~CAPITOL CAMPUS READER
Vol. 7 No. 13 Capitol Campus Penn State University
Capitol's Athletics Mature
By Ed McKeown
With the erection of the elaborate
facilities of the Multi-Purpose
Building, the Capitol Campus
Athletic Program took its initial
step in the direction of ad
vancement. The first beneficiary of
this progression is the men's
varsity basketball team.
The basketball squad has been on
an independent basis, for quite
some time now, with no op
portunity to participate in post
season tournaments. But this
situation is presently in the process
of being altered. The advent of the
new facilities seems to have
spawned a reformation of this
independent status.
Reuben "Bud" Smitley, Athletic
Director, has indicated that Capitol
Campus is now entering the initial
stages of obtaining a bid to join the
National Athletic Intercollegiate
Association (NAIA). Acceptance
into this association enables the
basketball team to compete on an
intercollegiate level and par
ticipate in post season playoff
competition. Thus, the individuals
on the team will have a realistic
goal to shoot for and will not have
to rely on their own personal
satisfaction of competing, as a
standard of mental preparation for
their games.
Concurrent with the entry into
the NAIA, the team will find
themselves a member of a con
ference replete with top-notch
competition. The conference will
embody such formidable foes like
Spring Garden College from
Philadelphia, which advanced to
the NAIA semi-final round last
year; Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy and Science, which
represented the NAIA in Europe
this season; and numerous equally
compatible adversaries.
Therefore, the road to the playoffs
will not be an easy one but no path
way to glory ever is.
In coordination with mem
bership into this association,
compliance with rules and
regulation of that association is
mandatory. Consequently, the
Capitol Campus Committee of
Academic and Athletic Standards
decided to institute standard rules
of academic efficiency and
suspended two basketball players
from further varsity competition.
This policy requires that every
varsity member who has not
Flu Attacks Campus
Have you been feeling feverish
and nauseous lately? If this is
accompanied with chills and body
aches chances are you have the
Russian flu that has been reaching
epidemic proportions throughout
Pennsylvania.
Although the Russian flu has not
shown up in epidemic amounts at
Capitol Campus there is an in
crease in flu related cases being
treated by Health Services.
Health Services treated a total of
25 cases of flu during a three day
period this week. Twelve cases
were from the dorms, six were
from Meade Heights, and seven
cases were off campus.
While this is a definite increase
over the normal number of cases
treated in a three day period,
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computed a 2.0 grade point
average is to be declared
scholastically ineligible.
This procedure has been the
subject of extreme conjecture and
is thought to be one of importance
for further investigation. The
timing involved in the rendering of
this decision is the recipient of
much speculation and reasons for
such amends will be engrossed
upon in the future. Meetings, in
which this issue is to be discussed,
will be attended by representatives
from the C. C. Reader and an ex
planation will be given for its en
forcement. Look for further in
formation in next week's edition of
the C. C. Reader.
Health Services stated that it is too
soon to know if a major epidemic
will occur. '
If an epidemic should occur,
patients will be sent home or
isolated from the student body. The
procedure is to keep the patient
alone until the flu has passed. Mrs.
Kresge, a staff nurse, stated that
Capitol Campus has been for
tunate; no serious cases have
shown up. Students are being
quarentined and some colleges
closed in the rest of the state.
The Russian flu is different from
other kinds of flu because it attacks
the upper respiratory area causing
sore throat, ear aches, and head
aches. Basically it is a different
strain of virus than other kinds of
flu.
iiaMNEVEME
Feb 16, 1978
Candidate:
Robert
Butera
By Frank Lynch
A recent poll shows that Robert
Butera, a Republican candidate for
governor, is tied for second place in
terms of name recognition with voters
in his party. Arlen Specter of
Philadelphia is the front-runner by a
rather sizable margin, but Butera isn't
concerned.
"I've learned that polls really don't
mean much at this stage of the game,"
Butera said. "If a politician has nothing
to say or campaign on, he conducts a
poll that shows how wonderful he is."
Mr. Butera was asked how he felt
about his name not being as widely
recognized as Specter's. He replied,
"That doesn't mean anything to me. In
fact, I wouldn't want Specter's name
recognition." Why? "Because he has
the reputation of a loser.
A native of Norristown, Butera is
43 and has been a member of the State
House since 1962. He was the minority
leader of the House when he resigned
late last year to devote full time to his
campaign for governor.
In an interview with a Reader staff
member, Butera expressed regret that
the funds for the non-preferred budget
items (like Penn State's) were held
hostage by certain Democrats. If he
were governor, he said he would
compromise or abandon, a favorite
issue, rather than hold up funds so
cruelly.
He has proposed sweeping legisla
tion that would stop future crises.
First, he would revise the "unwritten
code of secrecy" under which
governors have traditionally drafted
their budgets. "I hope to involve the
legislature from the outset, let them
have input."
Second, he would further utilize
"measuring devices in the budget
process" that would automatically
prevent non-preferred items from
being exploited as they were last fall.
Although he would back legislation
that would include Penn State in the
general fund, he fears that such a move
might hurt the University more than
help it. If the school becomes too
dependent upon Legislative allot
ments, it might lose some of its
autonomy.
He concluded, "While I don't want
to see any non-preferred treated again
like they have been, putting
state-funded schools into the general
fund might take away some of their
independence." That is well worth
considering.
Butera seems to have a good set of
policies that he hopes to implement as
governor, and he is fairly well
respected throughout the Republican
party. If he can establish himself as a
winner and Arlen Specter a loser, he
may have the inside track down the
long stretch to the May primary.