A Personal Viewpoint
Here We Co Again
Sitting' in a not-so-plush-but.
net-so-4ancy-but-burctiuml desk i• her
cubicle, the Coordinator d Student Activities conjures forth
another memo to students to der.. The last el these mdighterdas
rhetorical displays irritated me to the point d penning this
editorial.
Quoting Ms. Roberta McLeod (the C.S.A.)from that memo, it
seems that, "Due to the change over and ifillelle of her office
staff during the '77 -18 school year, she was "unable to complete
the Student Leader Handbook on schedule as promised."
Each September student leaders are supposed to receive a
espy of the handbook to help them plan and organize student
activities as completely and efficiently as possible with the
resources available on or near Capitol Campus. Ms. McLeod's
excuses for not having the handbook finished have been varied
and continuous since before the school began. The ideas and
explanations to be contained in the tube-published handbook
would be of great assistance to student leaders in conducting
worthwhile activities for their fellow students.
The CSA's first secretary of this school year moved away
from the area. The current secretary was hired several weeks
later. During the few weeks between these permanent
secretaries a temporary secretary was employed to maintain the
necessary office functions. The CSA's office has not experienced
any great change of personnel to justify "change over" as an
excuse for non-performance.
Ms. McLeod's secretary is frequently observed doing nothing
constructive, but the work she does have is finished on time.
Apparently, then, the workload has not been so extensive that it
would not allow production of a current Student Leader
Handbook.
What about the illness excuse? True, her secretary was in the
hospital for some time, but her tour of that institution did not
begin until the Handbook was already four months overdue!!
Fortunately, there have been enough students with the
necessary initiative and abilities to bring us many good programs
this year. Some of them have learned to function as student
leaders without that sometimes-annual guide. All of them have
learned to function without Roberta McLeod, which brings in
another point.
If the administration is seriously considering ways of cutting
future operating costs, as they've been told to do by University
Park, why not eliminate generally non-functional members of the
administration, like Roberta McLeod, rather than chipping
faculty positions and thereby castrating us further of educational
opportunities? The services she performs [i.e., offering illogical
excuses for non-performance; taking credit for student activities
and services which she neither advised, coordinated, or assisted;
immaturely scolding students in public over trivia; and
mismanaging her student worker so his entire year's work study
funds are consumed in little more than one term] could be
conducted at least as well by simply assigning her secretary to
the Director of Student Affairs office. Students would
undoubtedly recieve more and better assistance since the
secretary would have a greater supervision than Ms. McLeod's
approximate 10 am to 2 pm [full time??] office schedule allows.
SGA
To encourage interaction
between students and their
representatives, concerned
SGA Senators have established
an office area in the SGA office,
room W-110. The following
Senators have scheduled office
hours.
Randy Goshert (Business),
Tuesday sth period.
Craig Hocker (Senator-at-
Large), Monday sth period and
Friday 4th period.
Julie Ketterman (Math),
Monday 4th period.
Bill Roseberry (Human
ities), Tuesday from 3 pm to
4 pm.
John Stachowiak (Math
Science), Tuesday and Thurs
day from 11 am to noon.
By Gary Reneker
YEARBOOK
Did you miss getting your
Senior portrait taken?
If you did, and are still
interested in getting a portrait
taken, please sign the list on
the C.C. Reader/Capitolite
office door at W-129. This is
only a survey to see how many
students would be interested in
having another day for portrait
sittings arranged. If we find
that the number of students is
sufficient, we will try to make
the arrangements.
If you wish to supply your
own professional portrait, it
will be accepted. Please bring it
to the Capitolite office, W-129,
before March 17 (end of term).
Thank you.
On Thursday, March 2,
there will be an organizational
meeting for the Capitol Campus
Backgammon Club. The meet
ing will be held at 3:05 in the
main building room W-129.
Any faculty member who is
interested in being our adviser,
please contact Wayne Bulley or
Jeff Stout at 944-9338.
behind a
SCA hill
Critisked
Editor;
Normally individuals and
organizations are rewarded
only when they achieve
something worthwhile. The
current SGA members obvious
ly consider themselves above
this standard. What has SGA
accomplished this year to
justify sponsoring a congratula
tory party on their own behalf?
The SGA recently decided
to splurge $2OO to pat
themselves on the back. Why it
would take that much money
escapes all logic. Achieving
nothing useful this year thus
far, no congratulations are in
order.
Funds used for the SGA
party are self (student)
generated (i.e., traffic fines, pin
ball proceeds, etc.). These
monies are supposed to be used
for the benefit of all students,
not just SGA members and a
few of their friends. Other
organizations have been denied
the use of student funds for
their organization's private
parties, trips, and so on. Such
an extravagance by the SGA is
just one more tidbit of proof of
how little they actually
represent the students of
Capitol Campus.
The Reader needs photo
graphs. Drop off your photos
for publication every Monday in
Room W-129.
Whose Who?
Who's Who Selection Comit
tee is still accepting forms from
eligible students. Students
from each academic program
will be selected to represent
Penn State Capitol Campus in
the Who's Who publication next
year. Eligible graduate stu
dents must have completed 15
credit hours. Undergraduate
students must have completed
9 credit hours and have a grade
point average in the upper
third of their academic program
If you feel you are qualified and
want to be considered for this
publication pick up a form in
the Student Affairs Office.
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Backgammon Club
Dennis Zerbe
John Dieter
Deb McConnell
SCA News
by David NHL°loff
Once again the S.G.A. is
announcing that it will accept
any student design for the Wall
Mural Design Compitition.
Come to the S.G.A. office for
details. Remember that there is
a $25 prize to the best design.
No work on the wall is included
in the competition.
The S.G.A. spring elections
are only several weeks away.
Anyone interested in running
for President, Vice-President,
Treasurer, Secretary, or Senior
Senator can pick up nominating
petitions beginning March 3 in
the S.G.A. office in W-110. If
you are disatified with what we
have done, or not done, this is a
chance to give it a try yourself.
Yearbooks are on sale. The
staff is working hard to produce
what we expect will' be the best
yearbook Capitol Campus has
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Contrary to the C.C. Reader
article of last week, the S.G.A.
meeting of February 21 was not
dominated by a debate cen
tered around the selection and
consumption of alchoholic bev
erages. We did discuss finan
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chartering of a new student
club, the problems we have in
representing and helping stud
ents, and the difficulties
involved in financing student
activities during the coming
months. If you have any
interest in the S.G.A., our
meetings are always open on
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