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Computer Center
By Bob Buckingham
Three computer seminars Entry Systems.
for students, faculty and staff The primary role of the
are scheduled for this month, center is support of instruction
according to John Redington, and research with a lesser role
director of the Computer in administration. Redington
Center. The seminar topics will said that use of the center is
be: open to all enrolled students,
February 9, Using the faculty and staff. Any questions
Computer in Instruction. concerning the seminar can be
February 16, Research directed to Redington at the
Using the Computer. Computer Center.
Historic Exhibit Now On Display
The exhibit, now on display
in the Gallery Lounge, "The
Black Presence in the Era of
the American Revolution, 1770
- 1800," will run through Feb.
19. The exhibit is circulated
nationally by the Smithsonian
Institute's Traveling Exhibition
Service.
The aim of this exhibition is
to restore to the national
Sculptures
Sculptures by Oliver
LaGrone, sculptor, poet and
educator, are on exhibit at the
Black Cultural Art Center. The
exhibit will continue until Mon.,
Feb. 14.
LaGrone, once a student of
Carl Milles, is a graduate of the
University of New Mexico, and
for several years has served as
a teacher and a special assistant
to the vice-president of under
graduate studies at the
Pennsylvania State University.
He regards himself as an
eclectic, who works in bronze,
marble, alabaster, wood and
cast stone.
LaGrone is also a poet. His
poems have appeared in
national publications and have
been included in several
anthologies. He is interested in
Afro-American history and
culture and frequently lectures
on these subjects.
Thank You
I wish to thank all those
friends who voiced their
concern over my recent
problem. I appreciate your kind
words. I also wish to express a
special thanks to a great group
of engineering technology
students who gave up their
time to aid in the cleaning-up of
a very large mess. Their help
and cooperation was a great
comfort at a very difficult
moment. The MDET class of
1977 will always be remem
bered by my family as
something special.
W. K. Aungust
If I was Punxsutawney Phil , I would've stayed out to see this
February 23, Remote Job
memory an historic fact long
suppressed or forgotten--the
living presence of black men
and women during the thirty
years from the martyrdom of
Crispus Attucks in the Boston
Massacre of 1770 to the
conspiracy of Gabriel Prosser in
Virginia at the turn of the
century.
Forty handsome exhibit
panels tell the story of blacks
during this period by present
ing their portraits and deeds in
pictures and words--as soldier
and sailor, founder of the black
church, fighter for equality,
organizer of school, lodge, and
society; as scientist, writer,
poet, artist, captain, physician,
frontiersman, and rebel.
20 G's
Dr. Joesph Pedulla, assist
ant professor of physics, has
been awarded a $20,000
research grant from the
Hershey Foods Corporation.
The grant will be used to
support an investigation con
cerning the molecular proper
ties relating to the deformation
and flow of a water-chocolate
mass.
A -member of the Capitol
Campus faculty since 1971, Dr.
Pedulla received his B.S. and
M.S. degrees in physics from
the Univ. of Pittsburgh and his
Ph.D. in physics from Penn
State. While working towards
his degrees he served as a
graduate assistant at both Pitt
and Penn State and has served
as an optical physicist for IBM
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Dr. Pedulla is a member of
the American Physical Society
and has conducted research in
the fields of superconductivity,
surface physics in the areas of
thermionic and photoelectric
emission and in the; electrical
properties col-complex solids.
Dr. Pedttlla lives in
Elizabethtown with his wife
Luanne and their three
children.
C.C. Reader
Electric neons as they fizzle throu
Term/Semester Cont. From Page 1
Specifically, the following
propositions have been put
forth for examination by
students and faculty:
1. That credits replace
units so that courses may vary
in weight.
2. That graduation re
quirements be allowed to vary.
3. A proposed switch to a
semester calendar instead of
the present term system.
Variance in course weight
by credits is included in the
report because the current unit
system makes it impossible to
offer 1 / 4 unit, 3 / 4 unit courses -
courses that could be used to
broaden the sphere of interest
of a student while still enabling
him/her to fulfill requirements
for a specific program, as well
as to let a student get a "taste"
of a field before committing
him/herself to a specific major.
As for graduation require
ments, this raises the question
of the necessity of standardiz-
ing the amount of knowledge
A.S.M.E.HoldsFirstlVleeting
On Tuesday February Ist
the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers
(A.S.M.E.) held its first official
meeting, at 4:30 P.M. in the
Gallery Lounge.
A discussion and slide
presentation on the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation's Steelton
the atmosphere
for, specific fields. For example,
does a Humanities Multi-Media
major need the same "amount"
of formal education as say, an
Electrical Engineering major?
And if not, why shouldn't
practical experience in the field
be initiated sooner (by shorten
ing graduation requirements)
rather than requiring all
students to attend the same
number of class hours, regard
less of interest or career goals?
Or is there some "greater good"
in equality of graduation
requirements?
To illustrate why the idea of
moving to a semester system is
included in the paper, think
ahead to (ugh) final's for this
Winter Term.
Immediately after winter,
what happens? Spring, right?
(Although it's been a long
strange winter). So as spring
follows winter so does Spring
Term immediately follow
Winter Term. Not even enough
time to get some sun (o glorious
plant's production process was Treasurer. Several committees
given by Mr. R. Williams, a have also been' formed.
Bearing Engineer and Produc- Additional committee member
tion Supervisor. positions are available.
The following persons have The next meeting will be
been selected as A.S.M.E. held February 15 at 4:30 when
officers for the year: Darryl the official charter will be
Whiteman, Chairman; Barry presented by Mr. George
Vitousky, Vice-Chairman; Paul Kotnick of . the Philadelphia
Dakay, Secretary; Tim Kocher, Electric Co.
Intensive Four Week Workshop
This summer New York
University will conduct an
intensive four-week workshop
from July 5 through July 29,
1977 with a faculty of leading
New York Publishers. General
topics include editorial, design,
manufacturing, marketing and
economic processes of book
publishing. Specific sessions
include proofreading, manu
script writing, author/editor/
publisher relations, contracts
and copyright, subsidiary
rights, art direction, printing
processes, sales promotion,
reviewing, childrens books,
picture books, book clubs and
mre. To make this experience
as "real" as possible students
will work with actual manu
scripts, designs and production
problems. Field trips to a paper
manufacturer, typographer,
printing plant, bindery and
February 10, 1977
day!) before it's hit,the books,
etc., etc. Also, full and half
semester course options could
be available to help restore
some flexibility into the
curriculum.
As Dean Smith observed in
a recent interview, "Looking at
the question from one point of
view involves a paradox. The
unit, designed for flexibility,
has come to negate that
characteristic, and a credit
system, while inherently more
rigid, would seem to restore
that academic freedom upon
which Capitol was established."
So, anyway, these ideas are
around for everyone to
comment on, pro or con. It's an
opportune time to help mold an
institution into a better serving
of its employees and consum
ers. An opportunity such as this
does not occur often, and since
a decision ultimately will be
made this spring, express
thyself.
distribution center reinforce
and clarify the classroom
experience. A Certificate in
Publishing is awarded upon
completion of the course.
Students from all curricu
lums will meet with personnel
representatives of major pub
fishers for career guidance.
Tuition assistance and special
dormitory rates are available.
Enrollment is limited. For
further information contact R.
Zelazny, Director, Book Pub
lishing in New York, New York
University, School of Continu
ing Education, 2 University
Place, Room 21, New York,
N.Y., 10003, or call (212)
598-2371 or pick up a
postage-paid postcard request
ing information from the
display on the Counseling
Center bulletin board, outside
room Wll7.