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Vol. 36, No.lo
Despite
chilly
temps,
students
celebrate
spring
Jody L. Jacobs
Editor
Despite temperatures hovering
in the 40s, members of the Penn
State Harrisburg community
donned their winter coats to gather
behind the Capital Union Building
to celebrate Rites of Spring.
The annual event - sponsored
by the Student Government
Association - marked a change in
tradition this year as the festivities
were moved from the lawns of the
residence halls to the field and
parking lot between the Capital
Union and the Swatara Buildings.
"Rites of Spring is held every
year to encourage community spir
it within the campus, to get stu
dents aware of clubs and organiza
tions - and to have fun before
finals," Stacie Wentzel, Student
Government Association vice pres
ident said.
Rites of Spring was open to all
Penn State Harrisburg students,
faculty and staff as well as mem
bers of neighboring communities
and activities were offered for chil
dren and adults.
The event commenced with a
5k run sponsored by the Chi
Gamma lota campus club.
The "for fun only" race attract
ed over 20 participants who com
peted in five categories - over-all
place, men's, women's, children's
and 50 plus.
Leading the racers through
their three-mile course were the
bike patrol officers of Safety and
Police Services.
`This year we're going to be
out in full force and will try to par
ticipate in as many events as possi
ble," patrol officer Keith Farren
said.
Other club sponsored activities
- such as a rock-climbing wall by
Cabaret; face-painting by the Lion
Ambassadors; and hockey shoot
out by the hockey club - were
offered throughout the afternoon.
Earth Day teaches campus
to be earth-wise
"I truly believe that there is an on-going need to create awareness in the continuing struggle to save
our precious environment."
Ann E. Mease
Staff Reporter
Water, wildlife and land conser-
vation were just a few of the topics
addressed at Penn State
Harrisburg's 1997 Earth Day Expo
held on April 18, in front of the
Science and Technology Building
(STB).
Even though the weather did
not cooperate with gusty winds
nearly blowing over the Expo tent
at times, students, venders and fac
ulty did not let that keep them from
contributing to Earth Day.
CAPITAL TIMES
Going the distance
at Rites of Spring
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The Penn State Harrisburg annual Rites of Spring celebration commenced with a 5K race sponsored by
the Chi Gamma lota (XGO organization. Above, more than 20 runners sprint off the starting line on 0
John Hargraves - number 16 - would place first overall with a time of 17:46 minutes. Other
campus dubs and organizations participated in the annual event which raised money for local high
schools through a battle of the bands competition.
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--Stephanie PenneKamp
Stephanie PenneKamp, com
munications major, was one of the
first students to arrive at the Earth
Expo.
"I truly believe that there is an
on-going need to create awareness
in the continuing struggle to save
our precious environment." said
PenneKamp.
Several clubs were involved in
the Expo including the Lion
Ambassadors - who were doing ani
mal face-painting, the Student
Government Association - who
were handing out seeds and the
Society of Environmental Engineers
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The Society is an organization
that was developed to enhance the
education of environmental engi
neering and technology students
which focuses on environmental
awareness, education and profes
sional development, according to
acting president Mark Roland,
`The campus needs more activ
ities like Earth Day to encourage
student, faculty and community
interaction, to promote environ
mental awareness," Roland said.
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Campus students, acuity and staff donned their winter coats in order to attend a tree
planting ceremony in front of the Olmsted Building during the Earth Day Expo April 18
Campus clubs and organizations donated trees which were planted throughout the
campus.
Rites of Spring
pg. 7
Campus club
learns
psych
annual conference
Nicole Lynn Meck
Staff Reporter
The Psychology Club of Penn
State Harrisburg (PSH) discussed
their discipline with other college
psychology majors at the Eastern
Psychological Association (EPA)
Conference April 10.
The conference - held at the
Washington D.C. Sheraton Hotel -
had a selection of events to chose
from - graduate education symposia
series, invited papers, invited speak
ers, paper sessions and posters.
There were also publishers of
psychology text books, computer
software salesmen, and a display of
lab equipment so psychology pro
fessors and students could examine
the latest academic materials avail-
"Going to EPA provides students an
opporunity to learn more then just w hat
is i n their textbooks. It gives them a
chance to see what is h appeni n g in
field."
The annual event also offered
attendees the ever-popular - Psych
Follies" - a comedic review of his
torical psychological achievements.
Two professors Drs. Michael A.
Becker and Thomas G. Bowers
from PSH presented posters at the
conference.
Professor Becker's poster, 'The
Role of Third-party Introductions in
the Romantic Relationship Process
as a Function of Race," described
his research findings of how people
feel about being introduced to the
opposite sex for the purpose
romantic relationships.
Professor Bowers and Donna
Marie Stuck's poster was "Left
Temporal Lobectomy and
Subsequent Verbal Memory
Functions," which described con
tinued local cortical stimulation - or
how normal verbal memory is
processed in the brain.
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"Going to EPA provides students
an opportunity to learn more then
just what is in their textbooks. It
gives them a chance to see what is
happening in their field," Becker
said.
Students with the Psychology
Club worked at fund-raising activi
ties throughout the academic year to
make the trip to EPA possible -
holding sub sales, selling candy and
soda during the Mr Greenjeans con
cert in January. The club also
received funding from the Student
Activity Fee Fund.
Dave Baum, the President of the
Psychology Club for 1997-1998,
said he learned a great deal from the
conference and that it is a good edu
cational experience for psychology
majors.
-- Michael A. Becker
PSH Psychology Professor
"It is a good experience for you
get to know people," he said.
The conference also gave stu
dents the opportunity to realize
what would be expected of them in
the psychology field, Baum said.
Baum said he was able to talk to
people about their research - not just
read about it. He could discuss ideas
with others and get a further under
standing of the topic.
Baum said, "You get out of life
what you put in to it."
`This totally validated my career
goals," graduate student, Midge
Noble said. Some of the speakers
were awesome."
"EPA was fantastic - it was a
good educational experience, Troy
Dellinger said.
The members of the Psychology
club said they found the conference
extremely rewarding and reflected
their