Have a
problem?...
Take it to court
By Elizabeth Crum
You get a traffic ticket and
you're madder than hell. Your
favorite video machine in the
game room was mauled by a
maniac. Your heart is in your
mouth as you stroll from your
night class into the deserted
parking lot. Gripe no more--you
do have a recourse.
The Student Court of Capitol
Campus was established to help
alleviate these and other prob
lems. The court consists of
eight students, a Chief Justice
and seven Associate Justices
appointed by an adviser and
members of the Student
Government Association.
Chief Justice, Sharon Jacoby,
says, "The majority of cases
we review are simple traffic
violations, where a student ap
peals what they feel is an un
just parking ticket. Students
have the option of filing either a
paper or personal appeal to the
court. Depending on the cir
cumstances, the students can
be released from obligation or
directed to pay the imposed
fine. These fines, incidentally,
go into the Student Government
to fund student activities and
not to the Police Services, as
many people think.
"As well as reviewing 50 to
100 traffic violations a term, the
Court must determine the
validity of ballots during the
student government elections,
and be present at S.G.A.
meetings to decide on the con
stitutionality of any point that is
brought up. The resident Court
also serves on the Student
Board of Appeals, which
reviews instances of van
dalism."
The newest project the Court
has undertaken is an extended
escort service that will include
all students. The existing escort
service, funded by the universi
ty, helps night students only
from the nurses' office to the
parking lot.
The Student Court has
presented a proposal to the
S.G.A. to start winter term that
will allow for a van to transport
students not only to the parking
lot, but also into Meade Heights
and other on-campus housing.
This will be a paid work-study
program and will be reviewed
by the finance committee on
Oct. 25th. "This is so the night
class students won't have to
walk home or to their cars in
fear," said Jacoby. •
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beatllinein !October 8 tune
of the C.C. Reader prompted
more than 120 'entries in an
ticipation Of picking the hest
new name to replace C.C.
Reader and win a $5O U.S. Sav-
ings Bond.
Seventh term Accounting /Pre
- Law major Chris Barrett, from
Hazelton, PA came up with the
winning name... Capitol Times.
Chris, a patrolman with the
University Security Force, is
active in campus activities. He
is a disc jockey with WNDR
radio on campus and on Nov.
19-21 he will serve as a delegate
to the Model United Nations in
Philadelphia.
In addition to the Capitol
Times, a new weekly newsletter
made its debut in mid-October.
Thanks to Leanne Drozdoff of
Hummelstown, this publication
has been given a name, The
Lion's Tale.
Nuclear lecture series at C.C., H ACC
By Donna Kirker
October's nuclear lecture
series generated ideas, debate,
and—perhaps, most impor
tantly—optimism.
"There was a continuous note
in all the lectures...we can, as a
society and private citizens, put
pressure on our government to
negotiate a treaty that would be
in the best interest of the
United States and the Soviet
Union," said Kevin Sweeney,
Assistant Professor of
Humanities and Philosophy.
The four-part lecture series
was created by Sweeney, along
with Humanities Division Head
John Patterson, Professor of
American Studies and History,
and Paul Carrick, an Associate
Professor of Philosophy at The
Harrisburg Area Community
College (HACC).
Based on the premise that the
issues surrounding a possible
nuclear war are confusing,
complex, and frightening, the
talks were designed to provide
straight information from four
different professional perspec
tives. Once informed, the au
dience could then make some
educated opinions.
Sweeney also explained that
the series, funded by a grant
from The Pennsylvania
Humanities Council, had two
other Objectives.
"First. wawanted to do
something that would bring
Capitol Campus and HACC
closer," and he said, "we
wanted to discuss an issue that
was truly of interest and felt
nuclear war was such an
issue."
Capitol Campus hosted the
first two lectures. On October
Bth, Dr. Paul Stolley, Professor
of Medicine of The University
of Pennsylvania's School of
Medicine, spoke on "The
Medical Consequences of
Nuclear War." He was followed
on October 15th by Dr. Robert
Kennedy, a consultant at the
Army War College in Carlisle,
who discussed "The Need for
Nuclear Arms."
The last two speeches were
conducted at HACC. On October
22nd, Capitol Campus's Dr.
Robert Bresler, Associate Pro
fessor of Social
Science/Political Science, spoke
on "The Politics of Nuclear
Brinkmanship," followed on Oc
tober 25th by Dr. Axinn,
Professor of Philosophy at
Temple University, who ad
dressed "Is Nuclear War
Morally Justified."
Sweeney stressed that the lec
turer's objectives were not "to
take the pro's and con's of the
issue, just to present and repre
sent their professional perspec
tives on the topic."
Sweeney continued to explain
that the series was designed to
take each of those perspectives
into account, and then decide
for oneself "what to do about
the situtation."
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"I was extremely interested
in the subject, because it was a
difficult topic to understand,"
he said, adding "the ter
minology and the technology
surrounding the issue is over
whelming."
"Because of that, most people
will say that it (nuclear war) is
too difficult to think about, let
someone else think about it,"
Sweeney said.
A believer in true libertarian
democracy, Sweeney wanted to
provide the needed information
to the public, so that they could
as individuals become more
viable citizens.
Overall, Sweeney believes the
lecture series accomplished
that goal, plus its other objec
tives.
"If one attended all four
talks, one would be better in-
formed and aware of the
issues," he said. "The lectures
stimulated debate and discus
sion...also, it proved that
Capitol Campus and HACC can
work in a joint venture with
good results."
Looking toward the future,
Sweeney believes that the suc
cess of this series will generate
others like it. However, he said,
"there are no programs under
way as of yet."
Sweeney also suggested that
other Capitol Campus depart
ments were encouraged by the
series results and may generate
similar lecture series designed
for their particular interests.
chael Ma