| The Behrend Beacon WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST BEHREND BRIEFS Local teens fight tobacco Today the Erie County Anti-Tobacco Youth Movement will go to 100 State Building and meet with a staff member of Governor Rendell’s Erie office, Mr. Brush. Selected students from local high schools will make arguments for the Clean Indoor Air Bill in PA. They will also discuss increasing the tobacco tax for cigarettes and placing a tax on smokeless tobacco. Hanging of the greens On Dec. 3, students, faculty and staff will gather for the hanging of the greens, the college’s oldest tradition. The ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. at the Behrend Family Chapel in the Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery. The tradition started in 1948 and commemorates the life of Emst Behrend, former owner of Hammermill Paper Company. Attendance is open to all students, faculty and staff. Concert Band to perform On Dec. 7, the Concert Band will perform in the McGarvey Commons, starting at 8 p.m. The musical theme of the night will commemorate the lives lost in the Pearl Harbor bombing. The concert is free and open to the public. POLICE AND SAFETY 11/13/2004 Complainant reported finding an intoxicated male lying in a hall way in Perry Hall. As officer arrived, male attempted to flee but was caught after brief chase. As a result, charges are pending. 11/14/2004 Report of possible Act 64 violation. See info report "The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm." Swedish proverb Janet Neff Sample Center HSB for Matmtn if Civility For Sale 1995 Oldsmobile Sedan ‘BB excellent condition 22,000 miles If interested contact Ida Guerdon 814-870-5567 Danielle Short, graduate intern for the Student Activities staff, spoke first to the crowd gathered to participate in dinner for six strangers. The dinner was part of Hunger Awareness week. The goal of the dinner was to bring six strangers together to share an evening of food and companionship. McGarvey Commons was filled with students, faculty and staff. A night view of one of the new campus signs along Station Rd. This sign is part of the “Wayfinding and Signage Plan” that seeks to provide confused travelers with directional signs. This sign is part of Phase I of the project. The Matchbox Players performed a shortened interpretation of Hamlet on Thursday night in the Behrend Theater. Directed by Steven O’Donnell, the ten person cast passionately presented a precision parody of the classic Shakespearean tragedy. Students take advantage of trips abroad By Samantha Baldensperger staff writer Last year students traveled to destina tions such as Spain, England, and China for group trips or the study abroad pro gram. There is the opportunity to study in England for a semester once again in the summer of 2005. Also there are groups that will be going to Spain and Washington D.C. over spring break. This summer there is a study abroad program taking place in England. The classes are given at Northhampton from July 9 to Aug. 12. Students can study a wide variety of things including creative writing, crime and punishment, The Beatles and beyond: Music Appreciation and photography. There is something for just about everyone. During the study in England the students will also go on a one week trip to London or Florence. This past summer there was a study abroad program in England also. Ninth semester student David Kuhn said that, “it was a great experience and I would recommend it to anyone who likes meet- ing people and having fun.” While in England Kuhn took trips to such places as Oxford, Birmingham, Warwick Castle and the east coast of Ireland. He also said of the trip, “ Learning and interact ing in a different atmosphere outside of your ‘box’ really makes you grow up.” During spring break this year there are a few classes and groups taking trips abroad and right here in the country. These trips will to be Spain and to Wash ington D.C. ’ T T 1 ji iin trip is being, or ganized by Spanish professor Juan annual trip abroad. Fernandez, and the Washington trip is being organized by Dr. Speel. In Spain students will be given the opportunity to personally interact with Spaniards and experience the Spanish culture first hand. The trip will be for ten days beginning on March 4 and ends on March 14. Upon return the students will have to write a paper on Spanish civilization. The Washington D.C. trip is associ ated with the political science course POLSC 297 D. Students are required to be signed up for the one or three credit version of this course in order to attend the trip. This trip will cost between $5OO and $6OO. The students that will be going to Washington D.C will begin there trip on March 6 and end March 12. They will be meeting u ith slate representatives and senators and will visit international em Friday, November 19,2004 bassies. Also organizers hope to visit museums such as the International Spy museum, and the US Holocaust museum. The full itinerary will be decided in Janu ary or February of 2005. In 2004 a group of students traveled to China. The trip was organized by Associate professor Ken Louie. The trip was part of a three-credit course offered by the Black School of Business. The course was called; “China in the Global Economy: History, Culture and Society.” Over the five days there the group vis ited GE Lighting, the Shanghi Stock Exchange, Bright Dairy, CEIBS, Zhangjiang High Tech Park and Eli Lilly Company. Also they visited Bejing among the things they saw and visited there were the Bejing Zoo and the Great Wall. On the trip each student kept a journal and had to write a total of three papers at the end of the program.
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