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Friday, February 27, 2004
Inside
Spring break options explored
This week's features page is full of fun
and sun. Check out your options for this
upcoming spring break.
FEATURES, Page 7.
Basketball teams host *MCC tourney
Behrend's men and women's basketball
teams captured their regular season
crowns last Saturday, entitling them to
host this weekend's AMCC tournament.
SPORTS, Page 12
Latest Intramurals recapped
The latest round of intramural sports has
come to a close. See the winners in this
edition of the Intramural page.
INTRAMURALS, Page 9.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
News 1-4 Editorial 5
Calendar 6 Features
A&E 8 Intramuratt 9
Sports 11-12
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Students give back to community
Three organizations participate in philanthropies throughout the weekend
Third annual competition
raises $5,000 for ACS
Athletic Director Brian Streeter (L), presents Nancy Rutkowski (cen
ter) of the American Cancer Society and Mary Hubler with a check for
$5,000 Saturday at the third annual Becky Hubler-Decker Cheer and
Dance Competition.
by Dan Stasiewskl
managing editor
The cheerleading and dance teams handed a $5OOO
check over to the American Cancer Society, Saturday,
at the third annual Becky Hubler-Decker Cheer and
Dance Competition.
More than 30 teams from area high schools and
colleges participated in the event, which was held in
the Junker Center.
Donations this year added up to $5,000, doubling
last year's total and more than tripling the $1,500
raised in 2001.
Athletics Department Officials hope that the
increase in donations is a sign that the competition is
TKEs lose privi
Brothers work on
by Courtney Straub
Greek page editor
Fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon has
lost pledging privileges for this spring
semester and is on continued
administration warning until the end of
the fall 2004 semester. This
punishment is a result of an incident
that took place on Sept. 12, 2003, at
3316 Buffalo Road, the Delta Chi
fraternity house.
The incident involved five brothers
of Tau Kappa Epsilon, four brothers of
Delta Chi and members of the baseball
team. Both Tau Kappa Epsilon and
Delta Chi declined comment on
specific names of the individuals
involved.
All three of the groups are
recognized by Penn State Behrend so
the University became involved.
First, all individuals went through
the student affairs process to determine
if a punishment was necessary.
"All the people who were involved
from my organization all had to go
through student affairs. They were
found not guilty," said Jon Stafford,
Tau Kappa Epsilon president.
Next, the issue was taken to the
Interfraternity Council (IFC) because
Delta Chi and Tau Kappa Epsilon are
both governed by IFC.
"Chris Fox, for instance, submitted
the information as an incident that he
thought that the IFC judicial board
should look into. The IFC J-board Vice
President makes the decision whether
or not it should go on to the hearing
board," said Chris Rizzo, director of
involvement as fulfill
competition
"Its about trying to spread the word about cancer:'
said Streeter, who is eager to see the competition go
further than just the Behrend campus.
Streeter did not say there were plans for expansion
off-campus, but he hoped the competition could spur
other cancer benefits or even a national event much
like the fund-raising walks that occur across the
country on a single day.
In addition to the philanthropy, Streeter said that
the competition was a great way to expose
prospective students to the Behrend campus. But
he's not the only one who sees it that way.
"I think it shows off Behrend itself, because a lot
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student activities in the Reed Union
Building. The office of Greek Life
reports to him.
Delta Chi and Tau Kappa Epsilon
were accused of violating substantial
university policy for off campus
behavior.
According to Fox, coordinator of
student organization and program
development, behavior or actions of any
individual or member of an
organization, has a significant effect on
the way the member represents their
organization.
According to Fox, even when
members of the Greek community are
off campus, they still represent their
organization and therefore if they do
something wrong, their organization can
be held liable.
The IFC executive board made the
decision that the information given by
Fox should go to the IFC judicial board.
The IFC judicial board is chaired by the
Vice President of IFC and the vice
presidents from each fraternity chapter.
The hearing took place on Dec. 4,
2003. Many members from both
fraternities were present at the hearings.
Rizzo served in the role as adviser to
the board which means he helped to
advise the board on issues of due
process and points of order within their
constitution.
The IFC judicial board found
members of Delta Chi not guilty and
found members of Tau Kappa Epsilon
guilty.
According to Rizzo, the sanctions are
defined within the scope of their
constitution.
catching on with
competitors
community members
alike.
"When we started the
competition three years
ago, we started with eight
teams," said Stacy Pondo,
assistant to the director of
Athletics.
Pondo said the
competition is growing as
the awareness of cancer
becomes stronger and, for
some competitors, more
personal.
She mentioned cases
where coaches involved
have been diagnosed with
cancer and even
described a Cathedral
Prep Ramblerette whose
parents died after last
year's competition.
Director of Athletics
Brian Streeter sees this
type of growing
ng the mission of the
image following judicial board hearing
THON committee places
fourth among campuses
As the crowd yelled the final seconds of the
countdown, the two struggled to hold their bodies
up. Feet swollen, suffering from exhaustion, Jenn
Sutter and Jon Meyn fell from the standing position
they had been in for 48 hours.
Co-chairperson Rachael Yates, along with seven
other Behrend students made the trip to University
Park to provide both physical and mental support
to Sutter and Meyn.
"While it was very difficult for them, I think they
did a great job:' commented Yates, BIOBD 06
"There were times that I wasn't 100 percent sure
they were going to keep going but they did, and
I'm proud of them."
Yates even went as far as buying Sutter a foot
scrub to pamper her swollen, tired feet on Sunday
evening.
And so ended
THON 2004 for
the two first-time
dancers. Months
of preparation,
committee work,
and canning came
to a close Sunday
night at 7 p.m in
Recreation Hall.
Seven hundred
and two dancers
filled the floor
and more than 3.5
million dollars
was raised to fight
pediatric cancer,
slightly less than
the previous
year's total.
Behrend raised
and contributed
The Delta Chi house, at 3316 Buffalo Road, was the scene of an inci
dent involving brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon, members of the baseball
team and brothers of Delta Chi last September. A ruling from the IFC
judicial board has come down since the incident, and Tau Kappa Epsilon
has lost pledging privileges for the Spring 2004 semester and will re
main on continued administration warning until the end of the Fall 2004
semester.
"I don't think the punishment fit the
crime. Let's say that I just hope it
doesn't give people any negative view
because if you look at all the good things
we do for the community, for our
organization, for Greek life in general,
it far outweighs few little things like
this," said Stafford.
Steve Funaiock, Delta Chi president,
issued a written statement on what his
by Lauren Packer
editor in chief
all Committee reveal this year's total at the Dance Marathon held at
University Park last weekend. Participants stayed awake for 48 hours
and collectively raised $3.5 million for chlidren with cancer.
latest "Soup for the Soul
leges
fraternity thinks of the outcome.
"As the president of Delta Chi I am
speaking on behalf of the chapter. Our
chapter feels that the schools Judicial
System did not do an adequate job with
the investigation. We feel the sanctions
given to the organization and the
individuals were insufficient. These
sanctions are hard to enforce and
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$14,500 to the Four Diamonds Fund, the recipient
of all funds raised by the Interfraternity/Panhellenic
Dance Marathon. Behrend's total this year
exceeded the amount raised in previous years.
The total also placed Behrend in the top five
commonwealth locations that raised funds. That
finish may even be a top three. Behrend is waiting
on word from University Park because a computer
glitch may not have tallied all of the pledges,
according to Justin Curry, THON committee co
chair.
"Overall, I was very pleased with the committee
this year," said Curry. "They were hard-working
people and we had a great year."
Yates agreed, "I think our committee did a great
job coming together, keeping our goal in mind and
maintaining a positive attitude."
Curry, who danced in THON two years ago while
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