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Volume XXIV No. 6
Tomorrow's Behrend
Pictured here is a layout of Behrend College in the future. Plans of
development are still being revised but state financial aid is not
guaranteed.
Switch thrown this month
By Dan McKay
Collegian Staff Writer
The Behrend College Radio
Station will begin broadcasting
with a special premier show
Halloween night, October 31. The
station will broadcast live to the
dormitories at 92.5 FM from the
studio located next to the corn
muter cafeteria in the Reed Union
Building. Broadcasting hours will
be every Wednesday and Friday
4:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m., Saturday
Noon - 2:00 a.m.,and Sunday
11:00 a.m: - midnigt. •
The -music programming will
reflect the interest shown in last
month's radio survey. According
to Ed Fratus, Station Manager
and Chief Engineer of the station,
the order of preference in the
survey was: rock, hard rock,
jazz, classical, soul, then
bluegrass. Ed is also the
President of the Radio Club,
which is the parent organization
of the station. He says a typical
night's broadcast would be in
three basic areas. These are:
early evening - popular songs,
light rock; mid-evening - special
show (jazz, feature, etc.); late
Notes from SGA
• By Mary Schoen _
Collegian Staff Writer
Monday night a SGA meeting
proved to be a very informative
and interesting one. Although it
was rather long, a lot of ground
was covered.
_Scott „Little, a representative
from the Student Affairs Com-:
mittee, reported on the- possible
expansion ,of the health service_
There is .also a possibility, of a
reference point, for information
about studying and traveling
abroad, 'being set - up within the
office of Student Affairs. .
Arrangements for trans
portation for all U weekend is all
taken care of. The entertainment
on all U day will be Jesse Colin
Young. . A Commonwealth
Campus Day is being seriously
considered. The day would in
clude meetings of different
organizations to give the com
monwealth
,campus student an
Published by the students of the Behrend College, Pennsylvania State University
night - hard rock, party music.
The. radio .station• will • provide
services such as a concert
schedule, campus and com
munity activities, news and
sports, ski reports and a ride
board. Special features are also
being planned. These could in
clude new album releases,
special interviews, and the .
"National Lampoon Radio Hour
Half Hour."
Disc jockeys for the station will
be selected from the membership
of the Radio Club. A permanent
console for the D.J.'s will -be
designed and constructed in the
studio during the fall term break.
The studio opened last Monday,
October 20, with office hours of
4th, sth, and 6th periods every
Monday through Friday.
About the office hours, Ed
Fratus says "the main purpose of
our office's opening is to be
available to receive any con
tributions for air time. This in
cludes albums, tapes, campus
and community news and any
related information. Also we will
be around to answer your
questions and satisfy your
idea of the variety of
organizations and activities at
University Park. There would
also be bus tours of fraternities,
sororities, apartments and
dorms.
A new system is being set up for
those applying for dorms down at -
state. The dorm lottery would
entail - certain percentages of
students -from' the com
monwealth campuses being
picked for a dorm. Students
would be notified by March 31
instead of April 31 if they got a
dorm.
The Student Services Com
mittee is setting up a referral
service in off campus housing,
limits of security, legal services
or anything else; stop in at the
SGA office.
Some dissatification was ex.:
pressed with SGA members who
haven't been showing up at the
meetings.
Funds rejected .
Try, try again
By Ron Wayne
Collegian Staff Writer
A recent talk with Director
Irvin Kochel provided some in
sights pertaining to the future
development of Behrend College.
Director Kochel spoke of a for
malized plan, the reasons being
Behrend's lack of development,
and the priority needs of the
combined student-faculty-ad
ministration group.
In 1957, an architectural firm
was commissioned to draw up a
plan which included the future
developments of the Behrend
campus according to predictions
of future enrollment expansion.
This was the first such plan
initiated within the com
monwealth campuses system of
Penn State University. The plan
entailed various phases. As all
plans, Behrend's was - subject to
adjustment.
With the university's con
sultation, the first plan was
revised and a more intricate and
calculated plan was drawn up in
the early 60's. The new plan is
changeable but will probably be
the college's guideline for
developement unless some
unexpected force should make
parts of it unfeasible.
The present plan would serve
2500 students when it is completed
fully. According to student body
increase and demand, the
campus would evolve into a
curiosity of "Is Behrend Radio
Alive?" ,
The radio station will reach the
dormitories by means of a low
power transmitter.. It cannot
broadcast to points outside the
dorms because it is not yet
licensed to do so. The Radio Club
has applied to the Federal
Communications Commission for
a license that would enable it to
broadcast with more power to the
surrounding area.
The Radio Club has announced
its election results. There results
are as follows: Bill Farrell,
treasurer; Denise Berlinski,
secretary; Alan Kirk, program
director; Phil Wilt, production
director; Jeff Doerr, News
director; Dan McKay, assistant
news director; Chris Reynolds,
music director; Jill Crawford,-
chief typist; Steve Crawdall,
record librarian; in the business
manager's office are Jim
(Myron) Morgan, Tom Arm
strong and Steve Schellenberg.
Science fiction at Behrend
The world of Science Fiction
releases man's imagination to
play upon the questions and
problems, as well as their
possible answers and solutions,
relevant to the human condition
and man's ultimate destiny. For
the first time, Behrend College is
offering English 187 (Science
Fiction: Themes and Develop
ment). If you are interested in
exploring the alternative worlds
and futures of SF, as well as your
own imagination, 'plan'to sign up
for a time-hopping, galaxy-.
probing jaunt: through - the
multiple worlds of SF. • Probe
leader for this • flight into
speculative fiction will be Dr.
Wiyne Scott, Behrend 134.
Launch Time: Winter Term-
Second Period - MTTh.
English 187 will be a lecture
discussion course. The major
concentration of the course will
be on the evolution of SF from
H.G. Wells and the pre-Wellsians
to such contemporary masters of
the genre as Robert Silverberg,
Philip Jose Farmer, Brian
Aldiss, and Harlan Ellison.
Beginning with H.G. Wells The
pleasant and functional in
stitution. Parts of the plan include
an academic complex, which
would house a new library,
various classroom buildings and
offices; a new men's gym
facility; an auditorium; more
parking lots; and two residence
complexes which would have
approximately three dormitories
and a dining facility each.
Concerning the present over
crowding of the dormitories,
Director Kochel refrains from
quickly building new facilities for
two reasons. He sees in the
foreseeable future the
development of off-campus
housing, such as apartments, and
students have usually preferred
the former rather than dor
mitories. The college builds
residence halls with money they
received from bank loans so there
would need to be an assurance
that it would be occupied for a
number of years in order to
recoup its cost. Director Kochel
added that he knew of several
plans on the drawing boards for
the development of apartments
and stores near the campus. The
second reason Director Kochel
feels dormitories should not be
built, unless there is an over
whelming demand, would be the
preference to use the available
land space for classrooms or
academic uses.
The main obstruction with
almost all plans is the lack of
money to carry them through.
Behrend College- as an
educational state institution has
suffered many problems seeking
to fund its expansion.
Each year, the University
formulates an over-all financial
plan concerning all the campuses
and the funding of their requested
projects. Unfortunately, the state
has not been funding projects like
they used to because capital
funds have been reduced severely
in recent years, which is due to
the present administration's
program.
Director Kochel revealed the
various.projects in the past few
years, that. Behrend has sub
mitted for funds which were not
granted. In 1970-71, funding from
the state was not received for a
service and mechanical building,
and in 1973-74 two plans were
submitted for a new library and a
physical education building for
which money was not granted.
These requests are still valid,
however, and considered in each
yearly budget, although, in 1972,
the secretary of education
Time Machine and The War of
The Worlds, we will examine
selected short stories, novellas,
and novels published between
1895 and 1975, with special focus
on some oof the major patterns
and themes of the Gernsback era
(1920's and 30's), and the Camp
bell era (1940's and 50's). Of
course, we _will also deal with
newer trends and directions as
well. See Dr. Wayne Scott, 134
Behrend, for additional in
formation -on the course • •(in
cluding course requirements,
grading policy, syllabus, etc.).
The texts for the course are listed
below. Those books which are
marked with - an asterisk may not'
be in print If a book is out of
print, a text from the alternate
list may be substituted.
Blish, James. A Case of Con
science. Ballantine.
Bretnor,.Reginald (ed). Science
Fiction, Today and Tomorrow.
Penguin. "
Clarke, Arthur C. Rendezvous
With Rama. Ballantine
Farmer, Philip Jose. Flesh.
NAL, Signet
Knight, Damon (ed). Nebula
Thursday, October 25, 1975
stopped all construction and all
plans had to be justified again.
Many plans were radically
altered as a result.
Last year, state legislators
from Erie and the surrounding
area gathered at Behrend to
discuss the administration's
recent budget, in which Behrend
was not included. A bill was in
troduced and was passed by both
houses of the State Congress but
was vetoed by Governor Shapp.
The bill would have provided
funding for a new academic
building. Director Kochel added
that he has remained in touch
with the local congressmen and
they stated that they will try
again if they have to.
Capitol
campus
recruits
By Dan McKay
Collegian Staff Writer
A group of recruiters for the
Capitol Campus of Penn State will
be visiting Behrend College next
Thursday, October 30. The
recruiters, headed by Ms. Pat
Young, Capitol's Admissions
Counselor, will discuss their
campus with any interested
student in Behrend 117 and 118
during Common Hour.
Capitol Campus, located in
Middletown, Pa. outside of
.Harrisburg, is a unique part of
the Pennsylvania State
University. It only accepts upper
division (Junior and Senior)
students. Besides Behrend and
University Park, Capitol is the
only place within Penn State
where one can graduate with a
Baccalaureate Degree. It is also
the only part of Penn State that
accepts Associate Degrees the
same as the first two years for
Baccalaureate programs.
Upper division programs are
offered at Capitol in the following
areas: Bu s i n e s s Administration,
Elementary Education,
Humanities, Science, Technology
and Social Science. Many of the
courses are the same as those
offered at University Park.
Because of thi, the level of
quality is the same as main
campus, but in a smaller en
vironment.
More information and ad
missions applications for Capitol
Campus can be picked up at Dean
Salvia's office in the
Administration Building.
Award Stories. Pocket Books.
Silverberg, Robert. The
World Inside. NAL, Signet
The Time Hoppers. Belmont-
Tower
(ed). The Science Fiction Hall
of Fame. Avon.
Van Bogt, A.E. More Than
Superhuman. Dell.
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine
The War Of The Worlds Crest
Fawcett-World
*Williamson, Jack.
Humanoids. Lancer.
. Alternate Liit (To be used only
if one or more of the above books
are out of print).
Bester, Alfred. The
Demolished Man.-NAL, Signet
Kornbluth, C.M. The Syndic.
Avon (Equinox) •
Pohl, Frederick and Kornbluth,
C.M. The Space Merchants.
Ballantine.
Simak, Clifford The Goblin
Reservation. Berkley Medallion
Van Vogt, A.E. Slan Berkley
Medallion.
For a copy of a complete an
notated description of each of the
required and alternate texts, see
Dr. Scott, 134 Behrend .