Courtney Straub & Justin Curry, News Editors
"Go to the beach."
Ashley Whalen
Psychology, 01
Modeling for a good cause
by Frank Majewski
contributing writer
On Wednesday, the McGarvey
commons looked like a bottle of Pepto-
Bismol exploded. Pink ribbons hung
from chairs. Pink ribbons were pinned
on anything that moved, or didn't move.
Everywhere you looked, pink was the
color of choice. From light pink, to
bashful, to blushing, to dark pink, even
Pepto pink.
The pink takeover was a fashion show
entitled "Think Pink." Women Today,
under the direction of president Rachel
Evans, presented the inaugural fashion
show to promote Breast Cancer
Awareness Month.
"We chose to do this event because we
wanted to show people the way in which
breast cancer takes the lives of both men
and women, and to show it can be
eliminated early in the stages of the cancer
if people will self-check for breast cancer
and get mammograms," said Evans.
Roughly 15 students transformed
themselves into models and sported every
shade of pink for the fashion show. Both
male and female students took the stage.
Pink stripes to pink glitter, and men
wearing hot pink added to the fun- filled
event.
"The fashion show was a lot of work
and was in-process since the start of the
semester," said Evans. "The event took a
lot of cooperation and outside help from
volunteers. We are so grateful for all the
volunteers
Students take on new leadership roles on campus
by Brian Mitchell
staff writer
Interested in joining a club on campus?
This semester four new clubs are forming.
From science to bowling, there is
something for everyone.
Behrend Computer Science
Organization (BCSO) is a new active club
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Jen Bragen COMBA, 03, treasurer of the Equestrian Club, works on posters for club
recruitment.
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the atmospsphere." .
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Engineering, 01
Students transform into models to raise breast cancer awareness
However, Women Today didn't make
it an ordinary fashion show. There were
no Right Said Freds or Derrick
Zoolanders to he found on the catwalk.
But there were plenty of students ready
to strut their stuff on the runway carrying
established this semester. Behrend is also
in the process of adding three more clubs:
Association of Computing Machinery,
Behrend Equestrian Team, and the
Behrend Kingpins (Bowling Club).
The Behrend Computer Science
Organization meets once or twice a month
in Science 118. During their meetings
they work on computer projects, provide
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large posters with breast cancer awareness
facts.
Categories for the facts included "men
and breast cancer," "prevention," and
"how you can help." Each category had
four fact cards and four models assigned
to each card. When all members of the
tutoring programs, and prepare for
competitions. Linux cluster is their big
project this semester. This tutoring
program enables the students to receive
help in difficult courses.
Club members Lee Steen, Andrew
Sobotka and Jon Lobaugh along with their
coaches, Dr. Sue and Mr. Burcher are
preparing for the ACM programming
Competition. The
competition is
worldwide
competition and
held every year in
Canada. Each
team has five
Tom Schuyler
DUS, 01
hours to complete
five problems.
They are judged
by their quality
and completeness
of the problems.
BCSO also
has a big brother
program which
gives the
freshmen an
opportunity to
receive help from
seniors on
computer projects
for the
organization and
school work.
This is a good
opportunity for
the freshman, so
they will not get
behind in their
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Math, 09
category made their way around the
catwalk, the group lined up on the stage
to give the audience members one last
chance to read the cards and take in the
information.
"The fashion show was a fun way in
which the facts could be given out without
courses
The organization hopes to grow
throughout the years.
"I hope this organization draws more
people interested in computers to Behrend
College." said Lee Steen, President of
BCSO.
The Association of Computing
Machinery (ACM) is supposed to be
approved in the next two weeks. This club
focuses on learning high level computer
programming and techniques. The
research for ACM is heavily based on
what is normally found in graduate
schools and Ph.D. programs.
Future events for ACM include
nationally recognized speakers and local
programming competitions.
"This program is taking awhile to be
approved because it is getting charted due
to being a global organization rather than
local," Steen said. "1 hope this brings
Behrend recognition nationally."
Steen hopes to grow a closer community
for Behrend computer students world
wide and not just in the community.
Not only are computer clubs being
formed, a bowling club is taking the final
steps to become active. The idea to begin
a bowling club started when Luke
Pietroforte (to be president) and his
friends would often go bowling.
Pietroforte thought it would be a good
idea to start a bowling club because it
would give students something to do other
than worry about school work.
The club plans to meet once a week or
month to hang out at the local bowling
alleys and have tournaments amongst
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"I like to go to the
movies."
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History, 03
just giving people literature
which they would most likely
throw away immediately,"
said Evans.
Women Today began
thinking of the idea to use
poster board facts in the
fashion show last year when
Carrie Rodgers was president
of the organization. Though
Women Today currently does
not know if the fashion show
will be an annual event to
promote awareness, Evans
does think that this year's
show was a success despite a
small attendance.
"Change always starts
with a small group of people,
and although we did not have
a large turnout, those who did
attend and volunteered will be
changed," said Evans. "Those
who participated were able to
receive information about the
risks of breast cancer and also
were informed of ways in
which they could help."
Women Today is listed
under the Multi-Cultural
Council. Activism in
women's and gender-based
issues are among the club's top concerns.
"Women Today is not only for women,"
said Evans. "We have male members. We
all fight for the equality and freedom from
socially-imposed gender roles both for
men and women."
Behrend students. Their constitution was
recently reviewed by the SGA
Constitutional Review Committee and
will likely be voted on in the next two
weeks.
"I hope to see the bowling club active
after I graduate," said Pietroforte.
The Behrend Equestrian team had its
first unofficial club meeting this past
Tuesday to recruit other students who
were interested. Approximately 30
students are interest in joining. The
Equestrian team has submitted a
constitution and will likely be voted on
in two or three weeks.
The team members will train twice a
week with trainer Lew Tumble. They will
learn skills and techniques for Equestrian
riding which will help them prepare for
meets. The team is divided up in different
sections for training based on experience.
"The good thing about this team is no
one has to have experience to join," said
Anita Brock, president of Equestrian
Team.
At this point, the team is working on
their finances, so they are able to have
training more often. They are trying to
get financial aide from SGA and SAF and
put on some fund-raising events. Their
first meet is Feb. 22 at Wilson College.
"It's very promising to see new clubs
forming," said Scott Soltis, SGA
President. "As long as there are students
with underrepresented interests, there will
always be a need for more clubs. I am
very encouraged to see these ideas
becoming realities."
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