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Thursday, November 10
Group Pushes for
Minority Senator
The issue of minority
representation spawned heated
debate at Wednesday night's SGA
meeting.
On October 18, Darron Henry,
president of the Association of
Black Collegians (ABC) introduced
a proposal to SGA to create a
senate seat for minority students.
According to Henry, The
purpose of the senate seat would be
to enhance minority awareness on
campus. The senator would voice
the concerns of minorities in such
areas as: academics, student
programming, and other various
interests."
The proposal, currently in front
of the SGA, is being referred to as
the H.A8.1.T Senator, the letters of
the acronym standing for Hispanics,
Asians, /Alaskans, Blacks and
Indians together.
At Wednesday night's meeting,
Henry argued that Behrend's 174
minority students cannot be
properly represented by an SGA
Gamble's Poll On Target
by Richard G. Cain
Michael Dukakis didn't win the
overall presidential election but he
did win in Erie County. Many
people predicted this before Super-
Tuesday. One of them was Dr. John
Gamble.
Gamble and Jus Political
Science 404, class recently
conducted a telephone poll (which
was shown on WSEE 35 news) of
Erie and the surrounding area. Of
the 449 polled voters from Erie
County, 45 percent of them said
they would vote for Dukakis, 43
percent for Bush and 12 percent
were undecided. These figures
closely match the actual results in
which 53 percent of the voters in
the area voted for Dukakis while 47
percent voted for Bush.
"I think we did pretty well
predicting the things we thought we
could predict," commented Gamble.
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The Behrend
College
that does not mandate the presence
of a minority member.
" Our interest isn't to separate.
It's to integrate. I think we're
(ABC) trying a lot harder than
SGA which is supposed to be the
governing body of this campus."
Several of the senators present
expressed reservations about such a
position.
"I won't vote to segregate," said
senator Dave Kravetz. "Resident
senators look out for residents. You
are a resident"
Other fears concern a possible
snowball effect of more and more
groups demanding a senate
position. Some noted the recent
addition of the IGC ( Intergreek
Council).
"I can see us running into a lot
of problems with a lot of groups
claiming to be a minority and
wanting a seat” said senator Kevin
Trenney.
Several students noted that
overaapping representation is likely
The poll itself was an attempt to
present a cross section of the voters
in Erie and the surrounding area.
After the results of the poll were
compiled they were broken down
into various sub-sections. The sex,
age, race, religion and previous
presidential selection, of each voter
were analyzed to see if any patterns
arose.
The responses in regard to
gender were evenly matched with 55
percent of the voters polled women
and 45 percent male. Of the females
polled, 47 percent said they would
vote for Dukakis, 38 percent for
Bush with 15 percent undecided.
The male results were drastically
different, only 36 percent of the
men polled said they vote for
Dukakis while 52 percent favored
Bush with 12 percent undecided.
As far as age goes, people
between the ages of 18 - 34 tended
to favor Dukakis while people 35
or older had Bush as the narrow
STATION
to occur.
"1 feel that one day we arc going
to have too much overlapping in
the Senate, ” said resident senator
Mke Forbes.
Despite the protests, the group’s
general concensus seemed to be a
positive on.
" Obviously there has been a need
to divide SGA in a number of
ways," said assistant dean of student
services, Dave Shields. "You've got
to decide if there is a need for that
representation."
Responding to the suggestion
that creating such a psoition might
ease problems, SGA President
Steve McGarvey said" I don't think
we should do this to ease problems.
I think we should do this becauab
we believe in it."
The motion to create tire
H.A.8.1.T. Senator position was
temporarily tabled until the nexf
SGA meeting to allow for further
consideration of the proposal.
favorite.
Race did not figure into the poll
as only eight percent of the polled
voters were minorities.
Catholics comprised 44 percent
of the poll and gave Dukakis a
slight lead. Protestants made up 38
percent and favored Bush. No other
religious groups polled allowed
enough vours for a valid sample.
The last category by the poll
involved the voter's previous
presidential selections. Of the 30
percent of the voters polled who
favored Walter Mondale in 1984,82
percent of them said they were
voting for Dukakis. Of the 58
percent of the voters polled who
favored Ronald Reagan in 1984,
only 70 percent of them said they
were voting for Bush. The
remaining 12 percent of voters
polled voted for neither Mondale
nor Reagan in 1984. The majority
of these voters favored Dukakis.
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Behrend
Sniper?
by Laura A. Weaver
Collegian Staff Writer
On November 2, Behrend's
Police and Safety received a call
that brought new meaning to the
phrase "We've seen it all."
It seems that a female
student, passing within the
shadows of Lawrence Hall, had
the urge to gaze upward. When
she did, she noticed a strange
figure moving about on the roof
of the building. Looking more
attentively, the young lady
noticed that the person was
holding something resembling a
gun. Surprised, she went to
inform the police of the suspected
sniper. Officials promptly
responded. But instead of a
sniper, the investigating officer
found a maintenance man,
wearing camoflauge and carrying
a broom.
In other news, the last weeks
of October brought early winter
weather and which brought early
winter antics. On the 27th a
snowball fight broke out betwixt
the ranks of the residents in the
halls. Police officials were called
in to referee. One student's
glasses were knocked off when a
snowball struck hef face but no
other injuries were reported.
Two thefts were reported to
Police and Safety on November
2nd. The first was a computer
mouse from the Zenith Lab
which is said to be compatablc
only to the computer to which it
was connected. The second was a
spotlight which was taken from a
truck parked in the Turnbull Hall
parking lot. The theft took place
sometime during the night.
Chief Johnson wishes to
commend the students of Behrend
for their behavior over the
Halloween Holiday. It seems
that silence was a predominant
quality for the weekend. "There
hasn't been such a quiet
Halloween [on campus] in some
years..."said Johnson.
Chief Johnson is asking that
motorists who drive their cars
on the walkway in front of the
GlennhiU Farm House do so more
more carefully to avoid any
possible mishaps.
by Maria Plaza
Collegian News Editor
Kanty Village owner Ken
Lochbaum, taking strong exception
to an October 13 Collegian
article on the housing complex,
met with Collegian reporters on
October 7 to discuss the article.
The article reported on a petition
residents had presented to
Lochbaum at the regularly
scheduled monthly meeting on
October 9 and some other student
complaints about the conditions.
The petition requesting better
cleaning was signed by $4 of
Kanty's student residents.
Lochbaum noted that there are 112
residents instead the 139 residents
reported by the Collegian.
Lochbaum sent a copy of the
article to each of the residents,
asking them to write their feelings
about it and return the signed note
to him. Most of the respondents
were ambivalent towards the article:
most agreed that the cleaning
problems, the chained doors, and
the possibility of asbestos were
relevant issues; but many felt that
the reported lack of control of
parties, noisy quiet hours, and
smell op the men’s floor were not
problems.
"I do agree on the cleaning
problem,” one resident wrote. "If
we pay for cleaning, it should be
done, and done well," she wrote.
Another student felt that "it would
be very easy for Kanty Village to
become a major health
problem." The same student also
wrote "I don't expect the place to be
spotless. But a gallon of bleach a
week on shower floors, disinfectant
in toilets and on bathroom floors,
and an occasional vacuuming of
lounges and mopping of halls isn't
too much to ask.” Responding to
the complaint of mold, one student
wrote: "Personally, wading through
dirty water to get to a shower is not
fun for me."
Commenting on the students'
complaints, Lochbaum feels that
they should practice more self
discipline. "I'm not going to be
their wet nurse," he said, pointing
out that the residents bring many of
the problems upon themselves.
"I've had Roto-Rooter (to unclog
drains) out here four times in the
first month-I only needed it one
time last year," he said. He blamed
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the clogged drains, like most of the
problems, on resident
irresponsibility. They were
probably caused by "someone
barfing in them or something," he
said.
Responding to the complaint of
mold in the bathrooms, Lochbaum
said that one bathroom had some
mold in it which he cleaned up
himself.
Although some residents feel
there should be more cleaning staff,
Lochbaum says he will not hire any
more. In addition to the one part
time and two full-time cleaners, any
employees who aren't busy with
their primary jobs also assist in the
cleaning. Lochbaum said that since
it is an old building, it's difficult to
keep it clean.
Some residents have noted
improvements, such as toilet paper
and soap in all the bathrooms since
the October 9 meeting
Lochbaum mentioned that work
orders—forms for residents
requesting jobs to be done-werc
introduced at the October 9
meeting. He said he received over
fifty in the three weeks, but only
gets one or two a day now. He
added that some of the jobs
requested have been as little as
changing a light bulb.
The chains on the front doors
have been removed since the
October 9 meeting. Lochbaum said
he chained the doors to prevent
students forcing their way in,
damaging the door in the process.
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