PAGE 2 EDITORIAL New You Cot Yours? Pretty soon, you'll be seeing this question around the campus a lot. It'll be appearing on walls, bulletin boards, notebooks -- maybe even on cars' bumpers. You don't have to worry. It's not an invasion of sex-maniacs. [We should be so lucky.] What it refers to, undramatically enough, is the Capitolite -- the Capitol Campus Yearbook. A good number of people here probably don't even know that Capitol Campus has a yearbook. That's because it doesn't get much publicity, and what publicity it does get is bad. It's because two years ago the entire staff quit and there almost wasn't a yearbook. It's because only a valiant effort last year by a few overworked people got a yearbook out at all. It's because the yearbook's budget always, somehow, ends up in the red. But these are only the superficial reasons. What they really amount to are a bunch of excuses. The real reasons are you and me--the students. It's because of an almost total lack of student support and interest that the yearbook goes down the tubes every year. It's because nobody even seems to care whether or not there's a yearbook at all. And it shouldn't be that way. We should care. For better or worse, Capitol Campus is two years of our lives -- sometimes more. How can you brush off two years just like that? And is $7.50 really that much to pay to remember your friends, your neighbors--even yourself? Then you can sit back a few years from now and say, "Yeah, I remember when I did that!" This year, the Capitolite faces its toughest test. It has a bad history, and that's hard to overcome when so many people dwell in the past instead of looking to the future. And it's feeling the squeeze of the University's money crisis from a hard-nosed, penny-pinching SGA. It takes a lot of money to publish a quality yearbook. SGA doesn't have the funds to cover the entire cost, and they're still not sure that they want to cover even part of it. But the money has to come from somewhere. This year, most of it is going to have to come from me and you, forking over just a little to buy a piece of Capitol Campus history. The Capitolite has a quality staff this year, devoting a lot of time and effort into getting out an interesting and entertaining book. The co-editors, Brian McDonough and Jan Gill, are dedicated and hard-working. But they can't do it alone. And somebody has to pay for it. So in a few weeks, when subscriptions for the '7B Capitolite go on sale, let's all buy one. I mean all of us -- students, faculty and staff. It can't be a success without us. Have you got yours? C.C. READER (lives Pa Student foramen/ Nokbook By David Nikoloft S.G.A. Senator We are now halfway through this Fall term. However, the work and activities of our student organizations have really just begun. All of you should consider joining one or more of the groups on campus and taking part in their activities. The S.G.A. elections were held on Monday, Oct. 17th. We thank all of you who took part in the election and spent a few minutes casting a vote. The vote totals for each candidate are posted outside our offices in W-110. Also, the constitutional revision was approved by a margin of 222 for to 20 against. Every student should real ize that the University faces A Singles' Magazine By Kandy Davis Do you sit home nights, bleary-eyed, pretending to be interested in the 1969 reruns of the Beverley Hillbillies? Is the sock hop at Arnie's Bowling Alley starting to leave you a little cold? Are you even starting to lose interest in your favorite soap opera? Relax, chances are, you're not suffering from iron poor tired blood, the heartbreak of psoriasis, or even painful swelling of hemorrhoidal tis sues. You are probably suffering from a much worse malady - that of chronic boredom. So what is the prescription for rejuvenation? Unfortunate ly, there are no pat answers, but there is something which may help (and it's not even bitter to swallow). Singles Season, a monthly newspaper, published for singles from 18 - 98, lets you know what's happening in Harrisburg and the surrounding areas. A Calendar of Events tells you where to go for dancing, fine SGA Election Results by Gary Reneker Staff Writer Elections were held October 17 for Junior and Graduate Senators to the SGA. Nearly three hundred students voted for Senatorial candidates from the various curricula. Also voted on by the student body was a proposed addition to the student constitution, which more clearly defines the methods and responsibilities of SGA funds disbursements. The constitutional addition was approved. Following are the victors (or severe money problems and that tuition, services, and the general quality of our education are threatened. You can assist the University and help yourself by contacting your .legislator and letting him/her know what your opinion is about the budget controversy. The S.G.A. budgeted over twenty thousand dollars to the 32 student organizations on campus. Budget allocations were determined after a month of discussions and work by the S.G.A. Treasurer Larry Ranieri, and the leaders of the various clubs. We thank everyone for their time and assistance. Every year a staff of hard working students publishes a yearbook for our campus. This year the staff is trying to food, cocktail parties, Halloween get togethers, and hayrides, which all lead to one thing...meeting new people and having a lot of fun. According to Art .Aungst, Editor, the main goal of Singles Season is to help sincere, lonely people lead a richer and fuller life. The newspaper deals sympathetically and maturely with topics of interest to singles, such as, coping with the shock of sudden divorce, how to handle being alone, and how to accept rejection as a means of growth. It features poetry and articles by and about singles, and encourages submissions from local writers, artists, cartoonists and photographers. A publication such as Singles Seasons is needed in Harrisburg, and its increasing number of issues published is evidence of this. "Singles Seasons is sold by most news agents, and if enough students express their interest to the manager of the Capitol Campus bookstore, a distributorship can be estab lished there." victims??) of the Senatorial elections, and the number of votes received: Social Sciences Edmondson (55) Business -- Randy Goshert (49) Engineering Morrison (57) Education - Peggy Hartzell (29) Graduate -- Scott Heller (14) Senators-at-Large -- Sheila McCaffrey (48), Craig Hocker (44), George Roberts (28). There were no candidates from the Math Sciences or Humanities curricula. OCTOBHI 20, 1977 produce a quality yearbook, but to do that they need your patronage, support, and help. We urge all students to buy a yearbook. Remember that the staff is "eager for your help and suggestions. S.G.A. meetings are held every Tuesday night at 7:00 in Room 216. LETTERS EDITOR To Arlo Ms. Paige or cry me a river I, for one, could care less about your getting drunk, high and sexually used (and abused). Your "touching" story leads into a bitter story about men. Well, you only get in life what you "ask" for! Once you "got" it, you passed the buck to make all MANkind your scapegoats. NO WAY! It's girl's like you that give men a bad name. When a guy says hi, you think he has visions of "hitting the sack." Cut us a break, not all guys are 8.M.0.C.'5, just like I hope not all girls are like you!! Tokyo hthor Dear Editor, Regarding your editorial of Oct. 3 1977, which discussed the problems of "doing your own thing," there was a passage of interest to me which stated that "today there are more How-to-do-it books on the market than there are sam pans in Tokyo Harbor." Having recently returned from a trip to Japan, I must truthfully report that there are virtually no sam pans in Tokyo Harbor (and there haven't been since the Mitsubishi Rebellion of 1921). There are, on the other hand, large amounts of spam cans in Tokyo Harbor. Perhaps this is what you are referring to. I counted at least 400 spam cans in the space between the fence of the Hatchinoe Railway Yard and the Asihi Tuna Packing Plant. Sincerely, Richard F. Hoover Education P.E.M
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