T'.''''',- - t...:.'.'i - :..•:, - ,tv.gni1,.......:...:::,..,.:',-:"''' . :''...:,,.-.tilidegAtao. VOLUME XLIII. Left to ri, Henderson as Oliver; Brian Chaffee as Charlie; Kathy Devine as the Yellow Peril Irish Play "DA!" Called "Irresistible" Behrend College's Spring theatrical offering is Hugh Leonard's play, "DA", which is being described as "ir resistible", not unlike the central character of the same name, played by Bill Robbins. "Da", (meaning "father" in Irish,) is a memory•play with the "past having a stronghold over the present." At first glance it is a sentimental comedy, but the sentiment is fortified with "brains and bones." It is a "clear-running delight" accor ding to Director Paul Iddings. The story deals with an Irish immigrant, Charles (Mark Moorehead). who returns home for the funeral of his. widowed father.. The characters are ghosts, or perhaps they, are only memories. Either way, they are very active, managing to burn their hands on hot teapots or oc cupying the most comfortable chair in the room. Other characters include Charles' mother, (Carolyn Brust), insisting he put on a pat chwork shirt she has sewn and demanding the rewrite his letters Senate Elections April 28th her way before he mails them. A younger Charles (Brian Chaffee) comes alive in his memory to pre sent one of DA's most hilarious scenes - the seduction of "The Yellow Peril (Kathy Devine)." Also included is Charles' former misanthropic employer (Fred Way) with his acid dicta about life: "Marriage is the max imum loneliness with the minimum of privacy." Finally, there is Da's life-long employer, Mrs. Prynee (Debi Bobango) who, after 50 years, leaves him a pittance plus a "keepsake'.': 32 pairs of eyeglasses that were fused together in the San Francisco fire. DA Will be performed in the. Behrend College'Studio Theatre from April 16-18 -and 21-25 at 8:00 with additional 2:30 matinees-on April 18 and 25. Doors will open at 7:30 and the seats .are on first-come, first seated basis. Tickets may be pur chased • for the regular perfor mances at the Turnbull Division Office. STATION ROAD, ERIE, PA. 16563 Is Your Educational Future At Stake? Money Cuts Hurt Students Seventy-eight per cent of the 1800 students attending Behrend and eighty per cent of Penn State's 54,500 students receive some type of financial aid: Approximately 700 students at Behrend depend on the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL). It is estimated that, with Presi dent Reagan's proposed _cut backs, forty-one per cent of this year's recipients will see •these loans eliminated, or have them reduced. - In addition 'to the GSL, Reagan's proposed cuti include: A reduction of forty-five per cent in the Basic Educational Op portunity Grant (BEOG). The student's eligibility for this, ac cording to their family income, will be reduced by $B,OOO to $ll,OOO. If a student received the BEOG this year and the family's income was 'between $15,000 and $26,000, the student may be in ligible for a grant in - 19&3-84. Elimination of the Sup plemental Educational Oppor tunity Grants (SEOG)', which is provided to those having the greatest financial needs. Mreeze on the amount cur rently funded the National Direct Student Loan (NDSL). A loss of 150 million dollars in the money currently awarded to students in the - College Work Study Program (CWSP). Final Aid Workshop Slated The final Career and Place ment Workshop for the 1981-1982 academic year will be held at noon April 28 in Behrend Building 113. Topic of the workshop will be: Placement Office Resources and Services: "All students are encouraged to attend this workshop," said Placement Coordinator Mary Beth Peterson. "Getting a job is a job, and the process of job search should begin well before the senior year," she said. A series of Career and Place 'ment Workshops is conducted at Behrend twice every academic year. In addition to these workshops, the Placement Office has many resources such as Col lege Pla - cement: Annuals, Behrend Placement Manuals, and listings of coMp.anies cur rently accepting resumes: The resource room of the Placement Office; located on the second floor of the Reed Building, is open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on a walk-in basis. -- - Individual counseling is- also available to aid students in their job search. Appointments are not necessary but recommended. In- Part H by Tricia Wood Cutting the Pell grants by one-third. At Behrend, 470 students are receiving the Pell grants this year. Sixty per cent reduction in all Federal aid directed towards student scholarships. Mary Beth Peterson (Behrend's financial aid officer), sees people that will not be able to go to school because of a lack of funds as well as:those who abuse the system. In - addition to the misuse that has occurred in the GSL, there is an increase of people applying to the Pell grant program, which re quires students to establish in dependence in order to be eligible. It is difficult to prove that a stu dent is receiving financial help from parents, but it is also in creasingly difficult to_ prove in dependence. Students are asked to provide W-2 forms, copies of their taxes, rent, letters verifying employment, etc. The school must validate all ap plications for the Pell grant and P.S.U. employs a full-time pro fessional purser for this purpose. The validation process may become stricter as well as exten ding to students using the NDSL, CWSP and SEOG, perhaps facilitating in-house validation. "A lot of people don't realize what is behind these programs," said Ms. Peterson. "I wish more people realized the work, time and money involved in this (validation)." - Ms. -Peterson described the situation many students are or soon will be in: "Middle income terested students should contact Ms. Peterson. The Placement Office also of fers the "Resume Booklet Pro gram:: Student resume forms are kept on file and sent to pro spectve employers whenever job openings for which a student is qualified are received. The Placement Office pro grams are designed to prepare students for application of and at tainment of professional posi tions. "Because fewer recruiters visit Behrend than the larger col leges, it is important that our graduating seniors be prepared to conduct their own job search," said Ms. Peterson. "As early as the freshman year, students should begin to in vestigate the different career op portunities within -the majors they are interested in," added Ms. Peterson. "Sometimes students don't realize the many varied directions in which an area of study can lead," she said. Career counseling is available through the Division of Undergraduate Studies. In terested students should contact Career Counselor Diane Weissman. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1982 students entered college with these grants and loans. Now, in the middle of their education, things , are getting tighter and they don't know where to turn." When asked what students could do, Ms. Peterson recom mended that students look for other sources on their own. There are outside scholarships available from private organiza tions, clubs, etc. ... although it is the student's responsibility to look for them. - • - - II There is a large movement at campuseg across the country con sisting of protest marches, letter campaigns and lobbying in con gress for reductions in Reagan's plans. Ms. Peterson suggested that if students are upset, to "write to their congressmen and senators." Currently there is• a petition posted outside the Student Government office directed to Senators Heinz and Specter, urg ing support of student aid and op position to the proposed cuts. The axe falls into college aid as part of the planned package to balance the budget, although what is proposed and the severity of the blows, largely depends upon the degree of acceptance in congress.. Student Travels Overseas Behrend student Thomas Mandl is spending spring term 1982 at the Christian-Albrech4- University in the city of Kiel, West Germany. This plan of study is the result of his participation in the Foreign Studies Program of Penn State. In Kiel, he will be taking social and humanities electives toward his degree in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Mandl left the U.S. on March 9 and will return about the middle of August. He plans to travel to Austria with his parents and - will be staying at Schwenn ingen in Wurttemberg, Germany, as well. His program in Germany in volves six weeks of intensive Ger man three hours a day Monday through Friday. In addition, he will be taking four regular Kiel course offerings. Probably ad vanced German language courses. Mr. Mandl looks forward to this program, for he aspires to work for a trans Atlantic engineering firm. Because of this goal, he desires to learn as much about the. German language, people, culture, and values as he can.
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