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The Behrend Beacon
November 7, 2003 14 Pages
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Students plan first-ever Homecoming
Ohio Hall Council to organize carnival, dance
by Justin Curry
news editor
Homecoming. It brings back
memories for the majority of students
of high-school football games, dances
and highly-coveted royalty status.
After this year, that word might also
spark memories of Behrend in
students. Ohio Hall Council has been
busy planning the first-ever Behrend
Homecoming weekend, slated for Feb.
I I -13, 2004.
"i3ehrend has never had a
homecoming before, - said Jenna
Boazzo CENBD 03, president of
OHC, "so we planned this event during
basketball season not only to give the
teams some extra support, but also to
bring a sense of unity to Behrend."
That sense of unity was first felt in
an e-mail that was sent to every
executive hoard member of every
registered club and organization on
campus. The e-mail explained what
Homecoming was about, as well as
gave the dates for the game and dance.
Originally, the game was set for Feb.
4, against Pitt-Bradford and the dance
was to be the following Friday, Feb.
6. OHC changed the date of the
weekend atter seeing that their original
date was the same as the Dance
Marathon that is being planned on
carnpus.
The e-mail also asked clubs and
wgamiations what their ihoughts were
about Homecoming weekend.
Questions regarding funding, theme
generation and the success of the event
were all asked.
So far, response from the clubs has
been low.
"The only club that has taken a very
large role in this is LEB," said Boazzo.
"They have sent me their nominations,
feedback on the event, as well as a list
of people who are willing to help out
with Homecoming."
The Student Athletic Advisory
Cantus concludes Music at Noon series
by Megan Loncaric
staff writer
Cantus, an all-Male a Capella choral
ensemble, performed here at Behrend on
Nov. 4 as part of the Logan Wintergarden
Music at Noon series
Cantus, a self-directed group from
Minneapolis area, usually performs non
traditional selections at their concerts.
They performed nine songs in the first
hour of the concert. These selections
included pieces written in a few different
languages, such as English, French and
Chinese.
The performers of Cantus were
divided into tenors, baritones and basses.
The tenor section consisted of Brian
Arreola, Brad Erbes, Michael Hanawalt,
Albert Jordan and Peter Zvanovec. The
baritone section included Kelvin Chan,
Alan Dunbar and Adam Reinwald. The
bass section included Dewey Reikofski
and Tim Takach. The repertoire was
programmed by Erick Lichte, who was
also the group's artistic coordinator.
The first two selections were in
French. The first was titled Saltarelle,
and the second was "Quatre Petit Prieres
de Saint Francois d'Assise," which is
French for, "Four Small Prayers of St.
Francis of Assisi."
Not every song was in a different
language. The third was an old blues
standard called, "I Better Go Now."
A member of the ensemble introduced
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Committee has also taken a large role
in the planning and execution of
Homecoming.
"Brian Streeter is extremely
excited," said Boazzo.
The last part of the e-mail also
explained to clubs that they would be
able to nominate a candidate for king
and queen.
"All clubs are able to make
nominations for king and queen," said
Boazzo. "The clubs can nominate one
male, one female, or one of each,
depending on the interest in their
club."
The only stipulation, according to
the e-mail, is that the candidates be
someone "Behrend would be proud to
call their king and queen."
Students that aren't involved in any
club or organization are also eligible
to be king.or queen. There will be a
Behrend Nomination Poll open
sometime in January for students not
directly involved with any club or
organization, and they can be
nominated at that time.
The proposal of the Behrend king
and queen slightly piggybacks off of
the Alpha Sigma Tau's Mr. and Ms.
Penn State Behrend Competition.
"We are not trying to steal AST's
idea, nor create any competition with
them," assured Boazzo.
AST sister Maria Montana, PSYCH,
03 has the same sentiment.
"I think that Homecoming is a great
idea. I don't feel that there will be any
competition between the two events
whatsoever. I think organizations
should cooperate together to make
Behrend a better place for all
students."
"This would be a great opportunity
to get more students involved on
campus. Students should get involved
regardless of the organization or
activity, because it enhances their out
of class experience," said Panhellenic
Council Vice President Eileen
each song before they performed it, and
also mentioned a little background on
each.
The fourth song that the ensemble
performed was called, "Flight," and it
was written by a member of the group.
This is the only song that did not feature
singing, but the playing of tubular
instruments called boomwackers.
Boomwackers are flexible tubes of
varying length that sounded different
pitches when hit against each other.
The fifth selection performed was
called, "What I Have Done." It was a
blend of two separate songs, "Amazing
Grace" and "House of the Rising Sun,"
and it was arranged by a member of the
ensemble.
The sixth song was a Mandarin folk
song called, "K'ang-ting Love Song."
This song was performed in Chinese.
The seventh song was from the movie
"Toy Story II". It was called, "When She
Loved Me," composed by Randy
Newman and arranged by Erick Lichte.
The final three songs were highlights
from their recently released CD titled
"Deep River". These songs, as well as
the rest of the songs on "Deep River",
were described as African American
spirituals, songs that dated back to
slavery.
The second hour was a question-and
answer session with the ensemble in
Room 117 in Reed. They explained the
history of the group and the techniques
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From left: Jaime Russell, RA coordinator and Ohio Hall Council member: Amy Caskie, DUS 03, Ryan Herzing
HRIM 03, and Jenna Boazzo CENBD 03, work on promoting Homecoming activities.
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Some confusion occurred also when
OHC showed up on the inactive club
list at the beginning of the year. Other
organizations were unsure as to
whether or not OHC could be planning
this event.
"That was a misprint, the club was
never inactive," said Jaime Russell,
Resident Coordinator for Ohio and
Almy Halls. As RC, Russell also
serves as supervisor for both Hall
Councils.
"When the first inactive list went
out, 01-IC hadn't completed all of their
requirements," said Lynn Oborski,
Financial Supervisor, "but they did
finish completing the requirements
shortly after the list went out."
"The students had money to spend
that was left over from last year," said
Russell, "and they thought that
Homecoming was a worthwhile
event."
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they use and answered any questions that
the audience had.
During the question—and—answer
session, they sang a few songs to
demonstrate musical terms. For
instance, they sang "Shenandoah" to
demonstrate the musical term vibrato,
and good music pronunciation.
Since Cantus does not have a
conductor, they rely on each other to help
keep time and tempo in their
performances. Each piece is assigned
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OFIC has asked for funding from
both Student Activity Fee and the
Student Government Association to
assist in the costs for Homecoming.
Homecoming itself will he spread
out over two days. The game will
occur on Feb. I I, against La Roche.
The coronation ceremony, where the
king and queen will be crowned, will
take place athalftime of the men's
game that evening.
During the game, 01-1 C will he
having a carnival-type event going on
in the Junker Center. There will he a
palm reader, caricaturist and other
events for all students to participate in.
"Not only will students be able to
participate, but all spectators as well,"
said Boazzo.
The Homecoming Dance will take
place on Feb. 13. Details concerning
the location, time and cost have yet to
be released due to planning. OHC is
still pricing various hotels, including
.ed Wintergarden in the final installment of
to a different group member during
rehearsals, and that person decides on
what kind of tempo the song should have.
This is called the Producer System.
They also demonstrated the different
types of music they perform. Everyone
in the ensemble has different tastes, from
opera to classical to country to rap. They
performed "The Mercy Seat" by Nick
Cave, which was popularized by Johnny
Cash. This song was accompanied by a
guitar.
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the Avalon. and will determine the
specifics for the dance at a later date.
The only sure thing planned for the
dance is the problem of transporting
students without vehicles off campus
for an event
"We are working on getting buses
that will run from campus to the dance
for those students," said Boazzo. "We
don't want to leave anyone out."
OHC has been working extremely
hard the past few weeks on pulling off
a successful Homecoming.
"We only ask that students who want
to help and participate, do so," said
Boazzo. "We hope to see
Homecoming become an annual
event."
Anyone wishing to help with
Homecoming, as welt as anyone
needing more information, should
contact Boazzo at jmh67B@psu.edu.
Not every member in the ensemble
came from a musical background. Many
did major in music theory. hut some were
geology majors or even English or
economics majors. 'Chet/ w ere all
brought together by their love of vocal
performance.
Cantos is the last Music at Noon
concert for the tall 2003 season. The
spring 2004 season starts on Feh. I I with
Bohola, an Irish folk group.
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