Collegian January 23, 1986 Craig Karges leaves audience asking, by Jack Horner Collegian Feature Editor Did you know that Kevin and Carolyn are planning a trip to Puerto Rico? Did you know that Debbie was from Boston? Surely you couldn't have guessed that the young lady in front was going sail ing with her father on Chesapeake Bay. And you couldn't have known that the lady in the center section of Reed 117 was ponder ing large, bulky sweaters. Craig Karges knew. He knew all along. Last Saturday night Craig Karges, mentalist, mystified Behrend students with all sorts of mind-boggling illusions. But, then again, who wouldn't have known , that the lighter belonged to Bob Viewpoint: Be on the safe side-burn your report card failures (no matter what my - non-student to turn over anew grades you cannot aft , - - mother says). The worst thing you leaf. (Whatever works-right?) in class. can do is to lose stock in yourself. Don't go to class witnout being Your ',- Cop a new attitude. Convince totally awake. Caffeine in any yourself that you can do well. Set a, form will do. If you are dro , - - goal and settle for nothing less when you sit down, the --" than a 3.0 (or getting off being attentive probation). (or ever. If you can wake up early and in stantly be ready to get your day started, then morning classes are for you. If you have to be a morn ing person, be one quietly, the rest of us are trying to sleep. If you love sleep then. don't schedule yourself for classes that meet ear ly. You and I both know you're going to miss a lot of them. Don't kid yourself. It's better to have afternoon and evening classes than never to attend your 8:00 class (sound advice from a sound sleeper). - If they're available and you can afford them, buy new books. Why? There's nothing like the freshness of a new textbook. The pages are clean and the edges are sharp and it smells good. It can make you feel like a new student and that can make you feel like you can study. That sounds total ly inane, but crisp pages in a brand-new text can inspire even a by Jack Homer Collegian Feature Editor If your grades were anything like mine last semester you're pro bably questioning your future in an institution of higher education. I know I'm questioning my future in an institution somewhere. I just hope it's a room with windows. Maybe I'll study there. And excuses! Can I come up with them? Among some of my scapegoats are: living off campus, Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority, not having a coffee machine, not having a car, my roommate Bob (who could turn Wally Cleaver into a derilict), Paula and The Collegian, my alarm clock, and the list winds up somewhere with styrofoam cups and the frayed encU of my shoelaces. I guess it really doesn't matter who I blame my lack of study habits on, I'm the one who suffers...ooooo reality. There are steps one can take to become a good student or, at the very least, improve. your grades. I only have a vague concept of the process myself, but you can ad lib if you get lost. First of all, students who do poorly their first semester are not Hughes? Hughes started to laugh every time Craig came near him with the thing! The reptile was a great idea, and had the audience not collec tively whispered, "a snake," I'd give the triple-blindfolded Karges some credit. But he'd have to be deaf not to have heard. Other than that...your guess is as good as mine. Reason dictates that in order for one to read, one must be able to see. No one, however, can see through two metal coins, adhesive tape, and a blindfold right? Yet Craig Karges recited the numbers off a randomly selected Social Security card. At one point, Mr. Karges selected five members from the audience. Each was to describe a make of car, its color, its price and its liscense plate. After chang ing his mind (twice) the first au dience member decided on a Volkswagen - GTI. The next member of the audience decided it was baby blue. A girl in the back set it's cost a $ll,OOO after another girl had chosen LC7239 for the liscense. The fifth volunteer went on stage and removed a sealed envelope from Craig Karges' wallet. On that piece of paper which was written at 7:15 p.m. (forty-five minutes before the show even started), it was stated that the car to be described later that evenine non-student to turn over a new leaf. (Whatever works-right?) Don't go to class witnout being totally awake. Caffeine in any form will do. If you are drowzy when you sit down, the chances of being attentive or day dreaming (or even dozing off) are about fif ty percent. After last semester's feature be a Volkswagen GTI, baby blue, license plate-LC 7239 at a cost of $ll,OOO. Explain that. Surely the most unsettling part of Karges' show was when he levitated a small table. He had chosen Kim Bruni to stand on one side of the table as he stood on the other. Placing their fingertips on the table top, they began to con centrate. Kim's look of concentra tion turned to. pure shock as the table lifted off the ground and began moving across the stage. Those who attended Craig Karges' show last weekend won't soon forget the experience. It was a fascinating performance from the time he introduced himself to the close of the show. Karges kept grades you cannot afford to sleep Prove her wrong. It's up to you. in class. Getting to class, being prepared Your QPA could average out to and staying awake isn't the easiest a respectable number if you thing to do in Erie, PA. Motiva decide to work this semester. If Lion is hard to uncover in four feet your mother is anything like mine of snow. But the road to academic she's already got you pegged for excellence has been plowed-get full time employment pumping your boots on. It's cold at the gas gas at the local Exxon station. station. MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH Eastern and Gray Ave. Phone 899-6386 . The Rev. Martin Roth, Pastor* WESLEYVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH Buffalo Road and Market St Phone 899-9243 The Rev. George Schoonmaker, Pastor* EAST ERIE ASSEMBLY OF GOD 2653 Saltsman Rd. _ Phone 895-5247 The Rev. Cliff Hamilton, Pastor* " How? " the audience wide-eyed and curious. For a man who does his job so well, one can only guess why he almost sets fire to his paycheck after every performance. TROUBLED? NEED TO TALK? WE CAN HELP...WE CARE ABOUT YOU! PENN STATE-BEHREND CAMPUS MINISTRY Student Affairs Reed Building 898-6245 OFF CAMPUS WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BUS TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE FOR 11:00 a.m. SERVICES BUS LEAVES REED 10:15 a.m. SUNDAYS ST. JAMES R.C. CHURCH 2635 Buffalo Road Phone 8996178 The Rev. Robert W. Cohan, Pastor WESLEYVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3306 South Street 899-3302 The Rev. Jerry Schmidt, Pastor ON CAMPUS WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS with The Rev. Ron Toven* (Fr.. Ron) SATURDAYS, 5:30 p.m. in THE REED LECTURE HALL PENN STATE-BEHREND CAMPUS MINISTRY *Participating Campus Ministry Office Clergy
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