el4lettitub (tottegiatt Volume XXIX No. 19 Constitution voted in At last meetings By Janet Mazur Collegian Staff Writer , At 7:40 on Monday evening, a meeting of the SGA was called to order by President Mike Woods. Attendance- was taken by Bill Dale, and the treasurer's report was given. Because of Secretary Michele Harding's absence, minutes of the previous meeting were unavailable. At Mike Wood's request. treasurer Joann Bruno temporarily agreed to assume the duties of secretary. After a bit of discussion, it was decided who would run the SGA elections on Wednesday and Thursday, which will be held in the RUB directly across from the GSA suite, as well as in Dobbins Hall. Mike Woods announced that he. Mike McCarthy. George Speigei A.S.P.A. begins at Behrend New club By Al Calfo Collegian Staff Writer An ASPA - chapter was recently formed at Behrend College. There are 200 chapters across the nation and 25 foreign countries. with over 11.000 members in ail. ASPA is-short for-the American Society for Personnel Administration. The purpose of this organization is to familiarize students with the outside world and to add a higher degree of practicality to their education. Senior chapters consist of businessmen. sponsor student chapters. Guest speakers are being scheduled according to the student members interests. Other Grass trick (EARTH NEWS) Two un dercover agents for the Bureau of Narcotics in Florida found out What it's like to get burned in a "Marijuana transaction". The agents were attempting to buy two orie-hundred pound bales of "grass" from four suspected It's the pitch. . The springtime excitement of baseball season is again in the air here at Behrend. The (*Jibs are looking forward to an action-filled and successful seawr ola •on their home field (pictured abo% e• and on the road. Published by the Students of the Behrend College of the Pennsylvania State University and Tim Grosser will attend, a luncheon on Friday with Director Kochel and Deans Lane and Fox for the purpose of keeping each other informed, as they have been doing in the past. The possibility of holding elections for members of the Commuter Council for 76-77, as well as suggestions on how to better organize it were discussed, though no definite plans were made. Roger Zanes reported on the pri'gress of the two • free U. ••ersity courses; enrollment in the mountain climbing course is full, while that in the boating safety course is not. In order that the gorge "awareness' or gorge practicum course be completed. Mr. Tucker and Drs. Masteller, Cunningham and Spector, must benefits include interships for jobs. possible scholarships. monthly magazines, plant tours. and even free meals at meetings. Awards for outstanding members include plaques. money, and expense paid trips. If you are interested in becoming .a member— contact Tom Masi, 831 East 33rd Street, Erie. Pa. 16504: Sandy Davis, 249 Perry Hall: Lisa Dicello, 257 Perry Hall: or Martha Engel, 349 Niagara Hall. ASPA currently has a display in the glass case near the library. The club will continue on at Behrend next year and members headed for State College plan to start a chapter there. dope dealers. But after shelling out $60.000. the agents discovered they had purchased ordinary lawn grass. Still. the agents got the last laugh. They later arrested the four alleged dealers for attempted Grand Larceny. Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510 be contacted. The possibility of arranging a lecture by Dean Lane on the history of universities, sometime in early May was mentioned, though no "official plans were made. The main objective of this meeting was to gain approval of the .constitutional revisions. Basically these consisted of: —Eliminating the office of 2nd vice president, and incorporating the 2nd vice president's duties into that of the Ist vice president. —Expanding the number of student representatives to correspond with the increasing student body. —Having six at large representatives, two commuter representatives, and two dorm representatives, bringing total membership to 21. —Changing all sexually discriminatory terms within the constitution, to neutral, non sexist terms. —Clearly stating the purposes and duties of the office of SGA secretary as they previously had not been. A motion was made by Mike McCarthy that students should be able to elect academic representatives only within their own academic divisions i.e. Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences. The majority .approvei:l this motion and it is now a part of the con stitution. An additional motion was passed, which designates the nursing program as an academic division. Additionally the number of nurses is expected to double in the 76-77 school years. and representation is necessary. On this note, the meeting was ad journed and shortly thereafter the second meeting was called to order. The reason for this is because of a rule stipulating that constitutional revisions must be implemented over a series of three meetings, to insure ac curacy and complete approval. The second meeting then consisted primarily of the thorough t of the constitution. The meeting was then adjourned at 9:37. Passing the buck. . . Priscilla Hamilton. of campus organization ('WENS. presents a check for forty dollars to a' representative of the Brookside Fire Department. The donation was surely appreciated by the hard working firemen. • Beer By Al Calfo Collegian Staff Writer Most people don't even know beer can collecting exists. What surprises most people who find out it's for real is the seriousness of the hobby. Beer can collectors take their hobby very seriously. When did beer can collecting start? No one can really be sure. We do -know that it can't be 41 years old because 1976 marks the 41st anniversary of the first beer can ever made_ .The initial UP housing Ok for all UNIVERSITY PARK. PA (PANS) University housing of ficials said recently that all students who submitted ap plications for university housing will receive a contract. This includes the 1.404 ap plications from Commonwealth Campus students. . Officials said the only ex ceptions will be those students who refused to accept temporary housing if regular space was unavailable. Of the total from branch campuses. 837 males and 567 females applied for dorms. - Other categories of ap plications were: off campus. readmit or advanced standing students. 230: practicum. study abroad or student teaching. 79: University Park continuing students. .6.633: summer fresh man (2nd term). 725: and Fall freshmen. 3058. A total of 309 spaces were still available as of last week, said William Mulberger. Assignment Office Manager. Mulberger said applications will still be accepted as long as space is available. Sam Mailizio, president of Area Resident Hall Students (AR-HS). said possible reasons for the low number, of applicants were bad publicity about the changes in the housing policy. misunderstanding of students about how the new system would work, and feeling by students that they would not be able to get space. Malizio also said the increase in room and board changes along with the longer final exam periods may_ have priced um versit housing out of man} •Indent. reach Thursday, April 15, 1976 cans marketing took place on January 24. 1935, by the G. Krueger Brewing Co. of Newark, N.J. Before that people drank from bottles or kegs. Since then. beer cans have come in many different shapes including the obsolete cone top (shown). 1 111111"... , . .• . .• ' , .• iyALBUh erns • • - • 1 3'; k ; •: Ek 11 . 1 1.1,10.10 1•••.1..111 •Idly tr. Mr*. •0,1; Beer can collecting has had a rapid growth in the last six years. since the start of the Beer Can Collectors of America. This organization started on April 15. 1970. when six men with a com mon hobby got together in St. Louis. Missouri. Since then membership has grown to over 8.000. Other smaller clubs are also coming into existence in increasing numbers. The first reaction of most people looking a: beer can collection is. "I didn't know so many different cans existed." If a beer can collector becomes dedicated. it's not hard to collect over 400 different kinds in the first year. The number of different cans ever produced is unknown but the world's largest collection. owned by John F. Ahrens of Mount Laurel. N.J. John has managed to collect over 10.000 different cans. Another useful but interesting fact is that the world's largest display. which took 10 men and a fork lift to construct. consisted of 169.344 full Black Label cans. It's getting harder to collect cans then it used to be. This Bicentennial year will be at, exception. though. as Breweries come out with Bicentennial series cans. The smaller breweries are going out, of buiness and the larger ones are getting stronger: Budweiser and Schlitz alone account for 77 per cent of all beer sales. Beer can collectors are an unusual breed of - people: reasons (Continued on Page 3)
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