2/PSH NEWS CAPITAL TIMES
November 2, 1992
Cutbacks create long
Stacey Simmers
Capital Times Staff
Students needing help from tutors in
the Writing Lab will have to wait two
weeks because the Lab's budget has been
cut by $2,000 and more students want
help.
According to Karen Bowser, writing
and learning resource specialist, the
combination of less money and more
students results in a growing waiting
period.
"Students realize the benefits so they
come again and again," Bowser said.
Roxane Balog, a junior psychology
student, said that last year she could just
Game stresses
cultural awareness
Matt Hunt
Capital Times Staff
Six students increased their awareness
of diversity. They learned a little about
other culutres, the laws regarding
discrimination, the society we live in and
had fun doing it.
They did all of this by playing the
Diversity Game.
The game was monitored by Debbie
Jackson, a student affairs assistant, at
12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 in the
Gallery Lounge.
Jackson started things off by briefly
explaining how the game is played.
The players answer questions in one of
four categories: legislation, society, jobs
and demographics. Each time a question is
answered correctly, the player or team of
players receive a colored chip. When the
player or team of players collect chips of
all four colors, they start to move to the
center of the board, Jackson said.
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drop in when she had to. This year's long
wait is inconvenient.
"I'm starting a paper seven weeks in
advance. That's really not bad but I have
other commitments that need to be taken
care of now," Balog said.
But Coleen Hoar, a senior secondary
education student, said last year was just
as busy.
"This year, I put in at the beginning of
the semester for an hour a week," Hoar
said. "I learned my lesson last year."
As of Oct. 14, the Lab completed 284
appointments. At the same time last year,
the Lab completed 234 appointments.
Cutting three hours saved only $450
per semester. Bowser said she hopes to
the center, the players either answer
questions relating to other cultures or takes
a chance card. This card relates an action
the player has "performed" and tells the
player to move either forward or back a
certain number of spaces, Jackson said.
When a player reaches the center of the
board, they have won the game and
achieved cultural awareness, Jackson said.
Jackson paired the players into teams
and they played for about an hour.
After the game, the players discussed how
the game increased their cultural
awareness.
Dennis Roland, a senior criminal
justice major, said this approach was a
non-threatening way to discuss diversity
issues. "No one has to be afraid of being
nailed for their opinions like if it was an
open discussion."
Lorrie Lynn, a graduate student in
community psychology, however, pointed
out this can only be used a few times.
"After the first few times, people will start
to memorize the answers."
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save the other $l,lOO by reducing
photocopying and not buying new
equipment.
The Writing Lab isn't the only student
service cut because of budget trouble.
Peer Tutorial lost $6,000 this year.
Last year it had $ll,OOO to pay student
tutors.
This program pays students who have
shown proficiency in a particular subject
$6 an hour to tutor students who ask for
help in that subject.
To make up for the money that has
been lost, one tutor didn't start working
until the third week of the semester and
students arc limited to two hours of help
each week, as opposed to the three they
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Provost Ruth Leventhal and
Student Government Association have
allocated $l5OO under the Campus
Compact program to fund projects
that benefit the local community.
Campus Compact is a support
organization that provides funding for
volunteer mini-projects.
Last year, some students painted
lines on the parking lot at the Thrift
Shop in Middletown and a group of
student engineers printed books that
introduced children in local schools to
the field of engineering.
Anyone needing money to fund a
project should apply for a grant from
Campus Compact.
Pick up applications in room 212.
Penn State Harrisburg's student
yearbook, Capitalite, needs people to
work on its production.
"In the past, one or two students
end up doing most of the work," Janet
Widoff, advisor to the Capitalite, said.
"It takes more than two people to put
this book together."
So far, only two students have
volunteered to help.
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would have gotten last year.
In other attempts to conserve limited
funds, clinics are set up if a few students
request tutoring in the same subject.
In a clinic, as many as six students
meet with one tutor. If a clinic is set up,
students might get more than two hours.
"As a result of using clinics wherever
possible, more students are being helped
while using fewer tutor hours," Bowser
said.
This time last semester, 366 hours
were used for Peer Tutorial. This year,
Peer Tutorial used 342 hours.
It's tough to improve some services
and save money at the same time, Bowser
said.
Last year, SGA spent $4OOO on
the yearbook that sold 150 copies.
Widoff said that Student
Government needs to decide if they
want to continue underwriting this
project.
Anyone interested in working on
the Capitalite should contact Widoff
in room 212.
Students want a MAC machine on
campus. SGA wants to get one for
them. This is just one of the goals set
by SGA during its meeting on
Tuesday, Oct. 20.
SGA also wants to set up a
mailbox system for non-resident
students so they get them same
information that residents get.
"If we want people who live off
campus to participate in campus
events, we need to let them know
what's going on," said Lori Gring,
vice president of SGA.
Other goals include:
• Clocks in the hallways and/or
classrooms
• More telephone booths
• An intracampus telephone
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