Monday, Lion ambassadors spread PSH pride By Kim Glass Staff Writer They might not wear short cheerleading skirts or yell Penn State’s fight song through blue and white megaphones, but Diane Finnefrock considers the Lion Ambassadors the cheerleaders for Penn State Harrisburg. “Our main goal is to promote this college in every possible way,” says Finnefrock, the President of Lion Ambassadors. The Lion Ambassadors have been successfully promot ing PSH since 1983. Their club is chartered under the Penn State Alumni Association, and they work closely with alumni members. Some of their most recent campus projects involved representing the campus at the Com munity Arts and Crafts Fall Festival, assist ing with fall graduation, helping the Provost and Dean John Bruhn host receptions and conducting campus tours for future students. This club spreads PSH Pride off campus also. “This semester we are looking forward to working out on location with admission CROSSWORD ANSWERS ON PAGE 3 ACROSS I. 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Preposition 18. Before (poetic) 20. Cap 22. Earl's territory 25. Unhappy 27. Article 29. Father's boy 31. Free 33. Fall month (abbr.) 35. Sash 36. Tell 38. Focus 39. Close 42. Type of dive 45. Sage 47. Gripe 49. Basic 51. Serious 52. Allowance 54. Season of fasting 56. Achieve 58. Woe 59. Fish eggs 61. Sucker 65. Easter state (abbr.) 67. Exist The Club Scene Tarnhelm features PSH arts By Diane Finnefrock Staff Writer Calling all writers, poets, artists and pho tographers ... we want you to submit your most creative work to the Tarnhelm. Tarnhelm is a literary and arts magazine published each spring by the faculty and stu dents of Penn State Harrisbuig. The Tarnhelm symbol harkens back to the winged helmet worn by Sigurd Volsund in Richard Wagner’s “Ring Cycle,” a series of operas based on German mythology. When it is placed on the head, it inspires one to heighten their imagi native expression. Quite an appropriate title. According to adviser Dr. Theodora Rapp Local couple lined up their engagement online By Barb Roy Entertainment Editor “You’ve Got Mail.” These discreet little words made Kathleen Kennedy’s (Meg Ryan) and Joe Fox’s (Tom Hanks) hearts skip a beat in the movie by the same name. Those same words made Brooke Sweigard’s heart flip-flop, too, every time she got home after school, she would eagerly check her e-mail. When she began to enter chat rooms dur ing high school, she would communicate with many high school and college age students in the “Flirt Nook” America Online (AOL) chat room. “I asked if anyone lived in Pennsylvania and that’s how I first connected with Todd Egy. He lives in Lancaster,” the 21-year old Halifax native said. One month after they first exchanged greet ings, Todd called her. That night they talked for three hours. Already narrowed down from Pennsylvania to Lancaster; from computer to phone, it was now time to close the gap. Brooke decided to quietly visit the Friendly’s restaurant where he worked to check out her new friend. “I decided to bring my mother to see what she would think of him,” Brooke said, adding her mother was being somewhat overbearing Is that him? Is that him? Brooke finally mustered the courage to ask one of the restaurant waitresses about Todd’s location. It took just one glance through the restaurant’s back room window to capture her heart. “He had freckles, strawbeny-blonde hair, and boyish good looks. He was so cute,” Brooke recalled. She asked the waitress to tell Todd that “Brooke said hi.” The admira tion was mutual. He waved to her through the window and then called later that night, Graham, the Tarnhelm restarted around 1971 as a creative voice for students on campus. “The Tarnhelm has a long tradition,” Gra ham said. “Students across campus are en couraged to submit their work, not just stu dents of Humanities. We don’t want to give that impression because there may be creative people in other schools of the Capital Col lege. This is something that is funded through student activities, and is for die students. This is also the first year that the Schuylkill cam pus has the opportunity to submit their work.” In case you are shy or intimidated about your work, don’t be. See "Tarnhelm " on page 4 making a date for the weekend. “Independence Day” came for Brooke and Todd when they finally met and freed them selves from merely an Internet and phone relationship. They went to see that movie on their first date. Frequenting movies has be come a pastime for the new couple. When they met, Brooke had been attend ing Millersville University, a mere stone’s throw away from Todd. It was summer and they were both home. But then fall rolled in, and Todd was attending college at Clarion University. Todd was living away from home. Brooke was not eager to go back to a phone and online relationship, so she transferred to Clarion, following her love and her heart. After their engagement, the couple decided to return to the Harrisburg area with Todd attending HACC (Harrisburg Area Commu nity College) and Brooke attending Penn State Harrisburg. Brooke, a Communications major, and her fianc6 moved back into their respective parents’ houses to begin invest ing money for marriage. Brooke said they are planning for a May 2000 wedding. They spend half their time at each other’s house during the week. “This is hard on my car and I live out of a duffel bag,” says Brooke. It is about a one and a half hour com mute between them, depending on traffic. Todd, who is majoring in computer science hopes to transfer to PSH soon, provided he passes his calculus course. Although they have much in common, such as enjoying alternative music and comput ers, Brooke doesn’t recommend this high tech approach to dating fen- everyone. “I wouldn’t do it again,” she laughed, “I was only seventeen.” Then again, good things come to those who e-mail.
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