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By JUIANNE DAUBER
Staff Reporter
JVDSOS7@PSU.EDU
"I am a pretty positive person,"
Jim Johnson said in response to
inquiry about his least favorite part
of teaching. There are very few
men whose passion for their job
is greater than Jim Johnson's. He
loves teaching, directing, talking
about art, and generally being in a
creative environment. His favorite
part of teaching is watching a
student from day one who has no
faith in their ability to develop
a character within themselves.
To him, there are few things
more exciting than taking them
through the process of forming
that character and becoming an
actor, thus transporting them
from students who only care
about general education credits to
risk-taking artists displaying real
creativity. "Everybody is blessed
with creativity," says Johnson
when asked if this campus's small
art/theater program discouraged
him. Even though art majors here
are scarce, his theater classes are
never hard to fill. There will always
be those students who may have
wanted to be a Theater major but
whose dreams were halted by
parents who were not willing to
accept their child's aspirations. Jim
Johnson teaches the Fundamentals
of Acting and next semester he
will be teaching Theater 282,
Productivity and Practicum; both
of which are acting classes. He has
been teaching here for ten years.
His classes are energetic and
interactive with only small amounts
of lecture. His teaching style is
very hands-on. He takes ideas from
conferences he attends and from
books he reads and brings them
into his classroom. Activities like
"Machine" and "Ruin his day" are
different games he plays to help
develop character and acting skills.
Some of these games are strictly
verbal, like "ruin his day". This
game takes place with two people
at a time, with one making up a
scenario to get the other to admit
that their day was ruined. This
is an excellent improv exercise.
Another game that he plays is a
movement game called "Machine".
First, he gives the students a theme,
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Penn State to go dry
By DIANA LE
Assistant Editor
DXLSO37COPSU.EDU
Penn State Harrisburg recently
introduced a new alcohol policy,
making it a dry campus effective
Fall 2008 semester. The change
means students, including those of
legal drinking age, will no longer
be permitted to have alcohol in the
residence areas.
The idea of a dry campus was
discussed for at least a couple years
among students, parents, faculty and
staff, according to JoAnn Coleman,
director of Housing & Food
Services, and Donald Holtzman,
senior director of Student Affairs.
"It (drinking on campus) has been
an issue since we had housing," said
Holtzman.
Because of limited housing, it is
difficult to separate those of legal
drinking age and those who are
not, he said. If more on-campus
housing is built, the policy may just
be temporary, Holtzman pointed
out. He further explained banning
alcohol on campus would make
enforcement of policies easier
and help prevent alcohol-related
problems.
According to both Coleman and
Holtzman, there are only about 12
on-campus residents this school
PSH teams with South Korea
By IVANA LEE
Staff Reporter
ISLSOO4@PSU.EDU
In an effort to promote friendship,
cultural and educational ties and
encourage an exchange of ideas
and information between staff and
students, Penn State Harrisburg and
the Incheon Metropolitan Office
of Education, located in Korea,
mutually agreed and signed a
Memorandum of Understanding.
The relationship will benefit the
current educational staff and
teachers in both organizations and
develop a bond of understanding
and respect among students of both
countries.
The partnership will allow
Incheon Metropolitan Office of
Education (IMOE) professors to
pursue educational opportunities
in Pennsylvania such as teacher
training, English as a second
,cal happe
off Penn
year who are age 21 or older. Yet,
there were about three alcohol
related injuries or hospitalizations
on campus in the Fall 2007
semester, according to Police
Services.
Lt. William Gelgot of Police
Services noted the campus is getting
more freshmen and underage
residents. The policy is a more
"proactive than reactive approach"
to the alcohol problems, explained
Gelgot.
"It's a quality of life issue too," he
said.
Residence Life made the new
policy aware to students early in
an e-mail so they may cancel their
housing contract for Fall 2008 if
they wish.
Freshman Stephanie Bormuth, 18,
who lives in the 6000 building, said,
"I think it's a good thing, but I don't
know how many people are going
to abide by it. Kids like to drink and
they'll find a way."
In the 8000 building, junior Mark
Minchoff, who is 22 and drinks,
argued, "I think it's dumb, really. I
don't know the reason why they're
doing it. I don't see students going
rampant."
"Either way, people are going to
sneak alcohol," he said.
Minchoff reasoned, "If I'm paying
`X' amount of money to live on
language, American studies, history
programs and workshops. It also
will provide them an opportunity to
experience the American culture.
IMOE professors, however, won't
be the only ones benefiting from the
partnership.
Penn State Harrisburg Chancellor
Madlyn L. Hanes believed that
having any type of exposure to
the global experience, in addition
to gaining knowledge and skills
for future careers, is beneficial to
students.
The memorandum, which was
written in both English and
Korean, was signed Jan. 8 by PSH
Chancellor Hanes, IMOE Education
Governor Keun-Hyung Na and
PSU Assistant Vice President for
Research David W. Richardson.
Details of rights, responsibilities,
terms and conditions including
financial arrangements related to
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campus, I should do what I want."
Junior Eric Stump, 21, who drinks
and is from the 3000 building,
started Facebook group "Bring
Back Beer in '08!" He described
it as an all-age rights group and
noted in the group description that
prohibition ended in 1933.
A new Penn State Harrisburg policy will make the entire campus alcohol free at the
start of 2008.
separate agreements.
Along with the Jan. 8 meeting,
Keun-Hyung Na and four other
Korean delegates made off-campus
visits to Lower Dauphin and
Middletown Area school districts
where they met with principals,
teachers and Superintendents Dr.
Sherri I. Smith and Dr. Richard
Weinstein.
Located in the mid
western part of the
Korean peninsula,
IMOE is one of
the first school
districts in Korea
to accept Western
culture. It has five
regional Offices of
Education: Nam
bu; Buk-du, Dong
bu, Gangwha and
Seobu. IMOE also
has a few directly
controlled institutions
including eight
libraries, two training
complexes, six
student gymnasiums,
a swimming pool and
a student education
and culture hall.
In total, IMOE
has a . .roximatel
484,080 students and
21,178 professors.
The agreement signed between
Penn State Harrisburg and Incheon
Metropolitan Office of Education
was simply a foundation for the new
partnership.
Marie-Louise Abram, PSH
International programs and external
relations director, stated that the
finalization of the partnership with
IMOE will only take a couple of
months and hopefully about 20
professors from IMOE will be
joining Penn State Harrisburg
students and faculty this coming
fall.
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"You got to speak up or you
won't get it your way," he said
in an interview. He described the
new policy as a "poor decision," a
"blatant disregard to the rights of
students."
Stump also said, "It's more of a
problem of roommates interacting
Giants Win
By BARRY VIALNER
AP Football Writer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) _ The
Giants had the perfect answer for
the suddenly imperfect Patriots: a
big, bad defense and an improbable
comeback led by their own Mr.
Cool quarterback, Eli Manning.
In one of the biggest upsets in
Super Bowl history, New York
shattered New England's unbeaten
season 17-14 Sunday night as
Manning hit Plaxico Burress on a
13-yard fade with 35 seconds left.
It was the Giants' 11th straight
victory on the road and the first
time the Patriots tasted defeat in
more than a year.
for illegally taping
opponents' defensive
signals in the season-opener
against the New York Jets.
But its defense couldn't
stop a final, frantic 12-play, 83-yard
drive that featured a spectacular
leaping catch by David Tyree,
who had scored New York's first
touchdown on the opening drive of
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community."
He suggested alternatives such as
more education about the effects of
alcohol.
Junior Matt Birx, 21, of the 8000
building drinks and is a member of
the Facebook group. He suggested
separating the freshmen from older
residents, more frequent room
checks and a curfew.
Stump recognized that he still has
the option to go to bars, but with
more students heading off campus
to drink, the chances of driving
under the influence, and therefore
accidents and fatalities, increases.
Currently, students age 21 or
older are allowed to possess and
consume alcohol in their on-
campus apartments. They are not,
however, permitted to have an
open container of alcohol in public
due to the alcohol policy of Lower
Swatara Township. Students under
the age of 21 are not permitted to
buy, possess or consume alcohol
whatsoever. More information about
the campus's current alcohol policy
can be found on PSH's Web site in
the Police Services section.
The consequences of students
found with alcohol on campus once
the new policy takes effect will be
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the fourth quarter.
"It's the greatest feeling in
professional sports," Burress said
before bursting into tears.
"That's a position you want to be
in," said Manning, who followed
older brother Peyton's MVP
performance last year with one of
his own. "You can't write a better
script. There were so many big
plays on that drive."
And now the 1972 Miami
Dolphins can pop another bottle
of champagne in celebration of a
record still intact, the only perfect
season in the Super Bowl era.
The Patriots were done in not so
much by the pressure of the first
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a dozen more and at one point
wound up on his knees, his hands on
his hips following one of many poor
throws in New England's lowest
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