Behrend's oldest ongoing tradition, the Hanging es 11 .14 11iiifte 1 p of m the on G F re ri e d n a s y ce p re ec m e o ni nt, er h 9 as I bee 9B3 n slated for ß fo e r hr 7 e : n 3 d o • C/Rio Chapel of Wintergreen Gorge. ICO G g The 35th Annual event will be highlighted by a wreath hanging at the site of Mary and Earnst IFIANDipIy ill " Behrend's grave by Student Government President, 1 e --Dou g las Saltzman. Biblical Christmas stories will be IF 41)1_111DAYS \ k dm read by Kathy Eastman and Ed McCloskey. Lorene 0 k \ 7 1. C M h a ri cZ st ur mas a and BurlsettsAnungdreawccsawipeliliaprionvidthee candlelit tradinonal Up Behrend Chapel. This event traditionally welcomes o /. '- t I the Christmas season to Behrend College. Saltzman expresses, "I'm proud to be a part of 4 4 ) such e - 1 amem an on urah g l o e i e n v g iti e tr ni a n d gin on th .' Hee' past, added, td "It; m. ha sure s been ® t e h e i n s I year will be just as enjoyable, if not more so. This is . . . one evening that we look forward to celebrating each 1 year and we can only hope our turnout will be good Behrend Collegian VOLUME XLVIII Anderson Appointed Treasurer Chris Anderson, 3rd Semester Accounting; has been appointed to the position of Student Govern ment Association (S.G.A.) Treasurer for the remainder of the academic year. He will assume the position at the beginning of the Spring Semester. Current S.G.A. Treasurers Kathy Eastmond and Mary Gregory have both resigned effective the last day of Fall Term due to personal considerations. Anderson, a native of Union City, was among four (4) candidates under consideration for the posi tion. Doug Saltzman, S.G.A. President announced the appoint ment on Wednesday, November 30, 1983. The Student Senate, subsequently, approved Anderson at the December 6, 1983 meeting of the Student Government Association. When asked about the appoint ment, Saltzman indicated that he had "complete confidence" in Era: "A Major By: Marge Tomczak "I believe that American women will elect the next president," the former president of the National Organization for Women told an audience at Behrend recently. Eleanor Smeal, the most recent past president of NOW said it's simply a matter of numbers. "In 1984 there will be eight million more women who will vote," she said. "When you consider that John Kennedy won by about 100,000 votes and Nix on beat Humphrey by about 500,000 votes, eight million could wipe someone away." Smeal said she has just written a book she "modestly entitled," How and Why Women Will Elect the Next President of the United States. The Equal Rights Amendment, she said, "will be a major election issue on the domestic side of the 1984 election." On the day Smeal spoke, November 15, the ERA proposal lost in the House of Representatives, 277 pro votes to 147 no votes. . Nuemwmostensentigr. 35th Annual Hanging Of The Greens Slated Chris Anderson Anderson. "I'm looking foward to working with Chris throughout the remainder of the year." The Student Government Association Treasurer is responsi ble for the fiscal management of Penn State-Behrend's forty (40) student clubs and organizations. During the 1982-83 academic year, over $85,000 in checks were processed through the S.G.A. Treasury. Election Issue In 1984. . .'3 "This is a historical day in some ways, we would have needed only six more votes." Mrs. Smeal said, "the reason that this popular amendment lost is an old story, money. Essentially this amendment does mean something. It isn't just 23 words to support equal rights for women, but a guarantee that will help us fight discrimination in job and pay, in credit, finance, insurance, and all kinds of money issues." She further stated, "the bottom line is that there are vested interests that profit from sex discrimina tion and they will do all they can to make it tough for us to get this guarantee which could help us in the courts fight this discrimination." She also expressed her concern about the gender gap, "men and women - not only think differently regarding women's issues but also economics. Women are more concerned about the environment and feel that more money should be spent on educa tion. Men feel that nuclear war is not possible, -~ ~ ~ l STATION ROAD, ERIE, PA. 16563 Behrend Announces $9 Million Funding Drive On Friday, December 2, at a campus press con ference, Behrend College officially announced its $9 million fundraising goal for capital projects and stu dent endowments. The extensive program includes $3 million for construction costs of the new science and technology complex, $2 million for its equipment, $2 million to expand Erie Hall into a recreational and sports facili ty and $2 million to establish a student aid endowment. The theme of the funding drive, said Mr. Thomas B. Hagen, the campaign's general chairman, will be "a partnership with Northwestern Pennsylvania. The university has demonstrated its desire to work in partnership with the region." According the Mr. Hagen, Behrend is well on the way toward its goal, having already raised more than $3 million in donations, including $1 million from a Penn State University endowment and $1 million from the Hammermiil Foundation, for the new Hammermill Building, which will house the business, engineering and technology center. Other prominent ;41C- for the event. I hope that students will join us in our celebration of Christmas on campus." To follow the ceremony, at 8:00 p.m. the Student Union Board has planned horse-drawn sleigh rides and Christmas carolling at the Wilson Picnic Grove. Students can huddle up to a warm fire and be treated to hot chocolate and marshmalloWs courtesy of the Student Union. Santa Claus will also be on hand and all students are expected to have their lists prepared to give to him that evening so that he will have ample time to fill their orders. "It can only be hoped now that the snow turns out as well as the students," said Saltzman. The Behrend Blue Bus will be ready at 6:30 in the Student Union Parking Lot to take student to the Behrend chapel free of charge for the Hanging of the Greens. Bus rides are also scheduled to carry students to and from the Wilson Picnic Grove from 8:00-11:00 p.m. By: Sarah Tamilin • itirMENDIJOYS A a women feel that it is." She based these differences on life ex periences, "women and men in daily life have an extremely dif ferent view of the world because of sex discrimination. We are stereotyped, women generally have twenty job categories to choose from whereas men have By: Phyland Robertson contributions include gifts from 2 anonymous donors of $750,000 and $565,000, to go toward com pletion of the complex, and for scientific equipment, respectively. Mr. Hagen also noted gifts of $90,000 from the Erie Community Foundation, and $75,000 from Phillips Charitable Trust in Oil City, both of which will become part of the $2 million student aid endowment. According to Dr. John M. Lilley, Provost and Dean of Penn State-Behrend, "This campaign will enable the region to take the greatest advantage of the university's strengths in science, engineering, technology, business, computers and communications." Edward P. Junker 111, the chairman of the Coun cil of Fellows, agreed with Provost Lilley's assess ment, stating that a successful campaign would allow Behrend to offer nationally recognized graduate degree programs. - The timetable for the fundraising initiative will ex tend into August of 1984. DECEMBER 8, 1983 over two hundred job categories. And....women make 61 percent of what men earn." "As a result of the gender dif ference we are very under represented in our viewpoints and public decision making, there are so few of us in public office." She continued on page 4
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