4 I The Behrend Beacon
Parking prices alarm students
By Mike Wehrer
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Many students can share simi
lar stories of grief and woe when
it conies to parking on campus.
From tickets they consi(kr unfair
to the high price of permits,
there isn't much students are
happy about when it comes to
Behrends parking system.
When asked about the number
of students who purchase park
ing pemlits, Chief of Police
Services James
"The money gener
ated from selling
student, faculty, and
staff parking permits
is used to construct
Amain estimated
that 850 residents
and 1,700 coin-
routers buy per
mits every year.
With a price tag
of $270 per per
mit. this ackis up
to more than half
a million dollars
new parking lots,
maintain existing
parking lots, and
administer the park-
every veal
Where (bes all
this money go?
mg program.
--Lteluend Sumba Lift wehsite
According
Behrends Student
Life website
"Mhe money generated from
selling student, faculty, and staff
parking permits is used to con
struct new parking lots, main
tain existing parking lots, and
administer the parking program . -
The wehsite goes on to say
that "Parking lot maintenance
has included repainting parking
lot lines. repaving parking lots.
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Abour 300-3,500 t, hers are iron to Behrend Atudeuts each veal.
What's Inside
Commitment, dedication, devotion. loyalty, and an extreme love for the game describes both volunteer
assistant coaches Amy Stranahan and Becky Reed for the Behrend Women's basketball program.
Stranahan has volunteered for sixteen consecutive years while Reed has volunteered for twelve straight
years under head coach Rot Fomari, who is in her sixteenth year at the position.
'They both have loyalty to me and the program." said Fomari. "They invested themselves into some
thing that they truly believe in and stayed with it.-
Coaching for sixteen and twelve years, both Stranalm and Reed have impacted and made a clifference in
a countless number of players' lives.
'They have impacted so many players' lives
On an average day, college students are lorded to put up with an absurd amount of crap. From exams
that always seem to fall on the same date, through the ever-ominous finals, to classes that are so soul
crushingly difficult, it is the mental equivalent of slamming your genitals in a drawer. This sad reality is
something that we simply must accept, because we aren't getting any younger and adulthood is practical
ly banging down our dormroom door. However, in these tried times of crap-tacular stress, it is rather pleas
ant to look hack at a simpler point in our lives. Page 5
Experienced North
Coast Ballet reaches out
to help educate children
A plaza on the corner of French
St. and 12th is home to a little bal
let studio called North Coast.
North Coast is a program for all
age groups—though focused on
helping kids—to keep their lives
healthy through movement.
"It's pretty multi-leveled," says
Sam Fargiorgio, executive director
of the Pennsylvania branch of
North Coast Ballet. "[lt is al health
program for children to have a pos
itive body image. It is designed to
avoid obesity and other eating dis
orders."
and upgrading lighting. -
To some students. parking
tickets, issued when can, are not
parked in their proper place. are
even more of a headache.
"It's really frustrating to see
those little pieces of paper from
across the lot when you're walk-
ing hack to your car," says
Jessica Krugger, a freshman
majoring in biology. "They're
not usually very' expensive, but
it's inconvenient to have to go to
police and safety and pay the
ticket. Some
pricier ones. for
things like parking in a handi
capped spot. - he said.
Behrends webs ite says
"Imloney generated from parking
tickets floes to the Student
Government Association and is
then allocated to student clubs
and organizations
Volunteer assistant coaches committed
to women's basketball program
Sex, drugs, and final exams
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North Coast is loaged on the comer of 12th St. and Fiend? St
tickets here cost
more than when I
get parking tick-
ets on State
Amann esti-
mates "about
3,000 to 3,500-
tickets are issued
every year and the
amount varies
greatly.
"Generally
they're $5 to $l5.
hut there are
said Fornari. "A envy number of lives; it's ongoing
CAMPUS NEWS
Play in Bruno's honors Black History
Month with Love, Life, and Redemption
continued from front page
woman's own determination to
make something of her life. "I (k)
not have to he the girl that I once
Was, - she said, "inside the square.
Great visionaries were not bound
by time or circumstance. -
Agatha Nixson. a junior com
munications major at f3ehrend,
telt that the performance brought
a valuable element to the school.
"It was really inspirational." she
said. - It's simple. They used sim
ple language. made it really easy
to understand for people. But the
things they said, it motivates
students to live a better life. Even
in the short plays, you could see
and visualize exactly what they
meant.-
Though the entire peribmiance
included 10 to 15 segments. the
audience seemed to appreciate the
most an Asian-American actress
who struggled with not being
able to rap. First, she appeared as
a cheerleader and cheered her rap
script. To the delight of the audi
ence, she came back shortly after
to sing the script in a glittery red
mask like an actress in a musical.
Eventually, she returned and
finally "got it." delivering an
effective but slightly awkward
rap which the audience enjoyed.
Before long, the crowd was mov-
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ing with her beat and laughing as
she rapped.
Ryan Westwood was in the
front row, cheering her on.
Afterwards, he said that the show
offered even more than a diverse
gathering of people. "It really
opens up a new discussion on
diversity. - he said. "one that's not
normally brought up at college.
You can get a new perspective on
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Another act oi
American male. appeared on
stage \‘ith handcuffs attached to
his \\ risk. He looked up at the
audience. He spoke of the stereo
types that the o odd tells us are
true. "Black: minority. underpri
valedged. he said. -White:
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owners of the world. the standard
can't jump. Asian: 4.0 since
fourth grad:: eery submissive.
very good at 01anufactoring cars.
Hispanic: chain anist In the
uncomfortable silence, he looked
out at those assembled. "We don't
have to subscribe to that maga
tine. We (km't have to live in
fear.-
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When Carolyn Bauers took the
stage at the end of the pet-foil-l
ance to accept her award. the
crowd \vas already spellbound by
the perlOrmances. "When MI Its
ten to people. really just listen to
people, all the illusions that you
created about them will just dis
appear. Live the life you imag
ine. And that's exactly what I did:
I lived the life I imagined. -
For mime of the actors, the per
fonuance hiilhliiihted their own
past experienees. lu a question
uul ans \‘er session. several spoke
of 1i the Characters that they
modeled mirrored t hem sel Yes .
..Fur inc. IN) inspiration was per
soil il one said. "A lot of these
things that we put on stage are
things people go through them
sel‘es. It's sec)' close to the
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