News in Brief
Penn State Intercom......September 5, 2002

New 'Race Matters' season begins

WPSX-TV viewers and WPSU-FM listeners can tune in to participate in a new round of discussion topics during the second season of the community call-in program, "Race Matters," with Cindi Deutschman-Ruiz as host. The first live call-in show will air at 7 p.m. Sept. 10 with "Racial Profiling after 9/11."

Ibrahim Ibrahim, former president of the Islamic Society of Central Pennsylvania, and David Harris, author of Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work, join Deutschman-Ruiz. TV viewers and radio listeners are invited to share their thoughts and comments during the program by calling (800) 543-8242.

"Race Matters" is looking for commentaries, stories and observations to be used on future shows. Send correspondence to racematters@psu.edu, call (814) 865-9778 or log on to http://racematters.psu.edu.

Annual book sale

The University Press will hold its annual book sale from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at its warehouse on the University Park campus.

Savings of up to 50 percent will be offered on books published by the University Press. The sale will feature titles of local interest as well as books in art history, philosophy, medieval studies, Latin American studies, political science, American history, sociology and literature.

For information, call (814) 865-1327 or visit the Web at http://www.psupress.org.

'Ph' directory migrated

Academic Services and Emerging Technologies, a unit of Information Technology Services, has migrated the University's "Ph" directory (ph.psu.edu) to a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory (ldap.psu.edu) to provide better, more standardized search options.

Users of this directory can now perform keyword searches to find departmental directory information including links to departmental Web sites, and can choose to list abbreviated or full directory listings when searching for directory information of University faculty, staff and students. The presentation of data is uniform with official University data providers, including but not limited to the Office of the University Registrar and the Office of Human Resources, and is in compliance with federal and state privacy laws.

Ph queries will continue to be supported through a Ph-to-LDAP gateway. When a request is made to Ph, either from an e-mail client, a Web browser or the University's online directory, the bridge will make the request to LDAP and return the results to the user. While ph.psu.edu will work, users are encouraged to change search configurations to use ldap.psu.edu. Instructions for changing configurations on individual computers to use LDAP are found at http://aset.its.psu.edu/ldap/clientconfig.html.

Additional details about this change are found at http://cac.psu.edu/news/alerts/directory_services.html. Inquiries may be directed to the ITS Help Desk at helpdesk@psu.edu.

Shuttles changed

The current staff and guest shuttles on the University Park campus have undergone a transition which combined the two shuttles on the former staff shuttle route and renamed it the campus shuttle. The campus shuttle provides 10-minute service on campus from 7:10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The guest shuttle route will continue, but it will be operated by CATA as the P-Route. The P-Route began running this new route on July 1 and will continue to run the 30-minute interval service for employees going to Innovation Park and The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The P-Route is a no-fare service to all riders while traveling on campus. See CATA's Ride Guide for a map of the P-Route.

University Women's Club reception

The University Women's Club will hold a fall reception for female faculty, staff and alumna of Penn State, as well as the wives, daughters and mothers of University employees, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus. Information will be provided about the club's newcomer programs, interest groups and excursions at the reception.

For information, call Teddy Nicholas at (814) 235-3050.

For the Record

The meeting dates for the Commission for Women that appeared in a News in Brief item Aug. 29 included an incorrect date. The group's October meeting has been changed to Oct. 29.

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