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Student Activity Fee Committee
Meets For Final Time
by Katie Galley
wire services editor
"It’s all Darwinian, only the strong
survive,” Michael Zampetti, 08 His
tory, said at the suggestion of
fundraisng for student activity money.
The Student Activity Fee Committee
met on Tuesday night for the last time
before April. The committee gathered
to decide the final allocation of the
$220,000 student fee fund for the
1999-2000 school year. In attendance
were three faculty and administration
members including Ken Miller, Act
ing Dean of Student Affairs, and six
student representatives including
Buck Goedicke, President of Student
Government Association.
At the 4 pm start of the meeting the
budget was $51,901.29 overbudget.
The next four hours were spent de
ciding which student groups needed
money and how much they were to
receive. It was a slow tedious process,
but all groups that had prepared a pro
posal for money were given thorough
consideration.
The considerations taken when dis
tributing money to groups already es-
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last year, attendance at the group's
functions and estimated attendance at
next year’s functions. When money
was distributed to smaller groups, such
as hall councils and to groups with
proposals new to the committee this
year, such as Student Activities host
ing a formal "Snowball" dance, con
sideration was given to estimated costs
and attendance.
The committee also looked for ac
tivities with different varieties for stu
dents." It’s an opportunity to give them
something they usually don’t get,” said
Gretchen DeHart, 09 Psych. Some of
the groups that benefited from this
were The Roundtable, for a trip to a
professional theater in Ontario; they
were allotted all the money they asked
for. The Lion Ambassadors were given
the funds to offer students swing dance
lessons again next year. The Almy Hall
Council was also given money to take
students to a Pittsburgh Pirates base
ball game.
Some groups were not allotted the
specific amount they requested but the
committee took into consideration that
the additional money they would need
could come from different funds. The
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ted for student requests also. The Just
In Time Fund can provide money to
students as well. The money in that
fund came from the first 10% of the
$220,000; it is a pool of money that
students can access anytime in the
school year for funding.
With the budget almost $52,000
over its limit, the idea of student
fundraising was brought up to the
committee, but on average was
quickly voted down. “It is very hard
to fundraise on a college campus,”
said Tara Campbell 07 PE. Students
don't really have the money to spend
to buy candy bars and hoagies from
a different group each week.
The meeting ended with the money
fairly distributed and the committee
on budget. Talks were given about
how to improve the overall distribu
tion of the money. Since the first year
of the committee in 1995, they have
been looking for ways to put more of
the money directly into the students’
hands. A survey of around 100
Behrend students was taken in Janu
ary by the committee and the over
whelming consensus was that stu
dents want quality programs, not just
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News
Singled out provides a
unique night at Perry Hall
by Ryan Cannon
staff writer
On a desolate Thursday night,
some Behrend students were fearing
the harsh reality of spending the up
coming Valentine’s day weekend
alone. So it was decided to hold a
singles “Dating Game” style game
show. It was entitled “Singled Out,”
and many of Behrend’s lonely hearts
arrived at Perry Hall to find true love
or something to occupy their time.
One of the two was definitely accom
plished.
Approximately fifteen men and
seventeen women participated in the
game, while a crowd of fifty attended
to watch. The game was structured
so that a male or female, selected be
forehand, sat out of view of the con
testants, but could be easily seen by
the audience. This person then had
to choose a topic and, out of the
given choices, eliminate one charac
teristic of the opposite sex contes-
SGA @l©cts
officers
Ayodele Jones
managing editor
The Student Government Asso
ciation will be undergoing a se
ries of changes in the next couple
of weeks. For starters, SGA has
elected a new treasurer, Jennifer
Miles, a sophomore finance ma
jor. Miles is looking forward to
making a difference. “I would
like to make the processes easier
for treasurers and other officers,
in regards to what their individual
organizations need.”
In addition to electing a new
treasurer, SG A also elected a new
University Faculty Senate Repre
sentative, Scan Mascoll, a junior
communications major. Mascoll
notes that “I realize that this is a
hard challenge but I am willing
to accept it on behalf of the stu
dents at Penn State Behrend. I
would like to thank SGA for hav
ing the confidence in me to ful
fill my duties .”
In addition to these new elec
tions, SGA has been dedicating
large amounts of time to raising
funds for the upcoming dance
marathon, “THON.” However,
there are two empty senator seats
on the SGA senate, and on Thurs
day February 25, SGA plans to
elect students to fill these empty
positions.
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tants that was undesirable
For example, one guy chose the
topic "First date” and had three
choices: booty call, kiss goodnight,
and call me. He chose to eliminate
all of the girls with a "call me” per
sonality.
When all but three contestants had
been discarded, the remaining were
asked to perform a specific, humor
ous task like woo the mystery date
using a favorite pickup line. One guy
proudly proclaimed, “Pick me be
cause 1 look like Leonardo
DiCaprio.” He was then booed in
cessantly and sent back to his seat.
Finally, the one contestant who en
dured all of the questions and banter
was considered to be the winner and
placed back to back with the mystery
date. The two were then turned
around so that each could discover
their soul mate at exactly the same
time.
After four rounds of this, with the
audience depleting after each round,
the show finally came to a close.
SGA President Buck Goedicke Beacon file photo
When the chaos caused by Cupid’s
arrows had calmed, four couples
had been created. Amy Vay, a com
munications major and one of the
lucky participants to get a date, re
sponded, “I’m excited for my date;
1 think he's hot.” Kristie Vitron, an
other communications major and a
surviving spectator immediately
added, “I’m excited for Amy and
her date; they’re a cute couple.”
Everyone involved with “Singled
Out" did a terrific job, and their no
ticeable efforts were appreciated.
The evening was enthusiastically
hosted by Behrend students Brian
Jurkowski and Lisa Bichsel, and su
perb music was provided by Bryan
Dzambo, Dan Pyewell, and Sean
Mascoll. The show was planned by
Ron Romanski, Jamie Salapek, and
Marcy Shattuck.
The group also hinted that there
might possibly be a "Family Feud”
style event planned for the future.
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