CAPTIMES, April 24, 1997
PSH student
university-wide award for tolerance
"This is really one of the few awards that goes to students university-wide. I'm really proud of George for having
done this - I think the whole campus should be."
Jody L. Jacobs
Editor
The last thing George Daka
expected to hear when he returned
from the Cairo International Model
United Nations Conference in
March was that he won an award.
Daka, president of the
International Affairs Association,
did more than that - on April 6 he
became the first-time recipient of
the Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance
Award.
"It's still shocking that I
received such a prestigious award,"
Daka said.
The award - which is only given
Lion's Den
offers
more than
a good
meal
Deb Mallek
Assistant Editor
Everybody who frequents the
Lions' Den knows Harve. She's
always smiling, ready to help stu
dents, staff and faculty.
What's amazing about Harve -
Mary Alice Pittman - though, is
that she knows all her customers'
names - an admirable trait consider
ing the hundreds of people eating at
the Lions' Den every day, and with
new students coming in every
semester.
But Harve is not unique to
Lions' Den employees. All of the
staff - Franq, Rita, Peg - know their
customers
Is it just luck that has given us
such a pleasant bunch?
Not according to Greg
Schiavoni, Assistant Manager
Housing and Food Services.
"I truly believe that the staff at
the Den epitomizes many of the
keynotes of customer service -
going beyond just learning names
and favorite foods ordered, they
have always taken a genuine inter
est in each customer."
`They make it a point to treat
Donald Smith was focusing his
efforts on the water testing being
done in the laboratory of the
Science and Technology Building.
Water testing by Environmental
Chemistry and Analysis (Chem 301)
students was being conducted from
11:00 to 2:00 in the Laboratory of
the Sciences and Technology
Building.
Dr. Yuefeng Xie, chemistry pro
fessor on campus, said he incorpo
rates an on-going community out
reach program in the lab by doing
water sample testing for the sur
rounding communities.
'This service to the community
gives the students a sense of com
munity and contributes to the'active
learning process of water testing,"
said Xie.
Becky Hoefert, environmental
engineering student was selling
Earth Day T-Shirts at a stand inside
the Sciences and Technology
Building. The T-Shirts are ten dol
lars each and are still available at the
campus bookstore.
`The proceeds from the sale of
the Earth Day T-Shirts benefit the
college tree planting program", said
Hoefert.
George Daka receives
to one junior or senior within the
entire Penn State University system
- recognizes outstanding efforts to
enhance the understanding of
diverse cultures.
Recipients are chosen for their
ability to create a community where
all individuals are accepted and val
ued equally, Dr. Clem Gilpin, assis
tant professor of community sys
tems at Penn State Harrisburg (PSH)
said.
'Mils is really one of the few
awards that goes to students univer
sity-wide," Gilpin said. "I'm really
proud of George for having done
this - I think the whole campus
should be."
"I truly believe that the
staff at the Den epitomizes
many of the keynotes of cus -
tomer service - going beyond
just learning names and
favorite foods ordered, they
have always taken a genuine
interest in each customer."
-- Greg Schiavoni
Assistant Manager Housing and
Food Services
students with the same high regard
as staff and faculty," Schiavoni
said.
The average Lions' Den staffer
had been serving students for about
10 years - another Lions' Den sta
tistic that defies service industry
norms, Schiavoni said.
Franq Wyman is the new kid on
the block, with only little over a
year on the job, but he plans on
making the Den his home for many
years to come.
"From the moment I walked in
the door, I felt right at home. It's
been a real pleasure for me to be of
service to the Capital Campus,"
said Franq.
Permanent staff, however, are
not the only strong point of the
Lions' Den. Each semester, the
Den employs several students to
work with the veterans.
Schiavoni says of his staff,
'These strong points also carry
over to the camaraderie that the
staff develops with the student
workers. The student employees
are an indispensable part of the
Lions' Den," Schiavoni said.
"Although initially, a food ser
vice job might not be their first
The T-Shirt design was chosen
from thirty different designs entered
by students at the Penn State
Harrisburg campus, according to
James Malm, Coordinator of the
Earth Day Expo.
"Diana Reed, humanities major
was chosen for best design and she
donated the rights to the design of
the T-shirt to PSH," said Malm.
An exhibit from the Capital
Region Science and Technology
Fair was displayed in the lobby of
the Science and Technology
Building. The winner of the science
fair was Kyle Kalearczyk, a sopho
more at Bishop McDevitt High
School.
"My project was on
Equilibrium behavior of fluorspar
(CAF2) and sodium floride (NAF)
for the use in fluoridation,"
Kalearczyk said.
According to Kalearczyk he
was chosen out of 350 High School
students by the American Chemistry
Society and The Society of Earth
Chemical Engineers.
Dr. Charles Cravotta, Penn
State Alumni, gave two lectures one
at 11:00 a.m. and another at 2:00
p.m. on acid mine drainage and the
effects on water in portions of
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Clemmie Gilpin, Assistant Professor of Community Systems
Gilpin said that Daka - who has
a double major in secondary educa
tion and sociology and minor in
anthropology - is an excellent selec
tion for the President's Award
because when he arrived at PSH he
immediately sought out ways in
which he could improve diversity on
campus.
In addition to serving the
International Affairs Club as presi
dent, Daka is co-director for the
campus Model U.N., a member of
the International and Multicultural
Committee, the Student Activity Fee
Committee and is an associate judge
on Student Court - an excellent
example of leadership at the
Frmq Wyman - the lion's Den's newest staff employee - prepares lunch
for students at Penn State Harrisburg
choice for supplemental income, the
full-time staff invariably makes
them feel at home and part of the
team," he said
Although some students feel
imprisoned by the campus with only
one choice for food service during
their hectic days, they ultimately
appreciate the refuge that the Lions'
Den provides for them. I always
feel like I have someplace to go for
Acidic drainage from numerous
abandoned coal mines has contami-
nated more than 2,400 miles of
streams and associated ground
waters in Pennsylvania and is the
most extensive water-pollution
problem affecting the four major
river basins in Pennsylvania,
according to Cravotta.
Studies are being done by the
U.S. Geological Survey team to
evaluate the effects of mining and
reclamation practices and water
treatment methods intended to
reduce contamination at mine sites,
Cravotta said.
"There are three preventive
methods our team has implemented
to reduce the water contamination
process. The first is open limestone
channels, second anoxic limestone
drain and third a limestone diver
sion well, " said Cravotta.
Some of the other participants
at the Earth Day Expo were the
United States Geological Service,
Siena Club Dania Environmental
Lobby group and Zoo America.
The Sierra Club- an environ
mental lobby group -contribute a
display that explained the organiza
tion's position that government offi
cials should be accountable for their
actions.
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Harrisburg Campus, Gilpin said.
"It is an outstanding award
for an outstanding person.
George has been a superb leader
during his time at Penn State
Harrisburg," Provost and Dean
John G. Bruhn said.
Daka - a Penn State
Harrisburg student receiving a
university-wide award - is an
indication that the university
acknowledges the fact that this
campus has outstanding students
at this campus, Bruhn said.
"I'm very proud that Penn
State would recognize students
other than at main campus for
some 'down time,'" said one stu
dent. I don't have much time to
relax on campus, but the Den
employees always manage to
remind me that there's life beyond
the walls of the classroom."
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According to Sierra Club litera
ture, it has implemented a environ
mental report card system for the
Ridge Administration to further
public interest and clean up natural
resources.
Zoo America had an exhibit
titled "Endangered Species
University President Graham Spaniel (left) presents George Dab (right) with the
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Gruin was giving talks on the
importance of preserving our
wildlife.
Representatives from the zoo
brought snake and bird exhibits with
them to demonstrate the importance
of environmental advocacy to
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Spring 1997
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Although the weather did no
cooperate as expected, the even
was "still a huge success," Mali'
said.