industries provide foundation for Tech Center
Pat Wenger
On January 22 the University Board of Trustees met and approved
construction of Capitol Campus’ first solely academic facilitv.
The Technology Center will enlarge laboratory space and bring the
University closer to Pennsylvania’s technology industries
Completion is scheduled for fall, 1984
Last summer the Capitol
Campus formally announced
the start of the capital
campaign to raise $550,000 for
the construction of a $2 million
Technology Center on the
campus. At the December
Board of Advisers meeting,
members heard the good news
that the goal had been met.
The Technology Center will
include laboratories for
chemistry, physics, water
resources, life sciences,
computation, energy and
materials/geology, plus
classrooms, seminar rooms and offices
Although it is designed to reduce the overcrowding that now occurs
in the campus labs, its completion will not significantly free up any
classroom space in the Olmsted Building, according to James D.
South, Director of Student Affairs. At the December Board of
Advisers meeting, Theodore L. Gross, Provost, reported that 100 to
150 technology students had to be turned away from this year’s
program because there simply was no room left for the students. He
said that even more engineering students are likely to be turned
away for the 1983-84 school year.
In a recent campus publication, Gross said, “Industries and
businesses have been generous in their support and should see the
Technology Center as their resource for research and continuing
education workshops. A deep and long-lasting partnership of the
University and the community is being realized through the
establishment of the Technology Center.”
The architectural plans indicate the facility will be a one-story
structure in an L shape between the Olmsted, Building and the Multi-
Purpose Building, will be faced with brick and have copper roofing.
Although the structure is not
planned for upward expansion,
future additions on one end of
the inner elbow of the L will
provide additional floor space
as needed.
The 20,000 square foot
structure site is currently
marked off in front of the main
building with red flagged
stakes. The stakes were placed
by John W. Harmon’s
Surveying Class as a class
project. Construction of the
building is scheduled to begin
before the end of the summer
term.
Meade reaches Heights
with sex toy party
Marsha Larsen
Toys ranging from gag gifts
to serious sex selex-tions were
offered for sale at the adults-
only Sensual Ware party
Wednesday night, Jan. 19, at
the Student Center. The event,
held as a fund raiser, was spon
sored by the Meade Heights
Community Council.
Sensual Ware is like Tupper
ware - both use the home party
format, and both demonstrate
products guaranteed to
preserve freshness.
Sensual Ware rep. Gary Glitz
presented Novelty items
(including incredible edibles -
candy pants and tasty briefs),
Games (...sensual people play),
Fashions for Passion (frocks
from “Ooh-La-La” to
“Tonight’s the Night”), and
many other ornaments, in
struments, and unguents for
extra-sexy people.
Party-goers paid on the spot
for purchases to be shipped at a
later date. Glitz required proof
of age before he accepted
orders.
About 30 braved the cold for
the hot time at the party. None
were in trenchcoats.
V.P. Tim DeZorzi of the
Meade Heights Council said the
group certainly did not intend
to excite prurient interests by
sponsoring the affair; rather,
they wanted an unusual fund
raiser where people could have
a lot of fun.
Several party-goers com
mented the event was the
climax of an otherwise dull
week in January.