CAPITOL CAMPUS READER
OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA STATE
UNIVERSITY
THE CAPITOL CAMPUS
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MIDDLETOWN,PA.I7OS7
Editors-in-Chief
Associate Editors
Copy Editor
Staff Sue Middleton, Vito Valvano, Wendy Hawthorne,
Debbie Morrow, C.J. Marshall, Pete Faith, Tony
Romeo, Joan Klein, Jeff Drinnan, Sue Girolami,
Terry Reed, Michael Argento, Duane Kanagy,
Dave Marko
The Capitol Campus Reader is the school newspaper of
Penn State's Capitol Campus. It is published weekly on
Thursday by the students who attend this school. Final
deadline is on Tuesday at 12 pm.
To the Editor:
In response to the article
"Campus Saviors" and the attitude
which seems to persist at Capitol
Campus concerning the Campus
Police Department and the Student
Patrol, as another interested stu
dent, I would like to present a
different perspective to the sub
ject.
There does exist a saying that no
one appreciates a police officer
until a dire need is substantiated.
The Campus Police officers at
Capitol Campus are all sworn law
enforcement officers in the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania having
attended 480 hours of specialized
training and are all fully qualified
in the field of law enforcement,
some of them being very specialized
with numerous years of experience.
Duties performed by these officers
entail the enforcement of the !en
nsyliania Crimes Code; enforcement
of the Vehicle Code; enforcement
of the University Rules and Reg
ulations and to insure the safety and
well being of the student body,
members of the Sraff and Faculty and
all visitors to the Campus.
Attendance at or residence on the
Campus does not exempt any part-
The Student Patrol is an affil
iation of the Campus Police Depart
ment and provides an additional peer
service to the Student Body, Staff
and Faculty, and Visitors to the Cam
pus. The function of this Patrol is to
insure saftey and to observe and re
port violations of Rules and Regula
tions of the University.
Student Patrol members are direct
representatives of the University and
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Letters To The Editor
Perspectives
-Maureen Doyle
Jim Musselman
Lyda Baker
Jane Reinstadt
.Ed. McKeown
icular individual from obedience to
the law. Rather than exempt the in
dividual, the circumstances in fact,
create a greater need to comply and
conform with rUles.and regulations .
of the University and laws of the
state. The concentration of students
to the one area plus the geographi
cal location of being situated
very close to a Metropolitan area,
and the ultimate goal of creating as
atmosphere conducive to learning.
One must remember that laws are
established so that chaos will not
prevail. Very often one doesnt like
what is good for them because of the
obligation to the law. Just attempt to
imagine this University campus with
a student body of approxiamately
2,500 personnel without a policy for
parking, law enforcement of safety of
the buildings or residents. It would
be total and utter confusion.
act in accordance with specific job
discriptions and guidelines. For a
minimal compensation, the concerned
students that are members of the Stu
dent Patrol give of their time and ef
forts to make your stay at the Campus
a more secure one and allow you to
attend with a greater peace of mind.
I feel that it is long past time to
pay due respect and to afford a de
gree of dignity to those who serve the
population of this University. The
student body must realize that the
Campus Police Department and the Stu
dent Patrol are in existance only to
benefit and serve the population of the
campus, not hinder, and is here only
to provide the necessary service so
essential to any University Campus.
My stand is substantiated by facts
and too much time has passed to let
the few that have criticism of the De
partment merely because of personal
irresponsibilities, lead the student
By now you've probably noticed that the paper looks different
this week. Ugly isn't it? We've had some problems with the
typesetting system, but it should be corrected before next term.
When the problem came up we had to decide whether to put out
a paper or not, and if so, how. If you're reading this now our
alternate system will have succeeded. So please don't judge this
paper by the cover and-throw it away. A lot of work went into it.
The main reason we decided to put out this edition was that we
felt the student body was entitled to one last paper before the
Christmas break and commencement for those who are graduating
this term.
Also, there were a few stories that just couldn't wait until
mid-January.
So now we'd like to say Merry Christmas, happy graduation, and
good luck to those not returning next term.
This Is It?
body as a whole, to the belief that
the Capitol Campus Police Depart-
sont,exists only as a harassment
element. The overriding and-most es
sential factor for all to grasp and
understand is that the Department
exists only to benefit and serve our
own Campus population, absolutly no
other reason is there for their ex
istence.
To the editor,
The business department has
backed the yearbook by offering
credit hours to those persons in
terested in soliciting advertise
ments for the yearbook and the
newspaper.
The support was needed badly.
Last year nobody managed the ad
vertising. As a result the news
paper ran out of maney and the
yearbook ran about $2,400 in the
red. That extra expense came out
of this year's budget. Because of
this and the editor problem it
looked like this year's yearbook
was on the rocks.
The fact is, those people who
are involved are already so busy
they can't handle any more work.
We ought to thank Dr. Yaney for
providing the support needed to
get the Ace unknown working.
Seems all benefit, the Ace gets
credit and experience, the busi
department gets a better student
and the students gat a yearbook.
Alright Dr. Yaney, practical so
lutions to real problems are ap
preciated.
Susan B. Shadle
C.L. Lament