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Volume xxrf No. 19
Coates Rarks High in
Pentathalon Speaking
by Lynne Phillips
Staff Writer
Behrend's newly organized
Forensics Union recently par
ticipated in the Eighth Annual
Allegheny Individual Events
Tournament at Frostburg State
College, Frostburg, Md.
The students could be entered
in any of the following events:
Persuasive Speaking, Expository
Speaking, After-Dinner Speaking,
Rhetorical Criticism, Oral
Interpretation of Prose and Oral .
Interpretation of Poetry.
Behrend, along with eleven
other colleges and universities
representing four states and the
District of Columbia competed in
the Forensics Tournament.
Seven students from Behrend
were entered in the tournament.
In the Persuasive category were
Mark Coates, Lynne Phillips and
Debbie Vogt, Cindy Arnold and
Mark Coates were scheduled in
Expository Speaking. After
Dinner Speaking
_entailed Mark
Coates, Beth Marstiller and
Lynne Phillips.
Those entered in Oral Inter
pretation of Prose and Poetry
were Mark Coates, Cathy
Lipinski, C.J. Stent and Debbie
JRC Vote
by Bud Ore
Staff Writer
Dorms students registered
their discontent with the SGA's
recent refusal to allow the JRC a
vote at Monday's meeting. The
discontent came in the form of
petitions containing a little over a
third of the dorm students
signatures.
JRC president Tom Ruff
presented the SGA a group of
petitions stating that JRC due to
its governing function be allowed
a right to vote on the SGA. As a
result, the question of the JRC
vote will be put on the spring
ballot for students to vote on. The
motion will need a two thirds vote
to carry.
The petition met stiff opposition
from Vic Kopnitsky SGA
parlimentarian, who stated that
the petitions did not include what
amendment should be made on
the constitution. He was in turn
backed up by John Lammers who
felt that many problems that the
JRC was supposed to take care of
were coming to the SGA.
"I don't feel that the JRC has
done that much this year," he
said.
These two opinions set off a 45-
minute debate on the issue, with
SGA president Mike Chiricuzio
taking the side of • JRC and Vic
Kopnitsky and Lammers sitting
on the other side of the fence. The
arguments for and against the
JRC voting question at one point
got so vehement that SGA ad
visor, Dr. David Daniel had to
intervene, with a demand that the
debate cease or the meeting be
adjourned.
Some of the arguments that
Chiricuzio used in the favor of
- JRC were that for some time the
commuters have been using the
SGA as their voice at Behrend
while the dorm students have had
the JRC, who has no vote on the
SGA. He further suggested that
the dorm and commuter
representatives be abolished and
instead institute a system of
representatives from the three
major colleges on campus.
As his suggestion went, there
would, be two representatives
Published by the students of the Behrend- College, Pennsylvania State University
Vogt. No one from Behrend en
tered the Rhetorical Criticism
Event.
Mark Coates, entered in five of
the six categories, was Behrend's
lone student in the Pentathlon.
Mark placed second in the
Pentathlon winning a trophy and a
certificate of excellence.
Each student participated in
three preliminary rounds
securing speaker points. The
maximum speaking points for
each individual in each event was
a total of 300.
In the Persuasive category,
Mark Coates earned 247 speaker
points making him eligible as a.
finalist. He earned a certificate of
Excellence, coming in seventh
out of 22 contestants. Also in the
event, Lynne Phillips earned 240
points and Debbie Vogt gained 247
points.
Cindy Arnold gained 262
speaker points, tying for sixth
place in Informative Speaking
while Coates secured 259 points,
tied for seventh place.
After Dinner speaking earned
two Behrend students finalist
positions. Beth Marstiller with
275 points and Lynne Phillips with
270,-entered the final competition.
Put on Referendum
from each of the three major
colleges, the individual class
presidents, a JRC vote, and the
SGA officers that would sit on the
SGA.
Tom Ruff defended his position
on the JRC voting issue by giving
the duties of the Joint Resident
Council.
"The JRC shall be responsible
for delivering students' needs to
"Vice" Night at Behrend
by Gary Schonthaler
In searching for a catchy in
troduction for this story, my mind
raced with such time-worn
'phrases as "evening of greed",
"how to lose your shirt," and "on
campus gambling approved by
administration." However,
knowing full well that no would be
dumb enough to fall for that
garbage, let's just say that April
20 will be the date for Las Vegas
Night.
Whole bunches of junk will be
happening that night in the up
stairs of the RUB. For the price
of admission (one dollar with an
activity card and $1.25 without a
JRC Takes
by Jean Best
Treasurer of JRC
In its beginning JRC's request
to have a vote on SGA was not
meant to cause a controversy.
JRC felt that, as an organization
selected by the students, dorm
students to be specific, a vote on
SGA would enhance its
representative function.
The members of JRC, feeling
that the resident students deserve
to- be heard above a whisper,
made up" a petition asking that
they have a vote and presented it
to SGA Monday night. This was in
accordance with parliamentary
procedure for a referendum vote,
since the motion was previously
voted down by the SGA mem
bership.
JRC again holds the petition
Beth earned a certificate of
Excellence and Lynne won a 2nd
place trophy along with a Cer
tificate of Excellence. Coates also
secured 246 Speaker Points in this
event.
Four students competed in
Prose. Coates earned 225 points,
Cath Lipinski, 252, C.J. Stent 2ro,
and Debbie Vogt 265 Speaker
Points.
In Poetry, Coates earned 240
Speaker Points, Lipinski, 245,
Stent 242 and Vogt 237.
Dr. Ingeborg Chaly and Dr.
Bud Weckesser accompanied the
student team and acted as judges.
Speech 301 will be offered again
Fall Term for all students in
terested in participation in
forensics. Stop by North Cottage
for further inquiries.
Behrend Boasts Two New Structures
Other Buildings in Planning Stage
by Sue Skiba
Staff Writer
Bebrend College will have two
additional structures by the
the administration and to the SGA
regarding student welfare," he
said.
The debate ended with
seemingly very little being
resolved as to the voting question.
Also on the Monday night
agenda was the problem of
outside students_ using the
facilities of Erie Hall. Jim
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card), everyone will be given
play money to use for the various
games. Additional play money
can be purchased.
Included among the different
"vices" for the evening will be
black jack, crap, and roulette
wheels. Also during the night,
prizes will be auctioned off, with
Mr. Davis Giersch as auctioneer.
One bargain which certainly can't
be beat is free refreshments
including shelled peanuts (bring
on the elephants).
Always a lot of fun, this year's
Las Vegas Night should prove to
be no exception. It's even more
on SGA
containing 267 student signatures
because it was felt by a portion of
the membership of SGA that the
petition was not in accordance
with their constitution. It is still
the opinion of JRC that these 267
students be heard so an amend
ment to the SGA constitution will
be drawn up, again asking simply
that JRC have one vote on SGA.
JRC will then bring the petition
to the students and ask them to
read it and, if in agreement, sign
the revised petition.
It should be stressed, however,
that the Joint Residence Council
is an elected body and has a
function of relating the views of
the residence students to the
administration and the SGA
regarding student welfare.
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Behrend Players are still hard at work producing the play
"House of Blue Leaves." Although the production does not
premiere for another - month, everything is running
smoothly.
opening of fall term of 1974.
Scheduled for completion by
August are the new maintainance
building and water tower located
behind the residence halls. The
tower, a badly needed facility,
will supply ample storage area
and pressure for the three dor
mitories on campus. In addition,
the remodeling of the old
mainteance building into faculty
offices is nearing completion.
In regard to future construction
at Behrend, a $3.2 million library
and academic complex are in the
planning stages but any final
decisions are being delayed by
the inaction of the state
-legislature. According to Mr.
Baughman, business director for
fun than the Pennsylvania lottery
or the ladies' auxiliary bingo.
Starting time for Las Vegas is 9
p.m. and the evening's festivities
will end at ? (find that on your
dock!). This year's money will
have the pictures of John Erlich
man, Richard Nixon, Milton
Shapp, Sonny and Cher, Tony
Boyle, Rosemary Gooney, Larry
Csonka, Johnny Carson, Yogi
Bear, Nat King Cole, Louie
Prima, lry Kochel, and downtown
Erie printed on them.
Novice Actors Get Their Chance
Ensemble Group Being Organized
While rehearsals for the
coming production of "The House
of Blue Leaves" continue, there is
some other theatrical activity
coming out of the Behrend
Players. To accommodate some
of the actors who couldn't get
parts in the major production and
to give people who wouldn't get a
chance to act because of time or
whatever, the Players are
organizing a series of short
scenes and an ensemble group
Which will hopefully be able to
perform as part of the Spring
Arts Festival.
The group is being organized by
Players' president and vice
president Jeff Matson and Cathy
Lipinski. The scenes will be
produced by the students in
terested and will receive only
some assistance in directing the
pieces_ It is hoped that the scenes
Thursday, April 11, 1974
the college, funds for new
projects are supplied by the
General State Authority who, in
turn, request the money from
Harrisburg. Unfortunately, the
provisions for the library and the
academic complex- are included
in the 1973-74 fiscal budget and
the lawmakers have yet to act on
the budget for 1972-73. Con
sequently, new building plans are
pigeonholed because, as Mr.
Baughman stated, "It is difficult
to make predictions on what the
legislature will try to do."
Nevertheless, there is some
cause for optimism. In the entire
Penn State system, Behrend "is
the only unit of the university
scheduled for growth in the next
ten years" and "is at the top of
the priority list" for funds to
finance this expansion. However,
any attempts to realize this
growth are three or four years in
the future. It is doubtful if the
building of new residence halls or
the undertaking of remodeling
projects will occur in the near
future. The campus, however, not
stagnate for "changes in existing
buildings will be made within the
next two years but what changes
and in what way will depend on
the academic program as it
develops." Whatever is finally
decided, Behrend College
promises to be a growing,
exerting campus for many years
to come.
will include a variety of styles as
well as some original work. The
ensemble will be creating its own
piece out of acting exercises and
games. At present members are
considering a version of "Alice in
Wonderland" for production
during the festival. It is not too
late to get involved in the project.
There will be a sign up sheet in
the Studio for either group and
information can be obtained from
Jeff Matson or Cathy Lipinski.
Anyone interested in
helping Keystone Society and
CWENS.in crusading for the
American Cancer Society is
cordially invited to attend
the meeting at 8 p.m. in the
RUB Quiet Lounge on
Monday, April 15.