May 29, 1975
New Law School For Penna.
By John Harbilis
[Penn State Capitol Campus Graduate
Student]
The Harrisburg area may soon receive
its first fully accredited law school. The
plan for the school was initiated by
graduate students of Penn State Capitol
Campus and the University Center at
Harrisburg. The students are acting with
direction from Harrisburg area attorneys.
The initial planning and guidance has
been made possible by experienced law
professors and legal scholars in the area.
The Planning Committee is dedicated
to establishing a school that would
provide a quality legal education while
adhering to established American Bar
Association standards for accredited
American Law Schools.
The Planning Committee hopes to take
full advantage of the experience of newly
formed law schools throughout the
United States in order to avoid the
infancy pains experienced by the new
institutions. Hopefully, our insight into
their problems will provide solutions to
any which our Planning Committee
experience.
By relying on past experience of newly
formed legal institutions, the committee
hopes to more easily achieve full and
complete accreditation.
The school will be located in
Harrisburg, a city with many cultural and
educational resources. The Pennsylvania
State Law Library with over 100,000
volumes, the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court, and the Dauphin County Court are
all centrally located in Harrisburg.
Initially, an evening program will be
available. If a sufficient number of
SGA MINUTES
Present: Rich Laychock,
Bette Karp, Skip Gibson,
Rebecca Rebok, Todd Mal-
pass, Scott Deardorff, Greg
Weigle, Joe Grant, Pat
Truitt, Paul Mathis, Jorn
Jensen, Jack Henry.
Proxies for Dan Martin, Chet
Gregoreski.
Absent: Troy Buster.
I. The motion to approve the
minutes of May 16 was made
by Todd Malpass and 2nd by
Bette Karp. The vote was
unanimous.
11. SGA senators, Joe Grant
and Pat Truitt were sworn
into office by Al Kirchener,
Chief Justice of the Student
Court.
111. A motion was made by
Todd Malpass and 2nd by
Paul Mathis that a new
Faculty Advisor Committee
be set up with a' new
chairman. The vote on the
motion was: 8-opposed,
2-for, 2-abstentions. Engi
neering professor, Joe Ped
ulla has been chosen as the
new S.G.A. Faculty Advisor.
IV. Student Court requested
approval to amend their
constitution in order to
include one graduate stu
dent as a justice in the
Student Court representa
tion. Paul Mathis made the
motion and Jorn Jensen 2nd
the motion that the Student
Court amendement be ap
proved by the S.G.A. The
vote on the amendment was
12-for, 1-opposed.
V. The International Affairs
Association Report by the
Executive Committee will be
given more consideration
and will be decided at the
May 29 meeting.
VI. S.G.A. approved a study
on speed controls in a
motion made by Jorn Jensen
and 2nd by Skip Gibson.
The committee will be
formed and headed by Jorn
May 22,1975
Jensen to study the speed
ing problems in the Meade
Heights and dorm areas.
VII. A motion was made by
Todd Malpass and 2nd by
Joe Grant for the S.G.A. to
recommend two or three
15-minute parking areas at
the Engineering Labs. The
recommendation will be sent
to George Dressier and Dr.
McDermott.
VIII. The Food Services
Committee would like to
have additional members for
the committee. The Comm,
will do a study of the
problems and recommenda
tions of the food services.
IX. Treasurer’s Report. Less
than one-half of the organi
zations have submitted their
budget requests to the
Treasurer. The requests
were due May 16.
The S.G.A. meeting was
closed at 9:10 p.m. in a
motion by Bette Karp and
2nd by Todd Malpass. Next
S.G.A. meeting is May 29.
Respectfully submitted,
Rebecca Rebok
'congratulations to YoT
WHATEVER YOU DO- WHEREVER
YOU GO-WHOEVER YOU ARE'!
qualified students express interest, the
Law School could begin full operation as
early as 1977.
As of the moment, at least 100
inquiries have been made by prospective
students.
According to Professor John Jones of
Penn State Capitol Campus, the idea of a
Law School in Harrisburg is not new.
Jones, who spearheads this program,
indicates that due to a lack of
organization and follow-up, previous
attempts have failed.
Jones contends that the new school
could compete with any law school in
Pennsylvania because it would appeal to
the graduate who works during the day
and can only attend class at night.
At present, legal education in
Pennsylvania is centered around the
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas save
for Dickinson School of Law which is
located in Carlisle. Dickinson offers an
excellent day program but does not
provide for the evening student who must
work during the day.
The school has the support of many
attorneys, judges and State legislators.
It now needs the support of interested
students, educators and citizens. The
Planning Committee could use more
student support in soliciting govern
mental and corporate support.
Inquiries should be addressed to: Law
School, P.O. Box 550, Federal Square
Station, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108.
Students are asked to include:
undergraduate Grade Point Average; if
not yet graduated, expected date of
graduation; graduate work, if any; LSAT
scores and present occupation and
experience.
Dr. Smith Named
Frat Vice-Pres.
Dr. Duane R. Smith,
assistant professor of edu
cation at Capitol Campus
has been elected 2nd Vice
President of the Harrisburg
Field Chapter of Phj Delta
Kappa, a professional edu
cation fraternity.
Smith, a former director of
elementary education for the
Harrisburg School district,
graduated from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania
and received master’s and
doctorate degrees in ele
mentary education from the
University of Pittsburgh.
Smith has been a long
time “life-member” of Phi
Delta Kappa, a fraternity
connected with schools of
graduate education.
C.C. READER
TRY PEACE - NOT WAR
If you have a copy of the last issue of the Reader, take a
-look on page 2 and you’ll see enough venom to choke a
rattlesnake, let alone a group of Indians.
At first glance, the commentary by James A. Ferrier
seems to be a vicious criticism of the group of native
Americans who recently visited the campus. Under more
careful examination It turns out to be an attack on only
one member of the White Roots of Peace, a man who goes
by the name of Coyote.
Ferrier apparently feels it within his liberty to pass
judgement on the entire Indian group that visited Capitol
based upon his isolated impression of only one member.
Why does he say in the last paragraph, “The ‘White Roots
of Peace’ only brought war on the white man’s
intelligence”, when he is basing his opinion on only one
impression? Talk about stereotyping.
Ferrier strays from the intentions of his opening
paragraph, but he could have at least given us an accurate
account of what went on in the classroom interview with
Coyote. From the tone of the article we get an impression
of a very aggressive Indian doing a lot of attacking.
Actually, the class was doing a lot of the lashing out.
When examined in their original context, the comments
of Coyote were not attacks at all but were totally aligned
with his message. According to Ferrier, Coyote said that
the American form of democracy is a 199-year old failure.
Coyote said that it is a failure because the individual does
not have a direct voice. Speaking within the context of his
conservation-oriented message, Coyote said that great
amounts of natural resources are owned by corporations,
and the individual does not have a voice in decisions
involving these private lands. Seen in this light his
statements are perceptive and accurate.
I suggest that in the future Mr. Ferrier be more careful
when reporting what people have said. Coyote never did
make any, "... claims that we should all return to the
land...” (Ferrier then goes on to call these claims that
Coyote never made “absurd”). Coyote was specifically
asked if he advocated a mass return to the “natural way”
of living off the land, and he replied that it would be
impossible for such a thing because there is not enough
land. Coyote did not stress a total subsistance from the
land; he cautioned us from totally divorcing ourselves
from the land.
Towards the end of his commentary Ferrier again
isolates a single comment by Coyote and presents it out
of its original context. Coyote did say that man is born
with all the knowledge he needs, and he did speak in
some technical terms that could only have been learned
through study. Coyote was speaking in the context of
living a “natural life” when he said man is born with all the
knowledge required for survival. Man was kicking around
a long time before classroom education became the
fashion.
As for using some technical terms aquired through our
concept of education, Coyote never claimed to have
dropped in from an isolated part of the world. He
admitted to living in this country and being influenced by
the white mans’ culture. Ferrier implies that Coyote
would have to be a loin-clothed savage for his message to
have any validity.
Ferrier’s commentary was a very personal reaction to
only one of the visiting Indians; not a valid judgement of
the entire “White Roots of Peace” as the title and first and
last paragraphs would have us believe. Even though it
was labeled as a commentary, it was inappropriate as the
sole comment on the visit of the native Americans.
Seminar Set
In Leningrad
College students and high
school seniors are invited to
register for a one-month
Russian Language and Cul
ture Seminar to be held in
the Soviet Union this
summer.
Carrying six semester
hours of college credit, the
cost of the seminar will be
$lO7B plus Edinboro State
College tuition. This
includes roundtrip trans
atlantic air fare via Finnair,
hotel accommodations,
three superb meals a day,
tours and excursions, visa
fee, U.S. departure tax, all
transfers, tips and taxes,
and 4 hours of instruction
per day for 24 days in the
Leningrad area.
Full beach and sports
facilities are available, plus ™ ef ,.„ . . ,
theaters haiiat The SGA lteasurei's books
rinfmI S ’ m ba et ’ ope * a ’ ■» open to the public and can
cinema, museums, and art be seen by appointment with
galleries. Jack Heniy, Turner.
Mark Switzer
To register for this
seminar, which lasts from
June 12 to July 11, send a
$lOO.OO deposit immediately
to Dr. Julius M. Blum,
Professor of Russian, Edin
boro State College, Edin
boro, Pa., 16444, Tel. (814)
732-2417.
In addition, send a check
for $186.00 ($31.00 per
credit) to Mr. Ralph Berlin,
Director of Summer Ses
sions, Edinboro State Col
lege, along with a request for
a Summer Sessions catalog
and an application for
admission to RL 392-393,
Russian Language and Cul
ture Seminar in the USSR,
regular summer session.
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