PSU Capitol Campus t w o* Vol. 8, No. 3 SGA Defeats Budget All Funds Frozen The SGA defeated the 1978-79 budget as presented by the Finance Committee Tuesday night by a count of four yes, five no, and four abstentions. One of the reasons the budget failed to pass was that some Senators ques tioned whether the Finance Committee followed the criteria established for proposing the allocations. These Sen ators felt that too much emphasis was placed on the amount of money a club generated last year, and not enough was placed on the achievements of a club through their activities. • Peter Olayiwola, Senior Busi ness Senator, then proposed to change the name of the budget to the 1978-79 Tentative Budget as presented by the Provost/Dean Search Narrows The first of the final candidates for the Provost/Dean position at Capitol Campus will be interviewed on campus. Thursday, Oct. 5. Dr. Benjamin M. Perles will be meeting with the Administration and staff, the Faculty staff and the Student Government Association during specif ic times throughout the day. Dr. Perles is currently Dean of the School of Business Administration at Dominion University. Through hours and hours of read ing, researching, meetings and discus sions, the Provost/Dean Search Com mittee reviewed 120 applicants since June. Out of the 120 applicants there were about 10 women who applied. This is the first time in Capitol Campus Campus history that women have applied for the position. In its' reviewing procedure the search committee prepared individual charts on the candidates using criteria consisting of the applicants administra tive and budget personnel experience, upperlevel teaching experience, schol arship attainment and success at prog arship attainment and success at pro gram planning and community rela tions. Each committee member individu ally evaluated the applicants. After the applicants were reduced to the top 20, they were again reviewed by the same criteria. Out of these 20, ten finalists were determined. Refer ence checks were then made on the ten candidates. Through more than 50 C.C. Read Finance Committee. The Senate passed the action by an 8-2-3 vote. It was felt that there would be more flexibility to reallocate money with this new title. On Wednesday morning Craig Hocker,SGA President, sent a notice to all club presidents that their budgets have been frozen. Until the budget is passed no club or organization may spend any of their allocated funds. "As of right now clubs are spending money which they don't have; there fore the books are running in the red. This leaves the President with no other choice," was the explaination given by Sandy Mancuso, SGA Secretary. "The SGA must have control and there is no control as it is now. Any money spent as of the beginning of the term will come out of their allocations. phone calls, the committee eliminated two candidates. Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday the search sub-committee interviewed six of the eight remaining candidates in seperate 2-8 hour screening sessions at George Washington University(GWU). Three of the six screened at GWU were eliminated last Monday after the committee approved a fourth fin'alist. The search committee is still screening three other canidates. The remaining final candidates will be on campus for interviews sometime in the last two weeks of October. "There has been an interesting and varied array of applicants. Most have been deans, vice-presidents and pro vosts at other colleges and universities throughout the country," Dr. Robert Graham, Chairman of the search com mittee said Wednesday. The search committee members are: Dr. Robert J. Graham, Chairper son; Craig Hocker, Student Govem ment President; Ritta G. Blatt, Asst. Professor of Chemistry; Francis Fer guson, Professor of Environmental De sign. Stanley N. Miller, Professor Social Science and Ed. and Program Head, Ed.; Eugene Kelley, Dean, College of Business, Univ. Park; Benjamin W. Niebel, Head, Indudtrial Engineering, Univ. Park. Provost/Dean Dr. Robert E. Mc- Dermott announced his resignation last April. McDermott's resignation goes. into effect no later than January 1, 1979. New Board Proposed A proposal, aimed at instructing the Social Committee in order to coordi nate all co-curricular activities, manage social events, and coordinate such events sponsored by campus organiza tions, was submitted to the SGA on Tuesday night by Randy Goshert and Scott Heller. The number and type of activities available to the students is a problem to both students and student leaders. The most frequent event on campus is the keggar, yet it is currently disfa vored by the students and administra tion. The lack of long-range planning, overall coordination and de-centralized way which social events are presented to the students are seen as the reasons for this. Individual clubs and organizations sponsor social activities as a means of raising money which enables them to meet the needs of their members. With this basis for social activities, there is duplication of events, limited funds, little experimentation, and no long range planning. The proposal suggests that the Social Committee become the Campus Activities Planning Board (CAPB). Vandalism After Keggar An act of vandalism was reported after Ibesday night's keggar by hunk 'Williams, assistant manager of housing and food services. The investigation revealed that one of the windshield wipers of food service's Ik)dge truck was brolien. The other wiper ....* ,.. 4 . -, 40.1 --., I t ''' '',. *; ,n. Ik, ',.-: , , .t. ; 1 ',, . i ,;,4- ' :4 , '4 . ® PCI. a, ; 4,' 5‘0.4i ah % 'i! ', , , , :I. I Pir '. . :. 4 ? , 1 1 . ,10 J ki Atli 11#4 4l 4.(:, , I ' 1 a • i. The Capitol Campus Intramural Flag Football season kicked'off on Monday, October 2 Games will be played on the athletic fields on campus. Come out and enjoy the action October 5, 1978 This board would provide a means of planning, promoting, coordinating and funding campus activities. It was proposed that CAPB consist of two bodies, the general membership and an executive board. The general membership would suggest ideas, e valuate suggestions based upon suc cess and student needs. This member ship would consist of members of clubs, and organizations, SGA, and students. The executive board would select worthwhile activities and arrange funding. The CAPB would co-sponsor the event and share the profits gener ated. Any loss would be charged to CAPB. Heller and Goshert stress the fact that clubs and organizations do not have to plan activities through this board. The board is a means of funding activities and provides stability, inno vation, incentive and long-term plan ning. The proposal was not presented in finished form. It was hoped that it would generate suggestions to further advance the idea. It is currently under going revision. An SGA vote will be requested. was bent forward away from the wind shield and needs replacement. Also, trash was dumped from a container and littered on the grounds in front of the Dining Hall between the dorms. This act of vandalism could put future beggars in jeopardy according to Craig Hocker, SGA President.
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