Men and women fight for the title in the Battle of the Sexes By Sarah Edwards stall' writer On ( Ictober 24th, Four male teams and tour female teams competed on the Behrend Carnival Ground in front ol Reed to decide who was the better sex. The competition consisted of three rounds, and it was a fight to the finish. The first round was made up of five different events. The males domi nated the "Ho Ho Roll," an event that consisted of rolling a Ho Ho on the ground with their nose to the next team member in line. The females came from behind to catch up to their male counterparts in the "Pencil Pass." The "Pencil Pass" was a game that involved pulling a pencil on a string through every article of cloth ing that each teammate was wearing and then taking the pencil back out again. After all five first round events, both sexes were tied, and tension was high. Matchbox Players hold costume sale By Valerie Trost staff writer Now that the weather is getting cold, midterms are over, and if you are lucky you can see a pumpkin on the front stoop driving down Station Road, it is time to think about Hal loween; specifically, Halloween cos tume ideas. Being that fright night is on a Sat urday this year no one has any excuse not to get dressed up for Halloween. And just to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to get festive this year, the Malhchbox Players (Behrend's theatre group) is holding a costume sale in the studio theatre ft'**' I 'j m, > x.. ifm %—m «r m .r~m Behrend’s Matchbox Players join the fight against heart disease ph °'° courtesy of Malchbo * Players by walking in the Healthy Choice American health walk Evelyn’s Hallmark KMart East Plaza Hours: M-F 10-9 Going into the second round of competition with only three male teams and three female teams remain ing, the competition was intense. The ladies went cra/.y in the three-legged race, and the men held their ground during a wild game of "Sock Tag." "Sock Tag" is where one blindfolded team member is trying to throw socks at another blindfolded person from another team while not getting hit by a sock. Another person from the team helps out the blindfolded member by being a navigator. The second round of competition came down to the "Chubby Bunny" competition. In this wacky challenge of marshmallow face stuffing, two teams remained. They were the male team a.k.a. The Babe Magnets and the Alpha Sigma Alpha female team. In the third and final round of com petition, the two remaining teams competed in Family Feud. Each team gave their all in this tough competi tion of quick thinking and risk-taking Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week prior to Halloween. This everything must go sale con sists of all the costumes used from previous productions here at Behrend that would most definitely accentuate any costume idea for only some of your precious pocket-change. More important, for everyone's entertain ment, proceeds are going to help the Matchbox Players fund a musical later in the year. Just to make sure that every student has an opportunity to browse, the sale will begin on Wednesday. October 28th, at noon and last until 5:00 PM. (stopping between one and two for a class), and then resume again from ••I • • but, in the end the SURVEY SAYS the males won. In response to this outcome, Chris Lightner. 003 Busi ness and Finance, stated, “As ex pected the men won, and will rein as champions for years to come." Jen Zimmerman, 03 English, had another opinion on the matter. She said "It was very competitive but, the girls should have won." Overall, both sexes benefited from this fun com petition. Cecilia Casado, 01 Accounting, said about the Battle of the Sexes, "I thought it was a really cool competi tion and, it was exciting to see how the male and female teams worked together in order to win for their sex." The Communications Club spon sored The Battle of the Sexes and would like to thank everyone who participated and helped with this worthwhile Homecoming event. Special congratulations to the "Babe Magnets" for being the overall vic tors at the end of the day. 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. On Thursday the 29th, the sale will continue from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and again from 8:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. The sale will end with one scary midnight madness sale (tremendous mark downs) on Friday, October 30th, from 9:00 P.M. until midnight (for every one with last minute party invita tions). In other words, to guarantee a great time this October 31st, come in out of the cold and check it out Wednes day, Thursday, and Friday before Hal loween. The hours will be posted again outside of the studio door, so stop in between classes. '! ' •'* ,4b.| ‘ , *.£■ *** A Phone: 899-8782 Features The warriors prepare for the battle of the sexes on the Reed lawn last weekend. Students participate at Homecomings’s Battle of the Sexes sponsoredby the Communications Club 1000 French: Good coffee and good food By Roger Burlingame staff writer The name is as unique as the estab lishment itself, which is actually a coffee house moonlighting as a res taurant. When I first visited 1000 French (which just opened its doors in May, and is located on the corner of Tenth and French Streets). I wasn’t sure what a mesquite grill was doing on the patio of an upscale coffee house. However, I was soon to dis cover that this was more than just a coffee house. With a very small but solid dinner menu, and a more exten sive lunch menu. 1000 French had managed to magically turn itself into a nice restaurant. As I entered the restaurant, I was instantly impressed with the atmo sphere, the bar itself was beautiful but not as beautiful as the many antiques, the art hanging on the wall, and the lighting which was inspiring. Throw all this together with some mellow Cancun * Nassau * Jamaica * Mazatlan * Acapulco * Bahamas Cruise * Florida * South Padre Travel Free and make lots of Cash ! Togjeps are offered full-time staff jobs Lowest price Guaranteed. Call now for details' www.classtravel.com 800/838-6411 Thursday, October 29 , 1998 - The Behretui College Beacon - Page 7 jazz in the background and you can’t help but love the place. My roommate and I showed up at 8:30 and we just caught the restaurant as it was clos ing. Maybe that can excuse the ser vice, a little, but it was seat yourself, and our waitress left before we had finished our entrees. Now this may seem unfortunate, but I’m sure it was for the best because after she left, the owner finished the table and the ser vice was instantly better. For starters the French onion soup is passable, but please let me recom mend the baked brie instead. It was superb, served with a honey raspberry sauce and pecans. It may have been the best I’ve had anywhere around the Erie area. The first thing that may have lessened my enthusiasm was that every time I took a drink of water I remarked on how this restaurant could benefit from a water filter. The delmonico steak that my room mate had was excellent. Smoked on the barbecue to a perfect medium and SPRING BREAK 991 photo by Andrea Zatfino marinated in a secret sauce; each bite was a culinary success. I had the pesto chicken and wasn’t very im pressed. The blend of the mesquite flavor of grilled chicken and the fla vor of the pesto was interesting and not disagreeable, but the chicken was dry and I wished I had ordered the steak. Dessert was very good, but I expected nothing less from a coffee house. I had the raspberry cheese cake, and my roommate had the chocolate tart. Both are equallv worth ordering. All in all 1000 French is a restau rant worth going to. If you don’t find something on the dinner menu which excites your palate, they will be happy to serve you something from their larger lunch menu. Even if you just want to enjoy a great atmosphere, by all means go, have a cup of cof fee. By the way, they make a great cup o’ coffee.
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