The Capital Times, November 7, 2005
POLICE REPORT
10/25/05: PARKING
COMPLAINT: Verbal warning
given to move vehicles illegally
parked in front of capital union
building. Vehicles not removed
were ticketed.
10/26/05: ALARM ACTIVATION
Vehicle alarm sounding in lot.
Gone on arrival.
10/26/05: CARELESS
DRIVING: Student reported
black corvette driving too fast
and in careless manner.
10/26/05: TRAFFIC WARNING
CARD: Pso provided student
with vehicle code laws for
excessive tint on vehicle.
CAMP
Lectures and Workshops:
Election Day Seminar
Secretary of the Commonwealth
and Penn State Harrisburg
graduate Pedro A. Cortes will
discuss "Voter Rights and
Election Laws in Pennsylvania"
in a public forum Tuesday, Nov.
8 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the
Gallery Lounge. Secy. Cortes is
Penn State Harrisburg's 2005
Alumni Fellow. The event is
co-sponsored by the Office of
Alumni Relations and the College
Democrats.
Speaker
Author, philosopher, and
columnist Crispin Sartwell from
Dickinson College will discuss
his new book, Six Names For
Beauty, Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 7:30
p.m. in the Gallery Lounge. Six
Names For Beauty explores the
idea of beauty in six different
cultural contexts Japanese,
Hebrew, Navajo, Ancient Greek,
American, and Indian.
Engineering Careers
Have you ever wanted to pick
the brain of a professional out
in the "real world"? You can at a
panel discussion on engineering
careers Wednesday, Nov. 9 from
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Gallery
Lounge. Panelists will include
professionals from the industrial,
governmental, and consulting
sectors of engineering. They
will offer summaries of the pros
and cons of each sector and tips
on how to start and develop a
successful career. Professional
licensing procedures will also
be discussed. The event is free
and sponsored by the Society
of Environmental Engineers and
the Alumni Relations Office.
Gender and Multicultural Studies
Colloquium
A campus-wide Gender and
Multicultural Studies Colloquium
will be Friday, Nov. 18 in the
Gallery Lounge. Time will be
approximately 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Free Flu Shots
The college is offering free flu
shots to employees from 10 a.m.
to noon Friday, Nov. 4 in the
Gallery Lounge. Employees must
have a PSU ID card and PSU
Insurance card to be eligible.
Pre-registration is required by
visiting the Web at www.ohr.psu.
edu/health/home. htm.
Join the Women's Basketball
Team! It's not too late! The college
Athletic Department is still looking
for full-time students to participate
on the women's intercollegiate
basketball team. Don't miss this
opportunity to compete in the
Penn State University Athletic
Conference and be part of Penn
State Harrisburg's first women's
basketball team in over 10
years. Male or female students
are also invited to be part of the
women's practice team. Practice
players will compete against the
women's team during practice
sessions two to three times a
week. Please contact Athletic
10/27/05: DISABLED VEHICLE
Attempted jumpstart to students
vehicle/unsuccessful.
10/27/05: DISABLED VEHICLE
Pso transported stranded
motorist to north union street in
middletown to pick up other car
to get gas for vehicle.
10/28/05: VEHICLE LOCKOUT:
Keys locked in running vehicle.
Waiver signed/unable to open.
10/28/05: SUSPICIOUS
ACTIVITY: Employee reported
being followed by tractor trailer
driver. Pso checked area with
negative results.
10/28/05: WEAPON POLICY
US ORIENDER
All Penn State Harrisburg faculty,
students, and staff are invited to
attend. Lunch and snacks will
be provided. For information,
contact Dr. Marian Walters at
mrwl6@psu.edu.
Who's Who Nominations
The Student Affairs Committee of
the Faculty Senate is accepting
nominations through November
17 for the 2005-06 edition
of Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities. Penn
State Harrisburg is among the
more than 1,400 institutions
of higher learning across the
country nominating outstanding
campus leaders and students.
Selection for Who's Who is
based on the following criteria:
senior or graduate student
status; scholarship (at least a
3.0 GPA for a senior or 3.5 for
graduate student); participation
and leadership in academic
and extracurricular activities;
citizenship and service to the
University; and potential for
future achievement. Students
may be recommended by faculty
or staff, may be self-nominated,
or may nominate another student
for the honor. There is no
nomination form. Simply provide
a one- or two-page nomination
letter supporting the criteria listed
above and send it to Student
Services, C-120 Olmsted.
Distinguished Statistician
Lecture
The former president of the
American Statistical Association,
Dr. Jon R. Kettenring, will deliver
the annual Penn State Harrisburg
Distinguished Statistician Lecture
at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17
in the Capital Village Community
Center. An 11:30 a.m. luncheon
will precede the public lecture.
For lunch information, phone
948-6081. For more information
on Dr. Kettenring and the lecture,
visit the Web at http://www.hbg.
psu.edu/news/kettenring.html.
Director Rahsaan Carlton at 948-
6744 or rlcl22@psu.edu
The first week of intramural
football is under way with eight
teams participating. If there are
any "free agents" who still want to
join a team, they should contact
Julie Stoehr at 948-6267 before
5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
WARNING!! Beginning Oct. 24,
all doors of the Capital Union
Budding, with the exception of the
main doors leading to the lobby,
will be alarmed during hours of
operation.
MEETINGS
Chi Gamma lota, the veterans
fraternity on campus, can
help ease the transition from
military life to college. XGI offers
camaraderie, social events,
benefit information, lifelong
friendships, career-enhancing
opportunities. Membership is
available to any veteran, active
duty, reserve, or National Guard
Weapon released to student as
per university policy.
10/29/05: FOOT PATROL: Pso
conducted foot patrol of area.
Halloween party at building
8000.
11/02/05: MOTORIST ASSIST:
Provided directions to lost truck
driver
11/02/05: RECKLESS DRIVING
Report of silver gmc suv
operating vehicle in reckless
manner.
Gone on arrival.
11/03/05: THEFT: Student
reported parking permit stolen
from vehicle. Value $20.00
Harrisburg Area Community
College faculty art works are on
display in the Morrison Gallery
of the library through Nov. 11.
Gallery hours are: Monday
through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9
p.m. and Friday, 8 a m. to 5 p.m.
Humanities graduate student
Morgan Horton's display entitled
"The Photographic Portrait:
Image and Identity" is on exhibit in
the Gallery Lounge through Nov.
11. Gallery hours are Monday
through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9
p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fun and Games
Bus Trip to New York
Circle K is sponsoring a free
bus trip to New York City on
Saturday, N0v.19, for its second
annual Day of Service. The trip
is open to all current Penn State
students, faculty, and staff and
current ID will be needed when
boarding the bus. This is a round
trip excursion and all attendees
must participate in at least one
community service project. For
more information and to sign up,
please see Melinda Logan in the
Student Activities Office or e-mail
Steve O'Holla, Circle K President,
at saol42@psu.edu.
Fall Flicks in the Library
The library is hosting free movie
nights with drinks and popcorn
this semester. All movies will be
shown in room 108 of the library
at 9:15 p.m. The "Space Flick"
Star Wars (the original) will
be shown Thursday, Nov. 3.
Magical Night of Giving
The Lion Ambassadors are selling
tickets for the Colonial Park Mall's
Seventh Annual Magical Night of
Giving Sunday, Nov. 13 from 6 to 9
p.m. Tickets are $5 and grant the
holder admission to the mall for
exclusively discounted shopping,
family entertainment, and special
door prizes. Tickets are available
from any Lion Ambassador or
contact the Alumni Office (948-
6715).
student at Penn State Harrisburg.
The fraternity meets every
Monday at 12:15 p.m. in W-207
Olmsted. For information, contact
James Hall at jdh343@psu.edu
or Dave Schreck at dtsl64@psu.
edu.
The Student Government
Association meets each Thursday
at 12:30 p.m. in room 118 of
the Science and Technology
Building.
The International Affairs
Association meets each Tuesday
at 5 p.m. in E-314 Olmsted. For
more information, contact Paul
Fogle at paf9lo@psu.edu.
The Multicultural Academic
Excellence Program meets every
Wednesday frcm 4:45 to 6 p.m.
in the Oliver LaGrone Cultural
Arts Center, W-132 Olmsted.
The campus Lion Ambassadors
meet every Tuesday at 1 p.m. in
W-231 Olmsted.
Entertainment
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Across
1. One (var. sp.) would have been
made with the hide of 41 across
5. Member of an indigenous people of
northeastern Nebraska
10. Autumn
14. Twos opposites
15. auffy Sainte- (Singer
songwriter who wrote "Native North
American Child")
16. Hamitic language
17. They were set to catch beavers
(See 43 down for a related clue)
19. Northwest Coast Indians were
skilled craftsmen who made fine wood
carvings, and carved things such as
these: Makers for
21. Initials of a former First Lady
22. eeß retfa retteL
23. Thanks, in Britain
25. "That hurts!"
26. Said long ago: "Don't you find
that even though we were here first,
the European explorers think they can
just come in and take over?" (see 12
down for a related clue)
28. An captured in battle by the
Northwest Coast Indians (which
included the Bella Coola, Chinook,
Haida and Nootka) would be kept as a
slave - and regarded as a very
valuable possession, and marker
of wealth
32. Many indigenous cultures of North
America believe in a powerful
world
33. Adolescent (see 10 down for a
related clue)
34. Unemotional, without the "Sto"
36. Some nOrthern tribes would use
stone to make these: _ Blades
37. "Gotcha!"
38. Smitten
40. "lufn" eht sunim, yhcA
41. Animal that was crucial to the
survival of the Plains Indians
45. Sports org.
46. Place at an angle
48. Hard-shelled seed that was part of
the diet of many aboriginal peoples
49. Playful trick...all shook up?
51. Ms. Hinton
52. Du0...0n the fritz?
54. Weapons in Westerns
56. They were used to travel by water
60. Perspire (bkwds.)
61. Blood type: 0
62. "Big whoop!"
63. Tic- -Toe
65. Doc's assistant
66. European Explorer's comment
"This looks like of some kind.
Let's follow it to see where it leads "
69. Dentalia Shells = _ Shells
71. Ceremonial Staff.. spelled
backwards?
73. Thoughts
75. Algonquian language
Chi Gam ma lota Fraternity is •al
fraternal organization comprised of former,
American Indian Heritage Month
Negative
it.a rns-r - it , Et ri ci reserve rvi ern tae.r . , cvf the
76. Types of fish
77. Suit
78. Sort of Sovereign
1. Beautifully carved pole
2. Concerning, for short
3. Ceremonial Calumet
4. AOL, e.g.
5. Mantric word
7. Weapon used in battle
8. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem
about a legendary hero: "The Song of
" (1855)
9. "I" eht sunim, taeM fo epyT
10. A boy who was a 33 across might
have gone through an initiation
ceremony to enter adulthood that
involved or going out all alone
into the wilderness for a period of time
11. Navajo artists are renowned for
creating beautiful jewelry of silver.
12. Treaties sometimes are passed to
resolve injustices concerning these
13. Dunmore's War (The white
man against the Shawnee, Delaware,
Wyandot and Cayuga)
18. Certain Caps...flipped around?
20. Ireland
24. Pierre's Pal
27. Singer (Initials) of Black Sabbath
29. Finial on a Fish...but it's
backwards?
30. Metallic Element, minus the "trium"
31. Not fake
Armed Farces.
32. Ceremony of the Hopi
35. Where some of the Mohave people
were from, without the "fornia"
36. Legendary rock group
37. Situated at the Stern of a Ship
39. An oral history was passed down
by the of indigenous clans
42. Sort of Sloth
43. Native Americans partook in the
with the Europeans
44. In search of food, it's how
aboriginal peoples roamed the land
before the Europeans introduced the
horse to the New World
47. Dome-shaped dwellings
50. Ginger's follower
53. Piece of timber in a traditional
structure
54. Sun God, in Egyptian Mythology
55. And Outs starter
57. Sticky Stuff, without the "GI"
58. Tribe leader
59. Reddish earth used for decoration '
60. It would be used to create various
structures and things: _ Bark
64. In past times, some people would
make _ from plants such as the
sassafras or wintergreen
67. Chest bone
68. Landowner, without the "rd"
70. On the 10th day of this mo. the war
at 13 down ended at Point Pleasant,
West Virginia
72. Mr. Pachino
74. Road, for short
Crossword courtesy of Infoplease.com