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B ehre nd Briefs
Free Tutoring Available: All Behrend
students are welcome to utilize the Learning
Assistance Center's services. Student and
faculty tutors are on duty daily offering
help with many subjects. For more
information call 898-6014 or drop by the
Center located in the South Cottage.
SOC Meeting: The Student Organizational
Council will meet on Thursday, Oct. 3, 1991 at
6:30 p.m. in Reed 117. If you have not yet
relayed your representative's information
to us, please see either Steve Fuller or Lori
Royer in the SOC office (898-6452) ASAP. We
earnestly look forward to working with you.
Attention Provisional Students: All
students currently classified as
PROVISIONAL will now be advised by the
Division of Undergraduate Studies, first
floor Reed. The DUS advisors are Oella
Dougherty, Biddy Brooks, and Michael
Chiteman. Please stop into the DUS with any
academic questions.
Students Today for Tomorrows
Earth: Meetings are held every Tuesday
from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in Reed 117 and every
Wednesday from 5:15 to 6 p.m. in Nick 111.
Nominations Sought For Teaching
Awards: Nominations for the George W.
Atherton and Milton S. Eisenhower award
for distinguished teaching are now
available in the Office of Student Services.
Completed nomination forms should be
submitted to the Office of Student Services
(898-6111), second floor Reed by October 4,
1991.
Toronto Trip: The Behrend College
Honors Program is sponsoring a trip to
Toronto on April 4-5, 1992 to see Le s
Miserables. The trip is open to all Behrend
faculty, staff and students. Reservations and
deposits are due by September 30, 1991. Stop
by the Provost's office, Glenhill Farmhouse,
for an itinerary and reservation form.
Truman Scholarship informational
meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 26
in Reed 116. Scholarships offered range up
to $30,000. Contact Mari Trenkle at 898-6160
for more information.
All-Day Football Tickets: Those
students who purchased tickets, including
those on tliz waiting list, are now able to
pick up their tickets in the Student
Government Office TODAY through Friday,
September 27. They can be picked up
between the hours of 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., you
must bring your receipt to receive your
ticket.
Wanna Brief? If your organization has
information you would like to see run in the
Behrend Briefs, write it down and bring it to
The Collegian office.
All Commu 001 Students: Take Note:
students are reminded that The Collegian's
weekly meetings are held on Thursdays in
Turnbull 203 at 6:10 p.m. Anyone interested
in working for The Collegian is encouraged
to attend.
The Collegian
SGA door opened
Senators get acess to office keys
b Loretta Russ
The Collegian
Last night student senate
passed a measure giving voting
members access to the SGA
computer and ending a feud
within SGA that's existed since
the start of the semester.
The measure allows council
presidents, senators, and SGA
staff members access to the SGA
computer during daytime hours.
Members without a key can
borrow a copy from Student
Activities and return it when they
are done.
The motion also allows for
computer use after 5 p.m. when a
key is requested from the SGA
president or signed out from
Police and Safety and returned
after use.
J.J. Scribner, Commuter
Council president, said "The
Recycling
b Loretta Russ
The Collegian
Cardboard recycling containers
have become a familiar sight
around Behrend since last fall
when Behrend's recycling
program became full scale.
As an , institution Behrend is
required to recycle only three
products. These include office
paper, cardboard, and aluminum
cans. Behrend has also chosen to
recycle clear and colored glass, as
well as bi-metallic cans.
Recycling containers are be
located in the various academic
buildings as well as in the
residence hall lobbies and on each
floor.
Still, students and
administrators concede that there's
always room for improvement.
James Evans, an 11th
semester engineering major said,
"I think it works well, but the
suites need bins also."
Police Re
Students report harassing and
obscene phone calls
Two seperate incidents of
prank phone calls were reported
to Police and Safety this week.
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, a student
reported that he had received
harassing phone calls. On
Monday of this week, several
students reported both harassing
and obscene phone calls. All
incidents are currently being
investigated.
Property Damages
On Sunday, Sept. 15, a
student reported that her vehicle
had been struck and damaged in
the apartment parking lot. She
"Technically, today,
the measure is in
effect... but I don't
think this issue is
settled. Next week I
think there is a
good possibility this
issue will come up
what will
again.
happen is anyone's
guess."
option is good enough to get us
through the current difficult
situation."
grows at
"The apartments need a better
recycling system, " said Todd
Everett, a 7th semester business
and behavioral science major.
Neither the suites nor the
apartments have recycling
containers at this time. James
Bowen, Manager of Housing and
Food Services said, "We cannot
supply each individual apartment
and suite with containers."
However, there are plans to
supply the suite and apartment
lobbies with containers soon.
Barb Dreves, a 3rd semester
accounting major said, "I think
it's (Behrend's recycling program)
great, but we should also recycle
plastic and newspaper."
Currently the waste hauler
does not have the facilities to
recycle plastic. There are also no
plans to recycle newspaper. The
cost of hauling plastic and
newspaper exceeds the demand
and potential benefits.
To be successful with the
ort
could supply no other
information at the time.
On Friday of the same week, a
student reported that a tire on her
vehicle had been damaged while
parked in the F Lot. When the
student attempted to inflate the
tire she noticed that it had been
A student reported the theft of
his bicycle from the bike rack, on
Monday, Sept. 23. The student
reported that his bike, a red and
black Schwinn Sierra, as well as
his lock and chain were taken.
Thursday, September 26, 1991
- Steve Fuller,
SOC president
However, questions about
after-hours access from Police and
Safety and concerns from Student
Activities staff about key requests
during the day has made the new
policy unappetizing to some.
"Technically, today, the
measure is in affect, " said Steve
Fuller, president of the Student
Organization Council, "but I
don't think this issue is settled.
Next week I think there is a good
possibility this issue will come
up again. What will happen is
anyone's guess."
At the beginning of the
semester council presidents asked
to be issued keys to the SGA
office in order to have access to
the computer. David Mahoney,
SGA president, turned down the
request, citing office security as
the reason for not issuing keys.
Some student senators also
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Behrend
recycling program, Claudia
Brown, director of Pennsylvania
energy center-operated by Penn
State-Behrend said, "We need to
aim for 100 percent participation
in offices, food processing,
classrooms, and student living
areas."
As of now the only benefit
Behrend accomplishes through
recycling is a cleaner
environment.
The waste hauler charges by
the ton for each load transported
and that weight is not always
met. Therefore, until full
participation is reached, Behrend
will lose money. Behrend will
eventually benefit financially
once there is 100 percent
participation in the program.
"We have made a good start,"
Brown said. "If each person that
recycles can convince someone
else to, we will accomplish our
goal."
Residence Halls
On Friday, a student was
injured and lost consciousness
after striking her head against a
wall. The young lady was riding
on the back of a fellow student
when he turned too fast and she
hit the wall.
Earlier that day, a light pole
was knocked over between
Lawrence and Niagara Residence
Halls. This incident is still under
investigation.
Lastly, on Thursday Sept. 9,
Police and Safety responded to a
fire alarm in Perry Hall. It proved
to be a false alarm.