New top for H&SS School selects Queens College professor for Director post RACHELLE THOMPSON news editor SHANNON EHRIN culture editor Dr. Steven Hicks, Chair Pro fessor of Philosophy at Queens College, was announced as the new Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sci ences on Thursday. “One thing that attracted me to the position as it was adver tised is that it seemed to be a very good match for my qualifi cations,” said Hicks. “1 was pleasantly sur prised; it was gratifying to know that the faculty and staff had confidence in my ability to take over as the Professor director,” said Steven Hicks Dl . John Gam _ ble, Distin guished Professor of Political Science and International Rela tions and the chair of the Direc tor search committee, believes that while Hicks will have to adjust to changes in the school, continued on page 8 'THESE AWARDS GIVE STUDENTS SOMETHING TO ASPIRE FOR, AND WORK TOWARDS." Fraternities and Sororities recognized for outstanding service IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE: Culture: 2-3 n . . in ,, . , Opinion: 10-11 Local/National: 4 / . „ r „ Sports: 12-14 News: 5-8 v Provided by Student Government Association Steven Burger and Hannah White, above, will be the SGA President and Vice President next year. Contested race sees 30% increase in voting A race which saw 14 students running for only ten spots as upperclassmen senators has drawn over 600 votes, nearly a 30 percent in crease from last year’s total. Stephen B.urger and Hannah White, both juniors, won the uncontested race for Presi dent and Vice President, respectively. They ran on the same ticket. Burger is a finance major, and White is a biology major. Briana Newstrom, a junior psychology mttjor, was elected to the position of Secre tary. Harshal Patel, a sixth semester supply chain and information systems major, was M/43r0^sa • • * - fl . v TbPjpHflw w 3/3O showers Faculty defeats seniors 65-63 sth annual Swishes for Wishes basketball game benefiting Make-A-Wish. BERGER AND WHlTf> TAKE THE REINS CONNOR SATTELY rditot-in (hivt Day in and day out, hundreds of students at Behrend toiled all year to improve their campus community. On Tuesday, many of them were honored at the Order of Omega and Interfrater nity & Panhellenic Councils Greek Awards Cer emony, which recognized students for 2009 work. According to Lauralee Geci, President of Order of Omega, the awards ceremony’s pur pose is to “recognize outstanding individual and chapter achievement in the areas of leadership, TY | 6 elected to the position of University Faculty Senate Representative. Elected to the contested position of Sena tor were Ryan Frankowski (freshman - In dustrial Engineering), Alii Heitzenrater (sophomore - Creative Writing), Cassie Kos mal (sophomore - Business), Aaron Morelli (freshman - Business), Devin Pierre (sopho more - Undecided), Jake Randolph (junior - Marketing), Aharon Robinson (freshman - Business), Jennifer Slane (freshman - Psy chology), Andrew Sywyj (freshman - Busi ness), and Ryan Voris (freshman - Computer Science). “Steve and Hannah are going to do a great job next year,” says current SGA President Brad Kovalcik. ALLY ORLANDO news editor ■ A 14 Pages • Volume 56 • Issue 2 EACON scholarship, community service, philanthropy, chapter programming, brotherhood and sister hood within Behrend’s Greek community.” “The Greek awards have really turned into a spectacular evening,” said Lindsey Hopkins Hall, Coord|nator of Student Involvement and Frater nity and Sorority Life. ‘'lt is wonderful to see so many fraternity and sorority members and cam pus community members come to celebrate their accomplishments. “This is really their time to shine and show off their accomplishments.” 44/46 tain / snow showers Daniel Smith / The Behrend Beacon A (ire emergency worker prepares to enter the brush. Emergency crews fight Behrend brush fire Firefighters have extin guished a brush fire at Penn State Behrend which ignited in brush by the Behrend Fields shortly after 6:00 p.m., accord ing to fire officials. “We are not sure where it started or how it started,” said Brookside Fire Company Fire Chief Kevin Tobin. No injuries were reported. “It was a hundred [feet] by sixty [feet] brush fire,” said Tobin, located on the side of a steep ravine between the Nick Building parking lot and the Behrend fields. “Being on the side of the ravine, most fire apparatus can’t fit to get back here. That’s the biggest issue.” Companies from Kuhl Hose and Brookside reported to the scene, bringing brush trucks, which are smaller emergency vehicles that have extra maneu verability built for dealing with See a full list of Awards on Page 7. ,f Women’s water polo notches two wins at W CWPA regional tournament in New It London, Conn, last weekend. CONNOR SATTELY editor-in-chiO 45/40 few showers SPORTS | 12 A Penn State Behrem Student Publicatioi such emergencies. Christina Nguyen, a fresh man majoring in health policy administration, was on the nearby fields for an intramurals soccer game when the fire began. “We saw smoke coming from the woods right next to the field, so we all went over to where the fire was to see what was going on,” she said. "|The brush] was on fire, and it was a pretty decent-sized fire." By the time Nguyen got to the border between the fields and the woods, emergency crews were on the scene. She said that most students at the Behrend fields were play ing on fields which were a safe distance away from the fire, so police and fire crews did not in struct them to leave the area. The students did eventually leave, though. “After a few minutes it was so smoky that you couldn't bear it," she said, "so you had to walk away anyway.” Sonney faces criticism over PSU comments CONNOR SATTELY rditni-m-i hit 1 ! State Representative Curt Sonney (R-Harborcreek) is fac ing harsh criticism from his op posing party following comments he made at an open forum in Erie on Tuesday. Democrats, including Gerald Price, who is running against Sonney in the fall elections, claim that Son ney said he would cut Penn State University funding by 20 percent. “1 asked him [if he were Gov ernor] what budget cuts he would make,” said Price “Without hesita tion, the first thing out of his mouth was T will cut Penn State University funding by 20 percent Top: Current Representative Curt Sonney. Sonney, how ever, says that the allegations are being made on a comment taken out of context. “I have no intentions whatso ever of cutting Penn State fund ing,” said Sonney, who has See CURT SONNEY, page 8 Bottom: Democratic Challenger Gerald Price
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