Ranger Club
by Michelle Grasmick
The Ranger Club is the elite corps of Army ROTC at Behrend
College. Headed by Commander Aaron Higby, the Rangers work long
hours, constantly challenge their physical and mental stamina, and
make daily self-sacrifices.
This semester, the Rangers will participate in a number of activities.
They will learn infantry tactics and patrolling, rappelling, knot tying,
and how to construct a rope bridge and fire the Ml 6 rifle.
The Rangers will also be devoting a large part of the fall semester to
the Ranger Challenge, a competition held at Fort Indiantown Gap,
where the Behrend Rangers will compete against Rangers from other
universities in a number of military skills and tests of physical
stamina.
The Rangers will also prepare for the coveted black beret awarding.
This takes place when a Ranger is proficient in the required tasks and
shows the dedication required to be a Ranger.
The ROTC Ranger Club welcomes all new members to uphold the
tradition and pride of the unit. If you are interested, attend one of the
meetings which are held at 5:30 p.m. every Monday in the ROTC
office in the Glenhill Farmhouse.
ROTC Clubs
The Reserve Officer Training Corps offers several clubs that provide
the opportunity to do something different.
The scuba club oflers classes on diving and gives members an
opportunity to dive in local lakes. The club will also taking a diving
trip to Florida during the spring semester. If you are interested in
diving, the scuba club meets at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
The Drill Club teaches marching techniques and rifle spins. This
club gives members a chance to present the American colors at
Behrend's home basketball games and high school football games. If
you would like to represent your country with us, stop in the ROTC
office on Tuesday evenings at 5:30.
The Rifle Club teaches shooting techniques and allows members to
fire the .22 caliber target rifle and the Army’s MI6AI rifle. The club
helps experienced shooters to remain proficient while also teaching
people who have never shot before how to put a bullet in a target The
club meets in the ROTC office at 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays.
If you are interested in any of these clubs, stop in at the meetings.
Scuba Club
by Keith Massing - Secretary
The Behrend Scuba Club met Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the gazebo.
Plans were discussed for certification classes, fund raisers, and a Spring
Break trip to Florida.
Certification classes are being held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the pool. The time may be adjusted for
people who have classes those nights. The'price is $95.00. All
equipment will be provided with the exception of masks, fins, and
snorkles. The club is trying to find people interested in buying
equipment so it can put in a large order and get a reduced price.
If the club is going to go on a Spring Break trip, it will need
money. Several fundraisers are being considered and suggestions are
welcome. The club will be running the concession stand at the athletic
events in Erie Hall and would appreciate your support.
The club will be meeting in the ROTC office on Wednesdays at
5:30 p.m. It is open to all certified divers or anyone who wishes to get
certified. You do not have to be in ROTC to join.
Coffee
by Janet Ocampo
Collegian Staff Writer
Future plans for Behrend College
were discussed at the September 8
Coffee With The Provost.
Following initial introductions,
Provost and Dean John M. Lilley'
opened the discussion. The recent
edition of the monthly event
provided an open forum for students
to present observations and
complaints about student life.
Students offered positive
observations from matters ranging
from the improved scenic view of
Health Center
The staff of the Health Center
welcomes you to campus! The
Health Center offers comprehen
sive, no-cost services to the campus
community to help students,
faculty and staff maintain wellness.
Located at the rear entrance of
the Glennhill Farmhouse, the
Center is staffed by two registered
nurses, a part-time physician and a
full-time certified nurse practitioner
who is qualified to evaluate and
manage many health problems,
including infections, minor
injuries, rashes, acne, headaches,
women's health, and other medical
problems.
All services are provided at no
charge; medications prescribed at
the Health Center are available at
the Health Center at cost.
Crutches, hot water bottles and ice
packs are available for loan.
Laboratory services include anemia
screening, urinalysis, monospots
and testing for cholesterol, blood
sugar, pregnancy and sexually
transmitted diseases.
The Center provides educational
programs on a wide range of health-
THE COLLEGIAN - WANTS YOU. the
Collegian is looking for a few responsible
typists. Workstudy funds are available for
eligible students or typing can be done as a
one-credit course. For more information
contact the Collegian office at 6221
with Provost
the campus to the new swivel chairs
in Reed 116. Some student s noted
they were pleased with the improved
ratio of Junior to Senior students.
The discussion then turned to the
topic of expansion and renovation.
Lilley noted that the movement is a
step towards making Behrend an
elite school.
By 1990, Lilley would like to
make freshman residency a
requirement. Other plans call for
streamlining course offerings for
freshman and sophomore students.
This action would enable the junior
and senior classes to expand to
related topics, including nutrition,
stress management, sexuality,
exercise and preventive health care.
In addition, several special programs
arc available on a regular basis.
A women's health education
session, which is required for women
planning a first time gynecological
exam at the Health Center, meets
Mondays at 8:00 p.m. and an
appointment is needed. Women’s
health exams are scheduled on
Tuesdays, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
by appointment.
An eating concerns support
group meets each Thursday at 8:00
p.m. at the Health Center.
To obtain more information
about any of these programs or to
make an appointment, call the
Health Center at 898-6217. The
Health Center hours are: Monday
thru Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00
p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00
p.m.; and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m..
All services provided by the
Health Center staff are completely
confidential.
Frankforter Published,
by Rich McCartney
Collegian Staff Writer
Behrend history professor Dr. A.
Daniel Frankforter has recently
written two unique books:
"Civilization and Survival Volume
I," which was published this
summer, and "L’Egality des deux
sexes (The Equality of the Two
Sexes)", which will be published
soon.
Frankforter, who was named full
professor last July, received his
masters degree in Ancient and
Medieval history from Penn State
in 1968 and his Ph.D. in the same
field from Penn State in 1970.
"Civilization and Survival
Volume I," which Frankforter is
using in his History 001 course, is
a comprehensive history text which
covers Western History from its
beginnings through the 17th
century. There are several
characteristics which make this
book unique among Western history
texts.
The book spends a great deal of
time discussing women and the
contributions they made to
civilization during the Ancient and
Medieval periods. This is very
unique since few Western history
texts include much material on
women's studies. Women's studies
in the Ancient and Medieval periods
is a somewhat new field, and
Frankforter, being one of the first
historians to dive into this vast,
unexplored area, is considered an
authority.
Polish Professors Visit
A first hand account of Poland's "Government and Opposition in
social and political struggles will be Contemporary Constitutions" are
presented to Behrend students when among the issues Piotrowski will
two Polish professors visit address during his stay at Behrend.
throughout the month of September. Piotrowski, who received his
Dr. Ryszard Piotrowski and Dr. doctorate form Warsaw University in
Elzbieta Wierzbicka-Piotrowska will 1984, is an assistant professor in the
discuss everything from the university's Institute on Law and
problems of Soviet legislation to Administration,
changes in the Polish language when A specialist in the areas of
they lecture in "The Polish constitutional law, political.science,
Experience,” a political science the history of political thought,
course taught by Dr. James Seroka, legislation and jurisprudence,
Division Head of Humanities and Piotrowski most recently served as a
Social Sciences. ~ visiting scholar during the
Both professors, who are University of North Carolina at
conducting research and offering Greensboro's summer session. At
lectures at universities in the United UNCG, Piotrowski taught the
States throughout 1988, are course, "Patterns of Change in
members of the faculty at Warsaw Eastern Europe."
University. Piotrowski, who received a 1988
"A Polish View of the U.S.
Constitution," "Rethinking
Gorbachev Reform and the Soviet
Experience," "Dilemmas of Power:
State and Society in Poland," and
include approximately 1200
students. As a result, more rigid
criteria will be established for
freshman acceptance. These higher
standards will coincide with Penn
State's elevated standards, designed
to encourage lower freshman
enrollment.
Renovation and expansion were
discussed as ways to gain new
recognition for Behrend. New
funding from the recent tuition
increase has supported the
development of the Reed Building
and has propelled the new library
proposal into the planning stages.
While the library will be
constructed on existing University
owned land, plans are in the works
to purchase more land.
Lilley fielded complaints and
comments on both inconsistent
parking and for further developing
of Greek life on campus. Concern
was also raised for the potential of
auxiliary services such as Food and
Housing to become a monopoly.
For these complaints, Dean Lilley
took notes and offered ideas to
resolve these complaints. It is
highly likely that extra parking lots
and a garage will be available
within the next few years. Also,
commuters and residents may unite
more often through the inter
relation of clubs and organizations.
In addition, services such as Food
and Housing will remain positive
monopolies as long as the students
work together to see that there will
always be satisfaction in its
function for the benefit of the
students.
Some other students raised
concern over the temporary
unavailability of courses related to
their major. These complications
prolong the students' registration
process and may endanger their
credits for graduation at the pre
planned time. An idea that everyone
thought would alleviate the
possibility of missing credits during
the semester was the contingency of
offering classes on a cycle, so that
students may fulfill the
requirements of their major.
photo by M. Schneider
Dr. Franforter
Secondly, rather than discussing
a particular culture for a period of
time and then jumping back and
beginning a discussion on another
culture as most Western history
texts tend to do, Frankforter's text is
written from a cross-cultural
perspective. This means that he
describes the aspects of the different
cultures as they occur
simultaneously. Frankforter hopes
that this method will help alleviate
some of the confusion of jumping
back and forth through time, and
help give the reader a "belter feel”
for the many different events that
occurred within a given period of
time.
The second book is Frankforter's
Buchwald Comes to Behrend
by Jennifer Rose
Collegian Staff Writer
Stephen Buckwald has joined
Behrend's faculty a drama coach and
teacher.
Buckwald will also be
responsible for directing student
productions.
Buckwald decided to come to
Behrend after being approached by
several colleges. His decision was
based on the fact that Behrend
afforded the opportunity to have a
lot of independent control of the
theater program. He was also
impressed by the people he talked
to, they seemed very interested in
having the theater become more
involved in campus life.
Buckwald brings with him a
broad educational background,
receiving a Masters of Fine Arts
from the University of Connecticut
and a Bachelor of Arts degree from
the Temple University of
Philadelphia. Buckwald also spent
a year in special study at Villa
Nova University. After college, he
taught a course at Otterbine college,
consisting of theatrical criticism,
theory and directing. He also
taught at the Philadelphia
University of Textiles and Science,
Montgomery University, and
Beaver College.
Buckwald has numerous past
acting experiences including being a
member of Company One in
Hartford, Connecticut and
participating in the Actors
Repertory Theatre. He has done
many plays such as ones by Pinter,
Samuel Bccket, and Shakespeare.
"It’s very congenial, the students
really apply themselves. I look
forward to building an accomplished
theater program,"
Though some may think that
the Behrend studio may be a bit too
small to work in, Buckwald finds it
completely adequate and remarks
that it holds lots of possibilities for
the putting together of a
production.
Many students who work with
Buckwald comment that he is a
Promoted
translation of a 17th century French
document entitled "Legality des
deux sexes.” This document was
written by French Cartesian
philosopher Francois Poulain de La
Barr who tried to apply the
scientific method to philosophical
inquiry. In this document, La Barr
used science and logic to argue for
the equality of the sexes, an unusual
topic for a 17th century writer.
Frankforter's is the first
translation of this unique document.
Frankforter received the original
French manuscript from the British
museum in Great Britain, and spent
a year working on the translation.
The translation was very difficult
because the document was written
in 17lh century French which is
quite different from modem French.
The book will be a dual
language edition with the English
on one page and the French on the
other.
Also, unlike most Western
history texts, this text has a theme.
It discusses civilization as a
"survival strategy." Frankforter
hopes that by looking at the history
of civilization from the perspective
of being a collection of "survival
strategics" the reader will be able to
better understand and keep track of
the multitude of events which make
up the first half of Western history.
Finally, it is written by a single
author. Most Western history texts
are written by more than one
author.
grant form the International Research
and Exchanges Board for research he
completed at Georgetown University
in Washington, D.C., has published
numerous scholarly articles on j s linguistics and she is a
topics such as The Soviet member of a scholars' group which
Legislative Program, Dilemmas of j s preparing the "Great Dictionary of
the Polish Political System, and A {jj e Language of the Poles" for her
Comparative Study of Contemporary country.
Elections. _ She has published many
Wierzbicka-Piotowska's topics scholarly articles on topics ranging
will include "The Language of from "Liberty of Language or
Polish Political Propaganda” and Liberty in Language?' to "What is
"New Tendencies in the Language?" Wierzbicka-Piotrowska
Development of Contemporary has also written two books on the
Polish." Polish language. Both will be
Wierzbicka-Piotrowska, an published in Warsaw later this year,
assistant professor in Warsaw For more information about "The
University’s Institute of Polish Polish Experience" course or about
Language, received her doctorate the visiting professors, call (814)
from the university in 1981. Her 898-6159.
Buckwald, new theater director
good teacher who knows what he’s
doing.
"So far, I think Til really like
having him for a teacher. He's up
on things and knows a good play
when he sees .one," said one
student
There are many projects in the
future for the Players, 'Diviners'
opens November 10, a play which
illustrates how people with a good
intentions often end with tragic
results. Other productions are still
photo by S. Inman
Rifkin at Behrend
Rifkin... continued
entire world.
In order to prevent this, we will
have to cut the use of fossil fuels
by 50 percent for the next 25 years.
Rifkin concluded with a
discussion of genetic engineering
and gene splicing.
He said that releasing genetic
organisms is dangerous since even a
small amount has the potential to
be harmful.
"Hopefully our kids will thank
us for saving our world from
destruction,” said Rifkin in his
closing comments.
What?
A panel studying ways of
cutting government red tape
(Aug. 23) recommended creating an
agency to control the growth of
government bureaucracy.
On Campus Housing
On-campus housing in the
residence halls is available
immediately for women on a first
come, first-served basis. Interested
students should contact the Housing
Office in Dobbins Hall or at 898-
6161 for information.
photo by M. Schneider
in the works.
Buckwald plans to have the
Players participate in the American
College Theater Festival, an
organization that allows different
theaters to compete and compare
each other.
Buckwald hopes to find many
students involved in the theater and
is optimistic toward providing
quality theater that is both
entertaining and thought-provoking
for the campus this year.