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Volume 10, No. 4
Committee seeks input on gun issue
by Jeff Drinnan
A campus committee re
cently formed to investigate
the issue of arming campus
police with guns decided
Tuesday to solicit views from
students. faculty; and staff.
The committee has placed
boxes around campus where
the college community can
submit their opinions on the
gun issue. The statements
don't have to be signed unless
the author wishes to be con
tacted so as to discuss the
Capitol welcomes
Model U.N.
By Harry H. Moyer
Opening ceremonies to
night at 6 p.m. in the auditori
um will mark the official start
of the eighth annual Capitol
Campus Model United
Nations.
The Model Unified Na
tions, sponsored by lAA (In
ternational Affairs Associa
tion) in conjunction with the
United Nations Association of
Harrisburg, is designed to
promote greater understand
By Joan H. Klein
WNDR has been mak
ing waves this term ac
cording to Bill Bertolet,
the station's new manager.
New officers were elected
in January. Ron Fried
is the program director,
and John Reutter is head
disc jockey. There are
two chief engineers,
Gary Pellett and Rob
Rybicki.
Ruth Yost has taken
over responsibilities as
music director. Jill Hart
is treasurer and is also
in charge of public rela
tions. The club's student
advisor is Greg_Austin.
The club is working to
improve reception for
Meade Heights and the
dorms. The equipment,
matter further, said Dr. Sue
Richman, coordinator of the
committee.
The function of campus
input is to help the commitee
define the issues involved in
investigating the matter.
The committee is waiting
for written statements from
campus police officers in
which the officers would ex
plain the need for guns.
By the end of Winter term,
Dr. Theodore Gross, provost
of Capitol Campus, will decide
on the gun issue after hearing
the committee's
recommendations.
participants
ing of the United Nations and
to provide a forum for discus
sion of major international
issues and concerns.
In an interview with the
C.C. Reader, Professor Clem
Gilpin, director of the Model
United Nations, and Keith W.
Yundt, president of lAA, dis
cussed the upcoming three
day event.
"This year the Model U.N.
will attract around 215 high
school students plus teachers,
which will be our largest
On the air
however, is antediluvian
and members are forced
to broadcast by the woof of
their tweeters. More funds
are needed. "We provide a
daily and useful service for
the students and we feel this
factor should be taken into
consideration when appropri
ations are decided by SGA,"
says Bertolet.
WNDR's total balance
of funds in September
was approximately $3OO
for the entire year. This
amount will barely pay
the yearly cost of tele
phone use, according to
Bertolet.
In spite of a lack of
funds, there is no lack of
enthusiasm. Membership is
growing, enabling the
club to broadcast from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. during
the week. There are, in
addition, occasional night-
The gun issue has been
brought up several times by
campus policemen, said Dr.
Jerry South, dean of student
affairs, but it hasn't gone past
his office.
Capitol Campus'
committee is modeled after
University Park's committee,
which explored the campus
police gun issue last year.
Reasons cited for consid
ering the arming of campus
police officers are: firearms
being found on campus; a
situation in which campus
police encountered a lethal
group ever," Gilpin said.
According to Yundt, the
conference helps the indivi
dual student to think cre
atively about international is
sues from perspectives other
than his own. "This helps the
student to criticize our own
[American] perspective and
policies more intelligently,"
Yundt said.
Gilpin said that a major
benefit of the Model U.N. is
that many participating high
schools have developed
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time and weekend broad
casts.
WNDR's musical format
is well rounded and it is
at the discretion of the
scheduled disc jockey. In
addition, the station is
beginning to focus on a
news department to pro
vide hourly updates in
local and national news.
Students• majoring in
multi-media and journal
ism may find membership a
valuable learning experi
ence.
Overall, the station is
trying to bring the
community at Capitol
Campus together and to
close the gap in commu
nications in evidence here.
Interested students are
invited to sign up in
W-106 while openings in
the schedule are still
available.
weapon; and the pattern of
increased criminal activity in
the vicinity of the campus.
Campus police said that
crime outside the campus
affects Capitol.
Charles Aleksy, head of
police services, said that more
people from outside the
campus travel roads through
the campus than do members
of the campus community.
He also said that campus
police may not always learn
that an armed robber, for
instance, is being pursued
before he may enter the
campus.
He said that someone may
rob a store in the Olmstead
Plaza and flee on a road
through campus. A police of
ficer may pull him over for
running a stop sign and would
be unprepared, not having a
gun, he hypothesized.
Local police are used as
backup units for campus
police. The time it takes for
them to respond is an issue in
considering arming campus
police.
According to a memo from
the administration to the
campus committee, during the
early years of Capitol, a com-
Brus
You may have noticed
some commotion near the en
trance to the campus at about
4:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Witnesses reported seeing
crowds of people, numerous
police cars, fire trucks, and
ambulances in the area.
Well, not to worry. It was
just a slight overreaction to a
small brush fire near Rt. 230,
west of First Street.
A spokesman for police
services said that the fire was
probably started by a care-
TV test
WANTED: 35 STUDENTS
TO TAKE PART IN THE
NATION'S FIRST TEST OF
AN "INTERACTIVE"
TELEVISION GAME.
On Tuesday, Feb. 26,
an experimental television
game will be played at Capitol
Campus. The game involves
grouping those interested into
various teams to view a spe
cially selected film entitled
"Song Of The Canary." The
participants will then be
asked to voice opinions of
situations portrayed in the
film.
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menial security firm was
brought into the college.
During the past ten years,
the memo continues, the
immediately surrounding
community changed. Student
unrest became more
commonplace here and else
where.
A law was passed author
izing campus police at col
leges. Capitol Campus devel
oped police services, with four
officers and one supervisor.
The memo said that the
officers "can't perform their
full responsibilities and may
jeopardize their lives and the
lives of others" without guns.
Aleksy stressed that
campus police are as fully
trained and qualified as local
police. The officers are tested
every three months in order
to qualify for the right to
carry a gun.
Aleksy said that campus
police should not be thought
of as just security guards.
Capitol Campus is their mun
icipality, just as Highspire is
the municipality of
Highspire's police.
And campus police have
powers equal to those of any
other municipality.
h fire
lessly tossed cigarette. He
said that Lower Swatara
Township Fire Department
responded to the call.
According to the spokes
man, the property involved
was probably that of four
separate owners: Capitol
Campus, Fruehauf,
PennDOT, and the railroad.
The spokesman assured
the C.C. Reader that, con
trary to popular belief, there
was no report of a traffic
accident at the scene.
The test will take place in
the television studio wing of
PSU Capitol Campus from
6:30 p.m. to approx. 10:00
p.m. Refreshments will be
served.
Students from all academ
ic programs are needed for this
experiment in communica
tions--the first interactive
television game ever.
Those interested may sign
up in the Humanities Office,
W-360, or in the Campus
Relations Office , W-250. For
further information contact
Eton F. Churchill, Humanities
Office, W-360, 783-6197.