CAPTIMES, October 5, 1995
Capital Region Internship/Co-op Fair to be held in CUB
By Tina Shearer
Staff Reporter
With the emphasis on "experi
ence needed" in the job market
today, it is becoming important for
students to gain experience while in
school, through internships and co
ops.
The 3rd annual Capital Region
Internship/Co-op Fair will be held
on October 18, from 12-4, to help
students start the process of finding
a suitable internship. The fair will
Dr. Thomas takes students
on a tour back in time
By Christine Brooks
Staff Reporter
Students who have class with
Dr. Troy Thomas, Associate
Professor of Humanities and Art, for
"Western Tradition I" had a problem
visualizing Greek and Roman struc
tures that no longer exist. When
Thomas showed slides of the largely
destroyed Athenian Acropolis and
Trajan's Forum, students could not
picture them.
So, Thomas came up with a way
to solve the problem through mod
em technology.
Thus, the LOCUS project on
CD-ROM was born. Through the
use of digital computer graphics
images, students can actually visual
ly walk through the Acropolis and
Trojan's Forum.
A spectacular feature of LOCUS
is a full-motion walk-through of
Trojan's Forum in CAD (computer
aided design). The magnificent
space seems to come to life for stu
dents.
The illusion is given that they
are actually walking through the
fonim. Even the blueness of the sky
and the mountain ranges surround
ing the form are accurate.
The reconstructions in the com
puter images use the original colors
of both sites based on archaeologi
cal records.
Students can sense how the two
sites relate to their surroundings
how. for example, the ritual func
tions of the Athenian Acropolis
involve alignment with the motm-
be held in the Capital Union
Building (CUB) at Penn State
Harrisburg.
The fair is free to students from
all Pennsylvania colleges and uni
versities. There will be approxi
mately 90 different agencies attend
ing looking for interns. Students
can register for the fair in Career
Services, W-117.
The purpose of this fair is to
bring students together with repre
sentatives from all sectors of the
business world.
Min ranges to the east and the west,
and how Trajan's Forum was ruth
lessly imposed upon its site, Thomas
said.
The student makes the choice of
pulling up either the Acropolis or
Trajan's Forum. An outline appears
to guide the student through the 60
page text. Words highlighted in the
test are glossary words that can be
pulled up with definitions.
At the right of the screen is a
ground plan of either Trajan's
Forum or the Acropolis with various
parts of the site labeled. By clicking
a button, the student can pull up a
"hot" plan with arrows or "hot"
spots to click to get dozens of pic
tures.
Thomas has shown his LOCUS
CD-ROM all over the country. But
with copyright laws and a lot of "red
tape" involved. Penn State
Harrisburg is the only campus at the
present time allowed to use this
exceptional technology that Thomas
has created.
Eventually, Thomas said he
hopes to solve the copyright proM
lems. But for now, he has found that
students who use LOCUS have
much better insight into the organi
zation and functions of the two sites
than those who use only the text
book, Lecture notes and reserve
books.
LOCUS offers students the rich
resources they need to compare in a
critical, thoughtful way differences
between Greek and Roman
approaches to the use of civic and
religious space, Thomas said.
"Discovering
Leadership"
Free and open to all students!!
For more information,
contact Student Activities
Rm 212, 948-6273
sponsored by Student Government Association
"We are fortunate to live in the
capital region because being so
close to the state capital we get a lot
of government agencies statewide
attending, " said Nancy Karlik,
Director of the Penn State
Downtown Center.
Along with government agen
cies there are also non-profit and
large corporations that are looking
for students. Those employers are
looking for students from all majors,
from public relations to accounting.
"It is a great way for students to
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test their career objectives," said
Karlik, "so they can find out before
they graduate if that is what they
really want."
The fair gives students to oppor
tunity to speak one-on-one with
agency representatives. Students
are asked to dress appropriately and
bring their resume. There is a hand
out on other tips about how to work
an internship fair available in Career
Services.
There will be a list of the agency
representatives scheduled to attend
•• • •
Ask DEAR NIITANY,
Capital Union Building
Penn State Harrisburg
posted outside , Career Services
within the next week.
Transportation from the back
parking lot behind Olmsted
Building will be provided to all
those attending. A shuttle bus will
be making trips between the parking
lot and the CUB continuously.
Although this particular intern
ship fair is primarily for the spring
and summer semesters in 1995,
there is the opportunity to find sum
mer employment and make contacts
for future internships.
By Tina Shearer
Staff Reporter
Penn State Harrisburg's
banner took first prize at the
All-U-Day Banner Contest on
September 16. The banner was
chosen from out of 17 total
entries
The banner was
designed by Jen Wilson, psy
chology major and painted by
Duane Brooks, information sys
tems major, and Kathy
Shebakis, behavioral sciences
major.
The contest was spon
sored by the Council of
Commonwealth Student
Governments. The theme for
the contest was "Penn State
Pride-State Wide".
The PSH student gov
ernment association allocated
the money for the banner and
chose Wilson to design it.
Wilson was on SGA
last year but since this year she
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Karlik found, as a former intern
ship supervisor for Public Affairs
students, that internships are a
"good way for students to land a
job." While not all internships
result in employment after gradua
tion, it is a good way for employers
to see if the intern in training would
work out in their agency if a posi
tion were available.
"The experience interns get
enhances their outlook when trying
to find employment after gradua
tion," Karlik said.
did not have time, she said she
would help at any time.
She had designed a
banner before and also been a
part of CCSG , so SGA took her
up on her offer to help.
"I had been in CCSG
before and knew how much they
liked the idea of how other cam
puses are just as important as
University Park, so I wanted to
show that in the banner" said
Wilson.
The banner shows the
map of Pennsylvania as a puzzle
that shows all the Penn State
Commonwealth Campuses
"When I heard we had
won first prize, I was pleasantly
surprised because we threw this
together at the last minute, so I
was very glad" said Wilson.
Brooks, who was paint
ing the banner just three days
before the contest, said,"l'm
very proud because we pulled
together our resources and pro
duced a splendid banner."