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Blood Donors Needed
Mrs. Barbara Kuligowski, Behrend College's nurse, is
now taking the names of perspective blood donors for the
Mobile Unit of the Community Blood Bank which is visiting
the Campus March 8.
PSU to Have Grads
Evaluate Courses
A University-wide evaluation of
courses by both baccalaureate
and associate degree candidates
graduating in June will be con
ducted this }ear under the
auspices of the University'
ouncil.
A final evaluation questionnaire
c+ as approved by the Council
Thursday. The evaluation will be
conducted through the office of
Dr. Robert E. Dunham. vice
president for undergraduate
studies. ith the Division of
Instructional Services collecting
the data .
'1 he survey %. ill ask each
graduating senior to name the
two best courses in his or her
major, the two worst courses in
the major, and the two best and
orst courses outside the major.
F actors to be considered are
content, mode of instruction, the
instructor, and the usefulness of
the course. Students will be asked
also to record their grades in the
eight courses selected as the best
and v orst of his college career.
The questionnaire will be given
to seniors scheduled to graduate
in June at the same time they
receive their diploma cards
during Spring Term registration.
The Division of Admissions,
Records, and Scheduling will
provide the forms for the
evaluation.
Results of the questionnaires
will be tabulated by computer
and made available to depart
ment heads in which the majors
are located to assist in evaluating
courses within the department as
well as requirements of electives
taken elsewhere. Each depart-
JRC to Sponsor Band Concert
Take a break before finals and
attend a concert in Erie I fall. JRC
is sponsoring their last event of
the winter term with a Jammy
Friday, March 9. The featured
group will be Quille Lier, for
merly known as Stillwater. Fifty
cents will be the admission
charge. The Jammy will begin at
It p.m. until 2: 30 a.m.
Members of JRC discussed the
proposed amendment to be
presented at the Faculty Senate
meeting today. Many Bchrend
students want to have voting
power on issues that are now only
passed or vetoed through faculty
voting.
Students do have the op
portunities to pass ideas through Each student writing a letter
a faculty member, but cannot should express genuine and
ment head %till also get a sum
mary report on how courses in the
department were evaluated by
students in other departments.
Dr. Ronald J Ilarshbarger,
assistant professor of
mathematics at the Beaver
Campus, was chairman of the
Council sub-committee which
recommended the evaluation to
the lull Council. lie emphasized
that it was an experimental
study on a one-time basis only at
present to determine itsvalue in
improving the University in
structional program.
The Council recommendation is
the result of a follow•-up study of
Faculty senate recommendations
in 1970 calling for comprehensive
evaluation of course content and
instructional effectiveness.
SGA & MC Hold
Dorm Meetings
I;y Margie Campbell President, John Oswald, however
Stair Writer the expected increase after ap-
The Student Government propriations are made is at least
Association (SCA) and the Joint s3oa term.
Residence Council tJRC are Measures are being taken to cut
organizing a' letter writing down expense internally within
campaign to the state senators the University, such as a
concerning the feared tuition in- suspension on recruitment of
crease and the deficient budget employees and a halt to the
proposed for Penn State. establishment of new positions.
Meetings were held in all the This is of significance to Behrencl
dorms Tuesday, March 6, and because all the plans for our
were fairly well attended. Walker expansion will have to be can-
Moore expressed the purpose for celled—and why be a college in
the drive and its necessity. A name only? Twelve new faculty
tuition increase of $l5 a term was members were supposed to be
proposed by the University added to the staff and also a Dean
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openly and personally express
their views at a meeting. The
students can attend meetings, but
not as voting participants.
At the Senate meeting today
only a small contingent of
students may attend. Michael
Chiricuzio, Chairman of JRC,
feels "even if students are out
voted on their proposed issues, at
least the students would have a
chance to express their views."
The letter campaign sponsored
jointly by SG A and JRC begins
this week. These letters are to be
"kk ritten by the students to their
county representatives regarding
the deficit of state allocations to
Penn State.
Published by the Students of the Behrend College
of the
Pennsylvania State University
Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510
SGA to Go Ahead With Plans
On Letter Writing Campaign
Last week Ken Mushrush, SGA
Vice-President, and Henry
Walker, newly elected as
treasurer of SGA,
_went to the
Penn State Council of Presidents
meeting (CUPS) and brought up
the intended letter-writing
campaign Behrend is organizing.
They received little if any sup
port, and were told such action
may have a negative effect on the
work of paid Penn State lobbyists
as they try to get the necessary
allocations for next year. The
lobbyists claimed that eventually
the legislators in Harrisburg will
come around and give the school
the amount it requested.
However, at the SGA meeting
of Monday night, March 6, it was
decided that such caution was
typical of lobbyists working
within the slow political
maneuverings of government and
protecting their jobs. SGA
decided to at least go ahead with
the scheduled dorm meetings
Tuesday evening and inform the
students of how . write the
letters and to what importance
such an effort can lead. Since the
representatives should generally
answer to the wishes of their
constituents, it was agreed such a
campaign was the students' right
as voters in the state. So too, an
effort to get parents involved in
riting letters was emphasized.
The second area, of equal
importance, pertained to the
establishing of the Faculty
Senate, which would bring a high
level of academic autonomy to
Behrend College. As originally
invisioned the Senate would in
clude percentages as follows;
Faculty 60 per cent; students 2U
per cent; administration 2U per
cent. However, the constitution
meant to be ratified at a faculty
personal concern about the issue
indicating the 5.5 million dollar
decrease in allocation of funding
to the rising of Social Security. It
may also be mentioned that this
loss creates a deficit in complete
educational opportunities for the
student. And last, the individual
may request his response as to
how he will be voting with respect
to Penn State.
Niagara's dorm rec room is
nom• in the process of being
painted through Ate spon
sorship. In charge of the mural
painting is Jack Reidy of Perry
Hall.
Another topic under discussion
was the Spring Arts Festival in
which JRC will host a movie to be
show non Behrend's ski slope.
By Jim Bennet
Staff Writer
meeting Thursday March 9 in the
RUB lecture hall during Common
hour, does not include provisions
for the inclusion of students with
voting power on the Senate. Mr.
Zimmerman, SUB advisor,
related that Dr. Oswald himself
would probably deem the con
stitution invalid without student
participation, since that is one of
the President's major themes.
SGA will attend the meeting, with
as much student support as can
be aroused and question this vital
aspect before the document is
ratified. It is important that
students have a say on the Senate
because the body will have the
Behrend Has Advantages
The first twenty-one days of the
Spring Term 1973 will represent a
time of decision for a large
number of Behrend College
Sophomores. It will be during this
period that sixth term students
must finally decide whether to
remain at the Behrend College or
transfer to University Park. This
year, even more than in other
years, this will not be an • easy
choice.
As most Behrend students are
aware, Behrend College
presently offers all of the course
work necessary for earning the
baccalaureate degree in English,
Mathematics, General Arts and
Sciences, and Science. Many
students however, are not aware
that, commencing with the 1973-
74 academic year, Behrend will
also offer the baccalaureate
degree in the additional majors of
Psychology, Sociology, Pre-
Medicine, and American Studies.
In addition to these, students may
also remain at Behrend through
their Junior year in History,
English Education, Mathematics
Education, Science Education,
Biology, Chemistry, Social
Science Education, I'olitical
Science, and Pre-law.
The advantages of fered by
Behrend over University Park,
subjective though they are, are
many. Certainly the small class
size, the accessability of faculty
and administration, the spirit of
community and the pleasant
rural surroundings enjoyed at
Behrend College distinguish it
from University Park with a
decided advantage to Behrend.
These factors become in
creasingly important for students
interested in going on to graduate
or professional school for whom
faculty recommendations are
important. Even those students
planning to enter the business
orld locally find the local
contact very important, par-
Spring Ends Winter Fun
At Peek 'N Peak, the local super-ski resort, ski buffs and
snow enthusiasts spent their last, long weekend . of winter
snow in frozen bliss.
Thursday, March 8, 1973
power to outline needed and
desired courses, faculty, etc.
Academically it is the strongest
tool Behrend will have to develop
a tradition as a college of high
educational tanding.
Because of the publication
schedule for the Collegian, the
outcome of the SGA action will
probably be printed in the first
issue of the Spring term.
The meeting ended with the
appointment of Jim Meyers, SGA
commuter representative and
Henry Walker to a committee
involved in seeking out student
ideas for definite changes in the
traffic regulations for next year.
titularly when one bears in mind
the fact that 13ehrend College
both awards the Penn State
degree and reports its work on the
Penn State transcript.
Any students who might be
undecided about where to spend
their junior and-or senior year
are urged to discuss it with their
faculty advisor. Mr. Goetz and
Ittr. Claridge also remain
available for answers to your
individual questions regarding
your academic future at Behrend
College.
Behrend's
Who's Who
This is the first year for
Behrend to have students listed in
the publication—WHO'S WHO
AMONG STUDENTS IN
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
AM) COLLEGES. Nomination
forms were made available to
students and staf I. From the
nominations. the Committee on
Student Affairs selected Behrend
nominees. The Office of Student
Affairs coordinated the selection.
Eligibility requirements included
that the student be graduated
from September 1972—June 1974
and that students must be
enrolled in the Baccalaureate
program.
Students who were selected and
whose names will appear in the
national publication are: Pamela
P. Babcock, Albert J. DiFrank,
Dennis M. Hart, Robert J. Jef
frey, Michael T. Joyce, Vic J.
Kopnitsky Jr., Mary E. Mellin,
George W. Moore, Kenneth W.
Mushrush, Leslie D. Russia.
Barbara M. Schneider, Sandor J.
Vargyai, David G. Watt and
Darrel W. Whitney.
Congratulations to all for this fine
achievement.