Page 6a The Behrend Beacon THE BEHREND BEACON tile rem, State Erie, the ul College News Editor Asst. News Editor Inn McCall\ Sports Editor Alike Hen, Asst. Sports Editor Koh. I.ll,hins(x I Editorial l'age Editor lien h . ititthilwi Features Editor Karl Beath rI Arts & Entertainment Editor Icaninr ,VOCe Wire Service Editor Gur hruthaler Health Page Editor 1 11 iii Orr 7 ,9 44 BEACON •Postal Information• The Beacon is published weekly by the students of Penn State Erie, the Behrend College; First Floor, The J. Elmer Reed Union Building, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563. The Beacon can he reached by calling (814) 898-6488 or (814) 898-6019 (FAX). ISSN 1071-9288. The View From the Lighthouse We are thankful for... • Dr. Pepper • Mashed potatoes v ith tons of gravy • The lake • My family • My warm bed • Beacon's contribution to my good grades • "Tommy Boy" • Music • My fiance and our future ►nar- riage together • Foxy Boxing • A working car • Great teachers • Christmas music • Snow! • Beef • Wookies • To he an America • Barbells • Grants • Britney Spears• Cliffnotes • Seatbelts • My girlfriend • Liz's impending graduation • Pajama pants • Led Zeppelin • Jim, Jack. Johnny, Jose, and the Captain • Holiday sales at the mall • Casual sex • My skateboard • Finally getting to visit Ireland • My hike • E bay • The Yeti • Time off from school • Making love • The fact that no real terrorists know where Erie, Pa. is • Food in my belly • Access to a car • Heat in my house • My Blankie • Au tumn in Pennsylvania • Nieces and Nephews • Pizza • Choco late • New 04 • Gel pens • 50-cent Tuesday • Thanksgiving vacation • Caffeine • The Behrend Beacon • X-Files on DVD (especially season five) • Single room in Ohio Hall • Impend ing graduation • Fox's Sunday night lineup • My overall good health • My hair • The microwave • Shebang Skatepark • My future humanities degree • My IBM PC • Spirituality • Twice as much food as Christmas with half the fighting • My little brother to keep me young • Brunettes • The first time • "Friends" (the TV show, not real ones) • "The Real World" (again, the TV show not the real thing) • My huge, heavy sac • Pixar movies • The warmest November ever • Creating new traditions • The Beacon, giving something to do worthwhile • Nieces and neph ews • Ikea •Beer Pong • The Junker Center (cuz it's free) • Altruism • Economic security • Muppets • Sunsets • Women can't bother me because they are at holiday sales • To be able to live my life without interference • My job • Reese's Peanut Butter Cups • Meatlover's pizza • Yoga mats • Dirty Brits • "Star Trek" • Garbage Pail Kids • My boyfriend • Dingo • My younger brother and sister • Muscles • My way of life is still safe • My mini-ramp • Cable TV • Companies that still make ringer t shirts • The gift of faith • Birth control and sometimes the Morn ing After Pill • Sales at American Eagle • Morning Pleasures • Wonderful history professors • TV dinners and anything you can cook in a microwave • Jeeps • Your mom! Above all things listed, the Beacon staff is thankful for their loving families and their friends, new and old. Have a great break, enjoy some turkey, mashed potatoes, and foot ball. Please drive safe. Happy Thanksgiving! Editor-in-Chief R(thcrt lyymie Interim Managing Echlin Pail Alitcy Professional Publication Mgr. Dare hahls Advisor ./4111 Kcni iti The /?earon encourages letters to the editor. Letters should include the address, phone number, semester standing, and major of the writer. Writers can mail letters to behn . ol/2 ( 0 ' . COM. betters must he received no later than 5 p.m Monday tor inclusion in EAT ME! 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Before this wonderfully written article ran, I was afraid to admit the depth to which I adhere to the Greek lifestyle. Well, I would like to finally tell everyone how I live as a Greek in a non-Greek world. In the morning I wake up and I immediately check my right butt cheek to make certain that my fraternity letters are still tattooed there. Then after the relieved afterglow abates, I shower and get ready for class. One thing I don't do is brush my teeth. You see, after I found out that my dentist was not Greek, I was bound by my fraternal Drunk Buses An open letter to Behrend Adrninistration The first weekend of school, a Penn State Behrend student slammed into the rear end of the undercover Police and Safety vehicle, totaling both vehicles. Fortunately, no one was injured. The culprit of this collision was a Behrend student overindulging in my good friend Al. Alcohol, that is. like most college students, I enjoy getting slammed every weekend. The problem with trying to get sloshed every weekend is both financial and logistical. Financial, because I have to live on $42.01 a week. Logistical, is nothing to fear but fear itself, and men with guns is oh so true, unless your face will probably get pistol- social anxiety are medications like teriously you are accosted by whipped severely, in the event you Paxil and Luvox. These drugs are g a title... a man with a gun - are not immediately shot and killed. seratonin re-uptake inhibitors that i n which case you In fact, almost all of us are already are also used in instances of clinical Walsh are totally screwed, equipped with methods of eliminat- depression, and they have proven to and will likely urinate ing fear and situations which induce greatly curb common elements of fear. For example, the "fight or fear associated with social situations flight" response will kick into gear such as raucous parties. Unfortu when we are subjected to situations nately, these drugs will do little for in which our health may be compro- you if a high percentage of the men mised; a common display of this in- at said party decide to whip out guns. herent fear-fighter can be found The drug you'd want then is mor when a human subject is confronted phine - and lots of it. by a dangerous animal such as a griz- It is pretty obvious there are many zly bear or comparable wild preda- treatment options available for cop tor, e.g. tiger or rhinoceros. ing with fear. In the advanced day The immediate response is to run and age that we currently live in, -an exhibit of natural "flight" ten- there is no excuse for allowing ele dencies - which limits fear by effec- ments of panic and anxiety to fester. tively removing oneself from the Technology avails itself to numer subversive stimuli. Of course, this ous fear-alleviating techniques, the method could be viewed as flawed greatest being a simple understand by any subject attempting to flee a ing that fear is a biologically created man with a gun, as most firearms - phenomenon that can be fought and especially those equipped with a defeated. It should be noted that `scope' device - can easily squeeze technology also avails itself to ultra a few searing-hot slugs into the powered sniper rifles with heat comically flailing body of the fool monitors and night-vision; odds are attempting escape. you're lined up in the cross-hairs An increasing number of Ameri- right now, and a hollow tipped bul cans report particularly high levels let could conceivably end your mea of anxiety when thrust into busy so- ger existence at any possible mo cial situations like parties and ment. crowdtd streets. A popular treatment for these and many other forms of There Are you one of the millions of Americans with a phobia or debili tating fear? Have crowded social situations triggered sweat glands and induced subtle feelings of nausea? Do you find yourself absolutely pet rified by carnivorous tarantulas or venomous snakes? Has a bad expe rience left you afraid of common geologic landforms, such as bodies of water or steep cliffs? Well, like so many others, you are a victim of fear. Fear - especially when seriously manifested into a "phobia" - can be a greatly unset tling experience with potential to corrupt the normal functioning lives of those afflicted. Yet people are not obligated to concede to their fears. In most cases, instances of fear are both reparable and avoidable. We've all heard the old adage, "There is nothing to fear but fear itself," which LETTERS TO THE EDITOR oath to reject anything that he said. This includes brushing, flossing, and the use of mouthwash. Now, properly prepared, I go to class. I used to pay close attention in class, but then I found out that the majority of my professors were non-Greek. What could they possibly know of the material that they teach? They aren't even Greek! So now I just log on to the Internet with my special Greek only password and download all my papers and tests directly from the Greek archives. Now, having all my work done for me, I search for something to eat. As Miss Haves so cleverly pointed out, the Gorge (Bruno's to non-Greeks) is segregated into different Fraternity and Sorority sections. However I feel that this meager segregation is not nearly enough. and I will continue to boycott Bruno's until we Greeks are given the proper respect that we deserve. I suggest a raised platform or a glass because Behrend is about as bumpin weekends as Grove City, and we all know finding a sober driver on a weekend is like finding a virgin at a Catholic High School. A simple, inexpensive way to reduce the amount of drunk driving that occurs every weekend on campus is to put the Blue Bus back into service. Instead of going to K-Mart at 10 am, the newly christened "Drunk Bus" could go to downtown Erie via Wesleyville Friday and Saturday nights, making several stops at student-friendly locations. All of our student activities fees are currently all over yourself. The National In stitute of Mental Health has reported that 5.1 to 12.5 percent of Ameri cans have phobias. This broad fig ure represents the most dramatic cases of fear, and it goes without say ing that countless other fear-laden scenarios occur quite often on much srrialler scales. The common struggle with various elements of fear has in deed proven to be a national epi demic, but this does not have to be. Even the most drastic cases of panic and anxiety can be effectively rem edied through simple mental condi tioning, a process involving only a basic understanding of our bodies and their physiological responses. Fear does not have to run your life! Most doctors will explain com pletely safe and effective methods for alleviating practically all fear-re lated ailments. Doctors are profes sionals with an immense understand ing of phobias and anxiety, and they will be of tremendous help unless armed with a gun; in that scenario Ben Kundman, Editorial Page Editor partition, that way we will not have to he bothered by the oafish manners of the common folk (non-Greeks.) So now I return home and prepare my food myself to ensure that it is not contaminated in any non-Greek way. Then I have to get ready for the "kegger - Liat we Greeks throw every night. I put on my GAP shirt with my letters sewn on to it, (a regular shirt with letters would do, But a GAP shirt really lets people know how much better I am than they). Now properly dressed, I venture forth to the "kegger - where the traditional festivities include a good beer, a good laugh, and a hearty round of paddling. Yes, no Greek event would he complete without a good sound heating with solid oak. After the soiree' I usually head to Coney Island, where I order a "Greek Dog, - the highest form of pork, what every pig hopes to grow up to be. After such a day it is with an easy heart that I return going to events that 25-30 people attend. why not funnel some of that money into the "Drunk Busr Similar to the Blue Bus, the "Drunk Bus . ' could charge a nominal fee to riders to help support operating costs. "IT ENCOURAGES THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL wiII be the cry of every single Behrend administrator. Guess what. students are going to drink regardless. Drinking to college students has been like coke to celebrities forever. Even Dubya used to throw down with the best of them. Students are going to drink, no matter what the University does. behrcoll2@aol.com home for sleep. I usually say "good night" to my Greek roommate, (I have two non-Greek roommates but I generally pretend that they don't exist, unless of course it is to spit in their general direction) lay down in my Greek bed, between my Greek sheets and fall asleep to Greek dreams. So while many Greeks would respond with anger toward Miss !byes, call her comments rude and narrow minded, would say that citing sources such as the "wisdom" of Mike Frawley is further evidence of a small and insignificant person, I say - Thank you. Liz." Thank you for giving me the courage to come out and tell everyone of my struggle to remain pure. to remain true, to remain GREEK. Nick Capozzoli, 09 MET I have had three friends nearly dii in separate accidents caused b drinking and driving. I conside myself lucky that I can still pick u the phone and call them, unlike the millions of people who have los friends and family to drunk drivers People will always drink, and som. people will always drive drunk, but i Penn State Behrend could save ON • life, having a "Drunk Bus" would bi worthwhile. Sincerely, Ben Kundman 09 MET Walsh's column appears every three weeks.
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