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Volume XXI
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BULLETINS
FALL ELECTIONS
The third week of this term
marks the fall elections of the
Student Government Association.
Approximately twenty SGA mem
bers, nine dorm representatives
and eleven off-campus representa
tives will be selected by the Be
hrend student body. At the same
time, one candidate shall be chos
en to be the general studentre
presentative on the Student Af
fairs Committee. This is a very
special position as our Student
Affairs Committee oversees all
student action at Behrend Cam
pus.
Petitions for prospective can
didates for these positions may be
obtained either in the SGA office
or at the Union Desk. Pick yours
up now . . . deadline Monday. Oc
tober 6.
STUDENT JUDICIARY
Applications for appointment to
the Student Judiciary may be ob
tained soon in the SGA office. Ap
plicants must have at least sec
ond term standing and have main
tained at least a 2.0 average.
Villa Maria to Hold
Awareness Weekend
A film, "No Vietnamese Ever
Called Me Nigger", will highlight
the Friday session of Awareness
Weekend, sponsored by the Villa
Maria College Student Govern
ment. The program, to be held in
the gymnasium, will commence at
7:00 p. m. with the movie begin
ning at 8:15. A panel discussion
will follow.
Saturday's activities will begin
at 2 p. m. with a panel discussion
"In White America" led by Father
John Pour of St. Michael's Par
ish of Erie. At 3:30, slides and a
talk "Visit to South Side of Chi
cago" will be presented by Brother
Leon Abbey, S.V.D.
Saturday evening at 7 P. In,
Harold Gains, professor of socio
logy at Cuyahoga College, will
speak on "Social Change of the
Negro."
- A soul band will provide enter
tainment from 9 p. m, to midnight.
Mass, celebrated by Father
..15faise Mclnterney, Villa College
Chaplain, in the South Dorm
Chapel, will complete the activi
ties.
THE BEHREND CAMPUS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
I Dormitory. The fz.ur-st3ry structure is our newest addition. (See
Kochel Welcomes Freshmen
Students to Behrend
Irvin H. Kochel, Director of the Behrend Campus, welcomed
the incoming freshmen to Behrend Monday morning with a speech
given in Erie Hall. Mr. Kochel touched on some of the things that
the freshmen should know about Behrend. In part, Mr. Kochel
stated:
You are now at that point in
your development referred to by
the philosopher Whitehead as the
moment when the adventure of
thought meets the adventure of
action. As you undertake the re
sponsibility of life while expand
ing your education through the
added experience, reflection, and
further formal study, you will
share the burdens involved with
all other educated men and women
throughout the world. This shared
responsibility is one which trans
cends barriers of space, time, creed
and race. Out of this relationship
comes zest for that larger under
standing which leads forward to a
better life for all.
You have come to college at a
time when almost all the struc
tures of our society are undergoing
change. The advances made in
the world over the last 50 years
exceed the advances of the last
5,000 years.
Today's University has been
drawn into the mainstream of life.
As such it has been called upon to
serve government, commerce, in
dustry, health institutions, wel
fare and the arts. As such, the of
ferings have been changed and
adopted to the contemporary
scene. At Behrend we place before
you a variety of courses to select
from for your intellectual nourish
ment.
The faculty will serve you well
from the intellectual table, but it
remains your responsibility to as
simulate, digest, and use that
which is offered to you.
You may find among your fel
low students and among older
people as well, a few who do not
realize that college is essentially
an environment 'for the develop
ment of mind and spirit. Instead,
these few seem to regard college
basically as an arena in which to
do battle against responsible auth_
ority and order. Sometimes they
create controversy for its own sake
or for publicity, or to bring a little
excitement into an otherwise drab
:xistence. H. 0. Wells once said
"He is not so much a personality
as a civil war, constantly warring
within himself."
Order and self-discipline are not
merely good but essential when
one lives with others. As a mem
ber of a collegiate society your
actions offset those around you
for better or for worse. Failure to
realize this is to manifest imma
turity and irresponsibility. In col
lege you move from youth to adult
hood as such
1. You must accept the respon
sibility for, at partial, manage
ment of your own life.
2. You will be confronted by
new and sometimes confusing
3. You will be challenged to
change some of your values and
ideas.
4. You have to think for your
self.
5. You'll have an opportunity
to develop intellectual honesty—
to recognize when you have done
well and when you have let your
self down.
6. You can develo intellect
ual curiosity and a productive
skepticism. This is particularly
challenging because you must at
the same time hold on to what you
know to be right.
7. You may learn to do some
things from desire not duty.
8. You may find there are
more than one or two answers to
some questions.
You will find ahead of you this
year an exciting and interesting
opportunity. All of us at the Behr-
October 3, 1969
OSGA Demands
Changes in Program
UNIVERSITY PARK (APS).—Organization of Student Govern
ment Associations (OSGA) has threatened to advise Common
wealth Campus students not to attend the Orientation Program at
University Park, unless changes are made in the program.
OSGA revealed Tuesday night that it rejects the Orientation
Program that transfer students from Commonwealth Campuses re
ceive when they transfer to University Park.
Ron Batchelor, OSGA president,
said he considered the present
program for transfer students a
"slap in. the face" and "a waste
of time."
"If the upcoming programs are
not turned over to the Keystone
Society (an honorary society for
Commonwealth Campus Stu
dents) or OSGA, we will notify
all Commonwealth Campus trans
fer students not to atend the
Orientation Program at Univer
sity Park. The present program
considers these transfer students
secondary to incoming fresh
men," Batchelor said.
According to Batchelor, an in
vestigation is being conducted
by OSGA 'to find out why most
Commonwealth Campus transfer
students were placed in study
lounges and other temporary
housing assignments.
"We want to know how many
students, who they are and from
which commonwealth campus
they come. OSGA is firmly dis
gusted with the housing prob
lem. We will demand a reason
from Housing as to why trans-1
fers were placed in such quarters.
We want a guarantee that it
won't happen again and we re
ject the $l5 refUnd that Housing
gives the students if they are
still in temporary assignments
after five weeks," Batchelor said.
This was the second informal
meeting which the OSGA Execu
tive Committee has held in re
cent weeks. The first was an or
ientation session.
Iron Butterfly
At All-U-Day
Orders for All-U-Day tickets are
now being taken at the Union
Desk in the RUB. Order your tick
ets as soon as possible. The last
J. a y to order tickets for the foot
ball game- is Wednesday, October
8. Tickets are on sale for the low
price of two dollars. A special com
bination• ticket will be offered at
$2.25 per person which will cover,
the jammy and dinner. The con
cert which will feature the Iron
Butterfly- and the New Hudson
Exit is Saturday night. Tickets
are $3.00- each, and must be or
dered before October 15.
Buses will be available for any
one interested. The cost of a bus
ticket will be announced later. Get
your tickets now, before it is too
late!
end Campus wish you well. Take
advantage of what's about you,
work hard, and play hard in the
true Penn State tradition to make
the most of what's available to
The committee will hold a
luncheon meeting today to dis
cuss its proposal on the Board
of Student Affairs. The concept
of the . board would place it in
final authority over non-academ
ic matters such as student park
ing and social activities.
The Board would be a branch
of the University Senate which
is responsible to the Board of
Trustees. A committee of the
Senate has asked OSGA, the
Undergraduate Student Govern
ment (USG) and the Graduate
Student Association (GSA) to
prepare proposals. The commit
tee made it clear, however, that
the proposals will serve as guide
lines and not as the final deci-
The Board would be .composed
of students and faculty members
with the students haring the'ma
jority. Administrators would not
be voting members of the board,
although they would play a role
in its structure.
It was reported that there are
three ways to structure the
board:
—One board for the entire
University, —One board for Uni
versity Park and one for the
Commonwealth Campuses.
—One board for each Univer-
sity Campus.
OSGA is planning a state con
ference for the Student Govern
ment to be held November 21, 22
at the University for all SGA
presidents.
The conference will include
sessions and workshops on the
housing and orientation prob
lems for transfer students, trans
fer student curriculum revision,
the Inter-Campus League, All-
University Day, Board of Student
Live and the role of SGA in re
gard to other student organiza
tions and blacks.
TEAM TEACHING
Freshman students at Behrend
this year will be able to take ad
vantage of a new experiment
team teaching. The course will
consist of English I to be taught
by Mr. Robert Baughman and
Speech 200 to be taught by Mr.
John Spielman. Students will be
required to register for both
courses. The two courses are be
ing taught on a co-operative bas
is so that the students will be
able to develop their skills in
both oral and written communi
cations. These two courses, which
will be open only to twenty
Freshmen, will be taught sequen
tially in the same classroom,
thus enabling the instructors to
relate subject matter and elim
inate extraneous and redundant
material.
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