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Collegian Offers Mini-Research
President Nixon and Watergate
Note: This is the third of a study, the original hypothesis
series of articles written by Dr. was not far from the findings.
Salvador A. Parco, assistant While it was expected that older
professor of sociology, in- males (over 25 years of age) with
terpreting for Behrend Collegian no college education would be
readers results of mini-research most heavily in support of the
projects conducted primarily by President; the data indicated that
students in connection with a it was the older females with no
methodology of sociology course college education who supported
he taught last fall term. President Nixon.
The steadily declining' The fings of this survey
Popularity of President Richard could have been more conclusive,
M. Nixon in the Gallup and Harris" in terms of the objective of the
polls after the public became researcher, if the respondents'
more aware of the facts con- awareness of the facts concerning
cerning the Watergate scandal the Watergate scandal was also
prompted Michael J. Woods (3rd measured, perhaps through
term, Psychology), 4268 West newspaper or magazine
32nd street, Erie, Pa. to ask two readership, television viewing or
hundred (200) Erie residents radio listening behavior. Then,
about their attitudes toward the the reader will be less tempted to
President. think that the older women with
More specifically, Mike no college education supported
hypothesized that certain groups
of people had been alienated by
the Watergate scandal while
others still supported Mr. Nixon.
He expected that older males
(over 35 years old) with no
college education would be most
heavily in support of the
President, while younger females
(18-25 years) with no college
education would offer the least
support for Mr. Nixon.
Mike asked students from
Behrend, Gannon and Mercyhurst
Colleges as well as shoppers at
West Erie, Liberty and Perry
Plazas to complete his
questionnaire which had nine
fixed alternative questions an
swerable by a 'yes', 'no', or
`unsure.' A 'yes' or `no' answer
indicated either support or non
support for Mr. Nixon. Scores
were then given to each
respondent, with those having
high scores (4-5) as supportive
and those with low scores (0-3) as
non-supportive.
Three out of four respondents
indicated non-support for
President Nixon. When stratified
by age, sex, and education, the
only variable where there was a
statistically significant difference
was age, where 83 per cent of the
18-25 year old respondents were
non-supportive of Mr. Nixon,
while 32 per cent of those
respondents 26 years and older
supported the President. While
the same trend occurred for the
sex variable, where slightly more
males were supportive, the
difference between males and
females was not statistically
significant. Neither was
education significant, where
slightly more of those with no
college education supported Mr.
Nixon.
Using age as the independent
variable, and sex and education
as control factors, the Nixon
supporters were isolated as those
respondents who were 26 years
old or over, female, and with no
college education. The college
educated males, regardless of
age, were consistently non
supportive of President Nixon.
Considering the results of this
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Opening for Male
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Spring Term '74
Applications at
Student Affairs Office
Deadline 2-4-74
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STORE
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452-3354
TABLET
Percent of respondents supporting and not supporting President Nixon
Stratified by Age, Sex, and Education
TOTAL
Age: 18-25 years
26 years and over
Sex: Male
Ferrate
Education: College
No College
TABLE 2
Age and support for President N i.xon, controlled for Sex and Education
18-25 yrs
26 yrs_ and over
Numbers in parentheses are totals on which percentages were based
Touring Co.
For twelve days in February,
Behrend will seem more like an
oversized theater than a college.
Not only will there be five per
formances of "The Drunkard" by
the Behrend Players but in ad
dition to our own campus
Cassettes In
Library File
The two Premiere Programs in
The Behrend College Radio
Series are now available on
cassettes in the library. To listen
to a cassette, mention the title of
the program you are interested in
to the librarian at the desk, and
you will be loaned the cassette
and a cassette player for use in
the library. Cassettes can be
taken out of the library for
classroom and personal use.
All of the programs in the
series will eventually be tran
sferred onto cassettes and placed
in the library. Tom Doyle can
make additional cassettes of the
programs for those who wish to
have them.
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President Nixon because they
were less aware of what's hap
pening in the national scene. This
could be a very sexist and class
biased conclusion.
Nevertheless, aside from the
small sample used in the study,
other problems have to be con
sidered in making
generalizations out of the data.
The city of Erie is predominantly
a Democratic bailiwick and the
researcher believes that this
could have a slanting effect in the
results of the study. It should also
be noted that at the time of the
survey (week of October 27-
November 2, 1973), prominent
personalities connected with the
Nixon administration and the
Watergate investigation resigned
from their respective offices.
Supporting
Female College No College
19% (9) 17% (9) 23% (12) 12% (6)
21% (10) 42% (21) 31% (16) 32% (15)
to Perform
thespians, a professional touring
company will be visiting Behrend
on Monday, February 18 to give
their version of "The Fan
tasticks".
The Continental Theatre
Company will be performing the
longest running off-Broadway
play in the history of American
theatre. Playwright Tom Jones'
"The Fantasticks" centers on two
fathers who, in trying to match up
son and daughter, pose a feud,
arrange an abduction-and a
subsequent rescue. The fathers'
scheme fails, however, and the
children go out into the world
looking for new adventure only to
discover and take refuge in one
another.
"The Fantasticks" features
such familiar songs as "Try to
Remember", "Never Say No",
and "Soon It's Gonna Rain."
The Student Union Board is
sponsoring this evening of
theatre. "The Fantasticks" will
be performed in Erie Hall at 8:30
p.m. on February 18. More
details about the play will be
forthcoming in future issues of
The Collegian and on bulletin
boards on campus.
Not Supporting
Preregistration Schedule
STUDENT GROUP
*Upper Division (7th term
standing and above)
Hamot School of Nursing
*Associate Degree (Ag Bus, Bus,
EET, MET, LAS)
Division of Undergraduate
Studies (Counseling)
College of Science
College of Engineering
College of Agriculture
College of Business Adm
College of Earth and Mineral
Sciences
Coilegeof Education
College of Health, Phys. Ed. &
Recreation
College of Liberal Arts
Collegeof Arts & Arch
Collegeof Human Dev
Those Who Missed Their Turn Feb. 19 (Tu)
Adjuncts
*JUNE GRADUATES PLEASE NOTE: Graduating students should
complete a No. 10 card and an Alumni Information form obtained from
the preregistration station.
New Procedure For
-Preregistration
Advising will begin Monday,
January 28, and students should
report to their advisors at least a
week in advance of the date on
which they are scheduled to
preregister. The advisor will
provide a number 2, number 4.
and a college data card, all of
which must be presented to the
preregistration station. On the
assigned dates listed under the
headings "Validate Schedule,"
students will pick up a printed
copy of their schedule, review it
and if correct, verify it by signing
and leaving the signed copy at the
station. A cop} will be given to the
student at this time.
Preregistration will begin on
Monday February 4, and extend,
through Friday, February 22.
Students will preregister by
bringing their completed 'cards
to the preregistration station
located at the north end of the
former maintenance building
which is situated between the
swimming pool and the Reed
Building. The purpose of in
stituting this new procedure is to
be able to provide students with a
finalized schedule before the end
of the present term.
Students who complete the
preregistration process and in
dicate satisfaction with their
schedule by the validation
procedure will only be required to
activate their enrollment a day in
advance of the first day of classes
next term. STUDENTS WHO DO
The Student Union Board's "movie of the week" is Mike
Nichols' anti-war satire "Catch-22". It's a vision of a system
which seduces people by its appeal to their most destructive
instincts while crushing all who resist. Now if you can believe
that, you'll believe anything.
Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, and Paula Prentiss star
in "Catch-22". Times for the film will be 9 p.m. on Saturday and 7
and 9 p.m. Sunday evening. Price of admission is 50 cents with an
activity card and.sl.2s without a card.
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January 24, 1974
VALI DATE
SCHEDULE
PR ER EGISTER
Feb. 7, 8 (Th, Fr)
Feb 4 (MO )
Feb. 7, 8 (Th, Fr )
Feb. 4 (Alto)
Feb.7,B (Th, Fr)
Feb. 5 (Tu)
Feb. 11,12 (Mo., Tu)
Feb. 7 (Th )
Feb. 11, 12 (Nio, Tu )
Feb. 7 (Th )
Feb.ll, 12 (Mo, Tu)
Feb. 8 (Fr)
Feb: 11, 12 (Me, Tu)
Feb. 8 (Fr)
Feb.ll (Mo) Feb 14, 15 (Th, Fr)
Feb. 12 (Tu) Feb- (Th, Fr)
Feb. 14,15 (Th, Fr)
Feb. 12 (Tu)
Feb. 14, 15 (Th, Fr)
Feb. 12 (ru)
Feb. 14, 15 (Th, Fr) Feb 18, 19 (Mo, Tu)
Feb 18, 19 (Mo, Tu)
Feb. 15 ( Fr )
Feb. 18 (Mo) Feb 21,22 (Th, Fr 1
Feb. 19 (Tu)
NOT PREREGISTER will be
required to return for advising
and to attend the regular
registration which will be held on
Wednesday. March 13,1974.
All students must preregister
according to their present College
or program. The preregistration
station will be open from 9:30
a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m.
until 3 p.m. on the days listed
above.
Deon Fox
(Contirbuted from Page
programs to which Dr. Fox will
direct his attention. _
In addition,Behrend also has a
Graduate Center offering the
master of engineering degree.
The campus site was donated lo
Penn State by the widow of Ernst
Behrend, founder of the liam
mermill Paper Cu. It has grown
from the original buildings on the
estate to include seven ad
niinistrative and academic
buildings, three dormitories
housing 600 students. Grounds
also include a picnic grove.
outdoor swimming pool, tennis
courts. archery, baseball and
soccer facilities, ski tow and
hiking trails. A 300,000 gallon
water tower and pumping station
are now under construction.
Dr. Fox and his wife, Louise,
have two sons, Gary, a sixth
grader, and Thomas, who will
graduate this year from State
College High School.
Feb 21,22 (Th, Fr)
Feb 21, 22 (Th, Fr )