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Black Experience
The realm of the Black ex
perience is exploring
geometrically as Blacks build
economic and political bases, hi
jack planes, and O.D. on drugs.
But in what direction are we as a
group headed?
There is now the realization of a
common ground among Black
folks. Professionals want to
communicate with the masses,
though sometimes only because
of a personal desire to acquire
power. Blacks must find the best
way to capitalize on the trend
toward unity. We might be able to
consolidate our newly found
collective spirit by organizing a
Black superstructure in charge of
development of the Black com
munity.
By concentrating leadership,
technical abilities, and dedication n H
into one powerful organization, y f aFS
rather than many impotent ones hicrhliahteH C ( . h s' onv 1 e ?- tl °, n
such as the NAA C P highlighted the relatively
CORE SCLC etc the significant gains made by Blacks
problem of wfstefS' ’duplication
of services could be eliminated! 1 fth uruty ‘ though
The success of this new Yu™
organization would probably , k ytes ’ t^ €y
upon the disbanding of th£ a contributing
before-mentioned groups and the fhe PnnloSn SUCCCSS ° f
general backing of the com- th *£«S;. w . _
munity. That, of course, would be beginning. Our
a dlfHcult task; however, the
most^ d ” th
?pS£ch to“ilectivebet- “ 51ng P resenU )' Black
terment collective net newspapers, TV, and radio
programs. It could assist in the
The superstructure might first election campaigns of politicians
function to make the communities who have the endorsement of the
aware of their sizable buying Black community which
power and, second, hopefully historically has voted as a block,
direct it. The current department Some of the full-time staff could
of White businesses, which once act as lobbyists using the Black
flourished in the large Black vote as their tool of persuasion,
urban communities, is leaving a The era of revolutionary
void which could be filled by rhetoric is dead in the Black
proud and responsible Black community. We must revamp
businessmen. We must and update our approach to our
remember that an important part own self-development. The idea
of thinking Black is buying Black, of a monolithic organization for
We must endeavor to support the social change is no panacea, yet it
new and struggling Black would be a great asset in the often
businesses in the hope that this frustrating attempt to better the
will benefit us collectively by Black experience in America.
S.U.B. Activities For
Coming Week Center in RUB
The Student Union Board of the
Behrend Campus will sponsor various
entertainment events during the week
of October 8. Signs announcing these
events will appear on bulletin boards
at various spots around campus.
Beginning Sunday, October 8, the
movie The Great British Train
Robbery will be presented in the RUB
Lecture Hall at 7 and 9 p.m. It is the
film version based on the actual
robbery which occurred in 1963. The
price will be 35 cents with an activity
card, SI without a card.
The Flash Gordon and Zorro serials
continue on Tuesday, October 10.
Chapter four of each, along with three
“Road Runner" cartoons will be
shown at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. in the RUB
Lecture Hall. The price is 15 cents
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and therefore subject to
criticism. All letters that are
typewritten of 200 words or less,
and submitted to the newspaper
staff will be printed with the
exception of those that are
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lehtenii Collegian
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Beckie La Plante Lynne Phillips
Editor-in-chief Managing Editor
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by Harold Key
keeping the money within the
community. An integral part of
this superstructure would be a
group of paid business con
sultants who would supply their
expertise to these new businesses
at minimal cost. But this is only
one area of Black economic
development. There are a few
corporations in America whose
resources are “mind blowing”.
The superstructure could learn
the inner workings of these
corporations, finding vulnerable
areas to apply pressure, and by
doing so might produce beneficial
results for Blacks, e.g. em
ployment.
In the area of politics the
superstructure could be
especially important for it wou!d
with an activity card
On Thursday, Oct. 12, the morning
presentation, The World at War is
offered free of charge at 11 a.m. in the
Lecture Hall, it is especially designed
to accomodate commuting students
who are unable to attend those events
sponsored in the evening.
The weekend holds more in store for
"Coffee House"fans. From Thursday,
Oct. 12 through Saturday the 14, Robin
Williams will perform in the RUB
Dining Hall each evening at 9 p.m.
Williams does a wide variety of music.
Pop, folk, and country-western tastes
can be satisfied by attending one of the
three nights. The price each night will
be 25 cents with a card and 50 cents
without a card.
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names will be withheld upon
request. Term standing, major,
and hometown must be included.
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Behrend Collegian.
Behrend Collegian
Letters to the Edi
Editorial
I have gone to college for four
years. Now, as I near graduation,
I look around me and a number of
questions come to my mind.
What is a college? Is a college
someplace to go to simply pass
the time, or is it an institution
made of students, for the use of
the students? Is a college for good
times, or is it for an education? Is
a college something which is to be
used or is it something to be
worked for? What role does a
college play in the lives of the
students that attend it? Is college
really the valuable experience
that it’s made up to be? Is college
necessary for a productive life?
Just what are the limitations that
a college has? Does it make any
difference if the student body
supports its college,
academically as well as socially,
not to speak of politically?
All of these questions have as
many answers as there are
students. I can only speak for
myself as I answer them.
A college is the student body. It
can not survive or progress
without the support of students,
concerned students working with
faculty and administration to
achieve worthwhile goals. If you
look in the front of your student
handbook, under Walker Moore’s
letter, you will see the words,
“Never will you experience the
almost total freedom of choice
again”, used to describe college
life. It is just this freedom which
is the right of every student.
Whether a student chose to use
that freedom for constructive
progress on campus, progress
that in actuality benefits him, is
entirely up to the individual.
Elections
This week there are ap
plications at trip RUB desk for
class officers. The election will be
held on October 12 and 13 and will
be run by SGA.
There are several reasons for
instituting class officers,
especially for the freshmen who
plan to spend four years at
Behrend. The president of the
class will automatically sit on
SGA as a voting member and act
as a liason between SGA and the
class. The vice-president will be
sitting on various committees and
organizations that affect the
overall welfare of the campus.
The secretary-treasurer will be
concerned only with the class
meetings and class treasury.
The week following class
elections will be the elections for
SGA representatives, two from
each class, one resident student
and one commuting student. This
is a change made for a more over
all opinion from classes, and from
commuters and the resident
students to SGA.
Behrend has many deficiencies
that need to be corrected, most of
which stem from a lack of
finances. Nothing gets ac
complished without money, and
the best way to get the money is
through responsible activities
and overall student involvement.
If you want a better library, more
classrooms, more course, of
ferings and more social ac
tivities, get your ass in gear and
do something.
Vote for your officers, vote for
your SGA, then vote for your
Congressman and your President.
Walker Moore
SGA President
Campus Library
Dear Editor,
I would like to comment on
Behrend’s.library. Simply, why
doesn’t it have any funds?
Behrend is now a four year
school. The campus library is
definitely not a library to be
desired in a four year school.
Due to the lack of funds, library
hours for student use have been
drastically reduced. Saturday
study hours do not exist. Why
can’t Behrend follow the example
of other four year colleges?
Where are these funds going?
What could be more important to
a four year college than building
up adequate library facilities?
Debbie Kuseck
Home Ec. Education
Staff Writer
The advisor-advisee
relationship should be a co
operative effort that results in the
maximum benefit to the student
(advice concerning proper course
sequence, meeting individual
College’s requirements,
declaring majors, when to
transfer, etc.). If their co
operative effort results in poor or
incorrect advice, it is only the
student that pays the penalty
closed out of a course, taking
additional courses, spending
additional time and money,
spending an additional term or
two to graduate. It would seem
that students would make the
extra effort to become aware of
their College’s requirements,
regulations, and selection policies
in order to recognize bad advice.
One way to become aware of a
College’s regulations would be to
read the PSU Bulletin. Another
way to make information directly
available to the student was
attempted by the College of
Education. A bulletin board
labeled “COLLEGE OF
EDUCATION” was constructed
that is approximately feet by
4 feet and sits upon a rather large
free standing magazine rack.
This whole structure is located in
the southeast corner of the
library just next to the steps
leading to the balcony. The
bulletin board was kept current
with items of interest to all
Education majors, AND Dean’s
Rep communications that con
cerned majors within the College
of Education. One particular
notice that was placed on the
bulletin board was the basis for
this Free Money Experiment.
This notice concerned the
Selection and Retention policies
of all Education majors, was
typed on B‘i> x 11 paper and had
S.G.A. Outlines
Class Elections
The election for class officers
will be run entirely by S.G.A. and
will be held during the last two
days of the third week of the term
(Thursday and Friday, October
12 and 13, Fall term, 1972) There
will be four ballots. One set for
each class. Only a member of a
class may vote in the election in
their respective class. (Ex.
Freshmen vote for Freshmen,
Sophomores vote in the
Sophomore election.) There will
be no electioneering within 50 feet
of the ballot box. A person run
ning for office must be in good
standing with the University. It is
optional for a candidate to have a
EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Friday, October 6
Homecoming
Golf Intramural Play, 18holes
Pep Ralley
Saturday, October 7
Homecoming
Soccer: Gannon College, Home 1
p.m.
Semi-Formal Dance
Sunday, OctoberB
Movie: Great British Train
Robbery, RUB Lecture Hall, 7
and 9 p.m.
Monday, October 9
Girls Basketball Meeting,
Erie Hall, 7p.m.
Tuesday, OctoberlO
Flicks: Flash Gordon and
Zorro, Chapter 4 and Cartoons,
RUB Lecture Hall, 11 a.m. and
7 p.m.
CWENS meeting, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, October 11
Soccer: Alliance College,
Away, 4 p.m.
Thursday, October 12
Flicks: The World at War,
RUB Lecture Hall, 11 a.m.
Coffee House Circuit.
Dr. Tauber's Letter
arrows and underlining for em
phasis, and was posted for 8
weeks of the Spring Term. Dr.
Tauber, the Dean’s Rep for the
College of Education, typed at the
bottom of this notice, in print
larger than that of the notice,
“The first person to see Dr.
Tauber and repeat the numbers 9-
11-43 will receive one dollar”. Dr.
Tauber was approached once
during the 8 weeks of the term.
Since Dr. Tauber did not ad
vertise that he had already given
the one dollar, the remaining
students had no idea that the
dollar offer was not yet still
available. Thus, with ap
proximately 150 Education
majors, only one asked for the
dollar.
Although this Free Money
Experiment was performed with
mainly Education majors who
would most likely read a College
of Education bulletin board, I
would hypothesize that this lack
of concern on the students’ part
for making himself
knowledgeable is at least Campus
wide.
When discussing the results of
this Experiment with a fellow
faculty member it was suggested
that the outcome was caused by
one of two reasons: 1) No one
bothers to read various notices
that may be cf importance to
their College, major, etc., or 2)
One dollar is just not enough of an
incentive to carry out the
directions on such a notice.
Read the PSU Bulletin, read
notices, ask questions, become
knowledgeable of information
concerning your College so that
you are an intelligent decision
maker. Don’t rely strictly on your
advisor.
Concerned Faculty
Member
person as a representative at the
counting of votes after the
election. A student must present
his student I.D. at the balloting
before he can vote. The ballot
box will be kept in the security
office.
TIMES OF BALLOTING:
THURSDAY
In the Reed Union Building 9
a.m. -4p.m.
In Dobbins Hall 4:30 p.m
p.m
FRIDAY
In the Otto Behrend Building 9
m.-4p.m.
In Dobbins Hall 4:30 p.m
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