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Floor Parties—
To Be or
Not To Be?
- On campus, a floor party held
last November 26th in Lawrence
Hall is seemingly destined to be
the last. A few incidents of un
disciplined behavior stands in the
way of future floor parties. There
are a quite a few Bet rend studen
ts who strongly oppose not being
able to occasionally have a good
time because of the overall lack
of floor party control.
An effort should be made by
both sponsors and participators
of the parties so that Behrend can
continue its night-life. To help
make these parties successful,
several students gave their
opinions to this question:
"Since floor parties are no
longer allowed to be held,
because of unacceptable
behavior, what suggestions do
you have that might control floor
parties so that they- can con
tinue?"
These are their responses :
"Hold the people for whoever's
floor party it is responsible for
any damages. They are taking
the risk of having the party, and
they should be able to keep things
under control.
It would also be a good idea if
they could open the doors bet
ween the two sides. It would
make things a lot more open and
everyone wouldn't iust jam in."
Steve Jupena
Niagara Hall
"It would ut. better if there
were more space. By opening the
doors between the girls and the
guys side, there would be more
room to fit all the people. A lot of
the aggravation was caused by
accidentally spilling something
on someone.
Maybe leaving I.D.'s or signing
in would put some control on the
people there. They would know
who was there.
Also, there should be no reason
to take food or beverages from
the floor. Everything should be
left on the floor."
"If using the lobby or study
room isn't allowed, have the floor
parties in a different place. If
they can't be held on campus, a
fire hall or possibly the loft
should be rented."
Bill Jukanovich
Lawrence Hall
The people planning the party,
the ones who are known to behave
reasonably, should watch the
party and act as bouncers. When
anyone gets rowdy in the
slightest, they should first be
warmed by the student guards.
Then if anyone gets really rowdy,
the bouncers should get together
and throw them out."
"If they want to have a party,
the ticket money should
definitely go to replacing things if
damaged is done. The Hall
having the party is having the
risk, so they should be aware of
what is going on so that there is
not much trouble. If they see
someone getting out of hand,
either they should be asked to
leave or be thrown out; because if
someone is getting rowdy, there
is going to be trouble."
Lou Anne Zabel
Perry Hall
"If there is going to be a „floor
party, the kids who are having it
should be responsible to keep
everyone under control. If they
don't do that, they should not
have another floor party."
Trouble should be stopped as
soon as it starts, They tried to
stop it at the last party, but there
veren't enough people stationed
at different places to tell anyone
rowdy to leave."
Donna Higgins
Lawrence Hall
These suggestions should be
considered by both the party
planners and attenders. Most
Behrend students feel that with a
little more rule enforcing, floor
parties could again be held
without much trouble.
The
Prodigal
Son
Comes
Home
A lot of people went home for
the first time in ten weeks for the
past Thanksgiving Break. Boy,
have things changed! First of all,
mom and dad actually treat you
like their kid.
Come home from college and
you're the prodigal son or
daughter. Mom actually cooks
stuff like steak and pizza for sup
per, and tries to plan a menu full
of your favorite foods. Suddenly,
the car is at your educated
disposal (and you don't have to
pay for the gas). When you don't
make your bed and don't clean up
after yourself, Mom doesn't have
a bird. When your dad orders you
to rake the leaves, trim the
hedges, cut the grass, wash the
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car and paint the interior of the
garage, mom stops him and tells
him, "Bill, Joe is only home for a
while, let's make him feel at
home."
Your parents now start to
reaii7e you will probably be one
of their main sources of income
when they retire, because you
have an education. So they treat
you like Ozzie always treated
David and Ricky on the
"Nelsons.", or how Ward Cleaver
managed Wally and the Beaver
on, "Leave It To Bedver", (didn't
Beaver become disgustingly
fruitier every year he got older?)
Mom and Dad also realize that in
stead of helping ease their
retirement you could ship them
off to the N.C.O.F.A.A. (Nearest
Cheapest Old Folks Abode
Available.)
Another advantage to coming
home is how the local high school
girls treat you. Overnight you
become a sensation to them.
Those younger bodies (who
always ignored your insignificant
previous self) now realize that
you are a college man and will
give up their limbs for a date. It's
not really an infatuation with
you; it's just that the girl knows
that after one date with you, a
college man, their value will
skyrocket on the dating market.
Not only do the girls pay extra
attention to you, but so do your
neighbors. Mr. Connelly, who
always called the local police for
ce to bust your harmless, rowdy,
keg parties, suddenly is in
terested in your inew life of higher
learning. Everyday that he sees
you he asks what college you go
to, what you are majoring in and
how the first ten weeks of school
went. You never did like Mr. Con
nelly, so every time he asks you
When in Southern California visit
those questions, you cleverly
change your answers. Once in a
while you even throw in a story
like on your way to Behrend you
were kidnapped and held captive
at Grove City for the last two
months.
The biggest change that the
college student adapts quickly to
are the comfortably living con
ditions at home. Once again, you
are able to sit on your bed, stret
ch out your legs and not hit the
wall on the other side of the room.
You, can jam your stereo up to
eight without your dorm neigh
bors and R.A. threatening to cut
the wiring to your system. You
can actually take a shower
without having to worry if your
room will still be there when
you're done. The roll of toilet
paper in the bathroom once again
has a nice design on it.
One unfortunate thing you
notice is that you have developed
habits that are hard to break. At
breakfast when you pass your
mother,' you flash your meal
ticket at her and search the kit
chen for a tray.
Overall, though, it was an en-
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December 6, 1979
joyable visit home. Now, in a
couple of weeks one can look for
ward to Christmas break and
about a 200 dollar loss on presents
for the family?
"The
Drunkard"
continued from page I
Dinner as well as the play. Din
ner will be served at 6:00 p.m. in
the R.U.B. Banquet Area. Tickets
and reservations are available at
the R.U.B. Desk, and reser
vations must be made by
FRIDAY 5:00 p.nr. This is a
Student Union Board sponsored
event.