FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2000
Commuter Council sponsored a “Winterize Your Car” Seminar on Wednesday, November 1. Students
were invited to attend outside on the Bruno's patio while Council members and volunteers demonstrated
ways to keep vehicles running efficiently during the winter months.
ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE IN
THE UP-COMING PRESIDEN-
TIAL ELECTION? WHO WILL
“Yes, I arn going to vote, 1 am voting
for Gore
“I might vote for Ralph Nader because
he was on the Tonight Show, and he
seems like a nice guy.”
YOU VOTE FOR?
Lisa Oslak
Psychology OS
Tracy Jones
COM BA 05
I am not going to vote, because I have
no strong feelings about any of the
candidates.”
“Yes I will be voting. I will vote for
Gore.”
“If I remember to vote, I will vote
for Bush.”
NEWS
PHOTO BY NEIL
Dawn Wagner
Management 09
Dr. Jack Burke,
Senior Associate
Provost and Dean
Jacob Jones
Accounting 03
Local library check-out policies
by Paige Miles
copy editor
Here’s the scenario: that eight
page research paper on the mating
habits of armadillos is due in two
days, and it just doesn’t seem to be
flowing. The Behrend library only
has information on the mating habits
of camels and starfish. What is a
desperate student to do?
Three other colleges in the Erie
region, Mercyhurst, Gannon, and
Edinboro, all authorize Penn State
Erie students to utilize their
libraries.
Hammermill Library of
Mercyhurst College allows Behrend
students to first obtain a library card,
and then borrow up to two items for
a two week time period. The regular
hours are as follows: Monday-
Thursday, Bam-2pm; Friday, Bam
-9pm; Saturday, 9am-9pm; and
Sunday, 12 pm-2am. The library is
located on 38 lh street, to the left of
the college gates.
With a Behrend ID card, students
are permitted to use Gannon’s Nash
Library, located on Sassafras in
downtown Erie. Two items may be
borrowed for two weeks, with two
renewals allowed. Each semester a
Creative Writers Series features two
Pulitzer Prize-winning authors
by Ryan Russell
staff writer
On Thursday, October 26, the
Behrend Creative Writers Series had its
second in a series of nationally
renowned authors and poets in-house
to read some of their Pulitzer-prize
winning works. This edition of the
Creative series
Voter registration lost
for two Behrend students
by Paige Miles
copy editor
With Election Day occurring
November 7, most students have
received their voter registration
cards whether they registered
through a campus club or by their
own means. However, two Be
hrend students, Rebecca Motter
and Mat Bocian, are worried they
may not be able to exercise their
right to vote on Tuesday.
Motter, secretary of College
Republicans, never received her
voter registration card which
would allow her to vote in Erie
County. She called the Erie Voter
Registration office, inquiring if
she would be permitted to vote
on Election Day. Motter said the
representative she spoke to was
very rude and accusatory. She
was informed that most likely,
her form had gotten lost in the
mail. However, Motter’s registra
tion form was dropped off di
rectly to the office with many
other forms. No record was found
of her registration.
The Erie County Voter Regis
tration office is require to keep
records of all voter registration
new library card must be obtained.
Regular hours include: Monday-
Thursday, Bam-midnight; Friday,
Bam-9pm; Saturday, 10am-s:3opm;
and Sunday, 12:30pm-midnight.
In the center of the Edinboro
campus, overlooking a small lake,
the Baron-Forness Library stands
with six floors of books. A Behrend
student must be 18 and have current
photo ID to borrow from the library.
Gannon’s Nash Library allows Behrend students to check out two
items every two weeks, with up to two renewals.
authors, David McCain and
Gibson. David McCain is a
prize winning author who gi
in Bradford, Pa. He has air
nominated for the National
Award. Margaret Gibson ha;
nominated for both the Pi
Prize and the National Book
as well.
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forms that are handled, whether
they are filled out correctly or
not. If a form is not correctly
filled out, a representative from
the office is then supposed to
contact the voter to notify him or
her of the mistake so it can be
corrected immediately. Motter
never received such a call.
She was told by the represen
tative that nothing could be done.
Motter asked if she could still
vote in her home town of
Titusville, and was then accused
of trying to double register,
which is illegal. The representa
tive informed her that a registra
tion in Erie and one in Titusville
would cancel each other out,
making them null and void.
Essentially, Motter will now
have to travel to her hometown
to vote, which will cause her to
miss classes or work. Dr. Robert
Speel, associate professor of po
litical science and faculty advi
sor for both College Republicans
and College Democrats, has been
working to resolve the situation
for both students.
He has been in contact with the
Erie County Voter Registration
Office, which has asked to get the
College students not from Edinboro
hold the same privileges as
Edinboro students, with the
exception of not being permitted to
use the computers for word
processing and not being able to get
inter-library loans.
For more information call,
Mercyhurst at 824-2234; Gannon at
871-7557; and Edinboro at 732-
2273.
Margaret Gibson read a poem titled
“Icon” from her new book, Icons and
Evidence. She got the idea for this
poem when she was in New York City
and saw a mime. She also read a poem
called “Solace,” which is about a field
located in Eldric, Pa.
The night finished up with a short
book signing by both authors. They
were both very approachable and
signed plenty of books before leaving.
names and addresses of students
who claim their voter registration
forms were lost. Dr. Speel says
that Flo Fabrizio, who is the head
of the Voter Registration office,
wishes to do whatever he can to
make sure that students who reg
ister in time are able to vote on
Election Day.
Dr. Speel also called the State
Bureau of Elections in Harris
burg to find out whether a local
judge must be available on Elec
tion Day to deal with voter reg
istration disputes at polling loca
tions. Erie County agency offi
cials seemed unaware of such a
requirement. But the State Bureau
of Elections cited that Purdon’s
Pennsylvania statutes, section
3046, requires that courts should
be open on election day for voter
disputes.
Dr. Speel has contacted the
President Judge of Erie County
Court of Common Pleas* which
is researching the matter. He was
told by Fabrizio that he’d be
working with the court on the
situation to make sure that every
one who should be allowed to
vote is able to vote.
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