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Vol. XLVIII No. 12 18 pages
Strangers become friends at 'Dinner for Six Strangers'
Behrend presents Second Harvest with 2,283 food items
by Liz Hayes
associate editor
This past Tuesday, November 17,
Behrend held its Twelfth Annual
"Dinner For Six Strangers" in the
Reed Commons, a traditional holi
day celebration at the college. The
idea behind the meal is to present stu
dents - and faculty - with the oppor
tunity to meet new people on cam
pus, and to partake of some holiday
atmosphere.
Historically, the dinner was cre
ated in order to provide a sense of
community for those who would not
be able to celebrate the Thanksgiv
ing holiday at home with family and
friends. Faculty and staff would in
vite students to their own homes for
Thanksgiving, sharing their home
and family with those who would be
"When college students are
giving their last package of
ramen noodles, it's nzore than
a donation - it is a sacrifice! "
- Sarah Edwards,
coordinator of "Feed
the Need" campaign
ing organizations in
without during the holidays. How- cluded Joint Residence Council,
ever, as the student body grew in the Lion Ambassadors, Multi-Cultural
late 1980's, this setup became unfea- Council, Science and Success Fresh-
Glenhill Farmhouse retains nostalgia
by Raechel Kiska
staff writer
As students of Behrend, you walk
to classes everyday and pass the
same buildings, but have you ever
stopped to think about the history
behind the campus?
Although Penn State Behrend has
existed as a college since 1948, the
buildings on campus date back much
further than that. Benjamin A. Lane,
associate professor of English and
Dean of Student Affairs emeritus at
Penn State Erie, compiled an infor
mal history of Behrend in his book
titled Behrend Remembered. A brief
history is needed in order to under
stand the campus in its present state.
Ernst Behrend was incredibly in
volved in the Hammermill paper fac
tory, and in the early 1900 s it was
customary for businessmen to live
where they worked. Ernst, along
with wife Mary, son Warren, and
daughter Harriet, lived in a house on
the Hammennill grounds which of
fered Ernst the chance to supervise
what was going on at the plant and
to form good working relations with
the other employees.
In the mid-twenties, the Behrend
family began thinking of building
another residence. Then, in 1929
they lost their son Warren in an au
tomobile accident. During this sad
time in their lives, Ernst and Mary
sible, and the "Dinner for Six Strang
ers" as we know it was born.
The meal consisted of the tradi
tional Thanksgiving dinner, done
Housing and Food Services-style.
Dinner included turkey with cranber
ries, mashed potatoes, stuffing,
gravy, and corn, topped off with
pumpkin pie and coffee.
More than 150 students, faculty,
and staff participated in this year's
dinner, including Dr. John Lilley,
Provost and Dean. Tables were in
tentionally integrated so that as few
people as possible would know the
people they were sitting with. As
Sarah Edwards said, "It's amazing
how over a simple meal strangers can
become friends."
Also present at the dinner was
Suzanne Cascio, executive director
of the Second Harvest Food Bank of
Northwest Pennsylva-
nia. Toward the end of
the dinner, Sarah
Edwards, "Feed the
Need" coordinator, pre
sented Cascio with a
tally of 2,283 items of
food for the Second
Harvest Food Bank.
During the presenta
tion, representatives for
the organizations par
ticipating in the food
drive followed
Edwards on stage to re
ceive recognition for
their efforts. Participat-
The Glenhill Farmhouse at Behrend
felt that spending time at a country
estate would be a great retreat, so they
bought Glenhill Farm on the sugges
tion of J.C. Ainsworth, a close family
friend. In the beginning, the Behrends
just visited the estate on the weekends,
but by the late twenties Glenhill be
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Than zgiving
man Seminar, Society of
Undergraduate Econo
mists, ROTC, Reality
Check, Delta Sigma Pi,
Lambda Sigma, and the
Beacon
Collection boxes for the
food drive had been
placed around campus
earlier this month. Each
participating organization
placed boxes in three dif
ferent buildings, includ
ing residence halls, Erie
Hall and the Academic
and Reed Union Build
ings. People were then
encouraged to donate as
much food as possible
into the boxes. And do
nate they did. As earlier
stated, the total of food
items reported to Cascio
was 2,283 items. How
ever, as boxes are still in
several of the buildings,
the total has now risen to
over 2,300 items - dou
bling Behrend's goal of
1,000 items. As Edwards Sarah Edwards, coordinator of the "Feed the Need" campaign, presents Suzanne
stated, "When college stu- from The Second Harvest Food Bank with the tally of food items collected. Also in
dents are giving their last photo are representatives from the organizations who aided in the campaign
package of ramen
noodles, it's more than a
donation - it is a sacri
fice!"
After the presentation, Cascio pro
ceeded to speak to those present at
the dinner of hunger in the United
States, and particularly in the Erie
area. The Second Harvest Food
Bank serves 11 counties in northwest
PA. Not only does the Food Bank
came their permanent home.
Many renovations were done in the
time that the Behrends resided at
Glenhill. For instance, the pool, now
fenced in beside the farmhouse, was
added and complete by 1932. Ernst
really enjoyed swimming, so the pool
NEWS PAGE 1
POLICE AND SAFETY PAGE 2
CALENDAR PAGE 5
FOOD ON CAMPUS PAGE 6
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Friday, November 19, 1999
collect food from area food drives,
but it also strives to prevent food
waste by working with the food in
dustry. The Food Bank collects food
that has been deemed unsalable by
the quality control departments of
food distributors, but is nonetheless
wholesome, completely edible food.
was heated to accommodate his de
sire to swim, even in the winter. Mary
Behrend released her artistic abilities
by remodeling the house. The origi
nal farmhouse is the core of the cur
rent building and the wings were
added on to provide space for the staff
PHOTO BY JEFF MILLER
EDITORIAL
WIRE SERVICE PAGE 9 PENNSTATE
v Erie
I 8 S S
FEATURES PAGE 11
SPORTS PAGE 13
The "Dinner for Six Strangers"
and the "Feed the Need" food drive
kicked off the giving, holiday sea
son for those participating here at
Behrend. According to Edwards,
"'Feed the Need' proves that if or
ganizations come together on our
campus, amazing things can hap
pen."
and more room for the family.
The Behrends did not just want to
use Glenhill as a retreat and estate,
they also wanted to utilize the land
as a working farm. They had nu
merous sheep, sixteen horses and a
plethora of dogs. In order to keep
such an establishment running, the
Behrends employed a fairly large
staff including maids, gardeners,
cooks and a butler.
In 1940 Ernst Behrend died due
to an illness and Mary began spend
ing more of her time at her Green
wich, Connecticut, home, all the
while thinking of a way to preserve
the Behrend family name in the Erie
community. After Penn State ex
pressed interest in the property to
serve as a branch campus, Mary re
alized that donating the land and
buildings to the college would be the
perfect memorial for her husband,
and it was dedicated as the Behrend
Center on October 30, 1948.
Today, the Glenhill Farmhouse
contains the admissions office, the
financial aid office and other admin
istrative offices. So the next time
you are walking to class, stop for a
minute to think about the history
behind the buildings you pass and
the paths you cross. For more his
tory behind the campus, Behrend
Remembered is available in the
bookstore and library.
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A Penn State Erie Student Publication
Cascio,
the
Students voice
opinions about
housing
by Karl Benacci
staff writer
On November 17, 1999, Housing
and Food Services met with the stu
dents of Niagara Hall to discuss hous
ing contracts.
Many questions were asked by
Niagara residents, and Housing and
Food Services explained the housing
contract process thoroughly.
The process begins when on-cam
pus students return from the holiday
break and receive their housing con
tract in their on-campus mailbox.
Housing contracts will then be ac
cepted at the Housing and Food Ser
vices office January 17-21. Housing
contracts will then be stamped with a
date and given a chronological num
ber. A computer program will then
draw a random number and that is
how the lottery spaces will be cho-
The main thing to remember when
submitting a housing contract is to
hand your contract in with your fu
ture roommate(s) contract(s) and to
make sure that the number of people
living in the living space accommo
dates the size of the room.
If your housing contract is ndt sub
mitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday Janu
ary 21st then you will be placed on
the waiting list.
Housing continued on page 3
PHOTO COURTESY OF
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS