Page 2 The Behrend Beacon "I'd change the Academic Building to the Big Kahuna." Jacqui Murzynski Economics, 06 WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY Mostly Cloudy High: 75° Low: 54° SAF proposal deadline approaches The first proposal deadline for the Student Activity Fee is next Thursday, September 6 Proposals are due in the Office of Student Affairs by 5 p.m. The first SAF Committee meeting is Monday, Sept. 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Reed 112. EIL SAF deadlines and meetings - Deadline dates: Thursday, September 6 Thursday, September 27 Thursday, November 1 Thursday, November 29 - Meeting dates: Monday, September 10, Reed 112 Monday, October 1, Reed 114 Monday, November 5, Reed 112 Monday, December 3, Reed 112 Aalborg endows scholarships Long-time benefactor Aalborg Industries, Inc. has gifted Behrend with a $50,000 donation to create the Aalborg Industries, Inc. Scholarship Endowment. Full-time juniors in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technologies or the School of Business will he eligible. Candidates must also have at least a 3.0 GPA and the desire to seek employment in northwestern Pennsylvania following graduation. Aalborg, located in Knowledge Park, has provided Behrend with an annual scholarship for several years. An officer patrolling the Apartment Quad caught students setting off fireworks. One of the students was cited for disorderly conduct. 8/20/01 A complainant reported the theft of a cellular phone 8/21/01 A complainant reported the theft of a backpack and other belongings from Bruno's. The items were later recovered and the complaint was deemed unfounded. 8/21/01 A complainant reported he had lost his parking permit 8/24/01 A student reported she had been accosted in the North Apartment Lot on August 23 at 10:15 p.m. 8/24/01 An officer encountered a student walking from the Erie Hall Lot with a traffic cone. The student, a minor, had been drinking and was cited for underaged drinking and was also referred. 8/25/01 An officer observed a female student holding an open can of beer in the Apartment Quad. A minor, the student was cited for underaged drinking and was referred. 8/25/01 A motor vehicle accident occurred on Jordan Road near the entrance to the F Parking Lot. Brookside VFD Personnel and the Pennsylvania State Police were called. The State Police are investigating the accident. 8/25/01 03:20 A complainant reported his vehicle had been vandalized in East Apartment Lot within 24 hours. 8/25/01 11:10 SUNDAY Partly Cloudy High: 75° Low: 57° BEHREND BRIEFS "I'd change the McGarvey Commons to the John Medeski Center for Performing Arts because most musical performances take place there. John Medeski is a cutting-edge jazz artist." Brian Misterovich DUS, 03 MONDAY Partly Cloudy High: 76° Low: 57° - Proposals due by in Office of Student Affairs by 5 p.m. on deadline date QUESTION OF THE WEEK meetings held from 3 to 5 p.m Friday, August 31, 2001 "I'd change any building after anyone who donated money for smoking lounges to prevent smokers from getting Itypothermia." Dave Lindenburger Mechanical Engineering, 01 Which way did he go, which way did he go? Seems like this poor ref could use some assistance - he looks a little lost. Then again, maybe he was paying attention to the big yellow dumptrucks rumblin' by the athletic fields rather than watching the women's soccer game. DELTA SIGS Behrend's Delta Sigma Pi is currently a member of the Niagara Region, which includes the area north of Interstate 80 in western Pennsylvania and far into northwestern New York. However, the region was recently reorganized and was actually much larger when the chapter won the awards. During the 2000-200 1 academic year, Delta Sigma Pi was part of the Allegheny Region, which included all of West Virginia, western Pa., and western N.Y. Colleges that were part of the region were Duquesne University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Penn State's University Park campus. There were nine chapters in the region, and more than 170 nationally. Lauer 's goal for the coming year is to maintain the performance that won the chapter national recognition initially. While he said they wouldn't necessarily increase the number of activities the chapter holds, he would like to continue improving the quality. He would also like to bring in more business students and faculty, especially since many students graduated last year. F.lll Delta Sigma Pi What: Behrend's co-ed, professional business fraternity President: Wayne Lauer Adviser: Robert Patterson E-mail: wpllo6@psu.edu WWW: www.clubs.psu. edu/deltasig/ 1L.• , r...:...: , ' ':'37.•::=l — '. - ." . , : ,.,,.,• - •'• . , „,„,,,,, ÷ : .:,,,, ......... „ 71 .. „. '....'; ... 71. • 1.;. • 17' .1 41.114:1111167't' i , ;: . 4•: ". .1..6 . '.‘....:"': .i . ~.. - : , r' , .... . '.lk 0::: . •..•, 15. ,- .'i'.i:!' . .. ': .... .• $, .;.',:',,.. .. -rt... . .•. , ,:r : rrr , . 0 ,.., .;` R •r itAT V 1 '' "The Engineering Complex should only have one name, such as Zurn -- they gave a lot to the engineering program and it would be less cotlfusing." Gary Reed Liberal Arts, 01 FOCAL POINT FROM FRONT PAGE PROGRESS now, it should alleviate problems the growing campus has been experiencing for several years. When finished, the ESAH will follow Station Road from 1-90 to the Country Fair just north of the interstate. The ESAH will then flow north of Station Road until it reaches Jordan Road, at which point it will cross Station Road and Behrend's campus. A traffic light and turning lanes will be erected at the new campus entrance, making it easier to turn in and out of campus. The current main entrance will be the only entrance onto campus The East Side Access Highway has an official website, contain ing project history, overviews, recent activity, and schedules: www.esah.net/defaultO.html from the ESAH. It will be a one-way roadway that will take motorists either to the western side of campus to the academic buildings or to old Jordan Road, the residence halls, and the eastern side of campus. Jordan Road will become the one-way exit off campus. Old Station Road will be kept as a local roadway, but will no longer be the main thruway from 1-90 to 38 th Street and Buffalo Road. Also, the Knowledge Parkway will be extended to connect with Station Road near 1-90. Last April, the contracts for Section A9O were bid upon and construction began in June. Since then, crews have been clearing and grading the roadbed from 1-90 to Station Road and from the campus to the Wintergreen Gorge. This phase of the construction is slated to finish in November 2001. Also, water detention ponds and replacement wetlands should be installed at that time. According to Ream, bidding will begin again in October for the next stage of construction - ~,:r- ..,f•',l gi7 . ' - ') r" ,::::,,, £': On the web Liz Hayes, News Editor behrcolls@aoLcom "I wouldn't change anything because it gets couffising and I hope they can find better ways to spend money than on new 'naps and signs." Tessa Marshall Chemistry, 07 paving the portion currently being graded, the relocation of Station Road, and the intersection with Behrend's front entrance. Work on this section should begin next spring. Ream said the work on the campus entrance will hopefully have a minimal effect on students because construction shouldn't begin again until May at the earliest. "PennDOT is cautiously optimistic that work on the campus entrance will be completed by next fall," Ream said. If all is completed on schedule, the A9l Section could be finished by the end of fall 2002. The ESAH would then be negotiable from 1-90 to the campus entrance. While the road would be finished all the way to the Wintergreen Gorge, the bridge crossing the gorge is not scheduled to be completed until well into 2003. Therefore, the section of ESAH from Behrend to the gorge will not be used. PennDOT has done extensive research on how this highway will affect the area and the campus, Ream said. Originally, the ESAH would have cut straight through the Behrend Athletic Fields and greatly reduced the fields' use. However, the design was altered and the highway will now curve out toward Logan House and only a small portion of the fields will be interrupted, an area not being used for athletic space. Two wetlands on campus will be disrupted, but PennDOT has made plans to replace them nearby. Also, an earthen mound will be formed near the Athletic Fields to act as a sound barrier that will block excessive highway noise from the campus.
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