The Behrend
Beacon
Former Behrend
arrested for trading
child pornography
By Will Jordan
news editor
Brian Jackman, a former student of
Behrend, was arrested in his home in
Millcreek last Friday. Jackman was
charged with sexual abuse of children
and unlawful use of a computer. He
had also been charged with the two
misdemeanors of possession of drug
paraphernalia and possession of ob
scene and other sexual materials.
Jackman had been an MIS major and
he attended Behrend from the Fall se
mester of 1995 to the Fall semester
of 1997. However he is not a gradu
ate of Behrend.
Jackman had been using a Penn
Stale Erie e-mail address and one of
the computers from the Biology de
partment. A professor from the Biol
ogs department had given the com
puter to Jackman so that he could up
grade it. However, he took advantage
of the prof essor and the computer. He
had been downloading and trading
child pornography.
SGA forum fails to draw students
SGA president Buck Goedicke
photo by Andrea Zaffino
Senators and students at last night’s SGA open forum.
Erie, PA 16563
When they arrested him. the Erie
County Police confiscated the com
puter and disks which contained al
most 3,000 photographic files of child
pornography. The Office of Police
and Safety at Behrend had been the
lead investigators in the case.
In June of 1997. police at the Uni
versity Park campus received a tip that
a Penn State e-mail address was be
ing used to offer child pornography
over the Internet. Once it was deter
mined that the e-mail address was
from Behrend, the police from Uni
versity Park notified the Office of
Police and Safety. The Office of Po
lice and Safety then obtained a search
warrant and seized the computer and
disks.
The information on the computer
and disks was encrypted and very hard
to get in to. When this was discov
ered the police determined that the
information which was hidden in
them was likely to be illegal. 'I hey
were then sent to Erie County Detec
, live. Farrs Dombrowski who handles
computer crimes tor the county
photo by Andrea Zaffino
November 5, 1998 Volume XLVII No. 11
student
Dombrowski eventually brought the
case to the Pennsylvania State Police
crime lab. When they were unable to
crack the codes, the computer and
disks were sent to a firm located in
Utah, which was able to decipher the
codes. Jackman is now being pros
ecuted in the Erie County Court of
Common Pleas.
Matt Elias, 04 Meteorology, said,
“I think that he was very inconsider
ate in his abuse of University equip
ment. As far as the act itself, I feel
sorry for the children and it disgusts
me to think about how children are
exploited. I just hope this unfortu
nate incident doesn’t bring any nega
tivity or stereotypes towards other stu
dents at Penn State Behrend.”
Harry Jeudy, 08 Mechanical Engi
neering, said, “l think it is really up
setting and it shines a bad light on
Penn Stale Behrend. My heart goes
oul to the families of the children in
the pictures. I hope that some way is
found to really crack down on child
pornography on the Internet.’
By Ayodele Jones
managing editor
Despite flyers and posters pro
moting he Student Government
Association's open forum to discuss
Behrend's future, the forum lacked
an essential ingredient, students.
On Wednesday, November 04,
1998, SGA held its second open fo
rum of the semester to a basically
empty lecture hall. Inspite the lack
of attendance, Ken Miller, Acting
Dean of Student Affairs, discussed
Behrend’s master plan, which was
approved by the Board of Trustees
this summer.
The master plan will present ma
jor opportunities for Behrend stu
dents, faculty, staff and surround
ing communities. By fall of next
year construction will be underway
for the athletic fields,
groundbreaking will occur in May
or June, and it will take an estimated
fifteen months for completion of
construction. "
This is the real deal, these are
definite plans” said Miller respond
ing to a student who asked if all of
these proposed plans are really go
ing to take place.
Included in the development
plans is a connection between the
Reed Union Building and the Aca
demic Building. The new Eastside
Access highway designed to give
people quick access to downtown
Erie, and will also pave the way for
commercial development.
Two hundred acres are being de
veloped for knowledge based indus
tries, providing students an oppor
tunity for growth and also benefit
ing businesses and the communuity.
Miller declared it a very “exciting
time to be here.”
Dedicated in June of 1948, Be
hrend has become a college with an
array of advantages for its students.
Yet, the master plan includes fur
ther expansion of the campus and
facilities while providing students
with greater oppportunities and
maintaining its small college feel.
pennState
Pyschology department receives
$430,000 research grant
By Anne Rajotte
editor in chief
Behrend has received a $430,000
grant to create the Center for Organi
zational Research
and Evaluation
(CORE), an ap
plied research cen
ter that looks at so-
cial service pro
grams in northwest
Pennsylvania and
evaluates them.
The grant will al
low Behrend to
join in Erie
County’s teenage
pregnancy preven
tion efforts.
Susan H. Hagen,
a member of the
Penn State Erie
Council of Fellows
is responsible for
the donation. She
is a conflict man
agement specialist
with Hagen, Herr,
Pepin and is a
former member of
the Ad Hoc Teen
Pregnancy Preven- Q r car I Kallgren has been named acting director of CORE,
tion Review Com- which was crea t e d by the $430,000 for psychology re
mittee of Erie soarch
County and Plan-
ning Council.
Dr. Carl Kallgren. associate profes
sor of psychology has been named
acting director of CORE. The first
institution CORE will deal with is the
Erie County Network for Adolescent
Pregnancy Prevention (ENCAPP).
According to Kallgren. CORE’S
Students discuss variety
of issues at Coffee With
the Provost
By Ayodele Jones
managing editor
Students were given an opportunity
to gripe about problems and concerns
while some students complimented
the level of education received here
at Penn State -Behrend at the second
Coffee with the Provost, on Novem
ber 03 1998 in Lawrence Hall Lobby.
As always, Provost and Dean Lilley
attempted to better acquaint himself
with the audience by urging students
to introduce themselves, where they
were from, and their favorite teacher.
After going around the room, Lilley
decided to open up discussion with
“What would you like too see here,
out of class, that we currently don’t
have?” Many students provided vari
ous answers, included in their re
sponses; a football team a pool, a
track,
dances, a marching band and a mas
sage center. Interrupting this continu
ous flow of discussion was a resident
walking by with a chicken on his head
(he was wearing a hat), many of the
students erupted in laughter.
Kerry Hinkson, 07 English, dis
cussed the absence or lack of culture
at Behrend. As it
currently stands, the only art classes
provided are introduction to art, art
history and photography. She asked
about the possible expansion of mu
sic classes.
Lilley responded, "we will prob
ably be able to in the future to add
Arts to general education but as of
now Behrend has to go with what has
the biggest demand strategically, we
have to go with fits the greatest stu-
major purpose is to find out, “what’s
working and what's not. ” Specifically
this includes: evaluating activities and
making suggestions about those that
are not working, providing grant writ
ing assistance to o’gam/ations seek
ing outside funding, and providing
scientific literature about what repre
sents the best practices for a particu
lar situation.
Previously, Dr. Kallgren had orga
nized a telephone survey of provid-
dent interests.”
Another student posed the question
if whether Behrend could have an
agrement with Mercyhurst to study
performance (voice mastering)
Lilley said “it would be very interest
ing, I am sure it is possible and it
might be able to make it smoother for
some of you to study there.
One student asked if the current
Penn State ID cards can be expanded
for use at various stores on Buffalo
Rd. or in the vicinity of Peach Street.
He compared the use of Penn State's
card to that of his friend's at Duke
University who is able to use his stu
dent ID card at local restaurants like
Pizza Hut, Burger King etc Ed
Mullfinger, Director of Housing and
Food services, noted that perhaps in
the long term, students may be able
to be awarded this opportunity but
they would have to subscribe to it like
a regular credit card (eg. American
Express, Visa). It is currently expand
ing its
experimental phase.
Lilley provided students with a
brief history describing the signifi
cance of the names on the various
residence halls, suites and apartments.
Damion Miller, 05 MLS, discussed
the rising costs of tuition and the dif
ficulty some students have in paying
their student bills, asking Lilley
whether there is some way Behrend
will be able to meet their needs with
additional financial support.
Lilley stated "one third of students
have a combined household income
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ers lor teen pregnancy prevention.
Students from Behrend were involved
with the conduction of the survey, and
callers received a 100 percent re
sponse. The student researchers fol
lowed up their
survey to obtain
additional infor-
photo by Andrea Zattino
culling edge re
search project." staled Kallgren.
Kullgren that Hagen made her
donation because of her. "passionate
concern about teen pregnancy rates."
He went on to say. "we rival third
world countries in Erie County."
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mation about or-
ganizations that
provide services
dealing with teen
pregnancy pre
vention.
Kallgren
has an interest in
developing a mas
ters in applied
psychology pro
gram at Behrend,
and CORE will
provide the expe
rience to under
graduate and
graduate students
■'This will be the
core tor the meth
odology lor the
masters pro-
mented Kallgren.
" This
provides a num
ber ot golden op
portunities to gel
involved with a
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