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Practice fields
to be replaced
By Tom Copain
| COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER j tecso26fipsu.edu
' The Penn State soccer programs
are getting new practice fields at
Jeffrey Field next season, part of an
program that could eventu
ally include improvements to the
stadium itself.
' The $2.9 million project will
replace the current practice fields
with fenced-in fields.
, Construction will begin after this
season and will be complete by the
spring or summer of next year, said
Mark Bodenschatz, associate athlet
ic director of facilities and opera
tions at Penn State.
The men s soccer team currently
practices on the smaller field next to
Jeffrey Field and on the old baseball
field Beaver Field which still
features the dirt diamond. The
women's program practices on the
Intramural Fields across Park
Avenue.
"We're playing on fields that are
uneven. We re playing on fields that
are undulating, and that's not good
for soccer," Penn State men's soccer
coach Barry Gorman said. ' It's not
good for a soccer player running and
trying to watch a ball at the same
time where there's physical contact.
We need to have better facilities, and
hats off to the administration.
They're doing something about it."
The plan to improve the fields
dates back to 1996. when a study of
the intercollegiate athletic programs
found Penn State needed to upgrade
the facilities.
At the time of the study. Jeffrey
Field had a capacity of 3.500. The
stadium now holds 5.000 and fea
tures a press box. Since the study,
The practice field issue, though,
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Penn State's Jeffrey Field will see
changes in the future.
Upcoming changes:
- New, fenced-in practice fields
Proposed changes:
- Team offices
- Concession stands
- Public restrooms
- Team locker rooms
wasn’t addressed until recently.
"When the new baseball stadium
fMedlar Field at Lubrano Park]
came online, the old baseball stadi
um became available,” Bodenschatz
said.
When the project is complete, the
IM Fields will be used exclusively for
the intramural program.
The coming changes may be just a
few of many for Penn State's soccer
facilities. Penn State wants to add
locker rooms, concession stands and
team offices to the Jeffrey Field
complex, Gorman said. Public rest
rooms may also be added.
“If people are going to come out
and watch in this day and age, they
don't expect to go to a Port-A-Potty,'
Gorman said.
Bodenschatz confirmed the plans
but said funding hasn't been secured
yet. Like the project for the practice
fields, Penn State must wait for a
donor to back the project. The capi
tal plan for the athletics department
does not currently have the funds to
add locker rooms or concession
stands to Jeffrey Field.
"We're dependent on philanthrop
ic donations,” Bodenschatz said.
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issues, hopes to unite students
By Jason Parham
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | jap427@psu.edu
Did you know that at least one col
lege student dies every weekend
from an alcohol-related death? Or
that 50 percent of students at Penn
State don't use a condom when
engaging in sexual activity?
Questions like these were posed to
a crowd of about 100 students at
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gram hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha
sororitv in Pollock Rec Room.
The purpose of the program was to
raise awareness about issues within
the minority community that stu
dents might not otherwise know
about.
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they may know but with a different
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aerospace engineering), vice presi
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“It’s a laid-back educational pro
gram," she said.
The program also doubled as
AKA’s Coalition PSU kick-off. Coali
tion PSU promotes the idea of people
staying united and is an initiative
introduced by AKA aimed at unifying
minority organizations on campus.
“Our goal with Coalition PSU is to
actively decrease violence against
one another, excessive substance
abuse and inner hatred within the
community all of which were
addressed in our program tonight,”
Beale said.
Terrell Graham (junior-supply
chain and information systems) said
he believes the program last night
and the introduction of Coalition PSU
is important for the Penn State com
munity.
“I think it’s very important to get
minority organizations to work as
one,” Graham said. "They can do a
lot of good."
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issues with HIV/AIDS, alcoholism
and violence in minority communi
ties, including Penn State.
“At Penn State, there are a lot of
sexual things that go on.” Graham
said. “I hope to take what I learned
from this program and take it back to
my community and educate them.”
Toya Pratt (senior-biobehavioral
health), AKA president, said this was
just the beginning of many programs
related with Coalition PSU.
“We hope to unify the community,
get them serious about striving to
continue their studies and being
actively and positively involved in the
community," Pratt said.
Representatives from National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP), Latino
Caucus, National Pan-Hellenic Coun
cil, National Association of Minorities
in Communications (NAMIC) and the
Penn State football team were pres
ent to sign forms to be a part of and
represent the coalition’s goals.
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