Friday, December 7, 2007 U 1 comin • The 59th annual Hanging of the Greens Candlelight Service will be held at the Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery on Friday, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. Transportation will be provided and those who need it should meet at the RUB Information Desk at 5:30 p.m. • Comedian Jim Gaffigan will he performing live at the Junker Center on Friday, Dec. 7. Tickets cost $2O for Behrend students and $3O for the general public. They are available at the information desk in the Reed Union Building or online at httpg:/lestixe.psu.vbnwme.asp. • The Behrend Math Club will be holding a faculty vs. student bowling night on Monday, Dec. 10 at 9 p.m. The event will he held at Eastway Lanes on Buffalo Rd. The first 20 stu dents to sign up at the Reed Union Building Information desk get to bowl their first three games for free. Free pizza will he supplied. • To help students prepare for finals, the Behrend Personal Counseling office will be sup plying free chair massages outside of Bruno's Cafe at lunchtime on Thursday, Dec. 13. • A Ski/Snowboard Club trip has been scheduled with University Park to Quebec City, Canada on January 6-11. Students can ski and/or snowboard Stoneham and Mont-Sainte- Annc mountains with four day interchangeable all-area lift passes. Lodging will be at the Hilton Hotel in Quebec City for five nights. The cost of the trip should be around $5OO. If you are interested, visit the Reed Union Building Information desk or contact Walter Taylor at wmtlls@psu.edu for more information. • The Behrend Psychology Club is searching for new members. If you're intetested, they hold meetings every Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. at the Psychology Lab in Lawrence Hall. If you're a member of an organization or know of an upcoming event that you would like placed in this section, send an e-mail detailing the time, place, purpose and any other impor tant aspect of the event to srmsoB2@psu.edu Due to the graduation of Co-Editor-in-Chief Mike Sharkey, the Beacon is at a loss of what to do with the Humor page. We've decided to give our readers the chance to decide what they want us to print in the available space. Suggestions are welcome. Send your votes or page ideas to srmsoB2o)psu.edu. Votes must be in by Dec. 21. Humor page: A continuation of the humor page. page: A pap, full of puzzles for Beacon read ers to solve (crosswords, word searches, sudoku etc.). Puzzl This page could also include an advice column. e: A page where Beacon editors, staff and contributing writers cover events that they include themselves in. A storytelling approach to stories that diverts from traditional objective journalism. ournalism/Gonzo New Local Food and Drink page; An evaluation of area restaurants and bars, with food and/or drink recipes of the week. Behrend awaits Jim Gaffigan performance By Carly Smith vtqlf tr'ite' appearances. Many people recognize his face For a man who has spent a good amount of his from very popular commercials. Gaffigan has par career in the spotlight on big stages. televi- ticipated in award-winning commercial campaigns sion shows. commercials and even in some such as Sierra Mist, ESPN, Saturn and Rolling cacs-122 pS LI d movie productions. Behrend might not seem like an Rock. His commercial appearances earned him obvious performance site. But to the people eager- Business Week's 1999 "Salesman of the Year". While acting is a love of Gaffigan's, his style of ly awaiting the comical performance scheduled for Friday Dec. 7on the Behrend campus there could comedy is one that stands out to his viewers. It is a rather quiet style, but packed with humorous corn he no better place for Jim Gaffigan to perform. Gaffigan is a comedian as wel' iotable characteristic of It was his life long dream tom act is his use of different i ple laugh through acting and sti s. "Man on the Street" comedy. This was not the norr haracter embodying the his family. They believed succ ;s he did as a kid, such as came from obtaining a steady jc ing to strangers. This he A nice suit and tie symbolized tl 'd in some commercials success his family desired. T 1 skits. Another charac thought of pursuing a career of Gaffigan's is "Talking the entertainment industry w ids". He likes to say he feels people are mg as he is performing. ;ver character Gaffigan to portray, audiences Kind quite well to the insane At the age of 24. Gaffigan m. from Indiana to New York Cif traveled there to pursue his dre little connection to the entertt try. it was hard to imagine Gaffigan had little if any chance of making his dream come true. Despite his lack of connection he steadily climbed the ladder to success as a stand-up comic. Eventually he landed a spot on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Gaffigan was then personally chosen by David Letterman to develop a sitcom for World Wide Pants. "Welcome to New York" made its debut on CBS about I 8 months later. From there he became even more successful landing guest appearances in shows like "That 70's Show", Sex and the City - . "Third Watch - . "Ed - and "Law r'lr events on cam Your Choice PULL. II Li us and in the Er'e Commercial roles were next on Gaffigan's list of Gaffigan is scheduled to perform on the Penn State Behrend campus Friday Dec. in the Junker Center. Tickets are on sale now in the Reed Union Building and online. The admission is $3O for the general public and $2O for Penn State Behrend stu dents. Material for Gaffigan's act will be coming from his "Beyond the Pale" special. His three month Comedy Central Live tour sold out 32 of 38 shows performed. His comedic style and humorous banter are sure to create an entertaining show for all to enjoy. Behrend Choir fuels Christmas Spirit vocally The Penn State Behrend Choir peformed their holiday concert last week By Kayla Wright staff writer kmws2osjpsu.edu From classic Vivaldi and Handel to contempo rary Christmas carols, the Behrend choirs sang it all at their "Sing Noel" concert during their hour long performance on Friday. Nov. 30. The concert was held at the Smith Chapel at 8 p.m. and featured Behrend's chamber and concert choirs along with a duet from guest soloists directed by Dr. D. Jason Bishop. Tickets were free for Behrend students while staff and faculty had to pay three dollars and the general public had to pay five dollars. The perform ance was a success but the setting was problematic due to a lack of seating in the chapel. The diversity of the music performed during the show added entertainment. They sang some less renowned songs along with a few classics. These included arrangements of "African Noel. - "For Unto Us a Child Is Born," "Betelehemu." "Hiney mah tov," "Hallelujah, - the twelve movements of Vivaldi's Gloria, and an encore performance of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.- They sang the 12 movements of Gloria in Latin. Learning unfamiliar music, being on pitch and stay ing in tune are difficult to begin with but when it has to be done all in another language you're hound to make some mistakes. Still their performance was very satisfactory: the pronunciation of words seemed correct and there were no noticeable mistakes. It was a very impressive choral perlorm- Behrend College Specials Monda - Thursda 2 Large 1 Topping $15.99 UNLIMITED TOPPINGS* 3 Medium Thursda - Sunda Buy 1 Get 1 Free** * Excludes double toppings and extra cheese ** Cannot be combined with any other offer or special - n i l - n i l ri ii, The accompaniment was not the standard record ing used during most choral performances. The choirs were accompanied by a guest miniature orchestra which included violins, oboes and cellos. This had a remarkable impact on the music: it brought it more to life. Performing live with an orchestra can cause some problems with timing and staying on heat. This was not the case during this concert. They had had a two and a half hour long rehearsal the night before to ensure accuracy and the results were noticeable. There was not one time at which the choir and the orchestra seemed at odds with one another: they seemed to work together har moniously and completely in sync. The music and the orchestra put on a great show. The only complaint from attendees had to do with a lack of seating. A lot of people present were forced to stand throughout the entire performance. with some people standing even outside of the door. One student commented that. "the music was great but I was unable to see the choir so it was kind of frus trating. The fact that I had to stand in the hack. almost out the door for an hour didn't help the situ ation one NC This concert was a great opportunity for the choirs to show what they were capable of. They put on a truly amazing show. The Christmas music was a great way to bring in the holiday season and put the audience in the Christmas spirit. Better Ingredients Better Pizza $21.00 DPZEigat: The Behrend Beacon I CONTRIBUTED
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