The Capital Times, November 28, 2005
POLICE REPORT
1 1 / 1 0/05: Theft: report of theft
of pink back pack. Recovered/
nothing missing.
1 1 / 1 0/05: Suspicious incident:
staff member found three paper
notes on windshield of vehicle on
11/9/05.
1 1 / 1 1/05: Assist outside agency:
motorist reported striking deer
on route 283. Message given to
state police.
1 1 / 1 2/05: Assist outside agency:
Highspire PD requested
assistance with traffic control for
chemical spill.
CAMP
Lectures and Workshops
Free Admission
WhentheOlmsted Players present
Love Letters by A. R. Gurney Nov.
18, 19, and 20 in the Olmsted
Building Auditorium, Penn State
Harrisburg students will be
admitted free to any performance
by showing their valid student ID
card. Performances are at 7:30
p.m. Nov. 18, 19, and 20 and at
2 p.m. Nov. 20.
Discussion on Terrorism
Assistant Professor of Public
Policy Michael Ken ney will discuss
"Talking with Arab `Terrorists':
Israeli Counter-Terrorism Policy"
Monday, Nov. 28 from 3:25 to
4:45 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge.
The presentation is based on
Dr. Kenney's research trip to
Israel where he studied Islamic
terrorism in the Middle East and
interviewed jailed terrorists.
Public Affairs Open Forum
The School of Public Affairs will
host an Open Forum for Public
Policy and Criminal Justice
majors and students interested
in these programs at 12:30
p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 in W-225
Olmsted. Faculty will conduct a
question-and-answer session
on a variety of topics including
career opportunities, courses,
internships, and scheduling.
Food will be provided.
Book Grants Available
The Penn State Harrisburg adult
honor society, Alpha Sigma
Lambda, Theta lota chapter, is
accepting applications for its
$5O Book Grants to be used
for the spring semester at the
campus bookstore. Applications
may be picked up in the Student
Assistance Center, W-117, or
may be requested by e-mail at
cspector @ psu. edu. Completed
applications are due back in the
Student Assistance Center no
later than Monday, Dec. 12, 2005.
For questions, contact Charlotte
Spector at cspector@psu.edu.
Noontime Choral Concert
"The Patunos," the newly formed
Penn State Harrisburg student
choir under the direction of
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Tuesday Classes Follow Friday
Schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 22 will follow a
Friday class schedule. This will
enable the University to better
balance class offerings and
laboratories across each day of
the week.
Who's Who Deadline Extended
The Who's Who deadline for
nominations has been extended
to November 30. Nomination
forms are available in C-120
Olmsted. Nominations cannot
be accepted via e-mail. Students
can self-nominate. Call Kathy
Eckinger at 948-6018 for more
information.
Thanksgiving Week schedule for
the library is: Tuesday, Nov. 22,
7:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday,
Nov. 23, 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Thanksgiving Day, closed;
Friday, Nov. 25, 7:45 a.m. to 5
p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 26, closed;
Sunday, Nov. 27, 1 to 11 p.m.
11/13/05: Alarm activation: fire
alarm activated by burnt food.
Alarm reset.
11/13/05: Parking permit: located
vehicle with unauthorized parking
permit.
11 /14/05: Parkingcomplaint: PSO
observed two tractor-trailers
parked in rear parking lot. Drivers
sleeping/asked to move from
area.
11/14/05: Request to
locate: request from parent to
notify student to check his email.
US CRIERDER
Marina Cherepinsky, will present
music of the holiday season
Thursday, Nov. 30 at noon in the
Gallery Lounge.
Diversity Awards
Nominations for the Penn State
Harrisburg Faculty Diversity
Award and Staff Diversity Award
are being accepted through Feb.
1, 2006. For information and a
nomination form, visit the Web at
http://www.cl.psu.edu/diversity/
divaward.html. The awards will
be presented at the Faculty and
Staff Recognition Program on
March 30, 2006.
Psychology Club Events
Nov. 21 and 22 from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. in the Olmsted lobby, club
members will be conducting a
food drive. Items being collected
include: turkeys, hams, beef,
fruit, vegetables (frozen, fresh,
or canned), paper products,
spaghetti sauce, pancake syrup,
cereal, peanut butter, jelly, and
other essential food products.
All food collected will be donated
to the Bethesda Mission in
Harrisburg.
At 2 p.m. Dec. 2, the club will
host a Hawaiian Tea Party for
residents at the Fry Village
Retirement Center. Volunteers
should contact Alanna Cremo at
amc397@psu.edu by Nov. 29.
A toy collection for Toys for Tots
will be sponsored by the club
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 5
through 9 in the Olmsted lobby.
Faculty, staff, and students are
encouraged to donate unwrapped
new toys.
State Police Presentation
The Criminal Justice Club Lecture
Series continues Monday, Nov.
21 with a presentation on "Crime
Mapping and Uniform Crime
Reports" from Pennsylvania
State Police representatives Lt.
W.J. Margeson and Sgt. W. Mike
Williams. The presentation, with
lunch provided by the club, will
be from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. in the
Gallery Lounge.
Art
An exhibition of the art work of
Peter Mollenkof entitled "Just
Below the Surface" will be on
Thanksgiving week, the CUB will
be on the following schedule: Nov.
20 and 12, normal hours; Nov.
22, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Nov. 23, 8
a.m. to 7 p.m.; Nov. 24, closed;
Nov. 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Nov. 26
and 27, closed. The gymnasium
will be closed: Nov. 18, 12:30 to
5 p.m.; Nov. 19, closed all day;
Nov. 20, 1 to 4 p.m.; Nov. 21, 5 to
10 p.m. for the men's basketball
home opener; Nov. 22, 5 to 7
p.m.; Nov. 25, closed all day.
MEETINGS
Chi Gamma lota, the veterans
fraternity on campus, can help
ease the transition from military
life to college. Meetings are 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
11/14/05
person: PSO observed male
walking through rear lot. Person
taking short-cut to visit girlfriend.
11/14/05: Harassment: report
of former student harassing
faculty member. Investigation
continuing.
11/15/05
activity: PSO found two students
dealing with relationship
problems.
11/16/05: Community education:
PSO was guest speaker for
sexual violence presentation in
the Oliver Lagrone Center.
display in the Morrison Gallery
from Nov. 14 through Jan. 13.
Gallery hours are Monday
through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9
p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mitchell Davidson Bentley's
exhibit entitled "Astronomical
Art: An Historical analysis and
Exhibition of Digitally Created
Work" is on exhibit through Feb.
3, 2006 in the Gallery Lounge.
Gallery hours are Monday
through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9
p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
An artist's reception and gallery
talk will be Wednesday, Dec. 7 at
5:30 p.m.
Fun and Games
"New York Times" Best Sellers
Visit the library and grab some
fun holiday reading. The library
has the books listed on the New
York Times best seller lists for
fiction, nonfiction, and advice in
both hardcover and paperback.
The collection is shelved near the
videos, CDs, and DVDs.
Basketball Opener
The men's team makes its home
debut Monday, Nov. 21 when it
hosts Penn State Beaver in the
Capital Union Building at 7 p.m.
Come to the game and cheer for
our squad!
Intramural co-ed singles
racquetball signup deadline is
Nov. 23. Sign up in Julie Stoehr's
office (121 CUB) or at the front
desk. Play begins Nov. 29. Rules
are available in the Recreation
and Athletics Office. Schedules
of tournament play will be posted
outside room 121 CUB on Nov.
28. For information, phone 948-
6272.
Intramural co-ed table tennis
signup deadline is Nov. 23. Sign
up in Julie Stoehr's office (121
CUB) or at the front desk. Play
will begin Nov. 29. Rules of play
are posted in the Recreation and
Athletics Office. Schedules of
tournament play will be posted
outside room 121 CUB on Nov.
28. For information, phone 948-
6267.
the Science and Technology
Building.
The campus Lion Ambassadors
meet every Tuesday at 1 p.m. in
W-231 Olmsted.
The International Affairs
Association meets every 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 from 4:45 to 6 p.m.
in the Oliver LaGrone Cultural
Arts Center, W-132 Olmsted.
The C. S. Lewis Seminar meets
each Tuesday at noon. All faculty
and staff are invited to join the
discussion of Mere Christianity
as the group attempts to separate
fact from fiction regarding the
Christian faith. Contact w 44 or
pbil for details.
Entertainment
PSH diversity rising
CULTURE cont'd from 9
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things they know, they teach me
different things I know, I teach
them."
"I bring life to this campus, I
think. I'm the social coordinator,"
said Chris Ziino, an Italian from
Philadelphia. "I'm very nonbiased
and love people who come from
all different places. That's how I
roll."
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For Victor Rodriguez, 18, animal
biosciences, mixing cultures is
all about being open-minded.
Rodriguez goes to Puerto Rico
every summer to visit relatives
and keep traditions close.
"When I think of myself and
culture, I don't define one over
another," said Aiyana Taylor, 18,
environmental engineering, who
isAfrican-American, White, Native
American, and Hispanic. "I try to
focus on what I can bring to the
campus in my knowledge of my
different backgrounds to campus
and share with others. People
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Cheesecake takes the cake
By Devinique Murray
Staff Reporter
dvmll2@psu.edu
On Oct. 26, Penn State
Harrisburg students competed in
the first annual dessert cook-off.
It was down with the books and
on with the aprons for the nine
PSH students.
Kimberly Hill, residence assistant
coordinator for student housing,
organized the event. "When
visiting my residents, people are
often cooking and I thought the
cook- off would be a fun thing to
do," she said.
When walking through residence
housing, Hill observed there
are more men than women who
seem to be cooking. Hill has also
had some samples of that home
cooking.
When students were signing
up for the competition, many
were calling their dishes secret
weapons. Well, the only secrets
those desserts held were if
they were good enough to win.
Students were required to call
a community assistant while
preparing their dishes.
Jasmine Cunningham, 24,
community assistant for student
housing said, "We asked
participants to call one of the
CA's, while preparing their dishes
so we could make sure nothing
was store brought." Along with
Hill and Cunningham, there
were two other judges - Mary
Velasquez and Rob Holland, also
community assistants.
There were three sections to the
competition. The first was divided
into four parts creativity, taste,
appearance, and level of difficulty
(the amount of time spent on
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Ethnic Origin
need to realize when coming to a
setting like a college campus that
they aren't from one dimension but
multiple opinions and viewpoints.
In addition to themselves being
that way, others are as well. I
have a support system here
friends, faculty, which is basically
our extended family." Taylor
believes the campus needs to
be more supportive in terms of
cultures clashing. She believes
intervention workshops with
people representing different
backgrounds would help students
understand another culture more
and take things less personal.
Taylor is involved in Multicultural
Office Academic Excellence
Program where she believes
the speakers empower her.
She also enjoys the hands-on
experience of International Affairs
Association, where activities are
tailored toward participation and
increased awareness of other
cultures. "I wouldn't trade this
place for the world. I've loved this
place since
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the dish). The third section
provided judges an opportunity
to ask questions about the dishes
prepared. Participants earned
points from one to 10 for each
section.
As the participants poured
through the PSH community
center with their desserts, not
only did the eyes of the judges
get wide, but the eyes of the
spectators opened wide too.
Charmaine Edmonds, the first
contestant who introduced her
dessert, described her banana
pudding as a classic down
south recipe, which she learned
from her grandmother. Edmonds
stated her banana pudding took
less than two hours to make, but
its tastes as if it took an eternity
to make. "It tastes like it fell from
heaven," Edmonds said with a
huge smile.
Supat Kanchanasakul made a
fruit tart and stated all the items
were from scratch, including
the whipped icing on top.
Kanchanasakul said, "I was
going to use my mom's recipe
but I lost it, so I just made up my
own recipe."
Dapheney Placide prepared
a chocolate cake with whipped
icing. The top of the cake was
arranged with perfectly cut
strawberries. "I just tried to be as
creative as I could," Placide said.
Placide was not the only one
who was creative with her dish.
Jonathan Carrolle and Katie
Carlin teamed up to make a
blueberry cheesecake that was
very creative. Raymond Lynna,
who observed the competition,
said, "Their dessert dish looked
like it was something you would
see on the food network." Carrolle
I've been
here," Taylor
said.
Presently,
there are
79 students
from 27
different
countries
on some
type of visa,
said Donna
Howard,
assistant
director of
campus
life and
intercultural
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affairs. Howard works with all
international students on campus
and provides opportunities for
cultural sharing.
Howard wants to see more White
American students participate
in MAEP to enhance the
multicultural experience. Started
in 1988 by Dr. Felicia Brown-
Haywood, director of student
affairs, MAEP is an open forum
that meets weekly to support
students in being successful.
"If you want to be the best you
can be, we want to support you,"
said Brown-Haywood.
A program with a strong
outreach and different aspects of
African-American life and culture
is the Black Student Union.
Clem Gilpin, assistant professor
of community systems and
African-American studies, social
science program coordinator,
says an interesting trend over
the last decade is the number of
students on campus who are first
or second generation Americans,
yet of African descent.
"We tend to think Asian, Hispanic,
Europeans," said Gilpin. "We
tend not to acknowledge African
descent from the Caribbean and
America as being always cultural.
Often when people see the Black
Student Union, they don't think of
it as being culturally diverse, but
just African American."
Another student organization
established in the early 1970 s
is the International Affairs
Association to sponsor the
Penn State University Model
United Nations Conference.
This organization is open to all
individuals who are interested
in promoting international
understanding.
"We need to gain
the wisdom of the
<l% world, not just a
17% segment," said
Brown-Haywood,
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this year. "We
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one another."
and Carlin used acorns to
decorate their dish and even had
a fancy knife to cut the gourmet
looking dish.
The contestants seemed to
have lots of confidence when
Joel Maysonet was asked to
described his dish. He simply
said, "I have the ugliest looking
cake on the table, but its going to
taste the best." Franky St. Pierre
made a carrot cake with pecans.
St. Pierre explained how he
learned to make the dessert from
his sixth grade cooking teacher.
Cheesecake seemed to be
a popular dessert dish among
PSH students. Kristie Sellers
and Danielle Hurrow both made
cheese cake dishes. Sellers
made cheesecake cupcakes
and Hurrow made a plain
cheesecake.
While everyone's dessert dishes
looked good, not everyone could
win.
While the spectators and the
students waited anxiously for
the judges to tally up the scores,
both the contestants and the
spectators filled their stomaches
with the delicious dessert. After
tallying up the score, there was a
tie between Sellers and the team
of Carlin and Carrolle.
There was only one way to
break the tie. Spectators did the
old-fashioned taste test. After
tallying up the scores and taking
a vote from the spectators, the
winner was Sellers, and Carlin
and Carrolle took second place.
"The competition was very close,"
said Hill, "I think Kristie deserved
to win. The cupcakes were good
and really had an authentic taste
to them. You could tell they were
made from scratch."