-2 record . The Colonels
haven't had a better season since 1976
when che boocers went 6-6.
King 's, concluding their best season ever, played with a great deal of

determination as is typical in the
heated inter-city contest.
The Monarchs pressured the Colonels defense through much of the first
half and managed co score two goals
within the first thirty minutes of the
match.
These two goals came as a result of
· poor defensive marking and a generally poor defensive effort. The first

Spotlight

Keohane Paces Colonels
Throughout The Season
by Tim Williams
The Wilkes cross country team recently placed 11th in the MAC championships. Leading the way for the
Colonels was freshman Mike Keohane
with a 13th place overall finish with a
time of 25 :13 . The nearest Wilkes
runner crossed the line 38 places be. hind Keohane.
All season long Keohane has been
Wilkes' top runner. The freshman engineer recorded his best regular season time on the Colonels' five mile
course when he clocked in at 25:54.
Aside from his fine performance at
the MACs, Keohane views the Colonels ' tri-meet with Scranton and
King's as one of his finest 'performances of the season, placing fourth
against the powerful area rivals.
Rarely does a Colonel harrier place
first in a meet, and Keohane is no exMike Keohane
ception. This is due to the fact that
the harriers run as a team, not individuals . When it is quite obvious that left arm . Often times he can be seen
the Colonels will come away with a around campus with an artificial atvictory any leader of the Wilkes harri- tachment which he controls by movers will slow his pace in order for the ing the limb forward or backward.
team to finish within close proximity
Keohane gives a great deal of credit
of ea::h other.
to his ·high school cross country coach
"Most teams aren't like us; they for teaching him how co run with his
aren 't as close as we are, some of their handicap. "I used to be a terrible runrunners are only out for personal ner, but my coach was willing to work
gain ," said Keohane. He added , on it with me . He actually taught me
" Dave (Macchina), Joe (Dill) , Tom how to run ," commented Keohane .
(McGuire), George (Hock en bury),
Prior co switching over co track in
and my room-mate Neil (Williams) 12th grade, Keohane played soccer
have all helped me out tremendously; for many years. ''The soccer team at
it was great to be a part of that team." Prep was pretty bdad and theh tdrack
Keohane, who hales from Living- team was very goo , so I switc e to
scon, N .J ., also faired well as a mem- track and cross country because I enber of the Seton Hall Prep High joyed running even though it was difSchool cross country team, where he ficult at first. "
was the team MVP. It was at that instiKeohane has continued his success
cution that he learned how to run in the college ranks and , the next
with his handicap.
three years promise to be fruitful for
This handicap seems from a birth both Keohane and the Colonel cross
defect that left him with half of his country team .

to attain their preseason goal of finishing the season at the . 500 mark.
Wilkes did not manage to score on
the Aggies until the 41st minute
when Wanzor pushed the ball co Matt
Wasel who crossed the ball to the onrushing Gary Klopchin. Klopchin's
head-shot was deflected but he managed to tuck away the rebound.
Twenty-four seconds later, Wanzor
again served a nice ball to Wasel who
was tripped in the penalty area. Wasel
was awarded a penalty kick which he
easily converted to put the Colonels
ahead 2-0 at the half.
Wanzor made it 3-0 on assists from
Mark Tobino and Wasel early in the
second half. The Colonels did not
score again until the 88 :26 mark when
co-captain Tim Williams deflected a
stray Paul O'Leary shot.
Just 46 seconds later Williams
pushed a ball to the waiting Jim Hancharick whose shot found the upperleft hand corner of the net.
Freshmen Don Shaw and Tom
Walton combined co make 5 saves as
they led the Colonels to their third
shutout of the year.

half ended with King's up by a score
-of 2-0 as the Wilkes team hit the
woodwork but was unable to hit the
netcords.
The Monarchs tallied a third goal
early in the second half to build a
three goal margin . Finally, the Colonels began to dominate but were unable to fin ish with a goal. With only
twenty minutes remaining in the
match Coach Wingert brought on the
reserves who began to make things
h~ppen .
In a wild scramble in front of the
King's net a Wilkes forward was
fouled which resulted in a penalty
kick. Freshman Frank Wanzor capitalized to put the Colonels on .the scoreboard.
The last· ten minutes were plagued
by vicious fouling and fights that resulted in the ejection of two players
from each team. This occurred when
two Colonels retaliated against a few
of the many Monarch antics.
The loss to King's dropped the
Colonels to 7-8-2 which made their
next match against Delaware Valley a
must win situation if the hooters were

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The harriers 1983 season became
history this past weekend with the
running of the MAC championships
at Fort Indiantown Gap.
It was also the first day that each
member of the Wilkes team had his
best performance of the season, exeluding, of course the injured Dave
Machina, who could not participate.
This was the most competitive race
the harriers had run all year. The
Colonels faired well against more
than 150 runners from many different
schools. Even though the weather was
not the best for running .the Colonels
showed every other team that they·
had come co run their best race of the
season.
Co-captains Joe Dill and Tom
McGuire brought in fine performances to aid the team in their 11 th
place finish out of approximately 20
teams.
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Wilkes' top finisher placing 13th.
' George Hockenbury helped the
team effort with a 51st place finish.
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placed 104th.
The harriers could not place higher
than either King's or Scranton.
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luck to senior co-captain Joe Dill, and •
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Colonels Drop Last Game Of Season, 26-0
The Wilkes College Football Team dropped their last game by losing to
Delaware Valley College, 26-0 . The loss which marks the end of the Colonels·
season drops Wilkes to 2-7 overall, 1-7 -in the Middle Atlantic Conference .
The Wilkes defensiye unit, led by linebackers Rich Murray and Scott Bruggeworth, held the Aggies to one score and 97 yards total offense in the first
half.
The Colonels halted an Aggie drive in the first quarter, stopping them cold
on the 3 yard-line. The Colonel defense held steadfast as the Aggies tried to
score two minutes later. Delaware Valley missed a 44-yard field goal attempt
with 10: 14. remaining in the second quarter.
The Aggies got on the scoreboard with 6: 58 remaining in the first half when
quarterback Tom O'Neill tossed a 9-yard pass to Brian Brenneman. Sophomore Keith Conlon blocked the PAT for the Colonels to give Delaware Valley a
slim 6-0 lead at halftime.
Aggie running back Cosmo Losco scored two of Delaware Valley's three second half scores. One was a 24-yard pass from O'Neill with 9 miqutes remaining
in the third quarter. His~econd score came when he plunged into the endzone
from the 1 yardline at the end of the third quarter.
The Colonels failed to capitalize on a num ber of scoring opportunities, with
the best one coming with 1: 24 remaining in the first half. The Colonels had the
ball on the Aggie 9 yardline, as a result of a Delaware Valley fumble . A penalty

Wrestler·s
by Charlie Yozwiak
Colonel wrestling fans will be able
to get their first glimpse of the Wilkes
College Wrestling Team this year
when the grapplers take on the
alumni in the Sixth Annual VatsityAlumni Wrestling Meet at 8 p .m . Saturday in the gym.
"The meet gives the boys a taste of
what its going to be like during the

pushed the bali out to the 14 yardline, and th~ Colonels failed to :;core.
Placekicker Jo Jo Mantione missed a 39-yard field goal attempt , as the half
ended.
Mike Higgins and Jerry Russomano, both runningbacks, helped the Colonel
offensive effort, along with junior wide receiver Ed Mann.
Ed Kennelly, Allan Roberts, Gerry O'Neill, Don Sparks, Mike Slepian, Rich
Murray, and Tony Popple all played the last game of their football careers at
Wilkes on Saturday.
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wrestling program .
The meet will feature past greats
such as Mark Popple ~nd Lenny Nelson and a host of other grapplers who
have wrestled for Wilkes over the
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The proceeds ?f the event will be

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Fund . Donation is $1 .
This meet will also serve as a primer
for the opening regular season match
against Defending PAC-IO champions Oregon State University on Dr&gt;cember 1 at home .
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one of the best teams in the East, and
Lehigh is always good ."
''The key to a successful season will
be keeping starters healthy and getting the lower weights in the correct
weight class, " Reese added .
The Colonels will be looking to improve on last year's 12-7 dual record
and to be in the top 20 teams in the
country.

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Junior Debi Cometa, sophomore
Allysse Croft, and freshman Yvonne
Pierman have been selected to compete in the United States Field
Hockey Association National Tournament in California over the Thanksgiving holiday.
This marks the first time that
Wilkes has had three players participating at the national tournament.
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November 18, 1983

the country.
The selection process began the
weekend of November 4 when Wilkes
College hosted the Susquehanna
Field Hockey Association (SFHA)
Tournament.
Since the college does not fund the
field hockey team once the season
ends, the Lady Colonels participate as
the colonel club.
Several other teams converged at
Artillery Park to pit nearly 100 players
for 33 positions. These 33 players

would then a'dvance to the sectional
tournament.
Cometa was chosen to SFHA team
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Croft to SFHA team III. No other
Wilkes p}ayers managed to advance to the second round.
Representing the Susquehanna Association, the three ladies played
against association teams from: Buffalo, C:entral Pennsylvania, Finger
Lakes, Lancaster, and Pittsburgh.
This tournament was held at Juniata

Allysse Croft
CoHege on November 12th and 13th.
Cometa, Pierman , and Croft all
survived the final selection which allowed them to represent the Mideast
Section in the USFHA national tournament.
The United States is divided into
nine field hockey sections and the Mideast section is traditionally one of
the strongest in the country.

Colonels -Surgeln Last Min~tes To Win
by Charlie Y ozwiak In a comeback which is rivaled on~y by the Romans at the Battle of Alesia ,
the Wilkes College f•ootball team overcame a 17-point deficit in the fourth
quarter to defeat FDU-Madison, 30-26, on November 4.
The Colonels, under the direction of head coach Bill Unsworth , amassed
315 yards in total offense, with 240 coming from the air.
Sophomore quarterback Eric Reidinger and junior wide receiver Ed Mann
led the airborne assault for the Colonels. They connected for two touchdown
passes. The first came with 9: 13 remaining in the first quarter. The Colonels
scored from 20 yards out, and the PAT failed.
The Colonels went into the locker room at halftime , trailing 20-6 to the
Jersey Devils.
·
In.the second half, Jo Jo Mantione started off the scoring for the Colonels
when he booted a 25-yard field goal in the third quarter. FDU scored once
more to give them a convincing 26-9 lead.
Then hope started to rise on the Colonel sidelines. The Reidinger-Mann ·
duo started off a 21 point scoring spree for the Colonels with 5: 29 remaining ·
in the game. Reidinger finished off a three-play drive from midfield when he
tossed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Mann. Reidinger then hit Mike Higgins
for the two-point conversion to make the score 26-17.
FDU then fumbled the ball on their own 35-yard line to set up the next
Colonel score. Reidinger connected with senior tight end Mike Slepian from
11 yards out to cut FDU's lead, 26-23. The conversion failed. There was
4: 25 remaining on the clock.
Colonel linebacker Scott Bruggeworth intercepted an FDU pass at midfield

with only 2: 15 remaining. The Colonels went right to work and drove down
to the Jersey Devils' one-yardline. Jerry Russomano scored the winning
touchdown when he plunged over the endzone with just 1 : 14 remaining.
Mantione sealed the fate of the Jersey Devils when he kicked the PAT to
finalize the score, 30-26.
Reiding~r was 19 for 39 in passing attempts, throwing for 240 yards and
three touchdowns. Mann had 10 receptions for 161· yards and two touchdowns.
The Colonels' offensive effort was aided by center Gerry O 'Neil and cocaptain Tony Popple at the guard spot. Tight end Tom Monsell (who also
holds for field goals and PATs) and wide receiver Joe Lisnak also contributed
to the fourth quarter surge by the Colonels.
Defensively, the Colonels were led up front by George Solomon and Dan
Paveletz, with Mike Duncan and Rich Hochreiter also putting pressure on
FDU's backfield. Keith Conlon, Steve Kotch, and Pete Walsh also contributed
to the defensive effort.
''I was a little concerned that we weren't playing very well in the first half,''
said Unsworth. "Only four of their players were stopping our entire offense.
We never should have been in that position,'' Unsworth added. ''I was
pleased that our guys got it _together in the second half. Our offensive line
performed exceptionally well in the last six minutes of the game. Ed Mann was
simply outstanding.''
"We knew that we could've done better than we did in the first half,"
defensive tackle George Solomon said. "It was great to come back like that.
,We proved that we could do it."

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MERRY CR/llST&amp;AS..
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
from

THE BEACON
Vol. XXXVI
NG 7_
D ·ec. 9. 1983

Wilkes College

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Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766""

Marketing Study Offers Possible Improvements
by Thomas J. Monsell
A marketing study headed by Dean
Thomas Kelly has been underway
since September and is heading full
force towards its goal of finding potential problems and improving the
college so that it fully benefits present
and potential students. ''This kind of
study has been talked about for
years" said Kelly.
The actual formation of the committee to conduct the study came together late September when President Capin appointed Kelly head of
the committee. Special "task forces"
were formed to examine all aspects of

the college as thoroughly as possible.
These "task forces", composed of
faculty and administrators, are: 1) admissions; This committee examines
making the college more attractive to
potential students. 2) publications
and communication; These people
look at the publications put out by
the college such as the brochures sent
to prospective students to see if it portrays the college correctly: 3) retention; This committee deals with student advising. It examines the
academic means of advising students
and if it suits the needs of the students. 4) financial aid committee;
The members look at the limited

funds of the college and how to best
distribute them. 5) research; This
committee collects data that will be
helpful to "retaining" students and
getting students to want to apply to
Wilkes. 6) outcomes and environment; This committee looks at the
college as a whole and incorporates
the five aforementioned committees'
findings into bettering the college.
The research committee has been
, active as of late with a marketing survey of Wilkes students. The survey involved general questions about all aspects of college life, from athletics to
academics to social. 300 students were
sent letters in the mail inviting them

to take the survey with a $3.00 gift
certificate to the book store offered as
an added incentive to participate.
Only half of the students showed up
at the testing site, leaving Kelly
without the results he needed. Kelly
needs the 150 students who did not
show up to take the test so the answer
will not be "biased" .
Kelly expects that the answers to
the survey will help the committees to
recognize problems so that they can
implement changes that will improve
the college over the next few years. He
also views this survey as an "opportunity for students to express themsel,,
ves.

by Sean P. Connolly

Search

Winds
Down
Who will fill this executive

body in 1984?

The Wilkes College presidential search committee has narrowed the field of
applicants for the college presidency to three candidates, with two of the candidates scheduled to visit the campus and be interviewed by the board of trustees
before Christmas break. In December 1982, Wilkes President Robert Capin
announced his intention to vacate the position onJune 1, 1983.
The first candidate arrived on Tuesday, November 29 and met with faculty
and administration. On Wednesday, an open meeting for trustees, faculty, and
administration was held at 3:30 at the Cente:r for the Performing Arts. The
audience met the candidate and asked him questions about his possible presi' dency.
Dr. Robert Heaman, faculty member of the search committee, said the second candidate visited the campus on December 5, and received the same
treatment as the first, with an open meeting scheduled for December 6 at 3:30
at the CPA. The date the third candidate will be on campus has not been
scheduled.
The committee screened over 150 applicants since last semester. T}:iey met
with potential candidates in Philadelphia and in the Pocono Mountains to
achieve the final phase of the search. The locations were held out of town to
secure the candidates' identities and present employment, said Heaman.
In addition to the committee's work, the college allotted $10,000 to the
Presidential Search Consultation Service, which is a company that assists with
the solicitation of candidate nominations. Heaman said the investment was
good because the company has the resources to solicit the proper people.
The committee is comprised of seven board of trustees members, two faculty
members, and one student, Dave Fife. The committee's deadline is February
1, 1984, and Heaman said he sees no problems in meeting it. "We're really
impressed with the qualifications of the candidates, and the committee is
working well together,'' said Heaman. He added that Patty Davies, head' of the
committee, should be commended for her participation.

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Yet Another Letter Fro01
The SG President

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Now that we have all of our official
members for this year, Student Government has decided to announce a
list of all the Student Government
staff. These Student Government
members are currently serving as a vocal link between the student body and
the administration. ·If anyone has any
problems concerning any aspect of
campus life, throughout the year,
please feel free to talk to any of these
people to see what can be done.
Please remember Student Government is here to work for you but without your support we can't accomplish
anything. Also, if you don't know any
of these people, our meetings are
every Monday at 6:30 p.m ; They are
open to everyone to express their ·
opinion.

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OFFICERS
President . . . ... . ... . Ralph Pringl1
Vice-President . .. .... Shelly Urbat
Treasurer ..... .. .. . . . Don Talent
Recording Secretary ... Sue HavriU
Corresponding Secretary Beth Corte:
Parliamentarian ...... Dave Talent
Commuter Council
President . .. ... Dave Kalinows·
Inter-Residence Hall
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Council President . . .. Al Melus~

CLASS OF 1984 REPS.
Sue Havrilla
Kay Potter
Dave Talenti
Don Talenti
Phyl Totaro
Debbie Vogt

CLASS OF 1985 REPS.
Scott Bruggeworth
Bob Gunderson
Marion Karmilowicz
Beth Sands
Shelly Urban
Steve Urbanski

CLASS OF 1986 REPS .
Jeanine Bolinski
Beth Cortez
RandaFahmy
Linda Fritz
Chrissie May
Stacey Toslosky

CLASS OF 1987 REPS.
Joe Andes
Paula Buterbaugh
Caryl Goldsmith
Debbie Pavlico
Dave Siegelman
Vicki Straka

CLASS PRESIDENTS
Jim Volpi - Senior
Ellen McDermott - Junior
Steve Dimarco - Sophomore
Lori Whiteash - Freshman

Calling All Teachers
Dear Sir/ Madam:
The Foreign &amp; Domestic Teachers
Orga~ization needs teacher applicants m all fields from Kindergarten
through College to fill over six hundred teaching vacancies both at home
and abroad.
Since 1968, our organization has
been finding _vacan~ies and locating
teachers both m foreign countries and
in all fifty states. We possess hundreds
of current openings and have all the
information as to scholarships,
grants, and fellowships.
The principal problem with first
ye~ teachers is where to find the jobs!
Smee College Newspapers are always anxious to find positions for
their gra_d uating teachers, your paper
may be mterested in helping to find
employment for them by printing our

request for teachers in your paper.
Our information and brochure is
free and comes at an opportune time

when there are more teachers than
teaching positions.
Should you wish additional information about our organization, you
may write the Portland Oregon Better
Business Bureau or the National
Teacher's Placement Agency, UNIVERSAL TEACHERS, Box 5231,
Portland, Oregon 97208 .
. We do not promise every graduate
1? ~he field of education a definite posmon, however, we do promise to
provide them with a wide range of
hundreds of current vacancy notices
both at home and abroad.
Stacecely,
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Foreign &amp; Domestic Teachers.

ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE
CHAIRMEN
Steve Scharpnick
Karen Shinn
Sharon Fidishun
.Donna Garber
Thank You,
Ralph Pringle
Student Government President

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Beacon Exclusive: SG After Hours
by Donna Nitka
Have you ever found yourself wondering about Student Government
and what it does? Do you know who's
on the SG Executive Council or who
your representatives are? In an effort
to answer some of these questions and
help you become more familiar with
Student Government the Beacon conducted an interview ~ith the SG Executive Council : Ralph Pringle, president; Shelly Urban , vice-president;
Don Talenti , treasurer; Sue Havrilla,
recording secretary; Beth Cortez, corresponding secretary; and Dave Talenti , parliamentarian~
Beacon: What is SG? What do you see
as its main purpose?
Ralph: Speaking personally, I see Student Government as an organization
to act as a liaison to the students in
any aspect of their life, be they commuter or resident students. We represent them with any student problem.
Basically, as an organization we can ' t
really represent the minor issues, such
as if one person has a problem we can
offer suggestions to that person. But,
basically as an organization we only
have enough people to work with maJOr issues.
Shelly: Our major purpose is, as it
should be, on the academic side because we do have the Commuter
Council and IRHC to help us with the
other aspects.
Don: Our social and our monetary
sides are our most visible, but we do a
great deal of our work with faculty
and administration . We try to keep
the college as nice as it is.
Dave: I look at the organization as
more or less a forum where students
can bring their problems and they can
be, hopefully, intelligently, systematically organized , and presented to
whoever is concerned; whether it be
to the administration, faculty . ..
whatever the problem is . It could be
soci:i.l. classe-s, anything, anything at
ail.

Ralph: Along that line I would just
like to say, and I stated it over and over
again many times, that our meetings
are open, for anyone to attend and express an opinion or express a problem .
Shelly: And we really do want people
to come. Not too many people take
advantage of that and we would really
like to see a lot more students . . . .
Beacon: Why do you think people
don't take advantage of that?
Don: Number one, it's easier to complain and criticize than do the work.
Number two, it 's rather intimidating
to walk in all alone to a meeting with
35 people.
Dave: They think we 're one big
clique. I don't see ;my grounds for
that. Granted we work alot, we work
closely together with the different activities so we become very good
friends, but that doesn't mean our
circle isn' t open to new people. They
feel that Student Government is very
cliquish and that they're not going to
be welcome because everyone has
their own buddies.
Beth: People think a lot of Student
Government is social events. They're
wrong. That's what it may look like.
First of all , we do do alot of that stuff
for the students but we are involved
with academic decisions and most of
the big discussions last year and this
year have been about academic committee reports, getting stuff passed
for the students.
Don: Also, we're responsible for
. where the students' activity fee
money goes. That's where they get
the idea of social. This year the student 3:ctivity fee was $50 . ..
Ralph: Every year we do draw up a
budget and that's where the student
activity fee comes in. The average stu~
dent thinks we're social, but we do
have committees dedicated to other
things . . . such as, we have an academic committee, an ecumenical
committee. We have a finance com-

mittec, a constitution com~ittee,
TliliC, which is a faculty commmee.
Don: Every faculty committee has a
student representative .
Ralph: No, we don't have a rep . on
graduate studies and we don ' t have a
rep. on faculty policy.
Beacon: But do students on the faculty committees have any input into
the committee?
All: Yes, they do .
Ralph: There are two students on each
student-faculty committee. One student is a voting member and one student is a non-voting member, an alternate. At meetings they both get to
_express their opinions to the fullest,
but when it comes down to a vote ,
only one student actually gets to vote.
Beacon: But are their opinions really
taken into consideration?
Don: Yes, they are.
Dave: I believe they are. I've been on
the academic standards committee,
and I've .. .
Don: As long as they' re talking intelligently.
Ralph: I must say that we really
shouldn't generalize. That would be
up to the committee and the committee chairman of that year . ..
Don: And these aren't just Student
Government reps.
Ralph: That's another thing the president does . At the end of the year I put
out applications for student-faculty
committees; judicial committee, and
student government committee
chairpersons. These are open to any
student on campus. All they have to
do is fill out an application. As a matter of fact, we try to involve more peo-.
pie by giving those positions to nonSG representatives . But, as in the
past, usually the students who apply
for those positions are student government members. Last year I had to
go out and round up some of my
riends to serve on those committees.

Beacon: \What have been you r major
accomplishments thus far this year?
Have you had any?
Ralph: The major accomplishment
that I have seen in Student Government was the Happy Hour. I think it
drew a lot of unity between organizations. I look at it as something I've
wanted to see done for a while . I look
at it as a chance for people who are
involved to critique other people who
are involved, to critique their organization, to let them know what they
feel are valid criticisms of their organization and valid "positivism," or
whatever you want to say. I think
that' s been the major accomplishment we've had this semester.
Don: Most students don ' t realize all
the work that goes on behind Student
Government, our involvement in faculty committees, making the committees aware of student gripes. Most
people don't know what 's going on in
these committees. All they know is
what they read in the Beacon, what
the Beacon reporter writes about the
meetings . . .. You can't just look for
major accomplishments when were
involved in so many things. People
don't realize all the work that goes on
behind SG. The average rep . puts in
at least five hours per week, but most
reps. put m more.
Dave: People criticize us, saying we' re
just having a good time. We have a
good time, but we get work done.
You'll always have people who complain, but if they don't approach
someone about it, it's just complaining for it's own sake.
Beacon: What can be done to improve Student Government's image
on campus?
Don: Good press.
Sue: Publicity.
Ralph: We have to let people know
who is on SG and what we do.

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Real News
. Applications for Winter Weekend
teams will be available on Friday.January 20, in the Student Government
Office, library, and bookstore . Applications will be due Friday, February 3.
Winter Weekend will be held February 10, 11, and 12 .

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Wilkes College became the first institution in Northeastern Pennsylvania to receive permission from the
House of Delegates for the Sigma
Theta Tau, national honor society in
nursing, to establish a local chapter.
Installation will take place on March
24.

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You have 10 years from the time
you were discharged to use your G.I.
benefits. You may be eligible to receive over $15,390 in tax free educational benefits while earning a de-

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
(All V.A. Educational benefits
cease on December 31 , 1989.) Contact the Office of Veterans Affairs.

Auditions for the musical by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, The
Threepenny Opera, will be held January 18, 19, and 20, from 7 to 9 p.m. in
the Center for Performing Arts. The
production, a joint effort of the theatre program and the music department, require~ a variety of male and
female performers. Those with little
or no acting or singing experience are
encouraged to tryout.Jay D . Siegfried
will stage the play and Richard Chapline will be the musical director. For
further information call ext. 415.

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Applications for the February 3rd
Talent Show are now available in the
library, Residence Life Office, ~d ,
Student Government Office. ALL ·
ACTS WELCOME. Apply soon!

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The Wilkes College h;ookstore has
initiated a new book return policy.
The policy states that books may be
returned four weeks into the semester, instead of the previous threeweek period. The past policy was
changed to coincide with the four
week period in which classes may be
dropped.

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Evans Remembers Wilkes In Will
by Markay Nocera
The late Mr. William L. Evans has
willed over half a million dollars to
Wilkes College this past summer. The
bequest is to be placed in the college
endowment fund. Evans, who was a
native of Wyoming Valley and a resident of Harvey's Lake, died last May
at the age of 91.
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Prisoner Seeking Damages
A 7-foot tall inmate at the Maryland Correctional Institution is suing prison
officials for $100 ,000 because his bed is so small it caused him severe back and
leg pains .
The inmate , Daniel Bartecchi Jr., 23 filed the lawsuit against Warden
Marlon Bachtel and Guard Captain Thomas Greenfield. The suit alleged Bartecchi "complained of a need for a longer bunk and more specifically, complained of severe pain in his back and legs."
The prisoner seeks $25,000 in compensatory damages and 25,000 in punitive damages against both Bachtel and Greenfield.

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Peace Duty of Church says Pope
Pope John Paul the Second told U.S. bishops last Saturday that their local
churches should be "communities promoting peace, living peace, invoking
peace."
The Pope spoke at a special audience for three American bishops who were
the latest of a series of American bishops to visit the Vatican in what are called
'' Ad Limma" visits. Bishops make these visits at least once every five years . The
Pope also said, "Your own dedicated efforts to promote peace and to help
establish in the world those conditions that favor peace are, like peace itself,
totally dependent on God's grace ."

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Israeli War Planes Blast Lebanon Targets
Israeli war planes, eluding missiles and antiaircraft fire, bombed suspected
Palestinian bases in the mountains near Beirut in retaliation for a guerrilla
attack that killed an Israeli soldier.
Israeli military authorities said that the planes returned safely to base after
pounding headquarters belonging to' 'several terrorist organizations operating
under Syrian inspiration." In Tel Aviv, the Israeli military command said the
raid came one day after rnasked guerrillas firing bazookas and automatic rifles
at a convoy killed an Israeli soldier in the South Lebanese town ofNabatiyeh.

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. The United Nation' s flag will be flying aboard ships carrying guerrilla chief
Yassar Arafat and his Palestinian forces out of the Northern Lebanese port of
Tripoli .
The Palestine Liberation Organization leader accused Syria and his enemies ·
of preparing for a final assault against him and his forces under the cover of a
week old ceasefire that had been broken twice. Arafat asked the U. N . for use of
its flag because Israeli ships had blockaded his departure.
At the United Nations , Perez de Cuellar, U.N. Secretary-General, announced in a two page statement his approvaJ of Arafat's request to use the
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threatening letters and phone calls all
semester, said editor-in-chief Becky
Whitman . The notes concerned guest
columnists and editorials that offended certain individuals. The staff
reported rl. :, , rhe\ l1ad no idea the
compl ;,; ,. -r .- ri"'
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drastic mea~ure~.
Th'- r,mso1n note called for the immediate halt of the popular "Ann &amp;
Abby" gossip column, a recent addition to the newspaper. Whitman said
the Beacon would not give into such
terrorist tactics and "Ann &amp; Abby"
will continue to be printed . She
added, "We can only hope that they
will take good care of Nephythysis or
possibly return him ." Whitman described the criminals as a ruthless
bunch of fascist censors.
Tom Mansell, asst. news eclitor,
said, "Everyone is kind of broken up
around here since this happened. He
was part of our 'family.' Sean Connolly was planning to bring him
home for the holidays. The rest of the
staff has stated removing a lot of personal items from the office. It's really
tragic.''
If anyone has information concerning the whereabouts of the plant
please contact the Beacon office at
ext. 379. Reward is possible.

A member of the Beacon staff was
casually flipping through a copy box
when she picked up a piece of paper,
read it twice, and said, "Oh my God!
They've got Nephythysis!"
A stunned group of editors and -reporters looked at her with disbelief.
Then it sunk in. The official Beacon
plant had been kidnapped.
On Dec. 6 between 12 p .m. and
5:30 p.m. someone entered the Beacon office on the third floor of the student center building and forcibly removed the plant from the premises.
Dirt and water were found on the
news editor's desk suggesting the
likeliness of a hurried escape or a
struggle.
A distraught feature editor, Donna
Nitka, said, "I saw Nephy when I entered · the office at 11: 30. I watered
him, did some work, and then left the
office unlocked for about an hour.''
When Nitka returned to the office to
gather her belongings she said copy
editor, Lor Martin entered the room .
Martin said she did not notice the
plant and left the office within minutes. Martin said she then returned to
the office at 5: 30 and stayed until the
ransom note was found.
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Now that the Christmas season is finally upon us, I have something to
write about.
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Steeley Dan just got out of the studio, but what they will do I don ' t
know because I haven't heard or read
anything from a reliable source. Walter Becker has been fighting a statutory rape charge for a while, and since
Steeley Dan has never had a close relationship with the press, they' re hard
to keep track of (one can always pick
up any issue of Rolling Stone and read
something about Bowie or Sting or
Mick Jagger, because they love the
spotlight).
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that Phil Collins is going to sit in the
late John Bohnom's place to reincarnate Led Zepp/in. Genesis is on their
last leg, and this could be a classy way
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anyone has found one, please
contact Karen at ext. 115 .
Thank you .

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miss you lots! It was great getting to know you . You're really something .
Love ,
SPC

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To R.H . and B.H. and Karen and Henry and Daria and
the Manuscnp t and Writing
Lab gangs: Merry Ho-Ho!
Miss you all. If I write one
more paper I think I will die .
My Yeats prof. is a structuralist. Can I make it to X 0 mas ?
Love ya!
Amy

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Kare n ,
Pack your bags! Florida,
here we come!
Fa Fa Fa Fa,
Sean-Sean

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Ralphie: The gerbil lives .
Amy

To all my lovely ladies who
are making me feel at home
- Acceptance is awfully nice,
even if it comes with the practical jokes.
Thanks,
Lor

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Cathy,
Don't worry, you ' ll make it
through Physics and everything else!
The girl on the other side of
the bathroom .

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Neec ,
Who needs them?
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Chris,
You'll make it too .
MamaR .A.

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Dave Kai 's sister, here is
your classified , but I don 't
know where your candy cane

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To the Beacon staff (except
S.S.C. , to whom I'm still not
speaking):
I'm impressed , let me tell
ya . Wish you all could come
to State College (on second
thought . . . ). Good guys
- here, Donna ; want me to
send you one for X-mas?
Only kidding, Sean. May the
force be with you, guys .
AmyE .

Ellen, Shelly, Robin , and
Vicky: I want you BAD!!
Please give my pants back .

Dear Circle K ,
Thanks for making this the
best Chanukah I've ever had .
You people aren ' t my second
family, you ' re my special
famil y. Dan-U-Ben! J love
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Love,
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an entire semester. Only one
more left, you can do it.

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Here it is, what you have
been waiting for - you r
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me .

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We love you lots . Donna &amp;
Patty.

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Tim W Get to work, you
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Barbara, forget Tony he 's
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i want you . . . and your
eyes .

lhuugh . Columbia's been talkmg
about the new Boston release for the
last 5 years .
The Rolling Stones: " Under
Cover!" *****
This could be the best yet. Over the
years The Stones have developed the
"Rolling Stones Sound" the way Motown developed the "Motown
Sound." If you' re into Motown , you
may not like "Tears of a Clown"
(Smokey Robinson), but you never
· say: "I like the Temps and not the
Spinners, Smokey Robinson never
did much for me, but I love the Four
Tops." It just doesn't happen .
Well, The Stones are the same way.
You either like them or you don 't.
Okay, Mick's old and doesn't shake it
like he used to. So what if Keith is in
debt to the blood bank for the next 50
years. Bill Wyman 's almost 50 ? Sure
"Let's Spend the Night Together"
was a box office bomb, they're older
and simply just don't have that
"umph."
Put the same '' old ' ' men in the studio and nobody wails like them. "Under Cover" is the first album since
" Some Girls" that was written before
they were anywhere near the studio.
" Emotional Rescue " and " Tattoo
You '' were made up of songs that
were just thrown together. ("It's got a
good beat and you can dance to it, so
let's cut it.")
"Under Cover" is a well-planned ,
well-produced album done by professionals who've done nothing but cut
gold and platinum albums for over 20
years. Look for "Too Much Blood" to
go like a bullet.
In the meantime, the contract The
Stones signed with Columbia calls for
five albums in ten years for a whopping $28 million, one of which is a
Mick "solo" album . Expect The
Stones to be at the top of the music
scene for a long time.

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by Charlie Yozwiak
The Wilkes College wrestling
team, under the direction of head
coach John Reese. lost its first two
matches of the 1983-84 season to Oregon State University and Navy.
O.S.U. handed the Colonels a 30-9
loss, while Navy got by with a 23-13
victory.
Against O.S .U. the Colonels
started off strong when Marc Sodano
won a 7-2 decision over his opponent
in the 118-pound match. Doug Billig

was edgel in the next bout, 5-2,
Doug Collina was pinned in the 134pound match, and Kurt Rowlette, at
142 for the Colonels, was decisioned
11-9, over his opponent.
The Colonels then came within six
points of O.S.U. when freshman
Glenn Whiteman outlasted his opponent, 8-1. TomJamicky was pinned at
158, and Gene Clemens was decisioned, 9-4 . Mike Garvin, at 177, was
decisioned over his opponent, 10-6 .
Mark Correll then found himself on
the lower end of a high-scoring, 15-13

decision . Heavy weight Tony Troyan
was pinned by his opponent to final ize the score at 30-9 .
Against Navy, the Colonels also
started off well with a victory by Sodano . Sodano is 2-0 on the season and
is ranked 16th nationally by the Amateur Wrestling News.
At 126, Billig was outscored 8-5,
while Collina tied his opponent 6- 1\: ;t
134. Rowlette decisioned his '0p~ ,l
nent, 9-2, to give him his first win of
the season. He is ranked 14th nationally. Whiteman drew with his oppo-

Cagers Lose
Season Opener
by Janee Eyerman
The Wilkes College cagers took to
the road for their season opener
against Alvernia and came away with
an 83-67 win .
Rich Sheaffer garnered 23 po1nts to
be the game's scoring leader, while
freshman Eric Jacobs took control and
led the offensive attack.
The team 's objective was to force
turnovers by Alvernia and capitalize
on them as much as possible.
At the half the Colonels were up by ·
ten and added 10 more unanswered
points at the start of the second half.
That put the game out of reach for Alvernia and gave Wilkes their first win .
Wilkes continued their season, on
the road with Delaware Valley. The
Colonels came up with the short end,
losing 85-8 7.
The Colonels came out shakey and
played a confused first half, but still
had the edge on Delaware Valley at
the halfway point,47-42 .
The age and inexperience of the
squad was blamed for the breakdown
in the early minutes of the game and
was corrected by Bellairs. The Wilkes
men came out ~trong after the half

but lost their composure and began
fouling out late in the game.
A last second effort by Collins and a
missed tap in by Dave Zapatocky gave
the 'Yin to Delaware Valley and set the
men at 1-1.
After just losing to Delaware Valley
the Colonels were faced with the task
of dualing with Lycoming on Lycoming ' s home court.
The game played evenly, throughou I both halves and was sent into over
umc when .Jacob 's shot missed and
the tap in was ouH.•l~bounded.
The overtime period saw the men
of LyLoming dominate and go onto
win ,80-86. Rick Sheaffer was the high
scorer for Wilkes with 26 pqints.
"The future performances of the
team depends on how much they
want to win and how well they adapt
to an aggres~ive style of play.'' Bellairs
co11 1inued ' The inexperience and age
of the team 1,,ay also be a factor."
This loss drops the Wilkes men to
1 .' and tf1 c 11 ,-~·.1 contest is Saturday,
. D1 rember 1, ·. ., way at FDU-Madison .
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nenc at 150 for the Colonels.
Correll won by virtue of his ridin g
time (2 :26 worth) after launching a
come-from-behind 6-5 victory over
· his man. Jamicky was pinned at 1::i R.
while Clemens was decisioned 14- - ,•1
167.Jim Mulligan was defeat~d , 4 -·J
in the 177-pound bout, while Troyan
lost a major decision, 10-2.
The final score was Navy 23, Wilkes
13 . The Colonels are now 0-2 in the
season.

Gridders Say
Farewell To 1983
by Charlie Yozwiak
The Wilkes College football team
ended their 1983 season recently
when they suffered a 26-0 drubbing
at the hands of Delaware Valley College .
The Colonels, under the direction
of head coach Bill Unsworth, finished
the season with a 2-7 record overall, 17 in the Middle Atlantic Conference.
Playing their last game of their collegiate careers for the Colonels included seniors Allan Roberts, Jerry
O'Neill, Don Sparks, Ed Kennelly,
and co-captains Tony Popple,and Rich
Murray.
The Colonels will be looking to improve on their 2-7 mark next year. The
Colonels, with 30 returning lettermen, will be looking to set the first
winning record at Wilkes in 10 years.
That was in 1974, which was also the
last MAC championship for the Colonels.
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The Colonel offensive unit will remain almost intact, with three experience1 quarterbacks - in the forms of

Randy Rice, Eric Reidinger, and Brad
Scarborough - will be returning for
the 1984 season.
Junior wide receiver Ed Mann will
also be returning for next year's season. Ma·nn, a transfer student, earned
All-E .C.A.C. honors recently because
of his performance in the come-frombehind victory over FDU-Madison .
He hauled in 10 receptions and two
touchdown passes for 161 yards to
help the Colonels overcome a 17point, fourth quarter deficit against
the Jersey Devils. Wilkes won the
game, 30-26.
The Colonels were helped out defensively throughout the season by
veteran linebackers Scott Bruggeworth and Rich Murray, and freshman
linebacker Phil Cyriax . George Soloman, Dan Paveletz, and Sam Graziano also helped out the Colonels up
front.
The Colonels will now take · to the
weight room, and work to build muscle and develop strength to gain a
physical advantage over their oppo'nents in 1984.

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Vol XXXVI
No. 7.
.Dec . 9,··1981,

Boaters Attain Pre-Season Goals
by Tim Williams
The Wilkes College soccer team
finished their 1983 campaign with an
8-8-2 record after playing the toughest soccer schedule in the schools 35year history of the sport.
The Colonels got ofr.to their finest
start ever when they lost only one of
their fitst seven matches. Coach
Wingert's hooters then dropped four
of the next five games in a fatal midseason slump.
The slump was due to the inexperience of the players, most of whom are
freshman. It was at this point in the
season that the players met up with
their first wave of exams.
Wilkes finished out the final third
of the season around the . 500 mark.
This season the ·Colonels took on
two Division I foes, Virginia Tech
University and Notre Dame, and
fared well in both matches. In addition to this they played East Stroudsburg University and Longwood University (both Division II powers) and a
host of tough Division III teams.

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When the hooters travelled to
Blacksburg, Virginia to play Tech and
Radford they played one of their best
and their absolute worst games of the
year all in one weekend. Tech tied the
Colonels in the 88th minute to send
the game into ove~time. The following day Longwood blew away Wilkes
by a score of 7-0.
A week later the college hosted the
Fighting Irish who edged the Colonels by a score of 1-0. Wilkes held out
against the Irish assault until the final
few minutes of the match when the
defense eventually broke down .
The Colonels wound up the year on
a solid note as they demolished the
Aggies of Delaware Valley College by
a score of 5-0.
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Freshman Mike Molloy lead all ;
Wilkes players in scoring with seven
goals and six assists for 20 points. Molloy was followed by freshman Jeff
Wertz ~ith eight goals and on~ assist
for 17 points.
The majority of the goalkeeping
duties were shared by freshman Bill
Hankins and Don Shaw. They turned

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away 155 of the opponent's 336 shots,
promising future for the Wilkes soccer
and combined for three shutouts.
program.
The midfield chores were held
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Start Off Strong ·
by Tim Williams

The Wilkes College field hockey team finished its 1983
season by losing 4-0 to Franklin and Marshall in the first round of the MAC
playoffs. The Lady Colonels finished their campaign 7-9, second place in the
MAC Northwest Division. Leading scorer on the year was Debi Cometa with 10
goals, 4 assists.followed by Sally Vojtek's 6 goals, 6 assists,and Stacey Baldwin
with 3 goals and 3 assists.
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Team members are : Top row from left to right: bead coach Gay Meyers,
Dorthy Zwoyer, Joanna Dombeck, Sharon Domzalski , Sally Vojtek, Lisa
Thomas, Stacey Baldwin, Valerie Frey, Yvonne Pierman, Perri Nejib, Keren
Bennet.
Bottom row from left to right: Nadine Wieder, Mary Ann Judge, Debbie
Nelson, Tracey Kelly, Janee Eyerman, Jeaqp.e Dougherty, Debi Cometa,and
Alysse Croft.
Missing form picture: Co-captains Karen Johnson and Tracy Day and
assistant coach Mary Jo Hrom hak.

Roberts.switched from a zone to a
man•to,man defense which enabled
them to shut down the Lycoming ofThe Lady Colonel Cagers opened
fense. ·
. up their season with back to back wins
Smith was again the game's high
on the road against Delaware Valley
. scorer with 23 points as she shot 50%
College and MAC foe Lycoming Colfrom tat; field and 75 % from the line.
lege.
The team shot 50% from both the
Coach Nancy Roberts' ball club
field and the line .
dominated Delaware Valley through"It's great to be 2-0 right now. "
out the entire game on their way to a
Ro.berts continued, "We don't like
95-41 win.
playing at Lycoming, and that's part
Senior Kim Smith lead all scorers
of the reason we did not•have a good
with 26 points followed by junior
first half. But, the girls got gutsy and
Deanna Kyle with 22 points. Smith
pulled out the win. ''
also pulled in 15 rebounds and senior
The Lady Colonels will take on
Karen Bove added 11 more.
Roberts noted that junior Charlene · Marywood College Saturday, December 10 at 7:00 p.m. as they look to seHurst played well defensively in addition to adding 14 ·p oints to the wincure their home operier..
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Vol. XXXVI .

No.9
Feb. 3, 1984

Presidential Persona Picked
by Sean P. Connolly
On December 12, 1983, Wilkes
College announced the successor to
current President Robert~. Capin.
The chairman of the History Department of Sangamon University in
Springfield, Illinois, Dr. Christopher
N. Breiseth, 47, will become the
fourth president of Wilkes College on ·
July 1, 1984.
"We're all very excited," said
Breiseth, who was disturbed during
dinner by this telephone interview.
''There are a lot of things I like about
Wilkes, and my family and I are planning to spend a considerable part of
our lives there.''
Breiseth comes to Wilkes with a
large list of academic accomplishments: a B.A. in history with highest
honors from UCLA in 1958, a B.Litt.
(Oxon) in modern British literature
from Oxford University in 1962, and
a Ph.D . from Cornell for modern European history in 1964.
From 1980 to 1983, Breiseth served

as president and dean of .Deep
Springs College, Deep Springs, California, which is a two-year liberal arts
college with a 24-person student
body.
He also taught history at Williams
College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and worked as an administrator
in the Federal Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington,D.C.
"I've been at Deep Springs College
which has 24 students to UCLA which
has around 25,000 students, which
leads to another thing I like about
Wilkes - its size," said Breiseth. ''I
think 2,000 students is large enough
for people to know each other, but at
the same .time you have a diverse
group of individuals and a comprehensive curriculum."
Capin, who has been Wilkes' president for nine years, had announced
his intention to join the accounting
firm of Parente, Randolph, Orlando,
Carey, and Associates, of WilkesBarre'. He will leave Wilkes on June 1,
1984.

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at Wilkes before he became president
of the college in 1975.
Breiseth said one ofthe things that
drew him towards Wilkes was its
unique situation as a private institu- .
tion with a close relationship to the
local community. He said it is rare to
find a private institution with such
close contact to its area, and this relationship between Wilkes and the Wyoming Valley presents beneficial opportunities for the college.
The president-elect added that
Wilkes is a relatively young institution which is positive because it is not
caught in a traditional role.
"I'm intrigued by the spirit in an
economically troubled area. The
flood itself, from what I've heard, has
shown a willingness of the people to
respond and pull together in a tough
situation," said Breiseth. He added
that the people know how to work in
hard times, and this should generate
good spirits when things are going
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colleges, is faced with an unclear future with the expectance of financial,
academic, and enrollment problems.
Breiseth stated that he realizes the
situation that faces colleges today, but
he said that from his visits to Wilkes
he has a positive feeling of a "supportive environment with an impressive array of administrators, faculty,
and students."
The resignation of Dean of External Affairs, Dr. Thomas Kelly, is an
immediate issue of new staffing that
Breiseth will have to deal with, but as
for any immediate or future changes,
the president-elect said he will have to
work the job for a while. "It will take
time for me to become thoroughly acquainted with Wilkes before I can
make any decisions," he said, "I'm
coming to see what you (Wilkes) are
doing, and what I can do to help. I'm
calling. for creativity,''
added
Breiseth.

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Only " Real Men Can Handle Computer~•\ ~ that's the message the marketers of those new " A.d am " computers seem determined to put across.
Have you noticed the new ads for "Adam''. romputers? Someone has decided that the "target market" for this product is· the slightly pimpley, quite-abit-less-than-athletic, smarter-than-usual adolescent male, commonly referred
to in high school circles as "the nerd" or " the brain. "
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· How are they appealing to these teens? Sex . . . what else? Somehow, I never
foresaw the day when something like computers would be sold on the promise
that they could get you "laid" (or at least a date for the prom) .
First, they show one of these " brains" seated in front of his "Adam" computer, which just happens to be in his bedroom which is dimly lit with a big
spotlight on the computer, while his girl, who looks like she should be out
cheering the team on or at the local McDonalds with the star of the basketball
team instead of sitting watching some wimp play with a computer, sits a respectable distance behind him .
As.he tries to e1tplain the intricacies of this machine to her, the beauty queen
ooohhhs and aaahhhs and generally acts like sharpening a pencil would present
her with hours of intense soul-searching.
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Then, as a big finish, the narrator says (in a nice John Wayne voice), "Command the powers of Adam ." "Command" and "Power" are two macho
words. Together they stir up visions of Patten, Al Haig and Clint Eastwood, definitely not women's stuff.
Then there's the name , "Adam." Now there was a man's man. H~ck if it
wasn't for him, there wouldn't be any women (something the stupid b;oads ·
seem to forget a lot). He got to name all the animals and everything.
So, what's all this telling the pubescent male? It's telling him that only.real
men can figure out computers, and that if he asks Santa for one next Christmas,
he too will attract Homecoming queens into his room. Will this become some
new way to e}Cplain his behavior to his parents?
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Dad: What were you and Suzy doing in your room for three hours?
Junior: Oh, I was just showing her my disc-drive. _
These give a further message to society. Only less than model material males
can use computers, and women, especially nice-looking women are useless

around computers.
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The only ad for these "Adam" computers that show~ a woman being allowed to touch one of these sacred keyboards uses an exceptionally unattractive
woman . When her husband tells her to try typing something in, she looks at .
him like he just told her to stick her hands up the backside of a donkey.
She then panics when the computers asks her a question . It sure is a g~&gt;0d
thing her smart husband is there to tell her to answc:r the comput~r and gener- .
ally reassure her. Once again, men prove superior. ·
I have to ·admire the man~facturers of these computers for being the first
high-tech company to realize that sex sells and male chauvanism is coming
back in style. I'm afraid it won't take a long time for other computer companies
to follow:
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Will we soon see Barbi Benton in a fig leave bikini; draped over a terminal ,
· staring laciviously into the camera and saying in a husky voice, ''Take a 'byte' of
the Apple?' '
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Will we see Bo Derek turn down a date with Robert Redford in favor of
Woody Allen, because Allen has his own Texas Instruments whatever?
Will Cheryl Tiegs and Christie Brinkley team up for the Commodore Vic~
20?

Will Tom Selleck soon charge across our screens, punching out some criminals and then sit down at his IBM personal computer to add them to his " Villians defeated" file , as women in grass skirts fan him and smile admiringly?
.While I myself am a computer illiterate (it's not that I haven't tried to learn) ,
I don't think it's fair to men or women who can work with computers to be
portrayed as stupid or less than good-looking .
.
These ads may last only 60 seconds, but they perpetuate a lot of myths :
women are useless in technical and mathematical things, nice-looking women
are dumb and smart mert or women are never nice-looking.
.
The scariest part ofall of this is that, for the most part, it's aimed at a new
generation of males who are still at a highly impressionable age.
It all leads me to ask, "Ai e these home computers all that great if they can't
be sold on their own merits?''

Corrison.
Assumes
The
Position

The Beacon would like to welcome
their new advisor, Dr. Cynthia Coiison. Dr. Corison-, a communications
professor specializing in communications theory, has kindly agreed to take
the place of Dr. Donald Leslie who
has departed for greener pastures.

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Study Continues Without Kelly
by Thomas J. Monsell
The college 's marketing study, although it is losing its chairman , is
" right on schedule;' said departing
Dean of External Affairs, Thomas
Kelly.
Kelly is moving on after a career at
Wilkes which started in 1969. He is
leaving the well established market~
ing study in the ''very competent
hands" ·of President Capin, Director
of Cultural Activities Al 'Groh, and
Dr. Joseph Bellucci.
The task forces in charge of surveying all aspects of college life have collected their data .and have turned
their findings over to faculty m·embers "competent ii: statistics," said
Kelly.
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by Thomas J. Monsell
made up, and alumni, faculty, freshmen, last year's seniors, and a choice
_Reagan Ready for Round Two
group of students, were all surveyed.
President Ronald Reagan annou~ced last S_u nday night that h·e would run
The questionnaires dealt with all asfor
a second term because as he put 1t, "Our work is not finished ." ·
pects of student life, from academic
1,000
Rep1;1b_lican offici~ls gather~d to cheer Reagan, who has already colfacilities to the social lives of students.
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Dean Kelly also mentioned that he
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faculty and students to implement
Lt . General Guillermo Quintanna Lacacci, 67, was riddled by at least 10
changes that would better all aspects
bullets and died instantly as he and his wife were walking home from church
of the college and· make the college
services in Spain's capital city.
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more attractive td the community and
Four men blasting machine guns from a car caught the general and his wife as
prospective students.
they s~rolled unescom:d down a quiet street. General Lacacci fought with the
late dictator General Franco during Spain's civil war.

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A Greek student lit the qlympic flame last Sunday from the sun's rays in the
ruins of an ancient temple in the wooded sanctuary where the games were first
held 2,760 years ago.
The flame was then carried by 10 Greek runners on the first leg of its 490mile journey to Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, where it will burn during the 13-day
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IRHCReport
by Thomas J. Monsell

Inter-Residence Hall Council Presi. dent Alan Melusen emphasized the
fact that the bi-weekly meetings of
the council were for everybody to attend , not just mem bers . " IRHC is
only as strong as its membership, and
the larger the membership, the better
the activities," said Melusen.
These "activities" are events sponsored by the council in order to bring
the students of the college closer together. Past events have been the
pizza party during finals week last semester, and banana split day last
Spring.
A topic of major concern to sturdencs was djscussed ooring the meeting last Sunday night
01
Stark Learning Center. This was of
course the Alcohol Policy. Advisor
Jean Adams told the council that a
new policy regarding dorm functions
wiII be put into effect wi thi n the next
two to three weeks . The party policy
regarding quarter kegs u l lx c, L .1~ not
been changed.

in room one

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fruit basket fundraiser was successful
and raised $1 ,207 .00. Last semester's
pizza party was also successful said
Melusen and he'd like to schedule another one for the first Sunday after
Spring Break.
The Parking Committee told the
council that 24 spots were handed out
to students and that 20 more parkinJ:
· ;":tees \ "t"ff" rec ~;,... .1 ;,, the C.o r&lt; Ir-,
,-1 .. y Olit: .with r ,- rk11,g problem ,~
urged to contact rht: Personnel Office
in .Ross HalL
Melusen also said that . the Valentine's Day Party will be held February
17, at the Wood lands. Cocktails will
be from 7:00 p, m . to 8:00 p.m ., dinner from 8:00 p.m ..to 9:00 p.m., and
dancing from 9:00 p.m . to 1:00 a.m .
The tentative ticket price will be
$8.00 per person.
· The next IRHC meeting will be
Sunday, February 5 and Melusen invites all students "with gripes' ' to
come to the meeting and voice their
op101on .

If You Read Nothing Else, Read This
by Rebecca Whitman

The problem-plagued school newspaper may have to " stop the presses"
permanently unless recent meetings with administration prove fruitful.
Many Beacon readers and subscribers may have been mystified by the erratic
publication schedule followed last semester. Basically, all of the typesetting
equipment broke down repeatedly, causing many papers to be cancelled.
These equipment malfunctions caused many unseen problems also. The
exhorbitant price for repairs combined with the cost of having the typesetting
done profess_ionally succeeded in emptying the newspaper's account at the
finance office .
The Beacon has asked for further funding s9 that publishing can .take place
at least on a by-weekly basis. Since the paper's equipment has been abandoned , enough money to cover the cost of professional typesetting which
ranges from $60 to $40 a page, would be needed.
W ithout further funding the newspaper will be forced to close for the remainder of the year.

W CLHRanked
9th in Valley
The Wilkes College radio station ,
WCLH , was ranked the ninth most
popular radio station in the Wyoming
Valley, according to a recent survey
conducted by Wyoming Valley High
School. More than 1100 individuals
were polled.
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WCLH broadcasts at 90 . 7 on the
FM band and is on the air from 7 a.m.
until midnight daily. The station is
completely operated by students with
the help of faculty advisor Dr. Bradford Kinney. Kinney is involved in thr
communications program at Wilkes .
A wide-variety of music from ruck
to middl e nf rh c wad, and finall) to

easy listening is offered at WCLH .
Kinney said that thirty-three per cent
of the broadcasting time is devoted to
educational programs . "This is a station where the students learn to do all
the work from being a disk jockey to
being a programmer. WCLH is more
than an educational station - it is a
learning laboratory,' ' said Kinney.
The Wyoming Valley West survey
found the top ten radio stations to be :
1) \x;'EZX, 2) WKRZ*FM, 3) WMJW,
4) WILK, 5) WJ3AX, 6) WGBI*FM ,
7) WARM , 8) WYZZ , 9) WCLH*FM,
and 10) WGBI*AM.

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tion is at Fort Lauderdale or at home
for Spring Break , Dr. Breiseth will be
visiting the campus and addressing its
needs. He will stay for five days from
March 9 to 14 then returning to
Springfield , arriving in Wilkes-Barre
in June to stay.
Dr. Breiseth 's wife, Jane , is from
New York State so the area will not be
new to them . The Breiseths · have
three children: Abigail , 15 ; Erika , 13·;
and Lydia , 3. The president-elect said
he is going to miss Springfield , Illi, nois, because it has been very nice to
him and his family, but that his fami ly
is very excited about the move. "I
don't know if you heard it," he said
on the phone, '' but the girls were
fighting to answer the phone because
they knew you were calling ."

Wilkes should take advaptage of its
core curriculum program, according
10 Breiseth, and it should work towards a larger integration of disciplines . "What this means is that students should be exposed to
interdisciplinary teaching so that they
can see how different fields work. The
core curriculum is a fine thing at
Wilkes and should tie the disciplines
together.''
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Wilkes will have to use its natural
resources to accomplish needed fundraising activities, because there are no
signs of enlarged assistance from the
government or other means. Breiseth
us~d the student publication problems as an example . "There are a lot
of things not receiving a full amount
of money. If the newspaper's equipment is old and in disrepair, they
should fi nd some way to use Wilkes'
natur:i I constitut&gt;f!ries, say an alumni
or a donated printer."
While most of the. student popula-

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,W inter Oly_m pics
Next week more than 1500 athletes
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from 48 countries will descend upon
spectate.
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, the site of the
The victors received the symbolic
XIV Winter Olympic Games. All will
prizes of the crown of olive and the
share the same dream, that of ~cappalm branch, which was placed in the
turing the gold'' and returning home
victor's right hand. These men were
an Olympic champion. For a handful
honored as heroes at home.
of these hopefuls the dream will beTh~ games were held every four
come a reality . . . .
··
years, regardless of war, until 392
The exact origin of the Olympic
A.D. when they were terminated by
games is uncertain, but it is generally
the Christians.
believed that the first games were
The Olympic games were revived in
held in 776 B.C. The games were part
their modern form in 1896 thanks
of religious festivals and included art
largely to the efforts of Baron Pierre
forms such as poetry, music, and orade Coubertin. They were held in Athtory in addition tQ athletic events.
ens, Greece, in honor of their predeThese festivals probably developed_
ces~rs, with nine countries~particifrom the custom of staging athletic
patmg. ·
contests to honor gods or dead heroes.
The modern Olympic games. conIt's probable that the games origisisted strictly of summer events un,.t:il
nated in some form prior to 776 B.C.
1920. In that year a few winter events
due to their religious significance, but
were held in an indoor rink in 'Antthey weren't firmly established until · werp and the Winter Olympics were
that date. The games were held at
_born. Since 1924, games .have been
Olympia, the site of a stadium and
held in the February of Olympic
temple dedicated to Zeus, in the mid-years. Winter events include figure
summer anc.l became a symbol of the
skating (men's and wotnen's singles,
Greek's devotion to perfection of.the
p_airs, and ice dancing), speed skating
mind apd body. ·
(men's 500; 1000, 1500; 5000, 10000
The early games were of one day's
meter, and women's 500, 1000, 1500, .
duration. This · was changed during
and 3000 meter), Alpine skiing
the 77th festival to a five-day meet.
(men's and women's downhill, slaEvents included running, wrestling,
lom, and giant slalom), Ne. ic skiing
and -an early form of boxing. Field
(Nordic combined, men's 15, 30, 50
events, such as javelin throwing, and
kilometer cross country, 40 kilometer
chariot racing were added later.
relay ,and 70 and 90 meter jump, an_d
Before entering the competitioµ
women's 5000 -and 10000 meter cross
the contestants swore an oath that
country, and 20 kilometer relay), ice
they were of pure Hellenic blood, had
hockey, bobsledding (two-man and
trained rigorously, and would not re-.
four-man), luge (Men's and women's
sort to any type of unsportsmanlike
singles, men's doubles), and biathlon
act ·during competition. They were
flO and 20 kilometer iridividual and
then stripped and rubbed with oil
30 kilometer relay).
and the games commenced. Women
As in ancient times contestants take

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1980 GOLD -ffiEDALISTS_ _ _ _ _ __
Figure Skating
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Pairs

Robin Cousins
Anett Poetzsch
Irina Rodina &amp;
Aleksandr Zaitsev
Natalya Lenichuk ·&amp;
Gennadi Karponosov

Gr.eat Britain .
East Germany

Speed Skating
Men's 500 meter
1000 meter
1500 meter
5000 meter
10000 meter
Women's 500 meter
1000 meter
1500 meter
3000 meter

Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
KarinEnte
Natalya Petruseva
Annie Borckink
Bjoerg Eva Jensen

United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
East Germany
Soviet Union
Netherlands
Norway

Alpine Skiing
Men 's Downhill ·
Giant Slalom

Leonhard Stock
Ingemar Stenmark

Austria
Sweden

Ice Dancing

Soviet Union
Soviet Union

Slalom
Women's Downhill
Giant Slalom
Slalom

Nordic Skiing
Nordic Combined (cross
country &amp; jumping)
Men's 15 kilometer
cross country
30 kilometer
cross country
50 kilometer
cross country
40 kilometer
70 meter jump
90 meter jump
Women's 5000 meter
cross country
1000 meter
cross country
20 kilometer relay

Ingerpar Stenmark
Annemarie Proell Moser
H~nni Wenzel
Hanni Wenzel

· Sweden
Austria
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein

Ulrich Wehling

East German

Thomas Wassburg

Sweden

Nikolia Zemyatov

Soviet Union

Nikolia Zemyatov
Anton Innauer
Juoko Tormanen

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Austria
Finland

Raisa Smetanina

Soviet Union

Barbara Petzold

East Germany
East Germany

�eseven

Then·and Now
the Olympic oath before they begin
competition:
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''We swear that we will take part
in the Olympic games in loyal competition , respecting the regulations
which govern them and desirous of
participating in them ill' the true
spirit of sportsmanship for the
honor of our country and the glory
of our sport .' '
The U.S. Olympic team boasts a total of seven current or recent title
holders. Th~~e intlude: Alpine skiers
Phil Mahre, Steve Mahre, and Tamara
· McKinney; figure skaters Scott Hamilton , Elaine Zayak and Rosalyn.Sumners; and Nordic sJcier Bill Koch..,
Other medal hopefuls include 70 and
90 meter ski jumpers Jeff ! tasting~

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Nelsc11 :,nd Nordic combined 's Kerry
Lynch .'
The team has hopes of capturing 15
medals, but they face stiff competition. Finland's Matti Nykanen is the
favorite in the ski jump, followed by
Canada's Hoist Bulau and East Germany's Jens Wiesflog . Bobsledding
again sees a strong East German team,
as well as strong teams from Switzerland and the Soviet Union. The East
Germans are also favored in the luge,
followed by the Austrians and the
Italians . Austria and Switzerland ·
have the teams to beat in men's Alpine skiing , and the Soviets are practically a shoo-in for the ice hockey gold .

JUST WHAT -IS ...?
Biathlon: This event combines
cross country · skiing
with marksmanship.
Biathletes ski a cross
, country course stopping periodically to fire
a .22 calibre rifle at
small target . 50 meters
away.
Luge: This event involves lying on
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one's back on a 4 ft.

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sled and descending
down an icy run, feet
first, at speeds in excess
of70 m .p.h.,just inches
above the ice .
Nordic Combined: This event
combines a 15 kilometer cross country race
with a · 70 meter ski
JUmp.

OLYMPIC FACT·S
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. ··The Unite~ States has won only one
· United States

Ice Hockey

Bobsledding

Switzerland
East Germany

Luge

Bernhard Glass
Vera Zozulya

East Germany
East Germany
Soviet Union

Biathlon

10 kilometer individual
20 kilometer individual
30 kilometer relay

l't1e u.S . OlympK Team me.mbers
r~ngc in age from 17 to 36 .
The United States J,as. not won a
medal in ski jumping since their 1924 ·
bronze medal.
Sourcc·s: Collier's Eni:y1L lopedi ..
Time Magaz ine (Jan . 30, 1984)

Two-man
four-mari

Men 's Singles
Doubles
Women 's Singles

silv~r aQd one bronze medal in the
"mi~or" winter sports of biathlon,
Nordic skiing , bobsled, luge,and ski
jumping,,incF 1956 .
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Frank Ullrich
Anatoly Alabyev

East Germany
Soviet Union
Soviet Union

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DR. ZON l&lt;.......................U................................u..................................
Welcome back to one and all!!! Before I get started I'd like to congratulate the bookstore and myself. First
off me, for bringing to your attention
rh.e gross bre.ach of conduct bv rhc
bookstore, in my Golden Coal Shaft
of the Week Award. You remember
those, ·not selling used books until af.
ter a couple of weeks, when everyone
had already bought new books, and
- for only taking returns for only 3
weeks, and various other assorted
nasty deeds. Well the tables have been
turned and the scales balanced once
again. The bookstore has b~ought
about sweeping changes. So this week
the bookstore gets the honorary Dr.
Zonk Award for these changes. To all
coIJcerned down the,e, keep up the
good work!! Whoever instituted these
changes all of us heap om highest
praises upon yo_u! _ .

Okay, enough ot .that serious stuff, ' Now this alloted amount is deducted
let 's take a look around campus.
from your total bill BUT you ' re not ·
Yawn, not mu..::h going on, so I deassured a job. True it is marked with
cided to start my own activity. Intro- ·
an asterisk saying this amount could
ducing The Dr. Zonk Dart League!
_be made . Th~ugh, usually when peoMatch play will begin sometime in ·
ple· get their bills what do they look
March. To enter, submit a roster of
at? You got it, the final total of what
four players to The Beacon clo -Dr.
they owe . So the person pays the owed
Zonk. Further details will be anamount and then finds.out at the end
of the semester that he or she owes a
nounced.
Does Wilkes College have a student
couple of hundred dollars more. But
the poor · person, through spending
government?
his money on q.ecessities (beer, pizza,
A couple of people have ap~
proachecl me _with a problem, one
etc.), is out of cash. Now this could be
avoidea if they lis.ted 'i t sepai:ately.
that should be handled by the stuThe college would have its full money
dent government. So, champion_ of
the underdog that I am, I thought I'd
at the beginning of the semester givrelate it to the readers. Maybe some. ing it even greater revenues to invest
body knows someone in the student
. or to pay bills with. Somebody should
government. When you get your bill
do a study on how much these errors
for the semester under deduction they
cost the coUege. The finance offi~e
have a slot for "college work study".
could list this separately on the bill
and not deduct it, then later credit it
to the student's personal account ( the
credit also would let the college use
the money longer).
After sending these people to the

CLllSSl111ElJ:
Kevin ,
Boy do I have a secret for
you !! (Drool , gurggle , slo- ber) . _
Ralph

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for the fastest martini in the
east . Next round will be in
the penthouse suite of my law
office. The aspiri_ng attorney

Bob, .
Are those crutches really
. keeping you in bed or are they
just an alibi?
RN

Raul, Thanks for the offer.
Hopefully I won't have to
take you up on it! One of the
Pub crew·

Ralphie, Don' t get involved with the VISPl regulars or you'll lose your future
jock roommate . He might ge t
HOMOPHOBIA . Su-Su

C.T. of Miner,
Show us your pookie.
Two buddies

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Ralph
Cress,
Shift gears . . . and go
Greyhound.
. Pubcrowd
Kevin , I never saw anyone
get engaged so FAST! Don't
get henpecked or we won't be ·
able to go to the Pub anymore. Me
Sue,
What will it be - sable or
silver fox? What a bargain . . .
! Be careful on those beams
- "Tea for two" isn't a good
idea at 12 feet . Are you still
blinded?
PUP
· Gnat,
Use the " CHERRY" stuff
lately?
Love ,
Your Big Angel
Ralph,
All she really wants ... got
a nickel or dime?
Denny ' s
crowd

Hey Zimbabwe! Where is
your pookie and what are you
- going to do with it?! Oh , by
the way, I highly recommend
Martz for 'festive ' afternoons.
Love,
Cressy
Stacey, Worn any sable
lately? Watch out for .those
high BEAMS &amp; don't get
locked in any saunas with
Orphic &amp; Miss Mouse. Felix &amp;
Oscar's mom.
Jay, Next time you want to
" bang around in the bedroom" let me know. Tos.
Michelle, Leslie, Jane,
Theresa ,&amp; Nancy, Oscar and
Felix called about your summer Olympic tickets. STOP.
, They were all sold out. STOP.
Sorry. END .
Trace-y and John, Thanks
for the sable, champagne, .
HOUSE . . . and your friend ship . We had-a fantastic time ,
and the next one will be on
us. Love, Sue and Stacey
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proper authorities they couldn ' t get a
satisfactory response . So, why not let
r.he student ·government hand le it : ·
they know the proper channels . It 's a
case of a f~w against the big bad college, but the student government
. -could save us. So I ask where is the
student government? What are they
doing besides taking up space? All ·
you ever hear about them is sign this
-petition and vote for me so I can have this on my record. Now there's a
problem and I'd like to see it confronted and resolved. "I was elected
and riow I jus_t get to sit here" doesn't
fly with Dr..Zonk around.
You people must earn that mark on
your records, How about some help?
(If not Friends of Dr. Zonk Against
,Useless · Student
Government
(FAUSGJ will have to -institute
changes. The troops · are ready to
strike, so that the students are rep re. sented properly. Here's your chance
(one which most governments don't
get). It's not a threat,'it's a plea from
the oppressed ~asses -HELP US !
Bubba,
Who put ,me in the shopping cart? Hey that lady isn '.t ·
wearing a-!!! Can I eat your
sausage?
Ralph
Caryl,
· It's stuck where?
· Love,
Tony _
' P.S . No real names please .
Sue,
Nice book!! How to regai n
your what?
Love,
Ralph
P.S. Your personality was
great Friday night!!!
Want to fulfill your wildest
fantasies? Call 822-7419. Ask
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1984 Winter Weekend

''The Wilkes
Olytnpics''
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February 10, 11, 12
Friday, February 10
Opening ceremonies
Volleyball-first round
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· Team events in Kirby Park
- team slalom, obstacle course, dog sled racing,
.
marathon dike run , swimming , canoeing, triplefump,
and much , much more!

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with 'beach p3:rty' theme
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wimming and canoeing
at the YMCA
Volleyball finals .
Awards presentati~n
Movie: ·'Sophie's Choice'

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' Krysiz ' ( clockwise from far left):_Tony Zaroh(b~s: g~itar ,lead v~ als), Ben W~llace (lead
guitar) , Billy Zarola (Keyboards , gunar, vocals) Mark Fmo (rhythm guitar, vocals), Jim Harnen
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Cagers Snap Losing Streak
by Janee Eyerman
After losing their last four games,
the Colonel basketball team finally
added one to the win column.
Wilkes defeated Deiaware Valley,
88-83 behind the excellent shooting
of senior co-captain Rick Sheaffer.
Sheaffer racked up a career high of 37
points. Sheaffer garnered 20 of those
points in the all important second
half.
The Colonels found themselves
trailing the Aggies at halftime, 36-39,
but with a total team effort they
pulled within two and eventually tied

the game with 5: 34 remaining.
A Rick Sheaffer lay up at the 2:00
mark put the Colonels on top.'8-76 .
A good man to man defense and
some excellent shooting from Ken .
Yakobitis and Dave Zapatocky helped·
to increase the Wilkes' lead and clinch
the win.
Coach Bart Bellairs stated , "the
win was a good one to get after losing
to Delaware Valley previously in the
season. The team played well and was
glad to be ori their home court."
For various reasons the cagers have
found them~lves short-handed this·
season. The team Jost four players,

kaving them with a weakness at the
guard position. ...,
Coach Bellairs · has added Ed
Kershaw to his team roster in hopes of
filling that guard position. ijellairs
added, "Kershaw is a dedicated
player willing to work hard and that is
a good lead for the team to follow .' '
Another addition to the team is
freshman Brad Scarborough. Scarborough suffered a broken collarbone
during the Wilkes football season and
has been siddined ever since.
Scat borough stands 6 '4" and is expected to see ·a lot of playing time,
addi~g depth to the back court .

··Scarborough feels that team con-·
fidence is important and that after the ·
Delaware Valley game the team is
showing more of it. Brad says that if
. he can play, a part in helping that
team confidence, then he can be an ..
asset to the team."
Coach Bell~irs sees the turnover of
players as "in the team's best interest.
Those players who left the team
weren't serious about playing ball
and those joining are willing to work
hard and make the team winners."
The next match up for the Colonels
is Saturd;i.y, February 4, at home with
Lycoming. Tip off time is 8:00 p.m.

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The Phy~ical Educatiori Department is running two ski
classes at Elk Mountain this semester and has a few spaces
available on the buses. Anyone interested in skiing or
anyone who would like to learn to ski can take advantage
of these most reasonable and affordable rates. The prices
quoted include your Martz bus ride to Elk Mountain, lift
ticket, rentals (if needed ) ,and lessons. '
Wednesday Night Class
Oates:

February 1, 8, 15 and 22.

Times:

Bus departs from the Student Center at 3:45 p.m. and
returns to campus around 11:30 p.m.

Price:

No rentals needed - $11.00
Rentals needed - $16 . 00

Thursday Day Class
Dates:

February 2, 9, 16, 23.

Times:

Bus departs from the Student Center at 11:30 a.m.
and returns to camp~s around 6:30 p.m.

Price:

No rentals needed - $13.00
Rentals needed - $14.00

If you ' want to take advantage of this very reasonable
deal, please contact Gay Meyers {x342) and reserve yo~r space today. Available space will be filled on a "first
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Senior Kim Smith launches a
jumper over Scranton's Lee . Ann
Grow as junior Charlene Hurst moves
in for a rebound. Wilkes' Deanna
Kyle led ali scorers with 21 points.
Smith and Hurst added 15 and 14 respectively i~ the 74-63 loss to the l~dy
Royals.

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, Tim Williams · The Beacon sports department has
undergone a small change in person- ,
nel over the Christmas vacation .
Charles Yozwiak has resigned as co.sports editor and his position has been _
eliminated .
With the anticipation ofYozwiak's
departure we, at the Beacon agreed to
the establishment of a nonscholarship , assistant sports editor position. ·Sophomore Janee Eyerman
will fill this position.
Eyerman will assist me in Winter
sports by covering the men's basketball as well as the Spring sports. Her .
new duties also include helping with
the Wednesday night layouts.
With her, come new ideas and
~hopefully a facelift . to the Beacon
Janee Eyerman
sports pages. An internship Eyerman
served with the WNEP- 16 television tended Crestwood High School. She
station may prove to be benefidal in · earned a total of six letters in softball
her new position. The internship in- and field hockey. At Wilkes she is a
· volved writing and editing in NEP's memberof Coach Meyers' Lady Colosports department.
nels field hockey team, on which she
The communications major hails is a goaltender.
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Thursday, February 16
Wednesday, February 22
Thursday, M_arch 1
$7 includes .lift ticket and free lesson.
$12 includes lift ticket, rental, and free lesson.
At least ½ of payment must pe made in
advance in The Cavern.
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Well , the ski se;1son is in full swing now and it seems as though half of the
student body has taken up the sport. Rumor has it that students have offered
bribes to Mrs . Meyers in order to gain admission into her ski dases .
Elk Mountain is a nice place to ski, and the money that can be saved on the
school sponsored bus trips makes Elk even more attractive . Other ski areas such
as Camelback, Shawnee, Big Boulder, and Jack Frost tend to be more expensive
and more commercialized. However, if you cannot manage to attain a seat on a school sponsored trip ,
there is an alternative you may wish to try - Ski Cove. The owners of the small
ski resort refer to it as the ''Pocono's best kept secret.''
That it just may be. Ski Cove is located just a few miles west of exit 40 in
Interstate 81 South . All in all it is just 45 minutes from Wilkes College.
The reasons I decided to try such an unheard of ski area are twofold . First , I
have been searcqing for a quiet, friendly place where the slopes are not wall-tow~ll people (most of the time I was the only one on the.short but challenging
trail). Secondly I wanted a resort that would go easy on a college student 's
budget. Ski Cove satisfies both with nonexistant lift lines and a college day
(there is also a ladies night discount) .
.
On Monday's (from 3-10 p.m.) a lift ticket costs $-6 with a college ID (regular
price is $11). Rentals (skis, step-in bindings, boots, and· poles) are always $8 .
The operating hours vary.depending on the day of the week. For more information you should obtain a brochure from a local ski shop .
Ski Cove possesses a charming atmosphere unmatched by any of the larger
1ski areas in northeastern Pennsylvania. There is no great financial risk in trying
: this quaint little resort and even if you don't enjoy it you will still get your
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No.9
Feb. 3, 1984

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Colonels Bounce Back
Wilkes Outwrestles Southern
Connecticut, Mauls Western New England and_
Montclair
by Janee ~yerman
After starting off slow this season,
the Wilkes wrestlers have bounced
back with a very lucky weekend. The
Colonels swept their quadrangular
meet with Southern Connecticut,
Western New England.and Montclair.
Southern Connecticut was the only
college to give our mat men a challenge, but fell short giving Wilkes the
29-13 victory.
At 118 lbs. Marc Sodano posted a
major decision over Miller, 13-2.
Doug Billig wrestling at 126 lbs. decisioned Moody, 15-8.
\\rilkes dropped the 134 lb. class to
Southern Connecticut when Doug
Collina was decisioned by Zenbauer,
9-13 .
Wilkes' Glenn Whiteman and
Southern Connecticut 's Aldrich wrestled to a 3-3 tie. At 158 lbs. Tom
Jamicky of Wilkes won a major decision over Forrester, 10-2.
·

The 167 lb. and 177 lb, weight . class, while Tom Jamicky also of
rior decision over Batatlias, 13-0.
Wilkes pinned Roell to grab the 158
classes were forfeited by Southern
Another forfeit by Mpntclair gave
lb. class.
Connecticut, thereby ·making Jerry
Doug Collina the win at 134 lbs. Kurt
The only Wilkes loss came at the
Scaringe and Mike Garvin the winRowlette pinned Cantz at the 2: 53
ners.
3:06 mark of the 167 lh. bout. Westmark to give Wilkes the 142 lb.
ern New England's Soloman pinned
At_190 lbs. Mark Correll, wrestling
weight class .
Jerry Scaringe to garner the team's six
for Wilkes, majorly decisioned MattaThe only victory for Montclair came
lino, 9-1. The heavy weight division
points.
when Dicanti wrestled to a major deMike Garvin narrowly decisioned
was also won by forfeit, giving Wilkes
cision over Wilkes' Whiteman and
Western New England's Hopkins, 4-3
the win.
won the 150 lb. weight class.
The second match up, Wilkes easily
to add another win to the Wilkes
Montclair . forfeited yet another
defeated Western New England Colscore.
weight class, therefore giving Tom
lege, 42-6.
At 190 lbs. Mark Carrell of Wilkes
Jamicky the win at 158 lbs. At 167 lbs.
Marc Sodano once again won his _ posted a major decision over Solomon
Jerry Scaringe pinned Montclair's Haweight class by defeating Coffey, 9-4.
of Western New England, 10-1. The
ley at the 1:45 mark.
At 126 lbs. Doug Billig also won his
heavy weight bout showed Tony
The remainder of the weight classes
second match by pinning Cahill -at the
Troyan of Wilkes wrapping the meet
were forfeited by Montclair and that
47 second mark.
- · made Wilkes the overall winner for
up by decisioning Rigley, 5-1.
In the 134 lbs. weight class Wilkes'
The final bout for Wilkes was a rout
the weekend.
Andre Miller pinned Clark at 1:56.
over Montclair, that -left the scoreThe next match for the Colonels
The 142 lb. weight class was won by a
board showing a 53a4 victory. Wilkes
will be a triangular meet on February
major decision. Kurt Rowlette beat
won the majority of the bouts by for4, on the road . This meet pits the
_ Amato, 13-2.
feit.
Colonels against Harvard and Prince• Wilkes' Glenn Whiteman pinnerl
At 118 lbs. Sodano won by forfeit.
ton.
Panettei at 1:43 to win the 150 lb .
At 126 lbs. Doug Billig posted a supe-

Wilkes Women
Bow to Lady
Royals
by Tim Williams
The Lady Colonel Cagers took on
the 12th ranked Lady Royals of Scranton this past Saturday and lost by a
score of 75-63 in front of the hpme
crowd.
Four Lady Colonels accounted for
60 of Wilkes' 63 points. They included the game 's high scorer,
Deanna Kyle with 21 points , Kim
Smith with 15, Charlene Hurst with
14, and Karen Bove with 10.
Wilkes kept pace with the Lady
Royals through the first half as the
teams traded buckets which kept .the

score close at the half with Scranton
on top,31-30.
The contest remained close until
late in the game when the Lady Royals
pulled av.:a~ with under seven minutes rem.1;mmg.
Coach Nancy Roberts commented
on her lack of a strong bench , "Our
lack of depth hurt us tonight, we gave
it our best shot but came up a little
short.''
The loss drops the women to 2-2 in
the MAC. They will host MAC foe,
Lycoming, on Saturday, February 4th
at6:00 p .m.

Junior guard Deanna Kyle drives around a Scranton defender. Kyle is the
Lady Coloneb' sharp-shooter with her 22.18 points per game , 80% free throw
avg. , and her 6 5 % field goal percentage.
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                    <text>Vol. XXXVI
No.10
Feb. 17, 1984

Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766

Have A Summer Job Yet?

s

Summer Internships Available
Applications are available for paying, summer internships, and the Cooperative Education Office is stressing
the importance in registering right
away.
•
Mr. Eugene Domzalski, director of
Career Planning, said that Wilkes
College is involved in a new state Capital Semester Internship program that
is being sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department and Office of Administration. He said that internships . with a salary ranging from
m11, ..•m wage to !~, per hour for a
37 · , work week, .trc opened to
students in a broad rang&lt;:: of fields.
Applications must be in no later
than March 1.
The coop. program at Wilkes College has grown considerably since its
founding in 1977. Wilkes offers a liberal arts education that has been criticized by students and some faculty as
neglecting technical skills necessary
for employment in a highly technical,
commercial job market.
The internship program offers sru-

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dents a chance 'to experience the activities of their respective fields, an
experience that is often not available
in classroom situation.
Opportunities for most majors can
be found with a little research, said
Domzalski. He said that Spring break
is a good time to seek out Summer
employment for many internships,
and students who have not established summer jobs should consider
working on an internship.
'' An internship is a profitable use
of a summer vacation , and an opportunity to receive academic credit lies
in a visit to the Cooperative Education
Office.' '
The internship program is offered
during the school year for students
wishing to earn credits while attending class. One of the main values of
the coop. experience is the proof of
practical knowledge which is added to
a resume.
The coop. office is located in the
back of Roth Halt, which is next to
McClintock Hall .

Wilkes Winter Winners

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attained che coveted 1000 point piateau . As of
the FDU game he has l,OY noims :rnd is i I points
shy of the record for mos t points in a season (512).

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Co0101erce and Finance

Sponsor Business
Sy01posiuril

And the wini:ier is ... The Caribbean Crew captured first place in the Winter
Weekend Olympics . They were followed by Brazil, in second , and Upper Mongolia who took third. For more Winter Weekend photos see page 6.

The Wilkes College Commerce and
Finance Department will sponsor its
second annual business symposium,
on Saturday, March 3, from 8:30 a.m.
until noon, in Stark Learning Center.
The topic of the symposium is The
American Phenomena of Merger and
Acquisition. A panel of corporate experts will discuss and debate different
aspects of the subject and then answer
9uestions from the audience. '
Guest speakers are Richa: J
Maslow , president of InterMetro,
Ind .; Eugene Roth, Esq. a partner in

Rosen, Jenkins, and Greenwald :
hank Menaker, Esq., general counsel
of Martin Marieth Corp. of Maryland ;
Bill Sword, chairman of Sword Ind.
and president of William Sword
Corp.
Dr. Jerry Ridgley, chairman Commerce and Finance Department will
introduce President Capin as opening
speaker, and close the symposium.
For further information contact the
Wilkes College Department of Commerce and Finance at 824-4651, ext . .··
390.

�~g•~-oc_h_C_lo-bb-e-rs---C-ro-o-ks_W_h_o_EDITQRIAL ---~-------· Bet you thought you 'd never have Lo look at another or c: of these , right ?
Well, you ' re either in or out ofluck depending on how you feel about edito•
rials and The Beacon in general.
As the entire campus probably already knows, The Beacon is in severe finan•
cial trouble . The administration has come through with some emergency funding which will , with any luck, allow us to continue to publish. Unfortunately,
the paper will now only go to press every other week, and it will now be 8 pages
instead of the usual 12 to 16.
.
Hopefully, the quality won't suffer. Hey, it may even improve, who knows .
If we get some good hard news, we may even have to cut out some of those
features that seem to offend everyone's delicate sensibilities: Ann and Abby, ,
Dr. Zonk , the classifieds, my editorials . . . the possibilities are endless.
Another feature that's going to have to go is free advertising for campus
clubs, organizations, and special services (tutoring , etc.). , While we hate to
break this long-standing tradition, one of the hard l~ssons we've learned from
our near bankmptcy is that there are no free rides . From now on, everyone will
· be required to pay the cost of the professional typesetting.
ARGHHHH . .. I hate the word ''typesetting! ' ' That word or any dt rivation
thereof trips me into a Twilight Zone ofliving nightmares. It sends a list ot ' 'If
Onlys' ' rolling through my brain like the credits at the end of a film: if only our
typesetter had kept wprking (the machine not the person whom used to use it) ,
if only we could get the funds together for a new one , if only I had realized
sooner just how much professional typesetting was costing us . .. ARGHHH .
Well , there 's no use Hying over spilled milk, or ink as the case may be. At
least I've learned a few things from all of this. I've learned that I better get a
personal accountant when I get out of here , or I' 11 spend the rest of my life in
permanent debt. This money management stuff is harder than I thought. I
guess being Beacon editor was good for something.

Pirate Program passwords .
To The Editor:
An Open Letter to Students :

tices can lead to your suspension from
Wilkes .
With the logging that is being done ·
The Data General MV 10000 comon
each account, it is easy to find out
puter system exists for the use and
who
is doing what. However, now
benefit of the students at Wilkes Colthat
it
is 1984, I don't want you to feel
lege. As such, students are encourthat
"
Big
Brother" is watching you! I
aged to use the system beyond the .
have
enclosed
a letter from one stulimited confines of specific coursedent
who
was
misusing
the system.
work and assignments. There are no
We
had
two
terminals
taken from
limits on the amount of time used or
the
large
terminal
room
over
semester
type of work done on any account. We
break
.
If
anyone
has
any
information
are trying to get you to use the system
as much as possible. We are even con- about this theft, please let me know.
sidering a plan tozive every student at Something like this theft only hurts
all of you by driving up the cost of
Wilkes an individual account .
However, one of the things we your education ·at Wilkes. It could
hope you will learn at Wilkes is not also lead to severely restricted hours
only how to use a computer system, that terminals are available for use .
I W?,nt you to find out the details of
but the ethics of using a computer sys•
tern . Copying system macros and the system and write your own promodifying them to make . your work grams and macros to use it . If you
easier is perfectly acceptable. But the have any questions about whether
transferring of your · program to an- what you are doing is acceptable ,
·
other student for him to turn in as his please ask me . •
Sincerely,
own (even with modifications) is unJohn A. Koch
ethical . The theft of passwords and
Director of
the use of someone else 's account are
also unethical. ::;uch unethical prarAcademic Computing

The Beacon
USPS 832-080
Third Floor Student Center
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Wilkes College Student Newspaper
Permit No. 355

Pirate Apologizes

Editor-in-Chief .. . .. . .... . .. . . ..... . . . . . . . ........ Rebecca Whitman
News Editor .. .. ... . ... .. .. . ....... . .. . . .. . ... .. .. . Sean: P. Connolly
Managing/Feature Editor . ... .. . .. .. . .... . . .. . .... ... Donna M. Nitka
Assistant News/Feature Editor ..... . . . . . . .. .... . .. . . Thomas). Monsell
Sports Editor . .. ... ... . . . .. .. . .. . . ... . ........ .. . . . ... Tim Williams
Assistant Sports Editor ... .. . .......... .. ......... . . . .. Janee Eyerman
Copy Editor .... : . ... . ..... . .. . . . . ... .. .... . ... .. ... .... Lor Martin
Photography Editor . . . ... .. . . ... . .. . .. . .... . ... . .. ... . . Jerry Galinus
Business Manager .. . ... ... . . .... . .. . . . . . .... .. ...... Nadine Wieder
Advertising Manager ... . ... .... . .. . .. ... . . . . . .... . .. Steve Scharpnick
Advisor . . . .. ............ . .. . . ... .. ... . • . . ...... Dr. Cynthia Corison

Students: ·
While working on the computer last semester, I created a program that emulated the logo,n procedure . This program, though never used, would allow me
to gain access to various accounts .
This program was brought to a professors attention who explained to me the
implications surrounding it . I realize now that this was wrong and would like to
apologize for creating this program . I did not think about just how it could be
used or why I woul_d use it . I urge any students who are working on programs for
perso?al use to_thmk about_how the program may be used before working on
lt . _
If 1t seems sh~htly unethical , see a professor and explain both 'Yhat you are
domg and most important, why you are doing it . The faculty is here to help us.
Please help them to help you .
Thank you for your understanding.

Published bi-weekly during the fafl and spring semesters exc~pting scheduled
breaks and vacation periods. Subscription rate to non-students: $5 .00 . Adver•
rising rate: $5 .00 per column inch . All views expressed are those of the individual writer and not ne~essarily of the publication or the college.

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Big Brother Seeks
Help For Orphan Organization
by Jim Volpi
Talent Show offers opportunity for
the Future
In the opinion of all those involved
in the Talent Show, from publicity
and ticket sales to the actual production of the show, it was a success.
However to the club 's executive staff,
the Talent Show serves more than to
raise money. It's a chance to expose to
the campus the club's purpose, which
is to promote the Big Brother / Big Sister program to the Wilkes College
campus.
The actual program requires a great
deal of concern and patience on the
part of its members. Eacll'Big Brother
and Sister is required to give more
than just time to his little brother or
sister. He or she gives his guidance to
an all too often misunderstood and
sometimes abused child , just like a
real brother or sister would.
The situations one sees and experiences is often enough to make one
scream out in dispair. Yet people stick
_, with it , with the basic hope that their
time and patience will give that child
the understanding he or she needs to
become a better person.
No two situations are the same, yet
whatever your experience, you can't
help but acquire a greater vision into
the ways of the world. The real world,
that is, not just a soap opera world,
but the world ofbroken families and
tough economic situations.
It seems funny, but the biggest
thrill a Big Brother or Sister gets is just
.; watching the child progress through
the years. It's very much a game of patience. You often can't see any immediate change, yet through your words
and actions , change becomes inevitable.
If the picture you're imagining
isn't a pretty one, your right, but its

still a part oflife that won't go away as
much as we would like to see it disappear. There aren' t too many moments
of instant gratification, yet there is
still the basic belief and hope that we
can make a difference in this world.
The Big Brother program is sponsored by the Catholic Social Service ,
commonly referred to as The Bridge,
which is located on the third floor of
15 S. Franklin St. If you think you
might be interested in finding out
more about the program , they will be
more than happy to set up an appointment with you . They realize
most people are unsure about obligating themselves since this is a major
comll!.itment , so they give you all the
time you need to decide and will
never press you for a decision.
·If you would like to talk to any of
the clu b mem bers beforehand , the
club will be meeting on Tuesday or
Thursday . afternoons in the future , so
as to make the meetings more convenient for commuters. New members
are always welcome and its never too
late to join.

COLLEGE TESTING SERVICE
The college testing service is available to all students to assist them in
planning courses, programs, and careers. Direction is also offered
through personal and educational
counseling.
The testing service office has been
relocated in Ross Hall 251, S. River
Street. An appointment for the testing or counseling can be made by contacting). Kanner at ext. 492 .

"Mackie's Back In Town''
Watch your wallets; Mack the Knife
is back in town, and he will be featured in the Wilkes College Theater
Department's production of Bertolt
Brechts The Threepenny Opera.
The production is a combination of
two giants from the theater and music
worlds. The popular songs of Kurt
Wiell add to Brecht's classic adaptation of Gay's Begger's Opera. The
musical cont~ins such famous songs as
"Pirate Jenny," " Army Song," and
of course, "Mack the Knife."
Director Jay Seigfried said the play
was written in Germany in the eighteenth century and is social commen-

tary on the corruption of that society.
He said that the play is still effective
today in 1984 Northeastern Pennsylvania as satire focusing on economic
injustices.
The production will be held on
February 24, 25, and 26 at the Center
for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m.,
with a 2 p.m . matinee on the 26th.
Students may attend free with Wilkes
identification.
Shown are Kimberly Gross of Hamilton, N .Y and Stephen DiRocco of
Samsinote, N.Y who will be portraying the Peachums, owners and management of a begging troup.

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Real News
by Buddy Sutliff, Jr.
Lebanese President, Amin Gemayel, could not immediately comment on
the strength of American efforts to keep him in power, but he said, "The most
important thing is the political backi ng and support of the United States and
President Reagan. ''
Gemayel said he is confident that new talks would begin ~n Geneva to resolve the country' s political and military problems.
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The full Central Committee of the Soviet Union 's Communi'st Party, which
is about 300 members , has, as of Monday, February 12 , yet to elect the successor
to Yuri Andropov as general secretary.
Konstantin Chernenko, 72 years old , who was named chairman of Andropov's funeral, was reported to be the Politburo's choice.

Kinney's Kids Capture Second In
International Competition
Four members of the Wilkes College Debate Team were able to bring
home a second place victory from a recent international competition held
in Montreal, Canada.
The Winter tournament is sponsored annually by the CFA, · and involves students from _colleges and
universities throughout the United
States and other countries.
In the Informative Speech category,.
. Donna O 'Toole took a second
place and junior Annette Winski took
third .

Don Duttinger took second and
Winski won third in the Persuasion
category.
Walter Schonfeld and O'Toole took
fourth and fifth , respectively in the
Lincoln Douglas Debate category.
O'Toole was also awarded a third in
Impromptu and a fifth in Pentathalon, a competition of the five best
speakers at the tourney.
From the right: R.C. Nause, who
was unable to attend the Canadian
meet, and three of the victors, Walter
Schonfeld , Annette Winski , and
Donna O'Toole.

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coup on New Year's Eve, said his country could not afford elections .
Buhari , former oil minister, said he will seek to stop widespread vote rigging
and ballot fraud when elections resume. No date for the return of elections has
been set.
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American shelling of its positions in Lebanon continues. Farouk al-Sharaa,
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pregnant for the second time in three years. The couple has one two-year old
son, Prince William .

Circle K Dances For Those Who Can't
The Wilkes College Circle K Club
is currently planning a twelve-hour
dance marathon for February 24 and
25. This will take place in the Wilkes
College gymnasium.
The marathon will begin at 8 p.m.
Friday night and end at 8 a.m. the following morning .
Proceeds from this event will benefit the Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Wheelchair Fund . The Kiwanis Wheelchair
fund was founded in 1935 by Mrs .
Paul Bedford.
Prizes will be awarded to those
dancers who raise the most money
and who manage to finish the marathon .

In addition to several DJs, a few
area disc jockeys will participate in
providing the music for the dancers .
Circle K reported that this marathan is open to the entire college and
that dancers need not be couples. Admission will be a one dollar donation .
An air band competition is also
scheduled for 10 p.m. Prizes will be
awarded to the top three bands on the
basis of costumes and talent.
Today, clubs throughout the
United States purchase wheelchairs
and walkers for distribution to those
people who need but cannot afford
them. In the past, this project has received national recognition from

CBS, "Care," and "The President's
Committee for Employment of the
Handicapped ."
Circle K has been involved in many
other projects. They were recently involved in delivering for "Meals on
Wheels,'' answering phones for
WVIA-Tv, taking part in the annual
Salvation Army fund drive, and assisting with the Annual Wilkes College wrestling tournament.
Anyone interested. in getting involved in the dance marathon · or air
band competition can obtain further
information at the bookstore or the
Circle K office in the basement of
Chase Hall.

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zil, Kuwait, Zimbabwe and
Bangladesh,
You ' re all winners! Thanks
for making the weekend a
success .
Marianne &amp; Donna
Steve B.,
Mooch a smooch lately?? ?
Happy Valentines Day.
Al ,
Did you ask your fi ve dates
yet? ?? All males , aren ' tthey ?
Happy Valentines Day.
"The Ticket Sellers ' ;
Special K:
I LOVE YOU and Happy
Valentines Day!
The SICILIAN _..
To Lisa from Evans I,
What color were those
p_ _ _ ? Too bad they
didn ' t have any hearts .
Happy Valentine's Day!
Love) &amp;D
To all the little lambs :
Beware of the full moon ,
93 days ti! graduation!
TRUST US!
Love,
The Big Bad Wolves
Greg, Raul , Dave and Jim,
Thanks so much for the
Valentines. To show you how
pleased I am I thought I'd let
you know you 're all marked
men on this campus. BE·
WARE! Happy Valentine's
Day,
Love,
Beth
Dave T.,
De ja.vu? Happy Valen•
tine's Day.
Judy, Ellisa, and Tracy,
Think sun and think about
the shore . See you on the
beach .
Love,
Janet

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Yodels and keep
TRUCKIN'
Love always,
Pete

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435:
I'm one of those " types "
of girls and I'll be on the loose
tonight . Whoever I choose
will be considered the luckiest
guy in the world . But please
be careful, because I' II give
you the biggest heart
you 've ever had . HAPPY
VALENTINE 'S DAY! !!
Love ,
S&amp;M
I never give up on the
dream that some day we will
be hand in hand eternally
free .
C.G.
Dear S.M .I. ,
Thanx for all of vour
"MORAL" support Satu~day
nite! See you in Washington,
D .C. - maybe!
Love,
Jin
P.S . Hey, prez, happy 2nd·
month!
Jennifer,
May the dreams you dream
be the future you find.
Happy Valentine's Day.
Love ,
Chris
Tom ,
You've got to be the best
thing that could happen to
anyone!!! I'm glad you hap•
pcncd to me!! I LOVE YOU!
Always . . . I Will! Happy
Valentine's Day.
Love ,
Cathy XO
T•Tommy Tinkle twang ,
I try to . make each day
something new and exciting
for you . . . I gues~ I shoµId
hang it up on this dry land
and head for the seas to do
some serious backstroke! Let's
push for 5!!!
Love Nunes the Knucka

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Dea; Kevin ,
Chcwbacas are hairy,
Iguanas are green,
Iron hoot is big and
Grinchcs are mean .
I hate Mr. TI heard he has " AIDS,"
Alex loves me . . . I know
"On a good day"
Even though we ' re
"Just good friends"
I loved every minute ,
And don ' t want it to end!
Happy Valentine's Day.
sweetheart!
I LOVE YOU,
Kathy
Thank you for loving me .
C.G.
A Little " liva" to nosh on ..
or maybe some chocolate --?
C.G.
To the Finance &amp; Business Of.
fice Gals:
You have lots of common
cents! Happy Valentine's
Day!
S.G . 1rcasurcr
Timbie,
Happy Valentine's Day to
someone with a real responsibility complex. Don't electro
rnte yourself on this little pro
jeer you 've undertaken .
You're Tops! Bcckface.
Nadine - Watch out L !
those younger men .' You have
great taste.
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Happy Valentine 's Day!
Ad.Man: I know it's your
winning smile that's bringing
in those big accounts . Does
Mickey handle the Disney ac•
count? Happy VD . The Edi•
tor.
Tommy,
Happy Valentine Day ro
someone who can draw ,
write, and most importantly,
appreciate The Who . Start
keeping some office hour~
,md you ' ll be perfect . (need I
sign my name)

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Sweet Loretta:
Mmmmmmm ! I know you
tell everyone our relationship
is purely platonic, but now it
is time to admit your undying
passion for me - Let us meet
in an extremely passionate
rendezvous where we can
both · fulfill our wildest
dreams on this Valentine's
Oaf

Lustfully yours ,
xoxoxo
Richard ,
Did I ever tell you about
· my roommate' sssss brother ?
Richard
To mv little knucklehead ,
Yo~ have made every day
different and special! God
knows you try!!!
Lnve the knucklelover.

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!'h, H .,,.:.:ron Olympics?
I " 1 &lt;&gt;n more incredible ar•
ll·mp: at sanity. Happy first
\ 'alemine 's Day together, and
thanks for making it not just
another day.
Love,
Tom
·-::ome lay your head on my
shoulder and I will whisper
sweet love words . ..
C.G.
Cellblock Catlin:
Dear Inmates,
' The warden has informed
us that visiting hours have
been extended in light of Val•
entine 's Day. Enjoy it while
you can . Also, we will be tap•
ping the keg in room 42 at
7:00 p .m . for all those ·coup•
les attending. (there will be
no charge for THIS party)
Dr. Ruth and associates
Jennifer, Lisa, Nicole, Cathy
and Desi:
To the partying babes of
Catlin Hall - let's keep the
good times rolling!! Happy
Valentine's Day!
Love ,
Nadine and Di

Kevin McDonnell ,
So, you never get a classi•
fied, huh? This one's for you ,
baby! Happy Valentine's
Day.
Love , Donna
Dear Mr. Scharpnick:
Have you found someone
to hide behind while laugh•
ing in class this semester.
Sincerely yours,
Janet Dorio
P. S. The inside address would
agree with the salutation .
Neal M.
Meet me in the Pub?
Dear Pam,
Wait! Wait! Happy Valen•
tine 's Day!
Kathy
To Hazel,
I think you' re a terrific
R.A. ; don't let anyone tell
vou otherwise . Hope you feel
more at home now. Happy
Valentine's Day! Love ya like
a sister.
Gert
To my volleyball team,
Mrs . Saracino, Rick, Sally,
Patti , Teresa.Jayne, Suzanna,
Susie, Marlene, Lori , Sherri,
Leeann, Lisa, Jackie , Jenny,
Teddi, and Vicki. Happy Val•
entine's Day! I love you all.
Love, Debbie

c.c.
Thanks for all the laughs
over the year. Have you seen
any thing exciting out the
windows lately.
Love ,
Janet
Mark,
Thanks for all the pushes
over the past 3 years. I don't
know if I would have made it
without you .
Love,
Your favorite accounting Stu •
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"Ronnie" : Your beaut)'
arises from within, from a
depth of care and under•
standing most people will
never comprehend. Precious
few will ever have the sensitiv•
ity to treat you the way you
deserve to be treated ; I don't
even know if I do. Don ' t let
the heathens scuff up your
soul - it's real and it 's spe•
cial. HAPPY EVERY.DAY Your Guardian Angel.
Sean.Sean ,
If I go to Allenwood , I'm
not taking the fall alone. I' II
squeal. I'll snitch . We'll both
fry! Thanks for always adding
a laugh to my day. Happy Val•
entine Day - The Libel
Queen .
Dad,
Start paying some attcn•
tion to me or the social work•
er's going to put me in a fos.
ter home . Thanks for buying
me at Boscov's. Next time
you repot me, how about
something a little more
butch . These flowers make
me feel like a quiche•eater.
Love, Nephythytis.
Rennie and Dee,
Have enjoyed the past 4
years we have spent together.
Keep smiling and looking to•
ward the island .
Love,
Janet
Janee,
Do you have a jaccuzzi in
Mountaintop? Everyone else
seems to know .
Delaware Girls,
Do you want to win a sub? I
do!
Lynn , KAL, Brian, Nancy,
Elna, Mollie, Mike , Dawn ,
Patty, Lori, Happy Valen•
tine's Day!!
Your 1reasurer.
Happy Valetine's Day SG,
IRHC, Beacon, SCB , and
Amnicola:
Love CC.

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To the Winter Weekend
Committee ,
Thanks for all your help .
We really couldn't have done
it without you .
Marianne &amp; Donna
KAL,
Guess who I'm going to the
dinner dance with . Miss DMP.
Beacon Beck,
The joke is on you and so is
the ice cream . HAPPY VAL~
ENTINE' S DAY!
Ellen ,
Justine
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Joanie ,
Happy Valentine 's Day.
Dave

M. Duncan,
I only met you once but
that night you played darts
really well; I only wish I knew
some of your other skills!!
Hope to see you at 391 again
real soon .
To the women of Ja Mama's
Home for the Aged,
Hagatha, Mildred , Agatha, Beatrice, Hazel, Albina,
Ethyl, Hilda, Ernestine, Ber- ·
tha, Eunice, Gladys, Helen ,
Agnes, Ida Mae, Martha, Endora, and Pearl. Health and
longevity.
Mary and Gert
B.~F~r thou thyself art thine
own bait, That fish , that is
not catched thereby, Alas , is
wiser farthan l."
Lor

Mare ,
Thanks for all the good
tin1e~ we have shared over rhe
years. Keep your eye on the
guys and mister wonderful
will step into your life . GoodLuck .
Love,
Ja_n ~
Scan-Scan,
Happy Valentine's Day to
my favorite news editor. I'm
looking forward to your dramatic performance.
Love ya,
Donna
To Ally,
What color eyes do alligators have? Do I get to find
out ? Happy Valentine 's Day!
Love ,
Don

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Happy Valentine's Day! Once
an R.A. , always an R.A.
Love, Mom

To everyone at "The Peak",
I hope you always have as
many boyfriends as you do ,
this Spring.
Lor
Gert,
I'm sure " the man" will
catch on if he knows what's
good. If not we could always
make him an offer he can 't
refuse . . .
Hazel
Amnicolas and Amnicolos :
We've got an " eye:" on you
- Your cool neigh bors.

!Jear l ',wt.i,
Happy Valentine' s Day.
Love,
Kathy

Kathy,
Our friendship means a lot
to me. Thanks for listening to
me gi:ipe over the years . You
always seem to be there when
I hit bottom . Good-Luck with
everything you do.
Love,
Janet
DearJanet,
4 years of joys, jokes and
problems . has made our
friendship
very
special.
Thanks! Happy Valentine's
Day.
Love,
Kath y

BWlAN - Happy Valentinr ' s day to the only
Paraniod-Voyuer-Atheist
I
know (Thank God, . .. oops) .
You 've got great eyelashes!!
Kai - Didn't want you to
feel left out! Happy Valentines Day.
Another Jackson Browne Fan
CC: You are one cool organization . Thami for being our
friends!
The Beacon
Pumpkin: Sorry about ruining your plans and probably my only chance of getting
a Valentine gift . You can sit
on my lap anytime , even if
you do lie to me constantly.
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�Lady Cagers Crush
Mules and Monarchs
by Tim Williams
The Lady Colonel cagers travelled
to Allentown last Friday and defeated
the Mules of Muhlenberg College by a
score of 74-54 . The following day _
Coach Roberts ' team toppled crosstown rival King's College, 80-68 .
The victories upped the ladies record to 12-7.
Wilkes dominated the entire game
as the Lady Colonels' top three scorers
outscored the entire Muhlenberg
squad . Kim Smith led all scores with
her 24 points. She also added 10 rebounds.
1000 point club member Charlene
Hurst followed in scoring with 21
points that night. Junior transfer
Deanna Kyle also h.ad a productive
night as she pulled in 12 rebounds ,
tallied six assists , and contributed 12
pomts.
Roberts had her team using a manto-man defense which effectively shut
down the Muhlenberg offense. Hurst
and Smith (also a 1000 point club

member) grabbed five steals each .
" It was a good win for us," Roberts
continued , "It is nice to go into the
King's game with this win.''
Against King's, Deanna Kyle 's 30
points led the Lady Colonels to
Wilkes' third victory in the last two
years over the Lady Monarchs. Kyle
also contributed 13 rebounds and 5
steals.
Again, Wilkes utilized a man-toman defense that forced King's to
t~rn the ball over. on at least 9 occasions.
' ' This also was a good win for us because we are now being considered for
the NCAA regionals." Roberts
added, "This game (with King's) is
always an emotional game and it
doesn't matter what the teams' records are - it's always a tough
game.';
The Lady Colonels' next contest is
Saturday, February 18th at home
against MAC foe Juniata. Tip-off is
scheduled for 6:30 p .m .

LIFT-A-THON INFO.
During the afternoon of Marl h
6th , there will be a lift-a-thon sponsored by the football team in order to
raise money for the purchase of new
body building equipment.
The football team would like to acquire both machine and free weight
equipment that will be accessible to
all college students. During the foot ball season the equipment will be
housed in the field house at Ralston
Field, and it will then be moved to
Weckesser for the remainder of the
year.

The lift-a-thon is open to ail Si:U ·
dnm and alumni , not only football
players.
Each participant is to find people to
sponsor him (or her), for at least one
cent per pound .-Therefore, if a participant lifts 300 lbs. his sponsor(s) owe
three dollars for the cause.
Any participant who finds· ten
sponsors will receive a free shirt.
If any one wishes to participate or
contribute he should contact Coach
Unsworth at ext. 324.

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Indoor Shooting Gallery Opens
by Jeff Weinstein
As the 1984 indoor floor hockey
opened it's season it proved that this
season would be nothing less than a
shooting gallery. Four individ\}als
scored for the Chiefs as they pulled
ahead of the Devils, 4-2.
Chris Mele scored four goals, one
better than opponent Rich Sissons, to
lead the Alabama Spammers to a high
powered win , 8-4 ,over the Gretzkys.
Roy Delay, who put on a goalkeeping clinic, shut down the Warriors until it was too late to matter as the
Smegmas opened the season with a 32 victory. Shearer, Trapani, Kopcho.
each tallied one to led the Smegmas
past the Warriors.
A goal with 46 seconds left in the
final period lifted the Twisters over
the Mother Puckers, 2-1. This heart
stopper went back and forth all night
as both teams played consistent
hockey.
Feb. 12: In the second round of _
play the Chiefs and the Gretzks i,tav,ecl
to a deadlock, 4-4. The Spamni,:1s

.:ontinued their winning ways as they
easily beat the Mother Puckers , 5-0.
Mitchell Reese scored two second half
goals as the Smegmas also won again .
This time they victimized the Devils,
3-1. Chris Fox .playing as a man possessed ,defensively shut down the race
horse oriented Devils.

indoor
hockey
Any girls who would like to play or
are interested in playing indoor field
hockey should contact Alysse Croft at
829-9786 (ext. 105) or Jeff Weinstein
at 829-9160 (ext. 126).
If you cannot get in touch with
these people we will be having our
first game Sunday, February 19th , at
6:30 p .m. in the gymnasium .
If you need a stick please tell us and
we may be able to provide one for
you.
Come out and have fun - join a
team or form one of your own.

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by Tim Williams

Why is the American Olympic climate lacks the Winter climate synteam faring so poorly in Sarajevo? If onomous with that of the Norwiegian
America is the most powerful country countries or the Alps countries.
in the world, why is a small country
The bobsled, luge ,nordic, and allike Norway earning more medals pine events are dominated by these
than the U.S . team?
countries because of their lengthy
These questions create an uneasy winters . People of these countries are
situation for the majority of the all exposed to these sports at an early
American public. There are a great age.
many Americans who believe that beIn many of these countries these
cause we dominate the world (along winter sports are as much of their cul with the Soviet Union) in many dif- ture as baseball and football are to our
ferent fields, that our athletics should culture.
be equally dominant.
The only events we have traditionInadequate financial support and ally been competitive in have been
our country's climate are two of the the skating events - ice hockey, figmore prominent reasons why our ure skating, and speed skating . A
Winter Olympic teams are inferior to much larger percentage of Americans
those of other countries. The Ameri- grow-up with skating events that we
can government does not help the do with skiing events, although that is
United States Olympic Committee in rapidly changing.
the same manner that a few other gov- •. Many people expected the U.S.
ernments support their own commit- hockey team to repeat the miracle of
tees.
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All financial support for our Olym- hockey team is good, but not good
pie athletes comes from private con- enough. The American pubic extributions and corporate endow- pected too much from these young
ments .
Oftentimes
these men. These young men are matched
contributions are not enough to bring against a great deal of seasoned vetout the athlete's fullest potential.
erans; the U.S. team i~ no longer a
The Olympic athlete must make major hockey power.
many personal sacrifices in order to
The American public often frowns
train for the games . He or she usually upon and complains about our winter
·spends a great deal of time and money athletes who fail to place in the
preparing for an event that may last events. We should remember that
all of a few minutes .
when a finger is· pointed at someone
If the battle of the budget isn 't else there are four more fingers pointenough of a handicap the Winter ing back at the pointer.
Olympic athlete lacks another necesWe Americans should support our
s1ty - snow.
Olympic teams every year rather than
The United States is not blessed every four years ; other wise , we havr
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Vol. XXXVI
No.10
Feb. 17, 1984

Matmen Pin Tri-Meet
by Don Gibble
This past Saturday the Wilkes wrestlers travelled to West Point to take on
Army and Rutgers in a tri-meet.
Coach John Reese's s~uad returned
home with 17-15 and 2&lt;'5-18 victories,
respectively.
The highlight -of the down-to-thewire Army match came at heavyweight, when sophomore Paul Wysocki, replacing the injured Tony
Troyan, squeeked out a one point victory over Dan Parietti. That bout gave
Wilkes the necessary points needed to
stage a come-from-behind victory
over the Mules.
·
·
Wysocki, former high school stat&lt;:"
champ, is normally a 190 pounde: :; 11
the C\llonels and showed a lot of cour-

age wrestling in the heavyweight class
and winning when the pressure was
on .
An impressive individual win for
Wilkes was registered in the 126 ·
pound weight class·. Senior Doug Billig surprised the West point fans by
breezing past the talented Dennis
Semmel of Army, 8-2. Semmel has
Army's best personal log.
Other winners for Wilkes in the
Army match were Marc Sodano , Andre Miller, and Mark Correll. Gary
Sanchez, Glenn Whiteman, Tom
Jamicky, Scaringe, and Mike Garvin
all lost tough decisions.
In the Rutgers vs. Wilkes show,!ov:n, Marc Sodano continued his
winning ways He scored the only pin
of the day, deckmg his foe in a time of

Netters Net One, Lose Another
by Janee Eyerman
The Colonel cagers split this past
weekend 's action by beating Albright , 57-50 Friday, and losing to

3: 28 and upping his seasonal record
to 17-3-0.
Billig, Whiteman, Scaringe, and
Garvin won decisions for the Colonels , whileJamicky gained a forfeit.
Garvin iced the meet for Wilkes
with a major decision over a decent
Rutgers opponent. Coach Reese then
made the decision to forfeit the remaining two weight classes which
made the score 26-18, in favor of
Wilkes.
The wrestlers will wrap u:1 •i.ieir
:iual meet season Saturday \! 2
p.m . when they will host Fram. lin
and Marshall.
On February 24th Reese's men will
er•ter the EIWA tournament in Anaroli~, Maryland . They will compete

against schools such as Syracuse ,
Navy, and Lehigh.
The top three place-winners in _each
weight class will earn a berth in the
NCAA Division I tourney to be held
March 8th, 9th and 10th, at the
Meadowlands in New Jersey.
MAT NOTES: ironman Mark Correll sustained a shoulder injury in the
Army match. The senior AllAmerican hopeful has wrestled superbly all season , winning all but two
matches. Correll can be counted on to
shake off the injury in time for the
Easterns.
Wilkes' sophomore Marc Sodano
will be shooting to better last year's
performance in the EIWA, in which
he placed third.

Lefty Ace Living A Dream

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                    <text>Vol. XXXVI

No. 11
March 2, 1984
Wilkes C0Hege
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766

After Nine Years of Capinornics ...

Wilkes Faced With
"Most Difficult" Budget
by Sean Connolly
The Wilkes College 1984-85 tentative budget will be presented to the
Board of Trustees sometime today,
and is, in President Robert S. Capin 's
own words, " the most difficult
budget in my ten and a half years of
upper administration.''
Reductions in staff, faculty, and administrative positions are necessary
for a balanced budget, said '-Capin,
and increasing costs and decreasing
enrollment made this year's budget
process very difficult.
" We worked very hard. We had to
take a close look at what was going on ,
and consequently, certain requests
could not be filled, " he said .
Capin added that he expects to fin ish " in the black" with a balanced

budget for the next year, but that he is
not projecting a large surplus .
The budget process begins in midDecember with meetings between de_:
partment heads and deans and fol lows through January. In January, the
president assigns available staff positions , and meets with staff for preliminary budget approvals . The tentative
budget is then completed by the president and staff in February, and the
b oard votes on it in March.
If the budget is approved today it
will remain unchanged until its final
approval in September.
Capin said one of the hardest parts
of composing this tentative budget is
continuing Wilkes' programs while
keeping tuition increases to a minimum. He said that there will be ;i n
increase in mition for next year .but

that no figure has been reached .
Demographic projections for che
Northeast region of the United States
show a continuing decrease in the
amount of college students through
the 1990's. Increase in tuition for
most private institutions has become
a continuing trend , and Wilkes has
been no exception.
Capin added that the amount of
this year's enrollment applications is
higher than last year's applications ,
but that a lower enrollment is expected . The final budget can not be
approved until September when the
number of students are known.
Wilkes College is faced with large
expenditures, said Capin, citing for
instance the $219 ,000 amount paid
for :electrical expenses of Wilkes
buildings , excluding residence halls .

He added that the total operational
and maintenance ~xpense is much
larger.
Along with reductions in staff and
faculty, the number of positions filled
at Wilkes has to be watched , said Capin, referring to professor tenure. He
said that tenure is a commitment on
the part of the college to a certain individual, and is sometimes a lifelong
commitment . He stated the criteria in
considering tenure as : qualifications
of the individual, need in the academic department , and the economic
issues in the situation.
Wilkes College has been operating
"in the black" for -8-9 years, said Capin , who also said that the institution
is in a good positior;i to meet the challenges of the future .

Will It End Up In "People's Court''? ...

·College Obtains Zoning Change On Barre Hall But
Forty Fort Man Sues Wilkes Following ANeighborly Appeal
'

.

by James Volpi

A lawsuit involving the sale of Barre Hall has been filed against the college .

Photo: Steve Thoma;

Barre Hall , a one time female residence hall of Wilkes, which was put
up for sale last year for $110 ,000 , is
now the basis for a law suit against the
college .
William Dombroski of Forty Fort ,
filed the suit when two neigh bors appe~led a zoning change obtained by
the college. Mr. Dombroski claims he
was not notified of the appeal when
he secured his mortgage from Susquehanna Savings Association .
The plantiff claims the zoning
change places him in a financiallydamaged position and refused to
make further comment on the matter.
Mr. Dombroski is suing for the
$5, 000 downpayment that the college
refuses to return . He is seekinL·

$7,800, plus costs and interest.
D.r. Andrew Shaw, dean of Management explained last year that the
college was to go before the city zoning board to ask for a "variance " in
the zoning regu lations for the Barre
property that would allow the parking
arrangement that the college's realtors wanted .
Barre Hall was to be renovated into
a luxury apartment buildin.g , but a
plan for parking violated the present
zoning rules.
1
After attaining the zoning change ,
two neighbors appealed and won ,
without Mr. Dombroski being notified of the change. It is based on his
lack of knowledge of any change,
prior to gaining financing , that Mr.
Dombroski now bases his suit for the
return of his deposit.

�page two----------------------------------------------------------Student Government Zonks The,Doctor
Dear Editor,
This letter is in reference to Dr.
Zonk' s column in the firsi: issue of the
Beacon this semester. Dr. Zonk made
a few unnecessary slurs against Student Government . I feel that it is my
responsibility to comment on these
remarks.
Dr. Zonk made a comment about
Student Government Representatives
only being around campus during
election time, when they need to get
petitions signed to be, nominated. I
would like to elaborate on this statement briefly. If you want to see any
Student Government Representative,
please attend any of the many social
affairs on campus. Student Government members do. You 'll be able to
spot them. They are the ones working
the door, filling the soda cups, and
running around with food platters so
there is enough food to make everyone happy. Also you can find these

people , who appear so mysterious ,
decorating and setting up before each
of these parties and cleaning up after
them . Yes , Student Government
members are the lucky ones who get
to clean up the disgusting messes and
scrub the floors after each party. This
is , however, just one aspect of the life
of a Student Government member.
Another fun part of being a Student
Government member is attending
meetings., If you are really interested
in finding a Student Government
member, you may want to attend one ,
of these meetings . Some of these
meetings have a great impact on campus life. They include the Student
Life , Curriculum, Academic Affairs ,
and Athletic Committees just to
name a few. If you are anxious to talk
to a Student Government member,
you may want to attend one of these
meetings . Honest, meetings don't
hurt!'

Also Student Government members have an office and , I hope you
don't get over-excited but, anyone
with any problems or questions is invited to stop by and talk to someone .
If we can't help you with your problem, we can definitely find someone
who can . This just might save you a
lot of problems. Our office is located
qn the third floor of Conyngham Student Center and our hours are posted
on the door,
Dr. Zook also pointed out that he
dido ' t know of anything that Student
Government did . !"think a good reporter should be a little more alert
than he obviously is because Student
Government just sponsored their first
"major" event this semester and I believe he participated in some of the
games and other activities. Its too bad
he didn ' t notice that Student Government sponsored it but that is only
a fact and facts don't have any place in

a newspaper column .
As a last point, I would just like to
restate something I have said all year.
Again its too bad nobody listens or
reads . Student Government meetings
are open for anyone to attend. If you
have any problems or questions,
please feel free to bring them to us,
that is what we are here for. Who
knows? We may even be able to help
you! ! I hope that the next time someone in responsible position such as
Dr. Zook and his newspaper column ,
receives a complaint he will know
where to forward the complaint if he
doesn't know how to deal with it .
Don't be Shy! We are willing to help!
· ThankYou,
Ralph Pringle
Student Government President
P.S. Don't look now but your best
friend may be a Student Government member.

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Local Peace Group To Sponsor Anti-Nuke Musical
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Dear Editor:
One of the benefits of living and
studying in Wilkes-Barre is the abundance of cultural opportunities in this
area. Unfortunately, these opportunities are not always well publicized on
campus. Therefore , I would like to inform your readers about an event
·which will take place in early March.
On Sunday, March 4, at 3:00 p.m .,
Alice in Blunder/and - Reflections
ofa Nuclear Age will be performed in
die sanctuary of the First Presbyterian

·11ANW1fm:
Columnist
to
counter

CONSERVATIVE
COMMENT

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The play was written by Tom and
Church in Wilkes-Barre. The Wyoming Valley Peace Committee is . Tim DeFrange of Kent, Ohio and has
been presented to many audiences by
sponsoring this delightful musical alLegacy, Inc. The intent is to inspire as
legory based on the classic ' ' Alice in
many people as possible to learn
Wonderland." The actors will be an
amateur troupe from the Scranton
about and involve themselves in the
area under the direction of Dolores
nuclear issue. As college students and
faculty, let us avail ourselves of this
Dominick . There will be no charge for
the one hour performance, but a freeunique opportunity.
Sincerely,
will offering will be colle'c ted to help
Alene Case
defray costs. We encourage everyone
to come and enjoy this lightly satirical
musical with us.

The Beacon
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Wilkes-Barre, PA
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Conservative Comment,________
by Stephen K. Urbanski
and
James). Haggerty,Jr.

Enrezul county is not quite like any
other county, in fact one might say its
quite unique . lt'S uniqueness comes
from the fact that in Enrezul county
the people not only elect a coroner
and a prothonotary, but they also elect
a wizard and an alchemist. In fact ,
these two offices are the most hotly
contested races in the county. Of
course this bring~ to mind many questions , and we'll do our best to answer
them.
These county offices were first created back in the medieval times , and
haven't been changed much since
then. These offices arose out of the
hysteria caused by ·such,,. tyrannical
wizards as Merlin . Merlin had never
been elected by the people, therefore
he was not responsible to the people.
Also , the county alchemist was chosen
by an ancient ce,remonial right. Many
people were outraged by these injustices, so they started an uprising
which they called "The People's Uprising" . Like their county officials,
the people weren't very creative, either.
The govt:rnmental
reformists

ecutive powet must be derived from a
mandate of the masses, and not from
some farcical , paganistic .ceremony.''
This slogap was too long to put on
posters or signs in mass quantities,
and since the printing press wasn' t invented yet, and Xerox machines
wouldn1t be invented for another 600
years, the reformers resorted to handprinted signs which read, " Elect the
Alchemist and the Wizard."
A massive campaign was undertaken to have the government reformed. The current aquaticceremonially-chosen
officials
objected to the changes. There were
fears by the county employees (who
were also chosen by an aquaticpatronage ceremony) that they would
lose their jobs if the reforms were
adopted. Eventually- the reformers
won, and the suggested reforms were
adopted after a series of battles. These
offices are still in existence.today.
Unfortunately, the reformers saw
the election of the offices of alchemist
and wizard ·as a permanent fixture of
their new government . And when the
times changed , the offices didn't.
The alchemist's duties are the same
as they were 600 years ago. His job is
to turn non-precious metals into
gold . Year after year, the alchemist

creases in the county budget for his
office, and continues to try to change::
metals into gold . At last check , the alchemist hadn't succeeded, yet.
We would be wrong if we said that
the wizard's job hasn't changed over
the years. In medieval times the wizards cast many spells on behalf of the
county, and performed many magical
acts, such as turning enemy prothonotaries into frogs. Today, the only
function of the wizard 's office is making the 'taxpayers' money disappear.
About ten years after the creation
of the wizard's and alchemist 's office,
more reforms were introduced. The
offices of prothonotary, coroner, and
jury commissioner were . created.
Enrezul county was the epitome of
medieval government , and since it
hasn't changed much since that time,
it still is the epitome of medieval government. Even though the changes in
government were not great, Enrezul
county has been at the forefront of
county governmental operations. ·
Enrezul county is the home of the
'foot to head ' coroner method . In
1642, Egbert Percy, county coroner,
·pioneered the 'foot to head ' examination method of cadavers. This was a
revoluntionary method . Since the beginning of time , coroners used the

time, we have grown accustomed to
the 'foot to head' method . In fact ,
there hasn 't been a 'head to foot' coroner elected in Enrezul county in over
fifty years. Even though the 'head to
foot ' candidates continually call for a
change , the voters are adamant in
their demands for a 'foot to head' coroner. ·
Another great date in county governmental history is March 9, 1684.
On that day, George Dryden (no relation to John) , the Republican jury
commissioner, ' invented the barrel
crank. Up until this time , the barrel
which contained prospective jurors'
names was rolled around the main
floor of the court house until eight rotations had been completed. Now the
jury commissioner's job was much
easier than before, so this meant an
immediate pay raise.
It might be a revelation to our
county officials if they visited Enrezul
County, but then again it might not
be. If they haven 't taken notice of the
archaicness of their own county government, they'd probably think
Enrezul county government was as
modern as the space shuttle.
Any comments or criticisms are
welcome . Please write to us at The
Beacon.

ado;::i!:;:gi~:ir~:~f~i:ementali~8~riIBil o~At8IBlfS~- -------,
Ho~lt:~er Jl

And .S pace Campus
The classroom is a tall ship into
which is stuffed , jammed , and
squeezed student , faculty, and crew,
competing with provisions , equipment, books, water, fuel , and the
most essential item , good humor.
The campus of this classroom community stretches far beyond the horizon to include the Caribbean Sea and
the Western North Atlantic: This
campus is unlike; any other because it
continually · changes in space and
time. One day the campus may be a
tropical lagoon, the next day the ruins
of a sugar mill, later a Carolina mud
flat , or a wall 100 feet below the surface of the Gulf Stream.
There is a sense of personal development as ~OU__[ain nautical skills

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you shoot stars at twilight or fix a position at noon . The wisdom of the old
sailors adage "one hand for the ship,
one hand for yourself'' will be very
clear the first time you uneasily climb
up the ratlines .
SEAmester is demanding because
in addition to a heavy academic load,
you stand your watch and assume increasing responsibilities in the sailing
of a full-rigged schooner. You will not
leave SEAmester as rhe same person
who came aboard. You
be affected by a rich and deep comraderie
which will persist long after you leave
the ship. You will experience great
and unexpected adventures which
make each SEAmester cruise different
and will leave a mark on your life .
If you are interested in knowing
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by Sean Connolly

On February 28, 1984, at 12:50
a.m ., a man called the front desk of
= Pickering Hall and told the security
§ guard on duty, "I would advise to .
evacuate in 20 minutes . This is a
bomb threat ."
According to security g~ard George
5 Kubaugh, 49, the caller had a direct
= voice but did not specify where the
bomb was placed .
Kubaugh immediately called President Capin, the R.A . on-duty, and
the Wilkes-Barre police.
Director of Residence Life , Paul
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Adams, who was visibly perplexed ,
arrived ten minutes after the call was
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Two police officers entered the
bu~ding at 1:05 a.m. and requested
to speak with the person in charge.
Adams stepped forward .
After being drilled by rapid questions from th~ police, Adams
summed up the situation, "There are
forty buildings on campus. It would
be impossible to search all of them ."
Adams again .called Ca pin, and the
decision not to evacuate any buildings
was finalized .
· Another security guard and maintenance man were present at the front
desk awaiting orders.
The group of R.A.'s stood by until
Adams and the police realized that
the time limit for detonation was long
passed, and that there was no apparent danger.

Debaters Mouth-Off Down South
The Wilkes College Speech and
Debate Union recently traveled to ·
Fairfax, Virginia to compete against;
some of the nation's tQp forensics
schools.
The speech contest was held on the
campus of George Mason University.
Seventeen schools from as far away as
Southern Utah gathered for the special invitational tournament. Even
with one of the smallest entries
present, Wilkes demonstrated its forensic skills by winning five major
awards.
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Donna O'Toole secured a second

place finish in Informative Exposition
Competition and also won a fifth
place trophy in Extemporaneous
Speaking. Her teammate Annette
Winski also combined an excellent
speaking program to win two awards.
Annette won a second place award
in the very difficult area of Communication Analysis - which consists of
offering an indepth critical analysis of
a speech. Ms. Winski analyzed an oration by former president Richard M.
Nixon . She finished the competition
with a fourth place trophy in Persuasive Oratory.

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enough award points to move Wilkes
into an overall fourth place sweep~
stake trophy. This marked the second
time this year that Wilkes has finished
within the top five schools at a tournament hosted by the nation's no. one
forensic school - George Mason University. The tournament was sponsored by the Metropolitan Washington Communication Association . The
tournament package consists of three
separate invitational tournaments
spread out over the regular academic
school year. Points are accumulated

over all three tournaments and at the
final tournament in March, the top
five overall colleges will receive special
recognition. Based on the results of
the last two completed tournaments,
Wilkes College is in the running for
one of these prestigious awards . The
final metro tournament will be held
on the 9th and 10th of March.
The public speaking unit as well as ·
the debate union are coached and directed by Dr. Bradford Kinney of the
communication's studies program.

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WITH
WILKES UPWARD BOUND
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�"To Be Or Not To Be"

Wilkes And King's To Get
Their Acts Together
by Sean Connolly
Wilkes College and King's College
will be combining theatrical departments for two joint productions next
season if a proposal, awaiting final approval by Wilkes Academic Affairs
Dean Gerald Hartdagen, is approved.
Dr. Thomas Kaska, chairman of
the Wilkes Language and Literature
Department, explains that the proposal calls for a cooperation between
the two theater departmeots in producing two out of the scheduled four
shows , one to be staged"?lt Wilkes and
one at King's .
The proposal, which was created by
the deans at King's and submitted
last year, became more interesting to
Wilkes following the termination of

1rnsu1·1 s OF' SG &amp;:

Mr. Jay Siegfried's position as theater
arts professor and production director. Siegfried's departure leaves Dr.
Michael O'Neill as Wilkes ' sole director, a job too big for one man, according to Kaska.
A summer program between the
two departments is also listed on the
proposal, says Kaska, and O'Neill
and Wilkes set designer, Klaus Holm,
are expected to stay in the area hold. ing up Wilkes' end of the deal.
The institutions are expected to
cross-list theater arts.classes with them
divided up on the different campuses , says Kaska.
The proposal is expected to be finalized soon, and the Wilkes Theater
Department has already begun preparation for the change.

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ELECTIONS

SG . rlEPS:

Class of 1985 - Shelly Urban, Al Melusen,
Karen Anderson 7 Ellen McDermott, Joe Morrissey,
Robert Gunderson
Class of 1986 - Randa Fahmy, Linda Fritz,
Beth Cortez 9 ~tacy Toslosky, Jeanine Bolinski
Class of ~987 - Vicky Straka, Caryl Goldsmith
Suzanne Aboutanos, Dave Siegel~an,
Debbie Pavlico 9 '.l'eresa Gruzenski

CC HEPS:
Class of 1985 - Dave Bro~m, Patty DeCosmo,
Dave K?linowski, Nancy Moore, Elna Perluke,
.Mollie Wildes
Class of 1986 - Brian Potoes ki
Tom Allardyce, Mike Shipula

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Henry E. Long's senior art exhibit
was unveiled last week. Much of Henry's work, including "Nude in Stockings," was too large for the student
art gallery in the Student Center and
flowed out into the stairwell and third
floor hallways, adding some color and
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Alumni Treated To
Lunch; Students
Treated To Career
Advice
by Tom Monsell
A program to help cut down on the
number of graduates that come back
to the college every year looking for
career counseling will also "help undergraduates plan their careers'' said
career specialist Susan Hritzak . .
The program is called Career Exchange I, and will allow all students to
meet with Wilkes alumni and friends
of the college that have made a name
for themselves in a variety of fields.
There will be alumni that are successful in TV communications, law agencies, the music field, and business,
just to name a few.
Career Exchange I, will be held on
March 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in
the cafeteria. This will allow students
to sit down in an informal atmosphere

and talk to the alumni in order to get
some ideas on the job market on how
to become successful.
Hritzak wanted to stress that the
program is open to all students but
that students who participate will
, have to sign up at the M~ Roth Center in '' order to find out how many
students are mterested in the experience."
According to Hritzak, students will
come into the dining hall and receive
a pamphlet that will give a biography
on the people they are interested in,
and then the students will be able to
sit down and eat lunch with the alumnus of their choice. The pamphlets
will also have a list of sample questions that the students may want to
ask.

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' ' A rose by any other name would
smell as sweet .... " Or would it? If
Shakespeare had studied numerology
he would have thought twice about
having Juliet utter those immortal
words.
Numerology is the study of numbers, such as those derived from a person's name, to interpret his or her
personality. Each . letter is assigned a
n·u merical value based on the interpretation of the vibration of the
sound .established by thl Greek mathematician Pythagoras. This can be
equated with the effects that astrology's planetary movements have upon
people and their lives. General letter
characteristics can be assigned as follows: A,J, S = l ; B, K, T = 2; C, L,
U = 3;D,M, V = 4;E, N, W = 5;F,
0 , X = 6; G, P, Y = 7, H, Q, Z = 8;
and I, R = 9.
Creative and progressive number 1
is an ego-motivated loner. Receptive
number 2 cooperatively follows or
supports leadership and has the tendency to collect people and things
that develop ambitions. Party-lover
number 3 easily communicates to
others and adds a spice to a variety of
imaginative interests. The number 4
is disciplined and number 5 is unconventional. The number 6 is responsible and sympathetic , while number 7
is analytical and strives for perfection.
The efficient number 8 seeks material
power and number 9 is dedicated to
serving humanity.

David (Hebrew/Wels~/English)
M.
Personality Ingredients: First impression is articulate, attractive, and
sparked with humor. Inwardly needs
creative freedom and independence
- in short, to be boss.
Personality Extreme: Too lawabiding, or too unconventional.
Every letter of the name plays a part
in the total personality picture revealed through numerology. Letter/
number values that are missing reveal
things that can only be learned
through
experience.
Repetitive ·
letters/numbers indicate an innate
knowledge of that particular area.
Each letter/ number has a positive and
a negative side; thus one can be good
or bad, depending on the side one
uses, but the trait remains the same.
For example, a number 4 name could
be very disciplined or very disorganized.
When charting a person's characteristics it is important to use that person's first name as it appears on his or
her birth certificate. The name as-it is
spelled on the birth certificate illicits
the associated traits of the person.
According to Ellin Dodge Young,
author of the book You Are Your First
Name, "Numerology elongates the
vision of the nearsighted, ·· blasts
through tunnel vision, and just plain
sheds light when we want clarity ..
Numerology cannot change behavior
patterns, but it can reinforce the inner

awareness that we have of mistakesthat we made repeatedly and help us
to want to work to change behavior
patterns that have reappeared and
brought about disappointments."
Interested in discovering your hidden personality traits? Analyze your
name .
1. The number -value of the first
letter of the first name reveals the
strong ·point or point of view of the
personality.
·
2. Add up the total number value
of the first name for identification of
the name 's major talent.
3. A quick look at each letter in the
first name pinpoints the basic personality ingredients.
4. The last letter of the first name
reveals the personality extreme or area
of conflict.
The number meanings apply to
two or three letters , and each meaning has possible variations. All number meanings have positive and negative effects that depend upon the
focus of the individual.

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tivity.
Letters B, K, T = Number 2
Receptivity,
cooperation,
and
adaptability strongly influence the
personality. There is a natural inclination to be emotionally supportive, which may restrict or vitalize
lifetime activity.
Letters C, L, U = Number 3
Creative self-e){pression, imagination , and versatility in communica. tions strongly influence the personality. There is a natural inclination
to be optimistic, which may restrict
or vitalize lifetime activity.
LettersD, M, V = Number4

personality. There is an inclination
to protect arid be protected, which
may restrict or vitalize lifetime activity.
Letters G, P, Y = Number 7
Introspective analysis, aristocratic
tastes, and technical, scientific, or
spiritual curiosity stn:mgly influence the personality. There is a natural inclination to specialize, seek
perfection, and become an authority, which may restrict or vitalize
lifetime activity.
Letters H , Q, Z = Number 8
Influence over others, material accumulation , and disciplined, prac-

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Number 1: Letters A,J, S
Independent ego; creative action;
progress through change; ambition .
Number 2: ·Letters B, K, T
.Cooperation; diplomacy, receptivity; personal sensitivity; supportiveness .
1~umDer 3: Letters C, L, U
Communication; imagination; sociability; optimism; creation and appreciation of beauty; self-expression .
Number 4 : Letters D, M, V
Practicality; organization; conservatism; trustworthiness; problemsolving ability; self-discipline.
Number 5: Letters E, N , W
Physical freedom; mental versatility; adventurousness; "cleverness; sen- .
suality; speculativeness.
Number 6: Letters F, 0 , X
Social responsibility; adjustment to
others; protectiveness; domesticity;
comfort-consciousness;
showmanship.
Number 7: Letters G , P, Y
Introspe_c tion ;
perfectionism;
scientific/ logical/ technical/
spiritual/ investigative ability; aristrocratic nature .
Number 8: Letters H, Q, Z
Material power and organization;
management; practicality; ambition;
problem-solving ability; efficiency.
Number 9: Letters I, R
Selfless service; compassion; artistk
ability; broadness of scope; romanticism; brotherly love; polish and skill
of performance .

Self-discipline, organization, and
practical application to work
strongly influence the personality.
There is a natural inclination to be
dutiful and conservative, which
may restrict or vitalize lifetime activity.
Letters E, N, W ~ Number 5
Mental curiosity, ·nonconformity,
and unexpected changes strongly
influence the personality. There is a
natural inclination towards experi- ,,
mentation and learning thr~ugh
, experience, which may restrict or
vitaliie lifetime activity.
Letters F, 0, X = Number 6
Assumption of responsibility, adjustments for others, and maintenance of family/ community harmony strongly . influence the

The first letter of your first name
reveals your strong point or point of
view.
Letters A,J, S = Number 1
Independent leadership, creative
mental energy, and ambition
strongly influence the personality.
There is a natural inclination to
make pioneering changes, which
1may restrict or vitalize lifetime ac-

Karen (Greek: Catherine/Danish/ .
Norwegian) -F.
Personality Ingredients: Inwardly
generous, loving, and protective. Desires gracious, comfortable, attaining ,
lifestyle. Needs to be respected and
loved. Needs perfection and is rarely
satisfied with self.
Personality Extreme! Too analytic.
or too impulsive.

tical, problem-solving judgment
strongly infl~ence the personality.
There is a natural inclination to
seek affluence and power, which
may restrict or vitalize lifetime activity.
Letters I, R = Number 9
Compassion, empathetic philosophical judgment, and a ,need to
creatively communicate and serve
humanity strongly influence the
personality. There is a natural incli-nation to polish skills or .performance, expand culturally, and to impractically romantici~e, which may
restrict or vitalize lifetime activity.
The last letter of your first name reveals your personality extremes and
overreactive tendencies .
Letters A,J, S = Number 1
Indecision and emotional }udgme.nts weaken the personality.
Letters B, K, T = Number 2
Personalized sensitivity and preoccupation with petty problems
weaken the personality.
Letters C, L, U = Number 3
Scattering interests and concentrating upon surface values weaken the
personality.
Letters D , M, V = Number 4

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Tom (English/Thomas: independf'nt-diminutive) -,M .
Personality Ingredients: Desires
gracious home life, stability, and family harmony. Needs to protect, guide,
and feel responsible.
Personality Extreme: -Too conventional, or too improper.

Dislike for down-to-earth work and
commonsense discipline weaken
the personality.
Letters E, N, W = Number 5
Inability to learn without experi- ·
encing -everything and a subcon-

ter.
Step 3: Add the numbers. You'll
probably end up with a
double number.
Step 4: Reduce the double number to a single numbe,r by
adding. The basic rule in
numerology is to reduce
all multiple numbers to a
single number for direct
interpretation.
Number 1: Incorporate initiative,
independence, and originality into
your career. Expect to succeed
through aggressive leadership, selfreliance , and individualistic meth-

tention to economy, detail, and routine . Develop your determination,
sincerity, and ability to structure to
protect others.
Number 5: Incorporate unconventional ideas, experimentation with a
confident approach , and enthusiasm
for changing established impressions
and procedures into your career. You
can be quick and clever and have unusual versatility. Avoid planning tight
schedules, seize spontaneous 9pportunities, and expect to be able to do.
more than one thing at a time. Develop contacts with nonroutine people and consistently update daily and
1ong-term goals.
Number 6: Incorporate home or
community service, a sense of showmanship, and responsibility into your
career. Creating beauty and music
and maintaining group harmony are
important, as is a secure , comfortable, opulent lifestyle. Your work will
be negatively affected if there is discord at home or in the office. Cultivate your voice, and recognize your
need to give and receive protection.
Number 7: Incorporate a spiritual,
technical, or scientific specialty into
your career. You have the ability to attract money by questioning, investigating, and broadening your expertise. Take private time to study,
analyze , and receive inspiration from
within yourself. Avoid par tnerships
and expect to be discriminating when
you decide to share your information.
Cultivate educational opportunities,
and your talents for seeking depth
and perfection in your interests .
Ann (Hebrew: Hannah/English)

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scious desire to be free of responsibility weaken the personality.
Letters F, 0 , X = Number 6
Stubborn sense of responsibility .
and jealous misgivings weaken the
personality.
Letters G , Y, P = Number 7
Aloofness and a faultfinding lack
of faith weaken the personality.
Letters H, Q, Z = Number 8
A need for material recognition
and an intolerance for less efficient
people weaken the personality.
Letters I, R = Number 9
Misplaced sympathy and impracticality weaken the personality.
The total value of the letters in your
first name reveals your major talent.

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J K L MN O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
To find the major talent number,
refer to the letter values listed in the
letter values chart-above.
Step 1: Print your first barne.
Step 2: Write the nwi'lber ofe ach
letter value above each let-

ads . Develop courage, patience, and
a pioneering spirit.
Number 2: Incorporate tact and diplomacy into a cooperative group effort. Your career deals with partnerships and boosting the original ideas
of innovative leaders. Detailconsciousness, patient collecting, and ·
the ability to bring harmony to opposing forces are a few of your strong
talents. Develop an interest in the
arts, share experiences, and try a nonaggressive approach.
Number_ 3: Incorporate selfexpression through writing, speaking, or entertaining, into your career.
The ability to use your imagination
and your gift for optimism brings you
to people and attracts people to you.
Develop your inter~st in fashion,
beautification, theater, opera, literature, writing, acting, or speaking, to
enhance your ability to attract money
. and friend~ .
Number 4: Incorporate honesty,
conscientiousness, and commonsense
managerial ability into your career.
Use self-discipline and assume responsibility. Practical problem solving
is your greatest strength. Build
through systems, effi~iency: and at-

Personality Ingredients: Desires to
be individualist and appears to be
one.
Personality Extreme: Too impulsive, or too deliberate.

Number 8: Incorporate finance,
executive leadership, and organizational structure into your career. Keep
tuned to civic and governmental affairs and focus upon influential, talented, or prominent persons who
cross your busy path. Depend upon
your work effort, discipline, and
judgment, not luck, for success. Aim
high . Develop a businesslike attitude .
Number 9: Incorporate concern for
artistic quality, skill of performance, .
and the welfare of others into your career. Try to keep your emotions out of
business as you employ compassion,
understanding for the human condition, and generosity to solve material
problems. Your talents for communication and artistic expression should
be recognized and broadened.

B adds caution, nervous energy, and

the desire for domestic love, emotional serenity, and cooperation.
C adds vocal expression, concern for
beauty, and social consciousness.
D adds emotional discipline, earthy
honesty, and a realistic attitude.
E adds emotional impulsiveness,
changeableness, versatility, and varied financial experiences.
F adds strong family ties, compassionate helpfulness, and the ability to assume responsibility or duties -willingly. ~
G adds unique mental qualities, the
courage to be innovative, and a talent
for balanced analysis.
H adds the strong desire for financial
freedom, leadership, influence, and
impatience with petty distractions.
I adds an intense emotional desire to
serve humanitarian needs, fulfill
commitments, and grow culturally.
J adds the ability to see all sides of a
picture to its need to be a creative ,
leader.
K adds the ability to get recognition
f?r elitist ideas and contagious enthusiasm.
L adds gifts of communications, with
writing as a forte .
M adds dedication to established procedures, binding self-control , and
emotional detachment.
N adds intellectual restlessness , an inability to learn from past experiences,
and a love for physical pleasure and
long-shot opportunities.
0 adds a strong emotional sense of responsibility, a touch of paranoia
where loved ones are concerned, the
inability to -burden others with one's
personal problems.
P adds a strong desire for intellectual
and spiritual perfection.
Q adds the combination of good luck
and the need for power and material
accumulation .
R adds active energy to serve mass
needs through established procedures.
S adds personality fluctuations that
affect creative energy.
T adds the emotional strain and sensitivity of a martyr.
U adds sociability, emotional involveqient in all areas of experience , and a
tendency toward extreme behavior.
V adds the ability to get things done
in a big way.
W adds an impulsive, often unrealistic, need for change and variety.
X adds concern for family and community and it adjusts to their needs
through self-sacrifice.
Y adds strong intuition, intellect, and
exactitude to its confusing personality
trait of preaching one thing and doing another.
Z adds artistic gifts to its powerful
need for influence over others, for affluence, and for the power that these
bring.

Each letter of your first name reveals ingredients of your personality.
A adds impul~iveness, active energy.

the desire for sudden change, and intellectual_planning.

Source: You Are Your First Name
by Ellin Dodge Young

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--~----------------WRITER'S CRAM P---------~-------by Donna Nitka

It was a dark and stormy night.
OK, it wasn't stormy but it was dark
and the whole scene could have been
taken from a horror flick . You know
the type I mean - the films in which
nubile young co-eds are brutally murdered by a craz&lt;i.d , chain sawweilding, attacker. Still confused? Let
me tell you what happened .
It was the night of the first Beacon
layout of the semester. Things were
going pretty well and the entire staff
was looking forward to an early evening (one that ends before sunrise,
that is) . By approximately 1 a.m. all
that remained to be done were the
headlines . These are usually written
by Becky Whitman and me so the rest
of the staff left for the evening. Becky
and I were the only people left in the

emllc. \rndent Center, or so we
th"ug. t
1 wa'&gt; ryping headlines and Becky
w:i.s checking the copy when we heard
a noise. Now, I'm sure everyone's
been alone in a building and heard
strange , unexplained noises. It happens all the time. Knowing that I love
horror flicks an·d attempting to scare
me, Becky said, "Did you hear that,
Donna? There's someone in the elevator.' ' Before I had a chance to reply,
the elevator kicked on . We could hear
it moving, but who was running it?
We were the only ones in the buildrng.
I stared at Becky..
"You just HAD to say that, didn't
you?"
"Don't worry, we've got scissors."
She picked up the scissors only to find
,hat the sharp ends , th e nnl y pan that

we could have used in defending ourselves, were gone . They'd been cut
off. ·
We stared at each other. For some
strange reason, all I could think of was
the shower scene from "Psycho," the
one in which Janet Leigh gets stabbed
to death while the screen flashes and
that weird music plays, "whop,
whop, whop, whop." I just kept hearing that music over and over again. It
was turning into a real nightmare.
Becky, being the quick-thinking
person she is, remembered that we
also had a hammer in the room . She
grabbed that while I typed the last of
the headlines. We wanted to get ou,t
of there--fast - but Beacon business
always comes first .
Well, we did manage to get out of
the building and yes , we did take the
hammer with us for protectiv:-1. It's

fun to talk about it now . . ..
"Did Becky and I ever tell you
about our horror-filled night in the
Student Center? "
One of our friends suggested that if
we ever found ourselves in the same
position again, we lock . ourselves in
the office and wait for help . I can see
it now .W e'd be in the office and hear a
noise. In a desperate attempt to save
· ourselves we'd break the glass on the
light table and blindly strife out at
the unknown figure forcing his way
into our office.
"Oh, we're sorry Mr. Security
Guard. We didn't mean to slit your
throat, but we thought you were a
crazed, chain saw-weilding, attacker."
How do you explain something like
that to administration?

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Aquarius Oan. 20-Feb. 18) Though Friday night proves boring, Saturday
holds the promise of excitement. Spend Sunday with loved ones. ****

Leo Ouly 21-Aug. 22) An event-filled Saturday takes you by surprise . Enjoy
yourself. *****

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) Unforeseen difficulties cloud your weekend, but try

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A frustrating weekend filled with minor complications destroys any hope of excitement this weekend . Take advantage of _q uiet
time alone . **

to make the best of it . Trust your instincts . **

Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Weekend attempts at fun are complicated by unfinished work. Try to strike a balance between your commitments. ***
Taurus (Apr. 21-May 20) Friday night provides far more excitement than
Saturday. Take advantage of this for Sunday is best spent studying . ****
Gemini (May 21-June 20) Friends place many demands on your time this
weekend. Be careful when giving advice. ***
·
Cancer Oune 21:July 20) Try not to overindulge this weekend . It will catch
up with you later. *

Libra (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) A mediocre weekend is the best you can hope for.
Work on improving relationships. **!
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) This weekend holds endless possibilities for you .
Use it to your advan_t_a,,,_ge_._*_*_*_*_*_ _ _ _ _ _ __
Sagittarious (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) An old friend comes back into your life . Use
the weekend to catch up on old times . ****
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Friday's fun, and Saturday and Sunday are even
better. This is your weekend, enjoy it . *****
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Night Spots
The Station
Fri . and Sat.
Cooks
Fri.
Sat.
Back Street
Mickey Finns
The Woodlands
The Pub
Hugs

PATTI'S HAIR FASHIONS
109 S. Franklin,
Across From the YMCA

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"Equus" - presented by the Showcase Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, on March
9, 10 , and 11 at the CPA at 8 p.m. Tickets $5 .
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A special performance for students will be given on Thursday March 8, at 8
p.m . Tickets for this show only $2 . 50.
33 Wilkes~Barre Blvd.
Dance Music
49 S. Washington St.
Maria'
Starstruck
185 N . Pennsylvania Blvd .
100 Pennsylvania Blvd . ~----T'.:}.
Rt. 31 5, Plains Townshi p
Hotel Sterling
Sheraton Hotel

At The Movies
Wyoming Valley Cinema
Wyom ing Valley Mall
Footloose
1:15 , 3:20, 5:25, 7:40, 9:50
Unfaithfully Yours
1:30, 3:40 , 5:40, 7:45, 10 :00
Blame It On Rio
1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:4 5, 9: 50
Lassiter
1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:4 5
Terms of Endearment
1:45 , 4:30 , 7:15 , 9: 45
Gateway Twin Cinema
Gateway Shopping Center. Edwardsville
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window
Broadway Dan ny Rose
times to be announced

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Capin Takes Time to Reflect and LoOk Ahead
by Ann Devlin

Wilkes College President Robert S.
Capin describes his future as " returning to my roots."
After announcing his resignation,
saying he had "accomplished most of
his goals," Capin envisioned his life
as branching out in two possible directions .
"I considered two alternatives,!'
said Capin, "to take a year off and
then continue teaching full-time at
Wilkes, or to return to the accounting
profession.''
It seems that Capin has chosen a
path that leads to the best of both
worlds .
Returning to the business community, he has accepted..an accounting
partnership which will begin July 1,
1984, with the Parente, Randolph,
Orlando ; Carey, and Associates, Certified Public Accounting Firm of
Wilkes-Barre.
C:,pin says his new dutie.s will include education as well as accounting:

''My primary responsibility will be for
continuing professional education, as
well as technical matters and various
client responsibilities."
Capin, who "loves the challenge of
teaching," would also like to teach
part-time at Wilkes in addition to his
accounting career.
Capin's background will make the
transition from college president to
the business world an easy one. He
graduated from Wilkes in 1950 with a
degree in economics, holds a masters
degree from Lehigh University, and is
a Certified Public Accountant.
In the mid-50' s Capin began teaching part-time at Wilkes and then accepted a full-time teaching position
here. He has spent 10 and a half years
in senior administration at Wilkes
and serves on many community
boards and is a member of such distinguished organizations as the
American Institute of C.P.A.'s, the
Committee of Professional Ethics ,
and the National Association of Ac-

countants.
Through his years at Wilkes College, Capin has seen and implemented many changes. "Academically, w~ have held our own,"
comments Capin, "We have not experienced a substantial step up in academics, but not a substantial slippage·
either.''
However, it seems that "credentials
for admissions are somewhat less,"
admits Capin. "A measure of your
success is attributable to what happe_ns to your graduates and we can be
proud of our graduates . We do not
put ourselves forward as an Ivy League
school, but we do have quality faculty
and academics.' '
Financially, Capin sees the college
improving. " We're probably in the
best shape since the early 70' s, prior
to the flood ." Capin continues,
"We' re not in a deficit position at this
time, but still have challenging years
ahead."
One of the highlights of Capin' s

last year at Wilkes is being chosen by
the senior class as the commencement
speaker. In his speech, Capin says he
will advise students about the thing~
in life that are sometimes overlooked.
'Tll tell them about the importance
of family, loyalty to employee, good
health and the importance of
money. '' By the importance of money
explains Capin, "I mean don't let it
be your God . There are other important things in life."
Capin will also speak about the importance of having a good reputation .
'' Be possesive of your name,'' advises
Capin, "A good reputation is a slow
building process, but it can be destroyed in one fell swoop."
Capin's philosophy about education seems to be unique . One of the
most important things Wilkes can do
he says is "to prepare students for
something otht:r than a job - not
only to do a good job but to enjoy living - to have a good life. "

Houseknecht leads Bio. Rat Patrol Into Desert
knecht. "We'll be studying desert
plants and animals, and how humans
relate to the desert ." ·
Wilkes College biology professor,
Dr. Clyde "Skip" Houseknecht, will
Following the completion of the
be taking his desert biology class on a lecture class, the group will fly to Los
two-week field trip to California
Angeles on May 13 or to Phoenix on
and
Arizona
to visit deserts
May 15 . Houseknecht said the deciand national parks this summer.
sion on destination will depend on
The class, which will begin on the . the students. "If they choose Los
week of March 19 and will consist of a Angeles, " he explained, "the class
two-hour night class lecture, has 7 will spend one leisure day at Disney
students signed up for the adventure . Land. If they choose Phoenix , then
"I'll try not to lose any students to they'll spend a day shopping in Mex. ."
rattl,~snakes,"
reported
House- lCO
by Sean Connolly

Houseknecht said he is especially
looking forward to visiting the Anza
Barago National Park in hope of
catching a glance at the endangered
species of desert bighorn sheep. The
group will have to take a ten mile hike
into the park because it will be the
mating season of the sheep and vehicles are not allowed on the property,
The class will visit thr- Moj;ive Desert in Californi. the Joshua Tree
National Monument
CaliforniaColorado border, and the Oregon
Pipe Cactus National Mon_u ment in ,

Arizona.
" The desert is beautiful, especially
at night. While we're there, the cacti
and wild flowers should be in
bloom ," said Houseknecht . He
added that the temperature should be
over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during
most of the trip.
Houseknecht added that the group
will also spend a leisurely day in
Puerto Pinasco , Mexico , swimming
and eating shrimp. Pointing outside
he said , "It will be a nice change fr - ;n
this weather."

PENNMY!ffdNI,\
We have as many gnld
programs as we have
letters in our name.
The School of Nursing
at the University of Pennsylvania offers you .
as a college graduate
with a BSN , the opportunity to expand your
professional horizons
with the broadest scope
'of graduate programs
you'll find anywhere. In
addition, Penn is the only
Ivy League school to
offer nursing programs
from the BSN throug ~
the PhD levels.
Master ol Science
In Nursing (MSN)

Spring , summer and
fall admissions. A flexible
curriculum in 11 specialties permits tailoring to
meet your individual
career goals:

• Adult Health &amp; Illness
(Acute, Chronic &amp;
Critical Care tracks)
• Nursing Administration (in cooperation
with The Wharton
School)
• Nursing of Children
• N·u rse-Midwifery
• Psychiatric M~nt-.I
Health Nursing
• Community Health
Nursing
• Health Care of
Women
• Gerontological
Nursing Clinician
• Perinatal Nursing
• Primary Care: Fami ly
Nurse Clinician
&amp; School Nurse
Clinician

Doctor ol

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You ca,1 enter the PhD
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degree. In addition to
the regular doctoral program , students have the
unique opportunity to
work toward a dual PhD/
MBA in cooperation
with Penn's top-ranked
graduate business pro, gram at The Wharton
School.

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D Send me a brochure on your graduate programs.
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Accident of the Week
by Dauryne Shaeffer
The Wilkes College First -Aid Team is an organization staffed by students set
up to provide quick respo•1se of qualified personnel to injuries on campus.
That's an awful mouthful to handle, but all it means that there are students
on duty who are equipped to handle emergencies. These students can respond
and begin treatment faster than an ambulance .
The team is made up of students from various majors who are interested in
this type of work and who are also very much interested in the welfare of the
campus. The people on the team are not there just to play Jr. Dr. These members have put long, hard hours of work into certification and also foto the team
itself. In order to " run " on a squad. The minimum requirement is multimedia
first-aid and basic life support (CPR) cards.
Other members are certified in advanced first aid and the.re are even a few
emergency medical technicians or E. M.T.' s as they are called . These certifications require upwards of 100 hours of training and in the case of the E.M.T., at
least 10 hours are spent in a hospital emergency room (not as a patient either!).
Members of the squad also put in long tedious hours on the nights they are
on duty. Each squad runs dutY. on a rotating basis. They can expect at least one
night a week of duty. Heaven forbid it's a weekend. Many Friday and Saturday
nights have been spent on creative thinking . . . how many ways there are of
strangling a beeper.
Many other hours are spent in crowded emergency waiting rooms while visions of upcoming tests and waiting dates flit through your mind. Then lo-andbehold the beeper sounds off and it's "on the road again."
·
The beeper, one of the printable names that members refer to it as , is the
paging system that is set up for the corps.

CIASSl111El):
The Wyoming Valley Peace
Committee presents the musical allegory Alice in Blunder/and to be held on Sunday,
March 4 , at 3 p .m . at the First
Presbyterian Church , 97
South Franklin Street in
Wilkes-Barre .
The musical concerns the
reflections of our nuclear age .
The public is invited - free
will offering .

Sprague Rappaport Stethoscopes For Sale - sponsored
by the Nursing Student Organization - $15 .00 each cash
or check . For further information contact: Ann Marie
Romanovitch-Miner three 829-9 199,
• or
Pa.ula
T·famorski-Waller Hall 8 L9-9894, or the Nursing
Learning Lab .

Lor (Hazel),
Your engagement has
brought much happiness to
your eyes . You 'll make a good
wife,
companion,
and
mother. Good Luck!!
Mary

Loretta Ann Martin has the
great pleasure of announcing
her engagement to Mr. Kenneth Robinson Halpine . After marriage the couple will
be taking the surname
Martin-Halpine.

Deb
(Gertrude,
Sally,
Eunice), and Louise,
Congratulations!
Just
think, only 39 more days!
Mary

342.

Planned Parenthood
- Confidential and Affordable
• Gynecologic Exams
• Birth Control
• Pregnancy Tes ting
Kirby Health Center AnneJi
63 North Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre ,
87.4-8921

GyMNAsiuM HouRs PosTEd

Sue ,
Congratulations! I knew
you would make it! Remember all the great times we had
together. Thanks for being a
listener, an.advisor, and a very
special friend . You have
opened my eyes to many of
my " problems" and I am
very thankful that you were
there when I needed you!
From the friend on the
other side of the lamp post.

SOFTBALL PRACTICE
HAS STARTED!!!
Anyone interested in playing on this year's team should
contact Coach Robert at ext.

Tlie initial call is to the front desk (ext . 473). The person on desk duty then
calls the beeper and gives the type of call and the location .
At the sound of the tone the squad leader '' bolts "' out of bed , or more likely,
sort of slithers out with a longing backward glance. He or she then notifies the
other members on duty, grabs the megaton first-aid kit and ' 'sprints' ' off to the
scerie.
The squads are set up so that members of each team are from different·areas
_o f the campus, thereby decreasing the response time of the first arrival.
Once on the scene, an assessment is made and if needed, an ambulance
called. The squad can transport non-serious calls in the aging but serviceable
chariot that is provided by the college. This is most often the case as few calls
thus far have been life-threatening.
The actual tea'.m consists of thirty-six dorm students and commuters and is
under the fearless leadership of Captain Don Talenti and First Lieutenant
Charlie McCoy.
So far this year, the team has participated in the disaster drill that was held in
the Wilkes gym and they also toured the Back Mountain Mobile Intensive Care
Unit.
Up soon on the agenda are tours and lectures from various groups including
a blood bank and other departments involved in emergency care.
Members are also enrolled in basic and instructors courses in first aid that are
being held at the Red Cross chapter house on S. Franklin St.
Please support the members in their efforts . The team·is set up for the college's benefit. All that the members get in the way of reimbursement for their
time and effort is the knowledge of a job well done and the satisfaction of
helping others .
Please support the team in their fund raisers or if you see them on a call.
Remember it could easily be you , so "let's be careful out there."

Even though the College gymnasium is heavily utilized - physical
education classes, inter-collegiate athletics , intramural activities and social
events - the College recognizes the
need for "open hours" for recreational use by our students. Consequently, the following schedule of
"open hours" for use by Wilkes students has been developed for immediate implementation for the current
sprmg semester.
Monday through Friday: 11
p.m. to midnight (prior to
Spring break)
Monday through Friday: 8 p.m .
to midnight (following ~pring
break) Saturdays: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sundays: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Please carry your ID c.1,l!
with you J.nJ be prepared to r rc-sem 11
to the person on duty in the gym. This
will help to insure that only Wilkes
persons are using the gym and noneligible persons will be denied the
privilege.
Any exceptions to the above hours
to accommodate special events at the
gym will be posted at the entrance by
the Office of Student Affairs. Your
cooperation and adherence to this
schedule and ID card requirement is
appreciate_d. Thank you. ·
Please Note : For those persons who
plan to utilize the Weight Room in
w~ckesser Annex, that facility will be
open weekdays until 8 p .m . On Saturdays the hours will be 1 p.m . to 5
p .m. and on Sundays the hours will
1'c 2 p .m . to 6 p.m.

YOUR BSN IS WORTHAN
OFFICER'S COMMISSION
INTHEARMY.
Your BSN means you're a professional. In the Army, it also
means you're an officer. You start as a full,fledged member of our
medical team. Write: Army Nurse Opportunities,
P.O. Box 7713, Burbank, CA 91510.

ARMY NURSE CORPS.
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The 'Big Two' Survives February Thaw
by Tim Williams
Jusrt hirty minutes away lie two unique ski resorts that provide greater variability than most other ski resorts can offer. Jack Frost Mountain and Big Boulder are unique in the fact that the same lift ticket is valid at both areas during
the specified time of the ticket.
Last week we travelled to the Big Two at the tail end of the ''snow drought''
that wreaked havoc among many of Northeastern Pennsylvania's resorts.
Jack Frost made enough snow throughout the earlier part of the s)ci season to
survive the rains which caused some areas to close down . The conditions at Big
Boulder were even better due to the fact that they have night skiing. Therefore
the snow is packed down by the skiers for thirteen hours as opposed to Frost 's
eight hours per day.
We started the day skiingJack Frost in the afternoon and then took the_short
drive over to Big Boulder for night skiing.
Upon arrivi_n g at Frost you find yourself already at the top of the mountain .
All of the attractive, modern facilities are located at the mountain summit
.which gives Frost an upside-down ski area appearance.
The Summit Lodge"'has ample room to comfortably accommodate a large
amount of people. The food service provides several areas at which to purchase
a snack or a meal. However, many people choose to bring a bag lunch.
A ski shoo . rental shoo lift ticket sales. information desk , and ski school

office are all located in, or adjacent to, the Summit Lodge.
Jack Frost's eight lifts service the eighteen slopes and trails which vary greatl y
to accommodate all levels of skiers . .The East Mountain can please the most
daring of skiers while the novice and intermediate skiers have a wide range of
trails to choose from .
Weather permitting, Jack Frost also has fifteen miles of cross country trails
that are available free of charge .
Despite an uncooperative mother nature, all of Frost's trails were open with
five lifts operating to ensure us a variety of options.
Before we knew it, late afternoon rolled around and it was time for us to head
over to Big Boulder. Skiers can grab a bite to eat at a few different locations
along the ten to fiftsen minute drive to Boulder.
Night skiing at Big Boulder proved to be an equally fun experience. As
mentioned above, the conditions were very satisfactory. All but a few of the
eleven slopes and trails were open and three of the seven lifts were operating .
Boulder's spacious lodge and friendly atmosphe!e added to the good skiing
conditions.
The Big Two's short or non-existent midweek lift lines enable the skiers to
spend more time on the slopes than waiting in lines. Also, the thirty minute
travel time makes the Big Two the closest alpine skiing facility to the college.
All in all I had a very enjoyable time and I plan to go back for more in the
near future .

Intramural Free-For-All Competition Close
by Jeff Weinstein
It's anybody's race as intramural
floor hockey nears the half-way mark. y
With only one team undefeated and a
mere 7 points separating first and last ,
it looks like another fantastic finish.
This week, as in all other weeks, unpredictability ruled as no dominant
team has emerged.
Feb. 19- The Warriors playing behind newly formed lines hit the warpath and mauled the Herkas, 4-1.
Don Shaw got 2 and Mike Duncan
and Tom Ross each tallied one to lead
the Warriors. A re-enactment of Custer's last stand was avoided as Jody
Huston poked home the Herkas' only
goal.
.
Ausflug couldn't do · anything
wrong in the first period as they
scored five straight. Tom Culligan-had
three and Steve Braithaite got two.
The only problem was that they
shouldn't have stepped onto the floor
in the second period. The Mom Puckers just got to the arena a little late, as
they regrouped and spanked in seven
unanswered goals. Vince Acquaviva
had three, Mike Deo and Dave Philips split four as the Mom Puckers took
over.
The Chiefs and the Wildmen
played to a 3-3 tie as the teams traded
goals. Two late game goals scored by
the Chiefs' Randy Rice and John Wojic, found the back of the net late in
the game. Bill Ronco, Kurt Kuntz,
and Andy Grant had the Wildmen 's
tallies.
Feb. 20 - Mom Puckers continued
to give out lessons and won another as
Tom Cosee got both scores. The
· Chiefs ' lone point came from D. J.
Sparks .
Herkas took an earlv lead on a ~core
hy Paul Dougherty. -The game re-

mained at that until the Ausflug
made a move late in the second half.
Wuh a minute and a half remaining
they called time-out. Then, pulling
the goalie it took them only 6 seconds
to score . The final 1-1 left both teams
a little happy to escape with a tie instead of a loss .
Warriors were still on the warpath
as they blanked the Penguins, 4-0 .
An inspired Warriors team seemed to
be coming into their own.
Andy Grant scored early in the second half to give the Wildmen a 1-0
lead . This was all the scoring in the
hrst half. With time slipping away in
the second half (4 min . , 35 sec.) Jeff
Weinstein took the Smegma's fate
into his own hands and waltzed down
the middle to deadlock the score at 11. With 18 seconds left, Steve Shear
set up the final score with a picture
perfect pass to Mike Kopcho . Kopcho
subsequently rammed it home to preserve the Smegma's flawless record.
Spammers and Twisters played a
tough _physical game . It was scoreless
until, with two minutes left, Pete
Walsh scored to give the victory to the
Spammers.
Feb. 26 - Batten down the hatches
because · the Twisters are for real.
Ausflug fell victim to the gale force
play, 8-0, in a game that was over before it started.
Smith blew in from
the east with five, Chris Zieser whistled in two, and Jim Rei dusted one.
The Smegmas continued to roll
over the competition, they remain as
the league's only undefeated team.
Mike Kopcko, Mitchell Reese, and
Jeff Weinstein each added a goal to
spark the offense, Roy Delay headed
up the defense by notching his first '
shutout.
The Devils, playing with just
enough players, downed the Herkas,

Ian

5-4 . The game went back and forth all
evening. This cliffhanger went down
to the last 56 seconds whenJeffWertz
put the Devils ahead to stay, 5-4.
The Penguins came back strong after last week's loss and handed the
_streaking Mom Puckers a loss. 7-2 was
the final tally as the Penguins played
totally different from their last 3 outmgs .
In a sec;saw battle which saw the
Warriors and the Wildmen exchange
2 goals a piece, the Wildmen prevailed . With 34 seconds left in the
-game Dave Thomas closed the door
giving the Wildmen a 3-2 victory.
As it stands right now, the Cap in
Cup could go to anyone. If the second
half of the season's anything like the

first we're in for a wild finish . It could
go either way and probably will .
Intramural Indoor Hockey league
W L T Pts. GF GA
Smegmas
4 0 0 8 11 4
Twisters
3 1 0 6 16 4
Warriors
2 2 0 4 12 7
Devils
2 2 0 4 11 12
Wildmen
2 l 3 7 8
Ralston Conference
W L T Pts. GF GA
Ala. Spammers
3 l 0 6 15 I
Mom Puckers
2 3 0 4 12 20
Chiefs
1 2 2 4 12 14
Herkas
I 2 l 3 7 10
Penguins
1 3 l 3 17 24
Ausflug
0 2
1 6 16
Top eight point total teams will
make ~he play-offs for the Capin Cup .

Cagers Drop
Season Finale
The Wilkes men dropped the last
game of their season to Juniata, 6870, last Saturday. The match-up was
an even battle throughout, with Juniata getting a bucket at the buzzer to
pull out the win.
Wilkes found themselves trailing
36-40, at the start of the second half
and remained scoreless for the first
five minutes of that half.
With a little over six minutes remaining, Wilkes fought back to a tie
when freshman Bobby Collins tipped
in a missed John Duesler free-throw .
The remainder of the game seesawed back and forth with Wilkes and '
Juniata trading buckets.
With 1: 17 remaining, Wilkes
worked the ball until the 40 second
mark when Dave Piavis threw up :&gt; 15
ft. shot that fell short and allowed a

Juniata rebound.
A quick time-out by the Juniata hdians and some good strategy wah : l 0
remaining allowed Juniata's Dick
Moses to sink the winning bask Qt .
This loss drops the Colonels' seasou
record to 7-16 overall, and 3-10 in che
Middle Atlantic Conference . This
MAC record isn't enough for a playoff berth.
Senior co-captain Rick Sheaffer
closed out his college career with a
2 5. 1 points per game average through
_20 games which that makes hii11 seventh in the nation in Division III.
Sheaffer scored 569 points this season which makes him the MAC
league leading scorer. Sheaffrr will
leave quite a gap to fill on next ye;u s
squad .

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No . 11
March 2. 1984

beac~n sports

Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. l 87 t',6

Lady Colonels Net 2; Finish Season at 14-8
by Tim Williams
The lady Colonel cagers closed out
their season with impressive wins over
J uniata and East Stroudsburg University this past week at the Wilkes gym.
Wilkes breezed by- Juniata by a
score of 81 -66 on Saturday, February
18 and then edged East Stroudsburg,
78-74, the following Wednesday.
The lady Colonels kept the lady Indians ofJuniata at bay by at least two
points throughout the entire first
half, and with roughly six minutes remaining, the Wilkes women pushed
the difference to ten points as they
led , 28-18 .
Over the next four minutes Juniata
closed the difference to one bucket.
Just as the first half expired, the lady
Colonels sunk one to leave the count
with a 36-32 lead at intermission. ,
Junior Deanna Kyle and senior Karen Bove combined for 26 of Wilkes'
4 5 second half points to hold off a
strongJuniata comeback. The Indians
came within one point on several oc-

casions throughout the second half.
Wilkes held a 60-59 edge with 6:4 1
remaining in the contest . The lady
Colonels then managed to unlease
ten unanswered points. From then on
it was all Wilkes ~sJuniata could only
close the lead to nine points.
The win pushed the lady Colonels'
record to 13-8 , going into the final
1983-84 season game with East
Stroudsburg.
WC 78 , East Stroudsburg 74

After controlling the first half,
Coach Robem ' team found themselves fighting for their lives as they had
to come from behind to capture t;'s:
win .

Midway through the first half the
lady Colonels found themselves with
a ten point lead. By the end of fifteen
minutes of play the lady Warriors had
closed the lead to one point.
The teams went to the locker rooms
as Wilkes held a slim 38-37 half-time
lead.
The lady Warriors sunk the :it· ,
bucket of the second half to give them

the lead for the first time in the contest .
Roughly ten minutes into the sec·
ond half, the lady Colonels found
themselves trailing by ten points.
With three minutes remaining,
Bove hit the field goal that knotted
the score at 72-72. East Stroudsburg
responded with two points . Sophomore Mitch Zawoiski 's shot with 2:20
remaining evened up the score again.
Kyle made it 76-74 with 28 seconds
in regulation .
At the 39 :53 minute mark East
Stroudsburg had a chance to tie it up,
but the shot was just a little short.
Kyle was fouled at the buzzer and
was awarded a trip to the foul line
where she sunk both shots to round
out the scoring at 78-74.
Both Kim Smith and Bove played
their last game as a lady Colonel.
They are also the first student~ ~o
graduate from the women's basketbaa program .

J:mior Charlene Hurst shoots i rom
th~ top of the key in first half action
against East Stroudsburg.

Three Colonel Grapplers Qualify for Nationals
by Tim Williams

sioning his opponent by a scar~ of 62. 1 his was enough to earn a wildcard

Both Marc Sadano and Doug Billig
have qualified for the nationals to be
held at the Meadowlands of New Jersey from March 8th to the 10th.
Both grapplers did so by means of a
consolation berth this past weekend
in the EIWA regionals .
Sodano started off well in the tournament by pinning his 118 pound
~illiam and Mary opponent in 5:43
in his preliminary bout.
Then , tragedy struck; Sodano lost.
Not only did he lose , but he was
pinned by Rich Berlinghof£ of Yale .
Things began to look bleak for
Wilkes' best hope for a national
championship. The loss put Sodano
in the consolations with only the hope
of a wildcard berth to the nationals .
The following day Sodano found·
himself watching the lights again as
his Syracuse foe pinned him in 38 seconds. Sodano 's last bout of the tournament was for fifth place in the
weight class against Berlinghof£, the
Yale wrestler that pinned him in hi )
first bout of the tournament .
Sodano rose to the occasion by deci-

berth to the nationals.
~
Billig came into the tournament
seeded fourth at 126 and also managed to come away with a wildcard

Doug Billig

berth of which Wi°lkes captured two
of only three available spots .
Billig won both of his first two
matches to advance to the semifinals.
Then, Billig lost to the top two
seeds (Santoro of Lehigh and Marquis

Marc Sodano

of Navy) and found himself hoping
for a wildcard berth .
Hoth Mark Correl and TomJamicky
had advanced to the semifinals only
to finish sixth and fourth, respectively.
Andre Miller.John Cherrie , Glenn
Whiteman.Jerry Scaringe, Mike Garvin, and Paul Wysocki'all were eliminated in the first round of the tournament.
Senior co-c aptain Kurt Rowlette did
noc participate in the tournament because of an eligibility controversy
stemming all'the way back to 1978.
Rowlette has been accused of participating in 1978 in the University of
Massachusetts' wrestling program
which would have caused him to use a
year of eligibility.

Since press time i t 1::, 1;
oe en announced that Torr. Jamicky wi ll join Sodano and
Billig a t Nationals . Jamj_cky will be re placing the
injured third place qua l ifi 0 1· f r om' his weight clas s
:' r om the East erns.,

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                    <text>Vol. XXXVI

I
Debaters Place
Third.In Tourna01ent
Over the Spring vacation while the
campus was getting a rest - members
of the college public speaking team
were locked in stiff competition at
George Mason Univeristy, Fairfax,
Virginia.
•
The team of Donna O 'Toole and
Annette Winski accomplished what
twenty other institutions could not do
- they came in third place overall in
the final Metropolitan Washington,
D .C. Communication Associatior.' s
Invitational Intercollegiate Forensic
Tournament. Wilkes won five trophies in one of the hardest tournaments of the year. .
Donna O'Toole won a third place
trophy ip. Impromptu Speaking and
trophies in Rhetorical Communication Analysis and Expository Discourse.
Annette Winski captured·a second
pla~e troph_y in Rhetorical _C?mmuni-

cation Analysis . So poweduJ were the
two Wilkes co-ed's performances that
the college group came in third overall, winning the third pl~ce sweepstake trophy.
.
The highlight of the tournament
was the awarding of the cumulative
sweepstake trophies.
To qualify for one of these prestigious awards the Metropolitan Washington, D. C. Communication Association / holds three tournaments
throughout the school year. Winners
from each tournament amass points
toward the top honors. This year for
the first time Wilkes was one of the
sixty-five schools invited to participate, and in all three tournaments the
forensic group was ranked in the top
five . When the final points were tabmated, the speech unit of the college
Continued 011 p. 4

_H ousing
Releases Guidelines
The guidelines and curriculum for
the upcoming summer sessions have
been released and are available at
Weckesser and Sturdevant Halls.
The first session will take place
from June 11 to July 13 and the second session will run from July 16
through August 17. There will be an
eight week evening session from.June
11 through August 3. Students who
register for courses in more than one
session must complete a 'registration
form for each session.
Residence Halls will be available
for both male and female students
during all summer sessions. All residence hall fees must be paid before
students move into the dorms.
Application for admission into the
summer program can be obtained at
the Office for Evening, Summer, and
Weekend College. John Meyers directs the service which is located at
129 South Franklin Street.
The college bookstore will be
opened during the summer from 8: .:iO
a.m. to 4: 30 p.m., _Monday-through

Friday. Books must be paid for at the
time of purchase and they can be paid
for with a check. Tuition for the summer sessions is $115 per credit hour
for undergraduates and $150 per
credit for graduate students. All
charges must be paid for at the time of
registration . Tuition and fees for the
second session must be paid by July
16.
Financial aid is available for the
summer sessions and students .are advised to apply as soon as possible and
if there are any questions they can be
answered by the director of Financial
Aid before July 1. Students enrolled
at least half-time or students carrying
6 credits over the entire summer are
eligible to receive funds through the
Pell Grant. Full-time summer students or those carrying at least 12
credits throughout the summer are
also eligible for the grant. Full and _
part time work is also available for any
student eligible under the college

Con~ i n uc d on p.4

No.12
March 30, 1984

" ilkes College
Wilkes Barre, Pa. 18766

ROOM SELECTION

Have

To Go To Summer School?

by Thomas). Monsell
The Residence Life Office is facing
another room selection process that
will hopefully "be a lot easierthis year
because we're· not closing any buildings," said Residence Life Director
Jean Adams.
Students must have Housing
contracts completed atld handed into
the Finance Office along with the deposits by Friday the 13th. ·The housing contracts are going to be sent to
each dorm student at their on-campus
address and students are urged to fill
them out "as soon as possible" said
O Paul Adams.
Each residence hall should schedule a dorm'meeting between April 16
and April 18 to decide what people
want what rooms for the upcoming
year. This meeting should be a combined effort of the hall president and
the Resident Assistant and results of
· the effort should be reported to the
Residence Life Office on April 19 by
8:30 a.m.
The guidelines for the meeting will
be designated by the Residence Life
Office and should be followed in order to cut down on confusion. These ·
guidelines are:
1. A student currently living in a
room has first choice on keeping
that room.
2. Residents within a building,
with the longest amount of time
living in that residence hall have
the next highest selection status.

3. When residents within a building have equal time in the residente hall, credits to be earned
by the end of the Spring semester will determine order.
First choice - 90 credits or more
Second choice - 60 credits or more
Third choice - 30 credits or more
Fourth choice · - less than 30
credits
A&lt;ny changes that may occur over
the summer such as roommate
changes must be I indicated on the
floor plan that is submitted to the
housing office on April 19. Residents
that have lived in Bedford, Chapman, Sturdevant, Barre, Dana, Gore,
and the Sterling will have their time
spent in these dorms count as time
spent in their current dorms. Former
residents of these dorms that have relocated again since their initial move
will forfeit this privilege of having the
previous time count as time spent in
their current dorm.
Students wishing to transfer from
their current residerice hall to another
dorm will have to participate in a lottery on April 19. Students can report
to the Residence Life Office between
8_:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to draw lottery numbers . Separate lotteries will
be held for each class year.
·
Students are urged to contact Paul
orJeaq Adams if they have any questions concerning the process.

April 2-4 - 1984-85 housing contracts distributed on-campus.
April 13 - $50. room deposits and housing contracts due
at Finance Office by 3 p. m.
April 16-18 - In-house ·room selection.
April 19- Lottery for students requesting hall transfers.
April 25 - Room selection for male lottery participants.
April 26 - Room selection for female lottery participants.
Students who have not paid their $50 deposit will not be
permitted ·to participate in room selection.

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STAFF SPOTS OPEN

EDITORIAL
It's Spring, it's nice out, I'm 21
class days away from graduating, and
I have no desire to write an editorial.
I realize that as soon as I send this
over· to the printers, something will - happen that will offend my sense of
justice and fair-play, and I'll want to
write a scathing editorial about it, but
it will be too late.
No word of lie, that's what happened when the administration ce~
sored the play Moonchtldren. Monday night I couldn't think of an
editorial topic, so I checked to see if
Amy Elias, last year's editor and my
idol (when Amy was born, angels
kissed her; when I w2S born, they just
ki~d of coughed on me) ever took a
break. She did .so I figured I deserved
a week off.
Wouldn't you know, Wednesday
night I find out the administration
decided Moonchildren was unfit for
the theater department and cancelled
it. I was tempted to type up something, but our staff cartoonist said it
all with his drawing.
The way I always thought of college ~
was that it was a place to experiment,
a place where you could do things
you'd never get away with in the business or professional world - a place
where you could ''find out who you
really are."
I know that here at the paper, we
like to experiment with different layout ideas, different feature ideas and
a lot of graphics. Some of them work;
a lot of them don't. The important
thing though, is that here at a college
paper we get to test our ideas, no matter how strange they may seem. If we
ever tried half the stuff that ends up

The Beacon, Amnico/a, and Manuscript are looking for bright, imaginative
students to fill scholars~p and non-scholarship positions next year:

in The Beacon at a real paper, we'd be
sitting on the sidewalk with our typewriters in our hands. The really important thing is that we learn something from the positive and negative
criticism we receive, and in the process, we learn a little more about ourselves and newspapers.
I think the same thing should apply
to the yearbook, the Manuscnpt, and
college theater productions. I'm not
particularly fond of foul language
(what a euphemism), but I think it's
important for students themselves to
find out if it works, in the context of
the play, poem, or short storv.
Maybe play or poern filleq. with
"foul language " would bomb to the
utmost extreme- Maybe it would work
in one case but not another, but
NOW is the time to find out, not
when you're out in the real world and
your livlihood depends on it.
Even when a project turns out to be
such a disaster that you want to walk
around with a bag on your head, you
gain valuable experience. You learn
how to make dignified public apologies. You- learn to laugh at all the digs
your friends and close personal enemies throw at you. You learn never
ever to do that again.
Also, if you're going to go any. where in this world, you have to be
willing to put yourself on the line.
College should be teaching us to take
the initiative. "To seek out new life
for us and new civilizations, to boldly
go where no college student has gone '
before ."
(yeah, yeah, overused,
hardly original, and probably misquoted, but just another example of a
student taking a daring chance).

a

The Beacon:
Scholarship Positions:
Editor-in-Chief 3 / 8
News Editor 1/4
Feature Editor l / 4
Sports Editor l / 4
Advertising/ Business Manager 1 / 8
Copy Editor 1 / 8
Photographer 1 / 8
Non-Scholarship positions:
Assistant News Editor
Assistant Feature Editor
Assistant Sports Editor
Assistant Photographer
Staff Cartoonist
Beacon applications can be .picked up at the Beacon Offices, 3rd floor Student Center and must be returned to the Beacon by Tuesday, April 3.
The Amnicola:
Scholarship Positions:
Photo Editor - The individual
must not only be knowledgeable in
the area of photography, but must
also take charge of scheduling
group pictures, giving out photo ·
assignments, etc.
Design Editor - The individual
must have a strong background in
art design. The position involves
overseeing the visual composition
of the book.
Non-Scholarship Positions:
Assistant to the Editor - The individual should have business experience. The job involves selling advertising and handling accounts
and bookkeeping for the yearbook.
Copy and layout assistant - The
individual should have strong writing skills and a knowledge of basic
principles oflayout and design.
Applications may be picked up at the Amnicola office, 3rd floor Student
Center. They must be returned to the Bookstore no later than April 18.
Manuscript:
·
Scholarship Positions:
Editor·3 / 16
Art Editor 3 / 16
Non-Scholarship Positions:
2 Assistant Editors
Hand in a typed resume to Karen Mason, Writing Lab, Kirby Hall by Tuesday, April 3.
.

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Find Out What Reagan's Talking About
The Telecommunications Division
of the College 's Communication
Studies Program will offer a uniquely
different course during the Fall semester. The course will be Presidential Rhetoric .
The 1984 race for the White House
promises to be the most utilized race
by the media since the founding of
this country. Professor Bradford Kinney will bring together the art of public speaking, debate, and radio/
television production to present an
indepth analysis of the race for the top
leadership position. The course will
focus on the appeals to the media
(print/ nonprint), the persuasive and
propaganda techniques employed by
the candidates and their staffs (both
in the current race and in past contests). The course will also include an
indepth look at what was said, who
said it, for what reason, and the effects the oration had on the public.
The course runs the same basic time
table as does the national election.
Professor Kinney plans to use the facilities of the new TV production studio, WCLH-FM Radio as well as the
candidates themselves. The cours'e
will look at the office of the president
through films, TY, radio, and per-

sonal speeches of the candidates. According to Dr. Kinney ' ' A course such
as this comes along only once in every
four years . It should be exciting to
study the candidates through the media and the spoken word .''
The state of Pennsylvania will see
the candidates crossing and recrossing
the Commonwealth in an attempt to
win the support of the state's electorate. Pa . according to most political
observers , will be a very important
state and the candidates will spend a
great deal of time speaking in our
area. Political candidates such as John
F. Kennedy, LyndonJohnson, Richard
Nixon, Ted Kennedy, and Gary Hart
have spoken in the Scranton/WilkesBarre area and this year should be no
different. Prof. Kinney plans to have
his class observe as many actual gatherings as possible. The course should
interest students in radio/ television,
journalism,
public
address,
government/law, and history. However, any person concerned about the
welfare and future of the United
States will find something of interest
in Presidential Rhetoric. The course
will be offered -on Monday nights
from 6: 30 until 9 - during the Fall semester.

C}8 SSifi ed:
Elections for SG, CC, and
IRHC Presidents and IRHC
officers will be held on Thursday, April 5, in Stark Lobby
from 10-4, and Pickering
Lobby
from
4:30-6:30.
VOTE!!
Raul ,
Have a good weekend. Hope
the two week workout was
worth it . Go for it.

Junior Pre-Law students who
intend to take the LSAT exam
in June 1984 should sec Dr.
Joel Berlatsky in Franklin Hall
to 0ntain registration packets .
Cress,
How is it that you can look up _
into the heavens from under
your bed and still sec the big
dipper?

HILLSIDE FARMS .
ICE CREAM STORE

Amy (Henna)- Why not try ·
for one of the shorter poles
next time?! P. S. (Take care of
those bruises)

DMZ:
It is really like looking for a
needle in a haystack? P.S .
(The signals should have been
flashing!)
Amy:
Tell Mary Louise about the
baked beans . P.S . Where's
The Beef?
Lori: So you prefer it on rocks;
You're lying to me Lori!

by Thomas J. Monsell
French Troops S:·t to Puli ' )1t of Beirut
The last umt of the multinational forces in Beirut has been ordered to pull
out by Satur&lt;l.1y in an attempt to clear the country of foreign force:;.
A spokesman for the French government said "the departure of our soldiers
marks the failure of French government policy in Lebanon . It cost dearly in
blood and French money.' '

* * * *
American Paratroopers Dropped Into Honduras
American paratroopers parachuted into Honduras for maneuvers that coincide with the presidential elections in El Salvador this Sunday.
Some officials have said in private that the maneuvers are intended to deter
the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Nicaragua from interferring in the Salvadorian
election and from spreading their influence later. The officials have described
the deployment as a form of psychological warfare intended to signal the
United States' intentions both to its friends in Central America and to the
Soviet Union, Cuba, and Nicaragua.

* * * *
Chopper Crash in Korea Kills 29
A U.S. helicopter crashed into a rugged mountainside last Saturday killing
all 29 Americans and South Korean soldiers aboard .
The crash was the second of the week in connection with the war games being
staged by the U.S. ll:nd South Korea. The: crash came just three days after a
Soviet nuclear powered submarine collided with a U.S. aircraft carrier, also
participating in the war games.

* * * *
DeLorean Busted Again
John DeLorean, once a millionaire auto maker is without money and has not
paid his lawyers in eight mon~hs.
"John DeLorean has no money," said DeLorean's chief attorney Howard
Weitzman. Weitzman said he will seek a change in the auto maker's bail terms
in order to get some money for his defense on cocaine charges.
* * * *
Women Thugs Nabbed in Harlem
Three women, including a mother and daughter, were arrested in Harlem in
a rai.d that netted one pound of heroin, one pound of cocaine, five pistols with
a large quantity of ammunition, and several bulletproof vests, said Manhattan
police.
The raid was part of an operation known as Operation Pressure Point 2,
which is intended to crack down on the Harlem drug trade.

* * * *

Three Mile Island Still a Problem
Five years since the combination of human error and equipment failure
brought worldwide attention to an obscure nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, Three Mile Island still remains contaminated.
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Plant officials say that it is going to be another five years before the mutilated
core will be back to normal.
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as a member of the Army Nurse
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means you're part of a health care
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,,, not the exception. The gold bar
on the right means you command respect as an Army officer. If you're
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�i5°EBATERS
Continued from p. 1

came in overall second; The winning
of the second place cumulative sweepstake award - finishing only behind
the nation's top forensic school, ·
George Mason University - marked
the first time in fifty years that such a
cumulative award has been won .
According to Dr. Bradford Kinney,
director of the program and speech
coach, ' 'This victory means more than
just another awartl . It shows what two
determined Wilkes co-ed's could do .

They defeated all but the national
champions. We had the smallest delegation to enter the competition and we defeated them all! Donna and
Annette proved once again that
Wilkes is indeed a powerful force in
forensic competition.''
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The public speaking unit of the college debate union will next travel to
Shippensbucg University for competition in the Cumberland Valley Tournament.

SUMMER·SCHOOL
Continued from p.1

Work-Study Program.
The Eugene Shedden Farley Library will be open to all college stu- .
dents and students may borrow books
by using their identification cards.
The library hours will be posted at the
beginning of each session.
The courses offered during the first
and second sessions will generally
meet five 9ays a week for ~ o hours
according to this schedule:
First period: 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Secop.d period: 10: 10-12 :00 noon

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Third period: 6:00-7: 50 p .m .
Fourth period: 8: 10-10:00 p.m.
Most of the courses offered during
the eight-week evening session will be
scheduled on Monday, Tuesday, and
Thursday evenings from 6:00 p .m. to
7:.45 p .m . or 8:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
Weekend College classes meet for
six hours on each of six weekends from
May 11 through August 19 on the
campus of Keystone Junior College in
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U.S. Lacks Language Literacy
A major report was recently presented by the National Advisory
Board on International Education
(NABIE) to U.S . Secretary of Education T. H . Bell explaining that the
United States seriously lacks proper
education in foreign languages.
The report, Critical Needs in Internation Education: Recommendations for Action, states, "ourNation's
indifference to foreign languages and
cultures is unique among the advanced industrial countries, and our
performance in these areas lags behind many developing countries.''
Secretary Bell requested the study
from the 23-member NABIE after the
National Commission on Excellence
in Education warned of a '' rising tide
of mediocrity that threatens our very
future as a Nation and a people" in
our U.S. educational system.
In accepting the report from NABIE Chairman James B. Holderman,
who is president of the University of
South Carolina, Secretary Bell said,
'This is the time to place before the
public recommendations for change,
reform and renewal - and in no place
is it more urgently needed than in our

language instruction.''
The Secretary added, "With the
ever-growing importance of international commerce, we must commit
ourselves to improving our Nation 's
international literacy if we are to com. pete successfully with other nations in
the world marketplace. ''
Among the 19 recommendatiorn
set forth in the NABIE report are
these:
• Local sc ool districts should provide every student with the opportunity to begin study of a foreign
language.
• Colleges and universities should require demonstrated proficiency in
a foreign language for both admission and graduation.
• Textbooks should be reviewed or revised, or new textbooks introduced, to include a broader international perspective.
• A national fund for international
education should be created.
• Government, business , and indus- try should use their employees' for- "
eign language skills and offer other
employees a chance to acquire
them .

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No. l '
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Bob Bows
Out As Chris Gets Kid
The installation of Dr. Christopher
N. Breiseth as president of Wilkes was
completed this week with the ex-.
change of the official presidential
son. In a special ceref'hony, Dave had
his name changed from Capin to
Breiseth, thus making Breis~th's installation official.
"My entire family is thrilled with
the new addition,'' commented
breiseth, "especially my daughters .
They always wanted an older
brother."
When asked how he felt about the
exchange Capin replied, "Of course
we'll miss Dave. After having him
around for so many years we sort of
got used to him, but we realize that

he came with the office. We knew his
stay with us wouldn't be permanent.''
Dave seemed. very enthusiastic
about the change, "Sure, ifll take
some getting used to, but I'm looking
forward to having a new father.' '
Breiseth noted that one of the
things that made Wilkes so appealing
was the concept of the presidential
son. He stated that Dave will be an
asset in helping him adjust to life in
Wilkes-Barre. As Breiseth put it,
"Where else would I be able to find a
job with such a built-in advantage!"
Breiseth and son were the guests of .
honor at a dinner immediately following the exchange ceremony.

"Debbie'' Does The CPA
by Con 5eannolly
The Wilkes College Theatre Department has announced its production schedule for the 1984-85 theatre
season.
The season will open with the area
premiere of ''Debbie Does Hazleton," written by a local playwright
who wishes to remain anonymous.
The repetitive one act play follows the
adventures of a Bucks County girl
who leaves the back woods of Warminster to "experience" life in the
big city.
The second scheduled production
is Dion-Dion's, "Happy Boys All

Tied Up." This show calls for two
strong male leads to portray starving
hairdressers in their search for fulfillment.
This year's musical will be '' Step on
Your Toes," the story of a small town
college student's relentless fight to
create a dance major at his liberal arts
college. This production will feature
the first choreography attempt of
new-comer Coach Bill Unsworth.
The season will be rounded out
with the patriotic comedy "Napalm." Set in the, mind of a young
ROTC cadet, the play uses dream sequences to unfold the cadet's dreams
of glory in the wild blue yonder.

And the winner is ... this one! Op.ce again the Annual Wilkes Rate-A-Butt
competition came down to the wire. ''The finalists were pretty even going into
the last round,'' commented one judge, ' 'but there was just something special
about contestant number 6. I can't describe it, but on a scale from 1 to 10, I'd
give him a 9.9."
""
The contest, which was begun several years ago to recognize those students
with exceptional derrieres, has grown steadily since its inception.
''We had twenty contestants this year,'' commented one of the contes_t coordinators, "and the show sold out just three hours after tickets went on sale."
This year's winner was contestant number 6. Known only as Mr. X, he received an average score of 9. 75, the highest score ever received by a contestant.
"I guess people know a good thing when they see it," stated Mr. X.

Evans Hall Involved
In Gender Bender

The Residence Life Office today announced that Evans Hall will be
closed at the end of the semester. The
building will be renovated and reopened next semester as the William
Evans Memorial Parking Garage.
"Parking has always been a problem at this school," stated one administrator, "and this just wouldn't
be parking. Each car will get it 's own
room with heating and airconditioning controls, private sink
and semi-private bathroom. It's luxury parking!"
The facility will be able to house
approximately 124 cars depending, of
course, on the make and model of
each automobile.
1,
With the anticipation of more
" parking, CC and IRHC are already
"It was him!" Students in Surveillance 101,
· b~ttling for the extra space. A lottery
on0 of the courses that is part of the Soviet Ex will b~ ~eld ,to determine parking apchange Program, take part in an exercise desj gn c~ d
propnauon m the new facility.
to tea ch them that it's okciY to inform on your
When questioned as to where stufrjends.
dents would be housed, it was ex-

' plained that t_J.ewly-arriving students
will be given a pillow and pointed in
the direction of Kirby Park. A lottery
will take place each semester for
bench selection.
Student reactions to the new arrangements varied. "I never did find
the heating controls anyway," said
one male resident of Evans.
"I guess the winters a.ren ' t really
that long around here, " whined a female resident. " What I really want to
know is where I'm supposed to plug
in my curling iron, and the lines for
those bathrooms will be incredible. "
Does the administration think that
the new housing arrangement will af.
feet enrollment? "Of course," replied one administrator. "We feel
that the new housing arrangement
will appeal to nature buffs and camping fanatics across the country. It's
tailor-rriade for them." An increase in
enrollment is expected.

�Suck-Face Sights:
This offers a challenge to those who
crave adventure, for there is the everpresent threat of being interrupted by
a security guard or a student looking
for a place to study.
3. Ralston Field. This is designed
especially for those who want to "get
back to nature."
4. The Public Relations, Academic
Affairs, and External Affairs Offices.
That's what they're there for, right?
5. Any room marked "Danger:
High Voltage . " Don't let the sign deter you . These ro~s supply the most
satisfying environment. Caution:
these rooms should be · avoided by
those with weak hearts.

Bill Blows-Off
Big-Time Bowl Bid
by Gump Savard .

Students and administrators alike got a surprise
when Jacques Cousteau and two of his staff members
( one of whom looks an awful lot like Willie Nelson)
suddenly popped up in a mud puddle behind Stark
Learning Center.
Cousteau was disor·iented ,claiming that he and his
crew thought they wer1c• in i..Le lVie di terranean Sea examining glow-in-the-dark seaweed specimens.
"We must have been sucked into a whirlpool and
traveled throug h some underground river to this
strange place," sneered Cousteau in his usual heavily
accented fashion.(Editor~ note; 1o fully appreciate
this quote, the reader should verbalize it in his/her
own heavy French accent.)
lhough confused at first, Cousteau has decided
to - ~tay Rt Wilkes a few more days to examine the
"s t :·c;nge life forms t hat seem to exist solely on
alc ohol."

Is B_acon The Only
Food On Campus?
by Con Seannolly
Dr. Shan&lt;lrew Aw, Wilkes College
dean of Management, said
in
a
press conference on March 28 that
there is absolutely no hunger on the
Wilkes campus and that the findings
of the $50,000 marketing survey are
grossly exaggerated.
"Sure there are a couple of hungry
students out there , but most of them
have chosen to be hungry."
Aw
sights the popularity of aerobics
classes, the absence oflong lines at the
cafeteria, and the constant appearance of the Domino's pizza truck at
Sullivan Hall as proof of students willingly gomg hungry.
The survey was done hy a profes-

sional statistics company and spanned
a two year period. The results came as
a blow to lame-duck president, Robert Capin, as he strove for a noncontroversial final semester. The report
found that over 5 2 % of the students
on campus go to sleep hungry and at
least 20% of these students are suffering from malnutrition.
"It's that damn anorexia - its not
our fault . They could eat if they want
to. \Ve have a lot of food programs on
campus ," blurted · Aw in an emo 0
tional statement during the press conference .
All students who were asked to be
interviewed refused to comment for
fear of repercussions frCJm the administration.

In a surprise rnove the Wilkes College Athletic department announced
that the Colonel football team will
not accept an invitation to participate
in the 1984 Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena this Fall.
John Reese, Wilkes athletic director, announced that football coach
Bill Unsworth opted for a :.pot in the
Henna Bowl or~a possible matchup
with the L.A. Raiders of the National
Football League.
"We were getting tired of the same
old competition from the big-name
schools so we are looking for a change
of pace in the Henna Bowl or somebody of our calibre like the ·Raiders,''
explained Unsworth. "Also with the
money we save on airfare we will be
able to send all of our all-star players
to the many post season all-star
games ."
Most of the players seemed a little
discontent with the decision; for most
of the players it would have been their
first time in the national spotlight.
"What a bummer, man," exclaimed defensive lineman Joe Rock.
" We was reallf lookin' forward to dis

game, now we gotta take our final exams, man .''
Thi~ marks the first time in the
scho,,ls football history that the team
has declined a top-notch bowl invite . .
Next season the Wilkes football
· schedule will be expanded to include
Marywood College and College
Misericordia.
According to John Reese, such an
addition would extend the season
into the bowl season. ''We will be
playing Marywood on Christmas Day
and Misericordia on New Year's Day.
This will provide us with legitimate
excuses to de~line any and all invitations to bowl games. ''
The 1984 football season promises
to be a real hum-clinger. Season ticket
sales have already reached an all-time
high and it looks as though the only
way to eaten Colonels football in the
Fall will be to have a season ticket or
·by way of national television .
The College has already contracted
with ABC Sports to televise all five of
the Colonels away games and two of
the home contests.
Yes sir, 1984 will be the year of the
r.olonel.

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continued from pg. 8
At fourth cede junior transfer i .·
nie Engle Jost his set 3-6 / l-6 tu .
niata ' s Tom Lancaster.

A tongue biting effort by fifth
ceded Walter Karaban didn't h(":1-'
against his Juniata opponent in Satu1 ·
day's match-up as he fell 0-6, 0-6.

Returning junior Walter Karaban
v.-as blanked, 0-6/0-6 by his Juniata
"' ,ponent Doug Yokoyana.
fhe final cede was filled by lresbman Bob Stoffel . Stoffel played an excellent first match, narrowly losing it
5 7 to Tom Eberhart. Eberhart then
went on to win the second set 6-2 and
that captured the win for Juniata.
In the doubles competition, Wilkes
paired up John Patterson and Rick
Sposto againstJuniata's number one
and two single cedes. Patterson and
Sposto came up short in the match
and lost 2-6/ 3-6.

Nationwide Bowling
Tournament Winners Announced
Coach and Bowling Instructor Extraordinaire Phil Wingert has announced the winners of his 12 state,
18 city, bowling tournament:
9:00 a.m. class - THE DRIBBLERS
Paul Oestereich
Jeanette Watts
Denise Johnson
Linda Kaplan
10:00 a.m. class - DEADWOOD
(that's bowling .
.slang)
Ron Smith
Kathy Hyde
Judy Groshardt
Becky Whitman
11 :00 a.m . class - THE PINHEADS
Lisa Acornley
Jane Natushko
Laura Pollick
Andrea Nerozzi

In the second doubles match up of
the day, Wilkes' Al Whitaker . and
Donnie Engel dropped their match 06 / 3-6 to Juniata.
The final doubles match featured
'Ray Hanks and Walter Karaban of
'½'ilkes being beat 2-6/ 3-6 by Juniata.
The men now sit at 0-1, but will be
taking on Moravian, away on Saturd:iy, March 31st at 1:00, when rhc:}
"'ill be tr-ying to even out that re~ord

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SMEGS And Spammers Favored To Clash In Capin Cup
from Chris Zieser, the Herkas with
their eleven man wster just had
enough troops to shut down the
March 19 - Ausflug lost another
Twister offense.
heartbreaker and in doing so provided another team with a play-off
March 22 - Rich Sisson flew in
spot. The gift this week goes to the
three goals for the Penguins as John
Spammers. The game was close all the
lliornas was credited with his first
way but Ausflug, like the girl who's
s; i ll ,,ut. Ausflug went Jown, 3-0.
always the bridesmaid but never the
~'. .i c-gmas c! i 1.ched the Hoover conbride, just can't seem to pull out their
L . ".nee an&lt;.' : 'irst place in the tournafirst win.
n ,-. , :t as Mike Kopcho, Bill Hankins
Parity seems to be the word of the . and Steve Shearer had one goal a
season as another match ended in a
piece. Tom Kase scored for the Ma
tie. This time around it was the Chiefs
Puckers but it just wasn't enough.
and Warriors finishing deadlocked.
Smegmas remained flawless with a 3Both sides only gave up one goal but
1 win.
they both missed numerous scoring
Jeff Hamison scored the only goal
opportunities. The Chiefs at this
of the game as the Devils beat the
point have the most ties in the league. - Warriors. Bob Whitney, the Devils'
Herkas help their playoff chances
goalie, had his second shutout in a
by taking the Twisters, 4-1 . Mark
row and the Devils won their sixth in a
Augular had all the scoring for the
row.
Herkas. The lone Twister goal came
March 25 - Winless Ausflug gave
another team a hand to the playoffs as
they lost again. The beneficiary this
time was the Warriors, as Mike Duncan tallied two, Don Shaw, Matt Wasel each had one. Ausflug, still winYOUR ONE STOP
less, went down again, 4-1 .
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conference champion Smegmas and
the Ralston conference champions
Ala. Spammers took to the arena for
bragging rights of the season . In a
game that was full of many scoring
opportunities for both sides, no team
could punch it home. As the game
progressed neither team could establish an effective offense. The game
ended in a tie, 0-0. Th~ only way to
settle the question of who's best will
have to be in the playoffs .
Devils clinched second place in the
Hoover conference with a 2-1 win over
the Twisters. The Twisters had been in
second most of the season but they
couldn't stop the streaking Devils.
Frank Wanzor scored two for the Devils as the Twisters got one from Chris
Zieser.
Rich Sisson' s hat trick helped the
Penguins keep their playoff hopes
alive: Unfortunately the Wildmen,
who took the loss, were eliminated as
Pat Evans' lone goal wasn't enough as
another team fell out of the picture.
Keith Conlan got his first s,hutout
as Randy Rice scored two to lead the
Chiefs over the Herkas. The Chiefs
took second place from the Herkas as

both teams needed a win in their remaining games to clinch a plav-off
spot .
As this article is printed the regular
season will be over and the ph-off
picture decided. The quarter fin.i.l ·
will start Monday, April 2. Sem1 -1,nal
are on Thursday, April 5 and the fi nals, Tuesday, April 10 at 9:30 . Come
on down to the gym and suppvrt your
favorite team. The games are going to
be some of the most exciting intramural play in Wilkes College history.
INTRAMURAL FLOOK HOCKEY
FOK CAPIN CUP ·

HOOVER CONFERENCE
WLT PTS
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SMEGMAS
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DEVILS
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1WISTERS
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WARNER WARRIORS
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CHIEFS
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HERKAS
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PENGUINS
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No. 12
March 30, 1984

beacon sports

Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766

Wilkes Nine Ready
To Blast Artillery Park
by Tim Williams

Senior captain and the big man with the bat, Kenny Sorick, fouls off a pitch
in Saturday's Wilkes' scrimmage with Penn State, Lehman.

Lady Colonels
To Open Saturd,a y
by Janee Eyerman
Coach Nancy Roberts has only five
returning letterwomen from last
year's 10-4-1 squad, and that leaves
quite a gap to fill.
Once again this year the Wilkes
women will be.aiming for the Northwest League Championship but will
find it a little tougher this year without pitching sensation Sue Schwartz.
Schwartz's absence creates a rather
large weak link for the Lady Colonels
when it comes to depth in the pitching department.
Karen Bove will be doing her best
to strengthen that weak link when she
takes to the mound for the first time
in her career at Wilkes.
Also taking to the Wilkes diamond

for first time will be freshmen Yvonne
Peirman and Sharon Domzalski playing first and second respectively.
Rounding out the infield will be
sophorhore sensation Michelle Zawoiski and Kenley Hoates at shortstop
and third.
Pulling down those fly balls in the
outfield will be Karen Galli in centerfield, Lisa Gigliello in left field and
Joann Matt in right field.
Wilkes' strength appears to lie in
their hitting. Wilkes has three hitters
over the . 300 mark and they are led by
Zawoiski, who batted .357 in 1983.
The Lady Colonels will be squaring
off against MAC foe Elizabethtown in
a doubleheader on Saturqay, March
31st at 3:00 p.m. in Kirby park.

Net01en Drop Operier
by Janee Eyerman
This year's men's tennis team has
only two returning team members
from the 1983 squad and that makes
for a lot of inexperience . This inexperience seemed to have contributed to
the men 's disappointing season
opener loss to Juniata, 0-9.
Wilkes fielded their top six singles
men against Juniata but they just
could n •t come away with the win .
Wilkes' number one cede for t he

day was freshman John Patterson .
Patterson dropped his match to
Stephan Wallaert ofJuniata, 3-6/0-6.
Returnee, sophomore Rick Sposto
filled the second cede spot but
dropped his match to John Dorner, 36/ 3-6.
Freshman Paul Nardone also lost
his match after losing a well played
and well fought first set, 5-7. Chris
Savage claimed that win for.Juniata .
co11tiluled on page 7

Taking up the duties in the infield
will be captain Sorrick at first base,
Nine lettermen return this year to freshman Joe Ranieli on second .John
lead the Colonel baseball team into · Good, a senior, will man the short
the 1984 campaign.
. stop position, while freshma~ Frank
Third year manager Bob Duliba Wanzor will start at third.
and his players are very optimistic
In the outfield, sophomore Dave
about the upcoming season .
Kerdesky assumes straight away cen"We'll do OK as long as our pitchterfield, while junior Ed Domzalski
ing holds up." Duliba continued, Hlf covers his right and to the left Wilkes
it rains and we get backed-up we fields Brian Gorski, a freshman from
could have some trouble with double
Nanticoke.
headers and the pitching steff."
Duliba enjoys the luxury of having
The Colonels four man pitching roa well rounded bench to support his
tation consists of newcomer Don
starting nme.
Shaw, basketball star Rick Sheaffer,
Joe Folek and Ted Ruch supply the
Dana Colavitti, and Jack Delfino.
back-up for second base while Tony
Senior Gene Nosovitch will assume
Caladie and Billy Langan are aJl -purthe reliever responsibilities.
pose infielders.
Duliba's pitching staff may prove
Tom Culligan and Ed Vogue are the
once again to be one of the best in the
reliable back-up for the outfield.
MAC as they strive to equal last year's
The Colonels will be putting their
pitching staff which was ranked 6th
starting nine and bench to the test,
nationally with a 3 .15 ERA.
when they play a doubleheader at
Junior Dave Orman will be behind · York College on Saturday, March 31st
the plate with John Harran to back
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                    <text>Vol. XXXVI
No. 13

I

April l:3 . 1984

ilkes college student nelVspaper

Hart Makes Tracks to W-B But Loses Steam
by Sean Connolly

The smell of hot dogs, the sounds
of an upbeat polka band, and a group
of thirty or so dancing, organized supporters chanting " Vote smart - vote
Hart ' ' greeted the crowd who came
to see Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart last Saturday at the
Station in Wilkes-Barre.
The youthful group numbering
over 1,000 people, quite a few of
them being Wilkes_students, began
assembling at 1:30 P. M. and remained, despite the chilly weather,
until Hart steamed up to the Station
in the antique train at approximately
2:30.
•
Waiting in anticipation , the crowd
drank coffee and discussed politics
while
secret servicemen scoured the area and whispered
to local cops. " The reason I'm here is
because he could be president one
da} Th..-n ! could say I saw h; •n .' ·
explained ont&gt; Wilkes co-ed .
At 2: 15 , dancing supporters wear:
ing green tee-shirts that read " Gary's
Guerillas'' began corralling the crowd
toward the spot designated for Hart's
speech. A motorcade of a dozen secret
service vehicles materialized and the

serious-looking men in over-sized
trenchcoats began gearing up for
Hart's arrival.
With white smoke pouring out of
its stack, the impressive train bolted
past the crowd and back into place to
present the candidate. The first one t 0
make an appearance, while photographers scrambled and jockeyed for position, was Scranton Mayor James
McNulty, and the crowd pressed closer
to train as organizers tried to hold
them back.
A few irate Mondale supporters let
wisecracks fly but were quickly

.

drowned out . as Mayor Mcl aughlin
took the microphone. "I would like
to introduce you to the man who VPty .
well might be the next President of
the United States."
Hart , who was sufferfog from bronchitis, spoke in a hoarse voice . When
he reached behind him to receive a
styrofoam cup of water to soothe his
throat screams of" boil it Gary ·" rose
from below. "This is Pennsylvania
water,'' returned Hart which led him
into a speech of water programs for
troubled areas such as ours.
The speech which lasted about half

an hour consisted of
unemployment, arms reductions, federal program cuts, and criticisms of Mondale
and Reagan. The content of the presentation seemed to be
drowned out by the applause of the
audience, the actual presence of the
candidate himself, and the
musicians playing "Happy Days Are
Here Again'' and the . theme song
frnm "Rockv."
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Debaters SI.Veep Tourney
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The Wilkes-College Debate Union and Public Speaking the competition.
Unit traveled to Wildwood Crest, New Jersey this past
Besides the Debate competition, Professor Kinney, the
weekend to participate in the National East Coast Pi Kappa coach and director of the Forensic program , entered his
Delta Forensic Society's Bi-Annual National Tournament. speech students in twenty-two individual speaking compeThe Wilkes team complete~ the three day tournament with titians. '
a clean sweep finishing in the first place 'overall winner posi- • · In one of the most different types of competitions, Sales
tion.
Competition, Wilkes pulled a complete sweep in this area.
Members of " Kinney's Kid's" won an unprecendented Dan Duttinger won the first place gold medal, Donna
19 awards/trophies. No other team in the competition O'Toole, the second place silver medal and Annette Winski
eq~aJed the Wilkes winning record.
the bronze third place medal.
·· ,._
In the Debate competition - Wilkes College debater
In Persuasive speaking competition: Donna O 'Toole won
Donna O'Toole was undefeated and completed the compe- the first place gold, Dan Duttinger the second place silver,
tition with ~ perfect score. Ms. _O 'Toole had the highest :rnd Ai:inette &gt;Vinski completed this category with a fifth
numberofwmsandwasthetoplmcoln/Douglasdebaterat Con tiri.ucu on p .9
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Scandal . .. that's what newspapers are supposed to thrive on , right ? It
certainly seems to be what Wilkes College runs on - another Wilkt s College
election , another pres_µmed scandal.
It seems that every election held for class officers or Student Government
officers ends in dispute or accusations. Most of them never reach the point
where an official complaint is made, but it doesn't take any: rumor, founded or
unfounded , very long to get around a'campus the size of Wilkes. Whether it's
disgruntled losers or people who fear they have discovered real voting fraud ,
what they claim to know about the election is everyone 's dinner conversation
by the next evening.
.
The problem lies in a voting system which lends itself to voting fraud and
accusations of illegal voting procedures. The system used by Student Government leaves too many doors open to the temptation to "help out a friend."
Everyone involved in elections knows this, and that is why there are always so
many dic;c;atisfied peopk whn either have a hard time trying to accept the fact

that they lost or honestly feel something is wrong, running around, whispering, sometimes shouting, that the election was unfair.
There appears to be a relatively simpie and more professional way to handle
these elections - voting booths . Voting booths would be far less difficult to
keep track of and far more professional than the present system. Most high
schools and many grade schools use voting booths to elect their student council
mem hers and class officers.
- If Student Government elections are held near the date of county elections..,__
making it difficult for the school to obtain voting booths, elections should be
re-scheduled. This would cause some confusion in the beginning, and it would
take a little planning and a few phone calls to the courthouse, but the end
result would be piece of mind for the people running student elections, tht:
winners of the elections and maybe, even the losers.

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I am writing this
_in reference to the student rally held in Pickering
lounge a few weeks ago.
.
I truly think that it is great that the students are finally beginning to take an
active role in matters that affect them and the campus. Over the past few years ,
the student body has been somewhat passive in allowing the administration to
formulate policy.
If a student does not agree with college policy he or she should speak out
against it. College students of the 1960's spoke out, and they were able to
accomplish a great deal.
It was during this decade that Wilkes students were encouraged "toquestion, to critize, to test, and to s.earch· for new meaning and new solutions"
(from the 1983 edition of the Amnicola). There suggestions were transmitted
not from fellow activists but from the O&gt;llege.
It is time once again for students to question objectively the environment
which surrounds them , In this day arid age of the computer, people are rapidly ,
becoming passive and unindividualistic. People should not be afraid to speak
out and voice their opinions.
A few of the people who ao voice their opinions
do so in a very harmful
and unintelligent way. This often hinders, not helps, the cause or influence of
the opinions the speaker holds.
A·classic example of this arose during the Pickering rally. A certain person
was slandered in such a manner tha I would not want printed in the Beacon.
Regardless, it was a stupid act on the activists part. Rational people would never
offend people they are trying to win concessions from.
·
These few activists, unknowningly, ,severely hurt the students' call for a different alcohol policy. Name calling is no way to get what a person wants; it is
almost like bii:ing the hancl that feeds you.
The student activists need a strong, rational leader who has the ability to
reason effectively. Otherwise, the activists are doomed to sink lower into the

. Photography
Editor Resigns
lieacon photography editor Jerry
Galinus has resigned , and Mark Radabaugh will replace him as photo editor fot the last two issues of the 198384 Beacon.
Galinus stated that he felt he had
to resign because of conflicts with his
schoolwork and· what he felt were inadequate working conditions.
Following Galinus' resignation , it
was discovered that he had charged
approximately $600 of camera equipment he had not been authorized to
purchase at the Camera Exchange,
Market St., Wilkes-Barre.
·
At the request of the Beacon edito-

riai staff, Galinus returned this
equipment. However, the Camera
Exchange could only credit the Bea. con account with approximately half
of the original cost of the equipment,
because it had been purchased in _September and October of last year.
Galinus freely admitted to his excessive expenditures, and he has since
agreed to reimburse the newspaper
for the difference between the original cost of the items and the credit
given upon their return .

depths of despair in their efforts to reform policies, particularly the alcohol
policy.
Before the students can expect the College to relax the alcohol policy they
must demonstrate their ability to use it responsibly. This is not to say that all
students are irresponsible when alcohol is involved, just that a few ruin it for
all .
A weekend in. Pickering rarely goes by that fire alarms are not pulled and/ or
glass doors not broken. This all works against any efforts the students make for
a more liberal alcohol policy.
It is a shame that alcohol is the only issue the students are concerned about:
There is more to college than parties.
Students should be just as concerned about academic issues as well as social
ones. After all, college is for learning, and that learning, for some people, is
limited to human interaction (socializing).
How do you think a prospective employer is going to view . a Wilkes degree
if he envisions this school as an "ass-kickin' party school?" It seems to me ~hat
this kind of a reputation would be very detrimental to a Wilkes student 's future .
This probably will not totally appeaho eitherthe administration or the ·
student activist \, but this is the way it is 'and,the issues must be worked out
The admmiscration and the students must meet half-way on the issues .
While the students must cease their sporadic, irrational behavior the administration must also.listen to stu~ent suggestions and consider them seriou~ly.
Both sides-must sit down at the bargaining table ~n ·an effort to improve
Wilkes
College.
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Tim Williams

The Beacon
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Third Floor Student Center
Wilkes-Barre, PA
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Assistant News/Feature Editor . :·. . . .. . : ....... . . .. . . Thomas). Monsell
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Assistant Sports Editor . . . .. _.. .. _.. ... ....... ...... .. ... Janee Eye.rman
Copy Editor ...... . : . . . . ... ... .. . . ... . .. . . . . . . . .. ,... .... Lor Martin
Business Ma.nager . . . .. . .. . . ......... . . .. . . . . .. .. . . .. Nadine Wieder
Advertising Manager ..... .. ... .... . ....... . ... . . ... . Steve Scharpnick
Advisor . .. .. . ... ......... . ........... . .. . ... . . . Dr. Cynthia Corison
Published bi-weekly during the fall and spring semesters excepting scheduled
breaks .and vacation periods . Subscription ·rate to non-students: $5.00. Advertising rate: $5 .00 per column inch. All views expressed are those of the individual writer and not necessarily o( the publication or the college.

�''Cri01es of the Heart''
Rounds Out Season
home due to the circumstances and
meets up with her two colorful sisters.
"The play takes serious matters
such as sterility, murder and suicide
and makes a farce out of them," said
director Dr. O'Neill. "It's very funny '
in it's treatment of such subjects."
Four females and two males comprises the cast of the play which contains strong female leads. The play is
considered to be the strongest female
play written in the United States in
the last twenty years, said O'Neill.
The cast consists of Rebecca Sch&lt;.aren Bradbuty, Mar ete.
\Xic~t, r, Sharon Wheeler, Kenny
~ ;,.._i, and Gene Wachowski.
Tickets can be reserved by calling
the C.P.A. box office, Students receive two free tickets with I.D.

by Sean Connolly
The Wilkes College Theatre Deartment will present the 1982 Puliter Prize winning play, Crimes of the
leart, written by Beth Henley, as the
tnal production of the 1983-84
~ilkes College theatre season. The
hree-act comedy.which ran on Broadvay for two year~, will be held at the
)orothy Dickson Darte Center for the
Performing Arts on April 13 and 14 at
8:00 p.m. and April 15 at 2:00 p.m.
The play is set in the mid-1970's in
a small Mississippi town. and the
action revolves around the explosive
relationships of three sisters. The plo_t
centers on the youngest sister who has
just shot her husband and is released
on bail. She returns to her family

Automation Tra11sports Library into the Future
by Steve Scharpnic k

for the current project.
According to Library Director Hsiping Shao, the new funding will be
used to automate some of the library's
key functions. The library departments fust affected will be. Circulation and Cataloguing. Eventually,
computer terminals will take the
place of the Card Catalogue. A library
user can easily locate materials by either, or title, or subject, and may also
search the library's holdings by keyword, date, and language, among
other things.
The terminal will not only list-what

A $111 ,000 grant was received by
Wilkes College from the) . N . Pew,Jr.
Charitable Trust. The grant will be
used by the college to complete its
plan to automate the functions and
services of the college's E. S. Farley Library. A grant of $112,000 in 1982
from the Pew Trust gave the college
the initial funding to convert the
holdings of the library from hundreds
of thousands of index cards into a
computerized machine-readable database,and laid down the foundation

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being researched, but will also let the
user know if the book is being used
and , if so, when it will be returned.
This will save library users from dealing with many of the problems they
must currently face in research.
Another goal of the project will be
to have hook-ups to the system in
other buildings on campus. Computer terminals will be located in department offices as well as in some of
the larger residence halls on campus,
such as Evans Hall and Pickering Hall.
This aspect will not begin until the

project is fully completed and tested.
The automation project is scheduled
co be operational in the early part of
1985. Equally significant is the fact
that Wilkes library collection will become an integral part of the nat1onwide, multi-institutional database of
On-Line Computer Library- Center
(OCLC), and thousands of OCLC
members will have on-line access to
the holdings at Wilkes. This is a positive contribution toward the practice
of resource sharing (Inter-library
Loan) among libraries.

AHA "Pumped" for Clinic
A Blood Pressure Clinic sponsored
by the American Heart Association ,
will be held on Thursday, April 26th
from 10:00 a.m . to 2:00 p.m. in Stark
Lobby.
Over 37 million adults have high
blood pressure. You may have high
blood pressure and not know it. Usually there are no early warning signs.
The possibility of stroke - blood
vessel damage in the brain - is increased if you have high blood ·pressure. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can also affect the heart, kidneys
and nervous system.
TJ:ie only way to find out if you have
high blood pressure . is to have your
blood pressure checked. The test is
quick and painless.
Many people think that high blood
pressure is'a disease of the aged, the
cause is unknown but there are many
risk factors involved hr.sides age and
heredity, if there is a history of high

blood pressure in you_r family you are
more likely co develop it. Race is anther factor. Black Americans are more
likely to have high blood pressure and
a more severe form. A woman taking
contraceptive pills is more likely to
develop high blood pressure if she is
overweight, has had high blood pressure during pregnancy, has a family
history of high blood pressure, or has
some condition such as mild kidney
disease.
Have your blood pressure checked
Thursday, April 26th, 10:00 a.m. to
1 2:00p.m. inStarklobby. Theclinids
; for Wilkes students and faculty only.
Nurses are needed to take. blood
pressures on Thursday, April 26th.
You can sign up in the Nursing Lab
or at the Nursing Department. The
clinic is for Wilkes College students
and faculty only. Please sign up now
we need your help.

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Upward Bound:
No Li01its on Learning
CIA Helped Mine Nicaraguan Ports

by Thomas J. Monsen

Wilkes for 17 years.but this year is going " to be special " according to GraEvery summer, an organization on ham because there will be a published
campus helps to give high school stu- poet on staff to "help the kids to get
dents some direction and usually pro- experience in writing." The poet is
ves to be a learning experience for Craig Czury who will be here thanks
both students and the directors of the to a gra~t from the Pennsylvania
program. This program has been at Council on the Arts . Czuty will teach
Wilkes since 196i and has sent 95 % and help with the literary magazine.
of its graduates to college: 60% of
While here, the students will take
these students end up graduating classes that i!1volve subjects that th ... y
from college. This program is known have expressed interest in. The stuas Project Upward Bound and is di- dents will also get some first-hand exrected by Anne Graham.
perience in what could be called "an
According to Graham Upward internship, but on smaller scale,"
Bound, a federally funded agency, said Graham . The students will be
takes area high school students ''with working at places that. are in line with
potential to do well, a desire to do what they think they might want to
well, and puts them in a 6 week pro- get into someday.
gram that helps .prepare them for
Along with the classes, trips have
what college may be like." The stu- . been scheduled. The Upward Bound
dents come from families that are in Project will go on the road to Bloomslower income brackets and whose burg to visit that university 's Upmothers or fathers have not graduated ward Bound program . Another trip
from college.
will bring the students to. Lancaster to
The students, of which there are a see some historical sights and cultural
total of 55 participating in the sum- events. Upward Bound will also travel
mer program, come from 15 area high to the Pocono Environmental Educaschools ranging from Tunkhannock to tion Center to participate in a "outShickshinny. Out of the 55 students, door experience . "
15 of them are going to be attending
The Upward Bound Program at
Wilkes in the fall , and the other 40 are Wilkes found out in September that
going to be high school ~eniors.
they will be receiving grants from the
Miner Hall is the spot where these government for the next three years.
5 5 summer students will live during This.will help a lot of high school stuthe program which runs from June dents that may not have had the
17 through July 27. Resident Assist- chance to go to college . "We're just
ants are chosen to live with the stu- here to help them find what they' re
dents who ' ' get a taste of what dorm all about, and expose them to situations that they may someday find
life is all about," said Graham.
The National Upward Bound Pro- themselves in," said Graham,
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. home after an investigation by the Reagan Administration and a court battle
which led to Baby Doe's parents' decision to allow doctors to operate and drain
excess fluid from her skull.
The parents were originally going to let nature decide the fate of their child,
but were challenged by "Right to Life" advocates which in turn led to an
investigation to decide whether the parents' decision was in the baby's best
interest.

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A dispute over crucifixes on display in an agricultural school in Poland ended
in a suprise compromise that allows for one crucifix in the school in return for
the return of the protesting students.
The decision prompted other schools, factories , and hospitals to display crucifixes, which is in disagreement with government policies.

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Soviet Tunnels Could Hide Submarines
The Soviet Union is nearing completion of four large tunnels that are capable of hiding even the largest Soviet Submarines said a Navy spokesman .
The tunnels, which are hollowed out of a coastline and have been under
construction since the late '60's, could mean trouble for American tracking
systems. The tunnels will provide a nice "hiding place" for the submarines.
The location of the tunnels has been held as confidential by the Navy.
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An airforce helicopter fought its way through 40 mph winds and 20 foot seas
during a snow storm to pluck a Soviet sailor suffering from appendicitis from
his trawler and take him to a hospital in Iceland.
The helicopter was the same type that was used to rescue downed soldiers in
Vietnam. According to Major General William Small, this rescue showed ' ' the
world and the Soviets that we hold human life especially dear.' '

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Congressional and administrative sources have announced that the CIA
played a direct role in laying underwater mines in N icaraguan Ports that have
damaged eight ships from several nations during the past two months.
The mining operation is supposedly part of a CIA effort that began last year
to redirect the Anti-Sandistan guerrillas away from futile attempts to seize land
and point them towards economic sabotage.

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A concrete ghost town lies somewhere on the border of Nanticoke and
Hanover Township.
Twenty two-story buildings which
ire burnt and lifeless make up the runs that were once a luxurious mining
:ity inhabited by 40 families.mostly of
Welsh de~cem ,--vho worked as supervi.ors in thr- loLal coal mines. Today the
homes look as if they barely survived a
distant nuclear blast. Perhaps the
most interesting thing about the
present-day ghost town located ten
miles from Wilkes-Barre is that it is
solely owned by Wilkes College.
What is Wilkes College, an institution of '' higher learning,'' doing
owning a 39-acre piece of land known
as Concrete City?
''When we purchased Concrete
City for $1 (in 1964 from the Glen Alden Coal Company),we imagined using the buildings for classes in police
and fireman training," said Dr. Andrew Shaw, Wilkes Dean of Management, "but objections from our faculty and staff stopped the idea.''
Though the property could be considered somewhat of an albatross to
Wilkes College, it is being used. Firemen working through the community
colleges build doors and windows on
the buildings, douse them with flamable liquids, light them on fire, and
then .out them out.
Police groups also.conduct training
exercises on the buildings by shooting
into the concrete walls as targets.

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'' We have a responsibility to the
community by letting the firemen
and police train here, but at the same
time Wilkes would like to sell it," said
Shaw, who accompanied me on a tour
of the site.
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Concrete City was built in 1913 by
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroads, which owned coal lands
at the time . The following year families of coal supervisors moved in to
what was one of America's first
planned communities. The inhabitants worked at the Truesdale Colliery
located about a quarter of a mile away
from the site.
The two story b4ildings measure 50
by 25 feet with 25 feet of space between each dwelling. The construction of each consisted of a constant
pouring concrete walls which measured between 6 and a quarter inches
and 8 inches thick.
"It's not like we can just knock the
buildings down," said Shaw, "These
walls are solid. ''
According to a paper completed on
the history of Concrete City by William Simon and Jocelyn Reese, Ivor
Williams, in 1923, a former coal mjne
official, used a charge of 100 dynamite· sticks in trying to demolish one
of the homes. When the blast only
slightly budged the house·, the Glen
Alden Company decided that pursuing the demolition would be to expensive and they abandoned the idea.
The buildings had no central heating, indoor plumbing or electricity,
and in 1923, these factors contributed

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opened. "As you can see," said Shaw
pointing black fungi living in a damp
corner of the ceiling of what was once
a · child's room, "mildew started
growing·on the walls and ceilings and

made the place unliveable."
Shaw said, currently,it is not known
what Wilkes will do with Concrete
City, but hr- ;,,lded that plans are being made that should eventually lead
to its sale.

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Will Anyone Offer A New Deal?
ar1n s
control
national
defense

econoiny

foreign
affairs

1nondale

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Arms Control: Walter Mondale
supports a nuclear freeze but opposes
the build down idea of removing two
warheads for each new one deployed .

Arms Control: Gary Hart supports
a modified nuclear freeze. B e would
reduce those weapons that ar~ most
destablizing, such as multiple warhead missiles .

National Defense: He would limit
the increase in defense spending to
4 % a year. He opposes the MX missile
and the B-1 bomber.

Economy: He favors limiting
Reagan 's third year tax cut to $1 , 100
for those individuals with incomes
above $60,000 a year, placing a surtaac
of 10% on incomes dver $100,000
and requiring all corporations to pay a
minimum tax of 15 % .

Foreign Affairs: He favors a policy
that has aid to El Salvador contingent
on the maintenance of certain rights .

jackson

National Defense: He proposes a
$100 million cut rn the defense
budget over the next three years . He
believes in relying less on hi-tech and
more on readiness and flexibility. He
opposes the MX missile , the B-1
bomber and chemical weapons .

National Defense: He proposes a
five year freeze on military spending
and opposes the MX missile and the
B-1 bomber.

Economy: He favors limiting
Reagan's third year tax cut to $750 for
individuals, closing tax loopholes ,
and deferring tax -indexing. He has
proposed a reindustrialization program that would provide tax relief to
declining industries and a 15 year program to rebuild roads , bridges , etc.,
as well as a joint employer-employee
fund for returning workers.

Economy: He would repeal
Reagan's third year tax cut and increase taxes for corporations. He
would favor reindustrialization with
tax breaks.

Foreign Affairs: He would cut aid
to the Nicaraguan rebels and continue aid to El Salvador only if death
squad activity was terminated .

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Arms Control: Jesse Jackson favors
a nuclear freeze. It's his "highest foreign policy priority.''

\ Foreign Affairs : He favors ;nding
U.S. involvement in Nicaragua and
believes that aid to El Salvador should
be contingent on improvements tr
human rights in that country.
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What Are They Talking About?
ly Annette Winski

Walter Mondale Is "puttln on the Fritz " for
any group large enough to have a moili ng 11st'.
John Glenn would hove said anything to
solve his Image problem . (The problem Is he
dldn 't have one.)
Gory Hart con dazzle both young and old
with a smile and bot of the eyelashes , but what
exactly Is he saying ?
What are they all saying ... besides "vote for
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Understanding the political rhetoric In a
presidential elect/on year is os difficult as
remembering which democrats are not running
for president.
What should you listen to In a candidate's
speech . .. "nothing. " according to Dr. Brodfoi-d
Kinney, directory of Speech Communication at
WIikes College, and hlmselt o political speech
writer .
Actually, as Dr. Kinney explains, It's a bil
more than nothin9. Just remember when you
are listening to a Hart , Hollings. McGovern,
Mondale , et al speech that It 's "campaign
rhetoric, and rhetoric Is usually sold In the heat
of the campaign and few people follow through
on those promises ."

bala~h:;k ~::utb~d ~:~~•r prom lsttd hJ:hn:~~
pre&gt;mlsed .. . "I'll never send American boys to
fight Asian bovs , "
This does not mean the re are no "honest"
politicians. There are .. . a few. Bu t it's like shopping at o flea market. You have to dig through the
junk to find the treasures .
To apot a political "treasure," Dr. Kin•
ney suggest., you look at how (of If) o can•
dldate co rrolote s what he sov• .....1th whut
h4t doe•. If the two' are fa r f;om parallel ,
beware. · tt•• like the old joke •.. "I don't
swear, smoke, or drlnk . .. damn, I left my
cigarettes and booze In the car."
Besides corrolating a candidate's actions
w i th his words you need to corrolote his view s
with yours. Ask yourself : What is his platform?
W hat does he stand for? And most important ,
what hos he sa id that you agree w ith?
Separating the political gobble lygook fro m
the politica l gold requi res o bjectivity . Too many
of us hear what we wont to hear.

SOUND FAMILIAi?
There are a few things you should not hear.

IF you hear them. s tart listening around for
another candidate to support.
For example , a Don Rickles candidate
la not your safest bet. These ore the con•
dldatea who constantly cut others down to
build themMlvea up. It's not because they
aret1't friendly with the other cand.ldatea.
It's because they ore eifh.r (a.) weak on •"
the IMuea and afraid to take a decisive
atolNI, or (b.) they don't know how to do
anything else. (Usually the lotter.)

Also watch for a heavy dependonce on e m ~tional appeals . A few "love thy •country:., "
"G Qds " and "bene fit of monk inds " are (lne. Bu t If

he tries to convince you that everying he stands
for Is o life.or death matter - beware. As Dr . Kln~ey· pai'!_led
"he'~ playing to your selfm terest.

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WHEN .A SPEECH IS GOOD
Now that you know what to /lsten to and
what to beware of, how do you know when your
'1earlng a brlillant speech ? Robert lo/es In "Per;onallty and lnter~rs onol Behavior" describes a
speech that moves on audience OS "the dynamic
process of group fon t/sizing."
The speaker hos a vision, o fantasy , which
he dramatizes and presents 'to the audience . The
speech is a success when the fon tosy spre(!ds

throughout the audience . A typical fantasy
speech (for some candidates more than others)
Is a '·'vote for me·: speech.
A successful speaker will determine o purpose before he begins . He decides what people
want to hear, and how they want to hear it. He
analyzes his audience.
In Martin Luther King's famous "I Hove
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Dream" speech , there aN no words with

inore thtln three syllables. King did his
ho..-eworit. He analyzed the audience and
knew their educotlonal level was low. Au•
dlence onolyali combined with repetition
created one of the moat brilliant speeches
ever .

Ki ng , and other successful speakers , use a
psychology whe n planning a speech . Poslti_ve
rathe r than negoflv«J terms ore used, chorlsi!1o
and-eye co,:,tact ~re strived for . But next to conte n t, a visually appealing image makes the
speech.
CHARISMA COUNTS
For e xamp le, why was Andropov con side red a n old man? He wos 69, a kid compared
to Reagon. But Reagan 's Image Is more appealing. Chopping wood, riding horses, all help give

Reagan the Image of a robust, healthy
charls·matlc man.
Richard Nixon ca'h tell you about charisma .
Kenne dy's not Nixon 's . During the first 1960
presiden t/al de bate Nixo n looked sickly. gaunt ,
and baslcally unappe aling . Kennedy looked
he althy, tanned, ana handsome . Ke nnedy's im age , combined with his pe rformance , was the
d9cldi ng factor In the 1960 e lect/on.
' John Kennedy epitomized the suc•
ceaaful speaker . .. quick w ith the wit and
quick w ith the disarming smile. He was the
master of the pre11 conference. But occor•
ding to Kinney , what separates o brilliant
speech from a good speech 11 "the unexpected In the expected." The perfect exam•

pie of such a strotegy would be John Ken•
nedy's "lech Bein Berliner" speech. Who
expected on American president to pro•
clolm "I om a Berliner?" No one. That's why
It woa 1ucce11ful.
Used not alone, but In a combination sterling content, a striking image con create on un-

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The Republican " Ace-in-theHole. ''
Ronald Reagan , a strong conservative, is the sole Republican candidate
in the '84 election . During his four
years in office , he has increa;;ed U.S.

involvement in Central America , increased defense spending , supported
both the MX missile and the B-1
bomber, drastically cut education
spending and proposed an ammendment for school prayer.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) - A.n unexpected visitor may show up at your
door, but don 't let it spoil your weekend . Saturday will be exciting if your
visitor decided to go home. Spend Sunday studying. ***

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - This could be your weekend . You may end up
with somebody new when Sunday rolls around. *****
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - Don' t overdo it this weekend , it could come
back to haunt you . *

Taurus (April 20-May 20) - It could be a rotten weekend . Try to spend some
well-deserved time alone-:--Saturday night should be spent in front of the television hugging a loved one. Spend Sunday outdoors, it 'll help put your mind at
ease.**

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Take the opportunity to broaden your horizons , it 'll help you out . Saturday could be amazing arid Sunday should be even
better. *****

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - This could be your weekend if you plan it well.
Friday should pro~ to be fun and Saturday and Sunday are better. Live it up.
*****

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Go out of your way this weekend to help
others out . Saturday will be restful and Sunday m ay hold an unexpected
suprise . ****

Cancer (June 23-July 22) - Don 't try to plan your every move this weekend,
let it happen. Saturday will turn out to be beneficial to your academic standing. Sunday should be spent relaxing. **! *

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Let family members help you with problems
that may be bothering you . Sunday proves very relaxing and work-free. ***

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - Spend Friday working on your relationships. Saturday will be excellent if your relationships are on solid ground, Sunday proves to
be interesting. ***
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Sunday is a little of a letdown because you 've got a long week ahead . *-***

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Spend Friday with a loved one and make up for
some lost time. Saturday ma y . be depressing, if you let it . Sunday is the best
day of your weekend . ***

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Night Spots
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Fr1. and Sat.
Cooks
Back Street
Mickey Finns
The Woodlands
The Pub
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185 N . Pennsylvania Blvd.
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Sheraton Hotel

Friday, April 13
Film: The Manuscript Film Series presents " The Immigrant ," 7:30 p.m. in
SLC 1.
Theatre: The College production of ' ' Crimes of the Heart,'' at 8 p . m . in the
CPA .
Saturday, April 14
Theatre: The College production of ' 'Crimes of the Heart ,' ' at 8 p.m . in the
CPA.
Sunday, April 15
Theatre: The College production of '' Crimes of the Heart ,' ' at 2 p .m . in the
CPA .

Max Rosenn Lecture Series in Law and Humanities

COMMENCEMENT - May 20, 1984

On Wednesday, April 25 , 1984 , at 7:30 p .m . , in the Dorothy Dickson Darte
Center for the Performing Arts, the Max Rosenn Lecture Series in Law and
Humanities will present Dr. Joseph] . Sisco, former under-secretary of state in
political affairs and currently a partner in Sisco Associates. He was principal
advisor and negoti~tor on Middle Eastern issues and served as president and
chancellor of American University. Admission is open to the public free of
charge .

President Robert Capin is pleased to accept the invitation extended by the
senior class to deliver the Commencement address .
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An honorary degree will be awarded to Dr. Roman DeSanctis who is Professor of Medicine , Harvard Medical School; Director of Clinical Cardiology and
Associate Director, Coronary Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital. He is
recognized on both the national and international scenes for preeminence in
clinical cardiology:
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Wilkes Campaign Nets $531,890
The 1984 Wilkes College fund
lrive netted $531,890 and was" one
&gt;f the most successful fund-raising
•ears in the history of the 50-year old
ollege," according to President Ro,ert Capin.
The annual fund drive was chaired
&gt;y Harold Trethway who is also the
\.ssistant Manager of the Wilkes3arre Boscov's Department store.
frethway said the college was able to
raise so much money because of
strong support from friends of the col-

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lege and alumni. The $531,890 raised
was 24 % more money than what the
fund-raising goal had been set at.
Trethway said he had high praise for
the community, as he told a crowd at a
recent luncheon. "By way of their
(the community) financial support,
they have voiced a strong willingness
to preserve and enhance the educational objectives of Wilkes College to .
meet the challenges which lie ahead
for higher education.'' ,
President Capin said much thanks

and wanted to recognize the many
corporations, foundations , bequests,
· special gifts, trustee gifts, and the
generosity of the community and
alumni. During the 1983-84 fiscal
year, Wilkes raised in excess of $1.2
million to be used for scholarships
and for increasing the college's endowment fund. "We are certainly
grateful to everyone who has continued to be loyal to Wilkes Collegeand
has assured, once again, that Wilkes
will remain a strong and vital part of

this region, the state, and the country," said Capin.
Trethway closed out the luncheon
recognizing the efforts of the entire
volunteer campaign workforce and
commended the work of division
leaders Earl Macarty, Sandra Piccone,
Marino Santarelli, Charles Lemmond
and Thomas Kiley. He also commended the efforts of Mrs. Beverly
Hiscox, vice chairperson for campaign
'84, and Mr. Gilbert Fough, chairperson of the alumni appeal.

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Looking For Extra Credit?

Try Classes On The
Weekends
by Sean Connolly
Many juniors and seniors look at
their transcripts at this time of year
and realize that the one class they
failed or the one they neglected to
take has come back to haunt them.
Upperclassmen grimace at the
thought of returning next fall to complete a requirement
to graduate, and many are horrified to find
that their final year's class schedule
resembles this month's shopping list.
If you are shaking your head in recognition there may be a solution - the
Wilkes College and Keystone Junior
College Weekender Program.
The program, which Wilkes joined
in 1978, gives the student a chance to
work all summer and enjoy most
weekends free at the same time. Students attend classes every third weekend,seeking to satisfy the ever-elusi've·
final credits. Students spend two

hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to comprise the six hour weekend
period, with classes held at the Keystone campus for six weekends from
May 11 to August 19.
Mr. Jack Meyers, director of the
program, said that undergraduates
who will be involved with final exams
on the weekend of May 11 should not
be concerned with the first class periods because everyone will be "in the
same boat" as far as class preparation
goes, and everyone will then have
three weeks to organize for the next
period.
Classes in accounting, business administration, earth and environmental science, economics, English, political science, psychology, and sociology
will be offered.
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For more information ,contact Mr.
John Meyers at Sturdevant rm. 107,
ext. 380.

Hart, his daughter, and his wife
spent another ten minutes after the
speech throwing roses to excited
crowd-members, most of whom
walked away discussing the candidate
and smiling.
"I think the visit was very successful," said Wilkes and Misericordia
Hart campaign organizer Alex Apaliski, who is a senior transfer student
at Wilkes. Apaliski, who was directly
involved with the appearance of Hart,
stood within secret service bounderies
directly below the candidate and
shook his hand. "I think Hart's main
assets are that he is young and with his
new ideas he is not limited to the old,
established Democratic policies."
"National campaign organizers say
that Hart, if elected president, will
move a little to the right of what he is
portraying himself to be during campaigning:' commented Apaliski who
said he received this information first
hand. Apaliski added that Hart real-

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the right.
Apaliski said that if Hart loses the
Pennsylvania primary he is in no way
out of the race, and that Hart organizers expect to do well in the West. Apaliski added that New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio are large union areas
and that Mondale does well in such
areas because he portrays Hart as antilabor. "The truth is that the AFL-CIO
knows of Hart's printed congressional
record th:i,t shows he voted ''.yes" in
79% of the labor bills and 100% in
the really important ones," said Apaliski.
Nationally, organizing active supports on college campuses has been
poor, and at Wilkes, said Apaliski,
the apathy is no exception. He said
that though Hart may get the student
vote, there is a lack in the turn out of
workers on all ~ea campuses.

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place bronze medal/trophy.
In the Impromptu Speaking competition,it was Wilkes,
once again, with a one, two, three finish. Donna O'Toole
won the gold medal for first, Annette Winski the silver second place and Robert C. Nause the third place trophy.
Extemporaneous Speaking saw Annette Winski win a second place awa,d and Dan Duttinger winning the fourth
place trophy.
Contin~ing their winning record, Wilkes added more
victories in Expository Discourse with Donna O'Toole winning still another first place gold medal and Annette
Winski taking the third place bronze award.
Finally, in the very difficult area of communication analysis, Wilkes completed its sweep of the tpurn,_amem: when
Annette Winski won the first place gold medal and her
teammate, Donna O'Toole, won the second place silver
medal.
·
By virtue of the overall victory won by the Speech Debate
Union, the College Forensic Program has the distinction of
being recognized as the top speech school in the Middle
Atlantic States for this year, according to Pi Kappa Delta
National Honorary Forensic Society.
The number of awards/ trophies won by the Debate/
Speech Union just this year now stands at 70.
The final tournament for "Kinney's Kids" will come
later this month when the team travels to Statesboro, Georgia for competition in the National Forensic Association 's
Championship individual events tournament.

�page tovertiJDe
en•·-------------------------------------•-----------------byTimwilliams

What is wrong with the athletics at Wilkes College? Why are some of our
athletic teams experiencing untraditional disappointment ? Why are · most
teams having sub . 500 seasons? These are questions that must be considered ,
and solutions must be reached before it is too late.
Most of the men's and women 's sports are either on the decline or remain in
the cellar. Student participation is slowly dwindling to the point where coa,hes
post signs on campus in a vain effort to fill vacancies on the roster.
Wilkes College women's athletics, once strong and proud, can no longer call
themselves "Wilkes' Winning Women." The only productive women's sport
thus far has been the women's basketball team.
The men's athletics will also be glad to see .1984 go by. Coach Reese suffered
through one of his worst seasons in years. The soccer team was the only other
men's sport to finish the season at or above the .500 m?-fk.
Some coaches liave inherited programs that have hit rock bottom at the turn
of the decade. There is no place to go but up from a .000 winning percentage.
Dave Smith, the men's tennis coach in his second year at Wilkes College,
directs a program that traditionally has left much to be desired. Since Smith is
employed ekewhere, he is limited to the amount of improvetnents he can
make to his program.
If Smith were employeq. at the college he would be able to move about freely
on campus and actively recruit tennis-playing students to Wilkes. However, as
it stands now, Smith must work with students he has; even year round practice
does not seem to be helping the team much.
Both football coach Bill Unsworth and soccer coach Phil Wingert have devoted a great deal of time to recruiting efforts, and both programs have begun
to show signs of life. Even though the football team only won two games, the
1983 season should be considered successful due to the fact that they were a
freshmen-laden team competing against some big opponents.
Wingert stepped in when the program come off itswor_st season (0-14) ever

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other tie would be in the making.
Don Shaw got to be the hero, wirh
twenty-six seconds left he hit the upper right hand corner for the win.
Shaw's slapshot looked like he had a
Howitzer hid somewhere on his person. Twenty-six seconds later, the warriors were in and the Twisters out .
SEMI-FINAIS
In ·the longest game of the playoffs,
the Smegmas ·and the Herka
played
scoreless hockey.
Looking more like a game of MonoP.oly th~ hockey , both teams got

good sconng opportunities but nobody could buy the house . The conte~r.sparked by great play from poth
sides,left the fans on edge all night .
Then eighteen minutes i~to the
sudden death period , Mitchell Reese ,
hustling behind the net,lays a picture
perfect pass on Smegmas captain Junior Weinstein's stick. Junior was all
alone in front and even Underdog
couldn't of stopped it. Advance token to the playoff, the Herka lose a
heartbreaker.
The second game of the semis progressed much as the first as no team

and,in two years, produced a team with one of the best records (8-8-2) in the 35
year history of the sport.
Recruiting could very well be the key to improving athletics at Wilkes College. While the academics at Wilkes are strong, there is vi rtually nothing here
to attract the student athlete.
All of our athletic facilities are old, decrepit, and outdated. Most Wilkes
students had better facilities in their high schools. Prospective student athletes
expect to step up to a more attractive athletic environment.
This situation drastically hinders recruiting efforts particularly that of Bart
Bellairs. Coach Bellairs must compete for recruits against other schools who
have more attractive gymnasiums than Wilkes does.
The humble Wilkes gym is far less appealing than that of any high school
gym I have seen. A recruit can walk a few blocks down Franklin Street and see
what he/ she expects a college gym to look like.
While I realize that Wjlkes does not have the finll;Ilcial capability to build a
new gym at this time, it seems as though the administration has no int~ntion of
looking into future opportunities to acquire funds to build one .
The College managed to find adequate finances to build a state-of-the-art
dormitory when in its maiden year there was ample space on campus to house a
good number of people who were living in the then Founders' Hall .
As the College moves into the future, I can understand the need for the now
Evans' Hall. It js a great tool for drawing students to Wilkes. However, a new
athletic complex would have the same affect.
The College should start an .active and aggressive campaign to raise the necessary funds to finance such a project. I realize that this is not something that
can be completed in a few years, but, if something is not done now to prepare
for the future, there just may be no future for Wilkes athletics and Wilkes
College as a whole .

scored in the first half, yet opportunities were abundant. Seven minutes
into the second half Randy Rice ,
again as in the semi's, was left alone
in front and again his aim was true chiefs 1, Warriors 0. Fate just wasn 't
there for the Warriors as Don Shaw hit
the cross bar of the goal three times,
and the Chiefs goalie seemed to get
something on every Warrior shot.
Time expired and the score remained
the sanie.
The finals will consist of the
Smegmas ( 11-0-1) against the Chiefs
(5-3-4).

CAPINCUP
HOOVER CONFERENCE
SMEGMAS
9 0 1 19 30
DEVILS
8 2 0 16 22
msTERS
5 4 1 11 26
WARNERWARRIORS
4 3 3 11 24
WILDMEN
1 7 2 4 12

6
15
19
14
20

RAISTON CONFERENCE
ALABAMA SPAMMERS 6 1 3 15 26 12
CHIEFS
3 3 4 10 25 22
HERKA
3 5 2 8 17 22
PENGUINS
3 5 2 8 26 33
MAPUCKERS
3 7 0 6 17 32
AUSFLUG
082 11242

Thursday May 3rd

SthArinual·
George Elliott
Memorial Boxing Tournament
All those interested should contact.·
Mike Garvin at 822-- 8024
or TomJamicky 2nd Floor Evans
Contesta:nts may choose opponents
or one could be found from other entrants.

•

�Colonels Split With Junia~a
by Janee Eyerman
The Wilkes women split their twin
bill with the Juniata Indians this past
weekend dropping the first game 7-4 ,
but winning the second game 18- 7.
The scoring started in the second
· inning when Juniata ripped a bases
loaded triple to put the Lady Indians ·
up 3-0.
The Co.lonels answered the three
run inning by posting three of their
own runs in the bottom of the third .
Juniata's pitcher walked Lisa Gigliello aboard .~nd she then-stole second base . Ka t en Galli then stroked a
fielders choice ball and found herself
safe on first. Short stop Michelle Zawoiski then stepped ttp and sent a
three · run homerun ball deep into
left-center field.
Juniata added four more runs to
their tot;tl before the Lady Colonels
cou ld do any scoring .

The last scoring was a last minute .
rally that scored freshman SharoQ
Domzalski, but left Karen Galli and
Michelle Zawoiski stranded while the
tying run was at the plate.
The Wilkes women came back
swinging in the second game to garner 15 hits and 18 runs.
The opening inning had seven of
the Wilkes starting nine crossing the
plate while the Juniata Indians were
held scoreless.
The Colonels added one in the second and three more in the thtrd
when Kenley Hoats, Yvonne Fierman
and Mary Consugar were give11 scoring opportunities by Juniata erw t-,
Lady ~o lon c l i"bry Cowmgar singl e s ,
and a single by Lisa Gigliello.
t o li 1 11 · ~n 0att1 r da.,r ' u1-nn ing e ffort .
The remainder of the Wilkes scor-- ·-· - - - - ·- ..
ing ran the tally up to 18-0 heading . just wasn 't enough to catch the Lady
The Lady Colonels' next bout will
into the Juniata sixth.
Colonels.
.
be a doubleheader, Saturday, April
The Indians came out like gangWilkes' record now stands at 2-2-1
14, at Susquehanna. Game time is
busters and quickly added seven runs
overall and 1-2-1 in the Middle Atlan11 :00 .
to the scoreboard in the sixth.but that
tic Conference.

Olympic Commentary ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
by Janee Eyerman
Another Olympic season has past.and yet another controversy has arisen .
This controv.ersy stems from the long arm of the Communist Bloc Nations.
The spirit of the Olympics is to give amateur athletes throughout the world
the chance to compete on an international level. This competition is regulated
and sanctioned by the Olympic Committee .
It would seem that somewhere along the wa.y the committee has hit an impass. This controversy deals with the issue of opening the Olympics to professionals.
The claim has been made by many of the Third World Nations that the
Olympics should be opened tip to professionals , so that they can compete with
the Communist Bloc Countries.
The majority of other countries involved in the Olympics have professivnal
leagues or teams for their amateur athletes to join after the Olympics. On the
other hand , the Communist Bloc Countries have no outlet for their athletes,
and therefore, they just-continue to train under the tide of amateur.
~
Amateur doesn't seem to be the right tide for someone who is paid to train
and does nothing but train. The salary of these athletes is provided by the
g•Jvernment. In other countries,this is not the case . Athletes of these countries
support themselves throughout their training and the Olympics.

Whether the Olympics should be opened to professionals is a question of
politics and tradition. The long running sentiment of the Olympics has been to
give amateurs the ultimate challenge of their careers.
If we open the games to professionals, it would obviously push the amateurs
to the side. The professionals would dominate the games and break the tradition that is the Olympicc;.
Politics enters the controversy at the point of world domination . Should we
open the games to professionals just so we can compete with the Communist
Bloc Nations for world dominance? It would seem that we would be alt~ring
the games just to be able to show our greater strength. ·
·
Is that show of strength really more important than being fair and keeping
with the spirit of the Olympics?
Possible solutions to the controversy include limiting the number of.Olympic games the athlete may participate in, limiting the number of hours an ·
athlete may train in a day, and limiting how many years an athlete may train.
These may sound like drastic measures to take, but if they solve the problem
and preserve tradition they will be well worth it.
It would appear that the opening of the games would cause more harm to the
athletes involved and only add to the already existing pressure between the
countries of the. world .

Intramural Hockey Heating Up
by Jeff Weinstein
The Smegmas were the only seeded
team to remain unmolested-in the
first ~ound of the playoffs.
Teams seeded 2-4 couldn't escape
as they fell to defeat at the hands of
the lower seeds.
Number one seed, the Smegmas,
played against the eighth seed Penguins . The Smegmas drew first blood
as Mike Kopcho poked the ball home .
Greg Trapani tried to rr,ake it a run
away as he got the first •Jr.his hat-trick.
Rich Sisson took the Penguins fate
into his own hands scoring unassisted
and bringing the score to 2-1. Trapani
and Sisson then traded goals late in
the second half.
"
With time dwindling down , the
Penguins pulled their goalie in an at-

tempt to score on the · t~nacious
Smegma defense . The Penguins, concentrating too much •on offense, let
· Trapani slip by to get his third into an
empty net. Final score.,Smegmas 4,
Penguins 2.
Number two Devils faced the seventh placed Herka. Congratulations
has to go out to the Herka as they just
came to win. As this David and Goliath contest began, it was assured that
the Devils weren ' t going to have a
cake walk. Mark Aguilar had the only
tally for the Herka,but it was all that
was needed. The Devils played really
flat as the Herka broke the giant's
back.
Third seeded Alabama Spammers
faced off against, the ~ixth seeded
Chiefs. Once again,the call for Underdog went out as the Chiefs played he-

roic hockey. The Spammers, Ralston
Conference Champ~. were out to se- ·
cure a spot in the semis as Chris
Meeley scored first.
The game progressed with aggressive play on both sides. As it got late
iri the second pei:iod, it looked as if
that lone goal would be the difference, but D.]. Sparks dug a ball out
of the corner.brought it to the top of
the zone ,and let loose a rocket, score
1-1. It looked like overtime as both
teamstightened their defense . With a
little more than two minutes left ,the
Spammers had a lapse in defrme .
This lapse allowed the Chiefs' Randy
It.ice to be all alone with the ball just
fifteen feet from the goal, score 2-1 .
That's all the help the Chiefs needed,
another upset and another days work
well done for U,:iderdog.

The fourth seedeq Twisters and the
fifth s,e eded Warriors faced each other
in the final quarter final game. The
game progressed in the same manner
as their regular season tie. Goal trading, tough defense, and alotof end-toend olav made thim~s look as if an-

c on t i rived on p •. 10

�SPORTS

Vol. XXXVI
No. l~
April B . l 984

Wilkes College
W ilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766

Colonel Clobbers Steal 5 of 6
by Tim Williams
The Wilkes College baseball team, off to its best start in
years, captured three of four games in a pair of double- ,
headers this past weekend at Artillary Park.
On Saturday the Colonels swept the Crusaders of Susquehanna, 7-1 and 6-5.
On Stmday, they split with visiting Oswego State of New
York, losing the first contest 8-5 then topped off the day
with a 12-11 win.
WC7
Susquehanna 1
The Colonels found themselves trailing 1-0 as they
headed to the plate in the third inning.
The freshmen trio of Joe Ranielli, Brian Gorski, and
Frank Wanzor all singled to load the bases.
.
Senior captain Ken Sorick then stepped in the batters'
box and nailed his first of two home runs on the day. This
put Wilkes ahead 4-1.
The Colonels put the icing on the cake in the sixth inning
when Gorski singled in Ranielli,and Ted Ruch hit a one
bagger that brought Tony Caladie and another player across
the plate.
WC 6
Susquehanna 5
The Colonels were forced to play catch up the entire second game of the twinbill as the Crusaders jumped out to a
3-0 lead.
It remained that way until the fourth, when junior
catcher Dave Orman hit a sacrifice fly ~• ; .1Ilow Sorick, who
tripped to score from third .
The Colonels then loaded the bases.and Caladie drove in
a run with his sacrifice fly to close the gap 3-2.
Susquehanna extended their lead by two in the top of the
fifth, 4-2.
Again in the fifth, Sorick stepped up to the plate to knock
one out of the p~rk; this was good for two _runs to even the
score at 4-4.
In the sixth Susquehanna again went ahead with an RBI
single to make i_t 5-4. ·
Orman's homerun in the bottom of the seventh evened
the score at 5 apiece . Senior John good followed with a single. With the winning rµn on- first,Ranielli hit a. triple to
left-center field to give the Colonels the win .
WC5
Oswego8
The Colonels went into the last inning leading by a score
of 5-3.
It was at this point that freshman Don Shaw left the
mound with the tying run on base .
Reliever Gene Nosovitch couldn't stop the Oswego rally
as they scored four runs and put the game out of reach for
the Colonels.
. WC 12
Oswego 11
Colonel Jack Delfino threw well over 200 pitches to go the
entire eleven innings to lead Wilkes in th~ second game.
O~ego s_cored three runs in the ninth to put them ahead
11-8.
Gorski then singled and went to third on Ruch 's single.
Wanzor hit into a fielder's choice to bring Gorksi home.
Sorick followed with a homerun to even the score at 11
apiece.
• The Colonels won the game in the eleventh as junior Ed
Domzalski singled and was brought home on Caladie's
double .
Wilkes plays their next six games on the road beginning
with a twinbill at Delaware Valley tomorrow, Saturday,
April 14.
.

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Vol. XXXVI
No.14
May 4, 1984

ilkes college student ·n e-wspape r

- - -------We're outta here! - - - -- -

'84-'85 Beacon Staff Selected
by Buddy Suttlif

tiDl -williaDls

The Beacon has selected its new
~raff for the 1984-1985 school year.
Tiin Williams will take over the position of Editor-in-Chief. Williams is
a junior. History major from Bethlehem, PA . This year, he was the sports
editor for The Beacon. He is also the
captain of the soccer team and this
year, he was the R.A. for Diaz Hall.
Sean Connolly has been chosen as
managing editor. Connolly, a junior
communications major from Honolulu , Hawaii, was the news editor for
the '83-'84 Beacon.
A newcomer, freshman Eric S.
Gundry, will be joining the newspaper staff as news editor. Gundry is a
communications major from Highland , New Jersey.
Thomas J. Mansell , current Assistant News / Feature Editor, will be the
feature editor. Mansell is a junior
communications major from Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Adams Family
Splits
by Eric Gundry
For five years, Paul and Jean Adams
have served as the husband and wife
team of the Wilkes College housing
department . This will come to an end
as of August first when Mrs . Adams
will be moving on to pursue a different career as a production potter.
Adams is a graduate of Wilkes and
attained a B. A. in Art Education . She
had a strong interest in working with
people and students, and in 1979,
when the opportunity to return to
Wilkes as the Assistant Housing Director came up, she applied for the
job . Adams feels she would not have
taken such a position if it had not
been at Wilkes , and that the only ..experience she had for the job was "
what she had lived through ."
Since her sophomore year in college , Adams has been interested in
pottery, and has been working at her
craft steadily for five years . She now
feels that she is good enough to sell

her product .
As a production potter, she will be
entering her work in craft fairs where
private owners can select the item~
that they wish to sell from their stores .
She will be working out of a studio ,
probably based in her apartment ,
where she can devote her time solely
to her work and not have to worry
about running a store.
Adams has been considering leaving Wilkes for quite some time now
and stated , "It's always been one of
those things where I said , in a few
years I'm going to do this , and th e
time came when I felt it was time to
do it ."
Jean's husband, Paul Adams, who
serves as Housing Director at Wilkes,
has been very supportive of her decision to leave, but probably looks on
her departure with mixed emotiom . ,
Mrs . Adams feels that he has been tiI(
biggest supporter in her art caree; a 11, i
said, "He's never pushed me bu t 11 '
given me incentive and positive r·'

The sports editor's position w1H be
fi lled byJan ee Eyerman , a sophomore
communication.;/pol itical science major from Mountaintop, PA . Eyerman
was this year's assistant sports editor.
Kathy Hyde, another newcomer,
will be the copy editor. Hyde is a junior english major from West Orange,
New Jersey.
Also new to The Beacon staff is Joe
Fulco . A sophomore accounting major from Paramus , New Jersey, Fulco
will act as the Business/ Advertising
Manager.
Co-Photography editors will be
Mark Radabaugh and Eric Reed . Radabaugh is a sophomore engineering
major from Pottst own .PA. Reed .is a
freshman engineering major from
Coltsneck , New Jersey.
Dr. Cindy Corison will be returnir:3g for a s~cond season as Beacon ad visor.
John Finn will continue as acting
media cunsultant and stabilizing infl uence.
m m , and has always been behind
me. "
'' It 's never an easy decision to move
on , but it's one I felt I had to make ,''
she ~tated recently. Adams says that
-~, has built _many strong ties at
' ,.' · : I cs over the years and they arc go-

sean connolly
ing to be difficuit to break.
Applications are already being accepted for the position of Assistant
Housing Director, and it is expected
to be filled by the time of Adams' departure .

Capin Cup Captured

President Capin presented the Capin Cup to Smegs captain, Jett Wemstein
after his team defeated the Chiefs 2-1 in the final round of the Capin Cup .

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E·DITORIAL __________________________________~-----------~--~----What exactly is The Beacon ? I 'm sure this is the question many ot you have
been asking yourselves after reading 0 11c of the issues that appear sporadically
on campus .
Well, here it is, my last issue of The Beacon, and I find myself asking the
same question. What is The Beacon, what should it be, and what exactly is its
purpose on the ~ilkes College campus (besides scraping mud off the bottom
of hiking ~oots)?
Interviews for the 1984-85 newspaper staff were what made me question The
Beacon's existence. As I listened to hopeful staff members tell the selection
committee what they felt The Beacon was, I realized no one had the same
definition.
After much thought, I've decided that there is no one correct definition of
The Beacon. I wish I could say it should be all things to all people, but that's
incredibly pretentious.
However, what The Beacon is, or what the staff strived to make it this year is a
. student newspaper first and last. The Beacon should be the student voice on
campus, a place where students can voice their views, a place where students
can find out what's going on at Wilkes arid in the world.
If the paper is going to become that voice though, it needs much more
campus involvement. It needs more input from faculty and administration .
This year, I can only think of a few instances where the faculty suggested anything to us or gave us their views-on anything. As far as their views go, The
Beacon did not go out and recruit them, our mistake. However, next year, I
hope that the faculty will feel free to contribute on their own.
As far as the administration goes, the only comments we got from them,
except very near the end of the year was second or third hand, much of it was
probably distorted. Perhaps.we gave the impression that we were not open to
comment, but we would have wekomecj positive input . I don't mean waiting
until a problem has developed and then hauling all or part of the staff in for a
conference. Sure, that might be helpful, but more interaction before something like that is necess~ry would be good.
I have a lot of hopes for Wilkes next year. I think a new president is going to
add new life to this school. When I think about the past four years, the word
"stagnation" comes to mind. There have been a lot of physical changes, but
the people seem to be stagnated. Students show almost no interest in anything
(except maybe parties), and there is no communication, no true positive communication, between the students and the administration .
There are only a handful of students who seek out the administration for
help, and that's sad . I'm sure they have a lot of things, a lot of ideas, they'd
.
.
.

Shallers
Congratulates
Schilling
For Naming
"The Cellar"
Dear Editor,
I would like to thank those people
who graciously donated time and/or
moral support to the Student Center
basement painting project. We love
you Peggy Jones, Joe (Mama) Fulco,
Jean Adams and Al Melusen .
In addition, I heartily congratulate
the Board for doing a super paint job.
It is something we can all be proud of.
I would also like to thank everyone
who participated in the "Rename the
SC Basement Contest. "
The Student Center Board would
like to invite everyone to visit The ?? ?
after its completion.
Thankfully yours,
Cress Shallers
SCB Director

love to pass on to the students, but they never get a chance.
Smdents need to feel that they can talk to these people about anything, and
that 's where the administration comes in . Many students don ' t feel comfori:able with the idea of talking to the deans. Weckesser needs to make a concerted
effort to go out and solicit student input.
.
Students come here from a high school atmosphere where the principal is
always right, the instructors are always right. High school teaches you that you
know nothing and adults are total authority figures who never do anything
wrong. This may not be intentional, but that's the way it is.
Unless someone tells them differently, students will continue through their
years at college to look at faculty and administration the same way; any attempt
to question anything, or have anything explained is futile and will only get you
into deep -trouble.
· If Wilkes is going to survive through the next ten years, students, faculty,
and administration must pull together. There has got to be more interaction.
The world is changing constantly. The students here are of a completely
different mind-set than those of only a few years ago . Policies have to be geared
to the new student; they must be policies that students can relate to and appreciate. Antiquated ideas and ways of doing things must be thrown out. Tradition is a wonderful thing, but it causes stagnation .
A pond covered with algae is siagnant and dies. Wilkes will die if it's not
stirred up. The current apathy of students is a warning sign.
If The Beacon can help to clear up that apathy, then that should be part of its
purpose. This year, The Beacon tried to get things moving. Maybe, we didn't
always do it the right way. That's part of the editor-in-chief's personality. I tried
the shock method. The way I see things, only a real shoc_k, something totally
unexpected or different, can get people up off their chairs and make them
shout.
More response would have been better, and even a negative response is better than the continued gaping, drooling, glazed expression of Wilkes.
Next year, the newspaper will take on many of the aspects of Tim Williams ' personality. Hopefully, the way he approaches things will get more action,
more response and more interaction than what I tried.
The Beacon should be a model of a real newspaper. It should define Wilkes
College. It should point out what's wrong, not just it's own view of what's
wrong, but student and faculty and administration views as well . It will, with
any luck, help get Wilkes on the track that will make it a praiseworthy, ace
institution of the future.

Irate Fan Whips Williams
Mr. Williams:
I was very disappointed after having read your recent column in the
BEACON. As an avid tennis player
and close observer of local college tennis , I was shocked at your poor treatment of the Men's Varsity Tennis
Coach, David Smith .
Mr. Williams, you state that the
tennis program "has left much to be
desired" and imply that CoaGh Smith
is limited in his ability to improve the
team solely because he is not employed at Wilkes (i.e., is not on campus). Further, you suggest that recruiting would provide a "key to
improving athletics. '' Finally, you
end your editorial by proposing a
more aggressive campaign for a project to construct a new athletic complex.
Perhaps I misread your column,
Mr. Williams, but it would seem you
have not thought through this particular editorial very well. In an attempt
to support a better athletic program at
Wilkes , you have confused the issues
and the end result is a potshot at one
of the most underrated coaches in the
Valley. Having followed Coach

Smith's attempts to improve the
Men's Tennis Team, it is clear to me
that you are off target when you
write" . .. even year round practice·
does not seem to be helping . . . ' ' If
the only measure of a coach's success
is the win-loss column, then Coach
Smith's progress toward a winning
season may not be obvious. However,
I would have hoped that this standard
of success would not be representative
of Wilkes. Surely, such ·a " winning is
everything'' philosophy is past its
ume .
lf you had checked more cl,Jse ly,
Mr. Williams, you wouid have found
steady and noticeable improvement
in each player on the team. The
team's record does nothing to show
the impact Coach Smith has had on
his players . All you had to do, Mr.
Williams , was attend one match, or
even one practice . The respect for
Coach Smith and enthusiasm for the
game is evident. No other coach gives
the time or shows the concern for his
players as Coach Smith. In addition,
he has made every effort to recruit
players for Wilkes. But within the
stnct limitations for Division III

schools and the limited inducements
available at Wilkes, his efforts have
not been marked by overwhelming
success. Still, there have been players
recruited and the team is not lacking
players . Nor is there a "vain effort to
fill vacancies. "
The mistakes in your column , Mr.
Williams , are that you place too much
importance on a team's record . You
suggest that recruiting will accomplish more than it can; and you apparently site Coach Smith as an example
of what is wrong with the Wilkes athletic program is limited by Division
JII rules and its own willingness to
provide funds (in the form of scholarship~ and 'a thletic facilities) which .
would induce students not only to
participate in Wilkes Athletics but
could be a major factor in choosing a
college.
In the future , readers of the BEACON deserve more thoughtful and
accurate handling of editorial commentary. Your mistreatment of Coach
Smith certainly requires an apology.
Thank you,
Rick Nesler

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Student Asks: Beer or ·Bankruptcy?
A recent editorial about the rally

held in Pickering lounge prompted
me to contemplate Wilkes College's
attitude concerning the interaction
between student's academic and social lives. The writer of the editorial
made some very valid points about
the ineffectiveness of the approach
1 that was used at the protest . The stu? ents presented themselves in a very
immature manner, only contributing
to the low estimation the administration already had of the type of people
~ho favor a more liberal alcohol policy.
The only way students can effectively ·get themselves heard and understood by the adm iq,istration is ei-

ther to use the student government as
an intermediary between the students
and the school hierarchy or to organize other student leaders who have
the maturity and leadership to convey
the op inions of the students to the"administration.
The present alcohol policy should
be liberalized because in the long run
it would be to the school's own benefit to do1 so . If the rules were slowly
relaxed, students would learn to be
more responsible drinkers because the
" thrill" would slowly die out as alcohol became more accessible. The transition period would be difficult, but
eventually the breaking of doors and
pu lling of fire alarms would end, and

I would not forsee prospective employers viewing a Wilkes graduate as
coming from a " ass-kickin party
school. "
The liberization of the alcohol policy is actually only a minor issue in the
problem of the social at Wilkes. The
administration has taken an overly
conservative attitude toward the
maintaining of a high academic aura
at Wilkes. The college refuses to keep
up with the times : the gymnasium
was built in 1950 and seats only
around 500 people, which makes it
barely adequate for athletic events;
the football and soccer fields were
erected in the early 1900s' ; and the
only other extra-curricular activities

are infrequent plays, out of date movies, and student government parties.
It is time for a transition at Wilkes
College. The college should have the
foresight to modernize the campus,
by maintaining its tuition increases
and setting aside money each year for
modernization. If the administration
maintains its narrowmindedness, the
school will slowly deteriorate into possible bankruptcy or may even be purchased by a large university. Is that
what the students and administration
have to look forward to, or will Wilkes
College finally become a college of
the 1980s?
Paul Isaac

Hockey Club
Treading on Thin l ee ,
So how about those losing Wilkes
sports? I can't take it any more! One
team I am particularly concerned
,about is the Ice Hockey Team. This
past season was our worst of the decade. Due to a lack of players we lost all
our games. We were close in a few but
died in the third period. When you
only have half your players show up to
each game , losing becomes a grim reality.
I have seen a lot of good hockey
players come and go from Wilkes in
the past two seasons and feel snakebitten not to have a talented roster. In
the future this problem must be
solved . The easiest way to do this is to
alert all those prospects of the ideal
chance to play some serious ice hockey

for Wilkes. Its not as expensive as yo{.i
think_ once you get the proper gear.
~nd its more fun than you can imagme.
To start us back on the winning
track James Butler has been named
coach . J im is graduating this year
from Wilkes and has been involved
with ice hockey for quite a few years
now.
In conclusion, I' d like to thank the
Stud~nt Government for their Sponsorship and encourage interested
skaters to try out in September. For
more information please contact team
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Studio Signs

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The Wilkes College television srndio, WCLH-TV, is all equipped and
ready to roll.
After approximately one year of
by Thomas Monsell
purchasing, adjusting, replacing, debating, and a little bit of pleading,
Tornados Cause Mass Confusion
Wilkes has a state-of-the-art televiNational Guardsmen closed down a town in Mississippi that was roughly two
sion production studio with a three
thirds
destroyed by tornados that ripped through 10 counties killing 12 people
camera capability, and the future
and
injuring
more than 100.
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looks bright.
A
spokesman
for
the
state
Highway
Patrol
said
that
the
town
was
in
a
state
of
" We now have
closed circuit
mass
confusion
as
guardsmen
struggled
to
keep
sightseers
out
of
the
farming
channel, channel 4, that works
town. The tornado was part of what has been called a " hop, skip, and jump
through Stark,'' · said engineer Carl
parade
" of twisters that swept through the Mississippi River Delta.
Bridgido , who was hired full time by
the administration earlier this semes*
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ter," and we hope to expand it to
U. S. Trade D eficit Sky Rockets
other buildings.''
The merchandise trade deficit set a third straight monthly record in March
The recent pur~ ases needed to
- $10 .26 billion in the red . According to government officials.one of the
polish the studio was aJVC special ef- ·
reasons for the soaring deficit is that Americans have taken advantage of the
fects generator, a 6 channel Biamp aueconomic recovery and the strong dollar.
dio mixer, wave form monitors, and
Import purchases hit an all-time high with $28 billion being spent on such
other editing facilities. "We also ob, products as Japanese cars, Taiwan transistors , and steel produced by developing
tained a new Panasonic portable cam- Lif;h ts, CarnP. r a , Actl on L
counmes .
era, which is the most recent edition
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that has a built-in character genera- with n e w ca me ra e qu i pment • · David Kennedy Buned
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tor," said Bridgido. A character genj
David Kennedy, the latest victim of the tragedy that shadows his powerful
erator makes credit and title lines poslearns the basics of video production
family, was buried last Friday.
·
sible on a video page.
and studio work, and the advanced
Kennedy was fou::id dead in a Palm Beach, Florida hotel_room last ~:dn_esDr. Bradford Kinney, Wilkes Comclass produces video productions for
day. Authorities have not released .~he _cause of death b~t d1? say that s1gmfimunication professor, has been ininterested parties , said Kinney. "We
cant quantities " of cocaine and pamk1llers were found m his body.
structing production classes for the
now have the capability of producing
Kennedy apparently never got over ~he assasin~t~on of _his _fa_ther in L?s
past year in the studio, and he said
video tapes for the businesses in the
Angeles in 1968 - an event he watched live on telev1s10n while smmg alone tn
progress in his class has been made becommunity who may not want to pay
a hotel room at the age of 12 .
cause of the physical training availathe large sum of money for profesble to students. The production class
sional videos . These productions will
be student-made, which is a great
learning experience for students ,"
said Kinney.
The college decided to seriously develop a television studio after Kinney
and department chairman Dr.
Thomas Kaska toured the former studio on June 1, 1983 and were not'
Graduate therapists of this one year program are:
pleased with what they saw. "With
• in high demand by hospitals and other employers
the help of Dr. Kaska , Dr. Shaw, and
Hartdagen , the facility became a real• eligible for certification (NBRC)
ity,'' said Kinney.
·
• ready to climb the "career ladder"
"I think the t. v. studio has a lot of
to leadership positions in the field
potential," said senior broadcasting
major Kevin McDonnell. "This year
alone we saw the station evolve from a
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Going,
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by Thomas Monsell
The number of students graduating this spring is considerably fewer
than the 1979 high, but is still " a
good size class," considering College
enrollment is on thei. decline said
Dean George Ralston .
The May 20 graduation ceremonies
will mark the 37th time students have
left the comfort of Wilkes College to
face a tough job market. The commencement exercises will be held at
Ralston Field "smack in the middle of
the football field ," said Ralston. The
back-up sight for the ceremony will
be the gymnasium, but the armory in
Kingston, according to Ralston would
be the ideal place for the backup
sight. The college tries to reserve the
armory every year but it's not that
easy said Ralston . " They'll do us no
favors, if one soldier needs to drill,
we' re out. " So the college usually
ends up using the armory on the average of once every three years.
Ralston expects 480 undergraduates to receive their degrees, and 60
people will have earned their masters
degrees. " We're also giving out one
honorary degree," said Ralston .
Wilkes has been giving out honorary
degrees for about 20 years to people
that " the college thinks has been outstanding in any field, from business
to journalism .' ' Past recipients of
honorary degrees have been the President of Lehigh University, one of the
Dc in rnf Columbia University, a biol-

ogist from the University of Pennsylvania, and-many more . Ralston said
that the honorary degree not only
gives the person recognition, but is
also helpful in that it gets the college recognized by many different field s.
President Capin· will be the guesr
speaker at the Graduation exercise.s ,
and said Ralston, " he's happy to do ir
because he's leaving the college." A
faculty member chosen by the students will also say a few brief words to
the graduates as will a student that
has been chosen by his classmates .
Several distinguished awards will be
given to students that have shown excellence in both academic and athletic
areas .
Leading up to the Sunday of graduation , Seniors will take part in many
activities in what is known as "senior
week ." Aside from putting the
Wilkes Drinking Song to good use
during the week, there are other activities arranged by the school for the
graduating seniors to take part in.
Wednesday, May 16 marks what Ralston calls '' a great affair.'' The Senior
Dinner Dance at the Woodlands will
allow students to mingle with family,
faculty and friends. On Friday, May
18 graduation rehearsal takes place in
the gymnasium at 10:00 a.m. A Senior class meeting will follow in which
permanent class officers will be selected as well as alumni trustees . The
class picnic at Dr. Farley's farm in
Beaumont will run from 12-4 p .m.

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Caution: Copper
Corroding College
Warning: the Earth and Environmental Science Department has determined that drinking water at
Wilkes College may be hazardous to
your health.
Twelve students from the Art Department and the Earth and Environmental Science Department (EES) recently collected 108 samples from
drinking fountains and water faucets
at Wilkes, tested the samples ,and
found high traces of copper in some
instances. The results are summarized
in the following table:
Average Value for fountains
2.31 p .p.m.
Average Value for faucets
1.44 p .p.m.
Average of all samples
1. 79 p.p.m.
The current EPA drinking water
standard' for copper is 1 part per million (p .p .m. ). Tests show that 74 % of
the samples exceeded the standard
and 37% are above 2 p .p .m .. The
range of values is 0.08-16 .0 p .p .m .
What does this mean to the average
Wilkes water·consumer?
According to EEC professor Dr. Michael Case , copper is not as toxic to
humans as lead , cadmium, mercury,
nickel, or chromium, but it has been
shown to cause an accumulation in
the body tissues. The disease is progressive and fatal if left untreated .
Normal individuals will excrete excess
copper, said Case , i.f a level of wat~r
copper of between 1 - 5 p .p .m. 1s
ingested . The 1 p.p .m. EPA limit was
established for the protection of sensitive individuals and, with that opinion in mind , the research on the
chronic effects on humans of low level
copper exposure is insufficient at the
present , added Case.
The problem of copper in drinking

water is not unique co Wilkes College.
Over the past 4 years the problem has
been documented throughout this region in the waters from various households. In every case , as at Wilkes, the
water supply, whether from a private
well or from a P.G.&amp;W reservoir contains only trace quantities of copper.
What appears to be happening is that
the supply water which is often naturally soft and somewhat acidic (pH
6.2 - 6.6) is sitting in the soft copper
cooling coils of the fountains or faucet
piping of the sink overnight. The copper tubing is slowly dissolving, and
the dissolved copper imparts a bitter
metallic taste to the water. It should
be emphasized that supply waters are
low in copper, but the chemical nature of the water may make it aggressive towards copper plumbing. The
cooling coils in the drinking founta ins,
heing made of a softer type of copper,
tend to corrode more rapidly than the
harder copper and the main service
pipes or faucet lines. Electrochemical
processes could also play a significant
role in the corrosion .
A report has been produced and is
being sent to the Wilkes College administration . It makes the following
two recommendations:
(1) All students and staff at Wilkes
should flush any faucet or faucet
line for at least 2 minutes prior
to drinking or collection of water
for beverage and/ or food preparauon.
(2) Since the problem of heavy
metals in ·drinking water is becoming a nation-wide dilemma,
removing metal contaminates
"at the faucet" using special
filters is cost effective in the long
run .

�page six

Writer's Cramp
bv Donna Nitka
Kept women .. . Now there 's ,t career that has a lot to offer the right
person. Nice apartment, great
clothes, a classy car, an unlimited
checking account , and for what? A
few hours of work each week. Definitely my kind of job. That's why I've
decided to change careers. Instead of
becoming a doctor and saving humanity, I want to become a kept
woman and live in the style to which I
will soon become accustomed.
When I came to Wilkes four years
ago I was a naive girl from a small
mining town . I ~ad dreams of med
~c hool, a private practice and a Nobel
Prize by the year 2000. To achieve this
goal I endured endless hours of bio,
chem and physics labs . I pulled allnighters writing english and history
papers. I sampled political science
and philosophy classes. And for
what? Why,an acceptance to a medical school , of course. The only problem is that now I no longer have the
desire to become a physician.
Why am I giving up a life-long
dream to pursue a rather unsavory career that lacks any type of job security? I've decided to be practical. I was
sitting at lunch trying to figure out
how I was going to pay for med school
when it hit me - become a kept
woman . Just think about it . Why
should I go through all that work and
expense when I can be earning "big
bucks" by performing my wenchly
duty a few times a week? I can handle

that . I'm bright , self-motivated and
q &gt;en to new experiences . Wic 1, .Hctul planning (and an IRA) I should be
able to retire in about 15 years . What
more can I ask for?
There are, of course, a few problems with this master plan. How do
you explain something like this to
your parents? "No, mom and dad,
I'm not going to school. I've decided
to go into business for myself. I've
found a patron who's willing to set
me up in my own ceramics studio . .
. '' And just how do you go about
finding a keeper? Do you advertise in
. newspapers .t .. .
maJor
Wanted: Nubile young coed seeks
financial security in exchange for
whatever. Only men with at least a · digit bank account need apply . ..
Or do you just hang out in higi
class bars and hotels waiting for som&lt;
guy to approach you? I'm not sure .
I \ve never done this before, but I'm
sure there are some set guidelines that
are followed in cases like this.
Now, I know what you' re thinking,
but you' re wrong . I'm really a very
moral person, it's just that I've hit on
the ideal way to make it in a capitalist
society. I' 11 be making a maximum
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(h eavy breat h ing) .
Mike ( m y favo rite bio m ajor),
T h a nks fo r coming to my resc ue
Satu rd ay nigh t , I n eeded a shoulder to
cry on . Yo u and your sleeping bag are
welco m e anytime .
Donn a
To this yta r's Beacon staff.
You' v&lt;: o pened ne w ave nu es in my
life . Each of you ch anged me a litt le
bit. You added happiness , tears, and
an~ iety 10 my senior year. Each of yo u
is at leas, partially resp on sib le fo r wha1
I' ve bern me (scary. huh '). I can't
1hink of anyt h ing I would change
about th e last two semesters. If you get
in an y trouble . just call .,1 ' 11 get you in
m ore. I'm ge tt ing se ntim ental. so I' ll
quit. Than ks for keeping me insane
and happ)
B.

G ene ,
H o w could I h ave gone 3 ½ years
with ou t no t icing you ? I'll n e ver fo rge,
yo u now.

To J ac k D .
No b ird soars too h igh , if he soa rs
wi th h is own wings .
W m . B.

Sean , T im &amp; Tom m y,
You have d efini t ely ad ded spice to
m y life no t to m ention the Beaco n .
Don na

Jo h n Finn (ou r G u ardian Angel ),
We kn ew that ir wou ld on ly be a
m att er of cime before the sacrifices to
th e m em o rial brought o ur god back 10
us. Ate n ' t you sorry you gave us your
b usi n ess card '
The Beaconetres &amp;
nex t year's Beaconeers

Patt y,
Yo u ' re a spet ial p erso n and a grea t
nurse , d o n 't let anyone tell you ot herwise . Reme mber : I' m a good liste ne r.
Wh at's a big siste r fo r?
Karen M.,
Thanks for a lo t of great p ar ties .
Wi ll t hose T-sh ins be in by July &gt; Beware of men Qeari n g m u lch .
B&amp;D
Janet D .
T h an ks for four yea rs of wa rm
frie ndsh ip . Yi, u ' re in m y wedding if I
eve r have o n e. Hope yo u r futu re incl ud es lots of m ale exot ic dancers, not
much accou nt ing , lots of business

dresses , and at least one nice leather
b ikini.
Much affection ,
T he Slob You Live Wit h

Brownie ,
Wh at ca n we say? (we can ' t write
an ything, we ' re cryin g too much) .
Your Beaconettes
J.B . &amp;John.
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thi rd fl oor.
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DonnaO .,
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Washington , D .C. is th e place fo r you
- it 's sou th . Keep an e ye o n all th ese
gu ys for us, get som e mo re rest, you 're
beaut iful.
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Phyl &amp; Lynn ,
Thank,tfor add ing san i1 r 10 m y St'll ·
ior year (not to memi o n music ).
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Dt ,H Be.i ro n .
l hank yo u for a wo nd erfu l year of
great reporting a nd wise editorials.
You ' re a 10 1 offun .
Love,
• Ge n e
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We love you 11'
LOV(:',

To next rear's Beacon staff,
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you too much. The Beacon can only
get bett er and better. Forge something new and exci t ing and se r the
wo rl d on its ea r. Shake the campus 'til
ir wake up. Feed Sean or you kn ow
what will happen .
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By Brett Rhyne
I dont't like it when my underwear talks to me. Call me shortsighted, call me underhanded, call me whatever you like, I just
don't enjoy conversing with my shorts. It's not one of my favorite
pastimes. I don't mind it when my breakfast cereal says, "Snap,
crackle, pop!"; it doesn't matter to me when the bowl on the
table says, "Butter," or "Parkay," or "Mantequilla," or whatever
the hell else it says; I can even deal with the bathtub detergent
happily chanting "Scrubbjrg bubbles! Scrubbing bubblesr' as they
commit hari-kari in their efforts to rid my porcelain of hard-toremove stains. But when my underwear starts greeting me in
the morning, I draw the waistline, so to speak. Don't get me
wrong: I like wearing underwear; in fact, I consider the donning
of undergarments a pleasure tantamount to that of eating a
peanut butter and bananna sandwich with the crusts of the bread
cut off. But I don't like talking to my underwear. They just don't
do anything for me. I mean, they do something for me, in fact
many thing.s, but I don't count lingui$tiC expertise among them.
What brought about the falling out of my undewear was an
incident that occurred not too long ago. It was a chilly December
morning and I was reaching into my dresser drawer for a pair
of longjohns. I considered the piles of white that were in there,
vetoing the BVD's, deriding the Jockeys, and disdaining the
Hanes. But there, there in the back, behind the socks and jocks,
the panties and the scanties, shining like white cotton gold at
the end of a lingerie rainbow, were my Fruit of the looms, wearing their super-stretch waistband with its regal blue and yellow
stripes like a crown. I reached for them, my hands trembling,
and brought them out.
Suddenly they were standing next to me, these four giant fruits,
straight off the label. A big fat apple, a short bunch of green
grapes, a tall bunch of purple grapes, and some kind of
undefinable brown leaf. I looked at them. They smiled and went
into their act.
"Hello ...
"Hello...
"Hello ...
"Hello ...

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"Hellor' they crooned. "Hi Emmal"said the apple.
I wasn't fo ,ma. "I'm not Emma," I told them.
"No~ Emma?'' said the little grapes, stepping forward." Where's
Emma? What have you done with Emma?'' He was irate, and
meant to harm me.
Beware the wrath of grapes, I thought to myself. I decided t
play it safe. "She's not in there with you?''
··
"Of course not," said the big grapes. 'What would a little o
lady be doing in a man's underwear drawer?''
That was a good question. Then again, what was a little olo
lady doing with four guys dressed as fruit (or rather, three guys
dressed as fruit and one guy dressed as some kind of undefinable
brown leaf) trying to sell men's underwear in the first place?
. I remember going into Sears one day and being accosted by
a little old lady salesgirl extolling the virtues of some handydandy, super-duper, new and improved electric razor, that needed neither batteries nor outlet since it worked on something
called "stubble-power," and it could shave clean as a whistle
the growth on your cheeks, shin, neck, arms, and armpits, as
well as the hair that grows out of your ears and from your

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nostrils. Twenty minutes later I finally explained to the lady that
I was only looking for change for the bus, but since I had already
missed the bus it didn't matter anyway and I'd take two razors.
It was then that store security came along and dragged the little old lady away, explaining that she wasn't really a salesgirl
at all, just a local fruitcake who comes in three times a week
to harass_the customers. I ended up walking home and growing a beard.
The same thought that crossed my mind in Sears cr-0s~ed my
mind now: why was a little old lady selling men's underwear?
Unless she uses them, which I didn't want to think likely, how
would she know whether Fruit of the Loom'.s stretch waistband
keeps its elasticity longer than Jockey's? Or if the fly on BVD's
is easier to open in emergencies than Hanes? Or if the leg holes
on Carters stretch after a while and your thing falls out, but Sears
holds your thing in? A little old lady wouldn't know this vital
information, unless she bought shorts for her little old man husband or big young man son.
· The apple was talking to me. "Have you seen Emmar'
"I don't know what you're talking about," I said.
The little green grapes got tough again. "Just answer the question," he snapped.
"Don't be shorts with me," I replied. "Look, if I had seen Emma running around in my underwear I would have told you.
Besides, what's so urgent that you have to find her _right away"?"
'We have to go to a funeral" the tall grapes · replied. ''The
Maidenform Woman." They all bowed their heads.
''The Maidenform Woman is deadr'

RflWERJ!
"Her ad campaign's been ...discontinued!"' The apple burst into tears. The little leaves on his stem shook with sobs.
Actually, I was kind of glad the Maidenform woman was dead.
I can recall many occassions when rd run into her, and they were
none too pleasant. You never knew where she'd _turn up. I'd
be on a crowded, noisy subway, and some woman next to me
would reach up and grab a strap, stic;king her armpit in my face,
her overcoat would open, and voilal there was the Maidenform
Woman. Or, I'd be walking down the street in the rain without
an umbrella and there she'd be, wearing nothing but her bra
and panties and a fur coat/prancing around without a care in
the world, hailing cabs and stuff. It was disgusting.
"Big d~al," I said. "So she's been discontinued. So what?''
"ObViously you don't understand," said the big grapes. "Did
you ever work in the anderwear business?''
"No, but rve got an uncle in ladies' clothes,"! said.
· "Seriously, us underwear have to sti~k"together. First they get
the Maidenform Woman; next they'll strip Jane ~ussell of her
18 Hour bra; then they'll get Emma and us. We have to band
together early or else it'll be too late."
"Yeah, you don't want to be late bloomers," I said.
"I'm gonna kill him," the little grapes threatened, moving
towards me. "I'll teach you not to sell us shorts!"
·
"let's make this briefs," I replied, moving in. Of course, the
bunch had quite a punch, and was a pretty good boxer for shorts.
He knocked me out with one shot.
When I woke up, Emma was standing over me. "How do you
feel, sonny?'' she asked.
, ·
"I feel good all under," I replied.
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* Weekend

*

CPA Hosts Miss NEPA

*
Forecast

The Miss Northeastern Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant, official local preliminary to the title of Miss
America, will meet its 1984 contestant deadline on Saturday, June 30.
Applications are to be postmarked no
later than midnight on that date No
entry fees are being charged.
This years pageant preliminary will
be held Saturday, August 18. Entrants
will participate in · judges interview,
swimsuit and talent competitions.
Those contestants chosen, will compete in the finals of the Miss Northeastern Pennsylvania Pageant to be
held Saturday night, September 29 at
the Wilkes College Center For The
Performing Arts.
The winner of this year's scholarship pageant will receive many valuable prizes including a partial cash
scholarship to the college of her
choice located within the United
States, plus a wardrobe of clothes
from Boscov's, a year's supply of cosmetics from Merle Norman including
makeup consultations, plus other
pnzes.
Purpose of the scholarship pageant

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1vertinie
by Tim Williams

" ls there anybody out there?"
It seems so. Bart Bellairs, in re&gt;onse to last issue's ''Overtime,'' has
rought some noteworthy suggesons to my attention. Bellairs' sugestions concern the location, bene:ts -and possible funding for a new
thletic facility adjacent to the
,resent gymnasmm.
Lycoming College currently uses a
airly modern athletic complex which
~.,as built in conjunction with money
,h1:ared and ra i~ed hy rhe people in

Lycoming's neighboring communities. In return the college opens the
gym to the public one day per week,
usually a weekend day. This allows the
community free use of a pool, gym,
and weight room facilities.
I see no reason why Wilkes could
not persue such a campaign. One day
per week seems a small price to pay for
a new gym facility, especially when
Wilkes students would still have the
present gym to make use of while the
public uses the new facilities for that
one day.
Bellairs feels that there is ample va-

cant land adjacent to the present gym
for a multi-story structure that could
feature a swimming pool on the
ground floor with racquetball and
tennis courts on the upper levels .
Placing such a facility on this side of
the river would diversify and promote
the intramural programs as well as the
intercollegiate programs. In fact, such
a proposal would benefit all Wilkes
stud~nts more than just the athletes.
The new facility would certainly
bolster the intramural programs,
which, in turn, would contribute a great deal to student life by providing

the student body with much desired
activity. Given the opportunity, I
think some students would opt for a
swim or a game of racquetball over a
night of drinking.
One of the biggest student complaints is that there are no activities on
weekends to keep them occupied, so
many students release weekly, b~iltup pressures by drinking .
A new facility would help battle
the enrollment decline problem and
at the same time fullfil the student's
desirr- for more (and preferred) artivities.

Lady's Season Plagued By Inexperience
by Cherie Waters

The Wilkes College softball team is
currently 5-9- 1 with two games left in
the season. Coach Nancy Roberts explains that inexperience has had a lot
to do with the outcome of the season.
"Most of our losses were because of
inexperience , especially some of the
close contests. The team consisted of 8
freshmen, but I'm sure next year will
be quite different considering this
year's expenence."
But for now the Lady Colonels have
just completed the two busiest weeks
of their season . As a result of this tw(, week stretch the Wilkes women
gained a win ( 11-7) in a rally against
uptown rival King's College.
Although Wilkes found themselves
trailing in the earlier innings of the
game, they picked up their pace in
the fifth inning when the bat finally
started to hit the ball : When asked
when the turning point of the game

occurred Coach Roberts replied ;
"Their pitching was really slow and
the girls just aren't used to that. So
after everyone got up to bat for the
second time they began to hit and
that was the turning period of the
game."
In the fourth inning of the game
Adrienne Placek hit a double and
then went straight home with the
help of a, J oanne Matt's sacrifice fly.
Michelle Zawoiski blasted a homer in
the third inning and also hit a double
in the fifth sending Sharon Domzalski and Lisa Gigliello to home
plate. Pitcher Karen Galli received
the win, while Senior Karen Bove
pitched for one inning.
The Lady Colonels chalked up another win when they beat Luzerne

County Community College D-2 at
Kirby Park. Freshman Adrienne Placek had a good game,driving in four
runs with a homerun in the sixth inning. Karen Galli helped to power the
Wilkes women past L. C. C. C. with a
solo homer in the fifth inning and an
RBI double. Third baseman Kenly
Hoats went three for four while
pitcher Connie Ranck scattered three

hits and four walks to pick up the
game victory.
On Saturday the Lady Colonels
took a disappointing road trip to Upsala College only to drop a doubleheader to the home team. The result
of the first rally ended in a 4-2 lost for
the Lady Colonels. The score was all
tied up at the bottom of the first inning, but the Upsala women took control in the second and led the game 41 by the third. The Lady Colonels
showed some spunk in the fourth inning when Karen Bove stroked a double to drive in teammate Mary Consugar.
In the sixth inning Wilkes left runners on third and second, and overall ,
stranded nine runners on base
throughout the whole game. The
Wilkes women didn't have much better luck in the second roun'cl against
Upsala. By the bottom of tne first inning Upsala scored five runs, and had
taken a lead of 7-1 by the top of the
sixth inning. At this point, the Lady
Colonels made a comeback with four
runs. Lisa Gigliello singled to first and
was sent home by a Kenly Hoats' triple. Hoats then went on to score on a

single by Sharon Domzalski. Mary
Consugar then got on base with the
help of an Upsala throwing error.
Freshman Yvonne Pierman scored
Domzalski and Consugar on a two
run double.
In the seventh inning the Lady
Colonels' luck ran out, when the rally
ended with the bases loaded .
Overall , Coach Roberts is satisfied
with this years' softball season but
states " I was disappointed that Eliza. bethtown won our division since we
are a much better team." Also Roberts commended her team by stating, ''The team consisted of very dedicated athletes, considering that the
weather, with the exception of two
days , consisted of hail or rai:1 along
with low temperatures.''

Intramural Revision Proposed
by Janee Eyerman

Due to the mixed-up year of intramural activity, intramural coordinator
Bart Bellairs has proposed to make
some revisions to the system .
It is hop~d that next year one Stu.dent may be found to man the job of
student coordinator on a full-time
work study program. By having just
one student in charge, it is hoped that
there will be more uniformity tO the
system. Bell:ur~ ~rated that "or. e per
son could devise one system a11d all
r he intramur., b rnuld follow rl u t sy,
rem , hopefully dc alll lg up ,d i th

10wl-ups. ··
Bellairs abn plans to increase t 1 · ,
number of intramural activities by
planning mini-weekend tournaments . The idea would be to hold
powder- puff football games, soccer
tournaments, and any other event
suggested within reason on the football field when the team is playing
away.
Another idea being proposed is to
charge participating teams a down
payment to be able to play. This down
payment wou1d be to ensure that the
ream is really going to show up and
play, because if they don't the money

becomes part of the intramural fund
ro buy equipment and prizes .
The final two suggestions have
been long needed to help shape up
the system . Intramural sign-up dates
and season dates will be noted on the
school calendar starting this coming
fall. AlsQ, the intramural league is receiving their on-display and advertisement area in the gym lobby. Bellairs hopes that by giving the
intra.murals their own area there will
be less confusion.

�page ten

Tennis Team Hopeful For Next Year
6.

by Janee Eyerman
The Wilkes men' s tennis team traveled to Lycoming to play their best
match of the season.
WC 3
Lycoming 6
The match featured Wilkes ' top six
seeded players. Rick Sposto lost his
match 4-6, 6-7 . Dave Smith, the second seed also dropped his sets 2-6, 4-

Mooney 1-6, 3-6. Freshman Bob Stoffel also came up short in his match 26, 3-6.
In the doubles competition, Rick
Sposto and Dave Smith lost 1-6 , 3-6 ,
while Bob Stoffel andJohn Patterson
garnered the second win of the day for
the Colonels when they swept their
match 6- 3, 6-4 .
The match featured the team of

Junior Paul Nardone lost his match
to Lycoming's Carpenter 4-6 , 3-6.
Donnie Engle lost a hard-fought first
set 6-7 after dropping the tie breaker
3-7. Engle managed to fight back and
capture the final two sets 6-4, 6-2 to
win his match .
Fifth seed Al Whitaker fell short in
his attempt to up-end Lycoming's

Will Klammer Compete Next Year?
The first annual Wilkes College Ski
Race, under the supervision of Gay
Meyers, was held last February at Elk
Mountain Ski Area.
The race was run on two separate
courses which made it very difficult to
determine the overall winners.
The Wednesday night gym class
winners were as follows :
Advanced Men
1. Sean Cota
2. Bob Leo
3. Tom Morpeth
Intermediate Men
1. Dave Tolerico
2. Rich Zalewski
and
Randy Aaronson
4. Joe Fulco
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Novice Men
1. Dave Hudak
2. Coach Unsworth
3. Clark Hockenbury

Intermediate Women
1. Chris Ward
2. Ellen McDermott
3. Judy Groshardt

Advanced/ Intermediate Women
1. Leslie Smith
2. Ellisa Firmbach
3. Margaret Hagelgans
4. Karen Latzko

Novice Women
1. Diane Palshe

The race was not only open to those
students in the gym class , but to any
W ilkes student that filled vacancies
on the bus trip . Therefore these students were also included in the Overall College W inners:

The Thursday day gym class winners were as follows:
Advanced / Intermediate Men
1. Tom Kassay
2. Martin McHale
3. Scott Ellis
4. Ray Milewski

Advanced Men
1. Dan Werksman
2. Tom Kassy
3. Paul Fidrych
4 . Marty McHale

Novice Men
1. J ohn Yencha

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Intermediate Men
1. Scott Ellis
2. Tim Williams
3. Dave Tolerico
4. Randy Aaronson
and
Rich Zalewski

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SKI SURVEY
1. If it were well organized and reasonable in cost, would you be interested in

taking a weekend ski trip (2 days) next year to Vermont?
__ Yes
__ No
2. If it were well organized and priced as reasonably as the economy would
allow, woula you consider taking a week-long ski trip?
__ Yes
__ No
When would you prefer to go?
_ The week before Spring term begins. Oanuary)
_ Over Spring Break. (March)
NOTE : Ski rates would be cheaper over our Spring Break because it would
not be peak-season at the ski resorts.
3. Where would you prefer to go for a week? Please rank in order of preference
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•
_ New England area (Bus trip) _ Canada (Bus trip)
_ Colorado or somewhere out West (Fly)
_ Europe (Fly)
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priced - planned for a Saturday or Sunday?
__ Yes
__ No
Where would you like to go? Please rank in order (#1 first choice - #3 last
choice).
__ Ski resom in the Pocono's- Oack Frost/Boulder/Camelback, etc .) ,
• __ Hunter Mountain, NY (about a 4 hour trip)
_ Greek Peak, NY (about a 3 hour trip)
Other suggestions?
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Novice Men
1. Dave Hudak
2. Coach Unsworth
3. John Yencha
4. Clark Hockenbury
Advanced/ Intermediate Women
1. Leslie Smith
2. SusanJerik
3. Chris Ward
4. Ellissa Firmbach
5. Karen Cassidy
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Novice Womt:n
1. Marion Karnikowicz
2. Diane Palshe

Paul N ardone and J on Eames finish ing up with a win 6-4 , 6-2.
WCO
Kings9 .
Uptown rival King's College took i
to the Wilkes tennis team beatini
them 0-9 .
Sposto and Smith both droppec
.their matches without winning a set
while Paul Nardone captured the firs
set in his disappointing loss.
The King 's men defeated the remaining singles line-up to lead 0-(
going into the doubles competition.
Rick Sposto and Dave Smith found
themselves paired in the doubles
competition, but just couldn ' t combine for a winning effort. The teams
of Donnie Engle and Bob Stoffel and
Jon Eames and Ray Hanks rounded
out the doubles round with losses.
WC 1
Susquehanna 8
Although the score doesn't show it,
the .. Wilkes Colonels lost a tough
match to the netters of Susquehanna .
The singles line up all dropped
their matches to Susquehanna but
came back in the doubles rounds to
give them a run for the win.
The duo of Rick Sposto and Paul
Nardone narrowly dropped both their
sets in the match. The first set saw
three set point opportunities for the
men of Wilkes , but they just couldn't
capture that all-necessary point .
The second set went to a tie breaker
that they just missed capturing 6-8.
The doubles team of Donnie Engle
and Walt Karabin also had their first
set decided by a tie breaker, which
they lost 4- 7. They went on the lose
the second match 2-6.
The final match had the winning
combination of Bob Stoffel and Jon
Eames post the only victory of the day.
They won 6-1, 5-7 , 6-2 .
The tennis team wraps up the season this week looking forward to better season next year.

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�Smith Chosen as Female Athlete of the Year
by Tim Williams
Senior Kim Smith was named the
•male Athlete of the Year at the stu~n , awards banquet held last week
· the CPA.
"I was really surprised." Smith
mtinued, -"I've always been in the
1adow of other players. Usually the
layer who scores the most gets the
,1ost recognition."
The four-year basketball letter
voman stakes her claim to several sea;on and career records.
Smith ranks fourth on the all-time
season scoring list with 4 f"4 points for
the 1983-84 season. This helped push .
her to second place on the all-time caf '..' t"l ~· ()ring list with 1309 points

The best offensive performance of
her career happened this past season
when she tallied 33 points against Lycoming. This was good enough to
place her third on the all-time gamehigh scoring chart.
"In girl's basketball, forwards
aren't considered scorers as they are in
the men's game-it's always been a
guard's game,'' commented the 5 ' 9"
center.
Smith's rebounding proficiency attests to this philosophy. In her sophomore year she collected 285 rebounds
to set the individual season record
Over her four years at Wilkes the senior communications major amassed
970 rebounds to set another record.
Smith attributes htr success to her

friend who was injured in a motorcycle accident which prematurely ended
the girl's basketball career.
'' Mary Jane pushed me because she
could no longer play, so, in a sense,
she was playing through me," explained Smith. "She pushed me as if
it were herself."
In addition to playing basketball
she is a member of the LetteFWomen' s
Club and is a student assistant in the
Sports Information Office.
Kim has proven to be on of Wilkes'
outstanding female athletes; she
hopes to have equal success as a sports
broadcaster or a public relations person.

•

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Kim Smith, Beacon femak \d 1-

lc1 e of the Year.

Athlete of the Year Awarded to Sheaffer
by Janee Eyerman

Rick Sheaffer, Beacon Male Athlete
of the Year.

This year's BEACON Male Athlete
of the Year award wa5 f)rl"'Senti&gt;d to
senior Rick Sheaffer at the annual allc~llege awards luncheon .
Sheaffer ' s four years at Wilkes have
been marked by triumph after triumph . During Sheaffer's senior year
on the court he garnered several
awards and recognition as one of the
best.
As a co-captain, Rick was a superior
player. Coach Bart Bellairs stated that
"Rick is a hard working individual,
with a pleasant personality and good
leadership ability.''
,
Sheaffer was the leading MAC
q orer in 1984 with 24 . 7 points per
gaine. Rick also gained the number
one position for tll(:···most point ,

scored in a season with 569 point -, in
only 23 games, and for the most fi:ld
goals in a season, 233 in only 23
games .
Rick shot 53.4 % from the field and
76.3% from the free throw line this
season to help him to the twelfth .
place on the all-time scorers list with
1102 points for his career total. He
also found himself ranked in the top
ten scorers nationally throughout the
1984 season .
Sheaffer' s talents and leadership
. also earned him the Coaches' Male
Athlete Award this year. According to
coach Bellairs, "Rick exemplifies the
student athlete that you want to have
involved in your program . He is very
deserving of this award."
Rick is also a member of the Wilkes
baseball squad . His piLching has beet,

cont'd

Golf Team Takes Fifth
by Janee Eyerman
The 1984 Wilkes golf team placed
fifth out of 21 teams at the MAC playoff~ at Shawnee on the Delaware this
past Sunday and Monday. The fifth
place finish is the best in the last three
years and is attributed to the talents of
the freshmen on the team.
The Colonels took their best five
men to the playoffs in hopes of ending their 1- 7 season on the upswing .
Junior captain Jeff Tokach headed
the roster along with junior Kevin
Stankiewicz,
sophomore
Rich
.Linkhorst, and freshmen Tod Hagstrom and Brian Cahill.
The best four scores out of the five

competing golfers get added together
to tally the final score and determine
the final winners.
This year's squad was held back according to Tokach, "the weather hurt
us this year, we just didn't have the
chance to practice because of the late
season snow and class schedule conflicts.'' Tokach also states that ''we are
getting the class schedule conflict
cleared up. so that will' help us next
year.''
The MAC playoffs wrapped up this
year's season for the linksmen of
Wilkes, but look out for the 1985
squad to be a contender for the top
honors in the MAC.

fro □

a stabilizing factor on the team all
four years. Rick's pitching was an im measurable factor in this year's MAC
North West Division title.
Rick is an elementary education
major who hopes to be able to coach
at a college level one day. At this time
the coaching staff is trying to find
Rick a graduate assistantship coaching
basketball or baseball.
Rick stated that "the highlight of
my season and my basketball career
was reaching the one-thousand point
mark, and in baseball it had to be
winning the North West Division
Championship.''
According to Bart Bellair! , Rick's
futu re looks bright, and he as the talent and knows how to succeed at just
about anything.

pg. 12

111 r
che championship game was
deadlocked at one all.
The play then opened up giving
both teams many good scoring opportunities. With 2: 16 left to play; Ron
Drogan of the Chiefs received a penalty.
This time the Smegmas capitalized
on their second powerplay opportunity of the evening's dramatic entertainment. President Capin was witness as Steve Shearer assisted Mitch
Reese who scored on a stifling
slapshot with 41 seconds left in the
game. This gave the First Annual Capin Cup to the number one seed and
undefeated Smegmas.
At the conclusion of the game the
Wilkes Pres.i dent presented the cherished cup to the Smegmas and wished
both teams good luck with next season's floor hockey competition. _The

~niegmas aren't losing anyone from
their team, but the Chiefs are losing
captain D. J. Sparks who was an integral part of their squad.
Thanks to all those who participated in the league and watch-: •l the
competitive play. We hope to see you
next year in bigger and better numbers.
·

PLAYOFF SCORES
Quarter-Finals
Smegmas 4; Penguin 2
Herka 1; Devils 0
Chiefs 2; Alabama Sp~mmers 1
Warriors 3; Twisters 2

Semi-Finals
Smegmas 1 ; Herka O ( 2 OT.' s)
Chiefs 1; Warner Warriors 0

Finals - Capin Cup
Smegmas 2; Chiefs I .

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Wilkes-Barre , Pa. 18766

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May 4, 1'1 "--i

SPORTS

Colonels Head for Playoffs
by Tim Williams
The ,Colonels baseball team swept a
double-header from Juniata this past
Saturday, the 2~th, to capture Wilkes'
first league tide since 1979.
Wilkes scored early and big in both
games to help them to 8- S and 9-6
wtns.
In the first inning of the first game
Junior Ed Domzalski cracked a three run home run as the Colonels batted

Relief pitcher Gene Nosovitch
came on to relieve starting pitcher
Rick Sheaffer in the fifth inning and
went the remaining distance to capture the MAC north west division
championship.

around on their way to a 6-0 first inning lead.
The Colonels added a seventh run
in the sec~:md inning when Senior
John Good singled in Ken Sorick who
also reached base with a single.
At this point the Indians ofJuniata
looked to their bullpen to silence
Wilkes' bats . Over the next three innings the Indians managed to hold the
Colonels scoreless while they tallied
four runs themselves making it 7-4.
Dave Orman led off the bottom of
the sixth with a single to straightaway
left field, and Good repeated with another single .
Domzalski followed with yet another single to knock Orman home
and collect an RBI.
Juniata could only manage one run
in the final inning as Colonel Dana
Colavitti pitched the entire game,
striking out five and walking only
one.
The win insured Wilkes of a tie for
the Northwest division of the MAC;
taking the nightcap would put the
Colonels alone at the number one
spot.
Joe Ranielli, one of Coach Bob Duliba' s most consistant hitters, garnered a double to lead off Wilkes'
early assault in the second game .
Dave Kerdesky then managed to
reach first base as the Juniata shortstop mishandled a routine ground
ball. Freshman Tony Caladie then hit
into a fielder's choice and found himself and everyone else safe.
Ken Sorick drew a walk only after

.The Wilkes Colonels celebrate their 9-6 victory over Juniata which earned
them the MAC north west division championship.

a

the Juniata pitcher released
wild
pitch that scored Ranielli. Frank Wanzor hit into a double play but got an
RBI out of it when Kerdesky scored
the second run.
Catcher Dave Orman sinbled in
Caladie to make it 3-0, and John
Good got on on a Juniata error to
load the bases back up for junior Ed
Domzalski. Domzalski singled to
drive in the final run of that inning.
Juniata's first scoring opportunity
came in the fourth inning when Rick
Sheaffer walked the bases full. The
next Juniata batter was issued a walk
and sent a runner home.
The Colonels aJso added one run to
their score in the fourth inning when
John Good drew a walk and advanc&lt;;d

third on a wild pitch and a throwing error. Ted Ruch 's sacrifice fly deep
to centerfield allowed Good to tag up
and score.
Juniata rallied for four runs in the
fifth but the Colonels answered back
with two more of their own runs .
The Colonels added two more runs
in the sixth inning when Ken Sorrick
stroked a two-run homer over the left
field fence to drive in Brian Gorski
from second.
The Indians added one more in the
seventh on a solo homerim, but that
just wasn 't enough to catch the Colonels.
The Colonels enter post season play
• this weekend when they play in the
first round of MAC playoffs .
to

Smegs Take
Capin Cl.Ip
by Jeff Weinstein

The final round of action in the Capin Cup pitted the consistant Smegs
against the upending Chiefs.

At the First Annual Capin Cup
Championship Floor Hockey Game
President Capin waited an hour and a
half to give out the Capin Cup to the
winning team. Seventy five other
people also watched the final game .
With seven minutes remaining in
the ·first period, Mike Byrnes was assessed a penalty for the Chiefs. His
team played well - for their two minutes shorthanded - as they killed the
Smegmas' powerplay.
·w ith 3: 12 remaining in the pe( inr 1

Mike Kopcho assisted Junior Weinstein on a thirty-foot wrist shot that
beat goalie Chris Pearson to the upper
right-hand corner. At halftime, with
a 1-0 lead, the Smegmas went into the
· locker room for a five-minute imerm1ss1on.
After play resumed the Chiefs
dominated early. Their hard work
paid off when John Wojic fed Randy
Rice for a five-foot wrist shot which
left the Smegmas and their goalie Roy
Delay stunned . With 11 :3 2 remain-

cont I d., ori pg. 11

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I

'E s FARLE

Vol. XXXVI I
No. I
September 12, 1984

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i

Wi lkes College

I

Wilkes-Barre, PA. 18766

Theatre Decision Sparks Controversy
Pr-oouction Coordinator. T~ arrywf!y" He later ~ . "The Al Groh if he desires to give me
current changes would move thing I resent profeslonally is one, if we need to use a saw
Groh's office into the CPA along that I was never consulted nor bockstage, I need permission for
with Phair and a full-time was Dr. Kaska, nor was Klaus that too."
secretary, a position that has not Holm. It's apparent that this
The sttuotton has air~
existed in over seven months. proposal
has
severe spurred some of the theater
This would also move Michael ramifications for the theater m8jors to jo1n together and m8ke
O'Neill out of the theater , into an prqam at this school. " O'Neill an appoiritment to see President
office in Kirby Hall.
is also unhappy with the foct Breiseth about the changes, with
Dean Gerald Hartcb;Jen's that the removal of the full-time possible student repercussions
explanation was , "Groh, for secetary position left him expected. Theater minor, Gene
many years has been responsible answering telephones for the Wochowskl, explained, "I feel
for the cultural calender. The three months previous to the insulted that a theater major
only thing that would change is theater ·s last production, Ibe pays over 8,000 oollars a year
Michael O'Neill
that he will be responsible for Fantastiks
to attend this school, and the
Alfred S. Groh
the
doily
running
and
O'Neill is also conctrr ..~ theater is being used as little the theatre on the same d8y as
by Eric S. 6undry
maintenance of the building. over a cttument presented to more than a rooo house, leaving the dance rehear~!. This left a
News Editor
This move has been mim to get him by Dean HartdeQan em itled thooter students with no more short am..ount o_f ttme for ,us _to
· - ·
.
. needed staffing in that building, "Operoting _ Procedure
for right over the theater than the prepare. On thts subject ONetll
On Sept. 6, Michael O'Netll, so Michael ooesn't have to worry Dorothy Dickson Darte CP~." community itself:
sta~ed , . "Newmoo·s I=. m.lm
Director of the ~flkes Coll81;)'3 about changing lightbulbs , This creument Is a proposed Job
Reasons Hart(BJen cited for Un~yers1ty. tells us that the
Theater, was mfor~ed that getting ooors opened at needed outline for the _Director of the Groh's new post were to lighten umversity should never stoop to
Alfred S. Groh,
Director of times , etc."
CPA. O'Netll satd the cttument O'Neill's wortc1C81, complaints the !~est level of. the
Cultura! Affairs, would assume
Hart(b;Jen also stated that states that the Wilkes College from V8rlous groups over commumty, but should str,v.e to
the posttlon of Direct~ of the O'Neill was in favor of any Theater has no more right over schEnJllng in the CPA, and poor educate them, ~ w~ we have
Center for the Perform_tngArts. decision and the ooministration the CPA itsel~. than any other assistance for their proouctions. ~ schools dtctatmg ~liege
Groh sar~ed as Director ~f would listen to any suooestions. group that wtshes to perform O'Neill and theater members pohe,y, we have~ problem.
the Theater st x years a,;J&gt; unhl At a later interview , O'Neill was there. "It t8kes the tteter awf!y believe the only complaints they
The complaints made must
he _was moved to his current not so optimistic. "From a from the Theater Department," know of would have come from not be a general consensus of the
posttion.
The
Theater managerial point of view " O'Neill stated. "I oon·t see how the Barbara woronko Dance community thclu(1l, since the
Department then went through O'Neill said, "as for as I'~ we can be expected to run that School that performed in the CPA Showcase Theatre organization
various staffing changes which concerned Mr. Groh has alwf!ys wf!y." The guidelines also make over the summer. W~howskl has just recently mim a onefinally left O'Neill as Director been in charge of the building, 1 it impossible for the Theater stated, "The only problems that t~-dollar donation to t_he
of the Theater, Klaus Holm_ as don't uncilrstand why mov ing Department to matce any move arose came about not because of Wtllces_College Theater for its
~ne Designer and Techm~I him intq the building changes his without first contocting the the incompetence of theater ~t1on In the past ~s.
Director, and Bruce Pha.tr position any. All the nuts and Director of the CPA. O"Ne ill maiors, but because of problems
O'Nf,111 and his associates are
working part time in the med'la--bolts work is done by either stated. "If I want a key to the with the schedule or the Upwa~d prepering a response to L&gt;ean
. _center and part time ~ Bruce Phair or Klaus Holm theater I need to get one thr oug;1 Bound producton reheersing m Hartdogen's proposals.

Tomalis Returns
by Elizabeth MazzuHo

staff writer

C~mpus Expands
by Bri~ Cahill

staff wrtter

Returning to Wilkes College after a two-year absence I
This year Wllkes Colleg3
which she pursued a master's cilgree, former Wilkes student
opened two new dorms &lt;lJe to a
and resident assistant ( RA) Susan Tomalis will fill th
201 increese of students Hving
poslt1on of Associate Director of Reslcilnce Llfe.
on campus. The new dorms
While working on her degree in developmental
Include Barre Hall, which was
psychol&lt;W at Virginia Tech, Tomalis discovered the job
closed 1n May of 1982 due to
opening. "I Ml reoo about Jean (Adams, former associate
m8intenance problems, · and
director) leaving in the last issue of the ~ , and I was in
al ler Hal 1 South, which was
the area and I thought I'd call Paul (Adams, director of
urchased by the school last
residence life) because I hfli worked for him as an RA," she ~~~~====~~~winter.
explained.
See Tomalis-Page Three Sue Tomalls
returns home
Waller HClll South, loceted
with new position.

on 40 West River St., was
or1g1n8lly purchased to serve as
an ministration bulldtng,
however, on Auoust 16, the
school decided to use the building
for stldnt housing. This left
Housing Director, Paul Ad8ms,
on Jy a week to prepare the
bulldtng for incoming students.
The dorm, however, was able to
open tts &lt;b&gt;rs on schedule.
AHson BeHucci, a resilB'lt of
Waller South, stated, "The
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Shiites Threaten
You can feel it in the air. The campus is undergoing a
pleasant change. More and more,
students mill about with smiles on their faces. The dark
clouds that one~ hovered over the campus are slowly
dissipating.
!.
Tlle change is due largely to the change in the top
executive position.
over the last few years the students actua11y felt
hel~less and unimportant as the administration went about
its business.
Student f ee1ir)gs and attitudes were lost •in the shuffle
as the old administration sktllfu11y balanced the budget.
Several members of the old administration may have lost
stte of the fact that the students should be paramount in all
administrative planning.
After all, the students are what keeps a co11ege going.
The happier the student body, the stronger the Co11ege wi11
become. A more positive attitude could only work against
student apathy and vandaltsm. If given a voice in shaping a
new Wilkes Co11ege, the students wtll take pride In W11kes,
and the quality of the_Co11ege can only improve.
No_
w we have ~.ctii~~~inistrator who extends
himself to gather studenf i{lput. Dr. Bretseth has even
seriously asked students for ·some advice on how to do his
job. Breiseth realizes the importance of the student body.
He realizes that the chief executive's duties involve more
than the bottom 1ine.
This past weekend the President surprised the entire
ColJege by attending the Student Center Party. In the past,
administators (excluding the Deans of Student Affairs)
rarely made an effort to rub elbows with the students at a
social function.
Brelseth is setting a tone for what can be expected in
the future. The student body obviously will have a slightly
different perspective on what needs to be done to improve
the College. If,·however, there are administrators who still
do not value student opinion, we at the Beacon hope that
Breiseth's positive_attitude wtll affect a change.
Students can and should use the Beacon to express
proposals, views, ideas, and suggestions via a Jetter to the
. editor.
Students can make a difference. There are many good
ideas floating around, and this student newspaper exists
partly to express student op~nion.

Attention part-time and evening
students.·:·:.... Effectl~e Immediately, the Evening conege
Office will be open until 6;;50 pm. on Monday and Wednesday
evenings to serve evening and part-time students more
eff ecttvely. Appointments are no.t necessary.

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prospective target for more than 50 young, Lebanese
suicide men.

The suicide attacks presumably w111 be

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I llegaJ Allens Exported..... A five-month federal
investigation resulted in the exportation of ·225 illegal
a11ens back to Mexico. Federal and local law enforcement
officers raided taverns in Sanger, Ca.Jtfornia, a city 200
miles southeast of San Francisco, and also arrested 40
bar owners and employees on prostitution and drug
charges.
Florida coast rocked by storm- Seventy MPH
winds and giant waves rocked 'the northeast coast of
Florida on Sunday. Some seaside residents have already
fled from their homes with only their most essential
posseslons in search of safer shelter unt11 the storm
passes. Thousands more In the Florida and North Carolina
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Wi1kes-Barre, PA.
Wilkes Co11ege Student Newspaper
Permit No. 355
Editcr-in-Chief............................................................ Timothy P. Williams
News Editor ............................................................................ Eric S. Gundry

Feature Editor...................................................................ThornasJ. Monsell
Sports Editor....................................................................Janee' D. Eyerman
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Advisor ................................................:.......................... Dr. Christopher Fox
Published weekly dur1nQ tile fall and spr1ng semesters excepting
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position end begDn work July ~- roommate problems. My first
Tomal1s feels that both her college. 1mn't know that people
Tomel1s discovered the Job Jean AdBms remained at Wilkes job was to msi~ roommates." education and her two years as could 00 this job without that
opening. "I hm reed about Jean untn August I to train her
Noting that she hm had few an RA prepnred her for this1c1nd of experience:
(Aolns,
former
8SSOC18te repl~ent.
difficulties, Tomalis said, ·rm position.
"Probably the
"As 8 student and 85 an RA
director) leHVing in the last
Describing her work, not sitting at home waiting for a psycholo,;J,' courses helped a lot,· I felt pert or student mfalrs. j
issue of the .lllam, and I was in Tomcilis commented, "I'm in problem, but I've prepared she noted, mtlno, "When I was at dim't feel as if i were 8 mere ··
the eree and I thoul;llt I'd caJJ charge of the women's houses and m~lf mentally to be rm,,, for gr«o.18te school, I leerned how to stUCB'lt Thet's because of the
Pciul (Admns, director of reslmnce hells, and I'm In one at 3 a.m. •
institute research and I learned Wtlf the deans were .. Tomalis
resioonce life) because I had cherge of running Evans Hall to
Looking aheed, the new self-motivation."
..
'
worked for him es an RA," she make sure It runs smoothly. I 8SSCEl8te director observed, "I'd
The rrfNI associate director commented. I _was concerned
explained
also make sure the women's like to see the spirit of the continuoo, "I learned a lot es an that the relat10nshlp would
After applying and being houses are maintained." She cbrms get a little bit better. The RA I can relate to the RA's and change when I ~t the Job, but it
interviewed early last summer , continued, "I'm here to help and Stlm'lt Affairs Committee Is their experiences now. I loved really.. hasn't.
They've ~
Miss Tomalis was chosen from a instruct the RA's
to counsel hoping to generate e little more being an RA; It was the best~.
the new associate
f1eld of 60 applicants for the students, and to deel with oorin spirit."
experience anyone could heve in director conclud11t

Dr. Chris Fox
Takes Honors
by Rebecca R. Dymond

staff writer
.,,
At the commencement ceremonies for the
groouating class of 1984, Dr. Christopher fox

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bec:8me recognized as the most outstanding
teEdler at Wilkes College for the previous year.
The carpenter outstanding T~her Award,
established in 1983, is given to a membr~r of
the Wilkes ColleQe f~lty in tribute to the B.G.
Carpenter family and Donald f. Carpenter , a
long-time member fo the Wilkes College Boord
of Trustees.
The award consists of a pl~ and 500
cbllers derived from the interest of a 10,000
cbllar enoowment established by the B.G.
Carpenter family. fox will also have his name
engraved on a pl~ that will remain housed in
the Annette Evans Alumni House with the names
of past recipients of the award.
Nom inations are established by a stuoontf~lty committee which presents its choices , in
order of preference, to the President for the
final &lt;Eelslon.
"At the time of selection I wasn't even aware
that I hoo been nominated." stated fox • later
m1ing , "I especially feel honored because Wilkes
College is gifted with a number of fine t~rs."
This tmor is the latest in a series for fox,
Associate Professor in the department of
L8flC)J8ge and Llterature at Wilkes, who holds a
Ph.D. in English from State University of New
York at Binghamton. fox is among six scholars
who r~ieved hooor8b1e mention for the
prestigious Clifford Prize. A forthcoming
publication, which fox was recently contr~ted
by AMS Press to edit and forward, Is entitled,

Psychol(l?f and Literature io the 18th C&amp;otury,
fox enjoys research, no matter how obscure,
.for he feels tt is the key to discovery. He
beleives that a t8'dler and a scholar are one in
the same and without one, the other could not
exist. He tries to relate this attltuoo in the
classroom.
When asked how he will be using the money,
Fox expressed a need to pay his Blockwell
Bookstore bill.
In one week . Fox received tenure and
ra::eived this award. He later stated that this was

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buildings in three weeks. I would reoJJy
commend the physical plant staff," continued
Adams, who ~ . "Stuoonts have been pleasoo
According to Dr. Gerald Wuori, Dean of for the most part. There are always minor
Admissions, more than new fas will be 80Ed to anOO(anCeS, but they will be ironed out."
Wilkes Collefl! this year. Two new oorms, an
for the future, the director sees a
innovative mwlsor system, Md an expanood continued increase in the number of resident
orientmion praJ'am wm be established for the stld!nts. "That was one of the reasons we operm
l~t freshman class in at 1El8St three years_. Waller South," he explained. Adams concluOld,
"This year we receivoo more applications "If we want to maintain a 1900 student base, we
or mission than we have in the lest seven must depend on resident students, because the
,.. Dr. Wuori notoo. He mioo, "Our population in this area is ooclining. "
freshman class of 501 students is up rNer last
To further tDnnmcxiate the Class of 1988 . a
year by about six percent. We generally aim for new faculty mwisor prOJram hes been instituted
450 to 480 sttDIDts. · It hasn't been 500 in conjunction with orientation. During the
freshmen for at leestthree years.·
summer, 81:dl incoming freshman was assigned a
ExplaininQ the increased enrollment, the trained oovlsor, who wm work with the st1.omt
CBr1 observoo, 'We've inc, ei,sed a Jot of our throughout the year to arrange class schedules
recruiting activities; we have new personnel in and to provioo guidance.
our transfer (EJ)artment; and we have new
or. Wuori notoo that the increased
scholarship pro;rams." Or. Wuori continued, enrollment this year was not unexpected,
'We've oone a lot of these things for a Jong time, "because we know that a lot of the thirvJS we oo to
but we're incre8Sing them, which is what you attrm:t stud3nts worlc.
our direct mail
have to oo when you're facing a period of correspondence increased 300 pera,nt in the last
ooclining enrollments, as we now are nationally... three years, and we actively recruit in about 11
Other reasons citoo by Or. Wuori for eostern states."
greater numbers of applications and enrollments
With enrollment declining
nationwide
were the incoming stt.KEnts· interest in Wilkes however, the rean concluded, ·n has to decHne
College's varioo curriculum, in the physicol here, simply because even to maintain your
aspects of the campus, and in the collefl!'s share of a particular market is~ these days."
emphasis on fundamentals.
Due to the rise in freshman enrollment, the
resident student population also increased 14
To ~modltte these stucklts , two new percent, from 820 students Jast year, to between
oorm1tor1es were opened in_~t -- Barre Hall 875 and 880 this year. Commented Mr. Paul
and Waller South. Providmg 34 spaces in 6 Adams, director of residence life , "I think that
: ; co-ed
floors, !:'re Ha::OO
the reasons for this were that the collefl! has
renova=~ :C:ng to~. Waller South, exp~ its recruiting base outsioo the
intence:1 for administrative offiC2S, was inst8fli commuting aree, Mf:1 that we retained m~e
opened as 8 residence hall housing 19 women. upperc~ass students m the mrms than we did
"The building was in exoollent condftton; that was before.
0
why we deci&lt;Bt to ra)J)8n. However, we're in the .
process of trying to make the building more
attractive and more set up as a residence hall "
notoo the housing director.
'
"Overall it was a very smooth opening,
given the circumstances of opening two new
staff writer

Borre Hall ,.,ith new face)~ reopened

use as a co- ed dormitory.
New Dorms -continued from Page One

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building ts tn exatllent
School off1ctals involved m
condlUon. 1 feel as thoU(tl I'm the orQ8tll28t1on ~ planning of
living In m uppercJDSS home." the new mrms mclude Dr.
Today Waller Hall South houses Brelseth,
President,
Dr·
nlnet~ femelestudents.
Hartda,Jm, Dean of Aalbnlc
B8rre H811, located on 80Affairs, Mr. Charles Abate,
west River St., has been Business Mana,;Jr, Dr. Shaw•
repatred 811d painted 811d now Deen of Manogement, and Paul
serves as a ooed oorm for twenty Ad8ms, Director of Residential
male students 811d fourteen Ufe.
female students, an of whom are
Paul AdemS, mentioned the
upperclassmen. Senior, Brian f~t that the number of Wyomino
· Mills, a resident of Berra, Valley residents attending
said "Living In Berra Is Hice Wilkes Col19113 Is dlmlntshlno
Uvl~ at home but you neoo more 811d that the school has begUn
washers and dryers. The recru1Ung students from olhar
building has only one washer and regions. Therefore, we can
cryer so I've been forced to oo expect to see more fas from
my wash elsewhere...
out of state in the future.
The Wilkes and friends
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so, that the sp1r1ts of the people
The next morning at RA eround, making the place look Jam icky.
lh3t lived there years before, workshop, I mmie the mistake of preUycreepy.
They were all getting a big
refused to le8Ye!
telling a few of the other RAs
We
then
postttoned bang nut of running around like
I
I began to hear noises that I had a little scare and was a ourselves 8lld weited. It was maniocs upstnirs, while n few
coming from the second and thi rd little shaky about steying in only 12:00 so the ghosts wereh't more of them were outsa
floors. But I wouldn't hear these such a huge, dark mansion by due for 30 mtnutes. All of a waiting for me to mne
by Thomas J. Mansell
noises during the day of course, myself. I SfIW some real deviant sud1en Steve says, "what was screaming out the froot chi' so
FMture Fr1itor
only at ntght when I wouldn't smiles cover some of their faces that?" I didn't say anything they could die of 1au,Jlter.
dnre venture up thooe steirs for but I didn't know what to make of because I thought he was trying
We collected nH the ~
Thanks to a few of my (Jxx1 fear of being hauled off by guys it.
to scare me. But then I heard and had a IJ)Od l&amp;lql 8boot the
friends, I am convinced that in bl~k hoo1s on the1 r Wt/t/ to
That night I was hanging out someone run down the third whole thing and I ~ t my
Wilkes College is haunted.
the local dev il worshippers In my room when the phone floor stairs and a dOor slammed. ghost problems were OYer.
I'm usually not one to be .meeting. So there I would lay, rang. Kathy Hyde, the RA et Steve bolted for the ooor and said
Wrong.
eesily fr ightened, but some of shoking unrer my covers , McClintock,celled to tell me that "this place really is haunted, I'm
After they all left, I went
the things that I've seen and wishing that the ghosts would I was in for a suprlse that ntght. gettin' outta here!"
around checking an the rooms
heard the last few weeks have break through my dOor and get it Some of the other RAs were
I thought to myself "he's and found wincbws and &lt;hrs
proved that I sometimes have over with. This happened e planning on bringing the ghosts right" and I ran around the oorm wire open that hm been shut
the potent1el to scream very couple of nights in a row until at the Sterling to life. They putting the candles out so I could before my invading RA fllOSts
loudly and et a very high pitch, one night I heard two very loud were going to sneak in at about join him. All of a ~ n the had left. The power switch was
and run as fast as Carl Lewis if a ooor slams from the second 12:30 and give me the scare of lights flashed on and off and we also off after it hm just been on
problem arises.
floor. So I deciood that I had had my life. Kathy felt bad for were convinced thet the place a couple of minutes bef'ore.
The first week that I was up enough and that it was time to oo telling me but I told her not to was haunted by about a thousand Something was g)ing oo and I
here I was all alone in my ct,rm, some ser ious ghostbusting. · I worry and that she probably ghosts.
wasn't about to h8ng around and
Sterling Hall. I was up early for grabbed my hancty (Jllf club, lit a saved someone's life because if I
As I was putting out the lest watch cfeoo people run around. f
Resident Assistant training and candle ahd storted the long climb had heard people running around candle, Chris DeHaas and Ray gathered myself to;Jrther and
was looking foward to having a up the dark stairs. I hadn't been upstairs I would have gone, golf Hanks were sneaking in the back flew out of that house to seet
nice relaxing week before the 1n a pl~ so dark 1n my dreams, club in hand, upstairs, and ooor. I told them that I was glad refuge on Steve 0Bmbele's noor.
masses arrived. I was pretty and the candle threw off some decapitated anything that moved. to see them, but I was kind of
If you oon·t believe me. take
happy to be In Sterling hall , amazingly ghost-like shfmWS
Just BS I !J)t off the phone hoping they were upstairs a welk lete one ni~t and loot at
after all , it was huge compared that elmost mmie me teke the with Kathy, Steve Gambale ceme alrefd{. Chris told me that he some of the mansions that form
to the pl~ I had lived the first Nestea plunge off the Market by to visit. Yeah right, visit. had no ires who was upstairs, our humble campus. What are
three years at Wilkes. I had Street br1CQ3.
Steve was there to prop the and as far as he knew, they were mild mannered houses wring the
always mired the lucky ones
Looking b~k at the whole dOors open so the other invading the first of the "ghosts" to day, are transformed by the
that 11ved in the outslcm oorms incioont , I now wish I hadn"t ghosts could get in. I told Steve arrive. Ray was looking pretty darkness into hidfws JookilYJ
bec6Use they had ti "homey" feel !J)ne upstairs because all that I that I knew what was !J)ing on horrified and began to spout out vampire hancJ)uts. If you're
to them, insbB:I of that generic found were two closed ooors. I and that I wanted him to help me what was !J)lng on. It seems that seeking a quick thrill. g) into
plastic box fee11ng that thought at first that the wi nd had scare the others before they he and Chris were the last of the one of these monster factories,
Pickering, Evans, or Miner can , blown the ooors shut but every could scare me. He agreed and ghosts to enter the oorm and the turn out the lights and~ what
give you. What it didn't take me winoow on the second floor was we began to turn off all the noises from upstairs were rit happens.
long to find out was thet they sealed tight. I quickly reversed lights in the oorm. Then we lit reel ghosts but the other RAs ,
- sure were like home, so much my tracks and flew downstairs. candles encl placed them all led by Al Melusen and Tom

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Introducing Fo,

Timothy Williams
Editor-in-Chief

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He Is a history major with
minors in journalism and
anthropoloqy and is a member of
the Phi Alpha Theta honor
society. Williams is originally
from Bethlehem, Pa.

This year's Beocori staff hes
a combination of experience and
new blood that will hopefully
provici! the school with Nthe best
88lDID ever" said Dr. Chris Fox,
this year's acMsor to the paper.
"What I'd like to see is a
student-run paper that is
informative, provocative ,. and
above
all,
responsible,"
commented Fox in a recent
interview.
Fox said that he is looking
foward to working with the new
staff and wants to "put out the
best paper possible."
This
year's Editor- in-Chief, Tim
W1111ams., has been working
close to Fox MCI feels this yeer's
Bea::on "has greet potent iaI
because we have a greet staff and
a handful of very g:m
newcomers that I believe will oo
their best to put out a !J'88t

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Business and Advertising
Editor, Jre Fulco: Fulco is from
Bergenfield, N.J. and is a junior
occounting major who hopes to
"proouce some ads that will help
the students 8S well os the
"paper." In the past , Fulco has
mant,Jed a ci!li and a liquor store
and he is currently a member of
the Stuci!nt Center Board,
Student Life Committee, and the
Elections Committee.

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News Editor, Eric s. Gundry:
Gundry is a communications
major from Highlano Park and
was the Editor-in-chief of his
high school newspaper. Gundry,
a sophomore, wi,s a member of
last year's football team and now
works at a local tavern sptnning
records
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yeor's newspoper will stood next
to past Bea::ons, but Fox -and
W1ll161Tls are not the only ones
full of optimism. Sports Editor•
Janee Eyerman, hopes to see "the
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become
a more
professional paper and one
respected by the campus and
community."
This year's staff includes:
Editor-in-chief,
Tim
Williams: Williams is captain
of the Wilkes soccer team. He
hi,s been a three-yem- letterman
and was captain li,st veer also.

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Feature Editor, Thomas J.
Mansell:
Mansell lives in
Bridgewater NJ. and is a senior
communications major with an
English minor. He was li,st
year's assistant News and
Feature editor and was a threeyear letterman on the football

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team until a shouloor injury
sidelined him for (JOO. He ls a
Resident Assistant at Sterling
Hall.

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Sports
Editor,
Janee
Eyerman: Eyerman is a junior
broinast
communications/
political science major and has
a minor in English. She is a
member of the field hockey team
and a member of the Wilkes
Letterwomen's club. In high
school, she was edijor-in-chief
of the newspaper and she has hOO
an internship with WNEP's Joe
Zone. She, along with Williams ,
was last year's sports editor.

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Photography Editor, Eric
Reed: Reed Is from Coltsnoclc,
N.J. and is working on a degree
in electrical engineering and a
physics minor. He Is a member
of the Wilkes Amateur RMio
Club and would like to "improve
the paper through photogrephy,
by having more quelity photos ...

West Orange, N.J. and she feels
"that th1s year's staff Is (J)lng to
take a more serious attitude
towards the role that a
newspaper plays on a college
campus."

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Photography Editor, Mark
Rimbaugh: Ret&gt;augh is from
Pottstown, Pa. where he worked
on h1s high school yearbook. He
is an electrical engineer ing
major with a computer science
minor. He ls a member of the
Engineering Club and is
interested in rooio-controlled
airplanes.

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Office Manager,
Beth Mazzullo:
Mazzullo is a freshmen English and
commun ications major
from
Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
She was a three-year member of
her high school's newspaper where
she won five prominent awards for
her journalistic skills. She was
editor during her last two years at
Williamsport Area High School and
is looking "foward to working with
this year's staff.·

Mark Radabaugh
Photography Editor

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Copy Editor' Kathy Hyde:
Hyde is a senior English major

with a minor in journalism who
keeps herself a::ttve in the
theatre, es Personal Director of
the student center, and es the RA
of McClintock Hell. She is from

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Beacon B·y tes the Apple
by Thomas J. Monsen

Feeture Editor
Maybe you haven't noticed
yet, but this yeer·s BEm&gt;n has a
new look.
This new fashionable loolc is
due to the incredible things that
can be mne with the brand new
M~intosh computers
that
inhabit room 133 in Sterle
Learning Center.
The
computers
were
originolly purch8sed thr'Olql a
Title 3 Grant and~the Science
TetEher Educ8t1on Program, or
STEP Grant, to be used for
machine language courses.
education courses, Math I OI ,
and by engineering classes. But
as we at the Beacon have found
out, they can be used for many
other things.
The BeAD&gt;n is now being
written, edited, stored on, and
an around Jazzed-up by these
little machines. It can probably
be said that these computers
saved the 8mm.
8.C., ( before computers)
the 8EB:OO was a very tedious 12
pages of paper to put out. The
machines that were used to print
tmilines and copy, including
the typewriters, seemed to
break oown , jam up, and cause
many an editor's hair to fa11 out.
Printing costs were outrageous
and the newspaper business
seemed less and less appealing to
prospective journolists around
Wilkes CoHege.
f.ven before this ym-star ted, the ~1itors of the Beacon
were alreecty worried about

faulty machinery, costs of
pr r.-luct ion, and how they were
~ing to put out a ~ newspaper
that kept the students informed
if that newspaper could only
come out once a month.
Then along -came some nice
people offering the use of this
mirtEUlous little computer.

anow the Bemn, to m some wild
things with graphics and it wm
also a11ow the editors to ca1m
themselves insteed of pulling out
their hair.
The staff of the BeErnn is

Weekend Forecast

Now that the Beacon is

armed with these M~intoshes ,
there will
hopefully be a
newspaper fNerY week and the
days of exploding heoollne
mochines ore over.
That's not the best part.
These machines wm allow the
8efD)f'l to "m things it never
dreamed of ming so easily." said
Cheryl Scalese, Coordinator of
lnstitutionol Research here at
Wilkes.

The

M~intosh computer
srstem has programs that a11ow
the writer to make words
larger with the press of a
button , and change the style of
lltl$ just as easily.
Letterperfect manuscripts con be
typed into the machine and they
will be printed perfectly by the
"lmoge writer" printer.
Not only can this little
machine m amazing things with
words , but also contained in the
program is something .caned
"MocPaint." This allows the
writer to be transformed into an
instant art1st and produce some
mosterpieces right on the screen
of the computer. "The lim its of
Mfd&gt;atnt ts a funct1on of voor
artistic ability" said Sca:{se.
The "M~Paint" feature HHl

looking foward to having fewer
~ a n d spending less time
kicking old copy machines and
he8:lliners, thanks to the new
M~intosh computers.

Aries ( March 21-April 19)
Don't take any chances this
weekend. Plan your octtons and
you'J1 have some !J]od times.

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Taurus (AprtJ 20-MBY 20)
Work
on
improving
re1ationships with poopJe you
ustm11y mn't get 11long with. If
you m you'Jl find that you've g:it
some new friends when Sunday
roHs around. ****
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Use this weekend to catch up on
some much-needed sleep. If you
oo, you·n find it a Jot easier to
deal with the week ~ - **
Cancer (June 23-July 22)
Gtve your loved one some sp~
this weekend. Go out with your
fr iends but resist your
temptations. **
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Put this weekend aside for
resolving your problems. Don't
be hardheaood and resist help
from frtends and famtly , they
ree11y care. ***
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Th1s could be a tough weekend 1f
you let it. Don't let little things
bother you. * ·

U br8 ( Sept. 23-();t. 22)
Be careful this weekend. Don't

get yourself 1n a Jam that you
can't get out of, you've g:it too
much to lose. *
Scorpio (&lt;kt. 23-Nov. 21)
Try to spend some time by
youself. It wi11 help you clear
your mind and f~ the tough
week ahead with a new outlook.

***

S6gitt8rius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Go for it this weekend, you·ve g:it
nothing to Jose. You deserve to
have a gr.eat weekend. *****
Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
C6tch up on some rm1ing this
weekend. Saturday and Sunday
are there for you, so grab them
and m6ke them great. This is
your weekend. Enjoy. *****
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
An unexpected guest might decide
lo drop in , but don't let it spoil
your weekend. Saturday will be
excellent if your visitor decides
to leave. ***
Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20)
Spend the weekend with a loved
one and make up for some lost
time. You both deserve it. *.* **

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Booters Capture Second
by Frank Wanzor and
Mark Tobino
St6ff Writers

Cross Country
by t11ke Keohane
Staff Wr1ter

The W11kes C011ege soccer
team opened its season on a (}JOO
note this weekend by capturing
second plo ln the Southsire
Virginia Tournament.
The Colonels opened the
tournament with a 3- 0 victory
rNer Hampden-Syndney College
on saturday.
The Colonels controlled play
throughout the fi rst half but hoo
trouble hitting the bock off the
net. The booters fi nally broke
through at the 44:00 m1nute
mark when All-Tournament
Selection, Greg Trapani, beat a
CEfenCEr and hit a low cross
which
freshman,
P6t"1
Tavaglione, easily IEJ)OSited in
the bock of the net for a 1- o
l!Bi.

The second half continued
much like the first with the
Colonels oominating play, b.ut
not scoring. The Colonels upped
their lead to 2-0 when the
Tournament's Defensive MVP,
Matt Ryan, dispossessed a Tiger
forward and blasted a shot into
the net from 30 yards out.
Trapani closed out the
scoring when he took a th, 'lUt1h
ball from Jeff Wertz and t ".'-:
beat the Tiger keeper k · ,_.
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seesorl

wm

stm-t September

15th, and 1t looks Uke another
S86SOO that the W11kes College
harriers wm continue to
improve.
Despite the
unfortunate Joss of a hand cm:h.
the team 1s stm opUm1st1c about
the com1no season.
Returning and remt,, to run
are junior, C8&gt;rge Hookenberry ,
sophomores, Ne11 Wfll iams .
Dave Mtehina, and Mlke

Krohane. In in11tton to the
returning members are several
nrNt
and strong runners.
Jun1or, Tom Morpeth end a
young (TOUP or freshmen, who
wm be this year's secret
W88POl'l.
The QJJonels wm need th8t
secret weepoo bec8use this year
promises to be a Vfl'Y t ~ one .
ArftlOfW)
interested
in
runn1ng on thts Y88f's cross
country temn should cont
Corch Reese or Cmich Bellairs at
too wm. The hm"r1ers nex~meet
is :-:'1turd6y, September t ~th at
oome, at 2:00 p.m.

Sophomore, R11t Delay , and freshmen, J im Bruggeworth and
Mike Keane gear up for the 1984 soccer season.
upper left. Don Shaw recorcm
the shutout having to make only
two saves as the Colonel defense
shut mwn the Tiger offense
before it could ever get started.
On Sundsy, the Colonels
were pitted against Slippery
Rock for the tournament title.
The boaters came out quickly for
the f1rst 20 minutes but from
then on it WII en uphi11 strugJle.
The two teams battlEll
~ a physk:el first half
with neithlr tllm Ible to score.
,, ·~ 9l!IDld half started, so 11id
tn..
;arts.

Slippery Rock began to
cbninate in FNery aspect of the
gmne. At this point the Colonels
beJrl to go into a defensive shell.
The QJJonels' refense, led by
All-Tournmnent pl6Y8f' , Joy
Toomey, was ab le to handle the
pressure flawlessly for only so
long.

The Colonels' refense fi naJJy
broke oown and a Slippery Rock
player was left unmarked on the
six yard Hne and put ln a
rebound over Shaw for the only
goal of the game.
Even though the Colonels did
not capture the championship,
their second pJo finish in the
Southsire Virginia Tournament
may be a sign of some good things
1orome.

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mks promising as they try to
better their last season's record
of 7-8 and strive for an MAC
Utle and an NC'M ranking.
Coach 06y Meyers has eight
returning letterwomen and
1oining those eight wm be one of
Meyer's better recruiting
classes. Wilkes will not be
returining with 1EB1ing scorer,
Debbie Cornela, and is therefore
forced to ffnd a new aggressive
linemon. This shouldn't be a
difficult task with a squad of
twenty-si~.
.
Youth 1s a oomtnatmg factor
on this year's squad and Meyers
mpes this group wm have the
ab1Jity to score and be tough in
mfense.
A solid
~P
of
upperclassmen including Croft,
Eyerm8t1, [)ocqlerty, Kelly, and
lhom8S wm help to m81ce Wilkes
a strong contender for the MAC
title in 1984. With the tni1t1on

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essia
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Northwest mion, Wilkes will
have to battle just that much
more to garner one of the top two

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nior, Jean Dougherty , ret"£hes in to tap in a rebound past t
ansfield g:&gt;Blie in Wilkes' losing effort SaturdBy. Mansfield was
ust one of several colleg,s part1c1pat1ng in th1s past weekend'
rimage weekend at Wilkes.
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Congratulations and thank
you's are in order for the
Director of tntramurals, Bart
Bellairs.
Jhe 1984-85
tntramurals ~ h8s (J)tten
off to a~ st~t with a revision
of the rules and requirements.
This year a student assistant
workstuay, position has been
creeted to l;lelp aleviate some of
18St ye8r'S confusion.
This
student wjl) be responsible for
h1ring ottier student assistants
as well flS organizing the events
and con~tinQ the t86ffis.
Another mti1t1on to this
years pr(V'am is a ten-oollar
holding fee assessed 8Qt)inst
every , teem
entering the
competition. This fee is to
ensun, the participation of that
teem. ·This fee is desi&lt;11 to keep
teams from signing up and then
never 'showing up. If the team

parhcipates regularl ,the money receive $50.00. The monev is
wm be returned after the to be used for a oorm f unctio11 or
se8SOO. If the team missis more a group activity.
.
than one game, the money will
The final revisions are the
not be returned and will be 10!65 of always offering two
placed in the intramural expense outcb&gt;r sports and two indxlr
fund.
sports every season. This season
It is the hope of the dirEdor, men's and women's nag football ,
that the program revisions will co-ed tennis, and men's and
help to draw more stuoonts into women's volleyball are being
the pr(lJram.
This year's offered. To sign 'up or to find out
prOJram is geared to help g,t any intramural information ,
cnrms active on campus once check your Wilkes Colleg,
agein. Each winning group will calendar. This yeDr you wm
receive 25 points, the second find all available intramural
place team will i,eceive 15 information on the calendar.
points, the third place team will
With all the revisions and
receive 1O points, and teams all the new assistance, this
J)8rticipating will receive 5 year's intramural program
points. At the end of the school promises to be competitve and
year all the points will be ta1Hed fun. Get your team together and
and the residence hall or the off- give the new system a try. If
campus group with the most you oon't, you'll never know
points wm receive $100.00. whether it is something new you
The second place oorm or group cm1 comp loin oboutl
will receive $75.00, and the
third place oorm or group wm

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be trying for one of those two
spots 8l'ld will be one of Wilkes'
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stiffest ~petitors in the MAC.
The Wilkes women have been
gearing up for the season for the
This
year's
Wilkes
Th1s year's squm has one
Both Coach Saracino and
past two weeks and Coach
voHsvt,eH teem ts one of the mojor draw hm:k, and the draw assistant coach, Richard Harned,
Meyers commented on their youngest teams fNer. Because back is the lo of height. The are impressed with this young
progess. ·1 am disoppointed with the team 1s so young, the season average he1ght of the team 1s team's upbeat attitude, and if the
the pace and intensity level at wm be one of rebu1ldinQ and Just rNer 5·3• and that meens Colonels are (J)1ng to better last
practice." Meyers feels the slc111 reorgll\izatton.
. problems. Co-captefn, Patti 586SOO's record they're ~ing to
level is not coming along as
The Wilkes women are Robbins, feels this problem can need all the positive attitude
quickly as she had hoped.
looking ~ better their 9-18 be overcome by quickness. they can get.
This is one o( the first record of last season. Heed Robbins steted "even though
The L~ Colonels open their
seasons in which Wilkes wm coach, Doris Saractno, stated most of us are short, we m8ke up MAC S88SOn Tuesday, September
hove &lt;Epth in their positions. "the teem is taking one match t't for that Mfici~ by being 11th agc,inst Penn State Lehman
This &lt;Epth wm play a factor a time andl~irlQ on from there. · quick rm our feet.
at hOme, at 7:00 p.m.
coming off the bench. Wilkes
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commented that "pllty'9f"S are
&lt;Jl1no to have to work hard
The Col~l mfdffeld, which we1nste1n, and Jun1or. Greg wm be Junior, Greg Trapani,
agc,inst a,;t1 other to earn was last yeer's week J1nk seems DQmvoowslci, give the Colonels sophomore, Mike Crusco, and
starting spots and then keep to be the most 1mproved aspect oopth and experience.
freshmen, Drew ReiCEl and Paul
working at it to keep them."
of the 1984 team. Second Teem
Without scor1ng a teem can't Tavaglione.
"We have o lot of work to oo All-MAC player and co-captain, win, and thts year's team has 81"1
overall, 1t looks as though
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be abundance of scoring potential. the Wilkes soccer pr~ram is in
Chuck Robbins...
successful, we Just have to
interchanging pos1t1ons wtth J8St Second Team AH-MAC player and for one on its strongest seasons.
SPORTING GOODS
deciM we went to oo it/ stated year's second J~ing scorer, 18St season's 1Em1ng scorer, W1th the support of the Wtlkes
Y• ~.?c~:.A~?st•r
Meyers. The thing the teem Jeff Wertz, and wfth 8 talented Hike Molloy, hopes to improve students end the Alumni, the
Ch•r•• •nd Yis•
wonts is the MAC title, and they freshman, Geroo P18ZZ6.
on last yeer's point total, and booters hope to attain their
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have the talent ond people to oo it
Mfdfteld -oopth is a key to with team mates Matt Wasel and pr8S88SOl'l (J)BIS of an MAC
P~. 19701 1·n 1984.
8llY successful team and this John Purcell, Mfenses can no championsh1pandanNCMbid.
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The L~ Colonels open up yeer the Colonels seem to longer key on MollO( or any one
The booters open their
t
Hot•l St•rlin9
their
season
Thursdav, possess Just thet. Freshmen, Colonel.
season tcx16y agBinst neighboring
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September
13th,
at Mike K88118 and Doug Colandrea.
Supporting Molloy, Wasel , rival, The University of
f
Propri•tor
Elizabethtown.
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Sal. 6
Wed. 10
Fri. 12
Sat. 13
Thtr. 18
Sat. 20
Tiu-. 25

V&lt;l.LEYBALL
Doris Saracino, Head Coach
SEPTEMBER
Tues. 11 PSU-l.ehman
Thtr. 13 Elizabethtown
Swl. 16 Luz. Co. Rec.
Mon. 17 Upsala/King's
Wed. 19 Scranton
Fri. 21 Mlserlcordla
Tues. 25 Moravian
Sat. 29 Delaware Valley,
Sun . 30 F.D.U. -Madison

Juniata Tourney
Juniata Tou-ney
LCCC/Marywood
ESU Tourney
ESU Tourney
Klng's/Bap. Bible
SUsquehanna
AlbrlghV
Dldi:son
Sal. 27 Dtdi:lnson/
Muhlenberg
Wed. 31 Bucknell

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Wilkes-Barre . Pa. 18766

Vol. XXXVII

SPORTS

No. 1

September 12, 1984

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The 1984 Wilkes Football Squad
Ccmh Bob Crimmel's ltne
baing crew promises to be one
of the hardest hitting ltnes in the
MAC. Leming the Wfl'/ at the
With one of the J~t inside line baing slots will be
freshmen turnouts in yeers, the captains. Scott Br~th end
Wilkes College . football teem Pet Walsh. Also rotettng in wtlJ
launches its 1984 sei,son with be veteran Phil Cyriax.\
. hi~ esptrations.
The outside line \ bm:lcing
"I am pleased with the large positions will be fi11ed most obly
turnout this year ," said heoo by sophomore transfer, Ride
tm1h Bm Unsworth. Unsworth Maclco ano sophomore, Chris
a&gt;nt1nued by saying "It not only Mann. Bill M ~ will also
gives us much need3d depth, but mminate in this ree.
also gives us a lot of new talent
The defensive b8clcfteld
to look et."
consists mostly · of upper
"ArugJBddefenseisgoingto cl8SSmen. AtsmetylsJ unlor,
be a trooe mark this year. The Keith Conlon, while senior., Lou
defensive line will be anchored Zampett1 8nd junior, Pete Walsh
by returning defensive ends will fill in the corner back
Bernie KuS81&lt;avttch and Rich position.
Hochreiter. Also giving depth to
~h Unsworth's run and
this position will be all shoot offense is the big question
-purpose man Sam Graziano and mark this season. All of the
letterman Sean Connelly.
· coaches feel that if the offense
Defenstve t11:kle will see can score twice per game that
senior, Carl Sosnowski, who Is the Colonels 11:tually have a
returning from a two-year lsy chance at winning the MAC.
off an&lt;fMike Thornton who was
The offensive ltne has
injured last yeor. Both of these some experience, but is young.
men are big, strong, and quiclc, The 'New Jersey Connection' of
end are cap~le of doing e Ron Drogan and Mik~ Byrne will
variety of demage to the mekeuptheleftsi~oftheline,
opposition. Mike Duncan and while the centering duties wm
Dan Paveletz will•also be seeing be left to l&lt;:evin Salus.
a lot of 11:tton at this ~1t1on.
The right ~ide of the line
by Bill

Buzza
Staff Writer

wm be 1nexper1enced wtth
juniors, Den Kennelly and Bill
Talent and Depth
BuZZ8 shooting for the starting
positions. Miing depth to the
Help Colonels
line will be Joe Botto, Bill Kern,
Tony Prushtnsk 1, Jeff Myer and
D8Ve Konopkt.
by Frank Wenz.or end
The Colonels' run and shoot
Mark Tob1no
offense wn be hetold by BrM
Staff Writers
Scarborough, while junior,
Ra00y1 Rice and sophomore, Paul
Coming off one of their best
Marauko wm be giving him stiff S88SOflS in the sport's 35-yeor
competttton.
history at the college, the
The running back positions Wilkes College soccer team looks
will be fi11ed by three veterMS, to enjoy a promising year. The
sophomores, Bill Buoni and Tim team returns ten starters from
Frateski, while junior, Mike lest year's 8-8-2 s-quoo and
Hiooins, will fm the other slot. with the addition of a talented
Passett1 _and Graziano wm also group of freshmen , this season's
be trying for starting positions. outlook is very optimistic.
The end positions are promising
An abundance of talent and
with veteren captain, Ed Mann . depth is what the Colonels' ho~ .
and three-year starter, Mike ride on this season. The bootef's' ---- ~- .,..
.
Slepian, seeing most of the (EJ)th initiates in its defensive rank Wanz.or, co-captain and
11:tion.
third with a number of talented ISecond Team All-MAC player
All in all, the year looks b11:ks. four-year starter end last season. Wanzor will be
bright for the Wilkes College co-captian, Tim Williams, looks Istarting in the mid-field this
football program. It is believed to 8nchor the defense from the I season.
that this could be the year that sweeper
position,
while,1..--------------· ·
the MAC banner, which has freshman, Tom Prlnzo 8SSumes from R11; Delfi'/, Jftf Toomey and
ell.did WiJkes since. 1974, will control of the stopper position. Jim Bruooeworth. Sophomore, ·
be brought beck. It should prove
Sophomore, Mark Tobino, Don Shaw, is back to defend the
tobeanexcitingyear.
and freshman, Hett Ryan, are netsforhtssecondseason,with .
The Colonels open their ··the leoo1ng candidates for the two Tom V/alton as an e) perienced
S88S')fl
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Continued on page Len
15th at Upsala.
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                    <text>Vol. XXXVII
No. 2
September t 8, 1984
Wilkes-Barre, PA t 8766

Wi lkes Co 1lege

Split in Department may
Bring on Program Change
by Elizabeth Mazzullo
staff writer
Due to the growing number of
communications majors, next year will
see the splitting of that program and two
other programs from the Department of
Language and Literature to form the
Department of Speech, Communications,
and Theatre Arts.
According to Dr. Gerald Hartder;Jen,
Dean of Academic Affairs, the change will
"most likely" be implemented next fall.
He aoi:ld, "To some extent, the starting
date of the department will be when we
find a department chairman and bring
him in. I cbn't want to kick off without a
chairman." Hartdagen continued, "I
wanted to start last spring, but I felt we
hMn't hll:I sufficient time to plan."
by Eric Gundry
Hartagen observed that the chairmen
News-Editor
for the new CEpartment wrn probably
come from outside Wilkes, r8ther ttm
Wilkes College wm be joined tooether in a show of unity at the FirSt Annual
from one of two Wilkes f~ulty members
AII-CollE,Je convocation, President Cnrlstopher·N. Brelseth announced recently.
who could fill the positlon, Dr. Norma
The convocation Is to be held In the college wmnaslum, on Sund6y, Sept. 23, at 2
Schulman and Dr. Brdord Kinney. He
p.m.
explained, "I think we're pretty wen
"We look forward to the convocation as an appropriate Wf/t to start the lmEmlc qeed that we'd like to go outside to find
year , and as a means of demonstrating the cohesiveness of the Wilkes College family. It
someone with experience. What we have
serves to bring together members of the f1n1lty, staff, ministration and student
now are two people who have, in a sense,
bOOf in a spirit of renewal and purpose," stated Brelseth.
crossed disciplines." Dr. Schulman·s
The ceremony opens with an invocation by Johanna Aoomitz of the Aerospace
feild is English , while Kinney's is
Studies Deptartment , followed by Dr. Gerald Hartdagen, Dean of ~mic Affairs. and
speech/communications.
President Breiseth,both of whom will address the audience. The benediction will be
Other personnel changes will include
delivered by Professor Robert Ogren of the Biology Department.
.
. the hiring of two foculty members, one
Hartdagen will later narrate a mus1cal select1on ent1tled "Touchstones" to be
of whom will replace Dr. Cynthia
lliip1er•
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Presidential Convocation Set

professors w111 also be used, Hart(BJen
said, "to get students exposed to people in
the field."
"We do not expect any curricular
changes whatsoever untll 1985-86 ," the
dean stated, continuing, "Our major
effort right OOH is to work on tentative
curr1culum. We need to know the
direction of curriculum to look for reN
f~ ulty."
Hartdagen commented, "EvervbOOf
involved withby this sees the need to
develop (JXXI communications majors.
We certainly don't intend to make our
communications department into a
replica of the two-year techn1cal
communications schools. We need a
blend of liberal courses of ttmy and
pr~tice, but the harm-on work is
important."
Schulman qeed, adding that the
department could offer programs in such
subjects as communications law, media
research. and telev1s1on critfc1sm.
'We're in the process of 8SS8SSing the
whole, and we need student input.
There's no set Wftt to approidl
communications
prrq-ams,"
she
continued.
"I think that writing is a very ~
preparation for the communications
field, so I think we'll still be working
closely with L ~ and literature,"
Schulman noted. She concluded, "General
knOWleoJB 1s essential. I'm 1n favor of a
See Communications pg.3

Biology Retreat Designed to Encourage Unity and Communication
by Eric S. Gundry
News Editor
A one- d6y retreat will be

held to enhance communication
and strengthen bonds between
the biology majors and the
professors
says
biolo;r{
deptartment
chairman, Dr.
Lester Turoczi.

The "Bio DialeJ,Jue Day" encompasses 1000 ~es. and
The sub- groups will 19:h
which fi rst took place six years provides ample space for a tockle a d1fferent oct1vity for
ag:,, wm be held on saturd6y , business and social ~ tivity.
one period and then rotate
Morning octivities begin octivities. The first group will
Sept. 22, and is open to aH
Jumor and senior biolo;r{ with a brainstorming session as continue the brainstorming
majors and f1n1lty. It wm be a problem solving tool, a meth&lt;XI started in the first session,
held at Camp Bresge, the YMCA pr!Eticed by encounter group. wh11e another aroup !Jl8S on a
campground in Whitehaven. The Participants ' will then be nature walk in the surrounding
biology deptartment feels that divi&lt;Ed into four sub- groups to countryside. A third group will
this is an ideal setting since it continue their inter~tion.
be at the lake collecting plankton

and water samples while the last

group is engaged in a softball or
volleyball game.
Supper will be eaten
together and then all students
and faculty will rejoin to see
what issues were raised
collectively among the groups.
See Retreat pg. 4

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Student Disgruntled Over
Treatment of Theatre
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To the Edi tor :

The proposal to remove Theatre Director, Michael o·
Neill from t he Center f or Performing Arts goes beyond
anreasoning. True, o: Neill may have been overworked,
but reinst at ing a secretary would have alleviated that
problem.
So t hen, why make two personnel changes inst ead
of one? That is a good question.
It seems only appropriate for o· Neill to work out ,
of the CPA Having an of f ice there wou ld bett er enable
him to cultivate the theatre program into an attractive
major. By drawing more prospective theatre students to
Wilkes the theatre program will only improve.
A noticeable improvement in any program would
take time, a luxury the administration, on September 6,
was not willing to provide too· Neill.
Given the opportunity, o· Neill would undoubtedly
strive to bring the theatre to its fullest potential. Under
the new proposal, O'Neill is limited i,n what he can do.
The CPA should exist first and foremost for the students
at Wilkes College, with the remaining time open for
commmity groups and organizations.
The students, particularly the theatre majors, and
er Neill are expected to endure a less-than-adequate
situation just to pacify some -administrators. Perhaps it
would be more valuable to concentrate on satisfying the
students rather than catering to' bureacrat ic expediency.
The use of Michael O'Neill as a glorified secretary
&lt;kring htstenure In the CPA was no less than a gross
mistreatment of a f lne teacher. Then, as now, a teacher
like O"Netll deserves far better.
Michael O'Netll is undoubtedly an assett to the
Wilkes Theatr e Department (as we 11 as the Language and
Literature Department). Lim i ting him would be a terrible
mistake, one wh ich the College cannot afford and the
students should not accept.

The administration of Wil kes College r ef uses t o leave
Dr. Michael O'Nei ll alone. It seems that every time the
theatre is having prob lems, it's O'Ne il l's fault. Even if there
isn't a problem in the theatre, the administrat ion fi nds
something wrong w i th the way in wh ich O'Neill works.
Last year Dr. O'Ne i ll was told that i t would be in his
best interest if the product ion of Moonchi)dren were
discontinued. It seemed like certain unprintable language
was being used in the play, and that certain people would be
offended by this language. Needless to say, Moonchi)dren
never left the ground. The ironic point to this issue is that
last year Wilkes College Theatre was scheduled to perform
Lysistrata. I strongly encourage students to look at a copy
· of that play. If that play can be approved, Oh, Calcutta!
would definitely be a possibility in the future.
Just when things seem to be settling down at Wilkes
College, the administration strikes again. This year, Dr.
O'Neill is in the process of being packed, shipped, and mailed
to Kirby Hall, where he will be expected to direct the
theatre from a distance. Where's the logic in that? This
tops anything I've seen at Wilkes. Why O'Neill is still here
amazes me. A professor like O'Neill deserves more respect
than the administration is providing. His credentials are
more than respectable; they are excellent. Why then must
the administration ponder such irrelevant decisions? Keep
Dr. O'Neil1 in the theatre. He deserves to be there. He kept
the theatre going when faculty members were being
dismissed left and right. The administrat ion needs to open
its eyes and watch the play i t is about t o direct. It will be a
tragedy.
Name on file.

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Wi1kes- Barre, PA
Wi lkes College Student Newspaper
Perm i t No. 355
Editor- in-Chief.. .......................................................... Timothy P. Will iams
News Editor............................................................................Eric S. ·Gundry
feature Editor ................................................................... ThomasJ. Monsell
Sports Editor ................................................................... .Janee' D. Eyerman
Copy Editor ................................ ................................................... Kathy Hyde
Business Manager ............... ..................................... ........................Joe Fulco
Co-photqaphy Editor ........................................................ Mark REmbaugh
Co-photc,Jraphy Ed1tor ................................................................... Eric Reed
Office Manager ......................................................................... Beth Mazzullo
Advisor .................................... ....................................... Dr. Christopher Fox
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�PAGE THREE

Changes in Work-study
Affect Student Aid
by Claudia Lee

Staff Writer
As stuoonts return to the
Wilkes College csmpus this
year, they may be noticing some
changes other than new
furniture and carpeting. Some
policy changes have occurred
that may not be immediately
noticeable, but which will,
nevertheless, effect many
stuoonts.
""
Last year, those stuoonts
who
qual1fled
for
the college work stU&lt;ty program
became either white-card or
blue-card
employees.
White-card workers were paid
by the federal ~ernment and
blue-card workers were paid
exclusively by Wilkes. If a
stuoont did not qualify for white
card or for some other reason
was ineligible for federal aid, he
or she automatically became a
blue
card
employee.
Unfortunately, this year, the
feooral !J)Vernment has set up
stricter guioolines dictating the
amount of money a stuoont can
earn. If a stuoont has a
Guaranteed Stuoont Loan, the
amount must be reduced in oroor
to receive approval for a
work-stooy card. In other
words, when federal !J)Vernment
aid is involved in the form of a
grant or a loan, a student may
have to alter that amount in
oroor to receive a card, and even
then , must ab loo by the
guidelines set by the !J)Vernment
regarding how much can be
earned. other sources of income
such as scholarships and outsioo

emplc,,,ment are not evaluated.
The Office of Financial Aid
must now carefully review
applications for work stU&lt;t,-, and
this takes time. During the first
few weeks of classes, for
instance, it was difficult to
locate tutors for the AC3Em ic
Support Center (AX) because
that time was being spent
check ing
their
fi ntlOCial
standings. It was likewise
difficult for
Dr.
Sours ,
chairman of the Math Tutor
Pro;iram, · to set up any
tutoring sessions because of the
extra ti me needed for tutor
verification.
Terry D'Angelo, chairperson
of the AX, stressed that "the
problem is that the federal
regulations changed from last
year. This is not Wilkes College
policy, it is !J)Vernment policy.
She Is handl1ng the problem of
the small number of tutors by
initiating ·a campus-wire search
. Tab Jes have been up in Stark
Learning Center, the cafeteria,
and the Stuoont Center as
sign-up centers for potential
tutors.
Since he Is running h1s Math
Tutor Program on almost
entirely blue-card workers, Dr.
Sours has had to cut their hours
in oroor to remain within his
budget. "It would be expensive to
run
blue-card
workers
continuously, he said. Dr. Sours
emphasized that his program
was set up to supplement, not
reploce feculty.
The work-stucty pro;Jram
benefits all who are involved by
giving tutors more experience

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with their subjects,
and
regardless of their jobs, all are
mak ing money.·
"The .·:co1iege will always
spend the money it has on bluecard workers for the benefit of
all students," Sours remarked.
So, while the federal !J)Vernment
has become more strict in their
guioolines, perhaps Wilkes
College wiH be able to regain
what has been lost.

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OE.Thomas Kaska, chairman
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stand separate," but saw
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probably the fifth largest move:-:.- "It all oopends on what
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Pcesidentio) Scholocsbios Awarded 22 lncoroioa freshmen otwUkesWjlkes-Bon:e--Twenty-Two high school students, who are entering
W11kes College for Fall semester, were awarded Presidential Scholarships
at new student orientation held yesterday, (Sunday, August 26) on the
Wilkes campus.
The students met criteria for scholarships by achieving 1100 minimum
on the scholastic aptitude test (SAT) and by ranking in the upper ten
percent of their high school graduating classes. Candidates were also
required to submit an essay and letters of reference to the Admissions
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children of Wilkes students.
Full and part-time day care is available at reduced fees for toddlers
and preschoolers Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Day care
centers nearest Wilkes campus are South Franklin Street Center, St.
Stephen's Church, and South River Street Center, First Baptist Church.
Wilkes subsidizes part of day care fees charged by Child Development
Council. Initiated two years ago by Wilkes, the program a~comadates
parents interested in college who need chi Id care services.
For more Information, contact Anne Graham at 824-~5 I, ext.367.

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explained.
If the fYNI
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number of required English
credits, the chairman observed,
"It m5Y undermine our ability to
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"As chairman of the Biology

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the number of communications
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recently announced that the College's participation in the 1984 United Way
Campaign has begun. The drive, an annual event at Wilkes, will continue
unt i I October 1.
Ogren is hoping for cooperation from 100~ of the Wilkes family, and he
emphasized that "even the smallest contribution will go a long way toward
helping others."
The local United Way allocates donations to several community
agencies that provide services and materials for training, planning,
allocations, government and labor relations, fund raising, communications,
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Continuing Education, said the program will be sponsored in cooperation
with the following agencies: Luzerne County District Attorney's office,
Children's Service Center of Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County Children and
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Gateway too great way of life.

�From Flood to Fire, She's Weathered it All
by Elizabeth Mazzullo
Staff Writer

"This is my eighteenth
freshman class," declared Miss
Peggy Jones as she reflected on
the cha~ Wflkes College has
seen over the years and on her
experiences as secretary to
Deans of Student Affairs , George
Ralston and Arthur Hoover.
"I started working in
Weckesser Hall in 196 7 .~out a
week before school started, and I
d1dn't know a grim report from
anything!" Jones laughed, lrlfing
"I've worked for Dean Ralston
and Dean Hoover most of these
years." She continued, "My two
brothers
and
my
two
sisters-in- law groouated from
here, so we're kind of a Wilkes
family."
Jones commented, "I've been
here through four presidents,
starting with Dr. (Eugene)
Farley." Of the new pres1dent,
Dr. Christopher Breiseth, she
said, "All I've done is _met him,
but I'm certain he's ~ing to be a
(Jxxjleimr."
Describing the changes
W1lkes Cl&gt;llege has gone through,
the secretary noted, "When Dr.
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lot different.
We had
housemothers, and now we have
resident assistants. The dorms
were much str1cter then, and
you had to sign in and out. After
he left, the 1960s came, and the
students hoo a b1t more freedom.
In the 1960s, students wanted
lots of things, and I think they
~t them. One time the students
came in and sat on the steps of
Weckesser 1n protest." But, she
observed, "It's quieted down
somewhat."
In her years at Wilkes,
Jones has also seen several
disasters.
"Dr. (Francis)
Michelini was president when
the flooo came In 1972," she
remembered, continuing, "Every
building had water up to the
f1rst floor. All the dorms had to
be restored; we needed to get new
furniture. This was in June, and
we were getting r8&lt;rlf for
school." The secretary added,
Peggy Jones' smiling foce behind the desk In Weckesser
"In December 1969. we hill a
welcomed
students to Wilkes for 18 year$.
fire at · the the Conyngham
house." The building was then
used for classrooms; Evans Hall many other changes in the every student , and I've seen a lot
was built on the site in campus, among them, the of students come and ~." the
~1t1on of Stark Learn1ng secretary commented, adding,
1981-82.
In
~ition
to
the Center. Jones also noted. "They "They even call me when they've
construction of Evans Hall, the had just moved the Mans· offices left to tell me when they get
deans· secretary has wJtnessed into Weckesser two weeks before married!"
I started my job here!"
Ixplain1ng that the Mans'
Jones feels that some of her . office counsels all foreign
most memorable experiences at students, Jones remembered,
Wilkes involve the students. "I "On my first d6y, I had all those
enjoy talking to students," she students standing in front of me,
gli11l nuGntumJW
explained.
"When every includino a youno African in his
Our Computer;ud
September
comes.
there's tribal outfit. That was a new
Rt&gt;sum• Se-rvic•
always
a
bit
of
excitement
with experience! I've even had some
wm help .
new students coming, and _it's of the fore1go students stay over
Yrite for
always a b1t soo 1n May when ot my house during the
Debils and
they graduate. I've seen almost holidays.'~

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The secreta-y ,has alsD
participated in smne stld!nt
sponsored fl:tivities. inc1ldng
several Student 8IMnaenl
summer p1cntc meetllVt In
lrlfition, Jones helped stllllnls
paint "The Cellar· in theSludenl
center last ye,r. mil Which
she said, "I tma~tiaa.·
Summing up her feeliDJs fir
Wilkes College. the dPms"
secretary concluded. ,n Ult
deans' off1ce, we cm·t g, lrf
student numbers, but hr 11a1S.
People here are rmm ned mu
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Ex-housing Director turned Artist
Takes Future into Own Hands

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hands because ho's a jeweler and
knows the satisfoction that
comes with working with your
hands.-..
She came to Wilkes as an
undecided freshman
leaning
towar ds art. She htK1 wrestled
with the looa of !))Ing to an art
school but didn't think she'd ftt
tn. "I didn't think I'd fit into
that kind of setting and I thought
a four-year liberal arts school
would be better for me." As It
turned out, she ooclared art as
her major and fell in love with
creating things out of lumps of
clay and porcelain. When it
came ttme for grtK1uation, Mrs.
Adorns MCI earned a oogree in Art
Education and a teaching
cetlflcate. She said she ooesn·t
know if she'll ever get into
t~hing because right now all
she can concentrate on ts
"getting out what is inside of me,
I feel that I have to it!"
Her love ot pottery was put
aside for awhile and she, along
with Paul, became the housing
directors in charge of all the
dorms and the students in them.
However, both Jeon and Pou I
knew there would be a change
someday. "We knew all along
that someday _I would \J) off on

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Jean Adams spends a lot of time lately sitting down instead of
chasing students around since she left the college to pursue her

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by Thomas J. Monsell
Feature Editor

Ex-housing director. Jean
Ad6ms, ts alive and well and ls
literally molding her future
with her hands.
Adams left her co-housing
director position this summer to
"pursue somethtno she's always
wanted to do" said husband and
Housing Director, Paul Adams.

What she has always wanted
to do is be an artist,
particularily an artist who
molds clay into beautiful pieces
of pottery that anyone would be
proud to have in their home.
Ever since she was a young
girl growing up in Emerson,
New Jersey. she knew she would
end up being involved with art.
"My fat her was very supportive
of anything having to oo with my

by side with Paul. I guess I kind
of !J)t used to it." said Jean. Paul
aoreed, "We knew It would be an
oojustment, but it was one we
were happy to make. It has its
oovantages and disoovatages, but
it's given Jean an opportunity to
something she's always
wanted to do."
Although they oon't work
sire by s100 anymore, Jean gets
up with Paul in the morning ano

oo

when he~ off to work she~ worth anywhere from $ 150 and
up into her third-floor studio up."
With pottery "you change
and begins a full day of creating
from
day to day, what you like
masterpieces. "When Paul gets
today
you may not Iike
home at night he always wants to
tommorrow."
see what I've mooe, he's my
JuOJtng by the pieces she's
biggest supporter and my biggest
IJ)t
around her studio today , if
critic." His criticism comes
she
ooesn't
like
them
from his experience in pottery.
tom
morrow,
she'll
have
no
"Paul uSed to do quite a bit of
pottery when we were in college problem giving them away. Jean
and he was pretty ~- He Adams is an artist.
knows what he's talking about."
Paul said that he misses the
time he and Jean shared when
they worked together but he
feels "that the loss of contoct has
been mtnl easier with someone
as easy to work with as Sue
( Tomalts).
Last year Jeon entered a
piece of her work in the Fine
Arts festival held here in
Wilkes-Barre but is really
looking foward to entering craft
shows so she can dlsp lay her
work. She feels however, "that
I'm a couple of months awf!y
from being r8&lt;rlf to enter any
shows."
She is very hard at work
trying to develop her own style ,
but says that is a long Wf!y off.
Jean Adams puts m a
"It takes roughly seven years to
full da_
y as can be seen by her
oovelop your own style, 50 rm .__sh_e_1v_es_r_u_11_or_w_o_rk_s_o_r..
ar_t..
.about a month along." That seven
years consists of work mg at She is an artist mat cartr.s about
least eight hours a day or more. her work. She says she is not a
perfoctionist but "is close ...
Jean wants to be a
Judging by the pieces she oocides
production potter and someday
to keep and the pieces she throws
sell her pieces, but along with
her production pieces there will away she's a perfectionist,
always be those "one- of-a-kind because a normal human being
pieces" that she will either keep couldn't tell the d1fference.
or give away as gifts. "My
production pieces w,,1 ~ i
anywhere from $5-$35
Ofle-of-a-k ind pieces wi II be
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Answers to puzzle· on page 5.
ACROSS

1 Untidy person
5 Choke
8 Irritates by
scolding
12 Citrus fruit
13 Beam
14 Century plant
15 Send forth
16 Sin
17 Weary
18 Flexible rod
20 Click beetle
22 Dine
23 Negative prefix
24 Blouses
27 Landed
property
31 Equality
32 Edible seed

33 Things to be - , - - - - -- - - - - - - - - ,
done
37 Harsh to taste
40 Goddess of
healing
41 High card
42 Lately created
45 Smaller
49 Enthusiastic
50 Kind
52 Ripped
53 Carry
FROM COLLEGE
54 Bishopric
55 Emerald isle
PRESS SERVICE
56Sow
57 Youngster
58 Act
8 Swimming
3 Leave out
9 Landed
4
lmprove
DOWN
10 Blood
5 Welcomes
1 Killed
11 Prophet
6 Swiss river
2 Kind of bean
19 Unit of Latvian
7 Marine: colloq.
currency
21 Spanish plural
article
24 Health resort
!,_.,+--+--+~· 25 Ugly, old
woman
26 Anger
28 Suitable
29 Golf mound
30 Organ of
hearing
34 Wanted
35 Noise
36 Painter
37 Frustrated
38 Frozen water
39 Tried
42 Rodents
43 Cry of
Bacchanals
44 Quote
46 Painful
47 Great Lake
48 Tear
51 Meadow

C ROSS
WORD
PUZZLE

© 1984 United Feature Syndicate

Weekend
Forecast
Artes ( March

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This could be your weekend.
Treat your loved ones right and
you'll have some amazing times.

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(April 20-May 20)
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Someone 1nterest1ng may enter
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Friday shows a lot of promise
and Saturday should be great if
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Sunday may t&gt;e a bit of a .let
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hope they' re not on the verge of
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extinction.
I mooe a promise to myself
Computers scare the hell out
once. I sa1d I'd never subm1t
of me
They're almost too good to be myself to the impersonal, cold,
true. I've heard plenty of times and plastic world of the
in my short 11fet1me that they computer. · But here I sit typing
wi 11 someday rep lace most of the my column on a computer.
things that man can oo. I would
Don't get me wrong, I'm not
never let myself believe it , and in any w~ putting computers
i 'd rationalize this thought by oown. They are pretty amazing.
saying "lrll never happen in my But I'm a little bit worried that
lifetime."
they someday m~ rep lace part
I think I was wrong.
of the human spirit, that tingly
Computers are everywhere. feeling we get when we're ooing
It seems like they are closing in something that we love. What's
on us too fast and I can't help going to happen to those people
wondering, "oo we know what who survive by ooing a job that
we're ooing?" Sure, there are will inevitabally be oone by a
all klndS of computer experts. computer? It would be easy to
As a matter of fact, -lately it say ··oh they'll f1nd something
seems they're like rabbits, else." But if computers keep
breed1ng too fast. I guess that's replacing people,
eventually
because that's where the money this wor Id will be filled with
about 100 zillion computers and
is.
Wf.ia,~er happened to the one ~er30n that know::: what'~

going on. That person will no
ooubt be the ultimate computer
expert and we wm all be subject
to his computer holocaust
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have
even 1
changed the w~ chtldren spend 1
their day. In the past, parents !
have hoo heart attacks ye Iling flt
their children because they
watch too much junk on
telev1s1on. Now what ooes a
parent StJf to a kid that's glued in
front of a computer learning
groouate school calculus?
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baseball out in the fresh spring
air? It's been replaced by little
blips on a screen ch8S1ng around
another blip. I wish congress or
somebocti,, would come up with
some gu1dl1nes w1th Just how far
the "computer age" can go, but
then ~in, what (PXJ would it
oo? ·
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Reagan Cuts College Aid
Reagan's proposed budget would
cut $330 million in student aid, or
Even wi th no further budget cuts, 913,000 graduate and undergraduate
more students could be chasing fewer awards.
aid dollars during a second Reagan
congress
has
consistently
term i f the admini stration achieves overridden the president's opposition
the
goals
set
out
in
a to increased education spending,
recently- released budget document.
holding the proposed cuts to a total
While the document, prepared by · loss of 20 percent of the 1980 college
the Office of Management and Budget budget.
(0MB), predicts no actual cuts in
"Fiscal '84 got some substantial
federal aid, It also suggests the increases," says Pat Smith of the
administration will ask for no aid American Council on Education (ACE).
increases,
and
forecasts
that "We may get some Increases again in
inflation
will
reduce
existing '85. Reagan didn't ask for them, but
programs by as much as 30 percent by we may get them anyway."
1989.
"For that reason, 1 expect no more
"The changes are due primarily to to be taken out,"says Don Gillespie, a
Inflation," says Barry White, 0MB spokesman for the College Board.
budget examiner. "We don·t anticipate
But since the '82 cuts, the face of
any policy changes."
the financial aid has changed, he
Prepared
last
winter,
the points out. Grant money has dropped
document doesn't reflect the more form 80.3 percent of the total aid
recent negotiations with Congress package to 48.2 percent. Loans have
that tacked $2 billion on to the increased from 16.9 percent to 47.8
president's ,
proposed
education percent.
budget, White stresses.
If a second Reagan administration
Even
with
'the
inevitable does manage to cut aid by 30 percent,
compromises to come In the budget Gillespie fears some students will be
process, the Senate's proposed 1985 priced out of the education market.
education budget of $8 billion and the
"The big fear is that in the absence
House $7.5 billion proposal already of student aid/ tower-Income students
outweigh Reagan's
$6.8 billion can't go to school;''._ ,says the ACE's
request.
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is not
to say the
But the OMB document is only a
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make changes beyond the 1985 1985-89 budget.
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When asked abouf maintaining
the Pell grant at the '84 schedule, current
higher
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(Supplemental
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University of Florida students soon may find their
; indoor nocturnal activities curtailed by a ban on
; members of the opposite sex spending the night with
them in residence halls and fraternity houses.
And if Florida and other col1eges are any
; indication, students everywhere may soon be facing
■ tough new restrictions on what they can do In campus
housing.
Florida decided to think seriously about joining the
; growing number of colleges that restrict visiting
hours when a university task force suggested the
changes in July.
:
The 13-member task force, made up of faculty,
: students and community representatives, was
■ reacting to an al1eged rape at a fraternity house and a
: campus hearing into a students complaint about being
; disturbed by late-night visitors, says Bill
Cunnungham, director of university information.
;
"Currently, overnight visitation Is not permitted,"
: Cunningham notes. "But 24-hour visitation is, so
■ obviously overnight visitation probably exists."
■
Among the suggestions were in-house monitoring
by students and staff of individual residence hal1s,
and live-in adult supervision In fraternity houses.
;
Most fraternity members reacted "very wel1" to
the recommendations, reports Tom Dougan, campus
: fraternity advisor, though many feel they have been
■ singled out because of the alleged rape thfs spring.
■
"In the coming year we'll start staffing the
: fraternities with grad students or house mothers,"
: Dougan says. "But most .fraternity members don't feel
; the presence of a house mother would have prevented
; what allegedy occured."
;
Last week, a 16-year-old girl visiting UF claimed
; she was raped at a pre-rush party at Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, which does not have a resident adult
■ supervisor.
UF poHce are still Investigating the Incident.
;
Some fraternity members also say they can't
affordthe$15,000ayeartohireahousemother.
Student reaction to the suggestions was minimal
because of the summer release of the task force's
report, but Cunningham expects more feedback as
students return to campus this fall.

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Field Hockey Wins One
by Maurt Lawler

Staff Writer
After a d1sappo1ntlng 0-2
start, the Wilkes field hockey
team was ab le to ;&gt;ut together a
so11d attack and defeat Jun1ata
2-0.
The l8it Colonels Im a
tough opener *Inst the top ten
NCAA Division 111 ranked
t:: izat&gt;ethtown, los1ng 3-0.
Wilkes was &lt;:Her run by
Ellzabethtown's precise passing
and oocurate stlckwork. Wilkes
couldn't manage an offensive
attack as a Ured defense. led by
junior, Alysse Croft, and senior
plle, Tracey Kelly, had to
watch Elfzabethtown out-shoot
Wilkes 34-6. Before getting

Injured, Troy Kelly had 11
saves and Jun1or, Janee Eyerman
came In to save 7 for the L8it
Colonels.
The WIJkes home opener was
spoiled by an FDU-Madison 1-0
defeat.
Wilkes beg6n to show some
offensive spark but was unable
to push the ball Into the ~ .
Freshmen Erika Oswald, Debbie
Marquart. Susan Dlcton . and
Jane Zeller put together a strong
defensIve effort but the young
Colonels
couldn't
stop
FDU-Madison's momentum to
prevent the score.
Cooch
Meyers'
team
travelled to Juniata and was able
to find a winning combination as
they defeated Juniata 2-0.
The Wilkes women played

more aooresstvely and scored
their flrst pl of the season
when sophomore, Sally Vojtek,
scored on an assist form
freshman, Jane Zeller.
Goalie Troy Kelly had 1O
saves In &lt;J)al oocompanled by a
strong defensive att~k led by
Alyssa Croft and sophomore half
b~I&lt; Sharon Domzalskf. Th1s
strong combination prevented
Juniata from scoring all
afternoon. Wilkes' second &lt;J)al
was scored by senior, Jean
Dougherty, on an assist from
Susan Dlcton.
~h Meyers 1s looking
towards a tough game . *Inst
East Stroudsburg Thursday, and
hopefully the L8it Colonels can
continue their success as they
strive for an MAC title.

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Sophomore midfielder Yvonne Pierman attempts to top
knock the ball from her FDU-Madison opponent. Wilkes dropped
their home opener 0- 2 to FDU.

Football Drops
Opener to Upsala
by

Janee Eyerman
Sports Editor

The Wilkes Colonels football
SQuoo opened the1r 1984 season
this past weeked by dropping a
uphill battle to Upsala College.
6-16.

Sophomore Sharon Domzalski and junior LIsa Thomas played tough defense in the
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Cross Country Plagued By Injuries
by Mike Keohane

Staff Writer
This past Saturd&amp;y the
W111&lt;es harriers opened their
t 984 season on a sour note,
with a three-way loss to three
very talented teams from
Bloomsburg, Delaware Valley,
and King's.
The mied pressure of these
three strong teams, plus the loss
of four W11kes runners did not
help the harriers at all. The

new head coach, Bill Kvaj e, st ill
has reason to feel opt1m1stic

about his team because it was the
harriers' first meet of the

season.
Finishing very strongly for
the team were junior. George
Hockenberry , who plnced fifth,
and freshman, Tom Murso, who
plm:ed sixth. Closely following
behind was sophomore, Neil
Williams, and junior. Tom
Morpeth. Senior, Bob Venturi
and sophomore.Dave Machina,

are cranking out better and
better times as the final
finishers for the harriers.
The harriers look forward to
next week, when they take on
Lycoming College at home with a
full and heelthy team.
Please note that the cross
country meet scheduled for
w ~ , September 19 with
Philadelphia Textile has been
cancelled.

The Upsala Vikings, MAC foo,
!J)t on the scoreboard early in
the second quarter with a 15yard touchoown pass to Jim Cave
capping an 8 play, 47 ,yard
oownfield drive.
It was Upsala lrliing 3 PQints
to the boord w1th four seconds
left in the half to make it I 0-0,
Wilkes came out in the
second half r ~ to play and to
be aggressive. The hopes of the
Colonels were lying on the1r
passing game and not on their
running ability. Head Coach Bill
Unsworth was look Ing to leave
the Vikings in a daze by passing
right through them and m&lt;:Ning
upfield for the score.
The next 6 points of the
game were claimed by the
Colonels as junior Keith Conlon
blocked an Upsala punt and lone
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sprinted 35 yards for the
touchoown. Wilkes missoo the
extra point try and that left the
thrid quarter score at 6-10.
Upsala finished the scoring
for the day with 8:48 remaining
in the fourth quarter. Upsala's
Pat Arocho returned a Brad
Scarborough punt 78-yards for
the touchoown.
Ed Mann, co-captain and side
receiver, led WI lkes w1th 5
receptions for a tool of 76
yards, while senior, Mike
Slepian had three catches on the
day for a total of 34 yards.
The loss drops the Colonels
to 0-1 in the Mick1le Atlantic
Conference. The Colonels host
Lycoming College th1s saturday .
September 22 at I :30 and hope
to even out there record at 1- 1.

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As a member of the Wilkes
field hockey team , I often have
the oppor. unity to travel to
many different college campuses.
Recer:itly. I vts1ted the campus of
Elizabethtown College and was
amazed to find a gym complex
eq1pped with the best fact11t1es
and
ample
space
for
occomooating any
athletic
interest.
Elizabethtown College has an
enrollment of far less than
2,000 students and is hoping to
increase their enrollment by
tncreas1ng and bettering the1r
athletic facilities and programs.
This is an iooa that Wilkes
College needs to pick up on. At
the present time, Wilkes'
fac111ties are grossly over used
and in need of improvement.
Recently, the Wilkes College
Board of Trustees toured the
Wilkes athletic facilities and
were suprised by the condition
of the facilities and the limited

space available to students. It
would be a benefit to the
students, as well as a benefit to
the college if the Board of
Trustees would look Into the
possibility of building a OON gyn
complex or ~ing on to the
existing gym.
At this time the construction
of a new gym would requtre
demolition of several existing
buildings on campus or the
purchase of land elsewhere, and
this would all be at great cost to
the students. An iniition to the
existing gym building would be a
much more economical move at
thts ttme.
A multiple noor complex
could be erected on the vacant Jot
oojacent to the gym on Franklin
Street. This oodition could house
rflluetball/tennis courts, a
swimming pool on the lower
level , another basketball court,
a Joccuzzl and sauna, nautilus
·
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variety of other train11l!)
equipment.
The ~ition of this complex
• would not only help our athlettc
programs by · allowing them
other forms of training, but it
would also serve as a social
gathering area for students not
involved in on-campus sports.
Another benefit of increased
· facilities would by the expansion
of the college Intramural
program. If there were more
places to hold events, there
would be more events schedule,
and therefore there would be an
increase in the student
participation.
Good athletic facilities are a
must at any school hoptng to
remain on top, or close to the top
in the small college field.
Wtlkes College ts presently
enjoying a high enrollment year,
but may neoo that ectJe of ~
athletic facilities to sti,v aheoo
in the future.

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What sport uses rubrrer
cushions and slate beds?
Who's played the most games
for the New Yori&lt; Yankees?

What ball game did James
Naismith invent at Springfield,
Massachusetts?

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BECOMING A NURSE IN THE ARMY.
And they're both represented by the insignia you wear
as a member of the Army Nurse
Corps. The caduceus on the left
means you're part of a health care
system in which educational and
career advancement are the rule,
not the exception. The gold bar
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Wi1kes-Barre, PA 18766

Vol. XXXVI I
No. 2
September 18, 1984

Soccer Defeats Upsala, 4-1

Freshman, wingback Matt Ryan moves the baJJ upfield as
teamate Tom Pr1nzo looks on. The Colonels easily defeated
the scrappy Upsala side 4-1.
SCranton and a w1n aga1nst . thefr new field on Tuesday,
Upsala College.
September I I .
This game
The Colonels played the proved to be a game sbranton
number one rllllced Division 111 refused to lose. The RCJyGIS
team in the region, the SCranton oominated play throughout the
The W1lkes soccer team R(1y'81S.
first half, but were unable to
remai~ .500 this week with a
The Colonels traveled to score.
loss to the University of SCranton for the christening of
In the second half, the
and
Frank Wanzor
Staff Writers

by Mark Tobino

frustrat ion continued for the John Pursell.
Pursell St:IW
boaters of Scranton as Trapani again at the far post and
sophomore (JJ81keeper Don Shaw the outcome was stmtllar wtth
made numerous saves to keep the Trapani netting nis second ())81
Colonels in the game.
of the game.
At the 81 :00 minute mark 9f
Within a matter of minutes
the game, the exhausted Wilkes the Colonels were knocking on
defense finally called on Don the oo:ir aga1n as Greg Trapani
Shaw one too many times. A was taken oown inside the
Scranton midfielder, Brian penalty area and was awarded a
O'Cellahan, received a throuoh penalty kick. Trapan1 sk1llfully
pass to beat Shaw from eight placed the ball in the back of the
yards out, for the only score of net for his first of the season hat
the game.
trick and a 3-0 halftime lead.
The boaters retur ned home
The second half became a
to prepare for their home kickball gaf!)e with ne1ther team
opener against Upsala College controlling' the play. Upsala's
this past weeked.
only ())81 came from oofensive
The home opener was communication
breakoown
successful for Wilkes , as they between the keeper, Don Shaw,
defeated Upsala 4- I.
The · and a Wilkes defender. The
Colonels, looking for an result wos an own-gJal for
offensive punch , found the Upsala making the score 3-1.
answer in junior, Oreg Trapani.
Confusion broke out as to
Greg gave the Colonels 3 of the 4 what sport was being played as
goals it took to earn the victory. Upsala pulled their goal keeper
Trapani opened the scoring with ten minutes remafn1ng tn
at the 33:00 minute mark when the game. This left the net open
-freshman stopper baclc, Tom for freshman . Drew Riendell as
Prtnzo found sophomore Mike he closed out the scoring with a
Molll1f at the wing pos1t1on. 30-yard chip into a vacant net.
Mollc,y' beat a defender and lofted The final score was 4- I .
a ross to the far post at shich
Overall, Head ~h Phil
point Trapani was waitin to net Wi~t was not pleased with the
his first of three goals.
performance of the team and
Two minutes later the hopes to see better play when the
boaters struck again , only this Colonels host Allentwon College
time with sophomore, Frank on Wednesday, September 19,
wanzor, passing to freshman at 3:00.

Wilkes Volleyball
Captures Tournament Title
by Petty Bobbin

Staff Writer
The Wilkes volleyball team
successfully captured their
home opener last week , defeating
PSU-Lehman 16-1 4, 15- 0,
15-8.
The Laay Colonels then
travelled to Elizabethtown
College to find a r ~ and
waiting team. The looies droped
thefr match to Elizabethtown fn
three straight sets.
Once back on their hame
court, the LOO{ Colonels pJayed

host to the Luzerne County the second game the Laay
Volleyball Tournament and Colonels turned the tables and
caputured the title after captured the game. The third and
defeating cross-town rival final game was won by
Mfserlcordla
King's College.
With a record of 1-1 , the
In round one, the Wilkes
L
aay
Colonels oovanced into the
women found themselves pitted
championship
round against
agafnst
Luzerne
County
King's
College.
The Wilkes
Community College.
Wilkes
easily defeated LCCC and set the women easily 03feated King's
with aooressive play and
pass of the tournament.
After rolling over LCCC, stamina.
The volleyball team plays
Wilkes found Itself up against a
tough Miserirordia SQtJOO. The host to SCranton ,on Wednesday ,
first game of the match put the September 19.
Wilkes women on the defense. In

The Wilkes Volleyball team came back from a dissapointing
loss to capture the Luzerne County Volleyball Tournament.

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