The Behrend beacon. (Erie, Pa.) 1998-current, September 01, 2000, Image 2

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    Growth continued from front page
the final phase.
"The sum of the three-phased
renovation modernized the biology
labs and have made more efficient use
of space which has allowed for the
addition of equipment rooms, a
radiation room, a tissue culture room,
an aquaria room, a faculty office, and
a faculty research lab,” Eckroat added.
Also, an introductory biology lab was
modernized with the assistance of a
$50,001) grant from the University
Facilities Improvement Committee,
according to Burke. As in other
buildings, Nick classrooms were also
air-conditioned and new' lighting and
ceilings were installed.
In the Witkowski Building (located
between the Prischak and the
Fasenmyer Buildings in the
Engineering Complex), classroom
WHO was converted into a computer
lab. Mr. Kenneth Bauer, senior
systems analyst, stated that the
machines outfitting the new lab came
from the lab located in Nick 156,
which has since been taken over by
the Management Information Systems
(MIS) program. "New tables and
chairs were purchased, new air
conditioning was installed, and
additional data lines were added” to
the new Witkowski lab, Bauer added.
In the Hammermill Building, lab
HI 39 was converted into a
cooperative learning computer lab.
SATURDAY
Partly Sunny
High: 81
Low: 66
HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND ON BOOKS THIS SEMESTER?
WHERE DID YOU BUY YOUR BOOKS FROM?
laborative Learning Lab in Hammermill 139
The other main additions to existing residential area of the campus). The before noon on Wednesday, August
buildings students may have noticed elevator in Reed is up and running for 30. The elevator that runs up the side
are the new elevators in the Reed all to use -in fact, a person was of the Stairtower should be in
Building and in the Stairtower (located temporarily trapped in this elevator operation by late September,
behind Perry Hall leading up to the during one of the brief brown-outs just according to Ream.
Mostly Cloudy with chance of
thunderstorms.
High: 84
Low: 66
About $4OO from the rip-off store
$407.03 - bookstore. I d
I’m too lazy.
About $3OO. Barnes and
lazy. Mom was paying
Around $4OO. I bought
robbed at the bookstore.
I purchased all of my books from the bookstore... Are you
ready...s72B
At first I spent $3BO. Then my roommate had a couple of the
books I need, so I returned them and it came down to $250.
NEWS & WEATHER
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PHOTO BY NEIL MAKADIA
Cloudy
High: 80
Low: 64
09:36
15:25
19:06
22:34
19:45 Complainant reported that someone had hit and
00:10 A student reported hearing a rumor that another
student had been secretly videotaping others.
Campaign continued from front page
who introduced Karenna. Karenna
talked to the crowd about how happy
she was to be working on her father's
campaign, and how her father would
make a great president. She
highlighted the great economic boon
of the last eight years, and Gore’s
plans for the budget surplus and how
to save Social Secuirity.
Ralph Nader
With all of the Democratic and
Republican mud throwing
surrounding the upcoming
Presidential elections, we tend to
forget that there are other candidates
running in that same election.
This year’s highest polling third
party candidate is Ralph Nader.
Nader, the Green Party’s presidential
candidate, was a guest speaker at the
Avalon Hotel in Erie, on Tuesday.
He talked about the fact that Bill
Clinton and A 1 Gore have been prom
ising to put a ban on replacement per
sons being brought in to fill the spots
of union workers who are on strike.
The Democrats have been promising
this for eight years now, and still noth
ing has been accomplished.
PHOTO BY NEIL MAKADIA
Karenna Gore speaks at East High School last week.
lolice And Safety
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Complainant reported the attempted theft of a
VCR player from Reed 114 over the weekend
Complainant reported being harassed by
non-student friend of a student
Report of student having a seizure in front of the
Reed Building. Found to be between Reed and
Perry Hall. Upon our arrival, individual was normal
and refused ambulance transport by Brookside.
On the hill in front of Ohio, resident ran over a boulder
in front of Ohio Hall and put a hole in the gas tank.
The owner had AAA, which he called and the
vehicle was towed off campus.
run the driver side of their van
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
He went on to say that this, to him,
makes the Democrats worse than the
Republicans. He talked a lot about
the ever-growing similarities between
the Democratic Party and the Repub
lican Party. He feels that both par
ties are controlled too much by big
business and are too soft on white
collar crime.
He spoke of the Occupational
Safety and Health issues; which are
at the core of the Green Party’s Plat
form. These issues have not been ad
dressed by either A 1 Gore or George
W. Bush. Nader says that “these are
dirty words to Big Business.” He
stated that to the Republicans and
Democrats, “politics is about who
He went into the recent dilemma
over raising the minimum wage.
Democrats wish to raise the minimum
wage by one dollar over the next two
years, the Republicans wish to make
the adjustment over the next three
years. He said that “the only differ
ence between Democrats and Repub
licans is $0.17.” At one point he ac
tually referred to the two parties as
“look-a-likes” and “tweedle-dee and
tweedle-dum.”
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