All-U Day at State College a success once again By Mike Coursey staff writer The scoreboard at Beaver Stadium read, "All-University Day: A celebra tion of Penn State pride across the commonwealth," which was exactly right. All-University day (or All-U day, as it is more commonly called) at State College was established to bring students from all of the University's branch campuses to gether and demonstrate a sense of unity. While many students may have planned on going to the game for the usual reasons, the added incentive of all of the commonwealth campuses being there was a bonus. According to Victoria Freille. of Louise Kaplan visits Behrend By Lisa Calvin staff writer Dr. Louise Kaplan prov ided a lec ture on Thursday, October 2d con cerning her theories of hehuviorist biases, primitive notions of normal ity and abnormality, the perversions of males and females, gender roles and the pressures of societal conven tions. Dr. Kaplan is the author of several books which investigate these issues. She is the editor of the magazine American Imago and is a faculty member of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. According to Dr. Kaplan, sexuality is not the singular focus of perver sions. Instead, it is a minor feature, and exemplifies the perverse qualities of fixity and desperation. Perversion is not defined as an attraction towards someone or something, but the oppo site - it is avoidance. The "actor" in this situation feels compelled to per form because of social conditioning, gender roles and conventioi.viJ.ijjp-, pings .placed upoiytndiv iduals in cttin munities. Dr. Kaplan staled that, "so cial gender stereotypes are crucivlcs of perversion." Perversions in females appease de mons. achieve female ‘tender stereo types and satis!) the primitive social ideal of phallic power. Dr. Kaplan emphasized that there are no differ ences in pcr\vision - social vender the Weekly Collegian , “the role Com monwealth Campuses will play in All- University Day on October 31. will be a prime issue." Council of Common wealth Student Government’s Direc tor Mike D'Ausilio said, "CCSG was able to accomplish much of the plan ning of All-U Day in one meeting." At halftime the CCSG had two representatives from each campus, with a huge blue banner parade around the football field to show recognition to the school. It also helped that Joe Paterno and his boys whipped up on Illinois 27-0. Even though Illinois did move the ball af times, the game was never in doubt after the first quarter. CCSG President John Baer stated. "we want things to be big, and tor the students to he a part of it all," adding and stereotype remain in the fore ground, and so the minds of males and females do not function differently or with different mental disorders. Dr. Kaplan said that perversions in males provide a phallistic sense of mascu linity and satisfy the macho genital prowess as a hiding place for men who desire the destruction of feminine in tellectual ambitions. The two most common female per versions are extreme sexual submis siveness and womanliness as masquer ade. They both challenge mental health. Sexual submissiveness acts as a "full time occupation” for some women according to Dr. Kaplan. The woman feels worthless unless she is with her partner. Her submissiveness as slave to her master is exaggerated humiliation which appeases anxiety. Womanliness as a masquerade en tails women w ho exhibit professional talents, but privately adhere to primi tive social ideals and roles in societv. They are typically women who are skives of love, love too much or find themselves loving the wrong type of man. These women seek therapy in order to acquire answers to their ques tions. The questions that frequently arise are related to allowance or for biddance of pleasure, sin and guilt. Dr. Kaplan also focused on the con cepts of normality and abnormality. To college students who tire continu ously developing, assembling relation ships and ambitiously embarking on Features that the CCSG hosted a tailgate party. Students tailgated before and after the game, and many went to down town State College after the game, where thousands of people were in high spirits. According to the Weekly Colle gian, 700 students made the trek to attend the game last year. All-U-Day seems like a very positive idea to build cohesion among the Penn State University family, students, faculty, staff and alumni. All-U day should remain a strong tradition for many years to come their careers she says to "stay away from ideals of normality... be very wary ofmasquerades that you play.” Dr. Kaplan wants students to be aware that aggression and anxiety are normal, and instead of worrying or suppressing these feelings, an indi vidual should search for an under standing of emotion. Students' reactions to Dr. Kaplan's speech were positive and reflective. Robin Clarke, 07 English, avowed, "Listening to the speech was like hav ing a spotlight shined on your expe rience of femininity and the expres sions of femininity that I see ex pressed around me on a daily basis." R.J. Frelin, 09 English, stated, "Her notions seemed to push the bound aries of modern feminist ideas. They are a necessary and welcome exten sion of contemporary feminism and should be carefully considered by both sexes. Hopefully, her ideas will provide a therapeutic feminist arena where women can better explore oth erwise shadowy unconscious issues." To read a more in-depth discussion of the issues touched upon in this ar ticle, and Dr. Kaplan's references and discussions of Sigmund Freud. Rich ard von Kraft-Ebing and Annie Reich, copies of her book Female Perversions are available in the Penn State Bookstore. photo by Mike Coursey The scoreboard at the Penn State - Illinois game on Saturday reflects the true spirit of All-U Day. Wildlife at Behrend Bv Kristie Vitron staff writer II you read the Police anti .Safely Re port on a regular basis, you have certainly noticed the abundance of complaints concerning wild, do- mestic or farm animals roaming around campus. Although it is a common occurrence to .spot a woodchuck, deer, dog or even a donkey here at Penn State Be hrend. it is usually not a threat to student health according to Bill Donahue. Police and Safety Man- According to this semester's Po lice and Safety reports, there have only been a lew sightings of ani mals tiding strangely. However, there have been no confirmed ra bies cases. A rabid animal's be havior can be characterized bv in- creased salivation, seizures, pa raivsis. or all around abnormal be havior. Because the rabies v irus is transmitted through biting. Donahue wishes to remind students. "If you do encounter an animal acting strangely, keep your distance and no tify Police and Safety." Most animal related problems on campus concern animal injuries rather than rabies incidents. In either case, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is called to handle the situation be- cause Police and Safety has no animal traps of their own. A qualified deputy game warden traps the animal. After being picked up. the animals receive medical treatment when it is possible. When there is nothing that can be done with the animal they are dispatched and disposal ol". Many students are most concerned with skunks on campus. Skunks, by nature, are scavengers and will usually be found around dumpsters after dark. In the five years that Bill Donahue has been with Behrend's Police and Safety Thursday, November 5, 1998 - The Behrend College Beacon - Page 7 there have been many reports of stu dents being scared or startled by skunks, but nobody has ever reported being sprayed. There have also been a few inci dents of stray dogs on campus. When a stray dog is picked up by Police and Safety, they are secured at Police and Safety until the owner is found. If the owner can’t be located/the Pennsylvania State Dog War den is called and the dog is taken to a kennel or the Hu mane Society. Some of the more unusual ) animal sightings involve goats and donkeys running around campus. These animals, which belong to a local resident, are considered to be quite friendly and are used to being around people. In each incident, the owner has been notified and the animals have been rounded up without much hassle. Overall. Bill Donahue feels that, “The campus animal problem is small considering the woodsy surroundings of Behrend’s campus.” Also, students should take advantage of the opportunity to view so much nature and wildlife offered here. However, Police and Safety should be contacted if the animal appears to be in danger.
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