Friday, February 20,2009 LEB schedules The All-American Rejects for spring concert SHINY Toy GUNS TO BE OPENING PERFORMANCE By Matthew Schwabenbauer news editor mjss3B7 psu.edu Platinum-selling rockers The All-American Rejects have been scheduled to perform at the Lion Entertainment Board's spring 2009 concert. The concert, which has been scheduled for April 17, is the biggest event the LEB has ever organized. "This is a big change for the LEB and for Behrendt' says LEB chair Brad Kovalcik. "In the past we haven't had a lot of really big-name acts, and we have the SAF (Student Activity Fee) committee to thank for the bigger group." In previous years, the LEB only had a pool of about $50,000 to pull from to organize concerts. This year, the SAF committee al lotted the LEB $75,000 to work with for the spring concert. "A $25,000 boost is huge, - says Kovalcik. "It gets us into a whole new bracket of hands that we can book from.- The entire amount of money the SAF allotted the LEB will go toward the group's hooking price. On top of that, the organi zation also has to pay for hospi tality, event staff, printing tickets, fliers, t-shirts, and a tinder's fee that goes to the booking agency. These expenses will be covered by ticket sales, which have been priced at $2O Behrend community discusses Fortunes of Gender PROFESSORS 61,_ i _Lga,ielitdd ON VARIOUS GENDER ISSUES By Heather McGovern contribunny write, hamsoB4(a psu.cdu The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College hosted the Second Annual Conference on Gender in Smith Chapel last Fri day. "Fortunes of Gender" attracted many important figures from the area, including Behrend faculty and staff. According to an article dis cussing this conference on Behrend's homepage, the purpose SGA releases Student Facility Fee survey results By Marcus Yeagley news editor mjy 50 I psu .cdu The results are in SGA has finished tabulating the information gathered from a sur vey sent to all Behrend students. The organization wanted input on how to spend the money pulled in from the new Student Facilities Fee, a $lOO per student charge. Contact Us Newsroom: 898-6488 Fax: 898-6019 Visit us on the web! www.thebehrendbeacon.com E-mail: rcrsos7@psu.edu Our offices are located downstairs in the Reed Union Building. The All-American Rejects are scheduled to per Orli, in the Dunker Center on April / 7. Tickets will cost $2O with a limit of two tickets per student per ticket. with a maximum of two tickets per student. When those expenses are covered, any extra money will go hack to the SAF committee. The process of booking the All-American Rejects stemmed from personal consensus within the LEB. "We started with some sugges- of the gender conference was to "encourage attendees to really take a bite out of the questions. 'What does the future hold for men and women?'" All 3I speakers and moderators brought different perspectives on the answer to this complex ques tion. If anything, the speakers and moderators left room for further interpretation and questioning for all persons who attended the Gen der Conference. Keynote speakers at the Gender Conference from Behrend in cluded Syed Andaleeb, Dean Baldwin, Dawn Blasko, Robert Roecklein, Joshua Shaw, Tom Rawls, Craig Warren, and Sarah Whitney. Other colleges represented at the conference were Edinboro University, Gannon University, Mercyhurst College, West Vir- And according to the compiled figures, Behrend students both on and off campus wish to see two major improvements. First, for the Reed building, a convenience store is appetizing for students. 87 percent of stu dents surveyed said that it is the most important improvement de sired. In addition to a convenience Friday Saturday Sunday High: 24°F High: 30°F High: 25°F Low: 16°F Low: 19°F Low: 17°F Snow and wind. Snow and warmer. Cloudy with a chance of snow. Forecast courtesy of student meteorologist Matt Alto Forecast continued on page 2. A Penn State Behrend Student Publication tions from a hooking agency we ' ve b een i n contact with says Caleb Rogers. concert chair for the LEB . "Then we cot a general consensus from the members of the LEB and other clubs and orgtmizations on cam pus. and they all agreed that they would really like to see the All American Rejects come. They were bid on besides The All- ginia University. and Hendrix College. Representatives from Safe Net Erie. the Ophelia Project, Erie DAWN. and the Mercy Cen ter for Women were also present at this all day ordeal. One particular seminar/lecture that stood out was Dawn Blasco's. titled "Why Aren't There More Women in Science?" Blasco dis- cussed the present misconcep tions towards women in math and science careers She brought two student volun teers along with her to share their personal struggles and accom plishments dealing with this gen der issue. One girl's personal account detailed the negative pressure received during her ear lier years of grade school for ex celling in the math and science subjects. See BEHR END on page 2 store. 84 percent of students say they wish to see improvements to Reed 117, the large lecture hall. "We could renovate [Reed] 117 but not because of academics," said Erin Kennedy, the president of SGA, in an interview with the Beacon. "The fee can not go to academic basics." Other projects sounded good to See STUDENTS on page 4 A 4 \\ ere our first choice. We put in a hid about a \\eek ago. and the accepted on Wednesday night (Feb 9) 11l precious years. the LER had to go through multiple bidding processes until they found an act that agreed to perform. For this year's concert, no Other acts MATTHEW SCHWABENBAUER/THE BEHREND BEACON P/p/C.S . SOr Craig ttiu•ren 11V.S . One ()finally presenters at the Fortunes of Gender event. Cheerleaders dance for John Kanzius Foundation By Mike 0. Wehrer head copy editor mr „5097,,, r.u.edu On Valentine's Day, teams from as far away as Warren. Franklin. and Mayville. NY came to Behrend's Junket . Center to dance and cheer in the "Spirit Against Cancer" annual event. The benefit. in its eighth year. has raised over $45.000 and will 0010%, American rejects. "It's always a toss-up [when it comes to booking] these bands, because so much of it goes into lobbying and who has already hooked them and whether they are going to he coming through the area. - says Kovalcik. "If any one puts in a higher-priced bid than you on the day you want donate all proceeds to the John Kanzius Foundation in memory of Behrend coach Becky Hubler Decker. according to organizer and Assistant to the Director of Athletics Stacy Pondo. According to a "Spirit Against Cancer" press release. Becky was the dance coach at Behrend from 1999 to 2001, when she passed from melanoma cancer. Becky also coached at Edinboro Univer Vol. LV No. XIX them, they don't move you around their schedule, they,just say no." Compared to previous spring concerts organized by the LEB, this year's features a much more mainstream group. At last year's concert, 90s alt-rockers "Third Eye Blind" were the main act city and danced on both the Erie Invaders dance team and on the Buffalo Bills dance team. "It is very unfortunate that can cer has touched a majority of our lives, that is why it is important to support the John Kanzius Founda tion's mission of finding cures to fight all different types of cancer," said Pondo in a press release. Contents News 1-5 Perspectives 6 Arts 7 Sports 8-9 Local Dining 10 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO See REJECTS on page 5 See CANCER on page 5
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