Friday, September 24, 2004
By Teresa Nicolia
Are your parents coming this weekend?
"No, they are not coming. It
would be hard for them to
get here from Philadelphia."
Cleon Smith,
BBACC 01
is here again
SGA prepares for this year's nearing election
Election time
By Kim McCray
staff writer
This year’s Student Government As
sociation elections are just around the
corner. The elections are being held
between Monday and Tuesday online.
There are three freshmen senate seats
and one senator seat open this year.
Student Government Association is
the representative body of the students
at Behrend. SGA is a line of commu
nication between students and faculty.
They allocate money each semester
for club programs, events, and trips
and they represent all of the clubs on
campus through eight councils. There
are several committees within SGA
that work to tackle student concerns
such as parking, housing, course selec
tion, and food services.
Five freshman are running for sen
ate in the 2004 SGA election. Tanya
Doggwiler, Kevin Huang, Teal
Ingerick, Ashley Smith and Christo
pher Übelacker are in the running for
the three freshman seats available.
In the race for senator are Andrea
Bottone, Derek Li, Seth Laird,
Meredith Straub and Zach Mentz.
If elected senator, he or she will re
ceive the duties of having to serve on
two committees as well as hold two of
fice hours in the SGA Senate Office
weekly. He or she is also required to
attend all general meetings as well as
appropriate committee meetings, and
he or she relays the concerns of the stu
dent body to the senate.
Students can vote at http://
secure.bd.psu.edu/sgavoting. The vot
ing will take place online this year so
students may have the added comfort
of voting from their homes or dorm
rooms.
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• "My parents don't come
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ELISH 09
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day and close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Once students log onto this site, they
will be asked for their user IDs and
passwords and will only have one
chance to vote. This website is avail
able from any computer that has
internet access and the SGA election
committee will also have a laptop set
up outside of Bruno’s so students can
conveniently vote there throughout the
two election days.
Justin Curry, GAS 07, vice president
of SGA, believes it is vital that students
vote in SGA elections because if it
weren’t for the students, student gov
ernment would not have a purpose on
the campus.
He also thinks that it is important for
students to convey their concerns and
problems about Behrend to SGA so
they can work to make the college ex
perience enjoyable and meaningful.
“I can’t stress enough how important
it is for students to vote in this elec
tion. By the turnout of candidates, we
know that students are getting inter
ested in student government,” Curry
said.
This year’s Elections Director,
Eduardo Hilera, PLSC 05, believes this
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"She really wants to come but
I told her I plead the fifth. She
loves coming so she's going to
come another weekend."
Karena Bibbins-McKeever,
POLSC 05
semester’s election has been unique in
many ways. Hilera is new to student
government and also to the Behrend
campus. He encourages students to get
out and vote because it is their right
and responsibility as students of this
campus to make the effort to vote.
“It has been a challenge to get this
election process running smoothly.
However, this campus and I have the
privilege of having organized and dedi
cated leaders who have helped
throughout the entire process. Scott
and Justin are excellent. Without their
help and guidance I would not have
been able to work like I have.
“The elections committee this se
mester has also dedicated long hours
to make sure the elections were suc
cessful. The helping hand the public
relations committee has extended us is
also worthy of mention. Finally, I
would like to take this opportunity to
wish all of the candidates the best of
luck,” Hilera said.
The SGA will have the results by
5:15 p.m. on Tuesday and will be in
forming the candidates of them that
evening.
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" It'll be a bit hard for them
to come since they live in
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Andres R. Quinones,
CENBD 05
LEB seeking administrative assistant
By Samantha Baldensperger
staff writer
It is hard to miss the many signs
around campus advertising concerts, co
medians, movies and more. They are all
made possible by the Lion Entertainment
Board, and right now they need your
help. The LEB is looking to hire and
Administrative Assistant.
The Lion Entertainment Board is look
ing for a student who is interested in en
tertainment and wants to help bring it to
the people of Behrend. The Adminis
trative Assistant would be in charge of
office management, posting information
on the organization website, taking min
utes at meetings, making up the agenda
for activities and meetings and ordering
supplies for the many events. This posi
tion pays 250 dollars a semester.
“As long as you can read and write
you can do this job.” Said Dave
Daquelente a fifth semester junior ma
joring in psychology. He is also the Ex
ecutive director of the LEB.
If a person is interested in applying for
the position he or she may stop by the
Office of Student Affairs and pick up an
application. The office is located on the
second floor of the Reed Union build
ing. The office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Once all ap-
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"Yes. I plan on doing
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Sunday."
Jennifer Conrad,
ACNTG 01
plications are in, then interviews will be
set up and the best person will be cho-
Should you want to check out the Lion
Entertainment Board before you apply,
they have an office located in the Reed
Union Building, next to the Behrend
Beacon office. Also they meet on
Wednesday nights at 6 pm, for the loca
tion of the meeting check out the web
site: www.clubs.psu.edu/bd/leb/ , be
cause it changes from week to week.
Many of you may not know exactly
what the Lion Entertainment Board does
and how important it is to the people of
Behrend. The LEB is a student organi
zation, of approximately fifty students,
who bring entertainment to the students
of Behrend.
They show movies such as
“Spiderman 2” which is playing Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday this week in
Reed 117. The admission is a dollar for
students. They also put on concerts like
Rob Gonzalez a singer songwriter, and
pianist who is playing Sept. 25. Finally,
they bring in other forms of entertain
ment, such as Wayne Hoffman, a magi
cian. He will be on campus Sept. 24.
If you think that you would enjoy be
ing a part of this group, stop by and pick
up an application, and help entertain the
students of Behrend.