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Volume XXIII No. 13
Peggy Coburn the renowned soloist and contralto, pictured here
with her husband Bill, will attempt to dazzle and captivate a
Behrend audience with her fabulous singing on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in
the Reed Lecture Hall.
Concert Planned
Peggy Coburn, widely
renowned singer of hymns and
gospel songs, will be the featured
contralto at a concert sponsored
by Student Affairs on Tuesday,
February 11, at 10:45 a.m. in the
Reed Lecture Hall. Ms. Coburn is
BC Radio
The Behrend College Radio
Program entitled "Two Views of
Contemporary Music," will be
broadcast tonight at 7 p.m. on
WQLN-FM stereo, channel 91.3.
The first half hour, with Cathy
Lipinski, will center around "San
Francisco's Poets", with an
emphasis upon the works of
Richard Brautigan, Lawrence
Ferlinghetti, Jack Kerovac and
Neil Cassady. The "Beat"
culture and the social at
mosphere which it generated will
be taken into consideration as
major factors in the development
of the respective styles of these
writers.
The second half, with Tom
Stanger, is called "British Folk-
Rock." It will deal with the
development of contemporary
British musical styles and will
emphasize the concept of a
"fusion" of traditional and
modern musical forms and
techniques. The works of such
musical groups as "Pentangle",
"LindesFarne", "Fairport
Convention" and "Led Zepplin"
will be featured as illustrations of
this concept.
Also, an acappella rendition of
the 16th century Scottish folk song
"John Barleycorn", sung by
Michael Waterson will be
presented. The contrast between
this traditional version and the
more modern pieces should
provide some insight into the
development of British Folk-
Rock.
Both presentations will be
moderated -by Davis Giersch,
Assistant of Music at Behrend.
Culture Club Organised
The Philadelphia Orchestra. here at Behrend, and gain new
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. insights into a world of cultural
The Pittsburgh Ballet Company. experience you might never have
The Smithsonian Institute. know existed.
. If the above list arouses your An organizational meeting will
curiosity, you may get in on the be held for all students, faculty,
newest, and potentially the most and staff interested in group trips
far-reaching club, -at Behrend to points of cultural significance.
College. The. meeting will be Thursday,
This will be your big chance to February 13 at 11 a.m., in Reed
get out of the stifling atmosphere 119. See you then!
Published by the students of the Behrend College Pennsylvania State University
currently a soloist at Hollywood
Congregational Church and in the
past she has appeared as con
tralto soloist in Carnegie Hall and
has sung at the Los Angeles
Philharmonic. The New York
Times has acclaimed Peggy
Coburn as "a fine singer (with)
warmth of personality,
imagination, intelligence, and a
beautiful voice." Included within
her many accomplishments as a
soloist are the recordings of
several albums and annual ap
pearances at the traditional
Hollywood Easter Sunrise ser
vices at the Hollywood Bowl.
Many of Peggy's songs have
been composed or arranged by
her husband, Bill, who will
provide piano accompaniment at
her concert presentation on
campus.
Ms. Coburn's repertoire will
consist of nationalist, light
Classical, musical comedies,
humorous, seasonal songs and
popular standards. Also included
within - the repertoire will be the
ever popular hymns and gospel
oriented compositions that Peggy
Coburn is so widely recognized
for.
Forensics team to
compete statewide
The Behrend Forensics Team
and their two coaches will be
traveling to three tournaments
during the month of February.
On February 14 and 15, the
Forensics Team will travel to an
intercollegiate tournament at
California State College.
Representing Behrend will be:
Demaris Wiertel, Cathy Lipinski,
Kalyn Cooper, Gene Wirth, Tom
Leßlanc, Maria Dißartholomew,
and one of their coaches Mrs.
Cathy Mester. The team will
compete in the following
categories: oral interpretation of
poetry; oral interpretation of
Money, Money, Money
SGA Views Consumerism
By Tim Grosser
For those members of
Behrend's SGA who thought it
necessary to attend Monday
night's meeting, Jennifer Gregor
presented a report on the Penn
sylvania Student Lobby and the
Penn PIRG (Pennsylvania
Interest Research Group). Both
organizations are seeking the
support of Behrend students for
their endeavors in student con
sumerism. The Pennsylvania
Student Lobby is asking ap
proximately $75 from each
campus or about five cents per
student. PIRG is requesting
signatures from supporting
students and they are pushing for
a $2 tuition hike which would be
channeled to PIRG through the
University. For those students not
interested in giving up their
dollars, a refund is possible three
Pre-Transfer
By Ron Wayne
"If you stop for five minutes,
you might learn alot that might
save you money or trouble,"
remarked Dean Roseland
Bainum of the University Park
Pre=Transfer "Ambassador
Program" which will be here
next Monday and Tuesday,
February 10 and 11.
Four students from University
Park and Ms. Marilyn Shorr,
assistant director of Residential
Life Programs at U.P. will show
a slide presentation and answer
questions about the campus at 7
p.m. Monday, in Lawrence Hall
Lobby and from 10:50 to 12 noon,
Tuesday, in the TV Lounge of the
RUB. The group will be able to
give information about residence
halls, fraternity live-in programs,
student activities, off-campus
living, financial concerns, and
many other related topics. Dean
Bainum hopes the program will
be well attended because ap-
proximately 350 students will
transfer from Behrend to UP this
fall and there is a vast amount of
information that they should
know. She commented, "I may be
wrong, but the presentation might
be a crash course on how to
survive in University Park."
Two teams visit the various
Commonwealth Campuses that
prose; impromptu speaking;
oratorical speaking; and after
dinner speaking.
Following this tournament, on
February 21-23, the team will
travel to University Park for two
simultaneous inter-collegiate
tournaments. • The two tour
naments are the Debating
Association of Pennsylvania
Colleges State Championships
and the Joseph F. O'Brien
Student Congress.
Participating in these tour
naments will be: Demaris
Wiertel, Cathy Lipinski, Kalyn
Cooper, Gene Wirth, Pam
Hughes, Maria Dißartholomew,
Tom Leßlanc, Sue Monatile, and
coach Dr. Ingeburg Chaly. In
these tournaments the team will
be competing in the following
categories: oratorical speaking;
extemporaneous speaking; after
dinner speaking; and the oral
interpretation of the scripture.
These are the" activities the
Forensics Team will be engaged
in for the remainder of the term.
Be watching future issues of the
Collegian for the outcome of these
tournaments. _
weeks into each term.
Beebe questioned the significance
of these organizations to Behrend
and motioned that a negative
reaction be sent to both groups.
The motion was defeated and it
was decided to table the topic and
await the next meeting before
taking any further action. On
Thursday night, a speaker
representing PIRG will be on
hand in the RUB to give a more
detailed presentation on the
importance of his group.
A motion was passed to send a
letter written by Alan Kirk to the
Chief of Security Gene Johnson.
The letter proposes that more
efficient use of the RUB parking
lot during the evening hours and
on weekends is needed. Jaye
Beebe volunteered to investigate
the overall parking situation here
at Behrend.
show interest in the program. It is
sponsored jointly by the
Residential Life Programs and
the Office of the Vice President of
Student Affairs at UP. Members
of Behrend's Student Staff make
arrangements for the program
and handle promotion. Some of
the primary objectives of the
Pre-Transfer program are to
provide objective information
about housing opportunities on
and off campus, to discuss
student services available to UP
students, and to provide general
information to students in making
decisions about their transfer.
Dean Bainum added that she
hopes to have the presentation
video-taped for future viewing.
Careers Workshop
By Tim Grosser
Can you imagine a group of
people getting up at 7 a.m. on a
Saturday morning, traveling to a
secluded spot on Lake Erie and
discussing one another's future
for approximately six hours. It
does sound somewhat bizarre,
however, this is what actually
happened to the ten people who
attended the Life- Planning
Workshop at Camp Glinodo last
Saturday. There was a little more
to it than that, but it was
basically a small gathering of
concerned souls who were very
much interested in the future of
their lives.
The workshop was moderated
by Bev Bomberger, John
Geismann and Maryanne
Koschier. They attended not
merely as parental overseerers
but as open participants who took
- Seated above are the members of the Student Government
Association as they engage themselves in crucial matters con
cerning Behrend College.
Thursday February 6, 1975
Due to the pre-engagement of
many SGA members, the next
meeting will be held on February
17, at 7:30 p.m. in the RUB
seminar room.
In regards to last week's SGA
article, a slight mistake has been
detected. Jaye Beebe's motion
which said that the Behrend
Collegian would receive $l,OOO
provided they cut the number of
pages or number of issues. This
motion was defeated and the
original motion was passed which
simply allocated the Collegian
$l,OOO. -
JRC busy
this term
Winter Weekend is coming up,
and the Joint Residence Council
will be doing their part to add to
the festivities. A snow sculpture
contest is planned for Saturday,
February 15. Sculpturing is to be
done in front of Perry Hall from
10 until 2 p.m. with judging
beginning at 4. There is a 50 cents
entry fee, which is to be paid in
the Niagara gameroom when one
signs up. An unlimited number of
people may ' work on one
sculpture. There will be a $5 prize
for the best sculpture.
A travel agent will soon be
coming to Behrend with flyers
and information concerning the
proposed Florida trip over Spring
break.
There will be a pizza party held
at Dobbins Hall to celebrate the
end of Winter term. Entrance will
be by meal ticket. The party's
date is set for February 26 at 9:30
p.m.
an active part in the discussions
and exercises. The workshop was
constructed so as to let the willing
partakers relax in a supportive
kind of atmosphere in which they
could take- a serious look at
themselves, their abilities,
terests, and motivations.
Once this was accomplished,
the mood was switched from a
Who am I to a where and how am
I going, outlook. The session
concluded' with the members
grasping the idea of goal im
plementation, a necessary tool for
any productive future. It was
decided that there will be a get
together in two weeks in order for
everyone to discuss the suc
cessfulness of their goal setting.
It is clear that, like anything else,
only time will tell whether or not.
that Saturday on the shore of
Lake Erie was of value, great or
small, to those who were present.