Vol. 8, No. 1 Year Of Change At Capitol New Faces On There will be 570 new degree' students entering Capitol Campus this term, according to Mary E. Gundel, Director of Admissions. There will also be 125 new non-degree and 63 re admitted students. 15 international students will also be on the rolls. A total of 2550 students will be attending classes and approxiamately one third of these students will be living in on campus housing. The 1978-79 acedemic year will be one of changes here at Capitol. One of the most significant changes will be the installment of a new provost. This position will be open when Dr. McDermott's resignation becomes effective on January 1, 1979. The new provost will also fill the vacancy left when George Wolf, former Dean of Faculty, resigned to return to the classroom. Another major change which will take place this year is the opening of the new library annex. The 5000 square foot structure is almost completed but probably will not be opened before the winter term. Student work days will probably be organized to help shelve books in the new building. About 40,000 volumes are now being stored in a warehouse in Middletown because of the shortage of space in the existing library. There also have been and will be a few changes in the use of on-campus buildings. The maintenance offices have been moved from the basement of the main building into the old physical education building. The Lower Swatara Township Building has been vacated. Plans for turning it into a Surveying Lab are in the works. One of the storage buildings across C.C. Read Campus The Humanities suite has been moved from W-161 to W-360, and the secretary's phone number has been changed to 787-7973. There have been 19 new faculty members hired to fill vacancies in all departments. These new faculty mem bers are: Dr. Sally A. Chant, Assistant Professor of Reading; Mr. Eton F. Churchill, Assistant Professor of, Humanities and Multi-Media; Mr. George S. Cole, Assistant Professor of Management; Mr. Charles G. Fickes, Jr., Instructor of Insurance and Risk Management; Dr. Elaine A. Friedrich, Assistant Professor of Social Science and Political Science; Mr. Raymond L. Goldsteen,• Instuctor in Health Care Administration and Management; Mr. Charles R. Gowen, 111, Instructor in Management; Mr. Herbert M. Hunter, Instuctor in Social Science and Socio logy; Mr. William A. Musser, In structor in Finance; Mr. Joseph J. Nigro, Assistant Professor of Man agement Development; Dr. Maurice Payette, Adjunct Professor of Social Science; Dr. Jerome J. Przybylski, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; Dr. Don P. Sugai, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social Science; Dr. Kevin W. Sweeney, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Philosophy; Dr. Clifford H. Wagner, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Dr. Kenneth R. Widdall, Instuctor in Management; Mr. Larry G. Willets, Instuctor in Health and Public Admin istration; Dr. Elizabeth Winston, As sistant Professor of Humanites and English; and Dr. Ying-king Yu, Assis tant Professor of Mathematics. New library annex nears completion from the admissions office is being considered for use by the education department. Student leaders separated into groups to discuss problems and solutions at Stone Valley. Leaders Attend Conference by Jim Manelman Alcohol related problems at Capitol Campus and the cancellation of the Spring Concert were the main topics of discussion at the leadership conference at Stone Valley on August 24, 25, and 26. Due to problems managing the Spring Concert, drug and alcohol related problems, negative criticism from the surrounding communities towards the Campus, and the fact that a minimal percentage of the crowd were University students (40 per cent were under 18 years of age), the Spring Music Festival, as we know it, will not take place this year. The students at the conference spent a lengthy session discussing the problems and possible alternatives to the festival. The alternatives discussed were to have a week of festivities during each term instead of the Spring term only, with each ending with a concert of smaller proportions. The festivities could possibly include sporting contests, casino nights, semi-formals and film festivals. The alcohol related problems at Capitol Campus which were cited at the conference included an increase in the number of discipline cases which were alcohol-related brought before the Director of Student Affairs and the Student Court, an increase in the cost All U Day Sept. 30 This year's All-U Day football game is against Texas Christian University on Saturday, September 30. A block of 250 tickets was bought for Capitol Campus students. There are 115 senior tickets, 90 junior tickets, 10 graduate student tickets and 10 faculty tickets. For guests there are 12 senior, September 21, 1978 of repairs due to vandalism indirectly related to alcohol abuse, the increase in the number of student complaints regarding "too many keggars", and boredom more frequently given as a reason for excessive use of alcohol at functions. The student leaders were asked to think about adding more varied activities as entertainment instead of relying so much on keggars. It was also pointed out that keggars are a reliable vehicle for clubs to raise money. Clubs tend to be reluctent to try something new because of the risk of losing money. It was then suggested that the Presidents Council, which consists of all club presidents and is chaired by the SGA Vice President, could experiment with new entertainment in order to minimize the financial loss in case of failure due to a poor turn-out. It was generally agreed that alcohol should be served at these functions, but that it should not be the main focal point. The Leadership Conference was attended by SGA members, officers of student clubs and organizations, RA's, various members of the campus administration and faculty, counselors, and the student activities staff. The goals of the conference were to introduce student leaders to each other and the University administrative organization, to help students in their leadership roles, and to discuss and look for solutions to problems on campus. 10 junior and 3 graduate tickets. You may sign up for your tickets now on a first come-first served basis at the round table. Student tickets are $4.00 and tickets for guests or other non-students are $lO.OO. There is no concert scheduled for this year's All-U Day activities.
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