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.
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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?
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was sexually assaulted on two
occasions ta October by an invited
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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
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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-
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' 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.
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