Health craze hits Harrisburg
Paula D. Eiland
Capital Times Reporter
A new club with a focus on
fitness may soon be born.
As a result of the overwhelming
student interest to aerobic classes
being offered on campus,
prospective by-laws have been sent
to both the Student Government
Association and the Student
Activities Office.
"The organization will be called
the Penn State Athletic Club
(PS AC)," Kim Baert, a Junior
Psychology student, said.
The puropose behind PSAC's
existence as a club is to "get
financial aid for equipment that we
can't get on our own.," Baert said.
Bien, along with Senior
Electrical Engineering Technology
major Rob Reddick teach the
classes.
"We work out everything from
abdomen to arms and legs," Baert
said.
Baert teaches a high-impact class
and Reddicak teaches the 10-impact
class, Baert said.
Also offered is Step-Aerobics
Alumnus
business
Jennifer Brandt
Capital Times Reporter
Proper business management
can cut military costs, said PSH
alumnus Lt. Gen. Emmet Paige,
Jr., who was given PSH's 1993
Alumni Fellow award on
Tuesday, Sept. 21 in the Gallery
Lounge.
Students, faculty and alumni
joined in the Gallery Lounge for
his lecture on defense systems.
Paige, the U.S. Asst. Secretary
for Command, Control,
Communications and
Intelligence, focused on
"business process re-engineering"
as a means to slash military
spending.
"Business process re
engineering is a philosophy and a
set of techniques for business
management that calls
fOr...radical redesign of a
company's processes,
organization and culture..." Paige
said.
Performance and Cuts
'The essence of the program is
to perform our business activities
at the optimal combination of
performance and cuts, so that
defense capabilities and mission
performance are enhanced, costs
are reduced and redundant
activities eliminated while
remaining within our prescribed
funding levels," he said.
This includes closing defense
bases that the military considers
less productive than others, he
said. By closing selected bases,
the military can focus on one
with better facilities and greater
potential.
At a breakfast the next
morning, one student asked Paige
about gays in the military.
This form of aerobics, originated end of the jumping around," Dain
from Rebok, is comprised of a Carpenter, one of the students who
plastic step which helps to work regularly attends the class," but I'm
the glutous max imus (the glad I'm doing it because... I would
buttocks), quadraceps, and back never do it...just on my own."
muscles, Baert said. The classes are held from 9-10
"I feel like I'm gonna die at the pm Monday through Thursdays.
speaks on
in military
"They have been there all
along; if they become a problem
or ineffective, you could
eliminate them quickly," he said.
Another student asked about
women in combat.
The wives at home have more
to say about the idea than
anyone, he said. Women have
always been in combat, he added,
referring to, nurses.
'Those women dealt with that
just like the dudes did...and they
did well," he said.
In the military, a woman's
main obstacle is her upper body
strength, he said. Because of this,
he didn't allow more women than
men on his teams, he added.
Paige, who received a master's
degree in public administration
from PSH in 1974, said he
dropped out of high school at 16
to join the army.
"I wanted to be a tough guy
like Patton," he said.
Paige also received a
certificate and a bronze Alumni
Fellow Medallion from Provost
Ruth Leventhal.
Emmett Paige, Jr
River Ran Red
Steffie Domike, producer of the documentary The River Ran Red ,
presented the film in the BCAC on September 16 .
River Ran Red:
Documentary shown at PSH
Matt Hunt
Capital Times Reporter
The Black Cultural Arts Center
was a place of history on Sep. 16.
The film contains scenes filmed
That's when the second the in the Pittsburgh area as well as
BCAC became the site of the
second showing of the readings of journalistic accounts
and more lyrical commentaries.
documentary The River Ran Red .
The film was made by The film itself is narrated by Blair
independent filmmakers Steffie Brown, most famous for her role on
Domike and Nicole Fauteux. TV's The Days and Nights of Molly
Steffie Domike was present at the Dodd.
showing to discuss the film and
answer questions.
The film chronicles events
surrounding the 1892 Homestead
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The Student Government
election process was changed due to
the apathy of Penn State Harrisburg
students.
In other news, the SGA is
reviewing a proposal that would
have students of branch campuses
paying an activity fee.
When the deadline for
applications for candidates for the
Fall SGA elections came due, there
were only six students to fill the
positions, Deßoard said.
It was orginally decided at the
Sept. 28 meeting of SGA to vote
the candidates into their positions,
since none of them would have
been opposed in open elections,
Senior Senator for Humanities
James McLaughlin said.
"We suspended the ordinary
procedure," Deßoard said, "We had
an election, but rather than a
campus-wide one we (SGA) elected
them."
Steel Strike, which pitted stell
magnate Andrew Carnegie against
the nations most militant labor
union.
A companion to the film is
published by University of
Pittsburgh Press, and is called The
River Runs Red.
Unopposed election in SGA
Matt Hunt
Capital Times Reporter
October47lKM993 PSH NEWS / 3
At the meeting, Janet Vidoff,
Student Activities Coordinator,
expressed concern over the decision
made.
"I was concerned that the
procedure used was unusual,"
Widoff said.
In an interview on Sept. 29,
Widoff said,"l want to take a look
at the constitution with Todd
(Deßoard) and see if there are any
precendents for this."
After reviewing the constitution,
Widoff and Deßoard decided to run
one person in an open elcetion and
allow Deßoard to appoint six.
The final step for all the
candidates is to be sworn in,
Widoff.
Deßoard also mentioned that
an ad hoc committee has been
formed to revise the SGA
constitution. Deßoard formed to
committee to make sure that the
constituion meets the needs of SGA
and this campus, Deßoard said.
Meanwhile, the Council of
Resignation kills
Capitalite again
E. Mikael Hein
Capital Times Reporter
For those awaiting the 1992
Capitalite, there might be some
disappointment.
Late last spring, the editor, Lisa
Malask, resigned leaving unfinished
work and virtually no other staff.
The apparent reason being personal
and possibly health related,
according to Student Activities
Coordinator Janet Widoff.
A pamphlet with
senior photos has
been created to
compensate
graduates.
"We try to emphasize that the
Capitalite is student run. Any
work we (Student Activities) do is
strictly on a more suggestive
basis." There is no formal advisor
for the yearbook.
As a result of the lack of student
staff, there appeared to be an
overwhelming amount of work to
be done by a few people.
In an effort to decrease the work
load, Ms. Widoff expressed the
desire to help delegate the
responsibilities to more people in
the club, besides the editor.
The graduating seniors will not
leave Penn State Harrisburg empty
handed, according to Widoff.
Student Activities has worked with
Davor Publishing to create a
pamphlet including the senior
portraits. The soft-bound pamphlet
is similar to one distributed in
1985. The cost will b e
underwritten by SGA.
So far the signs posted
throughout the campus have yielded
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Commonwealth Student
Governments, comprised of
representatives from student
governments from all state run
univeristies, is considering a
proposal which would require all
Penn State students to pay an
activity fee.
The CCSG sent the proposal to
all campuses, so that it might be
reviewed at their SGA meetings.
According to the proposal, full
time students would pay $25-35 and
the fee would be pro-rated for part
time students. Each campus would
have a committee of students, staff,
and faculty would decide where the
money collected would go.
"The committee would be
appointed by Provost Leventhal and
Associate Provost South," Senior
Senator of Humanities James
McLaughlin said.
The proposal also states that all
decisions of allocation must be
approved by the provost
a light response. Anyone interested
in helping the yearbook staff should
see Ms. Widoff in the SAC office
located in 212 Olmsted, or call the
office at 948-6273.
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