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CAPITOL CAMPUS READER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY THE CAPITOL CAMPUS RTE.23O 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 OFFICE W-129 PHONE [717)944-4970 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