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Former SGA President. Seeks Public Office
By Jan Travers
A former student government
president is wrapping up her campaign
for a county office.
Jeanette Brinker-Vinson, a 1987
graduate of Penn State Harrisburg, is the
Democratic candidate for Register of
Wills in Dauphin County. Running
against a group of Republican
incumbents who are credited with raising
property taxes 53 percent this year,
Brinker-Vinson is optimistic.
"We [Democrats) are the
minority party in Dauphin County and
as a result we have less financial
backing, but the whole Democratic slate
works well together," she said. Brinker-
Vinson said that if elected, the
Democrats would establish a budget
guideline system which, according to the
candidate, has been missing during the
current Republican administration.
Brinker-Vinson credits her
involvement in SGA while a student as
the force behind her preparation for
public office. "When you are involved
politically, whether academic or real
world, you have an administrative task
which can be equated. You have
responsibility of handling a budget and
allocating funds to help the entire
constituency, you have-to learn the art of
SGA Swears-in New Members
by Cindi Greenawalt
The Student Government Association
(SGA) held a swearing-in ceremony
October 6, for its newly elected Board
Secretary Carol Kilko, Committee
Secretary Michael Pauza, and Senators
Darvin Geyer, Brenda Marchegiani, Jodie
Kelley, Jacqueline Curley, Maria
Rusynyk, Bernie Mixon, and John
D'Ambrosia. Dr. Ruth Leventhal
welcomed the new members. Senators
John Nagengast and Gene Albano were
sworn in October 13.
Ronda Graby (Senior) and John
Nagengast (Junior) were selected to
attend the Regional Conference in
Maryland to represent the Capital
College.
Wendy Bowie was appointed
Chief Justice of the Student Court. New
members of the court sworn in are Dale
Zartman (Sr), Liz Tammaro (Sr),
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According to Brinker-Vinson,
the campaign has been fairly close to
what she expected. However, one
disappointed she encountered was the
faculty response, both here and at
Harrisburg Area Community College
(where she attended her first two years),
to her request for support. "Professors
teach us that we should be politically
active. But when it is time to put
,your
Melinda Platt (Sr), Elaine McConnell
(Jr), James Cusick (Jr), and Carey
Eisenhaver (Jr). At the October 13,
meeting, there remained one vacancy on
the Student Court. Interested persons
should contact SGA beside the Student
Activities office on the second floor of
Olmsted.
The senators and officers have
selected office hours when they will be
available to the student body. The hours
are posted on the SGA office door.
The Council of Commonwealth
Student Governments (CCSG) is
looking for a couple to represent the
Capital College in a 48 hour dance
marathon February 21 and 22, at
University Park. Interested parties
should contact Todd Hammaker for
details.
The SGA meets every Tuesday
at 12:30 p.m. in room W 137 of
Olmsted.
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money where your mouth is there is no
response. I've learned that people don't
always mean what they say," said
Brinker-Vinson.
Brinker-Vinson has found the
campaign trail especially rough on
women candidates. "Regardless of the
talk of equal rights, females are still
treated differently in politics. Men can
be themselves but women must be
perfect?
Brinker-Vinson has a word of
caution for students. She said that in
New Black Enrollment Up
By Bernie Mixon
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students in predominately white
institutions are drastically declining
across the country. Remarkably, black
student enrollment is at an all-time high
here at Penn State Harrisburg. The
question is why? What is being done so
differently at this institution to warrant
such a drastic increase? The answers to
these questions were provided by Joanna
Williams-Dovi, admissions counselor.
In the fall of 1986, a Minority
Visitation Day was conducted by
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addition to doing well in the classroom,
get involved in other activities. The
idealism learned in the classroom is not
connected to the practical, she said. "I
learned more from Janet Widoff (student
activities coordinator), Trum Simmons
(student advisor at HACC), and Jennifer
Krohn (former Penn State Harrisburg
student activities coordinator) than from
classroom teachers because by living
what I was learning I absorbed it," said
Brinker-Vinson.
gathering was to better acquaint the
prospective students with the campus.
Williams-Dovi commented that this was
a chance to get "black students on
campus and give them a good basis."
Fine, now that the black
students are here, what now? The
turnover rate among black students at
predominately white institutions is
astounding. What can this institution do
to retain these students? Williams-Dovi
said she would like to see "tutorial
programs, and black students getting
more involved and socializing in the
campus community."
Oct. 18, 1987