Octobei• 8, 1970
"I Am Curious..."
Not even the daring
moviemakers of Sweden are
ready for a film called "I Am
Curious (Chaucer)," but if they
ever are, it's bound to win an X
rating.
Because according to a
professor of English at Penn
State, when it comes down to
good, healthy bawdiness, "we
haven't even caught up with
Geoffrey Chaucer."
The big difference, says Dr.
Robert W. Frank, one of the
nation's leading Chaucerian
scholars, is that Chaucer uses his
bawdy, free-wheeling style to
convey a message on how very
human and diversified nature is.
"He reminds man of his animal
nature to keep him from getting
too puffed up and too proud of his
petty accomplishments," ex
plains Dr. Frank, editor of the
"Chaucer Review" and recent
winner of a 1970-71 Guggenheim
Fellowship -to - study - the cultural
and literary backgrounds of
Chaucer's Tales of Pathos.
"Chaucer views man as a
glorious creature who rides off to
war in bright, shining armor;
who woos lovely ladies with
tender language; but who also
comes out of the mud with a body
full of appetites that indicate he's
not always the glorious creature
he likes to think he is." -
My name is Bruce Farber.
What's yours? On October 15th
and 16th there will be an election
for eight representatives of
S.G.A. I'm running for one of
these representatives because I
want what's best for you.
This week I will be trying to
meet everyone. I would ap
preciate if you my fellow-student
would come up to me introduce
yourself, and tell me what you
want done for the benefit of this
campus. Some main topics are 24
hour open dorms, sidewalks clear
of snow, and the RUB building
being kept open later.
Sure there's a lot more to be
said, so please inform me what
your feelings are about such
matters. I'd like to know.
Remember: One thing for sure I
need your support if I'm elected
and if you can't give it, don't vote
for me! Thank you for stopping
and listening.
Linda Stafford
In the meantime, until the day
he can go to a movie and see a
faithful rendition of something
like the "Canterbury Tales" Dr.
Frank will always insist
Chaucer's 14th century was even
more outspoken and liberal than
ours.
The "Canterbury Tales" for
example would almost certainly
run the full gamut of today's
ratings, from GP (acceptable to
the General Public) to R
(restricted) and X (absolutely
Adult Only).
Yet to eliminate parts of the
"Canterbury Tales"—or for that
matter, any Chaucer work—in
favor of others would be to
destroy the very essence of what
Chaucer is trying to do and say,
declares Dr. Frank.
What is the importance of
Chaucer today?
"I guess the most important
thing, at least to me, is that he's
still a lot of fun, and there's not so
much fun in the world anymore
that we can afford to ignore
him." replies Dr. Frank.
"Beyond that, there's also a
certain advantage to be able to
look back 600 years and find out
ways the human animal HASN'T
changed."
Reprint from
'On Campus". Vol. 2, No. 1
Behrend,Campus Student body
must decide in the next few days
whether they want a represen
tative who, "Represents" or
"Neglects"!
I, Michael A. Chiricuzio, run
for the Student Government
Association. I run to provide a
sincere representation for the
welfare of the student body. At a
later date I plan on - Having a rally
open to all candidates. It will give
us all a chance to discuss our
issues and to present our issues to
our fellow students.
As a fourth-term and active
student, I consider myself
familiar with the problems as
well as the promises of Behrend.
By being elected, I hope to help
make our S.G.A. an efficient and
effective organization, an
organization that will truly
represent the varied needs and
interests of the Behrend
students.—tiathlene Sparks
Ray Geiger
THE NITTANY CUB
S.G.A. Speaks Out
Application, Petition, And Campaign
Rules Concerning S.G.A. Elections
Applications and petitions for
positions on the Student
Government Association have
been available for nearly a week
now, and several students have
already begun their campaigns.
Leslie McKinney, chairman of
the Elections Committee, has
announced the following rules for
the election :
(1) Applications and positions
must be in by October 12. (2)
Campaigning cannot begin until
David Graham
My name is Al Quinlan and I
am a freshman running for
Student Government Association
as a Representative.
Since I have attended Behrend
I have noticed a lack of student
involvement with the Erie
community. Behrend has always
had a small school image, which
is due to two things. First of all,
Behrend was always a two year
school before this year. Secondly,
Behrend is out of Erie and has an
image of a country school. Now
Behrend is a four year school and
we can operate like one. I feel
that we can do more for the Erie
community than we've done so
far. Erie has many problems,
and I'll discuss how I think
Behrend can help solve some of
them.
First of all, Erie schools have
had discipline troubles in the past
few years. These troubles appear
to stem from racial strife, yet no
one has been able to solve the
problem. The only real step taken
so far has been to take away
some freedoms from the
students. I suggest that, with the
Involvement is part of living.
But too many times people are
apathetic and do not get involved.
SGA offers a segment of the
students here at Behrend a
chance to become involved in the
activities on our campus. I would
like to be one of the students
representing the rest of student
body as a member of SGA. My
background has been total in
volvement toward serving
others. But what is more im
portant, I am sincere in my wish
to serve my fellow students at
Behrend.—Bill Starn.
Linda Juliano
petitions are in. (3) Posters and
signs cannot be placed - a. on
trees unless they are tied on b.
on the yellow restraining posts
unless tied on c. on the exterior of
any building d. on any pointed
surface of the interior of any
building. (4) Positions on the
ballot will be assigned by
drawing lots. (5) No campaigning
is permitted within 50 feet of the
polls when they are open.
The polls will be open Thur
sday, October 15, and Friday,
Al Quinlan
school board's permission, we
select some interested students
from Behrend (and Gannon if
possible) to go into the schools to
talk to the students. We can talk
to the students on their level and
maybe we can find out things the
school board and police couldn't
find out.
Secondly, we can make an
attempt to run some type of
recreation program for the small
urban children. Again; we can try
to get help from Gannon.
Possibly we could open up
Gannon Auditorium and Erie
Hall, probably on weekends, for
ball playing for small boys. Also,
if enough girls were interested,
we could open up a few rooms and
the girls could guide the small
girls on reading, arithmetic, and
other crafts. Possibly we could
raise some money with a dance
or show.
Thirdly, we could set up a
series of teach-ins for the public.
Five to ten students could
research a subject which is
relevant today, and present a
Students, on October 15 and 16
you'll be voting for the students
you want elected for the Student
Government Association. I,
Linda Juliano, happen to be one
of the candidates running for the
office of representative. In this
article I hope to tell you a little bit
about myself and my association
with S.G.A.
In the fall of last year I was
elected as a representative to the
S.G.A. and after that I became
Corresponding Secretary. This
job included writing and talking
to students, faculty, and ad
ministrators of Behrend and also
Students
I, David Graham, shall be
running for a position as
Representative in the Student
Government Association. By
living in the men's dorm I will be
available for questions and
discussion. If elected I will be
ready to help in whatever way
possible that I can.
Realizing the needs of our
campus I feel much more certain
I, Linda Stafford, feel that I
could represent my fellow
classmates in the student
Government Association with a
sincere interest to -their desires
and suggestions. This being my
first year at Behrend as a
transfer student, I feel that SGA
would help me not only to become
more a part of Penn State, but
also to help those around me to
feel that Penn State is an im
portant part of their lives.
October 16, second through sixth
periods. All eight representatives
will be elected at large.
Applications and petitions are
also available for positions on the
Student Judiciary Board, which
acts on student disciplinary
cases. These applicants will be
screened by a S.G.A. committee.
Interested students may . still
obtain applications, petitions,
and copies of the election rules at
the Union Desk.
Bruce Farber
program some evening to be open
to the public. We could probably
have one or two teach-ins a
month.
Finally, we could open up
stands downtown containing
literature on important affairs,
such as the Vietnam War, the
ABM system, the progress of our
space program, and Draft In
formation. We could probably set
up stands one Saturday a month.
We may need official approval
from Erie.
One activity of our present
government that I agree with,
and hope to see expanded, is the
attempt to bring in outside
speakers to Behrend. Charles
Evers and Jack London are
among those who Behrend has
lined up this year, and I hope this
activity is continued.
I can't guarantee that these
ideas will work, but I feel that we
can give them a try. We'll not
only make Behrend a better
school, but we can help to im
prove the Erie community. Al
Quinlan
of other Commonwealth Cam
puses and University Park.
Through this position I
. was able
to learn the problems and the
ways to help solve these
problems which are common to
almost every Penn State Campus
and student. I attended Regional
and State Conferences where we
all got together and discussed
situations at hand. I feel much
'closer to you, the students, for
having had the opportunity to
work for you and I hope you'll
give me that chance again this
year. Sincerely, Linda Juliano
that privileges here have not
been properly recognized. Such
as, more open dorm hours. I
understand that another P.S.U.
campus was recently granted
this and I see no reason why this
cannot come about here.
Inconveniences, such as nc
cigarette machines in the dorms
and pay washing machine and
dryers. I can see no reason these
should be ingored. Thanks.
I find it extremely difficult to
express my sincerity when I say
that by being elected, I hope to
extend my own personal in
volvement at the Behrend
Campus to those whom I
represent--the students. Through
me and by me the student's
wants, needs,, and ideas can be
expressed in the ,student
government for the improvement
of Behrend and our society.
Sincerely yours, Ray Geiger.
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