I The Behrend Beacon Experience Erie: Get your feet wet A day at the beach is a common off-campus activity for students during the first few months of school By Ashley Bressler staff writer The sun is promised to shine a few more of its warm rays before hibernating for the winter. As most Penn State Behrend students are aware. Erie does winter the Siberian way, so getting outside to enjoy a beautiful autumn day before the snow starts falling can act as a softened season transition. A great way to soak in some final drops of sunshine is to visit Presque Isle State Park, located fifteen miles from Behrend’s campus. Even though the drive to Presque Isle takes some patience, there is no admis sion cost to the state park and no limit to the amount of fun to discover. Presque Isle is most commonly known for beach es and boating, but it also offers an extensive variety of summer, autumn and winter activities. In addition to using their clean, white sand beaches, all are wel come to take advantage of their bike and hiking trails, boat tours, fishing, public hunting areas, kayaking, rollerblading and swimming. Some of these are best if saved for the warmer months of summer, but as win ter approaches, the state park will be gearing up for its snow loving crowd by offering ice boating, ice skating, cross coun try skiing, ice fishing and wind skating. As it is neither time to lay out on the beach in a bathing suit or time to lace up the ice skates, using the beach as the perfect picnic spot after a walk Sara’s diner serves old-fashioned food items around the park would be a per fect autumn weekend adventure. be on the look out for Peninsula Drive. Turn right If you have spent the whole afternoon at the park onto Peninsula Drive and follow it to the Presque and are looking for a comforting treat, stop by Isle State Park entrance. Sara’s Diner on the way back to campus. Sara’s is a For more information on how to enjoy an autumn popular, 1950'5-themed diner known for its home- day at Presque Isle State Park contact Presque Isle made meals and old fashioned milkshakes. They are State Park Department of Conservation and Natural located at 25 Peninsula Drive and available for Resources at (814) 833-7424 or visit dine-in or carry out orders. The most expensive www.presqueisle.org. To Find Sara’s seasonal and item on Sara's menu is a Chicago Style Italian Beef weekly hours or for more details about their servic- Deluxe including your choice of regular fries or es call (814) 833-1957. m ■Make-the r\r '+J onion rings and a regular drink for $6.39. Sara’s also features an old-fashioned Coke machine, dis pensing ice cold glass Coke bottles for $0.94. With walls adorned with classic diner motif and the com forts of their affordable menu, making a stop at Sara's is a great way to warm any chilly, fall spirit. 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T [XD*r* r l IT T T ASHLEY BRESSLER/THE BEHREND BEACON International Film Series rolling out the carpet Behrend’s Fall 2006 International Film series will premiere three films over the course of three weeks * % . Over the course of three straight weeks begin ning on October 9 at 7 p.m. in Reed 113, Behrend’s Fall 2006 International Film Series will premiere three foreign films, starting with France’s 2004 Cannes-winning drama Sequins. Directed by first-timer Eleonore Faucher, Sequins follows Claire (Lola Nymark), a pregnant, unmar ried seventeen-year-old who, in dire need of a familial bond, finds comfort with the elusive Madame Melikian (Ariane Ascaride), a grieving mother who’s lost her son in a car accident. New York Daily News’ Elizabeth Weitzman calls the film “a lovely, almost painfully intimate story of female bonding...’’ Last year, Faucher’s debut and lead actresses were nominated for a total of three statues at the Cesar Awards, France’s version of the Oscars. 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And in a 2001 review, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert gave The Legend of Rita a four-out-of-four stars rating. Sponsored by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Behrend’s International Film Series is free and open to the general public. All films are presented in their native languages, with subtitles in English. All films are shown at 7 p.m. in Reed 113 during the aforementioned correspon ding dates. For more information on the fall International Film Series, contact Dr. Ursula Davis at uxdl@psu.edu or Dr. Eva Kuttenberg at eukl@psu.edu. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS