the Penn State-Behrend FEBRUARY 6,. 1986 "Ms. Faust" hits bookstores by Chip Susol Collegian Staff Writer What do you get when you combine a Behrend professor, the occult and feminism? The answer is, Chris Dubbs' newly released novel, "Ms. Faust". "Ms. Faust" is a story about a young professional woman's aspirations on the corporate ladder and how she is aided, in the Faustian traditon, by selling out to Satan. This unique combination, the occult and feminism, was a result of Dubbs' inspiration of the title in January of 1984 when he combined the name of Faust, a traditional character in literature who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge and power, and the feminist title 'Ms.' The implications of this combination provided the material from which Dubbs worked to create this dramatic commentary on feminism and success in the corporate world. "Ms. Faust" was completed 19 months later in August of 1985. The hardback edition of "Ms. Faust", published by Richardson-Steinman, should be available at press time through various book stores and book Gramm-Rudman threatens four percent cuts for student aid WASDINGTON, D.C. (CPS)— Student aid programs will shrink by about 4.3 percent as of March 1, figures released by the Office of Management and Budget last week indicate. The cuts are the first mandated by the new Gramm-Rudman for mula to balance the federal budget. And while educators say black, Hispanic and middle-income students will bear the brunt of the new cuts, they now think the Gramm-Rudman law --- named for co-sponsoring senators Philip Gramm (R-Tex) and Warren Rud man (R-N.H.) will have a severe impact on students when the next round of cuts it requires take ef fect in October. In Memoriam Ronald McNair Francis Scobee Michael Smith Judith Resnik Ellison Onizuka Gregory Jarvis Christa McAuliffe clubs across the country. The transcription . of the novel into French and Italian for overseas distribu- tion is also being considered. The movie rights to the novel have been optioned to independent film producer, Mace Neufeld, pro ducer of The Omen series and currently, Cagney and Lacey. Dubbs described the optioning process in the Sept. 24, 1985 Collegian as "The producer purchases an option and in that time they try to launch the pro ject: find the financing, director, actor, et cetera. If they begin making the movie within that one-year period, they then give me an embarassingly large sum of money." . Reviews of the novel itself are to be published in Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal. Dubbs graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with an undergraduate degree in business but it was the short story course he took in his final semester that would determine his creative focus; writing. After graduation he served a two year stint as a key punch operator for the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He then attended he University of_ continued on page 2 In the following years, reduc- Even now, educators think cur tions may have to be four to five rent cuts will hurt certain classes times as large as this year's in of students while convincing some order to balance the budget by banks to give up making Campus buildings don new names by Chip Susol Collegian Staff Writer In efforts to preserve historical traditions behind the Behrend Col lege, the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees passed a resolution to restore the original names of the structures built on. the Ernst Behrend Estate. The buildings in the original proposal; Administration Building, Faculty Office Building, Faculty Office Building Annex, Turnbull Hall, and the Studio Theatre were considered for re-naming. All were passed but "Turnbull Barn" which will remain Turnbull Hall, and "The Corncrib Theatre" which will remain the Studio Theatre. The new "old" names will be: Glenhill Farm House (Ad ministration Building), Carriage House (Faculty Office Building), and Carriage House Annex (Faculty Office Building Annex.) ollegian STATION ROAD, ERIE, PA 16563 (GSLs). "This will certainly accelerate postsecondary education," con the trend of declining black and continued on page 4 Quake shakes Erie by Barrett K. Parker Collegian Staff Writer Last Friday, Jan. 31, Behrend, as well as the rest of Erie, was shaken by an earthquake. Dr. Eva Tucker, Asst. Prof. of Geoscience, in an interview with the three local TV stations, said, "Most people don't expect earthquakes in this area." Earthquakes usually occur along geologic faults, where two continen tal plates meet, such as California's San Andreas Fault. Few people know that such a fault exists out in Lake Erie. "In the east, the areas are very old," says_Tucker, "Quakes...(such as this one) occur along old faults. There is such a zone in Lake Erie." This quake measured five on the Ricter Scale which is method of measuring the amount of energy released. A reading of five is con sidered a "moderate" earthquake. The middle of the earthquake, called the epicenter, was located close to the center of the lake. Canadian cities on the Lake side were similarly effected. The last quake along this fault occured in upstate New York in 1983_ It also had a magnitude of five on the Ricter Scale. In 1980 a similar quake occured in Kentucky. Erie was last effected by a quake in 1934. Inside this issue.... Students can enhance their major with a minor Phase II of apartments is underway p. 3 Columnist comments on budget cuts...p. 6 Screen Talk critiques "Jewel" p. 7 Four Beh rend booters awarded p. 11 VOLUME XXXIV NUMBER 9 Hispanic participation in ..p. 2
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