Page 2 The Behrend Beacon WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST SATURDAY * * * * * SUNDAY MONDAY f,` • 1.,,„, 1 t er ;RI * TUESDAY * Os* WEDNESDAY • * at_ * THURSDAY FRIDAY * • • • PENN STATE NEWS courtesy of the Penn State News Wire for the week of Jan. 26, 2004 Dieters decrease heart risk on moderate fat program Although low-fat diets are recommended for heart health, a moderate-fat weight loss diet reduced.dieters' cardiovascular risk betir-r than a low-fat diet in a study conducted at Penn State. The, moderate-fat diet, in which half the fat was monounsaturated fat from peantds.and peanut oil, produced a 14 percent reduc tion in cardiovascular disease risk. The low-fat group experienced a 9 percent improvement. Both the moderate- and low-fat diets were controlled so that all participants lost about the same amount of weight -- approximately 2.4 to 2.7 pounds a week on average. Concerts will celebrate African American spirituals The annual Celebration of African American Spirituals will be held on Penn State's University Park campus Feb. 6 through Feb. 8. The celebration features choral and solo performances of African American spirituals by choirs and solo ists from the Penn State School of Music, seven high school choirs from Pennsyl vania and Maryland. and guest artists. Concerts will be held at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 6 in Esher Recital Hall. Music Building 1; at 8 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Pasquirella Spiritual Center (with the Festival Choir of High School and Colle giate Singers): and at 2 p.m Feb. 8 in Esber Recital Hall (with Essence of Joy). Tickets are $2 for students and $4 for general admission at the door. Alumni cool career: Organizing the unorganized While sonic perpetually disorganized people can look at the clutter of their office or home and say. It may look like chaos, but I've got a system," Deirdra Makowiecki views such thinking as an enemy of productivity and profit. To help businesses and individuals in need of some major time management and reorganizational skills devel opment the 1992 graduate in psychology from the Penn State Beaver campus founded MAKK Strategies, based in Martins Ferry, Ohio, in 1999. "What I do is really an up and coming industry that more and more people are making their career," she says of her workshops and one-on-one training programs to change the unfocused behaviors that can sap people of time and energy. POLICE AND SAFETY 2 . 18 p.m. Motorist reported a vehicle accident at Col lege Drive the west end of College Drive. 1/2/2004 1/2/2004 10:05 p.m. Reported kids in the Reed lot with a Reed Lot knife and video camera. 1/22/04 6 p.m. Complainant reported items missing from S-Lot her car. "To prefer evil to good is not in human nature. Janet Neff Sample Center for Manners or Civility HIGH: 16 LOW: 7 50 percent hance of snow showers Wind: SW 12-20 HIGH: 24 LOW: 22 Cloudy, with little chance of precipitation Wind: SW 14-22 HIGH: 32 LOW: 28 Wintry mix of snow and ice Wind: SSE 9 HIGH: 28 LOW: 12 65 percent of snow showers Wind: W 11 HIGH: 19 LOW 16 Snow showers Wind: NVVI2-20 HIGH: 26 LOW: 19 Cloudy, with no chance of precipitation Wind: NNE 12-20 HIGH: 32 LOW: 15 Little chance of snow showers Wind: SW 10 CLASSIFIED - Plato -„, \ # 2.i i ' , i= ;,' -, .. * ...... - ‘,.,., Frida , Janua 30, 2004 The IVCF band practices for another weekly worship session. Meetings are every Thursday at 7 p.m. in Reed 117. Sophia Coruso, AG 02, t Lilley Library. Pat Ganje, EE BD 06, spends an evening in Zurn with a calculator, a book and liquid caffeine. Luckily, there's only 13 weeks until the end of the semester. Concerned students have made sure a stump in front of Science stays warm despite the frigid temperatures FOCAL POINTS s a break from her real work to do a bit of Internet browsing on the computers in Justin Curry & Angela Szesciorka, news editors behrcolls@aol.com
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