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Behrend briefs
A Math Anxiety Seminar (Math 000) will be
held every Tuesday at 12:15 during the Fall
semester. This is open to all as an informal help
group.
TempilS Literary Magazine will be on sale from
April 23 - 27 in front of the library. Cost is $2.50.
A Bowl-A-thon to benefit Diehl School
Playground Fund will be sponsored by Commuter
Council at Eastland Bowling on April 20 at 9 pm.
For more information call 6452.
Faculty Appreciation Day will be held
April 18, by the Lion Ambassadors. There will be a
Jeopardy-style game show at 6 pm in Reed 118
along with the announcement of the survey winners.
Today is the last day to donate clothes in the
Winter Garden to benefit the Seventh Day Adventis
Church. Sigma Theta Chi will be accepting donations
from 10 am to 4 pm.
Two lifeguarding positions are available in
the summer months for students eligible for work
study. For more information call Marcia Jensen in
the athletic office at 6163.
Top of the Hill is sponsoring a food drive to
benefit Emmaus Soup Kitchen. Please place non
perishable food items in the donation box in the
Winter Garden.
A Fashion Show is being sponsored by ABC
on April 21 in Reed 117 from 7pmtolo pm with a
party immediately following the event.
Dr. Raymond Hutchings, editor of
"Abstracts Soviet and East European Series", will
discuss Glasnost, Perestroika, and Gorbachev on
Thursday, April 19 in Nick 113 at 11 am.
"Officers in the Transition," will be
presented by John P. Downey, Coordinator of
Student Organizations and Program Development, in
Reed 116 on Wednesday, April 18 at noon.
Zonta Scholarship applications are available
for women students that are returning to school.
Deadline for filing is May 15.
Rotary Foundation Scholarships for
1991-1992 study abroad programs are now
available. Information can be obtained in the
Financial Aid Office.
Cholesterol and Diabetic Screening,
sponsored by St. Vincent Health Center, will take
place in the Winter Garden on Wednesday, April 18
1990 from 9 am to 4 pm.
Coffee House, Featuring Marty O'Connor will
be held in the Winter Garden on Friday, April 20
from 3 pm to 5 pm. Refreshments will be served.
Ti Chi, Featuring Ed Matthews will be held in
Reed 116 on Thursday, April 19 from noon to 1 pm.
"Skin Care for the 1990' S; Facts and
Fallacies" featuring Dr. David Dieteman, Board
Certified Dermatologist will be held in Lawrence
Lobby on Thursday, April 19 at 7 pm.
The Collegian Staff: There will be no
meeting this Thursday, but there will be one next
week.
The Collegian
Police Report:
Ethnic slurs found on
campus
by Carol Mandera
Collegian Staff Writer
Campus police are
investigating two incidents
involving criminal mischief and
ethnic intimidation.
According to a statement
issued by Randy Hoffman,
Manager of Police and Safety, his
department received a report from
the janitorial foreman about racial
and anti-Semitic graffiti found on
the first floor men's rest rooms of
the Nick and Reed Buildings.
The graffiti in Nick Building
was discovered by janitorial
personnel on April 3; the graffiti
in Reed Building was found on
April 12. Both have been
removed.
Anyone with information
pertaining to the identification of
the person or persons responsible
for the graffiti is asked to contact
Erie community joins in the
20th celebration of Earth Day
Behrend students to plant seedlings on campus
by Lea Gotch
Collegian Staff Writer
Earth Day, an annual event
that began 20 years ago, will be
celebrated by more than 100
million people in over 120
countries this Sunday.
The 20th anniversary
celebration of Earth Day in Erie
will be held on Saturday, April
21 at Perry Square.
At noon three "Earth Walks"
will begin from the east, west,
and south sides of Erie. They will
converge at Perry Square at 3 pm.
"The walk makes the
statement that people are
interested," said Sr. Helen Heher,
a member of the Erie County
Environmental Coalition (ECEC)
which organized the walks.
A rally will begin at Perry
Black holes and extra terrestrial
life topic of Astronomy lecture
by Jen Flanagan
Collegian Staff Writer
For the past four years,
Behrend College has been
involved in a lecture series with
the American Astronomical
Society. Last Wednesday Dr.
John R. Percy, Professor of
Astronomy at Toronto
University, spoke to students
about the field of astronomy.
Percy also gave a public
presentation on the possibilities
of intelligent extra terrestrial life.
Many aspects of science,
including Astronomy,
Chemistry, and Biology were
mentioned in the search.
restroom walls
the Police and Safety Office at
extension 6101.
Medical emergencies
Hoffman reported that his
department responded to two
medical emergencies last week.
Police were called to the third
floor of Lawrence Hall on April
10, at 4:23 pm, to assist a nurse
in providing first aid and
transportation to the Health
Center for an individual suffering
from a severe nose bleed. The
patient was subsequently
transported by a friend to an
outside agency for additional
medical attention.
Drug overdose
On April 12, at 2:30 pm, the
department received a report about
a student who claimed to have
ingested a large quantity of
Motrin. Officers located the
Square at 3 pm that will include a
proclamation read by the mayor,
speakers on different issues, and
the sale of Earth Year T-shirts.
Activities for children such as
face painting and story telling
will also be held. The rally has
been organized by the Earth Day
Coalition of Erie.
Sr. Heher said the goal of
ECEC is to heighten awareness
of the issues on Saturday and
then keep the public involved and
informed for the rest of the
"It won't do any good to pick
up trash one day and then forget
about it the rest of the year," she
said.
In honor of Earth Day a group
of Behrend students will be
participating in activities.
Today's Students for
Percy tied his presentations
into Earth Day by pointing out it
marks the beginning of
Astronomical Week, and as far as
intelligent life on earth, Percy
commented, "The future of life
on earth depends on how we
handle certain situations we are
confronted with.”
While no signs of extra
terrestrial life have been found,
Percy is confident that in
generations to come, we will
come into contact with extra
terrestrials.
Percy's final lecture was given
on Thursday afternoon and also
open to the public. His
presentation was on the
Wednesday, April 18, 1990
student and transported her to the
Health Center. The student was
then transported to Hamot
Medical Center for treatment and
observation.
Broken window
Officers investigated a broken
window in Perry Hall. According
to Hoffman's statement, the
broken window was reported by a
Perry Hall night assistant on
April 10, at 10:45 pm. Damage
is estimated at over $l5O.
Lost and found
Hoffman submitted the
following list of lost and found
items recently received at the
Police and Safety Office in South
Cottage: a ring, a jacket hood,
and a manual for writing research
papers.
Tomorrow's Earth (TSTE), a
newly formed organization on
campus, will be planting tree
seedlings at Behrend on Saturday
morning. The group then plans
to join in the Earth Walk to
Perry Square to join in the
festivities in Erie.
"Our main goal is to organize
for Earth Day," said Vail Weller,
co-president of TSTE. "Anyone
is welcome that would like to
In addition, several Behrend
students have volunteered to work
with Cable Vision in video
taping 30 second spots. The
spots, which will give
environmental information, will
be aired this weekend on a
community access channel Weller
said.
formation of black holes, which
are stars that have collapsed in on
themselves. He explained the life
cycles of stars and dispelled some
popular myths about black holes.
Depending on a star's density,
when it dies it will eventually
become either a white dwarf, a
neutron star or for the highest
density stars - a black hole.
Contrary to popular belief,
black holes do not "suck up
everything in their path" said
Percy. They can be detected by
the x-rays they emit and, if they
are rotating around a companion
star, the distortion they cause the
companion star.