NOVEMBER 4, 1981
Behrend Security
by Sharyn Phillips
In an effort to learn more about
the security system here at
Behrend, I had an interview with
Chief Gene Johnson. He revealed
some interesting and surprising
facts about his department and
gave some guidelines for per
sonal safety.
The Behrend Security Patrol
provides protection for the pro
perty and buildings as well as the
staff, faculty, students, and
visitors 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year. They patrol all buildings
and University property in
cluding the parts of Wintergreen
gorge that wind through the cam
pus. They work mostly on foot,
using their vehicle when they
have to go off one part of the cam
pus to get to another part. Por
table radios are constant links
between the on duty officers and
their bay station in South
Cottage.
This six officer (five men, one
woman) team is actually a mini
police force without guns. Their
duties are exactly the same as of
ficers on a regular police force.
Enforcing traffic regulations,
securing the safety of property
and lives, and preventative
patrols are normal parts of
everyday routine.
Four of the six have been train
ed at the State Police Academy
and have the authority to in
vestigate all crimes and arrest
any law-breakers on campus pro
perty. To this date they have in
vestigated and been able to bring
evidence to court for every type
of crime except homicide accor
Commuter Corner
"There is more to college than
academics," commented Joe
D'Abbe', Commuter Council
president. In an interview this
last Monday after the 12:10
meeting of the council." All ac-
tivities are for commuters as Well
as residents. If students want
more out of their college years,
they have to participate.
"If commuter students have an
idea for an activity at lunch hour
or during their time here they
should come to the Commuter
Council meeting. It's called Com
muter Council, but all com
muters can participate and sug
gest. All meetings are open to all
commuters."
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ding to Chief Johnson.
When asked how safe the dorm
students were, Chief Johnson
said, "They're only as safe as
they want to make it." He gave a
list of common sense guidelines
for them to follow:
1. Lock your door behind you.
2. Don't let anyone in through
the window.
3. Don't admit strangers.
4. If you find a stranger in the
dorm, especially in your hall,
challenge them and demand
identification.
5. Immediately inform the R.A.
about their presence.
If these guidelines are follow
ed, Chief Johnson states, "They'll
be safer than at home."
For car owners, Security issues
parking permits as well as park
ing tickets. University Park gave
the regulation for the permits and
controls the fee. Of the monies
collected from the permits, 10 per
cent stays here at Behrend for
plowing and maintenance of the
parking lots and the rest goes to a
University Park Fund for the
building and resurfacing of park
ing lots and for the lights in the
lots.
Parking fines are paid at the
Financial Office in the Ad
ministration Building and all this
money is deposited in the Student
Union Fund.
During the day, contacting
Security is as simple as dialing
the University phone number and
asking for Security.
After 5:00 p.m. the telephone is
switched over to an answering
service that will either take a
His final comment was "you
get out what you put in."
There is a bulletin board
specifically for commuters, on
the wall, in the lounge area, by
the RUB desk.
Don't forget the "Goldie
Oldies" dance November 7, at
9:00 p.m. There will be dance in
structors in the Gorge at 8:00
p.m. for Jitterbug and Limbo
dances for anyone who wants to
learn. During the dance in the
Gorge, there will be contests for
twist, jitterbug, and limbo. Free
popcorn and drink will be served
and a snack slate purchase will
be available. Admission is
singles - 50 cents, and couples - 75
cents.
BEHRENO COLLEGIAN
New Mus
by Maureen Trageser
A new musical drama "Dazy"
will open in Erie on December 11,
at 8:00 p.m. A total of ten perfor
mances will be shown, including
two Sunday matinees, running
from the 11th through the 13th
and re-opening the 16-20. Curtain
time will be at 8:00 p.m. for all
performances except Sunday
matinees at 2:30 p.m.
Directing the play under Paul
Iddings is assistant director,
Fred Null, a 1978 graduate of
Mercyhurst with degrees in
English and Theatre.
Null first became acquainted
with Iddings at Mercyhurst about
three years ago and has been
working for him on-and-off ever
since, designing pesters and
generally assisting. "I do
whatever has to be done," Null
said with a shrug. "Working with
Paul (Iddings) is graduate work
for me."
In addition, Null directed
"Grease" at the Behrend College
Studio Theatre last summer and
"Starting Here, Starting Now,"
the year before. He also directed
Neil Simon's "Prisoner of Second
Avenue," in Erie.
"Dazy" is a drama revolving
around the life of a bag woman in
New York. The story begins in
message or in case of an
emergency will contact by radio
the officer on duty. Beginning
this term the dorm R.A. has a
portable radio to contact Security
if necessary.
For emergencies, contact your
R.A. or call the University
number and state your problem
to the operator.
Office Change
By Lisa Lubomski
As always, there are many
changes taking place around
Behrend this term, and one of the
places that is changing is the Ad
ministration Building. Over the
past couple of weeks, the upstairs
portion of the Administration
Building has lost a few tenants,
and gained some new ones.
Knowing how hard it is for some
students to adjust, even without
all these changes, one of our
enterprising staff took a walk
over to find out who was moving,
and where they were moving to.
Mr. Robert Finley, Director for
Operations at Behrend, explained
the changes as an effort to
"group together departments
which provide like functions."
These departments are DUS, Ad
missions, The Academic Services
1 or 2 Female Roommates wanted to share
home and expenses.
Southeast area of Erie
455-6298 after 3:00 p.m.
ical
Drama "Dazy"
1981 and is made up of flashbacks
of the woman's life, starting with
her high school graduation in
1950, through her marriage and
baby in the 60's, and her separa
tion that led to her homeless
state. By the time the story ac
tually takes place, Dazy's
estranged daughter is 18 years
old and is looking for her mother
in - the streets of New York.
The music runs from one end of
the spectrum to the other, vary
ing with the era Beatles during
the 50s, through Joplin, Peter,
Paul, and Mary in the 60s, to Led
Zeppelin and the New Wave of the
80s.
The play opens as a tryout with
hopes of eventually making it to
Broadway. "Naturally, it's still
much too early to tell," Null
acknowledged, "But we're pretty
optimistic about it."
Production begins with Paul Id
dings as director, Fred Null,
assistant director, and John
Wilkinson as music director;
choreography is done by Becky
Zellefrow, and light designing by
Chuck Schmidt.
Susan Edwards, a veteran
from Broadway, will fly in from
New York, in November to act in
"Dazy," and several other roles
have been precast. However,
auditions are not planned to begin
until Wednesday of this week.
A great deal relies on the out
come of the play: if it should go to
Broadway, there is the possibility
that some of the directors would
be kept, as well as some of the
cast.
Production on the play began
last week, although most of the
crew has not been decided on yet.
Center, and Mr. Dana Anderson.
DUS is located at the southern
most part of the Administration
Building, having moved from the
north end of the hall. The Admis
sions Offices are located where
DUS used to be. Barbara Swift
says the new offices provide a
"Better situation for talking to
prospective students and their
parents," due to the fact that they
are much larger than their old of
fices in the Reed Building.
We were unable to reach the
Academic Services Center for
comment. Nevertheless, they
will now be located in rooms 215
and 217 in the Administration
Building. This central location
should at least make academic
help for students easier to find.
The last moves involves Mr.
Dana Anderson, a psychology in
structor. Mr. Anderson can now
be found in 216 of the Administra
tion Building.
So, if you have been looking for
Admissions, but couldn't find
them, be assured that they are
still around; they were just mov
ed a little.
Rehearsals will begin the end of
this week right after auditions
and will continue, "Morning,
afternoon, and evening," right
through Thanksgiving.
Free previews will be shown at
the Behrend Studio Theatre,
December 8,9, and 10, at 8:00
p.m.
Communications
Interns
By Ann Karmazon
Three communications majors
from Behrend and three others
from Gannon and Villa Maria
have been working on internships
for WRIE radio this term. Vickie
Brown, Maryann Rizzo, and Ann
Karmazon have been under the
supervision of WRIE's News
Director, Bob Hughes.
Under Mr. Hughes, the interns
have been learning how to run
various pieces of studio equip
ment, to write and re-write news
copy, and to read news over the
air.
Each student actually does
over-the-air news one night per
week at 10 and 11 p.m. Three
weeks ago, the internship was ex
panded to Saturday afternoons.
Now each intern also does six
news broadcasts on every sixth
Saturday, putting her in the
studio from noon until 6 p.m.
In the studio, the interns first
make several phone calls to local,
city, state, and township police
departments, fire departments,
and hospital& Any news they get
from these sources they must
write up themselves.
Usually the news person who
was in the studio just before the
intern, has left several local news
items which the intern must re
write for her own use.
While doing all this, the intern
must also keep an eye on the net
work copy coming over the wire
and an ear on the police scanner
for additional national and local
news - plus watch the clock.
The interns make most deci
sions on what they will say over
the air. If the story doesn't sound
interesting to them, they don't
use it.
After the 11 o'clock news the in
terns prepare some local news
stories for the disc jockey to read
during the night. They also make
20 to 60 second tapes off the net
work channel for Mr. Hughes to
use, in the morning.
One of the interns, Maryann
Rizzo, commented on the pro
gram, "I love it! I've learned so
much. This is very close to what I
hope to be doing with my life
when I graduate."
The interns have also met
many locally famous WRIE per
sonalities including Kevin Ben
son, Flo Scutella, and Kurk Holtz
(a former Gannon intern). Ms.
Karmazon noted, "It's been a
great experience so far. The peo
ple there have been extremely
nice to us. Any problems, and
they're right there friendly and
willing to help."
These students learned about
the internship program through
Dr. Robert Francesconi, com
munications professor here on
campus.
According to Francesconi
MITE has had this type of pro
gram for the past several years,
but it was usually only offered to
students from Gannon. This year
it has been expanded to students
from Behrend, Villa Maria, and
Edinboro.
Francesconi said that each stu
dent from Behrend will receive
three credits for participating in
the program and •at the end,
WRIE will offer the two best in
terns a part-time job at the
station.
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