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October 12 - “Contraceptive
Choices,” a wellness program,
will be help at 12:30 p.m. in
Olmsted E-124.
October 12 - A free fitness and
exercise class will be led by
Cindy Metzger at 5:15 p.m. in the
Multipurpose Room of the CUB.
The classes are offered every
Tuesday and Thursday and are
free to students, staff, faculty
and Alumni Association mem
bers. No registration required.
October 14 - “You Can’t Exercise
by Watching an Exercise Video”
is a workshop offered by the
Learning Center. Workshop
begins at 12:30 p.m. and will be
held in Olmsted W-207.
October 18 - The library will be
offering a “Resources in the
Humanities” workshop in room
106 of the library. Sessions will
be held at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30
p.m.
October 19 - The library will be
offering a “Resources in
Behavioral Science and
Education” workshop in room
106 of the library. Sessions will
be held at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30
p.m.
October 20 - The library will be
offering a “Resources in
Business Administration” work
shop in room 106 of the library.
Sessions will be held at 12:30
Things you need
October 15 is a “study day” and
classes will not be held.
The Committee for Community
Directed Research and
Education (CCDRE) and the
Caribbean Students Alliance at
University Park are organizing a
relief drive for recent hurricane
victims in Grenada. To donate
materials, drop them in the box
in Olmsted W-157. If you prefer
to make a monetary contribution,
please send it to Dr. lan Baptiste,
3058 Keller Building, University
Park. For a list of high priority
items, contact:
vxd3@psu.edu
kev3@psu.edu
The 14th Annual Regional
Conference of Building Strong
Families “Celebrating the
International Year of the Family”
will be help at Messiah on
October 21. Visit
www.ma.psu.edu/~ma_hdfs/stro
ngfam.fao4.htm for details.
PSH has student job openings
for ANGEL Tutors for the fall
2004 semester. Requirements
include intermediate to
advanced technology skills,
familiarity with ANGEL, interest
in teaching/tutoring, willing
to work with faculty in a consul
tative, confidential role, organ
ized and responsible, and have
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October 21 - The library will be
offering a “Resources in
Science, Engineering, and
Technology” workshop in room
106 of the library. Sessions will
be held at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30
p.m.
October 21 - The learning center
and the library have teamed up
to hold “How Do I Cite This
Thing?” an introduction to APA
style. Workshop will be held in
room 302 of the library at 12:30
p.m.
October 23 - A student leader
ship workshop will be offered in
the Student Center at 8:30 a.m.
October 19 - Visit Fallfest
throughout the day in the Vartan
Plaza to enjoy live music, food
and other fun activities.
October 29 - SGA is sponsoring
a trip to Jason’s Woods with
transportation provided. Tickets
are $6. Sign up at the table.
Tarnhelm, the arts magazine of
PSH, welcomes writers, photog
raphers and artists of all majors
to their regular meetings every
other Monday at 3 p.m. in
Olmsted E-124. Check out their
website, www.tarnhelmpsh.org
for more information.
approximately 50 flexible hours.
Visit http://tlt.its.psu.edu/sup
port/tla/studapp.html for an
online application or contact
Carol McQuiggan at
cam24o@psu.edu for details.
Save your cash register receipts
from Fox’s Market and bring
them to the Student Assistance
Center. The Adult Honor Society
is participating in Fox’s “Save
and Share” program, and Fox’s
will return 1% of all purchases
made.
The entry deadline for Intramural
Touch Football is October 18.
The entry deadline for the
Intramural Coed Racquetball
Singles Tournament is October
19. There is no entry fee for
either program.
Hours for the Aquatic Center are
Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to
10:30 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 1
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more
information, contact the Aquatic
Center at 948-6740.
For information on weather
announcements, such as open
ings, closings and delays, call
(717) 948-6000 or (717) 948-
6029. If no message is record
ed, campus is open.
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College Republicans meet every
other Tuesday at 5 p.m. in
Olmsted E-202. Contact Paul at
paf9lo@psu.edu for more infor
mation.
College Democrats meet every
other Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in
Olmsted E-202. Contact
Jennifer Lawhorn at
jll972@psu.edu for more infor
mation.
PSH now has a Ski and
Snowboard Club. Visit
www.hbg.psu.edu/club/skiclub or
email Jason at jes3s4@psu.edu
to learn more.
Chi Gamma lota Veterans’
Fraternity can help ease the
transition from military service to
college through service and out
reach in the community. Active
duty, Reserve, National Guard,
separated or retired service
members are welcome to partic
ipate. Contact Chris at
ctkl33@psu.edu for more infor
mation.
“Christianity: Separating Fact
From Fiction” is a new lunchtime
group for faculty and staff to dis
cuss the essentials of Christian
faith. For details, contact
w44@psu.edu or
pbil@psu.edu.
Join Circle K to do some good in
your community. Projects
include Ronald McDonald House
and WITF service projects. For
more information, contact
President Helen Casner at
hmcls6@psu.edu.
to know
The CUB fall semester hours are
Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 11
p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 5 pm.;
Saturday and Sunday 1 pm. to 6
p.m. Don’t’ forget your ID card!
Part time employment opportuni
ties are availabe on the PSH
campus with the Institute of
State and Regional Affairs.
Available positions include: pro
gramming, web design, graphic
design, telephone interviewers,
data entry and hardware/soft
ware troubleshooting. Call (717)
948-6178 for more information.
Want to get rid of your empty
inkjet printer cartridges? Circle K
will take them off your hands and
recycle them in support of serv
ice projects. Only inkjet car
tridges 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 or for
more information.
The Capital Times is always
looking for eager writers, proof
readers and contributors!
Interested? Think you have what
it takes? Want to find out more?
Stop by the office in Olmsted E
-126.
Entertainment
Springsteen, R.E.M. kick off
“Vote for Change” concerts
By Jennifer Kay
Associated Press Writer
PHILADELPHIA - Taking their
politics straight to the stage, rock
icons Bruce Springsteen and
R.E.M. urged concertgoers on
the first day of the multistate
“Vote For Change” tour to cast
their ballots for Democratic pres
idential candidate John Kerry on
Nov. 2.
After Opening with a solo ver
sion of “The Star Spangled
Banner” and a rousing rendition
of his 1984 anti-war song “Born
in the U.5.A.,” Springsteen was
n’t shy about showering Friday’s
sellout crowd with some clear
political advice: Vote President
Bush out of office.
“America is not always right -
that’s a fairy tale you tell your
children - but America is always
true, and it’s in seeking this truth
that we find a deeper patriotism,”
Springsteen told cheering fans
after endorsing Kerry and run
ning mate U.S. Sen. John
Edwards.
Along with a long list of high
profile artists from across the
generational divide, the musi
cians kicked off a 10-day series
of shows in battleground states.
The show at the Wachovia
Center in Philadelphia was one
of six across Pennsylvania on
Friday night.
Springsteen and R.E.M. front
man Michael Stipe, both critics
of the war in Iraq, took the stage
to introduce the first band, Bright
Eyes, and remind the crowd to
vote.
“This is a very important
moment for every one of us and
for our country,” Stipe said.
Later, during R.E.M.'s hourlong
set, Stipe shimmied wildly on
stage, occasionally offering brief
political comments. Introducing
a song called “Final Straw” that
was released the week the
United States declared war on
Iraq, he asked “Did anyone
watch the debates last night?”
Thousands in the packed stadi
um cheered loudly, many raising
their hands.
On the other end of the state,
the Dixie Chicks and James
Taylor performed in Pittsburgh.
Other concerts were held in Erie,
State College, Reading and
Wilkes-Barre.
“I think our guy did really pretty
good last night,” Taylor said of
Kerry’s debate performance. He
advised undecided voters to
“take a real close look at both of
the candidates and then vote for
the smart one.”
Taylor was joined four songs in
by the Dixie Chicks, whose lead
singer Natalie Maines was once
criticized for saying she was
Minnesota record label direct-mailing racist CD to teens
By Amy Forliti
Associated Press Writer
MINNEAPOLIS - An anti-dis
crimination group is warning par
ents about a “white power"
music label that is using bulk
mailing lists to send racist CDs
to teenagers across the country.
An official of Panzerfaust
Records said it was pressing
100,000 copies of a “pro-white
sampler CD” in a campaign
dubbed Project Schoolyard
USA, after a similar effort earlier
this year in Germany.
“Panzerfaust has intentionally
designed its CDs to lure unsus
pecting teens with a free give
away that has the appearance of
being just another free compila
tion of cutting edge music,”
Abraham H. Foxman, national
director of the Anti-Defamation
League, said in a statement this
week.
“In reality it is a thinly veiled
attempt to attract kids to hateful,
racist music and white power
bands,” he said.
Panzerfaust, based in the Twin
Cities suburb of Newport, says
ashamed to share her home
state of Texas with Bush. Maines
noted that a few people booed
Taylor’s assessment of the
debate.
“We don’t feel at home unless
we hear some boos, so you’re
welcome,” she said.
The tour, also featuring Pearl
Jam, Jackson Browne, Bonnie
Raitt, John Mellencamp and oth
ers, includes 37 shows in 30
cities through Oct. 11. Proceeds
Photo by Tim Shaffer,Reuters. Courtesy of Yahoo Images
In Philadelphia on October 1, 2004, Michael Stipe (L),
Bruce Springsteen (C), and John Fogerty take a final
bow at the concusion oMhe ‘Vote for Change’ concert
wil.l go to America Coming
Together, or ACT, a group raising
money for Democratic candi
dates. Organizers said 90 per
cent of the shows, including the
one in Philadelphia, were sold
out as of Friday.
Fans lining up before the
Philadelphia concert said they
came for the music, but the cur
rent political scene made them
even more enthusiastic about
supporting the artists.
Steve St. Germain, 54, of Point
Pleasant, N.J., a Kerry support
er, said he can’t stand Bush and
is outraged about the Iraq war.
“I feel that man has gone crazy
with an unjust war, wasting
American lives, killing innocent
women and children and spend
ing money we can’t afford to
spend,” he said.
on its Web site that white
teenagers are the target audi
ence for its CD, which features
song titles such as “White
Supremacy,” “Hate Train Rolling”
and “Commie Scum.”
“Obviously there’s a message
behind the music, and the mes
sage is one that we’re also
interested in marketing as well,”
said Byron Calvert, one of the
men who operate Panzerfaust,
named after a Nazi anti-tank
weapon.
Calvert, 33, said Wednesday
that his label already had sent
out 5,000 CDs - most were
direct-mailed to teenagers
nationwide with interests includ
ing heavy metal music or skate
boarding. Calvert bought bulk
mailing lists to obtain the teens’
names and addresses.
The CDs were also sent to sup
porters to distribute at skate
parks, gun shows, flea markets
and schools, Calvert said. They
also were available via the Web
site for 15 cents a copy.
Calvert, whose legal name is
Bryant Calvert Cecchini, last
worked at Resistance Records,
another white-power label based
But not all fans at the
Philadelphia concert agreed with
the artists’ politics.
Michelle Peters, 20, of. Laurel
Springs, N.J. said she plans to
vote for Bush but still wanted to
see Springsteen perform. “I think
Kerry lies,” said Peters, who
attended with three friends wear
ing pro-Kerry T-shirts. “I wanted
to wear a Bush/Cheney sticker,
but I think I’d get beat up for it.”
The tour will also make stops in
Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina,
Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
lowa, Missouri, Washington,
Arizona and Washington, D.C.
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone
Gossard said he wants to con
vince voters that the Bush
administration has been reckless
in its foreign policy since Sept.
11.
“For me, personally, I very
much want John Kerry to win,”
Gossard said in an interview. “I
think that he’s expressed an
interest in re-engaging the world
community and saying the last
administration is not representa
tive of the way America wants to
do business with the world.”
Associated Press Writers Joe
Mandak in Pittsburgh and
Patrick Walters in Philadelphia
contributed to this report.
in West Virginia. In 1989, at age
17, he was sentenced to more
than three years in prison for
stabbing two men.
Photo courtesy of Panzerfaust.com
Panzerfaust Records is
sending 100,000 copies
of a racist sampler CD
to teenaaers nationwide.