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Stacy DeAngelo, Beau Faulkner, Amy Shur
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Stacy De Angelo, Pete Strella
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Stacy DeAngelo, Sarah Elkalban,
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Open Possition
Monday,
October 14
Ebitar’s
Comments
Well boys and girls, it’s time for another thrilling installment of
The Capital Times, I hope you are as excited as I am. I would like to
say right off the bat that I think that we are getting better at this news
paper thing. I haven’t heard any complaints from the PSH community
about it and there is a surprising lack of “Letters to the Editor”. I have
heard through the grape vine (I’m chock full of cliches aren’t I) that
the first issue pertained too much to the new housing and not to the
rest of the students, but cut us a break, we’re students too and it was
hard enough getting the first issue out so soon, especially with a whole new staff. The hous
ing was one of the big things going on in that time period and so that’s what we covered.
Besides, we did include items such as: welcome weekend, the football games, the Instigator
column, SGA highlights, the police report, campus calendar, CD review, and the story on
tuition. I thought those applied to everyone on campus? Any way, the other complaint that a
little birdie told me was that the cover of the second issue was lacking. Well, we were going
for a “this might get their attention” concept. I guess that didn’t work. Anyway, I’m one of
those people that would prefer things said to me directly, not through others. If you don’t want
people to know that you are the one with the complaint (or heck, even praise) then ask to have
your name withheld.
Enough of that, I’m getting tired of the same old gripe and I am sure you, my faithful read
ers, are too. So on to bigger and better things. I would like to personally thank The Capital
Times, the SGA, My friends, family, and Professors for supporting me in the “Light the Night”
walk for Leukemia and Lymphoma, which I participated in the weekend of Sept. 28. Thanks
to them I raised $2Ol for people with cancer. Again, Thank you.
On that note, THON is quickly approaching. THON is something that I take seriously con
sidering that cancer is something that I have lost friends and members of my family to. A good
friend of mine has a 3-year-old son who is suffering from leukemia and spends a good deal of
his time at the children’s hospital in Hershey. THON benefits Four Diamonds, an organization
that helps families of children with cancer, both financially and emotionally. For our part, The
Capital Times is selling a variety of Captimes t-shirts and also School of Humanities long
sleeve and short sleeve polos (sorry all you who are in other schools, but we are part of the
Humanities), PSH caps (can’t get these at the bookstore or anywhere else for that matter) and
also CD-ROMs with a collection of all of last year’s issues. $5 from every shirt and cap and
$2 from every CD-ROM goes to THON. Please support the Four Diamonds; it’s for the kids.
Well, the last thing I want to say, and it kills me to say it, is that this issue was quite the pain
in the neck. There was quite the mishmash of activities and choosing a cover was hard. Let
me know what you guys think of the new cover layout. Trust me, 1 won’t be offended to get
some comments on it, at least I know you are paying attention and take notice of what we are
portraying as “the voice of PSH” because it is your voice too.
I have said my piece and will leave you with this: A truly wise man never plays leapfrog
with a unicorn.
Staff
The big news in the SGA the past 2 weeks was the resignation of Senior Senator-at-Large
Daniel Storm on October 1. Storm gave his letter of resignation to the other member during the
open forum; his resignation is effective immediately.
Also discussed was the recent OAB Meeting. Questions raised concerned the importance of
community service for each club and how much will be approved. Also questioned were club
bulletin boards and whether or not each club should be designated their own to post information
about their organization and meetings. The next OAB meeting will be held on Thursday,
October 17 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. A representative from
each club is to attend at.
The SGA will be selling tickets to the “Magical Night of Giving” at the Colonial Park Mall
on November 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets for the event are $5.00.
An Open House On Construction will be held on October 23 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Oliver
Lagrone Gallery W 132 Olmsted.
The results of the Fall SGA Elections are in. The SGA happily welcomes: Usmann Khalid -
Junior Senator-at-Large; Manish Vign - Junior Senator Business Administration; Steve Gemmill
- Junior Senator Humanities; Ginger Weaver - Junior Senator Public Affairs; Theodore R. Miller
- Jr. Senator Science, Engineering, and Technology. Congratulations.
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By Stacy De Angelo
Editor in Chief
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