September 12, 1985
Page Two
Dr. Diana Hume George
awarded for excellence in research
by Rob Roth
Collegian Staff Writer
Dr. Diana Hume George,
Associate Professor of English,
recently received the Behrend Col
lege Excellence in Research
Award.
Dr. George was nominated by
faculty members in each division
and chosen by a committee com
prised of faculty and ad-
ministrators at Behrend. Rather definition may not be complete:
than focusing on one particular “This leaves out the spiritual Nevertheless she partakes in
aspect of her varied work, she dimension-I admire this part of this often times elusive search and
received the award for her the human spirit which is a concludes that, “These consum
cumulative efforts in research mystery, and there is something ing issues are the one thread I can
displayed since she began teaching more than just flesh, I try to par- identify that binds together my
at Behrend in 1981. tially .unravel that mystery.” diverse research interests.”
*editor s note. Dr. Zachary Irwin and Dr.-Richard Mester also received Behrend “excellence” awards.
Details in future issues.
Behrend’s
by Kimberly T. Ford
Collegian Staff Writer
To the Behrend community, ex
pansion and innovation are quick
ly becoming commonplace.
The past year has seen signifi
cant additions to campus; addi
tions that are just the beginning of
a carefully structured plan to
assist the campus in reaching its
potential.
Don’t look now; puzzle page 7
She describes her major
research interests as, “centered
around three issues that have to
do with definitions of what it is to
be human.” George feels that,
“we are creatures that are symbol
makers, sexual, and mortal—and
that we are often aware of this.”
However she stresses that this
expansion plans hold much for the future
opened its classrooms for the first
time this semester. With its four
teen faculty offices, new labs for
instruction and General Electric
computer laboratory the building
is approximately 98. completed.
The community-funded building
was officially dedicated on
September 4th.
A coming attraction to the cam
pus is the 6.5 million dollar Life
Fitness complex. This massive
structure will house three full
court and basketball courts, a
swimming complex, raquetball
courts, as well as many modem
features. The center is being fund
ed by private contributions and
will hopefully be completed in
1988.
Because the Life-Fitness com
plex will cover a great deal of the
present playing field areas, the
college has acquired and has plans
to develop the Herman property
near the athletic field.
Student Senate schedules
Freshmen Senator elections
The Student Senate scheduled
its Freshman Senator Elections
for Tuesday and Wednesday,
Sept. 17 and 18 from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. Voting will take place
both days in the Reed Union
Building near the Library.
Open are the two Student
Senate positions of Freshman
Senator. Both '- positions carry
voting privileges to bring the
voting membership of the Senate
to 15. The duties of the Freshman
Senators are to represent the in
terest of the 850 freshmen and to
serve on committees of the Stu
dent Government Association
(SGA). Their terms of office run
through May 1986.
The Chairman and Vice-
Chairman of the Inter-Club
Council (ICC) are also available
positions. The Chairman of ICC
also has a vote on the Student
Senate and is a member of the
SGA Budget Committee.
The ICC’s members are
representatives from the student
Yet above all Dr. George is in
search of more concrete details of
human existence as she states,
“I’m interested in how we come
to be, how we experience ‘being’,
and how we cease to be.”
“Primary oppositions, meaning
death and sexuality, and
paradoxes attract me—l like to try
to resolve them and often can’t.”
A library complex is another
future addition. This complex will
house research areas, a drastically
increased amount of space for
books and materials, and a large
multi-purpose area. The 9.8
million dollar project was approv
ed by the legislature twice, but
received executive vetos from the
Governor when the State alloca
tions are accrued, plans for pro
duction will begin.
Why is Behrend undergoing so
many changes? One reason could
be attributed to the fact that,
“The college is constantly expan
ding in enrollment and with in
creased facilities we can more ef
fectively accomodate our
students,” comments Dean Har
shbarger, Dean of. Student Af
fairs. Also, the college was not
structured to accomodate as many
students as it presently does and
eventually will have enrolled.
Associate Provost, Dean Burke
clubs and organizations. ICC
coordinates club activities and
sponsors theme weeks, (e.g.
Winterfest and Spring Week).
ICC also serves as a liason bet
ween SGA and the clubs.
ICC was developed in its pre
sent form to be sure that student
clubs and organizations were
represented at SGA meetings. “A
great deal of what SGA does
directly affects clubs in terms of
budgets and policy enforcement,”
says SGA President Douglas
Gerow.
The SGA constitution requires
that the Freshman Senators be
elected by the fourth week of the
semester. The ICC vacancies are a
result of a lack of candidates in
the Spring semester elections.
All first or second semester
students are eligible to vote for
two Freshman Senators; Since the
ICC positions were not filled in
Spring, the SGA Constitution
specifies that the Student Senate
will vote to fill the vacancies. This
These interests have sparked
her to write three books, Blake
and Freud, which was nominated
for the Pulitzer Prize in 1980,
Epitaph and Icon (with M.A.
Nelson), and Oedipus Anne: The
Poetry of Anne Sexton.
Dr. George has also had a chap
book of her poetry published, The
Evolution of Love, and has
published over 30 articles,
reviews, and chapters in books.
These include works in Centenial
Review, The Journal, of Popular
Culture, and Women’s Studies.
Also an important aspect to her
work is serving on the advisory
board of “Hartford Studies in
Literature”, and taking an active
comments on Behrend’s expan
sion, “In view of the number of
students enrolled, Behrend has
made a great many renovations.
ment increases.
news
will be done at the September 18
SGA meeting held at 5:00 p.m. in
Reed 116.
Any full time student of first or
second semester standing is eligi
ble to vote for two Freshman
Senators. “Elections will be held
this Tuesday and Wednesday and
to vote students must have valid
ID cards,” advises Dana Bucci,
Electrons Committee Chairper
son. “This year’s slate of can
didates should mean that we will
have an exciting campaign and a
high voter turnout,” continued
Bucci.
This columnist advises all
students to vote. One fifth of the
Student Senate is up for election.
These 15 students make decisions
that affect you. Be sure your
preferences are known.
The results will be announced at
the Wednesday, September 18
SGA meeting. Those who are
elected shall begin serving their
terms at that meeting.
part in editing three other
publications.
She is a reader for Cornell
University Press, Journal of
English and Germanic Philology,
Centenial Review, and The Jour
nal of Popular Culture.
Her research does not end here
however, for after the conclusion
of the fall term teaching at
Behrend, she will continue her
work on two books, Early Boston
Burying Grounds (with M.A.
Nelson), which she expects to
complete by the Spring of ‘B6, and
Two Burdeners: Maxine Kumin
and Anne Sexton, which she ex
pects to complete during the next
two years.
We’ve come a long way, but we’ve
also got a long way to go.” It
looks as though Behrend is mov
ing in the right direction.
•P up with consistent enroll-