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Vol. 96, No. 141 18 Pages ©1996 Collegian Inc
USG senators barred from presidency
Some senators said this
barring is a harsh penalty for
participating in interviews of
other USG officials.
By JULIE M. RANDALL
Collegian Staff Writer
Undergraduate Student Government
senators who participated in the Feb. 14
Senate Appointments and Review Board
interviews of election commissioners and
court members are not eligible to run for
president or vice president in the upcom-
Billy Joel
to speak,
perform
By SCOTT HARRIS
Collegian Ms Writer
Come out Virginia, don't make
me wait, Billy Joel tickets on sale
at eight. Thirty, that is.
• The piano man, Billy Joel, is
coming to Eisenhower Auditorium
at 7:30 p.m. on March 28. But
rather than a traditional concert,
Joel is giving a performance titled
"An Evening With Billy Joel: Ques
tions, Answers, and a Little Music."
Tickets for the performance cost
$2O and go on sale at Eisenhower
tomorrow at 8:30 a.m.
"It's not a lecture, but it's not a
concert either," said Carol Ger
man, adviser for the University
Concert Committee. "He'll be talk
ing, noodling, answering questions,
and interacting with people in the
audience."
Although the concert will be tak
ing place in an auditorium which
seats 2,589 people, German
promised the evening would be an
intimate one.
"We'll probably have, like, eight
mikes out in the various tiers of the
audience, so that many people will
have the opportunity, no matter
where they're sitting, to talk to
him," she said.
Beth Weber (freshman-division
of undergraduate studies) said she
already thinks the show will be
great.
"It's a really good opportunity
for people to get to know him," she
said. "My friend at Notre Dame
saw him do this show, and she said
it was really neat. I think his songs
have a lot of truth in them."
Joel, who began his career play-
Please see JOEL, Page 9.
Art allows diversity to grow
Art forms such as dance
and film can challenge
stereotypes and provide
the University community
with a culturally diverse
atmosphere.
Editor's note: The following is the
sixth segment of a weekly, semes
ter-long series focusing on diversity
issues in the University communi
ty. The stories this week are about
the arts.
By ANNE BOYD
Collegian Arts Writer
When all else fails, the universal
language of the arts often brings
the diversity of humanity together,
allowing people to relish rather
than spoil differences.
- As acts of prejudice point to an
increase in intolerance nationally
and locally, there may be no more
significant time than now for the
rpagic of the arts to seize people's
senses.
!The arts are entertainment, but
that's not the focus of the arts,"
said Grace Hampton, executive
(ssistant to the provost for the
development of the arts.
"The arts allow us to absorb
information not only with our
the
daily
ing USG elections, even though the USG
Supreme Court declared the interviews
void, the Elections Commission announced
yesterday.
Candidacy and Campaigning Commis
sioner Jennifer Wright said the commis
sion met over the weekend and decided
that the senators could not run based on
the elections code.
The elections code states that "any mem
ber of Senate who participates in the
SARB interviews of Election's Commis
sioners, in any capacity, forfeits his/her
eligibility for the position of president or
vice president of the Undergraduate Stu
dent Government."
Branford Mersalis soothes the crowd at Eisenhower Auditorium with his soft, somber melodies. The
concert yesterday evening was a duo performance by Branford and his father, Ellis, performing mellow
jazz music from the new album Loved Ones.
minds but with our spirits and our
souls."
Many groups and individuals at
the University and in State College
express ethnic diversity through
all the art forms, despite feelings
of frustration with the lack of
diversity in the makeup of the com
munity. It is perhaps through
music, art, dance and drama that
representation of diversity is the
most abundant and splendid.
Hampton said the University
does a good job with diversity in
the arts, but she pointed out that it
should not only be during times
like Black History Month that peo
ple are interested in it.
"It should be incorporated in our
natural environment," she said.
Simone Thompson, president of
Nommo Performing Arts Company,
said multicolored costumes and
unique African movements make
her dance group unique, but just as
there is more to Penn State than
the blue and white football jerseys,
there is more to ethnic art than col
orful images, foreign sounds and
information about our past.
"You can communicate with
someone verbally and sometimes
they won't understand," said
Thompson (junior-business man
agement). "You can capture a lot
through movement."
Emotions evoked by these ele
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"The code is what we're supposed to be
enforcing," Wright said, "and it blatantly
states it."
The decision was made in response to a
memo Senate President Bill Bothwell sent
to Wright, questioning the senators' eligi
bility after the Feb. 14 interviews were
declared void.
Some of the senators who were present
at the Feb. 14 interviews said being dis
qualified from the race was a harsh pun
ishment for a mistake they had made pre
viously.
"I wholeheartedly stand behind the com
mission," said town Senator Joshua
Pechter, one of the senators now barred
DIVERSITY
WDIVISION
ments of sight and sound can lead
to insight in the self and enlighten
ment about the present world.
The arts exist to increase the
chance for dialogue about unset
tled conventional assumptions, said
Henry Giroux, Waterbury Chair
professor of education.
Giroux coordinated the Universi
ty Park debut of a documentary,
Harlem Diary, meant to challenge
stereotypes about young people liv
ing in Harlem.
"(The film) provides an ethical
road map for what is and what
ought to be," he said.
Harlem Diary, which follows
nine Harlem youths who video-
Please see Page 4.
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996
Rudy rallies at courthouse
By CARRIE DELEON
and MELISSA STUTZMAN
Collegian Staff Writers
BELLEFONTE From the
moment she stepped onto the podi
um last night, Ruth Rudy captured
the attention of her audience the
way a mother entrances her chil
dren with a bedtime story.
State Rep. Rudy, D-Centre, offi
cially kicked off the beginning of
her campaign season for the sth
Congressional District with a rally
at the Centre County Courthouse.
Rudy is running for the seat that
will soon be vacated by long-time
incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Clinger,
R-Warren.
Turnout for the rally was esti
mated at about 100 people and the
large crowd showed immense sup
port for Rudy, and the voters that
were present let her know they are
confident in her word.
"I've always supported her in all
her races, always," said James
Sheaffer of Pleasant Gap. "She has
always kept her promises."
The four Republican candidates,
one of whom Rudy will face in the
general election, include Patrick
Conway, Daniel Gordeuk, Sen. John
Peterson, R-Pleasantville, and Bob
Shuster.
Rudy began by introducing her
from running. "But I think its an extreme
punishment which only serves to disquali
fy competent candidates."
Town Senator Coni Zingarelli, also
declared ineligible, said she thought the
code was biased because senators pursu
ing reelection are not sanctioned under the
code. "Anyone who was really interested in
"I think the decision was rather running for president should have known
appalling and unfair," Zingarelli said. the rules of the organization they were
At a senate meeting last week, there was going to be president of," Rothwell said.
some controversy concerning whether the USG Vice President Chris Weideman
senators should be held accountable to the said he supported the commission's deci
code. sion.
Many senators who participated in the
interviews said they were not aware the
Collegian Photo/Michael
Weather
Marsalis team
shares stage
Jazz duo gives mellow show
By DAVIS SCHNEIDERMAN
Collegian Arts Writer
If any two people have the abil
ity to shrink a room, it's Ellis and
Branford Marsalis.
The patriarch and favorite son
of jazz's first family lit Eisenhow
er Auditorium on fire last night
with the soft, sultry sound of
woman-inspired standards from
America's songbooks.
The 2,589-seat capacity arena
changed into a quaint, quiet
lounge whose legacy stretched
from the Cole Porter ballad of
"Miss Otis Regrets" to the West
Side Story charm of "Maria."
Estimates placed attendance at
a sparse 1,200 people, to the sur
prise of some organizers.
"I think (the show) is a great
idea and I'm surprised more peo
ple didn't buy tickets," said Uni
versity Concert Committee mem
ber Jennifer Calhoun (senior-psy
chology).
But the low numbers couldn't
subtract from the pre-show buzz.
"You have to really listen to get
it," said concert-goer and State
College resident George Dooley.
Dooley was more than happy to
attend the show. "It's hard to get
good, sophisticated music here,"
he added.
At 8:05 p.m. the lights dimmed,
and father and son began paying
homage to the feminine figure.
Branford contributed on about
two-thirds of the selections, often
leaving the stage to spotlight his
father. Ellis plugged away on
State Representative Ruth C. Rudy kicks off her congressional
campaign tour. The rally at Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte
yesterday evening marked the beginning of her campaign season for
the sth Congressional District. About 100 people were present for the
rally.
family, who stood behind her
throughout the rally. She thanked
her family and friends for their
never ending support throughout
her many campaigns.
"I have been blessed with a very
good life," Rudy said. "Seeing you
all here tonight serves as a true
Time to pay the piper. Today,
chance of showers, high 56.
Tonight, windy with showers and
thunderstorms, low 41.
Tomorrow, breezy, brisk and
cold with afternoon flurries and
temperatures in the mid-thirties.
by Paul Markowski
Published independently by students at Penn State
section regarding SARB interviews exist
ed.
But Bothwell said senators interested in
running for president and vice president
should have been aware of elections poli
cies.
"This is clearly the elections commis
sion's jurisdiction," Weideman said.
"It's hard to get good,
sophisticated music
here."
"Delilah" and later joked about
the song's supposed mood.
"How many of you heard
`Delilah' and thought of the plight
of Samson?" he said.
When he did play, Branford
added beautiful sax lines that
moved through Ellis' solid back
ing, driving the audience to
applause at every start and stop.
Between his contributions,
Branford sat on a stool, tapping
his feet and nodding his head in
the same sort of daze that the
audience was in. He would often
jump up a mere second before he
started playing, as if trying to
break his father's spell.
Dirk DerKinderen, a recent
University graduate, was equally
"impressed by Ellis," but admit
ted that overall he "was looking
for a little more up-tempo."
Wang Dang Doodle guitarist
Jason Zarecky was impressed
from a musical standpoint, think
ing the tempo fit the mood.
"They started off nice and mel
low, and brought the energy up at
the end," he said.
The show spotlighted songs
from the new album Loved Ones.
reminder of how fortunate I am."
Rudy said she chose the court
house to kick off her campaign
because her political career began
there. In 1975, Rudy ran for and
won the position of Prothonotary
and Clerk of Courts in Centre
Please see RUDY, Page 9.
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George Dooley
State College resident
Collegian Photo/Kim Garrahan