- Behrend
wins
second
NACA
award
Association
honors 1990-91
Speaker Series
by Mark Owens
The Collegian
Penn State-Behrend has
won its second National
Association for Campus
Activities Distinguished.
Lecturer Program Award,
the second time in three
years.
Every year, NACA honors
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"Ten (colleges)
applied for the
award and the
committee chose
us f which says
something about
the hard work
Behrend faculty
and students put
into making the
Merles a success
•Dave Shields,
Assistant Dean of
Student Services
a member college or
university for an outstanding
lecturer series. This year’s
sward acknowledges
Behiend's 1990-91 Speaker
Series as the best among he
member colleges and
universities.
"NACA is made up of
almost 1,000 colleges and
universities from across the
country," said Dave Shields,
assistant dean of Student
Services. "Ten of them
applied for the award and the
committee chose us, which
says something about the
hard work Behrend faculty
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Wattleton addresses
choice and planned
by Loretta Russ
The Collegian
The controversial issues
surrounding freedom of choice
and the stand of Planned
Parenthood Federation of America
came to Behrend last night as
Faye Wattleton, president of
Planned Parenthood, spoke at
Erie Hall.
At a press conference
yesterday afternoon Wattleton
outlined the main points she
planned to make in her speech.
Planned Parenthood's
objectives embrace the idea that
"the rights and values of women
cannot be ignored."
A PPFA news release reflects
the organization's belief that the
Bush administration is trying to
curtail reproductive rights.
"For more than a decade,"
stated the release, "a White
House-inspired campaign of
judicial and legislative
harassment has been eating away
at our fundamental right to
reproductive choice."
Pennsylvania is at the focus
of attention as a case in the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
could be a large influence in the
battle of reproductive freedom.
The case of Planned
Parenthood of Southeastern
Pennsylvania vs. Casey, the
Supreme Court will soon rule on
the constitutionality of husband
notification, waiting periods,
government-mandated messages
and other abortion restrictions on
minors.
If the Pennsylvania court
upholds these restrictions, the
protections of Roe vs. Wade will
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he Collegian
rsday, March 5, 1992
Jim Pierdominico/TA* Collegian
Making her point: Faye Wattleton addresses members of the media at
Erie International Airport before making her speech at Erie Hall last night.
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freedom of
parenthood