Rick Dietz asks everyone to remember the true
meaning of Veterans Day.
- See page 11
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Capital Times
Scripture for our own amusement
Volume XXXVIII, Number 5
For football,
field views
beat seats
Action takes place during
a game that fans never see
By Matthew Bowman
Editor
Each fall, over 500,000 blue-and
white-clad fans pack into Beaver
Stadium to see their beloved
Nittany Lions go to war on the Big
Ten field of battle. Being a part of
one of those autumn Saturdays is
an amazing feeling.
Two hours before game time the
parking lot air is filled with white
smoke and the smell of burgers and
bratwurst as an occasional football
flies over head.
“Who’s selling tickets? Anybody
sellin’ tickets, a scalper says in
passing. “Who needs tickets? I’ve
got tickets,” he quickly changes
focus.
A crowd three persons deep gath
ers along the road, and the cheers
begin to ring out as four blue buses
come up the road. The players ar
rive with 72-year-old coach Joe
Patemo leading the way.
Just down the street, fans take
See "Football"page 6
Humanities chairman
applauds local efforts
Clinton's appointee speaks at Eastgate
By Diane Finnefrock
Staff Writer
Penn State Harrisburg’s Eastgate Center
filled with students, teachers and faculty anx
iously awaiting encouraging words from
William R. Ferris, President Clinton’s Chair
man of the National Endowment for the Hu
manities.
Ferris, a Pulitzer Prize nominee for his work
Penn State University President Graham Spanier addressed
Harrisburg Campus staff, faculty and students on Nov. 4.
on the “Encyclopedia of Southern Culture,”
discussed the various ways the National En
dowment for the Humanities is shaping pro
grams that explore our nation’s rich and var
ied regional cultures.
His Nov. 9 visit was made possible by
Simon Bronner, Director and Distinguished
Professor of American Studies and Folklore,
See "Humanities" on page 4
Where is South Eastonville? Jesse Gutierrez
speeks in "A Little Place I Call Home"
- See page 7
Spanier speaks
PSU president downplays
Harrisburg University plan
Penn State President Graham
Spanier downplayed Harrisburg
Mayor Stephen Reed’s idea of a
downtown university Nov. 4 during
his annual visit to Penn State Har
risburg saying that such a school is
“unnecessary.”
During a forum with campus fac
ulty and staff held at the Gallery
Lounge, Spanier called the idea
Photos by Kim Glass
William Ferris, director of the National
Endowment for the Humanities, speaks at
the Eastgate Center
Christmas in Hershey is back again. Diane
Finnefrock discusses this year's features.
- See page 12
By Ken Lopez
Staff Writer
Junior senator
leads intense,
relaxed life
You rarely see Ed Zaboski without a base
ball cap.
Even in late November he’s still wearing
it. He probably has it on right now.
At first glance, it appears to simply cover a
head of thick brown curls. But it reminds him
of a lot more: summer days at the ballpark
“just wrong,” saying Reed is
using the idea to draw visibility
to the city rather than look out
for educational needs.
“As far as a university pres
ence in this area is concerned,
we are doing it,” the fourth year
president responded to Humani
ties professor Troy Thomas.
Reed’s plan calls for a $2OO
million to $250 million compre-
See "Spanier" on page 5
By Kristy Pipher
Staff Writer
See "Zaboski" on page 4