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Latin students represent community
by Alicia McGrail
staff writer
Last Friday, the Latin Student
Organization held its semi-annual
Friday Fiesta, which was open to
both students on campus and the Erie
community to enjoy. LSO members
hired a DJ to play Spanish music and
made traditional Spanish food
themselves, laboring in the kitchen
for almost five days.
The group also went to the various
halls on campus to offer lessons to
the students on Spanish dance and
prepare them for the Fiesta. All of
the hard work paid off; the Fiesta
Sophomore
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After a successful start last
semester, the Sophomore Business
Bridge will be held again Feb. 2 -3,
at the Bel-Aire Conference Center.
The SBB is an innovative, and now
nationally recognized, program
sponsored by Penn State Erie's
School of Business. The SBB is
designed to provide second-year
business students with numerous
opportunities and advantages,
including building friendships with
other School of Business students and
faculty members; participating in
teambuilding, problem solving,
leadership, and negotiation skill
building activities; and assisting
students with academic major choice
and career decisions.
The retreat is primarily designed to
aid sophomores in choosing their
major, scheduling classes, and
beginning to think about post
graduation plans. The team building,
problem solving, and negotiation
activities also enable students to start
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drew a turnout upwards of 250
people.
All of the effort we put into the
Friday Fiesta was worth it because
the community enjoyed it so much,"
said club treasurer Anna Fernandez.
Unfortunately, the Friday Fiesta
planned for next semester may not
be held, due to a lack of funding
from the Student Groups and
Activities board. Otherwise, the
Friday Fiesta will be open to
whomever wishes to attend in the
Spring as well, and members of LSO
predict an even bigger crowd at that
event, which will feature a live band,
as well as a DJ.
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forming friendships with their peers.
" The group activities at the
Business Bridge not only allowed me
to meet other business students, but
also taught me team skills that I have
used in my upper-level classes," said
Lisa Ann Strobel, a BECON major.
This is a key part of the Sophomore
Business Bridge because of the large
number of group projects business
students participate in at Behrend.
"We met graduates and business
people that work in fields that relate
to our major," said Becky Poling, an
accounting major, of last year's SBB.
"They helped us realize what we will
he doing after graduation."
Business professionals representing
many different careers will be guests
at the SBB. Students meet with these
professionals in small groups to
participate in interactive discussions.
During this time, students can ask
various questions to understand the
specific business fields and career
paths more, and find out what
companies are looking for in
prospective interns or employees.
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The LSO is centered firmly on the
concept of community, and
consistently interacts with Erie's
Hispanic community. The club
works with local churches and is
involved with a variety of programs
designed for Latin youth living in
Erie.
In past years, the members have
been involved with the Boys and
Girls Clubs and have also taught
Spanish dance to local children. The
organization aims to present positive
Latin role models for the children
they work with, many of whom have
problems at school.
"We reach out to kids of the same
also host small discussions. They will
share their experiences and discuss
how their Penn State education
benefits them. In addition, they can
recommend professors, courses, and
offer other suggestions about how to
be more marketable upon graduation.
There will be faculty members from
the School of Business there, too. The
SBB encourages students to start
building relationships with their
future professors. There are many
opportunities for students to engage
in discussions with professors,
providing a chance to feel
comfortable and ask questions in a
relaxed setting.
After speaking with the faculty
Katie Leary, an MIS student, learned
about the different majors, and how
much they overlap; therefore,
realizing how easy it would be to dual
major.
Attendees also meet with current
School of Business juniors and
seniors. The upperclassmen will give
insight on what to expect from classes,
how to balance increasingly
demanding workloads, describe
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background as us, and show them
their potential as Hispanic college
students furthering our education,"
said Radhina Ramirez, LSO's
president. "We serve as positive role
models to the kids by showing them
that while things may be hard in
school now, hard work will pay off
someday."
The LSO not only reaches out to
the Hispanic community in Erie, but
also to Hispanic students here at
Behrend by supporting one another,
spreading awareness of the rich
Spanish culture, and providing a
close connection between students
and the community.
favorite projects they have done, and
share their internship experiences.
Entertainment at the Business
Bridge will include a comedy show
created by Dr. James Kurre of the
economics department, with the
assistance of various other faculty,
staff, friends, and students. This year
students will have additional time to
socialize and use hotel facilities, such
as the swimming pool.
The Sophomore Business Bridge
has now been presented at two
national conferences, and has been
recognized as a benchmark for
developing similar programs in
colleges and universities across the
country.
Registration is very limited, so
students interested in taking
advantage of this opportunity should
apply before leaving for break. The
registration fee includes
transportation to and from the Bel-
Aire, lodging, meals, and the
conference itself. Interested students
need to register in Turnbull at the
School of Business office.
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SGA seeks ways
to lower tuition
by Jen Henderson
staff writer
Students at Penn State Behrend
are not going to give up their fight
to address the issues that mean the
most to them. The tuition increase
here and at the other 18 branch
campuses is one such issue that
students will consider.
The Student Government Asso
ciation at Behrend is very involved
in this ongoing process. The SGA,
along with the Council of Com
monwealth Student Governments,
is working to address this issue
and see what can be done to help.
Ev'en though they would like to,
SGA cannot do anything about the
increase that has already occurred.
It has been explained that the tu
ition increase is due to the budget,
inflation, and the need for better
technology. President of the SGA
Brandy Hovis said, "We need to
pay more to keep up with other
schools and keep the value on our
Penn State degree."
Ways that the SGA is dealing
with this issue include setting up
meetings with state representa
tives and senators, such as Sena
tor Jane Earl!, and starting a lob
bying campaign. During these
meetings they plan to give the rep
resentatives and senators a chance
to get to know the students here
and see that many of the bad things
that they may have heard are far
from the truth.
The meetings would also pro
vide ample opportunity to show
how senators' donations could in
fluence a worthwhile, productive
education.
"Many state representatives do
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not feel that Penn State does good
things as students and for the com
munity due to various things that
happened at University Park," said
Hovis.
SGA plans a lobbying trip to
travel to Harrisburg later this year.
The Governmental Committee is
also concentrating on other worth
while events that will help their
the Rock-the-Vote campaign and
a voter registration in the fall,"
said freshman SGA senator Jeremy
Adlon, the chairman of the Govern
ment Committee.
Through this whole process
SGA is trying to get additional
state appropriations to help the
cause. If the state appropriations
occur, the tuition rates could de
crease due to the money that
would go toward Penn State
Behrend and other branches to pay
for the increase in tuition. For this
whole procedure to occur, the
SGA, along with many dedicated
students, will devote their time and
efforts to this effort.
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"We need to pay
more to keep up
with other schools
and keep the value
on our Penn State
degree."
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-Brandi Hobs,
SGA President