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you're pissed you got caught."
The e-mail specified that he
would be contacted in the neat
future with instructions on how
to reconnect. He has not heard
back from them as of vet.
According to Meeghan Hol
lis, Assistant Director of Resi
dence Life, he is likely to
receive the standard conse
quences for violation of the AD
20 policy.
The policy states that Penn
State reserves the right to sus
pend network access or com
puter accounts if
user-maintained files, pro
New Reed offices completed
HEATHER MCGOVERN
Penn State Behrend’s Divi
sion of Undergraduate Studies
(DUS) and Career Develop
ment Center (CDC) recently
combined names and moved to
the second floor of the book
store following the renovation
and construction of the Reed
Union Building Bookstore The
DUS and CDC moved into the
newly constructed office com
plex, Reed 125, above the
Bookstore under its new official
name—Academic and Career
Planning Center (ACPC).
The new offices also saw the
opening of Reed ISO. a modern
conference room which is open
for any student organization's
usage.
The new ACPC consists ot 11
offices, 3 basic interviewing
a Keep an eye out online: Coming soon to our website.
Cm I www. thebehrendbencon. com: a video tour of the new Reed
[ J I offices, showing all of then new features and technology
2009-10 Speaker Series
Niles Eldredge
monday
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grams or services are believed
to have been operating in viola
tion of either law or policy.
Companies hire agents to
monitor tind track a company's
copyrighted material. If the
agents find that a Behrend stu
dent has illegally downloaded
or shared the company's files,
they will e-mail University Park
security who will then e-mail
the student.
At that point the student
must set up an appointment
with Judicial Affairs to discuss
the ethics behind infringement,
the university's expectations,
and the possible sanctions that
he or she mav face, Hollis savs.
I he computer must be taken
to the computer center in Ham
mermill where Todd Say, the
manager of IT Support Serv-
rooms, and 1 video conference
room for the increasing num
ber of University Park employ
ers seeking students from
Behrend. Situated next to the
ACPC is an administrative con
ference room open for student
organization use.
Although both student serv
ices successfully co-existed
within the same office complex
in an alternative location, the
name change aims to further
emphasize the interconnection
between each office. The name
alteration reiterates the already
unified processes of academic
and career advising offices.
Carol ('apart. Employer Rela
tions Coordinator of the ACPC,
says, "It made sense to make
the name official since we had
been winking together very
well all tilling and just make it
one unit."
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ices, w ill review its content and
rid the computer of any incrim
inating tiles that remain. Aliei
this process is complete, the
instated
In the event that a student is
caught violating the AD 2U pol
icv more than once, that several
unpleasant consequences may
arise. Parents or guardians may
be contacted, a notification of
violation may be put on the stu
dent's transcript, or the stu
dent's network connection may
be suspended anywhere Imm
lti to ,'-!2 weeks. Hollis e\
plained.
Hollis savs that a common
misconception is that students
believe that they cannot get
caught pirating while using the
YPN.
The Division of Unden
photos by Jon Klein/The Behrend Beacon
Niles Eldredge. author, paleontologist, and Charles Darwin biographer
opened the 2009-2010 Speaker Series on Thursday, Sept. 24. Behrend
students, many of which received bonus in classes for attending, packed
McGarvey commons, with extra students lining the doorway. Copies of
his 2005 book. Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life, was also available.
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Ihev think that since you
arc catching a signal rather
than plugging in. the files are
mure difticult to monitor." she
A'- computer'' gel smarter,
t he agents who monitor a com
pany'-' lilt's also need to get
smarter in order to do t heir job.
I lollis said. She explained that
students might not realize that
music-di>wnloading programs
such as I.imewire are so well
know n that tliev
sil l mu duck
Students must also he careful
\\ ith taking their laptops home.
"If thus use one of those pro
grams and forget to delete the
files before returning to school,
tliev risk getting caught." Hollis
said.
photos by Jon Klein/The Behrend Beacon
iraduate Studies and Career Development
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reach its peak until January’ or
February
Swine Flu is thought to he
spread the same way as sea
sonal influenza, according to
the (’DC: coughing, sneezing.
SERVICE
Powder puff football to
benefit Make-A-Wish
CHRISTINE NEWBY apartments
A powder puff football tour
nament. Huddle for Hope, will
be held at the Behrend Fields
on Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. and all pro
ceeds will benefit the Make-A-
Wish Foundation.
Oct. 2 at f> p.m. is the last day
to sign up for the
tournament. Stu
dents can sign up
in the Reed
Union building
outside
Bruno's
S o p h o mores
Frnily Harring
ton, Catherine
Franks, Matthew
Foorian, Beth Bimber, and
Krista McClelland are involved
with putting the tournament to
gether.
Harrington came up with the
idea of the football game over
the summer
"[The game| is something to
get the campus going and it will
pull everyone together for one
common cause,” Harrington
said
Harrington then proposed
the idea to Franks, Residence
Service Leader of Almy and
Ohio.
"Emily came to me with the
idea and then we just went for
it," Franks explained.
Fight teams will be part of
the football tournament. The
teams are Almy, Ohio, Senat,
Ferry, Lawrence, Niagara, the
on-campus suites,and Behrend
Behrend may lose some
money to other campuses
MIKE 0. WEHRER
For the past four years
Behrend sent BO percent of
every new dollar it earned to
the Vice President of Common
wealth campuses, and so far, it
has always been returned.
For the first time ever, it's
iible that not all of the
ev will be returned.
The purpose of keeping the
money centrally is as an insur
ance policy of sorts, said
Behrend Chancellor Jack
Burke in an email to the
Behrend Beacon.
The money, or a portion of it,
would be used to offset a de
cline in the growth of a campus.
So if Behrend or another Com-
STUDENT FINANCE
Students paid lor class notes
EMILY REICHERT
( <>:U' inihn l,’ tWi'.'f"
“Be a binge thinker" That's
the slogan for Studyßlue. a
website that provides every
thing from flash cards to notes
specifically for the classes
you're taking right now. Ac
cording to the Studyßlue web
'Last year 70 percent of
students who used Studyßlue
said they got better grades.”
You can add friends that are
in your class, find tutors, take
and share notes online, and
study with flashcards, quizzes,
and games. Call it Facebook for
your schedule. In fact, it even
lets vour Facebook account in
teract with it.
Studyßlue also offers money
for using it. The site pays 50
cents per file if you are one of
the first people to post notes in
a class. An additional 50 cents
will be added per file if three
people say that the notes are
good.
Competition exists within
each school system. The three
people who have earned the
most “crowns" (you receive a
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or transmittance of viruses to
nose or mouth
Behrend continues to pro
mote prevention as the best
method of avoiding influenza.
CDC lists the highest priority as
taking even day steps to protect
one s health, including good hy
giene, avoiding contact with
sick people, and not touching
ones eves, nose, or mouth.
ach student will be charged
$3 for participating
According to franks and
Harrington, every team is re
sponsible for getting their own
team together.
Teams are encouraged to
come up with a team name and
colors, which will be first come,
■'[The game 1 something to
get the campus going and it will
put everyone together tor one
common goal
EMILY HARRINGTON
Sophomore
No general admission will be
charged at the event, however
donations are encouraged.
"[Donations! are what we are
really hoping for," Harrington
said.
Harrington said that the pow
der puff game focuses on a
service project.
"We want to get a wide vari
ety of people over campus to
come together to make a little
kid's dream come true," Franks
said.
Franks and Harrington are
hoping that Huddle for Hope
will turn into an annual event.
“We would love for this to be
come Behrend's service project
every year," Franks said.
Students can email Franks at
cefsoB7iopsu.edu or Harring
ton at eahsls4(" psu.edu if they
have any questions.
monwealth campus were ever
to grow less than the year prior,
the school would only lose 30
percent of every dollar it
shrank relative to the previous
year.
new s i •( ut< a
“When all campuses are okay
in terms of enrollment, there is
no real need to keep the money
centrally" said Burke, “in each
and every year it has been col
lected. the 30 percent we paid
in has been returned to us.
“This year that may or may
not happen depending upon
enrollments elsewhere and
what budget cuts might be
forth coming from the state."
Burke added that he was op
timistic about getting the 30
percent back again this year.
“crown” when three people say
your notes are good) receive
SlOO each in Dec. Students are
able to earn up to $2 per file.
Referring a friend can earn stu
dents Si. and students can earn
$2 if that friend signs up with
the premium account.
Students are able to earn a
maximum amount of $3OO per
semester, just for studying.
There are two options for
registration. The first is free. It
allows you to connect with
classmates, view textbook out
lines, find or become a tutor for
a class, password protect your
notes, take notes through text,
audio or video, and search
other classmates notes.
The second option, premium,
charges $9.99 per month (or
$59.99 for a year package). It
includes all of the latter, plus an
iPhone app, reminders, no ad
vertisements, and personal site
support help.
The free version allows you
to print, export, and study with
class material, but only vour
material. The second allows
you to use other people’s
quizzes and notes.
first serve.
Each hall is
responsible for
assigning a girl
team captain
who is in charge
of collecting
team money and
getting it to
Franks no later
than Oct. 7.