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By BARBARA CALABRESE
Collegian Staff Writer
For those few out there in the world
haven’t met Dr. Harold W. Auri
Associate Professor of History
Highacres Campus, let me take thk
port unity to introduce him to you. Since I
couldn’t possibly describe him in my own
words, I decided to interview him and let
him describe himself.
Hie basic questions:
Question: Where were you born and
raised?
Answer: “Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania.”
Q. Where do you reside now?
A. “Drums, Pennsylvania.”
Q. Are you married?
A. “Yes.”
Q. Do you have children?
A. “One girl and one boy.”
Q. What colleges and universities did you
attend to receive your degrees?
'A. “I attended Franklin and Marshall
College and then to Penn State
University for my Masters and Ph.D.”
Q. How long are you teaching at Penn
State Highacres?
A. “About 13 years.”
Q. What, if any, previous teaching
positions did you have?
A. “None”
Q. Dr. Aurand, you wrote a book on the
history of coal mining for your doc
torate degree, what are the reasons?
A. "I used to work with this old guy who
used to be a coal miner. He was still
paying his union dues and was going
back to mining now and then. I was
curious what his values were. The
other reason for die book is the fact
that I am from the coal, mining
region.”
Q. If you had to do it all over again would
you go into teaching?
A. “Yes.”
Q. Name two things you would like to
change about Highacres?
A. “No. 1,1 would like to re-establish the
sense of community, that pulls
students and faculty together again. I
can’t remember the last time a student
bought me a cup of coffee. No. 2, I
would like to get rid of the buying of
facades. I used to remember when I
could throw a snowball at someone and
get a laugh.”
Q. What spectator sport do you enjoy the
most?
A. “Football, of course Penn State.”
Q. What sport do you like to participate in?
A. “Sex”
Q. Students on this campus recognize you
by your original hat (off-white
sheepskin, Cossack style). Where did
you buy it and why?
A. “Well, it goes back years. I needed a
winter hat and while looking to buy one
at Cook’s Department Store I tried on
this one just joking. A student just
happened to be in the store and saw me
with it on. The student dared me to buy
it. Well there happened to be two hats
there exactly alike, so I bought the both
of them. The one I’m wearing now is
the newer one. I wore the old one out.”
Q. Describe Jimmy Carter in one word?
A. “Dumb.”
Q. It seems everyone today has a weight
problem, what is your secret?
A. “Hard-work.”
Q. There is a rumor around campus that
you and Dr. Staudamirer attended the
same seminary?
A. “No, actually I was joking in one of my
lectures. Dr. Staudamirer did attend a
seminary. I tried to enter the convent,
but that was before equal rights.”
Q. If you had to spend a month in the
hospital who would you want as a
roommate?
A. “I have to consider first how the other
person is going to stand me. The only
person who can is my wife.”
... peopK ttending Highacres
associate only with university people
and this causes academic isolation,"
Aurand said. (Photo by David Kraft)
Q. You are also noted on this campus by
that black thing (about a 1964
Plymouth ’Cuda) you drive, is it still
under warranty?
A. “No. I’m still waiting for the students to
pitch in and buy me a new one.”
Q. Do you think women’s lib has helped.or
hindered society?
A. “In the long run I would consider it not a
hindrance, but some approaches are
stupid, especially the quota system.
That will do harm later on. Women’s
lib is an interesting topic but it doesn’t
do anything.”
Q. What was your greatest disappointment
in life?
A. “Finding out George Burns is God and
not me. That statement results from
the time I was sitting in the Commons’
Building and it was pouring rain
outside. I said to some students the rain
will stop when it’s time for me to walk
to class. Sure enough it stopped when I
left the Commons and started again
when I entered the classroom
building.”
I hope from this interview those in
dividuals who did not know Dr. Aurand,
know him now and realize there are words
not yet defined to explain him.
Movie Review
Some Box-Office Flops
Saturday Night Fever—Catch what
fever? The only fever here is the one that
accompanies the sickness that comes after
you see this movie. John “sweathog”
Travolta is the star ... poor casting. The
movie is about a teenage Italian stud who
is the neighborhood disco king ... poor
plot. Most of it centers around a cheap
discotheque, a dance studio, and a
bridge ... poor setting, and is poorly
filmed and directed ... poor audience.
The only good part is the Bee Gees music.
My recommendations: First, buy a Bee
Gees album; second, stare at a wall; third,
yawn. Viola... a replica of Saturday
Night Fever.
You Light Up My Life—O.K ... who
gave these people a camera? To make it
easier, I’ll just first tell you about the good
parts. The film has an excellent young
actress. Second, the title song is done well.
Now for the bad news ... the production,
direction, casting, writing, filming, plot,
all the other songs, and a movie about
thirty minutes too short make this one of
the worst of the year. If you like the
song ... try the 45. Forget this one, I’m
trying to.
The Late Great Planet Earth—A very
interesting, captivating film. Orson Wells
narrates. The film deals with the coming
of the end of the world as prophesized by
Victim Of Network Control
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best overall performance is ranked no. 1 in
the nation.
One of the many dissatisfied with the
system is Mr. Paul Cerula, Business
Manager of Highacres. Mr. Cerula has
been a follower of the Lions for twenty
years and describes himself as “a football
nut.” “Until, there’s a playoff system I
don’t believe a bunch of writers and
sportscasters can be the real judge of who
is the best team in the nation,” said Cerula j
Without a system the only thing the
writers and sportscasters use to make
their judgments are their impressions of
things on the field. And contrary to popular
beliefs, writers and sportscasters are
human. Many people feel that personal
biases influence these decisions too much.
An unfriendly remark by a players coach
at the beginning of a season could cost a
team points in the rankings for the rest of
the season. Feelings for an old alma mater
may influence decisions for rankings in
closely matched rivalries.
“It amazes me that the NCAA has
playoffs set up for all other major sports
under their jurisdiction but they haven’t
formulated a plan for major college
football,” observes Cerula.
But the writers, sportcasters and the
NCAA are not the only ones responsible for
the faults in the system. Most colleges fall
victim to something known as “network
control.” Television contracts are
By CRAIG OSWALD
Collegian Staff Writer
the Book of Revelations and prophets of
that time period. The film excellently ties
together predictions of the Biblical wise
men and current events that represent the
beginning of the end. Also there are
numerous references to such phenomenon
as the Jupiter effect and swarms of killer
bees. This production makes great sense
and is extremely believable.'After viewing
all the factors that can end the world you
develop a pessimistic but realistic view.
And the film isn’t just heresay by one
author. Many scientists, most of them
Nobel Prize winners or famous authors,
also support these views. If you enjoy
informative and alarming films, and don’t
mind being bombarded with pessimistic
data, catch this one.
Heroes—Henry Winkler and Sally
Field ... it might take a while for it to hit
Hozleburg. I’m still waiting.
The Gauntlet—Clint Eastwood as a cop.
I always enjoyed his movies. Promising.
Looking for Mr. Goodbar—Diane Keaton
is supposed to be excellent, but the movie
is lacking.
Telefon—Phones ring and things blow
up. Skip this one.
The Choirboys—This film is one of the
better police movies.
Turning Point—A very deep, meaningful
movie. For some people’s taste.
awarded to football teams on the basis of
their “drawing capacity,” the ability to
appeal to an audience. A lot of money is
connected with these contracts and teams
need this money to balance athletic
budgets. Teams will incorporate tougher
teams into their schedules and delay
scheduled games to a more “convenient”
time. This is why the Penn State-Pitt
game was delayed for a week. In other
words the teams that cooperate alot are
awarded the best contracts thus getting
national support, and usually higher
ratings. The cooperating teams also stand
a better chance of going to the major
bowls—the Cotton, Orange, Rose, and
Sugar. Exposure in these bowls help teams
in rankings the following year because
they and their football skills are already
known to the writers and sportscasters.
However, the NCAA has decided,
because of the growing controversy over
the present system, to try and improve it.
The first step is a “super-Conference” that
extends the invitation, to help in the
creation of a playoff system to the so
called super powers—the Big Eight, Big
Ten* Pacific-Ten, Southeastern, South
west, Atlantic Coast, and West Athletic
Conference plus the major independents.
Whether this leads to improvements
remains to be seen—maybe in the up
coming football season.
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