Kinsey Sicks
SHAWN ANNARELLI
Kinsey Sicks performed a vulgar, dis
turbing and truly enjoyable act for hun
dreds of Behrend students in McGarvey
Commons.
The bottom line is that they brought
the entire audience to a standing ova
tion.
"We bring enjoyment and corruption
to our audiences," said Trampolina, a
member of Kinsey Sicks.
Kinsey Sicks is self-proclaimed as
Nathan Myers (left) and Danielle Dortenzo (right) performed a duet together and were finalists at the Behrend Idol competition on March 25.
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Breastival Testival holds mini-festival to raise awareness
CAROLYN ZAFFINO
On March 30, McGarvey Commons
will be transformed into a mini-festival
for cancer awareness, known as the
Breastival Testival Festival.
It is being held by the School of Nurs
ing, Hamot for Women, the Office of
Student Activities, and a few other local
organizations.
The festival begins at 11 a.m. and goes
until 4 p.m. “This free event for stu
dents is held to raise breast cancer and
testicular cancer awareness and pro
mote good health habits among young
men and women,” says Kris Torok, the
Director of Student Activities. Torok
went on to state that the main purpose
of the festival is that, while the students
are playing games and eating the free
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bring "enjoyment and corruption"
"America's Favorite Dragapella Beau
tyshop Quartet." Indeed, their sublime
harmony mixed with their provocative
nature made for a unique experience.
'We've been trying to bring in Kinsey
Sicks for over a year," said Virginia
Rodgers, a senior communications
major and the president of Trigon. "We
looked them up last year, fell in love
with them and did a lot of hard work to
bring them in."
Rodgers said she hopes that the per
formance allows students to be open to
embracing diversity on campus.
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period-which was interrupted by
Spring Break-and its location. They
hoped to hold it in Bruno’s because
they thought that it would draw a
larger crowd.
“We had some contestants who
were first-time performers. We didn’t
want to put them in a place that would
really put them on the spot. Reed 117
is a more intimate setting,” Rosales
said.
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However, Rosales thought that the
turn out they received in Reed 117
was great.
About 50 or 60 students showed up.
The final three contestants were Jes
sica Hartman, Virginia Rodgers, and
the duo of Nathan Myers and Danielle
Dortenzo.
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tant information. There are even prizes a prize if they go through all 23 educa
involved for attending the festival. tional tables. The tickets gained at each
Torin Karsonovich, a member of the table can be used in the Chinese auc-
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Kinsey Sicks' hour-long show con
sisted of borderline distasteful pop song
parodies and endless insults directed at
the audience.
"Did you ever notice that the more we
insult people the more they like us?"
said Trixie, another member of Kinsey
Sicks, and also said that she is living a
dream.
"We spread joy all over America and
see the world,” Trixie said. "There is a lot
of substance to our show, too. 1 want
young people to think about their
dreams and take steps towards those
White, the President of the Panhel
lenic Council; Kris Torok, the Director
of Student Activities; and Mike Bilz, a
junior international business and mar
keting major.
Nathan Myers, a freshman mechan
ical engineering major, has been in
bands since he was 14.
“It was interesting. I was a little bit
nervous, which was strange. I’ve
played in front of thousands and this
was 50, but I’ve never played in that
intimate of a setting,” Myers said.
Myers sang a duet with junior
Danielle Dortenzo. “I will definitely do
it next year. I probably will do the
[duet] again if Danielle wants to,” he
said.
Jessica Hartman, a freshman Com-
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After the show, for better or worse,
she may be in the dreams of a Behrend
student, Shane Bromley, a junior chiro
practic major. Trixie declared him as her
new love interest and hit on him for sev
eral minutes halfway through the show.
"I laughed so hard I got a headache."
Bromley said. "1 blew her a kiss, too."
Kinsey Sicks took it easy on Bromley
when you consider how the group unex
pectedly incorporated Kyle Egli into the
show.
ight
stage and singing in front of people as
“the most amazing feeling in the
world.”
“At first it was a little bit intimidat
ing because a lot of the kids knew a lpt
of the people that were in the audi
ence, and I didn’t necessarily have
that going for me,” Hartman said.
These feelings don't last long,
though. “Anything I was worried
about or concerned about before I
sing disappears.”
“It was really cool to be recognized
by Dr. Bishop because I had him for
choir, and he really demands excel
lence, which is something I really re
spect,” Hartman said.
According to Rosales, all of the con
testants were pretty well-prepared,
“They all knew what they were
doing, which made it harder for the
judges to choose a winner,” she said.
“Congrats to all the contestants, I re
ally think they did a good job.”
There are some people, like Emily and
Chelsea Lewis, who volunteered to work
because they had a relative taken by
cancer.
“We volunteered because we are in
Scrubs Club and we were asked to vol
unteer and help out with the festival and
it also is something that has significant
meaning to us,” said Emily Lewis.
Torok was happy to -say there have
been 60 students that have signed up to
volunteer, but students are still able to
volunteer for the festival by simply
going to the Office of Student Activities
and signing up at the RUB Desk.
There have been meetings, for those
running the festival, since late January.
There is also a training session for any
body who would like to help out at one
of the education tables.
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Sunday
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Playing
with race
AMBER MILLER
Are you white? Be Asian.
Are you Asian? Be Hispanic.
Or black, or Indian.
Diversity hit home for stu
dents who received a rare
chance: the ability to see their
appearance as a member of a
different race.
This chance came in the form
of a "Race Machine," which the
Diversity Committee of Student
Government Association (SGA)
displayed in front of Bruno’s
this week.
Almedina Alicusic, the Chair
person of the Diversity Com
mittee, says that the Race
Machine was brought to raise
awareness of different ethnici
ties.
"The diversity aspect of it is a
large reason we brought it
here,” said Alicusic, a junior
studying English literature at
Behrend. "Showing what you
could look like as a different
ethnicity helps us realize that
we re all closer than we think."
The machine models its
viewer s appearance as a differ
ent race or age. It also models
an idea of what a person's chil
dren would look like if paired
with another participant.
“It was an interesting experi
ence,” said freshman biology
major Danielle Pelenskv, "to
see what 1 would look like in
someone else's skin.
Alicusic and co-director Rose
Francois were a driving force in
bringing the Race Machine to
campus.
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Economy
speaker
packs
conference
center
AKEEM MCINTOSH
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A government sponsored Cri
sis “How Fannie, Freddie, and
the Fed caused the recession.”
Wondering
where your
savings
went?
Economist
Andrew
Young spoke
to a packed
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“Pat” Black
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ence Center
on Thursday Who
night and of- Economist
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answers. Young
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as part of the Economics
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and Liberty Speaker
Speaker Se
ries at Penn State Behrend,
sponsored by Charles Koch.
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Behrend Beacon
In his address to students,
Young discussed the role that
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
played in the recent market col
lapse.
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