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
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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
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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