Jlthrtttb Collegian
Volume XXI I! No. 48^.
Black Student Union
Holds Black Culture Week
The Black Student Union of the
Behrend Campus sponsored a
week of Black Culture, Sunday,
April 9 through Friday, April 14;
in an attempt to present relevant
topics of black culture to the
public.
Deborah Lomax, president of
the Black Student Union, ex
plained her ideas of the concept of
the black culture week: “This is
the first event that Behrend has
ever had. You have to give things
a chance. The quality (of the
programs) was bona fide.”
The first event of the week
explained the role of the church in
the black struggle for equality,
with the Reverend Paul P.
Martin, executive director of
0.1. C., as speaker. The Sing
spirations Gospel Choir of the
Church of God provided en
tertainment.
Lighthouse Casts
Beams on Warner
Lighthouse. Canada’s number
one new rock group of the year, is
quickly becoming a success in the
United States as well. They will
be appearing at the Warner
Theater on Thursday, April 20 at
8 p.m., under the sponsorships!
the Behrend Student Union
Board.
Lighthouse is an unusually
large group, numbering eleven
lour horns, a four-man rhythm
team, a cello, vioTiri and bass.
They merge their individual
talents together well and put forth
a unique sound. Bob Mcßride is
the lead vocalist, but four or five
of the other members perform
their own arrangements in con
cert.
After two years of hard work,
rearranging, and experience
Lighthouse has finally overcome
problems of musical direction
and record production. They
New Canadian Sounds
Behrend Student Union Board presents Lighthouse in concert at the Warner Theater on
April 20 at 3 p.m. Lighthouse utilizes brass and wood instruments in composing their
unique sound
The next evening, a panel
discussion concerning Black
perspectives toward education
was held in the Reed Student
Union Building. Panelists in
cluded Eva Tucker, assistant
Professor of Geology, Behrend
Campus, Stanley Herring,
Director Model Cities, Fred
Thompson, “Upward Bound”,
Gannon College; William Powell,
member of the Black Student
Union of Gannon College; Martha
Sanders, Executive Director,
Human Relations - Commission;
and Luther Manus, member of
the Erie School District.
Dr. Nathan Wright, urbanist
and historian, and professor of
the Urban Affairs at the State
University of New York at
Albany, spoke on the political
perspectives of the black man on
Tuesday evening.
released a single not long ago
called “One Fine Morning”, that
hit high on the charts. Their new
album recently released,
“Thoughts of Movin’ on”, became
gold in Canada even before its
release, and it’s now .a success in
the United States. They’ve also
sung such favorites as “Take It
Slow”, “The Love of a Woman”
and “I. Just Wanna Be Your
Friend”.
Jonathan Edwards, author of
“Sunshine” and “Orphan”, will
be-appearing as the special guest
of- Lighthouse. Tickets for the
concert are $5.50, $4.50, or $3.50
without an activity card, and
$4.00, $3.25, or $2.50 with one.
They are available at the RUB
desk. Abus'will leave campus at
7:00 p.m.-arid stop at the Warner
Theater. Price of a round trip bus
ticket is 25c and can also be
purchased at the RUB desk.
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Historical and social dilemmas,
specifically, “Pan-Africanism”,
were discussed by Dr. Hart
Emuluwa, Nigerian Assistant
Professor of Education and
History at Gannon College on
Wednesday.
The arts dominated Thursday
evening’s entertainment, with the
African Interpretation Dancers
from Gannon College and Black
Talents from University Park.
The week’s activities closed
with a panel discussion, con
frontation in Black, on Friday,
April 14. Speakers included
Rahem Denman, on the Republic
of New Africa; Mildred Horton,
on N.A.A.C.P.; and Bro. Harold
X. on Black Muslims.
Ike Burnett, member of the
Black Student Union of the
Behrend Campus, stated that “It
was good, but it could have been
better if there had been more
participation. However, their
loss, our gain.”
Main Campus Difficulties
Acknowledged By Students
(APS) The Office of Student
Affairs Research last June
completed a 16-month study of
the problems involving the
transfer of Commonwealth
Campus students to University
Park. The project included a
survey of students prior to their
transfer to University Park and a
re-survey after 15 weeks of at
tendance at University Park:
According to the study, which
included 871 students, most
transfer students are pleased
witli_ their experience of living
away from home, but fewer new
people were met at University
Park than the students had ex
pected.
The study found that many
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New Black Era
Students rap Monday night, April 10 on the “black
prospects of education.” Panel members Mr. William
Powell, advisor to blacks at Gannon; Mr. Luther Mauis,
School Board Administration and Mr. Stanley Harring,
Representative from Model City Agency.
transfers underestimate the
difficulties of academic ad
justment at University Park. The
majority find that grade com
petition is more intense and
course work requires more work
at University Park. The students
surveyed also fell that University
Park professors are more lenient
about class attendance, have a
great deal of knowledge about
students’ major fields, treat
students as adults, but have
difficulty in getting to know in
dividual students. Resource
materials were considered easier
to find at University Park.
Almost one-third of the students
Task Force Holds
Open Meeting April 25
An open meeting of the Task
Force will be held during com
mon hour on Tuesday, April 25 in
Reed Lecture Hall as announced
by Dean Spalding. The purpose of
this meeting is to present a status
report to faculty and students on
the work accomplished by the
Task Force to date.
Dr. Ed Masteller, a member of
the Task Force along with Dean
Spalding, commented on the
meeting. “This is where we would
like to inform as many people as
possible. Questions will .be an
swered at this time.”
The entire Task Force will be
present at this meeting. The
membership includes Dr.
Leonard Zimmerman, Professor
of Bacteriology at University
Park, Dr. David Stewart, Head of
the English Department at U.P.,
Dr. Marvin Rozen, Professor of
Economics, Dr. Richard Schein.
Director of the Office for.
Programs for Environmental
Studies, and Dr. Stanley Iken
berry, Sr. Vice-President for
Planning, whose job it is to report
the recommendations of the Task
Force to President Oswald.
Thursday, April 20,1972
reported scheduling difficulties
and most students do not get as
much assistance from faculty
advisors as'they want. However,
in many of the academic items
surveyed, the actual experiences
were not as bad as the students
anticipated before coming to
University Park.
Transfer students reported that
University Park students are
more liberal about social
problems, have more personal
freedom, and have more voice in
the policies and regulations set at
University Park than do Com
monwealth Campus students at
the campuses.
Dean Spalding expressed the
hope that the presence of the
whole Task Force at the April 25
meeting will convey the Force’s
progress and ideas to the in
terested community.
Dr. Masteller hinted that the
Task Force is aiming for a report
to the President by early May. “If
we get enough input from our
committees, we hope to make our
recommendations by then.”
Art Festival
Plans for May
Belirend will be the scene of
exhibits and talent, local and
imported, including plays
presented by the Readers, a
ceramics demonstration by Dan
Milewski and an all-day rock
festival featuring local groups.
Behrend’s Atmual Spring Arts
Festival will take place on
Wednesday. May 17 and will
continue till Sunday, May 21.
Persons interested in donating
time to help make this effort
successful should contact Miss
Carrol or Walker Moore. Any
help will be greatly appreciated.