THE BEHREND
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2001
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A Penn State Erie Student Publication
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FALL 2001
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forecast:
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High: 60°
Low: 35°
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THREE TON GATE
Marilyn Manson's former
guitarist now has a band of
his own, and we got the
exclusive on what they're
all about
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TO MAC, OR
NOT TO MAC?
What do you prefer—
Macs or PCs?
Several professors and
students are forming a
committee to help the few,
the proud, the Mac users.
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BASKETBALL TEAMS
READY TO PLAY
Fall is ending and wi
sports teams are taki
the courts. Find out
will be taking the ball
net this season
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Behrend students come
from many backgrounds
and nationalities. Do you
know who's sitting next to
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Vol. XLIX No. 12
It's okay to talk to these strangers
Annual Dinner for Six Strangers celebrates Thanksgiving early
Members of the Behrend community caner together
Thursday night to celebrate "Thanksgiving at the annual
Dinner for Six Strangers in the McGarvev Commons.
Kris Motta Torok, assistant director of Student
Activities, began the evening b) explaining the history
of the dinner. Many years ago, before Interstate 79 was
constructed, many students were stuck on campus
during the holidays. Faculty and staff would invite
students into their homes to share Thanksgiving. dinner
with their families.
As the school expanded and the student body grew,
this practice became impractical. The dinner then moved
on campus and everyone was invited to share one dinner
together. With the intent of fostering new relationships,
students, faculty, and staff were randomb, assigned to
tables so everyone could meet someone new. And the
modern incarnation of the dinner was born.
Housing and Food Services provided a buffet-style
dinner featuring all the usual holiday fare. Table by table.
people were asked to take their turn at the buffet tables.
set up in the Wintergarden. Housing staff then served
dessert pumpkin pie. of course -- and collee.
Abby Long. the service chairwoman of Lambda
Sigma. took to the stage to thank the organizations who
participated in the third annual Feed the Need food
drive. Participating organizations included: the Beacon.
Alpha Phi Omega, the Inter Varsity Christian
Fellowship, The Behrend Concert Choir. Alm‘. Niagara.
and Lawrence Hid! Councils. the Lion Ambassadors,
Commuter Council, Reality Check, Zeta Beta Tau.
Lambda Sigma. the Lion Entertainment Board. Beta
Beta Beta, and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Long said the campus raised I .400 items of food for
the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwestern.
Pennsylvania, the beneficiaries of the food drive. The
drive began early in November. with organizations
placing collection boxes around campus. On Nov. 10.
students participated in a Breakout Day, during which
they canvassed the neighborhood for four hours. ask
for donations.
Feed the Need will culminate Saturda\ with a free
concert featurint. , the band Mass Chaos.
Leyden
future
inter
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who
to the
For the second time this year, the
Penn State Behrend Speaker Series
took place on the same day as a major
plane wreck in New York City. But,
luckily, Monday's lecture was not
canceled and Peter Leyden took the
stage as planned.
Leyden came to Behrend to speak
about how the attacks on Sept. I I will
affect the future of the world. Leyden,
a renowned journalist and intellectual
historian who now works for Global
Business Network in San Francisco.
stood in front of an audience in
McGarvey Commons and gave his
presentation, "What's Next? New
Views on the Next Decade.-
Leyden, equipped with a black
ißook and Power Point slides, began
his speech with pictures of fire
engulfed Twin Towers, an image he
claimed everyone in the modern
world has viewed at this point, calling
them "images seared into our global
consciousness."
He then showed the rubble in New
York after the collapse of the Towers,
and last showed the Towers intact.
"These towers symbolize to terrorists
many things: the World Trade Center,
Wall Street, Western Civilization
itself," Leyden said. "We should not
underestimate these images."
Beginning with "The Negative
Scenario," Leyden described the type
of detrimental effects terrorists have
and can impose upon the United
States and the world.
by Liz Hayes
news editor
in light of Sept. 11
by Paige Miles
managing editor
predicts global
- The terrorists have taken on the
basic infrastructure of the global
economy. said Leyden, using e-mail
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Peter Leyden, an intellectual
historian, thinks the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11 could have a
positive effect by "pulling the
world together."
and airplanes as an example. He
continued by mentioning that only
two percent of cargo containers are
inspected in any way in airports, thus
opening up the future possibility for
more terrorist attacks via airplanes.
However. Leyden believes the
attacks could have a positive effect for
the future. "[The attacks] could have
extraordinary benefits to the world.
They could pull the world together,"
said Leyden.
November 16, 2001
Long then introduced Karen Seggi. the executive director of the
local Second Harvest bank. Seggi proceeded to define the goals of
Second Harvest and to inform the audience of the statistics on hunger
in the Erie area
Seggi said the bank's goal is two-pronged: it wants to provide food
for those in need, and also to prevent waste of edible food.
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John Kerwin, assistant professor of communications (front left), and Loretta Brandon, public information assistant (front right)
lead the way down the buffet line at Thursday's Dinner for Six Strangers. The dinner was held in the McGarvey Commons,
but the buffet was set up in the Reed Wintergarden.
He used the example of how
political parties have pulled together.
along with the general population. In
the future, Leyden predicts many will
shift their belief systems. "Our future
is going to be a highly integrated.
highly connected future," he said.
He also suggested the possibility
that no change will result from the
attacks.
Leyden broke the next section of
his presentation, "The Framing," into
three categories that represent "how
we frame what happened on Sept. I 1. -
He began with war. "Bin Laden wants
to use the language of war," said
Leyden. "He wants Holy War.-
In the next section, rebellion. he
commented the terrorists' actions are
a "backlash againSt the global
system." The backfire is caused by
people who are locked into no future,
he said. "They rage against the system
of which they don't feel a part." said
Leyden.
"[The attacks were] a crime against
humanity," said Leyden in the last
section of the three, crime.
For the remaining portion of the
lecture, Leyden displayed a diagram
with four arrows intersecting each
other. Each extension represented a
different facet of the future, including
societal, spiritual, civilization,
environmental, cultural,
technological, economic, and
geographical factors.
Leyden gave facts and quotes
LEYDEN'S FUTURE
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The local branch of Second Hai:\ est ser \es I I counties iii
Pennsylvania and is assisted by 270 non-profit agencies. Sergi said.
She added more than 890.000 people. or I I percent of Second
DINNER FOR SIX STRANGERS
Pizza with manager
of Housing and
Food Services
by Erinn Hansen
staff writer
Randy Geering, Penn State
Behrend's newly hired manager of
Housing and Food Services. was the
guest of honor at Pizza with the
Provost, which took place on
Wednesday, Nov. 14. in the Niagara
Hall lobby, The event was a question
and answer session with students held
by Dr. Jack Burke. interim provost
and dean. All were welcome to attend.
not just students living in the
residence halls.
The purpose of this session was to
provide a time for students to share
what was on their minds concerning
certain issues on campus. "It allowed
students to discuss their concerns
about the campus. so that people,
(including members of thel
administration. can take action." said
Geering. This question and answer
session was similar to the one held by.
Dr. Graham Spanier, president of the
University on October 2.
Four major issues were discussed.
The first was why there are no bars
on the windows of certain rooms in
Niagara and Lawrence Hall, windows
that access the lounge on the roof of
these residence halls. The reason there
are no bars, according to Geering. is
because these bars are not the best
solution, in case of an emergency. For
example, if there was a fire and there
was nowhere else to go. students
would want to use these windows as
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an escape.
The second issue discussed was the
Blue Bus. Prior to last year the Blue
Bus took campus-bound students
around Erie free of charge. East spring
the Student Activities Council
evaluated the costs and the number ot
riders on the bus. The committee
found ridership was low, considerint2
the cost of upkeep. Also, the hus vas
getting run-doyen and would
eventually have to he replaced, which
would have been very expensi e.
"The Activities Council felt that the
Blue Bus was not a good was for
funding. - said Chris Rizzo. director
of Student Activities. Because of
these factors. the Blue Bus ‘\ as
discontinued.
Another Illa i0I" issue discussed wa ,
why Pro-Engineer. a computer
software program, could not be used
in the computer lah at Behrend. Pro
Engineer cannot he used because e‘ en
though Behrend has an agreement
with Microsoft. the campus is limited
in how many, licenses it can ha\ e.
The last major issue discussed w ;is
parking. Students were concerned
about limited parking is at Behrend.
and what can be done about it. One
solution mentioned was building a
decked, multilex el parking lot. which
would create more spaces for students
and faculty to park. However. this
project would he cry expensive to
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