"Advised away" Student athletes say they were advised to avoid HINI vaccine CHRISTINE NEWBY managing editor Several student athletes say they were told by an athletic trainer to forego the HINI vac cination this week, saying the trainer warned them about un known "long term effects" that the vaccine may cause. Jeff Webster, head athletics trainer at Penn State Behrend, denies he was advising the stu dents away from the vaccine. "We have never told a student athlete to not get the HINI vac cine," Webster said. Patty Pasky McMahon, Di rector of the Health and Well ness Center, says that she is not aware of any effort to steer stu dent athletes away from the vaccine. "It would be my recommen dation that all students, includ ing student athletes, obtain the vaccine," barring contraindica tions, she says. According to three players on the women's soccer team, in cluding sophomore forward Erin McCreary, Webster ad vised them away from the vac cine during a training room conversation. "He told us that it was our opinion [on whether] to go get it, but he advised that we don't because there hasn't been enough research on long term effects," McCreary said. "He said that nobody knows what could happen to you like ten years or so from now." See TRAINER page 3 Oh, Men's Soccer falls to Medaille in AMCC Championship LAUREN LIEBDZINSKI staff writer One goal is the only thing that sep arated the Behrend Lions from an AMCC championship against the Medaille Mavericks. The two teams had met each other earlier in the regular season, the game ending in an 0-0 tie at the end of two overtimes. This time, however, the Lions were looking for the win over the Mavericks, ulti mately earning the AMCC champi onship and receiving a bid into the NCAA tournament. The game commenced and the play was fairly even, both teams threatening to score very early on. The game continued this way, with possession quickly changing back and forth. Medaille pressured the Lions heav ily in the first half, making the Behrend men play continuous de fense. Despite the Mavericks' efforts, Behrend senior goal keeper Dustin Walker held strong in the net, mak ing saves left and right. Behrend then had their offensive pressure streak, but the Medaille de fense stood their ground and would not let the Lions create any threaten- Photoßeview: 2 Opinion: 6 News: 3 Science: 7 local/National: 4 Culture: 8 Community: 5 Sports: 10-12 Daniel Smith / The Behrend Beacon Medical assistant Lisa Fatica administered the HINI vaccine to sophomore Kat Sasko Wednesday. Sasko and other students were able to receive the vaccine free of charge in one of Penn State Behrend's free HINI vaccine clinics held this week on campus. Behrend holds H 1 N 1 vaccine clinics Students worried about the spread of HINI "Swine" Influenza can now breathe a little easier. Penn State Behrend held two free H . lNr vaccine clinics this week. Five to six hun dred students showed up during both clin ics. The first of two of Behrend's HINI vac cine clinics, the more successful of the two, was held on Wednesday at McGarvey Commons. Patty Pasky McMahon, nurse practitioner and Director of Behrend's Health and Wellness Center, says that over 400 students showed up in the first three and a half hours alone. Despite the popularity of the clinic, SO C ing scoring opportunities. With both teams looking for the first goal of the game, the tension and the physicality of the game rose. The physical play continued be tween the two teams, creating key defensive stops and generating of fensive attacks. At the 4:23 minute mark of the half, a Behrend player was called for a foul inside the 18-yard box, giving Medaille a penalty kick. The energy level in the stadium quickly raised, fans cheering louder than ever for Walker to make the save. Luckily, Walker came up big for the Nittany Lions and made the save on the shot. That one save instantly increased the spirit and energy of the Behrend team. The first half ended with the score tied at 0-0, setting the scene for an in tense second half. The second half started with the Mavericks possessing the ball. De spite this, thp game still continued to progress babk and forth. At the 32:19 minute mark of the second free kick, a perfect See SOCCER, page 10 r: 416 friday c - or, ..•4/ 48 mostly sunny ND BEACON ALLY ORLANDO news editor ose Behrend still has vaccines left over out of their batch of 2500, and will offer them to students throughout the rest of the year. According to McMahon, they antici pated that there would be a sufficient amount of doses left after the clinics this week in to hold additional clinics later in the semester, and in Spring. The Health and Wellness center plans to hold clinics at the REDC and Hammermill buildings and also in the evenings for those with conflicting schedules. McMahon says that the benefits are ob vious for getting the vaccine. "It gives over 85 percent probability that you won't get HINI if you come in contact with it," says McMahon. She explained that the clinics are using what is called an "inactivated" vaccine, • Jon Klein / The Behrend Beacon Goalkeeper Dustin Walker played a large role in keeping five at AMCCs, making several key saves. Behrend a rf saturday 59/ 5 clouds, afternoon sun consisting of virus particles grown in cul ture then killed, as opposed to a nasal spray with a greater risk of side effects. According to McMahon, the nasal spray typically goes to children so that they don't have to get a shot, but isn't as convenient for our campus' population. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), their Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recom mends that certain groups of the popula tion receive the vaccine before others. These groups include pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than six months of age, health care and emergency medical services per sonnel, people between the ages See CLINIC, page A day for remembrance A day ' r respect A Ribbon for Hope Aiel Smith / The Behrend Beacon Freshman Alyssa Craig receives one of 2000 yellow ribbons handed out to honor America's heroes. Students receive yellow ribbons in honor of Veterans Day For the 130 students on- yellow ribbon handout to campus who have served in honor veterans. the armed forces, the reality "About 20 spools of yellow of America's highest calling ribbon were used," she says, is engrained in their lives to create the 2000 ribbons forever. handed out to students. For the rest of the popula- Freshman Alyssa Craig, tion at Behrend, though, the above left, was one student importance of that service for whom the ribbon hit took a large step clw;er on close to home. Her brother, Wednesday. Tonytann Craig, is currently Giselle Hudson, who serving as a Staff Sergeant works in the Behrend Finan- in the Marines, and is on ac cial Aid office, organized a tive duty. 12 Pages • Volume 56 • Issue 1 LEB books The Clarks Pittsburgh rock band to play at Behrend Dec. 3 Lou For the second time in three years, .1 he Clarks, a rock band iginally from Pittsburgh, will he returning to Penn State Behrenu year's concert is being co-sponsored by the Lion Entertainment Board, and Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity. Members of both organizations will he heading production committees as well as working during the show. When asked why the LEB de cided to have such a large scale concert in the fall semester, LEB Executive Director Molly Thomas said "The Clark's schedule was open and they were extremely successful the last time they were here.- Successful is right. The last time the Clarks came to Behrend. which was in 2007, the concert sold out to 1000 people. ()t all in attendance, Sio were students of Behrend. Chat concert was also spon sored by the I T.B, with a co sponsorship ft om the I beta Phi Alpha sorority. Throughout the fall semester, the LEB brings several musical acts to campus, most of whom perform on the Bruno's stage Friday or Saturday nights. "I've been working with the Clarks agent since this summer. They knew how successful the concert was last time they See CLARKS, page 3 sunday 59 4 mostly cloudy A Penn State Behren Student Publicatio JOE GOETZ
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