Thursday, November 8, 1990
Poet Ostriker to speak
Rob Prindle
The Collegian
Alicia Ostriker, author of
seven volumes of poetry, will
give a reading of her work on
Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Reed
Lecture hall. She will also
present a lecture, "The Bible and
the Feminist Imagination,"
Tuesday November 13 at Noon in
the Studio Theatre.
Ostriker has been called the
most intelligent and lyric
American poet by the lowa
Review and in 1986 she won the
William Carlos Award for her
book • ' 4 . • a .•
Perhaps her greatest praise
came from critic Anthony Hecht
who proclaimed Ostiker to be of
the same caliber of Emily
Dickinson.
Her most recent collection of
poems, The Mother/Child
Papers, has been received with
critical acclaim. Maxine Kumin
called Ostiker's poetry "an
essential part of our history."
And American Poetry Review
said Ostriker's latest book
"Details the achievement of a
connection between personal
history and public fact as both
present themselves to a very
intelligent writer."
As a critic Ostriker is the
author of Vision and Verse in
William Blake and the editor of
Blake's Complete Poems. She
has also written and published
several essays on women poets.
Both the poetry reading and
the lecture are free and open to
the public and a reception will
follow each.
Lambda Pi
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Suroviec, account coordinator for
Ted Benson Associates of Erie,
and Paula . Penco of Erie
Cable Vision. Both are Behrend
alumni.
The first speaker in the series,
Phil Fatica, a news anchor at
WSEE TV Channel 35, will
appear tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Reed Conference room. Dubbed
"Night of the Living
Communication Major," the
evening will be of interest to
those majoring in
communication, although all are
invited to attend. A brief meeting
for the members of Lambda Pi
Eta will follow.
According to Lambda Pi Eta
Vice-President Melissa 11lig, the
organization's main goal is "to
promote communication skills
and help members achieve
personal and career goals."
Quinn Sotem, president of
Lambda Pi Eta, echoes Illig's
feelings about the role of the
organization. "A main goal of the
organization is to encourage
scholarship in the field of
communication," he said.
Membership in Lambda Pi
Eta is not restricted to
Communication majors. Anyone
having more than 45 total credits
with a 3.0 overall GPA and 3.25
Eta sets plans for
GPA in nine credits of
communication classes may join.
Solem pointed out the reason
for • Lambda Pi Eta's existence:
"Communication skills aren't
just for TV and radio employees.
Everyone needs to communicate
effectively."
Solem hopes that "this
organization will fill the gap
between theory and application of
communication principles. and
create a better tmlerstimding. of
the role of communication."
The organization is recognized
by the National Speech
Communication Association, and
gives members nation-wide
visibility.
Bowl-A-Than
This Saturday, November
10, Behrend's Delta Chi
Fraternity is sponsoring a
Bowl-A-Thon at the Eastway
Lanes from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The proceeds will benefit
the Second Harvest Food
Bank of Northwestern
Pennsylvania. Delta. Chi is
hoping to help out the food
bank enough to giye the
The Collegian
It also provides members with
experience for graduate school or
a career in communication.
Solem - presented a paper which
used the linguistic theory of
cluster criticism to analyze
several diaries written by a young
woman moving West in 1852.
His presentation was given at
University Park on October 22,
this year's site of the annual
meeting of the Speech
Communication Association of
Pennsylvania.
If you are interested in
becoming a member of Lambda
Pi Eta, call Dr. Rod Troester at
898-6442 for more information.
hungry and homeless people
of Erie a good meal during
Thanksgiving.
Last year Delta Chi
sponsored a similar event and
raised $2,000 for a child who
needed an open heart surgery.
This year the fraternity hopes
to bring in even more money
to benefit the needy in the
Erie area.
(Editor's note: WIRE is a new feature designed to
keep you informed of what's happening around the
country and the world. While this week's focus is at
the collegiate level, WIRE will bring you news on
international relations, politics, the environment and
events that affect your life.)
Murder case to reopen
INDIANA, Pa. (CPS) Indiana County
officials say they want to exhume the body of an
Indiana University of Pennsylvania student who was
found dead Oct. 21, 1987, then judged to have died
from drinking too much alcohol.
Officials say they suspect student Jack Davis, Jr.,
may have been the victum of foul play.
Meanwhile, police in Gainesville, Fla., who have
yet to charge anyone with the August murders of five
college students despite having followed some 5,000
leads, have begun stopping and taking the
thumbprints of people passing through the
neighborhoods where the tragedies occurred.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
may challenge the roadblocks in court, saying they
amount to unlawful search and seizure of innocent
passersby.
Excessive force used
LOWER OXFORD, Pa. (CPS) Lincoln
University administrators said state police overreacted
when they searched campus dormitories for students
who had been involved in fights at a rap concert on
Oct. 27.
About isck state, local and campus police, some
dressed in riot gear and armed with shotguns and
nightsticks, sought members of the audience of 2,500
students and guests who had been "orderly and lively,"
until someone sprayed a chemical like tear gas into
the crowd and people rushed for the doors. Seven
people were injured and no one was arrested.
"The alarming presence and display of firearms
(by police) was uncalled for by circunstances,"
university officials said in a prepared statement.
Nontraditional olympics
LAFAYETTE, hid. (CPS) As part of its
Homecoming festivities, Purdue University students
organized what they hoped would become an annual
"Senior Sleep" by a campus fountain.
Only two seniors showed up for the Oct. 19
slumber party, which campus officials okayed after
organizers agreed to purge it of alcoholic beverages,
tents, and to bring only "sleeping bags and warm
clothes that do not deface the property."
"So much tradition has been lost," senior Chris
Cline told the Purdue Exponent, the student paper.
"We are trying to bring it back."
Purdue students, however, also annually engage in
a mid-January "Nude Olympics," in which
participants clad only in socks and running shoes try
to streak across campus before university officials,
who have banned the event, can identify and
ultimately punish them.
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