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focus on employee development and ben
efits to retain employees.
While the market is good, Martz
reminds students not to relax. He sees an
alarming number of seniors who fail to
prepare for the recruitment process. "You
can't accept an offer for a job you didn't
interview for. People need to be ready,"
Martz said.
PSH Career Services is committed to
helping students prepare. In addition to
the intern fair this month, Martz's office
Workshops Encourage Girls to Study Math
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Kreibe, a dual major in mechanical engi
neering and computer science, enthusias
tically shared written feedback at the end
of SKDay.
One girl returned the feedback orga-
nizers want
most. She
wrote, "[the
workshop] was
very challeng
ing and showed
me how smart I
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at PSI-I attracted young
women, grades 9 to 12, from
Shippensburg, Cumberland Valley, East
Pennsboro and Steelton Highspire School
Districts as well as organizations Black
Achievers and Antioch, Inc.
Shippensburg 11th grader Amanda
Heefner signed up through a former math
teacher. Heefner wants to be a forensic
scientist. She attended the "Machines that
Eat Your Words" workshop on finite state
CAMPUS POLICE REPORT
it, \lona. Capital Time.' Staff Writer
October 31, 2000
1:15 a.m. - Criminal mischief: Observed three vehicles wrapped with toilet paper. No damage done to vehicles
November 1, 2000
2:45 a.m. - Observed student walking along roadway and it appeared that student threw bottle into ravine. Student denied allega
tion.
5:20 p.m. - While on patrol, two males were heard yelling: "Help, Police." Investigation revealed males were joking.
6:08 p.m. - Discovered "Work Area Ahead" sign in bedroom of residence. Residents stated sign is their property. Investigation
continuing.
11:00 p.m. - Student hurt while playing football. Transported to Hershey Medical Center by Lower Swatara EMS. University acci
dent report completed.
November 2, 2000
2:07 p.m. - Visitor tripped on stone in parking lot and injured ankle. University accident report completed
November 4, 2000
6:45 a.m. - Report of receiving harrasing phone calls at Flickinger Street residence
November 6, 2000
1:49 p.m. - M&O employee walked into loading cart and bruised left shin. University accident report filed
4:30 p.m. - Assisted Lower Swatara P.D. with bank holdup. Cleared without incident.
November 10, 2000
12:40 a.m. - Report of loud music coming from Nelson Drive residence. Verbal warning issued
co-sponsored a presentation by theater
group CoMotion designed to remind stu
dents of the impact of career decisions
made during college. One sketch, "The
Three Muskareers," followed characters
Noah Lot, Patience Helper and Dee Taylor
through the 10 years between their time at
college and the alumni reunion.
Students giggled, but judging by their
questions, recognized themselves and
their career dilemmas. CoMotion's second
offering caricaturized interview mistakes.
According to performer Terri
machines and enjoyed "learning some-
thing new."
Heefner was also encouraged by the
message that "in some ways, as a female,.
I have a better chance in these fields than
the men do."
Organizers of the event included PSH
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mathematics and computer science
departments and three PSH organizations:
ACM, lEEE and ASME.
The young women attended work
shops such as, "Genetics is Life:
Everything Else is Just Details (and
Math)" and "An Introduction to Problem
Solving Using Robots."
According to Busch, other workshops
focused on careers for women in math and
science and encouraged the young women
Mastrobuono, many of the seemingly
ridiculous behaviors presented actually
occurred during real-life interviews.
Martz admits that strategies vary
according to career choice. Humanities
majors might need to depend on network
ing with non-profit organizations while
accounting and information system
majors are sought by corporations. The
bottom line is the same. Martz said that job
seekers still "need to be in the right place at
the right time."
to believe in themselves. The girls' reac
tions to the workshop Career Talks
encouraged Busch. On a scale of one to
ten, "tens" dominated the written evalua
tions.
One student wrote that she was
encouraged by "the fact that life is not
AWM with
other institutions around the country since
1985, when AWM sponsored a sympo
sium on Sonia Kovalevsky.
SKDays consist of a program of work
shops, talks, and problem-solving compe
titions for high-school-aged women and
their teachers, both women and men.
The prograni also encourages colleges
and universities to develop more exten
sive cooperation with high schools in their
influential white patron who helped pub
lish much of Hughes's work.
In her lecture, Bernard discussed the
complexity of their interracial relation
ship, which lasted more than a quarter of a
century.
Near the end of the lecture, Dr.
Bernard encouraged anyone interested in
learning more about the two men's rela
tionship to read her book "Remember Me
to Harlem: The Letters of Langston
Hughes and Carl Van Vechten (1925-
1964)." It will be in bookstores this com
ing spring.
The lecture series "Remembering the
Twentieth Century" is sponsored by
PSH's American studies program and the
Center for Pennsylvania Cultural Studies.
The second part of the lecture series is
entitled "Under Surveillance:
Documentary and the Forging of Memory
in the Thirties." Dr. Miles Orvell, a pro
fessor of American studies and literature
at Temple University, will present the lec
ture on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001, here at
PSH. His lecture will re-examine docu
mentary films and photographs of the
'3os, focusing on their claims of represen
tation.
over if you
don't get your
first choice."
Sonia
Kovalevsky
Days have been
organized by
For more information, contact the
American studies program at 948-6039.
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