Happy Holidays!
The Collegian
December 12,1985
Page Three
TLC finds housing for UP student
by Greg Rathbun
Collegian Staff Writer
Are you transferring to University Park for the fall
semester and don’t have a place to stay?
If so, you should know about the Housing Fair.
The fair begins on the 7th and the Bth of February
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Heintzel Union
Building of University Park. Several organizations
sponsor this event including: Campus Life, the
Organization of Town Independent Students
(OTIS), and the Association of Residence Hall
Students (ARHS).
There will be several realators present representing
many off- campus apartments and additionally a
group representing the residence halls. A bus service
will provide students with one and one half hour
tours of on and off-campus apartments.
After the tour a question and answer session will
be held. At the session the Housing Fair coordinators
will inform students on what to expect upon arrival
in the Happy Valley
Prior to the fair r Behrend will show two tapes on
How to improve test-taking skills
continued from page 1 many of the elements Batoff men
tions. It suggests that students
tion. Plus, anxiety starts to take talk about their filing.; with
over near exam time, so you’re other students, that they interview
tense while you’re cramming.” adults on their feelings about
He suggests taking off the day tests, that they notice what they
before a test and giving yourself a are saying to themselves about
relaxing reward, maybe a movie tests and change negative
or dinner with friends. Batoff, in statements into positive ones,
fact, built in rewards for himself must ‘cause.l’m scared doesn’t
throughout study time for exams mean I‘m stupid,” one character
when he was in school. says.
“Every couple of hours, I’d The program gives practical ex
stop for a glass of milk and some perience with test forms and in-
Oreo cookies,” he says. “I always structions. There are oppor
gained weight during exams, but tunities to get used to computeriz
the reward helped me study.” ed answer sheets by playing
A good night s sleep and some connect-the-dots games on them,
exercise also are helpful. There are instructions to follow
“It’s been shown that people that produce simple crafts pro
intergrate more information after jects. And there are exercises for
a run around the block,” he says, improving concentration (“Count
And where exams are concern- backwards while your pamter
ed, misery not only loves com- sings ‘Happy Birthday to You’”),
pany, it makes good use of it. People react to tests differently,
Support from others going the booklet says, so it prescribes
through the same .thing is impor- fast wake-up exercises for the
tant,” Batoff says. “You get a sluggish (Simon Says, running in
chance to talk about what you’re place, deep knee bends) and some
doing. The more you use it in con- relaxing deep breathing for the
versation, the more you own it. wired-up test taker. Energetic
The less novel the situation feels, relaxation is the goal, it says,
the more comfortable you’ll be in Ronald S. Kaiser, a
i*--” . Philadelphia and Elkins Park
Batoff suggests taking that psychologist, offers relaxation
premise right into the test with training in his practice. There are,
. he says, some techniques that a
“A person is often more anx- test-taker can use to achieve that
ious at the beginning of a test than desired state of alert relaxation,
at the end, so run through it first, “First, they have to do a certain
doing all the questions you can amount of talking to themselves,”
answer off the top of your head. Kaiser says. “They have to realize
Then, go back to the ones you that a test is an inanimated object,
have to think about when you’re it- has no power over them until
able to focus.” they give it that power.” Sit in a
The School District of relaxed position, then concentrate
Philadelphia has been offering on your breathing, controlling the
students, parents and teachers a inhalations and exhalations, think
Saturday seminar called “Test about the parts of the body one at
Taking Tactics” for about eight a time, relaxing them as you go.
years. Last fall, more than 400 “One problem with tension
people showed up for the may be hyperventilation,” Kaiser
program. says. “When your breathing runs
“Test Taking Tactics,” the away, that in itself creates anxie
booklet used in seminar,, echoes - ty.' It sets up changes in the body
housing in the Reed Seminar Room at a soon-to-be
announced time.
Transferring students can benefit from contacts
with Transfer Liason Corps (TLC). TLC facilitates
in making transition from a Commonwealth campus
or Behrend to U.P.. TLC covers the academic, social
and psychological aspects of transferring along with
housing. Help for transfer students is around the
comer when TLC reaches out to Behrend. They will
arrive in the spring semester to hold seminars an
answer student’s questions.
Students who intend on transferring should put
their change of assignment form in at the Records
Office during the first ten days of the spring
semester.
Timely and useful information on the transferring
process can be obtained in the Student Affairs Of
fice. There you will find the INTRO publication, a
five part pamphlet specifically designed to answer
student’s questions on the transferring process. IN
TRO is the next best thing to tender loving care.
mechanism that are tension
producing, like heart palpitaitons,
sweating, cold hands, flushed
face. It makes the body work
awfully hard. Some people ex
periene hyperventilation as a con
dition imposed on them, but, in
fact, it’s a condition they can in
continued on page 4
Residential Life Staff of the
Behrend College sponsored a
mass blood drive competition bet
ween the area colleges consisting
of Behrend, Gannon University,
Mercyhurst College and Villa
Maria College.
This competition is set up so
that between the months of
December thru April inclusive of
1986, each college will choose a
month to sponsor a blood drive
that will meet the following
criteria established by the com
petition guidelines.
GUIDELINES FOR
COMPETITION
1) one of the area colleges ask
ed to participate.
2) Sponsor a mass blood drive
within the set time constraints.(no
previous blood drives qualify)
3) Notify Gregory D. Goldsmith
by writing: Behrend College, Sta
tion Road, Box 501, Erie, PA
16563, or by calling (814)
898-6669 or (814) 898-6155.
4) Give name of sponsoring
organization and blood drive
chairperson.
After this has been done, Bar
bara Parker, Donor Recruiter for
the Community Blood Bank will
set up an appointment with so
meone from the respective college
staff allowing her to visit the col
lege and explain the details of the
blood drive and competition.
When the Residential Life Staff
Blood drive continued from page 1
ROTC Scholarships
by Barrett Parker
Collegian Staff Writer
“It’s great being able to go to
college and pay almost nothing,”
says Cdt. Sgt. Don Buckshaw,
who received one of more- than
2,000 Army Reserve Officers
Training Corps Scholarships
available every year.
Army ROTC scholarships are
generous. They pay for tuition,
certain academic expenses, in
clude an allowance for books,
supplies, and equipment, as will
as a subsistence allowance of
$lOOO for each year the scholor
ship is in effect.
“It’s a good deal,” says Cdt. Since the Army is placing new
Lt. Tom Milley, whose 3 1/2 year emphasis on officers with a highly
scholarship totals around technical background, special
$20,000, including $3500 in sub- consideration is given to those
sistance checks payed direclty to students majoring in engineering,
him. “The only thing it does not physical science and nursing.
cover is my room abd board.” “I think I am a better person
As the saying goes, you can’t because of the discipline, leader
get something for nothing, ship skills and comradeship,”
Students must complete the concluded Buckshaw, “I think it
prescribed courses including will also give me an edge in the job
military science. Furthermore, market.”
student must complete the six Further details on how to apply
week Advanced Camp, which is for 1986 scholarships may be ob
attended between their Junior and tained from Major McDavid,
Senior years. “An additional $750 Professor of Military Science at
to go to summer camp,” says Behrend. His office is located in
Milley, “with free room and the administration building, or
board for six weeks.” call 898-6218 for an appointment.
of Behrend thought of the idea of
the mass blood drive competition,
it was thought that this would be a
great opportunity for the area col
leges to work collectively on a
group project that will help the
community and for each college
to show school spirit with a
healthy, competitive motive.
The prize to be awarded is a
trophy that displays the nome of
the winning college. The trophy
will be sponsored by the Com
munity Blood Band and will be a
floating-resident trophy. Since
Behrend plans on making this an
annual or semi-annual event bet
ween the participating colleges, at
news
“It’s tough being under con
tract, they expect more from
y0u...” states Buckshaw.
“I think the scholorship is good
money,” said Cdt. Lt. Geri Fallet
ta, “but it’s a big step and a deci
sion that will effect the rest of
your life.”
There is no requirement that the
applicant be enrolled in ROTC. In
fact, 40 percent of the scholar
ships are reserved for students not
presently taking part in ROTC,
although those students do have
to make up the classroom work
missed during their freshman
year.
the end of each competition, the
trophy will be housed in a
showcase at the respective college
for that college’s reigning period.
Last year, the mass blood drive
was sponsored by the Association
of Black Collegians and was a
huge success. The Dec. 4 and 5
blood drive was also a success.
More donors were expected,
however, drawbacks at this time
were due to the season, colds, sore
throats and anemia. Another
drawback is because Plasmatec
pays people who donate plasma.
However, as stated by a Com
munity Blood Bank represen
continued on page 8
Dean Lilley at Blood Drive.