News Bluund Whi t does g reen KATIE DUFFY news editor Blue and White has turned a shade of green thanks to the Greener Behrend Task Force. Myriad facets of campus have been going through changes which can be seen throughout the surrounding foliage, construction, energy and water usage, and waste manage ment The TE is comp students faculty seek to 10 FRIDAY s:3opm @ Junker Center Women's Volleyball against Carnegie Melon 7pm @ Upper Reed Garners' Club: Game Night ~ .idbookii • Lbtott 1 MONDAY Bpm @ Reed Newsroom Public meeting of the Behrend Beacon editorial board. All public comments and participation is welcome. If you can read this Then you can write this together to actively promote and implement more ecologically friendly means of living on the Behrend campus. "Its original and main focus is teach students, faculty, and staff to incorporate stistaffinte practices into their daily lives and to try and reduce their carbon foot print.", says Randy Geering, Director of Operations of the Task Force's mission. Currently, the f dispos of pre 11 SATURDAY 12 SUNDAY 12:00 @ Junker Center Women's Volleyball against D'youville 3pm @ Junker Center Women's Volleyball against Grove City fr o_l *1 gii'd Noon @ D'Youville Men's Golf @, D'Youville Invitational Add your events on OrgSync or e-mail them to editor@psu.edu to get them on the Behrend Beacon weekly calendar! All public meetings and events are accepted, space permitting Dobbins is being reconsidered. While it is now deposited on cam pus, it will soon be used to make mulch shrub beds. "This will help sustainability in two ways: less food waste in land fill and a usable product saving the cost of purchase and trans portation.", says Geering. Greener Behrend Task Force has accomplished many of its original endeavors such as new recycling stickers on the recepta cles, installing motion-activated light detectors all over campus, ensuring a public bus stop on campus to reduce emissions, pur chasing new bike racks for the Junker Center, registering the Behrend campus as an arboretum, amongst a multitude of other en vironmental achievements. Enhancements such as a butter fly garden, free public bus usage to and from campus, individual cigarette butt containers in resi dential areas, and descriptive food labels at Dobbins are all part of the Greener Behrend Task Force's agenda. sumer to from For more information, visit www.greencampus.psu.edu. w ~~ . Yd Clubs and Organizations: 15 WED 6pm @ Reed 112 Math Club Meeting 9pm @ Reed 117 Get Him to the Greek $1 movie sponsored by LEB, SAF ( Obillittl3 A look at what is going on and what i coming up from the voice of Penn State Behrend's student body Jeff Tseng, treasurer jat3s7 Ken Miller, SGA faculty rub/riser, kqm3 What's up this week: In this weeks meeting, it was brought to the senates attention that there is a seat available for the Student Activity Fee Committee and a seat available for the Student Facility Fee committee. Any none voting student of the SGA can serve on the SAF committee and any student serve on the SFF committee if you are interested please contact the SGA President. What we are working on: The SGA standing committees have begun meeting and are currently developing initiatives for the year. The Student Affairs Committee is planning on having an open forum for students to voice their opinions. This forum will be open to all student and will serve as a way for SGA to get to know what the student body needs in any aspect of college life at Behrend. What's up in the future: The first SGA budget call deadline is today. Any recognized club or organization can turn in a re quest at the RUB Info Desk by s:oopm. Club offi cer training day is tomorrow at 10am. All club Presidents and Treasurers are required to attend, please meet in the Clarke Cafe by 10am for sign in. Health: continued from page one Several days after the event, a winner was chosen - Roseanna Smith. Another winner, Katie Vanepps, accurately counted the amount of condoms in a jar and won one of each of the free give aways. Gordon says that the event was so suc cessful, the Health and Wellness Center Amber: continued from page one Association of Black Collegians (ABC), Trigon, and Campus Crusade for Christ. The involvement of this number of clubs "really speaks to the impact that Amber had on people's lives," says Hall. Alex Ley, a Behrend senior political science major who was in Alpha Sigma Alpha with Heeter, says that the event transcends just one organization. Ernie: Shining continued from page one Daley's sister, who lives in New Hampshire, raises Affenpinschers and was the one who gave her Ernie. Sue believes that it was her sister, who is the president of the Affenpin scher Club of America, that directed the channel to Behrend. "I don't know how they decided to feature s:3opm @ Smith Chapel Protestant worship 7:3opm @ Smith Chapel Roman Catholic services 6:15 meet @ Reed Airsoft withma Tau Gamma ESDAY Stephen Burger, president srbsl2s Hannah White, vice-president hwfsool Briana Newstrom, secretary banso27 Spreading awareness Helping a family 16 THURSDAY 17 FRIDAY @ Cedar Point Beginning of Halloweekend 6pm @ Smith Chapel Creative Writers' Speakers Series: Michael Byers 9pm @ Reed 117 Get Him to the Greek $1 movie sponsored by LEB, SAF BEHREND BEACON September 10, 2010 www.thebehrendbeacon.com plans to hold a similar event in Spring to further spread awareness of the serv ices the center offers. "We do some awareness events in res idence halls, but with those a lot of the time you miss out on reaching com muter students," she said. "With these types of events, you get to get out there and reach all of the students on the cam pus." "This campus community never ceases to amaze me," she said. "Regard less of letters on a t-shirt or no letters at all, Behrend students are such a sup portive family." Tickets will also be available at the RUB Desk in the Reed Union Building. They will cost $5 each. Panhellenic Council is planning to have a table out side of Bruno's Café selling tickets on Sept. 21-23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the spotlight that breed," said Daley, "but they wanted one that was out there doing something more in teresting than sitting at home being a pet." With the fan base Erie has gathered around campus, it's evident to see that he's been more than doing something interesting. Ernie has become part of a larger family - one that appreciates him, and only furthers his fame. Get on the calendar! The Beacon is glad to display any events from any organization. Sub missions are due 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 editor@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. 9pm @ Reed 117 Get Him to the Greek $1 movie sponsored by LEB, SAF TGIF!
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