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page 2 - The Belovnd College Beacon - September 17, / 998 DEEC: Addressing minority issues on campus By Ayodele Jones managing editor The Diversity and Educational Eq uity Committee (DEEC) was formed in the Spring of 1995 to address di versity issues. On September 10, 1998, DEEC held its first meeting of the year. DEEC is comprised of stu dents, staff and faculty from each of the academic units. The purpose of DEEC is to "involve staff, faculty. stu dents in discussions that regard issues of diversity on campus, - said Ken Miller, Acting Dean of Student Af fairs. DEEC is divided into three sub committees, each of which addresses a certain aspect of campus life; the Campus Climate Committee chaired New carpeting is laid in the bookstore as part of the campus store's major renovations in recent weeks. For an Exciting Career... Bring Your Resume to GE Information Night An Equal Opportunity Employer by Biddy Brooks; the Recruitment Committee chaired by Melissa Grimm; and the Retention Committee chaired by Janique Caffie. The topic of last Thursday's meeting was to dis cuss the "Report on Recruitment of Students from Underrepresented Groups and Improving Practices for Students of Color and International Students." Miller noted significant changes that DEEC has undergone to enable it to become more efficient and beneficial to the Penn State Behrend community. "We are trying to make DEEC more attractive to students, by having one specific topic at each meeting, and by advertising these topics broadly to fac ulty, staff and students we hope to in- crease participation." GE is the Place to Be! Visit GE on the Internet at www.gecareers.com Thursday, September 17, 1998 .. 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm Reed 117 Lecture Hall The Campus Climate Committee is a portion of DEEC that takes a look at how diversity issues affect students on campus. Last Spring, students were given a survey discussing cli mate on campus and their relation to sensitive subjects such as race, sexual orientation and sexual harassment. Brooks, Assistant Head of the Divi sion of Undergraduate Studies, said that Behrend "plans to have a lot of focus groups and programming ad dressing the issues that came up in the responses." The Recruitment Committee de velops strategies to increase the mi nority population at Behrend. By having innovative programs such as "Buddy Weekend" and "Sleeping Bag Weekend" students are given the Come visit us at GE Night at Penn ie- The Behrend College. We are for candidates in the following majors counting, BS in Economics, MBA , BSEE, BSME, and BSMIS. elcome...Undergraduate and MBA Leadership Training Programs Direct Placement Opportunities Internships / Co-ops e selected for GE's Fall Interviewing 5 ,‘6 19 We bring good things to life News opportunity to experience college life first hand. "These programs are more inclusive, and they allow students to have more time on campus while be ing academically focused," noted Admissions Officer Grimm . The Re tention Committee collects and ana lyzes data while attempting to iden tify trends. The next meeting will be in Octo ber and the topic will be in regards to the results of the climate survey given last spring. The Diversity and Educa tional Equity Committee has been un successful in obtaining student in volvement, yet the committee urges all who are interested to attend these meetings. continued from page 1 aware of what is going on around Studies have found that lifelong patterns of coping with stress are de veloped during childhood. Evidence suggests that people who do not learn to cope with stress in a positive way grow up to become adults that deal poorly with stress. Those who learn to cope with stress effectively seem to be more stress-resistant as adults. Some teens and adults function well under stress. Psychologists call this resilience, and the study of resil iency has provided many clues as to why some deal with stress better than others. Studies are trying to find pro tective factors that enable some to handle stress wile others do not. Doctors now believe that the more mastery a person had over circum stances, the less stressed the person feels. The answer would be to train the mind to absorb stress, discover ways to take one's mind off work and express one's individuality. More importantly, psychiatrists stress that one should have self-understanding and set realistic goals. For many it !could be coming to terms with ambi- I tion itself. Acompatible life-style can achieved by getting balance in your ife. Many people are willing to help if , ou feel stressed out. Note that as the . tress you are under increases, you bility to recognize it often decreases. igns around campus, contain the .chool counselor's names and email :ddresses. Be advised that the coun .eling services at Behrend and confi ential. The counselors are available o talk to students or refer them to omebody else. As Parr-Plasna says, `Everyone whr seeks help will re eive benefits. •••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hours: M-F 1 0-9 Sat 1 0-6 Evelyn's Hallmark KMart East Plaza Phone: 899-8782 Police And Safety 09/10/98 Smoke alarm in Almy. No fire. Student burned object in microwave. 09/11/98 Call received about bike injury outside of Bruno's. Officer dispatched. 09/12/98 Someone tampered with the fire extinguisher in Erie Hall. 09/12/98 Caught four students removing a traffic cone near M&O lot. 09/12/98 Requested access into C+DE so an exterminator could come in and get rid of bees. Access was granted. 0 9 / 1 3 / 9 8 It was reported that complainant was in an argument with another individual which got out of hand 09/13/98 Received two reports of strange people in Dobbins stairwell and as a precaution doors to resident halls were being locked early. Checked and found four older males waiting to purchase Neil Diamond tickets in the morning. What is your opinion of the Ken Starr report? "I didn't read it, but I bet it sucked!" -Beth Shaffer, 01 Communications Disorders "I don't care, I'm just trying to graduate." -Jaime Clarke 07 Plastic "Who cares?" "He's just getting paid to do his job. He's getting paid the big bucks." -Wendy Holtry, 07 Biology "I think the report is disgusting. It doesn't matter who he screws, but how he runs the country." "I don't care, and no one else seems to care either." flUie C=o +iicts%Altk , -Jen Shaffer, 08 Biology -Marlene Micco, 07 Biology -Brian Bransen, 01 DUS