Thursday, April 21, 1994 Jan CaMn/ftM> CoordMor Lmura and tigers and baars, oh my!: This cute little creature is one of numerous lemurs now at the Erie Zoo. March on violence Hal D. Coffey Newt Editor The night was taken back to protest sexual violence last Thursday in downtown Erie. Victims of sexual assault and violence, along with numerous supporters, marched from Perry Square to Gannon University’s Zum Building Starting at 7 p.m. Mock court by Hal D. Coffey that Devlin’s case of the News Editor disorder is a very mild one, Corty said. Next Thursday the fate of Corty said symptoms of one woman will ride on PMDD include depression, whether a jury believes she was mood swings, relationship temporarily insane. problems, anger and banxiety. In a mock trial organized by No one’s real names are used Dr. Eric Corty and his for any of the proceedings, psychology class, a fictional However, die defense attorney character nm«l Jane Devlin is is Holly Olarczuk while the accused of subbing Larry prosecuting attorney is Jennifer Phillips (another fictional Barnes. chancier. There are also two expert The interesting twist to this witnesses for the defense and trial is Devlin’s defense. prosecution , Julie Robinson She admits to stabbing him, and James Lutton respectively, but she chums she was insane Devlin is being played by at the time. The defense is not Julie Coughenour while guilty by reasons of insanity Shankar Santhanam is due to premenstual dyfphoric Phillips, disorder (PMDD) or commonly The judge is the honorable known as PMS, Corty said. John Falcone for the second “She will likely chum a loss straight year. The jury is made of control due to her qp of the remaining members condition," Corty said, of Corty’s psychology class. "According to the case, she was The trial is on Thursday, out of control” April 28 at 7 p.m. in the Reed The defense will tty to prove Lecture Hall. It is open to the that PMDD does not exist or public. The march began with a rally at which five speakers talked about their experiences concerning the topic of the march. The keynote speaker was therapist and alcohol and drug abuse counselor Pam Magerle. Magerle also works extensively with sexual assault victims. mm The Wright guide to lemurs by Jerry M. Bruno Collegian Staff On April 13, Dr. Patricia Wright held a seminar in the Reed Lecture Hall on the little known island of Madagascar. She specifically talked about an animal that is only native to the island. That animal is the lemur. Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. This island has only had human inhabitants for the last 12,000,000 years. Wright has been on the island for three years learning all about this unknown animal. She received a Ph.D. from the University of New York in biology. The lemur is a primate, or a form of a primitive monkey. It is intelligent like a primate and has the skill of a chimpanzee. It Other speakers included Vice President of Women Today Becky Durkin, a poetry reading by Sarah Woodin, Resident Life Coor dinator Chris Rizzo, and Resident Life Coordinator and head of HRPC Jacquie Wade. During the march itself, the group made four stops to hear sexual assault victims speak, Durkin said. “This is about people helping other people as well as themselves," Wade said. The march portion ended at Gannon’s Zum Building where time was a Speak Out session. In this, people from the crowd could just tell about their experiences as well as how the march affected them. “This part is about something to share with the rest of the crowd,” Durkin said. Following was a reception in which artists who were interested in the cause of the march had their art displayed. “The reception was also a time to talk and make so many links and connections that were made through the march," Durkin said. Wade said her role in die event is as an educator and “to help our society because it has much catching up to do on the issue of sexual assault and violence.” The turnout was absolutely incredible according to Wade. “Last year we had 100 people for the on-campus rally,” Wade said. “I never expected the 300*- who supported us.” Wade said one of the keys was the support on campus and in surrounding communities. Wade summed up the events with a look to the future. “To be honest, they (the supporters of the march) will keep on growing. Once we are gone, those who were there will continue it. We raised that much more awareness,” she added. is not an aggressive animal and will only have a confrontation under extreme circumstances. Time are numerous kinds of lemurs, and different forms are often found. It is the smallest and laziest primate (it sleeps for a total of 3-6 months). The lemur is known to many biologists as the weirdest animal. This reference is used because there is still much to be learned about this animal. As uncommon as the lemur might be, the Erie Zoo has the most lemurs in captivity. All of the lemurs at the local zoo are male. In the wild, female lemurs are the leaders, and it is for this reason that the zoo only has males. If there were females in captivity, they would be in control of the surroundings which would take away from the natural Hail to the chief Epps and Sauer: That’s the ticket by Hal D. Coffey News Editor Approximately 400 Behrend students deckled who will run the 1994-93 Student Government Association. After counting all 401 ballots, co-chairpeople of the SGA election committe, Seth Biuggeman and Loonies Undo, discovered that fee defat of Sam Epps and Betsy Sauer won,' The two carried 228 (57%) votes to win by 56 votes, after Bpps said his party’s experience and raobMtotion of voters were the major fectcxs. ■ : ■ “I think the first day was very important to «s became our supporters really showed up,** HO Sato o bQfvy turnout was reefed fefetirvtoisy.' in Greek oremrixmionß. it was supporters and get our names Sheet agreed wtth fee Omsk fcetar being a bid part id their ribHry* but la mdEmamt wav, *Hfe me taring a Greek woman, feat helped split the drier arid. In fee only other contested election, that being few SOC president feral Lori© defeated Ray Graham Ire an incredibly slim margin of only 3 votes (IRS-118). enviroment where the male could run away. The lemurs at the zoo are white ruffled and red ruffled lemurs. They are fed primate biscuits twice a day, as well as oranges, and canned primate foods. As adults, lemurs weigh ap proximately five to ten pounds. Mark Scnka, a zoo keeper at the Erie Zoo, said that the most interesting aspect of the lemur in captivity is its defense alert. This "alert" is a loud, ear-piercing scream. This is to alert others of danger. The lemur is a very interesting animal to watch. They play like children and their natural instincts are that of a spider monkey. Not only is the lemur display at the Erie Zoo the largest number of lemurs in captivity, but it provides an interesting and educatinal example of wildlife. Lorio was suprised that this election was so close. “I expected the (SGA) presidential race would be closer (than fee SOC race),” Lorio said. Graham said the SOC campaign was run all in good fun and he plans to move on. “I’ll probably try to take one of fee commuter (senator) seats in SGA,” Graham said. As for the future, Epps said he plans on coating Into the SGA office about 2-3 days a week. To fellow up on one of his campaign promises, Epps plans on proposing to make the position of SOC president part of fee vice presidential position. “It’s up to the Senate to pass, bat I plan to present a strong argument,” Bpps said. “It also ««»*» by fee stodent body, so then I’ll present my case On fee case of appointments, Bpps plans on naming Gail Scnoski secretary with her Treasurer is a little tougher ' “I’ll wait until Joe Mycka (SGA president) appoints someone to dose the books fer the summer,” Epps said. “I've been getting a tot of suggestions from many people.” The voter turnout overall was abobt four parentage points ahead of last year’s. Page 3
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