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    PAGE 12, THE BEHREND BEACON,FEBRUARY 4, 2000
Website of the Week
by Christine Piccola
staff writer
With all of the stress that comes
along with college life, who on
campus couldn't use a break from
the daily grind? If you have ac
cess to the Internet, you can find
thousands`of these little breaks in
the form of music, jokes, quota
tions and more. All you have to
$3O is log on and be ready to be
amused, inspired, or find whatever
emotion it is you're looking for.
Who hasn't complained about
the lack of selection on radio sta
tions? All . you hear are the same
songs over and over and over and
. well you get the point. And
buying CD's can get to be a pretty
expensive habit. What should you
doX, you want to broaden your
mutcal horizons? Try
www.spiiitiercoht you can lis
ten to more than 250,000 songs
from more than 120 channels, You
can also try wWw4.3.com, even
if you've never listened to mp3's
before. They have an amazingly
largearchive and you can search
for music that's not only fun to lis
ten to, but also free.
If it's quotations you're inter
ested in, there are Web sites for
you: www.bemorecreativecond
Studio Theatre to put Criminal
Hearts on show for community
by Douglas Smith
co-features editor
The Studio Theatre is putting on
a new production at the end of
March and into the beginning of
April. The play is entitled Criminal
Hearts and is a comedy by Jane
Martin. There arc five main char
acters, and auditions are the 7 and 8
of this month.
If you have read the posters
around campus you know what the
play entails.
This play is described as a cross
between Thelma and Louise and The
Goiters. It is full of brilliant and
quirky comedy. Ata Windust is at a
crossroads in her life. As the wife
of successful attorney Wib Windust,
Ata lived at the center of the Chi
cago social whirl. Now she is a hit
more than slightly out of her mind,
living alone in her apartment amid
piles of very sharp pencils, empty
pizza boxes, and Dr. Pepper cans.
That is, until 80, a female burglar,
and Robbie, her slightly inept get
away man, break into her life,
through her bedroom window. Ata
Crtmtnal Hearts de tions
Au
What: Latest play being
presented by the Studio
•
,Theatre
When: (Auditions)
February 7 at 4 to 5:30
,
p.m.
Februaiy 8 at 5 to 7 p.m.
home-cq.hnn allows you to browse
through sayings from famous .
people. If you'd rather have the
quotations delivered to your e-mail
try WWW.soupservercom s a free e
mail service that sends you words.
of wisdom from the popular
Chicken Soup for the Soul series
of books.
For those who look to the stars
daily and read horoscopes, there
are Web sites like
www.swoon.condhoroscopes,or
stars.metawire.com
swoon.corn, you can see what the
future has in store for your love life
or caret.r. And at
stars.ntetawire.com, online as
trologer Jonathan Cainer offers his
Zodiac Forecasts and a regular
thought for the day.
Would you rather, spend your
time onlinehelping others? At
www.thehungersite.corn, your
daily click ensures that those who
sponsor the site will make a dona
tion in your name to those who
need it most. You can also look
up worthy charities at the National
Charities Information Bureau at
www.give.oreindex.cfm, which is
also a very good Web site to
browse.
Everyone knows there are thou
sands, maybe even millions, of
NO *%„
MORE
BOREDOM
and Bo form a bond that leads to the
well-deserved revenge against Ata's
husband and a drastic change in Ata's
perspective on the world.
This play will take place on March
31, April 1.4,5,6,7, and 8 at 8 p.m. in
the Studio Theatre. There are also
matinee shows on April 2 and 9 at
2:30 p.m. Audition times are 4 to
5:30 on February 7 and 5 to 7:00 p.m.
on February 8.
As mentioned, there are five char
acters, all of which are open for au
dition. Ata is a romantic with many
fears and phobias. She is in a lot of
trouble. Bo is a griller in good times
and a burglar in bad times. Truth is
far from being a worry for her.
Robbie is Bo's getaway man. He has
a low-down sex appeal and a passion
for malted milk balls. Wib is a man
in the worst sense of the word. He is
also Ata's estranged husband and an
attorney. Mrs. Carnahan is an off
stage voice and is Ata's older neigh
bor.
There are also stage managers
needed for this production, because
it \\ ould not he the same without help
hehind the scenes. Tony Elliot, who
Contact: '
See Mr. Elliot in. Aca
demic 145 or call
X 6279. Scripts are
available at the library
reserve desk.
Who: Auditions are open
to students,staff, and Come:out and make the ,
wi4
community
actors. , one to ne *
"" ° I • ~, • ' .•
..,<•• •
When: (perfognance) •
March 31, April 1,4,
5,6,7,8 pt 8 p.m.
April 214nd 9 at 2:30 p.m
FEATURES
jokes. circulating on the Web, so
sometimes it's hard to distinguish
one site:from another. At
www.jokeaday.corn or www.joke
ofthe-day.coin, you can sign up
for daily jokes in your e-mail, or
search the joke database for
something to brighten up your
day.
Let's face it after a while,
the solitaire that comes with Win
dows cap get a little boring. Now
there's an alternative for those
hours of mind-numbing card flip
ping. Head on over to
www.uproancom, where you can
win prizes for playing games in
half the time. You can also down
load the Shockwave plug-in
(wivw.shockwczve.com) and then
use any of the search engines to
find Shockwave games:
With all of the work that comes
with the beginning of a new . se
mester, we all need a break. Take
your pick from any of these sites
and spend 15 minutes, a half hour,
even an hour if you have the time.
They all give you the opportunity
to get away from your daily
stress even if it is only for a
minute. Be ready to be amused,
inspired, or whatever it is you're
looking for.
is in charge of the play, has an of
fice in Academic 145 and would ap
preciate it if stage managers could
start as soon as possible. Hours fol
low rehearsal schedule. That means
that the stage managers will be
needed for the February 7 and 8 au
ditions, and the first rehearsal on
February I I. The show begins on
March 31 and runs through April
9, so this will be when a stage
manager's workload is heaviest.
There is no rehearsal over Spring
Break. The requirements for stage
managers are energy, a flexible
schedule, organizational skills, and
of course, self-motivation. This is
a vital part of the performance, so
the position of stage manager
should not be neglected.
Behrend has no theater major, so
roles are open to not only all stu
dents but all staff and community
actors. Therefore, the competition
for the parts will be stiff. Scripts
are available for review at the Penn
State Behrend library reserve desk.
See Mr. Elliot with questions or call
898-6279.
MEM
Pizzaiolo's warm food a match
for cold days on the slopes
For all of you ski bums that en
joy taking a day trip to Peek N'
Peak, or for any of you who are
taking skiing to fill an ESACT re
quirement, remember Pizzaiolos
Italian Eatery when your hunger
sets in on the slopes.
Pizzaiolos is located at the far
southern end of the Peek N' Peak
complex, at the bottom of runs
Finshury Field and Nottingham
Notch. Also next to Camelot Con
dominiums, the pizzaria is housed
in the Sugar N' Ouse building, or
the old "Sugar Shack" according
to you Peak veterans.
Pizzaiolos is open 11 a.m. until
10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday,
and until 11 p.m. on Fridays and
Saturdays.
The Pizzaiolo menu hosts an ex
cellent assortment of classic Ital
ian entrees including appetizers,
desserts, and a full bar (for those
old enough to drink, of course).
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Pizzaiolo's Italian Eatery is located at Peek'N Peak Resort and Can nc,i , center located twenty min
utes from Behrend in New York state. For more information on the typ , .L, of nr.,t!vities available at the
resort, visit their website at www.pknpk.com.
MEE
by Michael Nies
staff writer
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Colorado resort
6 LSD, for short
10 Whip-wielder
Laßue
14 Writer Calvino
15 No longer
present
16 Suspicious of
17 British
Commons
19 Opinion
20 Italian sausage
21 Whelp
22 & others
23 Tanker leak
25 Russian range
26 On the peak of
30 Exercises
authority
32 Fared
35 Carpenter's tool
39 Antler parts
40 Major
commodity
41 "The Lord of the
Rings" character
43 Diffidence
44 Guterson novel,
"Snow Falling on
46 Rams' mates
47 Murdered
50 Experiments
53 Monk's hood
54 Three in Italy
5& After sounds
60 Hyalite
61 Show
compassion
63 Gilpin of
"Frasier"
64 Served perfectly
65 "West Side
Story" song
66 Earthly paradise
67 Mae or Adam
68 Actor Merlin
DOWN
1 Is not well
2 Greek
colonnade
3 Hinged tongue
4 Zeno of
5 Typical patterns
6 In the past
Entree choices include pizza spe
cially cooked in a wood tired o \
The smell is so good it o ill tanta
lize your taste buds into uncontrol
lable salivation, alone \\ ith the
help of the most desirable top
pings. Also served is the specialt,
white pizza.
Hungry skiers can also choose
satisfy their bellies with spaghetti.
lasagna, Peek N' ket
chicken and broccoli tetit, eine
tossed in a rich. cri \
sauce. A bullet is also ailabl
on weekends and holidays, ottcr
ing a continualk„ , 'lc -
lion of home cooked food,. foi
anyone looking for a li~LtL viral.
tossed salads, italian .oup.
and a soup du jour ( made in
are also listeci on i'ne
Not hungry'? Feel tree to stop in
and warm your fingers and ices
over a steaming cup (,1 coffee, hot
chocolate, or hot apple cider.
nished with a cinnamon stick A
full bar offering a \\ tde selection
of domestic and impoi led hccr.
mixed drinks. and °ther hot spc
7 Pair
8 Diabetes
medication
9 Profound
10 Necking site
11 Hill or Loos
12 Baseball theft?
13 Laughs heartily
18 Groovy
24 NYC subway line
25 Oneness
26 Elec. units
27 Sharp to the taste
28 Stench
29 Fleming's
discovery
31 Deep cut
33 Humorist Nash
34 Second-hand
36 Gush forth
37 Or
38 Hardy heroine
42 Daily grind
43 Draft org.
45 Keanu of "My
Own Private
Idaho"
Solutions
Purview
Ran at an easy
pace
Conscious
Sri Lanka export
Likable loser
Melt
cialk drinks are also available to
those over the age of 21.
:pun entering Pizzaiolos one
feels right at home with a friendly
Ii te.s promptly greeting you
:mil a large double-sided fireplace
a, ailing. There, cold and hun
g' \ ,tiers can set their snow cov
ered clothes to dry, rest their
haw's, and defrost their bones.
The atmosphere of Pizzaiolos is
l'iollpictcd with walls covered
with antique skis, ski equipment,
and pictures reminiscent of sim
pler times spent at Peek N' Peak.
lart,!ing trout the rafters are old
lilt chairs once used by Peak pa
trouts, that now serve as a resting
place for a skiing clown, Fred and
:aid the world's only ski-
,201111 J l'hey remain there
(fail , — happily drawing laughs
1 ()ill \ ()wig and old skiers alike.
7s, c
. ou're at the Peak
aid vour tumor 's rumbling„ ski
on Uvcr to Pit/111010S. It's the
place On the slopes to eat
t!icat loud at reasonable prices.
Make sound
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