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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
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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}
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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).
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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
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