Page 6 Friday, September 27, 1985 The Capitol Times
Editorial
Capitol needs exposure!
Something is wrong at Capitol Campus. How could it be that
undergraduate enrollment is down and at the same time graduate
and minority enrollment is up.
Minority enrollment has supposedly increased 69 percent but
that is a very misleading figure. As reported in our Sept. 13 issue,
85 blacks applied to Capitol but only 16 eventually enrolled. That
is the bottom line.
According to Sandra Zerby, capitol campus’ admissions direc
tor, reasons for the decrease in undergraduate enrollment are
unclear. But the admissions director said a fourfold master plan
is currently in the works.
Mailing prospective students Capitol Campus literature, visiting
college campuses, and holding an open house help in recruiting
new students but what Capitol Campus really needs is to promote
itself through events and activities that will gain considerable ex
posure. Well-known lecturers, concerts, and cultural events that
attract a variety of different people is what Capitol Campus needs.
Let’s get Art Buchwald, the Hooters, and an exhibit of Egyp
tian art here at Capitol. Forget the money factor, won’t the pro
motion and exposure the events gets be worth it in recruiting
students and making the Harrisburg area aware of what Capitol
Campus can actually offer?
Students not only want a strong academic program but they
also need a college that offers a variety of entertainment. By bring
ing artists, rock groups, and other events to Capitol Campus
students can really enjoy campus life. Let’s see more entertain
ment on campus! The student body is willing and able but is
Something is wrong at Capitol Campus. How could it be that
undergraduate enrollment is down and at the same time graduate
and minority enrollment is up.
Minority enrollment has supposedly increased 69 percent but
that is a very misleading figure. As reported in our Sept. 13 issue,
85 blacks applied to Capitol but only 16 eventually enrolled. That
is the bottom line.
According to Sandra Zerby, capitol campus’ admissions direc
tor, reasons for the decrease in undergraduate enrollment are
unclear. But the admissions director said a fourfold master plan
is currently in the works.
Mailing prospective students Capitol Campus literature, visiting
college campuses, and holding an open house help in recruiting
new students but what Capitol Campus really needs is to promote
itself through events and activities that will gain considerable ex
posure. Well-known lecturers, concerts, and cultural events that
attract a variety of different people is what Capitol Campus needs.
Let’s get Art Buchwald, the Hooters, and an exhibit of Egyp
tian art here at Capitol. Forget the money factor, won’t the pro
motion and exposure the events gets be worth it in recruiting
students and making the Harrisburg area aware of what Capitol
Campus can actually offer?
Students not only want a strong academic program but they
also need a college that offers a variety of entertainment. By bring
ing artists, rock groups, and other events to Capitol Campus
students can really enjoy campus life. Let’s see more entertain
ment on campus! The student body is willing and able but how
willing is the administration?
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A small but growing militant faction is making itself known
at Capitol. Although quiet for the moment, the movement is gain
ing more and more influence in high places.
The Student Court has offered to help students cope with a pro
blem which now exists only at the Capitol Campus.
The question most asked is why Capitol, among all the other
branch campuses, has been singled out for continued parking fees.
The removal of this payment was the only piece of good news
offered by Penn State President Bryce Jordan this fall in his open
letter to students and faculty.
The answer seems to be that Capitol is not a Commonwealth
Campus. It is an upper division, graduate center. Semantics you
say? A matter of words that doesn’t show any true difference bet
ween Capitol and other Penn State campuses? We agree.
How the absence of sophomores and freshman can put us into
a different category is beyond our understanding.
Upper division students don’t have more money. Only 64 full
time graduate students were enrolled here»last spring. The figures
for this year are not yet available, but unless grad enrollment sky
rocketed their numbers are still not very significant.
(continued on pg. 8)
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