BEHREND BEACON
December 4th, 2009
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Ticker
ADAM FRACASSI
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President Obama an
nounced on Tuesday that he
will be authorizing sending
30,000 more troops to the
Afghanistan area... This will
increase troop levels in the
to almost
1 00,000...0bama also an
nounced a timeline for with
drawal says he wants the
war to be over in 3
years...He has come under
fire by many including
John McCain for having
a timeline...Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton
said that the actions of civil
ians are just as important as
the actions by the military...
The Senate opened the
Health Care Debate this
past week... This debate
took to the floor after the
house passed their Health
Care bill by a narrow mar
gin... President Obama
held his first state dinner to
honor Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh...
Sarah Palin's Book
"Going Rogue was Number
One on the NY Times Best
Selling list...Palin has been
traveling around the country
in the past weeks to pro
mote her new book... Many
have called this a plan for
Palin to see how she would
do in the general election in
2012...1n recent polls, she
seems to be the best choice
for the republican party in
2012...0ther candidates on
the poll included Former
Arkansas Governor Mike
Huckabee, Former Mas
sachusetts Governor Mitt
Romney, and Former
House Speaker Newt Gin
grich... Former First
Daughter Chelsea Clin
ton is engaged and set to be
married...lran has contin
ued to defy UN Sanctions
against them and chosen to
continue to build Uranium
Enrichment plants.
On This Day in
History:
October gth
1791: Britain's "Observer"
newspaper was first pub
lished
1918: U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson sailed to
France to attend the Ver
sailled Peace Conference,
becoming the first Chief Ex
ecutive to travel to Europe
while in office.
1945: Senate approved US
participation in The United
Nations
1978: Dianne Feinstein be
came San Francisco's first
Female Mayor.
Huber gunning for congressional seat
ADAM FRACASSI
humanities writc,r
Candidates are already gear
ing up for the 2010 Midterm
Congressional elections where
local business owner Paul
Huber is hoping to unseat the
incumbent Kathy Dahlkemper
in Pennsylvania's third con
gressional district.
According to his website,
Huber was the President and
CEO of Seco/Warwick Corpora
tion, which was a leading
global manufacturing company
based out of Crawford County.
As the Chief Executive, Huber
was responsible for leading the
company and setting the direc
tion for all of the business. He
has had a long history with this
area. He was born and raised
in Meadville, and has been a
lifelong business man.
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And this past Wednesday was
a chance to meet the hopeful
representative. "Wednesday
was a meet and greet for Mr.
Huber," Said President of Col
lege Republi
cans, Brett
Miller. "It was
a chance to get
his face out
there, and a
chance to be
come more
known by
everyone in the
Erie area
Huber is con
sidered to be
the best choice
to challenge
Representative
Dahlkemper in
next year's
elections "
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and greet was held at the Re
publican Head quarters in
downtown Erie. There was free
pop and pizza as well as many
people from the area including
other members
of local Col
lege Republi
cans, Behrend
Alumni, and
former College
Republican
Melanie
Brewer.
As the Presi
dent of College
Republicans, it
was Miller's
job to help
Brewer organ
ize the entire
event, and to
iron out many
of the details
of what would
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be said throughout the night.
"My main responsibility was to
organize support for the event
and to peak the interest of stu
dents on campus," says Miller.
If you were not able to make
it to this past Wednesday's
event, look for upcoming op
portunities to become involved
in next year's election. Last
year's election between Rep.
Phil English and Rep. Kathy
Dahlkemper came down to the
wire and was an extremely
tough campaign, and next
year's campaign and the fol
lowing election are expected to
be no different.
For more information on
Huber, or to become involved
with College Republicans, con
tact President Brett Miller.
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Battle Studies
Campus debate
rescheduled
ALLI HEITZENRATER
humanities writer
The debate between the Col
lege Democrats and the Col
lege Republican has been
rescheduled. The debate was
originally scheduled for this
past Wednesday, and is now
rescheduled for January 21,
2010 at 7:00 pm in Bruno's.
According to Josh Snyder,
President of College Democ
rats, the primary reason the
debate was rescheduled was
because he and Dan Smith,
Vice President of College Re
publicans felt that having the
debate so close to finals week
would negatively affect the
students' performances. "We
felt that we could have a better
event in January then if we
held it so close to finals and
the end of the semester," says
Snyder. .
Both leXthat way for both'
the students involved in the
debate and also those students
interested in attending.
Topics that will be argued at
the debate include controver
sial topics such as the war
in Afghanistan, the economy,
gay and lesbian rights, health
care, guns, abortion and cli
mate change. In addition, the
College Democrats and Col
lege Republicans will also be
taking questions from specta
tors in the audience. Free
food will be available.
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Quote of the Week
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Message From
The Editor:
President Obama this
week announced that more
troops will be sent to fight in
the War in Afghanistan.
Now whether or not you
agree with the war, the deci
sion to send more troops, or
why our troops are over
there in the first place, sup
port them. I recently heard
on the radio that less than
25% of our troops over there
receive mail from their
homes. Especially coming
into the holiday season, now
is one of the best times to
support our troops. Send
them letters, cookies, emails
or whatever else you would
like to. But make sure you
are there for them. Because
as more are leaving, they
need our support more than
ever. Have a safe and happy
holiday season.
ADAM FRACASSI
Humanities and Social