Chris Fohz and Chris Stotz of WPSH have been spicing up the lunch break for students in
the lion's Den. Their 'Chris and Chris Show', which airs from 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays is one of many efforts the radio station has been making to serve the
entertainment needs of the campus community.
playwright and poet
Ntozake Shange to speak at PSH
Noted author,
Lynn L. Bubb
Staff Reporter
Acclaimed author,
playwright and poet, Ntozake
Shange, will make two appear
ance at Penn State Harrisburg
(PSH) March 19.
Presented by the stu
dent activities office and the
Women's Studies and Honors
program, Shange will appear
at 3:30 p.m. in the Gallery
Lion Cam brings-main campus to
statewide students and alumni
Kelly Sokoli c
Of The Weekly Collegian
Smile for the camera.
Catching a glimpse of
University Park is what some
alumni or students who are
away from campus may need
to do to feel like they're back
in Happy Valley.
Those alumni and stu
dents who cannot walk the
path of Old Main or take a
stroll by The Bryce Jordan
Center on a daily basis are
able to see Penn State's main
campus via the Lion Cam on
the University's World Wide
Web site.
Lion Cam has become
one of the most frequented
sites of the Penn State home Alumni Association
page, said project coordinator member Tom Moore, who pur-
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Lounge, and at 7 p.m. in the also received a Tony nomina-
Capitol Union Building. tion after being on Broadway.
Shange made her way
into the literary scene in
1976 with her best-selling
book "For Colored Girls Who
Have Considered
Suicide/When the Rainbow is
Enough."
She has become a voice
The book won critical for blacks, women and all
acclaim when a television those who are trying to find
version was made for PBS and their own place in society.
Doug Stanfield
"People use it as a
way to stay in touch with the
University," he said. "They
want to come back and look at
the old place."
The first L ion Cam was
put into place during the
30th Annual Central
Pennsylvania Festival of the
Arts last year, and was
brought back to the Penn
State home page during the
fall semester.
only from two sites, in win
dows of Old Main and The
Bryce Jordan Center, but
Stanfield said he would like
to get more pictures onto the
site.
Jody L. Jacobs
Joieen Simak
Amy Reeder
Now images are taken
Shange has received
awards for her many other
works as well Among these
projects are three novels, sev
eral books of poetry and
many outstanding plays.
chased the cameras, said he
also thinks new cameras
would be beneficial to the
Lion Cam's success.
"I think that they're
great," he said.
But it is difficult to
find a secure location for the
cameras to be kept under
lock, Stanfield said.
Stanfield receives
several E-mail messages daily
commenting on the Lion Cam
pictures, he said.
Parents of University
students enjoy watching their
children wave in front of the
location where the images are
taken, he said.
Kelly Sokolic is a
Collegian staff writer. This
article appeared in the
Collegian's Feb. 26, 1997
issue, and has been reprinted
with permission..
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universities like Georgetown
and Harvard. In fact, five
PSH students responsible for
hosting this conference will
attend another conference at
the American University in
Cairo next month.
Gilpin said he was
pleased with this year's con
ference "on both a personal
level and as an educator."
"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," said Gilpin.
As for his recogni
t ion at the conference, he
said that he didn't really
want all the attention, but he
realizes students came and
go over the years and appre
c fated being honored, but he
added, "it's not just about
NEWS
WPSH radio station
surveys campus audience
Kelly Quinn
Contributor
Penn State Harrisburg's
(PSH) campus radio station,
WPSH the Reactor, broad--
casted live from the Lion's
Den last week raising cam
pus awareness of their
c lub's activities by con
ducting a student survey
and soliciting new club
members in addition to the
live remote.
The Reactor's DJs kept
students, faculty and staff
entertained throughout the
week with a variety of pro
gramming aimed at appeal-
ing to everyone on campus.
Student responses
over 300-to the campus
survey were mixed. Many
showed that people were
unaware that PSH had a radio
station
Radio club members
feel confident, however, that
their efforts this past week
have changed campus per
spective and will generate
more interest in their
endeavors in the future.
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cast of the WPSH survey week
was the Tuesday and
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the Lion's Den reacted posi
tively to their lively show.
Junior, Kristin Clark,
said, "It made lunch at school
so much fun." The live enter
tainment provided a break to
the normal muffled chatter of
student conversations.
In addition to playing
music, Chris Stotz and Chris
Foltz spiced things up with
live requests including
ABBA's "Dancing Queen.'
They also dedicated songs and
conducted 1 ive interviews and
dance exposes
"Anything to get peo
ples' attention," said Stolz.
The main objective was enter-
tainment
Whether it was merely
background music or the
crazy antics of Chris and
Chris, the members of WPSH
worked hard at this promo
tion. In the past, the mem
bers of WPSH have participat
ed in events 1 ike the Rites of
Spring Festival and the
Cabaret, but this survey event
and remote broadcast was the
first self-promotional campus
event in the club's history.
Music director, Matt
Watkins says he is looking
forward to getting the results
of the survey back so he can
tailor programming to accom-
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modate student interests.
With the recent allo
cation of funds for an
improved transmitting sys
tem, club members decided
the survey promotion would
be a positive prelude to on
air broadcasts. Bryan
Strayer, the Reactor's prcrno
tional director, hopes the new
transmitting system will be
operational by mid-March.
Strayer was also
pleased with the amount of
new interest in the club as a
result of the WPSH promotion
week. Students were enthusi -
astic about the prospect of
becoming DJs for WPSH, says
Strayer.
Senior, Scott Brenner,
one of the newly recruited
DJs, said he was excited
about the opportunity to DJ
for the Reactor, but wished he
would have known about the
club last year. Brenner plans
to host a show with a modern
format of 1940 s and 1950 s
style swing music.
WPSH, the Reactor, is
still looking for more mem
bers and Djs, said Strayer.
Those interested can either
contact WPSH's mailbox in
the Student Activities Office
or Bryan Strayer at (717)
948-6396.
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