PAGE 2, THE BEHREND BEACON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
NEWS AND WEATHER
Cultural events highlight this upcoming school year
by Mike Frawley
managing editor
The Behrend Speaker Series is pre
paring to open another year of pre
sentations in a few weeks. The theme
for this years series is Taking Charge:
Politics, Finances, and Personal Free
dom. The plan for this series is to fo
cus on current affairs, the ongoing
political and social struggles of
women and minorities, and personal
finance. The series is funded in part
by the John Nesbit Rees and Sarah
Henne Rees Charitable Foundation.
Chris Rizzo, Director of the Student
Activities, said, "this year the Speaker
Series promises to he packed with
major personalities, ideas and issues."
The series will he kicked off on
Wednesday, October 6, by Al
Franken, with his speech titled, An
Evening with Al Franken. Franken is
best known for his political charac
terizations that he performed on Sat
urday Night Live.
The second event scheduled is a
debate between James Carville and
Angela "Bay - Buchanan, titled A
Look at American Politics, on Tues
day, November 9. Carville is an im
portant member of the Democratic
Party, a best selling author, presiden
tial advisor, and Clinton campaign
i
Question 0
What is your prediction for the Rranns vs. Steclers game?
`All I know is the Steelers are going to win."
Marta Gonzalez, 07, Management
`Browns, because the Steelers stink this year."
Kristina Davis, 11, Management
`3-2, Pittsburgh."
`I think the Steelers will win, 21-7."
Matt Martone, 01, Electrical Engineering
`The Browns are back? Oh God!"
manager. Buchanan, a Republican, is
a former United States treasurer,
former co-host of CNBC's Equal
Time, and political campaign man
ager for her brother, presidential can
didate Pat Buchanan.
The next speaker is Sonia Sanchez,
with her speech, Poet as Creator of
Social Values, on Monday, January
17. Dr. Sanchez is an internationally
recognized poet, activist, and lecturer.
Sanchez's writing deals with women's
lives, the struggles and triumphs of
people of color, and other global hu
manist themes.
The final speaker is Jane Bryant
Quinn, The Economy and Your
Money.com. The speaker is sched
uled for Tuesday April 4. Quinn is an
award winning columnist for
Newsweek, and is a leading commen
tator on personal finance issues.
Penn State Erie also will be open
ing the tenth anniversary season of
Music at Noon: The Logan
Wintergarden Series with a perfor
mance by the Manhattan Wind Quin
tet. The performance, which will take
place on Tuesday, September 21, and
is free and open to the public, will take
place in the Wintergarden of the
College's Reed Union Building.
For the past ten years, Penn State
Behrend has invited people of all ages
Kevin LaPolla, 08, Behrend Science
Tanya Deats, 07, Psychology
to a wide array of classical music in
Music at Noon: The Logan
Wintergarden Series. Arts educator
and musician Kay Logan created this
series at Penn State Behrend in 1989
as a way of bringing classical music
to all audiences. including children.
Logan invites world-class musicians
to play and try to involve their audi
ences in dialogue during their perfor-
This tenth anniversary season will
Differ a variety of musical groups that
everyone will he ahle to enjoy. The
first live ensembles are considered to
he the best of all of the past Logan
Series performers. 'the professional
performers will he : the Manhattan
Wind Quintet, Cavani String Quartet,
Chestnut Brass Company. Western
Wind, and Hesperus. The sixth group,
Pacifica Quartet, is composed of mu
sicians from the University of Chi-
Music at Noon: the Logan
Wintergarden Series is made possible
through a grant from the Harry A.
Logan Jr. Foundation.
All performances in the Logan Se
ries and the Speaker Series are free
and open to the public. For more in
formation about upcoming events,
contact the Penn State Erie Office of
Student Activities at (814) 898-6171.
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Chris Rizzo, Director of Student Activities
8/27/99 While patrolling the Ohio Hall lot, officers observed tire tracks on
the upper level grassy knoll. The tracks led to a parking space in the lot.
8/28/99 Complainant came to Police and Safety to report witnessing a
motorist driving recklessly in the F Lot.
9/3/99 A complainant reported being assaulted by a co-worker.
9/3/99 Complainant reported that a student may have made threats involv
ing a university office.
9/3/99 An officer caught a student setting off firecrackers in Aquarius
Drive
9/7/99 A complainant reported finding a vehicle with a fraudulent parking
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WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK
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Friday
VARIABLE CLOUDINESS.
SPRINKLES POSSIBLE.
HIGH IN THE UPPER
60S. WEST WIND 10 TO 20
MPH.
Police And Safety
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SEPTEMBER 10-12, 1999
Saturday
PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH
AROUND 70.
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Sunday
MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH 70
TO 75.
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