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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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"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
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The Five Love Languages
by Gary Chapman
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