The Behrend beacon. (Erie, Pa.) 1998-current, February 04, 2000, Image 9

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Students leave our world for
late night 128 bit fun
by Karl Benacci
news editor
Across the Penn State I3ehrend campus, stu
dents do a number of things to relax after a hard
day of classes. One of the most popular nightly
activities that students partake in is video game
playing. Some of the favorite video game sys
tems of the students are the Nintendo 64 the Sony
laystation and the ever popular PC.
A majority of the students that play video
games do so in their rooms, but some students
go the extra mile and use the big screen TVs that
are located in the residence hall lobbies. When
asked why he uses the residence hall TV, instead
of one in his room, Jim Moorehead said "the big
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Students play video games for a number of
different reasons, some of which are stress re
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"I play video games to free my mind and re
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keeping Behrend bright
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by Jason Snyder
eclitor-in-chief
Imagine leaving your spotless house or dorm
room for classes one day and returning late at
night to see your floors covered \‘ ith footprints,
your walls covered with signs of past events, your
furniture having been danced upon. your garbage
can full and your bed and desk rearranged in a
way they're not supposed to be. Better yet, imag
ine how fun it will he to clean it up.
Just over 20 janitors leave the halls and walls
of the Behrend campus every morning, waiting
and knowing that in just a matter of hours they ,
will return to see that their immaculate build
ings are hack in what appears to he a state of
ruins. So, again, they start their nightly routine -
eight hours a night. seven days a week - clean
ing and scrubbing atter Behrend students, fac
ulty and administration.
Nearly 4,000 members of the Behrend com
munity make their daily trek through the build
ings on campus; all with different ideas. Some
eat. some advertise events through signs, some
,just go to classes, some hold events, some just
Connie Wetzel cleans up the m
Bookstore left by untidy students
An ambulance takes a student from PHOTO BY JEFF
Ohio Hall to the hospital, while the
Durango waits for another 0811,
socialite. But no matter the activity, the campus
receives its share of wear and tear. And who are
the ones that clean up the burger wrappers, take
down old signs and mop up the thousands of foot
steps? It's the Behrend janitors.
As members of the Behrend community, the
campus is responsible to follow rules and regu
lations set forth by the college. Connie Wetzel
who is one of the Behrend janitors responsible
for the upkeep of the Reed Union Building feels
that following the proper rules and regulations
would make their joh easier.
She challenges students to read recyclable
signs, to stop walking on furniture, to pick up
after themselves and to put tables and chairs back
where they belong after events. Pride for the
upkeep of the Behrend campus by everyone in
volved in the Behrend community would make
the lives of Behrend janitors so much more en
joyable. It might not happen overnight, but a lot
of it happens...after hours.
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