C.C. Students
Win Awards
Three Capitol Campus students
received awards at the Bth Annual
Beta Lambda State Leadership
Conference which was held at the
Danville Sheraton on April 21 thru 23.
Jenny Johnson won first place in
the Ms. Future Business Executive
event.
Pat Clifford won first place in the
economics event.
Charles LaMent won third place in
the extemporous speaking event.
Byran Krause, also a Capitol
Campus student and PBL president,
presided over the conference and won
the nomination from the state to seek
national office at the 27th Annual
Solar Energy Viable Resource
Conservation and public service
organizations from across South
Central Pennsylvania will gather at the
Fourth Annual Environmental Forum
on May 4th at the Allan Junior High
School, 4225 Gettysburg Road, in Camp
Hill. The theme for this year's Forum is
"Solar Energy--Today and Tomorrow,"
and centers around SUN WEEK, a
national observance of solar energy as
a viable resource.
From 6:00 p.m. to I.ofoo p.m., over
two dozen exhibits will be open to the
public focusing on solar energy, energy
conservation and other statewide
environmental issues. Among these
exhibits will be displayed solar
Barry Commoner To Speak
On Alternative Energy Sources
Jobs, utility rates, fuel bills, nuclear
wastes and the declining dollar--these
are the issues that will be addressed by
Barry Commoner when he speaks on
May 4th, 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the
State Education Forum Auditorium,
Walnut and Commonwealth in
Harrisburg. The public is invited,
admission is free.
Biologist, educator, and writer,
Barry Commoner is billed as "the
professor with a class of millions." Dr.
Commoner's books, Science and
Survival and The Closing Circle
warned of the impact of post World
War II technology on man's
environment. His most recent book,
The Poverty of Power, focuses on
energy and the economic crisis.
National Leadership Conference in San
Francisco.
Ms. Johnson and Ms. Clifford are
also eligible to compete at the national
conference.
The state conference attracted 16
chapters and over 250 PBL members
from across the state. Capitol Campus
was represented by seven of its
students and their advisor Dr. John
Shaw.
Highlights of the conference The new SGA officers were sworn in by Chief Justice Ed Deitt on Thursday
included the general session, work- April 20. From left to right: Brenda Peffley-Math Science Senator; Barb
shops, competitive events and an Tarvydas-Humanities Senator; Scott Summers-Vice-President; Gayle
awards banquet which was keynoted Greenwald-Engineering Senator; Peter Olayiwola-Business Senator; Craig
by Congressman Daniel J. Flood. Hocker-President; and Jeff Hartman-Treasurer.
hardware, passive solar heating for
homes, woodburning stoves and other
alternative energy devices.
At 7:30 p.m., the formal program
will get underway with a stimulating
discussion by a three member panel on
solar energy topics. George Boomsma,
Executive Director of the
Environmental Coalition on Nuclear
Power will speak on "Energy
Conservation--A Must in the Transition
from Non-renewable to Renewable
Resources"; Todd Gibbings, a hydrolo
gist who has designed and constructed
his own passive solar heated house will
speak on "An Individual Approach to
the Energy Dilemma"; and Herbert
Educated at Columbia and Harvard,
Commoner began his distinguished
career in biology at Harvard
University in 1938. Presently, Dr.
Commoner is Director of the Center for
the Biology of Natural Systems at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Barry Commoner has long been an
advocate of how our energy situation is
related to our current economic crisis.
On May 4th, Dr. Commoner will focus
on this issue and offer alternatives for
the future. For over a decade, Barry
Commoner has warned of the cancer
causing wastes generated by nuclear
power. Commoner now suggests that
our continued reliance on nuclear
power is having great adverse impacts
on our economy and that the United
Hoffmeir, Energy Management
Specialist with the Pennsylvania
Power and Light Company, will
present "An Electric Utilities' View--
Why We Can't Pull The Plug Now."
The Forum is being sponsored by a
number of organizations and State
agencies including the Applachian
Audubon Society, League of Women
Voters and the Stony Creek Valley
Coalition. Last year's Forum drew over
three hundred people from Counties
surrounding the Harrisburg area. The
1978 Forum is being held in response
to growing public interest to promote
the use of solar power as an alternative
energy resource.
States cannot afford to devote billions
of dollars to the perpetual storage of
nuclear wastes and for the decommis
sioning of worn out nuclear plants.
Commoner also stresses that the
development of alternative energy
sources, such as solar energy, will
create greater employment opportuni
ties than will the development of
nuclear energy. Dr. Commoner
believes that the technology for more
energy efficient society is here--right
now and that we must begin to put this
technology into action before it's too
late.
The Commoner's talk is an activity
of SUN WEEK, a national observance
of solar energy as an alternative
energy source.
Keep away from people who try to
belittle your ambitions. Small people
always do that but the really great
make you feel that you, too, can
become great.
Candidate
Marston
David Marston, Republican candi
date for governor, will be on campus to
speak and answer questions Friday,
April 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Former U.S. Attorney from
Philadelphia in the Carter administra
tion, Marston is the third Republican
candidate to be invited to Capitol by
the College Republicans.
All are invited to attend the event
in the Gallery Lounge, Ist floor, Main
Building.
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