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VOL. XLIV-
Student Awards
Presented Sunday
Spring marks the time the stu
dent organizations honor their
members who have put in two or
more terms of dedicated student
service.
The Certificates of Achieve
ment will be given to students at
the Annual Honors and Awards _
Convocation, to be held this Sun
day, May 16, at 3:00 p.m. in the
Reed Lecture Hall. Students to
receive awards include:
' Accounting Club: Karen
Anderson, PM Aheth Phillips, and
Patrick Murphy.
The Association of Black Col
legians will award: Leslie Ander
son, Theresa McLaughlin, Dawn
Travis, Dawana Bivins and
Ronald Holt. .
Joseph Fornear'wiltreceive a
certificate from the Bebrend Col
lege Christian Society.
The Behrend Collegian
Newspaper will honor the follow
ing students: Margaret Reiser,
Tricia Wood, Joe O'Keeffe, Claire
Japanese Industry Analyzed
By Joe O'Keeffe
The strength of Japan's in
dustry rests in the organization of
its management, says Fioye
Mizusawa, Associate Professor
of Psychology here at Behrend.
She explained that her nation suc
ceeds in commercial operations
because of its "philosophy by
which it operates the
_economy."
Continuity in Japan's working
force is of vital importance to its
production. "It is a lifelong com
mitment to a job in Japan," she
explained. "Once a worker is
hired for a job, he works for good.
Corporate management cares for
all the needs of the family, so the
worker suffers little fear of leav
ing his job."
This commitment to work -
reflects the low job turnover rate
about five or ten percent of that in
the U.S.
But Japan's strong hold of the
world's economy can be traced.to
still 'other factors.
Because Japan is a
homogenous people, sharing
common identity, communica
tion is easier than m America. A
majority of Japanese people are
fFnniliar with one another, so
"Alumni ties- are-strong.: This
doesn't exist among the diverse
population of the U.S.
Nor ean,the profit motive be
found in Jaw. "All workers
direct their efforts to a company
DeSantis, Tony Newman, John
Skrzypczak and Chuck Beckman.
Receiving certificates from the
Behrend Cheerleaders are: Debi
Bobango, E. Naomi Parker, Kari
Kiser and Sandy Guilano. •
The Commuter Council will
honor Jh L'Abbe, Elizabeth
Phillips, -S Phillips, Mark
Townsend, Su n Wilkinson and
Mary Geitner.
Receiving certificates from the
Joint Residence Council are
Douglas Saltzman, Susan
-Travers, Christine Ekis, Lisa
Johnson and Ellen Steele.
Lambda Sigma, Behrend's
Sophomore honor society, will
award Thomas Mandl, Renee
Egli, Kimberly Hamilton,
Christine Miller -and Candy-
EiTera.
- Members of the Outing Club to
be awarded include: Kurt Mc-
Call, Robert Green, Brian
Palmer, Steven Shull, Mark
Eckroth and Diana Ka-linski
goal, not a persobal goal This is
because the manager plays a less
important role than in America.
Power-driven MBA candidates
are less common in Japan.
Management doesn't go to sc ho o l
just for the sake of making more
money. • . .
- Despite America's declining
productivity (relative- to its
natural resources in the world)
with Japan remain strong rela
tionships. The impact of Madison
Avenue has greatly contributed
to sales of Toyotas in this nation,
and worldwide. American
marketing skills ar e key to
Japan's productivi ,.
ty, and
without it, "Japan would not
benefit as much."
The philosophy of the Japanese
people is reflected in the produc
tion of their cars. "They are not a
people of social influence or
reward. Instead, they make a
small, practical car which is
unrelated to social prestige."
Japan's production gas
efficient car, coupled with Saudi
Arabia's oil embargo of 1973-75,
helped boom American-sales of
Japanese-made cars.
A technical society , contributes
to Japan's very - productive
economy, and _the - average Stu
dent begins his - technical educa,
tion very early_
,Ere receives
rigorous instruction in math and
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WBCR and the Radio Club will
present certificates to Paul
Mayhle and Aubrey Favors.
Timothy Richards will receive
a certificate from the Rifle Club.
The Student Senate will be
presenting certificates to the
following members Douglas
Saltzman, Elizabeth Phillips,
Karen McClelland, Edward Mc-
Closkey, Kevin Toohill, Janine
Callen, Susan Richardson,
Joseph L'Abbe, Scott Steiger
wald, Andrew Cairns and Alison
Richardson.
Receiving certificates from the
Student Union Board are Thomas
Hicks, Brian Palmer, John
Pochan, Carl Moeser, Dawna
Bivins, . Karen McClelland, Erin
Caverly, Andrew Cairns, Daniel
Lutz, Ronald Holt, Linda Arnett,
Tisaßuggiero, Jeffrey Bradley,
Gary Lindenherger, Douglas
Benish, Janine Callen and Wendy
Kline.
The Tempus Literary
Magazine will award Joseph
DeVoe, Danis Frombach, Peg
Martin and Althea Hyatt.
- Last, the Top of the Mil Gang
will honor Mary Geitner, Sharon
Cooper and Philip Larson.
The Collegian congratulates
the students who have put in long
hours of dedicated service to
their organizations.
the sciences in elementary
school, and refines those Wills at
the-University level. -
At the assembly line, Japan dif
fers _the ..most from...the_ :U.S.
Workers do not - perform - the 9-5
routine, like that of the GM pro
duction plants. Rather, there is
no foreman to formally assign
specific tasks to his workers.
"Assembly line workers enjoy
the same function of decision
making as foreman (here)," Dr.
Mizusawa said. "
The researchers are working
with the assembly line workers.
Because the Japanege are con
stantly innovating, research has
enabled the car, microcircuit,
and steel industries to flourish
throughout the world.
She added, "While there is a lot
of improvement in the quality of
our products., I - think this im
provement is for Japan's in
terest, and not for competition:"
. Dr. Mizusawa hag. analyzed in
dustrial productivity in her own
nation, and in : America: After
teaching psychology at a univer
sity in Tokyo , she arrived in the
U.S. to _work for the Battelle
Memorial Institute.
More recently,..she had served
as'a Human Factor "Engineer as
part of the manakal staff at
the 9rxsler 'Corporation, — Space
division in the Michoud facilities
of NASA.
Fraudulent Ballots
Prompt Re-Election
By Tony Newman
A busy day of casting ballots
ended on an auspicious note on
Wednesday, April 28, when it was
discovered by a student counting
the Student Government election
ballots that several were
fraudulent.
Kevin Toohill, a member of
Student Government, was one of
four students on the election com
mittee who was counting votes.
During a re-count of the ballots,
he noticed that a certain ballot
had exactly the same markings
as the one just previously noted.
"Once you saw the two ballots
next to each other," Toohill said,
"it was obvious they were
mimeographed copies of each
other."
The elections, held all day in
the Reed Union Building, drew
about 500 sudents. Anyone who
wished to vote told the committee'
his name, whereupon it was noted
in a student directory. The stu
dent was then handed a ballot.
Following the first count of the
votes, it was discovered by the
election committee that there
were more ballots received than
names - accounted for in the direc
tory. This was attributed to the
possibility that, in the rush of
ballot-casting, several names
had not been noted.
The results of the race for
Lower Division President,
however, were too close - to be
shrugged off, so the election com
mittee decided that a re-count
would be necessary to assure a
correct number ofvotes. lewas
then - that the - fraudulent ballots -
were discovered
John Harshbarger, Dean of
Student Affairs, was present at
the ballot-counting, and agreed
with Toohill that, were it not for
the fact that two false ballots
were back-to-back, the fraud
would never have been
discovered." There were three
different ballots, with different
markings on each. These three
ballots were copied over and over
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on a mimeograph machine,"
Harshbarger said. In all, the elec
tion committee found eighty
fraudulent ballots.
"What's really strange,"
Toohill noted, "was that none of
the fraudulent ballots seemed to
favor any single candidate.
"There was really no way of
telling how whoever it was
(whoever made up the false
ballots - ) wanted the election to
turn out," Harshbarger said.
Dean Harshbarger was respons
ble for making the decision to
declare the election invalid, and
for deciding to call another
election.
Approximately 70 per cent of
the people who voted the first
time cast votes in the second
election.
Special precautions were taken
in the second election (held on
Monday, May 3) to insure that the
results would be correct.
First, voting was permitted on
ly to those students who
presented their student ID or
driver's license at the balloting
table. .
Second, a Behrend College staff
member acted as overseer for the
event over the entire election
period.
Third, each vote was stamped
by this person before being plac
ed in the box.
Finally, the ballots were
numbered and made up of dif
ferent colored paper, making it
impossible for the same fraud to
happen-again.
Dean Harshbarger was pleased
by the turn-out and enthusiasm of
the second election.
"Whoever did it had to put
quite a bit of work into it..dt was
upsetting to everyone involved,
especially the candidates. That
this had to happen at all is unfor
tunate, not only because we had
to hold the election all over again ,
but also because this kind of th ing
leaves a bad taste in everyone's
mouth."