Ca e lpital Times
October 24, 2005
Overworked
students
By Devinique Murray
Staff Reporter
dvmll2@psu.edu
"I don't get a lot of sleep. I go to bed
late and wake up early," said Anthony
Matter, 24, junior Public Policy major.
Matter doesn't just work to take care
of his family, he works like many other
Penn State Harrisburg students to pay
for his education.
Matter, who takes 15 credits, also
has a wife and a three year old son.
He works a 40-hour week at a factory
that manufactures screen door. Even
though Matter says his job has never
threatened his education, he does admit
to skipping family functions because of
schoolwork.
While Matter works to support his
family, Charmaine Edmonds, 20, Public
Policy major, works mainly to pay for
her education. Edmonds, an out of
state student, explained the difference
between in and out of state tuition.
"Tuition is much higher for me and I
don't qualify for a lot of the state grants,
so my only choice is to work," Edmonds
said. PSH tuition for in-state students is
$5,074, while the tuition for out of state
students is $7,773.
Edmonds, an assistant manager at
California Tortilla Mexican Restaurant
and Bar, lives in Middletown but travels
to Washington D.C. on a regular basis.
She works Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
which amounts to 20-25 hours a week.
"It's pretty hard to do any studying after
cleaning, cooking, and doing anything
else you can image that needs to be
done at the restaurant," she said.
"It's hard and I just try to manage my
time the best way I can," Edmonds said.
Edmonds, the opposite from Matter,
believes her job sometimes interferes
with her education. "Sometimes I have a
tremendous amount of school work, and
I don't feel like traveling to Washington
D.O to work," she says. Washington
D.O is almost a two hour and 15 minute
drive. However, Edmonds said if she
wanted to continue attending PSH, she
has no choice but to continue traveling
to Washington D.O to work. Edmonds
smiled and said, "after all I've always
wanted to be a Nittany lion."
Steve O'Holla, 21, senior
Communications major, works at Giant
in Middletown. If you don't see O'holla
in class or participating in one of the four
extra curricular activities he's in, you will
most likely catch him at work.
O'Holla, who is a front-end manager
at the Giant store, works 35-40 hours a
week. He is also the president of Circle K,
chief of staff for the Student Government
Association, and assistant copy editor
for The Capital Times. He said, "I have
to work. I pay for my own education, and
my own personal expenses."
O'holla said he doesn't have time
to cook because of his busy school
schedule and his time consuming job.
"Whenever a free meal is provided I
take advantage of it." He studies late
at night and in between classes and
says he believes his education is not
suffering. O'Holla said, "I attend all my
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In this ISSUE
The Student Voice of Penn State Harrisburg
WPSH prepares to launch
By Kathryn Herr
Editer in Chief
kah92B@psu.edu
It's been over three years and not a sound
has been heard from the WPSH radio
station at Penn State Harrisburg, but all
that is about to change. WPSH hopes to
be broadcasting over
the Internet within the
semester according
to station manager
Zachary Bailey.
The lights are on
and there is now sign
of life within the radio
station. Hope is alive
and for many students
this means the sound
of music they've been
waiting for is on the
way.
For Bailey, it has
been difficult to get to
this point. Last year
Bailey inherited a half
installed radio station
and has been trying
to build something out
of it for the past two
'semesters.
Much research went
into determining a
plan of attack for
the radio station
to launch. Bailey
traveled two hours
to University Park on
several occasions to
see how their radio
station operates.
Bailey plans to set up his radio station
from the UP model. He also researched
FCC regulations and usage fees that
apply to Web-casting.
"Just finding a solution finally feels
good," says Bailey.
Building selves, organizing CDs,
cleaning house and purchasing software
and equipment keeps the members
PSH regulates smoking
By M. E. Adams
Staff Reporter
meal6B@psu.edu
The taste of fall drifts across the front
steps of the forty-five-year old Olmsted
Building. Conversation laced in cigarette
smoke ravages the crisp air. The wind
rallies.
Since 1964 when the first Surgeon
General's report announced that
cigarette smoking causes lung cancer,
society's acceptance and knowledge
about health risks has shifted greatly.
The days of permitting smoking
anywhere, without thought of health risk,
are gone. Cigarette smoking, the leading
preventable cause of death in the United
States, causes 440,000 deaths each year
- more deaths than HIV, drugs, alcohol,
car accidents, suicides, and murders
combined. Research shows nonsmokers
suffer many of the diseases of active
smokers when breathing secondhand
smoke, which contains 4,000 chemicals
and over 60 carcinogens.
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moving in the right direction. As they
set up the station for the launch each
is finding new ways of making the radio
station better.
While there is no definite launch date
yet they are all looking forward to the
day when they can sit in the round
window, 'On Air' sign lit, talking into the
Zachary Bailey tests out sound equipment in the WPSH radio station as they near possible launch
ing of the station within the semester. Radio club members are working to get the station ready.
microphone.
Considering many failed attempts at
launching the radio station in previous
semesters, Bailey and his club members
have decided that Web-casting is the
best option for WPSH.
The demographics of the campus,
money, and advancements in technology
were the main factors of the decision.
Due to the large population of commuters
Responsible for an estimated 3,000
lung cancer deaths and 62,000 deaths
from heart disease each year, exposure
to secondhand smoke has increasingly
become an issue of public health. After
decades of wrangling, change continues
to push smokers and nonsmokers on
college campuses.
Rodney Horton, former SGA president
at Penn State Harrisburg, formed a group
called GATES (Give All Travelers Equal
Space). The smoking and nonsmoking
members of GATES collected signatures
on campus for a new smoking area and
met with Chancellor Madlyn Hanes and
Donald Holtzman, Senior Director of
Student Life and Enrollment Services.
A new smoking area at Penn State
Harrisburg is now being planned.
"We're recommending structures behind
buildings outside and making the inner
quad smoke-free," said Holtzman. "We
want to get everybody together to see
the particulars SGA; Ed Dankanich,
director of business services; Kevin
Stoehr, chief of police. Hopefully this
and the widespread Internet access on
campus, Web-casting was the ticket to
start-up and will ultimately be the most
effective and keeps pace with new
listening trends.
"How many people walk around with a
radio playing anymore," asked Bailey.
Within a few weeks of the beginning
of last fall semester the white board
attached to their office door was covered
with names and emails of interested
students. This year was no different
and as the radio club progresses it's
membership is growing.
"There is a really positive attitude within
the group now," says Bailey. "We have a
lot of interest from students to join or just
semester we will have it in place. It won't
take long once we decide what we're
doing," said Holtzman.
Holtzman hopes everyone will take part
in the enforcement.
Penn State University has a university
wide policy prohibiting smoking in front
of building entrances or anything that
exchanges air for heating and cooling
purposes. In 2004, Linda LaSalle,
Coordinator of Education Services
at Penn State University Park, polled
Penn State students who smoked. In
clarifying their attitudes toward smoking,
she found that all students knew of the
associated health risks with smoking
and secondhand smoke. Ninety-three
percent agreed that secondary smoke
is harmful to health, but only 28 percent
knew of the Penn State policy banning
smoking near buildings.
"Reasonable distance is not defined,"
said LaSalle. "People don't know
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Vol. 46 No. 3
listen to the radio."
"We are really excited to get up and
running," says Prageeth Kalansuriya,
WPSH assistant manager. "A lot of the
freshmen are expressing interest not
only in being a DJ but in learning about
the radio station as well," he says.
In previous semesters the club was
plagued with pessimism
and some members
were very vocal about
their discontent for the
situation according to
Kalansuriya. Those
members have since
left the club according
to Kalansuriya.
"There was a lot of
negativity in the club
to begin with," says
Kalansuriya.
With a budget of
$26,320 this year,
Bailey was in for a
fight for funding from
Student Government
Association and
Student Activity Fee
committee. He was
given $21,520 from SAF
earlier this semester
and is currently waiting
to receive money from
SGA. The remainder
of $4,800 may be
awarded in the next
few weeks.
"The software was
our biggest item on the
budget," says Bailey. "It
was $10,705 alone."
Neither group is fully responsible for
funding and that leaves some ambiguity
as to where the money will come from
says Assistant Professor Catherine
Rios, WPSH faculty advisor. The main
point to keep in mind is start up costs
are a one time expense and it will be just
maintenance in following years. "This big
of a budget requires a big commitment,"
says Rios.
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