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ceremony
draws 900
Students,
faculty and
staff honored
b Christi Luden
The Collegian
Last Sunday, many students
and faculty members were
recognized for their great
accomplishments at the Thirtieth
Annual Honors and Awards
Ceremony. This year, 476
individual awards were given in
the categories of Student
Organization, Scholarship,
Academic, Special Service, and
Faculty.
Dr. Jack Burke, Associate
Provost and Dean, was presented
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The Collegi
Thursday, May 2, 1991
Thank you very much: Top award winners proudly display plaques
saluting their achievements with Provost and Dean Dr. John M. Lilley.
Recipients are Luis J. Mongil, The Irvin H. Kochel Award; Diana L.
Ziemniak, The Eric A. and Josephine Walker Award; David M. Kravetz, The
Student Activities Leadership Award; Kenneth L. Bunting and Steven R.
Smith; The Thomas H. Turnbull Award.
Army cuts ROTC
Officer-in-charge calls move "a
b Mark Owens
The Collegian
Behrend's ROTC standard
was stored away during
deactivation ceremonies last
night, marking the end of the
17 year-old program.
Earlier this year the United
States Army Cadet Command
announced it was cutting 50
ROTC programs across the
country, with Behrend being
one of them. The command
said the cuts were a move to
scale down the Army as part of
the "peace dividend." And
according to Major James
McCarthy, officer-in-charge of
Behrend's program, those cuts
are likely to stay.
"I can't see our program
being reinstated in the near
future," he said. "It's a mixed
situation; the Army will
always have a need for
officers. If that need changes
or other programs close, there
is the possibility that Behrend
may be reopened."
McCarthy said the reason
Behrend's program was closed
and not others in the
Commonwealth system was
that the Cadet Command was
looking to cut four-year
programs, not two-year
programs typically found at
the other campuses.
"A shame," he said,
"because our number of cadets
equals the total bottom six out
of eight programs in the
system."
The unit's deactivation has
sent its cadets and cadre in
different directions, some of
them out of Penn State in order
to stay with the program and,
in some cases, hang on to
their Army ROTC Scholarships
in order to stay in school.
"I think it's a shame," said
Dean Meinert, Behrend's cadet
company commander. "This
was a really good program and
has produced a lot of fine
officers. I feel bad for the
cadets who have had to transfer
out to stay with the program."
Senkws won't be affected by
the deactivation of Behrend's
unit and will be commissioned
at graduation this spring,
McCarthy said. Special
allowances have been made for
the other classes, though.
"The juniors this year were
on an accelerated program,"
McCarthy said. "This way they
unit
shame"
were able to complete their
requirements and graduate from
Behrend as well."
Freshman and sophomore
cadets will have a tougher time
finding an ROTC program,
McCarthy said.
"We have two cadets
transferring to Edinboro
University in order to stay in
Erie and with the ROTC
program," he said. "Some
other cadets are transferring
down to University Park in
order to continue with their
degree as well."
McCarthy said the biggest
losers were "those students
who haven't taken ROTC or are
coming to Behrend next year
will never get to experience
the programs we offer."
As for the cadre, all but one
is headed off for a non-ROTC
post.
McCarthy is reporting to
San Juan, Puerto Rico in
August to take over as. the
Director of Engineering and
Housing at Fort Buchanan.
Sergeant Keith will - spend
the summer helping Gannon's
program, then transfer to Fort
Bening, Ga. "I'm not sure
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Vol. XXXIX No. 24
Sigma Theta
Chi charges
modified
Charter will not
be suspended,
appeals board
rules
Robb Frederick
The Collegian
The Sigma Theta Chi
sorority will be able to
participate in next year's rush
period, according to the
student organizations Appeals
Board.
The board, which met last
Wednesday, discussed recent
charges of hazing against
Sigma Theta Chi. After
hearing arguments from
representatives of the sorority,
the board modified the
sanctions to be taken against
Sigma Theta Chi.
The primary difference
between the revised and
original sanctions concerns
the dismissal of a clause that
would have suspended the
sorority's registration for next
semester. Without that
registration, the organization
could not have participaol in
the greek rush period.
"I think the ruling went
quite well," said Vince Pedraza,
chairman of the Appeals
Board. "We thought it would
be bad for SGA to take away
their charter, and we wanted to
focus attention as much on the
entire greek system than
toward one individual
sorority."
The remaining sanctions
against Sigma Theta Chi
remained unchanged. The
sorority will remain on
probation for the next year,
and the organization must
submit for review a revised
pledge program and a revised
proposal for a "hazing-free"
rush campaign.
These proposals must be
submitted at least five days
before next fall's rush period,
or SGA will suspend the
sorority's registration.
In addition, the sorority
faces a social sanction -
members can not compete in
next year's Greek Week
activities.
These sanctions will stand
unless Sigma Theta Chi
appeals to University President
Dr. Joab Thomas.
"I don't see why they'd want
to appeal any further," said
SGA President Ted Hacker. "I
think they're much happier
with these sanctions."