Track Page Coidpiay, Page THE BEHREND BEACON Friday, April 22, 2005 Apartment construction across street This fall ground will be broken for a new apartment complex across from Behrend Fields. While encouraged by the university, the apartments are being built independently from Penn State. There will be 60 units, with a capacity of three people per unit and a private bed room for each individual in a unit. Each bedroom will be furnished with a bed, desk, chair, dresser and a cable internet connection. Each unit will be 1100 square feet and will be fully furnished with a couch, chairs, coffee table, oven range, full size refrigerator and freezer and a double sink. The complex will house 208 students, with parking spaces for all, central air, a live-in management staff and leases will be for two semesters with summer leases available. “I’ve got 150 interested out of a small sample,” said Jack Gordon, developer of the apartment project. “Our primary market is sophomores, juniors and seniors.” Gordon has several other apartment developments in both Edinboro and Shippensburg. “Our credo is that we provide student housing that is the closest, nicest and best. We feel it would be quite an asset to have off-campus housing adjacent to the uni versity.” “This will be a nice option for students to live in quality housing off campus,” said Ken Miller, director of student affairs. “We have students living in basements and rented rooms and this will be much nicer.” He also said that some of the plans appeared to be “very attractive.” When asked of he knew what kind of commercial properties will also be built, he said; “Perhaps a coffee shop or a Pizza Hut. They talked about a ‘courtyard type’ shopping center. 1 * “If we do find we are having trouble keeping students on campus,” said Miller. “We may consider mandatory on-campus housing for freshmen like University Park does.” The apartments are expected to be completed by the fall semester of 2006. ■ eka •“«'»* • *»* > .*.*M «»j*iSVw,i MKtMb^nfe!W 1 Inside Badu dresses, STUDENT LIFE, Page 8 Contents News 1-3 Editorial 4 Humor.. 6 Student Life 7-8 ...9-10 Sports Contact Us Newsroom: 898-6488 Fax: 898-6019 E-mail: Behrendßeacon @ aol.com Our offices are located down stairs in the Reed Union Building. By Dan Snedden and Sarah Weber assistant news editor and copy editor Pope confirms student’s mother Student discovers special connection to Benedict XVI People around the world celebrated the naming of new Pope Benedict XVI, but Kevin Gillespie, president of the International Student Organization and native of Germany, had a special reason to take notice. Kevin’s mother, Angelika Gillespie, was confirmed by then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in a special service in Munich on April 25, 1978. “It was the most stunning mass I ever attended,” said Gillespie. “Ratzinger was soft-spoken and charismatic. He shook hands, talked with us, blessed everyone and hung around with us. He was very easy to talk to and he paid atten tion to people. Over all, he was a very special man.” Originally a Lutheran, Gillespie converted to Catholicism for her American husband. She and Ratzinger are both from Bavaria, the only predominantly Catholic state in Germany. Though Kevin, also a practicing Catholic, was “rooting for the Nigerian because a black pope would be more signifi cant,” Gillespie said “I believe the Holy Spirit chose the right man. I believe people will be in for a surprise because he is a very humble man.” She thinks Benedict XVI will follow Catholic doctrine as strictly as John Paul n. “When I met him, he was in his 50s and he was so good looking. He was a very handsome man,” said Gillespie. Benedict XVI, 78, had a close relationship with pope John Paul II and acted as his theological adviser for 20 years. As a Cardinal, Benedict XVI was widely known to be the least progressive of the papal potentials, opposing the liberation ¥sja : -s» i "'i^s^^' By Sarah Weber and Dan Snedden copy editor and assistant news editor A Penn State Erie Student Publication From Dean to Chancellor Burke’s title changes campus Under the campus reorganization plan, CEO and Dean Jack Burke will change his title to Chancellor, effective July 1. Since many people are confused about the job of CEO (campus execu tive officer) and dean and not knowing that they are the same person, the Board of Trustees decided to revise the title of the CEO and dean at each of the 19 campuses involved in the structural reorganization. However, their duties and responsibilities will remain the The plan of campuses co-operation is a chance to modify the admissions and academic quality at the 19 campuses, including Behrend. Future Chancellor Burke foresaw that more and more jun iors would be sent to Behrend. “If we are a system in terms of finances, then it would behoove each campus to send more students to sister campuses rather than to University Park,” said Burke. Yet there are negative views in the plan, according to Burke. Changing the situation from one out of six campuses into one out of 19 in July, budget plans, budget impact and the financial support will get more and more complicated. In By Tiffany Mak staff writer theology movement, religious pluralism, challenges to tradi tional teachings on issues such as homosexuality and calls to ordain women as priests. It is expected that he will continue his hardline stance on Catholic tradition. Student Kevin Gillespie takes a moment to contemplate the special confirmation of his mother by Benedict XVI, recent pope inductee. addition to the increased sister campus es, Burke showed his worry towards the attention of Behrend. “The 19 campuses will be put under a modified cost center budget model which means resources can be moved from one campus to another,” said Burke. “Whether our budget model will still be this proportion or not has to depend on the central administration.” Another big problem would be the declining degree of autonomy as com pared to the past. The resources and the library services will be controlled by the central administration. The board of trustees, which is elected by people in different categories, such as, agricul ture, industrial, alumni, students and government decided the plan. Burke’s responsibility was just to provide some principles to them; he was unable to vote. Having served at Penn State Erie for 24 years, Burke gained abundant expe rience of being the associate dean and later the CEO and dean. Before that, he was the associat dean at the State University of New York’s Empire State College where he was awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Apart from receiving his bachelor’s degree in Geography in the State University College at Oswego, New Vol. LII No. 29 reorganization York, his master and doctorate degree in the State University of New York at Buffalo, he also earned a certificate in Educational Management at Harvard University’s Institute. While there is still a lot of existing uncertainty in each detail of the plan and the budget impact in this stage, Burke will wait and see and look for ward to the plan. He estimated the school would take a year to get around the changes Under campus reorginization CEO and Dean Jack Burke will lose his title and become Chancellor Hallmarks part of strategic plan By Bradley Stewart news editor Recently, The Bulletin, a weekly news report released from University Relations, has been printing a series of hallmarks as part of Behrend’s “institutional mission and vision.” University Relations, based on the top floor of the Logan House, has always had a goal of increasing public awareness of Behrend, but these hall marks are part of the new strategic plan for 2005. The strategic plan, not to be con fused with the administrative plan for the whole PSU system, came out of the CEO and Dean’s office. The strategic plan calls for short-term goals and assigned responsibilities made for each campus office. The hallmarks are taken straight from the strategic plan and have received recent attention from University Relations to improve awareness and provide examples for each hallmark. The hallmarks include quality, stu dent-centeredness, engagement, teamwork, focus, technologically advanced, inspiring environment and diversity. “We’re wanting to expand on the hallmarks so they don’t stay flat on a page,” said Director of University Relations, Dewayne Wright. Along with the hallmarks, University Relations goals from the strategic plan include a new market ing plan and updating the camps web site. “The core nugget is still that University Relations is here to tell the Behrend story,” said Wright.
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