Friday, April 10, 2009 Security breach: Behrend alumni at risk for identity theft By Matthew Schwabenbauer news editor mjss3B7(// psu.edu The social security numbers of nearly 11,000 Penn State University alumni are at risk after a computer breach at Behrend. Director of marketing com munication, Bill Gonda, claims a routine scan for security breaches on the network re vealed malicious software pres ent on one computer. After taking it offline, an investiga tion of the machine found doc uments containing the Social Security numbers of 10,868 alumni. "Its important to note that it is a potential breach," Gonda said. "We've found no evidence that suggests that Social Secu rity numbers actually left the computer, or were received by any other third party." The documents in question dated to when the university used students' Social Security numbers for identification. Now, each student is issued a nine-digit identification num ber. According to Gonda, the see BREACH on page 3 An expanding campus A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT HOW, WHY, AND WHERE BEHREND IS GROWING INTO THE NEW DECADE By Connor Sattely managing editor ci55060( , / psu.edu This is the second installment in a four article series examining the ways in which Behrend is growing. Throughout the rest of the year, the Beacon will examine changes on-campus from four aspects: physical ex pansion and renovation, admis sions, technology, and academics. Students who came to Behrend in the fall semester of 2007 were greeted with groundbreaking news: they were the biggest class to ever enter the school. With nearly 1,250 students, they repre sented a growth of almost 500 students in only a decade. The students who followed them were told a slightly different story: though they were not the largest freshman class, they pushed Behrend to its highest total enrollment in the history of the college. However, Behrend is already experiencing housing con straints. The campus can only hold so many; though there is a Contact Us Newsroom: 898-6488 Fax: 898-6019 Visit us on the web! www.thebehrendbeacon.com E-mail: rcrsos7@psu.edu C • By Rachel Reeves editor-in-chief rcrso4o«/ psu.edu Bruno's saw what might have been its rowdiest event of the semester on Thursday night. The café was packed with peo ple hoping to catch a glimpse of Alpha Sigma Tau's annual Mr. and Ms. Penn State Behrend Pageant. The event kicked off at the end of March with change wars. Tables were set up in the main campus buildings to col Much of Behrend's growth is attributed to the Research and Economic Development Center. new complex opening across the street, the college is simply run ning out of room. The solution, according to the Director of Admissions, Mary is to use entrance that number has an end-goal of see EXPANSION on page 3 o control the ad- creating a campus with roughly Ellen Madigan requirements Friday Saturday Sunday Sit High: 49°F High: 44°F High: 46°F Low: 33°F Low: 32°F Low: 31°F Mostly cloudy with a Mostly sunny skies. Sunny and cool. chance of rain. Forecast courtesy of student meteorologist Matt Alto Forecast continued on page 4 A Penn State Behrend Student Publication lect change for each of the nominees. After one week, the ten contestants who made the most money were selected as the finalists for the competition. For the pageant, contestants were separated into couples. Each couple first modeled ca sual wear, then beach wear, and finally formal wear. For the final portion of the contest, the nominees drew a random question. These ques tions ranged from, "If you were an animal, which one would you be," to " If you could have missions numbers "We have a goal of how many students we want to admit," Madigan says. According to her and other officials at Behrend, lunch with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?" to "My- Space or Facebook, and why?" Walking first were Amy Wag ner and Kyle Logue. Second were Tim Croft and Kristi Dahlstrom, followed by Jen nifer Juncosa and Aaron Sutara and Alex Ley and Jeff Barber. The final couple to grace the stage was Liz Zahar and Jordan Pisano. see PAGEANT on page 2 5,000 students, including com muter, online, and graduate stu dents. "There are two factors that we primarily use: about two thirds of Police: undercover officers served alcohol at SKN By Matthew Schwabenbauer news editor mjss3B7(f psu.edu Undercover police officers were served beer at a party on Buffalo road on March 21, ac cording to a search warrant signed by Pennsylvania State Police and the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement officers. According to the document, two officers entered the "Sigma Kappa Nu warehouse" at 10:30 p.m. The officers then paid a $5 entry fee and were served Nat ural Light beer. Attached to the warrant was an affidavit of probable cause which detailed the incident. Ac cording to the affidavit, state police requested a search war rant due to violations occuring after 10:30 p.m. and the con sumption of alcoholic bever age. The document also states that a search of Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement Students dominate staff at Swishes for Wishes basketball By Connor Sattely managing editor cisso6o((/ psu.edu The Junker Center was filled with the familiar sights and sounds of a Penn State Behrend basketball game Thursday. This time, though, the game wasn't for a school, or a schedule; it was for the Make- A-Wish foundation. Sponsored by the Senior Year Experience Committee, the annual "Swishes for Wishes" game pitted the senior class of 2009 against the "Behrend Faculty/Staff." Keith Cerroni, a Residence Life Coordinator, and Andrew Watters, from the Career Devel opment Department, headlined the faculty team, while track and field star Cassie Minelli and Frank Ndieffe stood out on the Seniors team. Throughout the event, spec tators were given one free ticket for drawings held be tween periods. Many who at tended the event also bought extra tickets, some buying long rolls of forty or fifty to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The game started out with the students opening up a huge lead over the faculty. Though Cerroni and the faculty team played well inside defense, they suffered from beyond the arc, allowing the senior team to knock down three-point shots freely. By the end of the first pe riod, the score was 8-19, in Corrections -An article ran in the April 3 edition of The Behrend Beacon about speaker Angela Shelton claimed that Women Today was responsible for bringing the speaker to campus. It was a co-sponsored event be tween Women Today and Alpha Sigma Alpha, under the direction of Deb Workman, who was the Vice President of programming and rit ual at the time. --In the April 3 issue of The Behrend Beacon, the wrong picture was run with the profile of SGA senatorial candidate Brian Barker. Caleb Rodgers photo was featured in his place. Both photos are now cor rected and on pages 4 and 5 of this issue. Contents News 1-6 Perspectives 7 Arts 8 Sports 9-11 Local Dining 12 Vol. LV No. XXIV records did not reveal a liquor license for the warehouse. One section of the document specifically instructs officers to search for two "John Does" which provided alcohol to the officers, one wearing a blue bandana and white T-shirt with the initials E.T. on it with a dol lar sign written in red magic marker, the other wearing a blue jacket with letters, a beard, and a camouflage hat. The suspect wearing a ban dana was noted as the "owner, occupant, or possessor of said premises to be searched." This section also instructed officers to seize all alcohol and alcohol dispensing items, ille gal drugs, and paraphernalia used for introducing drugs into the human body. On the morning of Sunday, March 22, the warrant was see WARRANT on page 3 game favor of students The faculty went on a 9-1 run, highlighted by several well placed jumpshots by Watters. The students were able to re gain their lead though, hitting a crucial three-point shot at the end of the first half, making the score 21-28. At halftime, the Lion mascot performed the "evolution of dance," to the delight of the au dience. Spectators were also treated to two performances by the Penn State Behrend Dance Team. Coming out of the half, the faculty team knocked down a three point shot within the first eight seconds. Throughout the period, their offense clicked, closing the students' lead to within four with 2:15 left in the third quarter. The students' lead was slipping away, and a last second layup by the faculty took the score to 38-41 in favor of the students. Between the first, second, third and fourth periods, tickets were drawn for a foul shot competition, and a granny shot competition. Students were cheered on by spectators as they faced off in a one-on-one match on opposite ends of the courts. In the fourth period, the see SWISHES on page 9
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