News Briefs
No PSU, there will be no
Christmas tree
No Christmas tree will grace the Old Main rotunda at Penn State
University Park this holiday season. Individual offices are permitted
to have decorations and the Old Main building will have candles
rlaced in its windows. The University has no policy on concerning
roliday decorations.
Administrators felt that not putting up the tree would prevent any
one religion from being represented or offended. Dr. Graham B.
Spanier, University president, did not comment on the situation.
However, according to Karen Rugh, director of University relations,
"Dr. Spanier felt that a public lobby in an institution of this size is
not the place for religous decorations,"
At Behrend, the Christmas tree was removed from the Dean of
Students office without any influence from University Park.
* " More jobs for college grads
LANSING, Mich-New college graduates will find it slightly easier
to turn their degrees into paychecks next spring, especially if they
have an internship on their resume, a hiring survey released Monday
shows.
The survey by Michigan State University projects a 4.7 percent
increase in the number of new college graduates who can expect to
get jobs, the third straight annual improvement.
"It remains a very competitive job market out there so the
graduates by no means will find it easy hunting,” said Patrick
Scheetz, the survey author. "It is a modest improvement.”
Scheetz, director of the Collegiate Employment Institute at the
school, also said the best job prospects arc for engineers, computer
scientists, business majors, health professionals and science majors.
Starting salaries offered to new college graduates will inch up only
about half a percent compared to last year, he said.
Chemical engineers will draw the biggest pay--541,183-while
journalists will be offered the lowest starting salaries-$20,154.
■ despite the ptbjdctdd Increase, hiring still will be
below the levels of* 1988-89:-' <• * • . -
Open season in the restroom
BILLINGS, Mont.-Hunting season made its way into Duniway
Hall at the University of Montana last weekend. The heads of a buck
and cow elk were found in a men’s bathroom in the north end of the
hall about 4:30 a.m., Saturday.
The horns were removed from the deer and both heads were wrapped
in plastic before they were left in the urinals, said Ken Willett,
director of Campus Security. Willett said there are no the case. A
custodian removed die animal heads.
Counseling and Advising
Open House
Ml faculty, staff and students are invited to an open house hosted
by the Counseling and Advising Office on Thursday, December 7
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The office is located on the ground
floor of the Reed Union Building.
Astronomy open house
Dr. Roger Knacke, head of the Division of Science, will discuss
theories of the Star of Bethlehem in the College’s continuing series
of Open House Nights in Astronomy. His presentation, "The
Christmas 3tar," will be held Thursday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m. in
room 101 P ehrend Science Building.
Follow % the lecture, there will be astronomical viewings with
the College's small telescopes, weather permitting. Admission is
free, but reservations must be made in advance by calling the
Division at x 6105.
Two satell te seminars will be held Thursday, December 7 in room
69, the studio in die Academic Building. At 12 p.m., Windows 95:
Oven lew will femme a general overview of Windows 95. Upgrading
from Windows 3.1, multitasking features, mobile and remote access
features, Internet access, multimedia and games wilt also be
presaned.
Office 95: Excel and Word will begin at 1 p.m. with an overview
of Excel (a spreadsheet), its data analysis features, and more. An
overview of Word (a word processor), its styles, automatic
formatting, and otiter features will also be included in dm seminar.
Reservations me not required and all are welcome to
Windows 95
News
Faculty,
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BEHREND-Seven members
of faculty and staff at Penn State
Erie, The Behrend College, were
honored at two receptions
recently, on the occasion of their
25th anniversaries with the
University.
Colleagues gathered together to
pay tribute to Dr. A. Daniel
Frankforter, professor of history.
Dr. Roland E. Larson, professor
of mathematics, Loretta May,
staff specialist in the School of
Engineering and Engineering
Technology, Dr. Donald M.
McKinstry, associate professor of
biology. Dr. Richard A. Mester,
assistant professor of philosophy,
Dr. Anthony A. Salvia,
professor of statistics and Clifton
R. Sando, financial officer, all of
whom joined Behrend in 1971.
Dr. A. Daniel Frankforter's
most recent publication is "The
Shakespeare Name Dictionary"
(Garland: New York 1994), a
reference work covering every
name, title, place name and
proper name in the complete
works of William Shakespeare.
He is currently rewriting Prentice
Hall's best-selling western
Students
rally against
racism
by Steven R Landon
Collegian Staff
In November nearly 2,000 Penn
State students at the University
Park campus demonstrated
against racism and intolerance.
The rally was prompted by
graffiti around the campus.
According to administrative
officials at Penn State, swastikas
appeared in two campus
dormitories and a dining hall,
while K.K.K. was scrawled on
the door of a black student.
The rally, which had been
dubbed "Take a Stand," has been
billed by some as the largest
student rallies in the history of
Penn State.
Tuvia Abramson, director of the
Penn State Hillel Foundation,
opened the rally by encouraging
everyone to fight hate groups.
"We must stand up and say
'Never, never again should this
kind of thing take place here or
any other place'," Abramson said.
Terrell Jones, vice provost for
educational equity, stressed the
importance of making the
University a place where
everyone feels welcome.
"We must make Penn State a
place where all of us are proud to
say 'We are Penn State'," Jones
said to a cheering crowd.
The incidents at University Park
are not the only ones in the Penn
State system. Reports of racial
conflict have been reported at the
Beaver campus as well as some
unofficial reports from students at
the New Kensington campus.
Here at Behrend there have been
no official reports of these kinds
of problems but there have been
complaints of intolerance of
homosexuality in the residence
halls.
staff celebrate
Behrend
civilization textbook, "The
Western Heritage" (Kagan,
Ozment and Turner).
Dr. Roland E. Larson is the
founder of Larson Texts, a leader
in calculus, pre-calculus and high
school mathematics. Today he is
deeply involved with the
organization as an author.
Loretta May manages the office
and supervises the staff in the
School of Engineering and
Engineering Technology. She is
currently working on her
associate degree at Behrend in
letters, arts and sciences.
Dr. Donald M. McKinstry has
published numerous works in a
variety of professional journals
including the Journal of
Wilderness Medicine and the
Ohio Journal of Science. His
research has included the study of
amphibian and reptile
populations at Presque Isle State
Park.
Dr. Richard A. Mester is an
active member of the American
Philosophical Association, and
has often served as reviewer and
editor for texts in logic and ethics
The Student Government Association holds its weekly meeting every
Wednesday at 5:15 in Reed conference room 114.
SGA President Timothy Mallon announced in his president's report
that the University has asked Behrend to look into trimming its
budget by approximately 1 percent, or $130,000. A committee has
been formed to study possible areas of cutback.
A motion to accept the Society of Women Engineers' new
constitution was tabled to give the senate more time to receive
clarifications and for revisions to be made.
The Taekwondo club's new constitution is also being held up,
although for the club's 'high risk' status. New organizations deemed
'high risk' must be given special University approval before receiving
recognition.
The SGA constitution was amended so that commuter and resident
senators are required to attend their respective council meetings.
Another set of motions intended to amend the constitution and relax
eligibility requirements for election was automatically tabled for two
weeks.
Money was reallocated within the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
to pay for office supplies. The money was originally budgeted for an
orientation week burger bash.
A separate motion to reallocate IVCF funds to pay for a variety of
pamphlets preaching different aspects of Christianity was tabled while
SGA receives clarification as to whether or not it is within
University policy to fund religious materials.
Two new senators were accepted into SGA. Tina Fomich and Bruce
Bennett will fill two of the vacant commuter senator seats.
Thursday, December 7,1995
for the Macmillan Publishing
Company. He has chaired
Behrend's United Way Campaign
for the past two years.
Dr. Anthony A. Salvia is the
author "Intro to Statistics"
(Saunders College 1989), and has
contributed chapters to several
books in his field. He is a
frequent presenter of research
findings at the annual meetings
of the American Statistical
Association, and recently received
over $40,000 in grants to
establish a statistics lab at
Behrend with his colleague Dr.
Balasubramanian Narasimhan,
associate professor of statistics.
Clifton R. Sando has provided
leadership in developing the
Integrated Business Information
System used by Penn State,
which includes all the
University's business functions
from purchasing to human
resources. Through his guidance,
Behrend has served as a test site
for many of the financial
documentation systems now
implemented system-wide at
Penn State.
SGA Report
by Sean Siekkinen
Collegian Staff