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Local Pennsylvania representa-
tives met in McGarvey
Commons on Thursday to talk
with students and introduce
themselves to first-time Miters.
Pennsylvania State Senate can
didate Cindy Purvis. State
Representative candidate Rick
Mitchell. State Representative
Curt Sonney, Congressman Phil
English. State Representative
candidate Kathy Dahlkemper.
State Senator Jane Earl I. and rep
resentatives from both the
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in McGarvey Commons
Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin
campaign came in the early after
noon. Each were given their own
table, and handed out information
sheets to students that wandered
in to cheek it out.
Education and the economy
were the main topics students
were worried about at the event.
Both the candidates and current
office holders discussed with stu
dents their views on how to solve
the problems of the nation. The
speakers wandered around the
room, greeting students and get
ting to know them.
Sonney. who describes himself
as a lifelona Harborereek
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Township resident, loves the
Behrend campus. He thinks that a
main priority needs to be getting
students into college. “Of course,
a priority is getting students in
school. Beyond that, though, stu
dents have to look at what they
want to do with their lives. If you
want to stay in Erie, take a look
around and look at what’s in
demand here; just look very
closely at what you want to do,
and where you want to live.” He
also realizes that paying for edu
cation is a difficult problem that
students face.
“The government is giving
increases in funding to universi
ties," he says, “about three per
cent per year. But these universi
ties are raising tuitions by six,
seven percent per year. The costs
that students face are being driv
en up by univerties, and that’s
what we need to stop.”
Sonney is a Republican first
term state representative who
also feels that in order to create
jobs in places like Erie, the gov
ernment needs to entice business
es to come and stay. “The govern
ment doesn’t create jobs,”
Sonney says, “companies do. We
have to make this a friendly area
for companies by reducing taxes,
and a friendly area for college
students to stay after their educa-
Mitchell, who graduated from
Behrend with a bachelor’s degree
in business administration,
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knows the area well. A candidate
for Pennsylvania’s fourth legisla
tive district, he still feels close to
students.
“Students who graduate with
mountains of debt are at a huge
disadvantage,” Mitchell says. “It
also seriously hurts the econo
my.” The Democratic candidate
says that even with the economy
in a downturn, helping students
get into and graduate from col
lege must remain a priority.
Funding, he says, can come from
the system that’s already in place.
“There’s a lot of waste to be
identified in the system,” he says.
“It won’t be easy; especially with
the way the economy is, it will be
a challenge. But we have to help
students pay for college and grad
uate. Education must remain a
priority.”
Congressman Phil English also
attended after speaking on a
Questions on Religion in the
2008 American Election panel in
the REDC, hosted by the
Religion and Democracy pro
gram at Behrend.
Representatives from the
Obama and McCain campaigns
greeted the entering students. Jon
Hopcroft, Northwest Regional
Director of the McCain-Palin
campaign, and Cathi Zelazny, the
Chairwoman of the Erie County
Democratic Party were each pres
ent to speak to students, along
with staffers for each campaign.
What’s Inside
Greek week kicks off on campus
With one event planned every night, ending with Friday
night’s annual chariot race, the Behrend Greek Week is an hon
ored tradition in which fraternities and sororities meet to com
pete and have fun. PAGE 3
Pop-punk group Punchline play CD release show in
Edinboro
Last Saturday, Pittsburgh pop-punk band Punchline returned to the
Edinboro Hangout to play a record release show for their newest full length
album, Just Say Yes. The album hit stores on Sept 16, and is the follow up to their
2006 album, 37 Everywhere. The building was nearly full and many fans came
out in support of the band. PAGE 7
Three out of Penguins last five games decided in overtime
The Pittsburgh Penguins have kept fans on the edge
of their seats at the start of the new season as three out of
their five games have been decided with less than a minute
to go in overtime.
Credit
affects
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traveling far past Penn State reg
istration deadlines.
With students finding their nor
mal avenues for loans blocked,
the remaining student loan com
panies are desperately trying to
keep up with increased demand.
As Jane Brady, an assistant
financial aid officer at Behrend,
puts it: there is a “backlog for
those [loan companies] still
standing.”
Cook says that without the
bailout passed by Congress earli
er this month, students would be
in much more trouble than they
are now.
“The bailout was good because
without it, credit would com
pletely dry up,” says Cook.
What is Debate Watch?
Debate Watch is a voter education program of the
Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).
Debate Watch brings citizens like you together to
watch the televised debates, talk about what you
learned, and, if you choose to, share your reac
tions with the CPD.
* Anyone can host a Debate Watch! Just pick
a place with a television, pick a group of people,
and pick a discussion leader.
* Organize a Debate Watch by yourself or in
conjunction with your civic group, school, job,
or neighbors.
* If you can’t hold a Debate Watch when a
debate is aired, simply record it and hold the
discussion the next day.
* Leading a Debate Watch does not require
any special skills or expertise. Your main role is
to pose discussion questions to the group mem
bers after they watch the debate. In the process
you will make sure everyone gets a chance to
speak and you will settle any disagreements
among participants.
* Be sure to consider what to do before the
debate and the night of the debate.
Source: http://debates.org/index.html
Friday, October 17, 2008
crash
loans
Further complicating matters is
another possible effect of the
financial crisis: higher tuition
Cook says that Penn State has a
stronger immunity against rising
costs than other schools such as
Edinboro University.
He says this is because Penn
State has high-drawing football
games and donations from alum
ni. When the state declares that it
needs more money, Penn State is
able to meet those requirements
through those incomes. Other
schools are often only left with
the option to raise tuition.
“PSU would be affected," says
Cook. “...But it would just take
longer.”
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