SGA takes
faculty to
student activities
"Hopefully, this will help the faculty realize
that the students need their support and
help increase the sense of community at this
campus,"
Jody L. Jacobs
Editor
In an attempt to encourage fac
ulty attendance at Penn State
Harrisburg (PSH) student activities,
the Student Government
Association (SGA) said at its April
15 meeting that a memo will be sent
to campus administration asking
them to oppose faculty apathy
towards such events.
'We feel that we haven't had a
lot of involvement from the faculty
- this is a drive to increase their par
ticipation," Stacie Wentzel, vice
president of SGA said.
The memo - which will be sent
to Provost and Dean John G. Bruhn;
James D. South, associate provost
for administrative operations;
Donald Holtzman; director of stu
dent affairs; and Janet Widoff, coor
dinator of student activities and
manager, college life enrichment -
said the SGA was disappointed to
learn that majority of faculty mem
bers would not be attending the
Rites of Spring celebration which
reflects an "apparent apathy of fac
ulty in attending SGA events."
SGA president Paul Feenstra
said he hoped that the administra
tors would pass on the memo's sen
timents to the faculty members.
"Hopefully, this will help the
faculty realize that the students
need their support and help increase
the sense of community at this cam
,pus," Wentzel said.
In other business the SGA
• Voted unanimously, with one
abstention, to make the Thon com-
mittee a standing committee at
PSH. As a standing committee, it
would raise funds, hold functions,
and submit proposals for a budget
to the SGA and the Student Activity
Fee. PSH raised $3,000 dollars for
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attend
-- Stacie Wentzel
SGA Vice President
Thon - with proceeds benefitting
child cancer patients at the Penn
State Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center. All campuses - Main and
Commonwealth - raised over $1
million this year.
• Voted unanimously, with one
abstention, to spend $7O of the SGA
unrestricted account to purchase a
Japanese Snow Bell tree to be plant
ed on campus in honor of the Earth
Day celebration April 18.
• Voted unanimously, with one
abstention, to donate $B5O which
was raised for Red Cross Flood
relief during former SGA president
Duane Brooks administration dur
ing the 1995-96 academic year.
The SGA - at that time - had a
goal of $l,OOO to help the Red
Cross with disaster relief efforts for
victims of the Susquehanna River
flooding. Since they did not reach
the goal, Brooks recommended that
none of the money be donated.
Treasurer Susan Oshman sug
gested - with the support of the sen
ate - that since the Red Cross helps
areas across the country with flood
relief efforts every year, that the
money be donated anyway, regard
less if it would help flood victims in
our immediate area or not.
• Approved an expense, not to
exceed $2,000, to contribute to PSH
expense of $9,000 to block book
performance groups on campus.
By block booking, the campus
would share the expense of booking
performers with other campuses,
Janet Widoff, SGA advisor said. 1
Other campus organizations,
such as the Cabaret fund, Residence
Living office, subcommittee on cul
tural diversity and education will
also be approached to contribute
funding toward this cost.
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Shoulder
massage offered
during finals week
Jody L. Jacobs
Editor
For students, finals week tradi
tionally means numerous hours
hunched over a desk cramming for
exams, and tense shoulder muscles
from too much stress and anxiety -
something the student government
wants to help eliminate.
In addition to the traditional
"finals food" offered by the Student
Government Association (SGA) in
the lobbies of the Olmsted Building
during finals week, the SGA will
also be offering shoulder massage
for "students only" in the Gallery
Lounge, Janet Widoff, student
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Four certified therapists from
LMT and Associates in Lemoyne
will be giving the massages May 5
through May 8 from 11 a.m. until 1
p.m. in the Gallery Lounge, Widoff
said.
Only students - not faculty and
staff - will be able to - sign up for
shoulder and neck massages during
those hours, Widoff said.
'We assume that students are
going to feel stress and feel uptight
- and we're hoping to help relieve
that and make them feel a little bet
ter," Widoff said.
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Baum said it best we he said,
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TeSS speeds job
search for grads
Diana T. Reed
Contributor
Mark Miller, a math/sciences
major, had three job offers in one
week.
Miller used TeSS
Electronic Scheduling System
more than any other source to find a
job.
TeSS contacts brought him
numerous interviews and he said
he would have had even more
opportunities if he had signed up
sooner than late last fall, during the
semester in which he graduated
from PSH.
But he still got three job offers
and he's deciding which one to
accept
"Once your resume is in the
system, it's cake," said Mark.
The TeSS Job Hotline started in
January 19%, and on-campus
recruitment started in August of
that year.
Karl Martz, director of career
services, and Jonathan Schultz of
Information Systems have utilized
the system to develop career oppor
tunities for PSH students and alum
ni - over 2,258 career and internship
opportunities from 1,682 employers
have been posted on the Hotline.
There have been 93 on-campus
recruitment visits in the past year as
well where employers have
interview schedules and come to
campus to conduct those inter
views. TeSS is "an ongoing, ever
expanding project," said Schultz.
In the future, Schultz said he
plans on putting TeSS on the inter
net for even more accessibility.
Although it is a local call, not
an 800 number, the Hotline is
CAPTIMES, April 24, 1997
'These blood
drives are a way of
saving peoples
lives - and not just
outside the Pen n
State community."
- - Kirk Jacoby
President
Chi Gamma lota
As Chi Gamma lota's
(XGl's) treasurer, Jon
Flickinger is used to making
financial deposits - but on April
2, he made a deposit of blood
to his club's spring blood chive.
The bi-annual blood
drive - held for 28 years - bene
fits the Central Pennsylvania
Blood Bank.
This year, 47 pints of
blood were collected - which
does not include 25 people who
were turned away because they
did not meet medical require
ments necessary to donate,
Kirk Jacoby XGI president
said.
"A heart-felt thanks to
everyone who showed up to
give the gift of life," Jacoby
said.
Graphic Designers
& Java/HTML
Programmers
Wanted
"designed to minimize your time
expense," assured Schultz.
"It does the search for you... it
knows what you have already lis
tened to," Schultz said.
The system offers 24-hour a day, 7
days a week, and 365-days a year
access, plus fast-forward and replay
capabilities, add to the conve
nience, Schultz said.
"It's working for the students
and alumni. It's very efficient,"
said Mimi Wasilewski of Career
Services, who vocally records the
jobs daily.
Schultz found it "very suffi
cient" for his own job search he
said he was "too busy" to spend a
lot of time to read newspaper ads.
Penn State Harrisburg job fairs
and on-campus recruiting through
the system have earned him many
job offers too.
As long as campus students
show an interest in on-campus
recruiting and the career opportuni
ties posted on the Hotline, the com
panies will continue to search for
employees here. Martz said. When
not enough students are interested,
everyone loses - the company does
n't get a PSH recruit, and someone
who could have got a job doesn't.
As fast as the opportunities
from employers can come for such
students as Miller, Martz advises
other students to not wait until
senior year to register for TeSS.
Those already registered for
TeSS should continue to use the Job
Hotline over the summer, Martz
said. Those who have not regis
tered definitely should.
The TeSS diskette and instruc
tion booklet may be purchased in
the PSI-I bookstore for about $B.