lehreuii Collegian
Volume XXjv No. 5
Commonwealth Campuses
Form COPS Committees
By Beckie LaPlante
Editor-in-Chief
COPS, the Council of
Presidents, which consists of all
Commonwealth campus
presidents, was set up by
University Park president Dr.
Oswald, as a direct liason and
sounding board between
University Park and the branch
campuses.
Major topics of concern at the
recent meeting included the
welfare of the Commonwealth
campuses. An attempt is being
made to alleviate the feeling that
Commonwealth campuses are
secondary to University Park.
One problem has been the ex
clusion of ticket allocations to
each campus for concerts held at
U.P.
Several committees have been
established to benefit both
University Park and the branch
campuses. The Undergraduate
Student Government Branch
Campus Service committee
orients transfer students to U.P.
and provides them with in
formation about facilities and
services that are available.
The Tuition and Educational
Costs committee made a
SGA Executive Board
Talks About Funding
by Jim Benner
Staff Reporter
Sometimes an organization
must review what its purposes
are and to what ends these have
been followed.
The Executive Committee of
SGA did exactly that at a meeting
held Monday, October 30 at 7:00
p.m. Several future undertakings
were introduced and discussed.
Walker Moore, SGA president,
opened the meeting with a brief
report from the COPS (Council of
Presidents) meeting he recently
attended. One impression Walker
got from the meeting was that
Behrend campus is often
overlooked in allocations of funds,
even with its newly acquired four
year status. Moore also said he
was disappointed in student in
terest in Behrend so far this year.
He noted the problem with SGA
elections, late constitutions and
late budget requests. Being in the
fifth week already, no budgets
will be accepted by SGA for this
term. The topic for the evening
opened on that note—How to
increase interest in Behrend as a
four-year school instead of as a
launching-pad for University
Park-bound students.
The first area covered was
public relations for Behrend. By
establishing a solid campaign
among the two-year com
monwealth campuses, other
colleges,and especially high
schools, Behrend could build a
strong four-year tradition. It
should follow too, that Behrend
students would be interested in
“their” campus. Of course, every
student ought to take an in
terest in where ever he’s at
tending: offering his talents
toward a better academic and
social atmosphere. However,
such is an ideal situation, SGA
must deal with reality.
Also, by increasing student
enrollment, high-level course
offerings would have to be ex
panded; helping Behrend realize
its four-year potential. This
proposal to form a committee to
investigate tuition costs and
perhaps answer the question as to
why branch campus tuitions have
been raised and why there has
been no allocation of funds from
State Legislators.
Students on the Presidential
Advisory Board include one
member from Hazelton and a
member from the Wilkesßarre
campus. These students confer
with President Oswald to discuss
problems other than those at U.P.
JRC Proposes Selling of
Stocks to Boost Finances
The Joint Residence Com
mittee of the Behrend Campus
held a highly technical meeting
Tuesday, October 24 in an at
tempt to solidly establish the
organization.
The first order of business was
to recognize Carol Black,
Richard Rotz and Rob Johnson as
the three new members under the
possibility led into another
suggestion. The SGA, as student
representatives will try to form a
stronger bond with the faculty
governing committees.
Hopefully, the expanded com
munication will aid in academic
planning; campaigning for funds
to help Behrend grow; and in
resolving student affairs issues.
Besides these considerations,
the executive committee is in
vestigating the chance of having
an anti-abortion group come on
campus for a debate with pro
abortion spokesmen, yet to be
selected. Also, there is a
possibility that a list of speakers
will appear to allow students to
mark their preferences for
speaker and subject matter. The
list includes mostly businessmen
covering their respective
professions and career futures.
When the meeting adjourned, it
appeared that against apathy on
one side and being ignored on the
other, SGA still sees light at the
end of the academic tunnel or at
least will try to make some.
Abortion Reform Pushed by AWS
University Park (APS)—The
Association of Women Students,
(AWS), at University Park is
issuing a plea to all students of
voting age at the Commonwealth
Campuses. The AWS is en
couraging students to write to
their respective State Senators,
and inquire how they regard
abortion legislation, particularly
Senator Martin Mullen’s Bill No.
800.
Mullen’s Bill, passed 157-34 by
the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives, has been in
committee since July. It is to
come up for final approval on
November 13.
If passed, this bill would deny a
woman a legal abortion unless
she has been declared on her
death bed by a trio of doctors
from the hospital she is in. It also
denies victims of rape or incest to
Published by the Students of the Behrend Campus
of the
Pennsylvania State University
Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510
The Board of Trustees of
Commonwealth Campuses on the
Educational Policy is composed
of a sub-committee which
reviews the academic policy and
course implementations. This
committee meets 7 times a year
and includes one undergraduate
from U.P., one graduate student
and a commonwealth un
dergraduate. Walker Moore,
Behrend’s SGA president, has
been elected as the un
dergraduate student to represent
the Commonwealth campuses.
amended consitution. After
setting up election procedures,
Michael Chiricuzio, acting
chairman, resigned his office.
New officers were elected as
follows: Richard Rotz-Treasurer,
Marylin Trusz-Secretary, and Ed
Neubeurger and Michael
Chiricuzio-Co-chairmen.
The meeting then turned to new
business. Suggestions were made
for possibly organizing something
for Halloween; however, nothing
could be arranged because of
lack of funds. With the JRC
Constitution still not ratified by
SGA. co-chairman Mike
Chiricuzio suggested that the
organization simply concentrate
on itself for awhile.
With this, in mind the idea of
selling stocks into the Joint
Residence Committee was raised
as a solution to JRC’s financial
straits. It was decided that these
stocks would be priced at 50 cents
apiece and that dividends for the
stockholders could only be
received at the end of Spring
Term provided the stock had
been held for at least one-half
term. Stocks could be cashed in
for face value at the end of any
term. This would provide JRC
with the funds to organize ac
tivities on campus. The profits
made would be deposited in a
continuous fund.
Most of the business that took
place at Tuesday’s meeting was
done on the assumption that SGA
will approve the JRC Constitution
as it stands. Chances are good
that this will be the case and JRC
should be in good functioning
order in at least a couple of
weeks.
have an abortion unless on this
deathbed. A married woman
would be required to have her
husband’s consent, and a girl
under 18 would need her parent’s
permission for an abortion.
The Pennsylvania Abortion
Coalition, which AWS is spon
soring at University Park, to
egress the individual woman’s
right to decide whether or not she
wUI have an abortion needs the
help and support of all students.
Commonwealth Campus SGA
Presidents will receive copies of
this petition at the Council of
Presidents Meeting.
In addition to the petition, AWS
is providing postcards for
students at University Park to
write to their Senators to support
liberal abortion legislation. The
Association would like the
campus SGAs to do the same.
Dr. Edward Lueders-Professor and chairman of the
Department of English at the University of Utah will be the
writer-in-residence at Behrend November 6-10. His articles,
and poems have appeared in a number of magazines and
journals.
Weekly Even ts for
SUB are Scheduled
The Behrend Student Union
Board is scheduling two events of
interest for the upcoming week. A
science-fiction thriller “The
Andromeda Strain” and a special
program entitled “Prison Close-
Up” will be featured on the SUB’s
agenda.
J. Michael Crichton’s best
selling novel is the basis for this
entertaining science-fiction film.
“The Andromeda Strain” stars
Arthur Hill, David Wayne and
James Olson as a team of
scientists whose job it is to isolate
deadly organisms for outer-space
in a race-against-the-clock
experiment.
Directed by Robert Wise, the
sciencefiction melodrama with
its maze of specialized equipment
makes for a compelling film with
a timely theme. Prices for “The
Andromeda Strain” are 35 cents
with and a dollar without an
activity card. The movie will
have two showings on Sunday,
November 5 at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, November 7 at 8
p.m., a most unusual program is
slated for the RUB Lecture Hall.
“Prison Close-Up”, a program
•initiated by three ex-convicts will
provide a different type of ex
perience for everyone.
William A. Smith. Fred Eglip,
AWS is supporting Senator
Henry Messinger’s Bill No. 928,
and is hoping that it will pass.
This bill would remove abortion
as a crime in the state penal code,
and will allow a woman to decide
for herself if she is to have an
abortion.
PROS AND CONS
OF
LOWERING THE
DRINKING AGE
SEE
PAGE 2
Thursday, November 2,1972
and DeDe Ford are three men
who know the experience of
confinement in a prison. Since
their release, they’ve tried to
give other people a better un
derstanding of the prison
situation. Unlike other programs
of this nature, “Prison Close-Up”
is not strictly a dry discussion or
a question and answer set-up.
In the program presented, the
ex-convicts try to involve the
audience by asking them to take
part in simulated scenes such as
parole board meetings, court
room scenes and the like to gain
an insight into the convict’s
feelings.
On Friday night the regular
Coffee House will be sponsored
with local talent scheduled for the
evening. Prices for admission are
once again 10 cents with an ac
tivity card and 25 cents without.
The SUB’s Autumn Weekend
Road Rallye winners were Bob
Cochran (driver) and Margie
Schultz (navigator.) They
covered 57.4 miles in 84 minutes
and had only two incorrect an
swers out of a hundred to take the
trophy. Second place was cap
tured by Ray Haibach (driver)
and Pam Haibach (navigator;
with third place going to Bob
Jeffrey (driver) and Jim Arm
strong (navigator).
Autumn Weekend was
considered a success, the events
offered ran the gamut from en
tertaining to cultural.
The showing of MASH, as
predicted was a hilarious ex
perience even for those who had
seen it before. The Square Dance
offered a chance for students to
brush up on their grade school
dance steps, and was a lively
affair. And last, but certainly not
least, the production of
Shakespeare’s “Romeo and
Juliet” offered students the
opportunity to witness a very
creditable performance of the
classic play.
Credit must be given to
members of the SUB who worked
hard and well to make the
weekend the success it was.
Especially to: Bruce Zim
merman, SUB Director, Jay
DeFrank, SUB President, and *
Paul Sieford, SUB Publicity
Chairman.