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BEHREND BRIEFS
The hanging of the greens
Today at 7 p.m. at the Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery Behrend Chapel. Transporta
tion will be provided at 6:30 p.m. in front of the Reed Union Building. The event
is Behrend’s oldest tradition and is sponsored by the Protestant and Catholic
Ministries.
Halo 2 tournament
On Dec. 8 at 5 p.m. in the Senat Hall lobby, a Halo 2 team single elmination
tourney will be held. The tournament is open to all and the competitions will be
in teams of four. Participants are asked to bring their own controllers and to
register through email with mghlSl@psu.edu.
POLICE AND SAFETY
11/21/2004
Student reported that a wheel had been stolen from his vehicle.
11/22/2004
Complainant reported his son, a resident of Niagara Hall had his nose broken in a
fight.
11/23/2004
Complainant came to the station to report that her 2000 Ford Taurus was vandal
ized as it sat in Ohio Hall lot between 5:15 p.m. yesterday and 1:30 p.m. today.
11/23/2004
Complainant reported that his Toyota Celica was vandalized as it sat in Ohio lot.
11/24/2004
Complainant came to the station and reported that his Chevy Cavalier was
vandalized as it sat in the Junker lot last night.
11/24/2004
Complainant came to the station to report that he accidently scratched a vehicle
while pulling out of a space in the Glenhill lot. A non-reportable accident report
is pending.
11/24/2004
Complainant reported smoke coming from a storeroom in Bruno’s several VFD’s
responded. There were no injuries reported.
11/29/2004
Complainant reported that someone damaged her car as it sat in Perry Hall lot
between 11:00 p.m. on 11/27 and 11:00a.m. on 11/28.
11/30/2004
Complainant reported several items taken from his room.
12/1/2004
Fire alarm reported in Perry Hall. Caused by vandalism.
"Compassion is the basis of morality."
Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher
(1788-1860)
Janet Neff Sample Center
far Mamtn & Civility
HIGH: 46 LOW: 37
Variable cloudiness
HIGH: 47 LOW: 37
Partial sunshine
HIGH: 48 LOW: 37
HIGH: 49 LOW: 35
Clouds with a chance of rain,
HIGH: 41 LOW: 26
Mostly cloudy.
HIGH: 36 LOW: 23
Times of clouds and sun
HIGH: 34 LOW: 22
Sun and clouds
Kara Humphries, MANGT 07, runs the Multi-cultural Council’s Basket Raffle. The baskets are donated by offices on
campus and the funds are placed in the MCC’s general fund. This fundraiser takes place every year before Christmas and
is one of the MCC’s biggest fundraisers
The Behrend College Choir performed in McGarvey yesterday, their repitiore included Massa’s Missa Brevis, Caldara’s
Stabat Mater, and Rutter’s God Be In My Head. The choir is one of Behrend’s oldest orgainzations and consists of
students from all majors.
The Health and Welness Center’s“ Tree of Life” commemorates those who lost the battle with AIDS, those who live with
AIDS, and those who have been affected by AIDS. Students sign a red bow and hang it on the tree to recognize the AIDS
crisis and those who face it.
Greener Behrend Task Force preaches sustainability
By Annie Sevin
staff writer
The Greener Behrend Task Force is fo
cusing on educating students and the
community about sustainability this year.
Sustainability, according to a Greener
Behrend Task Force pamphlet, is “about
living within our means, working with
the Earth and respect.” Dr. Thomas
Wortman, assistant for academic admin
istration heads the Task Force and Mary
Beth Peterson, director of the Career
Development Center, is also a commit
tee member for the Greener Behrend
Task Force.
“About three years ago the University
asked us [Penn State Behrend] to include
something into our planning process
about ecological sustainability,
instead.. .we decided to do.. .a major ef
fort towards sustainability and that is
[where] the Greener Behrend Task Force
started,” said Wortman.
The Task Force has seven goals. One:
to reduce energy use; two: conserve wa
ter; three: minimize solid and liquid
waste; four: increase the quality of food
and reduce its waste; five: protect and
preserve natural areas; six: use “green”
practices into the construction and reno
vation of facilities; and seven: promote
ecological stewardship within the col
lege community.
According to Wortman, “We’re con
centrating our energy this year on edu
cation by what we call stewardship,
which is getting the word out to the
whole campus community about how
important sustainability is.”
Ms. Peterson is in charge of the edu
FOCAL POINTS
cation goal. Peterson says that, this year,
the Task Force is concentrating on edu
cating why sustainability is in everyone’s
best interest and why people should take
part in it.
So far, the education committee held
an energy conservation workshop for
faculty and staff about winterizing their
homes. Peterson said that a good way
of promoting conservation of energy use
and minimizing waste on campus is to
have people start in their homes. For the
students whose homes are on campus,
the committee wants to work with RA’s
and through clubs and organizations to
begin brainstorming about reducing en
ergy usage on campus, recycling and
conserving water (reporting leaks, tak
ing shorter showers, etc.).
The committee is planning some
events for this year, but nothing specific
has been finalized yet. They are, how
ever, talking about using the “Stall Sto
ries” flyers to help educate students and
faculty about water conservation, and
possibly about having a “Greener
Behrend garage sale” at the end of the
spring semester. The sale would be an
alternative for students who want to
throw out useless items at the end of the
year - instead of just pitching them into
the dumpsters, they can donate them to
the sale. All the proceeds they would
make would then be turned back into the
efforts towards the Greener Behrend
Educational Committee.
“Our biggest struggle...is trying to fig
ure out what is the balance between
progress and preservation,” said Dr.
Wortman. He says sustainability is im
portant because “this College believes in
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maintaining the history of this property.
This was a wonderful gift from the
Behrend family and we have a responsi
bility to maintain the integrity of this
beautiful piece of natural space.”
Last year, the Task Force concentrated
their efforts on The Arboretum at Penn
State Behrend, which is the largest uni
versity arboretum in the region. Accord
ing to a media publication by the Greener
Behrend Task Force, “An arboretum is a
collection of woody plants that are la
beled, cataloged and mapped... Through
the local contributions of local garden
clubs and Dr. Edwin C. Masteller, the
college has been able to add to the pre
existing collection of the Behrends.
These collections, the gorge areas and
all of campus (totaling over 725 acres)
is what is included in the Arboretum at
Penn State Behrend...”
“I think sustainability is a goal for
everyone,” stated Dr. Wortman. The
Task Force is encouraging student in
volvement.
“We would love some high energy stu
dents who have real concerns for these
sorts of topics to join our group and add
to our energies,” says Peterson.
Dr. Wortman said, “We have zero stu
dents directly involved with any of our
committees right now, it has been a
struggle to get students involved...but
I’m certain there are students that would
be willing to help out at least by giving
us their opinions or by getting involved
in some planning...”
If any students are interested, they may
contact Ms. Peterson at the Career De
velopment Center (x 6164) or by e-mail:
mbpl@psu.edu.