fhe P a.pi tal Disabiiiiv Support Gi - emp Pg. 2 . 5 ' Grew Blocks In way Museum Pg RECEIVED DEC 18 1996 imes .. .„.,...:., Poe ErefillOre , , ~,,;,; , ~,, P';. 3 . , . Vol. 36, No. 5 Police Services Officer Rinc and Auxiliary Student Patrol Officer McGlennen guard their 'prisoners' IL-R): Dr. Donald Holtzman, Provost John Bruhn, Dr. Bob Lesniak, and Dr James South at the Student Government Association 'Lock Up' fundraiser held in the main lobby of the Olmsted Building Nov. 19. "Tarnhelm" seeks talent of campus community for its spring publication Bradley N. Boyd Contributor The Tarnhelm, Penn State Harrisburg(PSH) literary and arts journal is seeking the work of writers, artists, poets and photographers in this year's edi tion. Tarnhelm is published in late spring each year and encourages students from all majors to submit their creative endeavors to be judged for pub lication. All works will be judged anonymously and prizes for best poetry, fiction and visual arts will be presented during an award ceremony at the end of the spring semester. The fin ished publication will be distrib uted to the campus at that time. Tarnhelm accepts poet ry, essays, articles, short stories and one-act plays for considera tion in the writing categories. Visual art submissions may include black-and-white photog raphy or black-and-white (i.e. pen and ink) drawings. Staff meetings, under the guidance of advisor Dr. Theodora Rapp Graham, have already begun with various top ics being discussed. These topics have included staff responsibilities, submission guidelines and dead lines, printing estimates and funding. Submissions will be accepted from students of all majors, staff or faculty members Guidelines far submis sion and deadline dates will be posted on bulletin boards around campus and will also be available in school and division offices within the next few weeks Any students, whether submitting work or simply inter ested in working on the staff, is invited to join the staff by attending meetings which are announced regularly in 'This Week". You can also get involved by leaving your name, address and telephone number with Cindy Leach in Humanities Division, in room W 356. 111 PSH and Dickinson create cooperative degree program Debbi Mallek Staff Reporter The Dickinson School of Law and Penn State Harrisburg have partnered to provide a pro gram creating a cooperative degree in law and public adminis tration. The two schools will begin admitting degree candi dates for the 1997-98 academic 'This prcg ram will per mit students to earn a law degree (Juris Doctor) from The Dickinson School of Law and a master's degree in public administration (MPA) from Penn State Harrisburg in less time and at a lower cost than would be possible other wise," said Dickinson Dean Peter G. Glenn. According to Christine Kellett, Dean of Institutional Planning at the Law School, public administration graduates most often work in government posi tions which require some knowl edge of the law. `There is a great deal of overlap in the areas of public administration and law," said Kellett. "It is certainly academical ly sound to bring those disci plines together." To be admitted to the JD/MPA degree program, students Students protest state allocation through "Write a Note to Ridge" campaign Jody L. Jacobs Editor Students now have an opportunity to voice their educa tional concerns to Gov. Thomas Ridge through a university-wide, "Write a Note to Ridge" campaign The project, initiated by the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG), was designed to protest the amount of allocation that Penn State University (PSU) recieves from the Pa. state government. According to Nicole McNeil, student government (SGA) secretary, Penn State receives the lowest approporation per student of any public school in Pa., even though it educates one out of every eight college stu dents in the state. "Tuition increases all of the time. We're trying to get Gov. Ridge to raise our appropriation," she said. 1n1975, the state covered must first be admitted to The Dickinson School of Law under its regular admission procedures. Dickinson will forward to Penn State Harrisburg applica tions of students who are interest ed in and qualified for the joint program. Penn State Harrisburg will then make independent admissions decisions regarding these candidates. A maximum of nine cred its toward law school course work may be transferred for credit toward the MPA degree at Penn State Harrisburg and vice versa. Students in the prcg ram may complete six credits of rele vant Law School clinic wag( in lieu of the field placement required for the MPA degree. All students in the program will have two advisers, one from Dickinson and one from Penn State Harrisburg. "By forming alliances among the already successful institutions which exist in the capital region, we can better por tray our community to the rest of the world as one which is rich in educational opportunities," said Gerald Morrison, chair of the Penn State Harrisburg Board of Advisers and a Dickinson School. of Law graduate. 56 percent of full-time student tuition. McNeil said that today, it only covers 26 percent. McNeil said that the pur pose of the project is for students to communicate their personal situations to Ridge so that he will better understand how the lack of state appropriation affects tuition and student's financial situations. Each "note" is designed to be a self-mailer and they may be picked up at the SGA office. Once returned to the SGA, McNeil said that the notes are reviewed only to make sure that the campus is not delivering derrogatory or offensive com ments to the governor. The notes from other Penn State campuses are collected at University Park and are then forwarded through interoffice mail to the Penn State Harrisburg (PSH) campus. Volunteers from this campus then hand deliver the notes to Ridge's office each week. Discrepancies in degree audits cause frustration for PSH students Joanne C. Ramirez Staff Reporter According to students, faculty advisors and staff assis tants, certain discrepancies have become apparent on degree audits causing confusion and anxiety withing the campus com munity. Georgia Ritz's experi ence is an example of the type of situation caused by the publica tion of the degree audit. "Frustration doesn't begin to describe it. Rage is a better word." This is Georgia Foltz's reaction to the degree audit she received this semester which showed her deficient by 65 credits and thus ineligible for graduation from the Public Policy program at Penn State Harrisburg (P 511). "I have generally had a positive experience here," Foltz continues, "but the degree audit has been a constant fly in the of ntment." When a death is her fam ily caused her to withdraw from classes last Spring, Foltz had to delay her graduation until this December. She enrolled in cours es over the Summer to make up some time and looked forward to completing her curriculum in XGl's plan holiday events to reach out to PSH Mandy Souc hack Staff Reporter In the spirit of the holi day season, Chi Gamma lota (XGI) has decorated their calendar with activities to spread cheer and goodwill to the neighboring com munities of Penn State Harrisburg (PSH). On Nov. 29, XGI will be sponsoring a Thanksgiving Bash at the Capital Union Building (CUB) for stundents under the age of 21. The band "13, 14" from Elizabethtown, will be per forming live between 7 and 11:30 p.m., with a D.J. providing enter tainment between sets. Students from 15 local high schools, as well as PSH stu dents, have been invited to attend the dance. Admission is $5 for students with 1.D., with refreshments being provided. Gcr don Moon, president It is McNeil's hope that PSH will be delivering massive amounts of mail to the governor's The project is scheduled to run until the end of January 1997, however, McNeil will be suggesting that the CCSG extend the campaign until the end of the academic year. SGA Senior Senator for Public Affairs, Crytal Woodley said, "Unless something like this is effected, our funding won't be increased." "It may not help me because I'm a senior," McNeil said, "but it may help my brother and sister in future years." If you would like to par ticipate in the "Write a Note to Ridge" campaign or volunteer to deliver the notes, contact the stu dent government office at (717) 948-6137. public policy during the fall ses sion. Then she received her degree audit. According to it Fdtz was missing some 65 credits towards her degree. "I received instructions on the graduation ceremony in the mail," Foltz explains, " and then the very next week, I got the degree audit which said I was not going to graduate. I was fearful they were pulling the rug out from under me. Did they change my degree requirements?" Evidently, this program is not unique to Foltz. Faculty advisors and staff assistants claim that since the degree audit pro gram has been implemented, they have been inundated with phone calls and visits from anxious stu dents and parents each time the audits are published. "We receive a lot of calls about the degree audits," com ments Cindy Leach, staff assistant in the humanities department. "I would say I received 30 calls a visits from students [this semes ter] but some went to their advi sors or to the head of the division so I have no way of knowing exactly how many." Other staff assistants report as many as 150 phone calls and up to 25 students wait- and neighboring areas of XGI stated that they are also trying to arrange for sports play ers from the Penn State football, Hershey Bears hockey, and the Harrisburg Heat soccer teams to be on hand for autographs in the Quiet Study room between 7 and 8 p.m. They have also contacted the PSH bookstore to see if they are willing to sell T-shirts and plastic footballs to have signed by the Penn State football represen tatives. Now through the end of November, XGI is collecting dona tions for their 'Toys for Tots" toy drive. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the toys collected from PSH students, faculty and staff, along with donations from local toy stores, will be given to children of the Meade Heights Residential Area as well as children from local hos- Student Government Association (SGA) Secretary, Nkolc McNeil stands outside the SGA office with a stack of Write a Note to Ridge" forms completed by PSH students. November 21, 1996 ing in the lobby at a time with questions about their degree audits The degree audit is an analysis of the student's progress toward the Baccalaureate degree. The classes taken and grades received are entered into the computer and cross-referenced with the requirements for the stu dent's chosen program. Once that comparison is made, the computer creates and outline which details the student's cur rent status and deficiencies. This outline, which is generated on the fifth day of each semester, is then sent to students and their advi sors as an indicator of which courses remain outstanding with in the parameters of the student's particular degree requirements Louis Smith of the Business Department states that there are inconsistencies in most of the degree audit she see. "I would say about 95% of them are wrong," reveals Smith Faculty advisors substan tiate this claim that the majority of audits are incorrect. Indeed, several students received degree audits which indicated they were XGI has participated in the 'Toys fcr Tots" prcg ram in the past, but they distributed the toys to children in the hospital fcr the holidays. This year, they are including children from the PSH community. The children are being invited to attend a Christmas Party in the Gallery Lounge, with an expected appearance from Santa Claus. Each child will receive a toy, and may enjoy other holiday acitivities planned. In recognition of their continued community service, XGI has been selected to appear in commercials to be run during Penn State Basketball games dur ing the upcoming season. This 30 second commercial will be used to promote PSU, focusing on the fraternity's service to the community, both PSH and neigh boring areas.
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