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Vol. 100, No. 69 16 Pages ©1999 Collegian Inc
Father
By BETH PARFITT
Collegian Staff Writer
Rachel Scott once told her
father, Darrell Scott, he would see
her on The Oprah Winfrey Show
someday. At the time, Darrell Scott
passed the statement off as a sim
ple childhood fantasy.
That was until the day he walked
on the stage of Oprah, along with
other parents, to celebrate the lives
of those lost in the shooting at
Columbine High School and looked
up to see his daughter's face on the
stage's TV set.
Scott spoke to students, parents
and community members at State
College Area High School last
night. He addressed how he and his
family have dealt with losing his
Council
votes
to limit
heights
By STEPHENIE STEITZER
Collegian Staff Writer
The State College Borough Coun
cil voted to enact an ordinance con
cerning building heights on cam
pus at a meeting last night at the
Municipal Building, 118 Fraser St.
In the lengthy meeting, council
unanimously approved an amend
ment to the zoning ordinance that
would limit the height of buildings
in Subdistrict 5 of the University
Planned District.
The district's boundaries are
North Atherton Street to the west,
Park Avenue to the north, College
Avenue to the south and another
subdistrict to the east.
Planning Director Carl Hess said
within a small area of the district,
the university plans to construct a
new building. The purpose of the
amendment is to prevent the build
ing's height from overwhelming
the nearby neighborhood.
"The university wants to build a
new building without it towering
over College Heights," he said.
"Hopefully this meets their needs."
Council held a public hearing on
the proposal Oct. 4. Following the
hearing, council members amend
ed the proposal to restrict the
placement of service accesses,
assuring that they are buffered,
and requiring landscaping plants
he replaced should they die.
The amendment also establishes
acceptable sound levels produced
by mechanical systems in addition
to several other detailed require
ments.
Council member Janet Knauer
said she is in favor of the ordi
nance because it addresses the con
cerns of a citizens group that came
forward with the issue.
"I feel good about that," she said.
However, Knauer added Penn
State is probably not happy with
the amendment.
"It constrains their (Penn
State's) ability to do what they
want to do. but that is probably a
good thing," she said.
At the beginning of the meeting,
during the long public hour in
which several citizens discussed
their concerns with the council, a
project manager of the Brush Val
ley Road Project briefed the coun
cil on the study for improving U.S.
Route 322, Routes 144 and 45, and
Brush Valley Road.
Project Manager Karyn Vander
voort encouraged people to attend
a public meeting and open house
tonight from 5 to 9 p.m., with for
mal presentations at 6 and 7:30
p.m., at the Centre County voca
tional Technical School in Pleasant
Gap.
The purpose of the meeting is for
the state Department of Trans
portation to receive public input on
the project.
addresses violence
daughter Rachel in the Columbine
High School shooting in April.
Rachel was one of 12 students
and one teacher killed when two
students brought guns to school
and opened fire.
Scott spoke of how the nation
needs to change its moral code in
the tragedy's aftermath.
"Until we can start with issues of
the heart, we will never heal the
deep wounds of Columbine," Scott
said.
In addition to State College, Scott
has spread his message in cities
across the country, and also spoke
before the Subcommittee on Crime
of the House Judiciary Committee.
Scott spoke about his late daugh
ter's aspirations in life, saying she
lived the life she was meant to live.
Late Night becomes model
Universities
copy PSU's
alcohol-free
late activities
By ALISON KEPNER
Collegian Staff Writer
Football is not the only Penn
State program making waves in
the Big Ten.
Several Big Ten schools,
including - Michigan State and
Ohio State universities, have
turned to Penn State's late Night
Penn State as a model for their
own alcohol-free activities.
This year, Michigan State is
pioneering its Campus Center, a
student building located in the
center of campus that offers late
night activities on the weekends.
Campus Center has been popu
lar with students and offers pro
grams such as live bands, second
run and sneak-preview movies,
network computer games, and
other activities, said Sean Lei
digh, a junior and resident assis
tant at Michigan State.
"It's a great idea to get stu
dents involved on nights they nor
mally would he involved in illegal
activities, - Leidigh said.
The university's program is
geared toward the underclass
men.
So far, most of the turnout has
consisted of freshmen and sopho
mores, said Jim Sheppard, direc
tor of the Michigan State "Univer
sity Union.
"There has been a pattern at
Michigan State where students
are drawn to the downtown bar
areas from freshman to their
graduating years," Sheppard said.
"We're trying to give students an
Local bars serve free nonalcoholic drinks
By MELISSA ROBERTS
and TRACY WILSON
Collegian Staff Writers
Have a cocktail to celebrate
National Collegiate Alcohol
Awareness Week.
Or a mocktail, that is.
Tonight's free non-alcoholic
specialty drinks are part of the
weeklong effort aimed not at dis
couraging alcohol use, hut at get
ting students to stop and think
about drinking.
The virgin cocktails will he
available from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
at any bars in town whose own
ers are members of the State
College Tavern Owner's Associa
tion. The "sobriety sour" will he
served at the Gingerbread Man,
130 Heister St., said Judy Shul
man, owner of the restaurant.
Created in the 1980 s by a coali
tion of higher education associa
tions National Collegiate Alcohol
Awareness Week's (NCAAW)
goal is to encourage students to
examine and change high-risk
"My heart goes out to parents
who have lost children because it's
not normal, and it's not natural,"
Scott said. However, he added,
"For Rachel, I knew her life was
meant to he seventeen years.-
According to her father, Rachel
was an avid Christian who did not
judge people on her first, second or
third impressions. In a diary entry
her family found after her death,
Rachel wrote, "Until you know
them and not just their type, you
have no right to shun them."
In another diary entry Rachel
wrote on March 1, 1998, her father
said she was addressing God when
she wrote, "I want you to use me to
reach the unreached."
Scott sees Rachel's goals shining
through to the country even after
Antoinette Dennis (senior-statistics) and Melissa Rios (senior -agricultural management) make jewelry at
the arts and crafts center last Friday in the HUB. The creative crafts program is part of Late Night Penn
State.
"There's nothing quite like Late Night (Penn State)
here."
Kelly Carter
Northwestern University assistant director of programming
alternative to that tendency. -
With its focus on underclass
men, Michigan State hopes to see
the positive effects of its new
late-night programming in the
near future.
"Hopefully, the payoff will he
in three to four years," Sheppard
said.
When planning its Campus Cen
ter, Michigan State looked at
uses of alcohol. according to a
Penn State press release.
"The main goals for NCAAW is
to raise awareness of a variety of
alcohol-related issues and to pro
vide an environment for students
to have fun without drinking,"
said Linda LaSalle, communit.
health educator at University
Health Services.
People often don't know a lot
of the risky things alcohol leads
to, said Holly Johnson ( junior
biobehavioraf health).
"I think this is a week for peo
ple to step back and think about
their behavior," Johnson said.
"This is a huge college where
alcohol is a major deal, with the
frats, apartment parties social
life is a major part of students'
Students also can experience
firsthand what's it's like to
respond to alcohol-related inci
dents by riding with an on-duty
patrolman from the State College
Police Department, according to
the press release.
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1999
her death. He describes the shoot
ing at Columbine as a spiritual
awakening.
"It wasn't just a wakeup call to
this nation; it was a wakeup call to
the world," he said.
Scott, whose son is a survivor of
the Columbine shooting, said the
moral foundation in public schools
is not the same as it was when he
was a child, the reason violent acts
such as shootings happen.
Karen Tanner, mother of two
children at State College Area High
School, was among those in the
audience and said she could under
stand Scott's message.
"It was overwhelming," she said.
"I have three children, and I can
relate to it as a parent and from the
spiritual side."
other large schools' successful
programming. including those of
Penn State and West Virginia
Institute of Technology.
While some universities have
established a late-night program
for their students, other Rig Ten
schools are still standing on the
sidelines.
Northwestern University does
not explicitly sponsor program
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Highlights
Oct. 20 "Alcohol s Sex and Relationships"
106 Fisher Hall
7 p.m
Oct 21 Free mocktalls
Findlay Commons all-purpose room
8 p.m.
Oct. 220 Observe District Justice Carmine Prestia
. Cen n leourq District Court, 224 S. Fraser St
9 a. 4 p.m.
Oct 23E Think Fast Game Show and prizes
HUB auditorium
10 p.m.o
ource: Penn State University Relations
Free mocktails
The Gingerbread Man, Spats Cafe and Speakeasy, Rathskeller,
Lion's Den, Cafe 210 West. Phyrst Inc Crowbar. The Saloon,
The Deli Restaurant, Dark Horse Tavern. Zeno s, Players Sports
Bar, Allen Street Grille. The Brewery
9 to 11 p.m.
Drink. Drank, Drunk theatre program
Atherton Hall
6'30 p.m.
Weather
- Mostly sunny
Increasing clouds tonight
Extended forecast: Page 2
Darrell Scott speaks to State College High School students about
school violence. Scott's daughter was killed in the Columbine High
School shooting last spring.
Collegian Photo Dan Saelinger
ming for the weekends, said
Kelly Carter, assistant director of
programming.
"There's nothing quite like Late
Night (Penn State) here," Carter
said.
However, Carter said students
at Northwestern seem more apa
thetic toward alcohol-related
activities, and she doubts similar
programming is necessary at
Northwestern.
"I would question whether
there is that need here," she said.
Although the university does
not specifically provide weekend
activities, Carter said other orga
nizations, such as the school's
theater groups, often sponsor
programs on the weekends.
Collegian Graphic J. Foulk
Published independently by students at Penn State
Hall hosts
first guest
speaker
By KATIE EGGERT
Collegian Staff Writer
This was the first response elicit
ed from the first-ever audience at
Heritage Hall in the HUB/Paul
Robeson Cultural Center last night.
Haki Madhubuti, poet, publisher,
editor and educator, addressed the
Penn State community at the inau
gural program for the new hall.
Undergraduate students, gradu
ate students and many other com
munity members blessed the new
facility with its copper-colored
seats and freshly painted walls.
Madhubuti was happy to be the
first speaker in Heritage Hall
because of his deep personal feel
ings for Paul Robeson, a black civil
rights activist until his death in
1976.
"Paul Robeson was, and is, a hero
of mine," said Madhuhuti. "He
played a very important role in my
Madhubuti stressed to the black
community that black men must
seek higher education and create
their own ideas.
"We still live in a very racist
country. Racism is alive and well,"
Madhubuti said.
About 25 students attended Mad
hubuti's speech for various rea
sons.
"I just like his writing. ... I've
read poems and hooks of his for
years, and I just wanted the oppor
tunity to hear him speak in per
son," said Natesia Johnson senior
finance).
Nladhubuti has published over 22
books and in 1967 founded the
Third World Press.
"It (the speech) was pretty
good," said Chris Waters ( junior
psychology ). "I liked that he said
you (black men) deserve to be here
(at a good college)."
Madhubuti especially appealed
to many members of the black
community at Penn State by relay
ing his understanding of the trials
black people face at universities.
"Ideas are weapons and ideas are
important. All education must lead
to deep understanding and mas
tery," he said.
In his writings. Madhubuti con
veys the many important lessons
he learned early in life.
For example, in the U.S. military
in the 19605, Madhubuti was one of
three black men to enter his unit of
187 white men.
On his first day, the drill
sergeant snatched Paul Robeson's
book from Madhubuti's hands and
tore out the pages.
"(At that time) I put myself in a
reeducation program," Madhubuti
said. "I was going to study every
thing."
Madhubuti presented several
poems that reinforce both his ideas
that learning is crucial and that all
blacks must study and understand
the history of their people.
"I learned to ride the winds of
battle. ... It is they, my grandfa
thers, that taught me the notes and
rhythms," Madhubuti said in a
poem dedicated to Robeson.
Collegian Photo/Tobin Lehman