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Dean Selection committee See. s The five committee members
from UniVersity Park are Dr.
. . Richard Chait, Assistant
P Provost; Dr. Robert Dunham,
Fattu-lty And Students Views _ Vice-President for
Undergraduate studies; Dr.
George McMurity, Professor of
Electrical Engineering; Dr.
Robert Pashek, Associate Dean,
College of Business; and Dr.
Christine Pooties, Associate
Professor of Physical Education.
Today's meetings will be the
only opportunity for the Behrend
community to speak with all the
members of the committee.
Dr. Roger Sweeting, 13ehrend's
Athletic Director and chairman
of the Search Committee for the
Dean 'of Behrend College,
recently announced that this ten
member group will be available
to meet with faculty and students
today, April 3, from ap
proximately 10:30 a.m. until 2:00
p.m. The Committee members
will be in the Reed Seminar room
during that time period.
The Search Committee has five
representatives from both
Behrend and University Park.
The group plans to use opinions
from the faculty, staff and
students to piece together the
main qualities a dean for
Behrend College-should possess.
Chairman Sweeting urges that,
"concerned students should
• participate in this representative
-process."
Earlier this year both Director
Irvin Kockel and Academic Dean
Thomas Fox announced their
resignations and acceptance of
new positions at Main Campus.
Subsequently University Park
officials declared that the offices
of Behrend College's director and
academic dean would be fused in
to a single dean position. The
new dean selection committee
was formed to identify can
didates for this office.
At this early stage, the Com-
Teddy
Ted Kennedy campaigns for his father.
likiblished by the Students of the-Behrend College of the Pennsylvania State University
mittee's main goals are to solicit
opinions from members of the
Behrend community, advertise
the new position in. the proper
journals, and then to review
resumes.
After inspecting resumes, the
,Committee-members will decide
by May 15, on three to five names
which they will send to Univer
sity Park for consideration. All
_resumes must be postmarked by
April 28.
Upon receiving the resumes.
which the Committee submits,
University Park Provost Edward
Eddy and other main campus
officials will contact each
nominee and then send their
preferred candidate to Behrend
to be interviewed by the Selection
Committee members. This stage
of the process is expected to take
place in June or early July. If the
candidate accepts the position,
his name will be submitted to
Penn State's Board of Trustees
for approval at their July
meeting.
If for some reason a suitable
candidate cannot be found to fill
the position by the Fall 'SO term,
Director Kockel has agreed to
stay until the new dean hastieen
designated.
Besides Dr. Sweeting, the other
four Behrend members of this
committee• are. Dr. Mary_
Jr. Campaigns In Erie
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Chisholm, Assistant Professor of
Chemistry; Dr. A. Daniel Frank
forter, Associate Professor of
History; Dr. Charles Kolb,
COBSGA Holds Unnoticed
Faculty Senate Election
On Wednesday, March 26, the
Committee of Branch Campus
Student Government
Associations (COBSGA) held an
election for student represen
tatives from the branch cam
puses to the Faculty Senate. Of
the ten students on the roster,
none were from Behrend. The
results of the election will not be
available for two weeks.
The candidates in the election
were nominated by their campus'
COBSGA representative. To be
• eligible they had to be a branch
campus student who would be
able to serve for one year and
attend all meetings.
The three students who receive
the highest number of votes will
sit as members of the Faculty
Senate, the sole legislative body
which represents the university
faculty as a whole. The Faculty
Senate also serves as a consultive
and advisory body to President
by Joe Englert
The smile, the face and the
mannerisms were familiar.
When he began to give his
audience his views on political
issues, there could be no mistake.
The speaker was definitely a
Kennedy.
Edward Kennedy Jr., appeared
quite adept when he, elaborated
on the issues his father hopes to
be elected on. Kennedy spoke at a
press conference at the Erie
,Holiday Inn, Sunday, March 30
for college and high school
newspapers in the area.
Teddy, Jr., is on the road trying
to capture the youthful vote for
his father. None of the political
candidates, save John Anderson,
has gotten any enthusiastic
support from America's 18-25
year olds. This age group could
win Senator Kennedy the state of
Pennsylvania in the upcoming
primary as well as the country if
he is successful in gaining the
support of this large bloc. Here
are some of the views and
comments Teddy Jr., presented
at the conference_
On the upcoming Pen
nsylvania Primary:
Kennedy thinks his dad will do
well in the state. He gave the
standard party line when he said,
"My father, for the past 17 years,
has shown that he is for the
working man, the worker."
Pennsylvania has a high
percentage of unionized workers,
elderly and young people. Groups
that the Kennedy family has
traditionally had the support of in
the past.
On the possibility of a Debate
between Senator Kennedy and
President Carter:
Teddy Kennedy Jr. says that
the President is avoiding a
political debate by hiding in the
White House and using the
hostage crisis as a crutch. When
the point was brought up that
maybe that is what an incumbent
should do, stay-in office and serve
Assistant Professor of
Anthropology; and Michael
McCloskey, student represen
tative and resident assistant for
This election was unfortunate
for three reasons: there were no
candidates from Behrend
College, there was no prior notice
of the election, and there was no
information available to the
voters concerning the can
didates.
It is not known why there were
no candiates from our branch
campus.
Rick Stetzler, SGA member in
charge of running the election at
the Behrend Campus said that
the reason no one knew about the
election was that the SGA had
only a week's notice themselves
that they were to hold the elec
tion.
It is not known why COBSGA
did not provide additional in
formation such as a resume on
each candidate. Apparently only
one student on the roster sent out
a resume which was available at
he_ voting site..._
his constituients, Kennedy gave a
cure-all answer. "Congress is in a
transitional stage. Many
members are seeking re-election.
My father is there at the Senate
when important bills are being
voted on. He has one of the top 10
or 15 voting records since he was
elected into the Senate."
On Nuclear Energy:
Kennedy told the press that his
father favors finding an alter
native to oil, but that does not
necessarily mean nuclear power.
"My father doesn't want to rush
in on using any specific energy
-source." This ambivalent stand
could prove disappointing to
those on both sides of the nuclear
issue.
Gun Control:
This is one of the few issues
that the young Kennedy made a
strong point and clarified his
father's position. ",4ong guns,
rifles and all sporting guns are
meant for recreation and sport.
It's the "Saturday Night
Specials" that have to be can
trolled. These guns are made for
one purpose and one purpose
only, to kill other human beings."
Kennedy said that it scared him
that anybody could purchase one
of these guns for 20 dollars and
could even order a "Saturday
Night Special" from the back of
some magazines.
On the inevitable subject of
Chappaquiddick:
"One should never accuse my
father of having moral flaws,"
Kennedy remarked. The young
Kennedy said that his father has
gone through as much pain as
anyone. -"My father has proved
himself innocent and answered
the questions about Chap
paquiddick hundreds of times,
over and the proof is there for
everyone to see."
On Mandatory Conscr i ption:
"My father is in favor of a
military draft in a necessary
sit uat ion," Kennedy explained
that the President's figures of
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1980
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Committee
Schedule
10:30 - After arrival and
tour of the campus, the Com
mittee members will assem
ble in the Reed Seminar
Room.
12:00 - Designated student
representatives will lunch
with the Committee in the
Seminar Room. Faculty and
staff may join.
1:00 - Members will again be
accessible to students and
faculty for approximately an
hour.
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. -Ina closed
door session the Committee
will analyze their findings and
at the conclusion of this
meeting U.P. members will
return to Main Campus.
saving 13 days on preparing for
war if people are pre-registered
are misleading. Kennedy went on
to say that it would take nearly
two years to make a man fron
the street a soldier on the bat
tlefield. "The President says the
the Russian presence 1 ,
Afghanistan is the biggest threv',
to peace since World War IL
What about the Korean War'
What about the Cuban Missic
crisis or the Berlin Wall?"
On a National Health Insurance
Bill:
Kennedy said that his dad
would initiate proposals to put
lids on the prices of medical fees
and services. Under the Kennedy
plan, a doctor would make more
money if his patients stayed
healthy, rather than if they were
chronically ill.
On The Hostage Situation:
"My father believes that all
should support the president in a
time of crisis." But Kennedy also
added that not enough has been
done to free the hostages. In his
opinion, the whole affair could
have been avoided. "The
President overlooked all the
warnings that Iran gave us about
sheltering the Shah. Carter said
that the Shah was being taken
into the country on the premise
that the Shah could only receive
proper medical care in this
country. Now, it has been
discovered that the Shah could
have received proper medical
attention in 25 or 26 other coun
tries."
Kennedy explained that the
country is disenchanted with the
office of the presidency. The
people want to see new leader
ship in the White House.
On the prospect of his father
dropping out:
"We could go into the
Democratic convention 100
delegates behind and still capture
the nomination_ We'll be there to
the end."