October 14, 1970 Dr. Robert Levine New Assistant Librarian by Roger Hawkins Dr. Robert I. Levine has been as sistant librarian at Capitol Campus since May 26, 1970, after the resig nation of Mr. Butler from that posi tion. Dr. Levine’s credentials include a B.A. degree from Buffalo State Uni versity, a M.A. degree from Drexel University, and in addition, he was head librarian for two years at Weir ton, West Virginia. He informed me that at the time he accepted the position as assistant librarian at Capitol Campus, the li brary was in the process of receiving functions that had been carried on by' the University Park Campus ever since the Capitol Camptis’ existance. And as of July of this year, the libra ry became independent. Dr. Levine realizes that even though the library is in its embry onic stage-and contains for the most part an inexperienced staff, it has unlimited potential. He feels that the library will grow as the years go on. Already the library has one thou sand periodicals, including some of the nation’s leading newspapers, magazines, and journals. They in clude such literature as: New York Times, Newsweek, Ebony, Christian Science, Life, Black Culture, For tune, Ladies Home Journal, and many others. Dr. Levine is proud to mention that as new as the Capitol Campus library is, it has already been admit ted as a member of the Area College Library Cooperative Program of Central Pennsylvania. This enables students from our school to use the library facilities of other colleges belonging to this organization, and vice versa. Besides his official role as assis tant librarian, Dr. Levine wants to induce a friendly atmosphere in the library. He feels that a library should not be a place where students are comoelled to come and read, but states that “the students should con sult the library for recreational reading.” Dr. Levine is quite pleased to be a nart of our library and feels very confident that it will grow immense- Spotlight On Students .... Bill Pritchard by Maurice J. Kane, Jr. I remember seeing Bill around I asked him how he liked Capitol Community College of Philadelphia, Campus and his unqualified reply and wondering how he mustered the was “tremendous.” He feels that courage to attend classes. The rea- students and faculty make the insti son he might catch your eye' was tution, more than the facilities that that he arrived at school in a Yellow house them. His secret of success Cab and moved about the building is positive thinking and self discov in a wheel chair. He was known to ery. A disbeliever in categories (“un some as “Wild Bill” and overcame less they are absolutely necessary”), his physical handicap by earning an he sayg mugt decondition Associate of Liberal Arts Degree ... . , . ~ from CCP. Now, he is finishing up themse,ves without analyzing them his Bachelor in Social Science at Belves since ™is (method) produces Capitol Campus. Kuilt complex.” THE CAPITOLIST FACULTY PROFILE: Dr. Irwin Richman by Kathi Dooley and Lee Nell Once again, an interview by two agents working for Capitol Campus unearthed an interesting and unusu al personality found in the office of Dr. Irwin Richman. Statistically speaking, Dr. Richman did his un dergraduate work at George Wash ington University in Washington, D.C., followed by graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. Strangely enough, our professor be gan his college career with inten tions of becoming a dentist. How ever, in his junior year he did the switch to medical history. At present, Dr. Richman is teach ing courses in American Intellectual and Cultural History, Mass Culture, and last but not least, Art and Archi tecture. Asked how he became in terested in teaching Art and Archi ture and other such related topics, he explained that he became very in terested in it as a hobby. Dr. Richman feels that at Capitol Campus there is a comfortable, close relationship between student and teacher, and he enjoys small classes. He is looking forward to the addition of graduate programs to the already established programs on campus. He also noted that students at Capitol are often timerous upon the first few meetings of classes, but usually hang loose and turn on after they be come aquainted with the prof and the course. Among other interesting topics, Dr. Richman met his wife in one of his classes. His wife is better known as the former Dr. Susan Steigerwalt, row known as Dr. Susan Richman, Professor of Mathematics here at Capitol. They are currently the only husband-wife team teaching on cam pus. Some other of Dr. Richman’s great interests are collecting antiques, such as 17th century English furni ture, and his garden in the country where he grows flowers. (Question: are your plants legal? Answer: No comment!). Dr. Richman is also the leading authority on the history of tomatoes, being the only person who wrote two articles on it. As far as the future is concerned, he plans to stay around as long as things look interesting, and, so far, they do. A Dentist gets bock to the garden (tooth-trans-plant?) 'People must discover themselves' His attitude toward drugs follows this thought: “People must discover themselves, anything overdone can be harmful.” Politically, his convic tions are more liberal than conserva tive while maintaining a middle of the road attitude; in his phrase, an “irradical conservative.” Continuing on this he says, “People have the power if they only use it.” “Govern ment should be for, by, and of the people, not for, by, and of the poli ticians.” He believes in a commodi ty called “Human Potential.” Asked to define this he declined, saying it meant exactly what the term states. I asked him what lesson another student or person could learn from him. His answer was, “To face life in all reality, no matter what that reality is. To be able to understand yourself because in that way you’ll be able to understand everyone else.”
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