Vol. 46 No. 10
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Dr. Richard Young
By RABYIA AHMED
Staff Reporter
RZAIO9@PSU.EDU
Professor Richard Young,
associate professor of supply chain
management, is also a traveler and
risk taker. There is a lot more to this
business professor than most people
know. He has traveled to over eight
countries and sat in the cockpit of an
airplane through its landing.
Young spent five years in Singapore
in 1996-2000 as part of Penn State
University’s division of executives
program. Traveling overseas is an
eye opening experience.
Young said that he loved being
in Singapore. “1 like the crossing
of cultures. I think it makes life
interesting,” he said.
Besides Singapore, he has
also traveled to Germany, the
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
Alaska, Japan, South Korea, Hong
Kong, the United Kingdom and a
few more. But the one country he
keeps going back to is Canada.
“It’s my favorite place on earth,”
said Young.
He said that Vancouver, Canada is
the most beautiful of all the places he
has seen.
When Young was coming back
home from Singapore and the flight
attendant asked him if she could get
him anything, he replied, “I’d like to
go into the cockpit.” So, to Young’s
surprise, she took him to the cockpit
and he was able to sit behind the pilot
and copilot and watch them land the
airplane. “It was cool,” he said.
There is more to Young’s risk
taking adventures, though. In 1991,
he decided to get a pilot license. 15
years later, he hasn’t had the chance
to finish the necessary requirements,
so he has named that as his goal
in life.
In addition, Young has also been
kayaking in Arctic Norway with
his wife. “That,” he said, “was
interesting.”
Young became a professor from a
drastic mid-life change he decided to
make in his career when he decided
to go back to school for his doctorate
degree in logistics. After being
about 19 years in the pharmaceutical
and chemical industry, he wanted
to go into teaching business at the
college level. “I thought it would be
an interesting change in my life,”
said Young. He said his previous
career was nice but he really enjoys
his current teaching career. Besides
teaching, he also enjoys what he
is teaching. He said that he likes
the business field because business
changes from company to company,
industry to industry, country to
country and year to year. “Change is
good,” he said.
Upon, his drastic career change in
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Cost vs. conve
How Stacks Market prices hold up against local food vendors
While Stacks Market provides an
immediate solution to the problem
of hunger in the middle of a day
full of classes, many students feel
that the price doesn’t reflect the
product received.
“The General Tso’s Chicken
tastes like rubber,” said Mike
Surenda, junior, Structural Design
and Construction Engineering
Technology (SDC ET).
This sentiment of food quality
not being reflected in food prices is
something that is echoed in nearly
every student voice on campus.
“Every time I want something it’s
gone, and if I get what 1 want it’s
always cdld,” said Aarne Stefanon,
junior, SDC ET.
Many students and faculty draw
comparisons of Stacks Market to
other local places in Middletown.
Many students prefer to go to
The refrigerator section in Stacks Market looks a bit bleak on Friday af
ternoon, but normally, sandwiches and wraps are found on these shelves.
Stacks Market prices are frequently compared to local area businesses.
Facebook me, pretty please?!
As 1 was walking around in the
computer labs in the Olmsted
basement, I noticed an unusual
phenomenon. It appeared that more
and more students were logged
into to a little webpage known
as Facebook.
This led me to the question, “What
in the world is this new phenomenon
and how can I be apart of it?”
The Facebook craze began in
the minds of three people, Mark
Zuckerberg the founder, Dustin
Moskovitz the keeper and Chris
Hughes known as the empath.
Launched to the public on Feb 4,
2004, the website states its purpose
as an online directory that connects
people through social networks at
school. Knowing all this, it still did
not fulfill my appetite to know why
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Staff Reporter
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By DIANE KENNEY
Staff Reporter
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people would still look at the site for
hours on end.
So I did the most appropriate thing I
could think of. I joined Facebook.
My first step to becoming a
Facebook junkie was going to the
website, www.Facebook.com.
As the site pops up before I even
begin to register, I am blessed with
knowing that I have the ability to
look up people at school, see how
people know each other, find people
in classes and groups, all of which
begins to excite me. As I do not have
a login in yet, I decided to register.
The first step in this process is
entering my name and school email
address, followed by choosing a
password. Now I don’t know about
you, but the following step seems
quite odd to me, enter the word
that you see in the box. What is the
purpose of that? I’m in college; an
institute of higher learning. I better
know how to read a word in a box.
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student ID.
Students do have the
option of saving 10 percent
on every purchase here at Stacks
Market, though. Each student’s ID
card is also their access to Lion
Cash, the cafeteria’s way of offering
discounts to students.
Lion Cash works by either paying
cash to the cashiers at Stacks Market
to have it put on their ID cards, or
by going online at http://www.
idcard.psu.edu/students/lioncash.
shtml. With this money on an ID
card a student can get 10 percent
off of all purchases.
Even with Lion Cash discounts
available, a group of six students
had a spending range of $55 to $7O
per week. Depending on how often
someone relies on Stacks for meals
that amount can be even more.
Students draw comparisons
between the wrap sandwiches in
the refrigerator section of Stacks
and the made-to-order subs offered
by Subway. A small wrap sandwich
costs $3.29 at Stacks, but anyone
can go get a 12-inch sub for only
a dollar more. Likewise, with the
By the way, my word was reason.
The next step was to wait for an
email to arrive and confirm my
information. I was now an official
Facebook junkie.
fun stuff.
Step two: enter all of my personal
information. I now have the
capability to enter anything I want
from relationship status to political
views, what clubs on campus I’m
involved in, to my favorite movies
and quotes.
I traveled on down further with the
ability to enter my classes and create
photo albums of past events. As I
became more familiar with Facebook,
I realized that the photo feature is
really used as a way of showing off
drunken friends at parties and bars.
My mind was blown away at
all the time I spent on Facebook. I
started to invite people to be my
friends, and as I learned, this did
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cheeseburger and the
double cheeseburger offered on
McDonald’s dollar menu.
There are many other avenues to
lower cost meals that just aren’t
available within the class time
frame that students have to follow.
A package of Rold Gold honey
braided pretzel twists is $2.49
at Stacks but only costs $2.24 at
Giant. Giant is a little far to walk to
and not worth the drive for only a
snack, though.
Many students have also expressed
interest in wanting a meal plan.
Students have heard how they
work at other campuses and feel
that a meal plan could save them
money, but Gregory Schiavoni,
Assistant Director of Housing and
Food Services, insists that is not
the case.
“Straight 10 percent off the top
is better than most university meal
plans,” said Schiavoni.
Schiavoni went on to explain why
the prices in Stacks are the way
they are. Quality products are used
in the recipes rather than cheaper
grades. The menu is also constantly
not mean just people that are here in
the Penn State system. Oh no, I was
finding people I went to high school
with as well. This allowed me to
become connected and keep updated
on old friends as 1 was making
new friends.
I also ventured into joining clubs.
I became a member of such clubs as
Penn State Harrisburg and I live for
champs on Thursdays. I felt as though
I was suddenly living the high life,
the completion of my entrance as a
Facebook junkie.
Throughout the semester there
were events and parties that I had
missed and pondered what had
happened. Through being a junkie,
I’ve discovered that people are
more than willing to place pictures
of themselves and activities
on Facebook.
It is not just about the pictures
though, oh no. I began searching
Penn State Harrisburg and came
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even though.
Vending machines on campus
have currently raised prices to
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vending machine prices are
Jr controlled by Housing and
Food Services at University
Park. The Housing and Food
Services here at Penn State
Harrisburg is only responsible
for executing the decisions of
University Park.
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Another common misconception
is that Stacks Market receives
money from tuition dollars. Stacks
is its own self-supportive business
with unionized labor. Stacks Market
currently hires 8 full-time employees
and 18 student employees.
Stacks Market does have a
suggestion box on the end of
the eating bar in the dining area
and welcomes all suggestions
from students. Most suggestions
are dismissed for being junk.
Suggestions like beer, steak and
lobster, and free lunch on Fridays
make the majority of suggestions.
Stack’s also plans on hosting a
monthly forum in their special
events room to field questions from
the student body. This could provide
an opportunity for the students to
finally voice their concerns about
prices, hours, and menu options.
The first forum for Housing and
Food Services has not yet been
announced and no future plans
were announced either.
across all types of postings for parties
and events such as the Boobies Ball
last Friday.
Much to my shock, 1 was
surprised to learn that this was not
just for students, but faculty and staff
members as well.
When 1 asked other PSH students
their opinions of Facebook, they
were happy to reply.
Steve O’Holla, senior, said, “It was
a great way to stay in touch with
friends from high school and friends
from other colleges. It’s also a good
way to remember friends’ birthdays
as Facebook sends reminders out.”
For me, this was a whole new
cultural experience. I could relate
with the students in the computer
labs now. I entered the dark side
and liked it, and now I am a junkie
for life.
This is like 21 st century ethnography
and, as Afolabi Oyelowo, senior, said,
“There is no rehab for Facebook.”
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