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SomeO
he Evolution Of
The C. C. Reader
Student newspapers at Capitol Campus have had a short, but
colorful life. Capitol Campus began its life as a University in 1966.
The first student newspaper appeared on January 19, 1967 as a
bunch of mimeographed sheets stapled together. It was called the
Roundtable and it was “organized on a strictly independent
basis”, meaning it had no real affiliation with the Campus and
very little money with which to operate. It had no regular printing
schedule, and it appeared infrequently (the second issue is dated
April 24, ’67).
The Roundtable was replaced early in 1968 by another
mimeographed paper called the VOX. The reason for the demise
of the Roundtable, from what we can gather from our available
records, was a dispute over its editorial policy. The VOX was
initiated as an alternative to the Roundtable, and replaced it in
February of ’6B.
The VOX, more conservative than its predecessor, met an ob
scure end sometime later in 1968. On Sept. 20, ’6B, concurrent with
the beginning of the school year, Capitol students published their
first bona-fide newspaper. It was a four-page tabloid tagged “Help
Wanted”.
In April of 1969, Help Wanted was replaced by another tabloid
entitled the “Campus Cap”. The Cap was apparently a con
tinuation of its predecessor, except that it had a new staff and a
more acceptable name.
The Cap gave way, in October of 1969, to the Capitolist. The
Capitolist was a landmark in Capitol journalism. It appeared soon
after Capitol Campus was given the right to award degrees in
dependent of University Park, and its founders possessed a sense
of a kind of destiny. They intended to create a tabloid worthy of the
name ‘newspaper’. Apparently, they had something, since the
Capitolist was (and still is, in terms of age) the most durable
student newspaper ever produced at Capitol Campus. It began as
a bi-weekly (becoming the first really regular student paper at
Capitol), and later switched to weekly publication.
In the fall of ’73, the old Capitolist was renamed the Capitol
Campus Reader. The first issue appeared Sept. 26 under a new
format and the co-editorship of Frank DeSantis and Charlie
Holeczy. The first couple of issues appeared on a weekly basis, but
lack of staff and copy soon forced the paper into bi-weekly
publication. This year, under the editorship of yours truly, the C.
C. Reader is appearing as a weekly, and is incorporating some of
the various newsletters and press-releases as regular features in
the paper. The staff is still small (consisting of only ten “full
time” members), and the paper is continuing to accept staff
members and articles and news from the students-at-large in a
continuing effort to better serve the Capitol Campus community.
J.S.B.
Cover by Bollinger
Capitol's
Day
MIDDLETOWN, PA. -The
largest enrollment in the
history of Penn State-Capitol
Campus ushered in the fall
term on October 2nd. Over 2200
students are now attending the
university at Middletown as
it opened its doors for its ninth
season. Penn State-Capitol
Campus is the only upper
division college of the Penn
sylvania State University
complex. The University offers
bachelors degrees in Business
Administration, Education,
Engineering Technology,
Humanities, Mathematical
Science and Social Science; it
offers masters degrees in
Administration, American
Studies, Education,
Engineering Science,
Humanities, Psycho-social
Science, Public Administration
and Regional Planning.
Of the 2200 enrollment, 1550
will be undergraduate and 650
will be graduate students. Both
undergraduate and graduate
students registered on Mon
day, September 30th and
Tuesday, October Ist. The
excellent faculty led by Dr.
George D. Wolf, Dean of
Faculty, is comprised of 150
talented and scholarly persons
The 1974-75 C. C.
Opening
Figures
and will be on hand to welcome
and guide the student body for
this year.
A four day orientation for
new students was held starting
September 28th. Agnes Green,
student affairs coordinator,
has arranged ceremonies and
programs which will acquaint
the student with the University
and with the facilities
available at the campus. A jazz
concert, a dance social, a
picnic and the premier of the
movies series were some of the
special events.
Dr. Robert E. McDermott,
provost of the University held a
reception at the Hershey
Convention Center on Friday
evening, September 27th. A
brunch for new faculty was
held at the University on
Tuesday, September 24th.
The launching of the
academic year officially took
place on the Bth of October with
a convocation featuring one of
Time Magazine’s leading
journalists, Hugh Sidey. Mr.
Sidey gave the Convocation
address at 11:00 in the mor
ning. An open forum at 2:00 in
the University’s auditorium
found Mr. Sidey discussing in
depth his views of the nation.
C.C. Reader
New Faculty
Advisor For
Mrs. Betty Thorne, C. C. Reader
Faculty Advisor.
by Phyllis Schaeffer
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
welcomes Mrs. Thorne.
Reader Wins
Six Awards
Collegiate journalism at
Capitol Campus collected
some medals to pin on its
chest at the annual awards
meeting of the Press
Association of Common
wealth Campuses by taking
second place in the number
of first-place awards.
The C.C. Reader won two
first-place trophies in the
publications division.
The trophy for “Most
Improved Newspaper” was
accepted by Editor-in-Chief
Jim Bollinger. He said he
improved the Reader this
year by experimenting with
graphics, photography and
various layout techniques in
an effort to make the paper
an innovative and effective
publication.
94 Graduate
In Winter
Fall Tam eomi
Pennsylvania State
University-Capitol Campus
conferred degrees to 94
students, Saturday, De
cember 21. The fall term
commencement ceremon
ies were held at the Middle
town Area High School.
Bachelor degrees were
awarded to 69 students and
master degrees were be
stowed on 25 students. The
Master degrees were
earned in Administration,
American Studies, Elemen
tary Education, Engineer
ing, Humanities, Public
Administration, and Re
gional Planning. The Bach
elor degrees were earned in
Business Administration,
Elementary Education,
Humanities, Mathematical
Science, Social Science,
CIVIL Engineering, Electri
cal Design, and Mechanical
Design Engineering Tech
nology.
Dr. George D. Wolf, dean
of the faculty, spoke to the
graduates. The theme of
his remarks came from
Robert Frost’s poem “The
by Rebecca Rebok
The Reader’s emphasis on
photography was rewarded
with a first-place trophy for
the “Best Photography” of
all the commonweaitn cam
puses. Fred Prouser is this
year’s Associate and
Photography Editor.
The individual awards
division was dominated by
Reader staff members who
captured top awards in four
of the eight categories.
Assistant Editor Phyllis
Schaeffer won the “Best
News Story” award for her
article on the Casino Night
coverage controversy.
Former Associate Editor
Doug Gibboney took the top
award in the feature article
category.
Reade
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it MMCbM hold at the UlddMown Aim High School.
photo by Ptoooor
Road Not Takeij*” Dr. Wolf
pointed out thaflten in an
urbanized, technological
society, a person can inake
a choice for “the less trav
eled road. The choices are
not only vocational ones,”
Dr. Wolf stated, “but about
the kind of person you wilt
be.”
Two graduating seniors
were honored for attaining
-p 4.0 average. Lynn A.
Musser and Sarko O.
Keosheyan, bot graduate in
Mathematical Science and
both from Harrisburg, were
the honored scholars.
Dr. Robert E. McDermott
provost of Penn State-Capi
tol Campus, presided at the
graduation. He was assist
ed in conferring the de
grees by Harry R. Ulrich, a
member of the Board of
Trustees. Dr. James B.
Bartoo, dean of the Grad
uate School, Dr. George D.
Wolf, and Dr. Roger B.
Saylor, commencement
marshal also participated
in the ceremonies.
The highest individual
photography award went to
Cathy Wert for her photo of
an outhouse which was
featured on the cover of the
Jan. 17 issue. Wert is a free
lance photographer for Her
shey Estates and a 12th term
social science major.
Former advertising man
ager Ken Hession won the
second place award in
advertising for his design in
the keggar ads which
appeared in several issues.
Bollinger says, “As the
Reader gets older, the
Reader gets better.” The
Press Association awards
lend support to his view.
Graduation issue