Paterno's boys are back in action. What kind
of year should we expect?
- See page 4
I want to extend a warm personal welcome to all new and returning
students at Penn State Harrisburg. Our enrollment is growing here and at
our campus in Schuylkill. We are excited about the $4O million in build
ing and renovation that will be underway on our campus during this year.
We have many events planned for this academic year including a visit
by Penn State President Graham Spanier on November 4. He will be ea
ger to meet with you during that day. I also look forward to meeting you
at one of our student events.
Welcome and best wishes for a successful semester.
John G. Bruhn
Provost and Dean
Lions Den lies quiet,
but upgrades await
fly Dan Zehr
Gone are the Lion’s Den grill,
salad bar and deli stop. In their
place, carts stocked with sand
wiches, wraps, hot dogs and pizza
offer and supply PSH with quick
lunches. Turkey pitas, cheese steaks
and self-made salads are a thing of
the past.
Well, at least until mid-October.
Currently blanketed behind a tarp
of black plastic, the Lion’s Den is
undergoing a bit of a face-lift. But
the amenities the Den used to offer
will be back, along with a few more
new. improved additions.
Jo Ann Coleman and Greg
Schiavoni, Housing and Food Ser
vices' manager and assistant man
ager. respectively, explained the
changes. The grill will return, along
with a new display-cooking area, an
expanded deli and a new coffee and
pastry bar.
All of this is a somewhat tempo
rary fix until a full-scale dining
commons moves into its new digs
what is currently the library. All
of this, Schiavoni said, is a step to
ward both better food and housing
services.
“I’m excited because we’re ex
panding from the ‘sos to the ‘9os,”
Schiavoni said. “We’re finally start-
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ing to get up-to-date.”
Included in those upgrades are
tentative plans for two new hous
ing facilities. Feasibility studies are
completed on both an apartment
style dorm and townhouse center.
Coleman and Schiavoni said they
hope the residences will be phased
in over the next few years.
Meanwhile, construction is al
ready set to begin with the tempo
rary upgrade on the Den.
“Everything’s set. All we're wait
ing on is the contractor to come in,”
Coleman said.
The actual construction shouldn’t
take too long, she added, and the
Den will reopen during the second
or third week of October.
Until then, students and staff will
have to make do with the carts.
“We’re trying to offer the best we
can under the circumstances,”
Coleman said.
The Hebrew National hot dog
cart, currently operating at the rear
middle entrance of the Olmsted
Building, will close as cooler tem
peratures approach.
The other two, one in the main
lobby and the one by the Den, will
remain open at least until renova
tions are complete. But they might
stick around for a while after that.
“That depends on customer in
Put those textbooks down and get started.
The Cap Times now has a crossword puzzle.
- See page 2
Sean Limric, SGA President
DR. JOHN BRUHN
Bulldozers and trucks moved in to start construction of
the library (above), while the builders move indoors to
finish the later phases of the addition to the Science and
Technology Building's addition.
Dedication honors teacher-artist
Black Cultural Arts Center
named for Oliver LaGrone
Faculty, students, alumni and guests of Penn State
Harrisburg gathered during the Spring '9B semester to
give tribute to the late Oliver LaGrone, who passed
away in 1995. He was a longtime Unitarian-Univer
salist, sculptor, humanitarian, artist, poet and teacher
of the arts.
The tribute was part of a ceremony to rename the
Black Cultural Arts Center as the Oliver LaGrone Cul
tural Arts Center. The OLCAC is located on the first
Construction Zone
By Veronica Britto
Is safety inversely proportional to fun?
Crispin Sartwell drops the bomb.
- See page 3
I would like to welcome everyone
back and say I hope you all have a
productive and memorable year. If
anyone has concerns and/or prob
lems, please feel free to address them
with me. If you need to see me or any
other student government represen
tative, stop by our office at room 216
in the Olmsted Building or call us at
948-6137.
Photos by Kim Glass
floor of the Olmsted Building (W 132). During the cer
emony, a bust of Carter G. Woodson was donated to
the center.
The sculpture is now located in the OLCAC with
another one of I.aGrone's sculptures. "The Dancer,"
which was returned to the campus in 1997. Also lo
cated in the room are a mural and a plaque given to
LaGrone for his service to Penn State. One other sculp
ture called "Family" is located at the rear-middle en
trance of the building.
At the ceremony, Dr. John Bruhn, provost and dean
of Penn State Harrisburg, stated: "His work crossed
Please see "PSH teacher-artist" on page 2.
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