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uniforms
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explained junior lacrosse player Rob
Helm, who is the president of the men's
club lacrosse team. "Most of our games
are played at our opponents' fields, due to
poor conditions of the Behrend Fields in
the spring. We already have somewhat
newer ‘home' jerseys, and our away jer
seys look like something you would get at
an eighth grade football practice."
Kovalcik, also on the budget committee
chair, said that throughout the years SGA
has not funded uniforms and three years
ago the lacrosse team asked for money to
pay for the uniforms, but their request was
denied at the time.
“The whole point of SGA is to help
clubs,” said Kovalcik. “We are going to try
and fund as much as we can. Hopefully
this will help clubs out who need it. It is
not specifically to club sports, but mostly."
SGA funding for uniforms will help club
sports out, not only for this season, but
also into the future.
“If SGA will help us out and pay for
them, then we can spend our club money
on having home games on the Behrend
Fields,” explained Helm. “It costs money
to hire referees and buy equipment needed
to host a game, and the more money we
can use, the better the program we will
have for future student athletes."
New club uniforms will help the club
financially and also increase the populari
ty-
“At Club Rush, men's lacrosse had a
uniform on the sign up table, and over 10
people signed up simply because our home
jersey's looked sweet." said Helm. "If we
can match our home jerseys with new
away uniforms, the team's morale will
improve, causing person to person adver
tisement about joining, and in turn will
attract more fans to our games."
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Students, staff upset over high
By Allison Radov
staff writer
ifrs()2y (s'psu.edu
Penn State Behrend students and staff
are mad that they are paying twice as
much for parking as other colleges in
the area. Most students have a general
idea about the price of parking and have
very little positive thoughts towards the
situation.
Kimberly Boyce, a member of
Behrend's sophomore class said, “it is
not fair and no one is happy about it. I
take the bus more than I drive to class.
We can all complain, but most of us
know nothing is going to change.”
By comparison, students at Edinboro
University pay $l5 a year for permitted
parking, while according to Dr. Jean
LEB no show
Matthew Schwabenbauer
college life editor
mjss3B7(a' psu.edu
Students wishing to see the LEB fea
tured weekly movie Kitng Fit Panda
were out of luck Thursday night, as the
LEB was absent from the 9:00 p.m.
showing of the film and no screening
was held.
By 9:30 p.m.. a group of about 12
students were still outside Reed 117. the
scheduled location of the showing,
some of whom had been waiting since
before 9:00 p.m.
There was no announcement by the
LEB that the screening was cancelled,
and no representatives of the organiza
tion were available for comment.
"Their office is closed and dark,
nobody is there." said Earl Bass, a
Biology major. "1 live off campus and
came all the way back for the movie.”
Kung Fu Panda is an animated film
which features Jack Black as the voice
of the main character. Set in ancient
china, the film tells the story of Po
(Black), a panda aspiring to become a
Kung Fu master. Directed by John
Stevenson and Mark Osborne, it was
released in 2008 and distributed by
Paramount Pictures. Kung Fu Panda is
rated PG by the MPAA for sequences of
martial arts action.
According to the LEB. the film will
he shown again Friday. September 26 at
10:00 p.m.. and Saturday. September 27
at 3:00 p.m. After that, no other show
ings of Kitng Fit Panda will be held.
The next title in LEB's weekly movie
series is Wanted starring Angelina Jolie
and James McAvoy. In Wanted, a paper
pushing office worker (McAvoy) finds
out his father is a world-class assassin
and that he possesses superhuman abil
ities. The first screening is scheduled
for Wednesday. October Ist at 9:00 p.m.
in Reed 117.
parking prices
Jones, Professor of Communication at
Edinboro, “faculty and staff do not pay
for parking but, like most colleges, it’s
difficult to find parking spaces."
Edinboro University’s 2008 enrollment
was 7,700.
An Edinboro Police and Safety offi
cial said, “it is because we do not want
to make the kids pay for anything else."
Behrend’s 2008 enrollment was over
4,500. However, Behrend does not have
the exception that Edinboro claims to
have. It is simply because of the type of
schools we are. Edinboro is a state
school, while Behrend is a branch
school to University Park, which
Behrend continuously borrows money
from to help with parking and other
college upkeeps.
According to the Mercyhurst official
website, the school’s 2008 enrollment
Former Steeler running
back Jerome Bettis will
be speaking at the
Junker Center on Nov.
13 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 26, 2008
was 3,080 students; it is 70 acre cam
pus, with limited parking availability. A
Mercyhurst college official stated,
although vague in response, “students
can pay $2OO a year for underground
parking, but parking anywhere else on
campus is free.” Officials also said,
“The reason parking is more inexpen
sive is because, since the tuition is high
er than other local colleges, (students
are paying $2,169 for a 3 credit course
or $729 per credit), we don’t want the
students to feel obligated to put all their
money towards the college’s parking
fee.” Behrend’s prices are still higher
than the two other schools'.
It is unlikely Behrend’s parking
prices will change. Sophomore class
member, Andrew Thompson, says,
“The whole parking situation is just
absurd.”