Yes. It's kind of a tradition
I've seen it pretty much
every year since I was old
enough to understand it.
Lourdes Capitan
lementa Educatio
Most of the time I do. It's
something that everyone gets
together to do.
Scott Laliberte
Engineering
Yeah, usually at some point
This year the Pats are in it
and our family is very sup-
portive
Edward Horning
Electrical Engineering
No, because I had to study
and I didn't like the teams
that were in it. I only watch
if for the commercials any-
Addeline Hiebert
Undeclared
No, I don't like football
Intramural sports under way
While the campus still awaits more information
on the arrival of intercollegiate athletics, there
are plenty of intramural sports to hold students
over this semester.
The spring season got underway with the start
of a coed basketball league and will continue
through the completion of coed
table tennis. Overall student par
ticipation is up, something that
delights Recreation/Athletics
Coordinator Bud Smitley.
"For basketball, the participation
is up from last year. We had four
teams last year, now we have five.
For Volleyball there are eight
teams, because, for some reason,
volleyball is the most popular-I
don't know why!' Smitley said.
Other sports include softball, which begins
March 25, and a three-mile run that will take
place on April 17.
All of the sports are advertised as coed, but
only volleyball is a required coed sport.
"Teams are required to have two women on the
court at the same time in volleyball," Smitley
Stepping Stone, Inc., offers daycare
services to PSH students and faculty
Stepping Stone, Inc., located on campus just
off University Drive, provides childcare servic
es to Penn State Harrisburg's faculty, and stu
The playcenter currently has 60 children
enrolled, ranging in age from six weeks to 12-
years-old. Fees for services vary depending on
the age of the child and the number of days per
week that the facility is used.
Parents who are interested in using the child
care services should visit Stepping Stone to
complete a child health
assessment form, emer
gency contact/parental
consent form and enroll
ment application.
Parents are given a hand
book, sick child and med
ication policy, nondis
crimination form, rate
sheet, and general infor
mation concerning the
care of the child
Becky Smith, director of
the play center, has
worked there since 2000
and said there is plenty for
the children to do and
activities vary by age.
Some include circle time,
stories, songs, arts, language development,
learning activities and free playtime for the
younger children. The playcenter has children's
furniture, two doll houses, toys and displays of
the children's art.
To qualify as an employee of the center, child
care providers are required to have a degree in
education or they must provide documentation
By ERIC THOMAS
Staff Reporter
By GLORIA LONG
Staff Reporter
said. "Women can play basketball, but it is not
mandatory that they be on the court the entire
time."
All the events, except for softball, will take
place in the CUB, which also houses a weight
room, racquetball courts, cardiovascular equip
ment, as well as,
pool and foosball
tables. Smitley is
pleased with the
prospects of the
intramural pro
gram as an addi
tion to the activi
currently
"We were happy
with them in the past and we've had some play
ers who have been pretty good. Teams and stu
dents are always welcome to get involved."
The CUB's hours are Mon-Thu 8 a.m.-11 p.m.,
Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from
1- 6 p.m.
that they have worked with children for at least
two years. The play center presently employs
nine childcare providers and one on call substi
tute teacher.
Elayne Davis, elementary education, was
required to work a lot of hours in addition to tak
ing full course loads to become a teacher and
underwent a background and clearance check in
order to work at the center.
Davis supervises the children from K-4. She
said she worked in the center during the sum
mer, which gave
her the chance to
learn from the
children and
apply things she
This gives the kids get a chance to unwind and
sometimes they participate in things such as
reading and arts and crafts.
The children are discouraged from making any
guns or swords," Davis said. She added that the
violent behavior sometimes portrayed in the
media, is not encouraged by the play center.
available on cam
pus.
has learned in
Davis said that
her kids usually
have free play
time since she
watches the
younger kids
that go to school.
"They are usual
ly in school and
have structure
there," Davis
said.