New York Times Best Seller List: Children's Books: 1. My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story, Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell 2. Scaredy-Cat Splat!, Rob Scotton 3. Lego Star Wars, Simon Beecroft 4. Heads, Matthew Van Fleet 5. The Three Little Dassies, Jan Brett ALLI HETIZEN RATER I-I&SS editor• creative writing Internationally best selling author/illustrator team Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell re cently published their ninth book, My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story. The book is essentially about the unconditional loving relationship a mother and her child have. In the book, Curtis and Cornell talk about how Mommy is best at everything: She can make the best cookies, untangle kite strings, steal bases when playing baseball in the back yard, and drive her child and friends places. But what "Mommy does best" is nothing tangible or physical. Mommy is best at light ing up any room with her unconditional love. No matter what, Mommy can make her child smile and feel spe cial. Curtis uses lyrical sen tences and simple, end rhymes that match beautifully with Cor nell's colorful and fancy illustrations. The pair has collabo rated eight other chil dren's books available, including Is There Really a Human Race, Where Do Balloons Go?, and It's Hard to Be Five. I=l3ll Limit. (~17?it 0,11 AgYAiommy sung the Moon photo from ghead.com My Mommy Hung the Moon by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell Beacon H&SS Staff: H&SS Editor: Alli Heitzenrater • Cre ative Writing major H&SS Writers: Emily Rae Brough • Cre ative Writing major Matt DeFusco • Creative Writing major Andrew Tarr • Political Science major Julia Baker • Psychology major Brooke Bartolomeo • Communications major Music professor awarded promotion MATT DEFUSCO H&SS writer• creative writing Longtime music professor Gary Viebranz was promoted this semester to a position as Senior Lecturer. Doctor Gary Viebranz, who is the Director of Instrumental En sembles and a professor at Behrend, teaches classes such as Intro to Western Music, Evolu tion of Jazz, Pep Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, and has also done independent studies. Viebranz received his under graduate degree in Music Educa tion from Ohio State University. He then went to graduate school at the University of Cincinnati where he earned his masters in Tuba and Conducting. In addition, he also became a Doctor of Musical Arts in Con ducting. His doctorate was also earned at the University of Cincinnati. Viebranz says that the world of musical art has always resonated Comic poet reads at Smith Chapel EMILY RAE BROUGH H&SS writer • creative writing "I think that was the most beautiful introduction I ever had," said Nin An drews, visiting poet and Smith Series reader, of Professor George Looney's lyrical introduction to An drew's newest publication Southern Comforts. Looney spoke of her inti macy with narrative and the stirring way she moved the world around us. An drews, the most recent reader from the Smith Reading Series, spoke on Thursday, Sept. 30. Her poetry generated many laughs and created interest in her unique methodology and in what inspired her. "If I really don't like something than I have to do it," Andrews said. "When there is resistance you learn." Andrews showcased her ability to fight against re sistance to confessional poetry as she read to a full Smith Chapel. Her prose poetry selec tions from the current book Norwegian professor flying to Behrend to speak on WWII ANDREW TARR I WS writer • political science Dr. Sabrina Ramet, pro fessor of Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology will be speaking at Behrend Monday Oct. 11, at 7:00 PM in Reed 117. Ramet will be speaking on "Italian Fascism and German Nazism Com pared, with Special Atten tion to Cultural Policy." "One of the more inter esting questions about fas cism is that fascism, was a totalitarianism dictatorship that varied in interesting ways in different coun tries," said Dr. Zachary Irwin, Associate Professor of Political Science. "I say they're interesting because many of us who study politics, like Dr. Ramet and myself, find comparisons of fascism a serious scholarly topic." Ramet earned her A.B. in philosophy from Stanford COO t' 4C: It Ink Humanities & Social Sciences deeply with him. When he was presented with the option of starting a formal music program at Penn State Behrend, he did not hesitate at all with the chance to have a clean slate. Before he taught at Behrend, Viebranz was a professor at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio. He also taught for ten years in public schools. After teaching at Behrend for ten years and applying for the promotion in Spring 2010, Viebranz was rewarded with a promotion to Senior Lecturer of Music. "The promotion is a way of ac knowledging the time and efforts that professors have put into their classes and students." When asked about how the promotion made him feel he said with a big smile, "Relieved." Throughout his time teaching, he has published several reviews of jazz ensembles in various music journals. included the poem "Power ful Magic", which recalled the days of her grand mother's knowing eye and deep southern faith as she held her granddaughter, saying, "Child...don't you know anything? You got to make a bad thing good, so sing it. Sing it with me now. Sing it good." Andrew's reading also "If I really don't like something, than I have to do it. When there is resistance, you learn." -Nin Andrews showcased her dexterity with everyday language and made use of her dual background in northeast ern etiquette and southern culture, blending her poems into the vernacular University, her M.A. in In ternational Relations from the University of Arkansas and her Ph.D. in Political Science from the Univer sity of California, Los An geles. "Behrend is very lucky to have Sabrina Ramet come speak to our campus." said Adam Fracassi, President of Political Science Society. "She is a world renown au thor, and she has a very ex tensive list of credentials that make her extremely qualified to do what she does." Her topic could attract many groups of people who are interested in the World War II era, in addi tion to political science and history majors. The event is going to be held Mon. Oct. 11th in Reed 117 at 7pm. It is sponsored by the Political Science Society and His tory Clubs and, the Interna tional Studies speaker series. of both locales. She described how her parent's own personal civil war at home inspired some of her poems, such as "Southern Accent", "Non sense", "The Fight" and "Elvis". Andrews also read from many of her previous pub lications. The audience heard from Sleeping with Houdini which included the poem "Houdini" and "Dear Confessional Poet". The poem "Questions about Dick and Jane" came from her book Midlife Cri sis with Dick and Jane and resulted with a great deal of laughter, especially as she opened her questions with "1. Is this book about a par ticular Dick, or a universal Dick?" Andrews' ability to re veal the serious through humor could also be seen in her reading from Dear Professor: Do You Live in a Vacuum?, a book that was inspired by real-life letters and e-mails to her hus band, a physics professor. Because of her writings, Jury duty selection process to be explained by local aftorney ANDREW TARR fisss writer • political c( iem e Most everyone has been called for jury duty at least once in their lives, but few understand the process. Attorney Joe Conti is the former Erie County District Attorney and has had expe rience selecting a jury. Conti earned his B.S. with distinction from the Pennsylvania State Univer sity. He also studied at the University of Akron and Gannon University. He was the former Erie County District Attorney from 1996 to 1999 and now works as a Private Attor ney in Erie. He was admit ted into the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1983. "He's going to give a talk about what attorneys are looking for when choosing jurors." said Robert Speel, Associate Professor of Po litical Science. "I've heard him do this before and its really fascinating to find out what attorneys are ,r4re, vsnevid - ' 4 /you carepeattatt! raw Ain Heitranniter Andrews' has been the re cipient of multiple awards. In recent years, she re ceived two Ohio Arts Coun cil Individual Artist grants for her works. Her poems have ap peared in The Best Ameri can Poetry 1997, 2001, and 2003. Excerpt from DEAR PROFESSOR By NIN ANDREWS "There should be a class For people like me. It might be a relieffo both of US. Think about it. You wouldn't expec very much, and we wouldn't dis appoint you." looking for both in the prosecution and defense sides when choosing ju- "He knows a lot about what's involved into the jury selection process, what types of jurors the prosecution wants and want kinds of jurors the de fense wants and what types of cases need what types of jurors," said Speel. "It's intended in students interested in criminal jus tice careers and obviously students interested in legal careers and law school who will find out a lot about what attorneys look for when choosing jurors." said Speel. "And it's inter esting to the average stu dent who might be a juror someday." Conti will be speaking at Behrend Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Kochel 059. The event is sponsored by the Crime, Psychology, and Public Policy Certifi cate Program. .~,' emit of TW 'trek "Be glad of life be cause it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars." - Henry Van Dyke New York Times Best Seller List: Paperback Advice: 1. The Five Love Lan guages, Gary Chapman 2. What to Expect When You're Expecting , Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel 3. Radical, David Platt 4. The Belly Fat Cure, Jorge Cruise 5. The No -- Robert I. Sutton ALLI HEITZENRATER /NS', editor• creative writing Gary Chapman's newest advice book, The Five Love Languages, is about one main point: communica tion. Chapman says that if couples could learn to speak the same love lan guage, they would be much better off and their rela tionship will be happier. Dr. Chapman, a couples councilor, used his years worth of notes from his couples' sessions to teach himself to develop the five love languages, which are not languages at all. The five love languages are: quality time, words of affir mations, gifts, acts of serv ice, and physical touch. Chapman preaches that it is essential to the overall quality of your relationship that you learn your part ner's specific love lan guage and speak it fluently. While the book is mostly directed towards mar riages, Chapman believes that his method and his languages can help any re lationship. Chapman also says that learning your partner's love language early on in the relationship will enhance the deepness of your connection. Dr. Chapman travels the country presenting semi nars about his books. He has written over fifteen books. The Five Love Lan guages has been translated photo from bloomberg.com The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman Rule,
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