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
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