LILLEY LEAVING
deans, faculty, students, alumni, and
Interim President Stephen McFarlane.
He also traveled to the Las Vegas
campus of the University of Nevada
system and met with more members
~,t• the UN community.
This past Tuesday the five
university system regents
unanimously voted for Lilley, despite
apposition from a 14-member
advisory panel. Those in favor of
Lilley's nomination cited his
fundraising abilities and community
ihresence as qualities in his favor.
ose opposed questioned whether he
tkould be able to make the transition
from representing the 3,800 students
dt Penn State Behrend's campus to the
15,000-student UNR.
"The Board has a very good history
yf hiring excellent presidents of our
institutions, and Dr. Lilley is no
xception," said Thalia Dondero,
Regents' Chair at UNR. In response
fo the opposition, Lilley says he will
"listen, talk, listen, talk..." He doesn't
plan on entering UNR will a plan, but
does plan on listening and learning
before he makes any decisions.
MEHALSO OBSERVATORY
ley welcoming the audience t • t
• edication ceremony, took place at
::30 p.m. The introduction was fol
bwed by a short speech by Michael
'erkins, a physics major at Behrend
.nd president of the Astronomy Club.
"I thank you for the benefit of view
ng Uranus and Neptune, which I had
'ed to do last summer; the older tele
cope gave me some blurry pictures,
o I wasn't sure if I was looking at the
*ght thing," Perkins said. "Thank you
very much for the new telescope, the
• arper imaging and the CCD; this
ill hopefully make it easier to spot
hese planets."
The donation from the Mehalso
• mily included a new refracting tele
ope and rotating observatory that are
ontrolled by computer.
telescope is computer-con
tea 'for imaging work," said Dr.
4 • r Knacke, director of the School
4 f Science. "This is a nearly first-rate
stronomical facility that we have at
'enn State Behrend now."
The charged coupled device (CCD)
ecords and saves pictures from the
- lescope. Other adjustments made
ere fully handicap-accessible walk
' ays and doorways to the observa
ory, and a scholarship that will be
▪ warded to science students.
"The Mehalsos also created a schol
:,4 ship that will be instrumental in in
.tructing students as well," Lilley said.
' Following the ceremony was a tour
• f the new observatory and a dinner
onoring the contribution from the
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The seven members of the Board
of Regents were expected to approve
Lilley's appointment at a hoard
meeting last Thursday.
The University of Nevada, Reno,
is the oldest of the seven institutions
in Nevada's public system of higher
education. UNR has 10 schools and
colleges agriculture,
biotechnology and natural resources,
arts and sciences, business, education,
engineering, human and community
sciences, journalism, medicine, and
announcement that he is leaving
Mehalso family.
Dr. Robert Mehalso, president of his
own company, Microtech Associates,
has had what Dean Lilley describes
as a "remarkable career," beginning
here at Behrend in 1961. He gradu
ated from Penn State in 1964 and went
on to become, as Dr. Mehalso said, "a
serious scientist and entrepreneur."
"My first exposure -
astronomy was
m I was a young
" Dr. Mehalso be
luring the dedica
ceremony
ie was a tree in
front yard, and by
position of the
de of the tree. I
ild know exactly
n my dad would
lye home from
.k."
`I am appreciative
the education that
rend has given me,
I wanted to pay
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ern side of the
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border. Reno is 134
miles from Sacramento,
Ca.; 450 miles from Las
Vegas, Nev.; and 2,400
miles from Erie, Pa.
back Behrend a hundred times," Dr.
Mehalso said. "John ILilleyrs get
ting pretty excited over here," he
added with a chuckle.
As a gift to the Mehalsos, Dr.
Knacke presented "heartfelt thanks"
for the new equipment for funding the
observatory and scholarship for the
science students. A photo of the new
ABOVE: The gathering at the Mehalso Observatory dedica
lion ceremony braves the unnaturally brisk weather to explr
Behrend's latest addition.
LEFT: A plaque commemorating the dedication was affixed
the observatory.
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telescope, alongside two pictures
taken by the new telescope of the
moon's craters and the moons of Ju
piter, complemented the framed mo
saic. A commemorative plaque, re
membering the dedication of the
Mehalsos, has been mounted at the
base of the new telescope as well .
SHAGGY
The crew worked diligently during the day on Thursday to get
Shaggy's stage set up to specifications.
Elizabeth Live:iey, a member of the
hospitality committee, described Rikßok
as being "totally awesome, he was talking
with us in his dressing room and hanging
out with us. - The consensus of the staff
wheil speaking with Rikßok was that he
was very conversational and he joked
with committee members.
Rikßok finished at about 9:00 p.m.
Shaggy's performance began 15 minutes
later.
Shaggy played his three most popular
songs one after another; "Angel," "Mr.
Boombastic," and "It Wasn't Me. -
Shaggy played for 60 minutes, but his
audience began to leave after hearing the
first three songs. Acoustics in the ARC
mane it difficult to understand Shaggy;
therefore, when he played less popular
songs, menthers of the crowd claimed
the \ tuned out.
"Shaggy behaved inure like he was
perfcirrning n chore than entertaining an
audience, especially with showing up late
'.ind ignoring the
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2001
music I became bored," said Sarah
Crawshaw, a Mercyhurst College student.
Preparation for the concert began at 7
a.m. The production crew began
assembling the stage. This team of
approximately 30 Behrend students was
led by Jeff Moore. Throughout the day
they were busy setting up sound
equipment, lighting, and the stage.
Hospitality decorated Shaggy's,
Rikßok's, and Ray' Von's dressing room
Wednesday night to prepare for the show.
For the concert staff, Thursday consisted
of running errands for Rikßok, such as
them buying grapes.
"The committees did an excellent job,"
said Kris Motta, assistant director of
student activities.
There were 2,500 tickets sold for the
concert. This was composed of 1,854
student tickets and 346 faculty/staff/
community tickets. Additional tickets
were distributed for committee members
and ticket giveaways at radio stations.
band posed before the concert. Rikßok is
made up of Chris, Tony, Brian, and Rikßok
himself (starting at left).
LEFT: The only photo allowed of Shaggy
was the one released by his publicity agency
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