Friday, November 7, 2008 THON stays up for the kids Penn State Behrend THON held their fourth annual "24 For A Cure" event on Saturday, Nov. 1, raising $1.384.64 for children with cancer. 24 For A Cure is a 24-hour dance marathon to raise money for children being treated for pediatric cancer at Penn State Hershey's Medical Center. The event started at 3:00 p.m., at which point par ticipants could no longer sit, not to mention sleep. until 2:00 p.m. the next day. Since 24 For A Cure was held over Daylight Saving Time, the official stop time was an hour earlier as clocks were set hack Students preview YPC at Northwest Songfest By Rachel Reeves editor in chief rc r5(15 7 (a rAi.edu After months of recruiting, planning, audition ing, and fundraising. Dr. Jason Bishop finally saw his efforts begin to take sonic. shape. Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, hosted the Northwest Songfest in the McGravey Commons throughout the day of Saturday, Nov I. One hundred and forty elementary. middle. and high school students who are considering involvement in the Young People's Chrous of Erie spent the day with choir students from Behrend. Rehersal for the students began at 9:00 a.m. and concluded at 7:00 p.m. with a multi choir concert. The students took breaks throught the day for lunch, dinner and a few activites. "It's important for kids to have the opportunity to see what can he accomplished in a day if they work hard." said Bishop. The students received their music that morning, and had only the day to prepare before the performance later that night. Bishop acknowledged that it was a demanding event for those involved, but also rewarding. "When you expect great things. kids will meet your expectations." said Bishop. "They want to be challenged." The success of Bishop's event says a lot for his theory. Alexandrea Boho, a Behrend student inolved in the choir, spoke highly of the results. "It was a great expereince. I loved being around the kids." she said. "They pulled together in only one day. They had music they had never seen at all." Newsroom 898-6488 Fax: 898-6019 E-mail: rcrsos7@psu.edu Our offices are located downstairs in the Reed Union Building. By Matthew Schwabenbauer news editor MJs53B7 Ca' psu.edu See YPC on page 6 A Penn State Behrend Student Publication one hour. To participate in the event, students had to first make a fifty dollar donation. Throughout the fundraiser, participants were entertained by a DJ, video games, volleyball, and a host of other activi ties. One of the recurring activities of the fundraiser was a "line dance" in which all participants would gather together to sing and dance to a song written by THON participants Students travel to vote Students took a shuttle to Brookside Fire Station to vote on Tuesday Students expressed their political voices in a variety of ways, from taking the SGA shuttle to the polls, watching CNN's election returns in Bruno's, and even driving great distances to their home town polling sites Tuesday. Before Pennsylvania's polls closed at 8 p.m., a higher than average amount of students participat ed in the election that eventually led to the selec Blood Drive draws record crowd CONNOR SATTELY/Theßehrendßeacon The semester!) , blood drive took place in McGarvey Commons on Thursday. Visit us on the web at www.thebehrend beacon.com See THON on page 2 By Marcus Yeagley head copy editor mjysol.2@psu.edu k• • MARCUS YEAGLE tion of Senator Barack Obama ID-IL) as President of the United States, the first African-American to reach the highest of offices. Over 100 students without cars or other forms of transportation took advantage of a shuttle, run by SGA and driven by a variety of college faculty. to the Brookside Fire Company. See STUDENTS on page 3 ‘,Veeketill ‘,...N;k..,..;.•.1::.-:.,:i Source: Weather.com Friday: Partly Cloudy in the AM Showers/T-Storms in the PM. High 69 F. Winds S 5 to 10 mph. Saturday: Afternoon showers. High 52 F. Sunday: Rain/Snow Showers. High 45 F. THON members raised over $l,OOO al 24 For ,1 Cure Story on page 3 Vol. LV No. VXII NI,AI - 1 HI W, SCII \V 11i1 \ I helichrendßeacon Behrend runners take AMCC title B% Christine Newby spoils editor iLullli(i In pNu.Cdu The men and xx omen's cross country team raced their way to victory last s eekend at the AMCC Championships held at Penn State Altoona The men's [Cain repeated as champions as they claimed their second consecutive AMCC title. 1 am walk plca',cd hOll C 1 Cr) One ran... 'aid junior And\ lams. "We accomplished our Coal which was to return as ,MCC champs. Mentally and physically the guys were ready and they proved it.- Junior Kevin Gorily finished first for Behrend and second overall out of 71 runners. lams fol lowed close]) hehind as he came in second for the Lions and third o\ erall. Sophomore Matt Alto was also thrilled with the men's performance at the championship in which nine total teams competed. "our goal from thr heginning was to win the „ANICC... said .Alto. "Going into it. we knew that we were the hest team. sow e really were not sur prised. We are all glad as a team to ‘,‘ The AMCC Men's All-Conference team this year consists of junior Kevin Gorily. junior Andy lams, junior Roh Shrawder. sophomore Bob Click. and freshman Carl Kallgren. The women's team placed third out of the eight this year. Last season the women won the AMCC. "Going into it IANICC Championships], we had a lot 01 goals, hut \Ne len short. - said sopho more Jenna Fatica. "We sage it our all so that's all vou can ask lot Sophomore Emil Herr\ v, as first for the Lions and fifth overall out of the 73 runners. Fatica placed second for Behrend and eight overall. The AMC'C Women's 11-Conference team includes sophomore Emile Berry. sophomore Jenna Fatica. and sophomore tilallory Souleret. "The men's team was expected to win and they did. - said head coach Greg Cooper. "The women's team had probably one of the hest races of the season. Thee performed the hest they could and there is n o thing more that we could have done.'. Not including the AMCC Championships, Fatica and lams have heen the top finisher for the Behrend Lions in all e races this season. "By working hard in practice and Inv team mates pushing me. - said ['mica vv hen asked how she has accomplished placing first. "I don't con sider it an individual sport at all. it is a team sport. I've tOrtunatelv been able to lead the team." News 1-3 Perspectives 4-5 Arts 6 Sports 8-9 Local Dining 10 , / # See .I.IICC on page 8
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