Faculty AcMsor
PETER KARETHI. Ph.D .
POLICIES
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CONTENTS-
College Community Service
by Rachel Shepherd
Llon Ambassadors
by Stacy DeAngelo
THON
by Sbcy DeArgelo
Black History
by Slnead C, Deßolste
War In Iraq
by &Jana Horner
Around Campus
Student Speak Out
by Steve Standridge
Devil's Advocate
by an Anonymous Reporter
PSH Ponce Report
by Rachel Shpherd
Calendar
by Sarah Elkalban
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Marko Primorac
Jason Russo
Stacy De Angelo, Pete Strella
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--DPARININIS
sent to:
Stacy allowed me to tackle the Editor's
Comments this issue, and they will center around my
knack for pointing out school problems.
The first issue involves the fact that too many stu
dents are forced to stay an extra semester than they
should. Apparently they schedule classes for a semester
under the guidance of their advisor, both the advisor and
the student thinking that the classes will count towards
the student's degree requirements. When the student
goes to schedule classes for the following semester, they find out that they took
classes they didn't need to take.
This is a major problem for students. It costs them both time and money.
However, it benefits the university because they get an extra semester's worth of
tuition from the student. This could be
why so many students have this problem
and why it keeps happening over and over
again
There needs to be better communi
cation between students, advisors, and
those who set the degree requirements.
I'm not blaming the advisors because I
know many of them have a lot of students
to advise. I think that maybe the system,
in general, needs to be tweaked so that
this can stop. The Capital Times is going
to feature an article that will address this
issue. But since it looks like a complex
topic, it could take a month or two.
Secondly, I hear a lot of students
who live on campus tell me that there
isn't a lot to do. This will be helped when the Olmsted Building's first floor,
East Wing finally opens up, but I think there is more to the problem. There
seems to be a huge void on campus because we don't have any inter-collegiate
411 athletics.
From 1973-1993, PSH had basketball, baseball, volleyball, tennis, soccer,
and cross-country teams that competed against other colleges like Shippensburg
and Dickinson. They were all cut in 1993 because of a budget defecit. But I
think that the time has come to bring intercollegiate sports back to Penn State
Harrisburg. We now have five four-year majors about to be integrated into our
degree programs, and our student population pushes 3,000. I think bringing
competitive sports back would pump some life into our student population.
Look for an article about this on in the April 14th issue.
Lastly, I would like to congratulate all those on campus who participated
in THON.They don't need me to tell them this, but you guys did a great thing.
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Deadhafor the r)ext issue Is:
Monday, March 10, 2003
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By PETE STREIIA
*RE - lON
In our February Ilth issue, there
was a mistake in lion Ambassadors
seek office and more visibility on
campus. We wrongly assumed
that Jo Ann Coleman had influ
ence over whether or not the Lion
Athbassadors could get an office.
In fact, Coleman is not in charge
of the assignment of club space in
the Olmsted building. Janet
Widoff is the person responsible
for this job. Her comments can be
seen on page 5.