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March 3, 200 8
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By JULIANNE DAUBER
Staff Reporter
JVDSOS7@PSU.EDU
Ted Kijeski grew up in Pottstown
and Limerick, Pa., with two older
brothers and two younger sisters.
So far in his life he has visited 46
different states. He enjoys New
England the most, especially
Vermont, where he vacationed
frequently as a kid.
As a child, Kijeski was interested
in TV and radio, and always
thought that he would become an
actor or performer. The possibility
of teaching, however, soon
surfaced, as he realized that it
would be a good career.
Kijeski juggles two teaching jobs:
Here at Penn State Harrisburg, he
teaches public speaking (CAS). At
Temple University (in Philadelphia)
he teaches an advanced level
public speaking course for second
semester sophomores.
He said these different classes
offer a "good balance between
the campuses," making it less of
a hassle to drive the two-hour
commute every other day. Kijeski
used to be only one of two public
speaking professors here at PSH.
The situation involving his arrival
to PSH is interesting. In 2006,
a friend of his taught the CAS
courses here, but due to unforeseen
circumstances couldn't hold onto
the job anymore. PSH was in great
need of someone, and told him if
he took the job, it would be worth
his while. He took the job and
found he "liked it quite a bit."
Before his teaching jobs, he
worked at a kid's theatre group.
As a youngster, Kijeski was very
active, and participated in different
activities in school. He had a
column in his school paper, which
he described as "mostly me being
sarcastic."
Kijeski was also into basketball,
soccer and theatre. He went onto
college at North Carolina Chapel
Hill, where he continued to pursue
an involvement in theater.
Unfortunately, he had a "terrible
GPA" and left school after two
years. After his two-year stint at
North Carolina, he took two years
off before returning to finish his
degree at Penn State University
Park.
Throughout these years, he
worked part-time as an intern at a
radio station and was the president
of the Baptist Ministry.
He acquired another 79 credits at
PSU over a two-year period, and
felt much happier than he had felt
while in North Carolina.
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By MARIN BENDORITIS
Editor In Chief
MABS33B@PSU EDU
For 46 hours, four Penn State
Harrisburg students stood on their
feet without sleeping as dancers
for the 36th Penn State IFC/
Panhellenic Dance Marathon, or
THON. This year, through efforts
from fraternities, sororities, clubs
and Commonwealth campuses,
THON was able to raise over $6.6
million dollars to benefits The Four
Diamonds Fund.
From February 22-24, the Bryce
Jordan Center was packed full
of students and Four Diamonds
families, all joining together for one
cause. A sea of colors crowded the
dance floor and the stands were full
of screaming supporters, cheering
on their dancers.
A pep rally that featured
performances by the tennis, football
and women's soccer teams, to
name a few, entertained dancers,
along with a Thriller performance
by the Nittany Lion. Dancers and
supporters joined together to learn
the 2008 line dance, recapping the
year's events and drumming up
FTK (for the kids) pride.
The dancers, Adam Porter, Maruja
Rosario, Augie Bravo and Matthew
Mahoney, were the first group of
four to dance representing PSH.
Supporters came to stand and cheer
on the four, holding signs and
sporting matching blue t-shirts.
"It was something that I always
wanted to do." Said Porter.
Porter was active with his high
school mini-THON and had a few
friends involved with the Four
Diamonds fund and felt that this
would be a way to give back.
Although he had his ups and downs
during the 46 hours, Porter says
that he would dance again in a
heartbeat.
Before all of the dancers actually
went to the Bryce Jordan Center,
PSH students spent months
fundraising to contribute to the
overall total. They also had to fill
our surveys, so their moralers, who
spent most of the time with them on
the dance floor, could get to know
them better.
According to Porter, one of the
questions on the survey asked what
one feasible wish would be for
this year's THON. Porter got his
wish by seeing a six in the millions
during the unveiling of the overall
Mahoney, a senior of
Communications, has been involved
in THON since 2006, but only as a
supporter. He was glad that he was
given the opportunity to dance, and
sites family hour as his favorite part
of this year's THON. Mahoney was
given the opportunity to talk to a
family who told him that they look
at the dancers as real life heroes.
Even during his lowest point during
the hours, when the pain in his feet
was almost unbearable, Mahoney
realized what THON was all about.
"It finally hit home what everything
was about- what I thought about
THON and my experience meant
nothing but the collective effort
meant so much to the families.
THON exists because of the dancers,
and the dancers exist because of the
kids." Said Mahoney.
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