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Docksider's
By Janet Niedenberger
copy editor
An article printed in The Behrend
Beacon has sparked changes at a local
bar. Two weeks ago in the Beacon, an
investigative report entitled, “Behrend
minor served at local bar," was printed.
The article was written after an investi
gation was done to check if any bars
around Erie would card before serving
alcohol or not. Out of the four bars that
were tested, three passed, the Docksider
Tavern did not. Chris Brown, 20, was
served a beer.
To follow up that investigation, a
phone call was again made to the man
ager at Docksider’s. According to said
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According to CIRCLE, the estimated youth turn out jumped from
20 percent in 2002 to 24 percent in 2006, and the 2006 votes does
not yet include the 2006 absentee ballots. The youth turnout could
hit a record high for a midterm election. Research indicates those
high numbers favor democrats. According to CIRCLE, of all the
voters between the ages 18-29. 60 percent voted Democrat and 38
percent voted Republican.
At University Park, the Centre Daily Times reported a higher than
average turnout. The polling place for four student precincts was a
the HUB-Robeson Center. According to the Centre Daily Times, the
turnout rate at the HUB ran between 13 and 16 percent, up from 7.5
percent in the midterm election in 2002. The Centre Daily Times
also reported that Democrats dominated the election. Of the 753
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manager, there had been some slight
changes at the bar.
Both the bartender who served
Brown, as well as one of the security
guards who was supposed to be check
ing I.D.s at the door, were suspended for
one week. The manager also said that if
either of the men serve a minor again,
they will be terminated from their jobs.
“It was all just a fluke," said the man
ager. He said that the two security
guards who were supposed to be check
ing at the door were both doing other
things at the time of the incident. One
was in the bathroom, the other was in a
back room. The manager believes that
the bartender simply assumed that I.D.s
were checked at the door.
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voters who turned out, 256 cast straight-party ballots for the
Democrats. Only 78 cast straight-party ballots for Republicans.
This year’s strong showing at the polls by young voters could set
a voting precedent. One study from Harvard found that this year's
record turnout could signal a trend among young people. "Voters
are habit-forming,” said Harvard researcher Kristen Anderson.
“Once college students get into the habit of going to the polling
place and filling out absentee ballots, it’s going to be a lot easier for
them to do it the second time around.”
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MISC more than just miscellaneous
By Ashley Bressler
assistant news editor
The Media and Instructional Support
Center (MISC) at Penn State Behrend
offers printing and copying needs, along
with audio/visual equipment and support
for professors and students. The MISC
department, located in 075 Kochel, is
primarily used by professors to fulfill
their printing, copying, audio/visual
needs, graphic arts and technical class
room aids, but their services are also
open to students as well. MISC is often
consulted when student organizations are
planning events on Behrend’s campus,
but there has been some debate over the
consistency of their service charges.
Jim Carroll, Manager of MISC, com
mented on the process that students and
student organizations must go through in
order to access their services. “To my
knowledge, any student organization that
wants to have an event has to first go to
the Student Activities Office and fill out
a request form. Student Activities gives
us the form, and if it has a name and con
tact number, we talk with the group to
make sure they are requesting the right
piece of equipment first, then we have to
make sure it is available on the date they
want it,” says Carroll. In many circum-
Behrend prepares for snow season
Last week the Erie area received it's first snow of this
upcoming winter season. If last week’s weather was a taste of
what’s to come for the area, then it looks as though we re in for
a long snowy winter. Meteorologists are predicting more snow
than in a normal winter across the nation, which
they attribute to the presence of El Nino in the
Pacific Ocean.
Penn State Behrend is criss-crossed with student
pathways, roads, and parking lots that must be
plowed and cleared of snow. This task falls on the
shoulders of Behrend's maintenance department.
They are responsible for clearing all paths, build
ing entrances, roads and parking lots on campus.
When asked how prepared they were for last
week's snowfall, Tom Guph, Grounds Foreman,
said, "all equipment except for one plow was
ready to go."
Each morning during the winter, crews begin
clearing snow before the crack of dawn at 5:30
If there is particularly bad weather or some other emer
gency, Police and Safety can call maintenance so they can get
started even earlier. Every year the salt and plow trucks are
given a schedule they follow when plowing and salting.
The schedules give each truck an area of campus and a route
to follow. These are often amended during the year when prob-
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stances, Carroll explained that students
may incorrectly request a piece of equip
ment, request a piece of equipment that
has already been reserved for another
event, or they may request something
that the department does not even offer.
A lot of the negative connotations con
cerning the MISC department deal
directly with these conditions.
The MISC department had planned to
install three podiums in the conference
rooms in the Reed Union Building before
the beginning of the 2006 fall semester,
but due to time constraints, the podiums
have yet to be installed. Once the podi
ums are installed, the need for organiza
tions, departments and professors to go
through the process of reserving and
renting audio/visual equipment will no
longer be necessary. The podiums will
include all the most frequently requested
equipment, making it available to anyone
using the conference rooms. Since there
was an unexpected delay in the installa
tion of the podiums. the MISC depart
ment decided not to charge students or
student organizations for the use of any
audio/visual equipment during the 2006-
2007 school year. "1 understand why
some people are confused by the incon
sistency of our prices. We are in the
process of changing the system, and
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lems arise or if a plow needs to be repaired. While the trucks
plow the parking lots and the newer, wider paths, the older
paths and all building entrances are cleared by hand.
Last year winter was particularly difficult for maintenance
because of the heavy, wet snow the area received. Because this
problem can't be prevented, it is important to remain patient, all
the paths and parking lots will be cleared it just may take more
’’Even though
the campus
speed limit is
15, no one goes
15."
- Grounds Foreman
Tom Guph
plows because often plows are not looking for other cars most
of the time and have huge blind spots on the sides and behind
II during the school year a student notices a recurring prob
lem or safety issue related to snow removal, students should
call Police and Safety.
Friday, November 10, 2006
were delayed by the podiums not getting
in. We felt it wasn't fair to charge for the
A/V equipment because we didn’t keep
up our end of the deal. Next year every
thing should be good to go, and if anyone
wants to use equipment that is not
included in the podiums, there will be a
charge." said Carroll.
There is a standard fee for the setup of
audio/visual equipment, which is $25.00.
Once a member of the MISC staff or a
workstudy student sets up the equipment,
he/she will teach the group how to use it.
Due to the short number of staff mem
bers. if a group requires further assis
tance or wishes to have the staff member
stay to operate the equipment for them,
there is a $32/hour labor fee. Some of the
additional equipment/services that are
available to all students, faculty and staff
members are digital video cameras,
videotaping, microphones, color copy
ing. resume printing, video conferencing,
digital cameras and portable screens. To
access a full list of the equipment and
services available, to fill out a request
form or for any additional information
about the MISC contact Carroll or
Carolyn Brown at 898-6121.
One problem already anticipated with snow
removal this year stems from the completion
of the Research and Engineering Development
Center. More paths, entrances, and parking
lots must be cleared near the REDC, but main
tenance has the same amount of plows as it did
in the past. This means each plow is responsi
ble for a larger area than in past years.
Guph urges students to be cautious once the
weather gets bad, pointing out that "even
though the campus speed limit is 15, no one
goes 15." He thinks this will help students
stay out of ditches and stay on the roads. He
also warned about cars being too close to