VOLUME XXII NO. 14 Erie’s snow has proven too much for many students and teachers, as these two students found out. Student Government Continues Progress The vacancy for Second Vice President of SGA, left by the withdrawal of Phil Hood, will not be filled. This was decided by a 16 - 2 vote, taken at the February 10 of the SGA, in favor of main taining the vacancy. In another Student Government move it was decided' that B.ehrend ;would withdraw' from the OSGA? This will make them a par ticipant in the system already adopted by other Com monwealth Campuses. In this system the Presidents of each SGA will solve their problems through direct communications with University Park. This will also remove the need for an OSGA Committee, which will be changed into an Orien tation Committee. The Faculty Evaluation Committee, headed by Dr. Tomsic, reported that it has been met with some dif ficulties. They must obtain more computer information Behrend To Have Hotline Facilities have recently been obtained for a Hotline. This system will be used as a rumor clearing house as well as for anyone who has a need for help or counciling for any reason; The people manning this will receive instruction in basic medical and psychological matters. The facilities for this are available for student use 24 hours a day. Between the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 a.m., it is considered that the facility will be in the most use. The number of hours are flexible and depend upon the number of volunteers. This system is being backed by the Student Government. In order to make it work, . the students of Behrend Campus must support it. Without volunteers there will be no Hotline. So support it. Anyone interested in volunteering to man or help it in anyway, contact Linda Shorey at 899-1173 or Ken Mushrush 866-0918 or leave your name and phone number at the Student Government office. THE BEHREND CAMPUS OF THE PENNSYLVANIASTATE UN IVERSITY from University Park before they can continue operations. Behrend students are asked to develop kits and help with collections on February 21 by the Heart Association as was reported by the Community Action Committee. Students were also selected to travel with Mr. Claridge ..and—Dean. ..Lane . to , .other. Commonwealth Campuses in the area for the purpose of promoting Behrend. These students will be looking for undergraduates from other campuses who would like to transfer to Behrend for their junior and senior years. This promotion will start on February 15. A Hot Line system, ex plained by President Dave Carr and Dean Lane, is under consideration by Behrend. Its goal is to provide round the-clock information for students, and it will be set up as soon as possible. In news from clubs, the SGA learned that the Radio Club is requesting an extra $lOO to buy equipment. A representative of the club will attend the next meeting. The Sail Club charter was sent back to the members for some clarification. The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. Pre-Registration For Undergraduates All undergraduate students wall meet with their advisor during the week of February 22-26, 1971, for the purpose of preparing a final pre-registration schedule for the Spring Term. The com pleted schedule will be turned in by the student during the first two weeks in March according to a pre-arranged schedule. This schedule will be determined according to Term standing and the rigidity of the student’s program. Associate degree candidates and Hamot Nursing students will therefore register on the first day followed by baccalaureate students ac cording to their term standing. Further details on this schedule will be published in a later edition of the Nittany Cub. STATION ROAD, ERIE, PA 16510 CC Press Association Holds Training Sessions The Press Association of Commonwealth Campuses will provide a special training and business conference for member newspapers Friday and Satur day, February 19 and 20. “About 100 Commonwealth Campus editors, reporters, business managers and ad vertising people are expected to get together here at University Park to discuss common problems and give their staffs some specialized training,” according to Frederick Erb 111, president of the Press Association. Attending the conference from Behrend will be: Sam Bernick, Ray Geiger, Doug Leichliter, Rick Martino and Patsy Wheatly. - Erb said the conference is “an additional one called by the editors last fall, mainly to see if they can’t solve some of their problems by talking them over together.” He said that several hours of the conference will be devoted to discussion among groups of various sizes. “We’re trying to make the conference much more than just discussion, however,” Erb said. He explained that the program includes several clinics manned chiefly by professional newsmen and instructors and aimed at developing basic skills. “For example,” he said, “at the same time editors are being, shown editing techniques, reporters will be taught more advanced news and feature writing skills and business managers will talk about ad vertising and public relations. At later clinics follow-up topics will be discussed.” Several clinics for editors will be taught by Gerry Lynn Hamilton. Erb said. Hamilton, who is general manager of The Press Association and a former student at Penn State, returned this week from a commission in the Army. “We also aim to provide a practical workshop Saturday morning where the staffs will all get together, each person taking his assigned position on a mock newspaper we’ll complete in four hours,” Erb said. The four-page tabloid, known as “The Newspaper”, was tried in Sep tember, 1969. It was “very successful” Erb, who took part in the exercise, noted. Erb said additional highlights The purpose of the second pre registration is to enable students to know, before leaving for Spring Break, precisely what course cards will be waiting for him at registration. As classes are determined to have reached capacity, the students will be asked to select a different class that still remains open. There can be no students accepted into a closed-section at this time; any reopening of sections must be done on the floor at registration. All that is necessary for this procedure to prove successful is for all of our students to observe the schedule. We would like to avoid, if at all possible, the “all classes to the strong” result of last Spring’s attempt at such a procedure. of the conference include legislation (though very little) to come before the Sixth General Assembly, and the initial meeting of a special investigating com mittee to look into the organizational structures of Commonwealth Campus newspapers. Also, a combination rap-learning session will be led by Hamilton Friday night for those who are interested. John R. Brutzman, managing editor of the Centre Daily Times, a State College daily, will speak before the assembly oh some aspect of student journalism. Erb explained that on most of Wild French Farce At Erie Playhouse “Forty Carats”, a frothy French farce, utterly Americanized, will be presented live on stage at the Warner Theatre, February 25,1971 at 8:30 p.m. There wifi be only one performance of this Broadway show. Originally “Forty Carats” was a French play, alliterativelv called “Quarante Carats” written by Pierre Barrillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, authors of a Cassettes Available To Students As of February 17, cassette players have been made available to all students to be checked out in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as a reserve book. These cassette units are available to the students for overnight use after 9:30 p.m. with the main goals in mind of listening to brief resumes’ of lectures on pre-recorded tapes, listening to special language tapes, or listening to special interest or educational tapes. At the present time, this system is just-one step beyond the planning stage and hopefully will grow as the students’ needs in crease. As this system grows, Mr. Bortnick, head of in structional services, feels that all language, human interest, lec tures and many other fields can be recorded and made available to serve all the students. This type of Listening and Learning Center can become a real boon to our educational system. Blank tapes can be obtained at Mr. Bortnick’s office so as to make a recording of the desired topics. Recordings can be made either at his office or in the library where a recorder will also be made available. As these cassette units are for the benefit of the students, they will not be" checked out to faculty members for more than a 4-hour period. Although this is a new system, Mr. Bortnick hopes that the system will service all students in their field of education. Any questions should be directed to Mr. Bortnick. Thursday, February 18,1971 the campuses little or no formal journalism instruction is available, and that in most cases the only formal training student newspaper people can get is through The Press Association. The newspapers often have trouble training their own staffs from year to year, he said, because of the heavy turnover rate on the largely two-year campuses. “It is our job to help fill in that training gap,” Erb said, “and conferences like the one we are planning are designed to do just that!” previous Paris-to-Broadway smash “Cactus Flower.” David Merrick gave the choice assignment of adapting the Parisian hit for American stages to Jay Allen, a very talented lady. The show stars Barbara Britton, a very successful actress who starred in about 30 movies. Barbara Britton is probably best known to millions for having been the chief spokesman for Revlon Cosmetics. Time Magazine called the show “Civilized fun, ... a frothy French farce, about new marital modes and manners." “Forty Carats” proves a person’s, age is irrelevant when a lady of forty finds no barriers to love with a man of twenty-five. Student tickets will be on sale at the Warner Theatre Box Office at a reduced rate of $2.50. To reserve your seat, call 455-3320 or stop at the Warner Theatre Box Office any day from noon until 5:30 p.m. Who's Who At Behrend The following Behrend Campus students have been chosen as members of Who’s Who among students in American Junior Colleges this year: Krystal Angevine, David Carr, James Crawford, Barbara Davies, Mary C. Entinger, Roy Fronzaglia, David Geitner, Dennis Hart, Colleen Healy, Katherine Krahe, Pete Kwiatek, Michael McGinley, Denise Muia, John Musala, Kenneth Mushrush, Linda Shorey, Gary Thornbloom, Lana Watkins, Jeff Whitt. They were chosen on the basis of academic merit and leader ship. The students were recommended by S.G.A. and approved by the Board of Student Affairs. They will receive a certificate of merit and a letter of congratulations from Who’s Who. ON THE INSIDE Editorial Opinion page 2 Letters page 2 S.U.B. page 3 Sports page 4
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