VOL. IV, NO. 5
SGA Elections This Week AtLia
by Bollinger-McAllister
Thursday, Oct. 31, t,
Student Governmei
Association is holding electioi
for various junior Senate seat
The SGA has been preparil
for this day for the entire Fa
term. They have been pei
suading students to get
volved in their governmea
since the opening days of
Orientation.
Under the direction of
President Mike McAllistei
and VP Russ Hogg, the SG
has launched an extensi'
information campaign. T'
elections are being overseen
the Elections-Screenin
Committee, chaired by Mar
Fey.
The election process beg
Oct. 4 when the first Electii
Petitions could be filed. Full
time students with at least a 2.0
GPA and a concern for the
government were eligible.
After filing a petition, the
prospective candidate then
faced the Screening Com
mittee for final approval to
launch his-her's campaign.
Active politicking has been
going on since the 18th of this
month. The Senate positions
are in several different
curricular concentrations, and
they are: Business, Math
Science, Engineering, Social
Science, Elementary
Education, & Humanities.
Each of these_ areas gets one
eeting Spotlights
Faculty Committees
by Jim Bollinger
On Thursday, Oct. 24, at 4:30
P.M., in Rm. No. E 316, a
historic meeting of sorts was
held. The meeting was called
by SGA Pres. Mike McAllister,
and Vice-Pres. Russ Hogg. The
meeting concerned Faculty
committees and the need for
student participation in them,
particularly participation by
members of the Junior class.
The announcement of the
meeting came out as a plea for
a "coordinated effort in the
proper functioning of the
campus". The chairperson of
each Faculty Organization
Committee was invited, and
the meeting saw almost per
fect faculty attendance (only
two invitees didn't attend).
The meeting was begun by
VP Russ Hogg, who quickly
explained the purpose of the
meeting. He then yielded the
floor to the Chairperson of the
C.C. Prof In Nat'l
Twenty-two universities will
participate in a very in
teresting and most important
workshop to be held November
7 and 8 in Washington, D.C.
The Department of Tran
sportation has called upon
twenty-seven transportation
experts to help put together a
national transportation policy.
Dr. Terence Brown, professor
r . ver :
Susquehanna
Springtime
by Diane Cressler
Ballot box at last Spring SGA elections. Lisa Yaffee (I), Bob
Hetzel (r).
Senator. There are also
openings in the At-Large
classification. The At-Large
Senators are determined by
the number of students
enrolled in' each area of con
centration (that is, the same
areas as listed above).
The elections are being held
in Vendorville from 9 a.m.-5
p.m.
All full-time students of the
Capitol Campus of the Penn
State University are eligible to
Library-Faculty Committee,
who quickly explained his
committee's purpose and gave
his plea for members. The rest
then followed.
Other Committees
represented at the meeting
were the Admissions Com
mittee; Academic-Athletic
Awards & Scholarships
Committee; Bookstore
Committee; HACC
Cooperation Committee;
Computer Committee;
Community Relations Com
mittee; and the Committee on
Student Affairs. Also
represented was a Committee
for student-faculty social in
teraction.
Presentations of particular
interest were made by the
Awards-Scholarships Com
mittee whose chairperson
reported they are in the
process of evaluating the Pass-
Fail grading system on this
campus, and the Bookstore
at Penn State-Capitol Campus
has been named as one of the
experts. Dr. Brown will travel
to Washington with other
professors from Harvard,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Yale, University
of Pennsylvania and others to
discuss, argue, and finally
present recommendations
which will have far reaching
effects for all of us.
Dr. Terence Brown was
awarded a grant by the
Department of Transportation
Office of University Research
in 1973 to complete his study on
"The Economic Analysis of the
Taxi Cab Industry in Penn
C.C. READER
vote in any election of the
Student Government
Association. That means you.
so President McAllister urges
you to get out and exercise
your right to vote. He hopes the
student showing will be better
than the last few years, when
Senate seats have been won
with a total of only two votes, in
some cases. So, please come
out and vote. If you don't, don't
complain if anything happens
on campus that you don't like!
Committee whose chairperson
gave preliminary support to a
student plan to start up a used
book store. Also of note was the
HACC-Cooperation Com
mittee, which explained that
its purpose is to build closer,
more effective cooperation
with Harrisburg Area Corn
munity College in areas both
curricular and extra-
curricular.
Another committee repor
ting dynamic ideals was the
Community Relations Com
mittee, whose chairperson
asked for student assistance
and ideas on making Capitol a
more important and active
force in the Harrisburg Area.
A sizeable proportion of the
students attending signed-up
for the various committees
after the meeting, and many of
those were juniors. However,
student turnout on-the-whole
was extremely light. As usual.
Conference
sylvania". He is an assistant
professor in the Division of
Administration and Business
at Penn State-Capitol Campus.
The workshop, entitled
"Planning for Urban Tran
sportation Needs" is the
second in a series planned by
the Office of University
Research. Proposed topics of
discussion include: "Local
Financing of Mass Transit
Improvements", "The Role of
New Systems in Meeting
Urban Transportation Needs",
and "How Can Universities
Organize to be of Service to
their Local Communities".
By Patricia Gross
UNIVERSITY PARK (APS)
-- The Arch Chapter of the
Keystone Society is busily
planning "the best All-U Day
ever," according to Bob
Joseph, ptesident of the Arch
Chapter of the Keystone
Society.
Registration headquarters
for commonwealth campus
students will be in the Findlay
Union Building (FUB) of East
Halls, the dorm complex
nearest Beaver Stadium.
Commonwealth campus
students arriving Saturday
morning should park in
Parking Lot 80, the large
student parking area near East
Halls.
Registration in the FUB will
be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Campus maps, directions
and information will be
available to commonwealth
campus students at
registration.
This year, a special ac
tivities seminar will be held
during All-U Day registration.
Representatives with in
formation and brochures on
University Park organizations
such as the Organization of
Town Independent Students
(OTIS), the Interfraternity and
Panhellenic Councils, the
Press Association of Com
monwealth Campuses and
many more will be on hand to
exchange information and
ideas with commonwealth
campus students.
After the football game
between Penn State and
Maryland, the Arch Chapter of
the Keystone Society will
sponsor its annual buffet. The
buffet will be from 4:30 p.m. to
6:45 p.m. in the Terrace Room
of the Hetzel Union Building
(HUB). The menu includes a
choice of roast beef, Maryland
baked chicken steak and
spaghetti with meat sauce plus
a choice of soups, salads,
vegetables, desserts and
beverages.
This year's All-U Day con
cert will feature Loggins and
Messina at 7:30 p.m. in
Recreation Hall. Many tickets
have been sold at com
monwealth campuses and the
University Concert Committee
is expecting a sellout crowd.
For more musical pleasure
after the Loggins and Messina
concert, the Arch Chapter of
the Keystone Society and the
Hetzel Union Board will co
sponsor a jammy in the HUB
ballroom. The featured group
for the jammy will be .50.
After the jammy ... have a
great time at all those private
Ghostly figures haunt Union St. in
Middletown.
NOVEMBER 1, 1974
No More
Tues. Flicks!
That's right folks, no more
going to the student center to
see a movie of interest. After a
fabulous turnout of a total of 14
people for the first three
movies, it was decided by
myself and my peers involved
that it was totally unrealistic to
blow all that money when
students on campus are too
busy to get off their ass to
support a fund raising event.
I'll admit the movies weren't
that fantastic, but when
nobody shows up at all, I have
my thoughts as to what this
school is all about. It seems to
me that if an event doesn't
have any beer or other type of
alcoholic beverage, it isn't
worth anybody's time. In that
case (or should I say Keg), that
means my job is to satisfy your
thirst, and if I have to cater to a
group of alcoholics I would
rather call in the A.A.
(Alcoholic's Anonymous) first.
Your Social Committee
Chairman
Dave (Hari 1) Nicholas
Grads Get
Fellowships
Five students in the
Humanities Graduate
Program at Penn State-Capitol
Campus have been designated
EPDA Fellows for the coming
year. The fellowships, granted
by the U. S. Office of Education
under provisions of the
Education Professions
Development Act, will provide
support for these prospective
Junior College teachers of
Humanities and English while
they work toward their M.A.
degrees at Penn State-Capitol
Campus and serve their
teaching internships at the
Harrisburg Area Community
College. The recipients of this
year's awards are Dennis
Bartsch, whose home is in
Philadelphia; Paula Dunbar of
Harrisburg; Vincent Lattanzio
of Maple Shade, New Jersey;
Kathleen Richards of Mid
dletown; and William Turner
of Lewisburg, West Virginia.
Dr. Tishler In
Who's-Who
MIDDLETOWN, PA. -- Dr.
Nancy Tischler, chairperson of
the Department of Humanities
at Penn State-Capitol Cmapus,
has been selected for the first
edition of "Who's Who in
Religion".
Dr. Tischler, who lives in
Elizabethtown, is past national
president of the Conference on
Christianity and Literature.
She is currently an editor at
large for Christianity Today.
The first edition of "Who's
Who in Religion", is produced
by the publishers of "Who's
Who in America". The new
publication provides a listing
of over 16,000 biographical
sketchs of the major figures in
the American religious
community.
Dr. Tischler, a former
Fulbright scholar, has taught
and written in the area of
religion and literature. Her
articles and reviews have
appeared in numerous
publications in America and
France. She has been
associated with Penn State-
Capitol Campus since its
beginning in 1966.