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Wednesday, March 14, 1990
Behrend speaker series
wins national award
Recognized for quality , issues raised
by Mark Owens
Collegian News Editior
The National Association for
Campus Activities (NACA)
presented Behrend with its
nationally coveted Distinguished
Lecture Program Award.
Delegates from the Student
Programming Council recently
attended the national convention
in Chicago, meeting with
delegates from the other 1,100
member colleges and universities.
Dave Shields, Assistant Dean
of Student Services and main
organizer of the Speaker Series,
says Behrend won the award
because all of the programs dealt
with current issues and the
outstanding quality of the
speakers.
"Some of the issues we
touched on," said Shields,
"weren't popular, but we try to
make sure we expose students,
faculty and staff to a variety of
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Collegian
issues.”
Shields thinks Behrend won
the award because NACA was
looking for a series that was
creatively done; involved the
faculty, staff and students; was
diverse and was well publicized.
"The award's design," said
Shields, "was to further promote
and enhance the use of lectures in
college programs."
He said one reason the lecture
award committee thought Behrend
had the best series was the unique
way speakers were selected.
"We book the speakers by
using a bidding system, which is
something most schools don't
do," he said. "The first thing we
do is put together a list of
requirements; the budget we have,
how many speakers we need and
when we need them and the kind
of activities we want them to
participate in."
Shields continued by saying
the next step was organizing a
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Speaker series honored: Dean of
Services Dave Shields, and Provost
committee of students, faculty
and staff to come up with topics
they want the speakers to address.
"Out of the topics the
committee generates," he
continued, "we pick several of
them and put it all together in a
proposal, which I send out to
Student Services Chris Reber, Assistant
and Dean John Lillcy display Behrend's
seven or eight of the largest
agencies in the country. It's their
job to come up with a speaker
series."
He added the system works
out very well and gets Behrend
the best series for its dollar.
"The agencies compete with
Cruz tells of nation's
changing culture
Stresses importance of growing Hispanic minority
by Tony Olivito
Collegian News Editor
For years the United States
has been inappropriately likened
to a melting pot.
At least that is what Miriam
Cruz told an audience in her
address Monday night. Cruz, an
advocate of Hispanic and
women's issues, believes a more
accurate image would be a stew
pot.
A melting pot suggests
blending and a loss of of identity,
according to Cruz. In the stew
pot analogy, however, ingredients
retain their character while adding
to the overall flavor.
Cruz contends that the
Hispanic chunk of the recipe is
increasing and, consequently, the
group should be taken seriously.
There are over 20 million
Hispanics in the United States,
excluding the Commonwealth of
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each other and they do all the leg
work.” Shields said, "We chose
one that meets the requirements
and has the most interesting and
provocative speakers. That
agency wins the whole contract.
This way I only have to deal with
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Puerto Rico.
This group has grown over 44
percent since 1980. That
percentage is second to the
growth experienced in the Asian
community and greater than the
increase in the African-American
community.
Cruz cites two reasons for the
profound increase. First, a young,
fertile Hispanic population has
created a high birth rate.
Secondly, there is a large influx
of immigrants from Hispanic
countries.
This larger population will
mean greater influence both
economically and politically.
Businesses are now paying
attention to this niche which
spends an estimated $l2O billion
yearly, according to Cruz. Large
corporations such as McDonalds,
Coca Cola and General Motors
have begun advertising on
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Dean of Student
1990 NACA award