March 15, 1979
BEHREND CUBS
Finish Most Successful Season
During the 1978-79 basketball
season, Behrend matured into
one of the finest basketball teams
in District 18. Behrend has just
concluded its best season ever
(since joining the ranks of four
year competition), winning
nineteen while losing only six.
Behrend also received its first
ever District 18 playoff bid, but
were defeated by a playoff ex
perienced and senior dominated
team from Clarion State, losing
111 to 86.
Behrend started the season by
winning the Merchyhurst
Invitational Tourney ; then
proceeded to win eleven in a row.
They defeated such teams as St.
John Fisher, Mercyhurst, Pitt-
Johnstown, Slippery Rock,
Behrend
Baseball Back
The Behrend College baseball
team is preparing for com
petition this spring with a young,
but not totally inexperienced
team, according to Coach Stoner.
Eight of last year's lettermen
are returning, hopefully to lead
the team to another successful
season. Last year's excellent
team qualified for district
playoffs with a sixteen win and
six loss record.
Several good players are
returning. Heading this list are
four top sophomores. Tom
Sbellenberger last year hit for a
.375 batting average and is solid
in the outfield. Also starting will
be Mike Mixon, whose strong
infield work and reliable .285
batting average will certainly
help strengthen the team. Cat
cher Gerry Simon last year
batted for a .287 average.
STUDENTS
VISITING
There will be a busload (38) of
minority students (prospective
freshmen) visiting our campus
Thursday, March 15, and Friday,
March 16. Sandra Edwards of the
Office of Student Affairs asks
that we make these students feel
welcome.
Frankforter lectures
on women
Dr. A. Daniel Frankforter,
associate professor of history at
Behrend College and author of "A
History of the Christian
Movement," will present the first
lecture in a four-part lecture
series sponsored by the Behrend
College History Forum this
Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m.
in 204 Turnbull Hall.
This first program will be on
"The Evolution of Sex Role
Sterotypes in Ancient
Literature," a subject Dr. Frank
forter has researched extensively
and taught as an upper division
history course at Behrend last
spring.
"This topic of social history
comes out of the interest created
by the modern women's
movement," Dr. Frankforter
said. "It is one area of history
that hadn't been studied much in
the past."
History has always been
written by men, and the old
school historians felt that all that
was necessary to understand a
period of history was to study
what the men were thinking 'and
Edinboro, California St., and
Fredonia St., before being
derailed by a tough Westminster
team, a finalist in the District 18
tournament.
Behrend did not stay down long
as they came back and won their
next five games to boost their
record to sixteen and one. By this
time everyone in the area was
talking about Behrend basket
ball. At one point in the season
with the record at 16-1, Behrend
was ranked first in the country in
winning percentage.
While all of the players deserve
mention and contributed to the
outstanding season. Some,
however, deserve special
mention.
Ernie Cooper, 6'9", averaged
17.7 points per game and 12.2
The team is fortunate to have
John Greulich returning as a
pitcher. John had a five and two
record with an excellent 2.19
earned run average. These and
the other returning lettermen
should provide needed leadership
for the young team.
Coach Stoner indicates that we
lost some excellent players. Tom
Lawless (.428) signed with the
Cincinnati organization; Pat
Davis (.357) transferred to
University Park, as did Junior
pitchers Todd Kresge and Scott
Veith, and pitcher Al Maki
graduated. So we are left with a
very young and inexperienced
team at the college level. •
Students can support the team
by coming to watch the games.
We wish the team luck in the
coming season.
MEN'S VARSITY
BASEBALL
Mar. 31 Malone
Apr. 3 Slippery Rock St.l :30
Apr. 7 Indiana (Pa.) ..1 pm
Apr. 10 Mercyhurst. ... 1 pm
Apr. 12 Thiel Ipm
Apr. 17 Gannon 1.30
Apr. 21 Houghton Ipm
Apr. 25 Westminster ... 1 pm
Apr. 28 Grove City Ipm
May 1 Fredonia St. ... 1 pm
May 3 Edinboro St.. .. . 1:30
May 5 Point Park .... 1 pm
May 8 Alliance 1• 30
May 12 Youngstown St. Ipm
doing in that period, Frankforter
said.
"We now know that isn't true,"
he said, "but we also know, that it
is difficult to overcome these
prejudicial reportings of history.
"Just finding what a woman's
role was in any specific period,
for instance, is difficult. You can
find what men throught it was,
and even more about what men
thought it should be, but there is
very little writing by women
about women, especially before
the sixteenth century."
Dr. Frankforter has published
two articles on one of the pre
sixteenth century women whose
writings about women have
survived, Hroswitha of Gean
dersheim, a tenth nun who wrote
a number of plays about women.
"Role sterotypes were af
fecting behavior even before the
tenth century, of course, and the
best—perhaps the only—place to
learn about the sterotypes of a
particular culture is in its
literature," Franforter said.
Thursday's lecture and
discussion will touch on a variety
Behrend Collegian
rebounds. He was the dominating
player on the team, intimidating
opponents, until a knee injury
slowed him down late in the
season. He earned Honorable
Mention for the District 18 all star
selections.
Greg Vaugn, 6'4", averaged
15.0 points per game and 9.9
rebounds. He was known as
"Supersub" throughout the
season and was noted for his
defensive play. He was the Most
Valuable Player of the Mer
cyhurst Tourney, and like
Cooper, earned District 18
Honorable Mention.
Ron Williams, 6'l", averaged
14.5 points per game and 6.3
rebounds. He was the team's
most consistent player and
Tennis Team
Ready To Sw
John Avallone, the new coach
of Behrend's men's varsity tennis
team, predicts a successful
season for the team. He believes
that his players should achieve no
less than a .500 season, matching
last year's 6-6 record, and
perhaps as fine a record as nine
wins and three losses. The
toughest opponents should be
Mercyhurst, Allegheny, and
Edinboro.
Coach Avallone led the
University of Illinois men's
tennis team to a 7-7 season and a
fifth place finish in the Big "10"
tournament. He is looking for
managers and statisticians for
Behrend's eight home matches.
This year's team captain and
number one singles player will be
Mark Baginski. A graduate of
Mercyhurst Prep in Erie, he has
a power game, is highly mobile,
and has excellent groundstrokes.
Avallone says that Baginski
could have played as high as
third singles at the University of
Illinois.
Steve Pappas, a senior from
Strong Vincent in Erie, will play
number two singles. Pappas is a
smart, steady player who relies
on steady strokes and a baseline
game.
At number three singles will be
Gary Gasperich, a freshman,
who has excellent volleys and
dink shots, which have earned
him the nickname "Dr. Dink." At
number four singles is freshman
Jim Brennan, a steady player
of ancient literature, including
some that's familiar to most
people and some that's not. The
Illaid, the Odyssey, the Homerias
literature and the Greek plays in
general will be discussed.
"Role sterotypes are one of the
basic motivations behind human
behavior," Dr. Frankforter said.
"What it was to be a good man—
or a good woman—in one era is
not the same as what it was in
another, or what it is now. It's
very helpful for us to know what
sterotypes these peoples were
being judged against."
The next lecture in this
Thursday evening series will be
"John Marshall and the Jonathon
Robbins Affair," by Dr. David P.
Daniel on March 29, followed by
Dr. Stephen Greiert's April 12
presentation of "Indian Policy of
the British in the Ohio Valley
Prior to the French and Indian
War:"
The final lecture in this series
will not be given by a faculty
member, but rather will be
dazzled fans with his moves
around the basket. He moved to
eighth place in all-time Behrend
scoring.
Kirk Farbacher, 6'7", was a
starter much of the year and was
a floor general. He moved this
season to sixth place among
career scoring leaders at
Behrend.
Kevin Hudson had 160 assists
for the season, which ties the
Behrend record, and Mike Powell
contributed 149 assists, good
enough for fourth place in assists
for a season.
In addition, Behrend's team
was seventh in the country in
rebound margin. If next year is
anything like this year, the
district will see some very ex
citing basketball.
with an explosive two-handed
backhand.
Bill O'Brien a sophomore from
last year's team, will play at
number five. He works hard in
practice, has improved greatly,
and hustles well on the court. Jeff
Hockersmith, a sophomore from
New Jersey, will play at number
six singles. A solid all around
athlete who was all county
quarterback in his high school
and played shortstop in baseball,
Hockersmith may make the most
progress during the season,
according to Avallone.
Gary Calhoun and Mike
McCloskey, both sophomores,
had limited high school ex
perience, but both can develop
during the season and might be
called upon to help at five and six
singles. Matt Sawyer, a
sophomore returning from last
year, has played doubles for the
team and will be called upon for
doubles this year.
The number one doubles team
will be Baginski and Pappas;
Calhoun and Brennan at number
two; and O'Brien and Hocker
smith at number three.
The team played an exhibition
match yesterday against
Lakeland Community College of
Geneva, Ohio, and begins regular
season play on March 30 against
Allegheny at the Billie Jean King
Tennis Center.
Avallone hopes that faculty and
students will come out to the
matches to support the team, and
we wish them luck for the season.
Varsity Tennis
Mar. 30 Allegheny. 3 pm BJKTC
Apr. 5 Geneva . . . ...... 1:30 H
Apr. 7 Malone . . . ..... 1 pm H
Apr. 10 Thiel 1 . 30 H
Apr. 17 Gannon . . . . 1:30 pm H
Apr. 19 Slippery Rock St 2 pm A
Apr. 20 Indiana (Pa.) . . .3 pm H
Apr. 26 Mercyhurst . . . .. 1:30 H
Apr. 28 Westminster . . . 1 pm A
May 1 Edinboro . 3 pm A
May 3 Grove City 2 pm H
May 5 Cleveland St. . . .1 pm A
May 11 D-18 Tourney . . . A
May 12 D-18 Tourney . . . . A
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presented by Behrend student
Joseph Kadajski whose May 10
presentation will center on "The
History of Erie as Reflected in its
Architecture."
All the lectures in this series
are free and open to the public.
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SOFTBALL
SCHEDULE
Apr. 19 Gannon 4pm
Apr. 21 Allegheny .... 10 am
Apr. 26 Mercyhurst. .. .4 pm
Apr. 28 Geneva 2pm
Apr. 30 Villa Maria .... 4 pm
May 2 Edinboro 4pm
May 5 Edinboro 10 am
May 9 Mercyhurst. ... 4 pm
May 10 Allegheny 4pm
May 12 Villa Maria ...10 am
May 12 Thiel 2pm
WOMEN'S VARSITY
SOFTBALL
This spring at Behrend,
women's softball has changed
from a club sport into a varsity
sport.
Softball has been added to the
Women's Keystone Conference
for competition, and Behrend will
vie with five conference op
ponents. They are Villa Maria
College, Mercyhurst, Thiel,
Geneva, and Allegheny.
Two independent games will be
played with Edinboro and
Gannon.
Our Behrend team has twenty
five candidates beginning to
practice. Last year's club had
good support for fans, and the
team is hoping for at least as
much support this year. Let's
wish them luck for a winning
season.
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Contributions
Needed
Temput is Latin for time. Quite
a few years ago it was the title of
Behrend College's yearbook, but
since there is no longer a year
book, you could say we are a
product of evolution, and the
name Tempus is merely a
vestigial appendage.
Tempus is a literary magazine.
A small staff of students solicit
artistic and literary material
from an unwilling populace,
sifting through to find that which
is fit for publication. The staff
then sit in the RUB with the final
copies for one solid week,
receiving strange looks from
students who don't know and-or
don't care who we are. We try to
innoculate them with some
culture, but not too many are
takers. Frankly, we are
discouraged.
But there is hope. We will give
Behrend College one more
chance. You, the Studentbody,
have between now and April 13 to
summon all the strength and
creativity that you possess and
use it to save a dying tradition,
So, are you an undercover
writer? Did you ever fancy your
name in print? Your thoughts, in
a publication with the thoughts of
other students, is what Tempus is
all about. We can't be, without
you.
Artwork, poetry, and short
stories are now being accepted
for consideration for the Spring
issue. Place your contributions in
the Literary Magazine mailbox
behind the RUB desk. For those
of you who would rather partake
in the pleasure of reading the
thoughts of others, Tempus will
be on sale the week of Spring
Arts.
Barb Bogdan and Emily Lott