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By Kathyrn Herr
Editor in Chief
kah92B@psu.edu
Let me start out by thanking
everyone for pointing out the
wrong date on the masthead
from last issue. People from
friends, professors to students
I don't even know pointed that
mistake out to me. I even got a
nice little message on my door
about it. So for all of you who
caught that mistake I am just
glad you picked up a copy of the
paper—Thank You.
That means we need more
proofreaders, so come on down!
I encourage you all to support
a fellow Penn Stater aiming
high to create awareness of
breast cancer by participating
in the Paint Harrisburg Pink
for Breast Cancer events
around Harrisburg this month,
as October is Breast Cancer
Awareness month and its all for
a good cause.
On another note I think go
swimming in our Olympic sized
multi million-dollar pool later on
this week. I was in it last year
and the water is awesome this
time of year. Seriously, its great
I think we should have another
go at the flick and float thing
that. Student Activities tried
during move-in weekend. And
why didn't you all go the first
time? Yeah I know its because
you were busy trying to hook up
your Ethernet cables or testing
out the new microwave with an
exploding hot dog. I once spent
a whole summer floating on a
pool raft drinking margaritas and
I would do it again in a second.
I think a second go at it would
be fun and maybe we can talk
Nancy into being the bartender
for the night (just kidding
Nancy). Who's with me? (Sans
margaritas of course.)
Here's a question for you why
don't we have Italian language
classes here? Ransom I know,
but I have a point. Stay with
me people. I want to speak
Italian, but there are no classes
offered. If any of you have a
class you want offered and you
really mean business, I think I
am going to start up a petition
for you guys and put it in the
paper. We should really have
the classes offered if there is an
interest. How about ballroom
dancing or chess tactics. Maybe
aynak enriches students' lives and his own
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He owes his success to hard work
and the opportunities provided to
him when he moved to the U.S.
Now a resident of Hummelstown,
he became a U.S. citizen in
2003. He admits, however, that
success and sacrifice are kin and
that at times his long and grueling
schedule has been felt by both
he and his family.
Kaynak says what he enjoys
most about teaching is the
interaction with the students.
"It is rather enlightening to interact
with a younger generation," he
says. Kaynak smiles when he
says he is aging so much faster
than the students he has taught
for 30 years who don't seem to
age at all.
"When I first started in this
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some Botany or pottery classes?
I'll see what I can do.
Well I don't know about you
guys but I am still sporting the
flip flops. I know the winter
months are creepin' in but they
won't scare me into sneakers.
Here's a flip flop story for ya. I
wore flip flops to the PSU/Ohio
State tailgate this weekend and
from that experience I have one
word MUD in my toes. However
while the rest of you are still
cleaning mud off your sneakers
I just threw my flip flops in the
trash and bought a new pair at
Old Navy for $3.00.
How about that game? Yeah
that's all I have to say.
For those of you who didn't
make it up there that weekend
you missed some fun. After
the game State College looked
like there had been a prison riot
and the cops were out in full
riot gear. Helmets with shields,
batons and the largest cans of
Mace I've ever seen. That is
amazing to me that Penn State
college students could make
such a ruckus.
GO PENN STATE!!
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profession, I was a friend to the
students. We were equal age.
Then I became the older brother.
Then became the father. Now,
I've become their grandfather."
Kaynak recently returned from
Cambodia where he spent forty
days on a special fellowship grant.
It was his third competitively
awarded fellowship grant.
Despite the country's glaring
poverty, Kaynak says the beauty
of the people and of the land are
locked in his memory. He will
never forget the kindness he saw
first hand.
Kaynak says an interesting
aspect of the Cambodian way
of life was that after five o'clock
in the evening, the Cambodian
police call it quits for the night.
However, the Cambodian
citizens then take to the streets
themselves; policing and
punishing lawbreakers. He
SGA upd
By Maruja Rosario
Assistant Editor
mxr3oo@psu.edu
As the leaves begin to turn
to show the coming of winter,
the Student Government
Association shed its old skin
by conducting business in
their new meeting room,
TLIIB. In this media
savvy classroom, the SGA
invited guests to speak and
answer questions about two
completely different issues.
The first guest was Robert
Brinkley, head of the lIT
department. Brinkley gave
a short presentation and
brought to the attention
of the senate the fact that
students and faculty on
campus have quickly trailed
downward in their use of
dial-up Internet and have
replaced it with higher
speed Internet choices.
This has left the Penn State
Harrisburg campus with an
excess of modems, once
needed in order to ensure
recalls one incident when private up a bit, Kaynak says
citizens chased and arrested a Kaynak does not listen much to
police officer traveling the street music; when he does, his radio
Professor Kaynak loves to travel, especially to England. He
says he would like to open a pub on the countryside there.
intoxicated on his bike. The is tuned to 104.1 F.M.. He was a
drunken policeman was roughed fan of the controversial DJ Bruce
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that there would not be too
many busy signals that now
cost the campus money to
maintain. Brinkley proposed
the removal of 48 modems,
saving the campus the use
of lIT money in order' to pay
the charges on them and
allowing it to return to the
classrooms and labs. The
proposal was tabled to the
following week's business
agenda.
The second guests were
JoAnn Coleman and
Gregory Schiavoni, director
and assistant director of
Housing and Food Services.
These two did not enter the
room with a presentation,
as they were there more
for question and answer
period. As soon as they were
done speaking, they were
bombarded with senators'
question, representing the
whole of the student body.
The major issues were the
lack of healthy food and
vegetarian food, the lack
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of variety in the menu, the
inability for the cafeteria to
stay open longer on Friday
and on weekends, and the
possibility of a convenience
mart for students to buy food
for their kitchens. Schiavoni
stressed that student
feedback is important in
making decisions and had
proposed re-instating the
board that allows students
to sit with Food Services
and help plan the menu.
After that, it was business
as usual, with a smooth
meeting. The newest wave
of budgets were approved
or struck, and business
concluded shortly there
after.
For more information on
how to get involved with
PSH's Student Govern
ment Association, con
tact Michael Edwards
at mlesooo@psu.edu.
Bond a few years ago. Kaynak
is not a film buff, because he
doesn't like large, dark rooms.
He will go to the theater on those
rare occasions when he finds a
film compelling enough.
While he's no fan of TV sitcoms,
Kaynak's favorite TV fare is
CNN's Larry King. He also enjoys
Barbara Walters' interviews and
was fond of ABC news anchor
Peter Jennings who Kaynak says
that was "a great loss."
He has logged a lot of travel
miles and is interested in new
experiences. Kaynak's favorite
culinary tastes include Chinese,
Thai, and, of course, Turkish. He
has, over the years, developed
his own curry recipe for Indian
dishes, having first been exposed
to the spice by his Pakistani
college roommate.
It was only recently that Kaynak
has developed somewhat of a
ravo,
fondness for pets; thanks to his
daughter's Chihuahua, which he
says is starting to warm up to him,
and he to it. That hasn't always
been the case. He still has vivid
memories of being attacked by
a dog when he was young. and
that his culture is not inclined to
have house pets.
Upon his retirement, Kaynak
would like to open a pub on the
countryside of Yorkshire Dales of
West Yorkshire, England.
Kaynak's ambition and hard
work have brought him a long
way in his life and he believes that
he has accomplished all of his
professional goals. He remains
enthusiastic about teaching
and embraces the differences
between himself and his students,
saying, "Of course we all have
our own value systems, but still
we can find common ground."