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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.