C.C. Reader
Program on rape
The, rise in incidents
of the crime of rape on the
national. level is being re
flected in , the Harrisburg-
Middletown area. As a
public service to the
Campus community, the
Residence Living Program,
the Counseling Center and
Police Services are joint
ly sponsoring two pro
grams dealing with the
subject of rape. The first
will be held in Wrisberg
First Floor Lounge on
Wednesday, February 27,
at 4:00 p.m. The topic
concerns police procedures
used in the investigation
and prosecution for rape.
Steve Shaeffer of the
steelton Police Depart
ment will demonstrate how
composite photos are made.
The second program will
Alumni organization
In recent months the
Campus Relations office,
under the direction of
Mark Dorfman, has been
engaged in setting up an
active alumni organization
for Capitol Campus grad
uates. All members of the
Penn State Alumni Mao
ciation who have received
one or more degrees from
Captiol Campus, are auto
matically members of the
Penn State/Capitol Alumni
Society. There arenow
700 such Association/So
ciety members. At the
present time there are
approximately 7000 grad
uates of Capitol Campus,
with some 5000 being
located in the Greater
Harrisburg area.
Under the direction of
an executive committee
of recently elected ofWers,
the alumni society is de
veloping a number of
'activities. Among the
items being considered
are special privileges for
alumni, including free ad
mission to campus events,
free use of racquetball
It's concert time again
Are you tired of sit
ting around on Tuesday
nights? Are you bored
with the same old
parties and the local
watering holes? Would you
like to have one good
night of fun before you
have to start studying
for finals?
On Tuesday, March 4,
G.P.P. is going to end
this term with a TWO
band, five-hour, nonstop
rock 'n roll concert in
the gym from 9 p.m. to
2 a.m.
The two bands select
ed for this concert are
"Ralph" and "Haji."
"Ralph" is a 7-piece band
from Scranton, Pa. Their
repertoire consists of
songs from Billy Joel,
be held in the Gallery
Lounge two weeks later
on March 12, at 4:15 p.m.
This session will be de
voted to a discussion of
rape prevention and coun
seling. The featured
speaker is Barbara Smith,
a member of the Stu
dent Affairs Staff at U
niversity Park. Ms.
Smith has been active in
formulating rape crisis
programs at the main
campus. Intially a part of
the Resident Assistant in
service training program,
these meetings are being
opened to the public for
the purpose of raising
consciousness about a
social problem that is
reaching epidemic propor
tions. We hope all who
are interested will attend.
courts and other recre
ational facilities, open ac
cess to the library's col
lection and services, and
possible development of a
travel program. One pro
ject under consideration
by ths„„, society is the
beautildation of the cam
pus itself.
It is also anticipated that
regular meetings of the,
alumni will take a variety
of forms; some will be
primarily social, others
cultural or intellectual. All
will be pointed toward
providing a forum for
continuation of a mutual
ly beneficial relationship
between campus and a
lumni.
A meeting of the so
ciety which may be of
interest to March gradu
ates is scheduled for
March 27 at the campus.
Anyone wishing to attend
will be welcome. Further
information can be obtain
ed from the Campus Re
lations Office, Room W-205
phone (717) 783-6000.
Toto, Doobie Bros.,
Steely Dan, Gerry Raffer
ty, Beatles, and nine
songs of their own. They
are a well balanced
band of jazz/rock with
long list of credits to their
name.
"Haji," on the other
hand, is a 5-piece band
of high energy rock 'n roll.
"Haji" plays the music of
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd,
Joe Walsh, ZZ Top, Beat
les, the Who and many
more. They too are a
well balanced band, as
good visually as they
are musically.
Tickets for this concert
will go on sale Monday,
Feb. 25. They will be
available at the Round
Table until 5 p.m. the
Thursday . , Feb. 21, 1980
Program taped at Capitol
By Mike Kondor
"Black, young, and on
campus--different today
than yesterday," is the
proposed title for a prog
ram produced at Capitol
Campus by WITF-TV,
the public television
station located in Hershey.
The • program, part of
WITF's weekly "360" ser
ies, is an attempt to
discover what the atti
tudes of black college
students are today.
Sandra DeVirgilio, pro
ducer of the program,
said that a shift has
occurred from political
movement to cultural em
phasis, and that there
seem to be more person
al concerns.
The WITF production
team was here for a
week interviewing peo
ple to determine if that
is so.
DeVirgilio said that
Capitol Campus was pick
ed as the location for
the show because of its
proximity to the Hershey
studios and because of
existing knowledge of the
population of the school.
Two Capitol students
were highlighted in the
interviews. One was Erik
Shelton, an eleventh term
Psychosocial Science major.
And the other was
Linda Padgett, also an
day of the concert. Tick
ets are $3.50 in advance
and $4.50 at the door.
G.P.P. will be sending
out flyers to the resid
ent students. Commuter
students should pay close
attention to the bulletin
boards for any changes.
G.P.P. is also inviting the
general public and stu
dents from nearby
schools, so spread the
word to anyone you know
who would enjoy a good
concert.
Listen to WNDR in
the next few days; they will
be featuring some of "Ralph's"
original material. If.you have
any questions, feel free to
contact G.P.P. in the SGA
office or call 783-6033.
eleventh term Psycho-
social Science student.
In an interview with
the C.C. Reader , Shelton
said: "I thought the
concept of the program
itself was very good."
He said that he was
interviewed on camera
for almost one hour--a
point that is causing con
cern for him.
"Of course, the way
that they edit the pro
gram will have an over
all influence on the per
spective," he said.
Since the finished pro
gram will only run for
one-half hour, there will
necessarily be a lot of
editing.
Shelton said he had
no control over the ques
tions that were asked of
him.
"I answered the ques
tions from my own point
of view," he said.
He stressed the fact
that he did not intend
to speak for the entire
black population of Capi
tol Campus. He tried to
answer the questions in a
manner relevant to his
own experience.
Referring to the fact
that the show is produc
ed and edited by whites,
Shelton said: "I'm not
certain this is from a
Mural to be painted
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The Black Student Union
of Capitol Campus is, for the
first time in the history of this
campus, planning a special
Black Heritage program, "Did
You Know?...We're moving on
up," in celebration of Black
Heritage Month (Feb.).
This program will empha
size the contributions made
by Black Americans in music,
science and technology, thea
ter, dance, education, and art.
Black history will be traced
from Africa to slavery to the
1980's. The program will
bring together a variety of
talent from the campus and
community, and will give the
campus community a rare
opportunity to view the his
tory of black contributions to
American life.
'The, program will open
With a skit about Black Inven
black perspective."
Also interviewed by
the C.C. Reader, Padgett
said that she enjoyed
participating in the pro
gram.
Padgett said that she
answered the questions
honestly, but so that it
wouldn't be offensive.
"I tried to answer the
questions tactfully," she
said.
She said that her
interview was "a couple of
hours long," and that she
didn't know how the pro
gram was going to bi
arranged.
She said that she and
Shelton would probably
view the program at the
Hershey studios before it
is aired.
WITF also taped part
of the rehearsal for the
black accomplishment pro
gram that is taking
place on Monday evening,
February 25, in the
Black Cultural Arts Cen
ter.
The WITF program,
"360" is scheduled to air
on Thursday, February
21, at 7:30 p.m., and
again on Saturday, Feb
ruary 23, at 11:30 a.m.
The executive producer
of "360" is Anne Stana
way. Sandra DeVirgilio and
Pandora Reynolds are the
producers.
tors and their many inven
tions. The audience will then
travel through flash-back to
Africa where we will see
African dancers and instru
ments. We will then travel
across the waters on the slave
ships to the shores of America
and travel with the slaves
through their experiences.
We will visit the work
fields and hear the sadness of
the people through the songs
of the work fields and religion,
i.e.: "Nobody Know De
Trouble I've Seen" song by
Earlette Slaughter and
others.
We will enter the politics
of this country and will have a
chance to hear a speech by
Frederick Douglass,
portrayed by Erik Shelton
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