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.