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"Dan Perritano kind of said to me you
know listen you got a chance to go for it.
Go talk to Brian Streeter. I spoke to Brian
about it. I didn't think it'd be so easy for
me to jump into it," said Mudd.
While being a part of the Behrend
men's team he compiled a record of 18-
5-2 and an ECAC championship. He had
a feeling he fit. His familiarity with the
program and knowing the girls from
traveling with them during away games
helped him out. Since the position is on
a one yeldrbasis, he felt it all was a great
spin off.
"This was just too good of an opportu
nity to turn down. Part of me, after I got
my undergrad wanted to return home
give it a last shot of trying to turn pro,"
New "bongoball" event at Behrend draws crowds
A satisfying turn out of students participated in Bongoball, a game of paintball played with NERF guns
Archie Loss on medical leave
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When the School of Humanities
and Social Sciences learned that
Archie Loss would be on medical
leave for the rest of the semester, "a
number of faculty members were
approached [to fill his position],"
says William McLean, including
himself.
"All these faculty members have
the necessary skills and educational
background to teach those classes,"
says Richard Aquila, the Director of
the School of Humanities and So
cial Sciences.
Loss's ENGL 434 class was taken
over by Dean Baldwin, who also
teaches The Short Story, James
Joyce, and Senior Thesis in English.
His "Effective Speech: Business
Writing" class was taken over by Dr.
Warren, who also teaches "Rhetoric
and Composition," "The Editorial
Process," "Advanced Technical
Writing and Editing," "Business or
Technical Writing Practicum," and
"Senior Thesis in English."
Loss is most likely best known for
his American Popular Culture and
Folklife class, for which he wrote
the one of the required textbooks,
Pop Dreams: Music, Movies, and
the Media in the 19605. This course
landed in the hands of McLean,
who also teaches communication
and rhetoric courses, three sections
of Effective Speech, and one sec
tion of Persuasion and Propaganda.
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said Mudd. "But I put feelers out, but
nothing really turned out of it. The assist
coach of the men's cropped up and then
this was a spin off."
With the new title under his belt Mudd
has goals in mind, and the girls are his
first priority.
"Obviously, being a first year coach I
want to do well for me, but also do well
for the women and for Patrick," said
Mudd. "My goal is to get to the NCAA
and goes as far as you can it. At the same
time I want to be realistic I don't want to
come in thinking first year head coach
the NCAA is easy."
During the spring season Mudd plans
on building a positive atmosphere with
his team and a strong relationship. He re
alized some girls have been coached by
O'Driscoll for three years and the transi
tion will be difficult. "I feel like as much
as my job is to coach them on the field
and do all that kind of stuff but also to
build a relationship," Mudd said.
in Erie Hall on Saturday, Jan. 30.
According to McLean, he chose
to step in for Loss because of the
need of the department and his
"abiding obsession of all things
rock n' roll and pop culture in gen
eral. It's an ongoing professional
point of interest," he said.
Archie Loss will he on medical leave
for the rest of the semester.
In addition to McLean, six or
seven additional faculty members
also agreed to give guest lectures in
the class, according to Aquila.
"The thing that makes his ab
sence so keenly felt is that this
course is his 'baby,' he has poured
so much into it. It's his craft,"
McLean says. "I cannot
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National Black H
While February often brings to
mind candy hearts, red roses and
stuffed teddy bears, it is important
to put aside time to recognize and
celebrate this month as National
Black History Month.
Here at Penn State Behrend, there
are many scheduled events to en
sure that one does just that.
The Multi-Cultural Council (MCC)
has created a unique version of The
Game of LIFE to be played in cele
bration of National Black History
Month.
The game is based on African
American history throughout the
ages. The council plans on playing
replace him. I can only succeed him
temporarily until he is with us once
again. I'm not about to second
guess Dr. Loss."
McLean's main concern is "trying
to satisfy the high expectations that
students have."
Zack Tolles, a junior majoring in
creative writing, is currently a dis
cussion leader in American Popular
Culture and Folklife. Of Loss's ab
sence, he says. "It was really unex
pected We weren't prepared for it.
No one saw it coming. It gave the
class kind of a rocky start." Of
Loss's teaching style, he says, "I
like that he uses a lot of music. It
was really obvious that he knew
what he was talking about."
"Everyone misses Dr. Loss,"
Aquila says. "He is an excellent
professor who is hard to replace, as
evidenced by all of the faculty
members needed to fill in for him.
That's why both his colleagues and
students can't wait to see him back
in the class room."
According to Aquila, if instruc
tors had not volunteered to tem
porarily replace Loss, the courses
would have been cancelled, result
ing in many problems for students.
Aquila says that he is "confident
that he will be back teaching his
courses by next semester."
"We wish Dr. Loss all the best as
he deals with this medical chal
lenge," McLean says.
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AMBER MILLER
staff writer
ERIC PEIRCE
For most Behrend students,
the childhood memory of play
ing war against friends with the
newest and biggest version of
the gun still lingers.
After the many years of
growing up, there was a switch
from the soft dart to the high
intensity game of paintball. But
what would happen if these two
pastimes were to meet each
other? Bongoball would be the
result.
Bongoball, a relatively new
fast-paced game, combines the
power of CO2 from paintball
with NERF footballs, and did I
forget to mention there's a
bazooka involved?
For a large crowd of Behrend
students, they got to see and
experience firsthand what Bon
goball was really about Jan. 30
down in Erie Hall.
Instead of just a regular bas
ketball court, students were
greeted by an array of inflat
able bunkers and a whole mess
of NERF footballs.
The game is simple: Tag
members of the opposing team,
by either firing NERF footballs
(which scattered around the
arena), or using a CO2 pow
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Thirteen students were stuck after cramming into the outdoor elevator near Senat Haft.
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istory Month events
this game on Thursday Feb. 11 at
6:00 p.m. in the MCC suite. Anyone
interested in playing may join the
festivities.
Another event planned in honor of
this month is a special showing of
the film, Oh Serafina.
This Broadway musical debuted
on Jan. 28, 1988 and was trans
formed into a Tony award winning
film in Sept. 1992.
This movie illustrates the lives of
students involved in the Soweto
Riots of South Africa in 1976. The
Organization of African and
Caribbean Students (OACS) will be
sponsoring this event. Show times
have yet to be determined.
Finally, during the last week of
February, the National Society of
ered bazooka at your opponent,
all done while avoiding getting
hit yourself. Face masks and
protective uniforms are pro
vided and required while on the
court.
ctall vritut
Only rules? Avoid head and
groin shots, keep your equip
ment on until the match is over,
and try not to hit the ref (or
anyone else in the crowd).
At the beginning there were
already teams ready to go, one
of the team members including
Jake Sherk, a sophomore ma
joring in electrical engineering
said, "going in, I thought get
ting shot at with NERF foot
balls would hurt more, but it
didn't with the protective gear
on."
Not only were players told to
watch for flying objects but the
audience isn't advised to just sit
back and relax. During the
game Rogue NERF footballs
flying and bouncing into the
crowd, but no injuries oc
curred.
Freshman Clay Altemose and
John Kelley, both engineering
majors, weren't very sure about
the game either.
"I didn't know what to ex
pect," Altemose said, "but it
turned out to be pretty sweet.
Everyone, including the people
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Black Engineers (NSBE) is hoping
to host a Black History Scavenger
Hunt. This event is to be held in the
various offices of the Reed Building,
and may even branch out to other
areas of campus.
"Student will have to figure out
black history riddles in order to re
ceive clues," describes Samirah Git
tens, NSBE's Chapter President.
"We are hoping to award the win
ners with gift cards." Sponsorship
for this program will come from the
NSBE and SAE
Keep reading the latest editions of
The Behrend Beacon for updates on
the events mentioned here, along
with new celebratory programs in
honor of National Black History
Month.
just watching, were having
fun."
When Kelley thought of Bon
goball he wasn't thinking the
idea of the game.
"All we knew was that we
were going to play something
like paintball, and it turned out
to be awesome."
When asked how Bongoball
made its way to junior Andrew
Vorais said, "well we wanted to
do something with paintball.
But paintball was too messy.
"Then we looked online and
saw that this was going on
across the nation at colleges,
and it was a big hit everywhere
it happened."
Vorais is also a member that
arranged the event.
Big hit indeed: At one point
over 140 students were waiting
in line for chance at the sport.
So will Bongo Ball ever grace
Behrend again? "Definitely,"
said Vorais.
"With the great attendance
that we got, I'm sure will have
this event in the future, and
hopefully in Junker."
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