THE CAPITOLIST
Vol. VII, No. 6
VOTE—Election
Day Today—VOTE
TODAY is General Election
Day. The polls, located in the
Gallery Lounge, will be open
until 6:00 p.m.
Seniors and juniors will be
electing new executive officers
and senior senators for the
1972-73 academic year. Also on
the ballot are constitutional
questions, a presidential
preference section, and the
nominees for the James A.
Jordan Jr. Memorial Teaching
Award.
Students are eligible to vote
only if they show the
poll-watchers their Penn State
ID card. Absentee ballots are
also due by the 6 o'clock
deadline. All students are urged
to let their individual voices be
heard by voting. The results are
tentatively scheduled to be
published in the Student Center
later TONIGHT.
The following students are
running for SGA offices:
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
PRESIDENT: Eugene Bryan,
SO SC; Mike Dini, SO SC Sec.
Ed.; Fred Manas, SO SC; Ray
Nearhood, HUM; John Sheridan,
BUS.
VICE-PRESIDENT: Max
Brady, BUS; Charlie Carlin, SO
SC; Marilyn Levin, SO SC.
RECORDING SECRETARY:
Bernadette Boyle, SO SC no
opposition.
CORRESPONDING
SECRETARY: Debra Young,
EL ED no opposition.
TREASURER: Tom Dixon,
BUS; Don Snyder, BUS.
Capitol's Reaction to Nixon's
War Escalation
Last Tuesday morning, in the
wake of Pres. Nixon's escalation
of the War in Indochina, this
campus did not erupt in anger,
but it did display an anguished
concern over _the Nixon policy.
At an emergency meeting of
the Student Government
Association, the Senate passed
the following by the oddly
narrow vote of 7 in favor, 6
opposed, and 1 abstention.
The Student Government
Association of the Capitol
Campus of the Pennsylvania
State University hereby
authorizes that an academic
symposium be immediately
initiated to constructively
discuss and protest the recent
developments in the war policies
of the United States
Government in Indochina.
The members of the Senate
almost blocked an effort to hold
the impromtu symposium which
was supposed to serve as an
organ to calm down the campus
community. After the action
taken by the SGA, Pres. Terry
Wimmer took it to an emergency
session of the Faculty Council,
which in turn endorsed the
SENATORS
SOCIAL SCIENCE: Ron
Edwards, Evon Golphin, Elyse
Paul.
BUSINESS: Joe Perretta
(incumbent), Joe Kubiak, Bob
Thompson.
HUMANITIES: Bonnie
McSweeny (incumbent) no
opposition.
ENGINEERING: Ron Snyder
(incumbent) no opposition.
ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION: Andrea Fuller,
Judith Lepere, Anthony
Lombardozzi, Jim Quill.
MATH-SCIENCE: NO
CANDIDATE one senator will
be appointed from program
students.
Students will vote for one
candidate in each category of
Executive Officers. Students will
vote for one senator only in the
academic program in which they
are enrolled, plus another
candidate for any other
program, including the program
in which the rust senatorial
ballot was cast.
For example, a student could
conceivable vote for Miltilda
Rosencrantz (fictious name) of
EL ED as the program senator.
That student could then vote for
another EL ED candidate for the
at-large seat or from any of the
other programs.
Five program seats and four
at-large seats are designated.
Because there are only 14
candidates for nine seats, there
will be only five losers in the
senatorial competition.
SGA's action with the following
recommendation:
The Faculty Council hereby
recognizes and endorses the
initiative of the Student
Government Association with
regard to its proposal of May 9,
1972, to hold an academic
symposium.
The Faculty Council urges the
participation of the faculty in
this endeavor and encourages the
participation of the students in
their respective classes.
One-half hour after the two
recommendations were passed,
the symposium began in an
auditorium packed with
concerned students, faculty and
administrators. The auditorium
was to remain jammed for nearly
five hours as faculty members,
most of them deploring Nixon's
actions, spoke before the mass
gathered there.
Dr. Robert Colman was
disgusted with the escalation,
calling it a flirtation with World
War 111. He condemned the
action, but spoke, for the main
part, in a calm manner. He called
for a united action of some sort
of protest the Nixon action.
"All The News That Fits . . . . We Print"
CAPITOL CAMPUS - MIDDLETOWN, PA
COURSE
ADVISEMENT
A planning meeting
concerning advisement and
registration was held on
Monday, May Bth. Participating
were students, Division Heads
and Faculty. The following
procedures were approved as a
means of collecting data which
will hopefully eliminate the
problem of students not being
able to be enrolled in courses
they desire or are advised to
pursue.
All currently enrolled
undergraduate students who
plan to attend the Summer Term
1972 must be pre-advised the
week of May 11 -26.
Arrangements should be made
for an appointment with your
advisor to be conducted during
that time. Prior to the
appointment, students must pick
up a registration packet at the
Records Office (Room E-106).
As soon as you are advised, take
your completed packet to the
Records Office. All
undergraduate students must
finalize registration on Tuesday,
June 27tri,
The week of May 22-26 will
also be pre-advisement for all
students who plan to return next
year. Actual pre-registration will
be accomplished during the
summer by mail. Students
should notify the Records Office
if their summer address will be
different than their permanent
record address.
Procedure is as follows: All
returning students must see their
advisor the week of May 22-26
to plan their entire 72-73
Other speakers taking part in
the session were Dr. Robert
Bressler, Dr. Thomas Knight, Dr.
Pat Splane and Dr. Stuart
Goldman. Wimmer served as
moderator for the imporpyu
affair.
During Brosslei's talk, he
criticized Nixon, using sharp
language; but it was not obscene.
Yet some members of the
audience thought he used an
obscenity, and responded to his
remarks with catcalls. Bressler
was constantly challenged by a
few high-keyed individuals from
the back of the room, one of
them at one point standing up
and screaming in a raging voice
that Nixon was doing the right
thing.
Bressler was heckled by the
same small group of individuals
about his blatant criticism of the
President's policy. He rallied the
anti-war sentiments with an
emotional pointed answer, that
"we have a Constitution right to
criticize the President."
Knight saw the entire
Vietnam issue as only one facet
of an even bigger problem. The
main issue was that we as a
NEXT WEEK
Any questions concerning
actual course content of courses
which are not listed in the
Capitol Campus Catalog should
be directed to the Program
Chairman.
Procedural questions should
be directed to Mr. Lewis or Mr.
Slygh, Academic Services Office,
E-106.
people are obsessed with power,
and indeed, are possessed by it.
Splane did not really criticize
the President's actions, but he
did not adamantly support them
either. He provided some relief
in the tension-filled auditorium
with his pointed barbs. At one
point, in referring to an issue
under discussion, he pointed out
a fallacy in an argument. "Let's
call a spade a shovel," he said,
"because I don't want to get
into trouble with anybody."
Goldman spoke about what
the Reaction of the Soviet
Union might be. He was very
poor at predictions, he asserted,
because he thought that the
border clashes between China
and Russia in 1969 would result
in a large armed conflict, but it
did not take place.
After the speakers and the
long afternoon of hassling,
Wimmer tried to get a response
out of the 60 students remaining
in the auditorium. A few
thought a student strike of
classes was necessary. Others
called for a mass demonstration
and ringing of doorbells in
Middletown and Harrisburg, to
program. For each course
desired, a pre-printed 3x5 card
will be completed and left with
the advisor. Those cards will
then be tabulated to determine
the total number of students
desiring a particular course. This
will afford an opportunity for
the Division Heads and Program
Chairmen to analyze student
desires and attempt to offer each
returning student the maximum
opportunity to enroll in courses
indicated. This plan requires the
fullest cooperation of all
students and faculty advisors, if
it is to be valid.
Packets will bema iled to
students in August. Packets must
be completed and returned
within one week. Upon receipt
of the packets, Academic
Services would pull class cards
up to course limits. If any
student is closed out of a desired
course, he will be notified by
mail as to the course or courses
applicable. (NOTE* Course
enrollment limits are established
by each Program Chairman and
can be changed only by the
Program Chairman. Course limits
may only be increased to the
seating capacity of the assigned
room.)
Returning students who do
not pay their tuition or obtain
financial clearance from the
Finance Officer by the
announced date will lose their
priority for enrollment in
courses.
Thursday, May 18, 1972
Rock
Festival
Postponed
Rain
Will le held This
Sunday, May 21
New Numbers
Effective the summer term, in
order to adjust to
University-wide numbers, the
course numbering system will be
slightly revised.
All 498 labels, independent
studies, will become 496. All
499 labels, Special Topics, will
be designated 498.
The new Capitol Campus
Literary Magazine, Tarnhelm,
will be available on Tuesday,
May 23, at the Roundtable.
There will be no charge
for the publication.
NO Classes:
Monday, May 29
Mae-up Date:
Thursday, June 15
let area residents know that
Capitol Campus can act as a
community. Still others thought
that a teach-in on Vietnam war
history may he benencial.
There were many suggestions,
hut there was no action. Capitol
again diplayed its ability to work
together as a community.
What Is The
Cost
Of Peace?
The Harrisburg Center for
Peace and Justice has carried the
cause of peace in this area for
many months now. They can't
continue alone.
That's right. They need
money.
But they need it to help us all
fight for peace. Any
contributions will be greatly
accepted. Look into your
conscience and help if you can.
Thank you.
Harrisburg Center for
Peace and Justice