April 28, 1977
New Student
By Cliff Eshbach
The two week administra
tion of Student Government
President Joe Mahar is now in
the midst of a big recruiting
drive for volunteers to serve on
S.G.A. and Faculty committees.
The representatives are to
give the opinions of students
within the committee structure
of Capitol Campus.
In the past, these commit
tees have decided several
important and non-academic
issues on campus.
According to President
Mahar, the important faculty
committees to fill are the
Faculty Council, Academic
Affairs, Student Affairs, Aca
demic Awards and Scholarships
and Physical Plant committees.
The Student Government
committees that will be looking
for members are the Election
Screening committee, and the
Barre Cont.
know what they look like
Even the maintenance
workers would talk to students!
In a friendly tone, too!
Amazing!
Well, if you haven't gotten
the point by now, it seems that
this campus has to go through a
period of soul searching. Not
just on one level, but
throughout the entire campus
community. We must look at
ourselves in a very critical way.
Because if we don't, Capitol
Campus will end up like the
Centre County Campus (you
know, that big branch campus).
This is something no one should
ever wish on anyone. I pray
that it isn't too late.
Next week, some thoughts
on the biggest voting block in
the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania: Penn State
Alumni.
A footnote:
Thanks again all you guys
that surprised the hell out of
me Monday afternoon! You are
some very special friends!
We were in the neighborhood so we thought we'd take a shot
Gov't. Needs
Charter review committee.
Currently, some of these
same faculty committees are
discussing the possible changes
in the campus' system from unit
to credit, and the possible
change from a term to a
semester calendar.
The new student govern-
Tomorrows R.A.'s May
By Young 'twang
The fees paid to Resident
Assistants (R.A.'s) may be
reduced and standardized,
according to the Director of
Student Affairs, Dr. James
South.
The Meade Heights and
Residence Halls R.A.'s are now
being paid different amounts. A
Meade Heights R.A. receives
$473.00, While Residence Halls'
R.A.'s get $630.00 per term.
According to Dr. South, the
Student Affairs Division
(S.A.D.) does not consider this
fair, 'since all R.A.'s "perform
similar functions" regardless of
location. The new rates will be
equivalent to the calculated,
accepted cost of room and
board for the Residence Halls,
Dr. South said.
The R.A.'s fee reductions
are only one of several
alternatives S.A.D. is consider
ing for balancing the Divisions
budget.
Other alternatives include:
reducing the number of R.A.'s;
and closing the Coffee House in
the Meade Heights.
"Distances that R.A.'s
would have to cover," Dr.
South said, "makes reducing
the number of R.A.'s very
unlikely."
The Residence Living pro
gram of the S.A.D. pays annual
rents to the Department of
Food and Housing for the use of
the Coffee House in the Meade
Heights. Now S.A.D. is
assessing the justification of
these payments in terms of the
usefulness of the Coffee House
C.C. Reader
Students For
meat is also looking for
volunteers, to fill vacant Senior
Senate positions. The spring
elections only filled three
senate seats, those in Social
Science, Business, and Ele
mentary Education. Those
seats left unfilled are in the
Engineering, Humanities, Math
to students.
Another reason for consi
dering the fee reductions, Dr.
South said, is to save enough of
the residents fees to provide for
R.A.'s in the summer if
SGA Elections From 1
The first of the two was,
only 10% of the student
population, the number of
people who voted, was not
representative of the entire
student bidy. The court voted 2
to 1 on this charge with Justice
Ed Deitt dissenting.
In a correlated charge,
Inyang said, because such a
small number of people voted,
the S.G.A. should dissolve
itself.
On this the court unani
mously voted "no", saying,
while 10% of the student
population is not representa
tive of the entire student body
Random News Notes
Art Sale
An exhibit/sale of original
prints from the Ferdinand
Roten Galleries collection, of
Baltimore, Maryland, will be
held in the Black Cultural Arts
Center (W-132) from 10:00 a.m.-
4:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 3.
Along with prints by such
masters as Picasso, Goya,
Renoir, and Hogarth, there are
also works by many of today's
American artists.
The exhibition is open to the
public free of charge. A
knowledgeable Roten repre-
Committees
Science, and Graduate pro
grams. There are also three
senator-at-large positions open.
According to President
Mahar, anyone interested in
any of the Senate or committee
positions should contact him in
the S.G.A. office, W-110.
Earn Less
possible. There are usually no
R.A.'s in the summer term ..
"Everything we do in the
Student Affairs Division has to
be justified in terms of students
benefits," Dr. South concluded.
it is undoubtedly representa
tive of an involved segment of
students.
The final opinion of the
court was lack of sufficient
merit in the charges to warrant
a new election or review of the
election.
All 5 Justices were present:
Mike Burke, Ed Deitt, Jerry
Rhen, Dwight L. Webster and
Debbie Schwartz. Also present
were election screening com
mittee members: Ray Martin,
George Rovnack, and Charles
Alesky. Joe Mahar newly
elected S.G.A. president was
also there.
sentative will be on hand to
answer questions about the
prints and the artists.
Displaying of the collection
is informal which allows
visitors to examine at close
range the graphic techniques of
the different artists.
TASK
Notice- To all Juniors who took
the Stanford TASK test, Fall
Term, 1976:
The Stanford TASK test of
Reading, English and Math
skills was administered to
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Soc.Sci.,Hist
Prof Dies
Dr. James G. McAree
suffered a heart attack and died
Thursday, April 21 in his home.
Dr. McAree was professor of
Social Science and History, and
was with Capitol Campus since
1969. He leaves his wife Cell
and children, Ann and lan.
A memorial service will
take place at the All Saints
Episcopal Church, Elm and
Valley Road, Hershey on
Friday, April 29 at 11:00 a.m. In
lieu of flowers the family asks
that donations be given to the
Building Fund at the All Saints
Episcopal Church.
From The
Administration
We were deeply saddened
to learn of the death of Jim
McAree, Professor of Social
Science and History, on
Thursday, April 21, 1977. Dr.
McAree, who joined the faculty
of The Capitol Campus in
September of 1969, has made a
significant contribution to the
development of the University
at this location. A dynamic
teacher with an unequalled
anecdotal style, Professor
McAree has been revered by
students and colleagues alike.
Included in his eight years of
service to Penn State was a
stint as Social Science Program
Head. With sympathy to his
family and appreciation for his
notable record, we commend
his services to the University
and the area. We shall miss
him.
R.E. McDermott, Provost
George D. Wolf
Dean of Faculty
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His mind was sharp, penetrat
ing and unbelievably quick, and
it was buffered by a devilishly
sophisicated sense of humor.
Indeed, of the few geniuses I
have been able to meet, he was
one of very few wise enough to
laugh at himself.
He was capable of caring
deeply, and of quiet cynicism
when he realized that nothing
could be done by caring about a
given problem.
He had personified every
thing that had been great in
British tradition and every
thing that was good about
America.
His classes were enter
taining education. Talking with
him after class was educational
entertainment.
He was truly the last man
I've met, who caused me to say
to myself, "That's what I'd like
to be when I grow up."
I know that I will never
reach his heights.
But having known him, I
will keep striving.
If one's teachers are what
makes a person, those of us
fortunate enough to take
classes with Dr. McAree were
made by the best there was.
This University, this cam
pus and this building have very
little magic about them. Last
Thursday they lost almost all
they had.
I will miss him. I know I
shall never see anyone like him
again.
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