FEBRUARY 26, 1987
Collegian
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Intern assisting Student Affairs office
by Jill Tourville
Collegian Staff Writer
New to the Student Affairs Of
fice this semester is Leah Magestro.
Leah is presently serving an intern
ship as an assistant to Jamie
Grimm, the Asst. Dean of Student
Affairs. Before coming to
Behrend, Leah earned a Bachelor's
Degree in health and physical
education, and worked for two
years as a basketball coach in Ten
nessee. Now she attends Edinboro
Graduate School where she is the
assistant coach of the women's
basketball team. Leah will
graduate this year with a Master's
Degree in student and personnel
services. Thus she is spending a
Barton holds weekly
Stress Workshop
Every Monday at noon, a small group of students regularly attend a
Stress Workshop available to Behrend students in Lawrence 15. The
group is counseled by Dr. Louanne Barton, who has a Ph.D. in mental
health. The setting is an informal one as students and Dr. Barton freely
discuss such topics as time management, relaxation training and exercises,
and how to develop interpersonal relationship skills. Most of the discus
sions, however, revolve around questions and answers about how to
reduce the stress a person experiences in his or her daily life.
Dr. Barton is not a newcomer to Behrend. Previously, she worked as a
part-time counselor and educator of stress management class. Dr. Barton
has practiced mental health for over 25 years, so she obviously has been
exposed to a lot of knowledge in her field. Presently, Dr. Barton also
works as a counselor at the Hamot Mental Health Outpatient center after
finishing her Ph.D. at The Univerisity of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Barton stated that "the program will be open as long as people
come." The workshop has already been open for three weeks with a
regualr attendance of students who get to know one another as they
discuss their ways of coping in certain situations. All of the stress techni
ques can be applied in a students academic life. For example, Dr. Barton
explained that she can help students plan to budget their time to study,
work, and relax so as to minimize anxiety and stress at test time.
Dr. Barton stressed that "the discussions are very informal and we just
talk techniques to train people how to relax." Relaxation tapes are listen
ed to by students in an effort to reduce any frustrations they may have and
to train them how to react under stressful situations. Students are en
couraged to attend these meetings. The conversation is open to anyone,
and Dr. Barton added "make sure to tell them (students) to bring your
lunch and we can sit down and relax as we talk."
Homebuilding seminar via T-1 carrier
University Relations--Thanks to
the technology of Penn State-
Behrend's T-1 carrier two-way
teleconferencing system, members
of the Home Builders Association
of Northwestern Pennsylvania can
participate in a "Right to Know"
seminar in University Park, Pa.--
without leaving Erie.
On Tuesday, March 3 at 1:30
p.m., an estimated 20-25 members
of the association will gather in
room 116 of Behrend's Reed Union
Building „o participate in the
seminar, which will be conducted
by Maurine Claver, an industrial
hygienist from Penn State, Univer
sity Park, Pa.
The seminar marks Penn State-
Behrend's first agreement with an
outside agency to deliver a training
program via the T-1 Carrier, which
provides two-way video and audio
transmissions and is often used for
S.G.A.
Minutes
* President Doug Geinor called Wednesday, Feb. 18 s Student Govern.
meet Association meeting to order at SICK) pm.-The meeting was held in
the Reed lecture hall in an effort to allow the student body, a,chance
view the SGA meeting process in action.
* To further encourage students to witness the SGA meetingprocess, a
free trip to Daytona was given away as a door prize. Vince Cannella's was
the winning ticket, determined by a random • drawing az the end of the
meeting.
* Dallas Jacobs reported that the Joint Residence Conntil is , considering
a future Last Lecture series, where Behrend professors are given an op
portunity to give their last possible speech if the need should ever arise,
* The Student Programming Council announced that tickets for the
March 21st Donny Iris concert will be on sale March 9-13 for Behrend
students and March 14-21 for. the Erie community. One ticket •Wiil - be
allowed for each activities and 113 card, and tickets at the community price
will available in unlimited: numbers to all _while supplies last., Approx-.
imately 800-1000 people are hoped to attend. ' , •
* SGA• has 73 bookings so far for, the trip to Daytona,;incinding Vinces
free trip.
* The Sister College Commitee announced Erindale t i-ao*tance of our
invitation., to become sister colleges.
semester at Behrend to gain ex
perience in relating with the student
body.
Leah's responsibilities include
such activities as working with the
student assistants in the Student
Affairs Office, initiating organiza
tional management projects such as
the bulletin board system in the
Reed Building, and promoting the
cultural events and speaker series
on campus. After a month in the
Student Affairs Office, Leah,
describes her experience as "a good
situation here..." The environment
is structured and Jamie gives her
various responsibilities, yet she
"does not watch my every move,
but lets me work out projects on
my own." Another pleasant ex
perience Leah has had at Behrend
by Sherry Kanzius
Collegian Staff Writer
educational programs and classes
in the college's Master's of Educa
tion in adult education curriculum.
According to Bob Price, the ex
ecutive officer of the local chapter,
the T-1 Carrier will offer his
membership new educational op
portunities at half the cost.
"Because of our location in nor
thwestern Pennsylvania, we're
somewhat isolated from things that
are happening • within the state
association. We have to drive six
hours to Harrisburg to participate
in state meetings," he explained.
"We want to help break that isola
tion. But we have to keep travel
costs down. We want to be able to
offer our members educational
programs right here in Erie."
During the upcoming workshop,
Price and his members will learn
the details of the "Right to Know"
legislation as it affects the home
is her involvement in cultural
events and speaker series. She has
found the programs to be "intellec
tually stimulating." She en
courages students to take advan
tage of the opportunities provided
to expose themselves to various
issues and cultural aspects. She
thinks many students "might be
surprised by what they find... and
they may discover something new
that they like."
Jamie Grimm has found her
work with Leah to be a satisfying
experience, mainly because of the
time release which has occured in
Jamie's schedule as a result of hav
ing an assistant. Jamie explains,
"Last semester I often worked
eighty hours a week." She was on
campus many evenings and
Continuing Education sponsors
Statistical Process workshop
Continuing Education--Local
production workers and super
visors can learn to calculate the
benefits 'of statistical process con
trol (SPC) during a two-day
workshop sponsored by the Penn
State-Behrend Division of Conti
nuing Education in cooperation
with the American Society for
Quality Control.
The workshop, "The Learning
and Installation of Statistical Pro
cess Control," will be offered
March 11-12 at the Holiday Inn
South, 1-90 and Rt. 97, from 9 a.m.
until 4 p.m. each day.
The instructor for the workshop,
which will feature instruction in
everything from understanding
U.S. productivity trends to measur
ing the quality of shop operations,
is Lee Giroux.
Giroux has 30 years of manufac
turing management experience in
engineering, production, inven
tory, factory, quality assurance,
project, and personnel organiza
tions. His 24-year career with the
General Eletric Company offered
him
. experie,nce_in first-line
an
magement (as a foreman, iro-
building industry. According to the
legislation, the public has the right
to know when and if hazardous
material is being used in building
construction.
"It's essential that our pebple be
informed about this law. The
seminar will help them identify
what hazardous materials'are being
used in the industry and what steps
are being taken to protect the
public," explained Price. "This
kind of education is one of the
most important things we can offer
through our association."
The Home Builders Association
of Northwestern Pennsylvania is a
professional trade organization
that represents the building in
dustry in Erie, Crawford and War
ren .counties. The Erie branch is a
local chapter affiliated with the
Pennsylvania Home Builders
Association and the Home Builders
weekends seeing that programs and
events ran smoothly. Now that
Jamie can delegate responsibilities
to Leah she has more time to con
centrate on both initiating and ex
panding other programs this
semester. One program Jamie
plans. to begin next semester per
tains to student leadership.
Following the completion of
Leah's internship, Behrend will
hire someone to fill her position
permanently. Jamie says that
"students deserve to have a leader
ship training program," and that
will be her new assistant's primary
responsibility next fall. Developing
a leadership training program will
be a key factor in improving the
college's clubs, programming and
activities.
duction control specialist, methods
engineer, rate setter, and test
engineer) and in the management
of various electronic, machining,
fabrication, and assembly factories
and production planning and con
trol organizations.
Giroux, who owns his own
management consulting firm, has
degrees in mechanical engineering
and management engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He currently teaches and consults
for universities, colleges and in
dustries in the United States, Mex
ico and Puerto Rico.
Cost for the workshop, which
offers participants the chance to
earn 1.2 Continuing •Education
Units, is $215 per person and
covers cost of instruction, handout
materials, break for refreshments
and lunches. Enrollment is limited.
Deadline for advance registration is
March 5. For more information or
to register, contact the Penn State-
Behrend Division of Continuing
Education at 898-6103 or Ron Bar
tone, education chairman of the
American Society for Quality Con
trol, AMCSO, at 452-3100.
Association of America. Locally,
318 firms are members of the
association, which has been active
in Erie for 45 years.
Apartment construction
on schedule
by Susanna Jalosky
Collegian Staff Writer
Early in the fall of 1986, con
struction of new on-campus apart
ments commenced. In an interview
with Mike Ryan, head of Behrend's
Housing and Food Service, he
stated that on-campus housing is
very critical. There are presently
825 enrolled on-campus students
with a freshmen waiting list of over
150. The newly constructed apart
ments will bring that figure to only
920 on-campus students for 'B7
Fall enrollment. The need for more
on-campus housing exists on other
branch campuses such as Altoona
and Mont Alto where the need is
urgent. Behrend is only a portion
of that major need.
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Alpha Sigma Alpha recently completed its winter rush. This formal
rush had a theme of the 50's, so the sisters and rushees alike could be seen
twisting the - night away to music such as "The Twist" and "Tequila"
(better known as Pee Wee Herman's theme). The sorority would like to
congratulate and welcome the following girls: Desiree' Bencke, Crystal
Cartier, Julia Goring, Jennifer Perriello, Renee' Prelog, Carol Schlosser,
Diane Stapler, Juanita Tryon, Tammy Van Buren, and Stacey Wieczorek.
We will be having a bake sale beginning Feb: 23 in Reed Lobby to raise
money for installation. Installation is the process we have to go through to
become and active chapter of the National Sorority. As a colony, we are
looking forward to April when the formal' installation will hopefully oc
cur. Only a month and a half to go and the preparations have begun!
Sunday lunch change
Housing Office—Dobbins Hall
has changed the lunch schedule on
Sundays to accommodate the
students using the "Blue Bus" ser-
vice. Please note that the new lunch
Choir news
by Sherry Simpson
Collegian Staff Writer
Why have forty people been sell
ing M&M's and candy bars for the
last two semesters? Have they
started their own business?
Not really. The candy was sold
by the Behrend Concert Choir
members to raise money to help
defer the cost of their upcoming
tour.
Last year, the choir stormed
Washington, D.C. and this year
they will be taking on Boston.
March 4th through the Bth the
choir will give nine performances
Police and
Police and Safety--Police and
Safety are offering the following
programs in March: (1) Crime
Watch for commuters, Tuesday
March 10 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. by
the Reed Main Desk. (2) Operation
Identification in residence halls'
lobbies, Wednesday, March 11 in
Perry, Wednesday, March 18 in
Niagara, Tuesday, March 24, in
Eyes on the prize (cont. from page 1)
who is scheduled to speak at Behrend Feb. 19, was fiatured. Mr. Meredith
was the first black to get into the University of Mississippi.
These eye catching experiences and many more can be seen from
3:00-4:00pm in the Reed T.V. Lounge. Four have already been shown,
and the concluding two will be presented March 14 and 15 respectively.
So iryou think you know all there is to know about the Civil Rights
Movement, come test your knowledge along with the 10-15 person au
dience already encaptured in this mind-boggling event!
Director of Operations, John
Ream, says that there were some
delays due to the weather, however
the construction is progressing
nicely. Heat installation and other
interior progress is .being made.
The 24 new apartments should be
completed by July 1, 1987 and all
new apartments will be ready for
students the Fall of 1897.
When expansion in other areas
of Behrend were mentioned, Mike
Ryan said,"Any growth on
campus would have to include
housing." The growth still in plan
ning is the expansions made on, the
library and bookstore. When asked
about rumored expansion plans for
Erie Hall, he said that there were
no plans for the very near future,
however University Park does have
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schedule is from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. The Blue bus leaves the Reed
parking lot on Sundays at 10:15
a.m. and returns to Dobbins Hall
at approximately 12:30 p.m:
on their way to Boston with stops .
including: Rochester, Syracuse
Albany, Scotia, and, of course,
Boston.
"It's a great opportunity for . .the
ensemble' to grow musically
through performing in different
settings under different
cumstances," said Mr. Stumz,
music instructor here at Behfend-.
"The tour is also a wonderful way
for the ensemble to pull together as
a musical community," he added.
So for those of you who bought
candy—Thank You!
And now you know
the story.
Safety
Lawrence, Wednesday, March 25,
in Apartment Community Center.
Hours for all dates: 4 p.m. to 9
p.m. (3) Alcohol and Drug Effects
on the Fetus: A Discussion- Mon
day, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Apartment Community Center. (4)
Self protection tips for women,
Monday, March 23 at noon in the
Reed Lecture Hall RII7. ‘0
a master plan for the land that
Behrend posesses.
Although housing ,is an obvious
need, the increased enrollment is an
important subject when talking
about Behrend's growth.
There has been tremendous
response from the Penn State cam
puses. Behrend has become an
elected transfer as opposed to
University Park; many Shenango
Valley business students are now
attracted to what Behrend has to
offer. Also, Behrend's Engineering
majors leave room for new
possibilities. It seems that
Behrend's campus is more and
more becoming an elected choice
for many four-year majors. It's all
part of progress and our new apart
ments are only the beginning.
Paul Sarkis
Pat Schlipf
Vicki Sebring
Suzanne Segal
Raymond Sines
Jill Smith
Ann Stewart
the rest of
Mary Stewart
Jill Tourville
Sean Weaver
Lori Beals
Rick Brooks
Michelle Miller