The Capital Times 9/13/04: ASSIST OUTSIDE PLAINT: CAR ISSUED A TICK AGENCY: HIGHSPIRE PD ET FOR PARKING ON THE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE SOFTBALL FIELD WITH BURGLARY AT TWIN 9/14/04: DISORDERLY CON- DUCT: RESPONDED TO FIGHT ING. TURNED OUT TO BE A FLOODING. SEVERAL CARS IN PROGRESS BETWEEN TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER AND HIS TRAINEE ON COL- LEGE AVENUE 9/14/04: PARKING COM- September 27 - Retired NYPD offi cer Jack Dempsey will visit Penn State Harrisburg. Dempsey is a professor of criminal justice at SUNY-Empire State and is the author of “An Introduction to Policing” and “An Introduction to Investigations.” The lecture will be at 3:30 p.m. in room 101 of the library. September 27 - “In Your Living Room: Jump Start Your Career” will be in the Community Center at 7:30 p.m. September 28 - “Communicating Across Cultures” will be in the Community Center at 12:30 p.m, September 29 - The “Be S.A.F.E. (Self Defense Awareness Familiarization Exchange)” pro gram will be available for women to learn and practice self defense. The program begins at 8 p.m at the Capital Village Community Center. Register with Jen atjual@psu.edu. September 30 - Dr. Sukhdeep Gill, assistant professor of human devel opment and family studies at Penn State York, will present “Evaluation of Family Support Programs in Community Settings” in Olmsted C-211. October 1 - Alumni and students will receive recognition at The PSH Alumni Awards Dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center at the CUB. Call (717) 948-6106 to make reservations. October 4 - Katie Smarilli, presi- Things you need to know SGA Elections will take place online on Wednesday, September 29. Contact SGA President Rodney Horton in Olmsted E-314 for details. SGA meetings take place each Thursday in Olmsted E-314 at 12:30 p.m. Contact SGA President Rodney Horton in Olmsted E-314 for more information. The deadline for certification for completion of a master’s paper and thesis is October 4. Want to get rid of your empty inkjet printer cartridges? Circle K will take your cartridges and recy cle them in support of service proj ects. Only inkjet cartridges are accepted, and they can be dropped outside the Capital Times office in Olmsted E-126. Contact Helen Casner at hmcls6@psu.edu for a list of acceptable cartridges. • Save your soda can tabs! Donate them to Circle K to help Ronald McDonald House. Deposit the tabs in the marked containers around Olmsted. Contact Circle K for more information. The last day to file for a final exam conflict is October 6. Contact the Police Report 9/14/04: SUSPICIOUS PERSON REPORT OF A MAN PACING OUTSIDE OLMSTED BUILD- STAFF PERSON 9/16/04: LOST PROPERTY: CALLER REPORTED LOSING BAL WARNING TO TWO TI-89 CALCULATOR Campus Calendar dent of Wachovia Bank of the Central PA Region, will lead a talk on transferring a liberal education into a successful business career. The discussion will be in the Gallery Lounge at noon. October 5 - “Susquehanna River Voyages: The Birds of the Susquehanna” will be presented by Cindy Dunn of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This lecture is part of an ongoing year-long lecture series and will be held in the Morrison Gallery at 7 p.m. October 5 - Free exercise and fit ness classes will be offered in the multipurpose room of the CUB at 5:15 p.m. Classes are led by Cindy Metzger and are held every Tuesday and Thursday. They are free to PSH students, staff, faculty and Alumni Association members. Registration is not required. Contact Recreation/Athletics at (717) 948-6266, The College Republicans meet every other Tuesday. Contact Paul at paf9lo@psu.edu for more infor- mation, The College Democrats meet every other Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Olmsted E-200 and E-202. Contact Jennifer Lawhom at jll972@psu.edu for more informa tion. Chi Gamma lota Veterans’ Fraternity can help you make the transition from military duty to col- Academic Records office in the Swatara Building to file. The Capital Union Building fall hours are: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. Be sure to bring your stu dent ID. Part-time employment opportuni ties are available on the PSH cam pus with the Institute of State and Regional Affairs. Available posi- tions include: programming, web design, graphic design, telephone interviewers, data entry and hard ware/software troubleshooting. Call (717) 948-6178 for more informa tion. Career Services can help you develop your resume and get you on the right track to finding a career. Visit the Career Services website at www.hbg.psu.edu/ careers/ to learn about workshop dates and times. The Capital Times is starting an advice column. Let the questions flow! Need advice on school, rela tionships, family, friends, any thing? Send your queries to capti mes@psu.edu and look for a response in upcoming issues. 9/18/04: NOISE COMPLAINT: VERBAL WARNING ISSUED TO RESIDENTS FOR MAKING EXCESSIVE NOISE 9/18/04: HAZARD: COLLEGE AVENUE CLOSED DUE TO STUCK IN HIGH WATER 9/15/04: TRESPASSING: VER- MALES WALKING IN AREA lege. Members include: active duty, reserve, National Guard, separated or retired service members. For more information, contact Chris at ctkl33@psu.edu. The Capital Times, PSH’s student newspaper, is always looking for new staff members. If you are interested in more information or becoming a member, contact Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Herr in Olmsted E-126. Lion Ambassadors needs more lions. Meetings are held every other Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge. “Christianity: Separating Fact from Fiction” is a lunchtime discussion group for faculty and staff to dis cuss the Christian faith. For details, contact w44@psu.edu or pbil@psu.edu. Circle K is the collegiate level of Kiwanis International and is a great opportunity for providing service in the community. There are plenty of fun activities planned for the upcoming school year. Contact Circle K President Helen Casner at hmc 156@psu.edu. September 20-October 22 - There will be an art exhibit of the Doshi Group in the library’s Morrison Gallery. October 5 - A capella group Regency will perform sounds of yesterday and today at noon in the Gallery Lounge. Author and filmmaker Michael Moore will be visiting Dickinson College’s Kline Center on October 6 at 7 p.m. Visit www.dickinson.edu for more infor- mation. The Dave Matthews Band will be performing at the Bryce Jordan Center on October 1 at 6 p.m. The performance is part of the Vote for Change Tour and tickets are $49.50. Performing with DMB will be Ben Harper, Jurassic 5, The Innocent Criminals and My Morning Jacket. Visit www.bjc.psu.edu for more infor- mation. Blues artist Jonny Lang will be performing at the Whitaker Center on October 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 and $32.50. Visit www.whitakercenter.org for more information CORRECTIONS Circle K meetings are every other Tuesday in Olmsted Room E-125 at 5:30 p.m. Stack s Market is open Monday- Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (7-8 p.m. is “grab and go” only) and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Entertainment FCC fines CBS for Janet Jackson By JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Federal regula tors fined CBS a record $550,000 for Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction,” which exposed the singer’s breast dur ing this year’s Super Bowl half time show. The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to slap each of the 20 CBS owned television stations with the maximum indecency penalty of $27,500. The total penalty of $550,000 is the largest fine levied against a television broad caster. Most of the FCC’s bigger fines have been against radio stations. The commission decided not to fine CBS’ more than 200 affiliate stations, which also aired the show but are not owned by the network’s parent company, Viacom. MTV, a Viacom subsidiary, pro duced the Feb. 1 halftime show, which featured Jackson and singer Justin Timberlake per forming a racy duet. Timberlake ripped off a piece of Jackson's black leather top, exposing her right breast to a TV audience of about 90 million. Timberlake blamed a “wardrobe malfunction,” and CBS was quick to apologize to viewers. The breast-baring song generat ed a record number of com plaints to the FCC _ more than 500,000. Viacom has said it will fight any fines leveled against its stations for the Jackson performance. Over the summer, Viacom co president Leslie Moonves said a fine would be “grossly unfair” and promised a court challenge. Federal law bars radio and non cable television stations from air ing references to sexual and excretory functions between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when children Study: Parents want goverment to limit sex, violence on T.V. By Jennifer C.Ken- Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON- Nearly two-ihirds of parents in a new survey want the govern ment to place tighter controls on sex and violence on tele vision, researchers said Thursday. Federal law bars radio and non-cable television stations from airing references to sexual and excretory func tions between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. But the law doesn’t address violence, and the anti-indecency standard is only enforced when a com plaint is filed with federal reg ulators, triggering a review and possible fines by the Federal Communications Commission. Sixty-three percent of par ents surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation said they favor new regulations to limit the amount of sex and vio lence in TV shows during the early evening hours when children are more likely to be watching. “The folks in the television industry ought to take note of the fact that parents are now supporting content standards for television,” said Vicky Rideout, the study’s lead researcher and a vice presi dent at the foundation. “If they’re serious about avoid ing that, it’s going to be real ly necessary to make sure parents are able to use the tools available to them now, Super Bowl show may be tuning in. Once a com plaint is made to the FCC, the agency determines whether the broadcast was indecent. Within days of the Jackson inci dent, lawmakers on Capitol Hill began grumbling about smut on TV, and both houses passed leg islation that would raise indecen cy fines. The House has voted to Photo courtesy of The Age Web site Janet Jackson is escorted off stage by her co-per former. Justin Timberlake just after the infamous “wardrobe malfunction.” The unrehearsed stunt by Jakson and Timberlake came with a heafty fine. raise the maximum indecency fine to $500,000. The Senate voted to increase the top fine to $275,000 per indecent incident, with a cap of $3 million per day. The FCC launched a crack down on indecency soon after the Super Bowl, resulting in sev eral high-profile fines. Among them: a $755,000 fine against namely the ratings (system) and the V-chip.” The survey also found that more than half of all parents, 52 percent, said they would like to see federal regulators apply content standards to cable stations. Forty-three percent opposed the idea. Parents do have some tools to help them screen the pro gramming their children watch, but the study found that many still aren’t using them or don’t know they have access to them. Only 15 percent of all par ents surveyed have used the V-chip, which works with the voluntary TV ratings system to allow parents to block spe cific programs. The chips were required in new TV sets in 2000. According to the study, four in 10 parents have bought a new television since then, but didn’t realize they had a chip in the TV set. The - ratings system fared better. Half of all parents said they have used the ratings to help choose appropriate pro gramming for their children. But 20 percent said they had never even heard of the rat ings system, up from 14 per cent in 2001. The study was done by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization that focuses on health care issues. It is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries. Clear Channel for graphic drug and sex talk on a “Bubba the Love Sponge” radio program and a record $1.75 million fine, also against Clear Channel; for indecency complaints against Howard Stern and other radio personalities. Television networks also began taking pre-emptive action by implementing broadcast delays so censors could scrub anything deemed too racy. CBS aired the Grammy awards ceremony a week after the Super Bowl with a five-minute delay. More recently, the NFL kicked off its season with a live, pregame show on ABC that was aired with a 10- second delay. A Pennsylvania slots update By The Associated Press A quick look at the latest developments surrounding slot machines in Pennsylvania: Gov. Ed Rendell said Wednesday a background check on one of his three nom inees to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board came back clean. The state police investigation of NFL referee and Carnegie Mellon University administrator Sanford D. Rivers turned up “nothing that would disqualify him at all,” Rendell said. A hearing on a legal challenge to the appointment of a state legislator to the gaming board ended inconclusively Wednesday. A Commonwealth Court judge is presiding over a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Jerry Pappert that seeks to block the appointment of state Rep. Jeffrey W. Coy, D-Franklin. Coy resigned from the House a day before he was appointed Sept. 3 by House Minority Leader H. William DeWeese, D-Greene. Pappert, a Republican, alleges the appointment violated a state constitutional provision restrict ing lawmakers from taking cer tain appointed offices.
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