WPSH seeks student opinion
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Vol. 36, No.B
Dr. Clemmie Gilpin (left) W 23 honored for 25 years of service to the Model UN. at Penn
State Harrisburg. George Daka (right) presented Gilpin with an African wood carving on
behalf of the International Affairs Club.
ASA organizes Food Bank and Habitat
For Humanity projects on campus
Kristin A. Clark
Contributor
The officers of the
Association of Student
Accountants (ASA) at Penn
State Harrisburg (PSH) feel
that community service is a
very important part of life.
This club gets involved with
their community through
organizations such as South
Central Pennsylvania's Food
Bank and Harrisburg's
Habitat for Humanity .
Diane Wert, treasurer
of ASA, organizes all South
Central Pennsylvania Food
Bank projects at PSH. The
Food Bank is the ma in d ist r i -
Campus Parking
Where does your
Melissa A. Jago
Staff Reporter
The $4O per semester
parking fee, preferably called
the Vehicle Registration
Program, is a costly figure to
pay every semester, according
to many students at Penn
State Harrisburg (PSH).
Where does all this money
go? According to James D.
South, associate provost for
administrative operations,
the money raised from the
Vehicle Registration Program
helps maintain operating
expenses and enhance park
ing conditions.
South's reply to those
students who believe that $4O
is too much to pay per semes
ter, is "for what they are
paying, they're receiving a
lot." Referring to other
Colleges and Universities,
South states, "a fee is not
unusual."
South says that the money
raised this year is presently
being used to add and replace
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bution center of food for
Central Pennsylvania. They
supply food for organizations
such as Project Share in
Carlisle.
"We are always look-
ing for more people to get
involved," Wert said.
Wert works closely
with Glenn Pickering, the vol
unteer coordinator for the
South Central Pennsylvania
Food Bank.
She tries to schedule
meetings with Pickering and
volunteers once a month,
which are held at the South
Central Pennsylvania Food
Bank on Corey Road in
Harrisburg (next door to Twin
lights throughout the campus,
specifically, Mead Heights
and the Educational
Activities Building (EAB).
Additionally, the
funds will help expand park
ing adjacent to the EAB and
build new sidewalks.
Furthermore, South stated
that everyone pays to park at
PSH. Students, faculty, staff
and even visitors, dip into
their wallets to have the
privilege to park at PSH.
Out of the $169,4778.23
raised from the 1995-1996
Vehicle Registration Program,
it costs $186,103.38, a
deficit of $16,616.15, to
maintain lighting, seal
lots/line painting, signage,
stone, concrete, etc., snow
removal and maintenance
support. This six-dollar fig
ure also includes operating
expenses, such as salaries,
wages, fringes, supplies,
phone, postage, printing and
software equipment.
In the financial statement
A message from Provost Bruhn
Ponds Ice Skating Rink).
Wert organized the
first meeting last December.
The meetings will continue to
take place on varying days of
each month. This month's
meeting took place on
February 28. Seventeen vol
unteers from PSH sorted food
from a delivery which came
from Quaker Oats - consisting
of cereals and rice, etc. which
volunteers sorted into cate
gories onto wooden skids.
They inventoried the food and
disposed of the damages as
Habitat for Humanity,
eA A
Fee:
money
for the operation of the
Vehicle Registration Program,
South states that "the pro
gram supported the normal
maintenance associated with
roads and parking lots, and
last year the planned task
preventative maintenance
project of sealing the Olmsted
Building parking lot was
completed."
Addressing the
deficit issue, South said, "the
deficit in the operation of
this program was due to
excessive snow fall and the
larger than anticipated costs
caused by the use of contract
equipment and operators to
move snow." He admitted that
"the deficit will be recovered
from the 199 6 / 1 997 rev
enues."
Profiting from the fines
charged to those violating
PSH parking regulations, is
the Student Government
Association (SGA) at $3OOO
and the Scholarship Fund at
$7229. According to Nancy
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International issues discussed
at PSH's Model U.N.
"The Penn State Harrisburg students who planned and conducted this conference did a
great job and received praise from several of the high school teachers."
Jeff Warren
Staff Reporter
Nations of the world
united at Penn State
Harrisburg (PSH), that is, at
least in theory.
The gathering of more
than 300 high school stu
dents - representing 26
school districts - were part
of the annual PSH Model
United Nations Conference
held from February 20 to the
22nd.
This was the 25th
year PSH hosted the event
which is intended to provide
a forum for discussion of
major international issues
and concerns. Among the
many topics being discussed
this year were international
drug enforcement, AIDS and
Bosnia concerns.
The anniversary of the
Model U.N. also marked 25
years of involvement for Dr.
Clemmie Gilpin, conference
coordinator and assistant
professor of community sys
tems at PSH and vice presi
dent of Middletown Interfaith
Housing, Inc.
In honor of his dedi-
cated service to the program,
Gilpin was presented with
letters of commendation read
by Provost John Bruhn from
President Clinton, U.N.
Secretary General Kofi
go?
Leister of the
student ac tiv-
i ties office,
the money
given to SGA
i s used for
allotment
purposes,
which then
reaches the
s tudent body
through cam-
pus activities
and helps to
better fund
clubs and
organizations
To ensure
fairness, the
"Vehicle
Registration
Program
operates
under the
guidance of
an Advisory
Board con-
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Annan, and University
President Graham Spanier.
In addition, Gilpin
was also honored with an
African wood carving from
the International Affairs
Association and a plaque
from the PSH student govern
ment association.
Keynote speaker
Pierre Quiblier of the United
Nations Environmental
Program and former ABC
News correspondent spoke
about the theme of this year's
conference - global environ-
mental concerns.
Quiblier told students
how international issues are
inter-related. For example,
he stressed the relationship
between population growth
and environmental concerns.
He said that the solu
tion to many of these prob
lems was "[global] panic ipa
don, to solve the problems we
face together." And it was
just this participation that
continues to make the PSH
Model United Nations such a
success after 25 years.
Gilpin said students
from participating districts
spend months preparing for
the event. In October, stu
dents find out what commit
tees they will sit on and start
researching their topics and
countries.
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--- Dr. Clemmie Gilpin
Conference Coordinator
The committee's
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March 6, 1996
responsibilities range from
social and humanitarian
issues to political and secu
rity issues.
Prior to the confer-
ence, students submit a pos
sible resolution to the prob
lem they were asked to ana
lyze and it is then distrib
uted to and reviewed by stu
dents in other districts.
Notes an revisions are made
to the resolutions before they
are discussed at the confer-
Many times, prepara
tion for the conference is
incorporated into student's
class activities, Gilpin said.
"That way, [conference
activities] reinforce what
happens in the classroom," he
said.
He added that much of
the conference's success can
be attributed to the support
of participating school dis
tricts and faculty.
New to the conference
this year was Donegal High
School of Lancaster County
But students even came from
as far as Central Bucks and
Delone Catholic schools from
the Philadelphia area.
There are other Model
U.N. conferences across the
country, but PSH ranks high
in attendance among other
conferences at prestigious
See U.N. pg. 2