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By AMBER HUDSON
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"I'm an all Penn State kind of
guy," said Neil Leifert, adjunct
professor for the Humanities
Department, who obtained his
undergraduate degree in speech and
theater at Penn State Abington and
University Park, and a master's in
American Studies 20 years later
here at Harrisburg.
As a professor of Holocaust
related courses, Leifert said he
was always interested in the
subject because his father was a
veteran, but there was never a great
epiphany. In eighth grade he read
William L. Shirer's book "Rise and
fall of the 3" Reich," who's large
bind bore a big black swastika
inside of a white circle.
"It's not the kind of book you read
cover-to-cover, it's too daunting for
that," Leifert said, but that was his
moment of knowing if there was
one.
Almost immediately after
obtaining his graduate degree,
Leifert began teaching. In the fall
of 1999 he taught his first class at
Penn State Berks. In spring of 2000
he was teaching here at Penn State
Harrisburg.
Since Leifert has been here at
Harrisburg as a professor he has
brought many Holocaust-related
courses to our line-up. The history
of the Holocaust, Holocaust denial,
Holocaust depiction in media,
and Holocaust film and literature
are some of the courses he has
personally created.
He has also been involved
with Holocaust programs, such
as speakers, that have come to
campus.
"My wife says I've taken my
passion and made a living out of
it," Leifert said.
When asked about what he liked
best about his job he said the
interaction with his students. "The
best moments and learning come
off the record," Leifert said. He
also enjoys exploding the myths
that a lot of students have about
the Holocaust. Even now Leifert
thinks of himself as a student of the
Holocaust.
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INDEX:
Election confusion delays progres
By MARIN BENDORITIS
Editor In Chief
MABS33B@PSU.EDU
On March 20, with a vote of 156
for Antonios Avramidis and 150
for Martin Santalucia, the student
body spoke as to who they wanted
to run their Student Government
Association. Chaos has surrounded
this election within the past few
weeks, leaving the student body to
wonder who will be in charge come
fall.
As it stands, Avramidis is the
president elect and will be sworn in
at the next SGA meeting on April
3. Avramidis states that he ran for
president because he was tired
of taking a bystander position on
campus and wanted to take a bigger
role.
Although no spots for senate
positions were contested, the race
for president and vice president was
heated. Freshman and current SGA
Vice President Marty Santalucia
brought charges against Avamidis
before the elections. The changes
were regarding libel, a violation of
the SGA election code. The student
court heard the case and ruled that
the subject matter in the changes
was not actually libel. After the
close elections, Santlucia brought
more charges against Avramidis.
Four different counts of election
Police: not targeting students
Middletown PD explain the rules and regulations
By IVANA LEE
Advertising Manager
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Drinking may be socially
acceptable in a college setting,
but Middletown Chief of Police,
Keith R. Reismiller explains how
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situation of securing the safety a town with a broad age group and diverse
ethnicities.
the Middletown Police Department how we find out if there's a party.
regulates, protect and handle parties We usually find underage drinkers,
involving college students in drugs sometimes..."
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code violations regarding poster attitude toward the SGA during the right thing." Said Avramidis.
display and electioneering too close whole process. He cited the bible Avamidis is an out-of-state
to the polling station on the day of verse, Matthew 5:39 which says to student from New Jersey who has
the election were found invalid. turn the other cheek, which is what participated in high school model
Avramidis, a junior political he did. united nations as well as sports and
science major, kept a positive "I was confident they would do the held numerous leadership positions
"Ever since Penn State Harrisburg
became a four year college, we
have had more arrests in Village of
Pineford mainly because of alcohol
violations." said Chief Keith R.
Reismiller, a 13 year veteran of the
Middletown Police Department.
"With a noise level complaint that's
PSH services cause grievances
Students report of negative experiences with Housing, Food and Bursar
By MAURICE J. BLACKMON
Staff Reporter
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Bursar's Office and Financial Aid:
"Oh well" attitudes don't set well
with students
Roaming through the Stacks food
court, during which used to be
considered the common hour for the
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students, it is impo:
notice the students'
changing from cast
complaints. One canny
to sit and talk with ....
about what their issues are with
Penn State Harrisburg. A common
theme was the quality of their
college experience.
Students apply to Penn State
Harrisburg, expecting the same
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benefits one would reap from
University Park, or any other
college or university, for that matter.
The reality is that students are not
happy with most of what Penn State
Harrisburg has offered them.
Most of their unhappiness stems
from the services Penn State
Harrisburg offers.
First semester sophomore, Amy
Jo, just recently transferred
to the campus. Her very first
interaction with Penn State
yielded negative results.
She felt as if the financial
aid director treated her as if
she were unintelligent. She
was left unprepared to begin
classes, to the point where she
was almost removed from classes
because of lack of clarity provided
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Here at PSH, he has lived on and
off campus, and has participated
socially and in intramural sports.
He has big plans for next year's
SGA, wanting to increase student
participation in events, increase
campus pride and promote diversity
and unity. Avramidis suggested
the building of a student union
building for students to come and
"hang out." He also cited the use of
better advertising around campus;
utilizing Webmail, the televisions
and posters.
"Presidents in the past did what
they're told, not as they should."
Said Avramidis when asked about
his goals for the upcoming year.
Vice President elect, Nathaniel
Hezekiah ran for the office because
he felt that he could help PSH, not
just as the Senator of Business, but
on a whole. He expressed wishes to
involve more clubs in cooperative
events as well as improving the
image and student knowledge about
the SGA.
"I don't feel that events that were
witnessed by an Associate Justice of
the court is something that you can
vote up or down on." Said Santalucia.
The changes of electioneering too
close to the polling station were
witnessed by a justice who was
not present at the ruling, so he was
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by the financial aid office.
Jo was one of the many students
who felt Penn State Harrisburg staff
members treated them unfairly.
"The Bursar's Office never cashed
my check last year!" said Junior,
Gesner Gomez. "I had to reapply to
Penn State and they had the nerve to
charge me late fees."
Gomez was especially upset
about this because his mother took
money out of her CDs (certificates
of deposit), and in return lost
opportunities to gain interest.
Another anonymous student had
much to say on the topic. He claimed
that the Bursar's Office mistook his
Social Security Number, and had
him paying
on another
student's
balance. He
burg cause grievances with students
"All of my friends are juniors. I'm a
sophomore...and it's embarrassing."
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was removed
from all of
his classes
because of
what they
referred to
as a lack to
pay off his
semester
bill.
"It was
me to have
missed
an entire
semester
because
mistake." He
continued,