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Our present library is
in crowded, unattractive
space in the Olmsted
Building, but in terms of ser-
vice, resources and a plan for
the future, it is the best
thing going in south central
Pennsylvania.
Remembering my days
as a student, I took the
library for granted.
When I found the
materials I wanted when I
needed them, I thought the
library was great; when I did-
n't, I was an unhappy client
But a library today i s
more than finding an article
or book.
It is an enormously
valuable key to learning
The latest technology
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A message from
Provost and Dean
John G. Bruhn:
Our Library:
A Regional Gem
It is already designed
A library however, is
They are "on top or
leading
- 8 hotn - s a day
- 5 da`•s/week
- $7.00 - 7.50/hour
- 3 shifts (7:ooam - 3:3opm, 3:oopm -
11:30am, 11:30pm - 7:3oam)
We often take them for
tion from you would be almost
as welcome as a salary raise!
You may not know that
our library is a regional
resource used by students
attending colleges and uni-
versities in our metropolitan
area which may not have
libraries, as well as by many
area businesses and indus-
tries.
Our market encom-
passes nearly 1.5 million
users including 7,200 PSH
graduates who live in the
region
Our 1 ibrary is a
regional gem and, when we
move into the next two to
three years, the gem will
become brighter to all in this
region and beyond.
NEWS
Vice president of American
Society of Mechanical Engineering
wins campus Good Ideas Contest
Jody L. Jacobs
Editor
When Benjamin
Loomis - a mechanical engi
neering and technology major
- was writing his proposal for
his senior design project last
fall, he was also writing a
proposal for another good
idea.
"I didn't think of it as
such a big deal," Loomis said.
Loomis - a reskie.nt of
the Penn State Harrisburg
(PSH) dorms - decided it was
time that something was done
about the traffic-flow prob
lem in the parking lot in
front of the Dining Commons.
The lot - which also
serves the students of Church
and Wrisberg dorms - was not
always being used properly,
:.00mis said.
Motorists are suppose
to follow a one-way flow of
traffic, but often, vehicles
could be found driving in
both directions, Loomis said.
Even police vehicles weren't
entering and exiting correct
ly.
"You just don't expect
someone to be going the wrong
direction," Loomis said.
The answer seemed
simple enough to the senior -
who i s the vice president of
the campus American Society
of Mechanical Engineering -
just add "enter" and "exit"
signs. But no one else seemed
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Open to All Members
of the Penn State
Harrisburg Community
winning
Submit your idea
how we can impro
services and/or do o
better at Penn St
Harrisburg. Applic
may enter more th
once.
coming, and we w
keep improving.
FOR REVIEW, NAMES AND IDEAS WILL BE SEPARATED, BUT
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME
Cia)flal
PHONE NUMBEIZ
YOUR AFFILIATION WITH PENN STATE:
STUDENT
PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR IDEA IN 100 WORDS OR LESS, CUT
THIS APPLICATION OUT AND RETURN TO JOHN BRUHN, 119
OLMSTED.
to have the same common-
sense answer - signs were
never erected, Loomis said.
That is, until Loomis
decided to take matters into
his own hands.
During the Fall 1996
semester, Loomis noticed a
yellow Good Ideas Contest
application - a contest spon
sored by Provost John Bruhn
- hanging in the halls of the
Olmsted Building.
He completed and
submitted the form. Loomis
said that although it was a
therapeutic experience -
expressing his frustration -
he never thought he'd hear
anything about his submis -
sion.
But early this semes -
ter, Loomis received a phone
call from Provost Bruhn, to
congratulate him for winning
the Good Ideas Contest - and
to award him the $5O prize.
"The Good Idea
Contest is a way everyone at
Penn State Harrisburg can
contribute to creating a bet
ter college. We have had
great ideas from faculty, stu
dents, and staff," Provost
John Bruhn said. "I am
pleased to announce that a
winner from our last round of
entries is Mr. Ben Loomis."
Loomis said he was
happy to see that the parking
lot is now clearly marked
with enter and exit signs, and
hopes this will keep his fel -
$50.00 prize to
idea!!
Keep ideas
STAFF
low students that use the lot
safe from accidents.
impressed that it was only a
matter of weeks until the
signs were put up."
also put to good use - Loomis
applied the money toward a
text book, "Finite Element
Analysis."
Contest was started by the
Provost in the Fall of 1995 to
encourage all members of the
Penn State Harrisburg com
munity to help improve the
campus.
All ideas that are
submitted are reviewed by a
committee consisting of a
graduate and undergraduate
student, two staff assistants,
a faculty member and a main
tenance/operations employee,
according to Valerie Duhig,
assistant to the Provost The
committee, chaired by Dr.
Bruhn, keeps their identifi-
cation anonymous so that
their choice of contest win
ners is not unduly influ-
enced
"If students only com
plain among themselves,
nothing will ever get done,"
Loomis said. "It seems that i '
you have a reasonable
request, then something will
be done."
AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR
FACULTY
ALUMNI
"I was actually
The $5O award was
The Good Ideas