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Vol. XLVIII No. 11 14 pages
Campaign issues on display
by Shannon Weber
and Matt Wiertel
news and sports editor
On Tuesday, November 9, James
Carville went head-to-head with An
gela "Bay" Buchanan in the debate,
"A Look at American Politics," held
in the Reed Commons at Behrend.
Democrat James Carville, who is
currently serving as a senior politi
cal advisor to President Clinton, has
managed numerous political cam
paigns throughout the United States.
Carville, along with his wife Mary
Matalin, wrote the bestselling politi
cal memoir All's Fair: Love, War and
Running for President. Recently, he
has been working on Mexican and
Israeli campaigns.
Bay Buchanan began her political
career as the national treasurer of
Ronald Reagan's presidential cam
paigns in 1980 and 1984, and later
became the Treasurer of the United
States. Buchanan has served as the
campaign chairman for both presi
dential campaigns of her brother, Pat
Buchanan. She was recognized by
George Magazine as one of the top
20 political women in the nation.
The day's activities began with a
press conference at 3:45 in Reed 114.
Several representatives from the lo
cal news media were in attendance
and they had the opportunity to ask
the participants questions. At the
press conference, Buchanan re
sponded to the accusations posed to
wards her brother Pat Buchanan; con
cerning his new book, A Republic: Nut
an Empire. Buchanan stated that the
accusations are totally false and that
they are merely part of an intimida
tion campaign to smear her brother.
James Carville also commented on the
smear tactics. Carville said that be
cause he is no longer convenient to
the Republican party, he is now a
threat to their power and consequently
UNLIKE
Men's soccer takes AMCC title with upset victory over Frostburg
by Matt Wiertel
sports editor
The Penn State Behrend men's
soccer team claimed the Allegheny
Mountain Collegiate Conference
(AMCC) championship on Sunday.
The Lions defeated AMCC rival
Frostburg State by a score of 2-1 en
route to claiming the championship.
Frostburg drew first blood when
Greg Patti scored at the ten-minute
mark. Behrend's leading scorer
Chris Lightner tied the game at one
a piece in the twenty-fifth minute.
The game was tied until Chris
Kennelly scored the winning goal for
Penn State Behrend at the five
minute mark. Kennelly's goal was
the eventual deciding factor in the
championship game. Tommy Seig,
junior co-captain of the Behrend Li-
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they have engaged in an all
out smear campaign against
him.
Following the press con
ference was a dinner at
Logan House where stu
dents, faculty and honored
guests were invited to have
dinner at Logan House
with James Carville and
Bay Buchanan. Dessert
provided an opportunity
for those in attendance to
voice their questions and
concerns to Buchanan and
Carvi Ile.
The debate began with
Carville and Buchanan
stating their opinion about
the state of politics today.
Buchanan won the coin
toss to begin the night's de
bate.
"I get the impression that
they would like to see a
feisty debate," said
Buchanan to opponent in
her opening statement, "In
fact I think they would like
to see blood."
Buchanan said that par
ties now decide who the
candidates are and that the people
have no say. Buchanan hopes to re
vamp the political process by mov
ing to the Reform party. Unlike the
Democratic and Republican parties,
the Reform party is geared towards
voter involvement by using
grassroots political methods to swell
interests. These would include a se
ries of debates and causes.
"American people want to hear
their issues discussed," she stated to
the overcrowded Reed Commons.
Buchanan said that the leaders do not
discuss issues any more. "The issues
are what is missing. People are just
focused on winning."
Buchanan said that the idealism is
ons, had an outstanding game be
tween the pipes, playing an impor
tant role in the team's victory by lim
iting the Bobcats to only one goal.
Men's soccer coach Dan Perritano
was excited about winning a second
AMCC
illegheny Mountain Collegiate Confere•ncc
AMCC championship. "Our play
ers displayed a positive and enthusi
astic spirit in this tournament,"
Perritano said. On Sunday, "we put
away our chances to defeat a very
talented team," added Coach
Perritano.
In addition to winning the AMCC
tktIOM'4M
See page 2 for full POLICE AND SAFETY PAGE 2
weekend forecast.
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NEWS PAGE 1
CALENDAR PAGE 5
EDITORIAL PAGE 6
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Top: James Carville and Angela Bay
Buchanan debate in the Reed Commons this
past Tuesday. Right: Carville signs books
and speaks to the people in attendance after
the debate.
gone in most of the campaigns. The tion process. brother would be that kind of presi-
American people need to know what "Please tell us what you believe dent. Carville, however strongly dis
the candidates really believe. It has and believe what you tell us," she agreed.
become a money versus money elec- said, and stated that she believes her "I believe that Pat Buchanan
championship, several Behrend
players were named to the AMCC
All-Conference squad. Defender
Rob Parendes, forward Chris
Lightner, and midfielder James Mar
tin, all were named to this year's
squad. Chris
Lightner and James
Martin are making
the team for the sec-
and time in their ten
ure at Behrend.
Behrend's Matt
Saunders and James
Martin also were named as the Co-
Most Valuable Players in the AMCC.
This is the second time that the
Behrend Lions have defeated
Frostburg en route to the AMCC
title. Frostburg fell to the Lions in
the inaugural championship 1-0 af
ter Behrend posted a 12-8 season.
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Friday, November 12, 1999
PHOTOS BY JASON SNYDER
Last year, the Lions set a school
record by ending the season 13-9, but
fell to Frostburg in the AMCC cham
pionship game, 4-0.
Overall, the Penn State athletic
program has experienced immense
success this fall. Both the men's and
wornen's soccer teams captured their
respective AMCC titles. In addition,
the women's team advanced to the
semifinals of the ECAC playoffs, but
fell to Johns Hopkins. The women's
tennis team also ended their season
by capturing the AMCC title. They
dominated the AMCC with a 10-0
conference record and an overall 17-
2 record. Behrend has dominated the
AMCC All-Conference teams
with several players being named
to the team from each sport.
UMM
MEM
WORLD AND NATION PAGE 7
NATIONAL CAMPUS NEWS PAGE 8 PENNSTATE
w Erie
lass
FEATURES PAGE 9
SPORTS PAGE 11
COURTESY OF STUDIO THEATRE
Teibele and Her Demon opens tonight at the Studio Theatre. See
story on page 9.
Engineering director named
After a six month search for a new Director of the School of Engineering
and Engineering Technology, Behrend has hired Dr. Robert Simoneau of
Carnegie Mellon University to fill the position.
Simoneau brings much experience to Behrend atter many years of teach
ing and research in the field. From 1963-1996, he had a successful career as
a research scientist at NASA's Lewis Research Center. Previously, he taught
at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Simoneau currently teaches courses in heat transfer, thermodynamics
Director continued on page 2
A Penn State Erie Student Publication
means everything he says. I believe
he will do everything he says if he
gets in office. And that's why he
scares the daylights out of me,"
Carville said. "I don't question his
sincerity. I doubt his sanity."
Disagreements like this between
Carvi le and Buchanan received big
laughs and applause from the audi
ence. They did, however, see eye
to-eye on one thing: the American
public is too apathetic about politics
and it needs to get involved.
"As different as we are in politics,
we both are in politics. We both have
the same kind of concern that we see
young people drifting away and be
ing apathetic," Carvil le said. "Unless
you give yourself and participate, you
will never have the satisfaction of
seeing something you did leave a
mark."
Carville voiced this position pri
marily to the students. He said that
they do have the right not to vote,
but he said that there is a difference
between a right and the right thing to
do.
He pointed out that the people can
not say that what politicians do is not
important. "They are going to make
decisions that decide the quality of
water in that lake. They are going to
decide the funding - iif the Mil univer
sity. They are going to decide on
abortion.-
"One of the things you have to be
careful about is wanting things from
politics that politics is not designed
to give you, Carville said.
Buchanan expressed how she felt
that there should he an increase of
tariffs on imports to try and increase
the number of jobs in America. In
order to accomplish this, she said that
the president needs to he a tough ne
gotiator and represent America's
workers, and not corporate friends.
Debate continued on page 2
by Jason Snyder
editor-in-chief