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The Behrend Beacon
The Behrend Beacon's
Fall 2001 Senior Experience - Part 1
Introduction
These familiar faces are finishing up their academic studies and will soon join the real world. They will search for jobs, provide for themselves, and
essentially, begin their lives. As another year is underway at Behrend College, seniors prepare for their final year. But behind every old face is a real per
son who carries fears, expectations, impressions, and so many credits. The Beacon has chosen to follow four seniors throughout their last year as they
say goodbye to frat parties, ramen noodles, and the fun and trauma they've known as college.
Libbie Johnson
Age: 21
Height: 5'7
Major: Communications
Credits: 18
Favorite Food: Mom's Lasagna
TV Show: Lifetime's Original
Movies
Favorite Movie: "Save the Last
Dance" and "The Cutting Edge"
Libbie is a native of Erie who
graduated from high school in
1998. Now in her seventh semes-
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John Williams
Age: 22
Height: 5'10"
Major: Computer
Engineering
Credits: 17
Favorite Food:
Cream Chicken and Biscuits
TV Show:
"The Drew Carey Show"
Favorite Movies:
"The Matrix"
and
"Notting Hill"
John is a graduate from
Albert Gallatin High School in
Mason Town, Pa., where he
played football his freshman
year and participated in the ski
club.
.He is currently an eighth se
mester student, and expects to
Hot Spots in Erie
Calamari's is located on 1317 State Street
by Karl Benacci
features editor
When it comes to Erie, one thing
is for sure, and that's that there are
plenty of bars to go to.
However, many of the bars are cut
off from the outside world, which re
sults in sparse (if any) landscape and
smoky rooms.
Wouldn't it be great if there was a
bar that had a nice outdoor atmo-
sphere that was located somewhere Whether inside or out, one can en
that was easily accessible to all area joy not only the drinks, buta.si,) I t
Lit
become a journalist. She has put work in her get involved in many activities."
for that
She has been happy overall with communication skills Libbie has gathered many memo
her educational experience at club. ries of Behrend
Behrend, despite her frustration "Make the over the years
with certain required classes and most out of it
the high price of books. She your college
remarks that she has had too career by of your college
many great professors to list. taking advan-
Even more important for her are Cage of all the career by taking
the friendships she has made opportunities advantage of all
during her three years at college. given to you, -
A few of these friendships have Libbie advises
the opportunities
developed through Reality Check, freshmen. I
the community service organiza- "Check out given to you.
tion at Behrend of which Libbie different and
graduate in Spring of 2002.
John is actively involved in
the ski club, Zeta Beta Tau
Fraternity, lEEE, is a Resi
dence Assistent in the apart
ments and works as a teach
ing assistant in the computer
science field, adding that his
favorite Behrend professor is
Dr. Coulston.
He likes the open atmo
sphere and small classes that
Behrend offers, however, he
adds that the parking situation
is definetely something that
he dislikes. Lastly, John ad
vises underclassmen to get in
volved with Behrend activi
ties and for them to be them
selves.
'Calamari's'
college students?
Calamari's, which is located on
1317 State Street, is just the place.
There are plenty of outdoor tables
for individuals to sit at, which makes
for a great atmosphere, for one can
enjoy the great outside weather and
watch State Street as people walk by.
Bad weather? No problem!
Calamari's also has plenty of room
on the inside, including a fully
stocked bar and plenty of tables.
Friday, September 14, 2001
organizations
`lt forced me to
question why
I'm in this major'
PHOTO BY KELLY WALSH
food. Calamari's food menu is vast
and delicious, having everything
from appetizers and finger foods to
fine foods.
Perhaps their most well known
menu item is their squid, which has
been an Erie favorite for years.
For more information, please call
Calamari's at 459- 4276.
The outdoors are a great thing, and
when one combines them with good
food and cold drinks, a fun time is
sure to follow, making Calamari's a
&I.iitte Urn o f in Eric.
`Make the most
Erica is a
graduate of
Erie's
Mercyhurst
Prep. She
has been at
Behrend
since the
spring of
1997, and now that she is in
her ninth semester, she wants
to pursue a career in the arts.
She is particularly interested
in doing photography and in
corporating what she has
learned in her creative writing
classes.
very important part of Erica's
college experience. She says
One of her ing piece of advice is not too
favorite experi- surprising." Most of all," Libbie
ences was says, "keep smiling and find
making a video humor in everything."
on the many
uses of a tripod
with her friend
Nikki for her
Commu 383
class.
She also says
she is fond of
Erica Zilleruelo
Favorite TV Show: "Whose Line
Favorite Movie: "Moulin Rouge
Those classes have been a
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Baby seal
4 Actress Mason
10 Clinches
14 Function
15 Hams it up
16 Stellar blast
17 Defamatory
remarks
18 Stockings
19 Highland group
20 Part of U.A.E.
22 Cash in Como
23 Goose call
24 Not a unanimous
vote
28 Bit the dust
29 Steps
32 Branch
35 Hoof beats on
pavement
38 Blot
39 Bound upward
41 Olympic sleds
43 Pollster Roper
44 Juan's mother
46 Prepare to run
after the catch
48 Stitch
49 Ice falls
51 Allot
53 Pacific coast catch
59 Pour out
61 Persia, today
62 Metric meas.
63 Redgrave of
"Gods and
Monsters"
64 Askew
67 Assistance
68 Otherwise
69 Musical stretch
70 Stocking end
71 Garden invader
72 Thrashes
73 Blockhead
DOWN
1 Mountain lions
2 Overthrow
3 Foot control
4 Guys
5 Singer Grant
6 Flattened like
dough
7 Follower of Zeno
8 Painter Rousseau
by Karl Benacci, Features editor
and Erin McCarty, Asst. Features editor
"utilizing the library to its fullest
potential (like the time I locked
my friend Jackie out of the study
room)." Given this, her culminat-
Age: 23
Major: Creative Writing
Credits: 15
Favorite Food: Italian
Is It Anyway?'
particularly his class on cre
ative writing theory. "It forced
me to question why I'm in this
major," Erica says. In addi
tion, Erica's favorite Behrend
memory occurred in her po
etry writing workshop. She
met Art Zilleruelo, who is
now her husband.
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9 Evaluate
10 In an early stage
of development
11 Early American
houses
12 Writer Hunter
13 Submerged
21 Bridge opening
25 Twitch
26 Gateway
competition
27 Part of TGIF
30 'The of the
Ancient Mariner
31 Singer Phoebe
32 Charity for the
poor
33 Genuine
34 Seemed logical
36 Woods' org.
37 Divided into
sequential parts
40 Used
42 Takes to court
45 & so forth
47 School grp.
50 T-bar
Karl Benacci, Features Editor
PHOTO BY ROB WYNNE
that her
favor-
ite pro
fessor,
"hands
down,
George
Looney,
Solutions
52 Fraternal lodge
member
54 Writer Segal
55 Conference site of
1945
56 Mazda model
57 Potpourris
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Sarah Harshman
Age: 21
Height: 5'7"
Major: Psychology
Credits: 17
Favorite Food:
Ice Cream
TV Show:
"Undressed"
Favorite Movies:
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sarah is a graduate of
Bellwood Antis High School, in
Bellwood, Pa., where she played
softball, track and field and vol
leyball.
She is currently a seventh se
mester student, expecting to
graduate in Fall of 2002.
Sarah works at the American
Eagle clothing store, which keeps
her busy.
Pertaining to Behrend, Sarah
comically states that she likes it
here for its not like Altoona,
Pennsylvania, and adds that she
doesn't like the hills around cam
pus.
Sarah concludes by advising
students not to switch their ma
jor two and a half years into col
lege, for it is a bad idea.
The Beacon will continue
the senior series over the
course of the semester.
58 Centering points
59 Murdered
60 Gomer of
Mayberry
65 The Three Faces
of "
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