I The Behrend Beacon
Roberts sworn in as 17th U.S. Chief Justice
WASHINGTON: The 17th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts, was
sworn in on Thursday after Senate confirmation.
The Senior Associate Justice, John Paul Stevens, presided over the ceremony, which took place in
the East Room of the White House.
President Bush, a witness at the ceremony, said, “The Senate has confirmed a man with an astute
mind and a kind heart.”
The Senate vote of 78-22 put an end to the three month long fight to get Roberts installed as the
Chief Justice after his nomination by Bush earlier this year. While the outcome was never in ques
tion, many are relieved now that it is over.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), was optimistic of Robert’s term as Chief Justice: "I do not know,
none of us do, the marie that Chief Justice Roberts will leave on the court,” he said. “With his many
fine qualities he may be a great administrator, he may leave some great reform of our court system,
he may revolutionize some area of law but he will be a successful leader.”
Mouse causes airline delays
MANILA, Philippines: A mouse riding in the economy class caused an airliner to delay depar
ture for over thirteen hours as airport engineers formulated plans to capture the rodent.
The mouse, which was spotted shortly before takeoff, was never found, despite numerous efforts
to detain it. Airport engineers tried many methods, including fumigating and trapping, but the
mouse’s whereabouts remained a mystery.
Eventually, the aircraft took off, presumably with its furry passenger still on board.
“There was an incident before with a cockroach," said Octavio Lina, airport operations chief,
“but it’s the first time that we had to deal with a mouse.”
ROTC recruits future leaders
By Tanya Doggwiler
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have changed the nation,
and military programs arc feeling the effects. The army
reserves, the National Guard and even Penn State Brie'S"'
very own ROTC program can say “We’ve helped. J 11
Our student body is lacking in two fellow students and 2
professors that have willingly and dutifully devoted their
time and effort to help those hurricane victims in need.
National Guard member Adam Gomiak has been down
helping with the relief efforts since September 4th, 2005.
In regards to the War in Iraq, the ROTC program shields
members from deployment unless; once again they are a
member of the National Guard or Army Reserve.
Most people, when asked about ROTC, assume it’s a
recruitment program for the army. This is a widely mis
taken perception of many people, including students here
at Bchrcnd. ROTC is a course given to enhance or develop
team work and leadership skills and yes, if one chooses,
they can continue on and become part of our nations mili
tary services, but this is not the goal of the instructors.
When asked about the goals of the ROTC program here
at Behrend, SFC William C. Clark the assistant professor,
said. "Our biggest emphasis is on participation. It’s a lead
ership course, not recruitment for the army, and we’re just
instructors here to teach about skill. In programs like this
you make friends for life.”
Behrend, a part of the Eastern Brigade made up of 20
schools, which is broken down further into an Army
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"A lot of crimes that you see, whether
it be on a campus or municipality, can
be tied to alcohol," offers Amann.
This is a more visible trend with
Police and Safety occurrences. Mr.
Bowen cannot say that there is more
likely a tendency to cause damage on
one certain day.
"If their going to break something,
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they break it," says Bowen.
There is a higher tendency for dam
age to be caused closer towards
spring break, when students are leav
ing the campus. With the start of
classes, the students have been quiet
compared to other years, according to
Mr. Bowen. Mostly, the maintenance
crew cleans up vomit, as the most
common form of mess made.
Comments from maintenance staff
could not be received in time.
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ROTC unit which includes Gannon and Mercyhurst, all
work together in making this program a success and build
ing its future. The program is “growing quickly, we aver
age 40 students at P.T” Clark stated. P.T. stands for physi
cal training, and this part of the course occurs at 6 a.m.
•It’s the more vigorous aspect, yet class time and labs serve
as extremely important ingredients. As far as commitment
to the army there is none, not at least until the third year if
one chooses to continue with the course. Many students
believe that because of our current war situation and natu
ral disaster relief efforts joining ROTC enhancing the
chances of them being deployed. This can only happen if
you are already involved in the National Guard or Army
Reserve
Like many government oriented programs, these profes
sors are expected to attain a certain number of students
who do continue on and join the military, yet along with
this information Clark emphasized that “in this program
those individuals that sign up are college students first and
foremost” there is no pressure on their part to be anymore
than students of a leadership course. When asked for a
general statement about ROTC, its future and goals, Clark
stated “I’d like to clarify people’s perceptions, there ARE
people just like them that join and it’s a great experience.
We look for two kinds of people, those that knew from
day one that wanted to be in the military and those that we
can develop into leaders who can take the skills and apply
them in the real world.” To learn more about and/or join
ing ROTC you can contact them at (814)898- 6630 or
their offices are located in the Logan Carriage House
Room 1
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The only form of prevention is to
educate, to punish those that are
caught, and to try to get the students
to sec past the fact that the where
they live is more than just a dorm.
"We try to encourage students to
make this campus their home away
from home," says Bowen.
Who rules the sidewalks?
You may have thought you were in the midst of a video
game if you’ve walked past the Senat Hall circle or the
sidewalks in front of Perry and Lawrence Hall lately.
Students walking around these buildings on campus can
almost hear Goldfinger playing in the background as
swarms of skateboarders attempting kickflips and ollies
scurry to recover when something goes wrong on a trick.
What some have noticed, though, is that these on-campus
pro-skater hopefuls aren’t exactly scurrying to get out of
the walkway, making it difficult, and often irritating to get
to class. The question remains: however, task should be
interrupted, the skater or the strider?
The majority of students who were asked about the
skaters expressed little to no concern for their own safety in
regards to the makeshift skate park. Freshman, Max
Polinski assures that “they always move when people walk
Republican leadership under investigation
WASHINGTON: Congressional Republicans fill in leadership gaps left by the forced
removal of Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader after his indictment by a Texas grand jury,
as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist also battles allegations of illegal financial practices.
To replace DeLay, House Republicans elected Roy Blunt (R-MO), who will take over the
administrative duties of the position, which include the scheduling of voting and floored
debates.
The Speaker of the House, Dennis Hasten (R-IL), was confident that business would contin
ue as usual in the capitol.
“The conference has to go on. We have work to do. We have an agenda that wc want to
move through,” he said at a Wednesday news conference. “The wisdom of the conference
today was to move forward.”
DeLay, who is being brought up on a charge of conspiracy, remains publicly confident that
he will be exonerated.
Similarly, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TX) is coming under close scrutiny for stock
transactions which may have not been legal. An investigation is continuing.
Chilean Antarctic Patrol trapped in crevasse
SANTIAGO, Chile: Three Chilean military officers are trapped in a 131-foot deep crevasse
on Wednesday while rescuers continue to search for a way to rescue them.
The three officers, a captain and two sergeants, were part of an eight-man team on patrol
when their insulated vehicle plummeted into an unseen fissure in the ice. The five other mem
bers of the team were able to leap to safety before the vehicle was swallowed by the gap.
Colonel Miguel Santibanez, head of the Chilean Antarctic Command, remarked that the
missing officers should be relatively safe for the time being, noting that their vehicle was “a
snow car, similar to a double-cabin truck,” and that the vehicle contains several days' worth of
food and water. He also stated that “as time passes things turn more complicated.”
The Chilean Army has firmly repeated statements that all efforts at rescue will continue
until such a time that “all personnel have been accounted for.”
By Melissa Whitten
staff writer
CDC expands services to students
By Emily Zimmerman
staff writer
Thanks to the Career Development
Center, a new ANGEL link has given
Penn State students the ability to
locate internships, summer jobs, and
career jobs for graduates. According
to Carrie Payne, the Assistant Director
in the Career Development Center,
only 171 students have used the new
On-Campus Recruiting program
(OCR) this year so far, and 137 have
registered through the new recruiting
system called Nittany Lion Recruiting
(NLR).
By adding yourself to the OCR pro
gram through ANGEL, you will be
able to locate local and national intern
ships as well as interview opportuni
ties much easier than before. Another
advantage to this program is that you
can then register for the NLR. There
is a $l5 registration fee for the 2005-
2006 academic year, and it will take 2
business days to complete the registra
tion and is most useful to senior stu
dents.
However this program will also help
all students to succeed in their future
careers by giving the students the
opportunity to experience what their
future careers hold for them.
This brand new system is much
more efficient than the old system,
which were hard copy binders that
were difficult to keep updated as well
as overwhelming email sent to stu
dents, to the point in which they could
not keep up with. This made finding
the internships just as difficult as
updating the binder. The new system
keeps students informed of every
opportunity that they have available to
them the moment they become avail
able, and then informs the students
when that program is no longer avail
able as well. An important point
Payne made was that deadlines for
through” and, furthermore, says that, if anything, they are
entertaining not bothersome. A student who wishes to
remain anonymous expressed a slight concern, though and
stated that, “sometimes they move, sometimes they don’t, it
just gets annoying when you’re trying to get to class and
you can’t use the steps because they’re skating on it.”
Sophomore Zach Petruska has been skating for two years
and has not noticed a problem among pedestrians on cam
pus. He is sure to be courteous to walkers and holds off on
any skating or stunts until they are out of skateboard-shot.
He says that everyone he skates with is the same way.
Some concern may be directed to the safety of the skaters
too, as they have undeniably been seen “eating cement” at
times as freshman Brad Trainer put it.
Whatever the case, it is always a good idea to take notice
of your surroundings and avoid doing things that would put
any student’s safety at risk. While no known official com
plaints have been filed with Police and Safety, students are
asked to be aware that according to Behend policy; “The
use of skateboards on campus is prohibited.”
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summer internships vary. Some engi
neering and competitive communica
tion majors will have a sooner dead
line. and others vary. Another advan
tage about the new system is that the
information is available to every stu
dent 24 hours a day seven days a week
through the ANGEL link. There are
also archives available that will direct
the student to other work that is neces
sary for completion before they can
apply to the internship.
Payne has sent out the directions in
every one of her emails to inform stu
dents on how to register. This years
incoming freshmen will be receiving
these emails in the near future, howev
er all other students have the ability to
access these programs now. Payne is
concerned, however, that the emails
are not getting read because of how
lew people have signed up for the pro
grams. She believes that these pro
grams are “much easier for students to
use once they get the hang of it. Once
they get both the CDC group and NLR
set up they are both easy to use. There
arc kinks with every new system but
they are working to improve it.”
The Penn State ERIE ANGEL web
site contains many more programs that
many students don’t know are avail
able to them through the Career
Development Center, such as career
fair information and registration.
Human Services and Liberal Arts
Newsletter, job shadowing opportuni
ties, email etiquette teaching, as well
as information on what you should
know before accepting a financial
services job.
It is important for all students to
realize that if the student body does
not take advantage and apply to these
available internships. The recruiters
will stop coming, which will only lead
to fewer opportunities, and no one
wants less.