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Behrend briefs
"Eyes on the Prize - America's Civil Rights
Years" is a comprehensive documentary on the
American Civil Rights Movement. Part two of the
twelve part episode will be shown in Reed 116 on
Nov. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch. For
more information contact Lillie Wiley, Student
Services at 6111.
Lambda Pi Eta will host "Night of the Living
Communications Majors" on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7
p.m. in the Reed Conference Room, downstairs. The
event will feature speakers currently working in the
communications field who will discuss employment
opportunities. All communications majors and
minors are encouraged to attend.
A Behrend majors day will be sponsored by
ODK on Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. outside the Wintergreen cafe. Faculty and
students will be on hand to answer questions, plus
free refreshments. For more information, contact
Louise Steele at 6540.
Feeling Good About Your Body?
program will be_presented jointly by Residential Life
and the Personal Counselling office next Monday,
Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Wintergarden.
A booksale will be sponsored by Tempus today
and Friday, Nov. 8 and 9 in the Wintergarden. Used
textbooks, paperbacks and more will be on sale.
Graduating Seniors: This Friday, Nov. 9 is
the last day to order Keepsake caps and gowns for
the January 5 Commencement.
"The Right to Die" will be presented by Gov.
Richard Lamm vs. Nat Hentoff on Thursday, Nov.
15 at 8 pm in Erie Hall. The topic is do incurably ill
patients have the right to refuse life-sustaining
medical treatment or to commit suicide?
"How to Conduct A Job Search," will
be presented by the Career and Placement Office on
Friday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. in the Reed Conference
Room.
French pianist Marylene Doss performs a
unique selection of classical works from the 18th to
20th centuries. It will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 13
at 8 p.m. in the Reed Lecture Hall.
Desert Heart directed by Donna Deitch will be
presented by the Women's Film Series on Thursday,
Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Reed Lecture Hall.
SPC will co-sponsor a fall, informal dance
with Mercyhurst on Friday, Nov. 9 from 9 p.m. to 1
a.m. There will be free food and no charge for
admission.
Alpha Phi Omega had distributed boxes in
Student Activities, Division of Science, and Division
of Humanities office to collect Campbell soup labels
and Giant Eagle and Loblaws receipts to benefit
Dial School.
All Commu 001 students make sure to turn in
your tear sheet and hard copy folder to The Collegian
office by Monday, Dec. 5.
The Collegian
Police Report:
Marijuana found in Reed Building,
$230 stolen from student's room
Richard S. Ga'ewski
The Collegian
Last Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
a power outage occurred on
campus. Although some of the
power on campus was out for
just a few seconds, most of the
campus was completely blacked
out until 11 p.m. Penelec was
called and located the problem at
7:00 p.m. The cause was
determined to be that a manhole
was blown between the 800 and
900 blocks of apartment
buildings. In order to correct the
problem, power was shut off
campus-wide. By 11:00 p.m. all
the power was restored except
that to the apartments, which was
not restored until 4:40 a.m.
Student Vehicles Damaged
Last week Police and Safety
received two reports from
students of vandalism to their
vehicles. One student reported
Mastellar works
mussel problem
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phytoplankton•, a major food
source...! for fish in, the Great
Lakes.
Rather than experimenting
with chemicals to control the
mussels, Masteller chose to
explore a more natural route.
"We are trying to inhibit them
from forming byssal threads or
cause them to cut their own
threads without harming other
organisms in the environment,"
said student researcher Jennifer
Shaffer.
Byssal threads are the zebra
mussels' means of attaching to
hard objects, such as rocks, boat
hulls and intake pipes. Masteller
and his student researchers are
studying these threads to stop
their development and thereby
prevent zebra mussel colonies
Blood
drive
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each organization. The percentage
was tallied by dividing the
number of donators in that
organization's name by the
number of members in the
organization explained
McMahon. This made it possible
for an organization to have over
100% donate.
That is just what Sigma Theta
Chi did when they finished with
the winning 267%. Tau Kappa
Epsilon captured second place
with 185%, and Zeta Beta Tau
came in third place with 44%.
Alpha Sigma Alpha, the
Society of Human Resource
Managers, Alpha Sigma Tau,
Joint Residence Council and
Delta Chi finished out the , top
eight mspectively with Over 10%
ottheir inembemdtmating. •
scratches to her vehicle, a hole in
the vinyl window, and a crack in
the windshield. The second report
was from a student who said his
vehicle was keyed while it was
parked on campus. The student
stated the scratches were down to
the primer.
Fire Alarm
Last Thursday a fire alarm
came over the fire printer in the
office of Police and Safety. The
alarm came from the Niagara
Basement Recreation Area. The
cause of the alarm was found to
be a motor burning out. The
room filled with smoke, causing
the alarm to go off.
Drugs Found
Last Thursday a staff member
reported the smell of marijuana in
the Reed first floor men's room
to Police and Safety. Upon
investigation, one roach was
to solve
from forming.
Masteller and his student
itsearchers are al the forefront of
byssal thread research.
"Surprisingly, no one else is
studying the byssal threads'
attachment process," said
Masteller.
So far, there are four methods
for controlling zebra mussels:
biological, mechanical, physical
and chemical. It is the chemical
solution which concerns
Masteller the most. "They're just
like insecticides. They will kill
zebra mussels right away but also
will kill other organisms as well.
Once chemicals are introduced
into an ecosystem, other
problems arise as well," said
Mutelier.
Ironically, MasteDer suggests
the Erie bay could be so polluted
Mankato State sets
world record
(CPS) It's almost official:
Mankato State University
students have laid claim to the
world record for having the most
coupled kissing at one time,
apparently stealing the title from
Syracuse University at an Oct. 24
Kiss Off! MSU Pucker Breader
'9O.
Five-hundred sixty-six
participants gathered on the
university's rugby field for a
mass pucker up.
To win official recognition
from the Guineas Book of World
Records, couples had to kiss on
the lips, and stay lip locked for
10 seconds. Sponsored by
Mankato's student paper, The
Reporter, contestants easily
outdid Syracuse's relatively chop
mark of - 400 iltdssers. , set -last
Thursday, November 8,1990
found in the women's room. The
smoke had entered the men's
room through the ventilation
system.
Last Thursday a student
reportpd to Police and Safety the
theft of $230.00. The money was
stolen from her desk drawer in her
room. The room was unlocked
only during the fire alarm and the
time she was in the shower. This
incident is under investigation.
Criminal Mischief
Last Thursday two students
reported that a pumpkin had been
thrown in the dryer with their
towels. The students were drying
their towels and when they
returned to the laundry room there
was a pumpkin broken in two
pieces in their dryer. Their towels
were stained and had to be re
washed.
zebra
that zebra mussels may not grow
as readily as they otherwise
would.
The numerous break walls
erected by the Army Corps of
Engineers last spring has proven
to be a haven for zebra mussels.
"Because they breed and live
under water, you can't see the
mussels on top of the,, break
walls. Underneath, they are
covered with zebra mussels," said
Masteller.
"Swimmers and boaters are
going to have real problems next
summer," said Masteller. "These
creatures' shells are sharp and
when swimmers step on them,
they could cut their feet. We may
(eventually) have to accept zebra
mussels as a part of the
environment."
summer.
Television camera crews and
Pucker Breaker officials roamed
through the crowd, making sure
288 couples' lips, some meeting
for the first and last time, stayed
pressed together for the requisite
10 seconds.
"Tongues were
. flyin'
everywhere,", said participant
John "Woody" Westrum.
"Finally we did something festive
for Homecoming. Whoever
thought it up was pretty
ingenious."
But the event was not without
controversy. Women's rugby club
members protested the event
because it took place on the
rugby field, and !met figgen
claimed vehicles left "mikladeep"
hiipropikattiallie Aoki,
Theft