Wednesday, April 21, 1971
“THE POST OF PROVOST’
by Terry K. Wimmer the President be elected by the
The announcement last week members of the Senate
by University President John W., themselves.
Oswald concerning the creation T}r Knight howGVGr fppk as
of the post of provost at Capitol does the rest of the faculty and
Campus came as a sudden Administration, that the
surprise to many members of the creation of the post of provost is
student body, but not to the a significant step towards the
faculty and Administration. achievement of the ultimate goal
According to those I have Q f this campus-autonomy from
discussed the matter with, the University Park. This goal will
move had been in the making for never be achieved however if the
months and that some have students of this campus are not
concluded the President s action properly informed of the major
may be the first of many to modifications in the structure of
occur in the upcoming months. the University, let alone
As usual though the student participate in the
body was not informed of this decision-making process. The
major change and as a result, the responsibility for maintaining
treacherous communication and this type of communication is
credibility gaps that plague this two-fold: (1) The Campus
campus continue to widen. Administration is obligated to
The creation of this post has thoroughly inform and involve
generated a considerable amount the student with and in the
of discussion within the internal and external affairs of
Academic Community as to the University structure. (2) The
exactly how the provost will Student Government
affect the current Administrative Association is ethically bound
structure of Capitol Campus. by its Constitution to be
According to President Oswald, cognizant of and involved with
the provost will assume full those affairs of the University
responsibility for both academic Community which directly
and administrative aspects of the affect the welfare of its
campus. Where then does that constituency,
leave Coleman Herpel, Director We, as members of the
of Capitol and Dr. Richard student body, are charged with
Heindel, Dean of the Faculty? It the responsibility of maintaining
has been surmised in some the credibility and sincerity of
quarters that once the new both the Administration and
provost becomes acclimated to student Government
the duties of the post and the Association. No matter how
campus on the whole, that Mr. charismatic or energetic our new
Herpel will retire. One must also provost will be, it will make
take into consideration that Mr. little difference if we continue
Herpel could conceivably be to be plagued by the internal
selected as the new provost. This problems confronting Capitol
seems unlikely though, for Mr. Campus
Herpel is nearing retirement age
and has faithfully served the
University Community for over
thirty years with great success. I
in no way wish to force Mr.
Herpel’s hand, as I am sure I will
not do, but it is the opinion of
this observer that he will
announce his retirement within
the next eighteen months. As for
Dean Heindel, • it is also
conceivable that he could be
selected to the post. If not, will
he continue as Dean of the
Faculty? If he is currently
considered as the chief academic
officer of the campus, how will
the post of provost alter his
status in the Administrative
structure of the campus? It is
extremely difficult to speculate
on this point for all the roles
under the new structure have yet
to be defined.
A conflict has arisen within
the Faculty Senate as to exactly
who shall take an active role in
the selection process for the new
provost. Several members of the
faculty voted against the Faculty
Council motion that the names
of four of its own members plus
four at-large members of the
faculty be sent to President
Oswald who will then select four
to serve on the search committee
for the new provost.
Although the motion passed
by a wide majority, there are
those who have seriously
questioned the credibility of the
decision. One such individual is
Dr. Tom Knight, a former
member of the Faculty Council
who feels that the students
should have a more direct and
active role in the selection
process. Dr. Knight claims that
the action taken by the Faculty
Council and Senate in not
including the names of students
in their recommendation to the
President has implied that “niere
democracy has become radical.”
He added however that a strong
Student Government
Association would of been in the
position to demand
representation on the search
Dr. Knight also
critized the Faculty Council for
not recommending to the
Faculty Senate that the eight
individuals to be submitted to
On The Way
To The State
Hospital..
Scene I: As we venture down
the bustling hallways, we
confront the heroes of this tragic
article. Fighting off the villians,
they escape to the security of
their office. While congratulating
each other on their narrow
escape, they discuss how they
will deal with the president of
the I Felta Thigh Committee and
his demands for three hundred
thousand dollars so they can hire
Ed Sullivan to do Tuesday
night’s dance.
Kati: “Well, Bill, maybe the
people from the Dorm’s will
come.”
Bill: “Look, if they didn’t
come when we had the Singing
Seals from Middletown, you
expect them to come for Ed
Sullivan?”
Kati: “But Bill, we did have
three people for the Jumping
Jigaloes from Lower Japip, and
we only paid them two thousand
to come, so we should have at
least fifty people for good ole
Ed.”
Bill: “You have a point there!
Especially if we give away the
balloons from Gino’s.”
Kati: “Face it Bill, you can’t
please everybody, and even if we
please only three people it will
be a success and they really
don’t want that much money.”
Bill: “Look, its getting late
and we did promise to visit
Barry at Norristown State
Hospital, so we better put on
our desguises and sneak out the
back way so the president from
Tappa Keg Aday doesn’t see us.”
Epilogue: Two months later
we find that Bill Ducassoux and
Kati LaMoneca have joined
Barry Kimmel at the State
Hospital along with all of the
previous Chairman’s of the
Social Committees of years past.
The End
P.S. Why don’t you join the
Social Committee, after, all
Norristown isn’t that bad.
THE CAPITOLIST
XGI Conference
VETERAN'S CONFERENCE—RaIph Bailor, second from left,
president of the Capitol Campus Chapter of Chi Gamma lota,
compares notes with speakers and delegates at the statewide
conference held here April 3.
Representatives of Veteran’s
Clubs from 19 colleges in
Pennsylvania took part in a
one-day meeting Saturday, April
3, at the Capitol Campus.
Chi Gamma lota,
ex-servicemen’s fraternity at the
campus, hosted the conference
which was held in the Main
Building.
Speakers included Robert D.
Ford, of the Governor’s Council
for Human Services; Dr. Joseph
P. Gavenonis, director of the
Bureau of Private Schools and
Veterans, Education,
Pennsylvania Department of
Education; Dr. James J. Smith,
coordinator of Identity ‘69, and
Robert Spanogle, president of
the National Association of
College Veterans.
Also taking part were Stuart
Feldman, of Washington, D.C.,
chairman of the National
HEY.
I’M A NEW STUDENT
by Thomas Ogden
On an inconspicuous
Thursday, not too long ago-as a
matter of fact it was, perhaps
aptly, April Fool’s Day-about a
hundred new students invaded
this campus. Some were
returning students; others were
transfers from different colleges
or various Commonwealth
Campuses of PSU (“For the
glory of Old State”); still others
were ex-Gl’s. The story you are
about to read is true; only the
names are the same to intimidate
the innocent.
I arrived on campus
somewhere around two on
March 31. I had until 4:30 to
check into my room. I
discovered I had been accepted
into Meade, and after visits back
and forth from Meade to the
dorm to Meade to the dorm, ad
nauseum, I decided to stay in
the dorm. (“What, you fool!”
cry the Meaders. “The dorms?”)
Seems I didn’t want to move in
with three unknowns in
mid-season, not knowing what
sport I’d be playing. Anyway I
got back to the dorms, or more
correctly, into the Housing
Office. One girl was trapped in
her room and couldn’t get out.
Another boy in a single was
doubled and some girl who
wanted to double with
what’s-his-name was singled.
Problems, problems.
Indiscrimately roomed with
another guy waiting in the
Housing Office, I was lucky to
be thrown in with another guy
like me-shy, quiet, reserved,
nonchalant, handsome,
intelligent, modest...
So what? Every student goes
Committee of Veterans Benefits,
and Rudy Frank, of the
Economic Opportunities
Commission.
Ford, a 1970 Capitol Campus
graduate, has been instrumental
in development of the Program
to Advance Veterans Education
(PAVE).
Ralph Bailor, president of the
Capitol Campus Chapter of Chi
Gamma lota, said the 69
delegates attending the
conference discussed various
topics, including the PAVE
program, communication
between colleges and
organization plans.
The delegates, he said, agreed
to form a state organization,
with officers to be elected at a
meeting planned for May 1 at
Susquehanna University,
Selinsgrove.
through the same thing, you say.
Well, this was the pleasant half
of the article, to lull you into a
pleasant sense of euphoria for
the bland attacks of the
remainder. Why is it that no
matter where new people go
they must always be the one to
say “hello” first? Not that
anyone is under an obligation to
talk to a new student, except
maybe his advisor. But it gets so
tiresome saying, “I’m a new
student, and...” In Fall it is
different; I went to another PSU
campus. In Fall nobody knows
anyone. But a student coming in
mid-year needs a friendly
greeting.
We were indoctrinated into
the registration procedures,
advisor routine, etc., but why
were there no students to tell us
what to do at nights, to tell us
we can get seconds at the Dining
Hall, to warn us about, well, you
know which prof. True, there
were only about a hundred of us
on campus that first weekend;
but why were there no activities,
NOTHING HAPPENING, to get
us into the groove of things until
the following week, if not for
our sake, for yours. (Sorry,
don’t mean to bitch.)
So now, fined to death,
having learned the hard way and
already dropped one of my
courses (number two coming
up? I guess not, now that I’ve
read this much), weary of the
do-nothing weekends on
campus, and STILL vainly
searching a good piano on
campus, I fall in behind the rest
of the campus, thinking, “Why
doesn’t anyone do anything?”
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POTPOURRI
by Missy Rotondaro
I want to make it known that
I alone, did not write this
masterpiece this week.
Contributions from Mrs. Brown,
Iris Praeger, and Dr. Splane
added a special, wonderful,
outstanding “touch" to this
column. 1 have to give credit
where it is due. Each one of you
has a great deal of talent, not
necessarily writing talent, but
talent.
Moving right along, let’s start
off with a question for all the El
Ed’s out there.
THE QUESTION: Which is
the hotter, the key of E or the
key of G when singing “Six
Little Ducks That I Once
Knew?"
Marijuana is a real drag.
A rock festival is being
planned for May 16. Remember
that date.
Who is the bird woman of
Wrisberg?
Her name was Virginia,
They called her Virgin for short.
But not for long
History Scrapbook:
18 years ago today Rigo
Fusselback was the first fatality
of servomation.
One week ago today
President Oswald discovered
there WAS a Capitol Campus.
Who wears yellow woolies
with tennis shoes?
There was a young man from Sian
Whose lines just never would scan.
He said with a sigh,
“It’s just that I
Like to get as many words
into the last line
as I possibly can.”
What’s better than L-S-D?
S-E-X, if you get a good
pusher.
THE BIG TRADE OF THE
SEASON: Steve Roscn/.wcig
traded Coco Laboy, Willie
McCovey, Lee May and four
promising rookies, to Harvey
Brown, for Gary Nolan (No. 75
in the first baseball scries.)
Since there have been many
requests for another delicious
Potpourri recipe, I decided to
share with you this quick, easy
to prepare dish
Snapperoni Franks
Ingredients:
3 frankfurters
152 pork and beans
(in tomato sauce)
2 bowl fulls (diced pepperoni)
1 bottle catsup
2 bowl fulls (pickle relish)
6 frankfurter buns, split
Now, begin by placing franks
in boiling water; simmer,
covered, around 20-25 minutes
or until all puffed up.
Meanwhile, mash all those pork
and beans up, slightly now, in
fact wash your hands and use
your fingers to mash. Now
combine those beans and the
pepperoni and the catsup and
throw in that pickle relish too.
Cook and stir. Toast buns. Place
franks on buns accordingly. Now
spoon on that heavy bean
mixture. Serves as many people
who are willing.
Hope you enjoy this as much
as the last one.
And until next week, eat,
drink, and keep happy.
Cameras A vail able
The Instructional Services
Office now has a limited amount
of photographic equipment
available for student use. A
35mm camera is available for
still photography work, while a
super Bmm and 16mm camera
may be used for motion
pictures.
If you wish to borrow any of
this equipment for class related
projects, get a note from your
instructor and bring it to room
W 338. For your personal
projects, a note from Jerry
South, Student Affairs Office, is
necessary.