JANUARY 31,
Interim
Confidentiality
Policy
Announced
On January 3, 1975, Pres
ident Oswald released the
University's Interim Policy in
response to the Family Ed
ucational Rights and Privacy
Act of 1974. When guidelines
are comple ' by the De
partment of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare (presumably
by April 1975) this interim
policy may be revised again
in light of those guidelines
and final policy will be estab
lished for the University.
In the Preamble President
Oswald states:
The Pennsylvania State
University collects and re
taint data and information
about students for designated
periods of time for the ex
pressed purpose of facilita
ting the student's educational
development. The University
recognizes the privacy rights
of individuals in exerting con
trol over what information
about themselves may be
disclosed and, at the same
rof's Book Arch
The modern urban design
er is confronted with a com
plex of opposing forces -en
vironmental groups, econom
ic lobbies, government pres
sures and transportation
factors. For Dr. Francis
Ferguson, Chairman of the
Graduate Program in Urban
and Regional Planning here
at Capitol Campus, the var
iety of urban factors calls for
new tools for the city planner.
One such tool is the systems
apprOach. Feguson spells out
this position in his new book,
Architecture, cities and the
Systems Approach. Publish
ed in hard cover and paper
back byGeorge Braziller, Inc.
New York, Ferguson's book
is the February main selec
tion for the Library of Urban
Affairs Book Club.
In his book, Ferguson
places systems analysis in
the history of urban planning
and within the structure of
contemporary urban thought.
He carefully examines the
promises and possibilities
which systems analysis offers
the architect and planner.
The final result is an architect
and planner's guide to the
Got A Bitch? -
That's Good!
by Mike McAllister and Andy
Pivarnik
We are aware that stu
dents have valid complaints
about what goes• on in this
school. We feel that S.G.A.
MAY BE
We are aware that stu
dents have valid complaints
about what goes on in this
school. We feel that S.G.A.
may be of some help in trying
to solve and clarify some of
these problems. In order to
do this, we have to know the
problems of the general stu
dent body. Some of these
problems are apparent and
we are working to alleviate
them. In order to get a wide
time, attempts to balance
that right with the institulon's
need for information relevant
to the fulfillment of its educa
tional missions. The Univers
ity further recognizes its ob
ligation to clearly inform the
student of the existence and
location of records as well as
to define the purposes for
which such information is
obtained; to provide security
for such material; to permit
student access to, disclosure
of, and challenge to this
information as herein de
scribed; and to discontinue
such information when com
pelling reasons for its reten
tion no longer exits.
Other topics included in
the Policy are:
INTERIM STU DENT RECORD
POLICY , STU DENT EDUCA
TIONAL RECORDS, DEFI N
ITION OF STUDENT, PUBLIC
INFORMATION REGARDING
STUDENTS, UNIVERSITY
OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE
itecturally Sound Nurses
At C.C.
use of systems analysis in
dealing with the complexities
of city building.
Since 1971, Feguson has
been professor of Environ
mental Design and Program
Chairman of Regional Plan
ning here at Capitol. He
studied at Notre Dame,
Harvard and earned his doc
torate in Urban Planning at
Columbia University. He was
associate professor of urban
planning at Columbia before
coming to Penn State.
He has worked extensively
in New York and Paris, and is
a consultant to several New
York architecture and plan
ning firms. Dr. Ferguson's
major work has been the
United Nations-sponsored
development plan for New
Providence Island and the
City of Nassau in the
Bahamas, which he directed
with the late Paul Lester
Wiener.
Ferguson has directed
several planning projects in
the central Pennsylvania area
and has been a member of
the East Donegal Township
Planning Commission and
Chairman of its Parks Corl
mission.
range of ideas, the S.G.A.
has established a "Bitch
Booth" which began Thurs
day January 9, 1975 in Ven
dorville. It will be open every
other Thursday between
10:00 AMand 2:00 PM in
Vendorville. Students are
urged to make their thoughts
known. This includes both
negative and positive sugges
tions.
It will be possible to better
this campus with the sugges
tions you.give us not only for
the present but for the future
as well.
The following are some
suggestions that were ex
pressed at the Bitch Booth
Thursday, January 9:
continued on pg. 2
C.C.READER
FOR STUDENT RECORDS,
POLICIES ON DISCLOSURE
OF STUDENT RECORDS,
CHALLENGE OF RECORD
ENTRY
A display of the records
maintained on students by
various Campus Offices will
be set-up in the main lobby
area. Along with the forms,
there will be an identification
of the Campus official who
maintains each of the
records.
Because of the importance
of this Policy for Capitol
Campus students, all stu
dents are encouraged to
familiarize themselves with
its provisions. Copies of the
complete text are available in
the Student Affairs Office.
Anyone with questions about
the Policy or the Family
Educational Rights and Pri
vacy Act of 1974 should
contact the Student Affairs
Office, W-106.
by Phyllis Schaeffer
There's a new breed of
student at Capitol--23 in fact.
They have one common de
nominator--all are nurses.
Upon approval from the
Admission Standards Corn
mittee, a third possible qual
ification was added to the
admission policy last fall:ac
quisition of a nursing diploma
from an accredited school of
nursing.
According to Ms. Mary
Gundel, admissions director,
this is an unusual practice
since most schools give little
or no college credit for this
specialized education. This
new policy, however, is in
keeping with Capitol's image
as the "innovative arm" of
the Pennsylvania State Un
iversity system.
Of the first 23 nurses
enrolled, 16 are in the
Business option, 6 in the
Social Sciences and one in
Humanities-Journalism.
Ms. Gundel cautioned,
"Capitol Campus is not the
school for those nurses who
plan to further their college
education on the graduate
nursing level" because the
programs at Capitol are not
directly within the nursing
profession. Although the
Health Care Administration
option would seem a logical
one for nurses, Ms. Gundel
noted that these students are
not restricted in their pro
gram choices.
Although the policy is offi
cially on a trial basis with
student progress periodically
evaluated, Ms. Gundel said
she felt these students would
do well since past experience
using the College Level Ex
amination Program (CLEP)
showed satisfactory scores
from this group.
Student Activities Secretary
BY Jim Bollinger
Ms. Jacque Miller, a sec
retary in Student Affairs, is
leaving Capitol Campus on
January 31, after a year of
service. Ms. Miller, who
came to Capitol last January
after two years at University
Park in the Purchases Dept.,
intends to return to school in
Nashville, Tennessize to ob
tain her B.A. in Marketing
while working part-time.
Jacqu4' as she is affec
tionately known by all student
organization members, hails
originally from Dothan,
Alabama, whre she gradu
ated from business school.
C.C. &
Sponsor
Black Conference
The fifth Annual Black
Conference on Higher Edu
cation for the State of Penna.
is currently in session at the
Host Inn in Harrisburg. The
1975 Conference which be
gan on Jan. 29 will continue
until Feb. 2 and is being
hosted by Penn State-Capitol
Campus and Harrisburg Area
Community College.
Four years ago K. Leroy
Irvis convened the Black
Conference in order to facili
tate Black input to a master
plan that was being develop
ed for higher education.
Since then, Black students,
faculty and administrators
have been meeting annually
to discuss problems that are
unique to Blacks in higher
education. Approximately
200 people are attending the
conference this year.
K. Leroy Irvis, Majority
Leader in the State House of
Representatives and initiator
of the conference, is the
main speaker. Other speak
ers at the Conference include
Dr. Herman Branson, Presi
dent of Lincoln University;
DR. George Roberts, Vice
chancellor of the University
of California at Irvine; and
Ms. Cheryl Harvey, Vice
president of 8.A.5.1.C.5.
OUR COVER
Jamie Brockett in Concert
Photo by
Mark Feldman
VOL IV, NO 13
She brought her pleasing
personality and Southern
fried accent north to Penn
sylvania in 1970 after marry
ing a native Pennsylvanian.
Ms. Miller's first destina
tion on leaving ice-bound
Middletown will be Pensacola
Florida, where she intends to
vacation a month with rela
tives before moving on to
Nashville. Jacque said she
has "enjoyed working with
the students" here at Capitol.
"I wish the student organiza
tions luck in their plans for
the rest of the year."
We at the Reader wish
Jacqu‘the best of luck in her
future. We'll all miss her.
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HACC
Conference officials from
Penn State-Capitol Campus
are James Portlock, Winston
Richards, Clemmie Gilpin,
Ramone Segree, Greg Perry
and Troy Buster. They will
join John Wright, Alfreda
Johnson, Willie Woods,
Charlyne Moten, Raymond
Janifer and several students
from HACC. These repre
sentatives will then meet with
the Presidents of their re
specitive schools to report
the conclusions of the con
ference and help bring about
change.
C.C.
Reaber
Staff
Meeting
Tuesday
Feb. 4