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Thursday,
Vol. 19 No. 9
February 14, 1985 cap l iMes
Controversy surrounds film showing
starring ex-Dallas Cowboy tion of violence" and "the im
cheerleader Bambi Woods con- moral nature of the film" as
The controversy concerning a tinues at Capitol Campus. major reasons for their
sexually explicit X. film lonents cite "the promo- objections.
By Carman Amerson
Air Force to
By Dave Donlin
and Joseph L. Michalsky
The U.S. Air Force has
agreed to pay for water treat
ment equipment to remove
volatile organic chemicals from
Capitol Campus' tainted drink
ing water supply, according to
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel
Robert Lombard.
The water treatment devices
would be installed at the Har
risburg International Airport
(H.1.A.).
Phonathon raises over
$21,000 from CC alumni
By Stace Krnjaic
The Capitol Campus
Phonathon raised $21,865 as of
Tuesday just $3,135 short of
their goal, officials reported.
Additional donations could in
clude as much as $lO,OOO from
major contributors who have
not yet been contacted accor
ding to Mice Breslin, director
of Campus Relations.
Commenting on the fund
raiser, Breslin said, "student in
volvement this year was fan
tastic in both numbers and
quality...the. phonathon
wouldn't work without student
participation."
Phonathon 'B5, a two-week
long fundraising project, set its
goal at $25,000 to raise money
for the General Campus Fund,
which is used at Provost/Dean
Ruth Leventhal's discretion,
Breslin said. Leventhal decided
fund water
Air Force , officials are
_evaluating three proposals in
cluding an air stripping tower
recommended by the Penh
sylvania Department of En
vironmental Resources for the
design of water treatment units
at H.I.A.
Also under consideration are
systems to remove iron and
chlorinate the water.
The H.I.A. should receive a
final pioposal from the Air
Force within a week, according
to an H.I.A. spokeswoman.
to use this year's funds to con
tinue the campus
beautification.
Upon endifig the student par
ticipation of the phonathon,
Campus Relations has given the
Capitol Times the results for
group and individual prize
winners.
From the group category, the
first prize of $lOO went to
SUBOG who raised $4,872.50.
In second place, the Marketing
Club received $5O for raising
$2,900. Capitol's athletes rais
ed $2,370 to collect $25 for
third prize.
Cash prizes were also award
ed to individuals for their ef
forts. First prize was awarded
to Jeff Schnier, SUBOG presi
dent, who - received pledges for
$2,339. For his efforts he was
awarded $lOO. The second and
third prizes went to Jackie
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improvements at H.I.A.
Portions of the H.l.A.'s
water supply were found in
1983 to be contaminated with
trichloroethylene, an industrial
solvent known to cause cancer
in animals.
In a related topic, Mid
dletown's public library in ac
cordance with Environmental
Protection Agency regulations
and the Freedom of Informa
tion Act will be making public
the E.P.A. documents concer
ning the former Olmsted Air
Force Base.
A student makes a call in the sth annual phonathon last week
The film, "Debbie Does
Dallas," is being shown on
Feb. 15 by the Student Union
Board of Governors (SUBOG),
a student organization charged
with the responsibility of pro
viding entertainment for
Capitol students. Jeff Scnier,
SUBOG's president, cited
several examples of how the op
position has attempted to stop
the film's showing.
"By 4:00 (four hours after
the flyers) I had gotten a nasty
letter, a couple of phone calls,
Provost/Dean Ruth Leventhal
was on the phone and I was
called in to see Jennifer
(Krohn)," and then, "on
Wednesday morning when I
came in, all the flyers were
down."
Schnier, a proponent of the
film, said he also has the sup
port of other students, faculty
members and organizations.
SGA President, Pete
Mekosh, said the SGA passed
"We recognized the need to
provide access to information
on the Olmsted site in the
general community," said Lor
raine Urbriet, a Freedom of In
formation officer.
"Therefore, we felt that the
most effective solution would
be to establish a repository of
basic documents on the site that
would be located in your areas
and could be used by anyone
interested in this material," Ur
briet said.
Sondra Dimond, the Conk
a resolutibn last week affirming
a student organization's First
Amendment rights.
In a regular meeting of the
Graduate Student Union Mon
day night, the members voted
to draft a statement summariz
ing the organization's disap
proval of "the showing of any
pornographic materials on
campus," according to Bill
Eason, president of GSU. The
statement will be released later
this week.
A plurality (7-5) of student
organizations represented at a
Presidents' Council meeting
last week voted not to interfere
in the showing.
Much of the opposition to
the film has come from the
Capitol Christian Fellowship
(CCF). "I believe God is the
absolute meaning," said Joe
Dezamits, president of the
CCF. "The responsibility is
given to us as members of our
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munity Relations Coordinator
for D.E.R., "has agreed to take
the lead in assembling these
documents," said Urbriet.
Currently, two E.P.A.
documents concerning the
former Olmsted Air Force Base
are available at Middletown
Public Library.
These documents are also
available at the borough's ad
ministrative office, where they
are on file for the general
public.
Photo by Bob Price