Hate Crime
Rate
York
Dauphin County A Distant Second
By Ana Paulina Gomez
Capital Times Staff Writer
Between July 1, 1998 and
June 30, 2000, 22 organized hate
groups were reported in York
county. This is the highest num
ber of hate groups reported
among Pennsylvania's counties.
Following York is Dauphin
county with nine organized hate
groups, and Berks and Allegheny
counties with eight.
This information came from
a lecture "The State of Hate in
Pa." by Dr. Dan Welliver on
January 10 at the PSH
Downtown Center. Welliver is
the director of education and
community services for the
Pennsylvania Human Relations
Commission and coordinator of
the Pennsylvania Inter-Agency
Task Force on Civil Tension.
Penn Owl Production Company poses for a group photo following their January 15 PSH performance
"Last Touring Company" Honors King
"I have a dream . . . it's a King thing," said Dr. Dorothy King, PSH assistant professor of social sci
ence, at the presentation of "The Last Touring Company" on January 15 in the student center of the Capital
Union Building. Every year Dr. King and Pen Owl Productions, her theatre company, fulfills that dream by
providing audiences with entertaining lessons in African-American history through theatre.
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County
"One should be careful inter
preting this information,"
Welliver said. "For example, in
York county they have multiple
watch groups that are very vigi
lant and they are very intentional
about reporting everything they
see. There may be other counties
where there is just as much hap
pening and there is nothing on
the Map."
During the lecture, Welliver'
defined hate crimes, described
how to prevent them, and how to
respond to hate groups and their
patterns. "Hate crimes are crimes
that had been committed, and the
motivation for the crime was the
victim's race, color, religion or
national origin," Welliver said.
Hate crimes vary from state to
state.
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High On List Of PSH
The approach of each new
year causes a lot of anticipation
and excitement, yet one thing is
always certain: the new year will
arrive. Now that we've survived
the arrival of the new year, as
well as the start of a new millen
nium, some exciting changes are
in store as PSH begins the new
semester and the new century.
Dr. Dennis Lott, director of
continuing education and dis
tance education, believes one of
the biggest changes affecting
PSH's transition occurred last
semester when Dr. Madlyn
Academic Advising
Key Issues
By Paula Marinak
Capital Times Staff Writer
isburg
Career Services
Office Announces
Series of
Workshops
The January Career Services
newsletter lists a series of infor
mational workshops and region
al career opportunity fairs. See
the campus calendar for more
information.
Students Invited to
Attend Weekly
SGA Meetings
The Senate of the PSH
Student Government Association
meets each Tuesday at 12:30
p.m. in the student lounge beside
Olmsted ElOl.
Keep It Simple
According to Management
Recruiters International, job
seekers should avoid cute e-mail
addresses like "Hot Mama" or
"Wine Lover." They advise stu
dents to apply for a neutral e
mail address to use when comu
nicating with prospective
employers. More tips available
at www.emazing.com
Hanes took over as provost and
dean. Lott calls Hanes "an indi
vidual with high energy and
expectations who shows a vision
of an engaged community of
scholarship and learning that can
benefit both students and the
community." But the realization
of Hanes's vision for PSH is just
one of the changes we can look
forward to this semester. Dr. M.
Susan Richman, senior associate
dean for academic affairs, said
her office anticipates several oth
ers.
According to Richman, plans
to move the computer labs to the
first floor of Olmsted will con-
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