.Editorials
Media publication
promotes program
By George P. Yanoshik, Jr.
Capitol Campus has a media
concentration within its
Humanities Division. You know
it, but a recent survey has pro
ven that the majority of
counselors at Penn State’s
satellite campuses and other
junior colleges throughout the
state are unaware that such a
concentration exists.
As an independent study pro
ject, senior media student
Monica Auld sent over 160 let
ters explaining the media pro
gram at Capitol to junior col
leges in Pennsylvania as well
as technical schools in New
Jersey and Delaware. Her
results have shown that over 50
per cent of schools questioned
did not know that curricula in
all areas of communication--
from the print and broadcast
options to advertising and
public relations-are available
at Capitol, the only upper
division and graduate school in
the Penn State system.
With the results of the survey
in mind, the Humanities Divi
sion funded a special media edi
tion of the Capitol Times last
month in which media students
on campus were able to pro-
times
Executive Editor
Managing Editor
Photography Editor..
Photographer
Layout Assistant
Production Assistant.
Graphics
Advertising Manager.
Advertising Assistant.
Business Manager
Business Assistant....
Sales Representatives
Adviser.
Thomas Dekle
Judith Faruquee
Joseph Guberman
Kim Guzzi
Michele Haley
Mames P. Kushlan
Marsha L. Larsen
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mote their program through a
Erinted publication which will
e mailed to the junior colleges
in Pennsylvania.
“Being an upper-division
school with the atmosphere of a
junior college,” said Jerry
Trently, special edition editor,
“we felt that a publication
which explained our concentra
tion here would be of interest to
students who wanted to enter a
career in media.”
Copies of the special media
edition are available in the
newsroom, W-129. Students who
are interested in the media opi
tion or who know of a student at
another school who may be in
terested in the program are en
couraged to pick up a copy.
“Our media program here at
Capitol Campus is constantly
growing,” said Trently. “As in
terest in the media concentra
tion increases, the more profes
sional equipment we are able to
get to expand our news room
and facilities in the media
department.” Media students
seldom number more than 40 to
50 people at Capitol. According
to the Fall 1982 enrollment
statistics, the average Multi-
Media class has only 12
students. And media is part of
February 14 f 1983
STAFF MEMBERS
Pat Wenger
.Jerry Trently, Jr.
.. .Michael MArkle
Mark Clauser
—Betsy Sheehan
Monica Auld
Pat Carthy
George P. Yanoshlk, Jr.
Marcia Rogers
.Charles R. Cobourn, 111
Kimberly Bush
Kevin Gulrich
Paul Saba tine
AI Lee
Barbara Myers
William Negley
Lisa Noro
Robert Rejmaniak
Bud Smith
Raquel Summer! ord
Humanities at Capitol, where
the average in fall of ’B2 was
only 16.
The media option is as open
and flexible as the field itself.
Internships, personal attention,
and the opportunity to get ip-
Capitol's bookstore
Improvement on the way?
By Pat Wenger
Now that the mess is finally
straightened out about who is in
charge of the bookstore, the
Provost can do what he wanted
to do last time we talked to
him, “see it become a
bookstore that is really attrac
tive, a cultural center for the
campus.”
Perhaps he can get an action
plan together and really do a
great job by getting in there
and making our bookstore a
real showplace.
We would like to make a cou
ple of suggestions:
Hire people who already care
about buying and owning books.
Their attitude alone would go
far in changing the environ
ment of the bookstore.
It is essential that books be
both bought and sold in the
bookstore through a viable used
book program. Just think of the
thousands of wasted dollars
spent by students in the last 17
years on books purchased un
necessarily because they
couldn’t sell or trade in their
old texts.
Now our bookstore has a
chance to serve both the
students and faculty and should
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Photo by Mark Clauser
volved in activities of all kinds
provides hands-on experience
for students here. Students
themselves are able to design
projgrams which will best
satisfy their needs and interests
of specialization.
tap into their suggestions on
wnat books should be involved
and how the bookstore can be
made into an attractive book
market for students and the
University.
Overall, we are delighted
with the genuine answers we
have received from the senior
administrators. They didn’t try
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to cover up their misunderstan
ding nor cud they act defensive
ly about the snafu in the
organizational chart.
We are encouraged by the
support we have received from
faculty and students and are
waiting along with them to see
decisive action taken on the
bookstore project.