the Penn State-Behrend APRIL 30, 1987 Study abroad program by Vicki Sebring Collegian Staff Writer The Penn State Education Abroad program Offers a select few students who meet academic and semester standing requirements to take classes in other countries for college credit: They are highly com petitive and popular programs in which a student can stay for three weeks during the summer or an en tire semester in another country. They give college students an op protunity to experience education Foursome of Coleman poetry to be published John Coleman, English lecturer Former English Prof by Tracy Muffet Collegian Staff Writer . Ray . Kearney, former English professor at Behrend, died recently in Saudi Arabia. ' Described as a "crazy Irishman," Irish-born Kearney taught English at Behrend during and life in a totally different atmosphere. Despite the difficulties of being accepted into one of these pro grams, several Behrend students have received their acceptances. Among the students accepted from Penn State for the spring semester of-1988 are Shelley Ostrander, Kim Beilsky, Frank Waterbury, and Kevin Kobylnski. Shelly Ostrander is accepted at the University of Exeter in England. The Management major will be studying political science, economics, sociology/human . • . the early 1970'5. In 1976 he went to Saudi Arabia to teach English at King Faisal University; he had been there ever since. His specialty was Irish Literature. Kearney had been visiting with friends on the day he died; when he did not meet his friends for dinner that evening, they went to his room and found him dead of a heart at STATION ROAD, ERIE, PA 16563 development, , and contempory British culture and civilization. Kim Bielsky will be attending the National University in Canterr, Austrglia. She is one out of ten students accepted to go there.-Kim will be fulfilling some BDR'S - and taking courses dealing with her Advertising major. Frank Waterbury, who is a Finance major, will be going to the University of Cologne, in Cologn West Germany. He will be studying the German language, culture, and international business. Kevin Kobylinski is currently \, "-- Photo by F'etut Dred2 by Mary Stewart Collegian, Staff Writer John Coleman, an instructor in English at Behrend, has had four poems accepted for publication. "Coda to Labor," "Ride Atten dant," "Third Shift," and "The Men at Coney Island" will appear in the literary magazine Tendava. "Although it may be a littly unusual to have four poems selected at the same time for the same publication," Coleman said, "it is not very significant to receive a letter of acceptance." Coleman has been writing poetry seriously for about one year. Previously, he focused his efforts on writing short stories. He has had several book reviews, three short stories and six other poems ac cepted for publication. During the Fall semester, Col eman will be offering a poetry workshop (English 213) for those interested in writing poetry. The workshop is designed for both those who have no experience and those who have written a lot of poetry. Coleman encourages anyone interested in poetry to sign up. Ride Attendant by John Coleman Jeans greasy from the carnival that moves from church parking lots • to fair grounds, you return to Wagner Avenue, to porch sitters, dies tack. He was in his late 50's. As the old Irish, blessing goes: "May you be in Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead," Ray Kearney. You will be missed. Thanks to Associate Pro fessor of English Chester Wolford for the information about his late friend. 3E'B,tvE competitivue, rewarding enrolled as,a Journalism major and is accepted at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. Kevin wants to study the European system of mass communication. All four of these students will be traveling abroad in the Spring of 1988 and most will be carrying a 15 credit schedule. Although it is uncertain whether they will be liv ing in dorms or with families, Kim Beilsky is one that would prefer staying with a family. "I would like to live with a family. It would help me get to know the people and the Sean Kersten goes for a lona distance record with style as students turn out for a frisl)ee fe.E . ,-tivar in the . 1 1 Back and forth, you look from your old home to me. Mother took off with the bread man. Arms withdrawn so sharply. All of this years ago, though the afternoon of her leaving stays with you along the thousands of semi miles, during the fast sex in brittle trailers. One Marlboro crushed out, another lifted to the lips that want to say, "What happened? Where are you?" . Questions offered again and again to the steering wheel, to. the strained faces above you, falling, screaming the years you've held on. Iriside this issue. . . - MOM `Ask God' results p. Test anxiety p. ROTC p. 5, Edgar Allen Poe lives p. Photo contest winner p. Behrend's best p. 11 Men's Tennis p. 12 culture better." " Tim Wilson has also been ac cepted into a study abroad pro gram. He's going to attend Westminster College in OXford, England for a three week summer session. He will be studying his ma jor, which is Economics, and earn - ing three credits while there. If a student should drop out, the students chosen as alternatives may yet 'have the opprotunity to par ticipate in these programs. Two of Classroom studies reveal our cultural awaren e ss Students from Behrend in a Critical Writing class discussed a unit on Higher Education. Special notice was given to an article written by Robert C. Solomon entitled Culture Gives Us A Sense Of Who We Are. The arti cle stated that a vast majority of America's most educated citizens were still ignorant of literature and history as revealed in a Rockefeller Founda \ don study. A survey was taken by seventeen students, who interviewed five students each in order to find a sample of how aware students were of culture and how educated they were in the humanities. Thiry-nine names associated with western culture were offered from Solomon's own survey and presented. The percent of students who recognized the names was calculated and proved conclusive RESULTS NAME Socrates • Louis XIV Moses . Hawthorne John Milton Trotsky Donatello Copernicus Puccini Charlemagne Virginia Woolf Estes Kefauver De6ussy Giotto Archduke Ferdinand Lewis Carroll" Charles Dodgson Thomas Aquinas Spinoza Moliere Tchaikovsky Darwin Karl Marx Faulkner George Byron Goethe Raphael Euripides Homer T.S. Eliot Rodin Mozart Hitler Wagner Dante Louis XVI Kafka Stratavinsky John Adams * Results are rounded to the nearest percent In comparison to Soloman's survey, done in 1981, the results of the survey taken on Behrend's campus showed the positive effect of Higher Education. The curriculum offered and required has• served well in enlightening and enriching the citizens of tomorrow. Along with Humanities, English, History and Theater courses, Behrend offers extra-curricular activities that expose students to American culture, for instance the cultural events held in the Reed lecture hall: debates, per formers, seminars, speakers. There is a lot to learn about America's history, and Higher Education is a great vehicle for gaining that knowledge. True, people can exist, survive and be happy without cultural knowledge, but when embarking upon all that the world has to offer, hav ing an appreciation for the broad realm of intelligence enables one to take advantage of all the opportunities that lie ahead. inductees p. IM== by Susanna Jalosky Collegian Staff Writer VOLUME XXXV„ NUMBER 1 thise alternatives are Behrend students Angie Busbee and Robert Obershelp. Angie Busbee is a Public Relations major who is an alternative for Manchester. Chosen as an alternative for Exeter is Robert Obershelp who is a Marketing major. These students should be con gratulated for their acceptance into these elite programs which are open to all Penn State University students. Solomon's Behrend's 87% 98% 59% 79% 90% 98% 47% 80% 35% 64% 47% 49% 8% 32% 47% 85 11% 22% 40% 86% 25% 75% 8%( 5% 1 4 a/V 3.5 0 70 4% 32% 21%' 78% 81% 54% 5% 19% 65% 19% 19% 14% 3% 34% 81% 86% 56% 92% 65% 96% 43% 75% 18% 55% 42% 42% 17% 75% 8% 78% 39% 89% 25% 78% 24% 42% 94% 96% 97% 99% 34% . 60% 25% 72% 25% 73 0 10 38% ; 39% 57% 62% 36% 90% 4 6
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