EDITORIAL
Tfe Easy “B“
Academic success is probably one of your primary
objectives for this 76-77 school year here at Capitol
Campus. I wish you luck, but unfortunately I don’t
believe my half-hearted good wishes for those good
grades will get you there.
Therefore I’ve devised a sort of practical formula
that is certainly a more realistic attempt to help you get
good grades than my lots of luck wishes. Those of you
who are somewhat skeptical might question my
authority on this subject, with due cause, but I’ve
polished and refined it upon careful and drawn out
consideration, and I believe this method to be
foolproof.
One of your first considerations should be, as soon
as possible, to get the professor to associate your
name with youc face. This is easily accomplished by
having a short after class conversation with your prof.
Be careful not to make this introductory meeting too
long, so as not to be accused of brown nosing.
After your prof, recognizes you* when he doesn’t
have to look around for ten minutes before he finds you
while taking attendance, you can now begin your Joe
4.0 act. This means you must play the super
conscientious role. The role says trees would grow
upside down before you got anything less than an A. If
you can sell this act to the prof, he’ll be hesitant about
giving you a B or less, for they don’t like to tamper with
a symmetrical cumulative grade point average.
Next, while you’re in class, remember it’s always
better to ask a question or even give an obvious answer
than to be called on and not be able to come up with
anything. Of course some consider this to be a moot
point. There are those who believe that it is best to not
say anything at all for the entire term; and some of
those people accomplish outstanding G.P.A.’s, but
your class participation may supply that added umph
to get you over those boarderline cases.
Always look incredibly interested, keep your eyes
glued on the prof, as he gives his lecture, try not to be
late, and cut as few classes as possible. If you come
upon a case where you question a statement made by a
prof., you disagree, be careful not to turn a healthy,
interested question into blatant stubbomess. You
might even try smiling a lot. Also, as a last resort, I’ve
sometimes found studying to be helpful.
With a synthesis of good luck wishes and the Easy
B formula, you can’t go wrong. Have a good year!
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Capitol Campus Reader
The Pennsylvania State UniveTSity
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Phone (717) 944-4970
The Capitol Campus Reader is the school
newspaper of Penn State’s Capitol Campus. It is
published by the students who attend this school. We
of the Reader Staff try to accurately represent the voice
of the students, and keep them informed as to current
events and relevant issues. We are published on a
weekly basis.
Office Hours
Fall Term
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Mon.-Fri.
Editor-in-Chief..
Associate Editor Deborah K. Young
Photography Editor Patty Stanchak
Copy Editor Robert L. Fisher, Jr.
Staff Inez Kong, Karen Pickens, John Stanchak
The Capitol Campus
..William M. Kane
To Readers Of The
Capitol Campus Reader
Welcome to Capitol
Campus, the Fall Term 1976,
and the beginning of our 11th
academic year. The founding
charge for Capitol Campus was
for it to be an innovative arm of
the University. Tb this day,
Capitol strives to live up to this
expectation.
The students that attend
Capitol Campus help make it
the unique place that it is. They
havb done so since the founding
of the campus, and I anticipate
that you will continue in this
tradition.
The Capitol Campus student
body has:
Older students (The
average age for a Capitol
Campus undergraduate student
is 27);
Wiser and mote mature
students (Well of course!);
A greater percentage of
minority students than on any
campus;
A higher percentage of
veterans than on any campus;
A broad range of
international students;
And just but not least, a
large percentage of part-time
students, representing both the
undergraduate and graduate
level.
Increasing numbers of re
turning students are finding
their way to Capitol Campus.
These men and women, having
already established themselves
in one area of endeavor, are
returning to the University to
seek further education and/or
Letters To The Editor
To All Students
The S6A hopes that all of
you have gotten over the effects
qf orientation and registration
and are ready to begin a super
year.
There are lots of chances for
the student body to be an
effective voice. But we won’t get
the chance to vocalize unless
we have representation on the
SGA and Faculty Committees.
This is essential to our
existence, because if we don’t
get our representatives, de
cisions will be made without the
benefit of student input
If you missed us at the
Organizational Fair, stop in
Dear Ed,
Why does this place look
like a Nazi Concentration
Camp? Why all the fences?
And those trucks that lumber in
and out of here all day? Ate
they used to haul away the
Notable
How refreshing it is to pause
in the whirl and tempest of life,
and cast back our minds over
the past years! I think there is
even a land of satisfaction in
deliberately and calmly re
viewing actions that we feel
were foolish or evil. It pleases
us to know that we have the
learning of experience. The very
contrast, perhaps, between
what we are, and what we were,
is gratifying. At all events , it is
acknowledged that retrospec
tion becomes one of the
training in area of special
interest These students repre
sent a double-edged challenge.
First they challenge them
selves to expand their own
personal areas of interest and
they challenge the University to
meet and cope with a new range
and depth of their interests.
The degree of success we
have at the Capitol Campus is
dependent on how well we can
work together to meet all of the
challenges described.
There is, this year, a general
felling of well
feeling of well-being; as the new
academic year begins.
I sense this feeling results in
the fact that President Oswald
and his staff have provided a
number of pieces of hard
evidence that they feel Capitol
Campus is here to stay, and will
continue to be a unique upper
division and graduate school
campus of Penn State University.
As evidence, we have the
new Multi-Purpose Building
under construction. In addition,
we have the President’s support
to maintain a calender which
meets ourneeds, even though it
is an exception to the calender
to the rest of the University.
While these comments
speak of increased awareness
and support from the University
Administration, there are other
“good vibes” coming from the
home front. The leadership
potential from within the
student body gives every
W-110 (the SGA office) and see
what’s open. My office hours
are: Mon. 8:30-9:15 a.m.,
12:20-1:30 p.m.; Thes. 8:30-
9:15 a.m., 12:20-3:00 p.m.;
Wed. 9:30 a.m.-l:00 p.m.;
Thurs. 8:30-9:15 a.m., 12:20-
3:00 p.m.; Fri. 8:30-9:15 a.m.
If fm not there, stop anyone
in SGA and ask. Effective'
communication is our key, and
the SGA is here to provide it
Only with continuous inter
actions can the students at
Capitol Campus achieve the
degree of action and construc
tive change needed.
I can't tell you why Artie.
remains of those who park
without a sticker or fail to get
the required 4.0?
Where are all the trees and
flowers and people and things
that make a school seem alive?
Have I accidentally enrolled
in a school for morticians?
Quotes
delights of people immediately
after arriving at mature years.
When merely on the verge of
manhood, we love to think of
the scenes of our boyish life.
When advanced in age we
fondly turn our memory to the
times of early years and dwell
with a chastened pleasure upon
what we recollect thereof,
beheld through the medium of
the intervening seasons.
Walt Whitman’s
“Franklin Evans »
indication that it will be the best
in recent years. There appears
to be an increased awareness by
leaders of the student body in
the general concerns of the
campus.
Perhaps, this will be a year
that faculty, students and
community will remember...
like the year we painted the
mural on the power plant (or
repainted it)... Or the year we
punted the wall of the Athletic
and Recreation Building... Or
Fertility Days (when the
students and faculty work
together to plant the trees that
help beautify our campus... Or
the year that we built one of the
projects behind the main
Administration Building to
change its institutional 100 k...
0r... we could go on and on.
The bottom line is simply
that Capitol Campus provides
for all of us a challenge to grow
together and to shape our
common world.
Whether it is to improve and
expand the quality ana range of
the academic offerings, the
support systems or the appear
ance of the campus, I
personally look forward to
working with you all to meet
those situations which help us
grow.
Duane R. Smith
Associate Dean of
Academic Affairs
Also, if you’re interested in
being a Senator, the necessary
information should be available
soon. Once again, check the
SGA office, W-110, for details.
Thirdly, applications and
information on the New Capitol
Campus Free U can be obtained
in W-110.
I hope everyone has a good
beginning to the fall term, and
remember we can be a strong
voice and initiator within the
campus community with all of
us pulling together.
Cliff Eshbach
SGA President
I bet the abbots at St
Alphonso’s have a better time
than I’ve had here.
/ No one told me celibacy was
a prerequisite for enrollment
Can I ham my money back?
Yours for never more,
Arthur Butz
SGA
Petitions will be available
at the SGA office Monday,
Sept. 27th for students who r
are interested in being SGA
Senators.
Also, prospective candi
dates for Student Commit
tees can sign their names on
the list outside of the SGA
Office, W-110.