Page 2 Thursday, October 4, 1984 The Capitol Times The News in Brief Conversant program pairs Capitol Students can learn about other cultures by becom ing part of the conversant program here. Participants go on trips, shop or just talk with foreign students. Information is available from David Doaty in the Student Support Center, W-105 Olmsted Building. WNDR Daily Features Each weekday, WNDR and the Westwood One Radio Network offer daily radio features containing interesting tidbits of infor mation and interviews with celebrities in the music industry and in related fields. Daybook, which is broadcast at 8:25 a.m. and again at 2:45 p.m., features historical facts about each day. Earth News, which runs at 9:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m., is a contemporary news and information service. In addition, Off The Record features Mary Turner's conversations with the stars of popular music at 12:45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Mental health interships Several twelve-month Mental Health Resident Ad visor/Counselor Traineeships are available at Career House in Suburban Philadelphia. Graduating seniors, new graduates, and graduate students are invited to apply. A stipend of $5OO per month, housing, and meals are offered to qualified applicants who are U.S. citizens, unmarried and at least 21 years of age. Hospitalization and medical coverage is also provided. Trainees "live-in" and receive training and supervised ex perience in supportive counseling and milieu therapy, crisis in tervention and other areas. For more information, write: Dr. Henry Platt, Director, In stitute of Clinical Training and Research, 19 S. Waterloo Road, Box 400, Devon, PA 19333 (215/296-6906). NRC offers assistance The National Research Council announces the 1985 Postdocterial, Resident, and Cooperative Research Associateship Programs for research in the sciences and engineering. Approx imately 250 new full-time associateships will be awarded on a com petitive basis in 1985 for research in chemistry, engineering and mathematics, and in the earth, environmental, physical, space and life sciences. Applications to the National Research Council must be mailed no later than January 15, 1985. To apply or inquire further, please contact: Associateship Pro grams, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, JH 608-D3, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418 (202/334-2760). NEH Younger Scholars Guidelines and application forms for the Younger Scholars program of the National Endowment for the Humanities are available in the Placement Office. The grants cover undergraduate research in philosophy, history and literature. Deadline is October 15. CPA's sponsor competition The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) is sponsoring its tenth annual Student Manuscript Corporation. The competition is open to all junior, senior and graduate students majoring in accounting at Pennsylvania colleges and universities. Cash awards of $l,OOO, $6OO and $4OO will be given for the three best articles. For information, contact the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Mary Sachs Building, Suite 200, 208 North Third Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101, (717) 232-1821. Popular mime in area Dan Kamin, nationally acclaimed mime artist, will perform at the Independent Eye located at 208 East King Street in Lancaster. Kamin will appear Thursday through Saturday (Oct. 11-13) at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7:30. For more information and reservations, call 393-9088. Career Fair here today Representatives of business, government, industry and service organizations will be in room 216 of the Olmsted Building today from 9:30 to 3 p.m. to discuss career opportunities in their fields. At least 45 companies are scheduled to send representatives, many of them Capitol Campus alumni, according to the Career Services Office, sponsor of the event. PICPA writing contest The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) is sponsoring its tenth annual Student Manuscript Com petition. Open to all junior, senior and graduate students major ing in accounting at Pennsylvania colleges and universities. The contest offers cash awards of $l,OOO, $6OO and $4OO for the three best articles. The first place article will be published in the summer 1985 issue of Pennsylvania CPA Journal. The topic of the contest is "The CPA as Expert Witness". Manuscripts must be 1500-2000 words and must be submitted by December 31, 1984. To apply or for more information, please contact the PICPA (Mary Sachs Building, Suite 200, 208 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717/232-1821). Crosswalk tickets issued Campus police are now issuing commonwealth citations total ing $42.50 to drivers who fail to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, according to Charles Aleksy, Supervisor of safety and police ser- Pedestrians will also be fined if they fail to allow a reasonable time for vehicles to stop, Aleksy noted. Women's series continues "Time Management for the Working Woman" is the next in a series of workshops for women being offered by Continuing Education through November 14. Other topics will include asser tiveness and financial security. For information, call 948-6275. Campaign exhibit set "From Buttons to Bumper Stickers: The Candidates' Message" is the title of a new exhibit on display through November 11 at the Hershey Museum of American Life. For more information call Jean Cutler at (717)534-3429. WNDR offers specials WNDR and the Westwood One Radio Network are offering a series of weekly specials featuring the latest in comedy; con certs and interviews with the hottest music stars of today. The schedule of programming is as follows: Dr. Demento - Sunday at 8 p.m. Concerts & Specials - Sunday at 10 p.m. The Rock Chronicles - Wednesday at 8 p.m. Off The Record Specials - Thursday at 8 p.m. Student Bill Policies The Finance Office has announced that the extension of late payment fees this semester will not be repeated in the spring. All students must file a spring estimated bill by December 14. Bills will be mailed Nov. 23. Students who drop courses and are entitled to a refund, as well as other students with questions, should contact the Finance Of fice at 948-6009. Bookstore (continued from pg. 1) The bookstore will also operate ed to the weather it will turn on a profit-making basis. black and then take on a At present, Capitol Campus greenish tinge as it oxidizes. Provost Ruth Leventhal is con- When completed, the new sidering plans to turn the old bookstore will be an indepen- bookstore into an administra dantly run, university-owed tive suite. According to Joe facility, operating with 6200 Kemp, when construction of square feet of floor space. The the bookstore is completed, cost of utilities used by the Capitol Campus students will bookstore in its operation will have "a (heck) of a good be paid back to the university. bookstore." MBA offered (continued from pg. 1) seeking or holding manage ment positions. Courses in the program are taught by resident doctorally qualified faculty and include guest lec turers from the business community, Dexter said. "The change in the title is as important to the student as it is to the employer," Dexter continued, "and the response to the new degree title has been good." There are currently 200 students enrolled this semester. Students take a minimum of 39 semester hours o graduate work. They do not do a masters thesis but in stead do what is called a' masters project, a "profes-1 sional paper", Dexter said. The nature of the MBA is to be a broad degree. During the coming 1 academic year, the business' division will conduct a detail ed self-study of the MBA program in preparation for accreditation by the American Assembly of Col legiate Schools of Business (AASCB) This will be followed by outside evalua tion, and visitation by the FREE GAS Share a ride with three friends to Sera- Tec and we will pay for the gas. CALL 232-1901 For an appointment and additional information SERA-TEC BIOLOGICALS 260 Reily St., Harrisburg We are open: • Monday-Friday 8 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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