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Marching the Night Away
“/ think there was a good sense of solidarity among
On Wednesday, April 26, about 100 marchers gathered at the Reed Wintergarden to participate in Take Back The Night
2000. Co-sponsored by Women Today, a Behrend organization, and the Women’s Studies Program of Penn State Behrend,
the march was designed to raise awareness of sexual assault. Melissa Bender, coordinator of Women Studies, felt that the
march was successful. “People seemed to have fun. They were really involved in the marching, chanting, and singing. It
was very educational.” Other activities included lectures, a candlelight vigil, and a speakout. The event concluded with a
reception in the Reed Wintergarden.
All-Class Reunion scheduled for the summer
by Liz Hayes
news co-editor
This June, Behrend will hold its
second annual All-Class Reunion
Weekend. Alumni from all Behrend
classes including the about-to
graduate class of Spring 2000 are
invited to return to the school and
observe the growth that has evolved
over the years.
The Weekend will begin on Friday,
June 16, and will continue through
Sunday, June 18. Registration is
scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. in
the Reed Union Building and will
continue throughout the day. The
registration fee of $l5 per person, or
$25 per family, covers most events, a
Friday night concert, and a reunion
memento. Meal and lodging fees are
additional. Lodging for the event is
available on campus in Ohio Hall, and
a variety of meal options are available.
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A large variety of events are being
offered throughout the weekend. One
of the features is “Classes You May
Have Missed,” a popular idea that is
returning from last year’s reunion.
Some of the classes include
Professional Dress and Etiquette
(taught by Jana Goodrich, lecturer in
management); E-Trading & Volatile
Markets: How The Average Investor
Can Survive (Kay Johnson, lecturer
in finance and business economics);
Wines and Limes: Exploring Flavor
Chemistry (Mary Chisholm, associate
professor of chemistry); Stroll
Behrend’s Memory Lane (Benjamin
Lane, associate professor emeritus of
English and college historian); and
Myths About Sports: The Role of
Economics in Baseball (John Fizel,
professor of economics).
Another feature event is the Night
in Margaritaville, which will take
place on Friday night in the Wilson
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Melissa Bender, Coordinator of Women’s Studies
Picnic Grove. The band Key West
Express will be performing for the
crowd. Also, a Caribbean Feast will
occur (key lime pie guaranteed), and
guests are being encouraged to add to
the festive atmosphere by wearing
their Hawaiian shirts and hula skirts.
On Saturday, guests are encouraged
to attend the groundbreaking for the
Chapel and Bell Tower off of Jordan
Road. The Smith family the
benefactors of the buildings will
be present. Alumni will also be able
to attend the Academic School
Presentations and Receptions at
Knowledge Park Saturday evening.
Another popular event from last
year’s reunion that will be making an
encore appearance this year is the
English Department’s Evening of
Dubious Taste. Similar to the evening
that took place earlier this spring
starring Behrend students, the faculty
will be presenting the most dubious
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examples of English and theatre that
they can find.
After the Dubious Taste
performance, alumni are being
encouraged to attend the Saturday
Night Dive, which will reveal the
“secret lives and hidden talents” of the
Behrend community. Faculty, staff,
and alumni will be displaying their
“talents” in Bruno’s Caf£. As the
brochure states, “no need to take
yourself too seriously.”
Due to comments from last year’s
attendees, this year’s reunion will
feature more activities for the children
of alumni. College for Kids classes
are available for children, and a
carnival will be held on the Reed front
lawn on Saturday for the whole
family. Many of the other events are
also open to families, such as the
Caribbean Feast and the Key West
Reunion continued on page 3
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KAP fraternity
suspended for
violations
by Jason Snyder
editor-in-chief
Behrend’s Kappa Delta Rho
fraternity recently pled guilty to
charges brought up against them of
"pledging and initiating an ineligible
male student and falsifying
documents turned into the Office of
Student Activities." Both charges
violate Behrend policy and are
currently being looked into by KDR’s
governing body of nationals.
The Behrend fraternity judicial
board, consisting of the six
fraternities’ vice presidents, held a
hearing on April 19, 2000, to rule on
the charges brought upon KDR. On
the first count of falsifying documents
to the Office of Student Activities,
KDR was found guilty by a vote of
5-1. On the second charge of pledging
and initiating an ineligible male
student, the judicial board voted guilty
on a count of 6-0. Chris Miller, the
Executive Director of KDR’s national
headquarters, was also present for the
meeting.
Sanctions passed by the judicial
board included a one-year suspension
for the fraternity. KDR will not be
recognized by the campus and will
lose all campus privileges until the
first meeting of the IFC of Fall 2001.
Interfraternity Council president
Matt F.ck! commented on IFC’s
responsibilities saying, "the primary
objective of IFC is to support and
uphold the policies of the University
and values of each fraternity. The
Student arrested for breaking
into professor’s office
by Karl Benacci
news co-editor
A Penn State Behrend student has been
arrested on charges that he broke into his
professor’s office to uninstall an illegal
computer program that the student had
previously remotely installed from an
other computer.
Adam Zalonis, who is a junior at Be
hrend, has been charged with the crime.
He was arraigned on Tuesday, April 18,
before District Justice Mark Krahe on
one count each of unlawful use of a com
puter, burglary, and possessing instru
ments of crime.
Police believe that Zalonis broke into
Professor Amir Khalilollahi’s office,
which is located in room 85 of Benson
Hall, between midnight of April 6 and 3
a.m. on April 7.
Zalonis went into the office to remove
an illegal program from Khalilollahi’s
computer. The program, called “Funk
Proxy Host,” allowed Zalonis to gain
access to Khalilollahi’s computer files,
which contained test information and
grades. The illegal program made it pos
sible to access the information from an
other computer with the use of a modem.
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sanctions made by the judicial board
were in the best interest of the Greek
community.
The main evidence brought forth to
the judicial board dealing with the two
charges was a guilty plea by KDR
president Matt Agnoli. The judicial
board also heard a report presented by
Behrend’s coordinator of Greek Life,
Shawna Pelasky.
According to Agnoli, an
anonymous phone call from a brother
that claimed he was a member of
KDR, was made to Pelasky informing
her that KDR was initiating an
ineligible man. Agnoli feels the phone
call was made by a former member
of KDR that was recently released
from the fraternity.
Pelasky looked further into the
incident, confirming with the
Intramural Department that the
ineligible man was involved in
intramural events under the KDR
Zalonis told investigators that the door
to Khalilollahi’s office was ajar. Bill
Donahue, Manager of Police and Safety
Services, stated, "if the door to the fac
ulty member’s office was or wasn’t
locked is not the issue. The issue is that
the suspect was in an area he did not have
permission to be in.”
At around 2 a.m. on April 7, Teresa
O’Connell, a janitorial worker, saw “a
person who fit the general description of
Adam Zalonis” hiding under a desk in
Khalilollahi’s office. O'Connell told
campus officer Tod Allen about the inci
dent.
On April 13, George Weaver, a Net
work Security Monitor at University
Park, alerted Police and Safety about
illegal computer activity. Mr. Weaver
told Police and Safety that Zalonis had
somehow gotten into Professor
Khalilollahi’s computer. Tod Allen, a
Police Service Officer, declared, “Mr.
Weaver was very concerned about the
suspected access of Dr. Khalilollahi’s
computer. Mr. Weaver also provided me
with information that assisted me in the deter-
KAP
SUSPENSION
All Greek organizations are
required by campus policy to hand in
a list of their bids to the Student
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