Pennsylvania State University at Capitol Campus
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Volume 11, No. 4
Dave Dunkle, Student Government Association Treasurer, talks about the SGA
officers and his role as Treasurer in an exclusive C.C, Reader interview. Dunkle,
along with other SGA officers and • Senior Senators, will be replaced next Tuesday,
April 29, at a special meeting. The Spring Term SGA elections are postponed
from today to Monday, April 28.
Marie Kepping Retires
By Joan H. Klein
Friday, April 11, was a special day
in the life of one of the most popular
members on the staff at Wrisberg Hall.
Marie Kepping celebrated her 62nd
birthday and her retirement from a
20-year career here.
The Resident Student Council and
some people from Meade Heights ar
ranged a party in her honor and
surprised her with a recliner in appre
ciation for her thoughtfulness.
The students, in their home away
from home, will sorely miss this lady
who brought some spirit to the holi
days with homemade candy prepared
especially for them. She also baked
birthday cakes for her fellow em
ployees.
The recliner may have to wait a
while as this Middletown resident
keeeps active in her church, the Seven
Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin. A son,
daughter, and three grandchildren are
also apt to claim some of her newly free
time.
Marie worked at Capitol Campus
since September, 1967. She also
worked seven years when it was an Air
Force base. She leaves her position
with the best wishes of all who knew
her.
Next Issue
The next issue of the C.C. Reader
will be printed on Thursday, May 8,
1980.
Middletown, PA. 17057
Moyer
SGA Treasurer
Relates His
Experiences
By Harry H. Moyer
The Student Government Associa
tion has asked the C.C. Reader to
interview outgoing and incoming SGA
members in order that the student
body be informed of SGA. First in this
series of interviews is Treasurer Dave
Dunkle, who relates his experiences
and gives recommendations for the
next SGA.
"The SGA has impioved greatly
within the past year. however its full
potential has yet to be realized."
Dunkle said.
Dunkle explained that the reason
that the SGA has not realized its
potential is that SGA is primarily
looked upon as a source of money and
not as a student organization con
cerned with the welfare of students.
He also added that according to an
old hierarchy chart the SGA should be
equal in prestege as the Office of
Student Affairs. The SGA is charged
by preamble to its constitution to deal
effectively with matters of student
affairs.
"By equal, I mean equal in the sense
that we (SGA) should be listened to
and not laughed at," Dunkle said.
Dunkle expressed a few things that
he felt were strong points of this year's
SGA.
"This year's SGA has definitely
been more
. visible than the previous
year's," Dunkle said. "The administra
tion knows that we (SGA) are around.
Student involvement in the Bookstore
Task Force, Campus Police Armament
Committee, and discussions concerning
snow removal and parking fees have
sparked the knowlege of our exis
tence."
Has the SGA Treasurer been effec
tive this year? Dunkle says he has...
"I tried to make the system as easy
as possible by cutting nonessential
clauses such as the reallocation fund
(keggar money). Also, I made clubs
much more autonomous by allocating
one fund for each club at the beginning
of the year." Dunkle said.
The Treasurer has also tried to
make himself visible to students, and
sometimes his availability proved to be
inconvienient for himself at times.
"One lady called me at 7 a.m. on a
Saturday morning when I had a hang
over," Dunkle said. "She demanded to
know why her club did not have any
funds in its account."
Although Dunkle feels that he has
done a good job as SGA Treasurer, he
was quick to admit that he had failed to
fulfill a promise he made at the
beginning of the year.
"I never got around to rewriting the
rules for the treasury system, which is
in desperate need for revision.
"Also, I failed as Treasurer in that I
was too trusting with the clubs. It got
to the point that I almost got into
trouble because clubs did not present
reciepts. Since then, I have had to be
real strict."
Because of his experience as SGA
Treasurer for one year, Dunkle had
some advice to offer the students who
will be in next year's SGA.
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"I'd like to see next year's SGA
become even more visible to commuter
students and the Administration than
it was this year."
He added that it is important for
the new officers to immediately create
goals and objectives for next year (and
then stick to them).
Dunkle also recommended that
next year's SGA should keep tackling
problems tjat have continued on cam
pus, and should be more involved with
student government at University
Park.
Did Dunkle have any advice for the
next year's SGA Treasurer?
"Get rid of accounts that have been
inactive for years and make sure that
the SGA standing committees get more
student involvement."
The James
A. Jordan Jr.
Award
By Gary Pellett
Selection of a candidate for the
James A. Jordan Award for Outstand
ing Teaching is now under considera
tion. This award, given annually since
1972, goes to the Capitol Campus
faculty member who has been most
outstanding in his or her teaching
efforts during the current school year.
The award is named after a former
Capitol Campus instructor who was
killed in a boat accident in 1971.
Selection of the recipient is made by
the student body.
Here is how the awarding process
works. Monday, April 28, studentsare
asked to fill out a popular ballot for this
award and turn it in with their ballots
for the SGA positions. All full-time
Capitol Campus instructors are eligible
for the award. From the popular
ballots, a list of candidates is prepared.
The Student Government then ap
points a committee made up of senior
students to review each candidate.
The final decision is made in time for
presentation of the award at the spring
awards banquet.
Past winners of the award are:
Ambrose Klain, Regional Planning,
1972; James L. Knestrick, Social Sci
ence and History, 1973; Thomas J.
Knight, Social Science and History,
1974; Barbara L. Bleau, Mathematics,
1975; William A. Welsh, Jr., Engineer
ing Technology, 1976; Charles D.
Pringle, Business Administration,
1977; Clemmie E. Gilpin, Afro-Ameri
can Studies, 1978; and Robert X.
Bresler, Political Science, 1979.