What do you feel are the key Master of Science in Information Systems "The main issue I face here: campus interviews. We always have to travel to State College for the first and second round inter views [for jobs]. If this campus could make some arrangement for potential companies to visit this campus, it would reduce much of our traveling time and expenses in attending interviews." SGA Seeks To Serve Continued from Page 1 Larger issues that emerged during fall 2000 included concern over security in the Olmsted parking lot following sever al car break-ins. and the inability of undergraduates to sign out mu:- Tia!l from the library's second floor. In a different level of repre , ,entatirx,_ SGA Vice President Joe Werner serves as a student member of the faculty senate. According to Werner, the faculty sen ate, which is presided over by Dr. Anita Vickers, coordinator of the Schuylkill humanities program, addresses and makes recommendations to the adminis tration on issues such as faculty workload policies, research requirements, library staff funding and academic program ming. As a member of the senator, Werner sits on the Student Affairs Committee. Issues before the committee last term included housing and academic advising. Werner openly admitted that "our advis ing is terrible." He encourages students to contact him with questions or concerns issues on campus? John DeSantis Finance "A faculty member left in the middle of a semester and I had to adjust to a new teacher halfway through." for the faculty senate. In addition to representing students on a number of levels, student government offers students the opportunity to try lead ership on for size. According to lierwit, students interested in „SGA membership can often accept app.milt/15e Ana for open positions throughout the soxreststr. "I didn't go into it with any real ezpec- Herwig said of her role as ViA president. "I expected it to be difficult," she said. "It's been wonderful," Herwig added. At the same time, the SGA, like any other governing body, is not without con flicts. "There's lots of different points of view," Ottaviano said of the SGA. "A lot of people challenged each other. It's not what I expected from a student govern ment." Students with questions or concerns can visit the SGA office beside the student lounge on the first floor of the Olmsted Wilding, phone the SGA at 948-6137, or leave a note in the SGA mailbox in the Student Activities Office in the same location. Survey and photos by Debra Glass Capital Times Staff Writer Ken Banic Electrical Enigineering Tech "I'm a new student here at Penn State. I moved in yesterday and everything is going smoothly. I'm looking forward to this semester." STUDENT SPEAK OUT Kari Beury Elementary Education "The mice living in our kitchen." Capital Times Policies The Capital Times is published by the students of Penn State Harrisburg. Viewpoints are solely those of the authors and are not representative of the college administration, faculty or student body. Concerns regarding the content of any issue should be directed to the editor. Advertisers are not sanctioned by The Capital Times. The Capital Times is funded with Student Activity Fee money. The Capital Times welcomes signed letters from readers. No unsigned submission will be reprinted. However, a writer's name may be withheld upon request and by approval of the editors. You may reach The Capital Times at Penn State Harrisburg Campus, W 341 Olmsted Building, 777 W. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA, 17057. Phone us at: (717) 948-6440, or e-mail: captimes@psu.edu. All materials - articles, photographs and artwork - are property of The Capital Times. No parts of this paper may be reproduced without permission of the editors. Graphic Design: Michelle L. Dauberman, Mitchell Davidson Bentley Writers & Contributors: Geoff Conklin, Debra Glass, Lori Mitchell, Andy Welcon Information Systems "Better notice of campus schedule changes during bad weather." Advisor: Samuel Winch, Ph.D. Editor In Chief: Cathie McCormick Musser Assistant News Editor: Barbara Gertzen Assistant Layout Editor: Michelle Dauberman Business Manager: Connie Goodell Photographer: Steven Shearer Steven E. Moses, Jacyln Talarico Gino Pasi American Studies "The lack of a sense of community."
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