October 30, 1970 How About A Book Exchange Next Term? by Skip Lewis Anyone who has his ear remotely to the ground cannot but know the complexities that now trouble our SGA, but with all dark skies, there are some rays of sunshine that we can all be thankful for. Judy Jen nings is one of those rays. She is a Junior who, untroubled by overall problems, decided that a book ex change was in order and decided to take her idea to SGA President Lee Levan. Lee was very receptive to the formation of such a service for the student body. Three things are needed: a place in which to operate, and, of course, materials. As usual the “time hang up” comes with the acquisition of materials; but a plan has been de veloped. Here is how the Book Ex change will work. Let’s say you have a book from one of last year’s endea vors that you wish to turn into money. Fine. You go to the Book Exchange. The little lady behind the counter gives you a card which you fill out with some pertinent data a bout the book. The card goes on file with the Book Exchange. Now you wait until Joe or Mary is in need of the book you are selling and comes to the Book Exchange in search of a good second-hand text. They are given your name and address, and their name is put on the prospect portion of your card. Taking the prospect’s names enables the Book Exchange to keep a running account of what books have been sold so they don't keep old cards on file for an ex cessive time and don’t inconvenience buyers as well as sellers. It will of course be the responsibility of the sellers to check with the Book Ex change periodically for progress re ports on their particular book. AWARENESS (continued from page 3) ness and support. The Student Awareness Commit tee is now initiating their combined group plans for the Saturday, Oct. 31, 1970 mass rally and peace mora torium to be held in Harrisburg. Capitol Campus will be the hub from which all peace activities will stem for the Harrisburg area. A major concern has been in stimulating and mounting support from the neighbor ing colleges and high schools. In general, plans seem to be run ning smoothly for the Awareness Committee. Jim Benn said “I think this could be the biggest thing Har risburg has ever seen.” Personally, I think his prediction is quite possible and would like to see it happen, but without the student body’s support, we could fail. Actually, if this at tempt fails, you will fail. The Student Awareness Commit tee wishes to convey its gratitude to all its members and wants to offer new membership to all interested and competent students. Take an active role in our community. This is our world now and I hope we can do something more constructive than World War 11, Korea, and Vietnam. It’s up to you! PEACE. THE CAPITALIST Capitol Campus Head Shop Comes Alive by Lee Nell A couple of weeks ago, several stu dents got together with Iris Prager, Toni Jennings, Pat Murphy and Marian Kreiger to plan a comprehen sive drug program for Capitol Cam pus. Since Iris, Toni, Pat and Marian are employed by the University, you may assume correctly that this drug program will not include dispensing of pills, acid, grass, et al. This may be bad news to some of you, but it should be good news too. The Univer sity has taken steps to sponsor a stu dent-planned program with emphasis on interest, education and help for one and all. The program will include two major aspects education and rescue. Some of the details on the rescue aspect have not been settled yet, but the main idea is to have one tele-; phone number where anyone can call if he is on a bummer and needs help. What has been decided is as follows: the telephone line should be open 24 hours a day; the rescue staff will be there to help and to help alone; the staff will include students and con cerned faculty members; everything will be confidential and no narcotics squads will be involved in any way at any time. We hope to help this way but even at its worst, we can offer a willing ear for someone to talk to. The main thing is that we will be helping each other. And we can use your help. We can use your help also with the education aspect of the Head Shop program. The plans so far are to have speakers and seminars during the period of November 10 through 18. More suggestions for speakers and help in the seminars are needed. The only prerequisite is that you care. We can get together on this and learn by sharing. With the speakers we want to examine all drugs the best and the worst of them and of their effects. With the seminars we want to have students share with students some of the ex periences, problems and questions which arise with the subject of drugs. Although final plans have-not been made, some of the speakers who have been suggested include Chris Owen, who studied LSD with Dr. Leary, and John R. Snedden, a narc working out of Bellefonte, Pa. Also suggest ed were Walter Pahnke, who has done research on the theraputic as pects of controversial drugs; Father Edward Loughran and Some ex-ad dicts (by force and by choice) from “The Bridge,” a halfway house in Philadelphia; a man who is doing re search on opiates here at Capitol Campus, our own Dr. Nichols; Leroy Zimmerman, District Attorney for Dauphin County, who is quite ob jective considering his position, and several others from health and men tal health organizations. These speakers have been suggested, in part, by the students involved and will be invited to speak only with student approval. That’s it, folks. We can be happy that the Head Shop is to be conduct ed by students. But we also, then, have a responsibility. This program is designed to help you or your broth er here in the college community. If we don’t get your support, your help, then we might as well turn in our marbles. This has got to be a com munity effort, and we can make it work. As soon as they are finalized, the schedule for speakers and sem inars and the rescue telephone num ber will be publicized. Until then, go see Iris, Toni, Pat or Marian. They are lovely people who will be happy to talk with you. Or come to see us at 836 Jones Drive, in Meade Heights on Monday evenings at 8:00. We’ve got a good thing started here so let’s not blow it. NOV. 2nd, 1970 ARTIST LECTURE SERIES KOLO CLUB “MARIAN” CROATION SONGS and DANCES
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