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The second meeting of the 1980-81
staff of Tarnhelm, the Capitol Campus
Literary Magazine, will be held tonight,
Thursday, February 5, at 8 p.m. at 31
South Union St., Middletown (opposite
the Post Office in the center of town).
The first meeting dealt with the
format of the magazine and who among
the staff will perform what tasks in
putting together and producing the
magazine.
The second meeting will further
define specific tasks of staff members,
but, more important than this, it will
give staff members a chance to meet
with others who have an interest in
literature and - the arts on campus.
At the risk of sounding excessively
melodramatic, meeting others on the
staff and sharing ideas on what message
the Tarnhelm should convey is the most
important part of the process of produc
ing the magazine.
Tarnhelm's purpose, briefly, is to
provide a vehicle to display the best of
art and literature produced by the
students and faculty on campus for this
school year.
Practically, though, this will not be
the case. The magazine will reflect the
talents of only those who submit their
work to the magazine. And the way this
work is displayed in the magazine will
reflect the taste and judgement of the
staff and those advisors the staff enlists
to help choosing works for publication
and with putting together the works
selected.
So the editorial board, those who
work on the magazine, will be the final
judges of what will be the contents and
presentation of your literary magazine.
If you would like the magazine to
reflect your talent, ideas and ability, the
staff of Tanthelm invites you to submit
your poetry, short stories, photos or line
drawings to the magazine through the
Humanities office, W-360. Although each
submission must include the artist's
name and student number, each submis
sion will be presented to the editorial
board anonymously for the most objec
tive consideration possible.
For those who would like to work on
the magazine in addition to submitting
their works, Tarnhelm meeting an
nouncements are posted throughout the
main building and membership is open to
all students.
On March 5,6, and 7, hundreds of
high school students will be flocking to
our own Capitol Campus. And what, you
may ask, are they coming here for? Well,
it is the Capitol Campus Model United
Nations they are gathering here for.
Students from all over the South
Central Pennsylvania region will arrive
here Thursday afternoon for three days
of intense debate on all the world's
problems. By Saturday afternoon the
problems should all be solved, and we
can sleep peacefully at night once again.
In accommodating these young dip
lomats, a few problems do arise. If you as
a Capitol Campus student wish to sac-
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President
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Camp Hill, PA 17011
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rifice some time, floor space or sanity to
help in this huge undertaking, please
contact Alan Foote or drop a note in the
lAA mailbox (W-110).
The fringe benefits from your ser
vices need not be explained.
In the next few weeks you should
receive a letter asking you to grant a
little corner of your home to one of these
innocent high school students.
A positive response to this request
will be greatly appreciated. We invite
everyone to come and be a part of the
proceedings during the first week of
March.
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Graduate students will be happy to
learn that their long-awaited lounge is
now a reality. It's located in W-151.
Donations of posters and decorations
will be gratefully accepted. Stop by and
relax in your lounge. The GSU's Winter
term informal get-together will be held
Friday, February 6, at 9518 Kirtland
Ave. Things get under way at 8:30 p.m.
All graduate students are invited.
A showing of Fellini's "La Strada"
was well attended earlier this week.
Watch for announcements regarding the
next film in the joint GSU-lAA film
series.
The second lecture in the GSU
lecture series will be held later this
month and will feature Dr. Robert
Bresler (Political Science) on the new
administration. Time and location will be
announced on the bulletin boards around
the campus.
The GSU's next meeting will be held
in the new lounge at 5 p.m. on Monday,
February 9.
PHI BETA LAMBDA
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CAPITOL CAMPUS
Thursday, February 5, 1981
GSU REPORT
DAVID J. BOYD
Vice President
28 Kensington Drive
Camp Hill, PA 17011
737-4173
Daytime tear-jerkers
"Did you think I'd stop seeing people just
because you rejected me?" Does this sound
familiar? No, it's not something your room
mate has said to an old flame, well not exact
ly. Actually it's part of a conversation between
Luke and Laura, two stars of the popular
ABC soap opera General Hospital. For some
people, including college students, soap operas
are part of their daily routine. It's not uncom
mon to see a group of girls, and even guys
nowadays, glued to the TV set to watch as the
dramatic lives of the characters unfold before
them.
Soap operas have become more than just
TV shows to many people. Traditionally, the
"soap opera syndrome" has been associated
with bored housewives who find an escape in
the glamorous and unpredictable lives of the
characters. But soap operas have been steadily
attracting a larger audience. College students
have also found pleasure in living the day-to
day traumas the characters of their favorite
shows endure.
Some of the reasons people watch soap
operas are just as interesting as the shows
themselves. Says one college student, "At
first, I didn't like soap operas, but when I was
babysitting one time, I started watching
General Hospital and really got involved. I've
been watching it for a year and a half now."
After watching the show for awhile, )ou can
almost predict what will happen on certain
days.
Some people even make an effort to arrange
their class schedule so they have free time dur
ing their favorite soap opera.
General Hospital seems to be the college
favorite, followed closely by The Young and
the Restless. Both shows feature younger
Term
Research Papers
Campus Digest News Service
New York State Attorney General Robert
Abrams is trying to break termpaper com
panies operating in his state.
Undercover agents first raided a termpaper
company's offices in a building next to Grand
Central Station in New York City, and im
pounded two truckloads of termpapers and
documents to use as evidence.
The subject of the raid was College Research
Systems Inc. that is estimated to sell 500 term
papers per month, grossing $20,000. They
have a 305 page catalog.
In Missouri, meanwhile, two deans at the
University of Missouri-Columbia have obtain
ed copies of the termpaper catalog that is of
fered for sale through local campus
newspapers, and are beginning to double
check termpapers that are turned in with term
paper titles listed in the catalogs. The catalogs
also list the length of each paper, which fur
ther assists the deans in detecting purchased
papers.
Termpapers are available throughout the
country, and catalogs are regularly advertised
in college newspapers. However, most com
panies maintain that they are selling research
characters than the other soaps which could be
the reason for their popularity.
The major complaint of soap opera fans is
the famous cliffhanger technique the networks
employ quite often on Fridays to get you to
tune in Monday to see resolved. (Although
oftentimes, the cliffhanger can carry on for
days.) But the suspense is what keeps the fans
clamoring for more."
Not everyone, however, is devoted to these
daytime "tearjerkers". As one non-soapee put
it, "It's possible for a person to get wrapped
up in a soap opera, but they're a waste of time
and serve no purpose. Hardly anything 'real'
happens, and for the most part, I think it's all
over-dramatized."
In the past, soap operas have been con
sidered daytime dramas. But in the last two
years, the public has come in contact with
"night soaps". Shows like Knots Lanking,
Secrets of Midland Heights, Flamingo Road
and of course Dallas, the show that held
millions of Americans in suspense for almost
six months to find out who shot J.R.
While many people will not admit to wat
ching a daytime soap, it's these same people
who are glued to their TV set every Friday
night to watch Dallas. "I've even turned down
dates if it's for Friday night," says one Dallas
fan. 'I figured I can go on dates anytime, even
after Dallas is over, but between 9 and 10
p.m. I don't want to be bothered."
For some people, watching soaps is like a
hobby--they do it in their free time. On the
other hand, there are the people who
"make"time in order to watch these daytime
and nighttime soaps. Some might call this
"soap opera addiction" crazy, but it's becom
ing an American way of life.
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assistance only, and that their work is not in
tended to be turned in "as is."
However, temptation takes it from there
The termpaper companies then point at the
student that purchased the paper, and say the
offense was committed by the student, not the
company. They did not have to pretend the
ork was theirs, they could have just used the
information as research, added to it and done
their own paper.
A typical termpaper costs $3.50 per page
when chosen from a catalog of papers on file,
and $lO per page for custom research.
There is also quite a demand for "C"
papers compared to "A" papers, for the sake
of not being so suspicious.
New York, Maryland and" Pennsylvania are
among the states that have outlawed ghost
written termpapers. Missouri has warned
termpaper companies in the past.
Some customers of the company raided in
New York City reportedly complained to the
attorney general's office that although they
had already paid for their papers, they had
not been delivered even though they were pro
mised by the end of the week.
C.C. Reader