Radio
by Angela Rush
wire service editor
Recently SGA has been working
on a program that will benefit stu
dents and help inform them as to
what will be happening on campus.
There are three projects currently un
derway. They include: the
Real Audio station, the student de
signed website, and also the possi
bility of getting an FM radio station.
All of these projects are tied together
to help better inform students on
campus, by letting them tune into a
website, to listen to music, and to
read about upcoming events on cam
pus.
SGA's first project was the FM ra-
Trippe Hall the next residence hall at Behrend
by Karl Benacci
staff writer
With Behrend growing every year,
the need for on-campus housing
grows. Soon it will be known if Be
hrend will build Trippe Hall or save
the project for the future. When
Trippe Hall is constructed, it will be
the third hall built in the "up on the
hill" series, the first two halls being
Almy and Ohio. Trippe Hall will he
located northwest of Ohio Hall and
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The number of open housing
spaces is not known because some
on-campus students will not return
to Behrend.
Students who live in the apart
ments this year have rights to get an
apartment space next year but return
ing students at all other residence
halls and suites are not guaranteed a
space for the Fall of 2000 academic
year.
If four students want to share an
apartment and only two get in. hous
ing will try to accommodate the
group with another space somewhere
else on campus.
If a student is ;.ipplying for an RA
position then they should still hand
Station coming to Behrend soon
dio station, but Penn State needs ap
proval from the FCC in order to
maintain a license. If Penn State does
get the FM radio station it will be a
low power station.
This project is currently being
worked on and since there are no fre
quencies currently available, this
project is on hold.
SGA recently hired two students
to design a website that is student
based. It will have information about
events that are happening on campus,
as well as information about organi
zations that will he able to post what
is happening within their organiza
tion. Ken Miller, Acting Dean of Stu
dent Affairs, stated, "the website is
designed to bring students the best
will he built in the side of the hill
The hall will be very much like
Ohio Hall (card access, suites, and
many single rooms), only smaller,
and the cost figures are still being
worked out but are expected to cost
upwards of seven million dollars.
When Trippe Hall is ready to be built,
there will be a bidding process be
tween construction companies. The
company with the lowest bid will
build Trippe Hall.
An architect will design the build
their housing contract with the per
son they want to have as a roommate
for the 2000-2001 school year.
Veronica M Chopkins, 01 DUS,
said the housing contract discussion
"was helpful because it informs you
on when and how to apply for hous
ing in the upcoming semesters, and
choose roommates of your choice."
Andrea Krahe, 01 DUS, added, "it
was helpful because I know exactly
what I need to do to get good hous
ing and what I can expect because I
had no idea before." Catherine
Fori/enie, 01 BLAS, stated, "it
helped because it made it clearer to
students about the information."
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of the web." The website is directed
at students, and will give students
what they want. While Behrend's
website is more focused for outsid
ers, and is not directed at the students.
The website will be consistently
changing and kept up-to-date about
events and activities that are happen
ing on campus, what Miller would
call an "informational convenient
store for students."
There is not a website like this at
Penn State University Park, and Be
hrend is the highest user of computer
resources outside of University Park.
In order to inform the students of
Penn State Behrend about this site,
The Office of Student Affairs intends
to fund money for marketing the site.
ing, and representatives on a board
will make the decisions concerning
Trippe Hall. The board will be made
up of members of Housing and Food
Services, the college, and students.
A feasibility study is now being done
that will tell Behrend the cost of
building Trippe Hall and the hous
ing needs for the college. Behrend is
either going to build Trippe Hall or
remodel Perry Hall.
If the Perry Hall project is chosen,
then space for 150 more beds will be
"I figured out that this is all about a
chance of life. There is no guarantee
of housing. I am from NY, and if I
lose my contract, I will have to trans
fer to another school." Tracy Mingo,
01 Arts and Science Management,
agreed, "I learned that if you delay
even a day that you are not guaran
teed to have a place to live on cam
pus. I would advise that every stu
dent who plans to live on campus for
next year to take heed to the contract
discussion and have their contracts
on time."
NOVEMBER 19, 1999, THE BEHREND BEACON, PAGE 3
NEWS
There will be a link from Penn State
Behrend's homepage to this site.
SGA plans to pull in students to look
and play with the website and give
their comments on it, and then im
prove it based upon the students in
put.
The Real Audio Station progi'am is
going to he funded through the Stu
dent Activity Fee. This will he stu
dent run, and what SGA is looking
into is the cost of this. There nu n ui
the future possibly be a class associ
ated with this, hut that has not Even
looked into as much yet A commit
tee meets every week and is working
with the computer center to work out
how this program would run so that
the server would not load slowly. It
added to Perry Hall. The decision
whether to build Trippe Hall or to add
to Perry Hall will be made in Janu
ary and the chosen project will be ex
pected to be built by 2003. Trippe
Hall will be built in the future but it
is not yet sure when it will be built.
After Trippe Hall is built, future resi
dence halls will be built across Jor
dan Road.
The Beacon is
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semester. Inter-
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is still up in the air but it is believed
that this will be up and running be
fore the end of the year, or definitely
by fall of 2000. One way Penn State
Behrend might receive the music that
will be playing on this site is by sub
scribing to a music program. This
saves Behrend from having to buy
millions of CD's to use to broadcast
music across the web. Students on
campus will have complete access
to the station through the Penn State
server. The only people that Penn
State can't target at the moment, are
hose who do not have access to the
I'enn State server or go to college
sere but that may change if Behrend
'ets an I'M Radio Station.
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coming a big part of society and be
ing able to listen to the radio on the
Internet is a big step for Behrend.
One other advantage of having the
Real Audio station is that Behrend.can
broadcast sports at Behrend over the
web as well.
This is a big step for Behrend to be
taking, and there are a lot of benefits
involved with having the website, a
Real Audio station, an FM radio sta
tion. All three of these will benefit
the student body and enhance aware
ness as to w hat is happening on cam
pus. Miller believes, "It is a good
way to get students involved on cam
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