Page 2 The Behrend Beacon WEEKEND WEATHER SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY High: 65° Low: 49° BEHREND BRIEFS Wanted: Information on the most loyal an crazy Penn State fans The Penn Stater alumni magazine is looking for the most die-hard Pen State fans for an upcoming story. Editors want to hear about the craziest thing• Penn Staters do to prove their loyalty (just owning a stand-up JoePa or flying . Nittany Lions flag won't cut it). Have you attended every football game sine: 1960? Is your house painted blue and white? Do you have a Penn State tattoo Send your stories, and the editors will pick the best ones to feature. Informatio can be sent to by mail to The Penn Stater magazine, Hintz Family Alumni Center University Park, PA 16802; by e-mail to pennstater@psu.edu; or by fax to (814 863-5690. To learn about the Penn State Alumni Association, visit http://www.alumni.psu.edu Penn State football graduation rate be among nation's public schools The outstanding graduation performance by Penn State's student-athlete -- 80 percent according to the recent NCAA graduation rate report -- is furthe accentuated by the efforts of the Nittany Lion football team, which has the highes graduation rate of any of the nation's public institutions that play Division I-A football. According to the NCAA data, for football players entering the Universit in 1996-97, Penn State's graduation rate of 86 percent was the program's third highest figure in the 13 years the report has been issued, and well above the na tional average of 54 percent. Coach Joe Paterno's team had the fourth-highes graduation rate among all of the nation's 117 Division 1-A programs, trailing onl Boston College, Notre Dame and Vanderbilt. For African-American football players entering in 1996-97, the Nittany Lions' posted a superlative graduatio figure of 85 percent to easily exceed the 42 percent national figure. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/index.php?cmd=vs&story=4ll2 The medical minute: Separating fact fro fiction Lose weight while you sleep -- without dieting! Such was the claim o one medical swindler until the Federal Trade Commission put an end to its de ceptive marketing. Unfortunately, as noted in the latest edition of the Medical Minute, a service of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, such outra geous claims have been around about as long as there has been commerce. La etrile was big in the 1960 s and 1970 s as a cancer cure. It was eventually proven to have no benefit. Homeopathic remedies and magnets are sold with claims of treating and preventing all sorts of medical problems, but without any substan tial evidence. How can you spot a fraudulent claim? The most important rule is: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/index.php?cmd=vs&story=4l4o POLICE AND SAFETY 9/ 18/03 1:05 Complainant reported getting hang-up calls earlier this evening. 9/19/03 male 5:58 East County police reported complainant had an unwanted in her room. Arrived found unwanted male in the room o the floor sleeping. The male was escorted to the cruiser. The male was intoxicated. 1:10 Athletic director reported one of the "service entry only" 9/21 /03 signs are missing The Sept. 19 article titled "Liberal Science degree added" should have referred to the degree as "Science," not "Liberal Science." Students may earn the Bachelor of Science degree. "The worst sin towards our 'fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity." -George Bernerd Shaw Janet Neff Sample Center for Manners dr Civility High: 60° Low: 44° From the Penn State News release for the week of September 22 CORRECTION CLASSIFIED High: 51° Low: 48° k - WIWI\ * L . , ' rff :-4 . i t ai '':‘,..li i .P''',:c wf, :+ , , ':?•-t ..x..,, , , `,. - va , , 74kv..,?, e ... i!tk r , - -.- , y, ,:.-.",—,, . r lgt. ':' .;',‘ ' ;;;ii,h -;„, ~, ~, vol ~‘ ~,,, tember 26, 2003 Frida Jack Burke announced the final total of the Grand Destiny Campaign which was approximately $5l million The Association of Black Collegians encouraged students to learn more about their organization Student Government Vice-President, Jenn Sutter, encouraged more students to "not lei around" Students work on their jump shots late night at the Junker Center. mOlhCourtney Straub & Justin Curry, News Editors FOCAL POINT lbehrcolls @ aol.com
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