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Volume 41, No. 12
Families moved off campus
By Barbara Gertzen
Capital Times
Assistant News Editor
As construction continues on
the PSH single-student housing
at the eastern end of the Olmsted
building, families residing in
Meade Heights received word
concerning their PSH housing
status.
Confirming rumors that cir
culated widely among the stu
dent/family households, most of
the families received a letter from
JoAnn Coleman, manager of
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the
PSH Housing and Food Services,
notifying them that "with the
completion of the new housing,
the Meade Heights community
will be phased out" by the end of
December 2001.
While Coleman's letter noted
that "the new housing [will]
accommodate single students,
where the need is greatest," it
extended the assurance that
"Housing and Food Services is
taking steps, now, to assist fami
lies with relocation into the sur
rounding community" and
By Cathie McCormick
Capital Times Editor In Chief
Each spring, the officers and
senior senators of the Student
Government Association are
chosen to represent the student
body for the following school
year.
Elections are scheduled for
March 27, 28 and 29 and will be
held in the main lobby of the
Olmsted building.
This year there are four can
didates for SGA president and
three candidates for vice-presi
dent. That is an unusual number
of candidates according to for
mer SGA President Roderick
Lee.
Last year, Carissa Herwig
and Joe Werner ran for president
and vice president unapposed.
The officers of the SGA are
responsible for leading the stu
dent senate which is the repre
sentative body for students at
Penn State Harrisburg. The SGA
intercedes with administration in
areas of student concern and, in
the past, has succeeded in having
offered assistance "to make your
transition within the local com
munity as smooth as possible." A
comparison list of apartment
complexes in areas around PSH
accompanied Coleman's letter.
A meeting to discuss the fam
ily housing issues at Meade
Heights is scheduled for Tuesday,
March 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the
Meade Heights Community
Center. Greg Minner, assistant
director of Housing and Food
Services for Commonwealth
Colleges, will address families'
library hours and Lion's Den
hours extended and the 24-hour,
7-day-a-week open study room
established and equipped with
two computers and a copy
machine.
SGA members also serve on
the faculty senate, the PSH
board of advisors and the PSH
alumni association board of
directors.
In addition, the SGA is
responsible for oversight of
Student Activity Fee allocations,
including club and organization
budgets.
They also sponsor campus
events such as Rites of Spring,
Clubfest and the Organizational
Activities Board award ceremo
ny.
The candidates running for
office must submit a petition
signed by at least 25 full-time
students, carry a GPA of at least
2.0 and be screened by the cur
rent SGA. Students should vote
for their choice of president, vice
president, treasurer and public
relations officer.
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concerns and questions at the
meeting
According to Coleman and
Greg Schiavoni, assistant manag
er of Housing and Food Services,
Meade Heights currently con
tains 26 family housing units, but
by year's end, graduations and
natural attrition should leave ten
families affected by the Meade
Heights closure.
Unlike single students at PSH
who sign contracts for housing,
Coleman explained that family
tenants sign one-year leases that
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Gallery Lounge on February 28.
Scholar discusses
African renaissance
On February 28, Penn State
Harrisburg welcomed the
renowned African scholar and
educator Dr. Mbulelo V.
Mzamane to the Gallery Lounge
where he presented his lecture
"And Still I Rise: Reflections on
the African Renaissance."
Mzamane examined the rise of
Africans on the continent and in
the diaspora from slavery, colo
nialism, segregation, apartheid
Monday, March 19, 2001
will expire August 31. The leases
will be renewed by PSH for
September 1 to December 31,
2001. The rent for family housing
in Meade Heights is $6lO and
includes utilities. The average
monthly rent for properties listed
on the March 3 attachment is
$725, utilities excluded.
Coleman said that the letter
generated by her office on March
3 sought to "make sure all bases
were covered" and "give as much
By Barbara Gertzen
Capital Times Assistant News Editor
and neo-colonialism.
Mzamane said his visit to
PSH on the last day of Black
History Month allowed him to
reflect on the commemorative
month's meaning to him and to
everyone "in the context of the
African universally but also in
the context of a broad humanity.
Oppressed people including
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