Friday, September 23, 2005
Campaigns held for six open SGA senator positions
On Wednesday. September 21, at 5:20 p.m. the annual Student
Government Assoeiation (SGA) Meeting was held. There were
aroundthirty students in conference room 114 in the Reed Union
Building lor the meeting. All of the members of SGA were seated
around the tables, while five students sat in the back. Those five
students were students that wanted to be elected into the group.
Several important items were discussed during the meeting. Roll
was taken first and then everyone got down to business. News was
discussed, both old and new. There was a meeting held on April 27
that the minutes had been lost. Everyone in the room voted unani
mously that there was indeed a meeting then.
There was a representative from Bruno's Cafe at the meeting
who answered everyone's questions. The questions varied from.
“What sort ol cheese do you use on your pizzas that make them so
David Greco/THE BEHREND BEACON
The Greener Behrend Task Force works to beautify the campus with trees, fences and landscaping.
Greener Behrend strives for preservation
Environmental efforts continue through construction
By Justin DeSantis
staff writer
If things look a little green
r, don't thank the Greener
Jehrend Tusk Force. I!' there
re people trying to conserve
he beauty of Penn State
Jehrend, well, go ahead and
ay thanks.
That's the task taken by the
jrccner Behrend Task Force,
'ask force seems appropriate,
is Dr. Thomas Wortman
xplains. "I don't like burcau
•racies,” laughs Wortman, “I
ike [agencies | to work sim
>ly." The simplest way to
vork is obviously the way that
Vortman operates. Pic and his
ight member crew of faculty
ind students work towards the
onservation of the “gift of
4ary Behrend,” as Wortman
ays.
But there is something
mportant to note: Wortman
aid his task force aren't prima
ily concerned with preserva
ion. They arc much more con
erned with conserving the
esources Penn State Erie has
ilready.
“Preservation for the sake of
(reservation isn’t good.
Conservation is,” said
Vortman, in a phone inter
icw. “Great portions of land
hat arc set-up as ecological
(reserves...do nothing,” he
xplains. Most of the ecologi
al preserve lands are hard to
(e viewed by people, as that
an disrupt the balance of that
and. Wortman appreciates that
here exists a tenuous balance
By Maureen Kohler
staff writer
between preserving land that
exists and movintz forward
with new construction.
Sometimes, that balance is
hard to uphold. Hence.
Wortman and his team try to
stay “moderate” and do as
much as they can without hin
dering the natural growth of
the campus. That expansion,
and the tranquil splendor of
the Behrend campus, is that
middle-ground that the GBTF
is shooting for.
Take, as an example, the
new Red-C building that is
being built. A huge portion of
land is being used to combine
two schools together for the
first time. These areas of natu
ral beauty are being utilized
for the benefit of all Behrend
students.
“Could we function without
it? Yes,” explains Wortman.
“But could we be the best we
could be without it? No.”
That high wire act, trying to
appease everyone, is just one
of the many things that the
GBTF is involved with. A
good example of taking what
we have was the GTBF’s deci
sion to stop cutting the grass
behind the Behrend science
building.
The order was clear: stop
cutting the grass in certain
areas. The idea wasn’t an act
of laziness; it was to cultivate
the ecological system in those
hills.
Soon, there were wildflow
ers, snakes and field mice. A
bevy of the nature that
Behrend students coexist with
GREENER
BEHREND
TASK FORCE
greasy?” to “Can you extend the hours of Dobbin s from 4:30-
7:30 so the athletes have time to eat as well?" The representative
tried to answer as many questions as possible. He said he would
talk to the Bruno's staff as well as the Dobbin's staff to institute
some changes in the coming months.
There arc many different committees within the SGA. so each
elected member of each group would go around and tell the other
members if there was a particular event happening in the coming
week. The rest of the meeting w'as about the upcoming elections
for the SGA. There arc six available positions to be filled.
Students can run for either freshmen senators or upperclassmen
senators. There arc only four positions for the freshmen senators
and two positions for the upperclassmen senators. There were peti
tions sent out on September 8 to write down names of people
interested in these fields. On September 21 those petitions were
due back to the RUB desk. On September 22 the candidates were
contacted and were asked to pick up campaign packets. The actual
day in and day »ut, and may
never sec. Not only did the “no
cut" rule increase the flora and
fauna, but it also cut out pollu
tion caused by the noise and
oily smoke created by the
maintenance crew.
And, as Wortman adds,"lt
looks pretty cool.”
Not only concerned with
conserving the land, GBTF has
also come up with an idea to
conserve the energy of its most
valuable resources: the stu
dents. Soon Bruno's will pro
vide information on healthy
eating and living. There is also
the Arboretum, a task that
combines the different species
of trees seen all through the
campus.
That idea, to keep what is
without hindering what will
be, is the matter Greener
Behrend Task Force takes so
seriously. University Park sug
gested that Behrend attempt to
maintain sustainability;
Wortman and the whole of
GBTF wanted more.
“Call it a 'major push',”
quips Wortman. That major
push should continue well into
the future.
If anyone is interested in
finding out more information,
or would like to join the
Greener Behrend Task Force,
they can contact Wortman at
twortman@psu.edu or check
out the website for the goals of
GBTF at
www.greencampus.psu.edu
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Behrend Briefs
William C. Lasher. Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Penn sState, The Behrend
College, has been elected a Fellow of Amerocan Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Peg Thoms has written a new book. A Guide to Recruiting, Selecting and Retaining Effective Leaders
(Praeger 2005) tells audience how to hire the right leaders.
Police and Safety
9/15/2005
Possible party in gorge. Sec incident
9/18/2005
Student reported that the cover to the intercom in the elevator is missing stairtower. It appears that their
might havac been a cover on the intercom if their was it been missing awhile.
9/18/2005
While at the stairtower observed the lire gate at the end of Aquarius Dr is damaged the right gate was bro
ken caution tape was put across so the vehicles would not enter the area LASPE sent to M&O
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campaign will begin on September 22 as well. The elections will
he held on September 2H and 29.
There were six final names announced for the upperclassmen
scats for senators. Those students names are as follows: Cody
Harhart. Stephanie Ivancva, Lauren Wagner. Danielle Brown,
Jason Della Sala and Christopher Baran. There were five final
names announced for the freshmen senator seats and they are also
as follows: Malorie Parry. Amanda Tyler. Mike Bergstrom.
Heather Simendinge and Julie Elkins. Most of the upperclassmen
students running for senator are beyond their third semester, mean
ing they will have ideas as how to make SGA run smoother and
more efficiently. The freshmen running for senator will be new
and inexperienced at this job. but hopefully they will get the hang
of things very quickly.
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