BEHREND BEACON • November 13, 2009 Communit www.thebehrendbeacon.com 13 FRIDAY 14 SATURDAY 15 SUNDAY Late Drop Deadline 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. @ Bruno's "Life on Wheels" • sponsored by SGA • chance to win a 10-dollar gift curd to Sheet: 16 MONDAY 17 TUESDAY 18 WEDNESDAY 19 THURSDAY 7:30 p.m. @ Samuel P "Pat" Black 111 Conference Center "Fuel" • sponsored by Block of Business A section examining how Behrend students are making a difference in their community Behrend's THON season in full swing with 24 For a Cure In the community: More wan fifteen students danced for 24 hours to raise money for THON rTHIS WEEK'S SPORTS 11 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 • men's soccer plays Lebanon Valley in the ECAC Tour nament at Gannon University at 1:30 p.m. • women's soccer plays Penn State Altoona in the [CAC Tournament at Altoona at 11:00 a.m. • swim team competes against Allegheny at 1:00 p.m SUNDAY, NOVEMBE • men's soccer E Gannon University • women s soc cer ECAC final at Altoona, time TBA • women's volley play in the ECAC and location TBA, WEDNESDAY, N • men's basketba (lonia at 8:00 p.m. -[l.l bold indicates a home game 9:00 p.m. @ Bruno's Comedian Nate Bargatze • has appeared on Conan O'Brien and Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. @ Ice Center of Erie Ice Skating Night • sponsored by Marketing Club, SAF • two-dollar skate rental for first 30 who sign up at the Rub Desk 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. @ Reed 112 NCLEX 1-Day Review 5:00 p. m. @ Reed 114 "Pillow Talk," open dis cussion about politics and current issues • hosted by HRPC • refreshments served 8:00 - 10:00 am. @ Smith Chapel Prayer and meditation • Smith Chapel Worship Space 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. @ Junker Center Men's Varsity Basketball Contest 12:00 p.m. @ McGarvey Commons Ethos Percussion Group MIKE 0. WEHRER news editor Behrend's THON campaign kicked into high gear with 24 For a Cure. The 24-hour dance marathon was held in Erie Hall on Nov. 7. "It went really well," said THON Chair Carly Lapp, "we didn't have as many as last year. We had tons of food and we got plenty of donations. It was really hard to get through it, but we had great moral for all the people that did join us." The event wasn't without set backs though. "We actually had a few dancers stay home," said Lapp "one had Swine Flu. It ended up dropping down to 15 to 20 dancers, and a few other dancers had to leave." Lapp also spoke highly of the volunteer support "There were be tween also 16 and 20 other volunteers there," she said "a lot of parents came and helped. Molly's [Thomas] did the 6 4 1 9 8 8 5 1 983 5 I 111 5 6 3 111 111 4 5 7 6 1111 4 Every row, column, and 3x3 section must contain the numbers 1 through 9. A number may not be used more than once in the same row, column, or 3x3 section. UPCOMING CULTURE , EVENTS November 12 through 19 • Alice: Tales of a Curious Girl Behrend Studio Theater, :00 p.m. • Student ticket $7.00 General admission $lO.OO November 13 and 14 • Paper Heart Reed 117, 10:00 p.m., $l.OO 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. @ Smith Chapel Protestant Campus Ministry • Smith Chapel Worship Area 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. @ Smith Chapel Catholic Mass 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. @ Smith Chapel Protestant Ministry Fellowship • Smith Chapel Living Room dj'ing and my parents and Jess' parents came to help out. Jess Durbin was the event planner, and she did a great job, she set up our agenda, for what we were going to do." Lapp said that Behrend had increased their total donations for 24FAC from around $1,300 last year to $1,733.53 this year. The total for this fundraising season is about $6,200, after only a month of fundraising. We have four confirmed dancers that we will have on the floor throughout whole 46 hours," said Lapp "we really want to strive to get more peo ple to go this year, for as big as our campus is, we really only had this itty bitty crowd in the stands last year, and we really want to get a lot more to come, so Behrend actually represents the campus size we are. We can send as many as we please, as long as we get those people in side, that's all that counts. We just want Behrend to actually stand up and represent what size campus we are, since we're so big." The main event of THON, a marathon dance at University Park, takes place Feb 19-21. According to the THON web site, THON is the largest stu- 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ McGarvey Commons Dinner for Six Strangers Lisa Shirdley lead a line dance at 24 For a Cure. Behrend raised over $1,700 with this event alone The event was held in Erie Hall on Nov. 7 dent-run philanthropy in the world. Thon has raised over $6l million for the Four Dia monds Fund at Penn State Chil dren's Hospital. THON started in 1973 with 34 dancers raising $2,000. Get on the calendar! The Beacon is glad to display any events from any organization. Sub missions are dile the Wednesday by 5:00 p.m. for publication in that week's issue. To submit an item for the calendar, send an e-mail with information or attachments to beaconnewso psu.edu. While you should include all possi ble information, submissions may be edited due to space constraints. Please contact the Beacon for spe cial requests. 20 FRIDAY 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. @ Junker Center Women's Varsity Basket ball Contest THON is now a year-round event and has more than 15,000 volunteers and 700 dancers at the big dance marathon in Feb.