18 Thurs
• SPC Movie: “Vampires"
Reed 117 10:00pm
22 Mon
• IM: 4-on-4 Coed Volleyball begins
• An evening of writing: Behrend Reads
Studio Theatre 7:oopm
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT
The Career Development Center at
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College,
will hold its first career fair for stu
dents in Business, Humanities, and
Science on Thursday, Feb. 25 from
noon to 5 p.m. in the Reed Union
Building Commons. More than 900
companies and organizations were in
vited to attend the fair, and 50 compa
nies have already confirmed their par
ticipation. This event will be of inter
est to freshmen and sophomores as
well as junior and seniors, since em
ployers will be seeking candidates for
summer and intern positions as well
as full time, permanent positions.
In addition to Penn State Behrend
students, this event is open to students
from other Erie College Career Coop
erative schools: Allegheny College,
Edinboro University, Gannon Univer
sity, and Mercyhurst College.
For more information about this ca
reer fair, visit the Web site http://
www.pserie.psu.edu/career/bfair.htm
or call the Penn State Behrend Career
Development Center at (814) 898-
6164.
PENN STATE ERIE OF
FERS SUMMER PRO
GRAM IN ENGLAND
Penn State Erie, The Behrend Col
lege, is offering students an opportu
nity to travel to England this summer
July 6 through August 12 for study at
the University College of
Northampton (Nene College). Lo
cated in the center of England, Nene
College is just one hour from London,
Oxford, Cambridge, and Birming
ham. This summer course offerings
are the first step in collaboration be
tween Penn State Behrend and the
British college. Participating students
may register for any of the eleven 3
credit courses that are offered.
Courses available include Elizabethan
and Jacobean Literature, Romantic
and Victorian Literature, Advanced
Expository Writing, Creative Dramat
ics, Playwriting/Scriptwriting, Ecol
ogy of the United Kingdom, Biologi
cal Assessment of River Water Qual
ity in the United Kingdom, Contem
porary Social Problems and Policies,
Principles of Sociology, The History
of the English Country House, and
Policies and Economics of the Euro
pean Union.
In addition to four weeks of formal
course work, field trips, and cultural
activities, the summer program offers
students a week of course related ex
cursions to Scotland, Ireland,
London’s West End, or the Lake Dis
trict. The program also includes bed,
breakfast and full use of the college’s
facilities.
Cost of the program is $2,000 for
students taking 3 credits; $2,500 for
students taking six credits; and $2,900
for students taking nine credits. Air
fare is expected to cost an additional
$7OO. Participants will be expected
to place a $5OO program deposit by
Feb. 28.
Individuals interested in the Nene
College program may contact Dr.
Dean Baldwin, acting director of the
School of Humanities and Social Sci
ences at Penn State Behrend, at (814)
898-6152.
ARE THERE OTHER
PLANETS LIKE EARTH?
The Penn State Erie Open House
Nights in Astronomy Series contin
ues Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
with Habitable Planets presented by
Dr. Darren Williams, assistant pro
fessor of physics. Williams’ lecture,
which is free and open to the pub
lic, will take place in Room 101 of
the Otto Behrend Science Building.
Williams, an astrophysicist, was in
ternationally recognized for his pub
lication last fall in Nature, the
world’s most prestigious journal of
science.
Williams’ research suggests that
the earth might have tilted more to
ward ihe sun 600 million years ago
than it does today. In a previous pa
per published by Nature in 1997, he
explored the possibility that there are
prospects for life on moons around
other stars and planets.ln his lecture,
Williams will consider the main fac
tors that affect whether or not a
planet is suitable for life, including
distance from a star, presence of an
atmosphere, and stability of orbit
and spin. He will also discuss the
habitability of Earth and its likely
longevity.
Williams’ lecture will be pictorial
and conceptual and is suitable for
ages 8 and up. Astronomical observ
ing will take place following the lec
ture, weather permitting. For more
information contact the Penn State
Behrend School of Science at 898-
6105.
BEHREND CAMPUS
MINISTRY TO HOLD 30-
HOUR FAMINE
More than 40 students at Penn
Slate Erie, The Behrend College, will
fast and accept donations to fight
world hunger during a 30-hour fam
ine beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb.
26 and continuing through 7 p.m. Sat
urday, Feb. 27. Their goal this year
is to raise even more than last year’s
total of $ 1,960.
The 30-hour famine is a joint
project of both Catholic and Protes
tant campus ministries at the College.
High school students from local
churches have also been invited to
fast and to join in this fundraising
effort, which is coordinated by
Worldvision, a Christian relief and
development organization with over
5,200 projects in 100 nations.
Participating students will ask fac
ulty, staff, friends, and family to
sponsor them as they go without food
to identify with those who are hun
gry. The group will gather early Fri
day evening to take part in hunger
awareness exercises and later will be
entertained by Grace Notes, a Chris
Calendar of Events
• SPC Movie: “Vampires”
Reed 117 10:00pm
• Pin Point Theater Lecture Hall
-B:3opm
• Spring Play: The Visit, Studio
Theatre- 8:00pm Opening Night
23 TUS
Spring Play: The Visit Studio Theatre
8:00pm
tian rock band from University Park.
Saturday afternoon the fasting students
will take part in service projects at
Health South Great Lakes Rehabilita
tion Hospital of Erie, St. Mary’s Home,
the Mercy Center for Women, and the
Shriner’s Hospital. Participants will
break their fast Saturday evening at 7
p.m. with dinner donated to the event
by Old Country Buffet, 7200 Peach
Street.
For more information about the fast
or to donate to fight world hunger, con
tact the Penn State Behrend Office of
Campus Ministry at 898-6245 or 898-
7139.
PENN STATE BEHREND
ANNOUNCES
UNDERGRADAUTE RE
SEARCH AWARDS
Twenty-nine students at Penn State
Erie, The Behrend College, have been
granted undergraduate research awards
for the 1998/99 academic year. The
awards, which total $14,928, will pro
vide students with funds for travel and
materials needed to complete their pro
posed research. The students listed
below will work closely with their co
operating faculty member (listed in
parentheses)to complete projects dur
ing the spring and summer. The will
also have an opportunity to present
their findings to the public at the 1999
Penn state Behrend Undergraduate
Research and Creative Accomplish
ment Conference. School of Engineer
ing and Engineering Technology
Celene Yanosko (William Lasher) -
ssoo.The Effect of Wind Tunnel
Blockage on Lift and Drag for a 1/4
Circular Arc Daniel Roberts (Ralph
Ford) - $5OO. Shot Boundary Detec
tion with New MPEG-4 Standard
Dustin Broussard (Farid Ahmed) -
$5OO. lEEE Robot Competition School
of Business Ronald Baer (Todd Starr
Palmer and Mary Beth Pinto) - $497.
The Credit Card Usage Patterns of
College Students: An Empirical Ex
amination Renae Druschel (Todd Starr
Palmer and Mary Beth Pinto) - $497.
College Students and Automatic Teller
Machine Usage: The Effect of Afflu
ence School of Humanities and Social
Sciences Kristi McKim (Greg Morris)
- $5OO. Gender and Form in Edna St.
Vincent Millay s Sonnets Jessica Mann
(John Rossi) - $330. American Phi
lanthropy, Business, and Community:
Samuel P. Black Jr. Heather Smaltz
and Holly Peterson (Victoria
Kazmerski) - $2OO. Differences in
Anxiety Levels between Personality
Types as Provoked by Positive and
Negative Film Clips Erika Forde and
Shannon Lenze (Dawn Blasko and
Victoria Kazmerski) -$5OO. Event-
Related Potentials in the Processing of
Metaphors in Gifted Students Kerrylee
Hinkson (Melissa Bender) - $5OO Writ
ing and Contemplative Practice: Mind
and Body Meditation Methods An
drea Furman and Marcie Shander
(Dawn Blasko and Victoria
Kazmerski) -$5OO. Event-Related
Potentials in the Processing of Meta
phors in Older Adults • Elizabeth
Oslak, Jonna Zizik and Ashley
Newhouse (Charisse Nixon) -$497.
Ophelia Project School of Science
Bryan Katzenmeyer and Jeffrey Uhal
Calendar
20“
• SPC Movie: “Vampires” Reed 117
10:00pm
• Spring Play: The Visit 8:00pm
• Baseball 101: The Fundamentals Erie
Hall B:3opm
• Jamie Cissow, 8:30 pm, Bruno’s
24"“
•Spring Play: The Visit Studio Theatre
8:00pm
•S.U.E meeting. 12pm Reed 114
(Thomas Spudich) - $l,OOO. The
Building and Characterization of an
Acousto-Optic Background Correc
tion System for Atomic Emission
Spectrometry Marlene Micco
(Larry Eckroal) - $520. Determin
ing Genetic Variability between
Laboratory and Wild Populations of
Chironomus riparius Using Random
Amplified Polymorphic DNA
Analysis and Polymerase Chain Re
action Gina Gaskey (Mary
Chisholm) - $5OO. Comparative
Analysis of the Essential Oils of Key
and Persian Lime Using Gas
Chromatograhy-Olfactometry
(GCO) and Mass Spectrometry (GC
MS) Mark Semhower (Anthony
Salvia) - $5OO.
Robust Procedures for Inferences
about Variability James Sarson
(Alan Jircitano) - $5OO. Synthesis
and Characterization of a Potential
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Con
trast Agent Breon Dehoux (Alan
Jircitano) • $5OO. Studies of Photo
chromic Pt(II) Compounds of o-
Aminobenzaldehyde and Deriva-
aroma
PENN STATE ERIE TO
HOLD ADMISSIONS
OPEN HOUSE FEB. 20
Area students and their families
are invited to attend the Admissions
’99 Open House at Penn State Erie,
The Behrend College, on Saturday,
Feb. 20 from noon to 4 p.m. Prospec
tive applicants will learn about the
four-year degrees offered by the Col
Thursday, February 18, 1999 - The Behrend College Beacon - page 5
tives Richard Gill, Jr. (James War
ren) - $5OO. Zebrafish (Danio
rerio) tag 1: Determining Its Role
in Neuronal Development Via
Transgenic Analyses Eric Fink
(James Warren) - $5OO. Cloning
and Analysis of 5, 10-
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reduc
tase, a Gene Involved in Folic Acid
Metabolism in Zebrafish (Danio
rerio) Kevin Wellejus (James War
ren) - $5OO. Sequencing and Char
acterization of
Methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate
Methyltransferase, a Gene In
volved in Folic Acid Metabolism
from Zebrafish (Danorerio) Julie
Meyers (Michael Campbell) -
$387. Development of a Colori
metric Enzyme Assay for
Branched Chain Aminotransferase
Isoenzymes Isolated from Potato
Plants Boris Kitevski (Mark
Pyron) - $5OO. Effect of Mate
Choice in Danio rerio Kari Shirey
(Donald McKinstry) - $5OO. The
Survivorship of Escherichia coli on
Different Streambed Substrates
lege and will meet representatives
of the academic and student life
programs
Participants may register at the
Reed Union Building before noon
and attend an information fair there
from noon to 3 p.m. Campus tours
will be offered from noon to 3 p.m.,
and housing tours will be offered
in Perry Hall.
The Schools of Business, Sci
ence, Humanities and Social Sci
ences, and Engineering and Engi
neering Technology will offer dem
onstrations and opportunities to
meet and talk with faculty. Finan-
21"
• Catholic Mass Reed Commons
8:00pm
• SPC Movie: “Vampires”
Reed 117 9:oopm
•Spring Play: The Visit Studio Theatre
2:3opm
25 Thurs
• SPC Movie: “I Still Know What
You Did Last Summer” Reed 117
10:00pm
• Astronomy Open House- Otto
Behrend 7:3opm
David Arnold and Anthony Ricciardo
(Michael Campbell and Carl Panetta) -
$l,OOO. Effects of Taxol on.the Growth
Rate of Human Breast Adenocarcinoma
MCF-7Tissue Cultures and Mathemati
cal Models of Cell-Cycle-Specific Che
motherapy on In Vitro Cell Cultures
Travis Wilkinson (Joseph Paullet) -
$5OO. Mapping Spiral Waves Found in
Natural Phenomena Shital Patel (Brian
Moore) - $5OO. Investigate the Molecu
lar Properties of Cholesterol in Gall
Stones toUnderstand the Variation in the
Shapes Using Images from Atomic
Force Microscope (AFM) and Investi
gate the Aggregation Process of Type
111 Collagen and Imaging Them at Vari
ous Stages Jason Jell (Mary Chisholm)
- $5OO. Comparative Analysis of Key
and Persian Lime Oil Using Gas Chro
matography-Olfactometry (GCO) and
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrom
etry (GC-MS) Dean Cass, Jr. (Mary
Chisholm) - $5OO. The Identification of
Some Major Odorants in Key Lime Oil
Using Flash Chromatography and Gas
Ch romom a tog raphy- Olfactometry
(GCO).
cial aid information sessions and par
ent question and answer sessions will
he offered during the afternoon.
To register in advance for the Ad
missions "99 Open House, please call
the Penn State Behrend Office of Ad
missions at (814) 898-6100.
PROFESSOR ON RADIO
On Sunday February 21, 1999, at
4:00, Professor Gregory Fowler will he
the guest on WQLN’s “Community
Challenges” to discuss “Why A Black
History Month?” and incorporating
Afro Americana into the curriculum.