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Behrend students will be
making a trip to New York in
March to see the economic
side of the Big Apple.
Registration begins this
week.
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celebrations at Behrend's
Martin Luther King Jr.'s
birthday celebration.
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The Behrend women top
Frostburg State, 77-75 in a
rematch of last year's
AMCC Championship game
that saw the Lions upset.
Behrend remains unbeaten in
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XLVIII No. 16
BEEP, BEEP: Children at Behrend's Child Care Center will be moving up to Knowledge Park, which will be the
new site for the center after months of heated discussion and searching for a donor. Provost and Dean John Lilley
approved the rebuilding of the center this past week.
Child Care Center wins fight to stay open
by Rehab Elzeney
and Liz Hayes
staff writer
and news editor
Months of meetings have finally paid
off for those fighting to keep the Child
Care Center at Penn State Behrend. On
Thursday, January 18, it was announced
that the Center will be rebuilt in Knowl
edge Park as soon as feasibly possible.
MLK Jr. celebrated campus wide
by Chris Buchanan and Liz Hayes
staff writer and news editor
Behrend joined the rest of the country in the
celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 15. As in
former years, Behrend put together an array of
events in honor of Dr. King.
The Eighth Annual Family Breakfast got the
day under way bright and early. Traditionally,
Dr. King celebrated his birthday by having his
friends and family over for breakfast. Behrend
has replicated this tradition in Bruno's again
this year.
The main body of the celebration took place
at 4:00 p.m. in the Reed Commons and was
called "Celebrating a Movement through Mu
sic." This year's celebration was under the di
rection of Ms. Mila Cooper, director of educa
tional equity programs.
Provost and Dean Dr. John Lilley gave the
welcome to start the program, which was fol
lowed by the singing of the Black National
Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
The program was narrated by students Chris
Buchanan, Melissa Davis, and Jacqueline Jack-
son, as well as Mr. Dan Schiesser, coordinator
The new $l.l million dollar center will
be constructed by the Greater Erie Indus
trial Development Corporation (GEIDC) as
soon as the Harborcreek Township Super
visors grant permission to build. The col
lege is currently seeking the cooperation of
the Pennsylvania Department of Transpor
tation (PennDOT) in delaying demolition of
the current center on Station Road. Should
it become necessary, the college will find a
temporary space on campus to facilitate
of Residence Life. The narration explained the
importance of music to the Civil Rights music,
as well as how Americans were abused and
treated during the Civil Rights movement. Mary
Alice Brown, Penn State Behrend's Gospel
Choir under the direction of student Shekia
Brown, and the St. James A.M.E. Church Mass
Choir accompanied the narration with song and
rhythm. Also exhibited was a Power Point slide
show controlled by Andrew Waters, which dis
played various events during the Movement.
Toward the end of the program, students Asia
Horton and Twynell Kimble performed a mime
to the song "Still I Rise." The Behrend Con
cert Choir ended the event in leading the audi
ence in the song "We Shall Overcome." The
guest speaker Ellis Marsalis gave the closing
remarks and encouraged everyone to keep the
dream strong and continue to strive for equal
ity.
Cooper said, "this program had a strong im
pact on students. I received several e-mails
from students that didn't grow up around Afri
can-Americans, but explained to me how they
MLK JR
Jacqueline Jackson and Chris Buchanan, read the
Martin Luther King Jr. speech displayed in the Reed
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JANUARY
child care while the new center is under con
struction.
GEIDC, which has been a partner of
Behrend's in the development of Knowl
edge Park, will lease the 8,500-foot child
care center to the college. At some point
Behrend hopes to buy the center from
SAVED
continued on page 3
Provost,
students
discuss
safety
The smell of warm oven-baked pizza filled Perry Hall
Lobby at 7 p.m. Tuesday night as approximately 60 Behrend
students had their pizza-side chat with Provost and Dean John
Lilley.
Accompanied by Chris Rizzo, Director of Student
Activities, and Residence Life Coordinator Maria Madigan,
the students took advantage of the first "Pizza with the
Provost" of the new millenium by addressing the Provost
with many concerns about the Behrend College community.
They raised issues primarily dealing with residence hall
vandalism, housing shortage and campus expansions,
orientation programs, and campus diversity, hoping there will
be follow-ups to their concerns from the university
administration.
"This is one of my favorite programs; I love interacting
with these young people," said Dr. Lilley about the meeting.
"It is interesting to see different perspectives on issues they
come up with I've always learned about different things from
each of these conversations with them. To learn from each
other is the essence of a higher education."
"Pizza with the Provost" used to be "Coffee with the
Provost." It is a program that provides students with a face
to-face, direct connection with the Dean and Provost, and
other administrative staff in an informal setting. "It gives
students an opportunity to talk directly with the Provost and
Dean; it is important for the administration to get feedback
directly from the students, so they are alert to students' needs,"
said Rizzo. "Student input is vital to the college
administration; in fact, some larger visions have been
accomplished during the program, like the Musical Ensemble
program which was possible because of great student effort."
Lilley opened the discussion by having the students
introduce themselves. Questions and concerns came from
the students one after another. Garrett Pennington, a resident
in Perry, pointed out the problem with vandalism in the
residence halls. "Perry residents are billed with vandalism
charges when there is no evidence to prove the damages were
done by the residents," said Pennington. "The Perry Hall
Council has discussed this issue with the RA and the
coordinator, but nothing has been done. The safety of
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by Jenny Zhang
staff writer
SAFETY
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Be co
availabi e
on the web
by Jeff Miller
managing editor
As of Monday, January 22.2001,
the Behnowl Beacon will be available
for students to view an the Web. The
url is www. clubs.psa.edul
beacononline/.
Deanna Synioski, Arts & Enter
tainment editor for the Beacon, will
be the webtmtster for the site, which
will consist of current articles, fea
tures, contact information for the
Beacon, and the Beacon archives.
Funding for ilup project was pro
vided by the Student Activity Pee and
the Beacon.
"We are working to keep the Bea
con up to date in this growing tech
nology age. This is *project we have
hein phMhing for awhile and I am
glad to see it materbilizing," com
mented Jason Snyil . 4; editor-in
chief. • .
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