JANUARY 29, 1987 Collegian PAGE 2 Constitution Series brings congressman University Relations--Today, most of America's history remains one-dimensional, restricted to the dog-eared pages of textbooks and occaionally captured on the celluloid of made-for-t.v. documentaries. But Dr. Charles Redenius, the acting director of Penn State-Behrend School of Business, is out to change that. Through his upcoming speaker series, "The Constitution, 1787-1987: People, Personalities, and Politics," Redenius, in addi tion to celebrating the anniversary of the signing of the country's most vital -legal document, will attempt to unmask and flesh-out the characters involved in the drafting of the foundations of 'American freedom. "The idea is to help students and members of the Erie community understand the people and the events of the day that helped to Commencement by Vicki Sebring Collegian Staff Writer Over Christmas break, Behrend College conducted it's third annual Fall Commencement Ceremony. Seventy-one students gathered (in the Reed lecture hall on Jan. 10) to accept their diplomas and reflect upon the University's growth and development throughout the years. Both the invocation and the benidiction were delovered by the Rev. Ronald Garrett of Behrend's Campus Ministry. Provost and Dean, Dr. John Lilley, welcomed all who attended the ceremony and offered his sincere congratulations to the class of 1986. Along with Dr. Education in another land by Michele Miller , Collegian Staff Writer Greece. Egypt. Australia. France. Brazil. Penn State is around the world and through the University's many Education Abroad programs, students can do the same. According to a brochure cir culated by the university, the overseas programs are designed to "offer instruction in several disciplines within the context of another culture (and) enrich your general academic studies." In itiated in 1962, Penn State's Educa tion Abroad has grown to include study programs in England, Ger many, Italy, Swaziland, USSR, Peru, Kenya, Japan, Spain, Taiwan, and Israel, as well as those countries already mentioned. Depending upon the courses and country selected, students have the option of studying abroad for either one semester or the full academic year. During summer 1987, 3 8-week courses are being offered' in England, Israel, Italy and Sardinia. Subject areas in both summer and regular school year programs vary from architecture and business administration to mass communications and middle- Eastern studies. Some programs have language requirements, but in general ap plicants must have - an overall grade-point average of 2.50 or higher, must be in good academic standing, and in either their junior S.G.A. Minutes * President Doug Gainor's recommendation that SGA decrease its treasurer's office population from three treasurers to two (pending the "dismissal of one of the treasurers) was motioned and passed ,for se eond consecutive time, thus making the dismissal official. • * Doug and other SGA members met recently with representatives from the four other area colleges and universities about holding a record breaking musical chairseontest with students from all five schools involve ' ed. Apathy among students may force "recruitment" into area, high.' -schools; * The John Residence Council announced a Valentines Day rose Sale.., • Telephone books will be delayed for a few weeks• until Housing gets the ; correct cotrect numbers for everyone. it was also announced thatißC:s meetin' time:win be on Tuesdays ar.903 pm in Reed 116 this sernister. ' • ; • * Commuter Council President announced that she had no report for •• ••• • the week. • • * Student Programming Council Vice President Chris Rapach,antwunc- , ed-plans are, being finalized to have Donnie Iris and the Cruiseri Id* •Bebrend on Marcia 20. The movie of the week is The TbreeStooges."Little • Rascals".'There will be an Air Baud Contest on Feb.,l4, follOwedll4 „ dance., The Inter.:Club Council Chairperson lviatt'Farkai 'announce/ , that .there was'no report for the week. , • • • „ *Student Services Committee reminded everiont,that the deadline. ,• plying any balances due on the Spring Break, trip is Februarykh*. - fat;,-, •;• ,petvie have paid in full and 20, people- re Committed by:down Poth I . l ' Student Relations , Chair p erson Lori Rogosky.„announeedethav' • 'r •SGA eatiltiag the surveytave been reviewed and will be ntesented4(thetn .• • meeting.. •.• - •' - ; • ' ", ?;. Chairperson Vince OttinPuses:littertoiriti:? , :daleltntriboOeftik*ter-college in Canada) went ,out on.,Thu . rsday: ; P, ' ••• • ' • • ' 'mold this • document which has become so essential to our identity as a nation," explained Redenius, who is organizing the speaker series event. According to Redenius, the pur pose of the noon lecture series, which begins January 30 and con tinues with lectures once a month through April in the college's Reed Lecture Hall, is to both bring the founding fathers to kife and to of fer contemporary comparisons bet ween the organization and leaders of the 1787 convention and 1987 political practices and personalities. Headlining the series is Con gressman Tom Ridge, who will speak on "The Prerogatives of Power: Convention Delegates in 1787 and Possible Delegates in 1987" on Jan. 30. The con gressman will draw on his ex periences in government as he Lilley, Craig McClelland, who is 'chairman of the Council of Fellows, extended a special greetings to the graduates, parents, and guests. A special guest speaker, whom Dr. Lilley announced as a "con tinual source of pride" for the school, was alumnus Michael T. Joyce. Before Joyce enrolled at Behrend, he served for 13 months as an interrogator and non commissioned officer in Viet lam. He was also awarded the Bronze Star and two Army commendation awards. It was during this time that Joyce decided to enroll in college and pursue a career as a lawyer. From his very first year at or senior years during the semester which will ensure that additional abroad. Candidates must also corn- costs (such as housing) are ac plete course prerequisites. counted for when determining Normal progress toward gradua- Istimatect financiailneed. A Grant tion is maintained while overseas in-Aid Rind also exists through the because participants remain Office of Education Abroad registered at Penn State. No credit Programs. transfer is involved. To enroll in a foreign study pro .. As for costs, tuition charges are gram, applications must be made a the same as those at the University year in advance of the semester one Park campus, and are paid in ac- plans to be abroad. March 1, 1987, cordance with standard regulations is the deadline for the spring 1988 and deadlines. A program fee is re- semester. Those interested in a quired, but only after a student's summer 1987 programs should ap application for admittance has ply immediately. been accepted. For more information call Mari Financial assistance is available Trenkle, Penn State Behrend's through the Office of Student Aid, Study Abroad Advisor (ext. 6160). Ministry is here for you Campus Ministry--Ministers (coordinated by Ms. Pamela Griesbach, in the Office of Student Affairs) of various faiths have volunteered their time to make themselves available for professional pastoral services, counseling, map sessions, social events, and on and off-campus oppor tunities for worship. The "blue-bus" (at no cost to students) leaves the campus at 10:15 am every Sunday morning enroute to the various local churches (see Campus Ministry bulletin board) and returns to Dobbins hall after worship services. The new Spring semester (on campus) counseling schedule is as follows: Monday-Pr. Jon Goshay from 2:30 to 4:30 pm, Fr. Ron Toven from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Wednesday-Pr. Ray Sines from 10:00-11:30 am, Pr. George Schoonmaker from 1":00 to 3:00 pm, Fr. Ron Toven from 7:00 to 9:00. Thursday-Pr. Ron Garrett from 12:00 to 2:00. Friday-Pr. Cliff Hamilton from 9:30 to. 10:30. Saturday-Fr. Ron Toven from 5:00 to 5:30 (for confessions). For further information, contact the Penn State-Behrend Campus Ministry in the Office of Student Affairs, Rm. 128 of the Reed Building (898-6245). selects a hypothetical group of con temporary counterparts to the original Hancocks and Jeffersons. In keeping with the country's ongoing pursuit of freedom and justice for all,. the second guest speaker, Walter Osborn, the depu ty director of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee, will address "The Struggle for Vin dication: Blacks and Other Minorities in 1787 and 1987" on Friday, Feb. 20. On another struggle-for-freedom issue, Dr. Colleen Kelley, professor of English at Penn State-Behrend, will discuss "The Fight for Equal All the lectures are free and open Rights: Women in 1787 and 1987" to the public. A question-and on Thursday, March 19. answer session will follow each The final speaker in the series, speaker's remarks. Since the series the Rev. Sarah Barber-Braun of the is designed as a lunchtime activity, Unitarian Society of Erie, will ad- all lectures will end by 1:00 pm. For dress the still-hot issue of "Church more information about the and State: Religion in 1787 and speakers series, call 898-6107. 1987." ceremonies held Behrend, Joyce was successful. As a freshman, he earned a position as co-captain on the Cub's soccer team and led them to two Com monwealth Championship titles. Today Behrend acknowledges Joyce's athletic achievements each year by honoring one member of the Behrend soccer team with the Michael T. Joyce Hustle Award. Michael Joyce completed a four year bachelor degree program in 1973 becoming the first person to ever do so in Behrend history. From there he went on to receive his law degree from the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hamp shire and has been' practicing law since. He is presently serving a ten =IEEE , , • Z. , 1 • 4 :27,4, .• • •4 +' • ;')/•,'.•• • 40 , . • • ' • • year term as a Common Pleas Court Judge after being elected in the November elections. At the age of 36, Judge Joyce has had already impressive career that some lawyers achieve nearing the end of their legal profession. "Going to Behrend was, for me, the answer." said Joyce in a past issue of the Behrend Quarterly. "It was one of the highlights of my life." Dr. Jack Burke presented the 71 graduates with their diplomas, among which there was last year's Collegian Editor Paula Maus, and former SGA President Douglas Gerow. Also preseri f t at the ceremony were four University Park students who reside in Erie. Edgar Fehrle, Kim Topwood, Howard Miller, and Todd Kightl inger all chose to accept their diplomas nearer to home here at Behrend College. Dr. Lilley concluded the ceremony saying, "Let the record show that both Behrend College and it's first alumnus have come a long way since 1973. And together,' they have miles to go as they con tinue to reach out for new goals and conquer new peaks of excellence." Students remember Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream", 1963) Nineteen years after King's death, however, Michael Griffith is also dead. He and two companions were Over 50 Behrend students, faculty, and staff joined beaten and chased by 11 white teenagers. Griffith is Americans across the nation in commemorating Martin struck by a car and killed as he tries to escape. A cross is Luther King's birthday. During a program on January burned, imitating the Klu Klux Klan, in the dorm room 19, all joined hands to celebrate a man and his ideals. of a Massachusett's black college student. Reports from The program was broadcasted live to Behrend 101 via the NAACP suggest that racist behaviors are on the rise. the T-1 Carrier from Eisenhower Auditorium at Univer- Students at Behrend were asked if the sensed an in sity Park. crease in racial prejudices. Minority students responded The scheduled speaker, Charlene Hunter-Gault, was with a feeling of " yes it exists but very subtly." "It is unable to attend due to inclement weather. Replacing not the fault of the administration or the students," her, a panel of Penn State Faculty discussed King and they added, "but it is a trend in the media and govern the civil rights movement of the sixities. The program ment to feel that the problem has been solved." closed with everyone joining hands and, singing "We White students expressed concern toward the issue Shall Overcome." but didn't see it as a problem at Behrend. As the nation remembered Martin Luther King in a • Many students said that minority students are treated national holiday for a second year, many questioned differently, sometimes in a positive way and at times what happened to the fervor of the sixties. King had negatively. Becaue students are seen a different, they brought blacks and whites to their feet to protest the in- continued, conflict results. equities caused by racial prejudices. The charismatic What would Martin Luther King say about the pre- King rallied minorities to believe his dream of "a nation sent situation if he were alive today? "If. he were alive where they (his children) will not be judged by the color today, we wouldn't be in this situation," responded a of their skin but the content of their character." (King, Behrend student. the Penn State-Behrend Collegian Feature Editor Julie Karasinski Business Manager... Jacquie Anthony News Editor Steve Aller Photo Coordinator Paul Duda Sports Editor Sue Holmes Adviser Robert DiNicola IMES Craig Altmire David Bruce Stephanie Burrage Barb Byers Michael Cifelli Julie Clough Robert Eggleston Mailing Address • Behrond Collegian, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563 Office located in Reed Union Building Office Hours -9 a.m. -5 p.m.; Monday through Friday Phone: 898.6221 Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of the Penn Ststellehrend Collegian are not necessarily those of the University Ad ministration, faculty, or the student body. Congressman Ridge by Mary C. Stewart Collegian Staff Writer Editor Jack Horner Andrea Eliasz Jake Guinta Mike Golden Lisa Hahn Susanna Jalosky Sherry Kanzius Holly Lew .i:.: : ....g0:p., : . p.u5..::..1•44-.:t . p:.0.,t: 40_Tc..•:.. : ".. : .....•:'...:i...:•:1:.i::•. : , 4 - i : fl - : ) . 0 : 14,....i. by Michelle Grasmick Collegian Contributing Writer What would you do if someone offered to pay for your tuition, books, activities, and supplies re quired for your major, and give you $lOOO to boot? You'd pro bably think he was joking. Well, in actuality, the Army does award .scholarships that provide all of this, and more. All you have to do is apply. If you're thinking it's too late for you to win a scholarship, then you should know a few more things. First of all, it isn't too late for freshmen and sophmores not enrolled in ROTC. There is a special advanced ROTC basic pro gram for those non-ROTC students who win scholarships. To apply, you must have at least two academic years remaining in your college career. You must also be The First Region will publish the enrolled in a degree-seeking pro- results of the postal match in gram. Your GPA need not be March. Last Spring, Behrixyl astronornical; however, you must entered only one team and came in have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 to be eleventh place, beating out twenty eligible. Respectively, the higher five other teams on the eastern your GPA, the better your chances seaboard, from Maine to Florida. for winning a scholarship. Rifle club meetings are at .sg) There are more advantages to be- pm on Thursdays, and meet iii:ll2e ing a scholarship recipient than just ROTC office, before going tc:P' the no longer having to worry about Lawerence Park Rifle Range to how you're going to pay your next shoot. The club welcomes anyone semester's tuition. You also get to interested in shooting, regardless of participate in numerous ROTC their experience level. Its members related activities, interact with are comprised of those who are in other ROTC cadets, and learn terested in widely varying aspects valuable leadership skills. ROTC is of shooting: from those interested a valuable opportunity in which in markmanship training to every eligible person should take weapons safety, to those who wish advantage. In order to apply and to stay proficient in shooting bet get more information, see Captain ween hunting seasons. Donahue in the ROTC office as soon as possible in order to meet all the deadlines. i..r.'!.........":4;.:00.,4.4t04.....:C•10 . b..',..:',7 : i.....:...............,: . ...: ... .. : :, Officers of the Accounting Club are looking forward to an exciting and eventful Spring club. Some of the planned activities include seminars con ducted by CPA firms from the Erie area as well as events with Gannon and Edinboro Universities. All those . interested in joining are welcomed: The club is not limited to accounting or business majors only. The club' will be holding its meeting on Mondays at noon in the Reed Seminar room. Member of The Press Association Staff Kevin Mills Paul Miniger Tracy Muffett Cheryl Nietupski Angela Papaleo Lynn Popovich Chris Rapach news by Lori Beals Collegian Staff Writer The Behrend College Rifle Club fired at targets for entry in the Ist Reserve Officer's Training Corps Region (ROTC), Intercollegiate Postal Match, on Dec. 11, 1986. Using Winchester rifles, two teams of five members each fired at Olympic targets in the prone, kneeling and standing positions. These targets will be sent through the mail to judges who will score them and tabulate the teams' average against the targets entered in the match by other University and College ROTC rifle teams,-in the First Region. The Behrend Rifle Club awarded the Teams' top three shooters with trophies. 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