Wednesday, April 11,1990
Plan...
(continued from page 1)
said Liiley.
A new library will be
constructed where the Continuing
Education building now stands.
The library will front at the
"Y" in the upper road and
continue back into the hillside.
The upper road to the Reed
Building will become a walkway
and a connector will be built
from the lower road to the Reed
parking lot.
Construction is due to start in
July with a finishing date set at
spring 1992.
Athletic Complex
Still further in the future, an
athletic complex will be
constructed across Jordan Road.
It will include an Olympic
size pool, gym, indoor track, and
several new outdoor athletic
fields.
Liiley feels that this will
enable Bchrcnd to increase the
number of sports for students to
participate in. However, he
emphasizes that the complex will
be for "sports and recreation...We
want our students to have access
to intra murals and
fitness...especially in this
climate."
Geneva College
suspended over
(CPS) The publication board
at Presbyterian Church-funded
Geneva College in Pennsylvania
voted March 29 to suspend The
Cabinet, the campus paper, for
the rest of the school year "as an
expression of apology to
students, particularly Catholics,"
Geneva spokesman William
Gibbs said.
Gibbs said the pub board,
made up of two faculty members
and eight students, was offended
A II INTION - HIRING! Government
Jobs - your area. $17,840 -
$69,485. Call 1-602-838-8885
Ext R 18856
if/ / JF* 3512 Buffalo Rd I
a Wesleyvillc ■
899-3423 !
m ITALIAN RESTAURANT ■
Large Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza for
Only $6.99 plus tax
Free Delivery with this coupon
i j
f* WORD PROCESSING/TYPING SERVICES
■
■ Resumes
■ Le,,ers
■ IwShl Charts/Graphs
" Flyers/Bulletins
? | Photocopying and Fax Service
■
9
■
»■
■
10% Off with this Coupon
WORD SYSTEMS SERVICES, INC.
731 French Street (Comer of Bth & French)
Erie, PA 16501 (814) 459-9911
The plan has been approved
by the legislature and signed by
the governor. Now an architect
must be chosen, so no firm
starting date is available.
Upon completion of the new
sports complex, Erie Hall will be
converted to office space.
Final Phase
In the final phase of the
master plan, Behrend College
will be completely transformed.
New residence halls, academic
buildings, and parking lots will
be located on the other side of
Jordan Road.
In fact, part of Jordan Road
will be closed to through traffic
and will be incorporated into the
campus. The campus will have a
U-shaped drive enclosing it with
the open end facing the gorge.
Why are all these changes
necessary?
"Behrend has doubled over the
past few years, but space has
not," said Lilley.
Currently, classrooms are
being used from 8 am until 10
pm. This makes it difficult for
clubs and organizations to find a
place to meet.
Also, the Division of
Continuing Education office has
been moved off campus explained
Lilley.
Finally, due to the lack of
space, 60 percent of the faculty is
in temporary buildings.
paper
editorial
by and editorial by the editor Eric
Dugan that referred to Catholic
clerics as "pointy hats" and
claimed Catholic officials' stance
sometimes contradicted the Bible.
Dugan charged the school
should have understood he was
simply "restating the theology"
of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church, and that officials were
trying to keep Catholic students,
who make up 20 percent of the
student body, from transferring.
Reports/Term Paper*
Manuscripts
Doctorial Thesis Bsj||
The Collegian
Nine out of ten
admit plagiarizing papers
(CPS) - As many as nine out
of 10 students have plagiarized a
paper sometime during their
college careers.
Miami University of Ohio
Prof. Jeroid Hale and two
colleagues surveyed 234 students
and found that 91.2 percent of the
students admitted to having
committed at least one of four
academically dishonest practices
in connection with written
assignments.
Of those, 74.2 percent failed
to cite a reference for paraphrased
or quoted material, 44.2 percent
passed off another student's work
for their own, 40.8 percent failed
German reunification
discussed by speaker
by Rob Farnham
Collegian Staff Writer
An American who has spent
many years in Germany shared
his story with a number of
Bchrcnd students this week.
Dr. Walter Asbeck, who
earned his Ph.D. from the
Technical University of Berlin,
spoke Monday and Tuesday to
students in history and political
science classes taught by Dr.
Peter Hahn and Dr. Zach Irwin.
Asbeck discussed some of his
experiences as a foreign student
in Berlin from the early 1930 s
through World War 11, as well as
his assessment of more recent
events.
After telling several anecdotes
about life in the city, first under
the Nazis and then divided after
the war, Asbeck took questions
from students and faculty in
attendance.
Several questions had to do
with the possibility of a reunified
Germany in the wake of the
to note a word-for-word quote as a
direct quotation, and 39.9 percent
used misleading references to hide
plagiarism.
The results echo a survey
released by Harvard University's
Institute for Educational
Management in early March that
found about 30 percent of the
nation's college students have
cheated on term papers or exams.
In addition, 43 percent of
SOOO professors told the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching that today's
undergraduates are more willing
than their predecessors to cheat to
get good grades.
dismantling of the Berlin Wall.
Asbeck said he felt both sides
were "most anxious" for
reunification.
West Germany, he said, sees
opportunities to open up
markets, and East Germany needs
the West's hard currency and
business know-how. Aside from
"Prudent people
he said, "still don't
trust Gorbachev"
-Walter Asbeck
guest speaker
the potential for economic
growth, he also feels there is an
emotional issue at stake: Not
only is this a matter of merging
resources, it's "a matter of
reuniting families," divided by
the Wall, he said.
He did admit some potential
problems with reunification. The
students
The root of the problem,
Miami's Hale says, is the intense
pressure placed upon students to
achieve academically.
But not all students say that
justifies cheating.
"If the overall goal is to
succeed in college, you'd think
students wouldn't cheat," said
Paige Foster, a student at the
University of Kentucky. "Our
student handbook is pretty clear
about what is plagiarism.”
"Pressure to get good grades is
no excuse to cheat," added Bonnie
Wiese of Keene State College in
New Hampshire.
prospects
East German workers who will
come west, though well-educated,
"...do not know how to work,"
according to Asbeck, as they
come from a system with full
employment and "no incentive"
for hard work. Also, trade
problems could arise due to the
weakness of East German
currency.
He didn't think the fears
countries such as Poland have of
a united Germany are well
grounded, but he did admit to a
lingering suspicion of Soviet
policy, even in the era of
glasnost. "Prudent people," he
said, "still don't trust
Gorbachev."
Nonetheless, Asbeck seemed
very optimistic about the
situation, though quite surprised
by events. "I don't believe
anybody anticipated this,” he
said, asked if he'd had any
warning of the opening of the
Wall. He said he hopes to see
Germany united once again "very
soon; within the year.”
Page 3