FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
Welcome to the first issue of the fall 1994 Capital Times. For those
of you who have read this paper before, you may notice a few changes.
First of all, it may surprise you that there is a paper at all. Apparently
last semester, only two issues were published. Secondly, if you can
remember back that far, the average issue of the Capital Times is usually
twice this size.
There are a few reasons why this issue is short. The most prominent
being that when I arrived on campus and accepted the position of editor-in
chief, I had no elected staff. Essentially, I had to pick the paper up out of the
dust.
But we are here now, and I have a lot planned. For starters, we are
aiming for seven issues this semester, something I'm not sure has ever been
done. I am also looking at covering a wider range of stories that are more
applicable and interesting to students.
This alone, however, probably won't be enough. What the Capital
Times needs to do, is remind the students that they are paying to attend this
college and they do not have to accept the status quo.
I hear a lot of complaining. The Capital Times is here to be your
voice,
Even if at times we also are here to be the voice of reason
What we need, in addition, is you. The more help we get, the stronger
we are. We need to fight the wave of apathy and not be afraid to question
why things are the way they are. Things change.
So wake up! Do something! Rattle a few cages and also spotlight
some things that you like. Join our staff. We are in need of reporters, copy
editors, a cartoonist, and a photographer.
If you can't join us, but would still like to help, feel free to put any
ideas you have down on paper with your name and phone number (which we
can withhold by request), and slide them under our door at W-341 Olmstead.
Your ideas don't have to be limited to this campus either. I know it
is sometimes hard to forget there is a world beyond Three Mile Island and
PSH.
This editor is not afraid to try to make a difference.
Vehicular reminders for PSH
The Department of Safety/Police Services
would like to remind the Campus Community
that the "Handicapped & Reserved Parking
Spaces" in front of the Olmsted Building are
reserved 24 hours a day including weekends.
Persons who violate this are subject to be
issued a Traffic Violation Notice. If you have
any questions concerning this please call Police
Services at 948-6232.
It has come to the attention of the
Department of Safety/Police Services that
operators of motor vehicles are failing to stop
for pedestrians in crosswalks. The
Pennsylvania Vehicle Code Section 3542
"Right-of-Way of Pedestrians in Crosswalks,"
Mandatory Capital Times Staff Meeting on
Tuesday, September 20, at 12:30, in W
-341. All current staff and those interested
in joining should attend.
YOUR NAME DOES NOT
HAVE TO BE "BILL" TO
WRITE IN OUR
NEWSPAPER!!!
THE CAPITAL TIMES
E. Mikael Hein
Editor-in-Chief
requires that all vehicles must stop for
pedestrians in crosswalks. Failure to abide by
the law can result in an issuance of a
Commonwealth Citation in the amount of
$84.00.
The Department of Safety/Police
Services will be enforcing this law to make
sure that vehicles are abiding by the law and
stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks.
Escort Service for the Fall Semester
of 1994 schedule will be as follows: Sunday-
Thursday 6:00 pm - 11:30 pm. Persons
requiring an Escort need to contact Police
Services at 948-6232. Please call a half hour
before wanting an Escort.
EDITORIAL
STAFF PICKS.. .
Top 56 things you will not see on campus.
Three of us staffers, Erik,
Stacey, and myself (Anne-Marie) were
sitting in the office after a full day of
caffeine, pizza and cookies, deciding
how to fill up the giant void on page
three when I piped up, "Why don't we
havea top ten list like Letterman?"
My two comrades agreed by
nodding, and then set to the task of
deciding the subject of our list. Staring
at the empty Coke can on our cluttered
desk, the two piped up, "Why not things
not found on campus?"
And so, this is our list
• A Free Parking Sign
• The "Promised" Library
• Hot Tubs in Meade Heights
• A Campus Wet Bar
• Working Mainframe
• Swimming Pool
• A Week Without Chicken Cosmo
• Joab Thomas
• 20 Page Special Edition of Cap
Times
Up-To-Speed Elevator
Cappucino Bar
STAIRWAY TO HELL
Textbooks On Sale
Classic Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Canada Dry Tonic
Canada Dry Club Soda
Squirt
Sunrise Orange
Barq's Root Beer
Caffeine Free Diet Coke
Cherry Coke
Mello Yello
Ramblin' Root Beer
Diet Sprite
HI-C Lemonade
HI-C Grape
HI-C Fruit Punch
HI-C Orange
Caffeine Free Classic
Coke
Classic Caffeine Free Coke
Canada Dry Seltzer
Diet Minute Maid Orange
Diet Cherry Coke
Minute Maid Orange
New Coke
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LAODINO Sife NEAR
AN ALLEGED INSfIIIA
oF WANING.
Reprinted from February 1, 1993 issue
CAPITAL TIMES
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
E. MIKAEL HEIN
PRODUCTION MANAGER/ASS'T EDITOR
ANNE-MARIE MILLER
LAYOUT/ASSIGNMENTS MANAGER
MICHAEL RETENELLER
ADVERTISING MANAGER
STACEY RODIN
VOLUNTEER ADVISER
PROF. BETH HALLER
WRITERS, COPY EDITORS, AND COLUMNISTS
DUANE BROOKS SCOTT MCINTYRE
DAWN DANNEKER JOIE MEYER
LOU DIRIENZO CATHY NOLA N
REGINALD DUNCAN ANT PEGG
MATT FISHER LISA SLOANE
TINA MARIE FIELDS MIKE STARKEY
ADAM HOOVER JEFF STI NNA RD
RENEE JACKSON TRUNG NGUYEN
YVETTE MARTIN JEFF WITTMAIER
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reach the The Capital Times at Penn State Harrisburg, Olmstead Building, W-341, 777 W.
Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057 or by calling (717) 9444970, or by fax at (717)
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All materials -- articles, photos and artwork -- are property of The Capital Times.
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Concerns regarding the content of any issue should be directed to the editor.
Opinions expresses are those of the author and are not representative of the college
administration, faculty or student body.
The Capital Times welcomes signed letters from readers. No unsigned submissions
will be printed; however, a writer's name may be withheld upon request.
The Capital Times does not endorse its advertisers.
Sunkist Orange
Diet Barq's Root Beer
Squirt Plus
Lemon Clarte
Natural Clarte
Diet Nestea
Nestea
Welch Grape
Fresca
Tab
• Lime Clarte
• Lipton Tea
• Orange Clarte
• A&W Root Beer
• A&W Cream Soda
• Diet Sunkist
• Canada Dry Birch Beer
• Diet Squirt
One final note to our list
The soda products on this list
are not to be sold on campus according
to the Official Food Sales Guidelines,
yet strangely enough, Lipton is
available in vending machines
throughout campus. Hmm...
by TREV STAIR