April 5,2002 16 Pages, 2 sections
Vol. XLIX ~ No. 26
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NEWS
The 2002 Gala, sponsored
by the Association of Black
Collegians (ABC), will take
place Saturday. The
awards dinner and follow
ing dance will last from 7
p.m. to 2 a.m. Read more
on page 2.
The 18th annual Evening
of Dubious Taste on Tues
day was a roaring success.
Several Behrend students
and faculty shared dubious
writing and food.
See page 2.
Ten representatives of
Behrend visited Indianapo
lis two weeks ago for the
annual General Meeting of
the American Physics
Society. Read more about
it on page 3.
Dr. Daniel Barnard was the
final speaker in the Soup
for the Soul series, which
ended last Thursday. Read
about his talk on page 4.
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Destruction of construction equipment no help
to environment, says biology professor Silver
by Erin McCarty
news editor
“Burning cranes, spiking trees,
bombing abortion clinics, flying
airplanes into buildings... It’s all
terrorism, and it’s all wrong," said
Dr. Pam Silver, associate professor
of biology at Behrend.
Earlier this week, the radical
environmental group Earth
Liberation Front (ELF) sent out a
statement admitting guilt in the
destruction of a $500,000 crane that
was being used to build a bridge
through Wintergreen Gorge. The
bridge will be a part of the eastside
access highway, which will connect
Interstate 90 with the Bayfront
Highway.
There were five different options
for the road,” said Silver. “This one
required destroying the fewest
homes."
Only 12 houses needed to be torn
down, and there was a great deal of
open land to work with.
Additionally, former Provost and
Dean Dr. John Lilley wanted the
road to take this route because it
would provide a safer
students to get to the college.
PennDOT will be giving Behrend a
new entrance and a bike path. It has
also provided tens of thousands of
dollars for research on the
organisms threatened by the
changes.
Music at Noon series
concludes with Amherst
Saxophone Quartet
* PHOTO BY ERIN McCARTY/BEHREND BEACON ,
Susan Fancher, Russ Carere, Stephen Rosenthal, and Harry Fackelman, the members of the Amherst
Saxophone Quartet, perform on Monday in the Reed Wintergarden. This concert was the final installment
in this year’s Music at Noon: The Logan Wintergarden Series.
by Erin McCarty
news editor
Reed Wintergarden
resounded with the smooth tones of
saxophones on Monday, thanks to
the presence of the Amherst
Saxophone Quartet. The quartet
was the final group to perform in
this year’s Music at Noon series.
Featuring Susan Fancher on
soprano sax; Russ Carere on alto
sax; Stephen Rosenthal on tenor
sax; and Harry Fackelman on
'PennDOT has been good at
holding up their end of the bargain,”
said Silver, noting that the company
has sought input from the
community from the project’s
inception. It has cooperated
extensively with environmentalist
The crane vandalized on March 24 languishes in the woods beyond Cooper Hill. A statement released on Monday claimed that the destruction
was the work of individuals affiliated with the radical environmental group Earth Liberation Front (ELF).
baritone sax, the ensemble was
created in 1978 and has performed
throughout the United States,
Bermuda, Japan, and the British
Virgin Isles. It has also been
featured on NBC.’s "Tonight Show”
and NPR’s ‘‘Performance Today”
and “All Things Considered.” This
was the quartet’s second
performance at Behrend.
They started the hour with
“Toccata in D Minor,” a piece in
four movements by Bach. Pausing
before launching into the next
to ensure that the construction has
as little negative ecological impact
as possible.
The most immediate concerns are
the removal of trees, the potential
disturbance of the water table, and
the pollution of Four-mile Creek.
portion of the concert, they
encouraged the audience to slow
down and put the music in the
foreground. Their music is
complicated enough that listeners
must pay rapt attention in order to
fully appreciate it.
“It’s like the difference between
a Happy Meal and a gourmet meal,”
one saxophonist remarked. “But the
difference is not so much in the
AMHERST
continued on page 3
The road will also mean the
destruction of three and a half acres
of wetlands. However, wetlands on
the Behrend campus and along
Station Road are being replaced.
“This road has woken us up to
what we have on campus," said
Silver. Although she would prefer
that the road not be built through
the gorge, she believes that it has
increased awareness, allowing such
GORGE
continued on page 3