Friday, March 19, 2004
Students
return from
alternative
Spring Break
by Cain McHenry
staff writer
Spring break often brings thoughts of
Cancun and warm beaches to people's
mind. This year, however, 12 Behrend
students went on an alternative spring
break.
"Everybody should go on Alternative
Spring Break. It was one of the best
weeks ever!" said student Joell Sperry,
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By now you're probably wondering
what exactly an alternative spring break
is. Well, this year students from Behrend
went to Nashville, Tenn. There they
worked with immigrants and refugees at
a soup kitchen and warehouse where
clothing and furniture was stored, for the
refugees.
They were in Tennessee for six days,
from March 8 to Saturday. The project
was led by a Catholic Charity Group.
Kelly Shrout, coordinator of
Community Service and Smith Chapel,
helped organize and was one of the two
staff members who went to Nashville.
Every year they go somewhere different
and perform a different community
service.
"Last year we went to Cleveland, and
in 2002 we all went to Virginia Beach.
We aren't sure where we will be heading
next year. I try to leave it up to the
students to decide." Shrout said.
"Our trip to Nashville not only had a
huge impact on the studeriqt4twen . ;
but their advisers and those they o ff ered
their service to. We had so much fun
both working and playing," said Jill
Forsman, who served as the other
adviser.
Stephanie Knecht, Chandra Giger,
STUDENTS PREPARE TO RALLY
Students from the Governmental Af
fairs committee are venturing to Harris
burg on Monday to rally legislators for
lower tuition rates.
NEWS, Page 3
TEAMS RETURN FROM SOUTH
Members of the baseball, softball,
track and tennis teams returned from
training campus in the South this week,
boasting a mix of results.
SPORTS, Pages 10-12.
METROSEXUAL CLINIC PLANNED
Residence Life, in association with
SAF, will be hosting the Meterosexual
Etiquette Dinner on Tuesday, March 23.
Find out more about the dinner in this
week's 'A Closer Look.'
CALENDAR, Page 6.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
News 1-5 A&E 8
Calendar 6 Features 9
Editorial 7 Sports..lo-12
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Housing and Food Services
faces major renovations
by Brad Stewart
staff writer
The sound of backup alarms, drills
and saws are commonplace at Penn
State Erie. Between the Reed Union
Building and Perry Hall lies a mass
of metal and brick that will soon be
home to Behrend students—Senat
Hall.
Senat Hall, the name coming from
a Lake Erie ship, is scheduled for
completion in late August in time for
incoming freshman of the fall 2004
semester. According to a Behrend
news release, the residence will
provide housing for 150 students.
From its lowest point to the highest
the building has five floors. The main
entrance will lead into offices for
Housing and Food Services—the
remainder of the building will be
specifically designed and divided to
hold freshman of similar majors.
The 150 freshman living there will
be grouped by academic major, and
students on each floor will be enrolled
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in two courses together.
This grouping will socially and
academically benefit aspiring
scholars.
Each room will accommodate two
students. Based on student feedback,
hallways will open into a small foyer
which will connect two bedrooms,
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the new Housing and Food services office.
each with their own door and lock,
and a bathroom. The design will
allow two rooms to share the foyer
as a central space but prevent any
unwanted access to a room through a
joined bathroom.
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Food Services. "We listen to students
and try to adapt."
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