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April 18, 2003
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Brian Werner leaps over a student in one of his winning slam dunks.
Hoop it up
'Dunker at the Junker' draws crowd
by Alicia McGrail
contributing writer
More than 70 students gathered at
Junker Center on April 10 to watch
eight basketball players showcase their
slam-dunking skills. The Dunker-at-
Junker was sponsored by the brothers
of Kappa Delta Rho, and all proceeds
went towards the Ovarian Cancer
National Alliance and the Matthew
Bartosek Memorial Fund.
The night was held in honor of
Barbara Junker, who recently died after
a bout with ovarian cancer, and
Bartosek, the cousin of one of the KDR
brothers who was killed in an all-terrain
vehicle accident.
Brian Werner, Ben Snowden, Steve
Smolen, Dave Hairiston, Keith Snead,
Campus Q & A
by Jen Henderson
assistant news editor
Scott Soltis has been living the good
life lately. He was recently elected SGA
president and has been nominated for a
college-wide award. With only three
weeks of school remaining, who could
be sad?
Soltis was born in Monroeville. He
lived in eight different towns while grow
ing up, and ended up in Erie to further
his education. After graduating from
Moniteau High School in 2001, he de
clared his major in the General Arts &
Sciences at Behrend. While in high
school he played on the golf team, bas
ketball team, and participated in Aca
demic Sports League.
Soltis has always been big on politics.
While in high school he went to the polls
to gather support for George Bush. As
SGA president, he has a chance to make
this campus a better place.
Q: How long have you been involved
with SGA?
A: I became involved towards the be-
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Kirk Feth, Man Rabb, and Eric Confer
all competed in the first round. Four of
the eight dunkers advancing to the
second round, and two to the final
round. A panel of judges scored the
dunkers' form from one to 10 based on
the applause of the enthusiastic
audience.
Twenty-one-year-old KDR brother
Werner was named the winner at the
end of the night and received a
commemorative basketball and gift
certificates donated from local
restaurants and companies.
"I wasn't really expecting many
people, and was surprised by the
competition who came out," says
Werner. "It seems like everyone really
Dunker
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A series spotlighting newsworthy members of the Behrend community
ginning of the Spring 'O2 semester. I saw
there was an opening in the Senate and I
thought I'd check it out.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do,
either in or out of school?
A: My favorite thing to do is hanging
out with my two nephews. Austin is 2 and
Dylan is 1. Except for when they want to
watch Barney or need changed, they're
pretty cool.
Q: How would you personally improve
the Behrend campus?
A: I would love to see tuition come down
here at Behrend. I worked with local state
representatives this year to try and get tu
ition down by increasing the state appro
priation. That is something that would ben
efit every Behrend student.
Q: What other activities do you take part
in at Behrend other than SGA?
A: I am sports editor of the Behrend Bea
con, president of the Irish American Soci
ety, I am in the Midnight Bingo Board, and
I served as a member of the Martin Luther
King Jr. Commemoration Committee.
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: My favorite movie is probably one of
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by Lori DeFabio
staff writer
Dr. John King Gamble, professor of
Political Science and International Law,
recently received the 2003 W. LaMarr
Kopp Faculty International Achievement
Award. Each year, the LaMarr Kopp
International Achievement Award honors
a member of faculty, staff, and a student.
This year, the faculty member being
honored is Gamble because of his
significant international relations
contributions to the University. Gamble
received his award at a ceremony in
University Park in March.
After receiving his B.A. from the
Wooster College in Ohio and his Masters
and Ph.D. from the University of
Washington in Seattle, Gamble worked at
the University of Rhode Island for five
years and then came to teach at Behrend
in 1976. He decided to teach at Behrend
because "even though all schools say that
Greener Behrend Task Force makes
every day Earth Day
by Katie Zellars
staff writer
Earth Day reminds people to be
more aware of how they affect the
environment. On campus for the last
two years a sustainability group called
the Greener Behrend Task Force has
been making "every day, Earth Day
at Penn State Behrend."
"The Greener Behrend Task Force
is kind of an umbrella group of faculty
members and administrators who are
charged with addressing
sustainability issues for the whole
college," said task force head Dr.
Thomas Wortman.
Some projects in the works for the
Greener Behrend Task Force include
investigating free EMTA (public bus)
ridership for students, composting all
yard waste, looking into solar
powered outdoor lighting, and
developing an education program for
the Bayfront bike trail and getting
bike racks on campus.
The task force began when the
university strategic planning process
asked Behrend to write something on
what it was doing about ecological
sustainability. Instead the college
decided to start a major effort towards
sustainability and that began the
Greener Behrend Task Force.
the best musicals of all time, "South Park:
Bigger, Longer, Uncut. - Although this
movie is REALLY profane, it's a guilty
pleasure and gets a cheap laugh out of me
every time I see it.
Q: Favorite song/band?
A: I don't really have a favorite band at
the time. I have seen Mest and Goldfinger
a bunch of times and they always put on a
great show. Good Charlotte's new CD is
pretty good, too.
Q: What do you do in your free time?
A: In my vast free time that I have, I play
basketball and run over at the Junker and
play X-Box with my buddies.
Q: Who is your role model?
A: So many people have made an im
pact on my life that I don't really have a
single role model. However, when I was a
kid, they were Darryl Strawberry (before
the drugs), Orel Hershiser, and Donatello
from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Q: What are your aspirations for after
your time at Behrend is over?
A: I want to go to law school and then
maybe run for state office, like the state
House of Representatives. I think I'd be
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they have a balance between research and
teaching, Behrend really does."
Gamble has served as the coordinator
of the Behrend Honors and Schreyers
Scholars programs for the past five years.
He was the vice president of the American
Society of International Law, and is a
member of the American Political Science
Association, International Law
Association, the Canadian Council of
International Law, the Academic Council
of the United Nations System, and the
International Studies Association.
Dr. Gamble believes his proudest
accomplishment in his career is being able
to teach Political Science 003 every fall
and show college students that there is a
world out there beyond the United States.
"We think that the lifestyle we have here
fits everyone," said Gamble. "People go
to Ontario and think that people there
think the same way we do, but they don't.
They're actually quite different.-
The task force has seven goals: 1)
reduce energy use and promote cleaner
fuels; 2) conserve water; 3) minimize
solid and liquid waste; 4) increase the
healthfulness of food and reduce
waste; 5) protect and preserve natural
areas; 6) incorporate "green" practices
into the construction and renovation of
facilities; 7) promote ecological
stewardship within the college
community.
"The Greener Behrend task force has
done a number of smaller things that
add up, I think, to big things," said
Wortman.
Some of these small things include
setting the school printers to print on
both sides, recycling transpires,
monitoring newspaper readership to
eliminate over distribution, and using
recycled colored paper in the MISC
office, among many others.
Behrend recycled before the task
force formed. Recycling Coordinator
Gordon Walk says the recycling
program began in September 1990. At
the end of February 1991, 19.43 tons
of paper and cardboard and 16.64 tons
of glass, aluminum and bi-metallic
cans were recycled on campus. Walk
has no recent figures on recycling but
says, "I am comfortable when
estimating that we are recycling more
than 145 tons of material annually."
able to do a lot of good for the state.
Q: After reading your articles in the
Beacon I can see that you are a true
Syracusebasketball fan. How did you feel
about them winning it all this year?
A: I was stoked to see the Orangemen
win. The only thing better would have been
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Dr. John King Gamble received this
year's W. LaMarr Kopp Faculty In
ternational Achievement Award.
When asked what students do to he
more environmentally friendly, the
majority answered that they try to
recycle.
"I try to recycle, throw away my
plastic bottles in the recycling bin and
try not to litter," said freshman Sara
Hester
Commuter Angela Siesciorka
recycles at home.
"I recycle because I want to gibe
the next generation an equal chance
to appreciate the beauty of this
world," she said.
PHOTO BY ERIN McCARTY
An Earth Day display reminds
Behrend students of the volume of
junk they generate.
if the Behrend Lions would have made it l a
to and won the D-3 tourney this year. I've
got faith in them for next year.