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Lean times may follow
possible budget cuts
Elin Marcel
Capital Times Staff
The proposed budget cuts in higher
education could claim one casualty at Penn
State Harrisburg, the Small Business
Development Center, but other division
heads say for now they are only tightening
their belts.
Keith Yackee, director of the Small
Business Development Center, said the
governor slashed the center's funding 69
percent
"The governor has to unfreeze funds or
we will close down," Yackee said. "We
don't have much choice."
Last year, the center aided 1,134 small
businesses in the area, helping with export
assistance, bank financing and government
purchasing procurement Yackee said. It is
one of 14 centers in Pennsylvania, serving
seven counties in the Harrisburg area.
Yackee said he doesn't know why
Casey specifically targeted the center.
"We don't know how to respond,"
Yackee said. "He’s only one man, and we
don't know what motivated him."
Hoping to dissuade him, over 100 of
the center's clients have sent letters to the
governor, Yackee said.
The center is prepared to close in the
end of June, Yackee said, leaving South
Central Pennsylvania without its services,
and 21 staff members jobless.
"It's not real good for staff morale,"
Yackee said.
According to the Patriot-News,
university officials fear funding cuts will
result in skyrocketing tuitions,
overcrowded classes and staff layoffs.
PSH library undergoes improvements
Karen M. Putt
Capital Times Staff
Solutions to the "short-term” problems
brought to the attention of Penn State
Harrisburg administrators by the Students
For a Quality Library are happening in the
library.
According to Heindel Library Division
Head Howard Shill, the college is
"attempting to correct all the short-term
problems raised by the student
organization.
"Since December, we've added another
copier, repaired peeling lamination on
table tops, fixed the sagging index tables
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"Governor Casey's budget message
comes at the end of a series of
discouraging economic messages to the
higher education community in
Pennsylvania,” said Joab Thomas, Penn
State University president, in the Feb. 6
edition of the Patriot-News.
In a letter to the Penn State Harrisburg
community, Provost and Dean Ruth
Leventhal said although the budget
adjustment will be "significant," several
unforseen factors made departmental
budget cuts unnecessary.
Leventhal cited lower energy
consumption due to mild weather and
sal&ry savings from early retirements as
factors contributing to budget savings.
Although Penn State Harrisburg
academic divisions are not directly affected,
Gautam Ray, director of the School of
Science, Engineering and Technology, said
his school is cutting back on copies,
mailing, travel expenses and phone usage.
He is also encouraging professors to write
grant proposals, to bring money to the
school.
"My concern is whether we can still
run a top-notch program," Ray said.
"Quality will be affected."
Other division heads agreed they have
not been touched by the proposed cuts.
Harold Shill, head of the division of
Library and Information Systems, said the
library here will not be affected.
"The amount allocated to university
libraries is $85,307," Shill said. "Nancy
Cline, dean of university libraries, made
the decision to absorb the cut at the
See Budget, page 13
and painted the doors to the restrooms," he
said.
According to Doug Manger, a graduate
student in American Studies and a member
of the Students For a Quality Library, the
group is "very pleased" with the changes
occuring in the library.
"I'm very impressed with Dr. Shill,"
Manger said. "He's really committed to
improving the conditions in the library
and things are getting done."
Shill said while equipment
improvements such as repair to die broken
typewriters and installation of a new
pencil sharpener have occured, the
purchase of a new micro-fiche
Leventhal finalist
presidency search
Sharon Barris
Capital Times Staff
Ruth Leventhal, provost and dean
at Penn State Harrisburg, has been
chosen as a finalist for the presidency
of San Jose State University, officials
said.
The Patriot-News reported last
week that Leventhal is one of six
finalists, chosen from about 100
candidates, to replace the former
president, Gail Fullerton.
Leventhal was surprised when the
story hit the Harrisburg papa*.
"I didn't know 1 was such big
news," she said.
Leventhal said she was not
looking for a change, but was
nominated for the position.
She has been the Penn State
Harrisburg provost since 1984, and
said she has been very happy with the
job.
However, Leventhal said it is an
honor to be among the finalists, and
will visit San Jose for a rigorous
series of interviews that will begin
Monday evening and end Wednesday
morning.
She is preparing for her visit by
reviewing information about the
college.
If the Board of Trustees selects
Leventhal as the new president at their
meeting next month, she will have a
major decision to make, based on two
main factors.
She must feel comfortable with
reader/printer has been delayed.
"With the roll-backs on the education
budget, I'm not sure we’re going to be able
to get them as soon as we’d like," he said.
"If we don't get them this year, then I’ll
put the request right back on the table for
next year."
Looking at long-term goals for the
Heindel Library, Shill said he remains
optimistic that improvements, such as an
automated check out and possibly a
redesigned library exit, "are approaching
quickly."
"We've worked out an agreement with
University Park to be the first campus
outside of U.P. to have an automated
mes
the environment and its values, and
feel she can make a difference at the
institution.
Leventhal said she does not think
officials at Penn State will question
her loyalty to the university if she is
not selected.
She is dedicated to her job, and
will continue to keep the university
informed, she said.
Leventhal, a Philadelphia native,
graduated from the University of
circulation desk," he said.
According to Shill, he and other
campus administrators have met with
officials from University Park to "get the
ball rolling on a new system for the
library."
Shill said the target date for
implementing automated circulation is set
for Aug. 1. The new system will require
all items in the library's collection to be
barcoded. A process Shill said could take
approximately two years to complete.
"We have almost two-thirds of the
collection barcoded," he said. "About five
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See Leventhal, page 4
See Library, page 3