Friday, February 15, 2008 Students surprised By Angelica Stoltzfus staff writer anssls4 (s’psu.edu Technology Drive, located right behind the REDC build ing. has turned into an illegal one-way street. For the past couple of months, students have been parking illegally along this road to their advan tage of getting to class on time. Amber Wozniac admit ted, "It is convient to just park there because it's closer to the building than the Junker park ing lot." Technology Drive is not Penn State Behrend prop erty and actu ally belong'' >elongs Harbor “I wipe my hands of their Creek Township Chief of Police and duties.” -Jim Amann Chief of Police and Safety Safety Jim Amann said plainly that “the Harbor Creek Enforcement Officers are in charge of the main roads like Jordan and Technology Drive and I wipe my hands of their duties." Officer Bryan Benobic. head of Harbor Creek Code Enforcement Officers explained that Technology Drive is closed to any parking between Oct. 1 and May 31. He also stated that the officers have been ticketing the stu dents and if they continue to park there, “they will be charged up to a $35.00 parking fee." The township is working on a lot of new renovations and the fines for parking and other small illegal issues have jumped quite a bit in price since last year. Benobic also felt it necessary to warn the students to be "very careful Pennsylvania primary could be the deciding factor for Democrats By Mark Nardo staff writer mans(W2@psu.edu The New Year has brought an unpredictable presidential election. Clinton and Obama are rac ing towards the finish line neck and neck. It should be a big year and Americans are ready to see some big changes in this country. In a race as close as this one it is impossible to know who is going to win the nomination, but pending what happens in the March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas, Pennsylvania could be vital to this election. Robert Speel, Associate Professor of Political Science at Penn State Behrend said, “if either party’s nomination process is not wrapped up [on March 4, then] Mississippi will vote on March 11. Then for six weeks until Pennsylvania votes on April 22, there are no other presidential primaries or caucuses at all.” If this is to be the case, then between mid-March and April the residents of Pennsylvania will undoubtedly see the news media as well as the SGA budget allocations released By Marcus Yeagley staff writer mjysol2@psu.edu The Student Government Association has released their approved budgets for various clubs and organiza- The SGA allotted a total of $30,603.29 to 20 student groups such as Trigon and the Panhellenic Council, in addition to the organization’s own requests for funds. The total amount asked for by all organizations exceed ed $60,000. The group that received the most money from SGA News Opinion Humor... DEHEHD DEfICQn crossing Jordan Road because people don’t always stop for pedestrians.” John Ream, Director of Operations at Penn State Behrend, stressed the impor tance of student cooperation. He also wanted to inform the students that the parking garage behind the REDC is designated for visitors and fac ulty because “the expansion of Dobbins Hall is underway and it will take up the already lim ited parking spaces for those individuals.” Ream also stated that the prospect of installing a new parking lot for students was unlikely because “they had bigger Township for illegal park ing. These notices require the student to call the officer and give them their information. If the student is caught at the spot again, having been regis tered with a warning, the will receive the $35.00 fine. Lauren Decreny, a visitor from Kings College, said she was “shocked” when she came to visit Behrend only a week ago. "The parking was ridiculous. I had to get a visitor pass and even that was a silly process. I know why students park ille gally, they just want to get to class on time.” Although students are com plaining about the tickets and parking, the only way to avoid the fines is to park in the des ignated parking areas on cam pus. Contents ..1-3 Entertainment 6 4 Student Life 7 ..5 Music.. A Penn State Behrend Student Publication issues” hand. Many of the students received park ing warnings and notices candidates camping out throughout the state. This would more than likely bring the candidates to Erie. If either candidate can win Pennsylvania and Ohio, it could mean a sure victory. Paul Witt, President of the College Democrats at Behrend, sad that his club is fully supporting the Obama campaign. During the fall semester, the group hosted Greg Stewart, the Pennsylvania co chair of the Obama campaign, to come and speak at Behrend. He stated that the Obama campaign was the first and only to contact our university. Attempts to reach the Clinton campaign have not been successful. Witt and the club members are hoping that if it comes down to Pennsylvania in this primary race, that they can get Obama to come speak personally to the school or possibly one of the campaign’s coordinators. Witt believes that Pennsylvania is usually a “toss up” state and that “this year is going to be a coin flip.” It seems the college student demographic is leaning more towards Obama. He’s younger and that appeals to a younger crowd a lot more than Clinton, who is in her 60s. The large age difference between Clinton and college students might be too was SGA itself, receiving a total of $8,681 for Rally on the Hill, a day-long event being held to promote diver sity. SGA will also use the funds to assist Penn State Behrend’s representatives for THON at University Park. Eight other groups received amounts between $5,000 and $l,OOO for various activities such as a paintball event for the Outdoors club, trips to conventions for clubs such as the Management Information Systems Club (MIS) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and also a bus trip to a Philadelphia game for the Hockey Club. The SGA consists of thirty five members of the See BUDGET on page 2 ogy Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama react to a question from the CNN debate mediator. large for the college populous in which to relate. With the percentage of young voters that have already turned out for primaries and caucuses around the country, they will surely be essential to the turn out of this year’s presidential election. We are now on the Web! Visit us online at www.thebehrendbeacon.com No plans for eateries around Behrend’s campus By Kameron Greene staff wrtier kvgsoo7@psu.edu Students of Penn State Behrend do not have the luxury of off-campus food or retail estab lishments that Mercryhurst and Gannon University have that are in walking distance of our campus. Nonetheless, there have been some rumors going around campus about the develop ment of a Starbucks coffee shop and Quiznos restaurant. As most students are aware, Penn State Vol. LIV No. XV Penn State does not Wiki favor Behrend students By Matthew Schwabenbauer assistant news editor mjss3B7(mbies" event. Wikis can even be valuable study tools. There is a :ction of the PSU wiki devoted to course E-mail lists, tabling students with the same classes to get in touch ith one another. There are even dorm E-mail lists, tich include everything from residence halls to off impus housing. Even though Wikis are university-specific. illegewikis.com provides a section on each universi les page listing global topics. This allows students raking to travel to another college for a football game concert to quickly and easily find information on te event. CNN Delegate Count Barack Obama- 1,253 Hillary Clinton- 1,211 2,025 delegates are needed to win the nomination Behrend is lacking a serious quantity of retail/ food establishments; and the off-campus estab lishments that we do have require transpotation of some sort. Rick Hall, head of the Management branch of Harborcreek Township wasn't quite aware of this situation. He said "1 heard nothing about it. There has been talk about development around 1-90. and the Bay front connector, but there isn't a sufficient amount of population in Harborcreek to support that particular retail. ’ The idea of developing new See EATERIES on page 2 See WIKI on page 2