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Res Life breaks college-life stereotypes
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An organization at Behrend,
put together by Residence Life
at Behrend, is seeking to fight
many of the stereotypes that
come along with college: party
ing with alcohol, binge drink
ing, and drug use.
PSBeSmart, organized by
Minisica Morris, a graduate as
sistant with Residence Life, is
seeking to gather students who
have an alcohol-free lifestyle.
"The group is important be
cause we want to hear what stu
dents' interests, concerns, and
experiences have been," said
Meeghan Hollis, Assistant Di
rector of Residence Life. "Some
times it's difficult to find others
that share the same goals, inter
ests, and beliefs that you do.
"We've found that students
who choose not to participate in
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the 'party scene' sometimes feel
left out, or feel that they aren't
getting the college experience
they wanted."
It was for those students, said
Hollis, that PSBeSMART was
formed. The group provides an
outlet and networking resource
for students who prefer to avoid
drugs and alcohol.
"It's easy for people to feel
like everyone is making the
choice to drink or get high, but
it's not the case," said Hollis.
"We want to support a group
that allows students to have fun
and feel comfortable knowing
that their peers will respect and
support their choices."
Traditionally, the group has
consisted of faculty and staff
with some student involvement.
However, this year, Residence
Life is hoping to boost student
involvement in the organization.
Already, 32 students have
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Famous military crafts
and demonstration teams
such as F/A-18F Super
Hornet, B-2 Spirit fly-by,
ACC Fl5-E Strike Eagle,
The Golden Knights, and
the Thunderbirds.
The show attracted vast
numbers of people on both
days, not only from Pitts
burgh, but from all over
the nation.
cohol Fact
re money is spent promoting alcohol each year than any other
product? In all of this advertizing you never see this one fact : alcohol is a drug.
It is the most widely used and commonly abused psychoactive drug in the world.
signed up to participate in the
group at Club Rush. Hollis said
that this will help ensure that
the group has a student voice.
PSBeSmart plans to provide
information and education
about alcohol and other drug
use and the impact that it has on
the community, Hollis said.
They will be participating in
National Collegiate Alcohol
Awareness Week during the
week of Oct. 17 through 23.
They will be hosting informa
tional tables, co-sponsoring stu
dent events that week, and
inviting a speaker to discuss the
real-life impact that a DUI can
have on an individual, their fam
ily, and their friends. -
Interested student, ould
contact Minisica M . at
mem3Bo«i psu.edu, or c • out
the group during one of their
October functions.
"I have never been so
nervous for a performance
in my entire life," said
Chovan. "The thrill of
singing in front of 100,000
people is something that is
really indescribable. All
that was running through
my head was 'don't mess
up.' On top of the nerves, I
was humbled to be able to
perform at such an event."
Bilz added, "It never re
ally hit me until the ap
plause started. Weeks and
laborate a student and fac-
Fine Art s u d , i t s y cu ta s s s k w f .a o y rc s e t ,
o w d h i i v c e h r w s
if il y l
curriculum and leave the
"disciplinary silos" (Chris
tianson) within which ed
ucators seem to remain.
"Innovative curricular
ideas that would push for
ward fine arts might also
bring us new students and
attract a benefactor (for
the project)." says Chris
tianson. "We will then
build the institutions that
we need to meet our mis
sion to continue to grow."
As University Park is on
a five-year budget plan, t
the construction of the
fine-arts center will be de
layed at least until then. It
is to be built between the
Junker Center and Jordan
Road.
center
plans for
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The capital funding for
such a project is required
to go through University
Park, who places the
bonding limits upon budg
ets. In order to fully fund
it, benefactors will most
likely be needed to reach
the thirty million dollar es
timate.
Dr. Christianson ex
pressed his desire to col
weeks of anticipation built
up for something that
lasted a minute and a half.
It was especially nerve
wracking knowing that we
were to sing our nation's
anthem on Sept. 11. We
must have done something
right however, as we have
already been invited back
for next year's show."
While attending the
show the students were ac
quainted with such accred
ited figures as "The Air
TOBY KELLER
The Dobbins Dining Hall and
Gazebo has undergone immense
renovations in the last six months
and is scheduled to be completed
by the end of September.
The facility, which was partially
destroyed in a fire in March, has
been undergoing work since Au
gust of 2009. Alanson Vogan, the
Assistant Director of Housing and
Food Services, marveled at the
near completion.
"When the fire happened, virtu
ally none of the work that had
been accomplished to that point
was lost," he said, "but the scope
of necessary work ballooned ex
ponentially. This meant that the
architects, contractors, and Penn
State had to take unprecedented
measures to not only complete the
job in time for the 2010;11 aca
demic year opening, but we had to
virtually overnight come up with a
plan and execute it to finish out
the 2009/2010 academic year.
"Only with the unfailing support
of upper level Housing and Food
Service management at University
Park, our HFS Purchasing depart
ment, Physical Plant, and The
Behrend Campus administration
were we able to meet this chal
lenge."
Boss", who directs the op
erations at the air show,
Colonel Elwell, the base
commander, Colonel Pen
nington, the incoming base
commander, and even "Ice
berg", the Pittsburgh Pen
guin's mascot.
Behrend, kind to
our fine-feathered
friends
CAROLYN ZAFFINO
Do you want to help make
Penn State more animal
friendly? There is a way.
Students can sign the peti
tion to have Housing and
Food Services only buy eggs
from free range chickens, as
opposed to caged chickens.
Over 6,000 people have
backed the cause, many cit
ing the "cruelties" behind the
treatment of the flightless
birds.
According to the website,
the chickens live in "massive
warehouses where hens are
confined to cages so small
they cannot spread their
wings and can barely turn
around." The page further
explains that the farms are
filthy and the cage eggs run
a higher risk of salmonella
contamination. There are or
ganizations that are encour
aging a ban on battery cages
and promoting cage-free
eggs to "protect human
health."
Penn State is promoting
the idea of going green when
it comes to recycling paper,
BEHREND BEACON
September 17, 2010
www.thebehrendbeacon.com
Dobbins will house a variety of
new attractions including multiple
made-to-order venues, a greater
variety of food choices including
"two Omelet stations operating si
multaneously, a more efficient
wok station with two rice options,
lunch and dinner stations for both
pasta and deli," said Vogan. It will
also have "the proper facilities to
offer a carved meat in the Home
style area for sandwiches and
seating for 125 additional people,"
he said.
Mike Lindner, Director of Hous
ing and Food Services, said that
there was a "silver lining" to find
from the March fire.
"Instead of an overhauled old
dining hall, we have a brand new
gazebo," he said,
It has not been easy, however.
"With such a small window,
those committed to the comple
tion of the project have had to
work very diligently," Vogan said.
"To overcome all this was a mon
umental undertaking by all the
parties involved and was only ac
complished by very close and con
stant communication."
While students are now allowed
access to the Dining Hall, there is
still some work to be finished up
in the remainder of the month.
Corrections:
1.) A front page article ti
tled "Ernie earns the spot
light" (9-10-10) had a
mistype as the result of an
editing error. Sue Daley, Di
rector of Personal Counsel
ing, had a quote cut off that
was intended to read: "We
brought them into the lab
just to get some footage of
what it'd look like when we
do outreach activities. The
professor was perfectly
okay with us taking over
his class for 45 minutes.
Then we went to a dorm -
we had an RA that brought
us to a student's room and
we did some filming in
there."
2.)A World brief article in
correctly counted voted of
a EU resolution condemn
ing French deportation of
Romas. The article "EU
Condemns France deporta
tion" (9-10-10) said that the
vote was 337 for and 736
against. As there are only
736 MEPs in the European
Parliament, this count is
obviously wrong. The true
count was 337 for, and 245
against.
plastic, and glass as well as
making sure students refrain
from littering. It seems like
the next step should be to
help the environment by end
ing the pollution that comes
from the large amounts of
caged chickens. The dis
eases that come from the
chickens being crammed into
small cages can spread into
the ground and affect the
well water people drink. It
also can kill any plants that
may be growing near or
around the farm.
Hundreds of other univer
sities have already made the
switch, including Arkansas,
California, Connecticut,
lowa, Maine, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, and vari
ous other state colleges; as
well as numerous Big Ten
schools. Nearly 6,000 Penn
State students agree.
The petition can be seen on
www.cagefreepennstate.com.
It takes roughly ten seconds
to type in one's information
and bring PSU one step
closer to being a greener and
cage-free university.