CAPITOL CAMPUS READER
Vol. 6 No. 20 Capitol Campus Penn State University
SGA Presidential Candidate Runs Unopposed
By Young Inyang
Next Tuesday (April 12) is election
day and casino night on campus
according to S.G.A. President Cliff
Eshbach and Robin Platts of the Public
Information Office.
Besides the election of S.G.A. officers
Eshbach said that a faculty member will
also be selected for the James Jordan
Award.
The elections, he said will be held by
the round table from 8:00 a.m. till 8:00
Submission a( petitions will close
Friday the Bth, according to the Vice
President, Ray Martin.
Between 80 And 90 A Day
By Ed Pommy
The "Heart Screening Program",
sponsored by the American Heart
Association and the Campus Heal*
Service, will conclude its stay, at Capitol .
Campus today, after examining more;
than 300 people.
The screenings were held last week,
on March 30 and 31, and this week, on
April 6 and 7. They were open, free of
charge, to any member of the student
body, faculty, or staff. Today's screening
was also available to employees of the
Fruehauf Corporation.
The examination consisted of a
height, weight and blood pressure check,
a blood test for blood cholesterol and
sugar, and an electrocardiogram.
According to Mrs. Jean Kresge,
School Nurse, the same type of program,
So far the candidate for president,
Joe Mahar, is running unopposed.
Stephen L. Nailor and Young Inyang are
running for the vice presidency. Nellie
Jiwani is the lone contender for
secretary while Larry Ranieri and
Sheila Deal will contest for the
treasury.
The James Jordan Memorial Award
is presented to one faculty member for
outstanding dedication and achievement
in education.
The late Mr. Jordan was a
Humanities professor at Capitol Campus.
He died at age 43 in a boating accident.
To help voters during the elections,
sponsored by the State Health Center,
was conducted here last year. but was
dropped this year in favor of the Heart
Association's program. because the
State's exsunination did not include the
cholesterol test.
All of the people who administered
the screening were volunteers: either
those who worked for the Heart
Association and did the actual testing, or
students, who assisted the patients in
filling out the necessary forms.
According to Mrs. Kresge, the exact
number of people who took advantage of
this free testing service will not be
known until after the program's
conclusion today. She said, however,
that between 80 and 90 people were
registered to be examined on each of the
program's four days.
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Eshbach said there will be a faculty
directory in the poll area. The name of will be a student roster in the polling
the winner he added, will be sent to a area, and that all voters will be required
selection committee for the final to show their I.D. cards.
decision. From the Public Information Office
According to Ray Martin a proposal
to ammend Article XVII (18) of the
constitution is being left for the next
cabinet.
Article 18 defines how the S.G.A. and
the other students organizations spend
money. It has been a source of conflict
between the S.G.A. and other
organizations.
To avoid possible unfair voting
practices, Eshbach announced that there
To Some It's Waste,To Others
It's Bread And Butter
The Water Resources Engineering
Technology (WRET) Program here at
Capitol offers students an opportrnity to
both create a better environment and
work in a good paying job. Persons in the
engineering profession have been
blamed for pollution of the environment
so many times that it is a good feeling for
the WRET people to be able to help
solve these problems with their U
engineering skills. nionization?
The WRET Program title has been a
misnomer, in the past, since the
technical connotation of water resources Not Quite
is hydrology, hydraulics, runoff, dams,
reservoirs and water supply.
The emphasis of our student's
April 7, 1977
Robin Platte said that "a casino night
will be held Tuesday, April 12, at 8:00
P.M." in the Student Center. She says
"one dollar at the door will buy you a
$1,000.00," and that there will be music,
alcholic and non alcholic beverages, and
prizes.
She invites everyone to "come to
casino night and have a great time." All
proceeds according to her benefit the
Spring concert
training has been in water and
wastewater treatment. The placement of
the students after - graduation is
primarily in the water pollution control
field, mainly due to the large amount of
government funding for wastewater
treatment plant construction. This
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By Brian McDonough
Less than 600 votes made faculty
unionization a non-issue for Penn State.
The election held on March 30 and 31
turned out 93 per cent of all eligible
voters according to University Public
Information.
The percentage of
Commonwealth Campus's faculty to
talled 95 percent (including Capitol
Campus), and 92 percent of University
Park faculty voted in the election.
Figures released by the Pennsylvania
Labor Relations Board showed 1,712
voted for no representation, 642 voted
for PSUPA representation, and 500
voted for AAUP representation.
According to Dr. Eisenstein, who is
affiliated with the Capitol Campus
chapter of the PSUPA/PSEA, it was the
big vote at University Park which
caused the defeat for union represen
tation.
Weekend
Weather
It will be partly cloudy over the
weekend, which also means it'll be partly
sunny, though the parts thereof we can't
be precise with. Temperatures will be
below normal, with the highs in the 40's
Friday and Saturday and 50's on Sunday.
The lows will be in the teen's and 20's.
Eggs, rabbits and new clothes are also
expected Sunday.