Friday, February 6, 2009
Behrend dance team
By Ashley Rodrigo
contributing writer
asrso74oPpsu.edu
For the first time ever at Penn
State Behrend, the all-girls dance
team is attempting a new kind of
routine: joining with a few of the
most willing male students on
campus.
The dance team claimed that
selecting male partners was not
an easy job, but fortunately there
were a few outgoing boys who
agreed to help out. The team,
made up of freshmen, sopho
mores, juniors, and one senior,
partnered up with guys from each
of the grades, forming a very
diverse dance crew. Whether being
forced into it by a girlfriend or
just lending a hand, these bold
boys will practice a routine with
the dance team for three days,
readying themselves for a comical
and entertaining performance at
the Saturday, Feb 7 men's and
women's basketball games.
Melanie Keefer, a junior on the
dance team, came up with the
idea. "It was something I did in
high school to raise money," she
said. "I thought people would go
for it here because it is fun and
entertaining."
Following her lead, Behrend's
dance team has decided to use this
performance as a means to raise
money for cancer.
When Jess Grimes, the dance
team's coach, was asked what she
Bill Gates frees swarm
of mosquitoes at
conference
LONG BEACH - Microsoft
founder Bill Gates released
mosquitoes during a presen
tation at the Technology,
Entertainment, Design con
ference to raise malaria
awareness
Before releasing the mos
quitoes on the crowd, Gates
said, "malaria is spread by
mosquitoes. I brought some.
Here I'll let them roam
around. There is no reason
only poor people should be
infected."
Moments later, Gates
informed the audience that
the insects were disease-free
Since retiring from
Microsoft, Gates has been
working with his philan
thropic organization, The Bill
and Melinda Gates
Foundation, part of the rea
son he is spreading aware
ness of malaria.
"There is more money put
into baldness drugs than into
malaria," Gates said, which
elicited laughter from the
audience. Gates pointed out
that since baldness affects
rich men, its research attracts
the most money.
Source: Yahoo News
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 6
Magic: the Gathering
Conflux Sealed Deck
in Reed 112
at 6:00 p.m.
LEB - Comedian:
Eric O'Shea
in Bruno's
at 9:00 p.m.
LEB Weekly Movie -
Role Models
in Reed 117
at 10:00 p.m.
The Beh►end dance team held a special performance at an Erie Bayhavas gone
thought about the unique idea,
she said, "It's a great new twist to
the dance team's usual list of
activities during the school year.
A boy-girl dance routine has
never been done before, but I
think all the girls and guys will
have a fun time and it is for a
good cause."
These next couple days should
be exciting for the dance team as
they practice an unusual dance
with their newly added team
members. A ton of laughs are
guaranteed during the three days
of practice, assuming many of the
guys have never learned a step-by
d and Nationa
Wor
Associated Press sues
Obama artist for
copyright infringement
NEW YORK - Shepard Fairey,
A Los-Angeles based artist
and creator of the popular
Obama "Hope" image, is
being sued by the Associated
Press for using a copyrighted
image in his artwork.
From shirts to buttons and
everything inbetween, the
picture has been featured on
thousands of pieces of
Obama memorabilia.
The photo, which the
Associated Press claims was
used illegally, was taken by
Mannie Garcia in 2006 on
assignment for the news
organization. The AP states
they own the copyright to the
image and want compensa
tion for its use.
Fairey's attorney, Anthony
Falzone, executive director of
the Fair Use Project at
Stanford University and lec
turer at the Stanford Law
School, claims fair use pro
tects Fairley.
"The Associated Press has
determined that the photo
graph used in the poster is an
AP photo and that its use
required permission," said
Paul Colfort, the director of
media relations for the
Associated Press. "AP safe
guards its assets and looks at
SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 7
LEB Weekly Movie -
Role Models
in Reed 117
at 10:00 p.m.
SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 8
Student Aerobics
in Junker Center
at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday Night
Recreation
in Junker Center
CAMPUS NEWS
step dance routine
The dance team and their male
partners will be dancing to four
different songs: "Jump on it" by
Sir Mix-A-Lot, "Can't Touch
This" by MC Hammer, "Ice Ice
Baby" by Vanilla Ice, and "The
Can-Can" from the Moulin
Rouge soundtrack. For most of
the routine, the guys and girls
will dance together, but for a few
seconds the newly formed male
dancers will stand in the spotlight
alone, showing off their dancing
skills to the song "Ice Ice Baby.-
Saturday promises to be an even
more exciting day: one when the
By: Matthew Schwabenbauer, mjss3B7@>psu.edu
these events on a case-by
case basis. We have reached
out to Mr. Fairey's attorney
and are in discussions. We
hope for an amicable solu
tion."
Source: Huffington Post
Woman donates kidney
through her vagina
MARYLAND - For the first
time ever, a kidney has been
donated and removed
through a woman's vagina.
By removing the organ
through a natural orifice, no
incisions had to be made dur
ing the procedure and scar
ring is prevented completely.
Procedures of this type
have previously been per-
formed to remove cancerous
or damaged kidneys, but a
healthy kidney has never
been removed in this way.
"The kidney was success
fully removed and trans
planted into the donor's
niece," said Dr. Robert
Montgomery, chief of trans
plant surgery at Johns
Hopkins. "Both patients are
doing fine."
Montgomery hopes the
procedure will help hasten
the donor's recovery, and
possibly stimulate an increase
in kidney donations.
Source: BBC News
UPCOMING EVENTS
MONDAY,
Rhythms of Life Series:
FEBRUARY 9 Scott Ainslie
in Bruno's
at 12:00 p.m.
Student Aerobics
in Junker Center
at 6:00 p.m.
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 10 WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 11
Student Aerobics
in Junker Center
at 5:00 p.m.
oes co-ed
dancers put what they have
learned to the test by perlomling
in front of a huge crowd at both
the men's and women's basket
ball games. For the performance.
the dance team has decided that
each pair of dancers will wear a
matching outfit. Guys will wear a
bright colored t-shin and dark
gym shorts, while the girls will
wear the same colored top and
black bottoms.
Both basketball games will be
taking place on Saturday, Feb 7.
The women's team plays at 1:00
p.m., and the men's game begins
at 3:00 p.m.
Catholic church mis
communication appar
ent over Bishop
excommunications
ROME - Pope Benedict XVI
has called on a Bishop to
retract statements he made
denying the Holocaust.
Last month, the Pope
rescinded the excommunica
tions of four Bishops who are
members of ultraconservative
Society of St. Pius X. Bishop
Richard Williamson, one of
the members of the society
that was excommunicated,
had publicly made comments
denying the existence of the
Holocaust.
On Wednesday, the Pope
released a statement ordering
the Bishop to distance him
self from the statements or he
would be removed from the
church. Later in the state
ment, church officials claim
the Pope was not aware of
the Bishop's statements when
he ordered the reinstatement.
Source: BBC News
Olympic gold medalist
Michael Phelps sus
pended from competi
tive swimming
On Thursday, it was
announced that Michael
Phelps, star of the 2008
MCAT/LCAT Course
in Nick 165 N
at 6:00 p.m.
Student Aerobics
in Junker Center
at 6:00 p.m.
News In Brie
Writers gather at' Smith Chapel
BY Emily Reichert
contributing write,
ecrso6B p.O .edu
The Smith Chapel attracted a
crowd of students the night of
Thursday. Feb 5 where "Behrend
Reads" took place.
"Behrend Reads . ' is an event
that showcases the works of
Behrend's own professors.
Thursday, the writers included
Greg Morris. Kim Thal. Drew
Lackey ic. Eugene Cross.
Elizabeth Fogle. Tom Noyes,
Ruth Pflueger. and George
Looney.
Kim Todd's creative non-fic
tion piece about her relationship
with her children had the room
filled with laughter. "You try to
be good, kind, and helpful:* she
begins, "only to face the fact that
the Wizard of Oz character ‘ou
resemble most is the Wicked
Witch of the West.-
Torn Noyes read a prtially
written story. "It's not time yet."
he explains. "hut when it is it
will he awesome." The k\ a\ he
said this sentence made man\
people in the audience laugh. He
was able to jump from funny to
serious, such as one spot in
which he explains what gall lite
has "to rob us of who we think
\‘e •u
Eugene Cross is a creative
wri t lug professor here at
Behrend. Like Noyes, he also
read the start of a store about a
Olympics in Beijing, would
be banned from competitive
swimming for three months
due to the release of a picture
of the athlete smoking mari
juana.
USA Swimming, the organ
ization in charge of competi
tive swimming in the United
States said they would he
freezing funding of the gold
medalist and was blocking
him from competition.
In further backlash of the
photograph, one of Phelps's
sponsors announced they
would no longer be repre
senting the athlete. Kellogg
Co. announced Thursday that
they would not be renewing
their contract with the swim
mer.
"Michael's most recent
behavior is not consistent
with the image of Kellogg,"
stated company spokes
woman Susanne Norwiti.
"His contract expires at the
end of February, and we have
made a decision not to
extend his contract."
The photograph, which
was reportedly taken at the
University of South Carolina,
shows the Olympic medalist
smoking from a bong.
The Richland County
police department had also
recently announced they
were investigating Phelps.
Source: CNN
Career Development
Improv Spring 2009 Seminar
in Reed Wintergarden in Reed Conference 3
at 7:00 p.m. at 4:00 p.m.
LEB Weekly Movie -
Quantum of Solace
in Reed 117
at 9:00 p.m.
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 12
Student Aerobics Grad School Info Meeting
in Junker Center in Reed 112
at 5:00 p.m. at 4:00 p.m.
The Behrend Beacon I 5
character that is facing the sur
prise of his long lost ex-girl
friend shtming up at his door.
She is pregnant. its not his. she
informs him, "as if she were
telling [him hisl shirt \\as Un
tucked.- She is keeping a secret
from him. Ho\\ever. Cross stops
short before he can begin to elab
orate on her story.
A large portion of students
that attended were creativ e writ
inc students. Sic= Bard is one
of them. She said that Todd's and
Cross's \\ ere the funnier ones.
hut admitted that she liked all of
them except for the ones she
couldn't hea. "I couldn't judge it
because I couldn't hear it," she
Jon Mcconnell is also a cre
ative writing, student that attend
ed the readin , !. He picked his
la\ °rite piece lo he Todd as \vell.
It w‘is funny, concrete. and sin-
cere. - he states.
Mcconnell and Bard were only
two of the creative writing stu
dents that attended. They are also
only two of the students that
will ha\ c their own turn to read
their work at the upcoming
"Sweet Sonow Reading Series"
on Fehniar\ 19. The event will
pros ide grakiating seniors the
opportunity to ivall from their
theses. The starting time is Opm
and will he held in the Smith
Chapel.
After announcing a
record-breaking year in
the number of U.S.
army suicides, officials
warn next year's
amount will be even
greater
WASHINGTON - Last week,
the United States army
announced the suicide rate
among soldiers had reached
an all-time high. On
Thursday, the organization
warned that number was
likely to increase this year.
According to the armv, 24
soldiers had killed them-
selves this January, six times
more than the amount that
committed suicide in January
of 2008. When compared to
the 16 servicemen that were
killed in action during
January, more U.S. soldiers
are killing themselves than
are dying in combat.
Army officials commented
that the statistics were "terri-
tying" and Nv ere "not sure
what is going."
Col. Kathy Platoni, chief
clinical psychologist for the
U.S. Army, claims the cold
winter months are contribut
ing to the spike in suicides.
Platoni also claims multiple
deployments are contributing
to the increase.
clo rce: CNN
Student Aerobics
in Junker Center
at 5:00 p.m.
LEB Weekly Movie -
Quantum of Solace
in Reed 117
at 9:00 p.m.