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• March 28, 1985 capitol Times
Louise Kleinknecht, new SUBOG president
No candidates for SGA slots;
By Stacy Krnjaic
Only three students have ap
plied for five officer positions
and only three others have ap
plied for nine senator openings
on the Student Government
Association as of last Friday's
deadline.
This marks the second year
in a row that the SGA has been
unable to attract enough
cadidates for its vacancies.
However, SGA officials have
extended the deadline until
tomorrow with the hope of at
tracting more candidates before
the campus-wide election on
Monday and Tuesday.
"It's unfortunate because
student government impacts
directly on the quality of cam
pus life," said Peter Mekosh,
the current SGA Presi
dent." The only way to make
this place half decent is to have
Heath Fair alive and busy
By Maria Kent
The annual Health Fair, held
on March 18 and 19 in the
Multi-Purpose Building at.
Capitol Campus, "Reached the
public more this year than ever
before," said Jean Kresge,
Coordinator of Health
Services.
According to Kresge, the
Health Fair attracted people
not only from the Middletown
area, but also areas in Dauphin
County, Harrisburg and Enola.
"We would have doubled
our attendance if more of our
college students would have at
tended," said Kresge.
participation."
The three students who have
applied for the officer positions
are Elizabeth Home, 21, a
junior multi-media major from
Belle Vernon, Pa.; Jackqueline
A. Gasiorek, 22, a junior
marketing/management major
from Scranton, Pa.; and John
Shaw, 21, a registered nurse
and public policy major from
Newry, Pa.. Miss Gasiorek and
Shaw are running against each
other for president, and Miss
Horne is running unopposed
for vice-president. No applica
tions were received for . the three
other seats --executive
secretary, club secretary, and
treasurer. All SGA positions re
quire that students be enrolled
full-time and carry a minimum
2.0 average.
Mekosh said another student
had applied for the treasurer
position but was rejected
Approximately 125 children
from the Harrisburg School
District arrived at the fair on
Tuesday, as well as a group of
children from the Christian
Day School, Middletown, add
ed Kresge. Many Senior
Citizens also attended.
The Health Fair included 40
organizations that provided
both students and the public
with a variety of activities.
Some participating organiza
tions were: Birthright of Har
risburg, Diabetes Foundation,
Easter Seal Society, M.A.D.D.,
Planned Parenthood, Rape
Crisis Services, Tri County
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SU BOG elects new officers
By Carman Amerson
Louise KieinKnecht, a junior
marketing major, was elected
Tuesday as the new president of
the Student Union Board of
Governors, the entertainment
planning club.
Kleinknecht and six other
members were elected to top
positions Tuesday in SUBOG's
re-organization election.
Elected to three vice-
presidential spots were:
Michelle Albaugh, a junior
elementary education major,
and Steve Deibert and Robert
Dopkosky, seniors majoring in
because he did;nt have a 2.0
grade point average.
The three students who ap
plied for the nine senator posi
tions are Michael Turk, 21, a
junior business administration
major from Allentown, Pa.
who is seeking reelection as an
at-large senator; Terry
Mcknight, 20, an executive
secretary for SGA from Glen
Rock, Pa. who is running for
at-large senator; and Greg
Roden-Reynolds, 25, an
engineering major from
Piketown, Pa. running as a
division senator. Altogether the
SGA has four at-large senator
vacancies and five vacancies
from each of the academic
divisions.
Mekosh assailed the meager
interest in student government
saying that current SGA
members find the work "rather
gratifying."
Student John Shaw visits the Campus Health Fair last week.
mechanical engineering
technology.
Tim Sanger, a junior
marketing major, was chosen
secretary, and Carolyn McGin
ty, a junior in Behavioral
Science, is the new treasurer.
Jeff Novitski, a junior and a
building construction
technology, is advertising
manager.
"We would like to get more
students involved in the enter
tainment activities. We would
like to promote more films,
concerts and game shows,
along with some new things like
an event in the fall similar to the
election Monday
"If you don't com
municate," he continued, "it's
highly unlikely your voice is go
ing to be heard."
The three canidates for the
officer positions also expressed
concern over the low interest in
the student government.
"SGA can't function without
officers and senators," said
Miss Gasiorek in an interview
Tuesday night. "It's going to be
up to whoever is in charge to fill
the positions."
Shaw expressed the same
feeling.
"If elected," he said, "one
of my first goals will be to find
qualified motivated people to
fill open positions."
The three canidates submit
ted platform statements, outlin
ing their goals and qualifica
tions for office.
Shaw, in his statement,
claimed his intentions for SGA
Vol. 19, No. 12
Rites of Spring," said
Kleinknecht.
Albaugh joined Kleinknecht
in encouraging faculty-student
interaction
"I'd like to see if the faculty
and the students could, just
once, do something together,"
she said.
Jeff Schnier, the outgoing
president, said students express
ed much more interest in the
leadership jobs this year.
"In last years election,"
Schnier said, "only two people
were interested enough to run.
Maybe this (the increased
number of candidates) is an in
dication of student interest."
were "to mAKE SGA truly
representative of the student
body" and to increase student
participation
organization.
"We have many organiza
tions on campus which have
specific needs," he said. "I
would like SGA to work more
closely with them to build a bet
ter school and social enviro
ment for all students."
Miss Gasiorek said she
wanted to provide a campus
day care center and to
strengthen lines of communica
tion between the SGA and
other student clubs.
"As SGA president, I will
work with the division senators
to develop stronger ties with the
academic divisions," she said.
"In this way, students will be
able to approach SGA should
they need assistance with any
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