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Volume XXV No. 10
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Greaser Dance is Success
Close to 100 Behrend ’’greasers” rocked out to the golden
sounds of the fifties provided by the “Ten Cylinder” at the
senior class greaser dance held in Erie Hall.
Special Committee to Plan
May's Spring Arts Festival
Springtime means many things
to many people. For some it’s the
end of ski season. For others it’s
the spark of anticipation for
summer vacations and sports.
And too, it is a season holding the
power to irispjre an-appreciation
of beauty,■‘.whether in nature or in
man’s own expression of beauty
the arts. So in this spirit, tentative
plans for the 1973 Behrend
Campus Spring Arts Festival
were initiated at a meeting held
January 18.
The meeting, held in the
Memorial Room, a work of art in
itself, brought together members
of faculty and staff along with
student representatives from
Bookstore
Shortages
This term has been the worst
the Behrend Bookstore has seen
in a long time, according to one of
the store’s clerks. This is also
true according to many students
and teachers, who are affected by
a massive book shortage. Several
courses are running without
enough books for all the students.
In explaining this unfortunate
condition, Robert J. MacDonald.
Manager of the Bookstore, said
that it was impossible to deter
mine exactly how many of which
books would be needed when he is
ordering them. For example, he
explained that Anthropology 45
was actually double the size he
had been told to expect. Other
problems which result in a
shortage are a diversity of book
titles by different teachers
teaching the same course this
means that if one course is short
of books, its teacher cannot rely
on another course to have an
excess of books.
MacDonald feels that all this
will change if the Pennsylvania
State University ever changes to
a semester basis, as is the case
with most other area educational
institutions. “The PSU's school
terms begin so late,” said
MacDonald, “that other schools
deplete the available supply of
textbooks before PSU can order
them.”
Perhaps the early start the
University intends to make in
next year's Fall Term will aid in
solving this problem.
various organizations. It was the
initial meeting and therefore
called for some serious “brain
storming” on the part of those
attending: Dean Lane, Mr.
Zimmerman, Dr. Moffet, Dean
Seanor, Walker Moore, Dean
Decrease, Beckie LaPlante,
Bonnie Angevine, and Mr. lobst.
Walker Moore, SGA president,
informed everyone that the SGA
will once again sponsor this event
and can donate upward of $2,000,
which is $BOO increase in funds
from last year.
With this news, Dean Seanor
opened the meeting to
suggestions from the floor. In a
matter of an hour, there were
more possible entries then could
have been hoped for or expected.
Modern dance groups from main
campus; the Erie Civic Ballet
Company; jazz pianists and
string quartets from Erie;
classical guitar players; and the
list of choreographic and musical
talent went on.
The field of literary art brought
suggestions of having writers and
readers of fiction and poetry at
Behrend also.
Of course, the visual arts area
included plans for many painting
and possibly a film lor some
renown to be shown one evening.
Craft entries including pottery,
macreme, weavings, and candle
making were also put on the
tentative list.
Some unique ideas were also
considered, including a possible
marionette show and a demon
stration of the art of flower
arranging.
Following last year’s success,
an outdoor rock concert will be
planned for the final day of the
festival.
The only definite decision
however, was on the date of the
event and for the next meeting of
the committee. The Festival will
run May 16-20 and even could be
expanded to include May 15, if
enough is on the schedule.
The next meeting will be held
February 15. By then those who
offered to investigate all the
mentioned possibilities will
report. Then-more definite plans
can be made and student help
solicited.
It was obvious that the ideas
are present on campus to make
the Festival a cultural event of
beauty and grace, befitting the
mood of springtime. But like art
it will demand hard work.
Published by the Students of the Behrend College
of the
Pennsylvania State University
Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510
Behrend Campus Is No More:
"College" Is New Name Tag
University Park. Pa., January
20—Trustees of the Pennsylvania
State University, in recognition of
the expanded mission of the
Behrend Campus in Erie, have
approved changing its official
designation to “The Behrend
College of The Pennsylvania
State University.”
In taking the action at its
meeting here today, the Board of
Trustees also authorized
establishment of the position of
dean of the faculty to serve as the
chief academic officer at the
Behrend College.
Behrend was expanded in 1970
to a four-year campus within the
Penn State system with the ad
dition of two upper-division un
dergraduate programs.
“The change of campus name,”
Dr. John W. Oswald, Penn State
president, explained, “recognizes
the change in the mission of the
Behrend Campus as earlier
authorized by the Board of
Trustees.
“The new designation will
distinguish Behrend from the
University’s Commonwealth
Campus system in terms ol
mission and administration and
will set the stage for increased
upper division program
autonomy within the concept of a
single University system."
Behrend name change—The
University's Academic Policy
Plan adopted last June by the
Board of Trustees, designated
Behrend as a Commonwealth
College because of its four-year
status.
The plan cited Behrend's
moderate size as offering the
potential of providing genuinely
distinctive four-year programs,
while at the same time continuing
to provide for the first two years
of instruction for students who
will move to University Park or
Dorms Searched by
by Jeffrey Holland
Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 23 —
Contrary to the many rumors
which ran about the campus
today, widespread, room-to
room searches of the dor
mitories on the part of the
security officers for drugs
and narcotics did not take
place. According to Dean
Benjamin Lane, however,
four seperate dorm rooms
were searched for fireworks
which have been the cause of
several campus disturbances
lately. The rooms were
searched according to
Behrend Campus policy, in
the presence of at least one of
the occupants, a security
officer, and at least one
member of the dormitory
staff.'
Although the official report
was not yet available, Dean
Lane did report that some
dangerous fireworks
(firecrackers, cherry bombs,
etc.) were confiscated, along
with a substance suspected to
be barbituate in nature.
Lane went on to explain
that, in accordance with
contract laws of the Com
monwealth and the nation,
any Penn State staff member
has the authority to search
any contracted dormitory
room at any time, however,
this rule is more qualified
the Capitol Campus in Mid
dletown.
Irvin H. Kochel, Behrend
director, applauded the name
change.
“All of us at the Behrend
Campus, students, faculty and
administration. are most
gratified,” he said, at the action
of the University trustees in
naming the Behrend College of
the Pennsylvania State
University which will more truly
reflect our academic status
within the University system.
“We look forward to being of
even greater service to the
citizens of Northwest Penn
sylvania as we implement our
new innovative instructional
modes r"
The Trustees reviewed the
report of an eight-man Behrend
Academic Planning Task Force
which was appointed last March
to prepare “an imaginative but
realistic” academic plan for the
development of Behrend as a
four-year branch of Penn State.
According to the report, the
director of Behrend will report
directly to the Provost of the
University, but also will continue
to work closely with the Dean of
Academic Instruction for
Commonwealth Campuses.
The faculty will continue to
have a dual membership role,
being members of the Behrend
College and also faculty mem
bers of their respective academic
departments and colleges at
University Park.
In related action, trustees on
Friday also approved alteration
of the existing Maintenance
Service Building at Behrend lor
faculty and administrative of
fices and the construction of a
new maintenance service
building.
Faculty and administrative
here. A complaint must be
registered to the security by a
student or a staff member
that one of the residents is
breaking University codes of
conduct. Also, it must be
sufficiently evident that those
accused are at fault before a
search can take place. During
the search, a member of the
student affairs staff and a
security officer must be
present. The occupants need
not be present, but it is
preferable if at least one of
the occupants is present. The
staff members cooperate and
voluntarily hand over the
articles m question. If the
occupants fail to cooperate,
the security officer must then
conduct a search of the room.
If the searchers find any
contraband, it is confiscated,
and those responsible are
liable for any University
discipline appropriate for the
offense, however, this
discipline is considered a
University matter, and,
except in extreme cases, will
not be reported to civil
authorities. This is only done
in a case where a crime has
been committed, and State or
Federal agents have a search
warrent for a specific room
and person. Only with under
such conditions will the
University administration
Thursday,January 25,1973
areas presently are crowded and
additional space and facilities
will be needed in view of the
recommended four-year
program of 2,000 undergraduate
degrees students by 1976. The
existing building, which formerly
housed the chemistry
laboratories and offices, is
located on central campus.
A new prefabricated main
tenance service building will be
constructed on the southern edge
of the campus.
Enrollment in the fall term.
1972, totaled 2,442 students, in
cluding 1,211 undergraduates and
183 students enrolled in the two
year Associate Degree
programs. A total of 1,048 adults
were enrolled in Continuing
Education evening classes and
special courses and the Master of
Engineering degree program.
Name To Be
Explained
Irvin Kochel;. Director,
Behrend will hold a
meeting in the RUB Lecture Hall,
Hanuary 30, common hour for the
purpose of explaining the im
plications of Behrend as a
College.
Kochel will explain exactly
what this means for this instution
and how Behrend has been re
aligned with relation to the
University. Dr. David Spalding,
Assistant Dean ol Graduate
School and Chairman of the Task
Force will also be present to
describe and discuss the new
Behrend College and the Task
Force Report.
All students and stall are en
couraged to attend this most
informative gathering.
Security
allow a search of dormitory
rooms by civil - authorities.
When, however, State or
Federal police conduct a legal
search, and arrests are made,
the affair is out of the hands of
the University and is then a
civil matter.
Until the official security
report is released, the exact
details of today’s incidents
will not be known, but Lane
doesn’t expect the actions'
taken against these students
involved with the dormitory
searches to be too severe,
even if the substance found is
determined to be barbituates.
Art Workshop
Offered Again
There will be another Art
Workshop conducted Saturday,
January 27 in the Quiet Lounge.
This week’s topic will include
the basis of painting (color
theory, perspective). All in
terested students are welcome
and there will be a charge of 25
cents to cover materials. The
workshop starts at 2:30 p.m.
The pottery workshop con
ducted last Saturday was suc
cessful and Mr. Wiser is going to
build a kiln here on campus if
enough interested students want
to help.
So get to the workshops and get
involved. It is much better than
sitting in your room on Saturday.