lehrenii Collegian Volume X. w No. 8 Hanging of the Greens Walker Moore and Father Pat participate in the annual Hanging of the Greens ceremony, by placing the wreath at the chapel. Annual Xmas Ceremony The annual Christmas years. An opening sentence was ceremony, the Hanging of the given by Greg Leo, who also led a Green, was held at the Win- responsive reading. Christmas tergreen Gorge Cemetery to hymns were sung and the celebrate the coming holiday Christmas Story was read by season with the end of the Fall Mark Coates and Ramona Cwon. term. The program also com- Walker Moore, the Student memorated the Behrend family, who donated their estate to the Pennsylvania State University. Taking place in the Behrend Family Chapel Monday night, the service began with an in troduction by Dean Benjamin Lane on the tradition which has been going on for twenty-four Behrend Hosts PSU Deans sequences along with course requirements. An open session was held for students to discuss any issue with R.G. Quinn, Dean of Academic Instruction for Commonwealth Campuses. Many students questioned the reason one must schedule sub jects that are “so-called requirements” for their major - such as taking a language to fullfill a Liberal Arts requirement. The answer was given that Liberal Arts is basically a cultural background, and by taking a language, part of the cultural background is fulfilled. Another question posed was that of Behrend not having a library sufficient enough to handle a four year academic program. The reason for this is because of lack of appropriate funding. It was mentioned that each book put on the shelf costs $25 and Behrend needs ap proximately 40,000 more books to have a sufficient library. Questions concerning par ticular courses were answered at a later session when students met with deans of their respective colleges. The schedule for make-up of classes missed during the Thanksgiving Holiday should be as follows: Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 22 classes will meet as scheduled on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 6; Thursday, Nov. 23 classes will meet as scheduled on Tuesday Dec. 5; Friday, Nov. 24 classes will meet as scheduled on Monday, Dec. 4: Saturday, Nov. 25 classes will meet as scheduled on Wednesday, morning, Dec. 6 Government Association President, extended holiday best wishes to the students, and remarks were made by Father Guy Patrick. The Hanging of the Greens is a campus tradition placing a wreath on the Behrend grave. Deans of all colleges of the University visited Behrend this past week to answer student questions concerning program curriculums and course Sub Committees Outlined by Pauline Jackson Staff Writer The Senate Sub Committees that function under the Faculty Senate at Behrend, are concerned in making recommendations and reports to the Senate and they serve as the investigative arm of the Senate. The members composing these seven Sub Committees are all full-time academic personnel such as Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and Instructors in which one member serves as its chairman. They are concerned with providing a beneficial and in teresting academic environment for both faculty and students at Behrend. These committees include the following: Campus Development Committee, Academic Planning Committee, Student Services, Library, Improvement of Teaching, and the Faculty Affairs Committee. The Campus Development Committee, with seven faculty members, is headed by Dr. Mary Chisholm, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. This committee concerns itself with the physical aspects of Behrend including plants and the development of buildings. Dr. David Daniel, Instructor in History, is chairman of the Academic Planning Committee. This committees’, chief purpose is to deal with all matters con cerning the academic life at Behrend. It works to create and emphasize a whole academic program that is attractive to the students. It examines Behrends. present curriculum and is Published by the Students of the Behrend Campus of the Pennsylvania State University Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510 Task Force Approves Academ Proposals, But Funding Neede by Beckie La Plante Editor-in-Cheif Development of Behrend’s four-year Bacculaureate programs have been further assured in an announcement made by Irvin Kochel, Director of Behrend Campus, concerning the Task Force report. John W. Oswald, President of Penn State University has ac cepted the Task Force report which was in the planning stages since early 1972. The unique opportunities and advantages of the Erie Community and the Behrend. Campus, local, state, and national educational needs, money and available facilities have all been analyzed. Phase I of the report calls for the expansion of Behrend’s student enrollment to 2,000 by 1976. Recommendations for numerous new faculty and several administrative heads to aid in this expansion have been submitted to the Faculty Senate. Kochel is very pleased with the acceptance of the long-awaited plan, however; many major points of the plan are still con fidential, pending action by the Board of Trustees in January. More students, new buildings and an expansion of the teaching staff are called for in the report, but funds of any kind for the University are being held up in the Pennsylvania legislature. Oswald presented 'a bare minimum budget last spring requesting $86.5 million. This is the lowest the University can go without cutting back student programs. The request was then cut to $81.7 million by the Office of the Secretary of Education. The amount was later raised to $83.7 million when the bill went to the Senate. The bill is now tied up in a conference committee where working to develop the four year program at Behrend. It also evaluates requests for new faculty positions. The Student Services Com mittee, with Mrs. Marion Flaherty, instructor in Speech as chairman, concerns itself with all aspects of student life which relate to Behrends educational process. The Library Committee deals with the use and development of library facilities and is headed by Mr. Ronald Rossi, Instructor in Mathematics. The Improvement of Teaching Committee with Dr. Robert Tauber, Assistant Professor of Education as chairman, concerns itself with the development of new teaching techniques, the use of visual aids and other matters concerning effective teaching at Behrend. This committee has recently unveiled the Audio- Visual Aids Pre-view Room in the Behrend Building. The Committee on Faculty Affairs with Dr. Ernest Weckesser as Chairman is concerned with the cultural, social, and material welfare of the faculty and matters associated with the educational environment in which the faculty works. These committees are not able to make policies but can make proposals to the Faculty Senate concerning any issue which may arise within any particular committee. Being that it is early in the academic year, the com mittees have had only a few sessions but more meetings are expected to take place next term. it appears it will remain for quite some time. Sen. Benjamin R. Donolow, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee plans to block Penn State’s budget until the University publicly accounts for 24 recommendations of a special committee set up by Gov. Shapp to find ways of saving money. Hopefully the' legislators will decide their position on the Penn State budget before ad journment in January; at which time the newly elected legislators will return. Behrend is finally moving toward its goal of a four-year Kochel Has Yet To OK New Positions In Faculty The Academic Planning Committee has recommended the establishment of a substantial number of new faculty positions to the Faculty Senate. Recommendations for these positions were based on the four major divisions of faculty as viewed by the Task Force. The divisions at this time include: Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Natural Science and the Associate Degree Programs. The Academic Planning Committee prioritized at their Nov. 14 meeting using earlier Fall Activities End A light schedule of SUB ac tivities closes out the fall term this weekend. The Friday night Coffeehouse and a movie crime thriller provided the on-campus entertainment for the final weekend. On Sunday, Dec. 3, the award winning “Shaft” will have two showings at 7 and 9 p.m. in the RUB Lecture Hall. This action packed thriller starts Richard Roundtree as Shaft and is directed by Gordon Parks. “Shaft” was the recipient of an Academy Award for its title song and has also won plaudits from the New York Film Critics. Tough, black, private eye Shaft is hired to find the daughter of a black underworld leader kid napped in a power struggle to Santa Claus Comes to Behrend Mike Marsh played Santa Claus at the dorm party in Lawrence HaU, upon the return of Behrend students from their Thanksgiving break Saturday December 2,1972 institution but it can not be ex pected to function, muchless expand without funds. The members of the Task Force worked many months planning every aspect for Behrend’s expansion. Faculty, student’s and administration have been awaiting the approval of this program. It seems entirely possible that his report will be filed away until the University collects its requested budget of $86.5 million. Unless the legislators can come to a speedy agreement the University will have to continue operating on loans resulting in more interest payments on these loans. established guidelines to for mulate their recommendations. The tentative recommendations were approved by the Committee and forwarded to the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate at its Nov. 30 meeting modified these plans. They will then send their results to Irvin Kochel, Director, Behrend Campus, for further approval. The new positions, if approved will aid in furthering the ex pansion of Behrend's teaching staff. control the drug, prostitution, and numbers rackets in Harlem. Discovering that she has been kidnapped by the Mafia, Shaft tries to rescue her without first setting off a major gang war. Using an underground of “in visible” black waiters taxi drivers, hotel employees, and other, Shaft locates the girl and effects her release with the aid of a black revolutionary and his buddies. Admission prices for this comtemporary adventure film are 35 cents with an activity card and one dollar without. Special thanks goes out to Student Union Board Director Bruce Zimmerman for his efforts to provide students with a variety of entertainment activities this term. -g IC d -\H 1 1'
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