Page 2 Thursday, December 13, 1984 The Capitol Times Media course offers By Maria L. Kent "It's just great! It integrates sculpture, painting, writing, and psychology...l really love it!" "It," in the words of an en thused Linda Murphy, is a uni que course offered by the Humanities division, Television Production. "I took the course by acci dent...it fit into my schedule," the public policy major said when asked why she decided to take TV production. "I never knew...the course even existed. It was a very happy accident." Presently, the student enroll ment in the Humanities division is approximately 80 students, of which 40 students are multi media majors. The multi-media option enables the student to relate the Humanities with technology. According to Eton Churchill, professor of multi-media, Capitol is the only campus that allows the student to have ac cess to all the equipment in the TV production room. CUrchill feels that the multi media program at Capitol is ad vantageous to the media stu dent for several reasons: •The location of the campus helps the student because many government jobs are available in the area. , •Many interaahips are Wood midtknedis , I sidotrititheituftutts 4 ° andpamtd*Wica kg- *lke 4J • - ~, • • ~,, - 1 18Wkri foopchinVair 6. witltilm., - a1it , :,,,: ' : 4. 17,4 4ria105it, .WingfclaitoSkinok I "":41ineciat ' - ken rips,telaitzto ~ , * ,wti .. t4: 3 l 4t i tti44Pir , sOO . vaist i 111Affasngftr ,. vim. ; ,, ' Theoew **OM . be * 'Sixty 'spac 70 G 'leer. This system would coot approx imately $lO,OOO. Tice graphics system would be used for the television production courses and the arts. The graphics system would type titles in six different typefaces, create com puter graphics using 320 by 200 pixel resolution with 16 colors, and have a computer disc for interractive video. The disc is popular in the corporate world for use in training, according to Churchill. The system also comes with a tablet to write on connected to a which is computer. This computer graphics system is important to the TV production classes becaute this technology will help the student to do simple animations to full blown realistic simulations. This system can help the stu dent become more versatile and experienced when entering the real world. Technology is an important part of the multi-media pro gram. According to Jon Duna vent, a media student, "Technology is the future...we need it." Dunavent feels that a wch be ht.. oful for the stu dent in the multi-media field as well as being helpful to other students in different majors. Ken Stiggers, a media major, believes that he has learned more in the Humanities divi sion than he did in engineerir Wait cooliones on the " - iolooklos or Abortion Services Harrisburg Reproductive Health Services Reproductive Freedom, Individual Choice • FIRST & MIDTRIMESTER ABORTIONS • PREGNANCY TESTING • GYNECOLOGICAL CARE • PROBLEM PREGNANCY COUNSELING • EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Ken, who has an associate degree in engineering, feels that versatility is necessary in order to keep up with the technology and the competition. A new computer graphics suystem can produce special ef- "[Taking the course] was a very happy accident." were previously impossible or time consuming. Objects can be transformed into other objects, pass through each other, or change from being opaque to transparent. The computer system can make the camera look like it zooms in from miles awa and then ft around an eirnitseb 100 Chestnut Street, Suite 106 Harrisburg, PA 17101 (717) 232-9794 excitement object at a distance of only a few inches. Computer graphics can make television and film productions look more professional. "Television production gives the student a general education Linda Murphy %A ide 10gOce SAT. $2.00 COVER PHONE 566.6322 2 miles W. of Hershey In Front of Indian Echo Caverns Proper I.D. & Dress Required of technology involved, and then gives him complete freedom to use it," said Bob Watchilla, a multi-media student. "It is a step-by.step learning process that provides the stu dent with hands on ex perience," Stiggers said. Students seeking kcareer in electronic journalism can take such Capitol .courses as mass media technology, television production, writing for the screen, broadcasting, jour nalistic writing, and film and culture values. 9:30-1:30 PRICE DRINKS 8 p.m.-9 p.m. "Live Entertainment" 9:30-1:30
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