"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."
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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-
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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,
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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
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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,
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Goalkeeper Dustin Walker played a large role in keeping
five at AMCCs, making several key saves.
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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
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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.
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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
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