Campus photographers discuss humanities’ role
By Monica Auld
Five Capitol Campus students
are $30.00 richer when they
received awards for their
photography on May 5, in the
Gallery Lounge.
James Sein-Lwin and Mark
Weidhaas, engineering students;
Alice Duncan and Judith Faru
quee, two Humanities majors;
and Wendy Rogos, a graduate
student, each received an award
for their work. In return, the ..
Humanities Division keeps the
winning entries to display on
campus.
Different approaches to
photography highlighted the group’s
program. Sandy Starobin
photography instructor, sees
photography as an, art form.
“Photography has nothing to
do with reality. It is a superim
position of the photographer and
can be used to express personal
feelings, thoughts and attitudes
about the world.”
The competition was open to
any student who has been enroll
ed in the photography courses of
fered at Capitol Campus. The
winning photos will be displayed
in the Humanities Suite, W-360
and in other campus offices.
New bookstore construction termed “optomistic”
By Joseph Guberman
Better than improvements,
Capitol Campus may get a new,
half-million dollar bookstore out
of this year’s controversy over the
current bookstore’s shortcomings.
Dr. Theodore Gross, Provost,
recently made ah official proposal
for a new bookstore which could
oe completed as early as the fall
of 1984. '
Final official from
University Park’s board of
Trustees won’t home until July,
but administration officials are
optimistic. “The time is right,”
according to Assistant Provost,
Dr. Dwayne Smith.
Ever since the Capitol Times
began a series of articles on the
bookstore’s problems, Dr. Gross
and his staff have moved swiftly
to adress the conoerns. Indeed,
Gross says, “I’ve taken it as a
mandate, and I’m grateful to the
students for calling this to our
attention.”
A lot of planning needs to be
done before the project is approv
ed. Dr. Smith says he’ll be seek
ing input from students, faculty
and staff. He wants recommenda
tions on what ought to be in the
Bookstore, including product-mix
and the physical set-up.
In the meantime, Dr. Gross
and his administration will be
working on details such as where
to locate the proposed new facili
ty. One idea under consideration
is somewhere between the Multi-
Purpose mid Olmsted Building,
but- the actual site has yet to be
With a new President at Penn State this year, the
possibility is that he may not want to fund it (a new
bookstore).
John Bischoff
Director of Commonwealth Bookstore System
determined.
With the new Bookstore will
come some badly needed changes.
One of the most important is
space. The current store is
cramped. The new location, ac
cording to officials, will have
about three square feet per stu
dent. This added space will allow
for the expansion of supplies and
texts. At the same time would in
crease the amount of space inside
the Olmstead Building, as well as
make the campus more attractive
, The funding for this facility, if
approved, will come from the
Central Fund of the Penn State
University Bookstores.’ Despite the
autonomy of Capitol Campus’
Bookstore, all the profits from
our school’s store go to the
University Park’s Central Fund.
~ Because of that, John Bischoff,
Director of the Commonwealth
Bookstore system says, “If
Capitol Campus needs im
provements, then the Central
Bookstore Fund will be its
source.”
Bischoff and Robert Zilly, Vice
President of Business at Universi
ty Park met last week with
Capitol’s administration to discuss
the proposal.
But Bischoff adds a word of
caution: “With a new President
at Penn State this year, (Dr.
Bryce Jordan), the possibility ex
ists that he may not want to fund
it. He might have other changes
ift mind, but we’ll just have to
wait and see.”
Dr. Gross is a little more op
timistic. Although still in the pro
posal stage, he thinks it looks
very favorable. And Smith agrees,
adding “We owe thanks not only
to your paper, but also to Ted
Gross, for his impressive work in
establishing this.”
William Kistler, Bookstore
Manager, has also been working
hard to make some changes. He’s
traveled to a number of different
schools to look over their
bookstores for new ideas and bet
ter ways of working here at
Capitol.
The swiftness of response has
come as a surprise to almost
everyone. According to Smith,
“We have a new Science and
Technology Building that will be
constructed soon. We spent three
years planning it before we could
even make the proposal. So it is a
surprise, and I would have said a
few months ago this was impossi
ble, but a lot has happened since
the Capitol Times articles.”
Photo by Joe Hart