Editorial
HELP US HELP YOURSELF
As the spring term is now
well under way, we must
examine the future of The
Capitolist as a vital publication
serving all the members of the
campus community. Yet, any
"future" beyond this June is
highly in doubt.
At this time, no editor for
next year has been designated.
At this time, no one is in line for
the position of business
manager. At this time, the
position of sports editor is open.
At this time, an advertising
director for next year is needed.
At this time, a host of other
positions of leadership are open
as well as those for the crucial
areas of news reporting and
feature writing.
Granted, the position of
editor requires much time and
effort. But that time and effort
is well worth it in the
enjoyment, the experience, the
responsibility and the power
that individual gains and holds.
Imagine. You can "talk" to
2,000 people at one time. For
next year, The Capitolist needs a
student with integrity, fortitude
and intelligence for this position.
PSU PROF TO INTEGRATE
BLACK STUDIES
University Park, Pa., --
Integration is a must for
university Black Studies
programs.
They should have a status in
the curriculum after the manner
of Far Eastern of Hispanic
studies, according to Dr. George
Kelsey, visiting professor of
religious studies at The
Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Kelsey is spending Winter
and Spring Terms assisting in a
new program which seeks to
integrate the Black religious
experience into Penn State's
(in-going study of religion in
American culture. The project is
supported by a Rockefeller
grant.
"It's only sound academically
t o incorporate the Black
experience into a subject matter
discipline like church history,
theology, or the sociology of
religion," Dr. Kelsey explains.
A professor of Christian
ethics at Drew Theological
Seminary, Dr. Kelsey has a
doctor of philosophy degree
from Yale University. For many
years, he taught at Morehouse
College, where the late Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was one
of his students.
"Black people in America
I know that many of our juniors
possess these qualities and will
come out to meet the challenge.
The other positions require
less time and effort, but the
result.• is much the same. By
"working" just a few hours a
week, one can gain so much in
return.
It is imperative, however, that
interested people act now. We
will hold an organizational
meeting on Wednesday, April 11
at 7:00 p.m. in the newspaper
office, W-104.
Together, we can made a
difference.
Robert W. Bonaker
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Note
The Editor of The Capitolist,
Bob Bonaker has changed his
place of residence in Meade
Heights. He now lives at 824 B
Nelson Dr. with Mickey Wolfson
and Fred Shattls.
have always had two statuses,
not one," he says. "They have
existed as a subordinated people,
and they have 'existed' as
non-entities. Their status as
non-entities -- as a people who
do not exist -- has for a long
time been reflected in the world
of scholarship by silence
concerning them. The Black
Studies movement aims to
correct this glaring omission."
Dr. Kelsey notes that in
recent years scholars have
unearthed vast quantities of
previously unsuspected
information in the areas of Black
Studies. There are thousands of
original documents that simply
haven't been pulled together, he
says.
In addition to these,
thousands of volumes on Black
in various parts of the world
have been under-utilized. The
largest single collection is the
Schomberg Collection in New
York, which contains more than
50,000 volumes.
Dr. Kelsey is himself the
author of two books, "Racism
and the Christian Understanding
of Man" and "Social Ethics
among Southern Baptists,
1917-1969."
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STUDENT UPHELD
ON PARKING APPEAL
Below is a review of an appeal
brought to the Student Court
(Student Standards Board) by
Barry Bender.
He was ticketed for parking
with a restricted sticker in a two
hour parking zone during school
hours. These are two separate
offenses and were treated as
such on the ticket. The time
marked on the ticket was 2:20
p.m., 2-19-73.
Mr. Bender claimed that the
time marked on his ticket was
incorrect because his car was
parked at his house in Meade
Heights. He supported this claim
with the testimony of two
witnesses present at the hearing.
Mr. Paul, the officer who issued
the ticket, admitted at the
hearing that a possible error
could have occurred when
writing down the time.
After weighing the
AREA TEACHERS
Go BACK TO
CLASSROOM
More than 300 teachers from
the tri-state area attend‘d a
one-day in-service conference on
"Current Topics in Reading"
held March 23 at Caiiitol
Campus. Dr. Joanna Sullivan,
Assistant Professor of
Education, served as chairman of
the sessions which were designed
to help teachers improve their
teaching skills.
Dr. Eddie Kennedy, Director,
Reading, West Virginia
University, keynoted the
conference by discussing,
"Books Kids and Teachers.: In
his opening remarks, Dr.
Kennedy emphasized that books
are the most complete teaching
medium available.
He explained, "Books contain
a scientific vocabulary; they are
practical in that they are
compact and relatively
inexpensive and provide proper
structure for teaching study
skills. They offer a source of
enjoyment and motivation and
can be used to set up essential
thinking - learning - reading
I.E.E.E. MEMBERS
ATTEND EXPOSITION
by Wendell R. Leppo
Thirteen members of the
campus Electrical Engineering
Society ( 1.E.E.E.) recently
attended the annual
International Convention and
Exposition of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics
Engineers.
The group traveled by
limousine to the New York City
Coliseum where the Exposition
was held. Paying the three
dollars registration fee, members
entered the Exposition eyeing all
its hugeness, excitement, and
confusion.
There were more than four
hundred displays, devices, and
systems put on enhibition by
leading United States and
overseas manufacturers. The
Exposition filled two whole
floors of the Colisuem and
among the exhibits were several
special attractions.
A Semiconductor Innovations
and Applications Center on the
first floor was one of the special
exhibits at the Exposition.
information presented the Court
has carefully considered the
following points: (1) Mr. Bender
brought two witnesses that
attested to his claim. (2) Mr.
Paul did admit to the possibility
that he could have errored on
writing the time.
The Court accepts both of
these points as reasoning for its
belief that Mr. Bender's car was
at Meade Heights at the time
marked on his ticket and that
Mr. Paul had errored when
marking down the time.
Therefore, the Court has
decided that this error in time is
sufficient grounds for excusing
Mr. Bender of the two
violations. The Court upholds
Mr. Bender's appeal.
Harry Franzreb
Sam Randazzo
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patterns
"From them, "he continued,
"students can learn literal,
inferential, and critical
meanings
"It is the teacher's
responsibility to tie together
books and kids to assure today's
student a favorable life
e x per ie nce," Dr. Kennedy
concluded.
Other highlights of the
conference included sessions on
"Individualizing Skill
Competencies in Language and
Reading" conducted by Dr.
Rose In drisano, Associate
Professor of Education at
Boston University, and
"Sociological Factor Affecting
Learning to Read, Led by Dr.
Doris Entwistle, Professor of
Social Relations and Engineering
at Johns Hopkins University.
Workshops and
demonstrations by classroom
teachers and the faculty of
Capitol Campus concluded the
day's conference.
CEXII
Emphasizing the impact of
solid-state technology over the
past twenty-five years, this
center commemorates the three
men who were credited with the
invention of the transistor.
William Shockley, Walter H.
Brattain, and John Bardeen
received the Nobel Prize in 1956
for this invention and they were
honored at the Annual Banquet
Pro gra,
As the afternoon passed
several members in the group
went over to the Americana
Hotel where the technical
program of lectures and papers
were presented during the day.
Across the exhibit hall a
demonstration line producing
printed circuit boards was
featured by the I. E.E.E.
Manufacturing Technology
Group. Here actual circuit
boards were made as one
watched or he could do it
himself. But the variety of things
to look at or do did not stop
here. There were continuous
film theaters and lots of food
and refreshments available.
Letters
to
the
Editor
Does Faculty
Want
Collective
Bargaining?
To the Editors;
The article on collective
bargaining which appeared in the
March 15th issue of -The
Capitolist is highly one-sided.
Your major, if not only, source
of information (Dr. Whittaker) is
not speaking for the faculty.
One needs only to listen in on
faculty groups to quickly
understand that manyare
opposed to collective bargaining.
More important is that the poll
conducted by the AAUP
Chapter is not official and was
ignored by many faculty
members.
If the faculty orgainzation
had conducted the poll, I am
sure much higher participation
would have prevailed.
Furthermore, the questions were
so structured as to skirt the real
issue which is "does or doesn't
the faculty want collective
bargaining"
John D. Antrim, Head
Division of Engineering
and Technology
Antrim has
Faculty Support
Ed. Note: Apparently, at
least 44 faculty members agree
with Dr. Antrim. They recently
signed a petition circulated by
Prof. Wesley G. Houser stating
that the AAUP poll was not
"official" and called upon the
Faculty Council to conduct its
own poll with a simple "yes" or
"no" vote regarding collective
bargaining.
Prof. Houser reported
additional objections to the
AAUP poll. Those objections
included: "Six ways to vote 'yes'
and only one way to vote `no'
no collective bargaining"; "Any
'no' vote eliminated from
consideration the selection of a
bargaining unit if the 'yes' votes
were in the majority. In other
words, anyone voting `no' had
no choice - of a bargaining unit"
if the faculty as a group chose to
have collective bargaining;
"Some people abstained from
voting because they felt that the
AAUP should not be taking the
initiative in this matter."
Summer Grads
Must Wait
Til December
Students who plan to
graduate with the summer term
1973 may not formally
participate in the June
commencement ceremonies.
However, those students can
attend graduation ceremonies
held in December, 1973 at the
conclusion of the fall term.
That decision was reached by
Provost Robert E. McDermott
following a resolution by the
Student Government
Association calling for summer
graduates to be able to
participate in the June
ceremonies.
McDermott explained,
after consultation with division
heads, that the December
ceremonies, held recently for the
first time here, were designed for
summer and fall term graduates.