Tarnhelm Reception
Tarnhelm will host a reception
for the distribution of the 1991
issue on Tuesday, April 30, in
the Gallery lounge from 12:30
- 2 p.m. Awards will be pre
sented at 1 p.m.
Anwers to puzzles
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Ferguson from page 8
efficiently. All four walls are covered
from floor to ceiling with shelves
holding files, slides, plans and things his
wife "wants to throw out." Adjusting his
suspenders, he somehow manages to
comfortably squeeze his sizeable frame
behind his drafting table/desk that
occupies what little floor space exists.
Among Ferguson's other work in city
and regional planning are Villa Riva, a
town in the Dominican Republic, and
U.N. sponsored projects including a
development plan for New Providence
Island and the City of Nassau in the
Bahamas.
Ferguson, who rarely find time to
travel except for the occassional
consulting job, said his favorite cities
are Paris and New York. Most recently
Ferguson worked as a U.N. consultant to
the government of Bahrain, working on
a development plan for the island.
The Bahrainians are very "security
conscious," they plan for the future,
Ferguson said. For example they are
concerned with water shortages and
"what will happen when they run out of
oil."
Planning for the future is something
Ferguson said he believes is very
important, and something he wishes the
U.S. would do more of.
"We ought to have more
comprehensive and coherent development
policies," Ferguson said. "Economic
PSH NEWS
Harrisburg honors University
Karen M. Putt
Capital Times Staff
An explosion of Penn State blue and
white decorated Strawberry Square's
"berry red" interior on Friday, April 19,
as Penn State held its third official Penn
State Day in Harrisburg.
Besides activities held at the
Downtown Center, the day offered a
"Penn State Fair" from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m., featuring exhibits from various
academic programs, information about
Penn State campuses, musical
entertainment, cheerleaders, a cake
cutting ceremony and even the Nittany
Lion.
Mayor Stephen Reed was on hand to
present Penn State Harrisburg Provost
Ruth Leventhal with a certificate
officially proclaiming April 19 as Penn
State Day in Harrisburg. Reed
commended Leventhal for her work at
PSH, and said the college has "a
growing presence in the city of
Harrisburg."
All representatives from the college
were kept busy during the celebration.
Andrea Willard, from Admissions at
Penn State Harrisburg, said she spent the
day answering questions about PSH.
"It was a fantastic day," Willard said.
"There was a lot of interest in the
college, especially the kinds of programs
we offer."
The first Penn State Day was held
three years ago to commemorate the
opening of the college's Downtown
Center on North Third Street. And not
unlike that first day, this year's
celebration also featured the Downtown
Center.
The Center ran an open house,
complete with tours, from 10 a.m. to 3
development has environmental
consequences."
Ferguson cited France and Japan as
countries with excellent development
planning, adding that Europeans are
much more concerned with preserving
their history and culture than Americans.
"Despite the fuss about planning in
America; urban, suburban and rural
building is ruled by economics," said the
southern California native. "America is
a democracy of interest groups, maybe
we have too many lawyers," he said
smiling.
"On the issue of nuclear energy
Ferguson said he doesn't see any realistic
alternative, "as long as it's well
planned."
Ferguson again cited France and
Japan as much more rational than the
U.S. in anticipating the future.
According to Ferguson, 40 percent of
France's power is nucleear and Japan is
the 4th largest user of nuclear energy in
the world.
When not working on his book about
modem culture's effect on city design,
Ferguson enjoys gardening, but said he
is "unsuccessful" at it. Among his
existing publications is "Architecture,
Cities and the Systems Approach which
was a 1975 main selection of the Library
of Urban Affairs Book Club.
Ferguson resides with his wife and
two of their three children in Maytown,
Lancaster County. His oldest daughter
attends Penn State.
p.m., as well as offering two workshops
during the day. Both hour long
workshops, one at 7:30 a.m. and one at
11:30 a.m., were to give information to
anyone thinking of returning to school.
Nancy J. Karlik, who runs the
Downtown Center, was pleased with the
number of people who participated in the
workshops.
"I thought the turnout was very
good," said Karlik. "About 45 people
total attended the two workshops, and we
had a lot of people come in and tour the
center."
Karlik attributed the large number of
people who attended the festivities to the
BSU elects officers
Ann Feeney-McGovern
Special to the Capital Times
The members of Penn State
Harrisburg Black Student Union (BSU)
met in the Black Cultural Arts Center
(BCAC) on Monday April 8 to elect
their new officers for the 1991-92 school
year. The newly elected officers are
Teresa Proctor, president; Pete Groom,
vice-president; Jina McArthur, treasurer;
Kim Gaskins, secretary and Ronda Lee
correspondence secretary.
The Black Student Union works to
present diversified cultural events at
PSH. Black Students Unions serve as a
support system for minority students as
a means to share academic and social
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faculty organization said, "The part we
are concerned with as students is the
experiential portion. More students are
in favor of the experiential learning and
will choose that over learning in a
classroom setting."
While many faculty members
supported this idea, a big question still
seemed to be who would determine what
experiences are considered diversified and
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advertising Penn State spent to promote
this year's activities.
"I think we had a lot more publicity
this year than any other year," Karlik
said. "Or maybe it’s that people in this
area really like Penn State."
Other festivities included a mini
bookstore where people could buy
anything "Penn State" from bumper
stickers to boxer shorts. Emcee Paul
Baker, of WHP 58, announced the
winners of drawings sponsored by the
PSH bookstore for an autographed copy
of Joe Paterno's book, and an
autographed photo of Joe Patemo.
ideas. According to Proctor, her plans for
the up-coming year have not been
finalized, but she hopes to deliver the
message to PSH students that all
students are welcome in the BCAC
regardless of race. Proctor also
mentioned that she will try to promote
the utilization of keynote speakers from
the central Pennsylvania area.
Treasurer-elect McArthur spoke of a
program that would sponsor a reception
for minority students to enable them to
meet with the faculty on a personal
level.
The new officers were installed on
Thursday, April 18 in the BCAC in
room W 132.
which are not.
Robert J. Bresler, professor of public
policy, wondered how much diversity
would be involved if a wealthy,
jetsetting student touched down for a
visit in a foreign country.
The faculty affairs committee voted
unanimously at its Feb. 27 meeting that
each school or division should handle
this, and all other diversity questions in
its own. way,