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Behrend Briefs
Pascal Loubet to speak
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences in conjunction
with the Global Fund are sponsoring freelance writer, novelist,
magazine editor and multi-media artist Pascal Loubet. Loubet
will hold and open forum to discuss how to turn a Penn State Erie
degree in English or Communications into an exciting and suc
cessful career.
Allegheny State Park Trip
The Outdoors Club and the Cycling Club are sponsoring a trip
toAllegheny State Park Trip. The trip will consist of hiking, bik
ing, roller blading and walking. Interested students can sign up at
the RUB desk. 20 free rental bikes are available on a first come,
first serve basis. Transportation will be through carpooling and
students are encouraged to bring their own picnic lunch.
Independent Student Film Festival
On April 11 at 8 p.m. in Reed 117 Screen Visions Film Club will
be holding an independent film festival. Behrend students have
submitted short films that will be screened for an audience of their
peers. Admission is free and all students are enouraged to attend.
Classifieds
Addressers wanted immediately!
No experience necessary. Work at home.
"Man's capacity for justice makes democrac
possible, but man's inclination to injustice
makes democracy necessary."
Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian
(1892-1971)
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Corrections: Last week in the article "Volunteers needed for
Battle" it was printed that SGA is sponsoring the Battle of the
Bands. In actuality, the LEB is sponsoring the event.
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On April 7, the Marcus Roberts Trio performed at noon in the Reed Union Building. The program was part of the Music
at Noon: The Logan Wintergarden Series. The group took historical jazz selections and added a twist of improvisation to
modernize the sound.
The walkway from Studio Theatre to Reed Union Building was covered in snow Sunday. The early spring snow storm
dumped more than 2 feet of snow in some parts of Erie County.
Nittany name comes from Shoemaker
By Amanda Charney
contributing writer
When Penn State opened in the mid
1800 s, it did not have the snazzy
Nittany Lion shrine and mascot that
make up our institution's most notice
able icons; it had the term "Nittany" but
not the symbols.
First of all, what does "Nittany,"
mean? The popular myth behind the
meaning is that it is derived from
Princess Nita-nee, a member of the
Native American tribes who once lived
in central Pennsylvania.
However, Princess Nita-nee was
"invented" by author and publisher
Henry W. Shoemaker and has no basis
what-so-ever in fact. He attributed the
tale to "an aged Seneca Indian named
Isaac Steele." Shoemaker, a well
known Pennsylvania folklorist, later
admitted that both Steele and Nita-nee
were "purely fictitious."
The truth behind it is that the word
"Nittany" was taken from a Native
American term meaning "single moun
tain." A number of Algonquian-speak
ing tribes inhabiting central
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Pennsylvania applied this description
to the mountain that separates Penns
Valley and Nittany Valley, overlooking
what is today the community of State
College and Penn State's University
Park campus
The first white settlers in the 1700 s
adopted this term, or a distortion of it,
when they named that mountain,
Mount Nittany or Nittany Mountain
and so by the time the first students
were admitted in 1859, the word
"Nittany" was already in use.
The use of the Nittany Lion as a mas
cot began at a baseball game against
Princeton in 1904. Prior to the game,
the Penn State team was shown a statue
of Princeton's famous Bengal tiger as
an indication of the merciless treatment
they could expect to encounter on the
field.
With some quick wit, player Harrison
D. "Joe" Mason (1907 graduate) fabri
cated a story about the Nittany Lion,
"fiercest beast of them all," who could
overcome even the tiger.
Filled with inspiration, the team
defeated Princeton that day; and over
the next few years, Mason's "Nittany
Lion" won such widespread support
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among students, alumni and fans that
there was never any official vote on its
adoption.
Our Nittany Lion is no more than a
plain mountain lion, a creature that
roamed central Pennsylvania until the
1880 s. It is also called a cougar, puma
or panther.
By attaching the prefix "Nittany" to
this beast, Mason gave Penn State a
unique symbol that no other college or
university could claim. 43 people at
University Park have proudly donned
the Nittany Lion mascot costume from
approximately 1921 to the present.
The first Nittany Lion shrine was a
gift from the Class of 1940. Sculpted
by Heinz Wameke, the crouching, pow
erful figure was carved from a large
block of Indiana limestone and present
ed to Penn State in 1942. The
University Park lion is located near the
Recreation Building on the University
Park campus. It is said to be the most
photographed site on the campus.
Our lion currently resides near the
main entrance to the Junker Center,
with its final destination being located
near the RED-C and the Smith Chapel.
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