4 I The Behrend Beacon
FRIDAY,
APRIL 24
Free Hearing Screening
Reed Conference 112
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
St. Luke's Swim Party
Junker Center
Classroom
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
St. Luke's Pool Party
Junker Center
Swimming Pool
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Kappa Delta Rho
Initiations
Smith Chapel Living
Room/ Worship Area
8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Midnight Bingo
Dobbins Dining Hall
10 p.m. to 1 a.m
By Jennifer Juncosa
perspectives editor
jdj5061 ,,, psu edu
The Student Government
Association (SGA) had Dr.
Jake Burke, the Chancellor of
Penn State Behrend, speak at
the weekly SGA meeting on
April 22.
The senators and executive
board prepared questions to
ask the chancellor prior to his
visit to the SGA meeting. Most
questions included the future
of the campus and the future of
the chancellor during his
retirement.
"It's always great to have the
chancellor at the SGA meet
ings," said Vice President of
SGA and the elected president
of for 2009-2010 Brad
Behrend student returns from South Korea deployment
By Heather McGovern
copy editor
hamsoB4 psu.edu
This past semester, a few of
our Behrend students were
missing from usual hustle
and bustle of the classroom,
particularly one. Dan Smith,
the Behrend Beacon's photog
rapher, was stationed in South
Korea for over a month during
Spring Break and well into the
weeks following Spring Break.
As a member of the 171st
Security Forces Squadron in
SATURDAY,
APRIL 25
Kids Career Day School of Science
Junker Center Reception
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Prischak Building Roche
Hall
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Celebrate Erie -
Children
junker Center
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Choir Concert
Smith Chapel
6 p.m. to 10 p.m
LEB - Sirsy (Band)
Bruno's Cafe
9 p.m. to 10 p.m
Gala - Assoc. of Black
Collegians and MCC
Dobbins Dining Hall
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Chancellor Burke speaks at SGA meeting
Kovalcik. "It lets us know
where Behrend is headed,
shows us the big picture of the
college, and lets us know how
the SGA can help to make pos
itive changes for the campus
community."
One of the more popular
questions directed to the chan
cellor was one about Greek
housing on-or off-campus.
According to Burke, the uni
versity won't grant funding for
a building for Greeks. Most
Sororities and Fraternities
have opted to go off-campus,
and if the university was going
to grant money for Greek
housing, the housing would
not be on campus.
As for the transition for the
new chancellor, the national
search will start in August.
National advertisements will
the US Air Force and
Pennsylvania Air National
Guard, Smith is constantly on
standby to miss weeks or
months upon end of school.
Previous to South Korea,
Smith was deployed to
Washington D.C. and Texas. In
the late fall of 2010, Smith will
be deployed to Afghanistan for
an extended period of time. All
these responsibilities of bal
ancing education and work are
a lot more difficult when work
entails protecting our country
and others
Altho
Dan Smith shows Steeler pride in Korea
UPCOMING EVENTS
Smith could not
CAMPUS NEWS
SUNDAY,
APRIL 26
Honors and Awards
Reception
Reed Building Reed
Wintergarden
2 p.m.
MONDAY,
APRIL 27
Pittsburgh Recruitment
Center
Reed 114
9 a.m. to 1 p.m
Chapter Chat Book
Club
Smith Chapel
5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m
go out and there will be a
search committee. Most of the
prospective candidates for the
office of chancellor will be
from nominations and the
process should conclude in
March. Until the new chancel
lor is chosen, the staff at
Behrend will be picking up
tasks so the campus doesn't
fall behind.
"We're very plan-oriented
here at Penn State so that next
person will have a play book,"
Burke said. "I'd imagine they'd
like to put in their own plans as
well. The person will probably
be appointed far enough in
advance that we can plan
early."
Once the new chancellor is
settled, Burke plans on moving
back to northern New York in
the Thousand Islands where he
disclose some of the activities
the Air Force participated in
while in South Korea, Smith
said that his unit aided in the
defense of South Korea. North
Korea was threatening to
attack South Korea, so U.S.
troops along with troops from
other countries were aiding
South Korea. Smith remarked,
"Most of the time we were car
rying out a mission. Others
were training in case the North
Koreans attacked."
He did get the advantage to
learn a few things while over in
South Korea. "I once heard this
Intramural Badminton
Erie Hall Gymnasium 1
7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Intramural Events
Junker Center
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
TUESDAY,
APRIL 28
Muslim Student
Association Meeting
Reed 112
4 p.m. to 5 p.m
Panhellenic Council
Meeting
Reed 112
5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Senat Hall Bonfire
Bonanza
Wilson Picnic Grove
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m
plans to volunteer, read, write,
travel, kayak, and fish.
Other questions asked by the
SGA senators included adding
new majors, more housing,
and campus renovations. More
housing is in Behrend's five
year plan. More University
Gate apartments are being
built and Tripp Hall is being
planned and should be the size
of Almy. Additional majors
aren't a huge priority .but rhOre
fine arts facilities and academ
ic renovations are already
underway.
For more information about
the future of Behrend, go to the
Behrend website for the cam
pus's strategic plan.
quote said by President Calvin
Coolidge when I was deployed:
`the nation which forgets its
defenders will itself be forgot
ten.'"
South Korea, compared to
the United States, is not too
different Smith says. South
Korea contains most of the
major clothing and athletic
brands, and while they do not
have any Wal-Mart or Lowes
stores, they do have shops that
sell food or other necessities.
Smith missed the English
language, but admitted that the
it is "on the rise [in South
Korea]. English is really being
taught in schools. Most of the
clothes that they wear are all in
English and a lot of things like
Starbucks are in English."
Many of the television stations
are in Korean, but the movies
are predominantly English
with Korean subtitles.
Smith missed many other
things besides English while
over in South Korea. He
missed "things that [were]
going on with the family like
going to the hospital." One of
Smith's friends passed away
during his absence and his
uncle went to the hospital. He
missed "things that [were]
going on here at Behrend like
[in] track and field [with]
someone making it to a certain
place or stats." Smith even
missed "things going on with
the newspaper."
When asked if he regretted
deployment to South Korea,
Smith confidently rejected this
notion of regret. He gladly vol
unteered to represent his coun
try. "Only a life lived for others
is a life worthwhile."
Res Life Dinner and
Poker Playing (no
money involved)
Logan House - Dining
Room, Harry's Club,
Parlour
7 p.m. to 10 p.m
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 29
Communications Club
Picnic
Wilson Picnic Grove
6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
ToppSoccer
Junker Center
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m
Student Forum - What
It's Like to Start Up an
IT-Based Business
REDC 180
4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
Chancellor Burke works hard to incorporate student opinion into school policy
Dan Smith posds in South Korea
Friday, April 24,2009
THURSDAY,
APRIL 30
Chemistry Club -
Getting Pizza
Wilson Picnic Grove
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
BFA Readings
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m
Order of Omega
Initiation
Smith Chapel
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m
LEB Weekly Movie -
He's Just Not That Into
Reed 117
9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m
Courtesy of US Air Force