THE BEHREND BEACON
New athletic facility to be completed in fall of 2000
by Raechel Kiska
staff writer
Slated for completion in Novem
ber of 2000, Behrend's Athletic
Recreational Center (ARC
enable students to exercise and en-
joy aquatic sports right here on cam
pus.
The multi-purpose building is
currently under construction east of
the library, and will actually he di
vided into two sections. If facing
Jordan Road, the gymnasium will
he to the right and the exercise
rooms and offices will he to the left.
In the future, w e will walk through
the building on a walkway that con
tinues from the library's main walk
way. For the past 30 days or so
builders have been clearing the land
for the erection of the 73,000-sq. ft.
building. So far, a deep Is-ft. cut
has been made into the hillside that
will encompass the center.
The Celli-Flynn Architecture
Firm out of Pittsburgh, under the su
pervision of lead architect. Toni
Celli, designed the $l2 million
building.
The center will cost over S 12 mil
lion by the time the equipment is
bought, but the ARC is a state build
ing, which means it receives some
federal funding out of the Depart
ment of General Services. The ARC
is the third state building on cam
pus following the Nick and the Li
brary/Academic buildings.
Volleyball team beginning
to turn things around
by Craig Hazelwood
assistant Torts editor
The women's volleyball team has
played very well of late, compiling a
3-2 record in their last five matches.
The Lady Spikers' record stands at 4-
5 in their conference and 10-14 over
all. The team notched two wins
against Lake Erie, a win against Pitt-
Greensburg, a tough loss to natior.-
ally ranked Frostburg, and a disap
pointing loss to La Roche.
The women are beginning to turn
things around for themselves in the
AMCC Conference. Their team ef
fort has greatly improved in the last
couple of weeks of competition. "The
beginning of the season had a few
rough spots, but as a player I believe
the team's chemistry has grown and I
feel good about the last four games in
the conference," stated junior Sarah
Fry.
On Thursday, October 7th, the
Lady Lions rolled past Lake Erie 3-0.
The team was led by senior Tanya
Deats with nine kills and sophomore
Brianna Englebert with seven kills
and five digs. The Fredonia Tourna
ment scheduled to take place on the
weekend of the 9th was canceled. The
women then traveled to Pitt-
Greensburg and easily defeated them
3-0. The scores of the games were
15-7, 15-6 and 15-2. Junior Mary
Good controlled the tempo of the
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The Penn State Behrend Athletic Recreational Center is scheduled to be completed in November of 2000. The ARC will contain
courts and an eight-lane swimming pool.
The center will host three lull size,
regulation basketball courts, all sepa
rated by netting, and bleachers to ac
commodate 2,000 spectators. This
space will he utilized during special
events and graduation. In addition to
this, a three-lane track will be built
around the courts.
In the lower end of the recreational
center, a large exercise facility will he
built with all new equipment and tele
visions to he used free of charge by
the university students. Also in this
game with 10 kills and 16 digs.
Sophomore Brianne Englehert also
contributed with 6 kills and 13 digs.
The Lady Spikers traveled to Lake
Erie on Thursday, October 14th and
defeated them again 3-0. Junior Mary
Good had eight kills and six digs.
Sophomore Sarah Peterson contrib
uted with 6 kills and 12 digs.
The women then lost to Frostburg,
who is ranked 19th in the nation.
Despite losing 3-0, the entire team
contributed. Four players recorded
nine or more kills and five players had
double-digits in digs. The team was
led by freshman Karen Walters with
39 assists and 7 digs. Junior Mary
Good played well with 9 kills and 18
digs and sophomore Sarah Peterson
added 9 kills and 11 digs.
The women played La Roche last
Thursday, losing in four games, 3-1.
They held strong for most of the
game, but just couldn't hold on.
Freshman Karen Walters led the team
with 42 assists and 8 digs. Also con
tributing were senior Tanya Deats
with 11 kills and 2 digs and junior
Mary Good with I I kills and 20 digs.
The Lady Lions have started to build
themselves as a solid team. If they
keep up their winning ways for the
remainder of the season they can en
ter the AMCC tournament with a good
chance of winning the title. Their next
match will he away at rival Penn State
Altoona on Friday.
SPORTS
area will he large spaces for aerobic
classes, locker rooms, Offices and
classrooms
Matt Winans, ()I Chemistry, com
mented, It's going to he a great im
provement for the entire university.
To he able to have those resources for
athletics will he very beneficial. The
exercise equipment will improve our
athletic programs. The more ad
vanced equipment you have readily
available for the athletes, the more
efficient the players will become.-
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Name:Dennis Halasynski
Sport: Men's Cross Country
Class: Junior
Date: October, 11 1999
Dennis Halaszynski finished 24th out of more than 200
runners at the Dickinson Invitational with a time of
27:12. Halaszynski led the Behrend Lions to a 14th
place finish out of 28 teams at Dickinson. He has led
the charge for most of the season and has improved his
personal efforts with` aell outing.
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Halaszynski is a graduate,of McKeesport High School
in White Oak, Pa.
OCTOBER 22, 1999
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One of the most significant addi
tions is the eight-lane pool that will
he available for student use. In ad
dition to general recreation, "I iti will
enable us to add a men's and
woolen's swimming and water polo
team," Provost and Dean John Lilley
said. One might think that this
would require some additional mon
etary funding. hut according to Dr.
Jack Burke, senior associate provost
and senior associate dean, Penn
State received a $60,000 grant from
the US Olympic Committee for the cre
ation of the water polo teams at Be-
"I'm really looking forward to this
pool that we're getting. It will provide
me with something fun to do in my free
time, not to mention that I'll he getting
some exercise, - said Jerod Bollard, 03
MIS.
Additional staff will he hired includ
ing custodial engineers, maintenance
workers, a facilities manager in charge
of scheduling and at least one faculty
ee reg
member specializing in aquati
sports who will take on coachin
"We've done focus groups an
surveys with students and we fe
that there is a lot of interest in th
pool. Obviously right now, the
are scheduling nightmares with Eri
Hall only being one gym," Burk
stated. "I think it's going to be
first class facility."
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