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Recycle Through Reading Used
Books
. Special to The Lion’s Eye
Penn State Brandywine’s Gay
Straight Alliance is hosting a used book
sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 6 through
8 in the Commons Building Lion’s Den.
There is no set price for each book, but the
club is suggesting donations of one dollar
for hardcover, 50 cents for paperback and
25 cents for children’s books. Proceeds
will benefit the club’s future programs
Of the more than 8,000 book
titles, genres will include everything from
romance to murder mystery, biographies
to sports, historical fiction to cook books.
The sale, which features book donations
by faculty, staff and students, is open to
the public. Proceeds will benefit GSA’s
future programs.
Used Book Sale
Over 8,000 Titles!
General Fiction « Novels.» Romance « Kids/Easy Read
Science Fiction « Religion « Sports » Westerns « Cook Books
Murder Mystery « Suspense/Thriller « Antique
Craft/Home Design « Child Care « Non-Fiction « Biographies
Readers Digest Condensed Books
Historical FRvoR/Nons hovies
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Suggested Don ati ion of: 51 Bardbacks, by 50 Paperbacks, 2 25 Chi id ren’s Books
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Building Online Business Seminar
Offered at PSU Brandywine
Special to The Lion’s Eye
What does it take to start a suc-
cessful online business? Penn State Bran--
_ dywine is offering a course designed to
give those on a quest to boost an existing
business or build one from the ground up .
the tools and tutelage they need to do just
that.
Beginning in March, this 10-
week, Wednesday night course, “Build-
ing a Successful Business Using the In-
ternet,” will be led by Web entrepreneur
and instructor Cindy McGeever, who
launched the Web site “top-sales-jobs.
com,” a niche job board for sales profes-
sionals. Her extensive hands-on knowl-
edge of search engine optimization and
Web site monetization processes allows
her to guide participants through the
often-confusing maze of online business
start-up choices.
The focus on an income-gener-
ating outcome makes this course unique.
The course uses proven principles to as-
sist those who are serious about starting
and operating an online business. Using
smart tools, but not requiring technical
knowledge, the course takes participants
step-by-step through all of the stages of
developing an online business.
Class size is limited to 12 par-
ticipants to ensure that each student
receives personalized and dedicated in-
struction throughout the course so early
registration is suggested.
All potential participants must
call 610-892-1306 to arrange a pre-
course discussion to assure that there
is a good alignment of course expecta-
tions, outcomes and coursework. Upon
successful completion of this discussion,
participants may register in-person or by
phone with Lisa Krol at 610-892-1404
and pay the course fee to secure a seat in
class.
For more information, con-
tact Alan Zawacki at 610-892-1306 or
razl @psu.edu, or visit http://bw.psu.
edu/CE/30902.htm online.
Exploring Environmental
Sustainability at Penn State
Brandywine
Special to The Lion’s Eye
Penn State Brandywine will
explore environmental sustainability in
its second of three lectures as part of the
Spring Speaker Series, “Footpaths and
Footprints: Discussions on Environmen-
tal Resource Sustainability,” at 11:30 a.m.
on Feb. 23, in room 103 of the Tomezsko
Classroom Building on campus.
Yvette Brown, vice president at
Clean Markets, which “brings together
nearly 50 years of combined experience
in the nation’s energy and environmental
sectors, both public and private, to help
clients develop and grow viable business
and government initiatives,” according to
its Web site, will be the speaker.
Brown will discuss energy pol-
icy, business practices and- technology,
with the goal of situating where the U.S.
1s now in relation to countries around the
world. i
The Spring Speaker Series fea-
tures business, policy and university
leaders discussing the sustainable use of
resources by consumers, commerce and
government. From transportation, con-
struction, shopping and recycling consid-
erations, to business innovation and policy
deliberations, the series seeks to educate
students and the community about the
importance and possibilities surrounding
energy usage and resource sustainability.
To learn more about the speaker
series, contact Risa Pitman at 610-892-
1255 or rlp29@psu.edu. The series is free
and open to the public.
It’s February! Communities across
America, schools, colleges, universi-
ties, television and radio stations, artistic
organizations, lawyers, doctors, economists
and politicians are celebrating aspects of
African-American culture with emphasis
on black history. Under this theme our
reflective discussions, moments of inspira-
tion and hope for the future are framed by
the contributions of men and women of
color whose journey in the Americas began
as slaves but whose triumph may now be
revealed through those things that African-
Americans have contributed to the fabric
of American culture. The music of Black
America is rich in vocal and instrumen-
tal genres beginning with the spirituals,
work songs and field yells of a culture that
responded to the social, political and eco-
nomic conditions in which people found
themselves.
been the backbone of our creative expres-
sion. The authors, soloists and ultimate
reason for this response remain unknown
to contemporary society because the music
emerged from the oral tradition of African-
Americans. We sang, moaned, cried out to
God an anyone who would hear us as slaves
and free blacks assembled for worship or
worked on plantations. Songs such as “O
Freedom,” “Go Down Moses,” “Ain’t Gon-
na Let Nobody Turn Me Round,” “Over My
Head I Hear Music in the Air” and “I Got A
Robe” probably provided a temporary sense
of release and relief as blacks sang about
that “better day” that would surely come
once they were free from bondage.
Music in the black church was
and remains a participatory experience that
involves the entire body. Singing and dance
- lare the same response for many African
Americans even in a worship setting. The
“ring shout” tradition emerged during the
period of slavery and, though interpreted
by some as a frenzied expression, it was a
unique and engaging response of African-
Americans at a time when they were limited
in their daily routine and sought that tem-
porary emotional release through song. In
“Lift Every Voice and Sing IL,” published in
1993, music educator/musicologist Clar-
ence Boyer wrote, “All African American
folk sacred singing is accompanied by a
rhythmic movement of the body. Not only
does such movement provide greater rhyth-
mic accentuation in the singing, but frees
the body from tension and other ‘weights’
that would interfere with worshipping.
Clapping hands, patting the feet, swaying,
nodding the head, raising the arms upward
and shouting (‘holy’ dancing) are all com-
mon activities during traditional worship
services. These activities should not be af-
fected but should flow from the body as the
singer releases unnecessary inhibitions and
becomes more involved in the singing and
worship.”
Normal musical fare for African-
American congregations during the 19th
and early 20th centuries included spirituals,
hymns, anthems in the European choral
tradition and camp meeting songs used
during revivals and other outreach events.
Two significant events occurred within our
culture that literally transformed the rhythm
and pulse of a music that had served con-
gregations well since the African Method-
ist Episcopal Church was organized at the
beginning of the 19th century. Ragtime, a
musical idiom that emphasized shifting syn-
copation in its rhythmic intensity, provided
a wonderful background for the eventual
development of jazz at the beginning of the.
The music of the black church has
Music’s Role In Black History
By Tony Leach, 2009-2010 Penn State Laureate
20th century. Traditional gospel music,
which accompanied worship in the Pente-
costal church that had its roots in the revival
and camp meeting movements during the
turn of the 20th century, blended the repeti-
tive lyric of the spiritual with a new pulse
that often involved percussion instruments
and vocal improvisation.
The musical framework for black
churches was forever changed as the
Church of God in Christ made its way into
African-American culture in urban set-
tings. Rev. Charles Tindley (1851-1933)
made significant contributions to the early
development of traditional gospel music
through publishing hymns and gospel songs
that were a part of the compilation titled
“The Gospel Pearls,” and survive today in
church denominational hymnals such as
“The National Baptist Hymnal,” “The New
National Baptist Hymnal,” “The African
American Heritage Hymnal” and “Lift
Every Voice and Sing II.” Songs composed
by Tindley such as “Leave It There,” “We'll
Understand It Better By and By” and “I’ll
Overcome Someday” have become anchors
in the congregational song tradition of many
black churches. Tindley Temple United
Methodist Church in Philadelphia remains
today as a testament to Rev. Tindley’s pas-
toral and musical influence within the black
community.
Pennsylvanians who Jive made
more recent contributions in African-Amer-
ican sacred music include the following (in
no particular order):
Clara Ward and the Ward Singers, composer and
performer
Rev. Rosie Wallace, evangelist, composer and singer
Rev. Gabriel Hardeman, evangelist and composer
Carol Antrom, composer :
Clayton White, composer
Verolga Nix, composer
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Gospel Music Work-
shop of America
The Harrisburg Chapter of the Gospel Music Work-
shop of America
The Pittsburgh Gospel Choir, affiliate of the River City
Brass
Echoes of Glory (Gospel Radio Program based in Har-
risburg, Pa.), George Toby Young, host
The Capital Area Music Association, Harrisburg, Pa.
The Gospel Choir, J. P. McKaskey High School,
Lancaster, Pa.
The Girard Academy High School Gospel Choir,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Patti LaBelle, performing artist
The Savettes, Philadelphia, Pa.
Urbane, Pocono Mountain School District
Donald Dumpson, director of music Bright Hope
Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
Essence of Joy, Penn State
The sacred music of African-
Americans has made a vital impact on
‘the musical culture of American society.
Whether in churches, community organiza-
. tions, school communities or in the hands of
well-known performing artists, its influence
cannot be denied. As February observances
in Black History provide opportunities for
Americans to remember, celebrate and
champion contributions of blacks to our
culture, also remember that we have living
heroes amongst us who are moving trends
forward while keeping the flame alive.