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B anquet Honors Members
by Bernie Mixon
On Friday, April 22, 1988, the
annual Awards Banquet was held in the
CUB. The banquet, sponsored by the
Student Government Association, was
held to honor those individuals who
contributed to student clubs and
organizations throughout the past year.
In his welcome address, Luke
Hess,. chairman of the Awards
Committee, said that the banquet was an
"opportunity to recognize those students
who [contributed] to student
organizations throughout the year." Dr.
Robert Graham, associate provost and
dean, cited the efforts of all students
involved in club activities as "a learning
experience embracing more than the
classroom."
. Of the many awards given out,
there was a new award which was given
in recognition of the excellent financial
management of three clubs throughout
the year. This award went to Pi Sigma
Chi, PSPEC, and lEEE.
The club Presidents Award was
given to lEEE president Scott Hawk;
ASA president Faye Fox; and Capital
Times editor Michele Hart.
The club member contributor
awards were liven to those members
Alcohol Awareness
Emphasized During Week
by Kimberly Anastas
Penn State Harrisburg
commemorated Alcohol Awareness
Week April 11 through April 17 with
movies and a panel discussion.
Dr. Mona Carden, a counselor
in the Counseling Center , said that this
was the first time staff, students and
faculty got together to make people
aware of the effects of alcohol.
"We were seeing high incidents
of people coming in for alcohol-related
counseling. There are a number of
students on this •campus who have
drinking problems," said Cardell.
Last Fall, the staff at the
Counseling Center compiled a survey to
determine the counseling needs of the
campus, Cardell said. Two items on the
questionnaire concerned alcohol-related
problems. Cardell said 30 percent of the
people who finished the survey expressed
a need for a program dealing with
Alcohol and Drug Abuse and 23 percent
expressed a need for a program designed
for Adult Children of Alcoholics.
Cardell said the numbers of
people who said they knew of other
people the programs could benefit were
much higher.
As a result of the surveys, the
programs for Alcohol Awareness Week
were arranged. On Monday, April 11, a
panel discussion was presented by Chuck
Mazzitti who has a practice in drug and
alcohol counseling, Officer William
Eynon of the Middletown police
department, Tim Leo who spoke about
alcohol and the process of recovery from
alcoholism and Kay Trebatoski , a
student who talked about her experience
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who made outstanding contributions to
their organizations. The winners were
Carol Kilko, DTK; Maria Rusynyk,
lAA; Kimberly Anastas, Capital Times;
and Nick Roslevege, SGA.
Penn State Awards were also
handed out. Those graduating seniors
who were added to the list of "Who's
Who" were: Mark Baroni, Faye Fox,
Ronda Graby, Todd Hammaker, Luke
Hess, Donna Levins, David Rat, Jan
Travers, Kay Trebatoski, and Andrea
Willard.
The Eric A. and Josephine S.
Walker Award is given to an
undergraduate Capital College student in
recognition of outstanding character,
scholarship. leadership, and citizenship.
This year the award was given to Jan
Travers.
Graduating senators were
recognized for their contributions to
SGA. Those senators were: Amanda
Bartholomew, Denna Levins, Like
Hess, Cleveland Wilson, Maria
Rusynyk, John oniesler, Gene Albano,
Darvin Geyer, Nick Roslevege, and
Mike McClure.
In his closing remarks, Luke
Hess thanked the Awards Banquet
Committee. Hess remarked that "they
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of being in an accident caused by a drunk
driver. Eynon talked about drinking and
driving and demonstrated the use of a
breathalizer.
Two films were featured
Wednesday, April 13 at noon in the
Gallery Lounge. "Calling the Shots"
deals with the advertising of alcohol, its
objectives and effects and the methods
advertisers use to promote their product.
"My Father's Son" examines the genetic
as well as the environmental
implications of alcohol and depicts an
alcoholic's drinking and the effects on
family members.
Cardell said she has counseled
students who were experiencing the last
stages of alcoholism which is a very
serious problem. She said that although
the problem of alcohol abuse may not be
as bad at Capital as it is on other college
campuses, it is still a problem.
Some warning signs of early
alcoholism are: occasional relief drinking
which develops into constant relief
drinking, increases in alcohol tolerance
and the onset of memory blackouts.
If you or a friend are
experiencing any of these symptoms,
now may be a good time to seek
counseling--before the problem gets
more serious.
Cardell said "students need to
monitor their use of alcohol and whether
it's affecting thier health, productivity or
relationships."
"Alcohol is a dangerous drug
like other drugs and just becaue it's legal
doesn't mean it's not dangerous," said
Cardell.
Local Officials Gather
to Discuss Car Thefts
by Joe Kupec
Members of local police and
juvenile probation departments, car
dealerships, and the Capital College held
a panel discussion, moderated by
criminal justice major James Coleman,
April 14, in the CUB to explain how a
popular television show and lack of
stable home environments contributed to
the wave of car thefts in Harrisburg last
year.
An episode of an adventure
series, McGyver, showed juveniles,
most between the ages of 11 and 17,
how to break into cars by pulling the
door and ignition locks with a dent
pulling tool.
Screwdrivers were then used to
start the cars
By the end of 1987 police had
made 227 juvenile arrests connected to
336 car thefts in the Harrisburg, York,
and Lancaster areas.
Ninety-nine percent of the
youths involved were black males from
low income, single-parent homes that
had histories of alcohol and drug
addiction, domestic violence, and
previous arrest histories in the family.
Dr. James Rooney, Penn State
Harrisburg sociologist said that the
materialsistic message of television
advertising tells these kids that they can
have everything they want now.
Televilion heros who never
suffer the consequences of their actions
reinforce the juvenile misconception that
nothing will happen if they steal a car.
The average offenders in these
cases were not hardened criminals, but
kids looking for fun and adventure
according to Lt. Peter Brooks,
Harrisburg City Police Department.
Brooks said the juveniles would
make a game out of car theft, driving to
school to show off, giving the car to
friends, or seeing who could steal the
most cars.
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Detective Rena Harden of the
Harrisburg Juvenile Offender Unit said
that the first reaction a juvenile driver
would have when confronted by a police
car would be to run away.
Harrisburg City Police Sgt.
Robert Miller, who called the theft wave
the worst he had ever seen, agreed with
Harden pointing out that police officers
were reluctant to pursue the offenders
because of potential harm to pedestrians,
other drivers, and the juvenile.
"The last thing I want to do is
go to a home and tell the parents that
their son or daughter was killed at school
by a juvenile driving a stolen car,"
Miller said.
The first few offenders caught
were given stern warnings, put on
probation, and released to their parents.
Dr. Steven Sukniac, Dauphin
County chief juvenile probation officer,
said that going easy on the juveniles
only reiforced the assumption that kids
could steal cars and get away with it.
Blaming the juvenile detention
system won't help matters, Brooks said.
Brooks pointed out that the
family system of instilling values has
broken down and society has so far been
unable to implement a substitute.
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