The Collegian Thursday, March 30
Police and
Safety
by Laura A. Weaver
Collegian Staff Writer
Arrests are pending State
Police reports after marijuana,
marijuana plants, pipes and drug
paraphernalia were seized in
Niagara Hall during a March 23
drug search by Police and Safety
officers. Police and Safety
obtained a search warrant after an
anonymous caller reported
smelling marijuana. All evidence
was sent to the State Police for
analysis.
Aluminum cans, valued
between $l5 and $25, were stolen
from collecting boxes in Erie
Hall and the Reed and Nick
buildings Monday night. The
boxes had been placed in the
buildings by the Vet's club to
raise money by recycling the
cans.
Two broken windows were
reported on March 22. The
vandalism occurred on the east
side door of Dobbins and the
north hallway of the Science
Building.
Two recent thefts mark the
usual increase of crime as the end
-of the semester nears. Sometime
between 3:30 and 4:20 on March
20 a backpack with contents,
valued at $145 was stolen from
an unlocked locker in Erie Hall.
A tape deck was stolen from a
locked cabinet in the Studio
Theatre on March 24. Police and
Safety officials caution students
in this season-of high crime.
ROTC Holds
Leadership Lab
by Lori Beals
While many people were still
in bed, almost 80 ROTC cadets
lined up at the 9 am formation
that began Behrend ROTC's first
Spring Leadership Lab. After
marching over to classrooms in
the Science building, freshmen
and sophomore cadets received
practical military instruction by
junior ROTC cadets.
The juniors taught hands-on
classes on assembly and
disassembly of the M-16 rifle and
the M-60 machine gun. The
cadets also observed the use of
the Claymore mine, Light Anti-
Tank Weapon, and the ANPRC
-77 radio. They were given classes
on camouflage, rank structure,
wearing of the BDU (Battle Dress
Uniform), and how the Army
searches and processes enemy
prisoners of war.
"The Leadership Lab seemed
to be informative. The juniors
were well prepared to give talks
about different topics. I learned an
awful lot overall," said freshman
cadet Penelope Schack.
After the classes were
finished, the cadets got a special
treat -- pizza and pop, instead of
the usual MRE (Meal Ready to
Eat). Mike Close, one of the
classroom instructors, said he felt
the classes went well, but
thought that "the pizza party was
good too!"
'Love Rob' drinks entire case of 'Supergrow
Hair Tonic' before crashing a college party and
attacking a girl dressed as a rabbit.
Racial Tension Low at Behrend
by Jennifer Rose -
Collegian Staff Writer
Although there has been
increasing racial tension at many
pennsylvania universities,
Behrend has had no major racial
incidents.At Temple University
in Philadelphia, the emergence of
skin-heads and ati Association of
White Collegians , set . pffprot!,sts . .
At Penn - State," racial ptoblerris
came to a peak with a smear
campaign against the black
Student Government President,
Seth Williams and threats to
other minorities. The university
Behrend To Become
All-Male School
by Butch
A group of alumni, trustees
and faculty, led by Penn State
Football coach Joe Paterno has
worked out and lobbied for a
plan that would turn Behrend
into an all male college. The
plan states that this could be
accomplished by the end of
summer recess.
The plan also calls for all
female students presently
attending Behrend to be placed
in -the Shullykill campus. If co
eds have a problem with the
move, the plan states that Penn
State will aid them in gaining
admission to J.H. Thompson
Haircutting and Styling
Academy.
When questioned about the
radical plan, Patent() said "In
this highly competitive world,
men really need to live with
other men without the
distraction of women. Real men
need to spend more time with
other men?
"is ineffective in dealing with
racial incidents and problems,"
said Williams.
Behrend administrators and
students hope that this campus
won't need to deal with incidents
such as those at Penn State.
Administrators hope to increase
racial tolerance through effective
cultural
_awareness programs
including Kim and Reggie Harris
-with. ..music: containing
retrospectives on black history,
Shirley Chisolm, a leader fo the
Congressional Black Caucus; and
civil rights activist Julian Bond.
There are committees to help
When asked why he chose
Behrend for the experimental
school, Paterno said "Look
buddy, If you keep asking me
these stupid questions I'm going
to show you how I got such bad
eye sight."
Behrend Dean Lilly could not
be reached for comment, but his
secretary said that her boss has
nothing but respect for the
successful Penn State football
coach and he is sure that Patemo
is just as good with college
politics.
"In this highly
competitive world,
men really need to live
with other men
without the distraction
of women. Real men
need to spend more
time with other men."
Scuba
Visits
by Keith Massing
The Behrend Scuba Club
spent Spring Break in the Florida
Keys. The club traveled by train
from Erie to Miami and then by
van to Tavernier Key. There were
usually two dives per day, one in
the morning or afternoon and
another in the evening. When not
diving, members visited beaches,
stores, and other interesting
places in the Keys.
The weather was cooperative
and the divers were able to get in
several days of great diving. The
club usually dove reefs, but they
also did one wreck dive, a Coast
Guard Cutter sunk in about 120
feet of water to make an artificial
reef. A video was made of several
of the dives and copies are
available. Members stayed in the
recruit minority students and a
human relations committee. The
Campus Environmental
Assessment Team also
contributes to keeping an eye out
for trouble on campus.
One of the reasons Behrend
has a low incidence of racism
may be because Behrend doesn't
have as big of a percentage of
minority students as some other
colleges (including main
campus). And, as Biddy Brooks,
Minority Student Programs
Counselor, says, "The University
Park area is not conducive to
minorities. People may feel
Race Relations Group
by Rob Prindle
"We are all racist to some
degree -- every single one of us,
white, black, or any minority." If
the answer to that question
bothers you, or if you are
bothered that you cannot answer
it, you may want to join, or
attend a meeting of a new
Behrend organization.
The second organizational
meeting for a Behrend group
concerned with racial relations on
campus took place Tuesday
night.
The group settled on the name
Council on Civil Rights. The
small core of students and faculty
felt that the flexible name would
give them both the freedom to
take on all forms of civil unease
and also the ability to tackle the
immediate Campus problem of
Black and White race relations.
President of student
organizations John Downey,
minority councilor Biddy Brooks
and Dr. Diana George were all in
attendance for the organizational
discussion. The core of students
is approximately half black and
half white. David Kravetz; is
presently heading the council.
The council discussed how it
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Club
Florida
Tropic Vista Motel and dove
from a boat rented from the
Florida Keys Dive Center.
At recent club meetings,
members have discussed changing
their constitution, taken
nominations for a new president,
and worked on fund raisers. The
club will hold a car wash on
April 1 and a dance with a live
band on April 15. Election of a
new president will be held on
April 19.
The Behrend Scuba Club is
open to anyone interested in
diving. New members are
welcome and one doesn't have to
be in ROTC to join. Anyone
interested should attend the
meetings held every Wednesday at
5 pm in the ROTC Office or call
president Steve Fields at 898-
6870.
Because Behrend is a small
campus, Behrend students can't
get away with smear campaigns
and overtly racist comments
because they get caught, said
Brooks. "However, we could be
sitting on a bomb about to blow.
You never can tell in these
situations, but from all
appearances, Behrend very
stable campus for Minorities,"
said.
threatened by imminent black
'takeover.' But people at Behrend
appear very open-minded in
general and tend to be more
tolerant."
might best serve the Behrend
community. Part of the service,
they decided, should be to provide
an open forum for discussion on
race relations problems.
The last half of the meeting
was used to discuss feelings on
the racial/minority feelings of the
attending members. The
discussion touched on the
portrayal of black characters in
TV sit-corns, the subject of inter
racial dating and racial
discrimination on campus. There
was also some talk on the proper
definition of the terms for
discussing race related problems.
The group is still
forming and will meet
again this coming Tuesday
at 6:30 in either the Reed
lecture hail or Reed 116,
located directly behind the
At the next meeting John
Downey will present a draft of a
list of common goals, which he
was elected to compose using the
contents of the discussions from
the first two meetings of the
council. Also scheduled to be
discussed are a set of probing
questions and statements about
race, one of which was used to
begin this article.