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By JUUANNE DAUBER
Staff Reporter
JVDSOS7@PSU.EDU
A lover of travel and foreign
cultures, Jay Mumford has been
to 67 different countries and can
communicate in five different
languages. He has accumulated
quite a list of accomplishments
along the way that anyone can
admire. He is extremely intelligent;
you can almost feel the aura of
knowledge emanating from his
classroom.
Mumford was born and raised
in Ogden, Utah where he resided
until he was 21 years old. His
family took trips to Los Angeles,
Ca every four years, which was
his first taste of life outside of
Utah. Still, he "didn't really realize
there was a world out there" aside
from these two states. When he
was 21, he left home to travel to
Finland to become a Christian
Missionary on behalf of the Church
of Latter-day Saints. He quickly
became fluent in Finish during the
two and a half years he spent as a
missionary. When he returned from
Finland, he enlisted in the Army
ROTC program, where he aspired
to be an intelligence officer. His
love of history, travel and foreign
cultures allowed him to flourish;
he served for thirty years, and it
took him all over the United States
and the world. When he became
Commander of a Brigade, he had
units all the way from Norway
to Turkey. His favorite place
abroad was a town in Italy (and a
suburb of Naples) called Puteoli.
Described as a "marvelous little
town," it is also critical place in the
history of Christian faith; Puteoli
is where Paul landed on his trip
to Rome. In the United States, he
enjoyed visiting coastal California,
the Rocky Mountains of Idaho, and
the rocky shores of Maine. Having
seen more of the world than most
people, he retired from the military
in 1989 as a full Colonel.
Educationally speaking, Mumford
is a very accomplished man. During
his time in the military he earned
a master's degree and graduated
second in his class. Over the years,
Mumford has acquired many
different degrees. His civilian
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SGA proposes new po
By BEN BRANSTETIER
Layout Editor
BBBSO34@PSU.EDU
The fading Common Hour and the
necessity of new textbook editions
were the subject of two resolutions
passed by the Student Government
Association this month.
The Common Hour was deemed
necessary in Resolution No. 2008-3,
which stated, "Having a campus-wide
time which is free for all students is
necessary in promoting a more active
campus environment."
The Senate with a unanimous vote
passed the resolution.
The Common Hour, set for 12:30
p.m. to 2 p.m., is a block of time
during which no class are meant to
be scheduled to provide clubs and
student organizations a time to meet.
"The main problem stems from the
fact that we have 196 periods in a
day," said SGA Vice President Martin
Santalucia, "while the standard Penn
State commonwealth campus will
have 16... Obviously, this is where the
Common Hour is going as professors
try to cram their classes into the
current overly complex system."
"Although nothing can be changed
this semester," added SGA President
Sahar Safaee, "if (campus directors)
pass our resolution within this
semester, we can expect the Common
New dorms in works
By IVANA LEE
Staff Reporter
ISLSOO4@PSU.EDU
The numbers of students are
increasing here at Penn State
Harrisburg. As a result of the increase,
the housing department of PSH is
planning on building about 100 new
dorms.
The housing department has not yet
determined if the new dorms will be
like the current ones on campus. As
of now, the housing department is in
the process of considering potential
architects to see what the options are
for the new dorms here at PSH.
Living on campus this year was
$2,750 for a single bedroom and
Photo by lIIEN BRANSTMER/Copital Times Coleman.
This hill near the Community Center is the proposed site for new "If it was still a dry
housing
campus, students are
still going to drink, so it won't really
affect the students to leave campus
or not. It's not really a big deal," said
a student that requested to remain
$2,430 for a double bedroom; prices
are expected to raise about $2OO for
the 2008-2009 school year.
"Services are always increasing:
gas, electricity, water, so the housing
payment is to cover whatever the
increase would be for the utilities
that we use or need for the housing
department," said JoAnn Coleman,
director of Housing and Food
Services.
Many incoming freshmen and
sophomores attend Penn State
Harrisburg but live off campus. While
some commute from neighboring
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Used Calculus textbooks at the Penn State Harrisburg bookstore cost $133.75 whereas
new textbooks cost $178.35.
Hour to be reinstated in fall of
2008."
"One of the big goals in this
administration," Santalucia added,
"is to encourage student involvement
in what is obviously a growing and
evolving campus. They only way to
encourage that growth is to provide a
time for student clubs to meet."
Because of academic schedules
live in The Village of Pineford, an
apartment complex a few minutes
outside campus, where they take the
community bus CAT to get to class.
"There's more space and I like the
fact that I have privacy and compared
to the housing at school, living in
Pineford is cheaper," said sophomore
Catherine Mejie.
"It's OK living here on campus,
but there really isn't much to do.
Although the cable is cheaper than
Pineford," said a student here at PSH
who wished to remain anonymous.
The housing department is still
expecting students to return and
renew their housing contracts in spite
of the implementation of new housing
rules, such as the dry campus policy
which comes in effect
next year
"Prior to the dry campus
announcements, we
sent letters along with
the students' renewal of
their housing contract
notifying the students
of the dry campus. And
we still have a waiting
list for students to get
room and board here
for next year," said
anonymous.
An increase in student population
and dormitories begs the question: is
there a need for more parking lots?
While students who live on campus
have conflicting answers, commuter
students generally support additional
parking spaces. Most students seem
to not care about parking issues,
however, and instead eagerly await
a campus bustling with even more
students.
conflicting with the Common Hour,
three SGA members cannot meet
with the rest of the SGA at the regular
time, including Safaee.
The second SGA resolution passed
concerned whether professors always
need to update required reading
when new editions of textbooks are
released. Resolution No. 2008-1
stated, "New textbook prices have
Prepare ye
"There is such a wonderful, pure
spirit that goes through `Godspell',"
said visibly excited artistic director
Jim Johnson, on the first day of
rehearsals.
"`Godspell' was a big part of my
early theater life. I used to drive
everywhere to see productions of
it." Jim even appeared in the play in
Photo by MARIN BENDORMS/Capital Times
The cast of Godspell reherses a scene in preparation for their April performace. Seen here is Lisa Mei, Berreka Banks,
Lindsay Martin, Kervens Dorcely and Layla Dideban.
1990 at the Civic Little Theater. a Christian, he feels as though the feels blessed that he's been allowed
First opening off-Broadway in show's message of love and morality to continue performing in college,
May of 1971, "Godspell" is an up- is one that must he told. He finds it
Please see MUSICAL on page 4
beat, religiously-themed musical ironic that he's playing Jesus since
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By PHILIP HARSH
Staff Reporter
PSNSOOI@PSU.EDU
risen to a level that places
an unfair financial burden
on students required to
purchase the book."
"We're trying to
encourage professors
to use older editions of
textbooks when possible,"
said SGA Senate
Leader Dustin Holler,
"as long as it doesn't
damage the curriculum.
When teaching from a
psychology textbook,
which talks about the
century-old theories of
Sigmund Freud, it isn't
always necessary to
update the textbook and
have the students pay
more."
"When professors are
choosing textbooks, it
comes down to weighing
between the price and the
content," Santalucia said.
"But because they don't have the
perspective of $lO,OOO-a-year plus
food, living and everything else it
takes to go to college, they might not
understand that the $5O more the new
edition costs will mean a lot more to
the student than it does on paper."
According to Safaee, SGA has been
trying to help students with textbooks
since at least last year.
the way for Godspell
written by Stephen Schwartz and
John Michael Tebelak. The songs
are based on various parables,
taken primarily from the Gospel of
Matthew. Although this is a 70's
musical, you shouldn't expect to
see too many bell bottoms. Jim
says that he plans to modernize this
production of "Godspell".
The talented cast begins with
Maurice J. Blackmon, who is
honored and humbled to he taking
on the role of Jesus. Though he is not
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She said, "This has been a series of
events... since last year, the Senate has
tried to get things done like lowering
prices, which (the bookstore) really
can't do, and making information
about the books easier to access."
The resolution was amended by
SGA Senator Kervens Dorcely before
it was passed with eight senators in
agreement and one abstaining. The
Dorcely Amendment suggested the
campus monitor "the rate in which
professors are requesting newer
editions of books."
Santalucia said, "When a body
like the Student Government takes
their concern to someone like Don
Holtzman, he can then take it to a
school director. The director will
then give out that information to the
professors."
Having been passed, the resolutions
were delivered to the office of Don
Holtzman, senior director of Student
Life and Enrollment Services. As of
press time, Holtzman accepted the
resolutions and they were given to Dr.
Mukund Kulkarni, senior associate
dean of Academic Affairs, who will
present the resolutions to faculty.
"One thing you have to realize,"
said Santalucia, "is nothing can move
very quickly in an institution as
large as Penn State... This resolution
is, I think, a large accomplishment
towards the students' interest."
he portrayed Pontius Pilate in "Jesus
Christ Superstar" his senior year
of high school. Other roles he has
portrayed are: Peter Quince in the
original cast workshop of a musical
adaptation of Shakespeare's "A
Midsummer Night's Dream", called
"Midnight Madness", Topper in "A
Christmas Carol", Captain von Trapp
in "The Sound of Music" and Rooster
in "Annie". He received most of his
training from the NJ Youth Theatre
and the NJ Workshop for the Arts. He
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