SGA Elections Start Tomorrow Write-In Votes Encouraged By Cathie McCormick Musser Capital Times Editor In Chief Students can exercise their democratic - rights on campus Tuesday and Wednesday by voting for students to fill several stu dent government positions. Ballots will be available in the lobby of the Olmsted building from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. both days. According to information from the ballot, nine openings exist. Eight of those openings are for SGA senator; one is for SGA secretary. However, only five stu dents have registered their willingness to serve in the open positions. Write-ins are encouraged by the ballot, but a minimum of seven votes is needed for election. PSH Career Services Offers New Options By Christine Dixon Capital Times Staff Writer There are two new ways to find jobs and internships through PSH Career Services: the Career Management System and College Central Network. All on-campus recruiting is now web based through the Career Management System. The site features an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 recruiters who will conduct interviews at Harrisburg, University Park Continued on Page 7 Lode Conrad, PSH senior majoring in applied behavioral sciences, and Karl Martz, career services coordinator, review a book in the career services library. Positions without candidate volun teers include junior senator-at-large, junior senator for the school of behav ioral sciences and education and junior senator for the school of busi ness administration. 6 1 / 4 . c• Qr,. et. 0 \e , o ND . J f tt ta As the secretary of student government and as a student of the school of business, I plan to work hard to protect the interests of my fellow students. I believe I will be beneficial to SGA, since I already have experience as a junior senator. Anthony Ottaviano SGA Junior Senator Humanities Candidate I interned for a state senator this past sum mer. I feel that I am the best young Campus Hosts Russian Visitors By Cathie McCormick Musser Capital Times Editor In Chief Two worlds, geographically and cul turally miles apart, came together Sept. 13 on the PSH campus. Groups of campus leaders met with five Russian leaders vis iting the United States as part of an exchange program. Students Peter Fedorchak, Roderick Lee, Myra Miller, Judith Banks- Baumbach, and Daniel Hyder met with visitors Nina Vladimirovna Novikova, Natalya Borisovna Kuznetsova, Larisa Nikolayevna Plyusnina, Andrey Leonidovich Smirnov, and Lyubov Grigoryevna Vereshchagina in the Gallery Lounge. The visitors are partici pants in the Russian Leadership Program which is sponsored by the U.S. Library of Congress and coordinated by Peace Links. The topics of conversation between the students and visitors included the dif ferences in maternity care and family leave policies between the two countries and the retrofitting of a factory from Open Forums Planned Volume 41. No. 3 Molkluv. September 'l's. "'OM) Jennifer Scharff SGA Secretary Candidate Aclyit Stients Honored page 2 man/candidate for the job. I will listen and fight for the humanities department. I intend to take all peoples' views into account when an issue arises. 11 4 / ji As a senator, I will do my best to give the student body the opportunity to take advan tage of every facet available academi cally and socially. I promise: to be the voice for the student body; to act as a liaison between the student, faculty and administration; and to address the questions and concerns of the student body. In conclusion, with my experi ence with SGA at my other campus I have learned many beneficial skills and attributes that will help me excel in any field I choose to pursue. Hopefully, this learning process will continue at Penn State Harrisburg. I believe we as the SGA are the hands and feet and the student body are the heart and soul. ing a brief round table discussion sponsored by the U.S. Library of Congress and Peace Links Soviet weapon to industrial manufactur ing. Interpreter Nina Novikova, assistant dean of international affairs at the International University of Moscow, explained the five-day hospital stay for new mothers and the 140-day paid mater nity leave Russian mothers enjoy. The page 3 Jonathan Tangara SGA Junior Senator Public Affairs Candidate Dyan Yingst Studies Whales page 6 Nydia Vazquez SGA Junior Senator Science, Engineering & Technology Candidate I have been paying my way through college for the past couple of years. During those years I've experienced and seen things that could be made better or needed changed. Now, by representing the school of science, engineering and tech nology, I want to take the opportunity to do so. ~ .. .' _Lip State Harrisburg for three years, I know the ins and outs of campus. I will work for the student body and make sure the graduate student popu lation is not forgotten. I will implement policy that works FOR the students, not just in the short term but for the long term. I will work to increase student accessibil ity to services when they need them, not only when it is convenient. group continued to describe the standard three-year leave of absence available to new mothers. The program is designed to encourage parents to stay home with pre school children. The PSH women, all of whom are parents, wondered aloud if Continued on Page 3 Nittany Lions Up Close page 10 4 111 if Its Megan Durkin SGA Graduate Senator Candidate Having been at Penn
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