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e Lion's Eye
Vol. 1, Issue 4.
Penn State Brandywine Media, Pennsylvania
October 1, 2010
Chianges have already begin to the
Vairo parking lot. (photo by Justin Park)
Parking Lot
Repairs:
Friend or Foe?
By Sapphire Williams -
Lion's Eye Staff Writer - sew223@psu.edu
Penn State Brandywine is pleased
to announce that the Vairo Library park-
ing lot will be replaced. The renovations
will include replacing asphalt, conduit,
damaged curbing, inlets, light poles, storm
drains, and walkways.
Ideally, a project of this multi-
tude would be completed in the summer;
however, this very expensive (almost 450
thousand dollar) project is being funded by
an outside source and it is critical to take
advantage of the opportunity while it is
being offered.
Renovations were scheduled to
begin between September 20 and Septem-
ber 27, 2010, and plan to take approxi-
mately three months to complete. During
this time, the Vairo parking lot will be
completely closed. Construction is cutrent-
ly underway to prepare for the temporary
student parking lot, which will be avail-
able on the abandoned tennis and volley
ball courts located behind the Commons
building. Ideally, there will be roughly 94
spaces available.
In addition to student parking
behind Commons, faculty and staff will
have temporary parking located directly
behind the Vairo Library (in front of the
new maintenance building).
Most students, faculty, and staff
can agree that the renovations are long
overdue, especially with the effects of last
winter’s harsh weather. With the various
pot holes and loose gravel, the funding
came at a very opportune time. Naturally,
the controversial timing is leaving students
with mixed emotions.
Alex Leiser, a 20 year old Busi-
ness Major, said, “I think the parking lot
was starting to get worn down. So yeah,
they eventually would have had to re-pave
it but it could have waited for a year or so.”
Other students are more con-
cerned about finding parking during this
time.
Justin Le Pore, a 21 year old
Corporate Communications major said,
“It’s going to be inconvenient with that
~ whole parking lot out of commission thing.
I guess we’ll see how the old tennis courts
work as the temporary lot. I have a feeling
it’s going to be hard to find a spot!”
With the completion of the Vairo
parking lot, the temporary parking lot
(old volley ball and tennis courts) will be
demolished and replaced with a grass field
that can be used for various and activities.
The bittersweet situation will help
to make a smoother, safer parking envi-
ronment for everyone here at Penn State
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Students, faculty and staff from all 19 Penn State Campuses travel to University
Park every year to represent their campus and show their Penn State Pride. (phoro
courtesy of Ronika Money)
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well-attended annual event.
Last Saturday September 25, 2010 All Penn State Campuses gathered up at
State College, Penn State Main Campus to show the schools unity and school spirit
from all the campuses across the state of Pennsylvania. Each campus from the Pennsyl-
vania State University gathered to be recognized and honored, each holding a banner for
their specific campus. The showing of these banners was held during half time of the
Penn State vs. Temple game that afternoon. From my perspective, being a student from
a satellite campus being at that game and having our campus recognized, was a great
feeling of acceptance and unity. The stadium was full of school spirit and excitement
and allowed the fans of our football team realize that we have campuses all over and we
all have the amount of school spirit that they have there, in State College.
The Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) decided to run
All U Day a little different this year. In past years, All U Day used to just recognize the
Commonwealth Campuses whereas this year they decided to recognize and unite all the
campuses who are involved in the student life of Penn State Main Campus. The CCSG
brainstormed also during their meeting to plan All U Day that they would use this event
to help decipher how well homecoming and THON will be in the future.
There was a great turn out to the game and every campus had about 25 people
per campus join us at the game. Penn State Campuses gathered at their schools that
Saturday and took a bus to University Park.
Penn State Brandywine’s tickets for All U Day sold out in about 2 days from
Ronika Money receiving the tickets. So if this event sounds enjoyable to you and
something you would be interested in for future years, look into getting a ticket. Student
Jenn Knowlton says that, “I enjoyed tailgating and thought it was a great way to bring
everyone together. And says to everyone for future years to get out there and get a ticket
to All U Day in order to experience a level of school spirit we don’t get to see on an
everyday basis at a satellite campus.”
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PLCP Awards
Brandywine
$15,000 Grant
Monies will go toward expanding
counseling and health services to
respond to underage drinking.
ByAnastasiaGianopulos-
Lion's Eye Staff Writer - aig5202@psu.edu
College is known to be one of the
greatest experiences in life. Everyone antici-
pates it and mostly everyone wishes it never
ended. You get to be around a more sophis-
ticated crowd, obtain more responsibilities,
study what you want to accomplish, and it’s
a massive self growth experience.
But aside from all those positive
traits you gain from college, what about
social life and entertainment? Penn State
University was voted the number one party
school in the U.S. in the 2008 Princeton Re-
view, and although the statistics change an-
nually, it still remains in the top three today.
A college that lives up to a label
such as that is never a positive and can
destroy the image of a school. This issue
doesn’t only focus on the University Park
but also concerns the Brandywine campus.
That’s where Director of Student
Affairs Matthew Shupp comes in. Shupp
applied for a grant recently, and Brandy-
wine recently learned that our campus will
receive $15,000 to help decrease underage
and high-risk alcohol consumption. Accord-
ing to Shupp, the majority of the funds will
be used to increase the counseling services
available to students on campus.
“I certainly hope we see a decrease
in the amount of alcohol consumed by our
students, says Shupp, who believes that this
grant is just one way to start to tackle this
tough issue.
“Through our increased counsel-
ing services, students can gain the skill sets
to identify behaviors that may have a nega-
tive impact on their lives and learn ways to
change these behaviors. It’s extremely diffi-
cult to be awarded grants. That’s why we’re
so grateful to be considered” he added.
Thanks to the Pennsylvania Liquor
Control Board (PLCB), we will hopefully
see drastic changes for the students facing
excessive alcohol consumption issues.
Since 1999, the PLCB has award-
ed more than $4.5 million in grants to 246
organizations to fund prevention programs
focused on underage alcohol consumption,
as well as initiatives supporting under-age
drinking law-enforcement investigations.
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