October 9, 2006
Burrowes: Beyond the Classroom
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said Burrowes, associate professor
of humanities and communications
It is no surprise then that
he got his master’s degree in
communication from Syracuse
University in New York. With this
degree, he went back to Liberia
and got his first professor job
teaching journalism.
With the fascination for freedom
of the press that he noticed was
highly lacking in Liberia, he
attended Temple University in
Philadelphia, and focused on press
freedom within their doctorate
program in communication.
After living in a few different
states throughout his life, Burrowes
said that it was important for him
to take in the location's values
for what they were worth because
every place has something to
offer, he said. When he lived in
California, he noticed several
homeless people, which he thought
was very unfortunate. As a result,
he realized how grateful he was for
the things he had in life.
Burrowes has four children,
ranging in age from six to 22. Three
are from his previous wife and the
youngest is from his current wife.
Budget allocations complex for all
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The SGA agreed to give $7OO
to the Lion Ambassadors for this
Conference. In comparison, the
ASCD received $56.23 for their
needs. However, s2ooo+ was given
to WPSH, the campus radio station,
which has been inactive for a while, in
order for them to move the antennae
down from the roof to improve
the frequency on the Ist floor.
Reportedly this the only
area where the signal from
the radio station is broken up.
From a oalance of close to
$30,000, to those three clubs for
those specific needs $2,756.23 has
been given; this leaves $27,243.77
to be div ided up between not only
the remaining clubs, but also still
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He has three boys and one girl, who
he said with a smile is “daddy’s
little girl.” His youngest got an
award for being the wittiest in his
class, to which the proud father
responded “Yep, that’s my boy!”
He is very pleased with his children
in this respect because they are
indeed good, intelligent kids.
“I want my kids to be achieved
academically but also to be well
rounded people,” said Burrowes.
He wants them to grow up and
become adults who people would
not mind having around.
Among the several people that
Burrowes has influenced in his
life, including his own kids, are his
students. In fact, some people who
were his students in the past are
now his peers. A lot of his ability
to influence comes from his own
previous teachers and professors.
He had a teacher in Catholic school
who really encouraged him to read.
“I would test this teacher a lot,
sometimes exceeding limits, but
he was never irritated by me,” said
Burrowes, “and I liked that,” he
added. It made him realize how
determined this teacher was to
always encourage reading upon
his students. Burrowes mentioned
the Lion Ambassadors, WPSH’s
and ASCD’s other needs as well.
And don’t forget all of the other
non-club related activities the SGA
sponsors. There is only so much
money to go around, and some
clubs aren’t getting the full cut of
what they asked for.
Melissa Yingling,
current President of the Lion
Ambassadors, said in reply to
some questions sent to her:
“I think that the club budget selection
is a little unfair. 1 do not believe the
SGA officers and senators are fully
aware of exactly why something
might be on a club’s budget... [they]
simply allocate money to things that
they believe might be important or
essential but not what the club was
thinking at all. I think there are
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how this teacher would always buy
books for him. And he tested him
one day by asking to buy him a
book pricey enough for the teacher
to refuse his request. To his
surprise, the teacher didn’t refuse
and through this, Burrowes later
learned the effectiveness in the
power of influence.
“This is one of the reasons I
ended up teaching,” he said, “1
realized how much such a small
action can have such a high ability
to influence.”
Out of all the job possibilities a
person could have in this world,
Burrowes said that he would pick
the one he’s doing now above them
all. He loves the culture at Penn
State Harrisburg.
The environment is very warm
and welcoming, kind of like a
home, family feeling. “It seemed
as if people didn’t mind coming
in to work from day to day,” said
Burrowes. Even coming in for the
interview last year “wooed” him, he
said. After getting the job, he would
call his friends on his way home
to Maryland and tell them that he
now has the perfect job. Classes he
is teaching this year include Media
and Society, Media and Politics,
some things that can be changed...
[club] representatives are not
allowed to speak, at all, under any
circumstances, to fight for money
and help the senators realize exactly
why you want the money...for the
most part, I think SGA tries to be
fair. We (Lion Ambassadors) provide
tours for prospective students and
do a lot with alumni, who donate
a lot of money to our school. We
have to make a big impression
on a lot of people that may make
a huge influence on the school.
We also hold events, such as
the Boobies Ball, that raises
money for Breast Cancer
Awareness and is open to the
community and the student body.
We promote student involvement
by getting our members to attend
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Besides teaching, Burrowes
freelances during his spare time.
He said that he lives for the
summer months when he gets to do
research for a book he is writing
on Freedom’s Journal, which was
the first African-American owned
newspaper to be published in the
United States.
He also enjoys listening to music,
jazz in particular, as one may guess
from the poster in his office. Songs
by lyricists like Diana Krall, who
can paint a picture, pleases him
the most.
Burrowes’ list of favs
1. Food: Tai because its spicy
2. Drink: tea and coke, which are
one of his indulgences
3. Place for future travel:
Thailand
4.
Animal: scorpion because of its
shell protection and its stinging
ability
Sport: soccer -team Brazil in
the world cup
Achievement: a paper he
wrote on cultural studies and
functionalism communication
theory because it included his
own theories
different activities on campus and |
to spread the word. Our club also
visits the Middletown Home to play
Bingo and we go to the Children’s
Hospital around the holidays.”
In essence, the Club Budget
Process is simple; attend the
meetings and request your budget.
However, as Ms. Yingling
stated, they [the senators and
SGA representatives] may not
always know why the Clubs
need certain funds and could
even choose to ignore them.
So the complicated club budget
system, which relies on club voices
and a fair distribution of funds,
still has some cracks to work out
in the form of too many needs and
never quite enough money to get it i
all done.
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school to ensure the children
have activities to participate in.
The program runs from 3p.m. to
Bp.m. The first hour-and-a-half
is homework time, followed by a
home cooked dinner, then in the last
segment, the children have playtime.
During playtime, the children have
the opportunity to “play” outside of
the school. Williams Jones’ nephew,
who is also in the program, gets
transported to a golf course and is
learning how to play golf during
his playtime.
This program allows Williams
Jones, who works full-time, to attend
evening classes at Harrisburg Area
Community College. When she picks
her daughter up after the program,
they go home and talk about the
events of their days and bond in the
evening. She also volunteers in her
children’s schools.
“It’s the parents who need to step
up,” Williams Jones said. “Every
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network. The mobility network is
denoted around campus network
outlets with an orange dot. In the
case that the wireless network goes
down or becomes slow, the student
can plug into the 10 Mb mobility
network and continue surfing.
The academio network is the
100 Mb network in most of the
classrooms (some classrooms
even feature wireless and wired
connections). The Housing
network is the network available
for students living on campus.
Brinkley would like students to
be aware that when experiencing
networkslowdownorunavailability,
they are free to switch between
these networks.
The first wireless network on
campus was designed in part by
one of Brinkley’s IST 220 classes,
being revised and redesigned
in recent years by the campus
parent should be able to tell you
where their child is at any given
moment. Stop saying you know your
child and get your butt involved.”
Cities usually provide programs,
along with curfew laws, to encourage
kids off the streets. Kim described
two programs she is currently
working on. Her Gun Buyback
Program, launched this fall, targets
younger kids who are given vouchers
and gift certificates in exchange for
guns. Nobody is allowed to question
the kids about the guns and the police
melt the guns down once they’ve
been handed in.
Kim’s second program is “still
an idea” to hold a talent showcase
once a month, every month over
the summer giving kids the
chance to work together towards
something fun.
“We ought to be spending time on
the juveniles of our community,”
said Reismiller.
Harrisburg police didn’t return any
phone calls regarding this story.
lines to use
Network Engineer, Dabis Camero.
The network uses ViVato access
points outside and can handle
up to 150 users, endure 125 mph
winds and reach between 3 and
4 kilometers around campus.
However, don’t expect to be
able to access the PSH network
off campus, the network is
strictly available to PSH students
and faculty.
Brinkley boasts that the campus
can successfully call itself “fully
wireless” and suggest that students
in need of assistance logging
onto the wireless network contact
the Help Desk in the basement of
Olmsted or logon to the lIT website
(www.hbg.psu.edu/IIT) and view
the “Frequently Asked Questions”
section under “W” for instructions
on becoming a wireless user.
Brinkley urges students to enjoy
the networks because after all,
“It’s all for the students, that’s who
helped pay for it.”