A RAP WITH OUR PRES..
Interviewer-Ro Scanlon
Since there has been much
discussion recently about the
Type of student government we
have at Capitol, the
CAPITOLIST staff decided that
it would be a good idea to ask
the president, Lee Levan, about
certain issues. This “Rap With
Our Pres” column will be a
weekly feature, because we feel
that the students deserve to
know what their president is
thinking about issues which
effect us all.
Ro: “For the benefit of the
students who didn’t make it to
the last SGA meeting, what
happened this week?”
Lee: “A discussion with Mr.
Paul concerning tickets and his
function on campus... there’s
been a lot of complaints about
tickets, and especially the
manner in which they are given.
My impression was that most of
the disturbed parties in SGA
were satisfied that Mr. Paul was
merely doing his job.”
Ro: “What was decided?”
Lee: “There will be more
concern on Mr. Paul’s part
toward his relations with
student s.. .possibly more
discretion used by the people
giving the tickets...and Mr. Paul
is not the only one.”
Ro: “What else happened at
SGA?”
Lee: “The SGA proposed a
constitutional amendment which
requires a two-thirds vote of the
Senate to approve Presidential
appointments to SGA
vacancies.”
Ro: “What will become of
the amendment now?”
Lee: “It will be publicized for
at least two weeks, and there
will be a special election and a
majority vote of the student
body will be needed to pass it.”
Ro: “What did you think of
Terry Wimmer’s resignation
from the Senate?”
Lee: “SGA obviously has
shortcomings but they’ll never
be solved by giving up!”
Ro: “How did you feel about
the article on Wimmer’s
resignation in the CAPITOLIST,
last week?”
Lee: “Some of the statements
were true, particularly the point
that it will take a number of
years to build a good SGA. On
the other hand, some of his
statements were not completely
accurate and were made without
full knowledge of the
circumstances involved.”
Ro: “Lee, who exactly is
SGA Treasurer now?”
Lee: “Steve Wesley will take
care of any function that a
student needs a treasurer for.”
Ro: “Permanently?”
CAFE ALA MEADE HEIGHTS!
by Paul Snyder
Our one Community Spot for
much activity is open Tuesdays,
Fridays, Saturdays, and
Sundays, from 9:00 p.m. until
the last persons go.
The entertainment is pretty
much dependent upon those
who show. There was song and
dance, storytelling, coffee and
popcorn, last semester. Ned and
David with guitar, candlelight,
painting, drawing, crafts, and a
solo from Doe.
This is your place, and will
accommodate...if only a place to
go, or with a friend to rap...with
a talent to share, or a nap.
In short, it is the place to do
your thing. What we make of it
will be our own reward.
And the place? Yes, the place
is Meade Heights Coffeehouse, at
854 Kirtland Avenue, Phone
944-7827. Keep an eye peeled
for plans and changes to
appear...in the next addition.
Lee: “We’re awaiting a
student Court decision on the
constitutionality of the entire
matter.”
Ro: “Since there has been
criticism directed toward SGA,
how do you evaluate SGA’s
performance during this year?”
Lee: “I think in comparison
to last year’s SGA...which is the
most appropriate performance
to compare it to...we’ve done a
much better job in organizing
some systems and methods
which bring a continuity to
future SGAs at Capitol. I think
we’ve done comparitively better
in. ..establishing working
relations with the faculty and
the administration.”
Ro: “How about the SGA’s
relation to students?”
Lee: “We haven’t come across
well to the students, as doing
things for their benefit. My
emphasis for the rest of the year
will be in this area.”
Ro: “What would you like to
happen now with SGA?”
Lee: “We’ve organized for a
term, Juniors had a term to get
acquainted with the school, so I
would hope that students take
an active interest in the school
and volunteer to help with the
great amount of work that needs
to be done this term.”
STUDENTS
ASSIST
LEAGUE
Last term, the League of
Women Voters, in an attempt to
learn more about the
effectiveness and the inner
workings of Congress,
approached Mr. Neil Weber, an
Instructor in Political Science
here at Capitol. Their primary
concern was to gain information
and conduct a study on the
effectiveness of Congress in
today’s society. Four Junior
Social Science majors, Dan
Durante, Roger Getz, Rich
Polun and Terry Wimmer
volunteered to assist the League
in the form of an Independent
Study.
The research team will
investigate the Committee
system, seniority, the role of the
Political Party in Congress, Rules
on Debate and Proceedings, and
Authorization and
Appropriation procedures. It
will also include research to be
done in Washington and the
floor of the House and Senate.
The results of the study will
be released sometime in May at a
League Luncheon to be held in
Hershey.
MISSY D'ALESSANDRO—Chose
the interior decorations for the
Coffee House. Now, she makes
coffee, opens the Coffee House
and sees that everything is
together.
THE CAPITOLIST
Contribution
Aids
Youth Center
A $lOO contribution to the
Community Youth Center has
been made by the Human
Services Club at the Capitol
Campus.
Richard Bush, club president,
said the contribution was made
to help defray heating costs at
the center, located adjacent to
St. Michael and All Angels
Episcopal Church.
The club currently is
conducting a tutoring program
for Middletown and Royalton
children four nights a week at
the center.
The tutoring program, now in
its third year, is being held from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday. It covers
a wide range of secondary and
elementary subjects.
The Community Youth
Center, which was established
earlier this year, also is in use
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights with the establishment of
the Apocalypse Coffee House.
Ann Ferrino, a Capitol Campus
senior, is director of the coffee
house.
Chartered as a student
organization at the campus
earlier this term, the Human
Services Club is designed “to
provide a means of making the
Middletown Tutorial Project a
permanent part of the Capitol
Campus community
responsibility to those
individuals who need help with
their academic studies.”
In its constitution, the club
lists as its purpose:
“To increase the student
participation in campus
activities, especially those
concerning human needs of
people. To instill the spirit of
concern for human problems in
society throughout the campus.”
MISS CUMBERLAND
VALLEY PAGEANT
Applications are being
accepted for the Miss
Cumberland Valley Pageant,
sponsored by the Exchange Club
of Carlisle. Auditions to select
semi-finalists will be held on
Saturday, February 6, 1971, at
the Elks Lodge in Carlisle. The
pageant, to be held March 20th,
is authorized by the
Pennsylvania Scholarship
Pageant and the Miss America
Pageant, and its winner will
compete for the title of “Miss
Pennsylvania” at Hershey next
June.
Judging in the pageant finals
will involve talent, beauty, and
poise, and will cail for
appearance in both gown and
swimsuit. At the February 6th
auditions, however, street dress
and a talent performance are the
only requirements.
The franchised area for the
pageant comprises Adams,
Cumberland, and Franklin
counties. But, since there is no
pageant including Dauphin
County, students at the Capitol
Campus may enter the Carlisle
contest, regardless of place of
home residence.
A few copies of the rules and
entry blanks are available at the
college, and additional copies
may be obtained from Miss
Geneva Pittenger, 231 West
South Street, Carlisle, 17013,
phone 249-3626, or Robert
Shreiner, 862 Carlwynne Manor
B-209, Carlisle, 17013, phone
243-0740. Deadline for filing is
January 31, 1971. Applications
are also available in the Student
Activities Office Room W-105.
Book Exchange Open
by Skip Lewis
Come in the front doors of
the Ad Building, procede down
the West wing to Room 104, and
you will see in action students
performing a service for their
fellow students. The new service
is the Book Exchange. Unlike
other well meant ideas that
never progress further than
someone’s cranium, the Book
Exchange has actually
materialized under the
self-determination of Judy
Jennings. With the help of
volunteers, Jay Jay trys to
accommodate all the students by
keeping the Exchange open 2nd,
3rd, 4th, and sth periods. It may
close for awhile during the
middle of the term but the Book
Exchange will be open in plenty
of time to be useful at the end
of the term.
Here’s how the Book
Exchange works: Say you have a
book that is collecting dust and
you would like to turn it into
ready cash. Fine. You go to the
A SENSITIVITY
ENCOUNTER GROUP
HIGH
by Tom Hagan
On Wednesday, January
twentieth, I was fortunate in
being a participant in one of Dr.
Ed Racey’s sensitivity
experiences. I suppose everyone
who has been involved in one of
these has left with his own
impression. Here, then, is one of
those personal impressions.
Since this was my first time, I
was more curious about it than
anything else. We began this
session by standing shoeless in a
circle. Following the instructions
of Dr. Racey, the group of about
twenty-five closed our eyes for
the initial stages of various
“exercises”.
I began to become more
aware of the constant movement
of each part of me. Dr. Racey
suggested that perhaps we
become too intent on perceiving
the world with our eyes. By
closing them, I was able to feel
myself separated from everyone
and then as I finally opened
them, I felt (as well as saw)
everything that surrounded me.
We had opened our eyes as if we
were “seeing for the first time.”
I was amazed that the
multi-colored walls of the
Student Center were even more
colorful. It was time for really
appreciating my vision.
We then began to close the
circle until we were bunched
closely together. By doing such
simple things as shaking hands,
touching faces, and saying hello
with my eyes, I realized how
much of an individual every
other person is.
In the next stage, we broke
up into groups of about six to
“ad lib” on our own. We talked
about how we felt, smiling and
laughing. Some of us were lifted
into the air by the others.
We ended whenever we felt it
should be over. I walked out in a
very relaxed and timeless mood.
I had been able to sense a
magnification of my awareness
of my sight, hearing, and touch
through others. I thought it was
a nice night to walk outside with
a pleasant natural high.
Lc Bonheur
On February 1, Monday, the
Cultural Film Series presents the
movie, “Le Bonheur”. The
movie is a poetic and sensuous
hymn of the happy life of a man
in love with two women.
Director Agnes Varda portrays
personal happiness as a force
both self-gratifying and
pathetically destructive.
Book Exchange and fill out an
envelope with pertinent data
about the book and yourself,
including the price at which you
want to sell the book. This
information is filed according to
whether it is a course or a
non-course book. The book is
then placed on a shelf according
to curriculum. Non-course books
also include pleasure reading.
Now you wait until a student
who is in need of your book
stops into the Exchange in hopes
of saving some bread. He buys
your book. The attendant then
pulls your envelop from the
files, seals the money inside, and
places it in the pending file, until
it is picked up by the seller. You
sign the envelope, they give you
the money. The signed envelope
it kept on file as a receipt.
Well, now you know. We do
have a Book Exchange and you
know how it works. Stop in. Use
it. Let it work for you. And
remember...the future of any
new idea rests on today.
Jacoli
New Librarian
Dr. Emerson D. Jacob,
former librarian at Rutgers,
University, at Newark, N.J., has
been appointed librarian at The
Pennsylvania State University’s
Capitol Campus here.
His appointment was
announced by Dr. Richard H.
Heindel, dean of faculty at the
Dr. Emerson D. Jacob-New
librarian.
A graduate of Mount Union
College, Dr. Jacob received his
B.S.L.S. degree in library science
from Western Reserve University
Library School. He received his
M.A. degree in history from
Columbia University and his
Ph.D., also in history, from
Western Reserve University.
Dr. Jacob served as
acquisitions librarian at Michigan
State University for 10 years
before becoming librarian at
Baldwin Wallace College in
Berea, Ohio. He then served as
librarian at California State
Polytechnic College and the
State University of New York at
Fredonia before joining Rutgers
in 1968.
While at Rutgers, he
organized the acquisitions
program to support the doctoral
program in business
administration, other graduate
programs in arts and sciences
fields, as well as regional and
university-wide cooperative
projects.
A member of the American
Library Association, and the
American Historical Association,
Dr. Jacob has done research on
British history (Victorian
Period) in conjunction with his
doctoral dissertation.
He and his wife, the former
Doris Geiger, are the parents of a
daughter.
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