Day care draws SGA support The Student Government Association (SGA) displayed a unanimous support for the establishment of a day care facility on campus and ap pointed an acting SGA vice president, during their weekly meeting Tuesday. SGA president Peter Mekosh told the attending senators that he had received a letter from 15 students indicating a desire for a day care facility on campus, and suggested that SGA get in volved in seeing that desire become a reality. "I don't know if we can fund it, but it is something we could help establish," he said. Mekosh said the high average age of Capitol's students in creases the likelyhood that they may need the use of a day care facility. The senators voted unani mously to support the creation of such a facility on campus, although no definitive plans ex ist at the moment. Mekosh sug gested that faculty and students involved in the elementary Anti-nukes seek attention (continued from pg. 1) sonalize the issue by thinking about their options. But thinking about suicide could foster a defeatist attitude and actually drive students away from the campus freeze movement, warns Sanford Got tlieb, executive director of United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War (UCAM). "I think (stockpiling suicide pills) is a very poor idea because it doesn't offer hope," Gottlieb says. Instead, he argues, students should work to educate each Academic Typing Term Papers, theses, disserta tions, plus manuscripts, resumes & letters! Low rates for a guaranteed professional job. IBM Electronic Typewriter with variable styles. ALSO -- help with spelling, punctuation, grammar and format! Call: Jeanette M. Bentzel 737-7102 education curriculum at Capitol become involved in the project, and suggested that the facility would have to be open to all faculty, staff and students in the campus community. All of the senators at the meeting agreed with the impor tance of establishing the facility. "It may also be a big recruit ment plus for the campus [for both faculty and students]," said Senior Senator Jim Crest. Mekosh also accepted the resignation of vice president Bob Dopkosky because of "too many conflicting activities," and asked the membership to appoint Keith Garrison to the position. The senators disagreed for a few minutes about the proper way to fill the position, after which they ap pointed Garrison acting vice president until a permanent decision is made. Garrison, who lost his bid for a Junior senatorial seat in the fall election, has already been accepted by the screening com other about the horrors of a nuclear confrontation and "discuss solutions to the arms buildup." While the Brown students "were sincere in wanting to raise consciousness" of the im minent dangers of nuclear war," he says, "they miscalculated what effect it would have: It makes people feel more hopeless." "But nuclear war is suicide," counters Brown's Salzman. "If I'm not dead, I want to be able to kill myself. Life after nuclear war is a fate less than death." mittee and, according to Mekosh, has experience work ing with a student government from a college with a larger budget than Capitol's SGA. In other actions, the members of SGA: ✓ Indicated that Assistant Provost James South is current ly checking on the possibility of an "all-the-time teller" being installed on campus. Mekosh said the students would be con venienced by the presence of an electronic banking machine but said finding a bank whose of ficials would be willing to agree to the installation would "take time." ✓ Posed the possibility of moving the date of the annual phonathon to avoid conflicts with mid-term exams during the Spring semester. Senior Senator Jeff Schreier said the project goal is raising $30,000 and said the use of the money will be decided "by the end of November." ✓ Reported that the use of unclaimed general deposits may Besides, Salzman adds, "I'm more optimistic about the future now just by seeing everyone's growing concern and awareness" since the referendum was introduced. "We're trying to use the momentum we've started to get other campuses involved," he says. "We're sending out infor mation to campuses to hold rallies on November 2 against nuclear war. It's coming up fast, but we want it to be before the (November 6th presidential) election." Pregnant? & need help... Birthright volunteers offer alternatives to women facing problem pregnancies: Free Pregnancy testing Counseling Referrals Maternity & Layette Wear 545-2211 will put you in touch with someone who cares. IRTHRIGHT Thursday, November 1, 1984 The Capitol Times Page but no money be used to purchase a class gift to the campus. "We'd like to do something that's noticeable on campus," Ed Bardella, head of SGA's newly-formed Class Gifts Com mittee, said. Bardella said Pro vost Ruth Leventhal likes the idea of a class gift and said park benches were being considered as gifts. The committee was formed last week after Mekosh sulested the use of the $5O S.G.A. senators Christina Veltri and Beth Horne take the oath of of fice. Student arrested for disorderly conduct By Tony Perry A Meade Heights resident will be arraigned before District Magistrate Mary Cross tomor row following his early morn ing arrest on disorderly conduct charges last week. EDET major Joe Rushin, of 9558 Flickinger St., was charg ed with one count each of criminal trespass, harassment, public drunkenness and disor derly conduct after campus police received complaints about a "loud party," accor ding to campus police reports. The reports said that campus police received a telephone complaint from a student about a "loud party" at 9558 Flick inger St. on Oct. 24. The police officer arrived at the location to find Rushin "drunk and disor derly," the report said. ,Rushin came out of his house "several times...yelling obscen ities," according to the police report, and entered the residence at 955 A Flickinger. He was asked to leave and when he refused, was taken from the residence, police said. The police record also said that many efforts were made to calm Rushin by the officer, Rushin's housemates, and the residence assistant for that house. Although Rushin was given "12 to 15 warnings" from midnight up until 1:15 a.m., police said he verbally general deposit that all students pay for a class gift. "It's not like it hurts you because you haven't seen it in two years anyway," Mekosh said. The use of the deposit would be voluntary, Mekosh said, and the gift would include something identifying it as a class gift. -Tony Perry abused the residence assistant and threatened to enter the 955 A housing unit through the bedroom wall. Police officer Dave Buck wash arrested Rushin at 3:15 p.m. and transported him to night court where he faced a preliminary arraignment before District Justice Semic. In an unrelated incident, a West Reading resident was in jured last month during the Autumn Buzz Sharks concert. Police reports said the non student, William Feick, of the 2119 block of South Fourth St., was running along the railroad tracks between the dorms and the heat plant on Oct. 12 when he tripped and hit his head on a railroad tie. Feick was taken to Com munity General Osteopathic Hospital and treated for a laceration to his head, accor ding to reports. Police said Feick was intoxicated "to a minor degree" when the inci dent happened. Two tires on the car of a maintenance employee were also found slashed that evening, according to police reports. Janitorial worker William Blockson had parked his car in front of the maintenance building and discovered that his right front and right rear tires were found to have been " slashed," police said.
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