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January 31, 1995

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

The Edinboro University Concert and Lecture Series will present a concert by the
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra on Tuesday, February 14, at 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium on
the campus of Edinboro University.
One of Germany’s premier chamber ensembles, the Freiburg is unique in many respects.
They perform on original instruments of the period, they do not use a conductor, and they have
restricted their repertoire to faithful performances of music of the Baroque period.
Founded in 1985, they have since made numerous recordings, performed in prestigious
music festivals around the world, and toured extensively.
Their program will include works by Bach, Vivaldi and Zavateri as well as solo
performances by flutist Karl Kaiser and violinist, Gottfried von der Goltz.
Tickets are required for this event and may be reserved by calling the Edinboro
University Office of Cultural Affairs, 814-732-2518, weekdays. Adult ticket prices are $5.00.
Senior citizens and students will be admitted for $4.00.
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EDINBORO GRADUATE COVERS INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Penny Adams is not likely to forget 1994. The 1982 graduate of Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania and news photographer for WGRZ-TV in Buffalo spent part of the year covering
stories in locations ranging from eastern Europe to southern California.
In June, Adams and reporter Laurie Lisowski traveled to Poland with a group of western
New York medical personnel who were going to perform eye surgery and donate a badlyneeded eye laser. After several days in Warsaw and Gdansk, the entire group went to Rome to
have the laser blessed by the Pope.
Adams said it was a thrill and an honor to be in the Pope’s presence. “It was the next
thing closest to God.”
On the trip to Europe, medical personnel and reporters flew from Toronto to Frankfurt to
Warsaw, and from there they traveled to the Baltic seaport of Gdansk. On the day they arrived,
temperatures reached 100 degrees.
Adams was pleasantly surprised at how nice the hotel was. The hospital in Gdansk,
however, was a different story. Although it was just seven years old, Adams said it had taken
ten years to build and looked like something out of the 1920s. The rooms had no phones or
televisions, and the doctors and nurses smoked openly.
The economic reformation under way in Poland is causing some hardships, especially
among those who once depended on a guaranteed job. The young people, however, think the
changes are wonderful, since they will result in more opportunities. Despite the economic
chaos, Adams thought the Polish people were very happy.
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The Buffalo news team created a 10-part series from the trip. During their four days in
Rome, they did stories on the city, the Pope, and a group of nuns from Buffalo who were
attending a month-long conference there.
Two months later, Adams and Lisowski teamed again to cover the O. J. Simpson story
and were on hand for the opening day of jury selection.
“It was a circus,” said Adams. “There were media everywhere. There were even crews
from Canada, England, and Japan. When they found out we were from Buffalo, we became part
of the story. We were interviewed by KNBC-TV from Los Angeles and the CBC from Canada.”
Covering international stories is not new to Adams. In 1989 the station sent her to Haiti
with a group of Buffalo area doctors and nurses. Their mission of mercy required them to take a
40-mile, three-hour trip, driving over dirt roads along sheer cliffs to reach the village in the
interior of the country. Most of the medical work involved cataract surgery, and hundreds of
people waited in line for hours for a chance to be treated by the doctors. Adams especially
remembers the joy of an 80-year-old woman who had her vision restored after decades of
blindness.
Adams began her photography career as a student at Edinboro. A native of Tonawanda,
New York, she studied for a degree in fine arts with a concentration in photography. During her
senior year she worked 40 hours a week as a photography intern at WGRZ-TV in Buffalo
where she learned how to shoot and edit video.
She apparently made a good impression at the station, because they hired her right after
graduation. She left Buffalo in 1984 to work for the NBC affiliate in Chicago, but returned to
WGRZ after only three years. She has been there ever since.
With her parents and sister, Amy, still living in the Buffalo area and her brother, Rick,
working as a financial consultant in New York City, Adams has no plans to look for work
elsewhere.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HOSTS SOUL FOOD DINNER

On Friday, February 24, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will host a Soul Food
Dinner as part of its Black History Month celebration. The dinner is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. in
Van Houten Dining Hall on the Edinboro campus.
Serving as featured speaker for the dinner will be Dr. Mary Frances Berry who was
recently appointed by President Clinton to serve as chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights. She won national attention in the 1980s as an outspoken critic of the Reagan
administration’s civil rights policies. She previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary for
Education in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1977 to 1980. In that
position, she coordinated and supervised nearly $13 billion in Federal education programs.
Berry has held faculty appointments at Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan
University, and the University of Michigan. She served as chancellor and provost at the
University of Colorado and professor of history and law at Howard University in Washington,
D.C.
Named the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University
of Pennsylvania, Berry has received 20 honorary degrees and several awards for her public
service and academic achievements. Her recent book. The Politics of Parenthood, has received
high acclaim.
A reception and question/answer session will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the University
Center Lounge. The public is invited to attend free of charge, but tickets for the dinner must be
obtained in advance. For additional information or dinner reservations, call the Edinboro
University Office of Intercultural Relations, 814-732-2912.
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rights are being compromised. Berry was recently named as one
of”America*s Women of the Century” by the Sienna College Research
Institute and the Women’s Hall of Fame.
Berry has served as a Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights since 1980. In 1983, President Reagan fired her along
with several other outspoken critics of the administration’s Civil
Rights policies. She sued, and won, and was reinstated by a Federal
District Courts Subsequently she was reappointed by Congress to the
reconstituted Commission, and was recently named Chairperson of U.S.
Civil

Rights Commission by President Clinton.
Berry has held faculty ai->i.»ointments at Central Michigan
University Eastern Michigan University, and the University of
Michigan. She has formerly served as Chancellor and Provost of the
Division of Behavioral atid Social Sciences at the University of
Colorado at Boulder and Professor of History and Law at Howard
University in Wa.shington, D.C. Presently, Dr. Berry is the Geraldine
R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Berry’s recent book, The Politics of Parenthood, has
received high acclaim. Marian Wright Edelman says of it: "Superwoman
has died of exhaustion ami Mary Berry challenges us all - mothers,
fathers, employers, and legislators-to take responsibility for
ensuring that every child in America has access to quality
childcare.” Among Dr. Berry’s scholarly publications in
constitutional history and civil rights law are: Black
Resistance/White Law: A History of Constitutional Racism in
America, Policy; Black Citizenship and the Constitution,
1861-1868, Long Memory; The Black Experience in America
(co-author, John W. Blassingame), Why ERA Failed; Politics,
Women’s Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution, and
numerous articles and essays.
Berry was formerly U.H. Assistant Secretary for Education in the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) from 1977 to 1980.
She coordinated and supervised nearly thirteen billion dollars of
Federal education programs. She has received 20 honorary degrees and
several awards for her public service and academic achievements.
Apartheid, black education in America, parenthood, women’s
rights, civil rights, l:he constitution, law, ERA, racism, and black
history are all areas in which Dr. Mary Frances Berry can offer
thoughtful and often provocative insights from a perspective that is
radically

brilliant and

sensitive.

rURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1993

‘Civil ti^ts scholar’
to head top US panel
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - President Clinton appointed
Mary Frances Berry, a University of Pennsylvania
histoiy professor, to head the US Commission oii Civ­
il Rights yesterday.
A longtime member of the panel, she will be its
first chairwoman.
Clinton called her “a civil rights scholar as well as
an advocate.” She also was a leading critic of Clinton’s
decision to abandon the nomination of Lani Guinier ac
head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division.
1987 GLOBE PHOTO
She is the senior member of the commission and
MARY
FRANCES
BERRY...
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Penn
professor
was vice chairwoman of the eight-member panel dur­
ing the Carter administration.
On Wednesday, Berry said America needs to halt tion in the former Department of Health, Education
the “internalization of racism and hate,” adding that and Welfare.
The commission, established in 1957, evaluates
the only way federal programs can be used to fight
federal
laws, monitors the government’s equal oppoi*the problem is if they address specific social ills.
“The minute you start talking about targeted pro- tunity programs and serves as a clearinghouse for civ­
' grams, you start talking about race,” she said. “Rac­ il rights information.
During the Reagan and Bush administrations, the
ism is coinplicit in everything. We know it when we
feel it. Deaial only helps you psychologically to get commission was criticized by civil rights gi-oups for its
positions, including opposition to affmnative action
- along.”
Berry is a foimer assistant secretary for educa- programs.

VOLUME XWnmUMBER 19

Who
Cares for
Children?
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Child Care, Women’s Rights,
And The Myth of The Good Mother

By Mary Frances Berry
Viking. 303 pp. $22.50

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By Elsa Walsh
RECENT ITEM in personality col­

A

umns recounted Chelsea Clinton's
instructions to a school nurse who
needed parental permission before
dispensing aspirin. “Call my dad, my
too busy," the First Child reportedly told
her. No further explanation followed, but the
implication seemed clear: Hillary Clinton was
neglecting her duty as a mother while Bill
Clinton, who should really be busy, ,W3S avail­
able to be a father. The story probably nev’er
would have been noted, much less published,
if Chelsea had said to call mom.
In an exhaustively detailed overview of
parenting roles in this country, Mary Fran­
ces Berry examines the social and political
consequences of viewing child care primarily
as a woman’s responsibility. She argues ef­
fectively that this traditional family model
needs to be challenged before women record
any real improvements in their career and
home lives. Drawing on history' back to this
country’s colonial period. Berry shows in The
Politics of Parenthood: Child Care, Women's
Rights, and The Myth of the Good Mother, not
only how the mothering role as we now Imow
Elsa Walsh, ct reporter for The Washington
Post, is writing a bwh about the choices wo­
men make in their lives.

mom’s

IUUSTRATION by AMTHOW RUSSO FOR THE WASHINGTON ROST

it undermines women, but that it was not
always so.
Berry’s most important contribution in
tius lygely academic book is the presenta­
tion of startling evidence that the role of the
m^ern mother, so firmly embedded in our
cultural consciousness as to seem eternal, is
barely 150 years old. Although Berry’s data
to support this point are frequently scanty
and need more thorough research, her short
book provides a starting point for future histonans willing to focus more intently on the
period. If Berry’s arguments hold up, her
book could be a significant impetus for cor­
porate executives and poUtical leaders, con^rvatives and liberals, and mothers and fa­
thers to support parental involvement that is
gender-free.
Berry reports that during the 17th and

18th (^nturies. for example, fathers played
the pnmary' role in caring for their children
Giice the early nursing period passed. Early
American fathers saw this responsibility as
part of patriarchal duty. Citing the child­
hoods of figures like Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams, Berry writes that fathers at
that time “not only directed their children’s
education and religious worship but often
decided what they would eat, played with
them, and hushed them to sleep when they
awakened in the night.” Cotton Mather, the
New England clergyman and writer, never
discusses his mother in his memoirs. Berry
says; he writes that when he or his siblings
felt ill at night they woke their father, not
their mother.
Because Berry only allots a few para­
graphs to each of the figures cited during
this period, however, the reader yearns for
more information to back up her claims. She
gives very little sense of what roles the
mothers played or how women viewed their
relationships with their children. Berr>'
should know that the reader, so accustomed
to the traditional view of mothers, cannot
help but wonder at times whether these de­
scriptions accurately reflect reality.
Berry tells us that it was not until the Revo»Mtiona^ War that a gradual shift of these
responsibilities to women began to occur.
Child-rearing duties as we know them today
became firmly entrenched only in the early
19th centur>% Berry says, attributing the
transfer of duty to the advent of the Indus­
trial Revolution and the en masse movement
of middle-class men to workplaces outside
the home. The cult of true womanhood,”
with women at the center of family life, was
born andjrom that point on the “mother-care
tradition” has survived despite the ever in­
creasing expansion of women into the work
force.
Berry, a member of the U.S. Civil Rights
Commission and a professor of history and
law at the University of Pennsylvania, prosides strong evidence that much of the cur­
rent national policy debate and corporate
efforts to be more flexible, however wellintentioned,
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The Politics of Parenthood
________ Continued from page 1

Just a few weeks ago. President
Clinton hosted a town meeting for
children in the White House. One
child asked the president if he
helped Chelsea with her homework.
Clinton responded that they worked
on math together at night or early
in the morning. “It's been a lot of
fun for me. I enjoy it a lot,” he said. '
The remark seemed genuine. Clin­
ton may have a real opportunity to
be a new kind of role model for men
in this country. If the Founding Fa­
thers could handle it, maybe we can
welcome this—and not at the ex­
pense of Hillary Clinton.
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reinforce the traditional gender
roles because women and not men
are still the ones who take advan­
tage of flexible working hours, child
care benefits and lenient parental
leave. “In our society and in the legal
world, to take parental leave is
wimp-like,” Berry quotes one female
lawyer in a major law firm. An ex­
ecutive at IBM, one of the country's
most accommodating large corpo­
rations when it comes to offering
child care options, agreed that tak­
ing advantage of the options means
that “you're really taking yourself
out of the running for other things.”
What is desperately missing in
Berry's treatment of this important
subject are more voices like these
and longer stories about real wo­
men's experiences. In her book.
Berry often describes the landscape
of women's place in society without
giving a sense of the underlying
geology of the feelings and emofions that have allowed—or shaped
it. She tries to cover too much his­
torical ground in a volume that
barely numbers 200 pages.
Despite these weaknesses. Ber­

ry s account poses crucial questions
■ for further debate. For more than a
year now I have traveled the coun­
try interviewing women about the
choices they've made about work
and family. Many despair over their
efforts to balance children and
work. Inadequate day care, unhelp­
ful husbands and inflexible jobs are
external restraints holding women
back. But sometimes the women's
internal expectations, their own
assumptions about gender, create
the most difficult obstacles. Berry is
right in calling for a re-examination
of these attitudes.

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By ERIC JOHNSON
Stair Writer

. Mary Frances Berry has a
dream, that each American should
agree "for the rest of your life,
■ each day, you will do one coura­
geous thing” to promote civil
rights.
“What you do may be just to try
not to engage in incendiary behav­
ior,” Berry said Sunday as key­
note speaker for The College of
Wooster’s community celebration
of the Martin Luther King Jr,
national holiday. "Only in this way
will we make Martin Luther
King’s dream ours.”
Recently appointed by Presi­
dent Clinton to serve as chair of
the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights, Berry won national atten­
tion in the 1980s as an outspoken
critic of the Reagan administra­
tion’s civil rights policies.
King was "a warm, witty, won­
derful human being,” she said,
. who made "a contribution for ail
Americans.”
She noted the irony of celebrat­
ing a holiday established by "a bill
that was signed into law by a
president who opposed everything
(Martin Luther King) stood for.”
Reagan fired Berry and several
other commission members, but
she won reinstatement in U.S. Dis­
trict Court and was reappointed by
Congress to a seat on the reconstl- ■
luted Commission.
In Washington today, she said
before taking the podium at McGaw Chapel, "There’s a positive
attitude about the role of govern­
ment in solving (civil rights) is­
sues,” in sharp contrast with the
Reagan-Bush years, when “every­
one hewed to the line that there
was no domestic role.”
ACTUAL POLICIES have not
changed that much yet, Berry
said, even though Clinton’s cabinet
has a different face in terms of
ethnic diversity.
"I think the major change is
that government has a role to play
In domestic policy,” she said.
"In some areas (the president)
has not made any policy yet,” she

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up between minority groups, she
Rights Commission, Clinton has ing that Reagan and Bush would
said, the major problem continues
yet to appoint an assistant attor­ not have appointed me.”
to be one of black-white race rela­
ney general for civil rights or
Underlying the slow pace of
tions and our unwillingness to con­
someone to head the Equal Em­ change in Washington, she said, is
front the issue.
ployment Opportunity Commis­ the fact that "The nation is unwill­
"The Democrats swept it under
sion.
ing to confront making major
the rug during the (1992) cam­
"These appointments haven’t changes in civil rights issues —
paign,” Berry said, and they re­
been made yet, so you can’t tell particularly race,” she said.
main unwilling to take the initia­

tive on the matter in fear of the
"bubble vote” — those people who
were seen as "Reagan Demo­
crats.”
Meanwhile, she said, racial ten­
sions are worsening across the
United States, with white-againstblack hate crimes leading the list.

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CANCELLATION NOTICE
“An Evening with Sonia Sanchez: A Poet at Work,” scheduled for Tuesday, January 31,
has been cancelled because Ms. Sanchez is experiencing an illness. The event has not been
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January 26, 1995

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LEWIS, PULICE APPOINTED AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY

Erie residents Georj Lewis and Jon Pulice have been named admissions counselors at
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
A native of Connellsville, Lewis graduated from Edinboro in 1993 with a degree in
accounting. He was a standout in football for the Fighting Scots, being named honorable
mention all-American in 1992. He was also named to the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference’s All-Conference First Team in both 1991 and 1992. Since graduating, Lewis
counseled children at Aldelphoi Village in Latrobe and served as credit manager for Norwest
Financial in Erie.
In his new position Lewis will coordinate and direct the University’s minority student
recruitment efforts.
Pulice, an Erie native, will primarily be responsible for field recruiting in eastern and
central Pennsylvania. He graduated cum laude from Edinboro in 1990 with a degree in speech
and hearing disorders. He also received a master’s degree in counseling in 1992.
Before joining the admissions staff, Pulice served an internship as a speech therapist at
Great Lakes Rehabilitation Hospital in Erie, worked as a graduate assistant in Edinboro’s
student development office, and was a graduate intern in the office of student activities at Penn
State-Behrend College.
Terrence Carlin, Edinboro’s assistant vice president for admissions, said Lewis and
Pulice were selected from nearly 400 applicants for the two positions. “They are two top-notch
individuals with strong Edinboro experience,” said Carlin.
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MARTIN NAMED EDINBORO’S CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER
John “Jack” E. Martin has been named chief advancement officer at Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania. Prior to the appointment, Martin was director of development at
Gannon University in Erie, and before that was director of alumni services at Thiel College in
Greenville, Pa.
An Erie native and former teacher in Erie’s Millcreek School District, Martin will direct
Edinboro University’s fund-raising programs, including the annual fund, planned giving, corpo­
rate and foundation relations, capital campaigns, and special appeals such as Operation Jump
Start. He will also coordinate alumni and public relations programs that complement Edinboro’s
total advancement team enterprise.
An experienced fund raiser, Martin led a $12 million capital campaign at Thiel College,
and participated in an $8.5 million campaign for Gannon University.
Martin graduated from Thiel in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a
Pennsylvania teaching certificate. He earned a master’s degree in counselor education, as well
as a secondary counseling certificate, at Gannon in 1980, and is currently a doctoral candidate
in higher education administration at the University of Akron.
Active in both professional and community affairs, Martin has been a coach for youth
football and basketball programs, and is a volunteer for the United Way of Erie County and the
Leukemia Society of America. He is a member of the Development Directors of Erie County,
Sales and Marketing Executives of Erie, the Erie County Planned Giving Council, Phi Delta
Kappa, and the National Society of Fund Raising Executives. He has been named to Who’s
Who in Higher Education, and is the alumni president of Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity.
Martin lives in Erie with his wife, Karen, and their sons, Alex, 10, and Andrew, 6.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO FEATURE STAND-UP COMEDIAN DOUG GRAHAM

Stand-up comedian Doug Graham will perform at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
on Saturday, February 11, at 8 p.m. in the University Center.
A Pennsylvania native, Graham is said to be one of the funniest original stand-up
performers on the East Coast. He has played the club scene since 1986 and has toured
extensively throughout mid-America. Graham has performed in front of many diverse groups
ranging from high school students to AARP members.
He bills himself as “The Look of the 280’s,” when talking about his size. “Last week I
went to Dream Waterbeds and they sent me to Pool City,” he says. His act ranges anywhere
from PG-13 to R, depending upon the audience. But, “No X,” he insists, “I just threaten to drop
my drawers and they laugh.”
At a feature performance at Graffiti in Pittsburgh, Graham mixed in plenty of jokes on
everything from “not being tall enough for my weight,” to his parents’ advice that, “the only
thing you need to know about sex is that you aren’t going to get any.”
Graham uses a natural, casual rapport in his performances, making him a favorite
among audiences. Graham has performed at over 1,200 shows and was featured in the debut
issue of the national Comedy Magazine.
Graham’s performance at the University will be free of charge and open to the public.
For further information, contact Cindy Clark at (814) 732-2842.
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One autumn Sunday morning near the end of the baby boom of
the'50s, in the coal mining hills ofwestern Pennsylvania, a very young
child was born into this world with a gift (and sometimes curse) o
wanting to make people laugh. From where this normally shy Virgo
got his gift is still debatable. Some blame maternal uncles, who were
the best teasers on the face of the earth until at age 12, the child
commited an act of genocide against his tormentors at a family reunion Whoops, that's
tl(*iypF(Sdi*n Ooug Graharny>»itel*faorrmvthe Keystone State*, has never lifted a
finger to fly (OK, he once gave a finger to a fly bothering him during a
oLst) Nobody knows when, but sometime in his young life, Graham looked a the
world he was brought into and saw pain, suffering and an early smack on the butt and
thought, "This IS tunny.
Thirty-something years - and
1,200 plus shows — later,Graham
iurhed into one of the funniest, origin^
standup performers on the east coast.
magazine
Graham was featured in the debut issue
of the national Comedy Magazine.
The
Late
Night
Race
Some industry insiders might have
I David
been saying, "Doug Who," but to his
Lettei
thousands of fans at his homebase of
Pittsburgh, Pa., and around New York,
Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and
other states where he's wanted, they
know what makes him live up to his
trademark guarantee. "More Fun Than
a Hot Poker"
CJflham has played the club
^ene since 1986 and he has toured *
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He's also well-known for his banquet
and other private appearances.

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Community Action Press - August 1988 • Page 19

A Big Comedian Comes From Carrick
Five years ago, the idea of a
comedian from Pittsburgh
making it nationally would
have been considered a bad
joke (no punch-line). Now,
with Pittsburgh native Dennis
Miller established as a star
through Saturday Night Live
and a successful national
cable special, people take
local funnymen much more
seriously.
One of the more promising
local comics to develop in the
past few years (and, probably,
the biggest, physically) is
Garrick's own Doug Graham.

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the 280's^S(»n case anybody
thinks I'm making an overly
large issue of his size),
Graham has ridden a low-key,
self-deprecating style and a

generally... odd outlook to
successful club appearances
in three states, and
appearances on local
televtsion and radio.
Listening to Graham talk
about what it takes to be a
comic is informative, as a lot of
us have told ourselves at least
once, "I could do that."

Hearing about the unpaid
performances (including
some where he had expected
money), about long drives to
perform before tiny crowds,
about opening for a rock band
and having the audience
decide, in the middle of his
act that they’d rather boogie
(and chanting that fact at the
top of their lungs), might make
you decide,"Maybe I could do
that but why would ir
Why would anybody? For
Graham, there are two major
answers to that The first is a
life-long belief that he actually
is a funny guy. A lot of people
have that of course. The
-second is a stubborn streak
almost as wide as he is.
That stubborn streak is what
sets serious comics apart And

it is essential, because the
field is tough. Consider —
Graham has risen rather
quickly, and is now one of the
city's top half-dozen comics.
Still, after two years, his
comedy career has just
reached the point where it is
more than breaking even. That
is a dirty little secret about
comedy — performers are
frequently nationally known
before they are making
enough to live on.
But enough serious
business. The point is,
Graham is funny. He proved
that at recent'Mature
t>erfdrmance at Graffiti in
Oakland, mixing jokes on:
everything from "not being tall
%nough for my weight" to his
parents advice that "the only ^
thing you need to know about
sex is that you aren't going to
45^ .apy," with a sharp feel for

the ad lib.
He ad libs so well, in fact,
that at Graffiti, many people in
the audience were convinced
that an unfortunate heckler
named Vince' had to be part of
the act He wasn't
Will Graham make it
nationally? There are too many
variables to predict that. Could
he? Definitely. As managers
say. He has the goods. If he
does make it he will carry a
little bit (okay a lot) of Carrick
with him.
As he explained, “I love the
Carrick/Brentwood area,
especially its shops... You
become a 'regular' very easily.
For instance, at Weis bakery
on Brownsville road, the clerk
gets my donuts together when
she sees me heading for the
door. She always knows which
donuts I want — and that’s real
important to me."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Monday. July 4. 1988
4

CITY/AREA

PETER LEO

An elusive Elvis
invades environs
I ow we ear) hold our heads

Ii high.
We are part of the
Elvis-is-alive story.

You'll recall that, ac­
cording to impeachable but fun-lov­
ing sources. Elvis Presley faked his
death and traveled the world using
the name John Burrows. He was
sighted at a Burger King in Kalama­
zoo, Mich., and was said to have set­
tled there even though it was rated
Mnerica's 129th most livable city.
This was a real slap in the face to.
Pittsburgh. Out of a sense of civic
duty. 1 put out the call for Elvis
sightings. Sure enough, he has been
spotted in Pittsburgh. Twice. Why
they didn't put this column on the
front page is beyond me.

The first to come forward with a
written account was Doug Graham
of Camck.^He described himself ••
an overweight comedian. How ove#
weight is he? "Last week I went t«i»
Dream waterbeds and they sent
.
to Pool Cit|p/hejgrohlfA rim shot
was enclosed.
Anyway, here’s Graham's story,
which be swears is “as true as the
Jerry Falwell commercial that says
Ollie North is an American hero and
as true as a Cyril Wecht letter to the
editor." It carries a lot of weight.
“I actually ran into the King right
here in Pittsburgh. Curiously
enough, it was also at a Burger
King, the one on Brownsville Road
in Carrick. It happened just a few
days ago when 1 was making my
third midnight snack trip to BK. The
staff was hurried because it was just
before closing time and there was
still a lot of grease to be scrubbed
off the food.
"When I got there, there was only
one patron in the place. He was kinc
of crouching down in the booth next
to the trash bin with the sign Thank
you for eating here.' 1 don't know
what caught my eye. Maybe it was
that he looked like be was trying to
avoid being Seen.
‘The next thing I noticed was
that his visible leg had a familiar
twitch. 1 first thought it was one of
those twitches I had seen from for­
mer heroin addicts, but then 1 saw
that it had too much rhythm.
"I moved closer, trying not to
stare. That's when I noti^ the lip.
It kept cringing upwards. I knew in
a minute this was no ordinary man.
"I couldn't for the life of me fig­
ure out who he was. I couldn't see all
of his face because he had on at
least three of those Army-Navy sur­
plus trenchcoats. each with sequined epaulets.

“This guy was a mess. He was
huge — had to weigh at least 500
pounds. He had 15 Double Whoppers
with cheese in front of him and he
muttered something I couldn't quite
understand as he bit into each one.
“At first I thought he was saying,
‘Dick Gregory,’ so naturally I as­
sumed that he was one of those e]
Jardosthat the former comedianturned-activist-turned-weightwatcher parades across the national
TV screen for fun and profit.
“I positioned myself to get closer
as he started on the next Whopper.
" ‘Ooooo, baby,' he cried. There
was no mistaking who it was now. It
was the King with those famous
sideburns, thinning and gray.
"But I had to find out for sure. So
I asked him. He reluctantly an­
swered yes. He said it was true that
he had faked his death in order to
travel the country eating at every
stop along the way, getting just as
fat as he wanted without anyone
comparing him to Liz Taylor.
"Ljiter that same night I saw him
at the 24-hour Giant £sgle next door
eating at the salad bar. The clerk
told me they had weighed him when
he came in and would weigh him
when he was done to determine the
price."
This is known as Absolute Maxi­
mum Pricing, I suppose.

The second spotter was Johanna
Satariano, who lives on the North
Side in Brighton Heights and works
at Cowley pool in Troy Hill. Appar­
ently. Elvis was attempting to work
off those burgers when she saw him.
But celebrity didn't cloud her sense
of duty. Here's her report:
"I had to turn him down for a city
pool pass here in North Side. (Where
did you think he'd turn uo. ML
Lebanon?)
"I immediately saw through the
John Burrows masquerade b^ause
of the jumpsuit. Everyone in North
Side knows it's too, too gauche to
show your sequins (or anything else
for that matter) before Labor Day.
"Since it's well known that city
employees never accept tips, I re­
fused the $100 bill he offered and in­
sisted on seeing proof of city
residency. The best he could come
up with was a driver's license from
heaven. 1 stood firm even though he
insisted he planned to hang around
and run for mayor.
"Last time I saw him. he was
headed toward Cleveland to see if he
could hook up with Jimmy Hoffa.”
I wish she'd gone a little easier on
the King. If Elvis settled in Pitts­
burgh. we could lick this city wage
Ux problem once ar1 for all.

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF

PENNSYLVANIA

Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621

January 25, 1995

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY SALUTES BLACK HISTORY MIONTH
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will celebrate Black History Month with a variety
of events throughout February.
Opening ceremonies will be held in the University Center multipurpose room on
Wednesday, February 1, from 6-8 p.m. with Professor Umeme Sababu of the University’s
history department speaking on the history of the black student movement from 1960 and
beyond.
The schedule for the events during the month are as follows:
Location
University Center
Multipurpose Room

Day
Wed., Feb. 1

Time
6-8 p.m.

Activity
Opening ceremony

Fri., Feb. 3

8 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium
Dance Ensemble of Senegal
(Admission is $5.00 for adults and $4.00 for students and
senior citizens. For ticket reservations call the Office of
Cultural Affairs at 732-2518.)

Sun., Feb. 5

8 p.m.

Minority Students United
(MSU) Talent Show

Mon., Feb. 6

7 p.m.

Black Women in Antiquity
University Center
Multipurpose Room
& Today
(Dramatic reading and skit by Edinboro students)

Wed., Feb. 8

7 p.m.

MSU - Jeopardy

Memorial Auditorium

Lawrence Towers
Multipurpose Room

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Continued

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Thurs., Feb. 9

7 p.m.

History Club: “Black Women
Hendricks Hall 126
in White America”
(Roundtable discussion - faculty and administration)

Fri., Feb. 10

7 p.m. &
9:30 p.m.

Movie: Crooklyn

University Center
Multipurpose Room

Tue., Feb. 14

7 p.mt

MSU - The Dating Game

Miller Gym

Thurs., Feb. 16
Fri., Feb. 17

Noon-5 p.m. African American Attire &
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Artifacts Sale

Sat., Feb. 18

4:30 p.m.
10 p.m.

Celebrity Charity Basketball
Crawford Gym
Game & Dance
(Basketball game - 4:30 p.m.. Dance - 10 p.m.; Celebrity
DJ’s from WAMO radio in Pittsburgh)

Sun., Feb. 19

2-4 p.m.

UVE Concert
(United Voices of Edinboro
student choir) —

University Center
Multipurpose Room

Mon., Feb. 20

2-3:30 p.m.

Video: “Countering the
Conspiracy to Destroy
Black Boys”

University Center Room 207

Tue., Feb. 21

12 noon

Video: “Developing Positive
Self-Esteem and Discipline
in Black Children”

University Center Room 207

Wed., Feb. 22

12 noon

Video: “Am I Helping or
Hindering the Minority
Student Experience?”

University Center Room 207

Fri., Feb. 24

6-8 p.m.

Soul Food Dinner
Van Houten Dining Hall
(no charge, must have ticket in advance, call 732-2912 to
reserve tickets)

Fri., Feb. 25

8 p.m.

Play: “I Think He Was Black!” University Center
(student performance)
Multipurpose Room

Sun., Feb. 26

4 p.m.

MSU Fashion Show

Mon. & Tue.,
Feb. 27 & 28

8 a.m. to
11:00 p.m.

Student African Art Exhibit

University Center Lounge

Tue., Feb. 28

5 p.m.

Closing Ceremony

University Center
Multipurpose Room

-more-

University Center
Red Carpet Area

University Center
Multipurpose Room

BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Continued

Page 3

During the closing ceremony, Professor Sababu will speak on the evolution of black
images throughout history. The events of Black History Month are sponsored by the History
Club, Cultural Affairs, Minority Students United, Residence Life and Housing, and many other
organizations, faculty, students, and staff.
All events, with the exception of the Dance Ensemble of Senegal on Friday, February 3,
are free of charge and open to the public. For further information concerning any events or to
schedule reservations for the Soul Food Dinner, call Edinboro University’s Office of
Intercultural Relations at (814) 732-2912.
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Activities

Day Time

Date

Place

Opening Ceremony
Wed. 6-8pm 2/1
(Prof. Umeme Sababu: The History of the
Black Student Movement from 1960 and beyond)

UC Multipurpose Rm.

Dance Ensemble of Senegal
FrL
(sponsored by Cultural Affairs)

8pm

2/3

Memorial Auditorium

MSU Talent Show

Sun. 8 pm

2/5

Memorial Auditorium

Bla(^ Women in Antiquity
&Today

Th.

7pm

2/6

UC Multipurpose Rm.

MSUJeopardy

Wed. 7 pm

2/8

Towers Multipmpose

History Club

Th.

7 pm

2/9

Hendricks Hall 126

MOVIE-Crooklyn

FrL

7&9-.30 2/10

MSU Hie Dating Game

Tues. 7pm

African American Attire &
Artifacts Sale

Th-F 12

Celebiiiy Charity Basketball
Game & Dance

Sat

UVE Concert

Sun. 2 pm

2/19

UC Multipurpose Rm.

ACADJ^C FESTIVAL

Mon. 2-3:30

2/20

207 University Center

2/21

207 University Center

**Black Women in White America*

2/14
2/16-2/17

4:30 pm 2/18
10pm

(Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys)

ACADEIMIC FESTIVAL

Tues. 12 pm

UC Multipmpose Rm.
MiUerGym
UC Red Carpet Area
Crawford Gym

(Developing Positive Self-Esteem and Discipline in Black Children)

ACADEMIC FESTIVAL

Wed. 12pm

2/22

(“Am I Helping or Hindering the Minority Student Experience?”)

Soul Food Dinner

FrL

6-8

207 University Center

2/24

VanHouten

8pm

2/25

UC Multipurpose Rm.

MSU Fashion Show

Sun. 4 pm

2/26

UC Multipurpose Rm.

Student African Art Exhibit

M-T 8 am

2/27-28

UC Lounge

Closing Ceremony

Tues. 5 pm

2/28

UC Multipurpose Rm.

(Keynote speaker: Dr. Mary Francis-Berry)
reception/Q&A University Center Lounge at 4:00 p.m.

Play. “I Think He Was Black...r Fri.

(Prof. Umeme Sababu: The Evolution of
Black Images throughout History)

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
FEBRUARY 1995
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Talent
Show &
Open
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Black Women
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Antiquity
and
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Today

MSU
General
Assembly
7

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MSU
African
History

(UVE)
United
Voices of
Edinboro
19 Concert
MSU
FASHION
SHOW
26

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4

History Club
MOVIE
Black Women
in
Spike Lee's
White
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JEOPARDY
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11
10
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MSU

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Ensemble
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Opening
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The
DATING
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ACADEMIC
FESTIVAL

ACADEMIC ACADEMIC
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20

21

Student
African
Art Exhibit

Closing
Ceremony

27

28

15

22

African
American
Artifacts
&
Ift^ttire

23

African
American
Artifacts
&
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Soul Food
Dinner
Dr. Mary
Francis24 Berry

Celebrity
Charity
Basketball
Game &
18 Dance
PLAY
"I Think He
Was
Black ...r
25

Events of Black History Month are being supported by:
Academic Festival Steering Committee
Cultural Affairs
History Club
Minority Students United(MSU)
Residence Life and Housing
Student Activities and Programming
United Voices Choir(UVE)
University Programming & Activities
and many other faculty, students, and staff

For more information regarding any events and to schedule
reservations for the Soul Food Dinner Please caU:

The Office of Intercultural Relations
732-2912

January 20, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO PROFESSOR PUBLISHES BOOK

Dr. James LoPresto, professor of physics at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, is the
author of a new undergraduate textbook, Space-Time: Fabric of the Universe, published by the
College Division of Allegheny Press. In it, LoPresto explores the General Theory of Relativity
and its application to the physical universe. Not only does General Relativity, or Einstein’s
theory of gravity, explain previously unexplained phenomena, LoPresto writes, it also predicts
previously unobserved phenomena such as gravitational red shifts, lensing and waves.
Predicting also that the universe is in a general state of expansion, LoPresto notes also that the
General Theory of Relativity can predict the existence of gravitational collapse and the bizarre
phenomena called a “black hole.”
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OF

PENNSYLVANIA

Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814)732-2621

January 20, 199^

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO’S DENISE OHLER RECEIVES DOCTORATE

Denise L. Ohler, director of advising and career services at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, received the doctor of education degree in school psychology during winter
Commencement ceremonies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She successfully defended
her dissertation, “A Comparative Study of Career Maturity in Students with Learning
Disabilities and Their Non-disabled Peers,” to complete her doctoral requirements. Her disserta­
tion has been copyrighted and will be published in ERIC (Educational Resources Information
Center) by the U.S. Office of Education.
Her manuscript, “Career Maturity in Young Adults with Learning Disabilities: What
Employment Counselors Should Know,” has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming
edition of the Journal of Employment Counseling, as was her review of “Pathways to Careers,”
a videotape produced by the Pa. Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Another
article, “Differences in Career Maturity between College Students with and without Learning
Disabilities,” has been submitted for publication in the Journal of Vocational Behavior.
Dr. Ohler received both a bachelor’s degree in sociology and social work and a master’s
degree in secondary guidance and counseling from Edinboro University.
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A member of the State System of Higher Education

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF

PENNSYLVANIA

Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621

January 20, 199^

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS WEST AFRICAN DANCE COMPANY

The Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Concert and Lecture Series will open the
spring semester on Friday, February 3, with a performance by Le Ballet National Du Senegal, a
company of 40 musicians, dancers and drummers from West Africa in a presentation of Pangols
(a West African tribal word meaning “the spirit and nature of all beings and things”).
The program is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium on the Edinboro
campus.
Ballet National Du Senegal is the premiere company performing the traditional dances
of West Africa. Founded by poet and national leader Leopold Senghor in 1960 (the year of
Senegal’s independence), the group has been acclaimed worldwide including 20 sold-out
performances in North America in 1988.
Exuberance is the word most used to describe their performances which are
characterized by high-energy choreography that soars above the stage, performed by dancers
with unmatched physical gifts and discipline. These exceptionally beautiful performers are not
only presenting a dance, but also sharing their culture and traditions with the audience. The
result is moving, involving, impressive and sensual.
Tickets are required for this performance and are available by calling 814-732-2518
weekdays between 8:30 and 4:00 p.m. Prices are $5.00 for adults and $4.00 for senior citizens
and students.
All programs in the series are sponsored by the Edinboro University Student
Government Association and the Office of Cultural Affairs.
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A member of the State System of Higher Education

BALLET NATIONAL
SENEGAL in "PANGOLS"

COLUMBIA ARTISTS FESTIVAL

"

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OF

PENNSYLVANIA

Office of Public Information and Publications
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January 19, 1995

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EDINBORO HOLDS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATION

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will hold its 1995 Martin Luther King, Jr.
celebration on Friday, January 20, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., in the multipurpose room of the
University Center student union.
The event will feature Edinboro students, faculty, staff, student government leaders,
student organization representatives, and community members all offering brief commentaries
on the theme, “Has the civil rights movement provided equal rights?”
Also featured will be musical selections by the United Voices of Edinboro University
choir. Dr. Glenda Lawhorn, Edinboro’s vice president for student affairs, will make closing
remarks. Dr. Lawhorn marched with Dr. King in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.
The celebration, which is free and open to the public, is being coordinated by Edinboro
University’s Office of Intercultural Relations, 732-2912.
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January 16,1995

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS
“AN EVENING WITH POET SONIA SANCHEZ”
On Tuesday, January 31, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will host “An Evening
with Sonia Sanchez: A Poet at Work.” A poet, mother and activist, Sanchez is an associate
professor in the department of English at Temple University. The lecture will be held in the
University Center Multi-purpose room at 8:00 p.m.
A national and international lecturer on Black culture and literature, women’s liberation,
peace, and racial justice, Sanchez is the author of 13 books and a contributing editor to Black
Scholar and the Journal of African Studies. She is the recipient of numerous awards including
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lucretia Mott Award, the Outstanding Arts award
from the Pennsylvania Coalition of 100 Black Women, and the Community Service award from
the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. She also received the Governor’s Award for
Excellence in the Humanities in 1988, the Peace and Freedom award from the Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts for 1992-93.
Sanchez has lectured at more than 500 colleges and universities in the U.S. and has
traveled extensively, reading her poetry in Africa, Cuba, England, the Caribbean, Australia,
Nicaragua, the Peoples’ Republic of China, Norway, and Canada. She was the first Presidential
Fellow at Temple University and holds the Laura Camell Chair in English at Temple.
For additional information, contact Prof. Umeme Sababu at 814-732-2577 or Ms. Linda
Lacny at 814-732-2477.

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
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Tuesday, January 31, 1995
8:00 p.m.
University Center Multipurpose Room

“All Evening with Sonia Sanchez:
A Poet at Work”
Dr. Sonia Sanchez
Associate Professor, Department of English
Temple University
Author of books and scholarly articles including:
Homecoming
We a DaddDDD People
It's a New Day: A Blues Book for Black Magic Women
I've Been a Woman
Sound Investment
Homegirls and Hand Grenades
Under a Soprano Sky
Free Admission
For additional information, contact Prof. Umeme Sababu, 732-2577 or
Linda Lacny, 732-2477
Sponsored by the State System of Higher Education's Office of Social Equity

January 16, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 19-22

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s 12th annual Academic Festival, a celebration of
people, places and ideas, will take place on the Edinboro campus February 19-22. The festival
features a variety of lectures, presentations and discussions that are open to the public.
The Festival is especially noted for its many panel discussions on topics of interest to
the tri-state area. Among those panels this year is one on careers in communications, Monday,
February 20, at 3 p.m. in the Reeder Hall lecture hall. It will feature Benjamin Davis, owner of
KTHK-FM in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Renee Gendreau, lifestyle reporter for the New Castle News;
and Scott Waitlevertch, director of government affairs for the Realtors Association of
Metropolitan Pittsburgh.
A human services forum will include Carlene Davis, executive director of Community
House; Karen Moski, executive director of the Hospice of Metropolitan Erie; Susan Nientimp,
consultant for Healthsouth/LEIR; Ray Overholt, executive director of Hermitage House; Terry
Tallant, director of therapeutic foster care at the Sara A. Reed Children’s Center; and Dawn
Wise, caseworker at Healthsouth/LEIR. The forum will take place Tuesday, February 21, at
7 p.m. in G13 Hendricks Hall.
The success stories of five distinguished Edinboro graduates will be the topic of a panel
discussion, Wednesday, February 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the University Center. Panelists will
include Patricia Crist, principal of the James W. Parker Middle School; Robert Lowther,
president of Great Lakes Case & Cabinet; Jacqueline Nwokeji, detective for the city of Erie;
Fred Pandrok, promotions and marketing director KDKB-FM; and Mark Tromba, sports
director and “Voice of the Cleveland Indians.”
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The largest category of events will focus on education. Prospective teachers will get tips
on landing a job in public schools, February 20, at 2 p.m. in the University Center. Sexual
harassment in America’s public schools will be the topic of a presentation, February 21, at
9:30 a.m. in 334 Butterfield Hall. Some of the other education-based events will discuss
academic integrity, educating the middle school child, students and aggression, and total quality
education.
In conjunction with Black History Month, the Festival will present four programs on
African-American issues. “The Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys,” a videotape workshop by
Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, will discuss the negative influences upon the effort to develop positive
black males in American society. It will be held Febmary 20, at 2 p.m. in 207 University
Center. A second video presentation of developing positive self-esteem and discipline in black
children will also be held in 207 University Center, at noon on February 21.
The arts are always a large part of the Festival. “Natalia Raphael’s Excavations,” an
exhibition of Cuban-American artist Natalia Raphael will be on display at the Bruce Art
Gallery, February 20-22, from 2-5 p.m. A slide presentation of Marcel Duchamp’s influence on
20th Century sculpture will he held February 20, at 8:30 p.m. in 125 Doucette Hall. Another
slide lecture/presentation will explore the lives and work of thirty-two Japanese women ceramic
artists, February 22, at 7 p.m. in 125 Doucette.
As part of the University’s Concert and Lecture Series, pianist James Tannenbaum will
perform February 20, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. A comparison of American and
Scottish drumming will be demonstrated February 21, at 2 p.m. in 2 Heather Hall. Pop and rock
singers will learn the basic principles of vocal production, Februaiy 22, at 10 a.m. in Memorial
Auditorium.
The Academic Festival traditionally covers a wide range of topics including travel,
science, music, art, poetry, current events and history, as well as education and student issues.
The Festival begins Sunday, February 19, from noon to 4 p.m., with an open house at
the Fort LeBoeuf Museum in Waterford. On display are archeological remains from the beaver
trade on loan from the Royal Ontario Museum, WPA excavations of the late 1930s, and Eagle
Hotel excavations. The slide show “Washington’s Trip to Fort LeBoeuf’ will be shown
throughout the open house.
For more information on the Academic Festival, call the Office of Public Information
and Publications at (814) 732-2745.
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January 13, 199^

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EDINBORO ROTC HOSTS WEAPONS DISPLAY

Army ROTC cadets from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, along with members of
the Pennsylvania National Guard, will sponsor a weapons display from 4-6 p.m., Monday,
January 23, in room G-13, Hendricks Hall, on the Edinboro University campus.
Various U.S. infantry fighting weapons, equipment and vehicles will be displayed.
Weather permitting, interested individuals will be permitted to fire blank rounds from the M-16
rifle and M-60 machine gun. A social hour in the ROTC Office, also in Hendricks Hall, will
follow the display and demonstration.
Contact Cadet Wendy Lindsey, Edinboro ROTC’s public affairs officer, at
814-732-2562, for more information.
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January 12, 199^

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EDINBORO’S BRUCE GALLERY PRESENTS CUBAN-AMERICAN ART
Edinboro University’s Bruce Gallery will host Natalia Raphael’s “Excavations,” an
installation by a Cuban-American woman that explores a sense of exile, loss, and dislocation
based on her departure from Cuba as a child in 1961. It is part of an on-going series of works
charged with childhood memories and nostalgia and with her own fragmentation of self and
identity. These works address “the inescapable reality of the exile experience: of never truly
belonging anywhere, of not being completely of one world, but split between two opposing cul­
tures, two different realities.” The installation opens at Edinboro’s Bruce Gallery on
Wednesday, February 1, at 7 p.m.
In the exhibition, the sculpted human body and sections of barren landscape become the
means by which the artist expresses both her personal sorrow and her desire for healing. Two
crucifixion wall works are stark metaphors for the pain of forced exile. “Singing From The
Well” suspends 100 or so “mangoes” from the Gallery ceiling in combination with a simulated
stone wall. The reference here is to a childhood garden in Cuba and to memories of walking
with her grandfather through that garden. An audio recording is another important aspect of this
piece.
Such art carries a complete feeling of authenticity. The identification the artist makes
between herself and her work is underscored by her own words: “The act of creation has
become for me a vehicle in my search for self-discovery, cultural identity, and an understanding
of my place in the world.”
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Ms. Raphael was five years old when she left Cuba. She now lives in Massachusetts.
She has a B.A. degree from Rice University and a Ph.D. from the University of California at
Berkeley. Her education also includes a year of study at the Art Institute of Boston. She has
exhibited in several shows in Massachusetts, and her work has also been displayed in Cuba.
The exhibit will be on display from February 1-25. Located in Doucette Hall, the
Gallery is open from 2 to 5 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and from 7 to 9 p.m. on
Wednesday. For additional information, call Bruce Gallery at 814-732-2513.
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January 11, 1995

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VIKKI RIDGE QUIETLY MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF
IN HUMAN RESOURCES

When Tom Ridge takes the oath of office as Pennsylvania’s governor on January 17, it
will be more than an inauguration - it will also be a family reunion. He will be joined for the
festivities by his wife Michele, their two children, his brother David, his mother and his sister
Vikki Ridge.
Most residents of the Erie area know Michele as the director of the Erie County Library,
and David is a respected Erie attorney. However, many people would be hard-pressed to tell
you anything about Vikki. She has avoided the media spotlight while making a successful
career for herself in human resources. The 1972 graduate of Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania is currently the manager of employment and labor relations at Princeton
University.
Although she graduated from Edinboro with a degree in speech and hearing therapy, it
was her experience working in a dormitory as a resident assistant and residence hall director
that guided her career.
One of the people who greatly influenced her at Edinboro was Pattie Magdik, then
assistant dean of women. “Vikki was always trying to improve her knowledge of working with
people,” said Magdik. “She was always open to suggestions. She was a very warm and caring
person.” Coincidentally, Magdik and Michele Ridge were classmates at Erie’s Strong Vincent
High School.
Ridge worked for a year as a speech therapist following graduation before enrolling at
Ohio State to earn a master’s degree in student personnel. Her first job was head resident
director of a 1,000-women dormitory at Bowling Green State University. From there she
became the first woman assistant dean of Cook College, the agricultural campus of Rutgers
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University. In 1980 she accepted the position of assistant director for undergraduate housing at
Princeton.
Her career changed directions in 1987 when she joined Princeton’s human resource staff
and later earned a certificate in labor relations from Cornell University. “The fields of student
personnel and human resources are really very similar,” said Ridge. “They both involve a lot of
counseling and negotiating skills.”
She may have learned some of those skills growing up in the Ridge household. “There
was always a great deal of discussion of politics and current affairs in our house,” she said.
“Dad was a Democrat and mom is a Republican. Tom and I are Republicans and David is
Democrat. He led the ‘Democrats for Ridge’ part of Tom’s campaign. It made for lively
discussions.”
Vikki said she was not surprised when Tom first decided to run for public office. “He’s a
very extraordinary man. I’ve never met anyone who was prepared to work harder. Tom has a
vision. He has a lot of good ideas - he can zero in on what needs to be done. He can coalesce
people.”
Despite growing up with two brothers, Vikki was not a tomboy. She said Tom was too
diligent about being a protective older brother. That protectiveness was evident after their father
died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 63. His death left an extraordinary void in their
close-knit family. Tom has made a point of remaining very close to their mother and looking
after her.
As a native of Erie and a graduate of Villa Maria Academy, Vikki will always consider
Erie to be her home. But she and her 10-year-oId daughter, Laura, like Princeton very much.
“Princeton is a good town in which to raise a child, and New Jersey’s negative reputation is
really undeserved.”
She thoroughly enjoys her work and finds it very challenging. “Like other campuses,
Princeton is a microcosm of the world. It has an interesting and diverse cast of characters - it’s
like a little city and offers many challenges.”
Although she would like to eventually become a director of personnel or vice president
for human resources somewhere, her only aspirations now are to learn all she can about labor
relations and employment.
Her daughter, however, is thinking of following in the footsteps of her uncles - she
wants to become a lawyer.
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January 5, 1995

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CHINESE EDUCATION DELEGATION VISITS EDINBORO UNIVERSITY

The Edinboro University of Pennsylvania campus and its Miller Research Learning
Center were the scene of a recent visit by a delegation of distinguished educators from the
Peoples’ Republic of China.
A delegation of the Chinese National Education Commission, under the auspices of the
World Bank, came to Edinboro to observe organization, programming and laboratory school
activities in the University’s Miller Research Learning Center.
“We were advised of the impending visit last fall by President Sun Shu-mu of Zibo
Teachers’ College,” said Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold. “President Sun wrote
to say that the linkage agreement between Edinboro University and Zibo Teachers’ College had
gained the attention of China’s National Education Commission and the Executive Office of the
World Bank Loan, and that a delegation had been formed to come to the United States to
examine our Miller Lab School operation with a view toward using it as a model for improving
teacher education programs in their country.”
Edinboro University’s academic linkage with Zibo Teachers’ College dates back to
1985, when Diebold was the education representative in the delegation led to China by thenErie mayor, the late Louis Tullio. The “sister city” agreement between Erie and Zibo was signed
that year, and in 1987, a supportive “sister school” agreement was formalized by Diebold and
Sun.
The most recent Chinese delegation was led by Mr. Wu Yun-kun, Sun’s vice president at
Zibo Teachers’ College. Six delegates representing various educational interests and the World
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Bank Loan visited Edinboro and the Erie area for five days to tour facilities in the Miller
Research Learning Center, observe Miller Lab School classes, and meet with School of
Education officials and directors and institute heads of Edinboro University’s Center for
Excellence in Teaching.
Other members of the delegation were Mr. Wang Zhen-ya from the Executive Office of
the World Bank Loan; Mr. Chen Zhao-wen, vice president of Chongqing Teachers’ College;
Mr. Liu Tong-xue, vice president of Haerbin Teachers’ College; Mr. Shen Zhong-zhen, vice
president of Fushun Teachers’ College; and Mr. Diao Yu-hua of the Henan Provincial Education
Commission.
Diebold said that he was pleased that the delegation had chosen Edinboro’s Miller Lab
School operations for their examination.
“During the 1960s and ‘70s, the mood in higher education harbored belief that the
change from ‘state teachers colleges’ to comprehensive ‘state colleges’ should signal the
reduction of emphasis on teacher education,” said Diebold. “Based on my commitment to the
laboratory school philosophy, I resisted pressures to eliminate the Miller Lab School from our
teacher training program.”
Diebold said that the model school not only survived extinction but today flourishes as
one of the most vital and energetic areas on the Edinboro campus.
“In my view,” said Diebold, “a laboratory school is among the more necessary assets a
School of Education must have to complement its teacher training program. They are as
essential to the future of education as scientific laboratories are to the future of medical and
technological instruction.”
Diebold said that the Miller Research Learning Center’s role has been a cornerstone of
teacher training since opening in 1971 as a campus school for children and a research center for
students and faculty in teacher training programs. Many of Edinboro’s teacher education
students, he said, spend considerable time in the Center observing instruction and learning
activities, engaging in student teaching, and gaining field experience.
According to Diebold, the laboratory school has three roles. It serves as a model school
for various grade levels related to the public school structure, where the best teaching and
educational theories are demonstrated. Two, it serves as a site for preparation of teacher
education students and as a demonstration facility to explain various approaches to learning.
And third, it is a venue for advanced educational research by School of Education faculty.
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In addition to the Miller School, which includes an Early Learning Laboratory for threeand four-year-olds and pre-kindergarten through fourth grade classes, the Miller Research
Learning Center also contains a day care center for faculty, student and community children as
young as 18 months; a computer laboratory; gymnasium; library; large, adaptable classrooms;
and an outside play area.
Also located in the Miller Research Learning Center are offices and meeting space for
Edinboro University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and its four institutes: Ethics and
Values Education; Literacy; Early Childhood; and Curriculum, Instruction and Collaboration.
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Emily Green (far left) of Edinboro University’s media services department guides the Chinese
National Education Commission delegation on a tour of the Miller Research Learning Center’s
television studios during the group’s recent U.S. visit, as Patricia Diebold (2nd from left),
programs coordinator at the Miller School, looks on. The delegation visited Edinboro
University under auspices of the World Bank to observe teacher education programming and
laboratory school activities in the Center’s Miller School. Mr. Wu Yun-kun (far right), vice
president of Zibo Teachers’ College, headed the delegation.

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January 4, 1995

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS NAMED IN WHO’S WHO

Thirty-one students from Edinboro University will be included in the 1995 edition of
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, along with the country’s
most outstanding campus leaders.
Students are selected for this annual directory based on their academic achievement,
service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities, and future potential. They join
an elite group of students selected from more than 1,800 institutions of higher learning in all 50
states, the District of Columbia, and several foreign nations.
Students named this year from Edinboro University are:
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By EON WASIELEWSKI
The small group of people who or­
5-STAR RAVE — The Erie
ganized a community supper pro­ Branch of the American Association
gram tops this week’s names col­ of University Women received a
umn, which also includes members rave review from the AAUW last
of the Erie Branch of the American month, during the organization’s naAssociation of—University Wifrimen~tiorial convention in Orlando, Fla.
who received a rave review, and a
The local branch was one of 245 to
young woman who’s back in school receive the 5-Star award for its “ex­
this summer.
emplary progress” in helping shape
public policy, community action and
TEAMWORK — It’s an old-fash­ leadership on behalf of women.
ioned community gathering with
“We are proud to be counted
good fellowship and good food.
among the top AAUW branches na­
Residents of Brevillier Village Re­ tionwide,” said Jennifer Pool, the
tirement Community at 5416 East local organization’s immediate past
Lake Road and St. Mary’s Episcopal president. “... We consistently meet
Church in Lawrence Park have goals which will ensure that our
teamed up to serve meals to their branch remains a vital and relevant
neighbors in eastern Erie County.
organization in the Erie community
Between 25 and 30 people have now and in the years to come.”
been enjoying the meals — and the
Pool and three other members of
fellowship — on a regular basis the Erie branch were in Orlando to
since the program began last spring. receive the award.
And there’s room for more, since
There are 1,750 AAUW branches
the volunteer effort is designed to nationwide working to promote pro­
feed 70.
grams that benefit women.
Dinner will be served twice a
The organization’s newest nation­
month through Dec. 11 in the parish al project is an electronically based
hall at 662 Sihman Ave.
voter education program to provide
Although the program targets members with information on im­
those with physical and financial portant issues.
needs, it is open to all. The meals
are free and are followed by a short
BEST BUYERS ~ They are the
program of entertainment. Dona­ “best buyers,” those consumers who
tions are accepted.
know how to get a good deal while
Brevillier VUlage prepares and de­ also serving a worthy cause.
livers the meals to St. Mary’s and
Thanks to customers of the Thrift
provides transportation to those Drug chain, the Erie Branch of the
who can’t get to the church. St. Western Pennsylvania Chapter of
Mary’s remits volunteers and pro­ the Arthritis Foundation received a
vides space.
$3,000 donation. The contribution
For additional information on the was based on matching points gen­
effort, including specific dates and erated by customers who belong to
times of the meals, call Lisa Figur- the chain’s Best Buyer program.
ski at Brevillier Village, 899-8600.
The money will be used to buy

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brochures describing a self-directed
exercise program for distribution to
people with arthritis, according to
Laurie Schneider, director of the
Erie Branch.

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RING —
School’s in this summer for a North
East resident who’s exploring such
subjects as computer science, geo­
physics, horticulture and engineer­
ing.
Megan C. Pencil will be tackling
those topics and others as a partici­
pant in the Science & Engineering
Research Academy at the Pennsyl­
vania State University at State Col­
lege.
The program for 350 teens from
across the state began Monday and
will run through
29, sponsored
by the Nationar Science Founda­
tion’s Young Scholars Program, the
NASA Space Grant College and Fel­
lowship Program and the university.
The free program teaches science
the old-fashioned way, through
hands-on experiments, according to
its director Robert Pangbom, pro­
fessor of engineering at the univer­
sity.
Pencil, a student at North East
High School, is the daughter of
JoAnne and David Pencil.

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HUMANITARIAN — H. Jack
Langer was recognized as “Human­
itarian of the Year” by Erie City
Council at its June 28 meeting.
Langer was cited for his “unsel­
fish willingness to help the needy of
Erie with plumbing and heating
problems without regard to their
ability to pay.”
“This is the first time in my 24
years on council that such an award

has been presented,” Councilman
Mario Bagnoni noted.

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NOTABLE — Kimberley F. Heidler, daughter of Le^ R. Peters
and a student at Edinhnrn llniversity of Pennsylvania, has been select­
ed for inclusion in “Who’s Who
Among Students In American Col­
leges and Universities.”
She was chosen on the basis of ac­
ademic achievement and potential
for continued success.

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brochures describing a self-directed
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people with arthritis, according to
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Erie Branch.

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School’s in this summer for a North
East resident who’s exploring such
subjects as computer science, geo­
physics, horticulture and engineer­
ing.
Megan C. Pencil will be tackling
those topics and others as a partici­
pant in the Science & Engineering
Research Academy at the Pennsyl­
vania State University at State Col­
lege.
The program for 350 teens from
across the state began Monday and
will run through jMy 29, sponsored
by the Nationar Science Founda­
tion’s Young Scholars Program, the
NASA Space Grant College emd Fel­
lowship Program and the university.
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The free program teaches science
the old-fashioned way, through
hands-on experiments, according to
its director Robert Pangbom, pro­
fessor of engineering at the univer­
sity.
Pencil, a student at North East
High School, is the daughter of
JoAnne and David Pencil.
HUMANITARIAN ~ H. Jack
Langer was recognized as “Human­
itarian of the Year” by Erie City
Council at its June 28 meeting.
Langer was cited for his “unsel- ;
fish willingness to help the needy of .
Erie with plumbing and heating
problems without regard to their
ability to pay.”
“This is the first time in my 24
years on council that such an award

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Rochelle Emerick of Carlisle, a
studept at Edinboro University, will
be included in the 1995 edition of
Who’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges
along with the country’s most out­

standing campus leaders.
The following students have been
named to the dean’s list at cfarion
University of Pennsylvania for the
first semester: Kelly Rene Gould of

Mechanicsburg, Maureen Beth
Gutzweiler of New Cumberland,
April Ann Myers of Boiling
Springs and Ami Lynn Kopac and
Ami Elizabeth Way, both of Camp
Hill.

On campus
John Carroll University
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wendy
McElhinny, a senior at John Carroll University, was named to the
dean’s list for the spring 1995 se­
mester.
Dean’s list students must have
a quality grade point average of at
least 3.5.
McElhinny, of Greenville, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
F. McElhinny.
Edinboro University
Louise Wogisch, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wogisch and
student at Edinboro University,
has recently been selecte'd as one
of the country’s most outstanding
campus leaders by the staff of
“Who’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and Col­
leges.”
She will be included in the 1995
edition of the publication, an an­
nual directory of outstanding stu­
dents first published in 1934.
A campus nomination commit­
tee and editors of the publication
have included the Wogisch’s
name based on her academic ac­
tivities and potential for continued
success.
Boise State University
ORANGEVILLE, Pa. — Brad­
ley A. Albertson of Orangeville
was named to the dean’s list at
Boise State University for the
spring 1995 semester.
Albertson, a junior majoring in
computer information systems,
was awarded high honors for earn­
ing a grade point average between
3.75 and 3.99.
University of Pittsburgh
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The Unii_________ ____/■'

versit\| of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
(UPJj'has selected 46 incoming
freshntien to participate in the col­
lege’s' president’s scholars pro­

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gram for the 1995-96 academic
year. 1
Th^ program is designed to re­
ward i outstanding high school
achievement and to encourage
continued
accomplishment
throughout the student’s college
years.
The president’s scholars are
selected annually from among the
applicants for admission to each
fall term. UPJ awards nearly
$138,000 in scholarship money,
renewable for four years, annually
to president’s scholars.
Among the scholars is local res­
ident Casey Stafford.
Stafford, a graduate of Mercer
H'gh School, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Stafford of Lamor
Road, Mercer. She plans to major
in pre-medicine and biology at
UPJ.
Wittenberg University
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Two lo­
cal students were recognized for
their academic achievements at
Wittenberg University arid named
to the clean’s list for the spring
1995 semester.
From Greenville were Matthew
Logan and Daniel Mong. Logan
is the son of Mrs. Jane Logan of
Greenville, while Daniel is the son
of Dr. David Mong of Greenville
and Dr. Melissa McBain of Moline,
III.
Dean’s list students must
achieve a 3.66 grade point aver­
age.

Heather Put­
ney, a 1994 grad­
uate of Meadville
Area Senior High
School,
was
named
to
the
dean’s list at Penn
main camler freshman
She is majorcommunica­

Success
stories
I A^

Heather
Beers, a senior at
Saegertown High
School
and
a
daughter of Mary
and
Randall
Beers, has been
accepted for the
fall semester at
Erie
Business
Center where she
plans to earn an associate in spe­
cialized business degree in the med­
ical assistant program. She is in­
volved in Dance Club, Pep Club,
Spanish Club and Varsity S Club at
SHS where she is a cheerleader.
She also was named to “Who’s Who
Among American High School Stu­
dents.”
Andrew Peter
Miehl,
son
of
Frances MathersMiehl and David
f^iehl of RD 1,
Springboro,
has
enrolled for fall
1995yadmission at
Rochester, N.Y.,
Institute of Tech­
nology. Miehl is
majoring in mechanical engineering
in Rochester Institute of Technolo­
gy’s College of Engineering. Miehl
will be a June graduate of Conneaut
Valley High School.

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Several students from Crawford
County have earned positions on the
dean’s list for the fall semester at
Lock Haven University. These full­
time students have earned a gradepoint-average of 3.5 or better. They
are: David J. Miller of Meadville,
majoring in secondary education;
Mindy J. Reisinger of Meadville,
majoring in political science; and
Rebecca J. ResInger of Centerville,
majoring in early childhood educa­
tion.

with grade point averages of 3.20 to
3.49 were: Michele E. Barger, RD 1,
Box 344, Cooperstown, daughter of
Gary L. and Pam Barger; Melinda A.
Bottles, RD 4, Box 1200, Lot 24,
Conneaut Lake; Paul B. Knox, RD
1, Box 264A, Guys Mills; Cherl L.
Maddy, 688 Graff Ave., Meadville;
and Heather A. Potts, 156 Poplar
St., Cambridge Springs, daughter of
William E. and Florence Potts.

tions.
Several area stud] ts have been
recognized for aca mic achievement at the Univers of Pittsburgh,
Titusville campus, fo he fall terrm
Named as unive ity scholar .vyith
of 4.Ai\waa:
grade point avera
Biilie-Jo Kiskadd
JID .1, Bo%
ghterpf James'
153B, Hartstown,
W. and Marti Kiska len.
Named as pre ent’s scholars
with grade point a rages of 3.5 to
3.99 were: Michae rowther, RD 2,
Guys Mills, son of bert and Karen
Crowther; Lee An M. Halfast, RD
3, Box 1040, Spa, nsburg, daughSusan Halfast:
ter pf Leroy L. a
Loretta L. Mars RD 3, Box 290,
Spartansburg, so of David C. and
Nyla Marsh; Lesl^ R. Pegan, RD 4,
Box 130 B, Coch nton, whose parents are Richard nd Susan Pegan;
RD 1, Box 256,
Jeffrey T. Stein
Guys Mills, son Robert and Susie
M. Vincent, Box
Steiner; and Co
307, Main Stree Hydetown, whose
parents are Ro d and Sherry Vincent.
an’s list scholars
Named

Jennifer
R.
Darr of RD 1,
Townville, is a
sophomore at Egf
inborp University
of
Pennsylvania
where she is an el­
ementary educa­
tion/special educa­
tion major.
Thirty-one students from Edinboro University will be included in the
1995 edition of Who’s Who Among
Students in American Universities
and Colleges, along with the coun­
try’s most outstanding campus lead­
ers.
Students named from this area
are: Laurie A. Kantz,. Cambridge
Springs: Brenda Haylett, Conneautville; Carol Baker, Edinboro; David
Winiam
Kerstetter,
Edinboro;
Rosemary E. RackI, Edinboro; Khalid A. Said, Edinboro; Pravin
Thakur, Edinboro; Kathryn A. Brad­
ford, Meadville: Louise A. Willman,
Meadville: and Stephanie Denise
Duda, Saegertown.

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January 3,1995

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY’S CHIEF OF POLICE ACCEPTS NEW POSITION
David W. Varner, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s chief of police since 1974, has
accepted a position with the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa. Effective
January 16, he will serve as the College’s first chief of police/director of security.
A resident of Cambridge Springs, Pa., Varner joined the Edinboro staff when the
University established its first police department a little over 20 years ago. The department has
since grown to include 14 full-time commissioned police officers who provide a wide range of
services to the University.
Looking back on his 20-year career at Edinboro, Varner said, “In spite of what you hear
about violent crime in America, we don’t see as much violence now as we did 20 years ago.
During the last four or five years, the number of reported crimes at the University has declined.”
“The department has come a long way,” he said. “While other colleges and universities
are struggling to upgrade their security, Edinboro has a strong police force which provides
protection for the students, employees, and visitors to the campus.”

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