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To everything there is a season... The leaves are turning, the clouds will roll in, and the white stuff will fly
before you know it. We recommend soaking up the colors while they are here, because the only color
you will see for the next seven months is dirty white.
Spanier
answers
student
questions
by Erinn Hansen
staff write'
In order to take advantage of Uni
versity President Dr. Graham
Spanier's visit, Penn State Behrend
held a question and answer session
with him and students, including
members of the Lion Ambassadors
and Reality Check. Both of these or
ganizations are involved with com
munity service projects.
"Dr. Spanier was here originally to
present the Alumni Fellow Award to
an alumnus of Behrend, but wanted
to talk with these groups about issues
that they were curious about," said
Diane Ryan, a Behrend Alumni Soci
ety member.
Reality Check provides service to
the community through many
projects, including beach cleanup,
going to nursing homes to play Bingo
with the elderly, and getting other
groups to present to disadvantaged
SPANIER
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MUNE
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Gum bel boosts
At a time when patriotic sentiment
is in high demand, Greg Gumbel
delivered his share to an enthusiastic
audience in the newly named
McGarvey Commons Thursday night.
Gumbel was the first speaker in Penn
State Behrend's 2001-02 series
"Creating the Global Future."
The content of Gumbel's speech,
"Making the Effort," revolved around
his more than 25 years as a
sportscaster. He is the host of the
Emmy-winning show "The NFL
Today" and has hosted or called play
by-play for the NFL, NBA, Major
League Baseball, and several college
sports. He also covered the 1992,
1994, and 1996 Olympic Games, a
Super Bowl, and a World Series.
Gumbel began by commenting on
his connection with New York City.
He grew up all over the nation. He
was born in New Orleans, raised in
Chicago, went to college in Illinois,
and now lives in Orlando, Fla. But
Gumbel lived in New York City for
several years. Therefore, when he
learned of the recent attacks, he said
it struck him harder than if he had
been just a casual observer.
"Let me tell you about New York,"
Gumbel said upon learning several
members of the audience had never
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visited the Big Apple. Gumbel began
telling the story of two strangers
meeting in Central Park while
walking their dogs. They two men
wanted to eat lunch together in a
restaurant, but needed to do
something with their dogs. They
decided to lie to the maitre d' and tell
him the dogs
were seeing-eye
dogs. The man
with the German
Shepard had no
problem, but the
man with the
Chihuahua was
received
skeptically.
Upon
questioning, the
man said, "You
mean they gave
Chihuahua?"
"That is New
York City,"
Gumbel said.
Gumbel then
went on to
describe his
problems with
people
confusing him
with his brother,
Bryant Gumbel,
host of CBS'
PHOTO BY ROB WYNNE
Speaker Series lecturer Greg Gunibel held a question and answer session with students
in the MCC Suite before his speech on Wednesday.
First Behrend
grad named
Alumni Fellow
by Liz Hayes
news editor
A quarter-century after he left Penn
State Behrend, Michael .1. Woods
returned to the College Tuesday to
receive the highest honor Behrend
bestows. A member of the class of
1976, Woods is the 2001 recipient of
the Alumni Fellow Award.
"It seems to me the Fellows are
getting younger every year, - said
Penn State President Dr. Graham
Spanier during his introductory
remarks. "Or maybe I'm just getting
older."
Though not the youngest person to
receive this annual award, Woods is
certainly younger than some of the
more recent Fellows: the 2(XX) Fellow,
Donald Blair, graduated from Penn
State in 1952; George Sample, the
1999 recipient, graduated in 1946; and
the 1998 awardee, Mark Loevner,
graduated in 1954.
Spanier and Dr. Jack Burke, interim
provost and dean of the College,
presented the award to Woods in the
Reed Wintergarden Tuesday evening.
Also present were Woods' parents and
wife, Tracy Kimes Woods, and
several members of the Penn State
Bchrend Alumni Society. Former
Fellows Sample, Loevner, Robert
Mctzgar, Robert Mehalso, and Ted
Junker were also in the audience, as
was Iry Kochel, a former director of
the College.
After remarks from Burke and
Spanier, Woods stepped up to the
podium to share some of his
memories of Behrend and thoughts on
how his Penn State education shaped
his future. Woods described himself
as a "rudderless high school dropout
from the 60s" when he arrived at
Behrend, a part-time student taking
limited evening classes.
After testing the waters for a while,
Woods slowly became more involved
in college life. Woods would become
patriotic spirit
"The Early Show." He also told
numerous anecdotes encountered
during his years in sports.
He stressed the importance of
receiving an education and, as
examples, liberally referred to faux
pas committed by those in the sports
world to demonstrate his point. "I'm
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the president of the Student
Government Association his senior
year. He was also awarded the
Thomas H. Turnbull Award for his
contribution to community service.
After deciding he didn't really want
to go to University Park, he asked,
"Can I hang out here for awhile and
get a degree?" Luckily for him,
Behrend had just started granting
baccalaureate degrees. Woods, with
his four-year degree in psychology, is
the first Alumni Fellow to have
°Not only is the
Alumni Fellow Award
a statement of
admiration for these
graduates, but it is
also an invitation for
them to return to
Penn State and share
their experiences."
-Dr. Graham Spanier,
Penn State University President
graduated from Behrend. All other
Fellows attended Behrend but
received degrees from other
campuses, usually from University
Park.
Dur'9g his remarks, Woods thanked
his parents for "encouraging me to do
... something!" And do something he
did.
Woods established his own
company, Telesource Services, LLC,
in 1986. Telesource remanufactures,
repairs, and resells digital
communications equipment, cellular
phones, and laptop computers. The
company includes three divisions:
voice networks, data networks, and
ALUMNI FELLOW
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not saying athletes are dumb,"
Gumbel said. "Not all of them are..."
Several plays-on-words Gumbel
referred to included athletes who
wished to stay "flexual" and "injury-
GREG GUMBEL
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