28 Thurs
SPC Movie: “Practical
Magic” Reed 117 10:00pm
Alpha Phi Omega
Reed 117 4:oopm
Astronomy Open House
Otto Behrend 7:3opm
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Backroom Pool 9:oopm
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APPLICATIONS SOUGHT
FOR LEHMAN CREATIVE
WRITING AWARDS.
DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY
1, 1999.
University Park, Pa. - Penn Stale's
College of Liberal Arts and the Col
lege of Communications are calling
for entries in the 1999 Katie Lehman
Creative Writing Award Contest. The
competition is open to all Penn State
undergraduates, regardless of curricu
lum or campus, who have at least
sophomore standing and who will be
in residence during the spring 1999
semester. Winners will be announced
by March 15.
The Katey Lehman Creative Writ
ing Awards are made annually in po
etry, fiction and nonfiction/journal
ism. The prize in all three categories
is $750. Application forms are obtain
able by mail or in person from the
Department of English, 103 Burrowes
Building, University Park, PA 16802
or on line at http://www.psu.edu/dept/
English/Programs/ugradhbk/
kateyapp.html. Forms and manu
scripts should be returned together to
that office.
Entrants may submit no more than
four poems, one short story or one
nonfiction/journalism article in each
category. Each submission must be
made in a plain manila envelope with
the application attached to the outside.
All manuscripts must be typed and
double-spaced, and the applicant's
name should not appear anywhere on
the manuscript, which will be as
signed a number and judged anony
mously by a panel of nationally
known writers and scholars.
A 1942 graduate of Penn State,
Katey Lehman was an Honors student
in English and Journalism, a reporter
for the Daily Collegian and, along
with her husband Ross, a columnist
for the Centre Daily Times for 26
years.
The awards are made possible by
an endowment from Katey's sister,
Mary Jean Popp Smeal, and her
brother-in-law, Frank P. Smeal.
STUDY IN ENGLAND OP
PORTUNITY OFFERED
BY NENE COLLEGE
At the moment, 11 courses have
been approved for PSU credit. There
is one additional course, "The Poli
cies and Economics of the European
Union," that will be offered, 3 meet
ings for students interested in this pro
gram have been scheduled. Students
interested may attend any one of
these:
1. Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 12:15
p.m. in Reed 113
2. Wednesday, Feb. 3 at Noon
in Reed 113
3. Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 4:00
p.m. in Reed 113.
At these meetings, information,
applications, and course descriptions
will be distributed, plus questions
answered.
PENN STATE ERIE FRA
TERNITIES CHOOSE AL
COHOL MODERATION
MANAGEMENT PRO
GRAM
The Interfraternity Council (IFC)
at Penn State Erie, The Behrend Col
lege, has taken an active step to ad
dress the issue of drinking on college
campuses. Last semester the council
voted unanimously to require all fra
ternities to participate in the Modera
tion Management program offered by
the Office of Student Affairs at Penn
State Erie.
“We’re trying to set and example
for the rest of our campus and for
other campuses, too,” said Paul
Moore, president of IFC. "Nobody
told us to, we just decided to take the
initiative.” If people realize that we
are taking our time and making an
effort to accomplish this, they’ll see
fraternities in a different way.”
We’re pleased with the leader
ship shown by these young men, said
Ken Miller, Interim Dean of Student
Affairs. They are taking a positive
step to address an issue that affects
the entire student body.
The Moderation Management
program offered to the IFC by Penn
State Erie involves four weekly ses
sions that are facilitated by Susan
Daley, staff psychologist in the Col
leges counseling office. The sessions,
based on a book called Moderate
Drinking by Audrey Kishline (1994,
Three Rivers Press), cover nine steps
that force participants to examine
how drinking has affected their lives.
In addition to an understanding
of blood alcohol concentration and
the effects of blood alcohol on per
sonal health, the program teaches
guidelines and limits for moderate
drinking. For example, a moderate
drinker is someone who usually has
friends who are moderate or non
drinkers, who usually does not drink
for more than an hour or two on any
particular occasion, and who has
ways to relax and enjoy life that do
not include alcohol. Moderation
Management limits include: never
driving while impaired by the effects
of alcohol, not drinking every day,
and not drinking in situations that
would endanger yourself and others.
Participants in the program must
agree to a period of abstinence as part
of the sessions. Not drinking forces
those who drink to get a clear head,
so that they can recognize their own
level of tolerance (or intolerance) to
alcohol. During abstinence partici
pants engage in activities that don’t
require alcohol, thereby reinforcing
positive lifestyle changes.
Neil Scarboro, a junior manage
ment information systems major
from Broadway and a brother of Zeta
Beta Tau, indicated that the absti
nence period, which his fraternity did
for one week at the beginning of the
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program, has not been a big deal." We
have a lot of activities that involve no
alcohol at all,” he said. "We partici
pate in events like Christmas carol
ing at the Veterans Administration
Hospital and doing our annual fund
raising walk to Pittsburgh for a local
charity. He noted that the fraternity
polices its own ranks and confronts
members before drinking becomes a
problem.”
Matt Agnoli, a junior psychology
major from Monlville, N.J. and a
member of Kappa Della Rho, felt that
participation in the moderation man
agement was definitely beneficial. "I
really saw a lot of positive results from
the Moderation Management pro
gram. I was challenged, and so were
some others,” he said. "KDR ab
stained during the month of Novem
ber, and during that time we had an
alcohol-free brothers retreat, where
we discussed issues within and relat
ing to the fraternity. Moderation man
agement training gave us a way to
reach out and help others who may
have problems with drinking."
" In the past I’ve taught the Mod
eration Management program one-on
one to students who have been re
ferred through the College’s judicial
system,” said Daley, “but this is the
first time live been approached by an
interested group. The fraternities want
to own this issue and respond posi
tively to the problem.”
According to Daley, in recent
years Americans have adopted the dis
ease model of treatment for persons
with drinking problems. Moderation
Management takes a different ap
proach, treating excessive alcohol use
not as a disease, but as learned behav
ior. And like a bad habit, if drinking
behavior is learned, it can also be un
learned.
Managing alcohol consumption
is no longer a one size fits all prob
lem, either, says Daley. People are
looking for alcohol management prob
lems that suit their individual situa
tion.
BEHREND BUSINESS
FACULTY LEARN FROM
HARVARD MEDICAL
SCHOOL PROFESSOR.
Dr. Samuel W. Kennedy, faculty
development coordinator for the
Harvard Medical School, was in Erie
recently to conduct a workshop for
faculty in the School of Business at
Penn State Erie, The Behrend Col
lege. His presentation, which was fo
cused on problem-based learning,
was part of the ongoing faculty de
velopment program that supports the
School of Business plan for accredi
tation by the American Assembly of
Collegiate Schools of Business
(AACSB). The Schreyer Institute
assisted the School of Business in
organizing the program.
In addition to serving as faculty
development coordinator in the
Harvard Medical School, Kennedy is
curriculum coordinator for courses in
pharmacology and anatomy. He
lectures in cell biology and human
anatomy and in 1993 was awarded
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the Harvard Medical School Faculty
Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Kennedy's workshop explored
the central elements of problem
solving and piovulcd strategies for
using those elements in the process
of lormal. classroom education.
Problem-based learning is an
educational strategy that involves a
sequential process, noted Kennedy.
The problem comes first, then
students follow a. list of specific
actions that move tow aril a
resolution. Those actions include
brainstorming, penn state Erie/
Kennedy add hypothesizing,
discussion, elaboration, analysis,
sum man /1 ni.
conclusions
Problem-based learning also
offers a team-oriented approach to the
classroom. The teacher serves as
coach, and students work together to
acquire information and to develop
interpersonal communication and
team- building skills.
"In business, as in medicine, our
students struei’le with real-lite
problems,” said Dr. John Magenau
director of the School ol Business
"Dr. Kennedy did an excellent job of
demonstrating to our faculty how the
problem-based learning used in
medical schools can be an elfeetive
leadline strateev in business
education
SCHOLA R S H I P
APPLICATIONS NOW
AVAILABLE.
The 1999-2000 academic and lead
ership scholarship is now available
in the Financial Aid ()flice.
Applications must be returned to
the Behrend Financial Aid Office by
Friday. February I 2, 1999.
Dr. Samuel W. Kennedy, faculty development coordinator
for the Harvard Medical School
IgEfflE
DISCOVER WINTER AT
PRESQUE ISLE
are invited to participate in the up
coming Discover Winter at Presque
Isle event, which is set for Satur
day. Feb. 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at Presque Isle. The Healthy
Lifestyles Committee, a collabora
tion of students and administrators
from the four area colleges, is spon
soring the event in conjunction with
the Presque Isle Partnership.
Discover Winter at Presque
Isle events will be located near the
cabins at Water Works on Presque
Isle. Activities planneiiindude hay-"
rides, ice skatirrg.'cross-country ski-"
ing. storytelling, a scavenger hunt,
and snow sculpting. Food will be
av ailable, including the ingredients
for simores, and a snowman will be
available for photo opportunities.
The Mercyhurst Lakers will pro
vide an ice hockey demonstration,
the Coast Guard will provide a
safely information, and a guest
speaker will discuss safety in the
winter weather.
and reaching
Penn State Behrend students
interested in volunteering to help
with these activities may call Kris
Motta, assistant director of student
activities, at 6171 for more infor
mation. Transportation to and from
Presque Isle will be provided.
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Penn State Behrend students
BEHREND OPEN HOUSE
SERIES CONTINUES.
Scientists and artists alike will be
fascinated when the 1998-99 Open
House Nights in Astronomy/Science
Series at Penn State Erie, The Behrend
College, continues Thursday, January
28 at 7:30 p.m. with a colorful and aes
thetically pleasing presentation of the
patterns formed by cellular automata
(CA). Ronald McCarty, instructor in
computer science and coordinator of
Computer Science at Penn State Be
hrend, will present the program.
Cellular automata (CA) are dynamic
systems composed of cells interacting
according to a set of rules. Each cell
interacts only with cells in its immedi
ate neighborhood, yet when studied,
surprisingly beautiful patters of com
plex behavior often emerge.
Among many other uses, CAs can be
employed by ecologists to model the
behavior of forest fires, by engineers
to study the flow of air around wings,
by meteorologists to simulate the de
velopment of weather patterns, and by
hobbyists just for the fun of it.
McCarty has collected a gallery of
awesome automata, which he will
present in his talk, exploring issues such
as the meaning of life, the search for
the Gardens of Eden, and the conse
quences of viruses and mutation. The
audience will watch brain scans, study
blueprints, and enjoy trellises and rose
gardens McCarty will share with the au
dience the Worldwide Web sites that
permit downloading of CAs.
Open House Nights in Astronomy/
Science, which take place in the Otto
Behrend Science Lecture Hall, are free
and open to the public. For more infor
mation, contact the Penn State Eric
School of Science at 898-6105.
MICROPHONE NIGHT
There will be an open MICRO
PHONE Night at Bruno’s. Poets are
needed to recite poems. Please contact
Shimira Williams at ext. 6098 for more
information. A sign up sheet is in the
Student Activities Office for all who are
interested and being involved. This
event takes place on Friday 12, 1999,
at 7:oopm.
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