26 Thurs
• Intervarsity Christian Fellowship meeting,
7-9 pm, Reed 114
• Astronomy Open House, "The Clouds of
Jupiter," 7:3opm, 101 Science
• SPC Movie: "The Devil's Advocate" 10pm
2 Mon
• Career Development Center- "How to
Prepare for a Career Fair," 7-Bpm, Reed 3
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Events
What really goes on in the thick lay
ers of colorful clouds that cover Ju
piter, the Giant Planet? Dr. Roger M.
Knacke, director of the School of Sci
ence at Behrend will explore that
question in "The Clouds of Jupiter"
on Thursday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m.
His presentation, which takes place
in Room 101 of the Science Build
ing, is the fourth of the 1997-98 Open
House Nights in Astronomy Series.
Weather Permitting, the observing
portion of The Open House will "fo-
Notices
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
meetings 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb
ruary 26 and Thursday, March 5,
Reed 114.
Student Government Association
open forum 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 4, Reed 114.
Trigon meeting, Tuesday, March 3,
5:00-6:00pm. For location, call
x 6030, stop by the Trigon office in
the MRC, or email
trigon@writeme.com.
The Career Development Center will
be holding workshops about "How
to Prepare for a Career Fair" on Mon
day, March 3 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
in Reed 3 and "Job Searching on the
Web" from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Reed
117. Contact the C.D.C. for more
information at 898-6164.
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Orion Nebula, and attempts will be
made to find Periodic Comet 55P/
Tempel-Tuttle. This comet is the
source of the annual Leonid Meteor
Shower with a period of 33 years.
Also, during the day on February 26,
a special filter will be fitted on the
Newtonian telescope in the observa
tory, behind the Science Building, to
observe the partial solar eclipse. This
will be open to students, faculty and
staff from 12:00pm to 2:oopm to ob
serve this momentous event. The
observing portion of The Open House
and the Eclipse is hosted by The As
tronomy Club and The Society of
tion from the Financial Aid Office or
call 898-6162 for more information.
Deadlines for the applicatioaate EEL
day, February 27, 1998.
New Allergy Injection Policy - Any
student needing allergy injections is
encouraged to call the Health and
Wellness Center at 898-6217 to make
an appointment. Students no longer
need to be on maintenance injections
to have the service provided.
A limited supply of meningitis vac
cine is available at the Health and
Wellness Center. Vaccine will be
given on a first-come, first-serve ba
sis. Please call the Health and
Wellness Center at 898-6217.
Any student can participate in the
Penn State-Behrend/Diehl Elemen
tary Adopt-A-School for one or more
semesters. Tutors must commit
themselves to tutoring at least once
per week. After school tutors are
needed from 2:30-3:40 p.m. on Tues
days and Thursdays with transporta
tion provided from the Reed Lot. In
school tutors who can provide their
Calendar of Events
2 7Fri
• Bruno's: University Honey- Music, B:3opm
• 30 Hour Famine
• SPC Movie: "The Devil's Advocate" 10pm
3 Tu es
• Career Development Center- "Job
Searching on the Web," 7-Bpm, Reed 117
Physics Students
Forty students at Behrend will go
without food for thirty hours from
Friday, February 27 to Saturday, Feb
ruary 28 to raise funds to help fight
world hunger. Those participating in
the Thirty-Hour Famine, which is
sponsored by the Penn State-Behrend
Newman Association, will join thou
sands around the world in an effort
coordinated by World Vision, a Chris
tian relief and development organi
zation with over 5,200 projects in one
hundred nations. Participants are ask
ing friends and family to sponsor
them as they fast to identify with the
own transportation are welcome to
sign up for one hour Monday through
Thursday from 9:00-11:00 a.m. or
12:30-2:30 p.m. No prior experience
is necessary and all majors are wel
come. You will he working with chil
dren kindergarten through grade six.
Applications are available in the Of
fice of Student Activities.
Supplemental instruction, weekly re
view sessions with a student tutor, are
available for the following courses:
Econ 002: Monday and Wednesday,
2:00-3:00 p.m., 206 Turnbull; Thurs
day, 5:00-6:00 p.m., 117 Science
Acctg 211: Monday, Wednesday,
2:00-3:00 p.m., 57 Academic; Friday,
12:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 57 Academic
Chem 012: Monday, 2:00-3:00 p.m.,
40 Hammermill; Wednesday, 11:00
a.m.-12:00 p.m., 40 Hammermill;
Thursday, 1:00-2:00 p.m., 126 Sci
ence
Phys 201: Tuesday, 10:00-11:00 a.m.,
40 Hammermill; Wednesday, 4:00-
5:00 p.m., 43 Academic; Thursday,
7:00-8:00 p.m., 41 Academic
Econ 004: Sunday, 5:00-6:00 p.m.,41
Academic; Tuesday, 11:00 a.m.-
Calendar
28Sat
• Bruno's: Leighan Lord- Comedy, B:3opm
• 30 Hour Famine
• SPC Movie: "The Devil's Advocate" 10pm
4 Wed
• S.G.A. open forum, Reed 114, s:3opm
hungry. During their fast they will
view videos and participate in spe
cial events that demonstrate hunger
and explore ways to help those in
need. In 1997 more than 300,000
young people raised $4 million to
fight poverty around the world. Last
year Penn State-Behrend students
raised $1,500, and this year they hope
to raise more. "This is a great way
for all of us to do something about
the problem of hunger around the
world," said Scott Sloka, a senior
management information systems
major from Canonsburg. Sloka is vice
president of the Penn State-Behrend
Newman Association and will handle
12:00 p.m., 55 Academic; Wednes
day, 5:30-6:30 p.m., 40 HammeiTniP
Drop-in tutoring is available lor writ
ing and math at:
The Learning Assistance Center, 203
Library and the Math Lab, 131 Sci-
once.
Call the L.A.C. at 898-6014 with
questions
The Computer Center has made tu
torials accessible from any PC con
nected to the network. Tutorials in
cluded are Windows NT 4, Word 97,
and Excel 97. Tentatively, the tuto
rials for Powerpoint and the Access
database will he available from the
vendor later this semester. To use the
tutorials in the lab, click on the Start
button and then select the following
items from the cascading menus:
Programs/Utilities & Tutorials/
Learnt Tutorials. It is recommended
that new users select the tutorial les
son, Using Learnlt Interactive Train
ing, to get acquainted with the
tutorial's navigation tools. If there
are any questions concerning the use
of the tutorials, the student consult-
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logistics for the local participants.
"This will he the third year Penn
State-Behrend students have made a
difference in people's lives," noted
Michelle Kladny, a senior history
major and president of the Penn State-
Behrend Newman Association. As
part of the Thirty-Hour Famine, lo
cal participants will take part in a ser
vice project that meets the needs of
children in the Erie community. Stu
dents will break their fast on Satur
day, February 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Old Country Buffet in Summit Towne
Square, where the restaurant has do
nated dinner for each of the forty stu
dents who will participate in the
ants are available for assistance
Interested in seeing the widely ac
claimed performance of Phantom of
the Opera? The Honors Program has
arranged a trip to Toronto, Canada on
April 4-5, 1998 (a Saturday and Sun
day). The cost of the trip is $133.00.
This price includes tickets to see
Phantom of the Opera, bus transpor
tation and the cost of a hotel room.
The hotel is directly behind the the
atre and two people will be assigned
to each room. We will be leaving on
Saturday morning and returning to
Behrend Sunday afternoon. The per
formance is Saturday evening. A de
posit of $75.00 is due by February
15, 1998 and the balance will he due
on March 10, 1998.
If interested, please RSVP to Heather
by email ing to hi! 1 Io@psu.edu.
The John F. Kennedy Center, located
at 2021 East 20th St., is looking for
volunteer tutors for their after-school
program. In particular, they need
help on Monday and Wednesday be
tween 3:00 - s:oopm. You can com
mit to justone hour. The JFK Center
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ISun
• SPC Movie: "The Devil's Advocate"
9pm
s Thurs
• Feminist Scholar: Alda Blanco, "The
New Spain, The New Woman," Reed
117, 7pm
• Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
meeting, 7-9 pm, Reed 114
Thirty-Hour Famine
The Feminist Scholar Speaker Series
will continue with "The New Spain,
The New Woman," a presentation by
Dr. Alda Blanco, director of Latin
American Studies at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. The lecture will
take place on Thursday, March 5 at
7:00 '.m. in the Reed Lecture Hall.
Black Collegians
• Trivia Questions due, "Hoop
Dreams" at 7:00 p.m. in MCC 2/26
• Skating Party with Gospel Choir
2/27
will provide transportation back to
campus. If interested please contact
Ida Page at 898-0400.
Orientation Leaders are needed for
Fall 1998. Applications are available
in the Office of Student Activities and
are due by February 27.
Senior biology major Sandra Stanko
Mishic of Kane has been awarded the
Council of Fellows Undergraduate
Student Research Award for 1998 at
Penn State Erie, The Behrend Col
lege. Working under the direction of
Dr. Pam Botts, assistant professor of
biology, Mishic has conducted sev
eral projects related to freshwater
ecology. Much of her work has been
funded by the National Science
Foundation and has received recog
nition from fellow researchers.
Mishic will have the opportunity to
present her research results at several
regional and national meetings, and
her findings will be published in
Oecologia, a widely-read and re
spected professional journal.
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