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Friday, April 27, 2007
Read about Ben Raymond's
exclusive interview with
Lewis Black and his perform
ance at Behrend last
Saturday.
Page 6
Check out "Who's hot and
who's not," by Andy
McLachlan to see the NFL
Draft Outlook.
Page 9
Virginia Rodgers-Owens, a
track & field member has
been named Housing and
Food Services Athlete of the
Week.
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Contents
News 1-3
Editorial 4
Food & Drink 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.
Penn State students support Virginia Tech community
As with every national tragedy, Americans have come
together to provide support for the students and faculty of
Virginia Tech. After gunman Cho Seung-Hui shot and killed
32 people on the Blacksburg, Virginia campus, support began
to pour out from all across the country, especially from the
students at Penn State.
The popular website Facebook.com was a tool used by
Virginia Tech students for communication during the mas
sacre because it was so difficult to get cell phone service.
Groups like, "Join if you are safe" were formed to help stu
dents find their friends. Soon after, Facebook became a place
for remembrance. Users' profile pictures were quickly
changed from pictures of friends to a maroon and orange rib
bon with their school's mascot. New groups were formed to
express sympathy and to organize memorial services at
schools all across the nation.
Penn State Behrend students did not let the small size of the
campus stop them from doing what they could for Virginia
Tech. The Lion Entertainment Board (LEB) hung a banner
outside of Bruno's and at last Friday's Battle of the Bands for
students to sign before it was sent to Virginia Tech. Freshman
Adell Coleman commented on the tragedy, "I think the
Virginia Tech shootings brought universities all across
America together. My cousin goes to Virginia Tech and two
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
of her friends jumped out of windows (in Norris Hall) and by
Penn State students show their support of Virginia Tech at the annual Blue and White game, while Behrend stu
signing the poster, it was my way of showing my support."
dents signedbanners to d . •
isplay their sympathy.
Behrend also held a prayer service in the Smith Chapel on
Tuesday, April 17. Students were given the opportunity to gather together and pray As fans poured into the stadium, an eerie hush fell throughout Beaver Stadium
for the deceased and injured. during a moment of silence, followed by the Blue Band performing "Amazing
A record number of attendees at Penn State's annual Blue and White spring foot- Grace. - almost started to cry," said freshman Stacey Triplett, "It was very emu
_ tionarlsrAlawn Sean Newsham said. "I thought it was pretty touching that Penn
ball game on Saturday. April 21, showed their support by turning Beaver Stadium
into a sea of maroon and orange. Lines formed out the doors of McLanahan's and State would have that much of a response. Over half of the crowd put away their
The Family Clothes Line stores in State College. Both stores sold Penn State shirts Penn State gear for the day to show support for their fallen comrades from Virginia
in Virginia Tech colors for fans to wear to the game. In stead of Penn State's "S Tech. It really showed how classy Penn State University is, showing that much
Zone," organizers formed a "VT" as a way to show their support. Fans were not respect for another school."
the only people donning maroon and orange during Blue and White weekend. The Freshman Jimmy McCallister said, "Penn State seemed to be a school that real-
Penn State cheerleaders, dance team and the Nittany Lion all wore commemorative ly supported Virginia Tech throughout the whole week. It was impressive that you
t-shirts during the game
SGA offers new constitution for fall semester
By Toni Charnock
As the end of the spring semester approaches, some
revised constitutional amendments for the Student
Government Association at Behrend come with it.
Proposed by the President, Vice President and
President Nice President elect, the newly amended
Constitution was tabled at Wednesday's meeting and is
planned to be voted on at the May 2nd meeting.
President Meredith Straub, is very pleased with the
Constitution's outcome. "I believe that if these
changes are passed it will allow for a smoother run
organization and an increase in student involvement
on campus," said Straub. By putting a lot of thought
Gannon threat tests response teams in Erie schools
By Ashley Bressler
news editor
Life on the campus of Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University
is slowly getting back to normal as the stu
dents and faculty are healing after the
largest school shooting in history occurred
on Monday, April 16. After Seung-Hui
Cho, 23, a senior English major at Virginia
Tech, killed 32 people and then took his
own life, college students across the
United States feared others would try to
repeat the same horrendous act.
This fear nearly became a reality for the
students of Gannon University'in Erie, PA.
According to Erie City police, at 12:50
a.m. on Wednesday, April 25, a Gannon
student received a phone call from Valerie
Cantu, 19, a former Gannon student, who
said, "Don ' t go to school
tomorrow...there's going to be another
massacre." The Gannon student believed
the threat was serious and immediately
Valeria Cantu is shown being escorted into police custody on Wednesday after
contacted the Campus Police and Safety making a threatening phone call to a Gannon student.
office. In light of the situation, Erie
County District Attorney Brad Foulk said, "No one is
going to take these types of threats in this climate
lightly."
Cantu is currently being held in the Erie City Prison
on charges of harassment and making terroristic
A Penn State Behrend Student Publication
By Lenny Smith
assistant news editor
staff writer
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and time into the amendments, SGA hopes that the
changes will improve the organization as a whole.
One of the major changes includes the addition of a
freshman senate seat. This gives more first-year stu
dents a chance to be actively involved in SGA and to
begin learning about the organization from a more in
depth perspective. It also would help set a strong base
for SGA's future. The freshmen election process was
also modified, splitting up the procedure, having two
separate freshmen senate elections. The first election
is within the first five weeks of the fall semester to
elect three freshmen senators and the other during the
first week of November to elect two more for a total of
five freshmen senators. This allows for change of
assignment and transfer students to have a chance to
threats. Erie City police said Cantu admitted to mak
ing the phone call, and she will remain in holding until
further legal decisions are decided.
Despite the threats, Gannon remained open as nor
mal on Wednesday, but students were informed of the
had all the students rally together and just the fact that so many people showed up
and showed their support."
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run for Senate
Straub is very excited and looks forward to seeing
the new constitution passed and in action. "I feel very
positive about the proposed constitutional amend
ments," Straub said. She has been active in the SGA
for the past three years and is the President for the
2006-2007 academic year. A few other adjustments
consist of allowing clubs to have four inactive consec
utive semesters before they no longer are recognized
as a club on campus in stead of two. Also, in the
Bylaws of the Constitution, a club can use their non
allocated funds for any activity as long as it is in accor
dance with all college and university policies.
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incident through a campus-wide email. Jennifer
Mailey, Gannon spokeswoman, said six Erie
City police officers and Gannon's entire police
and safety unit were on patrol all day, going in
and out of the buildings to ensure the safety of
students and faculty.
Gannon's quick response to possible threats
has encouraged other Erie colleges to strongly
reinforce their own defense systems. Like
Virginia Tech's newly issued text messaging
alert policy, Penn State Behrend has also set up
a system for students and faculty to receive text
messages on their cellular phone incase of an
extreme emergency. Penn State Behrend
Chancellor, Jack Burke said, "The horrible
events at Virginia Tech have highlighted the
importance of rapid and accurate communica
tion during emergencies. This addition of cell
phone text messaging to relay important infor
mation is a valuable communication tool for the
college."
Behrend officials said the text messaging sys
tem will be used to deliver emergency notices
only about Penn State Behrend, such as college
closures, class delays and life-threatening situa
tions. Along with all Penn State campuses,
Behrend will begin using the PSUTXT system in late
August
All students are strongly encouraged to sign up for
the text messaging alert system by going to
htt I ://newswires. su.edu.