BEHREND BRIEFS Management 480 students to host International Dinner Students taking Management 480, Behrend’s class on International Management currently led by Jana Goodrich, will present the class’ International Dinner on Sunday, April 8. The event will take place in the Reed Commons, beginning with a reception at 6:00 p.m. and promptly followed by a dinner at 7:00 p.m. This year’s dinner, which will be concentrating on Asian countries, will include music, student presentations, and a demonstration of tae kwon do. Those wishing to obtain a ticket, which costs $B, should contact Denise Cressly at dcclsl@psu.edu. tehrend beckons with Babes in Anns When the Rodgers and Hart musical. Babes in Anns, opened on Broadway in 1937, it was about a group of kids who plan to put on a show in a bam. When it opens at Penn State Behrend on March 21, it will be about a group of kids who plan to put on a show in a gym Penn State Behrend’s newly dedicated Athletics and Recreation Center (ARC). The Behrend production is scheduled for Wednesday through Saturday, March 21-24, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 25 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling (814) 898- 6242. Athletics Director Brian Streeter was equally enthusiastic about using the ARC for the “The ARC is a multi-purpose facility for student and community use,” said Streeter. “Tony [Elliot] and 1 started planning this event last August, because we knew that presenting Babes in Arms would demonstrate the building’s versatility, and it would bring more people on campus to see this great new facility.” Babes in Anns focuses on the fun, frustrations, and romances of a group of college-age would-be actors and actresses at a summer theatre in New England. When their tyrannical producer works them so hard that they never have a chance to showcase their talents, the group decides to produce their own show on their own time. While the plot of Babes in Arms is simple, the music is not. The show contains some of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s most memorable and time-tested songs: Where or When, I Wish I Were in Love Again, My Funny Valentine, Johnny One Note, and The Lady is a Tramp. Dr. Gary Viebranz, who heads the college’s instrumental music programs, will oversee the orchestra for the show, and Dr. Dan Barnard, head of choral music programs, will oversee the vocalists. Behrend graduate Geoff Bach will choreograph the dance numbers. Babes in Arms will feature a talented cast that includes students, staff, and members of the community. Thad Esek of South Park, Pennsylvania, plays Valentine White, leader of the theatre apprentices. He is pursued by Susie Ward, played by Mary Beaumont of Harborcreek. Chrissy Paone of Erie takes the part of Jennifer Owen, the former child star who turns all the boys’ heads, and Erie resident Liz Kelly plays Phyllis, Jennifer’s mom. Leo Hanley of Pittsburgh and Andrea Rodriguez of Erie play apprentices Gus and Terry, who are comically in and out of love throughout the show. Stephen Merritt of Cochranton is Lee Calhoun, the southern playwright, and Michael Stephenson of York plays theatre producer Steve Edwards. Dan Schiesser, Behrend’s director of Residence Life, is featured as Seymour Fleming, the tyrannical producer, and Rebecca Wolford plays Bunny, his assistant. Other cast members who serve as summer theatre apprentices are Mike Kupniewski, Jessica Dows, Steve Johnston, Tricia Michel, Tony DiPlacido, James Washburn, Steve Finch, Nam Haeng Song, Jeanine Noce, Rob Kearns, and Nathan Saccol. “This is the first musical we’ve presented at Behrend since Pirates of Penzance in 1998,” said Elliot. “We have an abundance of student musical talent on campus, and students are always asking for more musicals and an opportunity to perform.” 02/27/2001 11:30 11:15 03/01/2001 04:30 03/01/2001 / 03/01/2001 12:40 18:58 03/01/2001 00:31 03/02/2001 21:45 03/03/2001 20:25 03/11/2001 16:30 03/11/2001 23:15 03/13/2001 A Collier Township police officer called looking for information to help with an investigation he is conducting involving a stolen car. A grounds supervisor reported the theft of a live animal trap. P&S discovered that a water supply line to the bathrooms was leaking. Maintenance personnel were advised of the problem and will repair it as soon as possible. An individual came to P&S and said that she slipped on the ice in the Jordan Road Lot and twisted her back. She was transported to Health and Wellness. A non-student contacted P&S to see if they could go to his ex-girlfriend’s room and get a calculator he had lent to her and get it back for hiip. P&S advised him that he would have to make other arrangements to get it back. A report was made of a stolen item from an unlocked delivery vehicle. A complainant reported that his son was to return home Saturday, and never arrived. P&S advised him that the dorms were closed on Saturday. P&S checked all the parking lots for his vehicle. His vehicle was not on campus. P&S received a call back that the son had returned. A coordinator informed an officer that some one had poured superglue into a lock on a door in Niagara Hall. A complainant came to P&S to report that a car had been parked in a towaway zone for two hours. As a result, a citation was placed on the windshield ; — it could not be towed because other cars were parked in the lot. A student called asking where she should park her vehicle as it would not make it up Jordan Road. She was advised that she could park in the Jordan Road Lot and to look for the signs indicating where residents could park. ME VV3 & WEATHER After months of work and negotiations, Behrend’s concert committee got a big draw to come to campus: Shaggy, who currently has the number one album in the country. But the reaction from the crowd gathered at Bruno’s wasn’t quite as desired. Maybe it wasn’t “me”. . . SATURDAY Professor Looney’s Attendant Ghosts appears in print Amid the disparity, misery, and suffering of life, there is always that slice of hope, pleasure, and joy to keep us going; it’s a matter of faith. That was the theme of Attendant Ghosts, a book of poetry written by Mr. George Looney, assistant professor of En glish and creative writing, published in November 2000. Attendant Ghosts is Looney’s second book. His first book, Animals Housed in the Pleasure of Flesh, won the 1995 Bluestem Award. His work has also won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council, as well as awards from numerous literary journals. "Body is a part of genuine poetry, and abstract idea has to be grounded with practical senses. Without practical application, abstract ideas would be flying off.” “I write to explore and for pleasure,” said Looney. “The way I write is to not know what the poem is all about, and to discover what I am writing about.” According to Amazon’s editorial review, Atten dant Ghosts is a passionate, penetrating book. The poems were based on stories of men, women, lov ers, monks, and angels in a small town bar strug gling between past and reality. The book starts with a melancholy poem, "The Itinerate Circus of Life,” and ends with the image of an acrobat swaying in a drunken haze ready to fall. The rest of the poetry follows the downward stream describing the dispar- '' ' ' u o o 0 o. o Snow Hi 37° Lo 30° by Jenny Zhang staff writer Mr. George Looney, assistant professor of English and creative writing FOCAL POINT SUNDAY Mostly Cloudy Hi 39° Lo 27° ity and pain of life. However, the book ends with “Smoke and Songs to Heal the Moon,” a poem that provides evidence of hope, redemption, and faith to the speaker. The notion of hope in Mr. Looney’s poetry high lights the thrill of experience, the shared pleasure of the body, and above all, being alive. To make sense of this abstract idea, Looney ties them to ac tual human experiences as derived from the five senses of the body. There are clips of the speaker’s sexual experiences and sensuality in the poetry to give a sense of reality to the idea. "Body is a part of genuine poetry, and abstract idea has to be grounded with practical senses,” said Looney. “Without practical appli cation, abstract ideas would be flying off.” Mr. Looney is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He got his Masters of Fine Art (MFA) in creative writing from Bowling Green State University in the 1980 s. His original career goal was to be an artist, but he made the choice of becoming a cre ative writer because he believed that he could ex press himself better in writing. “I am a compe tent artist, but a more than competent writer,” said Looney. Mr. Looney’s work The above photo of George Looney appears on the book jacket of his recently published book of poetry, Attendant Ghosts. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 MONDAY Mostly Cloudy Hi 42° Lo 26° has also appeared in The Southern Review, The Kenyon Review, Denver Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review, Quarterly West, ;tnd others. For several years, he served as editor-in-chief of the Mid-American Re view. This is his second year at Behrend after 11 years of teaching at Bowling Green.
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