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Check out Chris
Brown's opinion
article: "This Week
in Politics."
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Humor page's Top
Five of the Week:
Top Five Things that
should be Man Laws.
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Lewis Black comes
to Behrend's
campus.
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Super Bowl
Preview:
Colts or Bears?
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Code Blue telephones offer students security
A college can be a dangerous place at times. There
are the expected dangers, like rapes and muggings
(though these are not extremely prevalent on the sub
urban Behrend campus), but there are the other subtler
dangers that creep into students' consciousness far
less frequently. A friend could slip on ice and land on
their head, or someone could get
drilled in the eye with a snowball,
making them momentarily (or per
manently) blind, scared and help
less. There are many reasons that
a student or visitor on Behrend's
campus would immediately need
the aid of a campus police officer.
This is why the police and pub
lic safety department at Penn State
Behrend has employed the use of
the emergency telephones that can
be found sporadically throughout
the campus. The telephones have
been cleverly named the "Code
Blue" telephones, because of the
blue light that they give off, and there are 13 of them
located next to buildings and along the sidewalks of
the campus
Two are located near Almy Hall, two by the
Behrend Athletic Fields, three in the Ohio Hall park
ing lot, one in the Science Hall/Ohio Hall walkway,
two in the Erie Hall parking lot, two inside of Erie
Hall, two in the Junker Center parking lot and two
inside of the Junker Center, one in the Apartment Lot
South, and one on the Smith Chapel Walkway.
The use of these emergency telephones is very ele
mentary and basically self-explanatory, which is good,
since in the case of an emergency it might become
Groundhog Day brings crowds, celebrations
Its 4 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, 2007. The sun hasn't
come up yet, and it is freezing outside, but, in
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, crowds of people from
across the country gather to get a glimpse of the most
beloved groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. The allure
of Groundhog Day is one that started in anticipation
for winter's end. In Punxsutawney, the locals have
embraced this tradition of pulling a groundhog out of
its hole to see if it will see its shadow. If the ground
hog sees its shadow, then there will be six more
weeks of winter. If by chance, he does not see his
shadow, then the crowd will cheer declaring the end
Professor receives university-wide award
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO of graduate programming (academic, research, pro-
Dr. John Fizel of Behrend is honored for his Leadership. fessional conduct, etc.); and other efforts that
enhance the stature of the graduate program both
internally and externally."
In order to win the award, a professor must be nom
inated by a fellow faculty member or a graduate stu
dent. The professor must be an approved member of
the graduate faculty at Penn State, a current or recent
chair of an existing graduate degree program, and
A Penn State Erie, The Behrend College economics
professor has been awarded a top university-wide
A Penn State Erie Student Publication
By Scott Muska
assistant news editor
"I do think they're
a good idea, but
I'm not sure how
fast the police could
react to one of these
emergency calls."
By Ashley Bressler
news editor
By Lenny Smith
assistant news editor
rather difficult if it was a complex
task. Luckily, all that is required is
the pushing of the red button that is
located on all of the telephones and
is labeled with the word
"Emergency." This will connect you
to an emergency dispatcher that will
promptly send the police.
The purpose of these emergency
itelephone is not only
to help students of
the Behrend campus,
but to give them
peace of mind.
Knowing that there
are emergency tele
phones around cam
pus helps the student
body to feel a certain
amount of security;
especially the females
on campus, since the
telephones are most
often referred to as
the "rape bells." With
so many emergency posts, it would
make an assailant less likely to
prowl the Behrend campus.
Students can he reassured as rumors about the Emergency Code Blue
Some students, however, feel that
telephones on campus are now operaing properly.
Behrend is a safe enough campus as
is, and feel no need to be insecure. "I don't think that
there is much to be afraid of here, really, I feel pretty
secure," said freshman Frank Nagy. "I do think
they're a good idea, but I'm not sure how fast the
police could react to one of these emergency calls. I
guess it depends on the situation."
-Frank Nagy
Even some females are not extremely afraid of
being accosted on campus. When asked if she felt
of winter and the start of spring.
Of course, this tradition doesn't actually have any
real fact to it, but for hundreds of years, the public has
relied on Phil to bring them news of spring. The ritu
al began in 1887, but it was not until 1966 that the
public was able to take part in the annual events.
Since then, Phil has been making his annual February
debut from Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney in front
of thousands of people.
The popularity of this one day in February has
grown so large that the town has embraced the
groundhog as its official mascot. There are 32 fiber
glass statues of the famous groundhog Punxsy Phil
scattered through the town. Each statue of Phil was
created from drawings done by local artist Victoria
award. Dr. John Fizel has been awarded the
University's 2007 Graduate Program Chair
Leadership Award.
The award, which started in 2003, is meant to recog
nize faculty members for exemplary leadership ben
efiting graduate students and
faculty in an existing graduate
degree program at Penn State. 4 , 4 _ 0
According to Penn State's 4r. E iz"
Graduate School website,
"Such leadership includes, but 9ric ,
is not limited to: enhancement
of student recruitment; pro
fessional development and
placement; mentoring and
promotion of faculty and stu
dents in the program;
enhancement of program
diversity, educational quality,
resources, and national visibility; promotion of pro
fessional ethics and its integration into all elements
Dr. Fizel is being
honored for exem
plity leadership
benefiting gradu
ate students.
more secure with the emergency telephones on cam
pus, freshman Jenny LaFuria said that "I don't really
feel more secure with the telephones. hut maybe that's
because I was never really that scared of being raped
here anyway.-
The telephones are operable, and can he used in the
case of any emergency. They will undoubtedly he
quickly responded to.
Dicken, and they each show him in a different cos
tume, matching the location of the statue. The com
munity of Punxsutawney takes great pride in the
unique statues which decorate their town.
While Punxsutawney locals enjoy taking part in the
week long festivities, many outsiders travel to cele
brate as well. In fact, if you are traveling a long dis
tance, arriving a day early is necessary as all of the
lodging fills very quickly in this small town. The offi
cial festivities on Groundhog Day begin at 3 a.m.
when the shuttle buses start transporting people from
the town to Gobbler's Knob. The buses are constant
ly running from 3 a.m. - 8 a.m.
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demonstrate excellence in leadership of graduate edu-
Fizel will he presented with a plaque and $l,OOO
cash award at the Faculty and Staff Recognition
Luncheon later this spring.
iMBA Program chair and Professor
of Economics, Fizel graduated from
Michigan State University in 1981 and has
been a professor at Behrend since 1985.
He is an active researcher involved in a
wide variety of business-related areas,
including a number of recent books cover
ing sports economics. In the past, he has
also been a consultant for agents of major
league baseball players as well as for the
Attorney General's Office of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Penn State's iMBA program is part
of Penn State World Campus and is an
online program designed to help working profession
als develop cross-functional expertise for organiza
tional strategy development and problem solving. The
program is ideal for working professionals with a busi
ness or non-business undergraduate degree. The
Behrend program is located at Penn State's
Knowledge Park innovation center and currently
enrolls 160 students. Students accepted to the pro
gram represent 42 states and 18 countries.
For more information on Penn State's iMBA pro
gram, visit www.worldcampus.psu.edu/iMßA.shtml.
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