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Former Student Running For County Judge
by Michael Ross
Collegian News Editor
Attorney Michael T. Joyce, a
former Behrend student, is runn
ing for judge of Erie County.
Joyce is one of eight candidates
and in a survey of the Erie County
Bar Association, 248 members
concluded that, “Judicial can
didates Michael T. Joyce and
George Levin were found to be
qualified by more that 50 percent
of the bar’s membership.”
Lambda Sigma
Inductions Planned
By Jill Bedford
Collegian Staff Writer
Lambda Sigma, Behrend’s
sophomore honor society, will
hold spring induction ceremonies
on Apr. 21 in the Gorge Cafeteria.
Lambda Sigma has been an ac
tive organization at Behrend for
15 years. Members of Lambda -
Sigma are inducted in the spring
of their freshman year and remain
members until the end of their
sophomore year.
Member selection is based on
scholarly merits and demonstra
tion of leadership and service to
the college and community.
“Not everyone eligible
academically is selected,” said
Cathy Mester, co-advisor of
Lambda Sigma. “A member must
have a combination of these
activities,”
Eligible students complete
forms regarding their contribu
tions to leadership and campus
and community services. Personal
interviews are conducted with
students by current Lambda
Sigma members. Behrend faculty
and staff recommendations are
considered in the selection
process.
Members are chosen by a selec
tion board consisting of Lambda
Sigma officers, advisors, faculty
members and Lambda Sigma
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Joyce is running because he
feels that repeat offenders and
those who commit crimes against
women, children, and senior
citizens must be treated more
severely. In addition, the
glamorization of the defendant in
a trial concerns Joyce. “The court
should do everything in its power
to protect the witness and vic
tim,” Joyce notes.
The selection of a judge is
tough according to Joyce because
they hold a term of 10 years. He
alumni.
New members are notified of
their acceptance into Lambda
Sigma at the Gift of Colors
Ceremony, where they are given
colored ribbons and flowers.
The induction service will in
clude a banquet, speeches by
outgoing officers, and a candle
lighting ceremony.
Lambda Sigma members
engage in a variety of activities.
They hold canned food drives,
visit Twinßrook (a senior citizen’s
home in Lawrence Park), hold
parties for underprivileged
children, and sponsor “trick-or
treating”in the residence halls for
those children. In addition,
members are involved in service
activities including campus tutor
ing and the assembling and
distribution of care packages for
students. Future projects include
the assembly of the spring term
care packages and ushering at
graduation.
“For the rest of the year we will
be involving the new members in
social and service activities along
with the old members, ” said
Mester. “This way, the new
members will get a feeling of what
Lambda Sigma is all about and
what is expected of them as
members.”
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feels, “Intangible characteristics
such as fairness, honesty, and
character are important when
selecting a judge.”
“The job of a judge is to make
a trial as fair as possible, ” says
Joyce, and “a trial is not a game,
it is a search for the truth.”
Joyce, a strong opponent of in
timidation and game playing in
the courtroom, comments, “One
time during a trial I witnessed an
attorney place a sheet of paper on
the rail of the jury box with the
word ‘guilty’ written at the top
and bottom. This is obviously an
unfair way of reaching the jury.
These games cannot be tolerated;
the facts should speak for
themselves.”
Joyce has ideas for improving
the judicial process, including set
ting limits on civil cases such as
divorce.
Joyce explains, “In all criminal
cases the defendant has a right to
be brought to trial in 180 days;
but civil cases can last months,
even years. I’ve seen the pain and
anguish that these cases
create...the law should serve the
people and we should not let them
(civil cases) last any longer than
necessary.”
By making “case assignments”
for civil cases, Joyce says, “Time
limits can be made, and lag time
will be eliminated.”
Joyce decided to enter law while
Faculty Membership Unique
To Omicron Beta Kappa
By Jill Bedford
Collegian Staff Writer
Omicron Beta Kappa (OBK),
Behrend’s honor society for
juniors and seniors established in
the spring of 1982, is petitioning
to be a national chapter of
Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK).
From the initial forming of OBK,
the local honor society has module
ed itself after the national honor
society.
“Unless- paper work delays us,
we fully expect to be charter
members of ODK by this spring,”
said OBK Faculty Secretary Dohn
Harshbarger.
OBK is unusual because faculty
are active members of the
organization. And, as such, are
voting members in addition to
their role of advisors.
OBK holds inductions bi
annually. A student must be
within the top 35 percent of his or
her class academically in order to
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he was serving in Vietnam. He
was a staff sergeant in Vietnam
and received two Army Commen
dation Medals and the Bronze
Star Medal.
Following Vietnam Joyce
returned to Erie where he enrolled
be eligible. Once that percentage
of eligible students is determined,
current OBK members consider
the students’ extracurricular ac
tivities. These include participa
tion in social and religious ac
tivities, student government,
athletics, the creative and perfor
ming arts, in addition to contribu
tions to journalism, speech or
mass communications.
Unlike Lambda Sigma, OBK
does not conduct personal inter
views with students being con
sidered for induction. Students
are not notified of their eligibility
unless they have been chosen.
Approximately 20 percent of
OBK is composed of faculty
members. Faculty members are
chosen for induction based on
their contributions to student life.
To be selected for OBK, an eligi
ble student or faculty member
must receive 75 percent of the
voting members approval. There
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at Behrend. He believes he is the
first four-year graduate from
Behrend. “I enjoyed Behrend so
much that I pleaded with the ad
ministration to let me stay four
years and receive my bachelor’s
degree.”
are presently 26 students and 11
faculty members in OBK.
Induction of new OBK
members will take place April 19
in the Reed Lecture Hall. The in
duction is a formal ceremony
followed by a reception. Anyone
may attend the ceremony, and
friends and family of the in
ductees are encouraged to attend.
Because the local chapter (OBK)
may become a national chapter
(ODK) before the induction date,
old members may also be inducted
in addition to new members.
OBK is generally an honor
society, but members participate
in several charitable activities.
OBK has held food drives for
members of the Erie community,
and has sponsored marathon
dances. Several members are
volunteer workers at the Gertrude
A. Barber Center, and faculty
members have held lectures on
various topics of interest. OBK
was the sponsor of the “Dance for
the Heart” held March 16.
“Unfortunately, because most
of our members are campus
leaders and therefore involved in
several other activities, that leaves
less time to be devoted to OBK,”
said Harshbarger. “Most of the
semester remaining will be spent
working on inductions.”