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Welcome Back, My Friends,
To The Show That Has Got To
Well, here we are, all arrived at the beginning of Academic Year
1974-75. This year will for some of us be the culmination of the long
and rocky road of education, for others it will be a voyage into
unchartered waters, while for the rest, it's just another year.
My name is Jim Bollinger, and I'm the editor of this humble
publication. Let mine be among the many voices welcoming back
the seniors to what is their show this year. Let mine also be among
the many voices extending a friendly, welcoming, and helpful
hand to the new members of our campus (and in some cases, our
University), the juniors. The Reader is here to serve you. If ever
you need help or information, and you come to us, we'll do the best
we can to help you out.
Now, as is unfortunately getting to be traditional these days, the
C. C. Reader is again (and still) short of staff members. I am
taking this time and space to invite, ask, and beg for any students
who may be interested at all in helping us out to please come to our
Organizational Meeting Monday, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. in the Reader
office (WllO - up the hall from Registration, and on the other side).
You don't have to be an Ed Poe or Bill Shakespeare to make it on
our staff, and if you are, you'll be our first one. And remember, the
benefits of working for the Reader are many and varied: you will
have the opportunity of getting into sporting and other events (like
the Impeachment Demonstration in D.C. last April) at our ex
pense; you get to see your name in print (which should help re
inflate any deflated egos); academic credit for working on the
paper can usually be arranged thru Independent Study; and,
besides, it looks good on your record.
So, please, keep us and Oct. 7 in mind if you should ever think
about joining anything on campus. And, to finish, I would like to
wish all students good luck for this year and express my fondest
hopes that all your individual shows have happy endings.
..Again this year, the Reader will publish free
classified ads for students, faculty, and staff.
You can pick up and submit the classifieds
forms in WllO. Weekly deadline is Friday,
Noon.
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The Capitol Campus Reader
The C. C. Reader is published by the students of the
Pennsylvania State University at Capitol Campus,
Middletown, Pa., and is printed by the Middletown
Press & Journal during the Fall, Winter and Spring
Terms.
Opinions expressed by the editors and staff are not
necessarily those of the University Administration,
Faculty or Students.
Editor-in-Chief Jim Bollinger
Associate Editor Doug Gibboney
Associate & Photography Editor . Fred Prouser
Business Manager Ken Hession
Staff Romeo Trajanus, Mike Mitchell
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C. C. READER
MEADE HEIGHTS
by Meade Heights R.A.'s
The residence living
program of Meade Heights is
one of the few of its kind in any
school of higher learning. The
life-style here gives the
students the responsibility of
performing household chores
while pursuing their
educational goals. The living
accommodations combine the
dormitory atmosphere of
availability of fellow students
in your curriculum with the
unique privacy of a home,
when undisturbed con
centration is necessary.
The Meade Heights staff is
made up of seven Resident
Assistants and the Residence
Living Coordinator. They are
available to provide assistance
for any type of problem or
emergency which may arise.
The environment of the
Heights affords the op
portunity to the student to
share experiences, problems,
and knowledge with a diverse
body of individuals. The ac
tivities in the Heights - Board
of Governors and Coffee House
meetings - fosters this type of
interpersonal growth. In
formal meetings of residents in
the classroom, in the Coffee
House, and at parties in the
area are as important as the
formally planned programs in
helping to make growth occur.
Any ideas and suggestions to
increase opportunities for
further student involvement
would not only be welcomed
and appreciated by the Meade
Heights staff, but would help
make living there a more
memorable experience for
everyone.
A View From
The Other Sick
Of The Diploma
by Some Alumni
Life at Capitol is really what
you think it is. It is friendly. It
is lonely. It is loving. It is
brutal. It is up and it is down.
Some or all of these things can
be found at any given point in
time. What each of you sees
depends upon your own
eyesight.
Some people see the daily
routine of going to classes,
getting drunk, getting high,
and going home. Meanwhile,
others choose to look beyond
hazes and mornings -after
towards another form of
personal fulfillment...group
participation.
Neither option insures smiles
all the way. Each approach to
Capitol living carries its own
merits. Each individual
carries his own responsibility.
Post Graduate
Job Hunting Blues:
Some Thoughts on the Fall Term
By Fred Prouser
A Job. Let's face it, that is what we're supposedly here at Capitol
preparing for, unless you only subscribe to the notion that
education makes a better person out of you. The 9 to 5 existence
isn't far off and with the shape the Nation and economy is in right
now,it's enough to make one reorder their priorities and lifestyle.
Chances are if you are in business or engineering, the op
portunities for employment are considerably better than those in
Social science, education or the humanities. A Bachelors degree
just does not seem to have that magic appeal to employers as it
once had. Along with your degree add a skill and some experience
and then you just might find something, if your lucky.
Although many recent graduates have found jobs in their fields,
others have not been so fortunate, working as clerks, typists,
waiters, janitors --anything to maintain existence out in the real
world.
Pass-Fail and "Mickey Mouse" courses just don't make it any
more. Grades and the all important G.P.A. predominate today.
Courses that provide practical experience should be emphasized
as well as expansion of the student intern program, where instead
of classes, experience is gained on the job in the students chosen
field. Further emphasis should be placed on alerting students to
the shifts in the job market, so they can get an idea of exactly
which courses would aid them the most in securing a decent job at
graduation.
We have been labeled the Self-Centered generation by TIME
magazine, perhaps so. It isn't that we've lost our idealism, it still
resides within, but so has the instinct for survival. In times like
these, juggling the two is becoming increasingly more difficult.
For the time being, I'll just try to survive
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Student AttkiA)s_Today
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.,
Sept. It's going to be quiet on
the nation's campuses, predict
student leaders at The Penn
sylvania State University
where Fall Term classes began
this week.
"I think students want a rest
period," observes Diane M.
Nottle, of Nazareth, a jour
nalism major and editor of the
Daily Collegian, the student
newspaper.
"Students in college have
faced Vietnam and Watergate;
now they see a new and more
calm era. I'm just concerned
that this feeling of relief will
cause them to ignore things
they shouldn't ignore."
"There's no one pressing
issue that could rally today's
students," adds Thomas M.
Sweitzer, a political science
major from Lock Haven and
president of the Organization
of Town Independent Students
(OTIS).
"Last year, a lot of energy
was put behind the movement
to get rid of Richard Nixon."
Indeed, political issues are
far down on the priority list of
most students, according to
leaders interviewed.
"There's still a core group
working with us, but other
interest is hardly noticeable,"
reports Robert J. Bricmont, of
Pittsburg, a journalism major
who is president of the College
Young Democrats. "When we
try to drum up interest, people
turn the other way. It's kind of
spooky."
While national and in
ternational issues are taking a
back seat, the "academic sorts
of things" are getting renewed
attention, says Roger T.
Richards, of Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio, outgoing president of the
Graduate Student Association.
And the doctoral candidate in
engineering acoustics predicts
that mass demonstrations and
protests are highly unlikely in
the near future.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1974
"Students' tactics have
changed," he says. "On most
campuses, students are
working from the inside. We
have a student on the Board of
Trustees here, for example; in
the early 19605, you wouldn't
have dreamt of such a thing
happening."
Richards believes that, at
least for graduate students, the
financial • problem is
paramount. Too many
graduate students, he believes,
are finding the cost of living too
high, in the light of diminishing
fellowships and assistantships.
The president of the College
of Business Administration
Student Council, Kenneth A.
Ortner, an accounting major
from Jenkintown, concurs that
local issues will muster most
student attention this year.
Such topics as curriculm
reform and bicycle regulations
will move to the front, he feels.
Changes in student attitudes
have forced student leaders to
change their leadership
techniques, points out Tony
Stemberger, president of
Omicron Delta Kappa, men's
leadership honorary, and past
president pro-tempore of the
Undergraduate Student
Government.
"No longer can a student
leader get cheers simply by
criticizing the Vietnam War,"
says the political science and
economics major from Centre
Hall. "Student leaders must
again have prime interest in
traditional problems."
And while this academic
year portends to be relatively
calm, the 1975-76 school year
could be different, forecasts
Sweitzer.
"As we turn toward 1976, I
see students ready to take part
in the revival of confidence in
America," he says. "Kids are
really ready for the Bicen
tennial. I think the Spirit of '76
will be seen on campuses a lot
more than people might ex
pect."