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Friday, January 26, 2007
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Check out the
Billboard Top 10
Singles and the rest of
the music inspired
article on page 7.
To read about the lat
est on the Lady Lions
Basketball team, turn
to page 10 for Kara
Struski's article, "Lady
Lions know there's no
T in team."
Catch up on this
week's politics and
check out Chris
Brown's opinion arti
cle, "This Week in
Politics," on page 4,
and Scott Muska's cov
erage of the presiden-
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Classes are canceled as Behrend is buried in snow
By Ashley Bressler/Contributing Writers
news editor/COMM 260 W
(see page 3 for list of names)
A massive snowstorm hit the campus of Penn State
Behrend Thursday, forcing the cancellation of classes.
Not many employees of Behrend can specifically
recall the last time classes were cancelled because of
snow. Patti McClellan, staff assistant in the Registrar's
Office, said as best she can remember it has been quite
some time. "It's been a long time," said McClellan.
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Mary Ellen
Madigan, racked her brain trying to remember
Behrend's last major storm. "Off the top of my head I
can't remember, but there hasn't been many," said
Madigan. She went on to say that she recalled a time
when she first started working at Behrend in the late
1980 s, and another time in the mid 1990 s when she
was taking an MBA class that the campus was closed
because of snow.
According to Associate Dean, David Christiansen.
Behrend has a policy which top administrators gath
ered to discuss on Thursday. The policy involves top
administrators meeting in severe weather situations to
determine whether or not classes should be cancelled.
"The primary individuals involved were Bob Light.
John Ream, and myself," said Christainsen.
He went on to explain that after the group met, they
called Chancellor Jack Burke, who was off-campus, to
approve the committee's recommendation to cancel
classes. In reaching their decision, Christamsen said
many factors aside from weather went into the deci
sion. "Because of snow and road conditions and the
closing of the interstate, we decided in was in the best
interest of students, including commuter students, to
cancel classes."
The Behrend maintenance crew was hard at work all
day Thursday to keep the parking lots, roads, and side
walks clear and safe for all students. A Behrend main
tenance crewmember was frazzled in the Erie snow
storm. A plow truck driver, who was too busy to give
his name as he was trying to keep up with his exten
sive schedule commented on how overwhelming the
snowstorm was for him and his fellow crewmembers,
as they were working non-stop since 5:30 Thursday
morning. He briefly said that all the drivers have a spe
cific route to follow. "I'm afraid I just don't have the
time to answer any more questions," he said.
While many Behrend students took cover from the
harsh winter weather, others took advantage of the
cancelled classes to play in the snow. Three avid out
doorsmen hit the slopes to sledride on the hill behind
Martin Luther King 111 speaks to students about his father's dream
By Lenny Smith
assistant news editor
The Penn State Behrend campus honored slain civil
rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a week
of activities that included films, music and speeches.
The highlight of the week-long celebration of King's
life was a passionate speech by King's son, Martin
Luther King 111.
Approximately 500 people packed McGarvey
Commons on Thursday, January 18 to hear King's
speech, "My Father's Teaching and Our Challenge."
Met with a standing ovation, King asked community
members to engage themselves in service and to take
part in local activities to help create a better America.
King spoke of how his father's hopes and dreams
were intended for much more than American soil, he
wanted it to reach around the world. Many current
events such as the ongoing war in Iraq were discussed
in his speech. King also explained the "triple evils" of
racism, poverty and violence.
This would have been his father's 78th birthday and
it is the first one King has to celebrate since his moth
er, Coretta Scott King, passed away on January 30,
2006.
King, who can be called a humanitarian, communi
ty activist, and political leader, has recently taken on a
new venture. According to
http://realizingthedream.org, Realizing the Dream Inc.
promotes and embodies justice, equality, and the
`beloved' community through specific sustainable ini
tiatives in economic development, non-violence and
conflict resolution training, and targeted leadership
A Penn State Erie Student Publication
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Behrend's campus was nearly deserted Thursday afternoon due to classes being canceled.
the science complex. All three students were thrilled
with the recent snowfall, and were excited to find out
that classes after 5:00 p.m. were cancelled. "I
absolutely love this weather," said Albert Tackie, a
freshman mechanical engineering major. Tackie, who
is from the MuiTysville area, said he is used to snow
fall, but not on these levels. Tackie is an avid snow
boarder, who said he was ready to take advantage of
this recent snowfall.
Also taking part in the fresh powder were Mandy
Daniels and John Hallagan, both sophomore biology
majors. When asked how Daniels would feel if classes
were also cancelled tomorrow, she said, "That would
be amazing! No 8 a.m. classes would he so exciting."
On another note, Hallagan was indifferent to the can
cellation of classes saying, "I want classes because I
want to learn, but no 8 a.m.'s would be nice." The stu
dents then resumed their play by jumping on their
innertubes and sleds, and headed down the hill to con
tinue enjoying the snow.
development
for youth.
Students had
the opportunity
to attend other
events on cam-
pus during the
week as well.
A special docu
mentary series
that Time
Magazine
called, "indis-
pensable" was
shown daily in
the Lilley
Library from
Jan. 16-19.
The award
winning video
entitled "Eyes
on the Prize,"
documents the
American Civil
Rights move-
Martin Luther King 111 is presented with a commendation on behalf of Erie City Council
ment with the
help of contemporary interviews and historical
footage between the years of 1954-1985.
Behrend hosted a 'Campus Family Brunch' on Jan.
17. From 11:00a.m. to 1:30p.m., students were invit
ed to eat in McGarvey Commons as a form of campus
unity. The brunch had its own entertainment as well.
The band One World Tribe performed during the
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Not all students were excited about the snow fall.
and some were even concerned about the conditions of
the roads more then the excitement of classes being
cancelled. When asked about the sudden turn
events, Dave, a second semester student said. "I think
this is great news! I'm a commuter, so I \u nt 1 ,, he
able to get home safely."
As he spoke, campus maintenance workers silt tct cd
the frosty weather to keep the college ground safe
John, a sixth semester student, expressed concern lot
the state of the campus since it is unclear if the cancel
lation will be extended into the next day. "I think
everyone's doing the best they can." John said.
For any future weather emergencies, Bela s. or can
cellations, students can visit the Penn State li I
cm end
website, www.pennstatebehrend.psu.edu. and look lot
announcements in the upper right hand cot net of the
webpage.
brunch. One World Tribe is a hip hop, reggae. funk.
Latin, and world music ensemble with its members
originating from places such as Africa, Jamaica. and
Puerto Rico. On Jan. 18, a video presentation of
King's biography was shown throughout the day in
Bruno's.