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The Penn State Harrisburg Humani
ties Club is presenting a new "How It's
Done" series.
The scheduled presentations will
feature instructional workshops on the
following:
Bobbin Lace Making
With Daneen Kemple
Tues., Man 24 - Noon
Gallery Lounge
Violin Making Demonstration
With Andrew Weaver
Wed., Mar.. 25 - 12:30
Black Cultural Arts Center
Yoga Workshop
With Maureen Arnold
Thurs., Mar. 26 - Noon
Gallery Lounge
Community oriented policing about unity
Kevin Stoehr, director of Police
and Safety Services, urges the
PSH community to be proactive
For some time now, a popular buzz-word
among law enforcement has been "commu
nity oriented policing". If you ask a law en
forcement professional to give you a defini
tion of the term, you ,usually end up with
many different thoughts. However, one idea
that is always mentioned is the partnership
that police must forge with the community
to be more successful in preventing crime.
This police-community unity is really the
essence of what community-oriented polic
ing is all about.
We here at Penn State Harrisburg are no
different. We need to work together in the
area of crime prevention so none of us be
come the victim of criminal activity. By tak
ing a proactive approach to crime, we will
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O'Brian challenges views of depression
Sharon O'Brian, the John Hope Caldwell
Professor Of American Culture at Dickinson
College, launched The Graduate of Humani
ties Lecture Series on Feb. 26, in the Capital
Union Building.
Her lecture, A Certain Slant Of Light: Re
flections on Depression in America, ad
dressed cultural perceptions of depression.
She criticized America's tendency to seek
quick solutions instead of dealing with the
intricacies of this illness. She explained that
much of the societal anxiety derives from
American culture's adulation of the work
ethic - value is judged only by visible accom
plishments.
- This ideal puts an inordinate amount of
stress on the average person, often perpetu-
each of us to be ob
servers in` the campus community. If some
thing seems unusual or suspicious, a call to
Police Services is warranted. I would much
rather have our Police Service Officers re
spond to a call for service and discover that
everything is in order than the alternative of
taking a report from a victim of crime after
the fact.
We all must think along proactive lines. We
are fortunate that our campus community is
a very safe place. However, we must not ac-
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limit opportunities
for crime to occur.
In many ways, this
is a simple thing. It
could be something
as easy as locking
your car doors or
dorm room. Another
example may be for
ating depression. O'Brian used advertise
ments for antidepressants to suggest that
American culture avoids facing chronic dis
orders such as depression.
She described medications as " Band Aid
solutions." These measures mask the fact that
society bears some culpability for the creation
and continuation of the disease.
O'Brian also reminded the audience that
in addition to psychology, depression is con
structed by various, more subtle factors in
cluding: culture; genetics; biochemistry and
spirituality. Depression then, is an interdis
ciplinary topic because acknowledging mul
tiple causes such as these exposes the need
for multiple solutions.
O'Brian used her personal solution, a mem
oir, to illustrate her experiences with the ill
ness. Through her writing O'Brian came to
cept the mindset that crime does not occur
here. It does and may increase if given the
chance. Each of us must make a commit
ment to ourselves and to each other that we
all will work together to keep our campus
community safe and crime-free for everyone.
We at Police Services are committed to this
ideal and welcome you to join us as partners
in this belief.
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the conclusion that America stigmatizes men
tal illness. Those suffering from the illness
challenge the culture's delusion of its own
indestructibility.
The message was well received by the au
dience of about 70 Humanities students,
alumni, and faculty. Following the presen
tation O'Brian elaborated on her ideas dur
ing as discussion and reception. The ideas
she presented and later discussed with the
audience will be published in her memoirs
due out in 1999.