"We finally have the talent to do some damage, but it will come down to the young pitching." month ago, could now affect you if you haven't gotten enough rest." - Ryan Gallagher, i Junior, O - Patty Pasky McMahon, '4l. page 10 le -- r ..1. , 1 t i Health and Wellness Center Director, f: page 2 lie tarot" I 1 - OP _ - • Fir ' 4 Friday, March 30, 2007 Students assist with TOPS By Jess Carlson contributing writer The Junker Center at Penn State Behrend has been full of activity recently. Although the weather is finally beginning to look and feel like spring, training for baseball, softball, men's and women's soccer, track, as well as the many intramural sports are mostly taking place inside. One more activity to squeeze into the busy schedule of the Junker Center gym is The Outreach Program for Soccer, (TOPS), which began Wed. March 21. TOPS is a program that reaches out to dis abled children and gives them the opportunity to participate in a recreational activity. U.S. Youth Soccer, whose mission statement is "to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of America's youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition," designed the nationwide pro gram. The program is geared more towards the development of a child as opposed to the actual competition of the game. Dan Perritano, head coach of the men's soc cer team, brought the program to Behrend in 2000. The first year started off with 12 children and has since grown close to 60. The point of the program is for the child to have fun and be active. "The program is about fun and getting kids to work towards their physical potential, whatever that is," said Perritano, who has a daughter, Emma, that participates in the pro gram each year. The program is comprised of children with varying disabilities and range from age three to young adult. Disabilities amongst the partici pants may include autism, down syndrome, muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy. The program takes place once a week on Wednesday evenings in the Junker Center gym. Children are paired with a Behrend student volunteer who becomes their "buddy" for the entire eight-week program. Volunteers for the program vary from student-athletes (not just soccer players), to non-athletic students. "The volunteers are what make this go and they have always committed and done a great job con necting with the player they are working with," said Perritano. The objective of the program is not necessar ily to teach the child how to play soccer, but to give them the opportunity to be active. Each child receives a t-shirt and their own soccer ball the first day, but more importantly, there is hope that each child will form a close bond with the student volunteer they are paired with. Tim Campbell, a junior management major, is vol unteering for the first time this year with a child named Brian. "I saw and knew a few people doing (TOPS) last year but I wasn't able Continued on page 2. Contents News Opinion 4 Puzzle 5 Humor 6 Student Life 7-8 Sports 9-10 Contact Us Newsroom 898-6488 Fax: 898-6019 E-mail: cslsoos@psu.edu Our offices are located downstairs in the Reed Union Building. Niagara fire wakes students and sparks investigation Niagara Hall residents were rudely awakened last Thursday night when a fire alarm blared throughout the residence hall. According to Police and Safety Services, someone lit a small cardboard box on fire on the second floor of the building. Officer Charles Geer arrived on the scene within two minutes of getting the call. Upon arrival, Geer found that several students from the second floor had extinguished the fire with water. According to an e-mail residents received from Residence Life Coordinator Keith Cerroni, the fire alarm rang at 3:17 a.m. Residents slowly exited the building which concerned Cerroni. He said that some stu dents took up to ten minutes to evacuate the build ing. "The absolute worst result of someone not leaving quickly could be more damaging than we care to think about," Cerroni said. Matt Waronker explained the situation, "Matt Edwards, Mike Pearse, and I put out the fire before they evacuated the building." "I feel strongly that if these students had not chosen to (put out the fire), the fire would have spread quickly throughout the hall," Cerroni said. "Matt Waronker used water bot tles and Mike Pearse and I used garbage cans that we filled in the shower and sink. I wondered if I should grab my computer, then I wondered if I should go in the direction of the fire to see if anyone needed help or was trapped in a room," Edwards Areas damaged by the fire will need to be replaced said As students from other floors exited the building thinking that it was another false alarm, residents on the second floor quickly realized that this was no drill. "When I saw the fire, I ly didn't think about it, it was more impulsive, I just ran and was kind of in disbelief. We just stared at it for a second and then I guess I real- the refrigerator," Waronker said. Continued on page 2. Task force works towards a greener Behrend Penn State Behrend's campus is ecologically committed to protecting and con serving the environment. In 2001, The Greener Behrend Task Force formed to address sustainability issues on campus. The purpose of the Greener Behrend Task Force is to promote a campus community at Behrend that is educated and involved in maintaining a responsible relationship with the natural resources of the earth. Members of the Greener Behrend Task Force are committed to building respect for the environment and are developing and implementing strategies for campus practice and policies. In addition, the task force is addressing seven main issues Lisa Ling brings international journalism perspective It is a rare occasion to meet an individual who radi- aces such passion for her career that from the moment any idea this war was happening and to make it even advised her to join the ABC daytime talk show, The she speaks, a wave of chills runs through the audi- worse, they didn't seem to care," said Ling. It was View, she welcomed the change. "I never intended to ence, compelling admiration, respect and be a daytime talk show host, but after cov compassion. Lisa Ling, host of Nation ering the stories that I did on Channel One, Geographic Explorer and investigati' I just wasn't ready to go to a network, so I reporter and special correspondent for tl went to The View," said Ling. For the next Oprah Winfrey Show, was able to do jix three years, Ling served as the young per that Monday night as she spoke to sti spective on The View, where she said she dents, faculty and the public as part of tl tried to invoke questions and get the audi annual Speaker Series. :se ence and home viewer to think. "I don't like At Monday night's speaker series eves how so many news reporters tell you what held in McGarvey Commons, Ling wei to think and scream at you. And even through her life by explaining each step though it was hard to get a word in some her career, the experiences she has had times, each episode I tried to say something an international correspondent, any that got people thinking," said Ling. offered advice to students with bi After three years on The View, dreams. Ling was first introduced to jou Ling was once again ready for a change and nalism through Scratch, a Sacrament turned to National Geographic. Through CA, based teen show. She attributes the the National Geographic Explorer series, roots of her passion to Channel Om Ling said she was able to cover the stories where she began working as an intern; she had hoped to, like investigating the tional correspondent at age 18. Over the deadly drug war in Colombia, uncovering seven years of working for Channel Om the controversial issues of China's one an international news show which __ HE BEHREND BEACON child policy, exploring the story behind the played in high schools and middle schools female suicide bombers in Chechnya and across the country, Ling said she was able Lisa Ling talks to the audience in McGarvey Commons about her life Israel's occupied territories, and revealing to travel to more than two dozen countries, experiences and offers advice. the secret and highly dangerous culture of report on the social aspects and devastations each of this reaction from the American public that made her America's prisons. "They empowered me and were the countries, and gain a love for bringing the suffer- want to continue covering international events as a very open, ing she saw to life. way to bring light to happenings outside the United Ling spoke of the story she said impacted her most, States. The audience responded well to Ling's Continued on page 2. ...1-3 A Penn State Behrend Student Publication By Lenny Smith assistant news editor By Jessica Samol copy editor By Ashley Bressler news editor fire was started on the second floor of the building the Civil War in Afghanistan in 1994. "I was 21- descriptions from her time working with Channel years-old and went with the Red Cross, so I felt a lit- One because most of the students remembered her tle more safe, but what bothered me the most was from their high school and middle school years. when I came back and told people about what I saw Ling said after seven years at Channel One, she in Afghanistan. They were astounded. No one had was ready for a new challenge, so when a friend "Rest, rest, rest! A virus that wouldn't have bothered you a at Behrend, which include reducing energy use and promoting cleaner fuels, using water in a conservative and respectable manner, minimizing solid and liquid waste, increasing the healthfulness of food and reducing its waste, protecting nat ural areas, incorporating "green" practices into the construction and renovation of facilities, and promoting ecological stewardship within the college community. The Greener Behrend Task Force is making great effort toward creating a more environmentally friendly and sustainable environment. In 2003, the creation of the Arboretum at Behrend brought a much greener scene to the campus. More than 200 species of trees are represented in the Arboretum, making it a haven by Continued on page 2 ,UO7 Vol. LIII No. XXI Students living in Niagara Hall were Mike Sharkey/THE BEHREND BEACON evacuated when a got some water from
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