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Provost and students
ere sno cr oss, but I’m ready,” was the opening statement made
by Dr. Theodore Gross, Provost, PSU Capitol Campus, as he walked on
stage in the auditorium last Tuesday, at 2:30 for a meeting focused on
student concerns.
The primary issue discussed between Gross and about 100 students
was the cancellation of keggers and the university’s decision to stop
condoning alchohol on university property.
Gross stated that the university was not going to walk around with
search lights, and if students who are at least 21 want to have beer, it’s
fine as long as everything is kept under control.
However, since some students still feel that keggers are necessary,
Mike Cocciardi, Vice-President of SGA, suggested that the SGA submit a
proposal to Gross which outlined stricter use and control of alchohol on
campus. The SGA is hopeful that alchohol will again be legal at campus
events.
The alchohol issue, disscussed for nearly an half hour, was not the
only concern of the students. Gross was also questioned as to why
Capitol Campus does not have a Dean’s List. He replied that certain
People were studying the possibilities of a Dean’s list at Capitol.
Another question concerned the schedualing of events. It was
suggested to Gross that instead of holding activities at 12:15 all the time,
that events should be staggared at different times so that students do not
have to always cut the same classes to attend.
There will be a meeting between resident students and Gross
Tuesday, May 22, from 7-8 p.m.', in the Student Center.
Campus Police Fine
Two Students
by jeff drinnan
Two Capitol Campus students were ticketed by Campus Police on May
2nd for riding on the hood of a car and allowing a person to ride on the
hood of a car.
The violation occurred at 4th and sth Streets, the intersection where
the road from the dorms meets the road leading to the Main Building.
Dean Keiter, who was allegedly riding on the hood of a car, was
formallv charged with “unauthorized persons and devices hanging on
vehicles did not ride on vehicle. Barry Rusnock, the alleged driver of the
vehicle, was cited for “unauthorized persons and devices hanging on
vehicles did ride vehicle when moveing. ” Each student was charged with
violating the Pennsylvania vehicle code and fined $35 a piece.
Keiter said that while he realizes the officer “has to enforce the
rules,” he feels the action was “pretty severe. I’ll really have trouble
paying the fine and I know Barry will too,” he said.”
Keiter said he had been jogging when Rusnock stopped at the
intersection. Keiter sat on the hood sidesaddle, facing the shoulder of
the road, Rushock drove ten feet at most” near the shoulder of the road,
turning towards the Main Building, and stopped. An officer driving
towards the Main Building stopped them, said Keiter.
Charles Alesky, head"of Campus Police, spoke on behalf of James
Fry, the arresting officer. He “nearly hit” officer Fry’s car as he “pulled
out in front of him,” failing to yield the right-of-way to the oncoming car.
He was in the process of making a U-turn, according to Alesky.
“The individual riding on the hood could have fallen off,” Alesky said,
"as the intersection is a dangerous one. A car coming around the sharp
curve from the Main Building could have hit them. The individual on the
hood could have been injured or killed,” Alesky explained.
Alesky said if another car had been traveling down the road at a high
speed, such as a car coming from Freuhauf, there could have been a
bad accident. Around the time of the violation, the road on which they
were driving was turning is heavily traveled.
Charles Culp, a passenger in the car at the time of the alleged
violation, thought the ticket was unfair and added that the Campus Police
should learn that they are here to “protect students from the outside and
not harass them.” Culp, along with other students, have drawn up a list
of grienvances against the Campus Police to be submitted to the Provost
and Jerry South, Dean of Student Affairs.
Culp said that the relentless and inflexible policies of the previous
police administration have not changed. Alesky said that their policy has
changed and “the number of citations given to students has dropped. We
have been issuing tickets to Fruehauf.” According to a report from the
Office of Academic Affairs, the number of tickets issued to students has
dropped since Cheif Alesky has taken over.
Alesky said people driving from Fruehauf have been speeding,
endangering students at Capitol, but they are being kept under control.
Alesky also said that the safety of students is his main concern. He
explained that Campus Police patrol the area around 4th and sth Streets
to “act as a deterrent to speeders. When people see a patrolman, they
slow down. This is much more effective than hiding behind bushes.”
When a patrolman catches a student violating a law and a fine is
imposed, it is not to harass the individual, but to make the person think
about the action and prevent it from happening again in the future,
Alesky explained. "It’s also to protect the violater.”
“My door is always open to students who have complaints, to
students who would like to offer input on the types of services and
programs the Campus Police could provide, and for any help they need in
preventing crime,” Alesky stated.
talk it over
Student promoted
Washington march
Students from Capitol Campus were among the 125,000 plus crowd
gathered on lawns and pavements outside Washington D.C. on Sunday,
May 6, at the anti-nuclear rally.
At least 25 students from Capitol Campus attended, according to
Fran Costanzi, a student at Capitol and a promoter of the event.
Costanzi said that some students who attended the rally from Capitol
were agasinst nuclear power, but “not too radically.” Others were either
pro or con.
Some people who attended were drawn by the musicians. “I don’t
know if that’s bad,” Costanzi said, “because while people may have
come for the music, questions about nuclear power may have been
raised and they may have learned something by attending.”
Costanzi has been against nuclear power for years. She said
although people’s opinions may have not been changed, the rally was
worthwhile “as long as it planted the seed.”
To understand the basics of nuclear power, how it affects people and
its safety or danger is “not that complicated” for the layman, Costanzi
said, “if one reads a book or two.” Having only certain people educated
on the subject and having those involved in making decisions on nuclear
policy is “not good ideology.”
Capitol Campus’s involvement in promoting the rally began when
Costanzi and Linda Morrow attended an anti-nuclear movie held in the
Main Building. At the movie, Costanzi and Morrow were invited to attend
a meeting of Three Mile Island Alert, a local anti-nuclear organization.
As a result of the meeting, Costanzi and Morrow, along with Jim Gomley,
a TMA member and Capitol Campus student, recruited people to
promote the march on Washington. Other promoters included Kathy
Strakosyoch and Joyce Jerry.
“Nuclear power is not only a technological matter, but a moral
issue," Costanzi said. The morality issue was a central aspect of the
rally. A respect for life was championed over the needs of an uncaring
material world. Comedian and social activist Dick Gregory, said “I
would rather have a brown out, or even a black out, rather than a
peopleout!”
John Sebastian sang a song entitled “Another Link in the Chain,”
which concerned the present generations responsibility to leave a good
world for the next generation. Costanzi likewise addressed this
generations responsibility to our posterity. She is concerned about the
storage of nuclear wastes. The radioactive waste resulting from the TMI
incident is now on its way out west and being prepared to be dumped in
the Susquehana River.
Nuclear plants are generating nasty things such as plutonium,
which would be left to our grandchildren’s grandchildren. We would be
giving our children a death present!” Costanzi exclaimed.
The nuclear issue was “forced to people’s attention in this area
because of the nuclear accident, according to Costanzi. Many people
came to the rally to find out what’s happening with nuclear power.
“I can’t rationalize just sitting back and letting someone else alert
people to the dangers of nuclear power. The time is now,” Costanzi
stated. She added that she hopes the population surrounding TMI doesn’t
become apathetic in the future.
TMI refands waitable far shidanb
On campus students have been mailed a letter from the Office of the
Controller, University Park. It advises that refunds, which represent the
value of housing and/or food service not received due to the TMI
accident will be available in the Capitol Campus finance office beqinninq
Monday, May 21.
The procedure has been complicated because of several kinds of
housing and food service programs available at Capitol Campus.
It is the official view of the University that it is not legally obliged to
make a refund when it shortens the academic term. As explained in a
May 10 communication from Controller Steve A. Garbson, “it has been
decided that a voluntary refund should be made because of the unusual
circumstances in this case.”
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GPP mini-concerts are scheduled for Saturday. Mav 19, from noon
until sp.m. with “Haji” and “Bonnie Parker” and on Friday, June
1, from 5p.m.-10p.m. with two bands to be announced. Alcoholic
beverages are not permitted—kegs will not be permitted on the site The
wiH be held at the Student Center, and June’s concert
wtl be held in People’s Park at the Heights. Heights residents will have to
walk to the Student Center, as parking will be limited to dorm occupants
only. Dormies will have to keep their keys handy that day, as the
buiklings will be locked for security reasons. At both concerts, only
students and alumni are permitted with a limit of two guests per ID.
Questions should be directed to John Brown, Chairman-809 Weaver
o®.’. ' e - 944-4158, or to the Student Activities Office—Wlo4 Main
Building, Tel. 787-1576.
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