THE BEHREND BEACON Friday, January 14, 2005 New Found Glory performed at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va on Halloween 2004 . The group, a punk band from Florida, will be performing at Behrend in March. New Found By Daniel J. Stasiewski editor in chief The punk group New Found Glory will make a tour stop at the Penn State Erie’s Junker Center in between trips to Philadelphia and Hartford, Conn. The date, scheduled for March 31, will be the first major concert to hit the campus in three years. Tickets for the event will go on sale to students Feb. 1. Students can buy up to two tickets at $l5, with additional tick ets costing the public price of $lB. If the show doesn’t sell out on the Erst day, public ticket sales open up Feb. 2. For students interested in a legal way to get into the show for free, concert committee chairpersons are looking for a few hard-working students to help make the event happen. Applications are currently being ac cepted for the various committees. They include Publicity, Security, Hospitality, Box Office/Ticket Sales and Production. Applications are available in the Of fice of Student Activities or on-line. Kris Torok, associate director of student ac tivities, touted this concert as an oppor tunity to be a part of nationally touring show. “Here you get to see everything. The roadies walking around, the tour man ager,” said Torok. It is uncertain whether committee members will actually get to meet the band. Torok said it was New Inside ‘White Noise’ review, STUDENT LIFE, Page 7 Women’s basketball, SPORTS, Page 10 CONTENTS News 1-3 Editorial 4 Student Life 6-8 Sports 9-10 CONTACT US Newsroom: 898-6488 Fax: 898-6019 E-mail: behrendbeacon@aol.com Our offices are located down stairs in the Reed Union Building. Glory coming to campus Found Glory’s decision to meet or not meet the any of the workers. She noted, however, that the groups request for all tickets to be under $2O means they may be a little more “down to earth.” According to MTV.com, New Found Glory is a Florida-based punk group with seven EP and full length albums to their credit. Their single “I Don’t Wanna Know” is currently in the running for the daily top ten countdown show, “TRL.” The concert fits into the original pro gramming mold established with sold out from 1998-2000. Featuring artists break ing into the mainstream, the shows in cluded 1998’s Goo Goo Dolls concert, 1999’s Train/Angry Salad double-header and the 2000 Shaggy concert. By the time the 2001 Sugar Ray con cert came to an end, Torok said the nov elty of a big concert wore off. The 2001 committee had a tough time booking the band, and the concert committee was disbanded until fall of 2004. An application process in the October brought on a new crew of students. Con cert Committee Chair Ross Zambanini, INBUS 04, said the 2004 concert was selected through an e-mail survey con ducted last semester. Zambanini said the survey proved students had a strong in terest in both New Found Glory and the punk rock genre. But the business major knew it was all about the numbers. With an SAF funded budget of $35-$40,000, Tsunami devastation in Turkey. Seven Behrend students are inhabitants of countries in southeast Asia, the area affected by the tsunami Tsunami affects Behrend By Nick LoGalbo staff writer The level nine earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26 created massive tsunamis which devastated 13 countries in Southeast Asia. The disas ter left in the tsunami’s wake created a global humanitarian effort with countries from every comer of the globe sending relief to the distressed areas. The num ber of deaths caused by the tsunamis is approximately 156,000. The effects were felt even here at Behrend as three stu dents from southeast Asia give their ac count of what happened. Tae Predevith, MRKT 08 an interna tional student from Bangkok, Thailand was not expecting to wake up on Dec. 27 to news of a disaster. A Penn State Erie Student Publication Zambanini and the committee had to find answer the question, “Where could we get the most bang for our buck?” All the pieces came together, and New Found Glory, with what Zambanini de scribed as a “cult following,” was their band. Student opinions, however, remain mixed “I’d prefer someone else but if they came I’d go see them I suppose,” said Janet Niedenberger, COMB A 04. Niedenberger’s opinion is the middle ground, with some students like Amy Drauch, DUS 02, saying the choice was “awesome” and others like Alissa Magus, BIOL 02 saying “I feel like they should have picked someone better. Torok was positive about the concert, saying her office received a call from a person in Canada who wanted to know how to get tickets. For Zamabini, however, the concert isn’t just about a band. It’s about get ting students excited about Behrend. “It always sort of irks me when some one says, ‘There’s nothing to do,”’ said Zamabini, who in addition to being con cert committee chair is involved in a number of on-campus clubs. Students who are excited about Behrend, New Found Glory or just the chance to be a part of a national tour, however, only have a few weeks to ap ply to one of the many concert commit tees. Deadline for application is Jan. 21. “My mom told me four cities in south ern Thailand were hit by a Tsunami. I was really surprised. We never had any thing like this happen before.” Phuket Island, the hub for tourism in Southeast Asia, was all but destroyed by the massive waves. As a result, the thriv ing tourism industry in all of Southeast Asia was grinded to a halt. The unexpectedness of the tsunamis is largely to blame for the high death counts. Sources at wikipedia.com said, “Despite a lag of up to several hours be tween the earthquake and the impact of the tsunamis, nearly all of the victims were taken completely by surprise.” Kumudu Kaluarachchi, MIS 03 gives an account of this: “The sea recessed was TSUNAMI, continued on Page 2 Faculty earns $24.8 millio Behrend professors gross big numbers over 10 ye By Erin Ahlgren staff writer Over the past decade members of the Penn State Behrend faculty have earned research funding totaling $24.8 million, earning $46,332 in the 2004-2005 aca demic year alone. With sound growth, Robert Light, Ph.D., senior assistant dean for research, graduate studies, and outreach “would like to see the yearly average reach $5 million.” No doubt this would create a positive impact at Penn State and the surround ing community. The grants awarded not only improve the region’s economic, social, and intellectual development; Behrend students reap benefits also. In the 2004-2005 academic year, 58 students were awarded undergraduate re search grants ranging from $4OO to $2,500. With the cooperation of faculty members, undergraduate students are able to put their money to work. The Behrend College Undergraduate Student Academic Year Research Grant Program is just one of the programs available to students. The programs available make it possible for students’ involvement in faculty research pro grams. Students are required to go through a “formal proposal process, in cluding selection of a faculty mentor, development of a research project, com position of a formatted proposal, and a review process at both the school and college level.” “It’s a good experience for students in their majors,” said Nicole MLK commemoration By Lacy Buzard copy editor What place does non-violence have in the world today? This is the question that students, faculty and staff will try to answer during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration this Monday. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill that would make every third Monday in January a tribute to King. The new law was intended to pro vide federal offices, banks and schools with a day off to reflect on King’s mes sage. Penn State, however, does not free its students of classes on this holiday in spite of an online petition organized by stu dents at University Park. “It’s more valu able for students to continue their edu cation and then participate in MLK’s message,” said Andy Herrera, director of Educational Equity and Diversity Pro grams. Instead, Herrera and a committee com prised of students, faculty and staff, with the support of many student organiza tions, the Office of Educational Equity and Diversity Programs, the Office of Student Affairs and the Student Activity Fee, have organized a variety events honoring King throughout the entire week. The goal of these events is to get stu dents to engage in some personal explo ration of the meaning of equality, accord ing to Herrera. He said that this equal ity is not limited to racial issues but in cludes a broad spectrum of different lifestyles, religions, etc. The most important parts of King’s message, according to Herrera are re spect for all, justice, opportunity and love. “Martin & Me” will be the highlight of the upcoming week. The play by James H. Chapmyn is a “personal trib ute to the man, not the myth...to the messenger that was Martin” according to the description on Behrend’s website. “Martin & Me” will be performed at 4 p.m. Monday. Directly after the performance, Marvin Sanderson, PSY 08, will add some addi tional insight into the life of King dur ing a candlelight observance. Sanderson will also read a poem, “The Difference,” written by Danielle Faulkner, FNC 02. “My goal for being on the committee is that someone will be inspired to make JAN 1 4 Swartzentruber, COMBAOB. “Beh* should consider creating a class that volves a research program.” Involvement in undergraduate search not only gives students the portunity to work closely with faci members, it also allows students to skills and experiences, learn about latest technologies and share the exc ment of making new discoveries. Each year students are able to si case their research and creative act plishments at the Penn State Behrei Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Creative Accomplishment Conferer Students from other regional colli and universities introduce their res, orally or by poster. In 2004, the 13 ,h Annual Conference was quite an accomplishment, with 81 faculty members, 166 students and 107 posters and oral presentations. It in volved nine colleges and universities in northwestern Pennsylvania. The 14 lh Annual Conference will bring more colleges and universities than pre vious years with the involvement of a school in Cincinnati, according to Rob ert Light, Ph.D. The upcoming confer ence will take place April 16 and is co sponsored by Penn State Behrend and Sigma-Xi. Light would like to encourage students in humanities and social sciences to par ticipate more and hopes to see more so phisticated projects. To learn how to be come involved or if you are interested in a particular field of research, talk to your advisor, a faculty member or the staff of the dean’s office. a difference,” said Faulkner. Sanderson agrees. “The spirit of Dr. King’s dream should illuminate all of our paths,” he said. On Thursday, the School of Humani ties and Social Sciences is sponsoring an open forum, “Non-violence.. .is it just a dream?” at 6:30 p.m. in Reed 117. Dr. Miriam Mc-Mullen Pastrick, Dr. Zachary Irwin and Dr. Gregory Fowler will each speak for five minutes and then open the discussion to the audience. Dr. Richard Aquila hopes that this fo rum will supplement classes in helping students deal intellectually with King’s message. One change to the annual events has been made to the Campus Family Break fast; it is now the Campus Family Brunch. The committee found that there was a very low attendance for the old 7 a.m. breakfast. In order to reach more people, they decided unanimously to move the breakfast to 11 a.m. King’s infamous “I Have a Dream” speech will be played continually in Bruno’s from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Herrera feels that this speech is especially rel evant to Behrend during the “Let Free dom Ring” segment where King says, “Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!” Other events throughout the week in clude a jazz performance by Mary Alice Brown, a civil rights quiz and a Multi cultural Council service project at the Child Care Center. Vol. LII No. 16
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