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Groups Hold Picnic Despite Lousy Weather
by Jan Travers
Even uncooperative weather
was unable to dampen the spirit of those
attending the "picnic" for computer
science and information systems
program students and faculty.
The picnic, originally scheduled
for the Sculpture Garden on April 21,
was sponsored by the Association for
Systems Management (ASM), Data
Processing Management Association
(DPMA), and the Information Systems
Program. Designed as a social event, it
gave students and faculty members a
chance to interact in an informal setting.
"People must take the initiative
to seek information on opportunities
available to them in the field," said
Mehdi Khosrowpour, chairman of the
Information Systems Program and
faculty advisor for ASM.
A new feature of this semester's
picnic was the presence of a former IS
Annual
Health Fair
Successful
By Andrea Abolins
Fifty-five health organizations
provided screenings for more than 1000
people who attended this year's Penn
State Harrisburg Health Fair held April 4
and 5.
According to Jean Kresge,
coordinator of Health Services, this fair
was the most successful one to date.
The fair, held annually, enables students
and community members to have
screenings and find out what health
services are available to them in the area.
Pi Sigma Chi helped to
sponsor the fair. Student volunteers
filled balloons with helium, greeted
visitors, and dressed up as clowns. The
Nittany Lion made an appearance and the
Capital Iron Group demonstrated
weightlifting for middle school students
attending the fair.
The fair was organized by
Kresge. She has organized all of the
campus' helaht fairs, and this year was
assisted with preparations by Jane
Keider, Lois Cochran, instructional
services and maintenance.
The Health Fair has helped a
number of people determine health
problems. Commonly found are people
with high blood pressure or diabetes who
did not realize they had these conditions.
Though the tests are often of a
serious nature, fun also prevails at the
fair. Door prizes, donated by local
businesses, were given away every hour.
Empire Beauty School provided free
haircuts and manicures.
More agencies plan on
participating in next year's Health Fair.
The fair will once again be on April 4
and 5, and students are asked to
volunteer.
student who graduated from Penn State
Harrisburg. Now working for Computer
Task Group, Inc., John J. Laporta
offered information on entering the job
force.
"My company wants Penn
State students because the students
coming out of this program are better
prepared than many other graduates•for
jobs," said Laporta in describing how
employers perceive Penn State graduates.
Laporta advised the students
that the more programming they do, the
better off they will be because in the
"real world" employers have more
respect for the worker who is able to find
his own answer to a problem. Agreeing,
Khosrowpour encouraged the students to
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develop their own style of debugging
"No one can teach
[debugging] to you, you just do it.
writing a lot of programs, you ge
know your own typical mistakes. •
practice can make you better," •
Khosrowpour.
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