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By RABYIA AHMED
Staff Reporter
RZAIO9@PSU.EDU
The word creativity comes
to mind when describing this
brand new Penn State Harrisburg
professor, Sofia M. Vidalis. She is
creative in her teaching as well as
her research. But her ability goes
beyond that too, as she also
enjoys painting.
Determined to succeed as a
professor, she prepares her lesson
plans well in advance. She makes a
special effort to read everything in
the chapters of the class textbook
to assure that her students will
understand them.
If there is a diagram in the book
that appears to be unclear, she will
create her own. If the example
problems given in the book are
not clear enough, she will create
her own.
“I’ll do anything I think will
help my students understand the
material,” said Vidalis, assistant
professor of engineering structural
design, and construction and
engineering technology.
She doesn’t want them to be going
to class and not know what is going
on. Wanting her students to learn is
very important to her. She believes
that placing herself in the students’
shoes is the best way to teach them.
A different job is not even
something she would consider.
Teaching at Penn State Harrisburg
while doing research, she said, is
good enough. The only downside of
the job, she said, is staying up late
grading tests.
However, she wouldn’t mind
teaching oversees in places like
Morocco, Egypt and Italy because
she loves to travel. Among those
places, Vidalis has also traveled to
Switzerland, Turkey, UAE,
Canada and Greece, where she is
originally from.
If she could be any animal, she
would be a bird because they’re
free to see the entire world.
Specifically, she would want to be
a parrot because along with the
ability to fly, she would be able
to talk.
As for research, she enjoys
learning new things in her field
Right now, she’s researching
on quality control on concrete
pavements. She collaborates a
lot with the Federal Highway
Administration (FHA).
She has even created a software
program to maximize profits
for construction.
The part of her creativity that’s
expressed through painting relaxes
her. “It’s one of my hobbies,” said
Vidalis. Mainly, she paints her
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INDEX:
Avoid being the
next senseless victim
A beautiful cedar casket with the slogan "Reserved for the next Drunk Driving Victim" sits on display in the Special
Events room as part of the "Save a Life" alcohol awareness program. The program was well attended by students.
By MARIN RENDORITIS
Assistant Layout Editor
MABS33B@PSU.EDU
Each year, alcohol-induced
vehicle crashes kill
someone every 31 minutes.
On average, 48 people are killed
daily due to drinking and driving.
It could be the driver, a passenger,
or simply an innocent victim.
No matter what the situation,
knowing the effects of drinking and
driving and having the courage to
stop is important knowledge for
college students.
This is why Student Activities
sponsored the Save a Life alcohol
Feel your boobies for breast
By LORENA ROEDAN
Staff Reporter
LMR23S@PSU.EDU
According to breastcancer.org,
every three minutes a woman in the
U.S is diagnosed with breast cancer
and 40,970 women are expected to
die this year. October is breast cancer
awareness month, which means it’s
time to feel your boobies!
Although the exact cause of breast
cancer is unknown, certain factors
increase a woman’s probability
of developing the disease.
Regardless of how busy life is,
occasionally examining your own
breasts for lumps is crucial in early
detection. At 17 doctors removed
a noncancerous lump from my
right breast.
Younger women are less likely to
examine themselves because the
common misconception is breast
cancer is a 40 and older concern.
Penn State Harrisburg graduate
professor, and Middletown
native, Leigh Hurst js founder
of Feel Your Boobies. Hurst
graduated from Ithaca College
with a communications degree.
She continued with her graduate
degrees from Northwestern and
Florida State, in areas related to
corporate training and human
performance improvement.
In April 2004 at 33, Hurst was
diagnosed with breast cancer. A year
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awareness seminar on October
16 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Special Events room. It consisted
of a drunk driving simulation that
students could drive, along with
video testimonies and visual aids.
The directors of the seminar were
John Wilson and Chris Geysbeck,
who have traveled for five years
to 49 states, visiting high schools,
colleges and even military bases.
“With drinking and driving, no one
is safe, even if you’re 80 years old,”
said Geysbeck.
The driving simulation seemed to bring
in the most interest. The three and a half
minute long simulator has delays in the
steering and brakes. It is modeled after
Leigh Hurst, founder of Feel Your Boobies, poses
with her logo. Hurst is a breast cancer survivor.
and a half earlier she discovered the
lump while performing a self breast
examination. “Doctors told me I had
nothing to worry about,” she said.
When they finally tested Hurst, they
realized she had Stage 1 cancer.
After removing the lump she went
through 12 weeks of chemotherapy
and 7 weeks of radiation.
a real car, complete with an ignition,
gears, and even 120 degree vision.
Students partake in a pre-simulation
that prepares them for the real one
because some people begin to feel
nauseous during the real simulation.
“When I first got in the real simulator,
I jerked back; and afterwards I felt
dizzy,” said freshman Sara Angelucci.
During the simulation, students must
navigate around a city under an ever
growing blood alcohol level. Levels
range from 1 (or no BAC) to 11 (a
.34 BAC). They must make turns,
stop at traffic lights and stop signs,
and yield to other cars on the road. “It
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importance of
performing self breast
examinations. Hurst would like to,
“create dialog between young girls
about something they wouldn’t talk
about in public,” with the help of
her cool t-shirts and merchandise.
She believes many women assume
only medical professionals are
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cancer
In September 2004,
Hurst and several
friends were part of
a two day New York
City walk for a cure.
She designed about
100 t-shirts for the
event with the words
“feel your boobies”.
What was supposed
to be graphically
appealing t-shirts
to raise awareness
among her friends,
has caught attention
all over the country.
Hurst believes
Feel Your Boobies
spreads a message in
a fun way and gets
people talking about
breast cancer. Since
her recovery, she has
dedicated her life in
raising awareness
among younger
women about the
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Sports
By WILLIAM POWELL
Staff Reporter
WMPSOO6@PSU.EDU
We have all seen the commercials.
Bob Casey will move Pennsylvania
forward in a new direction, and Lynn
Swann is campaigning to reform
Pennsylvania with youth and vigor.
This years elections in Pennsylvania
center’s around the race for governor
between current governor Ed Rendell
(Democrat) and former Pittsburg
Steelers’ Lynn Swann (Republican);
and the race for Pennsylvania Senator,
which is between current seat holder
Rick Santorum (Republican) and
former Auditor General Bob Casey
(Democrat). All of the campaign
ads are truly dedicated to their
goal: making sure there side wins
and making the other look as bad
as possible.
Politics is a dirty business, and the
liberal and conservative forces seem
determined to make sure the other
loses power, and they gain it. Each
campaign in itself has its own goals
and ideas put forth all in the effort to
win the votes of Pennsylvanians on
election day.
Based on previous presidential
elections, we know just how
PSH's Mac lab mayhem
The new Mac lab now located in room Cl 4 in the basement of Olmsted
By MEGAN CLEARY
Staff Reporter
MKCSOI2@PSU.EDU
The Mac lab, previously located in
room 200 East Olmsted was moved to
room Cl 4 Olmsted over the summer.
The move came after plans to install
an elevator through the classroom
were finalized. According to the IT
website, the labs are open from 8 a.m.
until 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 12 p.m.
to 11 p.m. Sundays.
Mostly students in the humanities
department, as well as students wanting
to edit videos and photos use the Macs.
Doug Razinger, an aspiring video game
programmer, uses the Macs frequently
to edit his video game programs.
“A lot of the software I use for my
programming and photo editing
is on the Macs. They don’t have
it on the PC’s so when the lab is
closed, I can’t get my stuff done.
If I’m paying my tuition here. I’d
like to have access to the lab when
I need it, not when it’s convenient
for the school,” said Razinger.
The hours are especially for
students loading videos to computers
after their night classes, which
can take anywhere from half an
hour to as long as three hours, not
including the time it takes to edit.
“If we had card access, I could stay
a little later to finish without having
to worry about rushing through just
to finish before the labs close and
messy even that simple process
can be. For example, a pro Bob
Casey ad says that “Rick Santorum
voted against the pay raise.”
With the election coming in
November, a lot of people are
confused on just what it is each
candidate is representing as their
goals for the future of Pennsylvania.
In an interview with Ben
Donahower, the field director for the
Bob CaSey and Ed Rendell campaigns
respectively, Donahower said that
both campaigns are dedicated to
moving Pennsylvania forward. Bob
Casey’s slogan, “A New Direction
for Pennsylvania,” sums up a lot of
his goals.
Donahower said of Casey, “He is
committed to the state.” Casey is a
strong environmentalist, and has
been endorsed by the Sierra Club,
a major environmental group
dedicated to maintaining wildlife.
Casey’s political goals, according
to Donahower, focus on six main
issues: economic growth for the
state and country, national security,
reform, a secure retirement, taking
responsibility, and an ethics reform;
such as lobbyist disclosure and
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not being able to do a good job,” said
Curtis Munoz, Junior.
Many students have questioned
why the Engineering students are
given all hours access to their labs,
but other labs remain locked. To
enter the Engineering labs, you must
swipe your student ID through the
card reader located on the handle.
If you are a student taking classes
under the Engineering Department,
you are granted access, if not, the
door remains locked. This allows the
door to remain locked at all times and
the Engineering students complete
access to the labs when they need it.
The Instructional and Information
Technologies Department, who is in
charge of the Mac Lab, among others,
do not have the swipe card accesses
installed. The lIT Department also
controls the laptop labs in rooms 236 E
330 E, and 334 E as well as the PC’s
in rooms Cl 2, Cl 3, and Cls, none of
which have all hours access.
This has caused many students to
question why the lIT department
hasn’t done the same. “We should
all have swipe accesses to the labs...
because our tuition goes to all
equipment, we should all have open
use of the equipment,” said Brandon
McKenzie, treasurer of the IT club on
campus. However, this equipment can
be very costly and time consuming to
input and regularly update the list of
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