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NEWS AND WEATHER
Behrend students take a bite out of the Big Apple
by Liz Hayes
wire service editor
Over winter break nine students
went on the alternative break trip
to New York City with Chris Rizzo,
Director of Student Activities, and
his wife Lori. Students got to ex
perience the community of NYC
while helping the less fortunate
through an organization named
Project Hospitality at the same time.
In previous years, Behrend stu
dents were able to go on alternative
spring break trips to Our Daily
Bread in Baltimore, Md. This par
ticular trip has been offered for the
past three or four years. The inter
est generated from this trip led to
the formation of the Reality Check
student organization.
Also, partially due to the popu
larity of such trips, Shawna
Polaskey was added to the Student
Activities staff. Polaskey is the Co
ordinator of Greek Life and Lead
ership Programs for the campus,
and the alternative break trips fall
under her supervision.
Sarah Edwards, a student here at
Behrend, also acted as one of the
Question of
WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO WIN
THE SUPER BOWL?
"I don't really care, becasue all my teams lost, but
if I had a choice I'd choose the Rams."
Chris Rizzo, Director of Student Activities
coordinators for the trip over winter
break. She helped to plan the enter
tainment portion of the trip, as well as
to help students get ready for the trip
during the fall 1999 semester.
Students arrived in New York City
on Monday, January 3, 2000, around
4 p.m. Those participating were able
to roam the cty that first night, getting
a feel for their surroundings, since sev
eral students had never been to the cty
before.
Students worked Tuesday, Wednes
day, and Thursday for Project Hospi
tality in various locations. On Tues
day and Thursday the whole group
worked in a soup kitchen during the
morning and early afternoon. This
particular kitchen usually served about
50 people a day. The students pre
pared the food from 9 a.m. until noon,
which was when the pantry opened to
the public. The patrons were served
until about 1:30 p.m. Afterwards, the
students helped out with other activi
ties in the pantry, including canning
food, distributing clothing, and giving
flu shots.
The students were finished working
at the kitchen around 5 p.m. on Tues
days and Thursdays. They then had
the Week
don't even know who's playing'
Jessica Dißacco, 04, PSYCH
MEM=
Brian Vallor, 02, ECE
"The Titans, because they've dominated the AFC
and they're going to roll over the Rams."
Travis Teeter, 02, Computer Engineering
"Tennessee, because I like their colors, and they
walked all over Jacksonville."
Deanna Symoski, 06, COMBA
"Who's in it?"
the evenings to themselves in the
Big Apple.
On Wednesday the students were
split into groups and went to two dif
ferent places to volunteer. One
group went to the Store Front, which
is an area where Mexican immi
grants convene to wait for work dur
ing the winter months. The Store
Front also dispenses clothing and
other necessities.
The other group went to an Out
reach Center where they served
lunch, sorted clothes, and performed
other miscellaneous manual labor.
On Friday the group had the day
to themselves to explore the city.
Greenwich Village, Rockefeller
Center, Brooklyn, Central Park, St.
Patrick's Cathedral, and Times
Square were just a few of the sights
the students got to see. They also
went to see a performance of Les.
Miserables.
There was also an alternative
break trip during fall break to Cleve
land, Ohio, to the Catholic Work
house. During spring break Reality
Check will be journeying to the
Blowing Rocs Preserve in Fla.
Students participating in the alternative break trip take time out to pose for a photo with Chris Rizzo
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shows an increased amount of student
interest considering last spring's elec
tions were unopposed."
A University Faculty Senate Rep
resentative will also be elected. Their
main job will be to go to University
Park once a month and meet with
other SGA students from other cam
puses to discuss certain issues.
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On Wednesday January 26th, at the
SGA meeting, privileges were
amended to give voting rights to Uni
versity Faculty Senate Representa
tives so that they can vote on issues.
The two students running for Uni
versity Faculty Senate Representa
tives are Jenny Zhang and Matt
Grimmke ( for more information
Police And Safety
Damage was found done to University property.
A complainant reported that they were receiving harassing phone
calls.
A complainant reported the theft of the University owned tele
phone from the Perry Hall lobby.
A video camera was stolen from Ohio Hall.
A complainant reported that she and other staff members had
received email which included a link to an obscene web site.
JANUARY 28-30, 2000
SATURDAY
PHOTO COURTESY OF JESSE COLAIZZ
about the candidates please turn to
page four).
Voting will take place on February
2nd and 3rd outside of Bruno's. For
more information visit the SGA of
fice in the Reed Union Building.
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