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Behrend Briefs
Good Friday Service An ecumenical Good Friday
worship service, with a reading of the Passion according to St.
John and slides and music, with be held on March 24 at 9 am in
the Reed Lecture Hall. Sponsored by Campus Ministry.
Elementary Education Majors Elementary Ed.
majors are needed for student helpers at Diehl Elementary School
on Tuesdays or Thursdays for one-hour sessions from 9-10 am or
1-2 pm. For more information contact Brenda at 864-5088 or
M.C. at 898-6693.
Eating Concerns The Eating Concerns support group
will resume weekly meetings at 7 pm on Thursdays (note change
from last semester). Anyone concerned about eating behavior is
welcome to attend this informal support group. For more
information call Louanne Barton at ext. 6203 or Patty Pasky
McMahon at ext. 6217.
Health Center Hours Physician hours are:
Wednesday and Thursday, 1 pm-4 pm. Nurse practitioner hours
are: Monday and Tuesday, 1 pm-10 pm; Wednesday and Thursday,
8 am-1 pm; Friday, 8 am-5 pm. The Health Center is open
Monday through Thursday, 8 am-10 pm; Friday, 8 am-9 pm;
Saturday, 9 am-1 pm.
Fashion The Association of Black Collegians will hold
their annual spring fashion show at 7 pm on April 22. Persons
seeking more information should contact any club member. .
Quality Sciences Scholarships The American
Society for Quality Control, Energy division ; has two
scholarships available. Students pursuing a-career in the Quality
Sciences, statistics, quality planning and management, etc. should
apply. More information is available in the Financial Aid Office,
221 Glenhill. The deadline is April 30, 1989.
Amnesty International Amnesty International
meetings are held every Tuesday in the upper Winter Green lobby
from 4-5 pm.
Counseling Personal counseling and support groups are
available. Stop in at 213 Glenhill Farmhouse Monday through
Friday from 9 am to 5 pm or call 898-6203. Appointments can be
made in the Financial Aid Office.
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Salman Rushdie Reading
A Celebration of Rights
Dr. Greg Morris reads from The Satanic Verses as students and faculty look on.
photo -by Richard G. Cain
by Richard G. Cain
Assistant Editor
A crowd of approximately 80
students, faculty, and stag as
I well as a handful of Erie residents
- gathered in the Reed Buildings
Winter Garden last Wednesday
night to participate in a public
reading of Salman Rushdie's
controversial book, "The Satanic
Verses."
The reading was organized by
Dr. Colleen Kelley (associate
professor of Humanities), Dr.
Greg Morris (associate professor
of English) and John Coleman
(lecturer of English) as a show of
support for the first amendment
right of freedom of expression.
"We are not here tonight to
try to club Iran to death. We are
every Tuesday and Thursday in
Niagra Basement
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The Collegian Wednesday, March 22
not here to particularly praise
Rushdie's work. We are here to
simply say that we'll read what
we please and we'll read it aloud
if we please."
This opening
_statement by
Coleman set the tone for what
amounted to the reading of
almost three chapters of "The
Satanic Verses." This was
accomplished by circulating the
book throughout the crowd
allowing anyone to read as much
as he or she desired. The reading
was followed by an open
discussion about first amendment
rights and how they must be
protected.
The question of whether the
book was, humorous adult fiction
or an intentional attack on the
Moslem religion was brought by
Aerobics
Bring your own towel
a participant of the reading. Dr.
Kelley responded saying that,
either way, "It is still censorship
and it leads to suppression."
Another topic of discussion
was brought up Dr. Steven
DeHart (associate professor of
German studies), "Why weren't
we doing this a month ago?" The
consensus was that Americans
(including most people on this
campus) are generally apathetic
about freedom of speech and that
literature doesn't play a major
role in society today.
Many participants in the
reading stressed that the their
overall argument was that
Americans have certain rights and
if those rights are not protected
now, there will be no recovering
them when they are gone.