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VOLUME XXXV NO. 8
Behrend College made it two
straight cage wins ' Saturday
night winning, in overtime, the
Metro Tourney over Mercyhurst
85-84. Playing in the finals of the
Metro of American Realtors
Tournament, the two teams went
after each other from the opening
buzzer. Mercyhurst seemed in
control most of the game and led
the way, but Behrend kept it
pretty close, finally clinching the
contest.
The Lakers jumped in with a
43-38 lead at the intermission and
kept that bulge until the final
seven minutes when the Cubs
made their move. The Cubs took
their first lead of the game, when
Kirk Farbacher and Ron
Williams hit, the count edged to
75-74. However, Sherrad Ben
nard, the most valuable player in
the Tournament scored again,
tying it 76-76.
With two minutes left in the
game, Laker Danny Brown
swished an eight footer -to put
Mercyhurst back in front with 78-
76. Farbacher drove in two points
to make the Cubs even at the 1:31
mark.
Behrend scored the last basket
in regulation time when Far-
Alpha_ Omega Players
In "The - -Drunkard"
An opportunity not only to see a
play but also to take part in the
play (after enjoying a great din
ner) awaits theatre-goers when
the Repertory Theatre of
America - OMEGA PLAYERS of
Rockport, Texas, present "THE
DRUNKARD" on Tuesday,
December 11, in the R.U.B.
Banquet Area.
For whenever this hoary old
melodrama has been presented
in our time, audiences have en
joyed entering into the
proceedings by hissing the
villain, shouting encouraging ad
vice to the beleagured hero, and
applauding the sweet heroine.
"THE DRUNKARD" was first
presented in 1844 as a serious
piece of propaganda for tem
perance, showing the dire con
sequences of succumbing to the
Devil's brew. Its popularity
spread slowly until the greatest
showman of them all, P.T. Bar
num, took the play under his wing
in 1850 and made it one of the
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bacher worked loose inside and
Greg Vaughn hit hint with the
tying hoop.
The Cubs took time out with 12
seconds left, Brown getting the
last shot off from 20 feet. Vaughn
went high in the air to deflect the
ball, but it fell well short as the
buzzer went off to signal five
more minutes of basketball. At
games end, Farbacher's trio of
free throws and a basket by Ron
Williams, were enough to over
come the Takers of Mercyhurst's
final attempt at victory. Words
are hard to find that describe the
rivalry between the two clubs, in
tense and fierce are even too
mild. The fireworks resume on
January 23, when the two teams
will tangle at The Erie County
Fieldhouse.
CUB NOTES: Behrend's Ron
Williams and Greg Vaughn made
the all tourney team. Joining
them were Bill Link and Sherrad
Bennard of Mertyhurst and Ken
Richmond of Brockport. Ron
Williams led the winners with 23
points. Charles Smith added 20,
Mike Powell netted 16 and Greg
Vaughn also ended with 20 tallies.
Farbacher finished he contest
with nine crucial points.
most popular plays of the
Nineteenth century—always a
serious tract on the consequences
of touching alcohol.
The play's naivete made it
seem old-fashioned after some
decades and it dropped out of
sight from the late 1890's until
Prohibition in the 1920's made
people remember it again—this
time as a wonderful spoof of the
temperance movement. From
the late 1920's to the present
"THE DRUNKARD" has been
played as a quaintly charming
comedy, the many adaptations
and new versions all being ac
cepted as fantastic successes that
may have made Barnum and
Carrie Nation whirl a bit in their
respective graves, but made
countless audiences glow with
happy laughter.
In this latest version by
Raymond Hill, author of
numerous successful
melodramas, as well as books
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Published by the Students of the Behrend College of the Pennsylvania State University
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- Behrend Cub Charles Smith gracefully lofts a jumper•over - Mercyhurst player' Davey Brown.
Smith finished the game with 20 points.
both fiction and non-fiction, the
ALPHA-OMEGA PLAYERS will
present in the central roll of the
well-meaning hero brought to a
dreadful downfall by drink, Kent
Johnson as Edward Middleton.
The role of the anguished wife
will be portrayed by Vicki
Hughes (Mary). John Payne will
have the flashy role as the evil
Lawyer Cribbs who not only turns
the hero into a sot but, twirling
his mustache, is ready at any
moment to forge wills, foreclose
Mortgages on poor innocent
people and otherwise perpetrate
matevolence. Also, •in the cast
will be Jean Kay Siffon as Mrs.
Wilson, Mary's mother. All are
under the direction of Drexel H_
Riley, producer of the Repertory
Theatre of America and director
of the ALPHAt.OMEGA Players.
The cost of the Dinner-Theatre
is $5.50 which includes a Buffet
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Turn Up
The Radio
Behrend's radio station, WBCR
is on its feet and is quickly
making leaps and bounds to
respectability. The station can be
found on 560 AM on the radio dial.
The station needs the listening of
the students. There have been
pessimists on campus who- scoff
at the station, but when asked if
they listened to the station, never
respond. The Disc Jockeys on the
staff must play their own albums,
write their own shows, and must
also pay dues. The station's
major asset is its versatility.
What other station in the area
functions without a playlist and
isn't just Top 40?
Listen to WBCR some night and
The Behr e nd Cub looks on as the hoopers win in overtime.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979
your ears might be pleasantly
surprised, with such groups as:
The Doors, Jim Hendrix, Gentle,
Giant, U.K., Lester Scruggs,
Triumvirate, Rush and numerous
Jazz Artists. 7
Variety in music is here at
Behrend. Have. you listened to
WBCR? Do it one time, and sup
port your radio station. Tell them
what you like, don't like and what
you want to hear. The station in
the upcoming months may be
bigger and better. Rumor has it
that if the station does well this
year, next year could mean the
big time for WBCR, a channel on
FM frequency!
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