Volume 49 No. 6 February 3, 2010
How's PA tuition?
The answer might sur
prise you! Check out
page 4.
PA state elections
gear up
Learn their names on
Page 5 now so you can
forget them later!
Drama at the CUB
Find out why you're
bulking up in silence on
Page 8
THON!
See the details on page
10. FTK!
`Avatar' Fever
Box office records,
Oscar nods, and now
a Cap Times review on
Page 12!
Cheap food and
good drinks
The saga for bargains
continues on Page 13.
Games and
Comics
Refuse to be productive
on Page 18!
INDEX:
NEWS 4-5
OPINION 6
CAMPUS LIFE 8-11
ENTERTAINMENT 12-14
SPORTS 15-16
POLICE, CALENDAR 17
COMICS/GAMES 18
PHOTO CLUB CONTEST 19
The
By DYLAN JOHNSON
STAFF WRITER
DBSO34@PSU.EDU
Here in Pennsylvania it is hard to
travel anywhere and not get caught
in construction. Roads are always
being paved, developments are
being Wilt, and traffic is always
creeping along slowly. It is no
different at Penn State Harrisburg.
We have our own construction
going on right in our back yard.
The construction of the new first
year student dormitories is now
underway.
We interviewed Housing and
Food Services manager Leisha
Kreider, to shed some light on the
subject. Starting in the summer
of 2009, PSH began construction
on new housing units that will
increase the dorm space from 328
to 428. 96 more students will be
able to live on campus and four
more residence life staff rooms
will also be built.
The dorms are being built next to
the 9000 building of The Village
and will be roughly four stories
high. According to Kreider each
floor will be built in the suite
style like the existing on-campus
houses. There will be four students
per suite with two bedrooms in
each suite. Two students will share
a bedroom and all four residents
will share a bathroom.
An environmentally friendly
makeover is in store for Penn
State Harrisburg's living quarters.
For example, the building will
utilize water from rain to water
plants around the site. This will cut
the costs of watering plants and
upkeep of the landscaping. Low
flow water fixtures will also reduce
the use of water in the dorm. Also,
recycling centers are going to be
placed throughout the building to
encourage recycling.
Even the tiles on the floor will
be made out of recycled material.
Students will also be cutting back
on use of fluorescent light. The
building will make more use of
natural sunlight to light up rooms.
The only issue is that there are
still some unanswered questions
that even Leisha Kreider could
not currently answer. Will the
overall cost of on-campus living
Capital Ti
Freshmen dorms take shape,
to be finished by fall 2010
rise because of this new building?
With more residents, will there
be another parking lot built or an
extension added on to the existing
lot? Some of these questions do
not yet yield an answer.
"One thing is certain," said
Kreider "depending on the
weather, construction will be done
for the fall 2010 semester."
Students of PSH have mixed
reactions about the new
Dorms being built on campus.
"Clearly they keep letting
people into Penn State, why
would we need more dorms? I
suppose they will look good when
they're finally finished," said
Stephanie Toth, 21, a Psychology
major living on campus.
"Actually the construction is
annoying but the thought of
having more people on campus
is kind of exciting. I'm excited.
The construction is moving kind
of fast. They aren't taking long,"
said Thomas Berry, 18, a Security
Risk and Analysis major who lives
on campus
"I think it's good because it
gives more room for students and
people to come down. It just gives
more interaction and activities for
people," said Jeremy Tushup, 21,
a Criminal Justice major who lives
in Anneville.
"I think it's a good thing because
they aren't going to have kitchens
so then maybe Stack's will be open
on weekends, " said Vaunecia
Jackson, 20, a psychology major
living on campus.