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To the Editor:
Why do you people of the
dorms, students, and R.A.’s
always seem to think of Perry
Hall as a rowdy, dirty, obnoxious
slum? You are always, I mean
always, getting down on us fellow
students and friends for living
in the friendliest, most com
fortable dorm at Behrend
College.
Where else but Perry
Where’s the place
Everyone goes?
Where’s the place
Everyone knows
Where there’s fun
Enjoyment, friends?
Where else, but Perry!
Where’s the place
On a Friday night
That seems the logical spot
For Niagara to fight?
Or where’s the place
All the students pick
When they all get drunk
And. oh, soooo sick?
Where else, but Perry! .
Where’s the place
Students pick on
Until almost everything
Is so far gone?
Where’s the place
For everyone to wreck
And then leave it
And think “What the heck!”
Where else, but Perry!
Where's the place
On weekdays is clean
‘Til Friday night comes
And you nun our sheen?
And where’s the place
Students destroy
And then just laugh
In all this joy?
Where else but Perry!
So when your Friday comes at
last
And you go out to have your
blast
Just remember this is our
sweet home
And go back and ruin your
own!!!
A Proud Perryite
Kathy Morton
“Mort”
(To the editor:) Behrend College
seems to be somewhat of an
island within the Erie com
munity. When the people of Erie
think of college they think
Gannon right away. Occasionally
they might mention Mercyhurst
All too often, great people are
not known until their .obituaries
appear, in the local newspaper
and it’s too late. With this in
mind, consider there is one all
around “good guy” who deserves
to have his good deeds published
while he’s still around to read
them. He’s the type of guy that
would do anything for anyone,
and wouldn’t demand anything in
return.
Believe it or not, this man is a
member of the Behrend College
staff. “Uncle” Bob Finley. He’s
Letters
varying viewpoints
or even Villa Maria Colleges,
also. Behrend, however, is the
last school people of Erie think of
when they think of college—if
they think of Behrend at all.
Last year there were a number
of commentaries in the Collegian
involving the isolationism of
Behrend College, a problem that
still exists. It seems those ar
ticles were written in vain.
Last January, a Collegian
editorial told of the absence of an
article about Behrend in the
annual Erie Progress Report
published by the Erie Times-
News. It expressed disap
pointment in the fact because
other area colleges had articles
written for the report. The
editorial urged the college to
incorporate a larger public
relations program to let the
people of Erie know what the
college is doing.
This year, again, the annual
progress report contained ar
ticles and ads from area colleges
and. again, it contained no ar
ticles or ads from Behrend, with
the exception of a few short
releases about continuing
education programs. This year,
still, the people of Erie think of
Gannon when they think of
college. And when they do think
of Behrend they think Behrend
Campus or even Behrend Center
- many people are not aware it is
a four-year college now.
Behrend College is growing
fast and has great potential. The
isolation of Behrend hinders ties
with the community and the
fuctions within it. To bolster
community awareness of the
school would benefit both
Behrend and the Erie com
munity.
It would not take much for the
director of the college to write a
short article once a year on what
the school has done and what its
future plans are. It would also be
well worth it to hire a full-time
public relations staff that puts out
more than just bulletins about
continuing education programs.
Why not ask Dean Lane to write
a history of Behrend College for
the Weekender or Sunday
Magazine? (I think he would be
able to do an expert job.)
Paul A. Corbran
Bth Term- Journalism
University Park
<F.d. note: the author served as
editor in-chief, of the Behrend
Collegian, last year 76-77. Ad
ditonally. in Behrend College's
As I See It
by KurtCavano
Executive Editor
called “Uncle” because he treats
.everyone like one of the family
and consequently is extremely When some dummy shorted out
well liked by the students who the power on third floor
know him. Lawrence, Mr. Finley came to
Mr. Findley is always around Behrend at 3:00 in the morning to
campus to make sure things get straighten that out. He also does
done. I don’t mean he does extra a lot of other things like fixing
work around campus between 9 borken heaters, unjamming
and 5, but that he spends jammed locks, and even taking
weekends and evenings on the food service employees
campus doing things that I’m water-skiing at the end of the
sure aren’t in his contract. Some year. What can I say? Actions
examples are his coming up on speak louder than words. How
week-ends to get the Ski Lift about a big hand for Mr. Bob
running, or coming to the dorm in Finley?
Behrend Collegian
Faculty Bulletin dated Febntarv
14. 1977. a new position. Assistant
director for University relations,
similiar to that which Paul
mends. has been ad
vertised).
To the editor:
Some students are critical of
the teaching techniques used by a
faculty member. Little does a
student realize that many factors
may enter into the evaluation of
teaching. Undoubtedly, the best
teacher is the teacher who has a
small sized class. In such a class,
when the students is requested to
study an assignment and to do
other tasks outside of class, the
student feels that it is his
obligation to attend class fully
prepared. On the other hand,
consider the student in a class of
a hundred or more. Neither the
student nor the professor find it
easy to establish a rapport in
class. In many cases, the student
often feels that it is not necessary
to study and to be adequately
prepared. He feels that the best
time to study (i.e, cram) is prior
to an examination. Such
academic techniques often
results in lower grades, which
are most often blamed on the
performance of the instructor.
On Saturday, February 4, when
classes were made-up for the
Tuesday missed due to the winter
snow, attendance was quite poor.
Certainly, some of the ab
senteeism was due to em
ployment. However, not all
students have jobs, particularly
the dormitory students. This is
evidence on the part of the
students. Also, not one of those
students missing class would be
willing to throw away $3.00. Since
the tuition is $345 per term, if a
. student is carrying 11 credits,
each class costs that student
about $3.00. Failure to attend
class and to acquire as much
knowledge as possible in each
class is, in essence, a financial
loss.
Faculty members at Behrend
College are primarily interested
in the academic achievement of
their students. Since learning is
an individual process, each
student should have one objective
and that is to achieve the best
grades possible. The professor
can only guide. The student must
take the initiative!
Louis W. Balmer
Associate Professor
Of Chemistry
the evening to install the Magic
Phone.
Inexpensive
Skiing
(Ski Industries of America)—
There is a mythical belief that
skiing is a rich man’s sport af
fordable only by the most affluent
members of society.
Let’s set the record straight.
Most skiers are not wealthy. Far
from it. They come from dif
ferent walks of life and different
economic backgrounds, ranging
from students who are still in
school or struggling to meet next
semester’s tuition to retired
people living on fixed income.
The simple fact is that you can
learn to ski in a week and enjoy a
vacation and do it for as little as
$lOO. and that you can continue to
ski for less than you would ever
believe possible.
A random approach to learning
to ski can cost both time and
money, but if you follow a few
basic rules you’ll enjoy lots of
inexpensive good times on the
slopes in the years to come.
RENT YOUR EQUIPMENT -
The new skier should not buy any
ski equipment until he knows
what types of skis best suit him,
what boots are most comfortable,
what ski poles are the right
length.
Rent your equipment
preferably at a ski area that
knows what kind of a skier you
are. You should be outfitted with
equipment designed specifically
to make it easier to learn to ski. If
you rent from a ski school that
specializes in teaching beginners,
the chances are the rental fee will
be part of the instruction cost,
and that saves you money.
Don’t start by buying fancy
clothes. You don’t need them.
Fashionable
ski wear comes later, after you
have earned the right to wear, it
by learning to ski.
When you go skiing for the first
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Winter Fantasy
(continued from page l >
Only the winter wind and the
swish-swish of falling snow are
heard. Why am I here when other
animals are not? Do they know
something I do not? I think for a
moment that the intelligent
animals must be sleeping. But no,
the intelligent ones are here.
We watch the world sleep and
learn some beautiful songs. We
bow back to the arched trees and
break the virgin snow cautiously,
daring not to taint it for Mother
Nature is at her best, dressed in
white satin and blushing like a
bride.
She beckons us to watch her, to
witness her rebirth, and to listen
to her songs and fury and realize
that they are one. She flaunts her
power by surrounding us with
winded breath and bathing us in
white. Teeming with awareness,
we salute her elegance.
“IN THE MIDST OF WINTER
I FINALLY LEARNED THAT
THERE WAS IN ME AN IN
VINCIBLE SUMMER.”
Thanks for the inspiration,
Ronny.
time, try to go skiing for a week,
Monday through Friday, at one
resort on a ski vacation package;
not a weekend if you can. help it,
but for 4 or 5 days mid-week.
Select a resort that offers a ski
vacation package designed for
beginners. The most complete ski
vacation packages will include;
1) A week of ski lessons - two
hours or more a day for five days,
and sometimes using helpful
videotape reviews.
2) Ski tickets for five days,
good on all lifts.
3) Rental of ski equipment (if
you need it, and if you do, short
skis probably).
4) Lodging and meals.
Next, look at the price. A ski
week can be purchased for as
little as $lOO at small or medium
sized areas, higher at areas with
more facilities. You really can
learn to ski for $lOO. That means
$20.00 a day for five days.
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Janet Ma/.ur
Editor-in-Chief
Mary Jo Santilii
Entertainment Editor
David Jordan Suzanne LeViseur
Photo Editor Sports Editor
February 17, 1977