February 4, 2008 THE CAPITAL TIMES
CrtmfuCtiendar
Lunar New Year Celebration
(Year of the RAT) Food, Fun,
Games will be held in the
Gallery Lounge from 11:30am
-2 pm on
Thursday, February 7, 2008.
Open to students and faculty.
Hosted by
Asian Students Association
(ASA) and
funded by SAF.
Mardi Gras Celebration:
February sth at 12:15 on the
Stack's Stage
ATOM: The world's fastest
painter:
February 6th, 7pm-11pm in
ThingsNeedm
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Smoking Cessation held in W
-135 from 3:00 -4:30 p.m. If
you are interested in partici
pating in this program, please
call or stop in at the Student
Assistance
Center, W-117 Olmsted Build
ing, 948-6025, to sign up.
Are you ready to give up the
cigarette habit? We want to
help Penn State
Harrisburg students with that
goal. A seven- week smok
ing cessation program will be
offered, starting on February
7 and running through March
27, meeting every
Thursday except March 13.
Each session will be Smoking
Cessation
Monday 7am to spm
Tuesday 7am to 6pm
Wednesday 7am to spm
A Justin
By IVANA LEE
Staff Reproter
ISLSOO4@PSU.EDU
Justin Kredible opened his first act
by telling the audience that he had
predicted in advance what tie they
thought he should wear (throughout
the act, he selected random
students to help, including in the
beginning, when he had them select
a tie). Near the end of his first act,
he announced, "See, I told you guys
this was the tie you were going to
choose! Incredible, huh?"
The crowd just smiled, looking at
him strangely with faces that said
that's not magic until he opened up
his vest, and TAII-DAH!
Underneath is the same tie that the
audience first chose for him. The
audience was stunned, evoking
laughter and a round of applause,
which echoed throughout the
community center; the audience
waits to see more!
Justin Willman, originally from
St. Louis, Mo, is 27 years old.
He graduated from Emerson
College with a bachelor's
degree in Broadcast Journalism.
"Kredible" is not his real last
name, but his parents, who are very
supportive of his work, thought that
having "incredible" in his name
went well with what he did.
At the age of five he had a magician
perform at his birthday party, which
first sparked his interest in magic.
At age II , while simultaneously
riding his bike and rollerblades,
Justin broke both of his arms,
and as a result was forced to wear
the Community Center. Stu
dent ID is required.
Harrisburg's NGOZI Incorpo
rated will make two present
tions on African Dancing,
Drumming, and Martial Arts
on campus Tuesday,
Jan. 29 and Wed. Feb. 6 from
7 to 9 p.m. in the Student
Center of the Capital Union
Building. The event
is sponsored by the college
Black Student Union.
Applications for Commu
nity Assistants are now being
accepted for the 2008-2009
year. Applications are due by
Thursday 7am to 6pm
Friday 7am to spm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Hours are effective January 28
The Lion Ambassadors are ac
cept applications for members.
See the website:
http:// php.scripts.psu.edu/
clubs/cl/
LA/index.php
The Penn State Harrisburg
Alumni Society is now accept
ing applic4- tions for its Out
standing Unior and Graduate
Student Awards. Students may
nominate them- selves. Appli
cations are available on the
alumni website: http://
php.scripts.psu.edu/ mitted
at the same time. Letters of
Kredible show at Penn State Harrisburg
dual casts. His doctor
asked Justin if he was
interested in magic
tricks, and told him
that learning tricks
will help his muscles
in his hands and
"I learned all kinds
of card tricks," said
By the age of 21,
Justin was doing
almost 40 shows a
month in college.
After college he
moved to L.A., and
is now signed with
Tim and Rich GP
Entertainment, a
company in charge
of booking shows
exclusively for
colleges. He is
also signed with
other business
companies since he
performs on a variety
of mediums, including
television, where he
has performed on
"Rachel Ray," "The
Today Show," MTV
and more.
"I did commercials
for Cingular, and
I'm the new guy for
the Sunny Delight
Commercials," he
said.
He has met many
famous people,
but there are still
February 12 at spm and are
available in the Community
Center.
Lifeguard Training will be of
fered at the pool from March
3- April 16 every Monday
and Wednesday from spm
-B:3opm.
Intramural Sports, Dodgeball
and singles Racquetball ap
plications are available now at
the CUB.
Career Services Workshops:
Interview prep. on Thursday,
February 7 from spm-6pm in
E 316.
recommendation may be sub
mitted by email to
hbgalumni@psu.edu and can
be from anyone including
faculty, staff, employers, etc.
Nominations are due by Feb
ruary 5, 2008.
The Learning Center needs a
Biology Tutor. Contact Janice
Smith at JESS7@PSU.EDU,
or at 948-6475, room C-216.
Applications are now be
ing accepted for the 2008
Harrisburg Semester For addi
tional information, visit
the web at http://www.hbg.psu.
edu/hbgsemester/, contact
Dr. Carol Nechemias, Program
Coordinator, at
717-948-6049.
Photo by Sadji-Roxana Obetibouo/Capital Times
Penn State Harrisburg students enjoyed a break from their studies to attend Justin Kredible's
magic show at the Community Center.
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entertainers who he looks up to
"I live in L.A. so I see a lot of
famous people there, but the one
person I want to meet is David
Blaine."
To provide unique experience for
every school he visits, Justin often
changes it up a bit, depending on the
crowd
"I have to improvise sometimes,
and sort of go with the flow, but
tonight was great!" he said with a
Out of all of the tricks performed,
the ones that stuck out were the
banana trick, the
swallowing of a long
balloon and the bowling ball trick,
but the students' most favorite
was the $2O money trick, which
involved a $2O bill, a hat, a
portable paper
shredder, four envelopes, a pen, and
zipper type bag from the bank and
one big envelope.
loved the $2O bill act," said
freshman Bric Turns.
Much like Justin's biographical
history, his performance was
amazing, fun and most of all
entertaining.
"I enjoyed the show very much. He
didn't just demonstrate magic, but
he made us laugh and
He was a true
participate.
entertainer,"
said sophomore
Maurice Blackmon
"He's the perfect entertainer for
college students," said sophomore
Robert Tan.
As for the ladies of Penn
State Harrisburg, not only were
they entertained with Justin's
unbelievable talents and magic,
but they also found a new men, to
decorate their walls and scrapbooks
with.
"He not only performed magic
tricks, but he had great stage
presence and entertained
the crowd, and he was cute with
a really cool hair style!" said
sophomore Simone Rigby.
"He was awesome, with pretty
eyes," said sophomore Chirara
Burgan.
So how does Justin feel with all
this attention from the ladies from
all the different places he goes to?
"It's an added bonus, but I have to
stay focused and do what I can do
very well."
And that's not the only barrier,
girls, as Justin is currently in a two
year relationship.
"She's very supportive, and
actually came here with me,
except she was very tired to come
out since we've been traveling a
lot."
Asking him how his relationship is
now, Justin smiled humbly and said,
"It's perfect."
Justin performs his act all over
the country, which includes his
charity work at the Children's
Hospital and Stuart House where
they help victims of sexual assault.
As well as the United States, he as
also performed in
Greece, Italy and Thailand. From
his first trick as a budding magician
(making a coin disappear) to an in
demand entertainer boasting almost
200 performances in a year, he has
always been Justin Kredihle.