NOVEMBER 20, 1986
Collegian
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Bill Wager poses in front of his second home.
Is a - dventure
your bag?
There is a new club on campus called the Behrend Adventurer's Guild.
Its constitution has just recently been passed by SGA and it is now a
recognized organization on campus,
The "BAG" is an organization open to students, faculty and staff who
play a selection of role playing games including Dungeons and Dragons,
Rolemaster, Gamma World, Traveller etc. These games combine imagina
tion, chance and the skill of decision-making to provide alternate at
mospheres and pseudo-realities for the characters each player chooses to
animate_
The fundamental goals in any role playing game are to overcome the
various obstacles created by the gamemaster and to keep one's animated
character alive throughout ;the game. According to character traits,
subgoals may also be viable, such as accumulating wealth, weapons, skill
or respect of other characterS.
The most popular game, Dungeons and Dragons, was considered
dangerous or even "demonic'' by some concerned parents in 1971. When
asked about this, Mike Peters, "BAG" president, laughed aloud. His
comment was,"Most everycine involved with D & D read the article
{regarding the dangers of D & D) and it caused quite a scare in parents all
oier: the country, but D & D'is hardly demonic." He went on to add that
"Players don't take it seriously enough to kill themselves or anything like
that . . . it's just an anxiety release."
Du.ngeons and Dragons can become a rather expensive hobby. Some
players 'have spent over $5OO on equipment for the game. Dice cost one
dollar a piece and pewter figures range anywhere from $5 to $5O. There
are also books of description and rules that cost $l5 to $3O each. The club
has made provisions for a libi - ary of these books including a book entitled
"Roberts Rules of Order" according to which the games will be run_
Members of the club will be required to pay a small fee for use and upkeep
of.t6e BAG library. The fee 'will be $lO per semester or $l5 per year.
lthough in some clubs throughout the nation, players actively par
tieij>ate in real life adventures, BAG will not sponsor any type of adven
tures that would endanger members by playing the game in the woods,
comes or abandoned houses, mines and the like.
-Meeting times will be posted throughout the campus. Organized games
ale; open to those interested and will be announced at the meetings.
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ACROSS
I. Station (abbr.)
1. Mineral springs
2. Cushion
5. First man
3. Enamored
9. Sleep stage (abbr.) 4. Leaf like past of flower
12. Domesticate 5. Public announcement
13. Dealer's used car (abbr.)
14. Maria 6. Mock
15. Take as one's own 7. So be It
17. Belongs to same family 8. Molecular (abbr.)
19. Sweet grape 9. Proportional relation
21. Continuous mark 10. Same
22. Instrument 11. Native of ancient Media
24. Edward's nickname
16. Titanium (abbr.)
25. Army Post Office (abbr.) 18. High mountains
26. Flightless bird
20. Cut
27. Occurrences
+2. Distance (pref.)
29. Egyptian sun god
23. Prophetic sign
30. Man's nickname
25. Attention (abbr.)
31. Man's nickname 27. Cheese
32. Reversal (pref.) 28. Daughter of one's brother
33. Impersonal pronoun 29. Inclined passage
34. Cloth scrap 30. Awry; askew
35. One-half em 34. Person who reacts
36. Sable animals 36. Origin of money •
38. Uncle
1 37. Maneuver '
39. Edge 39. Remove suds
40. Alternating Current (aiibr.)' 41. Name of article
41. Record 42. Sharp; caustic
42. Uganda president ' 43. Alone, single (pref.)
(1971-1979) 44. Former copper coin
44. Acid or vinegar of India
46. Satbfled I 45. At
48. Aquatic animal 47. Dine
51. Office holders , 49. Night before
52. W. Indian indigo plant 50. Legal point
54. Ardor 53. Light (abbr.)
55. Female deer
:..05. Diplomacy !
by Melissa Yonkers
Collegian Staff Writer
Sitting in the lobby with hands
full of .crumpled ones and loose
change--money that was probably
meant for the laundry machine or
stamps—are students from every
residence hall on campus. These
kids have just made a phone call to
one of the many pizza
establishments in the 'surrounding
areas. They sit for a period of time
that is in direct proportion to their
hunger. Finally, in he:walks. You
know him. You love him. It's Bill
the Barbatos Man!
Bill Wager is a 24 year old Erie
resident who enjoys hockey, golf
ing and dancing. He attended Ohio
State for three years studying
cinema and television productions.
Everyone knows hims as "The Piz
za Man."
Bill would often return to Erie
on vacations from school and
usually visit friends Rob and John
Barbato. Bill said that he'd been
pushing the idea of a delivery ser
vice while on these visits, but it
wasn't until the Spring of 1985 that
anything was done about it.
Bill set up the whole system.
There are presently five delivery
men. In order to fill this position, a
Photo by Paul Duda
Students find comfort
The Rub Rats are a colorful
bunch of people who get together
in the Reed Union Building for
various reasons. There are 31 Rats
and several mice. They like to
"hang-out," relax and just have
fun in the lobby outside the
Wintergreen Cafe. One can almost
always spot a few of them in that
lobby at any point in the day.
Why outside the • Wintergreen
Cafe? It is the best surrounding for
the purpose of getting together,
many of the rats are commuters
who cannot afford to go home bet
ween claSses, they eat there, study
there and even sleep there. Others,
dorm-dwellers, prefer the space
s to the
Verses
by Chip Susol and Kim Krynock
Collegian Staff Writers
". . .all those nights,
Those murmuring voices,
Clear in the bedroom.
They were there
and we were both responsible."
Cheryl Bell from "Wind in the
Trees, Something There."
The music of language filled the
air at the Behrend Studio Theater
on Tuesday, Nov. ' 'll, when
Roundtable, SGA and the Mary
Behrend Cultural Fund brought
another poetry reading to campus.
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The man behind the myth
by Susanna Jalosky
Collegian Staff Writer
by Melissa Yonkers
Collegian Staff Writer
person must be mature, responsi- and punch-in once they have
ble, own a• car and communicate returned to the restaurant.
well with customers. The financial The delivery service is said to
side of being a delivery man is not a cover the broadest area in Erie and
dark one. Bill says that a delivery Wesleyville. The service covers
man can "live comfortably in the Wesleyville, East Lake Road, and
mid-income bracket." Harborcreek High School to In
terstate 90. This service brings ap-
Each delivery has a charge of proximately 40% of the business.
$l.OO which the delivery - man Bill claims that the goal of this
keeps. Employees must also punch- service is convenience. Barbato's
in and punch-out on a time clock. delivers dinners, fried foods,
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In the case of the delivery person- chicken wings, sub's and of course,
nel, twenty to thirty hours could be pizza. Barbato's is a growing
spent on the job in a week. The chain. There are presently two
policy is that each time a "run" is stores and a third is scheduled to
made, the deliverer must punch -out open in November.
"lB 'A xl5 foot cell" they sleep in.
Contrary to circumstantial
evidence, the rats do attend classes
and education is a main priority
among them. The average GPA of
the members of the RUB Rats is
3.0. The full range is from no lower
than 2.5 to 4.0.
The RUB Rats excercise the con
cept of "a friend in need is a friend
indeed." When one of the rats was
having problems at home in
Maryland, they all chipped in for
his ticket to see his family and work
things out. There was no pressure
on him to pay them back.
Whenever he had money, he settled
part of his debt. Some of them even
refused to take the money saying
only: "That's what friends are
The re
flow at poetry
Poets Cheryl Bell and Michael
Tkach were received by a near
capacity crowd. They read their
poetry, told stories and answered
questions from the audience after
the reading.
Cheryl Bell is Program Coor
dinator for Niagara-Erie writers, a
literary organization serving six
New York state counties. She is one
of the founding editors of Buffalo
Arts Review, a magazine which
publishes articles that combine
theoretical and applied approaches
to the arts. Her poetry has been
published in journals such as Earth
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The RUB Rats are always eager
to lend a helping hand to faculty as
well as other students. They have
helped set up the Wintergreen Cafe
a number of times before perfor
mances and when Chris Rapach
was victimized in the RUB desk
robbery they were the first to lend a
hand to put the situation in
perspective and calm Chris down.
The RUB Rats are not a clique,
in fact, if anyone begins to show up
outside the Wintergreen Cafe for
any length of time, they may be
christened "mice" and may be in
ducted into the Rats by the other
members. The induction
ceremonies are quite short, in fact,
all one must do to become a rat is
take the oath and aquire a rat-given
nickname. Of the - le interview-
it unity
Daughters, Pure Light and
Blatherskite.
Michael Tkach, a former
Behrend faculty member, teaches
creative writing, literature, and
composition at Villa Maria College
in Erie, where he is also the director
of the Writing Center. His poetry
and fiction have appeared in Col
lege English, Poet Lore, Hudson
River Anthology, and other
magazines. He has work forthcom
ing in Literary Magazine Review
and South Florida Poetry Review.
. Earlier in the day, Cheryl Bell
gave a seminar on arts administra-
eatures
Bill has his own ideas about his
future. He expressed a genuine in
terest in his work. He's entertained
ideas about expanding the business
outside of the Erie area. His ex
perience in T. V. production is a
far cry from marketing or business,
which he said he'd like to study,
but it taught him an important
lesson. Communication is of great
importance to the business world;
it's an extra edge. If Bill doesn't
"make it big" in the "Wonderful
World of Pizza", you may see him
playing hockey. He says that pro
hockey is a very real goal for his
future. He is presently playing for a
team sponsored by a local tavern.
Whether it's hockey or going
back to school for marketing, Bill
is content doing what he does best.
..delivering pizza. He said that he
loves driving, meeting interesting
people and a career that doesn't tie
him to a desk.
"But," he added, "I wish people
knew my name, instead of 'the piz
za guy's here! '"
Well, Bill, rest assured. The
Behrend community knows your
name, knows your face and knows
that every time you come through .
those residence hall doors, so
meone is getting delicious food
from Barbatos.
in lobby
ed, not one knew the oath or
perhaps they aren't permitted to
repeat it to non-rats, however, they
jokingly raised their right hands
and said, "I swear to do whatever
the oath is."
Some of the nicknames the rats
have acquired due to things said,
done or overall personality are as
follows: Ben Salinas is called "Chi
Chi" due to his Spanish heritage
and also the fact that he is presently
employed at Chi Chi's Restaurant
near Millcreek Mall. Brian Sarno is
dubbed "Pops" because he is con
stantly looking after someone and
because Pops is part of his legal
name. "Froggy", Gail Brown,
received her nickname because of
physical traits, "She has bug eyes
and her tongue is hanging out God
knows how often," one of her
fellow rats explained.
The rats are avid fans of The
Rocky Horror Picture Show which
plays every Friday and Saturday
night at the Millcreek Mall
Cinema. The rats dress up and im
itate the various characters from
Rocky Horror. They go almost
every other week and know the
dialogue verbatim.
There is no heirarchy in their
group. They're just a number of in
dividualists getting together and
having a good time. Since there is
no Reigning Rat or Mice Monarch,
there is little cause for unrest in the
rat's nest.
As you walk by the lobby of the
Wintergreen Cafe, watch where
you step. There are rats all over the
place.
Photo by Paul Duda
reading
tion. She addressed the difficulties
of promoting the arts in urban
areas where there is limited finan
cial support. She expressed the
satisfaction of accomplishment in
overcoming these difficulties. She
also spoke of her personal commit
ment to keeping the arts alive in her
community.
Although the audience was made
up of people from all levels of
literary sophistication, from well
read faculty to new readers from
arts 001, everyone took part in
keeping the art of poetry alive.
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