2 I WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5, 2001 UNIVERSITY PARK FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, 2001 The high pressure system to our southeast, responsible for wanner temperatures in the region, will grad ually slip off of the coast. As it does, a low pressure system will slide in from our west, bringing us a chance of rain tomorrow. Skies will clear out by the weekend, with much cooler temperatures prevailing. Today -P, .4; The extended outlook Tomorrow night: Continued chance of showers. Low 43. Friday: Morning clouds, followed by afternoon sun Saturday: Sunny and cooler. 'High 44, low 32. Sunday: Partly to mostly cloudy. High 42, low 30. ALMANAC Today Normal high Record high Normal low Record low Mead* Climate Summary (Data valid through 8 am yesterday) Dec. precipitation 0.00 inches Normal Dec. precip 2.67 inches Dec. temp. departure + 14.41 deg. Sam Data Sunset today ... Sunrise tomorrow 40 deg. 68 deg. in 1982 25 deg. . 5 deg. in 1966 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS OJ. Simpson faces third legal strike By Ken Thomas ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER MIAMI Federal agents searched OJ. Simpson's home for more than six hours yesterday as part of an investi gation into an Ecstasy drug ring also suspected of laundering money and stealing satellite TV equipment. Nine people were arrested in Miami and two in Chicago as part of Opera tion X, FBI spokeswoman Judy Ori . ,fruela said. Simpson was not among 1. those arrested, and the FBI refused to discuss why he was involved. Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, said no drugs or large amounts of money were found at the home and that his client had done nothing wrong. He said two boxes removed from the home contained legal satellite televi sion equipment "I can assure you Mt Simpson does NEWS IN BRIEF Elton John, Billy Joel to perform at BJC Two "piano men" are heading for State College. The Bryce Jordan Center announced yesterday that Elton John and Billy Joel will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at the center. John and Joel will perform both together and individually on their stop in Happy Valley as part of a limited North American tour. Priced at $lB4, $89.50 and $47.50, tickets for reserved seating go on sale at 10 am. Saturday at the Jordan Cen ter, Eisenhower Auditorium, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets, and Common wealth Campus ticket outlets. Tickets can also be purchased by calling (800) 863-3336 or (814) 865-5555, or by visiting www.bjc.psu.edu. Wristbands will be available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and from 7 to 9 a.m. Saturday at the Jordan Center. Wristbands are for ticket buyers wish ing to purchase tickets at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center only. Hospital to offer clinic for flu shot Saturday Centre Community Hospital will conduct a flu shot clinic on Saturday, on a first come first serve basis while vaccine supplies last, according to a hospital press release. The cost is $l5 and can be paid by cash or check The clinic, held from 9 to 11:30 a.m., is open to anyone 18 years or older and does not require an appointment. The hospital instructs those who will be attending to park in visitor parking and enter at the Patient Registration entrance. Fbr more information, call 231-7094 Traffic pattern change to occur at 1-99 A major traffic pattern change will occur, weather permitting, at the 1-99 Scotia Road Interchange construction project site tomorrow, the Pennsylvania Department of Itansportation announced yesterday. PENNDOT's contractor, New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company, will institute a traffic pattern change that will affect all vehicles traveling eastbound on S.R. 322 towards State College. Those traveling on North Atherton fitreet (Business 322) will return to the former pattern of exiting to the right, while Lewistown traffic (Expressway 322 East) will stay left and use the newly reconstructed lanes of 1-99. Any traffic leaving State College by way of either North Atherton Street or Partly sunny, quite warm High 65 BIG TEN FORECAST University Illinois Michigan Michigan St. Minnesota Northwestern Ohio State Purdue .4:44 pm .7:22 am Wisconsin not have enough money in his pocket or in his bank account to be involved in a money laundering ring," Galanter told reporters. He said Simpson's only connection to the case is that his name was men tioned in a phone conversation involv ing some members of the ring that was taped by federal authorities. He said Simpson has no involvement in the ring, doesn't believe he knows the peo ple involved and doesn't know why his name was mentioned. Nine other homes in Miami were also searched by authorities. Simpson was at home when agents arrived at about 6 a.m. In video shot by a helicopter, the former football star could be seen in his back yard, wearing a white bathrobe and playing with his dogs during the search. Expressway 322 West will not be affected by this change. Architecture 231 class to show projects today From 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. today in room 306 Engineering Unit C, second-year students in the Architecture 231 class will present their final project models on 3-D software utilized in the new Center for Academic Computing (CAC). At this time, visitors will have the opportunity to take a virtual "walk" through the design models of archi tecture students, who will be guiding the visitors' tour of their projects. The School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) and CAC have combined their efforts to produce the Immersive Environ ments Lab. This initiative was formed with the purpose of making CAC's vir tual reality equipment more accessi ble to students. CAC provided the technology and equipment for the lab, while architecture and landscape architecture students built the physi cal space. For more information about viewing the virtual projects of the architecture students, contact Loukas Kalisperis, instructor of the course, at 865-0877 or Ink@psu.edu, or George Otto at 863-6112 or georgeotto@psu.edu. POLICE LOG ■ Disorderly Conduct/Harassment by Communication: Yesterday morning, Ace Answering Service, 340 Walker Dr., Suite 104, reported receiving 130 com plaint calls within four hours by the same female, regarding her disabled Internet service, State College Police said. The woman used abusive lan guage after being told not to call back, police said. The investigation is still underway, police said. ■ Criminal Mischief: Sometime during the weekend, an unknown person used a tool to gain entry to the coin boxes on six arcade games in Findlay Com mons, Penn State Police Services said. The estimated loss is $771, police said. ■ Theft: A Penn State staff member at the HUB-Robeson Center reported yesterday the theft of cash from a room located on the second floor of the building, Penn State police said. The incident occurred sometime between 3 p.m. on Nov. 30 and yester day, police said. The amount stolen was $320, police said. ■ Theft A Penn State student report ed the theft of her bicycle from the south side of Atherton Hall sometime during the past week, Penn State police said. The estimated value of the bike is $3OO, police saki. Tonight Clouds on the increase Low 48 Today's Weather Hi/Lo Conditions 62/52 Cloudy 65/50 Partly Sunny 58/34 Mostly Cloudy 59/49 Cloudy 57/48 Cloudy 46/23 Cloudy 60/41 Cloudy 66/50 Mostly Cloudy 66/49 Cloudy 57/36 Mostly Cloudy Simpson Tomorrow High 58, low 38 ADDITIONAL WEATHER Visit the Campus Weather Service at http://cws.metpsu.edu Comments concerning the content of this page can be e-mailed to cws@cws.metpsu.edu Forecasters: Joe Ratka, Eddie Weaver `YOU BETTER SHOP AROUND: Kim Knepp, 7 (left), Hillary Knepp, 9 (center), help give little brother Nicholas Knepp, 23 months, a ride on a shopping cart in the Westerly Shopping Plaza. USG questions Fazio, By Matt Hymowitz COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I writematt@psu.edu The Undergraduate Student Govern ment Senate ended its semester by questioning the leadership of one of its own before focusing its attention on condemning The Daily Collegian last night. The Town Caucus, a committee that comprises all of the USG town sena tors, voted to remove Town Sen. Mike Fazio from his position as chair of the caucus. Town Sen. Rob Michaels said the measure was necessary because there are five town senators who were appointed to the body who did not have a chance to vote Fazio into the position of caucus chair. "It's nothing personal," Michaels said. "I think Mike's done a pretty good job." Town Sen. Jason Covener said the composition of the body has changed to such a degree that the caucus mem bers have different ideas than Fazio. "The fact is, the current chair does not represent the members of Town Caucus," Covener said. Senate careful to disperse money The group has recently granted funding to some, while refusing requests from other organizations. By Matt Hymowitz COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER writematt@psu.edu If for nothing else, the Undergradu ate Student Government Senate can be remembered this semester for being concerned with its money. The senate is the sole body within USG with the power to allocate money to outside organizations. In recent weeks, it has provided fund ing for several groups, including a Pro fessional Golf Management Student Society conference and a Penn State Student Red Cross Club advertisement, while turning down requests to fund the Center for Women Students' "rape cards" and the Lambda Student Alliance's Pride Week USG has two accounts, business and unrestricted, USG Treasurer Ashley Kmg said. Senate can only spend money from the unrestricted account, and the sen ate president has the power to allocate up to 10 percent of that money without senate's approval As of last night, Senate had access to a little over $7,500. King added that senate's concern with how USG spends its money does not have an effect on her job, positively or negatively, but she did notice one dif ference from past years. LOCAL Mostly cloudy, showers. High 58 REGIONAL FORECAST MAP How to interpret this map: Shades of gray indicate the expected high temperatures for today. Today's fore casted 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), FZ (Freezing Rain/Sleet). Fazio, in his fourth year on senate, said he was surprised at the action taken by his fellow senators, and was upset they did not address him person ally if they had a problem with how he was leading the caucus. "I didn't really see that coming," Fazio said. In October, after he opposed the sen ate's censor of USG President Justin Zartman, he thought he might be removed as caucus chair, but "not now" Fazio said the caucus was moving in the right direction under his leadership. "I was the only chair position not in the coalition, and I think that played a role in it," Fazio said in reference to the conservative majority in senate. The senate also passed a resolution condemning The Daily Collegian for an editorial Monday that criticized USG's refusal to fund Pride Week The resolu tion states that the Collegian "printed an inaccurate ... and vicious attack on USG Senate" and it condemns "the dastardly actions" of the Collegian's Board of Opinion. The senators sponsoring the legisla tion took issue with the last paragraph "There's more money in the account than normal," King said. Senate President Sean Clark said USG has to be careful about which groups it funds, because internal events take priority. He said the spring elections, without which USG would not be able to function, cost around $6,000 to rim 'We do have to watch the piggy bank, because in the past the piggy bank has run dry," Clark said Because all of USG's money is raised internally, Town Sen. Rick Smith said USG is careful about how the group spends its money due to a limited amount of funds. Last year, the University Park Alloca tion Committee ran out of money in February, and reforming the body became a project for several senators, including Smith. 'We're trying to make changes within UPAC to make sure UPAC is being fis cally responsible as well," Smith said. Four proposals were submitted for considerition at the first two UPAC pol icy meetings next semester. UPAC can adopt parts of the propos als, Smith said. They can be entirely accepted, entirely voted down, or cer tain points can be supported. UPAC Chair Jason Lane said about half of me money allocated for pro- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Antonella D'Agostin Collegian of the editorial, which stated: "The homophobia harbored by senate is not representative of Penn State overall, and senators should be mindful of that." Town Sen. T.J. Kokolis said the board did not research any of its facts in com posing the editorial. "It harms the integrity of senators on the body and it harms the reputations of those sena tors on this body," Kokolis said. Covener, who was quoted in the edi torial, said he is normally not bothered by bad press, but this was "beyond the realm of journalistic integrity" "Quite frankly, the Collegian should be ashamed of themselves," Covener said. Collegian Editor in Chief Jill Leonard said the members of the Board of Opin ion felt strongly about USG's denial of Pride Week funding and used their First Amendment right to express their opinion in the editorial. "We're obviously not going to change the way we will operate," Leonard said. "It's not going to force us to change any practices or policies." Collegian Staff Writer Erica Zarra contributed to this report Programming and travel Sss allocation Of UPAC's approximately $52.1 million budget for this year ■ $28,498.90 summer 2001 programming j $39,920.79 summer 2001 travel ■ $242,347.60 fall 2001 programming ■ $97,721.98 fall 2001 travel ■ $64,964.28 for spring 2002 programming ■ $63,582.46 spring 2002 travel Jamie Perruquet/Collegian gramming has been spent, leaving the organization in a better position in terms of funds than last year. "The money is collected from stu dents who are enrolled at Penn State and it should go back to benefit them," Lane said. .
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