Musicians perform at the Library Dedication Ceremony on March 16.
Forums Fail To
Resolve Tarnhelm
Ad Controversy
The controversy surrounding
the Tarnhelm “Submit” cam
paign culminated March 14 in
the Oliver Lagrone Cultural
Center during a pair of forums to
discuss the provocative posters.
Rather than clearly defining the
problem and working to resolve
it, participants could only agree
to disagree.
Tarnhelm co-editors Patsy
Bauer and Katie Eye designed the
ads primarily to attract student
attention and encourage contribu
tions to the PSH literary journal,
but their idea showed just how
much debate one word and an
eye-catching image can spark.
The posters have divided stu
dents and faculty into two camps.
Supporters call the ads a fresh and
innovative concept that celebrates
the power of women. Critics
deem the posters distasteful and
offensive, saying they have no
place in a university setting.
Lisa Nagele, a senior majoring
in secondary education and pub
By Paula Marinak
Capita) Times Staff Writer
lie policy and minoring in
women’s studies, emerged as one
of the campaign’s most outspo
ken opponents.
In the Feb. 16 issue of The
Capital Times Nagele said, “I
have never encountered some
thing so appalling, degrading, so
lacking in educational or artistic
merit and so against the spirit of
the student body as the posters the
Tarnhelm journal has chosen to
use as ‘creative advertisement.’”
Nagele is the self-described
feminist who planned the forum.
She is also an SGA senator. SGA
president Roderick Lee said the
group took no stance in the ad
debate because Tarnhelm did not
violate any university policies.
“In addition,” he continued,
“as a governing body we have to
be fair and impartial in all of our
actions.”
The idea for the forum origi
nated during a Women’s Studies
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Plea To Turn
Page From
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Author Gaines
Shares Her Story
When Patrice Gaines lectures,
she does so with the fiery con
viction of a woman who has
overcome tremendous obstacles
in life. Given her compelling
personal story, she has every
right to her conviction.
Gaines, who is a general
assignment reporter for The
Washington Post and a celebrat
ed book author, shared her story
of perseverance, hope and
renewal on the afternoon of
Patrice Gaines
Humanities
Club Features
REAL
Humans
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Penn State’s
Newest Treasure
Something was obviously
happening. Orange-vested offi
cers directed traffic. The familiar
campus faces were dressed in
their Sunday best and scurrying
faster than usual.
The cause of the scurrying on
March 16 was the dedication cer
emony that heralded the official
arrival of Penn State
Harrisburg’s Library of the
Future.
Carolyn Julian, student aid
advisor, stood nervously at the
By Ken Lopez
Capital Times Staff Writer
March 22 during a lecture in the
Gallery Lounge.
Before giving her talk, Gaines
autographed copies of her best
sellers, Laughing in the Dark
and Moments of Grace.
Gaines has garnered several
accolades and awards as a
reporter and freelance writer for
several magazines and trade pub
lications.
A former member of a Pulitzer
Prize winning group of journal
ists, she was awarded the
National Association of Black
Journalists’ “Salute to
Excellence” award.
As a reporter, Gaines said that
she mostly writes feature and
human interest stories about
“ordinary individuals who are
doing extraordinary things.”
She also has written several
critically-acclaimed pieces,
including “Tough Boyz and
Trouble: Those Girls Waiting
Outside the D.C. Jail Remind Me
of Myself.”
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Campus
Better
Get Ready
To Rokk
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Dedicated
By Cathie McCormick Musser
Capital Times Staff Writer
edge of the curb across from the
Olmsted Building.
Julian, Beth Swartz, staff
assistant in the office of adminis
tration and Sue Ellen Ramer,
coordinator of research funds,
were assigned the job of greeting
the ceremony’s guests of honor:
Penn State University’s Board of
Trustees and Penn State
Harrisburg’s Board of Advisers.
Professor
Professes
Love for
Eggo Waffles
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The trustees and advisers
streamed into the uncharacteris
tically noisy, crowded library
and filled a large percentage of
the hundreds of chairs arranged
in a “y” pattern on the first floor.
As soon as the guests of honor
arrived, Dr. John L. Leathers,
PSH interim provost and dean,
began the ceremony by introduc
ing incoming Provost and Dean
Dr. Madlyn L. Hanes.
Leathers followed the intro
duction by giving special recog
nition to the leaders of the library
construction team: Library
Director Dr. Harold Shill and
Head of Physical Plant Ed
Dankanich before introducing
Penn State University President
Dr. Graham B. Spanier.
Spanier led the roster of guest
speakers on the program. He
began by thanking Leathers,
whom he called Penn State’s
“utility infielder,” for successful
ly leading PSH through the inter
im between Bruhn and Hanes.
Spanier continued by thanking
all involved with the effort to
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SGA Election
SGA election results were
not available for this edition of
The Capital Times. Full cover
age will be published in the
next issue. For more SGA
news, see page 5.