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VOLUMN XXXVI NO. 6
Where's the fire? There was no fire last Tuesday night, although there was a drill in which the
Brookside Fire Company appeared at Behrend, checked out their gear, and spent some time
watering the trees next to R.U.B. parking lot. Photo: Grant Edwards
Lambda Sigma
Selecting
Lambda Sigma, the Sophomore
Honor Society, is presently in the
process of selection the new
members for the 1979-80 school
year.
Eligibility is based .on term
standing, which is first, second,
or third, and cumulative
average, which has been reset to
a 2.75 for the Freshman Class this
year.
The steps are as follows:
1.) Students are notified as to their
eligibility and invited to a
reception where the selection
committee and present members
review those interested can
didates.
2) One week later the selection
committee, comprised of present
members, past members,
faculty, and upper division
students, prepare a list of names
(maximum of 40) based on the
reception and the students' lists
of extra-curricular activities,
both here and in high school
3) Our list of nominees is sent-to
the national selections board in
Kentucky for final approval; then
the list is returned to us for one
last inspection.
4) The students are notified of
their full acceptance into the
society and face us with the gift of
choice (yes or no). They then will
accept our gift of color (by
wearing the Lambda Sigma pin
during the day).
A & HS Course Confusion
by Polly Zadernak
and
Grant Edwards
Many students seem to be
confused about the A&HS 198
courses offered here at Behrend.
In a interview Dean Salvia
provided much information that
cleared up some misconceptions
about those courses.
The 198 number is used for
what the University calls an
"experimental" course. In a
given topic, say 198 A -Basic
Photography, the course can be
offered only for two terms and
thereafter must be either ac
cepted as part of the curriculum
by the University with a regular
course number, or dropped and
not offered again. -
All the campuses can offer
198 courses, but they must first be
approved by the Senate Com
mittee on• Curricular Affairs.
A problem with the A&HS 198
courses is seen by the Liberal
Arts students. They often ask,
"Under which category do we list
the A&HS 198 course Arts or
Humanities?" Dean Salida feels
that the title of the A&HS 198
course should _indicate under
which category it falls. The
Photography class is more
Published by the Students of the Behrend College of the Pennsylvania State University
5) The last selection step will
occur during Spring Week,
namely the initiation where they
are asked to present the gift of
evidence (the society fee), and
accept our gift of total initiation.
During the remaining weeks
they are to have their first
meeting and elect their officers.
At our reception we were
pleased with the quality and the
number of the students who took
that first step of interest into the
society. Best of luck to all our
candidates.
Road Rally
by Holly MacTaggart
It's almost time for the April
Ist Road Rally. This will leave
the RUB Parking lot at 12:30
P.M. on this Sunday. The way to
win a ROAD RALLY is to be
calm, cool and efficient. You're
scored first on the number of
gimmick questions answered
correctly, second on your
mileage and third on your over
all time. Trophies will be
awarded to both driver and
navigator for First and Second
Place winners.
If you want to enter the Road
Rally the deadline is FRIDAY,
March 30th at 4:30. You enter at
the RUB desk. Late registration
may be accepted on Sunday if
positions are available.
Road Rally
closely related to the Arts, where
"Literature and Science" would
more appropriately fit in
Humanities.
If there is still any confusion or
question as to which group the
course fits in, a student can
always ask Dean Salvia or a
faculty advisor, for they are very
willing to help students in any
way they can.
The Engineering student is
faced with a more serious
problem. The question is not
which category to which the class
belongs, but whether any credit
at all as an elective will be given
for the 198 course? This question
was asked of Mr. Grode the
representative for the Dean of the
College of Engineering. Accor
ding to Mr. Grode, new skills
courses such as Photography
( A&HS 198 A) do not qualify as
electives. Even if the course
Science and Literature (A&HS
198 B) is obviously a hum
manities course, it is not on the
list of approved electives. To get
such a course approved, one must
petition the department. In the
end it is probably simpler for the
Engineering student to take
another three credit approved
elective.
Station Rd., Erie, Pa
Psych
Grant
Ms. Anne Wykoff, along with
six other Behrend students, has
been given a $13,330 grant from
the National Science Foundation
in the Student Originated Studies
Program to research an area of
psychology never before tackled.
Only four such grants were
awarded in Pennsylvania this
year. The experiment's title is
"The Thermal Degradation of
Polymers in Combination:
Synergistic Effects on
Labbratory Rats," and Ms.
Wykoff is head of the team. The
experiment will run from June 1,
1979, to August 23, 1979.
According to Ms. Wykoff the
purpose of this 100 per cent
student originated project is to
detect "toxic products generated
in residential fires from the
presence of plastic furnishings,
fixtures, and construction
materials." The experiment was
motivated by the large number of
deaths due to smoke inhalation in
this nation's home fires.
Ms. Wykoff hopes the results
will "contribute to the reduction
of mortalities due to fire through
the expansion of present
knowledge of home material
usage and performance."
Rats will be exposed to toxic
gasses generated from super--
heated plastics most common in
homes, such as Flexible
Polyurethane foam (found in
chair cushions), Poly-vinyl
chloride (found in chair covers),
and polystyrene (found in plastic
tables, covers, "and TV cabinets).
Prior to this experiment ;
testing has been carried out on
only one type of plastic. This test
will observe the deadly effects of
two or more plastics combined.
The topic for research was
formed back in Spring of 1978
when Ms. Wykoff began library
research an spent unreim
bursed money to start the wheels
moving. Originally, she thought
psychology would be the only
route of investigation, but later
realized the necessity of in
corporating biology and
chemistry.
It was in this early research
proposal procedure stage that
Kiyoe Mizusawa, Associate
Professor of Psychology, advised
Anne and helped her with vital
corrections. Anne also expresses
gratitude to Dave Higby, Vincent
Presta, and Eva Clark, who also
helped in the early stages of the
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT
FOR TEACHING AWARD
Nominations are being sought
for the Behrend Advisory Board's
Excellence in Teaching Award
for 1978-79.
Nominations for this award are.
being solicited from students,
faculty or staff. Any full-time
faculty member currently
completing two or more years of
service at Behrend, except last
year's recipient, is eligible.
Nominating papers are available
in the Office of the Dean of
Faculty, Records Office, any
academic Division office and
Student Affairs Offices. The
faculty member selected to
receive this award for 1979 will be
chosen from the nominees by a
committee of three students and
three faculty members, with the
Dean serving as chairman.
Nominations must be made by
April 11, 1979.
In 1969, the Behrend College
Advisory Board established an
"Excellence In Teaching" aware
to annually recognize that faculty'
member who in the opinion of
students and colleagues most
truly fills the role of an inspired
and committed instructor - an
experiment, and to Loretta May
and Sally Butterbaugh, two
secretaries who helped her on
their own time.
Included among the seven
students working on the ex
periment are biology, chemistry,
and psychology majors who will
perform autopsies and detailed
examinations of the rat tissues.
They will also observe the
physiological and behavioral
changes in the rats and chart the
Time to Death of the rats.
The following students (three
of whom are Lambda Sigma
Honor Society members) will be
working on the project:
Anne Wykoff—chemistry and
psychology major.
Brenda Shields biology major
with a strong minor in chemistry.
Elizabeth Angotti—Jiberal arts
and engineering major.
Michelle Lackovic—chemistry
major.
Anthony Ignocheck—biology
and chemistry major.
Cathy Wantz—biology major.
Louis Balmer—faculty advisor.
The above students met stiff
requirements (among them a
minimum of 3.0 cumulative
average) to be considered as part
of the research staff. According
to Ms. Wykoff, they are the
"best" in their majors at
Behrend.
Anne and her staff are excited
about the experiment and are
currently. preparing the Fresh
man Chem Lab and Biology Labs
with the equipment they have
received from the National
Science Foundation.
Ms. Wykoff and Ms. Shields
will attend a post-Christmas
conference in Washington, D. C.,
where they will present a final
report on the rat experiment.
The Collegian congratulates
Anne and her staff on the ac
ceptance of her peoposal and
approved grant by the National
Science Foundation and wishes
them success on the experiment.
Hopefully their success in
gaining the grant will encourage
other students to look for grants.
Thursday, March 29, 1979
instructor whose teaching and
working with students is
characterized by excellence.
The recipient of the award,
selected from among faculty
members nominated by students,
chartered student organizations,
faculty or staff, is recognized at
Commencement each spring and
receives a plaque and a check for
$250 from the Behrend College
Advisory Board.
Previous, recipients of the
"Excellence in Teaching award
include:
1970 Philip K, lobst, Instructor
in Philsophy, 1971 Jeffrey C.
Steinbrink, Instructor in English.
1972 Edwin C. Masteller.
Associate Professor of Biology.
1973 A. Daniel Frankforter.
Assistant Professor of History.
1974 Mary Chisholm, Assistant
Professor of Chemistry, 1975
Charles C. Kolb, Instructor in
Anthropology, 1976 Donald R.
LLavers, Assistant Professor of
Chemistry, 1977 Michel Small.
Assistant Professor of English.
1978 Barry R. Weller, Assistant
Professor of Economics.
Annual
Fund Fair
The 3rd Annual Scholarship
Fund Fair sponsored by the
Behrend College Faculty Women
and Wives Association will be
held Saturday, March 31, 1979 at
the Harborcreek . Mall on East
Lake Road from 10 a.m. tc. 5 p.m.
The Fair will feature crafts,
books. baked goods, hoagies.
rummage sale, quilt raffle and
silent auction. Various mer
chants and Behrend patrons have
generously donated premiums
for the silent auction. A complete
list of premiums will be posted at
the auction table during the Fair.
Some of the merchants include
Markham Music, Singer in the
Eastway Plaza, Eastway
Da hlkemper. Kings Court
Racquet Ball Club, Eastway
Lanes. Wendell's Sharpening
Service, and Toy World in K-Mart
Plaza Easi .
There are a pair of Philhar
monic tickets to the Doc
Sevrenson concert, tennis and
karate lessons, and an afternoon
picnic and sailing on Lake
Chautauqua.
Various members pooled their
talents to make the quilt to raffle.
The quilt is the "Log Cabin - Barn
Raising" _ design in prominent
blue and white colors. Quilters
include Micky Simmons, Teri
Knouse, Jennie Lee, Gretchen
Wolford, Ethel Kochel, Marilyn
Redenius. and Louise Fox.
The quilt will be on display in
the College library in Reed Union
Building until the Fair. Raffle
tickets are 50 cents each or three
for $1 and will be available-art the
Fair. Raffle tickets may be oh
tained from Cissy Tauber - 11Im
1414 or any member of- 'hi.
Women's organization prior In
the Fair. The drawing will he
held at 4:30 p.m. at the liar- -
borcreek - Mall. Proceeds from
the Fair will be used toward a
scholarship for a qualifying
Behrend student who intends to
complete his or her Penn State
degree at the Behrend College.