THE BEHREND BEACON
Friday, November 3, 2006
“Remember that it’s the lazy
people who don’t vote that makes
your opinion count, so show a
little respect.”
Jenny Bailey is honored as Athlete of the Week for
her impressive season with the Women's Cross
Country team.
Erie’s first snowfall was
cause for many photo-ops.
Check out pages 2 and 5
to see photographs taken
on Behrend’s campus.
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He has been called to many scenes like this a!
says that over time, he has gotten used to it. "Il
not a big deal." he said. "I was actually surprist
because of how the speed limit was only 25 mill
per hour on Jordan Road that the impact cou
flip the car over." However. Frantz did not thii
that the dri\er was traveling taster than the spet
limit. "I think it w as just how high the curb was,
he said.
With the weather changing rapidly, it's impoi
tant now more than ever to practice safe driving Mike sharkey/THF. beHrknd beacon
skills. Ben Raymond. COMB A 07. knows the A two car accident which occured last Friday afternoon left one vehicle on its roof. All three individuals involved in
importance of driving safe, as he was involved in the Jordan Road accident were reported uninjured.
an accident duting his senior year of high school. Frantz also wanted to give students a piece of advice about driving. “Just
"People need to leave more time for themselves and for others to get where slow down. Slow down, you’ll get there sooner or later.”
they are going." Raymond said. "The roads in this area aren't always
plowed. Taking the time to clean the snow off of your car and just being
more cautious will help keep everyone safer."
How safe is Behrend’s campus?
Walking across campus from a night class in the dark is sometimes a nerve
wracking thing for students, especially freshmen who are less familiar with
Behrend’s campus. However, According to the most recent release of the Penn
te Behrend Crime
tort, students
•uld feel much
•e comfortable
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The emergengy boxes scattered through Behrend's campus Amann.
have been questioned lor their realibility and effectiveness. He says that
A Penn State Erie Student Publication
-Jerry Pohl
Columnist
Page 4
Vehicle flips after collision on Jordan Rd.
Bv Miranda Krause
copy editor
Harborcrcek Police’ are investigating an ace
dent which left a vehicle flipped over on its roo
The accident happened on Friday. October 27 ;
about 4:70 p.m. at the intersection of Jordr
Road and Station Road. A 1996 Mercury Grat
Marquis was pulling onto Station Road fr'
Jordan Road and was hit on the drivers side by
2001 Honda Odyssey. After the Mercury was hit.
it slid along the curb which caused it to flip ov>
onto its roof and knock over a stop sign.
The diner ol the Mercury, Matthew Rizzo, 4i
was not injured even though the vehicle had bet
flipped over. Rizzo's passenger, a 16-year-o,
male, received minor injuries, but his name is m
being released at this time. James Pander, 5
Idriver of tl
Honda, w'as al
“Just slow down.
Slow down; you’ll
get there sooner or
later.”
Tro o p e
(Jeremy Frantz
|the Harborcrei
Police was called to the scene of the acciden
"As soon as 1 pulled up. 1 thought someone wi
trapped in the car so my first concern was to gi
them out. As I got closer I realized there was n
one m the car and the two drivers were actual!
standing right next to the flipped vehicle," Fram
said.
-Jeremy Frantz
Harborcreek Police
“We expect everyone to perform
yy well at Regionals.”
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not injured in t
accident
According
sources, all thri
involved we:
wearing the
seatbelts.
By Rebecca Andrusky
staff writer
ait their safety on
lpus, night or day,
then in previous
According to
report released in
tober 2006, the
itne rate on campus
significantly
•eased since 2002.
inager of Police
ices, Jim Amann,
ibutes the change
number of things.
; hard to say any
thing is responsi
[for the dropped
le rate],” says
on the group of students that come into the college and that the high turnover
of students can contribute to a rise or fall of crime on campus.
There have been concerns about the emergency boxes located along the
paths. Amann acknowledged these concerns and said that once in a while the
boxes do need repaired, but they are checked periodically to make sure that
they work and students should not be worried about it.
Despite Amann’s confidence about the emergency boxes and the encourag-
ing crime report, some students still feel a little
wary about wandering campus at night.
Freshman Allison Maino says she is a little
uncomfortable walking back to her dorm from
her night classes. “Anyone could jump out of
the forest,” she said.
Though she did say that she believes
Behrend is a safe campus, she still feels it’s a
good idea, for girls especially, to walk in
groups at night.
Amann attributes Behrend’s good crime
report to other factors as well,, including loca
tion. Because the campus is not located in the
city, Behrend does not have a lot of the problems that inner city schools might
encounter. First year student Hazel Tranquada, attended Gannon University in
downtown Erie in the Fall of 2005. “Compared to Gannon, 1 feel pretty safe
[at Behrend],” Tranquada commented with a laugh about her experiences at
GU.
A few changes have been made, however, to help improve the police serv
ices on campus. Amann says that another cruiser has been added to the police
force, which gives the officers more mobility and allows them to cover cam
pus better. Other than that, however, Amann says, “Things have been about
the same.”
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-Kevin Gorny
Cross Country Team
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“Compared to
Gannon, I feel
pretty safe at
Behrend.”
-Hazel Tranquada