The
Wednesday, April 25, 1990
Behrend students celebrate Earth
Ground breaking: Vail Weller, co-president of Today's
Students for Tomorrow's Earth, Bob Hardy, and Bob Sweeny
plant a seedling at Behrend in honor of Earth Day
Inside
Recycling project
scheduled to hit
Behrend
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Spanos wants parking
reforms for next
year
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Review of Road
House Theater's "Hie
Glass Menagerie"
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Erie Hall becomes a
hard hat area until
fall semester
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Collegian
Murphy, Downey
leave to further
their educations
by Jennifer Flanagan
Collegian Staff Writer
John Downey, coordinator of
student organizations and Elvage
Murphy, residential life student
services assistant, will not be
returning next semester.
Murphy is going on to pursue
a legal career at either West
Virginia University Law School
or Syracuse.
He has been at Behrend for
two years.
In describing the experience he
says, "It gave me an opportunity
to meet a wide variety of people
and put me in touch with a lot of
different issues that I never really
took into consideration. It
allowed me to learn a lot about
myself both personally and
professionally. It's something I'll
always appreciate and value."
When asked what he would
consider his best
accomplishment, he said, "I don't
really see it in terms of
accomplishment. If there is any
one thing I'm glad to see that has
occurred, it's nice to see students
really giving [diversity] a chance
and not see it as something that's
being shoved down their throats.
A lot of students are really
beginning to see the value in it.
Although the word diversity can
Behrend's Weekly Newspaper
become an irritant at times, I
think in the long run even if [the
students] themselves don't see the
value in it, it really prepares you
for the real world, what's really
out there."
As for his career, Murphy is
not sure what field he is going to
specialize in.
"I do know I want to be a
litigate. If there is anything the
students around here have helped
me to become it is being much
more adept at debating issues. So
I do know at some particular time
I'd love to be a trial lawyer;
specialty--I'm just not sure yet. It
will either be corporate law or
criminal law.”
John Downey is leaving to
study Higher Education at Indiana
University in Bloomington,
Indiana.
He has been at Behrend for
three years.
His favorite thing about
Behrend is the history of it.
"I guess it's just the tradition
of the Behrend family and hearing
Ben Lane talk about it."
While he doesn't feel these are
his own accomplishments, things
that he wanted to see happen at
Behrend were a weekly newspaper
and a radio station.
"I guess the best thing that
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New student organization
plants trees and goes on
area Earth Walk
by Daniele Sadres
Collegian Staff Writer
Behrend students planted tree
seedlings on campus Saturday
morning, commemorating the
twentieth anniversary of Earth
Day.
Today’s Students for
Tomorrow's Earth, a recently
formed organization at Behrend,
organized the tree planting which
was followed by the group's
participation in the Earth Walk in
Erie.
Some students feel that in the
past people were not made aware
of the significance of Earth Day.
"This year marks the
twentieth anniversary of Earth
Day and I never heard of it before
this year," stated Freshman
Bridget O'Donnell.
"Maybe if it had been more
publicized twenty years ago
people could have become more
aware of the problems and what
they could do about them before
things got so bad that we may
not ever be able to reverse the
effects of what we've done," she
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Though awareness of
environmental problems may not
have been widespread in the past,
Freshman Christine Kocou hopes
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Dig it: Behrend students enjoy the springtime!
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this year's Earth Day has raised
awareness for the future.
"It's great that so many people
showed an interest in this year's
Earth Day, but it can't just be for
a day. People have to take the
time to care and do their part
every day, not just once a year.
People have to make an extra
effort to do things like recycle
every day, not just on Earth
Day,” said Kocott.
"Now that *7102.1 pccv'.i ire
aware of the problems, I hope
that they care enough to do their
part to help solve them all year,”
she continued.
This past weekend, people
throughout Erie took part in a
celebration held at Perry Square
on Saturday, April 21.
A number of people turned
out for the three Earth Walks,
organized by the Erie County
Environmental Coalition.
The earth walkers were met by
a rally which featured speeches by
a number of speakers, including a
proclamation by the mayor.
The walks began from the
south, east, and west parts of the
city and came together at Perry
Square.
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