Colle Vol_ 1109 Ni. 42 Football team preps for wet conditions By Josh Langenbacher COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I jjlso3l@psu.edu Every , Thursday, Joe Paterno helps his team prepare for the weather by placing footballs in a bucket of water to simulate playing with a wet ball. No simulation will be needed Sat urday, when Penn State plays Ore gon State at 3:30 p.m. in Beaver Sta dium. Hurricane Hanna is expected to work its way up the coast, and rain and heavy winds are in the forecast. Weather.com's report for Saturday calls for a 40-percent chance of rain with eight-mile-per-hour winds com ' ing from the east. Hanna was a tropical storm Thursday afternoon, but Accuweath 'er meteorologist Josh Newhard -expected it to turn into a hurricane by Thursday evening. "The biggest thing to focus on McCain draws support By Danielle Vickery COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER devsolo@psu.edu John McCain officially accepted the Republican presidential nomi nation Thursday at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Though campus political leaders shared concern that McCain's acceptance speech could not top running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's the previous night, they were not disappointed. "I'm hoping it will be able to top Sarah Palin's speech last night, but that's going to be a pretty lofty goal," Alex Smith, chairman of Penn State College Republicans, said before McCain's speech Thursday night. Smith added that Palids speech was already better than that of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama last week at the Democratic National Convention. "The word around the campaign is he's a little worried," said Andrew Natalo, president of Penn- See McCAIN, Page 2. More coverage of the convention. LOCAL, Page 5. Arrington wishes 'plague' upon Sports Café Cassie Leymarie/Collegian Students and locals sit outside of the reopened Sports Café and Grille, 244 W. College Ave. Thursday night. Wsdbe• Today:Today:da r • High 86 AILY when it's a wet field obviously is th 6 ball, shortening your strides, making sure you're not gonna fall and get ting a towel to make sure your arms and gloves are dry," running back Evan Royster said. Even without considering the weather, Oregon State coach Mike Riley spoke FOotball 3:30 p.m. Saturday Beaver Stadium about the need for his offense to find balance instead of the lopsided numbers favoring the passing game in a sea son-opening loss to Stanford. If Mother Nature has her way, Riley may not have much of a choice. Playing through the remnants of a hurricane call into question Oregon See TEAM, Page 2. More football coverage IL Pigskin Preview. I SPORTS, Page 8. www.psucollegian.com •Charlie Nebergall/Associated Press Republican presidential candidate John McCain waves to the crowd as he goes on stage at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday where he officially accepted the party's nomination. Tonight: * Tomorrow: Extended forecast I WEATHER, Page 2. tertv Briefs Low 62 High 76 Courtesy of Campus Weather Service cws.met.psu.edu Local . iiiit On Tap Tuesday Kyle Lewis/Collegian Nittany Lion running back Evan Royster, 22, evades Coastal Carolina linebacker Chris Walls, 38. By Elizabeth Murphy COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I eanslls@psu.edu The Sports Café & Grille reopened between 9 and 10 Thursday night to a fiery reaction from "irate" former Nit tiny Lion LaVar Arrington. Arrington said he has "nothing to do with that place," in response to rumors he might be behind the bar's reopening. "I hope the plague falls upon the Sports Cafe," he said, adding "I hope it's rat infested. Frickin' roach infest ed." Arrington and his group, EA.M.M. LLC, were planning to reopen the bar as "Linebacker U Sports Café." Arrington said last week discus sions between he and current owner Kevin Anderson about the sale and purchase of the bar began about six months ago. Negotiations progressed to a final closing meeting on the prop erty held about four weeks ago at Nit tany Bank, Arrington said last week Anderson did not appear at the meet ing; Arrington said last week. Since then, Arrington has been unable to contact Anderson. One of the bar's current man agers, AJ Madden, declined com- aPublished independently by students at Penn State n Three Lions will not play By Andrew Wible and Josh Langenbacher COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS ajwsoso@psu.edu, jjlso3l@psu.edu Defensive linemen Maurice Evans and Abe Koroma and tight end Andrew Quarless will not suit up against Ore gon State on Saturday, Joe Paterno said on his call-in radio show Thursday night. The suspensions came two days after police said they found marijuana at Nittany Apartment 5204 where the three players live, according to a search warrant that cites university housing records. Cornerback A.J. Wallace, who was named in the search warrant as the See LIONS, Page 2. IAAAA Past coverage: www.psucolleglan.com ment Thursday night and had an employee ask reporters to leave. Anderson has not responded to repeated requests for comment in the past two weeks. "I hope he never makes another dollar off of Sports Café," Arrington said about Anderson Thursday night. Several people walking by the 244 W. College Ave. bar yelled out "Where is LaVar?" Jess DeGore (senior-nutrition) who sat outside, said the bar seemed new, only offering one special, but it would probably be fine in a month. "I have to give them a two thumbs down on the specials," she said. DeGore said she would return to the bar. The former Sports Café & Grille closed in December after being sued by National Penn Bank for $464,324.96 for violating a forbearance agree ment. On May 28, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board received the application for transfer of the liquor license to Arrington's group, F.A.KM. LLC. Since then, the transfer has nei ther been approved nor unapproved, Francesca Chapman, Pennsylvania See ARRINGTON, Page 2. Tickets provoke concern .2 Comics 15 Nnes: 865-1828 www.psticollegan.com .3 Crossword .. . .15 S$ 865-2531 02008 Meese Inc. .7 Horoscope .. . .13 Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 Students question the athletic department's new ticket system expected to be enforced during the 2009 season. By Matt Fortuna and Dave Miniaci COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS mjfs2l7@psu.edu, dmmsls9@psu.edu With plans already underway for the new paperless student ticket system for the 2009 football sea son, many Penn State students have been left with questions. They wonder if they will be able to bring their friends or siblings from other schools into Beaver Stadi um's student section While Associ ate Athletic Director of Marketing and Communication Greg Myford Myford said through e- mail that the goal is to get as many Penn State students into the stu dent section as possible, the issue of outsiders attending home foot ball games is one he hopes to address before the start of next season. "[We] hope to accommodate that so that if you want to bring your sister or brother, for example, that we have a way to accommo date [them]," Myford said. Myford said the athletic depart ment is in the developing stages of moving the student ticket proce dure online and is trying to deter mine who could attend games through the new system. There fore, not all answers about the future process are in place yet. Still, the possibility non-student guests may no longer attend games in Beaver Stadium's stu dent section has left many Penn State students concerned. "That's really ridiculous," Alex Falvo (junior-biology) said. "And, as it is, people already sneak peo ple in easily, so that would just only increase that." Despite this, Falvo felt the new process would help the athletic department determine how many ticket buyers scalp tickets. The new student ticket policy would require students to swipe their ID cards to enter Beaver Sta dium's Gate A on game days. "What we're trying to do is take the existing student ticketing pro- See TICKETS, Page 2.
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