page 2 - The Behrend College Collegian. Thursday, October 9, 1997
Why do you think
many students leave
Behrend for UP after
their sophomore
year?
"There are more career opportunities
in terms of major."
"...because they think UP is more fun
than Behrend."
"Mostly it's because of majors. There
should be more majors available."
"It is bigger, there is much more to do
and it's more exciting."
Megan Doyle, 01 DUS
"Usually it's either because their major
is there and they have to go or they
don't like the small environment. It's
more exciting there."
9/30/97 East Erie County Communications reported receiving harassing telephone calls
on the P&S emergency line. These calls were traced to an off campus residence and an
arrest is pending.
9/22/97 P&S officers responded to a complaint of a person who refused to leave the
Computer Center in the Hammermill Building. The person was escorted from the area
without incident.
9/03/97 Several officers on campus received harassing telephone calls from the same
person. An investigation into Harassment by Communications has been started.
9/03/97 A student reported receiving threats
9/05/97 A student was issued a non-traffic citation for underage drinking outside of
Lawrence Hall.
9/05/97 P&S received information concerning a fight which involved a student the
previous night. All information received concerning the incident has been turned over to
the PA State Police for further investigation.
9/06/97 A student reported that some items may have been taken from his vehicle while
it was parked on campus.
DEEC works on diversity
by Tammy Freeman
sire writer
The number of minority stu
dents at Behrend is up from last
year but down from 1994.
Thanks to the recruitment ef
forts of Behrend's Diversity
and Education Equity Commit
tee (DEEC), its mission re
mains intact.
The mission of the DEEC is
to implement and evaluate
strategies for recruiting a more
diverse college population, as
sess campus climate, promote
an appreciation for differences,
and insure equal access to pro
grams and services by all mem
bers of the college community.
Heather Lerch, 03 Biology
Dan Uncles, 03 Secondary Education
-Karen Wasylson, 03 Chem Engineering
Judd Hornstein, 01 Comp Sci
Police And Safety
There are four main commit
tees in the DEEC. The campus
climate committee promotes a
healthy and safe environment
for all students on campus. The
recruitment committee has be
gun a mail campaign to stu
dents in Puerto Rico to increase
minority enrollment. The reten
tion committee's primary goal
is to keep minority students at
Behrend by offering programs
that will help diversify stu
dents. Finally, the equal access
committee works to ensure that
all students, regardless of color,
receive the same opportunities.
Despite the DEEC's efforts,
four out of five students who
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were surveyed on campus believe
that minority groups are not vis
ible on campus. A Trigon mem
ber who wanted to remain anony
mous feels that the attitude to
wards homosexuals on campus is
negative. This student also be
lieves that many people are afraid
to join Trigon because of what
others might think of them.
DEEC reaches out to Erie high
schools and other groups in or
der to recruit more students.
Of minority students surveyed,
none say that they have experi
enced any type of discrimination
on campus, or as one stated, "at
least, not yet."
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