THE BEHREND BEACON Weekly Events Friday, march 24: Petitions due for SGA Senator Positions 5:00 p.m Intramural Deadline: Spades and Euchre Tournaments 4:00 p.m. - Intramural Deadline for Modified Softball and Whitewater Rafting @ Ohiopyle. Saturday, march 25: 1:00 p.m. - Men's tennis vs. Penn State Altoona BYOBuns Sponsored by Residence Life Apartments 8:30 p.m. - Five O'Clock Shadow: So There appear ing in Brunos. PSU Symposium: Half Day Seminar sponsored by the Student Chapter of APICS. For information, contact Candace Klein at 898-1776 or cckll9@aol.com Monday, March 27: SPIRIT DAY 3:00 p.m. - Softball vs. Laßoche Tuesday, march 28: - Auditions for Children's Theater A Closer Look 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m Ensemble in Reed 114 AUDITIONS FOR CHILDREN'S THEATER Matchbox Players are seeking enthusiastic performers for a collaborative effort to create an interactive children's piece for performance in the fall. All majors and talents are welcome and needed. Some positions that are available include:Talented Writers, Singers, Dancers, Instrumentalists, and Actors. Those that are interested or have questions can contact Jessica by phone at 898-7530, or by e-mail at jed2o6@psu.edu 7:00 p.m. - Women's Film Series: Mrs. Dalloway in Reed Lecture Hall A Closer Look MRS. DALLO WAY HITS THE BIG SCREEN AT PENN STATE BEHREND Mrs. Dalloway is a much-admired novel by Virginia Woolf, adapted to the screen by Marleen Gorris (creator of the Oscar winning Dutch film Antonia's Line). This is the second film in the Women's Film Series at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and will be shown on Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in the Reed Union Building Lecture Hall. The story unfolds during a single day in London in June 1923, as the highly respected Mrs. Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave) prepares for a society party, which will also be attended by one of her former suitors. As she reflects on her past and on choices she now regrets, the present gives way to flashbacks about the young Clarissa Dalloway's more passionate years and of her sacrifice of love for a life of security and social standing as a politician's wife. Interwoven within this drama is the story of a shell-shocked soldier (Rupert Graves) whose battle trauma will ultimately lead to tragedy. The Women's Film Series is sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs and is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (814) 898-6171. Wednesday, March 29: Auditions for Children's Theater En 5-7 in Reed 112 Beach Party Lawrence Hall Coun LEB. Sponsored by Residence Life. ENSEMBLE CALENDAR WlPmillfrWlP 4 ,m l llF. Thursday, march 30: 7:30 p.m. - Gary Kuhne, Phil. I & II sponsored by Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship. Reed 114 7:00 p.m. - National Society of Black Engineers presents their 3rd annual fashion show. The Behrend chapter of the National Society of Black Engi leers will present their third annual fashion show on Wednesday, March 30, 2000. Featured will be a representation of different fashion styles as presented by a number of Behrend students. ;ome of the segments to be included are Casual, Evening Wear, as well as Wedding attire. Other events to take place at the Fashion Show include games, Iles, and prizes. Admission is free for all. Plan to attend this ;ning of fashion and fun in the Reed Commons at 7p.m. and help port NSBE. Friday, march 31: 3:00 p.m. - Softball vs. Buffalo State 8:00 p.m. - Criminal Hearts in the Studio Theatre Criminal Hearts playing in the Studio Theatre! Opening Ni g ht: Friday, March 31 at 8:00 p.m. Get tickets now! DON'T MISS IT! Submit your resume to the CDC by 3/28 for the follow ing on-campus recruiters: Metron Inc. - Math, Comp Sci, EE, & Physics Foot Locker - All Bus, MGMT, MRKT preferred Dietrich Industries - All Bus, Comm, Psy, OpMgmt Also, there are many internship opportunities. Visit the Career Development Center for more information. MARCH 24, 2000 A Closer Look THIRD ANNUAL FASHION SHOW: REFLECTIONS OF FASHIONS JOBS!!! mark Your Calendars JANE BRYANT QUINN WILL DISCUSS PERSONAL FINANCE AT BEHREND Personal finance expert Jane Bryant Quinn will present "The Economy and Your Money.com" at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Reed Union Building Commons. Her lecture concludes the College's 1999-2000 Speaker Series. Quinn is the author of the best-selling Making the Most of Your Money, a comprehensive guide to personal financial planning. She is an award-winning Newsweek columnist, writing on both personal and national economic issues, and millions read her regular columns in The Washington Post, New York Daily News, and Woman's Day. Quinn also is an Emmy Award-winning television news reporter. She appears twice weekly on ABC's "Home Show" and is a frequent guest on "Good Morning America" and "Nightline." Previously she hosted her own program, "Take Charge!" on PBS, and was a featured correspondent on the "CBS Morning News" and then on the "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather." In addition to winning an Emmy, Quinn received the John Hancock Award for excellence in business and financial journalism. She is a three-time winner of the national Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism. All Speaker Series presentations are free and open to the public. The series is sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs and is partially funded by the .h Nesbit Rees and Sarah Henne Rees Foundation has twice won the National Association for Cal Activities' Best Lecture Series Award. An interpreter for deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members will be visible at each lectu assistive listening devices are available upon advance request from the Office of Student Activities at (814) 898-6171. These services are made possible through funding from Penn States Equal Opportunity Planning Committee All lectures are also taped for broadcast on AM1450/WPSE, Penn State Erie radio. For more information about the Speaker Series, please call the Penn State Behrend switchboard at (814) 898-6000 TAKE A PERSIAN CARPET RIDE WITH GABBEH AT PENN STATE BEHREND The final film in the 2000 Women's Film Series at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is the Iranian film Gabbeh, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, in the Reed Union Building Lecture Hall. Gabbeh tells the timeless fable of Gabbeh, a beautiful young woman who relates her tale to a memory-haunted old man. A member of a nomadic desert tribe, she fell in love with a dashing horseman and eloped. The self assertion of the woman drives the story, but it is the patriarchy of the tribe that dictates its "truth." The film is as simple and traditional as a fairy tale, yet multi-layered and modernist, unusual and thought-provoking. Makhmalbaf has stated that the Iranian national cinema stems more directly from the tradition of poetic storytelling than from previous films. U.S. film critics place the film on their top-ten film list. All films in the Women's Film Series are sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs and are free and open to the public. For more information, call (814) 898-6171. THE ART OF FRONT YARDS The School of Humanities and Social Sciences has been awarded a grant by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to bring to campus Commonwealth Speaker Dr. Kevin Melchionne. On Wednesday, April 5, at 7:00 p.m. in the Reed Lecture Hall. He will be presenting the talk" The Art of Front Yards." This slide-illustrated presenta tion will explore the history of the front yard as a form of aesthetic expres- A painter and critic, Dr. Melchionne is curently the curator of Temple University's Tyler Gallery of Art. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His particular area of expertise is aesthetic theory. The program will be so-sponsored with the Erie Art Museum. It is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact John Champagne, Assisstant Professor of English, at ext. 6331 or by e-mail at jgc4@psu.edu. ULTIMATE PRAISE GOSPEL CHOIR SPRING CONCERT 2000 Join Behrend's own Ultimate Praise Gospel Choir in an evening of praise and worship. On Saturday, April 8, 2000, the Gospel Choir will have their Spring Concert in the Reed Lecture Hall. The Gospel Choir, who has been on the move for God has traveled to a number of places, including Charlotte, North Carolina, and White Plains, New York, as well as performed at a Women's and Men's home basketball game, in order to minister to a variety o people and express their enthusiasm for God as young Christians. Also to be featured at this event is the Ultimate Praise Mime Troupe, a ministry that has stemmed from the Gospel Choir under the direction of Jennifer Foulks. Other guest choirs will be present as well to help support the choir in their evening of Ultimate Praise. Come out and show your support for Gospel Choir President Danielle Marshall in her last Spring Concert before she graduates. FELIX, THE RABBIT, COMING TO THE BEHREND BOOKSTORE Thoughts of springtime in Erie seem to re-energize everyone. To add to this special feeling, the Penn State Behrend Bookstore will be bringing Annette Langen's much loved "Felix, the Rabbit" to town. The well-known story of the toy rabbit who gets separated from his owner and travels the world, sending letters home, is timeless. On Saturday, April 8, 2000, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Felikwill be appearing at the bookstore. Cosmo Rose from Classy 100 will be on hand for the program which will feature a story time, face painting by Mary Ann Rose and a prize drawing. You are welcome to bring your camera and take a picture with Felix! Several of the Felix series will be available for purchase and autograph. Admission is free, so don't miss this opportunity to add some excitement to your child's springtime memories. If you are unable to make it to the Saturday program, Felix will also be appearing at the McCord Memorial Library in North East at 7:00 p.m. on Monda ,A e ril 10th in honor of National Libr. Week. PAGE 10