the Penn State-Behrend
APRIL 2, 1987.
Lord Wilson focuses on "The View From 10 Downing Street"
by Jill Tourville
Collegian Staff Writer
Lord Harold Wilson will be at Behrend on April 7th
in Reed 117 at 8:00 with a reception to follow in Reed
116. His lecture "The View from 10 Downing Street"
will address his experiences as Prime Minister of Great
Britain. 10 Downing Street is the official public
residence of the Prime Minister. Lord Harold Wilson
served four terms there, which is longer than any other
peacetime British Prime Minister. Before seving on
Parliament, he was an economics teacher at Oxford
University_ Also, he was top advisor to Winston Chur
chill. Lord Harold Wilson's initial recognition was at
tained by his leadings of several delegations to Moscow
to negotiate Soviet-British trade pacts. He was first
elected to Parliament in 1945 and was a member of the
House of Commons for 38 years. He was chosen by his
peers as Labor Party leader in 1960. Then in 1964, Lord
Harold Wilson was elected as Britain's. youngest. Prime
Minister. The years of Lord Harold Wilson's involve-
meat in politics with the Labor Party were crucial times
in Great Britain's history. His decisions and actions as
Prime Minister affected such events as: Britain's entry
to the Common Market and European economic com
munity, pacts with NATO, crises in Rhodesia and Nor
thern Ireland, negotiations in the Nigerian Civil War,
and the attention on the Vietnam conflict. In 1970,
Wilson lost the only election of his political career, but
was re-elected the following term and remained there
Kelley discusses women and the
Constitution in third lecture of series
by Mary C. Stewart
Collegian Staff Writer
The third presentation of the
Constitution's Bicentennial
Celebration Series featured Dr.
Colleen Kelley. At the March 19
event, she spoke to over 75 people
about women and the
Constitution.
Dr. Kelley focused on four
topics: women's role in the
development of the Cqnstitution,
the 200 year campaign for women's
equality, the interpretation of our
constitutional document, and the
Equal Rights Amendment.
As our "forefathers", Dr. Kelley
said, framed the Constitution, little
attention and consideration was
given to women. Women were
perceived to be inferior, in an in
ferior role_ As she quoted 1787
contemporaries, Dr. ' Kelley said
female inferiority was actually the
inequality of educational oppor
tunities for women. Illiteracy
Third text published by Redenius
by Craig Altmir' e
Collegian Staff Writer
Dr. Charles Redenius, co-author
of two textbooks, had his third and
newest book, The American
Republic: Politics, Institutions,
and Policies, published Feb. 24.
Redenius, professor of Political
Science, has been teaching
American National Government,
Political Science 1, for 15 years and
saw the need for a different tex
tbook angle to the course.
"Through that time I became in
creasingly disenchanted with the
approach taken by other texts in
the American government field,"
he said.
The American Republic is writ-
until he resigned in 1977. Also in 1977, Lord Harold
Wilson was dubbed a Knight by Queen Elizabeth. His
extensive political career has brought him in close con
tact with numerous significant world leaders such as:
Charles DeGaulle; John Kennedy, Mao Tse-tung,
Leonid Brezhnev, Josef Stalin, Lyndon Johnson,
Winston Churchill, Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher,
Pierre Elliot Trudeau; Gerald Ford, Helmut Schmidt,
and Valery Giscard D'Estang.
In the years since his resignation as Prime Minister,
Wilson was appointed to the House of Lords by Queen
Elizabeth 11. In his role as Lord Wilson, he is a Senior
Statesman of the Labor Party and of the United
Kingdom. Furthermore, Lord Harold Wilson presently
serves as head of the Great Britain-USSR Society, and
has made numerous recent visits to Moscow over the
past three years. Wilson met with Soviet Leader Mikhail
Gorbachev in London. He also serves as a consultant
and director to numerous multi-national corporations.
These various responsibilities keep him in contact with
world leaders. Wilsqn has been a popular lecturer
throughout the nation, but his tours are limited. Thus it
is a special privilege for Behrend to host Sir Harold
Wilson's wide range of knowledge and experience, and
the fact that he is someone who has held such "highly
responsible positions inworld affairs, is an unusual op
portunity" for the students at Behrend says Dr. Loss.
This is a rare chance, agrees Dr. Irwin, for students to
hear such a dynamic speaker and brilliant individual
who is of the world-class political leadership level.
among women was extremely high.
In addition, women did not have
the opportunity to discuss and
debate their positions with the male
population, she explained. The
Constitution, as drawn up in
1787,did not create an attitude
toward women but reflected an
already existing atmosphere.
Dr. Kelley stressed the women's
rights movement did not begin a
half-century ago like many believe.
Instead, it began ZOO years ago with
Abigail 'Adams and others of that
time. The woman's role in society
began to change as women used
their right of freedom .of speech.
Women began to speak in public,
not only to defend their rights but
for the rights of others and on pro
blems of society. Women were not
criticized for speaking on par
ticular issues but for being female
and attempting to speak with
authority in front of men.
The Constitution can be inter
preted in three ways. First,
Dr. Kelley said, one can approach
ten using historical and value
oriented approaches toward
American government. "Students
must understand history and
American values in order to
understand behavior in office,"
said Redenius.
- Redenius explains the value
oriented approach as clarifying
sentiments dominant in American
political beliefs, such as pro
capitalism and anti-communism.
All but three chapters of the
book were written by Redenius.
Dr. David Billeaux is currently
teaching at Oklahoma State
University.
Dr. Martin W. Slann of Clemson
University was the third co-author
of the book. He contributed input
throughout the text. Slann, with
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the document from the perspective
of those who framed it, following
the intent of the framers. Or, the
document can be interpreted
through the meaning of its words.
Both of these approaches make us
"prisoners of the past", Dr. Kelley
said. The last and most effective is
the experiential approach. This
makes the constitution a "living
document," one which adapts to
the values of each generation, she
continued. -
Women and minorities have
made some progress in constitu
tional equality through amend
ments to ana interpretation of the
Constitution. But still there is a
need for concern and additional
progress. The Equal Rights
Amendment was first introduced in
1923 by the National Women's
Party. ERA has had its ups and
,downs, and has been reintroduced
to legislature this year by Ted,Ken
nedy. Dr. Kelley said ERA is not
striving for male/female sameness
but legal and political equality.
photo by Holly Lew
whom Redenius has been
associated over seven years,
specializes in comparative politics
and foreign relations, particularly
with Israel.
Another uniquity of this tex
tbook is its size. While most other
related books are six to seven hun
dred pages long, The American
Republic consists of only 350
pages. "I wanted to write a text
short and interesting enough that
students would read it," said
Redenius.
The other published texts co
authored by Redenius were An In
troduction to Political Science, us
ed at Behrend for Political Science
3 and The American Ideal Of
Equality used in_a 400-level course,
American Political Thought.
ERA wants thy one's gender not
be a consideration when determing
rights and opportunities under the
law.
Dr. Kelley concluded her presen
tation with a discussion of the
arguments against ERA. She said
that a close look at the actual
amendment proposal and Supreme
Court precedents will dissolve such
concerns.
'Students get a
kick out of
Hacky-Sack as
Behrend gets
its first taste of
spring.
Dr. Charles Redenius
Lord Harold Wilson, former Prime Minister of Great Britain
Behrend scrutinized
by evaluation team
by Lynn Popovich
Collegian Staff Writer
The Middle States Evaluation
Team, an accredited organization,
identifies issues and evaluates the
areas which need looking into. The
main goal of this team is to rank
the nations premier public univer
sities. Every ten years a study takes
place among the nation's public
universities. Penn State took part
in this study. The principal difficul
ty was the lack of resources to at
tain the goal to be reached. The
solution was to fix these problems
or help them along until they are no
longer a problem.
The basis of Penn State's self
study program was the University's
strategic planning process. The
Strategic Planning Approach was
the process of fundamental prin
ciples being widely discussed and
modified in accordance with com
ments form the University's com
mittee. Each major unit was asked
to develop its own strategic plan.
Inside this issue. .
S.G.A. elections p.
Lilley's birthday p. 3
Exploiting God p. 4
Terminally Single....p.
U 2 P. 7
Baseball
predictions. p. 8
Behrend's Best p. 9
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The plan, used by Penn State
University, made it clearer and
easier to see the problems and im
provements needed. The team was
impressed by Penn State's clear
sense of mission, strategic planning
process, and academic programs.
The quality of the students, the ex
cellent faculty, administration were
also noted as high points along
with the supporting services. The
team was also impressed with the
"openness and frankness with
which the institution's problems
and opportunities were shared."
The commitment to change and
improve for the Penn State System
was a strong characteristic of the
school. Strong pride was par
ticularly important aspect and the
patrons supporting the University
were said to be "bleeding blue and
white."
One of the major problems with
the system is the most dramatic, the
underfunding by commonwealth.
There are two aspects within this
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