FEBRUARY 12, 1987
Collegian
PAGE 2
Lawson active in drug awareness programs
by Vicki Sebring
Collegian Staff Writer
Lucien Lawson, maintenance
and operations supervisor at Penn
State-Behrend, was the guest
speaker for the January 20th
meeting of the Erie County Com
mission on Drug and Alcohol
Abuse.
Lawson, the state chairman for
the drug and alcohol program for
the Pennsylvania Elk State
Association, discussed the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
the Elks' Drug and Awareness Pro
gram, which he has been actively
involved in since its inception four
years ago.
The Elks program is a widely
spread prevention organization
which relies on concerned com
munity members such as Lawson.
As a volunteer he has devoted 15
years as a district chairman and
more recently has been upgraded to
a state chairman position. While
serving in the Vietnam War, he saw
several colleagues turn to drug use
as a way to escape; however, they
were in fact pushing themselves
toward destruction. This reason,
and his understanding of the
pressures that kids have to deal
with today, provoked him to get in
volved in this program.
Prevention is the Elks' main ob
jective; they want to stop drug use
before it starts. They do this by
focusing their attention on the
youth in the fourth through ninth
grades. This age group is targeted
because it has flexible attitudes and
behaviors and can still be influenc
ed against drugs. "Our program is
aimed at prevention, and we feel
that anybody, or most anybody
Dr. Dale hosts talk show
Dr. Sharon Dale, Asst. Professor of Art History.
Encyclopedia donated to Behrend library
Dr. J. M. Davis, associate pro
fessor of English at Penn State-
Behrend, represented the Canadian
Consulate General as he presented
a complimentary copy of a new
three-volume Canadian En
cyclopedia to the college's library
on Feb. 3.
Because of his continuing study
of Canadian history. Davis was
asked by Sydney Harris, the Cana
dian Counsul General, to present
S.G.A.
Minutes
* President Doug Gainor called the Wed., February 4th Government
meeting to order at 3:00 pin. The meeting was held in the Reed lecture
hall, instead of the seminar room, inaorder to allow the student body a
chance to view an SGA meeting in progress. Attendance was minimal.
* The joint Residence Council is still continuing it's Valentine's Day
Rose Sale. Longstem roses are being offered for $2.00 and sweetheart
roses are available in yellow, red, pink, and white and cost $1.50.
* The Student Programming Council aimounced this weekend's movie
as "The Color Purple" They also voted to accept SGA's Donny Iris
ticket price recommendations, of one dollar for activities card holders,
$3.00 for non-card holding students, and 57.00 for the community. Both
SGA and SPC will share the credit and expenses for the planned future
performance.
" Plans are being discussed for a possible SGA dinner dance in the spr
hw at Peek "it Peak.
• *, President Doug Gain.or presented information ,on future Penn. State
recruitment positions for students. Two meetings will be held here and
One at University Park for students interested in returning to their high
schools over the summer to recruit future Penn State students. More in
formation and details will, be provided in the, future. •
that is beyond that age falls more
into rehabilitation," says Lawson.
The idea is to make them aware
of the consequences of using drugs
so they can make the decision
themseles to stay clear of drugs.
The Elks do not claim to be profes
sionals in dealing with the treat
ment of users; what they do claim
to be is the catalyst which can bring
the community's professionals
together to bear upon the problem.
They are the facilitators who ac
tivate everything. They provide
financial help and provide a place
for everyone to gather for
meetings. They distribute informa
tional pamphlets and brochures to
the public. Their target drugs are
marijuana and cocaine. "Other
organizations are out there for
alcohol abuse and rehabilitation.
We work with these organizations,
but we deal mostly on the preven
tion of marijuana and cocaine
use." The Elks work with other
community- centered
establishments as allies. Coopera
tion with existing programs is im
peritive. It keeps from duplicating,
counterparting and convicting
programs.
Lawson is an active supporter of
President Reagan's campaign
against drug abuse. He will travel
to Atlanta, Georgia to attend the 3
day International Conference of
the National Parents' ResourCe In
stitution for Drug Education, Inc.
(P.R.1.D.E.) on March 18, where
First Lady Nancy Reagan and
Carlton E. Turner, Ph.D., deputy
assistant to President Reagan, will
be feature speakers for the
conference.
Representing the Elks at the con
ference will be Mr. Lawson along
Photo by Holly Lew
the gift on the counsulate's behalf.
Davis recently received a 1987
Canadian Studies Faculty Research
Grant through the Canadian Em
bassy in Washington, D. C. The
grant is designed to promote the
United States' studies in Canadian
literature, culture, and society.
The award helped the Behrend
professor continue his travels to
Canadian libraries to complete
research for his book, Conversa
with 49 other state chairmen. More
information combatting the fight
Dr. Sharon Dale, assistant professor of art history, is hosting "Major
League Issues," a monthly television program on CTV-13.
The show, sponsored by Meadville's League of Women Voters and C-
Span, "presents aninterview/With an area legislator or a . forum on a single
issue of interest to the local community," said Dale. C-Span, having
previously covered Congressional forums, worked with CTV-13 (a Mead
ville television station), and "Major League Issues" was created.
"Essentially we're trying to give politics a more broad appeal and to
create and informed electorate—people who know who they're voting for
and why they're voting for this person rather than just on the basis of
looks or on the basis of where their name appears on the ballot," said
Dale. Studies show that candidates whose names appear at the top of the
ballot do better than those whose names are at the end.
Dale interviewed Erie's Congressman Tom Ridge for last month's
show, which was broadcast three times on cable vision, and she taped an
interview with Roy Wilt, state representative from the 50th district (which
includes Crawford and Mercer counties). The Wilt interview will not be
broadcast in Erie but Dale plans on interviewing Senators Hines and Spec
tor which will be shown in Erie. Broadcast days and times vary monthly.
Dale first became interested in educating the public about the legislature
last year when she was a delegate moderating candidates' forums at a state
convention in Harrisburg.
Besides aiming at educating the public, Dale would like to see more in
volvement and more people running for legislative positions. Dale also
would like students, both male and . female, to become involved in the pro
duction of "Major League Issues."
don with Robertson Davies. The
book, anthology of interviews with
the' well-known Canadian novelist,
was contracted by the University
Press of Mississippi to be part of a
series of similar books of inter
views with leading writers, in
cluding Edward Albee, William
Styron, Walker Percy and Eudora
Welty.
Davis' book will be at the
publisher's by September 1988.
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Lucien Lawson, maintenance supervisor.
by Holly Lew
Collegian Staff Writer
against drugs can be obtained April
Ist on campus.
Photo by Holly Lew
The donation of the Canadian
Encyclopedia by the Consul
General is to recognize Davis as a
recipient of the research grant and
to further interest in Canada and
Canadian Studies at Behrend.
Davis presented the encyclopedia
to Penn State-Behrend Librarian
Robert Rose at 11 a.m. in the Reed
Building library.
A reception followed.
New scholarship offered
University Park, Pa.--The
Joseph H. DeFrees Scholarship has
been established at the Behrend
College of The Pennsylvania State
University to recognize outstanding
students from Warren County, the
Board of Trustees was told on Jan
16.
The initial principal of $50,000
has been established with gifts
from the DeFrees Family Founda-
the Penn State-Behrend Collegian
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.Inter-club council
The Inter-Club Council, on Feb 3, held the first in a series of workshops
that will be conducted this semester. Tuesday's workshop was presented
by Major McDavid and it was all about a "New Concept in Leadership."
These workshops will be held every other Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in the
Reed Seminar Room (R 116). The next workshop will be on Feb. 17. .
The Inter-Club Council has also reviewed some club constitutions and
they are now ready to be picked up by the respective clubs applying for
charters.
Also, the Inter-Club Council would like to remind all the clubs that they
MUST send a representative to the regular meetings of the ICC.
Pre-med advisor, cont. from page 1
courses. We don't want to do that,
and the reason we don't want to do
that is that students who take this
pre-med curriculum don't end up
with a major: that is, they take a
bunch of physics, a , bunch of
chemistry, a bunch of biology, a
bunch of math, a bunch of other
stuff, but they don't have a 'major'
in any of the above areas. Now na
tionwide, about half the students
who apply to medical school get in;
the other half don't. That means
that, on the average, fifty percent
of students who take the pre-med
curriculum have nothing, or very
little, to fall back 0n...50 if they
don't get into medical school they
have other avenues open to
them...but what we want to do is
make sure that students have the
right courses and all the informa
tion they need. We don't want to
put them into some box called
"pre-med" from which, four years
from now, they may find it dif-
ficult to get out."
Dr. Baldwin's recommendations
for courses other than ones
prescribed in the blue book includ
ed "any work in a hospital or doc
tor's office" to find out if "you
can stand the sight of blood." He
also recommends at least some ex
tracurricular activities, "because
the student who applies to med
school and has nothing on his
record by way of extracurricular
activities is not likely to get in...the
directors of admission of all Ppm
sylvania!s—medical schools—..see
students with terrific grade-point
averages who have done nothing
outside the classroom, and they're
always suspicious of these students_
They want—well-rounded people
who have some leadership
qualities."
Having only about seventeen
students officially advised by him,
Dr. Baldwin commented that "we
don't have enough students that
have gone from here into medical
school to be able to point and say
`We've had so many students
who've gotten into medical school
in the past ten years." We have had
students who have gone from here
and gotten into some very fine
medical schools, but the numbers
are not large because up until very
recently, most students either
wanted or had to go to Univeriity
Tutoring, cont. from page 1
Center as a supplement to Thursday 9:00-12:00, 1:00-3:00,
classroom instruction. and 4:00-9:00, Friday 9:00-3:00.
Students wanting to know more English--Monday 1:00-7:00, Tues
about the services of the center day 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-6:00,
should stop by Turnbull Hall, Wednesday 1:00-7:00, Thursday
Room 205. Tutors are available 10:00-2:00, Friday 1:00-7:00.
most hours Monday through Fri- Spanish— Monday 6:00-8:00 p.m.,
day. Check the appointment board Tuesday 9:00-12:00, Wednesday
for specific times. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Business-- By ap-
Hour s: Mat h--Monday pointment only. (See ASC appoint
-9:00-4:00, Tuesday 9:00-12:00 and ment board.)
3:00-9: 00, Wednesday 9:00-4:00,
tion, Allegheny Valve Co., and
Allegheny Coupling Co., all of
Warren.
Consideration for the scholar
ship will be,given to students whose
home address is Warren County
and who are enrolled or planning
to enroll at Penn State Behrend.
Candidates must possess superior
academic records. If there are no
eligible students from Warren
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Jake Guinta
Mike. Golden
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news
by Matt Farkis
ICC President
Park. What we're trying to do is
establish a reputation as a good
place to prepare yourself for
medical school...the only way we
can do it is by having students who
are willing, in a sense, to entrust
themselves to us. It has nothing to, ,
do with a problem at Behrend. We
can offer as good an education as,
any other college. What we don't
have is a record to point to."
Are there any points to stress to
the students in the Behrend
munity who might be interested in
pursuing a pre-med curriculum?
"Yes. One thing I would like to get,
across is that I am the repository
for information about medical;
schools and about procedures. Poi - ,
example, if anybody wants to take
the MCAT exam, I have the ap
plications. Also, many students, in
order to prepare for the MCAT ex
ams, take a special course offered
by the Kaplan people...it's
available at Gannon. Cost of the
course is $400; so it's not only an
intellectual and emotional commit
ment, it's a financial commit
ment...that's why I have lots of in
formation here. One other thing is
that next fall I hope to offer a one
credit course for pre-med students,
and bring in some medical people -
doctors, nurses, med students,
hospital administrators - so that
students can not only, find out
whether medicine is right for them,
but also what branch of
medicine...and- to find out what
doctoring means in the twentieth
century."
"The main thing I would like to
stress is that: one, at Behrend pre
med is not a curriculum, it's an ad
vising system; and two, there is no
magic curriculum that will get you
into medical school. All the med
schools tell me they don't care what
you major in, but they do care
about your grades, your MCAT
scores, and that you do show some
demonstrable commitment to
people."
Students interested in medical
school and who are not presently in
contact with Dr. Baldwin may con
tact him at the West Carriage
House Annex, room three, on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:25
am to 10:40 am or on Wednesdays
from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. His
phone extension is 6273.
County, consideration will be given
to other Penn State-Behrend
students.
Recipients will be selected by the
Behrend College Scholarship Corn
mittee. The number and amount of
scholarships will be determined by
the selection committee. Each
scholarship will be awarded for one
year but may be renewed if reci
pients continue to be eligible.
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