The Collegian Wednesday, November 1, 1989
InfoTrac II offers quicker,
easier research capabilities
New system was
by Neal Cheskis
Collegian Staff' Writer
Behrend's library has a new
tool that could make doing
research papers a little less
painful.
The InfoTrac II CD-ROM (for
Compact Disk Read Only
Memory) represents one of the
most recent tools used in
academic research.- It uses the
same technology that a compact
disk player uses except the
information on the disk is of a
slightly different nature. The
Academic Index provides
bibliographic references for 375
scholarly and general interest
journals, as well as the The New
York Times.
The Academic Index database
is updated and delivered monthly,
providing relevant information to
those who want to use it, at a
fraction of the cost of online
searching. Each month, the
library recieves a new compact
disk that is fully updated with the
latest references.
The Behrend library acquired
the InfoTrac II in May.
The system is used in a
manner similar to LIAS. A user
simply types in the category she
is looking_ for aad)he CD-ROM
pulls oPtheinfoiniatioirbii:
that subject available.
Preview
Behrend's Matchbox Players
will present Talk Radio
by Mike Gettleman
Collegian Staff Writer
This semester's production at
Behrend's Studio Theatre starts
next week as . "Talk Radio" hits
the stage. It's a play by Eric
Bogosian which is loosely based
upon the life of Alan Berg, a
radio talk show host in Denver.
He was extremely popular despite
his rudeness and his propensity
for hanging up on his callers. His
on-air antics resembled those of
Howard Stern or Morton
Downey, Jr.
Berg, for years, received high
ratings. He also was severely
criticized. In 1983, Berg was
killed by a Neo-Nazi organization
who was strongly offended by the
content of his show. This is
questioned by some, however
easy to believe.
This is Buckwald's fourth
production at Behrend and his
most ambitious by far. "It's an
intense play with a comic and
dramatic mix." This also a new
experience since he's working
with a 25 member cast,
considerably larger than in
previous efforts. •
'Talk Radio" is a unique play
in that it has had many
"birthings." It's evolved from a
installed in May
photo by Audrey Acosta
New system: Librarian Bob Rose demonstrates
new Info'Frac computer system.
The information is not limited
to books and articles. You can
also find information from movie
reviews and other book reviews.
There is a printer attached to the
system which eliminates the need
to copy citations, saving valuable
time.
?The infoTrac II speeds up the
process of doing academic
role is an actor's dream!" says
Pierre, even though his forte isn't
really acting.
Phillip gained interest in this
production originally for the set
design. He had worked with
Buckwald on several of his plays
last year and was coerced into the
lead role.
"There are parts of Barry
which are relatively easy to play
since I can relate to the character
while others demand a lot of
energy and emotion," says Pierre,
"I do love the feeling of going
home and collapsing when I
know that I've given the role all
that I have. I feel guilty when I'm
not tired."
Pierre earned a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Theater last year
from Gannon University. He's
designed several sets for Gannon,
Villa Maria and Behrend,
including this one. Also, being
the father of a "gorgeous 3 1/2
year old daughter," Laura Marie,
he has helped in designing some
playgrounds around the area.
The play will run from
November Bth through the 19th,
with performances on Wednesday
through Saturday at 8 pm and 2
pm shows on Sunday. Tickets
can be purchased by students for
"-~
research," said Head Librarian
Bob Rose.
The system runs at an annual
cost of approximately $3200.
This includes the cost of the new
disks every month.
Some of the topics covered
include art, economics,
government, psychology, and
religion.
one-man show when it opened
into a full-cast production. Its
debut in Oregon in the early
1980's was sponsored by the
National Endowment for the
Arts. It made its first move to
New York for a Shakespeare
Festival and then ran off-
Broadway. It was even a movie
under the same title, directed by
Oliver Stone. Its latest form has
resurfaced here for our production.
"This is a hard-hitting,
straightforward play which should
have a strong appeal to students."
says Buckwald. "It projects the
real world as it is. Unfortunately,
it's not always in a positive
light."
The lead role of Barry is
played by Phillip Pierre. "This
$3 in the Carriage House, or call
898-6331 and ask for Norma.
Tickets for the general public are
$5. There is limited seating in
the Studio Theater and it is
advised that the audience arrive
early.
"This is a play about our
immediate world." says
Buckwald. The public should be
aware that this play contains
adult themes and language, so be
prepared to experience the truth
behind the world of 'Talk Radio."
Racism accusations
sweep colleges
(CPS)- On September 27,
about 20 University of
Massachusetts-Amherst students
burst through the back door of
the offices of the Collegian, the
campus paper, to sit in until
David Mark, the paper's top
editor, would agree to resign.
The students were enraged by
Mark's September 19 editorial
recounting his summer trip to the
Israeli-ruled West Bank of the
Jordan River. The United Nations
observers posted there, Mark
wrote, struck him as "sickeningly
pro-Palestinian."
Mark ultimately refused to
resign.
Halfway across the country, a
Michigan State University
student in a dorm lounge spied a
small statue cast from a 100-year
old design depicting George
Washington's horse's groom. The
features of the groom, who was
black, were sculpted in a manner
that many would consider racist
today. The student, unaware of
the statue design's age,
complained to his resident
adviser, who urgently relayed the
complaint to the dorm director.
Dorm director Rob Weiler
subsequently was accused of
being insensitive because he
didn't immediately rush to the
student lounge to see the statue.
Similarly loose accusations of
racism have occurred at
Metrotialit.in — S life Collegein
Denver and the universities of
Michigan and Maryland, among
others, recently.
And while people have tossed
ACROSS
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6 Heavenly bodies
11 Follows Sunday
12 Nobleman
14 Spanish article
15 Studio
17 Railroad: abbr.
18 Small bird •
20 Choose
21 Labor union
group: abbr.
22 Case for small
articles
24 Follower of
suffix
25 Limbs
26 Sowed
28 Mexican shawl
30 Diocese
31 Rodent
32 Commmemora
tive disks
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dirty names at each other before,
new anti-racism rules adopted at
some schools have made
accusations of racism potent
weapons that can cost instructors
their jobs, student editors their
positions and even classmates
their college careers.
Tufts, Emory, Penn State and
Brown universities, Trinity
College, and the universities of
Connecticut, Michigan, North
Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania,
among others, recently have
adopted rules limiting what
campus residents can say.
"It's hard enough to get
students to speak
.up (in class),,-
and when they. are afraid of the
consequences, it only makes it
worse," said Pamela Stephens, a
senior at the University of
Southwestern Louisiana.
"We've got to be concerned
about how the rules are drawn,"
adds Jordan Kurland of the
American Association of
University Professors (AAUP),
which monitors academic freedom
issues on campuses and has
scheduled a "discussion" about
the rules .at a conference Nov. 8-
10. "They get very complirnied "
"Students," observed Brown
University Professor Nancy
Rosenbloom, "are at an age when
they're very sensitive."
The threat of being_
misinterpreted, she added, is "an
occupational hazard. It comes
back to haunt everybody in their
career."
PUZZLE SOLLTION
35 Cylindrical
38 Sea in Asia
39 Yale student
41 Seed coating
42 Period of time
43 Narrow, flat
boards
45 Nahoor sheep
46 Equally
47 Puzzles
49 Amidst
50 Breed of sheep
52 Raised the
spirit of
54 Wicked Biblical
city
55 Craftier
DOWN
1 Courteous
2 Running
3 Mountain on
Crete
4 Surfeit
Page
5 Skin covering
eye
6 Condiments
7 Allowance for
waste
8 Ventilate
9 Registered
nurse: abbr.
10 Skimp
11 Apportions
13 Worn away
16 Permit
19 Day of week
21 Mouths of
volcanoes
23 Standard of
perfection
25 Macaw
27 Lamprey
29 Before
32 Title of respect
33 Wipes out
34 Rarely
35 Names
36 Smaller
37 African antelope
40 Young boy
43 Chinese:
comb. form
44 Trade for
money
47 Free of
48 Capuchin
monkey
51 Artificial
language
53 Symbol for
tellurium