THE CAPITOLIST
Vol. VIII, No. 3
This Week In The SGA
by Robert W. Bonaker
Monday's Student
Government Senate meeting
began immediately with the
committee reports as there was
much to be accomplished during
the evening. On the agenda were
budget approvals for campus
organizations and constitutional
revisions.
Treasurer Tom Dixon
submitted the proposed budget
for the SGA for 1972-73, as
proposed by the Finance
Committee. After minimal
debate, the budget was approved
by the Senate. There were
questions about the amounts
allocated to the Black Student
Union, Delta Tau Kappa, the
XGrs, and the Young
Democrats, but when it came
time to vote the motion to
accept the budget passed by 8
for, none against, 4 abstentions.
Dixon stressed that the total
funding provided for expenses
amounted to a little over
$13,000, while budget requests
from all the organizations
totaled over $32,000.
Consequently, all organizations
received severe cuts in the
amount they asked for. The
SGA will generate more funds
during the course of the year by
taking 50% of the profits from
campus pinball machines. Also,
Dixon said, the state legislature
may approve additional funding
bills for Pennsylvania colleges,
providing for more money. One
item eliminated from club
requests was trips. Dixon
emphasizes that no additional
money will be allocated for
organizational travel unless they
come to request it before the
Senate. Also, no club received
more than $2OO to bring in any
number of speakers during the
year.
The Election Committee,
chaired by Senator Ron Edwards
(Sr.-Social Science) reported
that SGA Election Day was
scheduled for Tuesday, October
17th. The polls will be located in
the Gallery Lounge and voting
will take place from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. On the ballot will be
junior senate seats from each of
six academic programs plus at
large seats for every 200 enrolled
juniors. Constitutional revisions
Voting Guide
An up to date listing of all
undergraduates shall be used as a
check list at the polls.
I.D. cards must be presented
in order to be permitted to vote.
Absentee ballots are due in by
the day of election.
No candidate is allowed in the
polling area more than once.
Polling Hours: 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Vote for two candidates. One
of the candidates must be within
your particular curriculum. The
other may be selected from
among the remaining ones.
Also on the ballot will be
constitutional revisions and a
straw vote on the presidential
election between President
Nixon and Senator McGovern.
and a straw vote on the
McGovern-Nixon presidential
election will also be included.
Petitions are now available in
the SGA Office and must be
returned by October 10. The
committee will also stage
senatorial candidate forums on
October 12 and 16. The sessions
will enable the student body to
familiarize themselves with the
candidates. They will be on
October 12 at 8:00 p.m. in the
Student Center and October 16
at 12 noon, tentatively
scheduled for the Auditorium.
President Mike Dini had a few
announcements be fore the
business of constitutional
revisions. Michael Cernusca,
senior senator from the
Math-Science program notified
Dini that he was no longer able
to fulfill the duties as senator.
Dini will appoint a senior in his
place in the near future. Mickey
Wolfson and Rita Girondi were
appointed special assistants to
the SGA, whose duties will
center in advisory and
administrative capacities. They
will be non-voting members,
however.
The Constitutional Revision
Committee then submitted its
report. The committee was
chaired by SGA Vice-President
Max Brady and included Student
Court Chief-Justice Harry
Franzreb and senators Gene
Bryan and Ron Edwards. As it
turns out, the Constitution was
nearly rewritten, so the Senate
moved that the present
Constitution be suspended and
only be used as a temporary
document until the October 17
election. Next week's
CAPITOLIST will feature an
article highlighting the revisions.
Don Snyder, student
representative on the Academic
Standards Committee, which is a
faculty organization committee,
reported on its recent meeting.
The committee recommended
that Capitol Campus adopt a
new academic calendar.
Currently, the entire University
is planning to make a change in
the calendar. The committee
would like to see Capitol on a
semester basis, which is
currently the system of most
major colleges. If adopted, the
1973 academic term would
begin .in late August, with the
fall semester ending before
Christmas. After the holiday,
possibly a two to three week
compact course may follow.
This is to be done to fulfill
University regulations on
credit-hours and faculty teaching
time. In mid-January, the next
semester would begin, ending
then in mid-May. Each program,
under the committee proposal,
would formulate its own
summer schedule.
The report must first be
approved by Faculty Council
and then sent to University
President John Oswald before it
is adopted. The proposal will be
voted upon this week.
The Senate adjourned after a
lengthy two hour, 45 minute
session. The SGA will meet again
on Monday, October 9, at 6:30
p.m.
"All The News That Fits
CAPITOL CAMPUS - MIDDLETOWN, PA
LaGrone Receives
Administrative Promotion
Oliver LaGrone, widely
acclaimed black poet, sculptor
and educator, has been
appointed special assistant to the
vice president for undergraduate
studies at Penn State.
Mr. LaGrone, who has been
lecturer in art education and
Afro-American history at
Capitol Campus for the past two
years, assumed his new duties
September 1.
In the new position, explains
Dr. Robert E. Dunham, vice
president for undergraduate
students, Mr. LaGrone will visit
the various campuses of the
University as an artist-in
residence and lecturer in black
studies.
"The University," Dr.
Dunham said, "is especially
pleased to have a man of Mr.
LaGrone's background and
experience to enhance the
undergraduate education of our
students in black arts and
humanities."
A native of McAlester, Okla.,
Mr. LaGrone was graduated
from the University of New
Mexico. With assistance from
columnist Ernie Pyle and the
late journalist's syndicated
column, he became the first
Negro to be accepted for study
at the Cranbrook Art Academy
in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
He has done graduate work in
art and special education at
Wayne State University and for
11 years taught arts and crafts in
special education in the Detroit,
Mich., Public Schools. Prior to
joining the Capitol Campus
Junior Senatorial
Candidate
Instructions
Election Date: October 17
No electioneering in the first
floor west wing hallway or
polling area, which will be the
Gallery Lounge.
Forum Dates: October 12 at
8:00 p.m. inthe Student Center;
October 16 at 12:30 in the
Auditorium.
Petitions: Twenty-five
signatures per petition;
Candidates qualifications are to
be written on back; Petitions are
to be in by October 10 at 7:00
p.m.
Signs: All signs must be
removed twenty-four hours after
the polls close; Fifteen signs per
candidate will be permitted in
the admin. building; Unlimited
signs elsewhere on campus; No
signs allowed in the first floor
west wing between the stairway
and the Dean's office.
No candidates arepermitted to
run in slates.
All candidates will meet with
the screening committee on
October 10 at 7:00 p.m. (place
to be announced).
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Dr. Oliver LaGrone,newly appointed special
assistant to the Vice President of
Indergraduate Studies at P.S.U.
faculty, he taugh,
Afro-American history at
Marygrove College in Detroit.
Mr. LaGrone has presented
one-man sculpture shows and
lectured on Afro-American
history and art before cultural
groups and at public schools and
universities in lowa, Michigan,
Missouri, New York and
Pennsylvania. He is a frequent
lecturer-consultant for the
Association for the Study of
Negro Life and History and for
the Detroit Branch of the
Afro-American Museum.
His first book, "Footfalls",
was published in 1949 and his
poetry has appeared in several
anthologies. His poem, "The
Limited", was awarded first
prize in the 1966 contest of the
Michigan Poetry Society
Toni
Antoinette G. Jennings,
financial aid counselor at Capitol
Campus, has been granted a
graduate study leave until June
30, 1973. She will work toward
her master's degree in counselor
education at the University of
Pittsburgh.
A native of Pittsburgh and a
1968 graduate of the Allegheny
Community College, Miss
Jennings graduated from Capitol
Campus with a Bachelor of
Social Science Degree in June,
1970. She was the first student
to be awarded an Allegheny
Community College scholarship
and studied at Capitol with a
scholarship from The
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency.
Active in black student affairs
while at Capitol Campus, Miss
Jennings notes that the - Black
Student Union has grown in
membership and activities during
her stay at the Middletown
campus. Although her original
attraction to Capitol stemmed
Jennings
, October 5, 1972
in 1968, Mr. LaGrone made a
summer trip to five West African
nations and currently he is
working on a book on African
art. Numerous articles, reviews
and poems have been published
in various publications, including
the "Negro Digest", and "The
New York Times Sunday Book
Re vi e w", and "Saturday
Review".
Since coming to Pennsylvania,
he has presented one-man shows
at the Capitol Campus Black
Arts Cultural Center, the
Harrisburg Jewish Community
Center and the William Penn
Memorial Museum, Harrisburg.
An exhibit of his work was
displayed in Pattee Library last
spring as part of the University's
Black Arts Festival.
Study Leave
from its acceptance of all her
Allegheny credits, she feels that
the school should have a
particular attraction for most
blacks.
"Penn State's Capitol Campus
is an upper division school and
graduate center. Because of this,
the average black student
entering his junior year from a
community college would find
social and academic adjustment
easier than if enrolling in a
traditional four-year institution
where their peers already had
developed a more sophisticated
social attitude," Miss Jennings
explained.
"Here at Capitol, every junior
finds himself in the same boat,
socially and academically.
Additionally, they benefit from
a low student-faculty ratio."
Miss Jennings is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Jennings, North Side, Pittsburgh.
Miss Patricia L. Young has
been appointed Financial Aid
Counselor to replace Miss
Jennings.