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
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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.
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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
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SGA Secretary
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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.
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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
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Jonathan Tangara
SGA Junior Senator
Public Affairs
Candidate
Dyan Yingst
Studies
Whales
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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.
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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
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Lions Up
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Megan Durkin
SGA Graduate
Senator Candidate
Having been at Penn