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Friday's forecast:
Sunny
High: 82°
Low: 62°
Check page 2 for the
weekend weather outlook.
NEWS
URF
Science 101 hat been
renovated recently, with
changes including a car
peted floor and new tech
nology for lectures. See
page 2.
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Behrend faculty and staff
have many opportunities to
show their school spirit
throughout the year, and
they might even get some
pizza for their efforts. Read
about Spirit Days on page
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On Sept. 13, Commuter
Council and the Outdoors
Club team up to present the
Outdoors Festival. Teams
will compete in six events,
and the money raised will
help fund a terminally ill
girl's trip to Disneyland.
Read more on page 3.
There are 22 new faculty
members at Behrend. Read
about them on page 3.
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Gryphon
Noon series off to dynamic start
PHOTO BY ROB WYNNE / BEHREND BEACON
The Gryphon Trio performs during the season's first Music at Noon concert. The ensemble iincludes Jamie Parker
on the piano, Annelee Patipatanakoon on the Stradiveri violin, and Roman Borys on the cello.
The Gryphon Trio provided Behrend
with loads of talent at the first concert of
the Logan Wintergarden Series.
"I thought the group played with
passion and energy," said Dr. Daniel
Barnard, professor and conductor of the
Choir and Studio Singers at Behrend.
"It was a great start to the season," he
added.
The Wintergarden Series was
developed by Kay Logan to share the joy
of chamber music with others. The series
was made to engage Behrend in the
program to create a welcome
environment, provide students with the
joy of music, along with the opportunity
for students to interact with the artists
through dialogue.
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The series has grown steadily and has
become a public event, involving
seniors, disabled people, and public
school groups.
The Gryphon Trio was formed in
1993, and is known as one of Canada's
greatest chamber music groups. The
group was named after the mythical half
lion, half-eagle creature, which is
believed to be a guardian of treasures and
a symbol of the connection between
psychic energy and cosmic force.
The ensemble contains three members
including Jamie Parker (Vancouver) on
the piano, Annelee Patipatanakoon
(Calgary) on the Stradiveri violin, and
Roman Borys (Toronto) on the cello.
"All of us met at a music school at
Banff about 20 years ago during summer
courses," said Jamie, who is also a
professor at the University of Waterloo
in Ontario. All three have been playing
on their instruments since they were
children and have been performing as a
group for nine years.
The Trio performed a total of two
songs including "Piano Trio in C Minor"
by Ludwig Van Beethoven, a four
movement piece, and "Piano Trio in C
Minor" by Felix Mendelssohm, a two
movement piece.
Some of the songs that were performed
varied in speed, loudness, and style; for
example, changing from slow to fast
tempo, or vice versa. Most of their work
is Standard Repertoire, which are mostly
by Beethoven or Brahms, along with the
by Erinn Hansen
calendar page editor
Trio gets Music at
commission of new works by living
composers
Along with the performance at
Behrend, the Gryphon Trio performs at
least 50 concerts per year, playing over
100 songs in countries such as Canada,
The United States, Finland, and
Australia, and will be performing in
Mexico in about a month.
The group has recorded three albums
including "Works By Haydn," which
are in stores and can be heard on the
radio. The Trio is currently working on
a new album that contains contemporary
Canadian music, which will be released
in a few months.
The Gryphon Trio did a spectacular
performance in the Wintergarden Series,
and the audiences' reaction showed.
"The group played very well,"
said Stephanie Ma, a student at Behrend.
can't believe they use a Stradiveri."
Bruno's,
dorms get
a new look
for a new
semester
by Erin McCarty
news editor
Students who have eaten lunch
at Bruno's since the beginning of
the new semester may have
noticed a difference in the Reed
eatery.
The cash registers now reside in
the dining aro*, leaving morn to
accommodate many more
students as they select their ftaxi ,
This reduction of crowding le
especially useful during Bruno's
peak hours, as the Ode* NW
up outside to pay for *Mt**
do not into*" With theart ihatiie ,
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that involve* so l Pert 4 o " the
catering program and *O.
services at Ihdiesnot
But Cleeriow has Rowe on hie
plate than jule'food. nal pest
summer, he oversaw several
changes to ilehrents teahhontill
buildings. Sprinkler' Ware
installed in two buildtno, Maile
two other buildings teceinedbew
roofs. But the main project ofthe
summer involved repair* the
ground wound the APartmest
Quad.
"The ground was soft and had
settled," said Randy Gearing, the
director of Food and Housing.
"So we competed the gtound and
repaved it with a more porcutS,
flexible material." This law
undertaking was a joint OA*
between the Whigs and Housing
and Food *vices that cost more
than $400,030.
The next big project is the
renovation of .Peary Hsll,. wi#Sll
will begin next year. 'rifts
imrmovements win include „a fiew
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roof, new ebsetrial new wilinfeeto,
and two bathrooms on each Dem
Another. residence hail holding
150 people will soon be erected
to the west of Perry. This was
originally meant to be an addition
to Perry, but it was deemed mote
practical to make it a completely
new building. Although this hall
has no official name as of yet, its
proposed name is Senat Hall, alter
George Seim, who fought in the
Battle of Lake Erie.
The year got off to a promising
start as the freshmen were safely
settled in their dorms, much to the
satisfaction of concerned per.
"The move-in day went very
well," Goering said. "All of the
FOOD AND NOOSING
continued on page 2