September 15, 1998 - LIONS EYE - Page 3 Wall Street Analyst and ’98 Vairo Service Award Director to Visit Delco By Regis Fields Lion's Eye Staff Writer This semester the Penn State Delaware County campus will be hosting three speakers; a civil rights attorney, a Wall Street analyst, and a Latino Film director. : On Oct. 14. Laura Pederson, wh is the Wall Street analyst, will be pre- senting her views on career options and the pursuit of success deemed, “ A Street Smart Career Guide,” or (What the Asian Economic Flu Means to the Individual Investor in the U.S.). Pederson was hired to fill an entry-level position on the trad- ing floor of the American Stock Ex- change at 18 and within a year be- came a full-time options trader within the same establishment. At 20 she became the youngest person in the history of the stock market to re- ceive a seat and in the next year be- ~ came a partner in a Wall Street firm. Pederson, who is a native of Buf- falo, N.Y. took full advantage of her position as an options trader buying and selling up to two million dollars worth of securities daily. Regularly she engaged other traders on the floor in a combative aspect and more than often emerging physically worn and mentally exhausted. After a market crash in Oct. 1989 she took her as- sets and retired from the Exchange describing her situation as, “ I had my mid-life crisis at 24.” Pederson then turned her attention to her books; Play Money: My Brief but Brilliant Career on Wall Street, and Street Smart Career Guide, giving practical and sound advice on turn- ing work into wealth. - Pederson now writes for the New York Times with her own question and answer column titled “Minding Your Business.” As well as speaking on financial issues in the Times she has also appeared on such programs as: “Oprah”, . “Primetime Live”, “Good Morning America”, and “CNN.” Pederson exclaims that, “You don’t have to be born with a silver spoon, have Mayflower fam- ily connections, or be an Ivy League graduate to succeed in business...if a small town kid can make it to the top through the back door anyone Late teen phenom Selena Quirtanilla played by Jennifer Lo “Selena.” can.” She will be speaking in the Main Student Lounge Oct. 14 at 12:30 p.m. Director/ screenwriter Gregory Nava will be paying this campus a visit a month later on Nov. 18. Nava, a San Diego native of Mexican- Basque heritage, will be the prime speaker during “Hispanic Heritage Month.” Nava, who attended UCLA Film School has been producing work of his heritage since those days with his portrayal of the life of Garcia Lorca entitled The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva. As a result of his work he was awarded the Best Dra- matic Film Award at the National Student Film Festival. In 1973 Nava wrote, produced and directed The Confessions of Aman, which was a tale of a medieval wandering scholar with a budget of 13,000 dollars. That effort won him the 1976 Best First Feature Award at the Chicago Inter- national Film Festival. Other small scale productions include The Haunt- ing of M in 1977 with his wife Anna ~ Thomas in the feature role. Nava de- scribes his work as a Latino in film- making as “...fighting for the accep- tance of my community at the level that (John Ford) Ford and (Martin Scorcese) Scorcese have been ac- cepted.” El Norte, a film on Guatemalan refugees who endure hardship at- tempting to cross the U.S. border was one of the first films to address the issues of the immigrant experi- ence. He recieved an Academy Award nomination as well as estab- lishing himself as a versatile writer/ director and earning him critical ac- claim on his other projects Mi Fa- milia and recently Selena. Both por- tray the Mexican-American family, Selena focusing more on the slain artist Selena Quintanilla. Nava, who does college circuit speaking along with his Film career, also manages affairs at the Independent Features Project West which he co-founded with his wife. Recently Nava di- rected “When Fools Fall in Love,” which depicts the love triangle of 50’s teen sensation Frankie Lyman. He will be speaking on Nov.18 at 12:30 p.m. in the Main Student Lounge. pez in Gregory Nava’s Given to Anna Pipino By Jim McGovern Lions Eye Staff Writer The 1998 John P. Vairo ser- vice award, given annually to a Penn State Delaware County staff mem- ber for exceptional service to the well being of the campus, was awarded this August to Anna Pipino of Clifton heights. Pipino has been employed by the University for three years, and has spent that time working as a staff assistant in the office of enrollment management. Her reaction to the an- nouncement of the award was, “To- tal shock. It left me speechless.” According to Dr. Edward Tomezsko however, the award should come as no surprise. “Pipino Dr. Edward Tomezsko presents the John P. Vairo Service Award to a smiling Anna Pipino. willingly steps forward to help her co-workers and goes beyond her nor- mal duties to benefit the campus and the students. She takes great pride in her work and the campus, and I want her to know it shows. For Pipino, mother of three, her years of service to the university have been just as fulfilling as win- ning this award. “I really enjoy the job, the people I work with, and just helping the students with any ques- tions or problems they might have.” Along with a personalized plaque and five hundred-dollar cash award, Pipino’s name has also been added to the Vario plaque located in the first floor hallway of the main building. Additional Security to Be Taken at Morris Dee’s Speech By Aimee Stone Assistant Editor With the arrival of civil rights attorney Morris Dees, the Penn State Delco campus will take additional security precautions. Due to Dees’ success as a civil rights attorney, he attracts the attention of many hate groups nation- wide. Thus, an increase in the cam- pus security will be provided to en- sure a safe environment for Mr. Dees and his audience. “A set of standard security measures will be taken,” states Tom Brinkman, head of security for Dees. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), founded by Dees in 1971, is dedicated to the conviction of hate groups. For twenty years, the center has monitored individual and group hate activities through a vast network of sources. “The center has,” said Brinkman, “a very extensive network of law enforcement contacts.” During the visit, the SPLC will be monitoring all hate groups in the Eastern Pennsylvania region. Brinkman assures all stu- dents that, “during the three years I’ve worked for the center there has never been any actual violence at any speech, never.” Penn State County Leadership Retreat Check-In/Registration at 5:00 P.M. on Friday Sign-Up in Room 138 Commons Spaces Are Limited Deadline is September 11
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