Website of the week
by Michael Frawley
assistant editor;
I despise having to use the com*
puter center to do anything. Given
a choice each of us would like to
have their own computer, but the
expense of buying one can be out of
reach for a college student on a
fixed budget. However, if someone
wert giving them away I’d be the
first in line. Well now someone is
giving them away, and that some*
onOisFree-Pc.com.
Once you shake yourself out of
your disbelief stupor, surf on over
to #ww.free*pc.com and sign up to
get a chance at getting a free
Compaq Presario. Free-PC.com
siippiies these computers free of
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charge to people who otherwise
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Free-Pc is trying to latch on to the
spread of e-commerce by giving
people free computers and encour
aging them to use them to purchase
products from advertisers.
Granted, if you are chosen to re
ceive a system you will have to put
up with advertisements every time
you log-on, but that is a small price
to pay for a free well equipped
Presario. And for all of you skep
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recycling
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King
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display
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drive.
So if you’d like to get your own
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A chat with Dr. Irwin
by Michael Coursey
staff writer
Recently I had a chance to talk with
Dr. Zachary Irwin. Associate Proles
sor of Political Science at Penn Slate-
Erie. We went over some tit his per
sonal history and different influences
in his life.
Q: Dr. Irwin, tell me a little about
your early years.
A: I was born in Port Jervis, New
York, near Northern New Jersey. It
was a rural area that wasn’t near any
one. I took Dingman’s Ferry to school
across the Delaware River. L ater my
family moved past the Pocono Moun
tains near Stroudsburg, PA. My fam
ily owned a large roadside menagerie
there, where I would take visitors
around. My father passed away in
1970.
Q: Where did you go to college?
A: I went to Hamilton College, in
upstate New York, where 1 received a
B.A. in History.
Q: What were your major influ
ences?
A: John Kennedy was a major influ
ence; I could relate to the photo with
President Clinton taken with JFK. 1
could also identify with Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Q: Where did you continue your
education?
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A: I received a fellowship to
Edinburgh. Scotland, to the George
Watson College in the summer of
1967. I did volunteer work in Spain
in the Aragon region, where 1 met my
wife Monica, from Sweden. I wanted
to perfect my Spanish, plus this made
me want to travel more.
Q: What was the mood in colleges
and universities in the late 19605?
A: T here was a sense of defiance to
wards i.vndon B. Johnson, towards
the War Machine. I couldn't identify
with, the mass culture, rock music or
the drug life. 1 was raised in the Epis
copal Church, w hich formed my atti
tudes.
Q: How serious a threat was the
so-called Sixties Revolution?
A: My main view was that the pro
tests were divided by attitudes and
values, but they tried to make the U.S.
a better place to live. However, they
couldn't change society or Nixon's
policies in Vietnam.
Q: Going on, I)r. Irwin, in your aca
demic and personal life, what did
you do next?
A: I went to the Johns Hopkins
School for Advanced International
Studies In Bologna. Italy. There I
studied under Pierre Hassam during
the Hot Autumn of 1965, where the
Italian Caribincr Militia squelched
civil disturbances. T his is where I tell
in love with political theory and the
work of Hannah Arendt. Graduate
school was like heaven. The happiest
lime in my life was at the Johns
Hopkins University Center.
Q: What was the year you and yoyr
wife were married?
A: I married Monica Johansson Irwin
in 1968, who studied at the Univer
sity of Lund. Dr. Monica Irwin also
studied at Cambridge and in Ger-
Q: What area of study is your ex
pertise?
A: The former Yugoslavia, where I
have been many times. I was there on
;t Fulbright Grant. I dabble in several
languages, but I am fluent in Serbo-
Croatian.
Q: What is the major differences
between the college students in the
1960 s and the 19905?
A: The students today are maybe
more materialistic, but less cynical;
it's a hard thing to say. In the sixties
we dreamed of changing the world.
Plus, the advent of computers has had
a tremendous effect on today's stu
dent.
Dr. Z. Irwin teaches Political Sci
ence at Behrend. and can be seen
roaming the campus here in his
Armani suits (tweed jacket and elbow
patches.)
This is die first in a series of faculty
profiles that will appear in the Bea
con. L
Dr. Zachary Irwin, an
associate Political Science
professor at Behrend.
photo Courtesy of Behrend public
relations
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