Two assaults occur on campus; Unrelated incidents revive concerns of campus safety Cathy Natan Skiff Reporter Two Penn State Harrisburg students have been assaulted on campus tins semester in unrelated incidents, aesardtt* to Mas Services. On N0v.19, « approxinMttly 2:.» AM,, a resident senior masksdog major in Meade Heights reported Hie was changing for bed, when she heard a noise at her bedroom window. When the student went outside to investigate, she said she saw a man, who chanted be fend a gun. The student then nut back inside her bouse, and called Mice Services The assailant is described ns a while man in Ms thirties, with shaft, dark hair and a moustache. He is approximately s’?'’ tail, with a medium build. He was wearing a grey pullover sweatshirt and a dark jacket. The student sad she saw no gun. The student, who spoke with The extant Times on condition of anonymity, said that, itdtiaily, she was told by Mice Services to simply call hack if she assailant returned. The student Aten catted some friends to pick her up. After she left, her roommate called 911. The Lower Swatara Twp. police and Police Services then responded, coming to the bouse to lake a police report co the incident. A Despite wind chill faeuas of nshtm 20 degrees, Pam Slade Harrbbufg {FSH) ttudetts and members of the tocal txjnv sunnily ttstytd warm by dancing to music of the Harmhttrg-twwcd hand Fuel last 'Hfursday. Fud'a performance, which hdd in ihc CajHJal Unikm Bwiktoig gymnasium CUR), fcsriuied popular alteffwHvc music including the group's own songs irtm their mxnrty released compact disc "Porcelain, * concert was the Urst of several events planned by rise Thoo committee to raise mossy for the Four Diamonds Fund, A second c»«cett is scheduled jfar Friday, ja n. 24 9 [tra #t the VUB t end w&l feature eJtcmath*: nxrk band -Mr. <Jroa» <Jcncs. Friday's concert is sponsored by the PsjeS*ofc)gy Club. Admission is $5; $3 with student IS). The proceeds foam both event* wsK bene* lit the. !<mr Diamond* fatmL $1 million grant puts engineering on cutting edge By Ken Isrpez Software industry giant. Hewlett Packard recently donated 12 computer software pack as.-;-, -worth over $1 million to Penn Sfale H«iri,s!>u!g'sPto.riiial:j;ngineeritia program, enabling students to test and measure the peifonnances of their designs, campus off i cia Is announced. The equipment is currently being installed ad should be ready to use by the end of die T he student said that, even “1 «tt concerned and 1 wilt though Police Services war onuteous pursue this." Hevner sad. ‘Tmestn when they arrived, she found it Ihe dark at anybody ridiculous that they wet* not going to came out to investigate the inadent. 1 need to be informed of whet is until the Lower Swatatu Police were happening" involved in the incident . The other tadtkntcnCMlsa University police Chief ecswrwd on tfo*. t.aoocerfelf'toa Charles Aleksy disagreed with the letter seat to campus residents by student's version of events. White he Restdeacelife Coordhsator OeWfe maced most pointa caincklad with the Young, la the letter, ,Y< official police version, he disputed] her dwtathat Police Services did not respond to her call immediately, 'Hhey may have told her to call right array if anything else happened, while at her bouse," Alefcsy said. Alcksy snd Police Service* arrived at Bk s«#* Smc Iwter Swam T»p. poßoe Poiice Semces cheeked the grounds around the house, and sywOmird spot sweeps throughout the night, he said. A ootnporite picture wit! alto he made, and surrounding municipalities have already been informed of die inddent. Ateksy said. Director of Public Information Steve Hevner said he was nut inf orated of the incidents anti! contacted hy The Capital Times .and will discuss the situation with Police Chief Aleksy. Hevner said drat, in the past. Police Services and the Public closely, and that that practice must change. The packages, which cost up to $90,000 '‘The combination of analog ami digital cir each, are components of a communkatKin ants can be called revolutionary,” Bahagi design package that, deals with the sending said of the new software he believes is the urn] receiving oi sounds, associate protTessor industry’s solution for destining "extremely of Electrical Engineering Alt Bahagi said, complex microwave integrated circuits.” The package consists of several smaller parts Babagi’s previous classes have been lira (liber optics, wireless local area networks, tied to working with seperate analog and <%i radar. radio dispatch, etc.j that operate like a la! systems. The implementation of the latest cellular phone. As a voice is transmitted software allows students to work on both si throngh the phone it is digitized, which al~ mnltaneously. A. Scary stuff from 1994. B. The apex of apathy, snubbing the provost, March 1994. C. Discontent by the Humanities Department, Fall 1993. D. The Electrical Engineering program got a sweet boost from Hewlett Packard last year. E. You know, cool things actually do hap pen on this campus. Fuel was here in January 1997 as was Mr. Green Genes. Interestingly enough, the Psychology Club of all groups sponsored Mr. Green Genes. Anybody out there interested in trying to do something similarly cool? tows the receiver to tear that sound. thWatetMderrsrideldtjfatUKhHaU repotted-to flnfiee Stwic** drat rite was sexually assaulted on two occasions ta October by an invited gaon. After as is***lig»tHX>itod «osiiditdtwtvid)telkHp>nCaiß9 tftnrftt Attorney’s Dm«e, the mate wmchatged whftaggamueilftttfeaatfl Tenure policy questioned by faculty: Humanities boycott committee Susan Janet-Yurkitwicz Capital Timu Reporter In a highly unusual action, the Humanities Division faaiUy bm voted not in f<*m * tenure and promotion committee until disputes with the ndeasinstrx&m over tesurodmsfaa* are texdyot). Tbs Seplcmhey faculty vote is a protest of the tenure denial of Dr, Peter Paris* last spring, which triggered concern among faculty and sHxfcttts. the dental brought to a head long- steading conflicts between the faculty end Pttmwt and Dean Rata LcveataaJ over imcrpreiatloa of tcnure requiremenls, admlalsttteivc «pd roilegtal review. At the snmc time, the Student Government Association has brought the issue to the foretowt by listing it ns the main topic of the Humanities (tym Forum <m Q&. 7 in the Gallery *it is tm assertion of a genuine desire for a real collegian exchange,* Dr. Ttieodbra Graham, assoc*#* humanities prof erne, said of the clt vision vote. Ihe discontent is not limited to Penn Sitei* ilamshurg, said Graham,, who serves m the University Faculty Senate, At the September meeting, tenure mpatements worn a sugntftcani topic. PSH FLASHBACK Provost luncheon boycotted 111 feelings slated for pbor turnout fen Brandt ■ Capital limes Reporter Students at Bant State Harrisburg boycotted the Provost Ruth Levealhal'j luncheon held March 2 because of ill Mings toward her administratSvc role. "Why go when noUaag gen done,” asked John Bmxenwanis, senior Electronic Engi neering Technology (EET) student admimghratiati," be said. Br&xesswatu# is q .gftirhfirt who secs tijeadannistfation through the eyes of an experienced adult. "Money ehtadd be spent more on education rather than the administration," added Braxenwank "It should go toward Ibe student* 1 benefif, not plushy efiioes." "AdministtaKxrsmustntaliw dsMwearefhe reason that they have their job*,” send Chris Augustine, sanorffiT student. "Idida'tgototbe hßKdteon. JtVtsetew totry to do anything at thi* campus, becaneanoth "lt shocked me that the Provost was having a ait-down lunch," said Lara Bruner, senior B The vole if unewnaws for PBH faculty* acwtdiag to WUUten Atmgst. associate professor of science, sndteebnotogy. "Faculty member? are iafamdated,* Aosgstsaid Tlwy kam the mentality of the adrrom;rtfi*tio« doesn't like rayon© racking tfrc boat" According to faculty sources, the administration met with tbe Faculty Affaire Cooanittec to hesr«m*pi*B«tt about tbe tack of collegialUy on cwopus. Tbe Mtatiooal atmosphere is faculty sources said Union representatives will be on campus late tins month to assess the atmosphere among ta© faculty, serf a faculty member who declined to be identified. Faculty members vetoed act overwhelming Interest to Faculty Affairs Committee member? about meeting taergpttseatatives. Dr, Tsoy Thomas, associate professor of humanities and * member of the division tentue committee for n% y car?, m& the vote served ** a catalyst to open rfiscnwiteu between the two tide?. *We voted not to form «tenure and promotion committee until she comes to t» to explain what her criteria are * Thomas said, The meeting with tbe provost is scheduled far October 7. dm same day as ‘Tills software is much more efficient and the most up to diite. It can handle both the analog and digital capahffides of any system." Bahagi said. “There is really no limit to the kind of circuits now" The software will be integrated into die course curriculum, enabling senior and graduate-level engineering students to design, simulate, optimize and create mieroslrip tir- Pfeare sec "HP" on page 4. fmMtfgtMkege-fiattwaiired,* " teVe’si’to’ i J * .* ■■■,.■_ to. zb. C. . , Gf Baf fwjpM* i« mm m cmxs fa tb# m&m «wly. Ktftm&m io %msmmt**s wpcii <sJtcr»ed. estates Wniftf : wid mtfa odwfv" *1 Awkg Vyff » the OGA meeting. ' Cotuensns on mtetpretetfas of temne is emimtitrf for curreni tenure coorfirffltics* who go through long discussions with their colleagues mtempting to meet those requirements. *We HI have a stake in it,'* Thomas said. ’There are timstwbo aren't tenured who need to undentaorf," la Ratin''* cant, tbe administration viewed bit recurd of acadatac record <bff«wuly ibm the ib vision tod college committees. Bvto tba«gb Psmsi’s tcaddrtg record wee toeeUcM. Dr. Emeet Diehner. associate ptovost and dean of iacuity. said his academic pubiiehuig record wasn't tttfticieat Di.toocr wed Paris! needed mere articles published in "journals of the first rank.’’ "The admioistratioo drought my puMiehing was not henry enough," Parisi said. *Bnt, in the eyes of my coUeagwa. it waa enot^r.” PuMication is a [trcWem involving the quality of tbe ionraal and the quantity, Diateerndd. Even toe rate of arltde acceptance by a joiiraai is etmaidend. Ajoornsd that pnteishee 95 percent of its soltoiasions would not eepcejaby he oonsidcmt ae an academic achievement. So* TENURE, page 2
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