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This time of year at Capitol Campus marks the annual SGA
Junior Senate elections. Every year, many prospective legislators
launch their campaigns with what I have already termed a
"plethora of posters wall papering the halls" which announce the
candidacy of people very few constituents ever see.
At the end of last year's Fall term, I ran an editorial in this
paper deriding both the SGA and the candidates themselves for
the way they ran the elections and the campaigns. I was par
ticularly adamant about the over-abundance of posters and the
shortage of actual appearances (and visibility) of the cam
paigners.
This year, the mode hasn't changed much, but the method
within that mode has taken some truly unique twists. Because I'm
usually confined to the Reader office and my classrooms, and
intermediate hallways, I don't get much chance to meander
around the campus and take in all the various posters put up by
our Junior politicians. But I have seen some, and I've been struck
by the individuality of the most outstanding.
Those large, white plastic globes put up by Lew Ruffing are, in
my opinion, one of the best political gimmicks I have ever seen in
scholastic-collegiate-politics. It almost smacks of
professionalism.
Another gimmick which is, I believe, truly professional is Jorn
Jenson's lollipops with his election plea stamped (actually, taped)
on them. But, the person who, I think, typifies the recent sudden,
unexplained and energetic return of involvement on the part of
many students to this campus is Bob Bayer, who has promised to
"work wonders".
His highly kinetic last-minute politicking on the steps to Ven
dorville at first bugged, then enchanted me. His high-pressure
tactics probably turned off many people, a majority of which
probably never gave a damn about the whole scenario. But it may
have also induced some marginal people to go ahead and vote. I'm
not trying to sound like a fan of his, but any guy who uses his own
girlfriend to hack for him deserves some recognition, even if he
loses.
As of right now, the results are just in, and given the quality of
SGA leadership this year, and the quality of some of the can
didates, it seems more students have been coaxed into voting in
this election. Generally, Junior elections have usually garnered
little support thru the years, as evidenced by last year's "land
slides", when two Senate seats were won with only two votes each,
and the most votes for any one candidate only numbered 154, with
the average being 47.
But this year's preliminary results show that more students
have participated in the Junior elections than at any time in the
recent past. In fact, the results are comparable to the Presidential
elections, which traditionally have garnered more votes than the
other kinds. This year has so far been pretty uplifting and I hope
this is the start of another trend for Capitol Campus, a trend that
will see the students finally give a damn. Finally.
T 6• Capitol Campus Reader
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Mrs. Betty Thorne, C. C. Reader
Faculty Advisor.
Dr. Betty Thorne is the new
faculty advisor for the C.C.
Reader. Dr. Thorne, who
prefers to be called Mrs.
Thorne or Betty, is a Statistics
professor in the Ad
ministration and Business
program.
Mrs. Thorne came to Capitol
Campus last year from Indiana
University in Bloomington,
Ind. where she taught for five
years.
Originally from western
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Thorne
received her undergraduate
degree from Geneva College in
Beaver Falls. She received her
master's and doctor's degrees
from Indiana University.
Mrs. Thorne's special
professional interests are
probability and statistics.
Her husband, Jim, is also
a member of the Capitol
Campus "family". He is the
Director of Registration and
Records.
When asked for her com
ments on her new role as
faculty advisor, Mrs. Thorne
replied: "This is a means of
communication with students,
a way of getting to know them
outside the classroom". She
also views the C.C. Reader as a
vital means of communication
for all at Capitol Campus.
The C.C. Reader staff
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C.C. tiEAtiER
by Phyllis Schaeffer
FROM YOUR S.G.A.
A Modest Proposal
To Remedy
The Professor Surplus
Population boom. Too many educated people. Too many
professors out of work. Not enough students. Everyone's
scrouging for a college teaching job.
Indeed. What can be done about the situation? At Capitol
Campus, we see teachers without tenure running amuck, playing
up to students, praying for good evaluations. It's enough to make a
social science major cry...
There is hope though. Doctor Knight stumbled upon it the other
day when he was talking about the population problem: Each one
eat one!
What? ! Think about it a minute. If each college student ate a
professor, the numbers would drop rapidly. In fact, there would be
a shortage of good professors. Everyone could go to grad school
and be assured of a fine job on graduation.
Maybe we could establish something like a hunting season.
Naturally the hunt would have to be heavily supervised. Perhaps
the same rules that apply to big game could be observed.
Some professors would have to be protected as rare species. We
would not want a rare creature like the "I have your papers
corrected and ready to hand back" to go out of existence.
There is only one slight problem. With everyone going for
graduate degrees and the big money teaching posts, students
could become too plentiful. Possibly the hunt would have to be
reversed. Hurry up and graduate.
XFI REPORTER
Did YOU get your XGI Raffle tickets yet? Gather your loose
change together and buy as many tickets as you can! Never again
will you have an opportunity to win great prizes for so little. In
crease your chances of winning and buy hordes of those tickets
now!!
It was a solemn night on Monday, Oct. 28 for the XGI Football
team as we lost our first game to the Ball Busters (32-6). However,
we took it in stride and looked forward to the Wes. game. With bras
and purses in hand we approached the field but no one from the
PSEA team arrived and the game was forfeited. Our record is now
3-1 and we are scheduled for two games next week on Monday and
Wednesday evening.
Tuesday, Oct. 29 was an evening of many parties in the Heights -
all kinds of parties! For example, 955-B Flickinger was the scene
of "performances by Eddie Haskell?? and 'Company 'rising and
falling' to the tunes of WHY radio", not to mention the call from
rooms beyond, "Ali's got the third round," and "Foreman's
down." 955-B is a participant of Equal Opportunity Employment
but it sure looked like sex discrimination as attendance was one
sided and the opposite sex failed to come beyond the door! ! !
A meeting was held on the evening of Nov. 5 and you will receive
more info on that in the next issue. In the meantime, Mark Nov. 16
on your calendar 'cause Beggar time is creeping upon us once
again.
As my closing piece of news, the XGI Fraternity would like to
send its appreciation to the C.C. Reader staff for a job well done on
their coverage and layout of the article of the past XGI Keggar.
THANK YOU C.C. READER and keep up the GREAT WORK. All
too often people are criticized for the work they do and for once we
would like to set the pace of giving some praise to one hell of a
hard-working crew.
Thanks !
On behalf of the Student Government Association, we
would like to thank all students who participated in the Fall
S.G.A. elections for Junior senators. On the whole, turnout
was better this year then in other years. S.G.A. meetings
are open to all interested students, and there will be a
S.G.A. meeting for all new junior members Thursday
November 7th at Seven o'clock. New members will be
sworn in and plans will be formulated for the months ahead.
NOVEMBER 8, 1974
by Doug Gibboney
XGI Reporter
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