HEALTHFEST’99 A SUCCESS
by Jennifer llemme
stall writer
Behrend's Health and Wellness
C enter and the Health Advisory Board
held Healthiest '99 on April 7.
Behrend has held health fairs like
Healthiest since 1987. During the
lair. Batty Pasky McMahon, director
ol the Health and Wellness Center
said, "The main goal [of Hcalthfest|
was to expose students to all different
types ol ...health and wellness...from
evert fling
to exercise
aromatherapies. to highway safety".
She also said, "I think this has been
one ol the most successful health fairs
we \e ever had here at Behrend.
It s[the crowd] just been continuous,
students have been coming in from the
time it started at 11 :(X), to now, 1:30."
Healthiest '99 had a wide variety
of vendors. The Mind-Body Wellness
Center of Meadville, Wegmans, the
Erie County Rape Crisis Center, the
Community Blood Bank, Eekerd
Di ugs, Northwest Regional Highway
Safety-and even Buddha’s Body Art
participated in it. Some of the vendors
gave free product samples, free food.
Dance- A-Thon held at Behrend
b\ Rose Eorrest
copy editor
I'bis weekend, the Commuter
Council and Student Activities
cosponsored a I 2 hour dance -a-tlion
to benefit the Make A Wish foundation.
The event lasted from 10pm to 10 am
and over o() students Towed up to
ilance. The final amount that w as given
to ihc bound.iiion was 51.525.0 S and
ever 52.000 was raised before
expenses
The money will go to benefit
Megan, a five year old girl with
The Dance- a- thon which was held in Reed Commons
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and free promotional items as well as
pamphlets and other literature. Many
massage and chiropractic therapists
had booths and gave free massages
to students as well.
cerebral palsy. The Make A Wish
foundation is hoping to send her to
Wall Dinsey World in the fall. Megan
attended the closing of the dance to
see the winner of the $450 grand prize
which was rewarded to Holly Copen
who raised over $350 by herself. The
winner had to raise the most money
and dance all night. The grand pri/.e,
as well as the rest of the prizes were
donated by local bussinesses.
The prizes were awarded for a
lip sync contest, limbo contest,
twister, trivia, and other activities that
dancers participated in to break up the
night. The dancers were encouraged
to spend the whole night, but not
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The Buddha’s Body Art booth,
which seemed an unusual vendor for
a health fair, was very popular with
students, who leafed through sample
books of tattoos. Baskv-McMahon.
required to. Five dancers managed to
keep on their feel all night. C'open,
Lisa Henry(o7 pysch). Eric Moore
(04 BEET). Theresa Crawford (02
Bio), and Mike DiSantis (08 MIS).
The two groups were pleased
with the turnout and are hoping for
continued success next year.
Commuter Council [’resident Karl
Clressley explained. "We were so
excited at the turnout this weekend.
I’m so glad we were able to support
the Make A Wish foundation. Next
year we are hoping to tie this in with
a car raffle. For an experimental
event though this couldn't have gone
better."
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when asked why Buddha’s Body Art
was included in Healthiest '99 said,
“One of the reasons was because they
are very dedicated to educating
students about safe body art...” She
believes that if students learn about
sterile tattooing techniques it will
prevent transmission of diseases like
HIV or Hepatitus through unhygenic
needles.
The Northwest Highway Safety
booth was also very popular with
students. Many tried on the Fatal
Vision Goggles, which simulate the
impairment of someone with .10 or
.17 blood alcohol levels. Students
then walked along a line(or failed to
walk it) simulating a very familiar
sobriety test.
Healthiest ’99 also had many
booths dedicated to the subject of
healthy eating, herbal and nutritional
supplements, and eastern therapuetic
techniques(otherwise known as
holistic medicine). Pasky-McMahon
says, “It’s my dream to offer
therapuetic massage, aromatherapy
and different things of this nature [at
the Health and Wellness Center] as
soon as we are able to get more
space.”
Friday Fiesta, fun fun fun
by Danielle Marshall
staff writer
The Organization of Latin
American Students (OLAS)
sponsored their annual Friday Fiesta
last Friday in Dobbins Gazebo. The
program consisted of a live band
called The Merctige Boys, a DJ by the
name of DJ Salsa Boy, and a delicious
cuisine, which included chicken,
porkchops, beans, Spanish and white
rice, and fruit.
The Merenge Boys consists of 4
men singing and dancing, one of
which is the bandleader, Manuel A.
Santiago. The instruments that the
band used included two horns, drums.
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ASEE 1999 North
Section
Behrend
jy Roger Burlingame
Half writer
The north central section of the
ASHE (American Society of
Engineering Education) held it’s
annual conference at Behrend
recently. In the Reed Building last
Friday. 8 1 representatives from
J4universities across 14 states as far
way as Tennessee were in
ttendence. The conference began
v-ith breakfast at 7:40 am and lasted
until 8 pm.
Out of the 81 professors at the
conference 59 were speakers and new
innovative software programs were
on display. The slogan of the ASEE
was "Reshaping Electrical
Engineering and Engineering
'echnology Education”. There were
nany conferences being held
imulateously on topics ranging from
; reshman seminars to the most new
a washboard, and the natural
instruments of hand and feet.
DJ Salsa Boy. Ricky Montero,
intermixed the sounds of Spanish
music and Hip Hop to satisfy all who
were in attendance. The audience got
an opportunity to not only enjoy the
cultural atmosphere, but also to
mingle with each other. Shimira
Williams, 06 EC'ON, stated, "I
thought that Friday Fiesta was nice
and cultural. And F m looking forward
to next year' s. Everyone came
together while watching the different
moves of certain individuals who
w'eren' t ashamed to be in the
spotlight."
Alejandro Perez, 08 MIS and
Conference
high-tech engineering techology.
Many of the professors from other
schools liked the idea of Knowledge
Dr. Hemminger, Professor of!
electrical engineering and a speaker
at one of the conferences, said that the;
project was a year in the planning, and,
everything went extremely well. He
gave much of the credit to thd
Electrical Engineering faculty and!
staff, Ken Fisher, Kathy Holliday-
Darr, John Grode who headed up the
planning and execution of the
conference.
This Saturday, during the open,
house another engineering project is
to be held in Roach Hall. It will be
the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering (lEEE) Robot
Competition. It will feature some of
the most high-tech, innovative robots
today. For more information contact
psu.edu/ieee/contest.htm.
president of OLAS, stated. “1 would
first like to apologize for starting te.
Thanks to all those who came to
Friday Fiesta. It was our biggest
turnout yet. However, there s still
room for improvement."
The event lasted from 9:30 p.m.
to 2:00 a.m. Many students from both
on and off-campus came out to
support OLAS and this fun-filled,
cultural event. “It was fun, exciting,
and an experience of a different
culture. I enjoyed myself." stated
Tijerno Diallo, 05 MIS. Niza Disoa,
04 IB Marketing, stated, “I hope that
more people continue to come next
year. Help us support OLAS."
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