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THE BEHREND BEACON
Friday, October 15, 2004
Roth to speak
in SEET series
By Annie Sevin
staff writer
On Oct. 21 at noon in Reed 114, Dr. John T. Roth
will be presenting an oration about extending tool
life in manufacturing. Roth’s presentation will be
the second of three seminars this semester for the
School of Engineering and Engineering Technol
ogy.
Roth has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and
has been the assistant professor of mechanical en
gineering for the past three and a half years at
Behrend. Roth primarily teaches undergraduate and
graduate courses dealing with manufacturing ma
terials.
Roth’s presentation will be based on his research
in engineering and manufacturing done at Behrend.
Roth said there are some positive aspects of the
speaker series, “It is recognition of research. It’s
an asset to local industry so that they can recognize
Penn State Behrend.. .as a resource to industry.”
One of the coordinators of the series, Dr. Ralph
Ford, agrees that the Speaker Series helps to bring
in “Erie community industry...[so they] have an
opportunity to see [Behrend’s] faculty research.”
Ford notes that the series helps to “raise aware
ness of our research to industry as well as other
faculty.”
Ford said it’s not only good for industries and
faculty, but for students too. He said of Roth, “Dr.
Roth involves lots of students in his research.”
Roth recognizes the community rather than the
school’s need for the series. “The series really isn’t
geared towards the students; it’s geared more to
wards the industries of the community,” said Roth.
“Lots of industries don’t have research programs
so they can use the campus as a research and de
velopment tool.”
According to the Penn State Behrend website
(www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/engineering/
speaker_series.htm), the school is trying to help
these industries be more competitive in today’s tech
nology-based world. “For manufacturing based in
dustries, tooling costs frequently play an important
role in determining the competitiveness [of the com
pany].. . it is highly important to reduce these costs
as much as possible. To address this situation, re
search is being conducted at Penn State Behrend,
which is focused on understanding and influencing
the tool wear phenomenon.... Several projects are
currently being pursued towards this end.”
Ford also mentioned that it was a great asset to
the series to be able to bring in external speakers
for two of the presentations. Dr. Lukas Sekanina
will give the last presentation of this semester from
Bmo University of Technology. He is a Fulbright
Scholar from the Czech Republic.
There will also be three more seminars for the
School of Engineering and Engineering Technol
ogy in the spring 2005 semester. Dr. Bob Gray, Dr.
Joseph McClellan, and Dr. Thomas Hemminger will
be giving presentations.
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Career fair aids job-hunting undergraduates
CDC provides meeting place between companies and potential employees
By Jeff Smen
staff writer
Wednesday’s career fair went smoothly for stu
dents hoping to find an internship or career in their
field. The fair was held in the Junker Center from
noon to 4 p.m.
Students could have pre-registered or they could
have just showed up and filled out their informa
tion there. The Career and Development Center
headed up the event with over 75 companies at
tending the fair. Companies that attended included
Erie Plastics, General Electric, American Red Cross,
Home Depot, and various other companies from
Erie to outside the state.
At the fair, there were plenty of students walking
from table to table talking with various representa
tives from each company. Most students dressed
up neatly with men wearing suits and women wear
ing dresses or suits as well. There were even stu
dents from several other colleges in the area like
Gannon and Edinboro. Several faculty members
could be seen at the fair talking to prospecting stu
dents and companies in their field.
“Career fairs are a great way to meet representa
tives from, and give your resume to, a variety of
companies,” said Scott Hrinko, CENBD. “Al
though there were only a few employers at today’s
fair looking for computer engineering students, the
fair was well organized and provided me with a
Vote for a change tour comes to Penn State
By Andrew McLachlan
staff writer
On Oct. 1, supporters of presidential candidate
John Kerry welcomed the “Vote For a Change
Tour” at the Bryce Jordan Center in State Col
lege, Pa. The tour is a democratic rally that in
cludes famous musical acts that are against cur
rent president, George W. Bush.
The show in State College included musical
acts: My Morning Jacket, Jurassic 5, Ben Harper
& The Innocent Criminals, and Dave Matthews
Band.
They played to an audience of about 16,000
people. In the parking lot of the concert, there
were conversations about the presidential elec
Midnight Bingo returned Saturday with many students in attendence. The Lion Ambassadors
resurrected the popular game in hopes of rekindling missing bingo spirit.
Rabbi Bush second to speak on American Dream
Speaker leads discussion on Jewish fundamentalism
By Tim Mak
staff writer
The second speech in The American Dream Fun
damentalism Series was held Tuesday with Rabbi
John L. Bush speaking on Jewish fundamentalism.
The seventy-five-minute talk on how Jewish fun
damentalism affects our American Dreams inspired
most of the audience.
Serving on the Board of Coiporators of Hamot
Hospital, the Board of Directors Citizens Against
Racism in Erie (C.A.R.E.) and the Ethics Commit
tee of the Sarah Reed Children’s Centre, Rabbi Bush
hopes to contribute something to society with his
Juris Doctor degree he obtained in 1986 from the
Salmon R Chase College of Law at Northern Ken
tucky University.
Bush, who described himself as a progressive re
formed Jew, began his studies on religion at the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
in Jerusalem. He continued his studies in Cincin
nati, and was ordained rabbi in June of 1998. Be
ing a frequent speaker in the community, he was
glad to take part in discussion to present ideas from
int surveys career tair scene in > jnter on . y. ,er seventy
companies met with and received resumes from job and intern searching students
variety of opportunities to talk to potential employ
ers. The career fair was worth going to.”
“I thought the career fair could have been more
diverse for the majors,” said Brittany Hess, Elish
09. “It seemed like there were a lot of jobs for
engineers and business, but nothing geared specifi
cally for English majors. I’d go again if they had
one with all of our majors in mind. I’d like to see
more respect given to the H&SS majors.”
“It was a good idea, but it needed more compa
nies that offer full positions and internships rather
than companies who are just there to promote them
selves and information,” said Dave Kuhn, MIS 09.
tion and opinions on how the country is being
currently run. Dave Snyder, a 28-year-old man
from State College, expressed his views and feel
ing on the current leader of our country.
“It is just time for a change in our country,”
said Snyder. “We have given our current leader
a chance to show what he can do in times of cri
sis and he has failed. I believe, with a new leader
like John Kerry, he will get us back on the right
track and fix the mess the President Bush has left
Kerry to clean up.”
Some people in the parking lot were selling
Kerry posters and buttons, and cars in the park
ing lot had Kerry bumper stickers on their cars
and flyers on their windows.
Other than Snyder, there was very little Bush
Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
Bush wanted, through the course of looking at
the fundamentalism of Jewish settlers, to identify
parallels that are shared by all fundamentalist move
ments. He also illustrated this by using the settler
situation to demonstrate how Jewish fundamental
ism works in the life of the modem state of Israel.
“I really hope that we will be able to examine
fundamentalism in the Jewish state without becom
ing bogged down in a political or historical or moral
examination of the Palestine or Israeli conflict,” said
Bush.
Although the word “assimilation” is the watch
word for maintaining the Jewish community, Jew
ish leaders across all denominations admit that the
American dream and its lure of assimilation has
been the greatest threat to Jewish continuity and
community since the dispersion from the land of
Israel and Palestine nearly two thousand years ago.
“For some, a reversion to fundamentalism is the
only possible answer to the growing problem,” said
Bush. “Others, like myself, will see that it has been
the success of the American Dream that has enabled
Now that the career fair is over, students are en
couraged to follow up with a letter expressing an
interest in their company and what it has to offer.
The CDC encourages sending another copy of one’s
resume and providing better answers to questions
given by employers. It's a good idea to send a thank
you or a follow up letter within two to five days
after the fair has ended.
Students should also remember that the career
fair is a learning experience, and students shouldn’t
feel bad if the fair didn’t go as they planned it. They
just need to refocus and learn from their mistakes
for next career fair.
bashing taking place. Not many people even dis
cussed the Republican candidate and were more
excited about the future of the country with Kerry
as president. Ivan Eisenberg, COMMBDOI, sees
the future getting brighter with Kerry as presi
dent.
“With new leadership, I see our country
economy getting better over time and our stan
dards to the world will improve,” said Eisenberg.
The concert started at 6 p.m. with opening act
by My Morning Jacket. They were followed by
hip hop act, Jurassic 5, and reggae group, Ben
Harper & The Innocent Criminals. The crowd
was very relaxed and laid back until the head
liner, Dave Matthews Band, took the stage. Play
ing famous songs such as, “Too Much” and “Ev-
eryday,” Dave Matthews Band made the crowd
lively.
During the concert, Dave Matthews told the
crowd to make sure to vote on election day and
asked the crowd to vote for democratic candi
date, John Kerry. Matthews clearly stated what
side he is on in this election.
“A vote for change is a vote for a stronger,
safer, healthier America," said Matthews. “A
vote for Bush is a vote for a divided, unstable,
paranoid America. It is our duty to this beautiful
land to let our voices be heard. That’s the reason
for the tour.”
The Vote for Change tour, which includes such
acts as Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, REM, Jack
Johnson, Dave Matthews, James Taylor, Bonnie
Raitt and John Mellencamp are finishing up their
tour with six separate concerts in the state of
Florida and then all come together on Oct. 11 to
play a star studded show in Washington D.C.
Jews to maintain their Jewishness, and at the same
time that no community of Jews has ever achieved
in any other place or time.”
A thought-provoking question was raised during
the question and answer session on whether God
created human beings or God created Muslims,
Jews and Christians. This question aroused tremen
dous responses and discussions even after the lec
ture.
“Of course God created human beings,” said
Bush. Based on his understanding of the world, he
believed that human beings have a sense of belong
ing and so are not divided.
“Although I am not a religious studies major, I
find the talk very fascinating,” said Freda Zhang,
BUS 01. “Rabbi Bush helped me reconceptualise
my goal of life and why I am here.”
The next American Dreams Series lecture will
take place on Oct. 19 in the Smith Chapel at 7:30
p.m. Professor Baher Ghosheh from Edinboro Uni
versity will be invited to talk about the meaning of
Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism. All teachers
and students are welcome.
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