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Thursday, March 17, 2005 PUBLISHED INDEPENDENTLY BY STUDENTS AT PENN STATE
Police prepared for St. Patrick's Day
Undercover officers will be stationed
around the area for the day's festivities
By Drew Curley
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I dsclBo@psu.edu
After handling dozens of alcohol
related crimes on St. Patrick's Day last
year, the State College Police Depart
ment is stepping up enforcement for
this year's celebration.
"It's not a fake, but they say they need something more real"
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ID troubles prevent student
from enjoying local bar scene
By Paul Thompson
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I patloo2@psu.edu
Cesareo Manansala has lived in the
United States for more than two
decades.
The 21-year-old is Filipino, not Irish,
but either way, he won't be chugging
pint after sludgy pint of Guinness at
the bars today like some other Penn
Staters. In Pennsylvania, Manansala
(senior-journalism) isn't allowed in.
Manansala doesn't have a driver's
license or state ID, nor is he on active
military duty. But he has an employ
ment authorization card, issued by
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Ser
vices from the Filipino consulate. It's a
Rosenberger may face trouble in future
Reviewed by Nicholas Norcia
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I ndnlo9@psu.edu
If things were getting predictable
week to week as the Koror tribe kept
trouncing the Ulong tribe challenge
after challenge, last
night's episode of Sur
vivor: Palau featured
quite a few surprises.
The first of these came
when host Jeff Probst
announced that Koror the tribe that
includes lan Rosenberger, Penn State's
former Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment president would finally
have to vote someone off the island.
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INSIDE SPORTS
Extra officers from State College
Police and other agencies will be sta
tioned throughout the borough from 4
p.m. today until 4 a.m. tomorrow.
"The ultimate goal is to make the
streets, sidewalks and neighborhoods
safer and more orderly," Sgt. Dana
Leonard said
photo ID, and it lists his date of birth,
like a driver's license. But state law
says he can't use it to purchase alcohol
or get into bars.
"It's not a fake, but they say they
need something more real," he said.
"Apparently it's not good enough."
Molly McGowan, a Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board (PLCB) spokes
woman, said Pennsylvania looks for
specific criteria when making laws for
bar entry.
"There are so many different types
of IDs,"
,she said. "You need to have
something official from a government
agency to ensure it's valid."
Aside from driver's licenses, state
IDs and military IDs, there's another
Both tribes would be ditching a
member, he explained, and the day's
challenge a St. Patty's Day-appro
priate deep-sea dive for sake bottles
would not be for immunity, but a
cooked dinner, along with the voyeuris
tic thrill of watching the
other team's tribal council
in person.
Koror won (surprise)
thanks, in part, to lan
who, after a brief moment
of confusion, found his bearings and
delivered the last two bottles to clinch
victory for his tribe.
The tribe decided instantaneously
that they would vote off Willard,
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Student-run sketch show
to be held this weekend
Phroth Phest, a student-directed,
written and acted sketch comedy
show, will be held for the third year
in a row I VENUES
"I'm hopeful people will adjust their
behavior," he added.
Leonard said that the holiday brings
an increased amount of alcohol-related
activity.
"Last year it was on a Wednesday,
and we had 45 alcohol-fueled crimes,"
Leonard said.
"Those are significant numbers for a
routine night. ...They're numbers we
might encounter on a Penn State foot
ball weekend," he added.
Leonard said that Pennsylvania State
Police and the Centre County Alcohol
form that bars will allow: passports.
Most managers of State College
bars said that if students don't have at
least one of the four forms of ID,
they'll be turned away.
Most Penn State international stu
dents are in luck; they can use their
passports to get into bars.
But Manansala, who has lived in the
states longer than most freshmen
have been alive, hasn't needed his
passport for years.
It no longer features a stamp it
needs to be considered current under
the law
Although he obtained his U.S. citi
zenship late last year, he has had diffl-
See ID, Page 2.
Koror's curmudgeonly grandpa, at that
evening's tribal council. The day's
interesting development was not this
vote, but a clandestine allegiance shift
that occurred just before it.
lb recap briefly, firefighter Tom is
the tribe's muscular father figure, and
lan the foremost breadwinner, er fish
winner. Tom, lan and Gregg, the curly
haired business consultant, bonded
instantly during their testosterone-
fueled feats of adventure early in the
series.
Cheerleading them along the way
were the tribe's requisite hotties, Katie
and Jenn, while the other four quietly
See SURVIVOR, Page 2.
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Task Force (CCATF) would be assisting Region," he said. "They're looking for
the efforts. those that purchase alcohol for those
"At a minimum, we have nine addi
tional State College police [officers] and
eight state troopers," he said.
Ferguson Township Detective and
CCATF Coordinator John Conti said
undercover officers will be stationed in
state stores and bars throughout the
Centre Region.
"My team is made up of plainclothes
officers from the Centre Region. ...We'll
have close to 15 plainclothes officers
scattered throughout the Centre
Man accused of
resident's death
will go to trial
The man accused of driving the vehi
cle that struck a Park Forest resident
on his way home from work was bound
over on all charges yesterday at his
preliminary hearing.
The Patton Township Police Depart
ment identified Jack Chencharik, 38, of
Julian, as the driver of the Fbrd pickup
truck that struck Leon Shee Sin, 68,
while he was walking home from work
at Wegmans, 345 Lowes Blvd.
Sin was found lying on the sidewalk
still alive and was later pronounced
dead at the Mount Nittany Medical
Center.
During the hearing, four people tes
tified, including a borough resident
who found Sin alive; an employee at
Kentucky Fried Chicken, 2020 N.
Atherton St., who administered CPR;
Centre County Deputy Coroner Judy
Pleskonko; and Patton Township
detective Chris Federinko.
Chencharik faces charges of acci-
`Meet the Candidates'
attracts few students
Those running for Undergraduate Student Government
president and vice president campaigned yesterday.
By Devon Lash
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I dlashigpsu.edu
Clad in colorful T-shirts and armed
with fliers, the presidential candidates
for the Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment (USG) spoke with students on
the first floor of Findlay Commons last
night.
Most students kept their heads
down and walked by the candidates
and their staff. Many said they were
confused by the groups' presence and
did not know what was going on.
"I stopped because of all the colorful
shirts," Toni Gibson (freshman-divi
sion of undergraduate studies) said, "I
am not really sure what USG is."
The candidates were not very disap
pointed in the lack of interest. They
used whatever time they had to inform
students about USG, the elections
process, and their goals and platforms.
"With the average student, you get
five seconds," said . Matt Ritsko, cam
paign manager for candidates Scott
Sherbine and Alex Ibrahim. "If they
are interested, then you get a little bit
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Conti said St. Patrick's Day is typical
ly as busy as New Year's Eve for alcohol
incidents.
"After what we've been seeing with
the numbers ... this seems to be the No.
1 date that we have problems with alco
hol-related incidents, so we've stepped
up our efforts," he said.
Leonard said extra officers will also
be focused downtown and in the
See POLICE, Page 2.
dents involving death or personal
injury and summary offenses of driving
with an expired license, failure to stop
and render aid, and operating an
unregistered motor vehicle.
His attorney, Brian Manchester, said
Chencharik did not know he had hit a
person until he saw news reports days
later.
"Someone who is in an accident only
has a duty to stop and render aid ... if
he believes he was in an accident with
a human being," Manchester said. "He
didn't realize that he hit a human being
until later."
Manchester said Chendarik feels
"terrible" about everything that has
happened.
"He got scared, and that happens to
people," Manchester said.
Sin family spokesman Laurence
Tien said the family is just waiting for
the trial to begin.
"It seems like the person feels some
degree of remorse," Tien said.
He added that the family will be sat
isfied with whatever decision the jury
makes.
longer and more ideas can get project
ed"
USG Presidential Candidate
Michael Peters said while many stu
dents did not want to listen to their
campaign goals, he understood why.
"I think generally the audience
tonight was hungry," he said of all the
students hurrying
to the dining com
mons. "But all it
takes is one inter
ested student."
The "Meet the
Candidates" ses
sion, held during
dinner hours in
Findlay Commons,
was the first formal
promotion in this
year's USG election
Foulke
campaign
"This is a time [the candidates] get
to promote themselves," said Erin'
Grady, voting and publicity elections
commissioner. "This is also a good way
to get students to talk to candidates."
See CANDIDATES, Page 2.
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Briefs 2
Classifieds 12
Comics 15
Crossword 15
Horoscope 12
Briefs 10
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