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Editorials
AND NEXT YEAR?
by Tom Hagan
Let's see. The Head Shop
started in the Fall of '7O. That
means it is about a year and a
half old, or almost six semesters
at Capitol Campus. It is a
graduating senior in a literal
sense.
The starters of the Head Shop
were then juniors, for the most
part. While many present juniors
have shown interest this year,
their attendance at meetings is
an indication of the diminishing
participation. In addition, some
seniors turned their concerns
toward future directions away
from Capitol.
Many members are concerned
about the Head Shop's future.
Since its beginning, it has been
one of the best organizations on
this campus. There was the
"bust scare" of last year. The
Head Shop organized those
dialogue sessions to help
promote understanding among
administrators, faculty, and
students regarding both the pros
and cons of drug use.
It held dances and initiated
the Thanksgiving dinner, to
further a better community
feeling at Capitol. It started the
Hot Line for students needing
drug information, draft or
abortion referrals, as well as
anything else of concern. Now
there are two Hot Line numbers,
one for students (944-1033) and
a new phone for anyone in
Middletown.
The Head Shop initiated steps
toward the "The Open Door",
an in-person Hot Line or walk-in
center for the people in
Middletown.
If participation is too small
next year, it is conceivable that
areas of involvement
would be in trouble. The
attempts at better community
relations among Capitol Campus
and Middletown are now
showing success. The
Middletown Hot Line is used a
lot, mostly by high school
students. Less people to staff the
Hot Line might mean eventually
stopping its service.
And what about the Rock
Festival? The Head Shop has for
the past two years helped crowd
• with any bummers, sickness or
whatever.
Perhaps too many people take
for granted what it does. Or
maybe there is a lack of
knowledge regarding what it
does. Well, the Hot Line is used.
"The Open Door" is now a
reality. The Head Shop's
importance in accomplishments
as well as its potential is a fact.
Juniors arc needed, both this
year, and especially in the Fall.
If you are interested, talk to one
of the Head Shop people. Or
leave your name and phone
number at the CAPITOLIST
office (W-104). Or come to a
meeting any Monday at "The
New Birth" (946 A Kirtland
Ave.) around 6:30 p.m. Or even
call the Hot Line.
The Head Shop is pretty rare.
It has survived, even thrived, for
an unprecidented length of time.
Most clubs and organizations are
lucky to squeak through two
semesters.
Maybe it's because the Head
Shop isn't a club, or even an
organization. It's just a bunch of
people who like the idea of
communication.
It's worth perpetuating ...
See if you can held . . .
Please?!
Here
We Go
Again
by R. W. Bonaker
The abrupt cancellation of
Fertility Day last week marked a
low point in the area of student
participation in campus
activities.
For the entire academic year,
student apathy in not attending
educational and cultural events,
club meetings and sports events
has seriously undermined the
extra-curricular life of the
college.
Yet many people have
complained about an apparent
lack of activities to stimulate the
social life on campus. But we see
no lack in the number of
activities, just a lack of students
going to those activities. In the
fall term, numerous events were
scheduled, but very few of them
produced much student interest.
Then, the Social Committee and
the Cultural Programs
Committee did not receive as
much in the way of funds to
schedule a comprehensive
activities program.
Consequently, the number of
activities had to be curtailed.
Still, an adequate number of
events were planned. Student
interest was generally lacking.
Fertility Day was cancelled
because of a void of student
participation in planning the
event. Fertility Day, Capitol's
yearly ecological ploy, was
eliminated to the chagrin of us
all.
But it could have been
prevented. It is our intention to
see thatsuch a cancellation does
not happen again.
THE CAPITOLIST
Letters to the Editor
Election
To the editor
Who is Bryan? Who is Brady?
Who is Lavin? Who or what is a
Dini, a Dixon or a Carlin?
Are they the second string for
santa's sled this coming winter?
or last winter for that matter;,
they are just names stuck on the
walls, floors windows and doors
or any other place else they
can find without coming into
the open to show their faces.
What happen to open debates
and rallies? What happen to the
open forum of coming before
the student body to let them
know who they are? Are they
ashame of something? Or are
they afraid of not getting
elected?
There were times when
students knew who they were
voting for, not mere guessing
what they were voting for. There
were times when the candidates
if he really thought he was
worthy of office would come
before the student body to
present his ideas and philosphies
in an open manner.
So take down all these posters
and fliers they're nothing but a
bunch of liers. until the policy
of this school change it's voting
priorities many students in each
coming election will show more
apathy than it do now.
A CONCERN STUDENT
Ed. Note: The preceding
letter to the editor is printed in
the exact, unedited form in
which THE CAPITOLIST
received it. The grammatical
errors were too numerous and
blatent to be written by an
imbecile, consequently, the
editors decided that the errors
were purposely intended.
"CONCERN STUDENT"
complains that there were no
open debates or rallies during
the recent election campaign.
"CONCERN STUDENT" is
wrong about that. On the
Monday and Tuesday before
Thursday's election, open
forums WERE held in the
Student Center and the Gallery
Lounge.
However, the debates were
poorly attended by the student'
body. Yet the times and dates of
the forums were publicized in
two separate articles in THE
CAPITOLIST the week before.
But the Student Government
Association failed to post signs
publicizing the event, so student
apathy is not entirely to blame.
The main point is, though,
that there were candidate
debates during the campaign,
and before this letter was
written. Perhaps "CONCERN
STUDENT" is not as "concern"
as he believes. Perhaps
"CONCERN STUDENT" should
open his ears as well as his eyes.
He could have easily found out
about the debates, had he tried.
NOT LINE -944-1033
The Black Student Union
Choir of the Capitol Campus has
been performing at many
colleges in the past weeks. The
choir is directed by the very
talented Carol Sims. She not
only conducts but plays the
piano and arranges most of the
music for the choir.
Carol is a 12th term Social
Science major who is graduating
in June. She is doing a marvelous
job and enjoys working with the
B.S.U. choir as well as her own
Freedom Choir in Philadelphia.
Works oi Am
To the Editor,
I would like to register a
protest against the too abundant
use of posters, literature and
other paraphenalia by the
candidates in the recent election.
One must ask himself, Is all of
this necessary? I think the
answer is obvious. The "fun" is
not harmless as many believe. It
clutters the walls with often
tasteless and always too
numerous junk, thus making it
impossible for other
announcements of interest to be
presented to the student body.
Also, the quality of the
posters seem to be measured in
the number slapped
hap-hazardly on the walls which
unfortunately will probably be
the criterion of judgement used
to choose the next SGA.
This is a call for restraint and
quality in the future elections.
Sincerely,
Gary Wetterhall
This Week In The SGA
This week's Senate meeting
hurriedly began with the
committee reports. Harvey
Brown of the Election
Committee reported that
"everything went smoothly"
during the voting last Thursday.
But there was one hitch. The
At-Large seat won by Steve Levy
has been vacated by Levy's
withdrawal from the University.
Levy, it was announced, has no
plans to return to Capitol next
fall. The candidate receiving the
next highest number of votes
would theoretically assume
Levy's seat. But there is a tie in
the voting for that seat.
Judith LePere, of Elementary
Education, and Evon Golphin,
of Social Science, are tied at 33
votes. The original tabulation
showed the pair tied at 34, but a
recount found them tied at 33.
A special run-off election will be
held next Thursday, June 1, to
decide the winner. Any member
of the student body may
participate, voting for either
Golphin or LePere.
The constitutional question
failed to pass due to a lack of
enough students voting for the
measure. The current SGA
Constitution requires that 25 per
cent of the full-time
undergraduates cast ballots on
any constitutional revisions
before the change can be
validated. The current student
population is 1,427, which
required 357 students to vote on
the constitutional question.
Only 303 ballots were valid;
clearly 54 votes short of the
One-quarter percentage
stipulated. As it now stands, the
new administration, under Mike
Dini, will try to prepare the
revisions for a vote during the
third week of the fall term.
The Finance Committee,
chaired by Tres. Dan Ekberg,
reported that the SGA will gain
$1,600 profit in concession
revenues from the highly
In The
B.S.U.
The B.S.U. choir will be
singing at the Black Arts Festival
'in Harrisburg on Friday, May
28th, at 9:30 p.m.
The choir has as its members
many people who will be
graduating in June. They include
the lead singer, Lois
Brockington, Patricia Williams,
Brenda Colston, Gregory Garth,
Leroy Howell and Richard
Willis.
Best wishes to Carol and all of
the graduating seniors from the
B.S.U.
Thursday, May 26,1972
Thanks
From Mike
Fellow Campus Members:
As your newly elected student
body president, I wish to take
this opportunity to express my
sincere appreciation to all of you
who supported, encouraged and
worked for my election.
Lest we not forget those of
you who supported the other
dedicated individuals who
sought to represent you. Your
participation and support of
their candidacies is an example
of the concern and conviction
we all shoulder as members of
the Capitol Campus community.
I call on all of you for your
support in continuing our strides
at making and keeping our
campus "student oriented".
Yes, we can make a
difference!
Mike Dini
President-Elect
Capitol Campus SGA
successful Harrisburg Rock
Festival H. The following
allocations were approved by
Senate motions: $25 to ITE for
operating expenses; $165 to the
organization representing the
University Apartments for a
picnic during the second week of
June. The affair is open to the
entire student body; $lBO to the
New Birth coffee house to install
air-conditioning units.
The Spring Dinner Dance
group, headed by Patrice Nelson,
announced that it will continue
ticket sales for the gala on June
6. As of this writing, 80 couples
have bought tickets. Patrice will
be selling the ducats in
Vendorville.
Capitol's Faculty Council has
been reorganized, Pres. Terry
Wimmer announced. Drs. Robert
Bressler, Herbert Eisenstein and
Kenneth Masters are new
Council members. Dr. Thomas
Knight now serves as the
organization's Chairman.
Members of the Faculty Council,
in addition to Bressler,
Eisenstein, Masters and Knight,
are Dr. Robert Lesniak, Dr.
Wayne Lee and Dr. Jacob
Susskind.
The Office of Academic
Services has established a search
committee to fill two positions
in theoffice. Registration and
Scheduling Officer, Robert E.
Lewis, and Financial Aid
Officer, Toni Jennings, are
leaving Capitol this summer. Mr.
Lew is has received as
assistantship at the University of
Syracuse. Sen. Jerry Scalen was
named the SGA representative
to serve on the committee.
The Black Student Union
Choir has been invited to sing at
the Commencement exercises, in
mid-June. A Commencement
speaker has yet to be found, but
the SGA is still sending out
invitations. So far the Senate has
received over a half-dozen
rejections from noted
Pennsylvania officials.
Sen. Mike Ferrazano was
recalled by the Senate due to six
consecutive unexcused absences.
The vote was unanimous among
the 14 senators participating.
The SGA is sponsoring free
bus transportation to the
Phillies-Astros baseball game on
June 8. The cost of the busses to
the SGA is estimated at $l2O a
bus. Students will get a dollar
discount on any ticket purchase,
provided they are bought on
campus. Harvey Brown will be
selling the tickets in Vendorville
and at the Roundtable. The next
Senate meeting will be June 5 at
6:30 in 216.