I FRIDAY, April 6, 2001 UNIVERSITY PARK FORECAST FOR FRIDAY. APRIL 6. 2001 Despite the clouds and showers the next couple of days, temperatures will remain above normal. A warm front will push through Happy Valley over the weekend bringing the warmest temperatures so far this year. Temperatures will tickle the 70s only briefly before a cold front sweeps through the region early next week bringing the chance for showers and thunderstorms. Today Cloudy with a few showers 41 The extended outloc' - Tomorrow night: Partial clearing. Low 44. Sunday: Mostly sunny and unseasonably warm. High 67, low 46. Monday: Mix of sun and clouds; remaining warm. High 71, low 48. Tuesday: Showers and maybe a thunderstorm; not as warm. High 62, low 42 ALMANAC Today Normal high Record high Normal low 52 deg. University 83 deg. in 1929 Illinois 33 deg. Indiana 19 deg. in 1995 Record low Monthly Climate Summary (Data valid through 8 am yesterday) Apr. precipitation Normal Apr. precip . Apr. temp. departure Sun Data Sunset today . . . Sunrise tomorrow ROCKING OUT: Antony Huh (senior-public relations) plays guitar for his friends Jon Ng (junior-psychology), foreground, and Sung Wi (junior-management) in the Quad at West Halls. NEWS IN BRIEF Two area men arrested after scuffle with police After a scuffle with police, State College residents Michael Shelley and Eric Garton were arrested Wednesday night on charges of disorderly conduct, the State College Police Department said. Police were called to investigate a loud party. When the police arrived, Shelley and Garton verbally con fronted them. Police approached the men to identify them. As the police approached, Shelley and Garton fled the scene, police said. Police pursued Shelley and Garton on foot and overtook them. The two men engaged in a short scuffle with police before being subdued, police said. Shelley and Garton were arraigned before District Justice Carmine Prestia and held on bail before being transported to Centre County Prison, police said. Shelley, who was free on bail, was arrested during last month's downtown riot after stealing a license plate from a police car, police said. USG taking applications for department positions The Undergraduate Student Government is now accepting applications for next year's executive department positions. Executive department positions include: ■ Business ■ Chief of Staff ■ Coaches vs. Cancer ■ Community Education ■ Governmental Relations ■ Health Services ■ Information Technology ■ LGBTA/Women's Affairs ■ Martin Luther Kmg Jr. Day of Service ■ Multicultural Affairs ■ Programming ■ Public Relations ■ lbwn Affairs ■ Treasurer Tonight 4 114 Mild with a few showers High 62 BIG TEN FORECAST STATE FORECAST Today's Weather Hi/Lo 80/59 Michigan Michigan St 0.27 inches Minnesota 3.30 inches ..-4.25 deg. Northwestern Ohio State .7:42 pm .6:45 am Wisconsin Low 48 Conditions Allentown Harrisburg Johnstown Philadelphia 65/54 SH Pittsburgh 72/56 SH Scranton 58/45 SH Williamsport 63/49 SH Showers Department descriptions and applications are available in the USG office, 223 HUB- Robeson Center. The deadline for applica tions is 5 p.m. April 12. Questions should be directed to USG President- and Vice Presi dent-elect, Justin Zartman and Amanda Hudnall at 863-1874. Princeton University runs controversial Horowitz ad PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) Princeton Uni versity's student newspaper published a con troversial advertisement placed by conser vative author David Horowitz, but the full page message opposing reparations for slav ery failed to produce student protests as it did recently at several other campuses. The advertisement in Wednesday's Daily Princetonian, titled "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea and Racist Too," suggests that black Americans owe the United States more than it owes them. Student protesters confiscated The Brown Daily Herald's entire press run three weeks ago when it published the same ad. Protests also greeted the ad's publication by student newspapers at Duke University and the Uni versity of California. At Princeton, leaders of campus minority organizations said yesterday that while they were offended by the advertisement they supported the way the newspaper handled it. The Daily Princetonian published an edi torial criticizing the content of the ad and donated the revenue to the Trenton chapter of the Urban League. In the editorial, the newspaper's editors said they decided to run the ad because the newspaper "is an open forum for debate on every issue that faces the campus communi ty', "David Horowitz's advertisement ... is an offensive piece of work," the editorial said. "In no way do we support Horowitz's argu ment. Denying publication of the ad, howev- Tomorrow Mostly cloudy with sprinkles High 60 60/46 SH 63/49 SH 64/49 SH 64/49 CY 60/43 CY 64/44 MC 58/46 SH 64/47 SH 63/47 SH 63/52 SH 66/46 CY 68/48 SH 64/50 SH 75/54 PS 60/43 SH 60/45 SH LOCAL & STATE Tomorrow REGIONAL FORECAST MAP How to interpret this map: Shades of gray indicate the expected high temperatures for today. Today's forecasted high and tomorrow morning's low are also shown for selected cities. Legend: SU(Sunny), MS(Mostly Sunny), PS(Partly Sunny), MC(Mostly Cloudy), CY(Cloudy), RN(Rain), RS(Rain/Snow), SH(Showers), SN(Snow), SF(Snow Flurries), MX (Mix), TS(Thunderstorms), WY(Windy), E (Freezing Rain/Sleet). 30 gather for anti-hate crime rally An alleged hate crime east of Centre County left Michael Auker in a coma. By Renee Petrina COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I burgundy@psu.edu Michael Auker is in a coma Exactly one month ago, Auker was beaten and left for dead at his trailer in Middleburg. Police said they found him bleeding and unconscious with every facial bone broken. The two brothers charged with assaulting Auker may have been motivated to attack him because they thought he was gay, thus classifying the incident as a hate crime. State Trooper Frederick Dyroff testified that one of the brothers said the beating came after Auker made a sexual advance toward the brothers. The men are invoking the so-called "gay panic" defense, in which suspects say a same-sex sexual advance causes emotions to run so high that the resulting actions are uncontrollable. Last night, a group of 30 concerned mem bers of the Penn State community held a candlelight vigil in front Of Old Main, reflect ing on the attack and offering prayers for Auker and his family. The vigil began at 9 p.m., the same time that a group of students at another universi ty were having a similar gathering. "Bucknell University is having a really large (vigil)," said Jennifer Storm, social director of the Lambda Student Alliance and organizer of the vigil at Penn State. Todd Clinger, 18, and Troy Clinger, 20, are charged with attempted murder in Auker's attack. The two men, both of Middleburg, were bound over for trial last month in Sny der County, a locality east of Centre County Troy Clinger's fiancée, Nicki Lee White, said the brothers planned to lure Auker to a deck, so they could "beat him up, kill him." Storm likened the incident to the highly publicized murder of a gay college student in 1998. er, just gives Horowitz what he is looking for: another reason to cry censor." "I think the Princetonian was very coura geous and clearly far more intelligent than Horowitz," Salih Omar Eissa, president of Princeton's Black Student Union, said yes terday. "We have a tremendous amount of support for our brothers and sisters at Brown, but for now I think we'll save protesting for threats considerably more sophisticated than Horowitz's trifling propaganda," Eissa said. Villanova students found to have lung infection PHILADELPHIA (AP) Nearly three dozen Villanova University students con tracted a rare, potentially dangerous lung infection called histoplasmosis while visiting Acapulco, Mexico last month. Caused by a fungus, the illness can mimic severe pneumonia but does not respond to antibiotics. "It's actually very serious," said Richard Pacropis, the university's medical director, who said he feared many other cases might be lurking among people who visited Acapul co recently. The illness cannot spread from person to person. All 29 students are expected to recover 13 or 14 of them were hospital ized. The students had all stayed in the same hotel in Acapulco during the week of March 3, Pacropis said. Nearby, bulldozers were moving dirt to construct a new parking garage, and the students remembered breathing in some dust. Spores of a soil-borne fungus cause the ill ness when inhaled. Man lands in hospital after attempted rescue WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) When a Wash ington County man saw someone try to take Members of the Penn State community "It's so similar to Matthew Shepard, it's scary," she said. Shepard's killers also tried to use the "gay panic" defense. Those speaking at the vigil last night addressed the problems that divide society and allow cruelties to occur. They called for unity transcending race, creed and sexual orientation. "We recognize that regardless of the things that divide us, we live in a world of interrelations," said Ken Clarke, director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs. Clarke called on those in attendance to acknowledge "the way in which the lives of gay and lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons are objectified." "They are treated as less than human," he said. two children away from their mother, he decided to get involved. But Derrick Jackson landed in the hospital instead. Police said Jackson was treated at the Washington Hospital after he was run over by a truck driven by Kevin L. Ewing, 32, of West Finley. Ewing reported to the Washington County Courthouse to respond to a protection-from abuse order his wife had filed against him, police said. Ewing tried to take his children from his wife at the courthouse. When Jackson saw the struggle, he tried to help the woman, police said. Jackson was injured when Ewing pulled away from the curb. Police arrested Ewing and charged him with simple assault, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. Police returned the children to their moth er. State contributes funds for new visitors' center FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) The state will contribute $4.5 million toward a visitors' cen ter at the Fort Necessity National Battlefield in Fayette County Gov. Tom Ridge said yes terday. The money is going to be the "final piece of funding needed to move forward with con struction," said Marie Rust, the National Park Service director for the northeastern United States. The park agency manages the battlefield 45 miles south of Pittsburgh. The center should open before the 250th anniversary of a battle in the French and Indian Wars in 2003, Rust:said. Officers on the battlefield in 1753 included a young George Washington. The center will also serve the National Road, now U.S. 40, once the main westward route for settlers. WEATHER HIGHLIGHT Two tornadoes merged on this date back in 1936 and ripped through Gainesville, GA. The damage path was four blocks wide. The twister killed 203 people, 70 of whom were in the Cooper Pants Factory. This was the greatest tornado fatality total for a single building. Damages from the storm were estimated to be $l3 mil lion. DID YOU KNOW? Northerly winds over southern Texas in the early spring can actual ly keep birds from migrating north., The birds, returning from Central and South America, rely on a southerly wind to help them make the long journey. However, strong northerly winds hinder the birds, and often they become exhausted and . must land where ever they can. Visit the Meteorology Department at http://weather.psu.edu Comments concerning the content of this page can be e-mailed to: cws@cws.met.psu.edu Forecasters: Anneliese Sherer and Matt Borkowski old hands at Old Main to support hate crimes victims. Rev. Carl Synan, campus pastor with the United Campus Ministry remarked about the candles each person held as the group' stood in a circle. "That light symbolizes hope," he said. Synan invited those present to quietly pray or reflect as he asked that Auker's fam ily and friends be comforted. Those present were able to offer individ ual comments or prayers. At the end of the night, the group joined hands in observed a moment of silence to close the vigil. Storm said the moment was for all of the people involved with the attack on Auker, as - well as "everyone we know in our lives who suffers hate on a daily basis." The Associated Press contributed to this report. Solidarity Conference kicks off By Renee Petrina COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I burgundy@psu.edu Social activists from across the country T will begin gathering today on campus for the second annual Solidarity Conference. Robyn Stephens (senior-sociology), one of the event's organizers, said this year's '! conference will build upon last year's, ". which focused on introducing ideas relat ed to solidarity "Yes, we know that there is racism; we know that there is sexism; T we know that globalization is a problem," Stephens said. "Now what are we going to 6 do about them?" The conference will include concurrent 14 workshops, two keynote speakers and a free vegan dinner. Registration begins at 1 p.m. today in Osmond Lab, where infor- A mation about the locations of specific con- 3 ference events will be available. Jello Biafra and Howard Zinn are the two keynote speakers of the weekend. The 1 conference's Web site calls Biafra's talk "a spoken-word performance" and says that it will probably include topics such as social responsibility and censorship of the arts. Zinn is known as an author, historian and social activist. Both speakers will - address audiences in HUB Alumni Hall. Zinn will speak at 12:45 p.m. tomorrow, and Biafra will speak at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Stephens said she expects more than 1,000 people, both local community mem bers and Penn State students, to attend. The event is free to students with Penn State IDs, but community members are asked to give a one-time donation attend for the entire weekend. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Matt Shirk/Collegian )
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