4 I The Behrend Beacon Behrend hosts PJAS By Adam Spinelli coraribuine write/ l isssSqui p.u.cdu This past weekend. Region 10 of the Pennsylvania Junior AcademN of Science held their regional meet at Penn State Behrend. This was the third con secutive year at Behrend. This past week sa\\ o\ er 550 students from gra&s 7 to grade 12 come to Uehrend in onkr to achieve their coals. "Student participants in the PJAS program are encouraged to follow the scientific method to select a project. - says Region 10 Director Fay Nelson. "They then research the background. tOnriti late a hypothesis. develop an experiment to prove or chsprove the hypothesis, and to collect and analyze data from their experi ment. The students then prepare a written report and give an oral presentation With audio visuals to their sponsor. Group projects are not permitted.- If the stuckmt is selected at the school level he or she then cues on to register his or her project for the regional meet. The stu dents are di‘i(kd into groups of ten based off of their category of science and then judged by a small group of judges. The judges award each project either first, second, or third award. If the stu&nt is to get the first Group of wealthy Americans sue Swiss bankers to remain unidentified in tax investigation SWITZERLAND On Tuesday, Swiss banking giant ÜBS was sued by almost ' twleve wealthy Americans hoping to keep their names from United States Justice Department investigators. The suit targets ÜBS and Finma, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, of not adhering to Swiss bank secrecy laws. According to the suit, divulging the names of Swiss bank clients to U.S. authori ties is against the law. The suit was filed on behalf of American Swiss bank clients by Andreas Rued, a lawyer based in Zurich. If the banks in question turned over the names of their clients, they could face fines, penalties and prison terms. Last week, a LBS internal memo stated that the bank had reached an agreement with Washington to release the names of 2.50 Americans using Swiss banks to evade taxes. According to the Justice Department, as many as 52,000 wealthy Americans are suspected of tax evasion. Source: The New York Times FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 LEB Weekly Movie Cadillac Records in Reed 117 at 10 p.m Jason LeVasseur - Band LEB Weekly Movie in Bruno's Cadillac Records in Reed 117 at 9 p.m District 10 swimming championships in junker Center he or she then qualifies to go on to the state meet that is tra ditionally held at University Park. "PJ AS became afti liat ed with Behrend because of the available resources in science. math and technology, - says Nelson. "Ackkionally, our state meet is held at University Park main campus each May.- Nelson also said Behrend is the preferred location of the meet due to the quality of judges the cam pus panicles. which are not only local to the area, hut are usually professors, graduate students, sponsors. or scientists from local industries. "I believe the meet went very well, - says Nelson. The stu &its and parents enjoyed them selves and are extremely pleased and very proud to he at PSG` Behrend. We are already begin ning the planning for the meet next year when PJAS returns." Nelson also gives a special thanks to three local employees. She thanked Admission Counselors Mary-Ellen Madigan. Donna Fuller. and Office Manager Carol Peterson who helped to orchestrate the event every year and make sure that everything runs smoothly. This event wouldri't he possible with out their hard work and ikxlica- World and National News In Brief Pentagon lifts ban on will soon be allowed to dis play images of the flag- draped coffins of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Families of the deceased sol diers will still have the final decision on whether their loved one's coffin can be dis played. Gates was ordered b‘ Obama to review the Pentagon's former policy which completely restricted any media outlet from broad casting images of deceased soldiers. During his discus sions with the armed services and groups representing the families of deceased soldiers, Gates decided the old policy needed change. Shortly after the start of the Iraq war, many critics blamed the censorship on the George W. Bush administration. In actuality, the ban was put in place after the U.S. invaded Panama in 1989. Source: CNN Garners Night in Reed 112, 113, 114 at 7 p.m SATURDAY, Penn State Educational CFW Women's History Partnership Program Luncheon FEBRUARY 28 in Reed 113 in Reed 236 at 10 a.m. at 12 p.m. at 10 p.m Primal Static - Band in Bruno's CAMPUS NEWS FOR RENT FALL 2009—SPRING 2010 3523 South Street 2 Units 4 Students per Unit Ist Floor: Living Room, Kitchen, Dining Area, 3 Bedrooms, Full Bath w/Shower 2 n d Floor: Living Room, Kitchen, Dining Area, 2 Bedrooms, Full Bath w/Shower Both Units have Wall to Wall Carpeting and Appliances. Laundry is onsite. Bus to Behrend, 2 Restaurants, Shops One Bid North on Maio Rd (,S RI. 20). Landlord Pays - Water, Sewer, Garbage, Natural Gas, and Electric. For More Information or to Make an Appointment for a Showing Contact Joe at (814) 440-5219 FOR RENT By Matthew Schwabenbauer, mjss3B7@psu.edu Professional soccer players, Fifa officials arrested in drug trafficking scheme SPAIN 11 people, including professional soccer players and officials of Fifa, the International Football Federation, were arrested for alleged involvement in smug gling cocaine. Two of the individuals arrested were Fifa recruiting agents while the other nine were current and former professional play- Along with the arrests, Spanish authorities have sized 1,320 pounds of cocaine The suspects used their associations with professional soccer as a cover for the smuggling. The confiscated drugs were found hidden among machine parts for wind farms that were to be shipped by boat from Argentina to Spain. The suspects all belonged to first-division soccer clubs. Source: BBC UPCOMING EVENTS MONDAY, MARCH 2 Student Aerobics in Junker Center at 6 p.m. Intramural Arena Football in Erie Hall at 8 p.m. Reporters fined for reporting on the mur der of Lebanese singer EGYPT Five Egyptian jour nalists were recently fined for breaking a government instated ban on the case of Suzanne Tamim, a Lebanese pop star. The main suspect in the case is a police otter turned bodyguard that prose cutors allege was paid to kill the star by property bil lionare Hisham Telaat Moustafa, the victim's rumored boyfriend. Moustafa denies the allegations. Moustafa, one of the richest businessmen in Cairo, was reportedly upset at the deceased singer because she denied his marriage request. The reporting ban was ordered by the judge of the trial. Tamim's body was found in the summer 2008. The singer was found with her throat slit, in addition to mul tiple stab wounds. Source: BBC TUESDAY, MARCH 3 Career Development Spring 2009 Seminar in Reed 3 at 4 p.m Student Aerobics in Junker Center at 6 p.m. U.K. Ministers admit to transporting terror sus pects to Afghanistan U.K. John Hutton, Secretary of Defense for the United Kingdom, has admitted that two men arrested in the United Kingdom in 2004 were transferred to Afghanistan to be placed in United States custody. Hutton claims the suspects are still being detained in Afghanistan. The Defense Secretary said that U.S. officials assured him the men were being treated humanely. Members of the British con servative party accuse U.K. ministers of being "complicit with serious abuse." British liberals were similarly alarmed, calling for the docu ments of the case to be pub lished immediately. Until now, the UK has denied sending terror sus pects to countries where tor ture is legal, which British officials referred to as collu sion in extraordinary rendi tion. Hutton "regretted" past denials The two men which were turned over to U.S. authori ties were part of a group called "Lashkar e Tayyiba," which has been linked to Al Qaeda Source: BBC College Republicans and Democrats debate in Bruno's at 6:30 p.m Speaker from T. Rowe Price in REDC 180 at 6:30 p.m Multi Cultural Council Hungry Howey's Coupon Fundraiser in Reed at 11 a.m Friday, February 27, 2009 Senate Judiciary Chairman to hold hearing on Bush administration torture investigation WASHINGTON Tot-lay, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D -VT) announced he will hold a hearing to establish a commi sion to investigate national security abuses by the Bush Administration. The hearing, scheduled next week, hopes to establish a nonpartisan commission for the investiga- Leahy announced the hear ing on the Senate floor this morning. He titled it: "Getting to the Truth Through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry." The healing will be held on March 4 at 10 a.m. It is cur rently planned to be broad cast live online. The chairman claimed that during the last eight years "we abandoned our historic commitment to human rights by repeatedly stretching the law and the bounds of execu tive power to authorize tor ture and cruel treatment." He also pointed out Abu Ghraib specifically as a reason for the hearing. Source: The Raw Story All photos contributed WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 Biology Club Speakers in Roche Hall at 6 p.m. Student Aerobics in Junker Center at 6 p.m. LEB Weekly Movie Seven Pounds in Reed 117 at 9 p.m
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