Dec. 10, 1986
Graduate
Student
Union is
Looking for
a Few Good
People
By Jean Meitz
The Graduate Student
Union (GSU) is looking for those
over 1,000 full and part-time
students that are taking post
graduate courses at Penn State,
Harrisburg. Bill Eason, president
of GSU since 1984 leads a well
organized, if somewhat small
group. Fay Youngmark, vice
president and Cathy Madigan,
treasurer, team with Eason to
form a dedicated working
leadership.
Eason stressed that the
purpose of GSU at Capital
College is two-fold, first as an
advocacy group responsive to the
graduate student's needs and
second, he sees GSU as serving in
community, academic and social
functions. There are no dues and
all graduate students are eligible.
There is a direct link with the
main campus GSU in direction and
special projects and GSU-
Harrisburg is the only
representative of the graduate
students at University Park. The
GSU also has a representative on
the prestigious and powerful intra
institutional Faculty Senate.
The GSU is appropriated
money each year by the Finance
Committee of the SGA. No
regular meetings are scheduled due
to the wide variety of class
schedules for graduate students, but
notices are sent to members
regarding data that may be of
interest. To be placed on this
mailing list, just mail or drop off
your name and address on a 3x5
card to GSU, Room 216, Olmsted
Building.
The GSU's number one
project at this time is to work in
cooperation with the intra
university Student Life Committee
of the Faculty Senate in the
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development and organization of a
Parent-Co-op Child Care Center
at Capital College. Dr. Linda
Shoop of PSU/New Kensington, a
member of the Student Life
Committee, has provided the GSU
with a copy of the history of the
parent co-op care center she heads.
A copy of this report is available
to any student interested in trying
to duplicate Shoops success with
an on-campus child care center.
An early spring trip to New
Kensington is planned to inspect
and study Shoop's center. Eason
will welcome support from any
interested students, graduate or
undergraduate.
Eason has been president
of GSU since April 1984, and is
in the masters degreee program of
psychosocial science. He received
his BA from Catawba College in
1967. Eason is working full time
this semester off campus, but tries
to be on campus most evenings.
Vice-president Fay
Youngmark is working for her
masters in American Studies, and
spends her evenings behind the
check-out desk at the library. She
comes to us from Juniata College.
She is one of the growing number
of graduate students who lives on
campus.
Cathy Madigan, treasurer,
is working for her masters in
public administration after
graduating from PSU, Harrisburg
in 1985. Formerly, she attended
Harrisburg Area Community
College.
These GSU members feel
that the time spend working for
their fellow graduate students by
representing them as an organized
voice is an important and
rewarding endeavor. Graduate
students make up over one third
the total campus population and
unless there is more active
participation, the graduate students
will be left behind in the making
of important decisions, according
to Eason. In general, the graduate
student spend more consecutive
semesters on campus than
undergraduate, but have,
historically, taken very little
advantage of this continuity.
GSU, where are you?
Capital Times
ROTC Is Hoisting
Flag Again
By Tom Boyle
Despite recent maintenance asked us to provide TheROTC detail is made
governmental controversies, this service," said Captain Michael up of three cadets that rotate the
patriotism is on the rise, according DiGennaro, assistant professor of duty among its 14 members. The
to representatives of the 14 U.S. military science. cadets all agree that it is more than
Army Reserve Officers Training "I think people are just an exercise, it helps build
Corps (ROTC) members of Penn becqming more aware of communications, customs, and
State, Harrisburg. patriotism by requesting this confidence for its future leaders.
The ROTC members service," said Jeff Garvin, Cadet The flag is also raised and
began raising and lowering the Major. lowered at other area college
American flag in front of the The flag is raised at campuses, such as Dickinson
Olmsted building on November approximately 7:30 am and is College in Carlisle.
17. lowered at 4:30 pm on every day
ROTC detail lowers flag in front of Olmsted building at dusk.
"A need was identified to that classes are in session except
provide respect to the flag and during inclimate weather.
WNDR
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area with a better quality sound.
The station, which is located at 630
on the AM dial, operates on "carrier
current," meaning it is, in essence,
a modified public address system,
according to Derk. It uses a low
power multi-transmitter system,
with a 20 watt transmitter in both
Meade Heights and Olmsted
Building, and a S watt transmitter
in the Dining Hall.
According to Hess, already
WNDR has a list of 30 people who
have shown an interest in being on
air personalities. In order to ensure
continuity and facilitate training, an
in-house training video will be
produced to be viewed at the
prospective dj’s leisure. At present,
an attempt to secure a professional
radio personality to office advice
and guidance in producing the film.
"We want to make WNDR
an easy club to join, for
entertainment as well as education,"
said Hess.
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