Thursday, June 8, 1972
words From
me our Side
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A Simple Summation
So long?
Just A Little
Thing Given
To Us All
by Gregg Crescenzo
The joy of creation is usually
over-shadowed by its offspring;
the creation of joy. We citizens
were presented with a new life
bearing the name TARNHELM.
Its conception was brought forth
from a communal womb, that
wove words to patterns of
emotion, which perpetuate the
life giving force that enables
TARNHELM to gush a warm
real blood. It is this which
creates the pulsation of
TARNHELM, it becomes.
It is not the place to dissect
TARNHELM, not the place to
single out those who bore the
pains of labor it is the place to
celebrate birth. TARNHELM is
young with wonder, it now
belongs to us all, that which is
within its being demands given
room to grow; if stagnation,
then we all share in its death
we lose.
As TARNHELM begins to
age, let it do so with the dignity
gained by its passage through
time. Its retrospect belongs as
continuance, its mortality
nutures creation, TARNHELM
is.
To those who are the bearers
of the TARNHELM even they
are yet to recognize, it is within
you that the future celebrations
of life now lie dormant . . . if
they die, a little of us all does
also, and there is very little left
for us all to lose.
Origin-
Destination
Survey Results
The Institute of Traffic
Engineers has announced the
results of its Origin-Destination
Survey which appeared in last
week's issue of THE
CAPITOLIST.
138 people representing all
facets of the Capitol community
participated, an above average
campus sampling. Over 60 per
cent of those responding reside
on campus. Over 90% of those
campus residents drove to school
or were passengers in autos.
61 persons designated
themselves off-campus
commuters. 28 people said they
came to the Classroom Building
via the Route 230 entrance. 24
used the back entrance through
Olmsted Plaza and Rosedale
Ave. 16 participants utilized the
Wharton Ave. entrance a
direct shot from Middletown.
This Week
This week's Senate meeting
marked the final day of the
administration of Terry
Wimmer. Mike Dini and his
colleagues assumed power at the
conclusion of the meeting.
Wimmer announced that he
temporarily froze the account of
the Black Student Union. He
explained his motive as believing
a possible misusage of Student
Government funds in the
B.S.U.'s establishment of an
emergency loan fund. He stated
that the B.S.U. did not contact
him or was not authorized to use
the money in such a manner. He
further reported that such a
fund is unnecessary since the
Finance Office has a fund where
the money does not run out.
Ron Edwards, representing the
8.5. U., agreed to get
authorization to use the money
in the loan fund.
The outgoing President also
announced that Dr. George
Herrel, Director of Hershey
Medical Center, has been fired.
That institution recently
overspent its alloted budget by
$4 million, the office of the
state auditor General reported.
Robert Ford, a 1970 graduate of
Capitol and currently
Pennsylvania's Director of
Selective Service, will be the
June 24 Commencement
speaker. Ford is the youngest
man in the country to hold such
a post. He is a liberal and favors
an end to the military draft.
Dr. William F. Lewis has been
named the new Chairman of the
Social Science program Wimmer
announced. At the same time,
Dr. Irwin Richman was
appointed Dean of the graduate
program in American Studies.
Prof. Ambrose Klain was elected
the outstanding teacher of the
campus by the students during
the May 18 election. He will be
the recipient of the James A.
Jordan Jr. Memorial Teaching
Award. Rita Girondi and Mark
Israel have been appointed to
posts on the joint Orientation
Planning Committee.
A course manual a
description of various courses
will be available in the lobby of
the faculty suites in the near
future. The manual will contain
vital information such as
pre-requisites, texts to be used
and student requirements and
the faculty who will teach the
course. Wimmer appointed
senior Justice Dale Rowan as
acting Chief Justice, to swear in
the new SGA at the end of the
meeting. Dr. Roger B. Saylor,
faculty advisor to the SGA, has
announced his resignation as
Chairman of the Business
Program. He plans to devote
more of his time to teaching.
The Commiteee on Teacher
and Course Evaluations reported
that the forms for this term have
been distributed to each faculty
member. The Senate approved a
loan of $250 to THE
CAPITOLIST to cover operating
expenses. The paper plans to
publish a special edition for
graduation on June 24. In order
to meet expenses for the issue,
the SGA agreed to pick up the
tab, providing it did not exceed
$2OO. $175 was allocated to Chi
Gamma lota for a picnic, which
is open to all members of the
student body at $6 a head.
The Election Committee
recommended that the following
people be confirmed as senior
Justices on the Student Court:
Present Judges Sam Randazzo
and Harry Franzreb and new
justices Rick Jordan and Larry
Olexa. All four are enrolled in
the Social Science program. The
candidates were unanimously
approved by the Senate.
Before the new Senate and
Executive Officers were
THE CAPITOLIST
in the SGA
inaugurated, Wimmer presented
a few heartfelt closing remarks
in the waning moments of his
term of office. He called the
year "extremely rewarding," one
which he was "Happy about
what we've done this year. We
built a strong organization
something the next
administration can work with."
He reviewed the happenings
of the year in the SGA, calling
the time during the Winter Term
when five Senators were relieved
of duty due to failure to
maintain academic eligibility
with 2.33 grade averages.
"The high point of the year
must be broken down into three
achievements," Wimmer stated.
"One is the fact that we've built
a strong organization; one which
the University has to listen to.
Another was the Vietnam
Moratorium," after Pres. Nixon's
mining and blockade of North
Vietnamese harbors, "where the
campus as a community was
brought together over a common
concern. The Rock Festival,
against all odds, was a huge
success, thanks to Mike Bauer
and Don Lewis and Goodpeople
Productions. Teacher evaluations
were also a notable achievement
of the Senate."
Wimmer acknowledged the
graduating members of the
Senate Lenny Thompson, Neil
Madonick, Nancy Switt, the
"classical" Harvey Brown,
Denny Hassler, Paula Rush,
Patrice Nelson, Jerry Scalen,
Dan Ekberg and Caddie Labar.
The members were presented
gifts for their service during the
year; pewter mugs for the men,
and loving cups for the women.
The Senate in turn presented
Wimmer with an attache case.
The new administration then
took over. Mike Dini was sworn
in as the new President. Max
Brady is the Vice President,
Bernie Boyle and Debbie Young
are the Secretaries, and Tom
Dixon the new Treasurer. Dixon
currently resides at 310 Church
Hall, 944-9170. Dan Ekberg, the
old treasurer, requests that
Dixon, and net he, be contacted
for monetary transactions by
organizations.
New Senators sworn in were:
Ron Edwards, Joe Perretta, Joe
Kubiak, Bob Thompson, Jim
Quill, Judy LePere, Ron Snyder,
Bonnie McSweeny and Michael
Cernusca. Elyse Paul was not
present at the meeting. The Dini
administration, eager to go to
work, called a meeting for next
Monday at 6:30.
Goodbye Terry.
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Center Here Possible
Cross cuiturai comae
Goes To coo
by Lee Nell
Last week, a committee from
Capitol Campus journeyed to
the University of Western
Ontario at London, Ontario, for
the purpose of experiencing the
Cross Cultural Center there and
discussing the possibilities of
establishing a similar center at
Capitol.
Led by Dr. Winston A.
Richards and Prof. Clem Gilpin,
the committee was comprised of
nine students and a library
staffer, Mrs. Sylvia Middleman.
The students included Barb
Epstein, Evon Golphin, Nadine
Palmer, Elaine Marra, Steve
Barry, Mike Jones, Mark Israel,
Ron Edwards and Lee Nell.
After 13 hours of bologna
sandwiches, traffic, ball-tossing,
traffic, getting lost, traffic,
cokes, balloon fighting, and
more traffic, the Capitol Campus
"Dirty Dozen", as we came to
call ourselves, arrived at U.W.O.
A good night's sleep put us
generally back in shape to get on
with the business at hand. We
learned of the Canadian
Undergraduate Service Overseas
program and how it was
instrumental in starting the
Center at Western Ontario.
There was a need as there is
everywhere for a greater
understanding of cultures other
than that of the dominant
middle class. CUSO people
volunteered their services for
research and development of
resource materials and programs
which could aid in promoting
understanding.
Slide-tape shows, films and a
great deal of source material can
now be found on the cultures of
Africa, the West Indies, Canada's
native Indians and Black
Canadians. In addition, programs
have been established to take
this knowledge to children of
primary and secondary school
levels. London Intercultural
Coordinating Committee, a new
program, the founding of which
Dr. Richards was a part, provides
school children with an informal
look at cultures as seen by
foreign students from those
cultures or CUSO people who
have worked within the culture
for some years.
The real purpose of the trip,
however, was to examine the
possibilities of a Cross Cultural
Center at Capitol. The problems
in establishing such a center are
seen as great, but in no way
insurmountable. And the
rewards of a Cross Cultural
Center are many.
Those of us who experience
this will be trying to convince
this campus and community of
what a center can do for us all.
The important thing is that a
Cross Cultural Center has no
restrictions to any interested
persons or groups. But it is on
interested people that such a
center depends.
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The thrust of a Cross Cultural
experience is not to hold one
culture in comparison to another
on a qualitive continuum. The
heightened understanding of
different cultures, and through
that, of our own is the goal. For
example, in Nigeria young men
of a certain culture volunteer to
be beaten twice on the chest
with a large stick somewhat like
a baseball bat. Interestingly, it is
their best friends who hit them.
The young man, as proof of his
strength and indurance, shows
no pain and, thus, earns due
respect.
You may say that it is a
painful and silly custom. Painful,
yes. But silly? How about our
boot camp or fraternity
initiation? Or the four years of
pain known as college.
But Cross Culture is more
than examining rites of passage.
Cultures are made up of people.
People are molded by their
culture, and we carry the
experience wherever we go,
whatevery we do. In order to
live and work with each other
better, we must understand
cultures.
The possibilities for Capitol
are many and exciting. While
there are few foreign students
here, there are representatives of
many ethnic groups. And so
those of us of Polish, Black,
Italian, Jewish, German or
Chinese ancestory could get
together to establish a Cross
Cultural Center. Of great value,
too, would be subject matter on
good, old white Middle Class
America.
That is what we did in
Canada. We reluctantly said
goodbye to our friends in
Canada and spent another 13
hours on the road, stopping only
for gas, food and a quick look at
Niagara Falls.
Of the total of 85 hours of
the trip, over 26 of them were
spent on the road. But the
experience of the Cross Cultural
Center is so powerful, that it is
the dominant memory. We
returned with the hope that a
center can be established here.
And it can with your help.
Dr. Richards was the guiding
force in establishing autonomy
for Capitol he knows how to
get things done. Professor Gilpin
will add his experiences from
Africa. Black students and the
local Slovak community have
expressed interest in the Center.
How about you? If you don't
like research, other skills can be
used. And you really haven't got
to be from any particular group
at all.
We just would like very much
to say that Capitol Campus has
contributed to people
understanding people. If you
can, if you want to, see any of
us. We can all benefit by your
contribution.
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