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Waste Not: Students drive effort to feed Erie’s hungry

Waste Not: Students drive effort to feed Erie’s hungry

As the dinner hour at Dobbins Dining Hall winds to an end, employees take stock of what’s left on the serving line. They stick thermometers into the leftover marinara, Alfredo sauce, and rigatoni. One employee carefully records all of the temperatures while another scoops the food into recyclable aluminum pans.

Behrend Dancers Prepare for THON

THON participantsShe cut fried foods from her diet. She stepped up her exercise, with special emphasis on leg curls, back extensions and cardio. She stopped drinking caffeine.

She has avoided alcohol as well. A few weeks ago, when she turned 21, she stayed in.

“THON means a lot more to me than any of that,” Koster, a junior from Pittsburgh, said.

Students, Alumni Inducted into Engineering Honor Society

They are expected to get even better. Tau Beta Pi members are required to tutor and do community service, and to be active at both social events and professional seminars.

“We want members of our society to constantly enhance their education beyond the formal classroom,” said Bill Lasher, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and adviser to the chapter, which was formally installed in late January.