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Behrend briefs
Lambda Sigma will be holding a regional conference In
Reed 117 on Saturday, October 28 from 8 am to 5:30 pm.
Perry Hall women will be holding an auction called
"Rent-A-Service". If you have a menial task that needs to be
done be at Perry Lobby this Thursday at 9:30 pm.
"Women's Issues in Leadership" will be
discussed by Joye Dado and Diana Ziemniak in Reed 116 on
Thursday, October 26 at noon as part as the Leadership Series.
Alpha Phi Omega would like everyone to place all
:;- Campbell soup labels-and Giant Eagle and Loblaws receipts in
the dropliipieslocated in each - division . office and the RUB
desk.:Proceeds will gcrtoviards purchasing computer equipment
for Diehl Elementary.
The Speaker Series continues with "Chaos:
Making a New Science" presented by James Gleick of the New
York Times on Thursday, October 26, at 8 pm in the Reed
Lecture Hall.
The Lion Ambassadors are holding a dance on Friday,
October 27 from 8 pm to midnight in the lobby of Lawrence
Hall.
Reserved tickets are available for the Studio Theatre
performance of "Talk Radio". For reservations call 898-6331 or
contact any cast member.
Alpha Sigma Tau will be selling cookies from October
23-27 from 10 am - 4 pm in the lobbies of Wintergreen Cafe,
Niagara and Lawrence Halls.
The Admission Office is looking for tour guides. If
interested come to the Admission Office or call 898-6100.
3 on 3 Basketball rosters are due Friday, November 3
for Men and Women. Play begins Monday, November 16.
The Provost's Lecture on Thursday, November 2 will
be honoring Dr. J. Madison Davis at 8 pm in the Reed Lecture
Hall. There will be a reading of fiction -by Dr. Davis. All
interested students and members of the community are
welcome to attend.
A Ski Club Meeting will be held in the Reed
Conference Center on October 30, from 9 pm to 10:15 pm.
Money for the Stowe, Vermont Ski Trip will be collected at
this meeting.
Tile mailrooxn . staff reports international mail must be
marked andkept separate from domestic mailings.
Persong wishing to - have their mail sealed for them should
leave all envelope flaps folded open.
The Collegian
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The Collegian is a student-edited newspaper
Reporter looks at chaos in the sciences
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Although "science is as
important to American's lives as
politics," in Gleick's estimation,
he's surprised by "how little we
really know." Saying "ideas from
science have the power to change
our lives," he believes that
people can benefit from the
insights that chaos theories can
offer into complex systems in
various fields such as population
biology, theoretical physics, and
economics.
In fact, Gleick says, what
chaos research tells us about
unpredictability and randomness
can help in dealing with larger
questions of "determinism and
free will."
In his book and speaking
engagements, Gleick discusses
developments in "the science of
chaos" as far back as the turn of
the century, but with an
Behrend celebrates its 41st birthday--
by Jodi McWilliams
Collegian Staff Writer
Behrend will turn, 41 this
month and to celebrate the Lion
Ambassadors are serving cake and
punch in the Winter Garden.
The Mortz Committee headed
by Kathy Stoupis is in charge of
the reception which will be held
on'ilie 30th. There ..1,1411. Oilto_ be
red ribbons tied around campus as
a reminder of this important day.
Glennhill Farm was donated
to Penn State on October 30,
Assembly
starts at
Ram
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begins at
12 noon
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emphasis on the breakthroughs
made since the late '7os.
Gleick says his book serves
partly as an explanation, but
more as a history of the set , of
1948 by Mary Behrend after the BehrendCollege.
death of her. husband Ernst During this time of
Behrend. celebration the Lion Ambassadors
Ernst Behrend was a very are accepting applications for new
important figure in Erie. He recruits at the reception table.
headed Hammermill Paper Applicants must have a 2.5 GPA
Company, was on several boards and be- a full time student. An
and was president of Hamot essay as well as a faculty
Hospital. recommendation will also be
Grace Burt and Donald Bebko required of those applying. There
were the first, students to Attend will be a retreat in January at
Wifit was -then cailea*Beijoi4d which time new members will be
Center. Now the:re
approximately 2800 students
attending classes at what is today
Lincoln
Memorial Kam'
The Collegian Wednesday, October 25,1989
James Gleick
discoveries in widely disparate
fields which have gone into
forming the science of chaos.
Each section is an anecdotal
account of the process through
which chaotic principles showed
'themselves in the work of
individual researchers.
Since the publication of his
book in 1987, Gleick - has
gathered new material for :his
speeches. Some of -the topics -he
hopes to address include
discoveries of chaotic phenomena
in physiology, such as heart
arrhythmia and the branching of
the circulatory system, and new
insights into natural events such
as the flocking of birds.
As part of the 1989-90
Speaker Series, Gleick will
appear tomorrow night at 8 pm
in the Reed Lecture Hall.
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