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Volume XXX No. 7
Behrend
Briefs
The Office of Foreign Studies of
the Pennsylvania ' State
University has arranged a new
general studies program which is
to begin next fall at the University
of Nairobi in Kenya. Provisional
applications for admission to the
program must be submitted to
the University Park office of
Foreign Studies no later than
December 22,1976. The program
is open to interested Behrend
College students. Further in
formation and provisional ap
plications may be obtained from
Professor Hover in the Division of
Arts and Humanities.
Did you miss being innoculated
against Swine Flu? If so, the
innoculation is still available in
the dispensary today from 2 to 5,
December 20 and 21 from 2 to 5,
and December 22 from 2 to 4:30.
18 to 25 year olds are reminded
that they need a second injection
28 days after having the first
which also is available during the
above dates.
The Hanging of the Greens, an
annual Behrend Christmas ritual
in which a wreath is placed on the
Behrend grave in the Chapel at
Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery,
was held on Monday evening. A
brief ceremony involving
traditional • readings and carols
followed.
Sunday night’s movie is the Mel
Brooks classic, “Blazing Sad
dles”. There will be two
showings, at 7 and 9 p.m. in the
RUB Lecture Hall.
Joel Miller, from WCCK, is the
guest DJ at tomorrow night’s
Disco Dance. If you enjoy disco
music, you ought to make it out at
9 p.m. in the faculty dining room.
A possible book-swap between
students for Spring Term was
proposed by President T. Clyde at
another brief SGA meeting last
Monday night. This swap would
not only save money on the part of
the buyers of the books, but the
students would also make more
money by selling their books to
their friends instead of back to
the bookstore. It was also men
tioned that theski slope and lift on
campus will soon be in operation
for those students who enjoy sled
riding, tobogganning, and other
winter sports.
JRC is holding a Christmas
Party in the faculty dining area of
the RUB tonight. Everyone, in
cluding resident students,
commuters, administration, and
faculty members are invited.
For devouring the 2 millionth
meal served in Dobbins Hall,
Jane Tagliaferi was presented
with a steak dinner Tuesday
evening at the annual Christmas
Candlelight Dinner.
Mr. Robert Finley, who usually
plays the role of Director of Food
and Housing, served as Jane’s
waiter for this gala occasion.
The annual Christmas concert
to be presented by the chorus will
be Monday, December 20th. It
will be held in the RUB lecture
hall at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Soloists are Kathy Chapin, Julie
Masteller, and Karen Pirrello.
Published by the Students of the Behrend College of the Pennsylvania State University
Faculty member cites possibilities for dismissal
No Research, No Job
by Colleen Gallagher
Collegian Staff Writer
Another faculty member has
been discovered to be fired and
the positions of two others are as
yet in the air. This brings to at
least four the number of in
structors who have been or may
yet be terminated effective
Spring term 1977.
Mrs. Melody Laudensack,
Instructor in Physical Education,
has been denied a teaching
assignment for next Fall, while
Dr. Fred Crawford and Dr.
Judith Carlson, both Assistant
Professors of English on “non
continuing” contracts, face
possible termination due to
changes planned for Behrend’s
English program. As previously
reported, at least one other, Dr.
Richard Tomsic, Assistant
Professor of Psychology, will
also be let go after this Spring.
NO RESEARCH
Mrs. Laudensack, who has been
teaching here since 1970, feels
part of the reason for her
dismissal may have been her lade
of “research and-or scholarly
activity,” which is one .standard
Candid Comments
And now. the most frequently
asked quest ion of the season has
been put to fourteen (14) in
digenous Rehrendites with the
following results:
Doug Pa lino: "I would like my
own jet. to fly home to New
Jersey with.”
Pond: “A French connection.”
Dan Scherten: “Sexual
gratification with a beautiful
blonde.”
Diane Maleski: “I Want a off my back, and one certain
peaceful and happy Christmas person on it.”
with all my friends, and new skiis, Corky Peters: “A hairy chest
new ski equipment, and ...” like Kurt’s . .. and a pair of red
Jay DiFrank, SUB Manager:, wool long johns.’
•‘A bag of money to buy programs Kathy Morton: “For S.S. not to
and furniture for the Union.” be mad at me, and.a new car with
Ciary Santel: “ I need an in- a permanent parking ticket,
destructable tank with four wheel Sandy DeLellis: 'To sincerely
drive, suitable for Erie driving.” he able to believe in Santa Claus
Ken Salvatore: “A full four again,
year scholarship.” Striden ‘Organization.
Parking positions pose prob
as 30 parking spaces would be left
for others to use.
Winter weather, of course, adds
to the problem. The lines marking
off the spaces are no longer
visible, and hasty snow plowing
tends to diminish the number of
available spaces. (If lots were
plowed more carefully, more
spaces would be created for those
drivers unable to find a space).
A rule was made during Fall
Term 1974 which stated that, “no
student shall park in staff parking
lots, and no staff shall park in
those areas allotted for student
use.” This rule lasted two months
before pressures from staff
succeeded in changing it. The
existing rule now reads: “If
faculty and staff are unable to
obtain a parking space in the
Reed lot, they may park in the
Erie, Turnbull, or Nick lots.”
Often times, there are spaces
open in the Reed lot, spaces that if
used by staff and faculty, would
create more spaces for students
in the three larger lots.
The ruling also states that
“students will not park in Visitor
by Kris Hartzell
Collegian Staff Writer
See Page 2, “As I See It.”
The ratio of registered vehicles
to parking spaces at Behrend is 2
to 1. This means that there are
two cars battling for one parking
space in any given lot on campus.
Here are the facts:
There are a total of 753 parking
spaces on campus. This includes
the student lots behind Erie,
Turnbull, and Nick Buildings, the
Reed Lot, the R.A. lots directly
behind the dorms, the large lot
south of Lawrence Hall, and the
staff lot on the northwest corner
of Nick Building. During Fall
Term, there was a total of 1,509
vehicles driven by students or
staff at Behrend. - > • ~
Granted, these people are not
on campus all at one time, but the
fact still remains that there is a
serious parking problem at
Behrend. Anyone who has tried to
find a parking space during
school hours, especially during
winter, can attest to this. Chief of
Security, Gene Johnson, is not at
all happy with this situation. He
Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510
by which University faculty are
to be judged. Laudensack
believes the extra time and effort
she feels she spent teaching,
coaching, and developing new
programs over the years may
have actually jeopardized her job
security, since she might have
devoted herself to scholarly work
instead. “You’d think something
would have been said a long time
ago. I had no indication to feel my
job was threatened. I should have
protected myself instead of
hurting myself,” says Lauden
sack.
Whether in fact absence of
scholarly activity led to the
dismissal is impossible to
determine for certain. In ad
dition, all faculty members are
aware of the standards by which
they are judged. But whether
such standards are being applied
more rigorously than in previous
years and are therefore “sur
prising” some unpublished
faculty members, and whether
such standards are necessary
for —or compatible with—
effective teaching, are still very
much open questions. '
A SENSITIVE AREA
John . Geisman, Resident
Community Coordinator: “First,
an air pressure gauge for my
tires, a two week paid vacation
for two, my wife andT, in Hawaii,
and a box of. large dried
apricots.”
Action Jackson: “A stereo with
four big JBL speakers and a nice,
long, slender Fender bass, and
happiness for everyone.”
T. Clyde: “About twenty people
and his staff haive recently
completed a two-week survey on
how many cars have parked
outside the existing parking
areas. Oh the average, nine cars a
day were parked along the road
between the three large lots north
of the campus.
These cars were not ticketed.
Chief Johnson explained that
security had not been ticketing
cars parked along the road or in
the Reed staff lot, provided that
they were properly registered for
the present term. In fact, they
ticket cars only in extreme cir
cumstances such as when one car
blocks another, or if a vehicle is
causing a traffic jam. Lately, had
there been, an emergency, an
ambulance, or fire. truck, L etc!.,
could not possibly get through the
parking lots because of
haphazard parking. -
Some of this could be avoided.
Cars can be parked closer
together to allow for more
parking spaces. Chief Johnson
stated that if the cars were
parked with more care, as many
Dr. Roger Sweeping, Director
of Athletics and Assistant
Division Head for Physical
Education, feels the “research
and-or scholarly activity”
criteria should apply to Erie Hall
staff since, “We are all full-time
faculty members here and we’re
obligated to abide by all the
rules.” Yet Sweeting does ex
press concern over problems
which arise from their unique
teaching—coaching circumst
ances. Coaches are compensated
“indirectly” through reduction of
teaching load, usually by one
credit per coaching assignment.
Even with such a system, do
physical education instructors
have a fair advantage compared
with faculty in other disciplines
regarding opportunity for
enhancement of the stability of
one’s position? “This is an ex
tremely sensitive area,” answers
Sweeting. “And I can say every
effort is being made to equalize
work loads among all Behrend
College faculty,” while also
considering similar handicaps in
other departments.
MORECHANGES?
The anonymous Christmas tree above is proving that even the
Behrend apathy is lost when the Yuletide season comes around
again. Many such decorative ideas have appeared on campus, and
the Collegian would like to commend these people on their show of
Christmas spirit.
Thursday, December 16, 1976
Humanistic Studies Division, a
qualified person soon will be
sought to teach technical writing,
1 preferably expert also in
remedial English. Since neither
Carlson nor Crawford exactly fit '
this position, it is likely one will
be replaced if a suitable person is
found. This will be known by the
end of March at the latest. The
individual remaining when the
other is replaced after Spring
term could resume on a “non
continuing” basis in the Fall,
assuming of course he or she
wanted to and was asked to. The
possibility exists that the
remaining person could obtain a
provisional contract, which is
usually signed by one desiring
eventually to be tenured. The
latter possibility further assumes
that such a position will be open in
the English department, although
Division Head Dr. Archie Loss
has indicated it probably will.
Crawford has applied for
positions to other schools and will
exercise any perogative he may
have about continuing here on the
quality of replies received.
Carlson was unavailable for
lems
and-or Staff parking areas at any
time, nor in lots immediately
behind residence halls.” As
stated before, this rule has been
ignored lately because the
student has no choice but to park
in these areas.
“All students who possess,
maintain or operate a vehicle at
any time on the Behrend College
Campus shall register their
vehicle during class registration
by purchasing a parking permit
each term prior to the first day of
classes.” (Students late in
registering their cars may
register at the Security Office).
“Faculty and staff shall register
their vehicles with the Security
Office.”
Staff and faculty pay nothing to
register their vehicles. Students
pay $7.50 per term to register a
vehicle. This money goes to the
University for the creation and
maintenance of parking lots.
Chief Johnson said, “A student
who pays $7.50 per term to park
should have a safe place to
park.”