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Students face their fears at Psychic Fair
by Lauren Packer
assistant sports editor
Four psychics, a palm reader, and a
handwriting analyst took the Behrend
campus by storm this past Saturday and
created quite a stir in the student body.
The event, sponsored by (SAF).
happened this past Saturday in the
McGarvey Commons. The large area
was necessary to support the
overwhelming turnout of students who
anxiously awaited answers about love,
health, money, and their overall fate.
Patricia Stewart, second semester
communications major, came w ith one
specific question for the tarot card
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Poet and performer muMs, known among other things for his role on the
HBO prison drama “Oz,” brought his talents to Behrend on Tuesday. His
work has been published in “The Black Quarterly Review” and “The Source,”
and he was featured on the documentary “Slamnation.”
Panel provides information to future teachers
by Erin McCarty
news editor
Although students cannot graduate from
Behrend with a degree in education,
opportunities are available for Behrend
students interested in teaching. Next
week, those who are interested in pursuing
a teaching degree are invited to attend a
panel discussion on Wednesday in Reed
117 at 6 p.m.
The purpose of the discussion is to
provide information to students interested
in pursuing the 4 + 1 program, wherein
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reader. Stewart had asked a question
about her relationship, and all that the
psychic said was apparently true.
How much of w hat the psychic says
is true'.' Should people really take
comfort in what a psychic tells them will
happen?
Judith, one of the tarot card readers
at the psychic fair, has been traveling
across the United States for close to 20
years answering people's questions
based on the tarot cards her customers
draw.
As a psychic and tarot card reader.
Judith says that she must be able to read
the energy of the person and feed off
the energy to make her predictions.
Behrend graduates spend an additional
year at Mercyhurst getting a teaching
degree, or an education degree from
University Park. Topics up for discussion
include the pros and cons of both options,
the process of getting into the major, the
attributes of the programs, and the
experience of teaching. The evening will
begin with a general discussion, after
which those interested in University Park
will convene in another room while those
interested in Mercyhurst remain in 117.
"This is the first time we have done a
panel discussion,” said Dr. Dean Baldwin,
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Judith also thinks of herself as a guider
and a healer.
“People seek validation to things they
already know, and they want answers
to questions that they have. I'm here to
validate their feelings and give them
advice on how to handle the upcoming
situations that the cards say will
happen," Judith said.
“Whatever you do in life today,
affects life in six months,” she said. "If
people have the advantage to know what
is coming their way, they can alter their
ways and thinking to either comply or
not comply with what the tarot cards say
will happen. Generally, the tarot gives
all the different perspectives to what is
FACULTY,
Dr. Diana Hume-George reads her “spiritual manifesto” Dr. Chester Wolford produces laughs with his satire about
in front of a rapt audience in Bruno’s. the experiences of a first-year professor.
‘Devil's Den,” takes place at the end
of World War 11, when about half a
million POWs (mostly German) were
in the U.S. Most of these POWs were
made to work on farms during their
imprisonment, and one is accused of
murdering the wife of a foreman on a
Gettysburg farm.
Looney, whose book-length poem
“Structures the Wind Sings Through"
consisted of 12 sections, added another
section eight months after the poem
was ‘finished.’ The section was a coda
that incorporated the different images
within the poem, combining themes
into a complex, final product.
Both Melissa Fraterrigo and Brad
Comann also used strong imagery and
themes in their selected readings.
Comann’s several poems (most
focused around a winter theme)
exhibited a distinct rhythm in their
variety of forms, ranging from
traditional to haiku.
an English professor at Behrend. He
expects it will prove useful to many
students; about 10 students per year go for
the 4 + 1 degree, and at least that many go
on to University Park.
“This is very valuable for students,”
Baldwin said. “I would encourage people
to come if teaching has ever crossed their
mind.”
He also said that underclassmen would
be most likely to benefit from the
discussion because advance planning is
needed. Students need to fill out
paperwork and take a number of required
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going on in your life.”
All the psychics present seemed very
much interested in their professions
and cared deeply for the students
seeking answers to their questions.
Students gathered in large groups
beside each station, nervously waiting
and becoming more excited as their
turn drew near.
Student R.. 1. Mycka waited in line
several times to have his tarot cards
read, handwriting analyzed, and palm
examined
“I'm very superstitious, and I've
always wanted to have my palm read,"
Mycka said.
Mycka was not the only one who
wanted to have his palm read. A group
Many of the poems also showed the
extent of Comann's travels and
knowledge of Eastern culture,
sometimes using it as a metaphor such
as “the color of oolong tea." The final
poem described a phenomenon in
Thailand that involves stripping the
temples of the Buddha heads (yes, just
PHOTOS BY ERIN McCARTY / BEHREND
BEACON
Dr. Archie Loss reads from a novel
set during World War II in southern
Pennsylvania.
classes at Behrend. "If you're a senior
now and you decide you want to do one
of these programs, you're going to have
a lot of work to do." he said.
The panel will include Kathleen
Bukowski, the chair of education at
Mercyhurst College; Candace Schiffer,
the head of the adult college at
Mercyhurst; Erin Lyons, a Behrend
graduate now teaching at Strong Vincent;
Melissa Fox, a Behrend graduate now
teaching at Roosevelt; and Baldwin.
Other attendees may include Thomas
Wortman, representing the Behrend
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of at least 20 students continuously
gathered around the palm reader's
station to have a chance with the expert.
Mycka also visited another
population station. The handwriting
expert seemed to astonish everyone who
w rote a small sentence lor analysis.
“He knows more about your ow n lile
than you do," Mycka said.
Behrend students seemed to en joy the
day's activities, and main stayer! lor
hours to peck into what their lutures
hold. More than 120 students hail
signed up on the waiting list to see the
psychics and numerous people strolled
in from the outside to discover the
psychics.
the heads) and selling them on the
market
Fraterrigo's imaginative short story
shows us a young woman (Fraterrigo
assured the crowd that she w as not this
young woman) whose older husband
owns a chair, given as a present by his
mother. Most audience members
might have tuned out until this chair
started splitting cushions anil spitting
out valuable jewelry to the young
woman, in exchange that she not leave
for a younger man.
This mixture of poems and fiction
and manifestos is only a small part of
the Smith Creative Writing series this
semester. Upcoming presenters
include fiction writer Amy Hempel
(April 17) and Penn State's own Dinty
Moore (March 6), a professor at the
Altoona branch campus and author of
two non-fiction novels.
administration; Charisse Nixon, another
coordinator for education programs at
Behrend; and faculty members from each
discipline at Behrend.
Baldwin thinks that students will be
particularly interested in the experiences
of Lyons and Fox.
“The students will get real-life examples
of people who have been through this
program," Baldwin said. "They will get
to hear about the joys and agonies of first
year teaching.”
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