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The Fixx Fails
by Michael Ross
Collegian Staff Writer
Phantoms
The Fixx
MCA Records
•Frisbee Material
••Better Than Sominex
•••Have A Friend Make A
Tape Of It
••••Good Album, Buy It
•••••You’ll Wear It Out Play
ing It
When The Fixx first emerg
ed on the music scene, their
unique sounds were quickly
accepted by listeners. This was
evident by the success of their
hit single Red Skies. Using
primarily the same musical
style on their second album
. Reach The Beach, they scored
again with the tune One Thing
Leads To Another. Now, with
the release of their third album
and the popularity of the single
Are We Ourselves?, it looks
as though Phantoms should
take off in the same manner
that the previous albums did.
However, all the songs not on
ly sound alike, but they are a
complete rehash of. their first
two albums, adding up to a
completely lackluster perfor
mance by The Fixx.
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Not one song on the first
side was worth listening to,
and it had me wondering if
these weren’t the rejects from
their first album. Also, a lyrics
sheet would have been nice;
not only to help understand
lead singer Cy Cumin’s
obscure lyrics but to keep me
halfway interested in the
music.
Hoping that the second side
would be more promising, I
was proven wrong after falling
asleep midway through. When
I eventually woke up, I was in
agony after realizing that in
order to give a fair review I
would actually have to replay
the second side. Finally, I
managed -to get through
without nodding off and as
with the first side, I was not
impressed in the least.
The Fixx recently assisted
Tina Turner with the creative
and innovative tune You Bet
ter Be Good To Me, which has
been receiving plenty of
airplay lately. Perhaps The
Fixx Should have consulted
Ms. Turner for new ideas and
input before they cut Phan
toms, because what may have
worked before definitely didn’t
cut it this time.
BEHREND COLLEGIAN
Masteller Receives Professorship
by Marge Tomczak
Collegian Staff Writer
Dr. Edwin C. Masteller, Pro
fessor of Biology and acting divi
sion head of Science, Engineering
and Technology, recently received
full professorship at Penn State-
Behrend.
Masteller did not enroll in col
lege immediately upon graduation
from high school. His original
plan was to work the farm his
parents owned in lowa. However,
a wrestling coach convinced to
enroll in college on a wrestling
scholarship. Thanks to the per
sistence of Coach Bill Koll,
Masteller decided to attend col
lege where he received his B.A. in
Biology from the University of
Northern lowa.
Masteller taught high school
from 1958 to 1964 while he con
tinued his studies towards his
masters degree. At the same time,
he coached wrestling and had the
distinction of having four state
champions. While working on his
masters in botany from the
University of South Dakota he
was encouraged by one of his pro
fessors to investigate the field of
entomology. This he followed
through and subsequently receiv
ed his doctorate in entomology
from lowa State University in
1967.
Masteller started teaching at
Behrend in 1967. He chose
Behrend because he felt that on a
smaller campus he would be able
to utilize all of his interests in
cluding entomology, zoology and
botany. He also thought that he
would like to see the eastern part
of the United States since he had
been living in the midwest.
Originally, he did not plan on
staying, but he, his wife Marianna
and three children soon took root
and the roots held.
Numerous articles by Dr.
Masteller have been published in
academic journals. He has writ
ten these articles individually and
in collaboration with others, both
on and off campus.
Masteller has involved himself
in reports to specific sponsors,
research projects and research
grants. He completed seven
research grants, three of them
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working in three research pro
jects.
In addition, he participated ex
tensively in seminars and
workshops involving pollution,
energy and enviroment, inpact of
oil drilling on marine life, and
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Biology Professor Dr. Edwin Masteller observes a specimen.
aqueous enviromental chemistry.
He has presented papers at
technical and professional
meetings and has several speaking
engagements.
Masteller received The Behrend
College Council of Fellows “Ex
cellence in Teaching Award” in
1972. He was awarded a
Fulbright-Hays Senior Research
Fellowship in West Germany
from 1974-5. He took a sab
batical leave to study procedures
and techniques for emergence
pattern characteristics of aquatic
insects. He did this study with Dr.
Joachim lilies at the Max Planch
Institute in Schlitz, West Ger
many. Masteller commented that
“It was an extremely exciting
mind broadening experience to
spend an extended period of time
in a foreign country for myself
and my family.”
Besides providing service to
Penn State-Behrend as a member
or chairman of academic plann
ing, improvement of teaching,
Behrend College reearch, or
academic program committees,
Masteller is also active in profes
sional and learned societies. He is
now president-elect and will
assume duties in June 1985 as
president of the North American
Benthalogical Society. “This is
quite an honor for me as the*
society is an international
organization of approximately
1500 members,” stated Masteller.
This past summer Masteller
spent two weeks in Alaska trapp
ing insects. He went to Denali
where Mt. McKinley is located
and for three days flew by
helicopter to areas that were inac
cessible by any other means.
“There I was with only my
emergence traps, shotgun and
bear repellent,” said Masteller.
“What an experience,” he added.
Masteller has collected about a
half million insects so far. “The
Erie area is a hotbed,” he said and
declared that “the extensive
studies and opportunities regar
ding the insect communities has
me fascinated and has also helped
to keep me here.”
There has been the potential
discovery of ten new species of in
sects, five of which were found by
an undergraduate under the
tutelage of Masteller. One insect
has been named after him and is
called STUPKAIELLA
MASTELLERI.
“The extensive collecting is
what enables the discovery of new
species. Without the good staff to
support me I would not be able to
do what I am doing. You have to
have good people,” affirmed
Masteller. He concluded that “I
would not be where I am today if
it wasn’t for my undergraduate
students as far as research is con
cerned. They have been such a
tremendous assist to me.”
NOVEMBER 9, 1984