DYNASTY WOMEN'S TENNIS WINS FIFTH CONSECUTIVE Past ANC Champions: 1997 1999 2001 2003 Pain Stahl Behrond Penn State Behrend Penn State Altoona Chatham Collo "Pronounced Equal" Pat Black Equality speaker packs Smith Chapel ALLY ORLANDO On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Robyn Ochs, an activist for gays, les bians, and bisexuals, visited the Smith Chapel to raise aware ness of her cause at Penn State Behrend. Her presentation, entitled "I Now Pronounce You... Equal," included a discussion of the sta tus of same-sex marriage today on both the state and federal levels, and the emotional, legal, and financial advantages of being able to marry. She also showed a video of her own wedding to her partner littlemc Photoßeview 2 News 3 Local/National 4 Community 5 Humanities 6 Penn State Behtend 1998 of seven years In response to "right-wing evangelicals who talk about the Samuel P "Pat" Black 111 was 'threat' of gay marriage," Ochs named Penn State Behrend's asked her audience, "do I look 2009 Alumni Fellow, the most threatening?" She explained prestigious honor given by the that it is a "creepy and strange Penn State Alumni Association. feeling" to be the subject of a Black received the Alumni heated debate: whether same- Fellow Award in McGarvey sex couples, with or without Commons on Thursday. Among children, are "real" families. the guests were past Alumni She explained that many Fellow honorees and Penn people experience "magical State Behrend undergraduates thinking," that if they wish gay who are recipients of the people away that they will go Samuel P Black 111 and Susan away, but that "gays don't need L. Black Trustee Scholarship. news editor permission to exist, they are "I am most honored to have [simply] asking for acknowl- been named as a 2009 Alumni edgement of what already ex- Fellow and to be in the corn ists." pany of the others named who On Nov. 18, 2003, the state of are striving to make an impact Massachusetts was the first in and make a difference in their the United States to rule all respective areas," Black said. couples deserving of equal According to Roger Williams, Executive Director of Penn See EQUALITY, page 3 State Alumni Association, the Business 7 Culture 8 Showcase 9 Opinion 10 Registered Member Sports 11-12 Associated Collegiate Press ND EACON 12 Pages • Volume 56 • Issue 10 A Penn State Behrend Student Publication Penn Stat• Behrend 2000 The women's tennis team won their ninth AMCC Championship on Aug. 18. The women's tennis program has won all nine of those titles in the past 13 years. This year marked the ninth championship season led by head coach Jeff Barger and the third for seniors Christy Calvert and Karen Hobaugh. "Christy and Karen were great student athletes," Barger said. "They did the best they could do on and off the court. In four years they each overcame a lot to help us do well. They will be missed as leaders on the team " Behrend, Penn State Altoona and Frostburg State were established as the top three contenders for the championship from the get go. Each team received nine points in dou bles play. Frostburg State got off to the fastest start winning two of the three doubles finals against Behrend's pairs. Only Behrend's number two duo of junior Hillary Lasher and sophomore Leslie Durante could scrap out a finals win in doubles competition, 9-8, (4). Lasher and Durante were the only two to record finals victories in singles and doubles competition. Behrend went undefeated in every singles final to pull away from both Frostburg State and Altoona. "I just told the ladies that doubles is over," Barger said. "Play singles the way we can play. Have fun." Sophomore Arica Christman led the singles. Christman swept the top finals match and defeated Frostburg State's Elle Dannenfelser (6-3, 6- 2). Christman and her dou bles partner, sophomore Stephanie Cattron, rebounded with victories in single finals see CHAMPIONS, page 11 Penn State Altoona Penn State Behrend Penn State Behrend Penn State Behrend 2002 2004 2006 2009 CHRISTINE NEWBY managing editor SHAWN ANNARELLI sports editor 2005 2008 • Penn State Behrend Penn State Behrond HI named 2009 Alumni Fellow RESUME: Sam "Pat" Black 11l • Graduate of Penn State • Chairman of Erie Management Group • Founder and president of the Blackstone Ranch Institute • President of Samuel P. Black & Associates insurance agency • Director, Penn State Erie Council of Fellows dinner in McGarvey preceded a ceremony at University Park the night before, on Wednes day. Williams said that 24 Alumni Fellows were inducted and about 325 people were in attendance at the ceremony. Since 1973, only 25 alumni nominated by Penn State Behrend have been named Leslie Durante (left) and Hillary Lasher (right) were the only women to win in both the doubles and singles finals. Photos by Daniel Smith / The Behrend Beacon Connor Sanely / The Behrend Beacon Pat Black received the Alumni Fellow Award on Thursday night Alumni Fellows "The intent (of the Alumni has had a huge impact on the Fellow Award) is to recognize college. The Black family en and celebrate high achieving dowed $2O million to support alumni for their career and life the School of Business in achievements," said Williams. March 1998, which was the "Then we bring them back to third largest gift ever received campus so they can interact with students, faculty, staff, and see BLACK, page 3 so on and so forth." ° 53 42 cio 4in mostly cloudy Water Polo gears up for Div. 111 Championships . Sports 1 12 '~ A . M PSB Police break up on-campus "ABC" party One Behrend student has been cited for underage drinking, and a Judicial Affairs investigation is underway after campus police broke up a Saturday night apartment party. According to reports, police re sponded to a Resident Assistant (RA) calling for assistance shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct BY THE NUMBERS 9 AMCC titles in last 12 years 18. That inci- dent led to an Underage More AMCC championships than any other Drinking cita- tion, according to the report. Many stu dents at the party refused to comment, Consecutive AMCC titles others spoke on condition of anonymity due to the investi- gation The party, according to many students who attended, was deemed an "Anything But Clothes" (ABC) party by its organiz ers. These types of parties generally mean that partygoers wear costumes consisting of items like boxes, bags, and tablecloths, among others. An RA doing nightly rounds discov ered the party, according to Kelly Shrout, Associate Director of Student Affairs. Students at the party say that they were warned once for noise. The RA then called Police and Safety for "assistance in breaking up [the] party," according to police reports. When Police and Safety arrived, many of the students attempted to flee - some even through the second-story window. "Someone said that there were po lice at the door," said one student who was present, "and people fled out the second-story window." Shrout confirmed that several stu dents tried to flee, and that some jumped from the second story. Some, she said, were successful in getting away; others were not. Y sun CONNOR SATTELY cdfinr-inq hart "Someone said that there were police at the door, and people fled out the sec ond story window." several EYEWITNESS see PARTY, page 3 According to Magenau, Black -Matt Alto, weather editor
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