THE BEHREND BEACON
Friday, September 29, 2006
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Local businesses now support Lion Cash for Behrend students
By Lenny Smith
staff writer
Penn State Behrend and Scott Enterprises are work
ing together to expand the reach of Lion Cash.
Beginning soon, students will have the option to use
their Lion Cash at several businesses owned by Scott
Enterprises.
Scott Enterprises owns a vast amount of the business
es in the Erie area. Students will soon have the oppor
tunity to use their Lion Cash at Quaker Steak and Lube
on Peach Street, Applebees on Buffalo Road, Boston’s
Gourmet Pizza and Splash Lagoon, both on Peach
Street. These Lion Cash capable locations join other
locations that include the Sheetz, UPS Store, and
Quizno's Subs, all on Buffalo Road.
Behrend students can now take advantage of this new
opportunity, as well as Scott Enterprises. Marketing
Manager, Jennifer Pulver, stated, ‘We are bringing our
relationship with Penn State to a new level and allow
ing the students to experience the best restaurants and
Splash Lagoon, an exciting entertainment venue.”
President of the Student Government Association
(SGA) Meredith Straub believes that this new develop
ment will bring lots of benefits to the students. “I’m
very excited to see this new development,” she says.
"The Behrend campus isn’t really near a lot of business
es and this will give students the opportunity to eat at a
sit down restaurant while still using their Penn State
money.”
Students say that convenience is one of the biggest
benefits of the alliance. “I’m excited about it because
you don’t have to carry cash to these places and have to
worry about it. It’s really convenient,” freshman
Melanie Fuhr said.
Photo project remembering Katrina
Weber (left), and Heintz (right) are in charge of the Picture Project which
is dedicated to the remembrance of the Hurricane Katrina.
By Miranda Krause
copy editor
A project that began to restore
memories during Hurricane Katrina
became a heart-warming and inspir
ing act of kindness that reaches out
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to the hurricane victims as well as
many others. The Picture Project,
started by Sue Weber, Dennis
Heintz, and Karla Anderson of Erie
has restored many pictures for
Hurricane Katrina victims, but has
made one family in particular very
thankful for the cause.
The idea for the Picture Project
began when Weber, Picture Project
Behrend student involved in
accident, police investigating
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By Chris LaFuria
news editor
Police are investigating an acci
dent that occurred late Sunday
night, Sept. 24, shortly after 10 p.m.
Behrend sophomore Shane Miller,
19, was traveling eastbound on East
38th Street when his vehicle was
struck on the driver side. The other
vehicle was headed south on
Davison Street when he ran a red
light, striking Miller. Miller’s car
was forced completely off the road
and onto the curb of Family Video
After the collision, Miller, who
sustained minor injuries, escaped
through his passenger side. After
witnessing the damages to the other
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Freshman Shane Amsler agrees, saying, “It’s a great
idea especially because almost all the stores in State
College accept it [LionCash] and plus it’s your parents’
money.”
Although students are generally excited about the
expansion of Lion Cash, some say it will not affect how
much they eat off campus. Freshman Jenny Schwab
said, “I probably won’t eat there more often because it’s
not part of my mean plan.” Fuhr and Amsler agree that
it won’t affect how much they leave campus because
they don’t have a form of transportation.
With the assistance of the SGA, Scott Enterprises will
coordinate several promotions on campus. The first
promotion that they are working on is a ten percent dis
count at the participating locations throughout the
month of October. Also, at different SGA sponsored
activities throughout the year, discount cards donated
by the participating restaurants will be handed out to
those people who are participating.
Director of Student Activities Kris Torok said, “They
really showed an interest in helping us with different
activities like Senior Week and alcohol awareness. It’s
a win-win situation. We are getting discounts and it’s
not costing us anything.”
Straub added, “I enjoy seeing our campus being part
nered with local businesses, it brings pride to the
school.”
Students would also like to see Lion Cash accepted at
other establishments in the Erie area. The most com
mon responses included the Millcreek Mall, tanning
salons, and Wal-Mart. However, students will have to
wait for these changes while they find use in the newest
edition to Penn State Lion Cash.
coordinator, heard Ann Weiss speak
about the effort she made to return
the pictures she had found at the
Auschwitz-Berkinau concentration
camp while on a tour in 1986. After
gaining control of these precious
photographs Weiss made every
effort to return them to the families
and the survivors. Weber then con
tacted Karla Anderson and she, as
well as Heintz, formed the idea of
the Picture Project, with the main
point to “Salvage Memories One
Print at a Time,” according the web
site. Afterwards, dozens of calls
were made and WJET TV 24, United
Van Lines, Kodak, and Wal-Mart got
Thomas Beck
involved.
Weber Heintz and Anderson made
multiple trips to Biloxi, Mississippi
about four weeks after Hurricane
Katrina struck to begin setting up the
organization. Then the weekend
before Thanksgiving, more trips
were made to place boxes at local
Wal-Marts labeled with two signs.
One sign explained the project and
another asked people to write the zip
code of the location in which the
photographs were found.
driver’s car, Miller went to deter
mine the level of severity. When
help arrived, the other driver, name
unavailable, took off, attempting to
flee the scene. When a passerby
witnessed the other driver fleeing,
he immediately and forcefully
returned him to the scene of the
accident.
Erie police and paramedics pro
vided aid to the injured parties. The
driver was rushed to Hamot
Hospital to be treated for his
injuries. Police are awaiting the
results of a Blood Alcohol Content
Test to see if alcohol was a factor in
the accident. Read the Beacon next
week, as more coverage of the acci
dent will follow.
the game.
Blasic’s target was Jon
Alquist. To eliminate her tar
get she could use a Nerf gun,
water gun, or her bare hands
if she gets the drop on him.
She used the Internet to find
out that he lived in Perry Hall
and decided to strike immedi
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Splash Lagoon, located on Upper Peach Street, is one of the Scott Enterprised businesses that
are now accepting LiocCash as a method of paymet. Many other businesses are joining in.
KAOS spreading on campus
By Jerry Pohl
staff writer
When Gamer's Club
President Mallory Blasic
signed up to be a player in her
elub's own game at Club
Rush, she had no idea of the
adventure she was about to
have. The game is one of
stalking, paranoia and killing,
and its players know it as
KAOS: Killing As Organized
Sport.
The game is organized by
the Gamers Club, and is open
to the whole campus. Each
player of the game is given a
target with only a name and a
picture. From this information
they must stalk and kill their
prey, before they are killed by
their assassin. Those who
think the game is easy will be
surprised at the crafty moves
required for success, as an ini
tially overconfident Blasic
found out on the first day of
Alquist was not home dur-
Blasic (left) and Alquist (right) fight their epic battle as Alquist's friends talk casually. Blasic's
assassin's hand can be seen behind her. Kaos is a new game that is spreading on campus.
ing this first visit, hut when he
returned the message "elimi
nation is nigh" was scrawled
on his marker board. Blasie
returned to his room again
that night. A new message
appeared on the marker
board: “I know what you look
like.” She noticed several
men patrolling the hall with
Nerf guns. Alquist's door
opened and there he stood,
ready to fire on the ambushed
Blasic.
She ran down the hall look
ing for any reprieve from the
soldiers on her heels.
Rounding a corner, she saw
an open door and rushed in
heedlessly. She was relieved
to find it was the room of her
friend Dave Exler. She hid
under the bed and listened as
the troops were told no one
was hiding in the room. With
the help of friends Blasic
escaped Perry Hall that night.
After days of unsuccessful
attempts to kill Alquist after
his classes, Blasic's friend
Mike Schumacher convinced
her to again take the fight to
Perry. With Schumacher's
encouragement, Blasic
attempted the risky stratagem
of confronting Alquist on his
home turf, his room.
In the end. Blasic shot
Alquist in the arm, and he
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honorably accepted his
defeat. Reminiscing on the
adventure, Schumacher
remarked, "This story was
pretty good. You know what it
needs'.' A plot twist." He then
aimed his Nerf gun and shot
Blasie, having been her assas
sin the entire time.
Blasic dropped to her knees
in anguish. She was out of the
game, mere minutes after
felling her first target.
Schumacher explained his
strategy: "1 figure if 1 let her
kill him then that's one less
person 1 have to worry about,
then I can get her when her
guard's d0wn...1 was taking
huge risks by letting her live a
second longer. She could have
gotten suspicious and stabbed
me and it would have been
over. I had to make sure the
deed was done and get out
quick.”
Schumacher will now be
given a new target by
Logistics, the mysterious
coordinator of KAOS. The
game will continue until only
one remains, then accolades
will be awarded and a new
round with more players will
begin. Anyone interested in
playing the next round can
contact Logistics at:
kaoslogistics@gmail.com.
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