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Behrend
honors
students
and
faculty
Hard work
both in and
out of the
classroom
pays off
Snyder
bv Vic
The Collegian
A near capacity crowd attended
the thirty-first annual Honors and
Awards Convocation on Sunday.
Held in Erie Hall, the two hour
ceremony featured awards in the
areas of student life, scholarship,
academics, special service, and
faculty excellence.
Among award recipients in the
student life category were Barbara
L. Turner for Most Outstanding
Student Organization Member,
Edwin R. Zayas for Most
Outstanding Student Organization
Officer, Markus W. Rodriquez for
Most Outstanding Student
Organization President and Todd
J. Irwin carried away the Guy W.
Wilson Award for Service to the
College.
Turner commented on the hard
work that it took to win the
Most Outstanding Student
Organization Member Award. "I
was really excited about getting
it. It made all of the hard work
and time that I put into the
Association of Black Collegians
very special," commented Turner.
The Collegian won the Most
Outstanding Organization award,
while Alpha Sigma Tau sorority
won the Most Outstanding
Fratemity/Sorority award.
Eighty seven scholarships
were given out to students who
met certain criteria and eighty
academic awards were presented to
students who excelled in the
classroom.
The Freshman of the Year
Award went to Mark D. D'
Ascenzo and Marcos M. Lopez.
In the special services area,
Edwin R. Zayas took the Irvin H.
Kochel Award for his positive
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SPC ousts Johnson
from presidency
Johnson calls Executive Committee's
impeachment a "personal attack"
by Todd J. Irwin
The Collegian
By a 3*l vote of the Student
Programming Council's
Executive Committee, Mark
Johnson was removed from the
SPC presidency this past Sunday.
Johnson, who was notified of
the decision at the SPC meeting
on Monday evening, said he did
not agree with the action.
"I definitely feel that this is a
personal attack,” said Johnson.
"I've done my. duties.
"I was surprised that they did
it at this time," added Johnson.
"If they were unhappy, why didn't
they do it months ago?”
"The whole purpose of his
impeachment was to hold him
accountable,” said Joel Adams,
he Collegian
ursday, April 30, 1992
acting SPC president
In a notification letter to
Johnson, the committee outlined
five reasons for the action.
The first reason listed was
Johnson's decision to present a
free SPC movie on April 2
without the approval of SPC.
Johnson has denied allegations
that it was an attempt to gain
votes in the pending SGA
election.
"There's nothing wrong with
holding a free movie, but it
should have gone through the
cinematheque chairperson," said
Adams. "And that did not
happen."
According to Adams,
Johnson's locking up of
necessary information in a file
cabinet in the SPC office coupled
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with his inaccessibility was the
main reason for the action.
”1 cannot be available 24
hours a day," said Johnson, "but
they do know where I can be
contacted when I'm not out of
town."
"It's nothing personal,"
emphasized Adams. "All in all,
he hasn't done a bad job."
Johnson has decided not to
seek the two-thirds majority vote
of the SPC membership needed
to overturn the impeachment
According to Johnson, it is
not worth the trouble to attempt
to have the Executive
Committee's decision reversed at
this time.
"I wish that it had worked out
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Power
failure
leaves
campus in
the dark
Failed coupling
blamed for
blackout
Mark Owens
The Collegian
A failed cable coupling
brought Behrend to a grinding
halt Monday afternoon,
scrambling telephone lines and
leaving offices and classrooms in
the dark.
"A connector at
the end of the cable
failed, causing the
power outage
John Ream
Director of Operations
"A connector at the end of the
cable failed, causing the power
outage," said John Ream, director
of operations at Behrend. Ream
compared the cable and its
connector with an extension cord.
"The plug at the end failed," said
Ream.
No one has reported any
damage caused by the power
failure, which lasted almost six
and-a-half hours.
"There wasn't any reason, the
connector just failed," said Lucien
Lawson, supervisor of physical
plant. "These things just happen
from time to time."
Lawson estimated the cost of
repairs to be anywhere from
$1,500 to $2,000.
CORRECTION
Last week The Collegian
reported the west first floor of
Lawrence Hall would house
men next fall instead of
women. The change will affect
Niagara Hall, not Lawrence
Hall. We regret the error.