Livingston Taylor Concert
By Claire DeSantis
It was a cool night outside, but
inside Erie Hall last week, Liv
ingston Taylor and the Pencils
and their opening act, Mark
Smith, warmed the hearts of all
who attended.
Smith, an opening act for many
well-known groups across the
country, combined a mastery of
guitar and a smooth, even voice
to create a very relaxing sound.
Smith's instrumental pieces,
done only with his own guitar ac
compamment, were very com
plicated. This made the music all
that more enjoyable. The au
dience was witness to music that
told stories of people, places and
experiences that Smith incor
porated into his songs. The music
was versatile, Smith playing both
blue grass and mellow rock. He
truly proved his talent as a musi
cian and songwriter.
But Livingston Taylor stole the
hearts of the audience from the
moment he first set foot on the
Psych Club
Chuck Beckman
Psychology majors have had a
very active spring term, accor
ding to Dana Anderson, in-charge
person of Behrend's psychology
department.
Behrend students attended
three psychology conferences
within the last month. These con
ferences, according to Mr.
Anderson, provide valuable
research experiences for the
psychology undergrad who is
considering entering graduate
school.
On ' April 5, . students Mark
Kremer, Tony Menditto, and Jim
Lawrence presented papers at
the annual Psi Chi Conference at
University Park.
At the Western Pennsylvania
Psychological Conference held at
Edinboro State College on May 1,
eighteen Behrend students
presented twelve papers. Topics
ranged from sex differences to
short term memory.-
Participants at the Edinboro
-conference included: 'Timothy
Baronner, Helen Carter, Frank
Condo, LiCa Bradley, Angelica
Hulden, Donna Bernardini, and
Lorraine Johnson.
Also, Rose Johnson, Tony Men
ditto, James Sisak, Marc Masino,
David Lehr, Priscilla Peterson
Falkland Island History
By Tricia Wood
Last Friday, Professor David
Myers from U.P., spoke in the
Behrend building about the
Falk Lind Islands. He gave the
historical background that con
tributed to the present day crisis.
Professor Myers is an Erie native
and attended both Academy High
School and Wilson Jr. High. The
following is a summary of the in
formation presented in the
lecture.
The islands were first sighted
by Magellan and for the next few
hundred years, no one landed
there.
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The - first group of people to in
habit the islands were the French
during the French-Indian war,
although the Spanish had
previously elaimed-them. In 1765
the British came onto the islands,
destroyed the French garrison
and installed ,a few marines. At
the end of the French-Indian war
the islands were given to Spain,
who controlled them until the in
dependence of Argentina.
At this time, most of South
America was convulsed' by
violence and fought baclv and
forth, regardless of common
stage. His animated facial ex
pressions and the emotionalism
filled the gymnasium that
night. Taylor's voice was
beautiful in itself, whether he us
ed the fine accompaniment of
"The Pencils" or merely strum
med his guitar. He was, at some
instances, an old man
philomphizing and at others, a
young boy pondering life. He
stopped periodically between
songs just to talk and weighed his
thoughts carefully before he
spoke.
Taylor's love songs were nicely
written and performed. He gives
a fresh twist to tired old love song
themes - through his poetry and
performance. My only qualm is
that too few people attended. It
was their loss. They missed a tru
ly beautiful - night of music and
relaxation - and it was all through
the candid expression and *emo
tions of Livingston Taylor and his
music. •
and Glenn Chojnacki.
That same weekend,
Behrend students and two faculty
members, Dana Anderson and
Paul Rosenfeld, traveled to
Ithaca, N.Y., for Cornell Univer
sity's annual Undergraduate
Psychology Conference.
Two- Behrend students
presented papers during this ma
jor, two-day Ivy League
Conference. -
Anthony Menditto, in the
clinical section of the conference,
presented his paper "A Potential
Application of Symbolic Logic to
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies
with Depression." The paper ex
plored premise/conclusion bases
of depression.
Jim Lawrence presented a
paper in the social section he and
Paul Rosenfeld authored entitled
"Assessing the role of Self-
Perception in Indirect Com-%
pliance -Techniques." The paper
dealt with the phenomenon of
"foot-in-the-door" vs. "door-in
the-face" effects.
Menditto and Lawrence were
the only two members of
Behrend's psychology depart
ment to have papers accepted at
the Cornell Conference. The
psychology faculty believes that
Behrend students' successes this
year will continue into 1982-83:
Spanish rule. In 1832, the Argen
tine governor seized three
American ships and held them
for ransom. One of the ships
escaped and Washington sent the
warship 'Lexington', which, in
stead of negotiating for the
release of The ships, blew up the
Argentine garrison.
The islands were then left with
no effective government while
the British were looking for bases
to anchor their world-wide navy.
The British reclaimed the
is nds, saying that the action of
a hundred years earlier had all
been a mistake. The Argentinians
then sent the US. a bill, claiming
that their interference caused the
loss of the islands. Thus the situa
tion remained for 150 years.
At the end of WW 11, Britian's
empire was crumbling and it no
'longer needed the world-wide
naval bases. They began
negotiating witfi the Argentinians
-in order to give . back the islands,
but natives of the Falklands, born
under British rure, lobbied
against this every time it was
brought up in parliament,
thereby preventing - the - British
from getting rid of them.
BEHREND COLLEGIAN
Senate Election Results
In elections _ last week, the
Behrend student body elected the
following senate officers for next
year: Edward McCloskey, Upper
Division President; Thomas
Hicks, Lower Division Pi esident;
Robert Koncerak, President,
Joint Residence Council; Steve
Lewan, Vice-President, Joint
Residence Council; Renee Egli,
Commuter Council President;
Mark Townsend, Commuter
Council Vice-President.
Upper Division President-elect
McCloskey, a sixth-term political
science major, said: "In general
I would like to see the student
government continue in the
• •Ative direction in which it has
. ~ • n going this past year. I would
also like to have more students
working - with the council next
year, providing more input.
"As Upper Division President I
will serve on 4.he Council of
Branch Campuses Student
S.G.A. Upper Division President
Ed McCloskey
S.G.A Lower Division President
The British then gave what the Argentinians
considered to be a signal that they were no
longer interested in defending the islands. They
reduced their protection of the islands by selling
a modern aircraft carrier to the Australians that
had previously been stationed in the Falklands.
The Argentinians took control of the islands.
The current president of the Falklands, who is
considered to be pro-American, saw that the
economy of the islands was bad, the political life
was fragmented and there was a lack of na
tionalism since the islands were composed of a
diverse group of immigrants. A sense of national
unity was needed and history proves that a war
accomplishes this. '
The British became angry and called back the
aircraft carrier, deciding the islands could not be
seized. This caused the U.S. to interfere and
become involved in the negotiations between two
allies with which we have almost identical
treaties, that of NATO and RIO.
The immediate problem is - that of NATO, in
which the East-West struggle in the arms race
between the U.S. and Soviet Union is under
pressure because U.S. missiles are stockpiled in
Britian and they advocate the use of force in
dealing with the Soviet Union. In the long run,
the North-South conflict between the present
world powers and developing countries could
become crucial as the poorer countries again
strengthen and imitate the use of force or
negotiations in international relationships.
capacity I will attend meetings of
the council at University Park.
My main concern will' be to keep
Behrend students well informed
about the changes that will occur
' - at Behrend during the transition
to the semester system."
Lower Division President-elect
Hicks, a third term political
science major "said: "One of the
major changes I would like to see
take place is for the Student
Senate to become more concern
ed with government, leaving
planning of social affairs to the
Student Union Board:
"I plan to work closely with the
administration to build a rela
tionship that will benefit student
causes. I would like to see the
Academic Service Center expand
the tutoring services to include
subjects other than math and
Engli h.
"I hope to encourage more
freshmen and sophomores to
in student govern-
The U.S. is caught in the middle and is
obligated to protect Argentina (of which the
Falkland Islands are now a part) against any
non-U.S. invasion. If the U.S. leans towards their
alliance with Britian, all Latin American coun
tries will question reliance on the RIO treaty.
Currently, both allies feels we have tilted too
much towards the other.
Professor Myers said, "... this has the poten
tial to jolt, not only the North-South long range
problem between the rich and poorer nations,
but the immediate security of the U.S. in
Western Europe and from that standpoint, the
U.S. really doesn't know whatto do."
ment. I also plan to publish a
periodical newsletter to keep
students informed on pertinent
issues."
Joint Residence Council
President-elect Koncerak, a
ninth-term economics major,
said: "Poor scheduling of and
promotion of dorm activities
were the two main problems this
year. I hope to correct this pro
blem next year by involving more
people in the J. R. C.
"If you want more activities,
you need to get more people in
volved. Last year there was little
membership participation; this
did not work well,"
Joint Residence Council Vice-
President Steve Lewan, a tenth
term political science major,
said: "I see one of the main func
tions of the J. R. C. to be that of
liaison between the dorm
students and the administration.
"I hope to encourage more
cooperation between commuters
and resident students."
Commuter 'Council President
elect Renee Egli, a sixth-term
math major, said: "One of my
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