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Page 2 The Behrend Beacon WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST SA^IJ^DAY Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance «er- of precipitation. SUNDAY . Mostly cloudy with alO percent S* chance of precipitation. MONQfIY TUESjftY W^DN^SDAY THURSDAY Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. from the Penn State News Wire for the Week of April 19, 2004 University Park to hold commencement ceremonies May 14-15 The University Park campus will hold its spring Commencement ceremonies on May 14and IS. As of mid-April, 7,129-students-are scheduled to receive degrees at the University Park ceremonies. That figure includes 26 associate, 6,137 baccalau reate, 743 master's and 223 doctoral degree students. Systemwide, Penn State will graduate a total of 10,010 students approximately 703 with associate degrees, 7,641 baccalaureate degrees, 1,380 graduate degrees, 115 medical degrees and 171 juris doctorate degrees. Memorial service to honor students who died in the past year A public, multi-faith memorial service will be held at 12:15 p.m. today, in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the University Park campus to honor the 32 Penn State students who are known to have died in the past academic year. "The service is a time to bring the Penn State community together to remember these students," said Sharon Mortensen, director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs. "Their family members and friends have been invited to attend." The ser vice will include readings from different faith traditions, Glee Club music, a read ing of the students' names and the ringing of the Old Main chimes. Family mem bers will be presented with a Certificate of Achievement by the appropriate aca demic deans during a reception. Hucks commit $1 million for new business building An effort by the Smeal College of Business to raise funds for a new building on the University Park campus has received a million-dollar boost from Penn State alumni J. Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck. The new building, slated for completion in sum mer 2005, is situated at the eastern gateway to the campus. The four-story, $6B million structure will increase academic space for the Smeal College by 35 percent and be the university's largest academic facility. Economic research institute to hold annual conference The Economic Research Institute of Erie (ERIE) will hold its fourth annual confer ence on May 13 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Reed Union Building at Penn State Behrend. One of the featured speakers at the event will be Richard Overmoyer, deputy secretary for the Office of Technology Investment in the Pennsylvania De partment of Community and Economic Development, who will speak on Pennsylvania's new Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) initiative. KIZ is intended to help create new technologies and new entrepreneurs for Pennsylvania's commu nities, said James Kurre, co-director of the institute. Overmoyer's topic fits well with the focus of this year's conference, which is technology, productivity, and Erie's future. "We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly. ” Janet Neff Sample Center for Manners & Civility HIGH: 52 LOW: 46 HIGH: 59 LOW: 43 HIGH: 56 LOW: 37 Few showers with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. HIGH: 52 LOW: 41 Few showers with a 30 percent chance of precipitation HIGH: 63 LOW: 50 Partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of precipitation. HIGH: 67 LOW: 46 NEWS -Voltaire -iuir pt- ;e coi ty evei ~ig choir is directed by Dr. Daniel Barnard and contains approximately 20 members. Friday, A Theta Phi Alpha sister Abby Long, left, stands by as Loren Steinbach pies Theta Phi Alpha sister Karin Veljstaup outside of Reed on Tuesday during “Pie A Theta Phi.” me up Sunday at the Junker Center. Actors perform “Lives to Save: The Rescuers” Monday evening in the Smith Chapel. “Lives to Save: The Rescuers” is a play about Holocaust survivors and their rescuers and is part of Holocaust Remembrance Month. 'ril 23, 2004 FOCAL POINTS Justin Curry & Angela Szesciorka behrcolls@aoljcom game mmons