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Volume XXIV No. 11
"Morning Song" in concert
"Morning Song", a striving young group from State College
appeared at Erie Hall, last Friday. The group played for a fair
crowd and expressed promise. (See story page 4).
BC talent
By Mary Jo Santini
Collegian Staff Writer
Whether anybody knows it or
not, we do have talent at Behrend
College. This was proved at last
Wednesday's Coffee House,
where four Behrend students put
on an excellent show.
Previous Coffee Houses have
usually featured outside talent:
while these people ' are
professionals and most always
excellent, local talent seems to
draw more enthusiasm from the
students. Last Wednesday's
crowd was - the biggest and most
responsive I've seen at a Coffee
House all year.
I think if' more Behrend
students could get involved with
performing Coffee Houses, there
would be a much larger at
tendance.
The show itself was a variety of
many things. It got off to a slow
start, with Tom Moran singing
solo and accompanying himself
on electric and acoustic guitars.
His guitar work was exceptional,
especially on some blues num
bers he did, where he employed a
blues sliding . technique but his
voice was weak and detached.
especially on some Bowie and
Yes numbers. His voice, though,
was perfect for •Dear Abby" and
"Up Agaitist the Wall
rednek" (which was devoted to a
rather illustrious Behrend
student) which were very funny
country tunes.
. The show really started moving
when Frank Wieland joined
Disciples
come to
The unifying worldwide prin
ciple inherent within. the Baha'i'
Faith is the recognition of the
oneness of mankind, regardless of
nationality, racial background,
social class, or religious belief. In
its approach to the unity of true
brotherhood, the Baha'i' Faith
stresses that the individual in
dependently investigate the truth
through the equality of men and
women; the universal recognition
of the common foundations of all
world religions; the establish
ment of universal peace upheld
by a world government; the
necessity of universal com
pulsory education; the establish
'rnent of a universal world-wide
auxiliary language, and in the
need for the elimination of all
forms of prejudice.
If this unifying principle of true
Published by the students of the Behrend College, Pennsylvania State University
at Coffee
Moran on stage for a jam of the
classic Dan tune "Along tb,-
Watch tower." With Moran
electric guitar and V..leland oz.
acoustic, Moran's fluid intricate
Jead and Wielanri': dri ing bac
t.p complimented each oth-r
• .roerbly.
During the next set, Moran was
joined by Bill Scalara, on vocals
an another guitarist, Erol
TLicker.
The three make up a relatively
new group called- "Stuck on the
Tracks." This was only the fourth
time they had played together in
public, but the group seemed
very together despite this fact.
Bill Scalara is just what
Moran's guitar needed. On
Locomotive Breath, a Jethro Tull
tune which was easily one of their
New Poll Sci course
By Charles Redenius
The bicentennial year is an
appropriate time to offer P 1 Sc
411 American Political
Philosophy. This course would be
of interest not only to political
science majors but also to
students majoring in, or leaning
toward a major in, American
Studies, General Arts and
Sciences, History and
Philosophy. The ground for
asserting such interest can be
gleaned by noting
. the course
contents. The first part of the
of Baha'i'
Behrend
brotherhood appeals to you, the
Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'i's of Erie cordially invites
you to investigate the Baha'i'
Faith. The Baha'i's sponsored the
program, "What is a Baha'i'?",
on Monday, January 18, 1976, at
7:30 p.m. in the Reed Union
Building Lecture Hall._ The
documentary film, "A New
Wind", was featured along wit%
an introduction to the Baha'i'
Faith by guest speaker, Richard
Graham, broadcaster-journalist
and Baha'i' pioneer who recently
returned to Western Penn
sylvania from Botswana, Africa.
For further information con
cerning the program, or the
Baha'i' Faith, call the Spiritual
Assembly of the Baba'i's of Erie
at 456-9507.
UP Ambassador program
Transfer info
By Jay Schonthaler
Collegian Staff Writer
Students transferring to
University Park -usually have a
number of questions about what
to expect and a group of people
who know what it involves will be
here soon to provide some an
swers.
Early next week a group of UP
representatives, mostly un
dergraduates, will be at Behrend
to talk with any students who are
planning to attend the main
campus at State College. They
are members of the Residential
Life Programs committee
located there and will visit here in
cooperation with Behrend's
Office of Student Affairs. This
particular service • they are
bringing to Behrend is known as
House
best, Scalara d :_•'•ay a strong.
expressive vocal. i_ro! Turkes, on
acoustic guitar shone on his
number as he also did on "Needle
and the Damage Done," a Neil
Young number.
America's "Sandman" was an
excellent vehicle for Tucker and
loran's driving and rhythmic
guitars. The vocal harmonies
were nice while not strong.
Moran's voice blends well with
Scalara's.
Tucker and Moran's guitar was
consistent throughout the per
formance, whether they were
playing country, folk, or hard
rock. With Scalara providing the
vocals, "Struck on the Tracks". is
off to an excellent start_ I hope
they will be playing another
Coffee House again very soon.
course will examine in some
detail the philosophy un
derpinning the Declaration of
Independence and the United
States Constitution. Of particular
concern will be the relation
between the two documents; the
foundi9g fathers' perception of
the ni-Jure of politics; and the
type or government required by
human nature. The second part of
the course will deal primarily
with the men who made the
American political tradition.
Since the course will be taught
seminar style, students will have
ample opportunity to express
their interests and views. P 1 Sc
411 will be offered Spring Term
MWF 2nd, and will be open to all
6th term and above students who
have six credits in political
science. Further information,
such as a course syllabus,
required texts, and term paper
assignments, is available from
Dr. C. Redenius in the Faculty
Office Building..
Financial
aid info
PHEAA Grant applications,
PCS's and University Scholar
ships-applications for the 1976-77
academic year are available at
the Financial Aid Office, 2nd
floor, RUB.
Any student wishing to receive
financial aid next, year MUST
submit these applications.
Don't procrastinate, pick up
your applications NOW!
the Ambassador Program
'On hand for the one to two hour
presentation will be people
associated with the campus dorm
organization, apartment tenants,
sorority and fraternity groups, as
well as the Undergraduate SGA.
Information will be given about
various forms of housing
available on and off campus. A
slide presentation will show, in
particular, the possible alter
natives for off-campus living.
They will also discuss general
academic differences between
the Commonwealth and UP
campuses, availability and kinds
of student services, legal,
medical and other, and in
volvement in social and extra
curricular activities.
In addition, other topics to be
covered are: part-time work
possibilities, obtaining financial
aid, registration, orientation,
veterans concerns, banking, and
campus transportation. -
Man , the students in the
Am bassc,dor Program are for-
Commuter Council
The Behrend Commuter Council set up a table and handed out a
questionnaire in order to receive student input, last Thursday. The
response was great and the council should be formally instituted
soon.
Recruitment da tes
for '76 graduates
The recruitment schedule for•
all graduates of the 1976 two-year
four-year degree programs at
Behrend is as follows: Mr. Ralph
Hodgin of the Erie General
Electric will be here on January
20th, interviewing in the Student
Affairs - Office, RUB. Appropriate
degrees are 2 MET and 2 EET. On
January 22. Mi. Arnold Hammel
from MONY will be available for
graduates with all degrees in the
Seminar Room, RUB. Ms. Becky
Jones, from the Civil Service
Commission, will be in the
Student Affairs Office, RUB, on
January 29.
Recruters from HEW will be in
the Student Affairs Office on
February 10, speaking to all LA
and 2LAS graduates. A
representative of the Marine
Corps will be on the Ist floor RUB
on February 11th and . 12th to talk
Thursday, January 22, 1976
mer branch campus students,
thus having found themselves in a
similar situation as Behrend
students. They can advise on how
to handle even the most trivial
experiences, such as, in the case
of apartment dwellers, how to
overcome the trauma of living on
a diet consisting solely of Dinty
Moore beef stew or, for dorm
students, how to cope with a
roommate whose stereo can only
play Uriah Heep, while at the
same time enjoying the wide
range of opportunities that
university life has to offer.
The Ambassador Program is
now in its fourth year, having
continually expanded its
presentation each tiime out, but
its objective remaining, above
all. to help insure that the tran
sition from life "up here" to life
"down there" is a smooth one.
These representatives will be
at Behrend Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in
the Lawrence Hall lobby and the
following morning at 10:50 a.m. in
the RUB Lecture Hall.
to any interested students. On
March 4 in the RUB Seminar
Room, Mr. J.W. Chambers of the
Pennsylvania Electric Company
will meet with any interested 2
MET and 2 EET students.
Mr. Kloecker from Zurn
Industries will be in the RUB
Seminar Room on May 13th for 2
MET graduates, and Mr.
Lawrence Manning from the
Arthur . McKee Co. will be here on
March 23 in the RUB Seminar
Room for any interested 2 MET
graduates.
In order to schedule an in
terview, go to the Placement
Center, 2nd floor RUB, and ask
Ms. Beaumont to see the
Scheduling Notebook for On-
Campus Recruitment, and then
sign up for a 20 or 30 minute in
terview time slot.