UP sends $lO,OOO to PSH for equipment, renovations
Unexpected money provides some welcome relief after one lIT computer stolen and another gutted
by Devin Graham
Penn State Harrisburg’s information and
instructional services has recently received
$lO,OOO from University Park. The money
will be used by lIT to renovate and perma
nently place frequently requested materials
in a few classrooms.
The first task is to mount a television and
VCR in rooms that don’t yet have one. Tele
visions are probably the most requested items
in the department.
The money comes as a result of many fac
tors. The abnormally warm winter meant the
university spent less on heating, salt and snow
removal. Some of the money comes from
Whatever the case, University Park was
generous. “I never used to get money,” said
Mike Kalbaugh of lIT, “but lately all I have
to do is ask and I receive.”
The income is a nice addition to instruc
tional service’s budget. At a university such
as this, equipment is used hard and therefore
is prone to malfunctions.
Terry Bosserman, who is in charge of fix
ing faulty equipment constantly has a room
full of computers waiting to be fixed.
Bosserman said it was about time University
Park decided to allocate more money.
No smoking: cigarettes pushed off the porch
If you light up on campus, you’ll probably gers of secondhand smoke increased many
need to do it somewhere else. people's worries.
Smoking will no longer be permitted The policy, due to take effect on Jun. l.will
around campus entrances, according to a new move cigarette receptacles away from the
policy announced by John Bruhn on March main entrance and post no smoking signs.
31. The main entrance to the Olmsted Build-
In a memo to the college community, the ing was the focus of the outcry. Yet the new
PSH provost and dean cited the concerns of policy addresses all of the campus entrances
several students, faculty and staff. They sug- since smoke can easily filter into the build
gested smoking be prohibited in the area since ings.
cigarette smoke was entering the buildings The memo requires people to, "smoke only
when doors are opened. The apparent dan- at a distance from building entrances."
professors who are opting for an early retire
ment.
Some of that allocation is going toward the casionally students are unable to present
purchase of more portable computers. Ear- projects such as Power Point shows because
her this semester, PSH purchased three brand the remaining equipment is already in use.
new Dell computers. HT is doing its best
Moments after they
were unloaded at
Bosserman’s office,
one was stolen.
Bosserman was
trying to make space
in his “tiger cage of
a room” when he
came out and found
he was “relieved” of
one of the machines.
Neither the monitor
nor the CPU were to
be found.
Then, during mid
terms, a computer
was left unattended
after a class in the
technology building. seams. Now, the
The next-morning it was discovered without roof leaks in various places,
the insides, leaving a cold plastic shell. The The plant must take care of issues such as
student or students who did this did not steal these first, but when students return next se
frdm the sdiooktHT employees said. Instead, mestfcr they will see some signs of tjie money,
they stole from their fellow students. Students can expect to see maintenance work-
Indeed, life has been harder on some stu- ing in any classroom at any given time put
dents since the computers were taken. Oc- ting the new-found-money to work.
to shuffle the com
puters to the needy
classrooms.
money is, it may take
a while for students
to see the results.
The physical plant is
running approxi
mately three months
behind schedule, in
part because of the
new roof. Three
separate contractors
worked on the
project, and they
failed to properly
seal some of the
As nice as the