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Vol. XLVIII No. 7 16 pages
Annual career fair attracts job-seekers
Students, companies
make fair another
success
by Karen McKim
and Rebecca Weindorf
staff writers
On Tuesday of this week, the Busi
ness, Humanities, and Science Career
Fair was held in Reed Commons.
Thanks to the Career Development
Center, sixty companies were in at
tendance at the job fair. Some of the
companies that volunteered to come
were Country Fair. Inc., Erie Insur
ance Group, the FBI, Giant Eagle,
Home Depot, Mellon Bank, SPRINT,
U.S. Army. IBM, and several other
companies from around the Erie area.
One of the advantages of having
the job fair was that it exposed stu
dents to the opportunites that the Erie
area offers in the workplace. Several
companies had opportunites for both
those who would want to remain in
Erie or would he willing to relocate,
which gave students a variety of jobs
to explore and ask questions about.
All companies present were willing
to answer the questions that students
had.
All students, regardless of semes
ter standing, were welcome to attend:
But the fair was geared especially for
those who are about to enter the job
market. Seniors had the chance to
hand over resumes right on the spot
to companies for their consideration.
In general, the fair was for those who
wanted to get an idea of what they
wanted to do after college, and to get
to know people from different com
panies in the Erie area.
Opportunites for relocation and
employment in different states were
also offered by several companies.
Assistant Vice President and Employ
ment Department Manager for Erie
Insurance Ann Scott said what her
company is looking for right now are
computer science majors, but that all
areas are being taken into account.
The company offers a training class
Franken kicks off Provost's Speaker Series
by Mike Frawley
managing editor
On Wednesday, October 6, this
year's Provost's Speaker Series
opened to a large crowd in Erie Hall.
The lecturer for this event, who was
one of the biggest draws for a speaker
in recent years, was Al Franken.
Among many topics, Franken com
mented on his own prospects for run
ning for political office. "I thought
that I had done too many drugs to run,
but with Bush running I guess I
didn't." Franken's lecture was titled,
"An Evening with Al Franken." This
year's Speaker Series is title Taking
Charge Politics, Finances, and Per
sonal Freedom. Franken's lecture
was a perfect opener for this series.
While Franken is best known for
his work on Saturday Night Live as
an Emmy-winning actor, writer, and
producer, he has also worked on many
other products that have established
him as a premiere political comedian
and satirist. He has appeared on Con►-
edy Central's Politically Incorrect, the
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Behrend student looks into career with the FBI. The Career Fair was held on Tuesday in the Reed
Wintergarden.
for adjusters-students from any major
that are willing to relocate. The
company's field offices are divided
into the three regions: Mid-Atlantic
Region, Midwest Region, and South
eastern Region. If you're interested
or want more information, visit their
Web site at NA , ww.erie-insurance.com
or call I -800-458-0811.
Giant Eagle had representatives
from both the local and the corporate
branches at the job fair. The company
likes to promote employees from in
side the corporation. Co-Manager of
Harborcreek Giant Eagle Fran
Poniatowski said, "We are looking for
students who can work after college
so they can then work their way up to
management positions." For more in
formation, contact the Giant Eagle
Position Hotline at (412) 967-3671 or
Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the
Late Show with David Letterman. He
has also written various movies, in
cluding Final Days, a parody of the
final days of the Nixon administra
tion, which put his name on the map.
Franken has also written two best sell
ing political satires, Rush Limbaugh
is a Big Fat Idiot and Why Not Me:
The inside Story of the Making and
Unmaking of the Franken Presidency.
These best selling books helped him
to start his own short lived sitcom on
NBC, Lateline.
Many events were scheduled with
Franken on campus for students to
participate in, including a press con
ference, a round table discussion, din
ner at Logan House, and his speech
in Erie Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Thoughout the day Franken an-
swered many questions from students
on many different topics. Franken
informed students that he felt that they
were not as politically active as they
were when he attended college, but
the students are more involved in
community activities, such as
mentoring, tutoring, and charity when
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weekend forecast.
log on to their Web site at
www.gianteagle.com.
Vicki Waite of Mellon Bank said
they arc looking for students with sales
experience who are willing to work in
the local area. Since the bank has
branches all across Pennsylvania and
the United States, students willing to
relocate are also welcomed by the
company. Waite said what is most im
portant to the company is that an em
ployee be capable of "selling to the
customers."
The company invites students to
visit their Web site at
www.mellon.com
With the help of Delta Sigma Pi, the
Career Development Center (CDC)
was able to put on another successful
career fair for Behrend students. The
job fair was an excellent way to ex-
he was in school. He still found it
disturbing that students are so out of
touch with politics in general. "But,
we had a war going on to protest
against when we were in school,"
Franken commented.
Many questions that were asked by
students and faculty alike had to deal
with Franken's feelings about Satur
day Night Live. Franken said that he
valued the time that he spent on the
show. He enjoyed being able to com
ment on an event right away, if not
the day after an event occurred. "The
show has had its ups and downs,"
Franken informed the audience. But
his appearance on the Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary Saturday Night Live re
minded Franken about how special an
experience it was to be a part of the
show.
Franken's speech kicked off
promptly at 7:30 p.m. after a short
introduction by Dean and Provost Dr.
John Lilley. Franken immediately had
the crowd in Erie Hall laughing by
making a quip about Dr. Lilley.
Franken's speech, which was simul
cast on WPSE, covered a myriad of
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pose students to open positions within
the visiting companies, especially for
those who were interested in imme
diate placement alter graduation.
Kim Burkey, 07 Accounting, said,
"The job lair was an excellent oppor
tunity to see what companies are out
there and what qualities they are look
ing for."
If you weren't able to make the job
fair this year, and if you have ques
tions about job placement and oppor
tunities, the Career Development
Center is always available for ques
tions or meetings for students.
Mary Beth Peterson is the director
of the CDC; you can contact her with
any questions you may have at (814)
898-6164 or access the CDC Web site
from www.pserie.psu.edu/career/
cdcindx.htm.
topics. Some of the topics and jokes
that the audience enjoyed most dealt
with the upcoming presidential race,
the media, gun control, and the V-
Chip. "We should have a twenty-six
chip system," Franken informed the
audience. He then went on to outline
what some of the other chips could
block out. "The B-Chip would block
out all shows dealing with Leona
Helmsley. The C-Chip would also
block out all shows dealing with
Leona Helmsley," Franken said.
Franken's speech was very well re
ceived by the audience. Franken had
to pause numerous times to let ap
plause die down so that he could con
tinue. After his lecture Franken did a
short question and answer period with
the audience. Franken fielded many
questions about his thoughts on poli
tics and his time on Saturday Night
Live. The highlight of the question
and answer period was a student tell
ing Franken of his problem doing
math.
Franken continued on page 4
AEA first to complete
30-day alcohol
moderation management
On Tuesday, October 12, Behrend's
Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority will
complete a feat never before accom
plished by any organization at Penn
State Behrend. The sorority has ab
stained from alcohol for 30 days and
has attended moderation manage
ment meetings held every Sunday.
Other I3ehrend organizations have
attempted the 30-day moderation he
tore. hut hale never completed the
program. Shawna Pelasky, Coordi
nator of Greek Life and Student lead
ership Programs, secs the 30-day
moderation as a "wonderful step for
the chapter (AEA) to make. - She
added, "Even if some didn't have a
problem with drinking, it allowed
them to evaluate the practices of oth-
AEApresident El itabeth Steck sees
the 30-day moderation as an oppor
tunity to learn about alcohol and its
effects on yourself and others. "This
has been very beneficial for us. We
learned more about ourselves and al
cohol," said Steck.
Susan Daley, Behrend's Stair Psy
chologist, was joined by Acting As
sociate Dean of Student Affairs Linda
Lombardi Nestor; Coordinator of
Health and Wellness Services Patricia
McMahon; who is also the advisor of
ALA; Health nurse Joye Dado; and
Personal Counselor Allison Parr-
Plasha to lead AEA in their goal to
abstain fr o m alcohol for 30 days.
The meetings that the sorority at
tended are usually mandatory meet
ings for students that have been
caught drinking underage or drinking
excessively. However, when Steck
met with AEA advisor Patricia
McMahon last year, both agreed that
the weekly meetings would be ben
eficial for the sorority. This led to
AEA voluntarily joining the program.
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during their 30-day moderation.
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McMahon commended the women
of AEA saying, "I am extremely ,
proud of the women of AEA. that
they stuck with it." She added. " It
was extremely successful in helping
the women of AEA to look at deci
sions they make concerning their
health and wellness. It impacted their
lives and touched many lives at Be
hrend.-
Daley was very impressed with the
women of AEA in how they ap
proached the leaders of the modera
tion management meetings and asked
to take part in the 30-day program.
She said, "They wanted to go for it.
And they did! They really hung in
there and are to be commended."
Daley sees the program as a "tremen
dous challenge."
Upon the conclusion of the mod
eration meetings this past Sunday, an
evaluation of the program was given
to the 22 members of ALA. The re
sults of the survey speaks volumes for
the success of the program.
In the survey, 21 out of 22 partici
pants felt that the program helped
them understand what moderation
management is about. One of the
participants revealed that they would
seek further help. Of the 22 partici
pants, 17 said that they would tell a
friend about moderation manage
ment, while 21 also said they would
support someone who is trying to cut
down. All members said they ben
efited in some way from the program.
On a scale of 1-10, the average re
sponse as to the overall satisfaction
of the presentation was 7.9.
The results of the survey proved
that the program "forces you to make
positive life-style changes," said
Daley.
Daley. along with the other leaders
of the program, will continue to check
up on the members of AEA to see the
long-range effects of the program.
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