Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003 Matchbox Twenty performs “Real World,” an old favorite from their first CD, Adam Gaynor, guitarist for Matchbox Twenty, plays and sings at the concert. Matchbox Twenty burns through new material at BJC rocking tunes and meUow ballads, denced in songs like “Red Dragon Tat- were recruited to write the perfect pop Matchbox TWenty blurred the lines too” and “Bright FUture in Sales.” But song for the perfect pop band in That . .. „ between MTVs conservative little sis- as the group humbly broke into its Thing You Do' Matchbox Twenty is just one of those ter and something a little cooler. mind-numbingfy-memorable break- The big rock star moments continued bands that is rarefy associated with per- But before Rob Thomas and crew hit through single, “Stacy’s Mom,” the girls during Matchbox Twenty’s hit-Dacked forming live. A friend of mine put it best the stage, Fountains of Wayne whet the went wild. Sm“SdstSa? oSSS when she said she thought the band audiences’ appetite with some excruci- “I ready enjoyed ‘Stacy’s Mom,’ ” of dirty slide guitar and smeofthe was just around nowadays to keep VHI atingly catchy synth-pop. The group’s Morgan Macenka (freshman-crime, law girliest screams the Jordan Center has ufoii a . t dead-on harmonies and simple guitar and justice). “Me and my roommate are seen so far this semester, the guys Well, the VHI crowd came out to see nfEs rang clearly through the onlookers always listening to it.” appeared onstage to beUow out “IfeeL” the group last night at the Bryce Jordan scattered throughout the floor’s seating The group’s 40-minute set reached its the first track from the band’s newest ltt e ™l e than a se * tlon ' . climax during “Joe Rey,” as guitarist album, More Than You Think You Are l t !! tS mixmg A newcomer to the larger venue lime- Adam Schlesinger hopped up onto the The rest of the show focused heavify Wlth a . s P l the Fbuntans sounded surprising- bass drum for a true “rock star on the newer material, though the sec> what eclectic blend of surprisingly hard- fy experienced m the arena setting, evi- moment.” It’s no “wonder” these guys See MATCHBOX, Page 2. Reviewed by Paul Weinstein COLLEGIAN STAF WRITER | ptwllO@psu.edu Consent discussion focuses on solutions By Jessica Golden COLLEGIAN STAF WRITER | jmg43l@aol.com The point of last night’s discussion on sexual assault was not to inform women of ways to avoid them. It was a way to inform everyone how to obtain consent so unwanted assaults no longer happens. “Our biggest concern is that it isn’t a woman’s behavior that causes sexual assaults, but rather our culture and men’s behavior that perpetrate it,” said Molly Zuckerman, co-director of Womyn’s Concerns. About 50 students, predominately women, attended the Consent Forum last night in the HUB Auditorium. Zuckerman said the event was part of a yearlong and continuing campaign to end sexual assaults on campus and in the community. Susan Del Ponte, program assistant for the Center for Women Students, said solutions are often portrayed as what women can do to avoid sexual Inside Inside today: School of Theatre hosts ‘suburbia’ KM# Shirley Bishop, volunteer coordinator at the Centre County Women’s Resource Center, (left) and Susan Del Ponte, program assistant for the Center for Women Studies speak to students about the issues dealing with consent. assaults and that there isn’t enough Marie “Eli” McDermott, Class 0f2002, emphasis on how to stop the assaults in said he would like to see men become the first place. more active in the cause. Del Ponte said it is important to get men involved in stopping sexual assaults and that men are more willing to listen to other men. “We’re enlisting men because we’ve been doing this a long time, but we need their help.” CONTACT THE NEWS DIVISION 865-1828 Weather affects businesses Cirdeville fete to be decided Student to compete abroad Seasonal businesses play a risky Despite the controversy surrounding Paralympic athlete and Penn State Arts & Fntwtrtnmmt game in State College. Central Pennsyl- the sale of Cirdeville Farm, offitials senior Jeff Hantz will be traveling to a vama s changing temperatures and have reviewed purchase proposals and New Zealand soon for the Wold Wheel- -VI ‘ „ unpredictable precipitation levels chal- will now develop a recommendation for chair Championshms. Want? who broke 2 lenge businesses that rely on snow. Busi- Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 22. personal records this summer and is No. BarlWta ** 8 nesses such as ski companies and out- Penn State announced last year that it 4in discus internationally, went today to Cato " ,tar 3 door clothing retailers gamble yearly on would sell the property to objections of by out for a spot on the 2004 U.S. Para- ctasriftods 16 weather condihons. | LOCAL, Page 5. students and faculty. | LOCAL, Page 4. tympic Team. | SPORTS, Page 10. Comics. .. n Published independently by students at Penn State Rob Thomas, lead singer of Matchbox Twenty, performs at Bryce Jordan Center. “I would like to see an all-male out rage rally down College Avenue, but we’re a long way from that,” McDer mott said. He said in the five years he’s been here there seems to be an increase not See CONSENT, Page 2. CONTACT THE BUSINESS DIVISION ON THE WEB 865-2531 www.colleglan.psu.edu Valenti amid jokes, By Nicholas Norcla COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | ndnlo9@psu.edu File-sharing has been a hot topic on campus recently. On Tuesday, Penn State President Graham Spanier spoke in length about the university’s plans to introduce a new file-sharing service that would allow students to listen to music online without making them criminally culpable. Yesterday, Spanier personally intro duced a high-profile celebrity who pub licly spoke at length about the same subject. Jack Valenti, President of the Motion Picture Association of America, said society needs to instill a sense of morality into young people who think they can freely download movies that cost millions to make. “We are in a great state of crisis,” he said, referring to both the infringement of copyrighted material that goes on at file-sharing sites as well as what he called “the most repugnant, squalid pornography you will see... I can’t talk about it” Valenti called the digital world “the most extraordinary intrusion in the history of mankind,” citing a “vast chasm” between digital and analog societies. He then said the future will intro- condemns file sharing personal stories duce newer technological and ethical challenges and we must meet these challenges with the same sense of morality that he discussed earlier. Valenti’s speech at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel was the lat est in the Forum series presented by the Penn State Faculty/Staff Club. He began by thanking Spanier and calling him “an extraordinary leader.” “Nine years is an eternity for a uni- Hversity president,” he said, adding that presidents are usu ally dragged out comatose after five years. The mostly faculty crowd laughed early and often at Valenti’s witty remarks. Valenti Valenti continued in the same light hearted fashion, citing amusing anec dotes from his past, including one about the origin of his stopwatch, at which he continually stole glances throughout the speech. He turned serious when he dis cussed the events following the assas sination of John F. Kennedy. Valenti had been in the motorcade, a few cars behind the president, when the assas- See VALENTI, Page 2. ©2003 Collegian Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS Vol. 104 No. 66 Police: Athletes are not taigeted ■ Police and others in the Penn State community have responded to Joe Patemo’s comments on the arrest of Tony Johnson. By Rob Rlva and Robert Sprack COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS rerlsB@psu.edu, rjs336@psu.edu Several members of the Penn State community have responded to football coach Joe Patemo’s ambigu ous comments regarding wide receiver Tony Johnson’s driving under the influence charge, citing the severity of the offense. During his weekly Tuesday press conference, Patemo initially implied that his players have been unfair ly targeted. “I think a lot of these things are happening to them, there are a lot of people that now all of a sud den say, ‘Hey, there is a kid who Patemo looks like a foot ball player and he is doing this and that and let’s trail him,’ ” Patemo said. Penn State Police Services Super visor Bill Moerschbacher said he does not target any specific group, athletes or otherwise. ‘We just react to what we see,” he said. Moerschbacher added that it is public record what the probable causes are for all incidents the department handles. Those records, he said, speak for themselves. State College Police Sgt John Wil son said he had no comment on what Patemo said, other than that no offi cer on the force targets any of the football players. Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon See PATERNO, Page 2. Crossword 17 Horoscope 16 Local 4-5 Opinions 6 Scorahoffifd 11 Sports 9-18 Weather 2 14 off campus
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