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EDITORIALS
Creative Arson
Chuck Beckman
The Behrend College Ad
ministration has gone too far. We
all know that the only time
Behrend gets any attention in the
local media is when: a. Someone
gets raped, or, b. Something
burns down. We at the Collegian
think that Perry-Hall was a bad
choice for the Administration to
have chosen in their attempt to
beat out Gannon and the Hurst in
media attention. Other buildings
would have caused a greater con
flagration, and hence, elicited a
three-minute color spot on the
11:00 news. Examples follow.
North Cottage. Formerly a dog
pound. Imagine someone going to
college for eight years to get an
office in a dog pound. Not only
that, but the maintenance crew
must think dogs still live there, as
no one ever shovels a path to the
building. What the inhabitants of
the North Cottage should do is to
leave the door open so that when
you start to slide on the incline,
outside you'll skate right into the
restroom.
Studio Theater. Despite the
fact that Behrend doesn't even
have a four-year Theater major,
Paul Iddings and crew continual
ly stage the best plays in the Erie
area. I'm still reeling from "The
Boys in the Band", produced last
spring.
However, if someone would
burn down the Studio Theater, we
could replace it with an enormous
art center, given by an Erie
philanthropist or wealthy
Bebrend graduate (that is, if the
set of either group is not the emp
ty set). This way we could find
homes for the art scattered
Dear Editor:
This letter pertains to the
business hours, or lack of them,
in the Back Room. According to
the hours posted, the Back Room
is to be open on Monday-Friday,
9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and on
Saturday and Sunday 1:00 to 9:30
p.m. Unfortunately, this is not the
case. Any respectable business
which was run this way would
probably go out of business. The
only possible explanation is poor
management.
This is not only an inconve
nience to the people who are
stuck on campus and spend their
time playing pool, ping-pong and
pinball but it is also an inconve
nience to those people who have
planned their weekend to go
cross-country skiing.
The weekend of February 13-14,
I had a chance to go home for the
Co-Editors:
Sports Editor
Business Manager. Mark Welton
Erin Caverly
Claire DeSantis
Tom Hicks
Wendy Kline
Mailing Address-Behrend College, Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510
Office-Student Offices, Reed Building
Office Phone: 898-1511 Ext. 221
Opinions expressed by the Editois and staff of the Behrend Collegian are not necessarily those of the
University Administration, faculty, or the student body.
around campus, like the ship in
the TV room in Reed, and the
rusted metal statue just outside
the Student Union Offices in
Reed. Incidentally, if anyone
knows what the hell that thing ac
tually is, please drop off your in
terpretation to the Collegian Of
fice, and we'll be happy to print
it.
3. •What building just behind the
Behrend Building. I'm not sure if
this edifice has a name or not. It's
probably "Son of Faculty Office
Building", or something. All I
know is that before they built that
house, you could at least gaze
distractedly out the windows up
onto the ski slope. In the spring
there were always two or three
woodchucks that were often more
entertaining then the lecture I
was sitting through. I'd watch the
groundhogs gamboling through
the grass, then get called back to
reality, the prof Palling, "Chuck?
Chuck?"
4. Turnbull Hall. Both struc
turally and metaphorically, the
most incendiary place on cam
pus. You can go down in the office
area of Turnbull on any given day
and see professors packed into
their parcels like the overbooked
freshmen at Main Campus. If so
meone torched Turnbull, not only
would it create a spectacle nearly
rivaling the Burning of Rome but
it would also get rid of the bees
nest in the newspaper advisor's
office.
5. The Administration Building.
No one burns Administration
Buildings anymore. Call me
nostalgic.
first time in several weeks. I also
had the chance to go cross
country skiing for the first time -
this year, so I decided to go ski
ing. When I went to pick up my
skis after supper (6:00) on Fri
day, I was disappointed to find
the Back Room in the process of
closing down.
The attendant, who missed sup
per due to the way in which he
was scheduled, had already given
the money to security and
therefore was unable to rent any
skis. Because I could not rent any
skis, which I had planned on for
so long, my weekend went pretty
much wasted.
Why, if a business posts hours
in which they will be open, don't
they stick to them?
Sincerely,
Tim Richards
igehrettb Gallegtatt
Chuck Beckman Man. Editor. Pam Hillkirk
John Skrzypczak
Joe O'Keeffe -
Staff:._
Jeff Lewis
Ron Leonardi
Lisa Lubomski
Tony Newman
Mary Peters
THE BEHREND COLLEGIAN
1.A.8.C. Looks For
New Members
The Behrend student chapter of
the 1.A.8.C. is currently in a for
mative stage and looking for new -
members, according to Dr.
Robert Francesconi, advisor •of
the chapter.
The group consists of 15 to 20
members, of which most are
communication majors.
Behrend's student chapter is not
a club but constitutes a branch of
an international organization.
The 1.A.8.C. is not restricted to
communication students alone. It
is open to business students who
are interested in business com
munications but Dr.
Francesconi 'adniits business
students tend to drift toward the
management club.
In addition to advising the'stu
dent chapter, Dr. Francesconi is
a member of the local 1.A.8.C.
board, 1.A.8.C. Erie, which is the
professional organization in
town.
According to Dr. Francesconi;
the 1.A.8.C. can be beneficial to
communication *majors in many
ways. Since 1.A.8.C. has a great
commitment to professional
development, students can
benefit from this in terms of
education concerning the types of
skills that are needed in the jobs
they are looking for.
Second, students have access to
a job placement service and this
puts them into contact with many
professionals in the area.
"It's easier for students to
relate to the kinds of skills they
are going to need when they get a
job toward which they are
preparing," said Francesconi.
"That's a big advantage of hav
ing a student chapter of a profes
sional organization rather than
an interest club because of the
book-up to professionals in the
field," he added.
Another advantage lies in the
cost of joining. The cost of
membership is $l5 a year and this
brings students the benefits of a
local and international member
ship which cost professional
members $lOO a year.
The 1.A.8.C., in its second year
of operation, has had to struggle
to get itself established and
become a recognized on-campus
group.
"A lot of effort so far has been
directed toward organizing the
chapter and getting it settled in
the student government," Dr.
Francesconi noted. "We hope to
do more professionally related
things in the future."
As far as goals are concerned,
Dr. Francesco would like to see
every communication major as a
member of the 1.A.8.C. "I think
in the kind of program we have,
Layout Editor. Marc Woytowich
Photo Editor. Steve Nesbit
Margie Reiser
Josette Skobieranda
Cynthia Warwick
Tricia Wood •
Ron Leonardi
Test Speed Control
Device Working Well
leff-Lewis
- - Most drivers have at some time
had their run-in with speed
bumps, the mounds in the road
that give you the sunroof you
always wanted when you go over
them at 40 m.p.h: Behrend Col
lege, not to be outdone, with the
aid of PennDOT, has come up
with a new method of speed
control.
It was originally devised by a
road repair crew on 1-90. One of
the three guys that were sitting in
the truck watching the cars go
by, noticed that when the road got
real rough the cars slowed down_
He figured there would not have
to be any police needed to watch
for speeders.
After consulting the Behrend
Engineering faculty, they came
up with the speed strip.
The speed strip consists of a
strip of road that has at least 5
they .ought to be members," he
said.
"I would like to see some
business people come over
because I think it's something
that can be beneficial to them."
If anyone is interested in join
ing the student chapter, one can
do so by contacting either Dr.
Francesconi, Mary Rizzo, the
secretary in charge of member
ships, or Ann Karmazon, presi
dent of the student chapter.
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It is working well, nobody
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It has also become very popular
throughout the city as well as-the
county.
Now that there is no longer a
speeding problem, security can
divert their attention to more im
portant things like the special of
the day at Perkins or whether the
Coke machine has been filled.
They might now have time to
take a course in turning off the
fire, alarm when there isn't any
fire.
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