Chew on this: Jesse Gutierrez turns up the
volume in Part II of "Silence, At Last"
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October 5,1998
Volume XXXIX, Number 3
Jump, Jive An' Wail
By Diane Finnefrock
Staff Writer
If you’ve stepped into a local club lately,
you might have thought you walked
through a time warp that took you back to
the 1930’sor 1940’5. You might have been
wondering, “Am I in the right place?”
Well, you probably were.
Welcome to the latest trend sweeping
through Harrisburg in a big way. The time
has come for the town to swing.
Swing resurfaced a few years ago
through movies like “Swing Kids” and
“Swingers,” and through bands that
emerged from the success of those mov
ies, such as Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and
The Brian Setzer Orchestra. The media
helped drive the resurgence through soda
and clothing ads featuring swing music and
dance (See: Gap and Coca-Cola).
But Harrisburg has its own way of keep
ing the movement alive. Big Tubba Mista’,
a local “hep an’ jivin’ swing band” decided
to hold swing lessons to start off their
shows. They asked two young “cats” to
teach their lessons, Marty Lau and Ari
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WPSH expects to break
their long silence soon
By Hiran Ratnayake
Staff Writer
School has been in session for over a
month, but tantalizing tunes have yet to fill
the campus airwaves.
WPSH (630 on the AM dial) has been ex
periencing maintenance problems that have
delayed the station’s start-off date. The prob
lem is the transmitters used to carry out the
station’s signals have not yet been installed.
The station's student president, Kimani
Avent explained, “Once the transmitters are
installed we can begin to go to work.” Avent
added other reasons why the station hasn’t
been operating yet.
“Right now we are trying to spread the air
waves further, past just the Olmsted build
ing and into the Meade Heights area,” he said.
“We are also presently working on a merger
Capital Times
The psychobabble of the Harrisburg Campus
Marty Lau and Lori Rozzi hep' it up at The Vault.
between the Capital Times and WPSH, this
way journalists can read their stories over the
station air waves. This aides not only the ra
dio station but the newspaper as well.”
“The Reactor,” as WPSH is otherwise
known, has been operating for over 25 years.
Professor Eton Churchill, a volunteer adviser
for the station, listed some of the past events
WPSH has promoted to increase listener par
ticipation.
“They (WPSH) used to draw students in
by having ‘dunk a prof.’ Sometimes they
would even sponsor concerts,” he said. “Un
fortunately, a sore point for the station is that
it’s a carrier current, so it can only be received
on campus.”
Along with the airwave problem, there is
the process of teaching new deejays how to
work the station. So far the station has two
assistant deejays: Doug Grove and Dave
Concerts: Koßn spreads values in Philly,
while Fuel and the Badlees come home.
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Photo by Kim Glass
WPSH hopes to hit the airwaves soon.
Kopittke.
Grove, a communications major from York
College, said, “I worked at the radio station
at my old school and I want to go into radio
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After a couple mild winters, this one looks
nasty. Get out and enjoy fall before snow hits.
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PSH joins state
alcohol alliance
UP riots place new focus on control
By Ken Lopez
Staff Writer
Penn State University president
Graham Spanier has taken steps
over the past several months to curb
binge drinking. His drive took on
added significance following a mid-
July riot at that raveaged the Uni
versity Park campus, causing thou
sands of dollars damage and injur
ing several State College police of
ficers.
Penn State Harrisburg officially
became an active participant in the
process Sept. 11 as Dean and Pro
vost John Bruhn launched the Part
nership For Prevention Coalition,
Capital Chapter.
The coalition kick-off meeting
stemmed from a May 4 conference
at University Park, at which the for-
Photo by Kim Glass
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mation of another partnership be
tween Penn State and the Pennsyl
vania Liquor Control Board was
announced
Both programs seek to establish
coalitions between Penn State cam
puses and communities to combat
alcohol and drug abuse.
“We’re partners with the commu
nity and we need to create a climate
and send a message that we are will
ing to establish a partnership.”
Bruhn said.
Bruhn is urging college and local
officials to focus “on controlling
alcohol abuse and providing aware
ness to students on the dangers of
binge drinking.”
He cited a Harvard University
study that found 44 percent of all
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XGIs slate
blood drive
By Missy Smith
For the Cap Times
“It’s going to be okay,” I thought as I sat in
the chair, waiting for my turn. “It won’t hurt
that much.”
“Next!” called the woman in white. 1
walked slowly toward the table where she
was standing.
“First time?” she asked. “Don’t worry, it’ll
all be over before you know it.”
A few minutes later I stood up, feeling a
little dizzy but mostly OK, and walked to a
table to get a drink and a bite to eat.
“Congratulations on giving blood for the
first time,” said the nurse standing next to
me.
Every semester, members of the Penn State
Harrisburg community give their time and
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