2 I TUESDAY, SEPT. 9, 2008 NEWS IN BRIEF Police instate driving operation State College Police, Ferguson Township Police, Patton Town ship Police and the Pennsylvania State Police are increasing enforcement against aggressive drivers under PennDOT's "Smooth Operator" program. Police said it was because aggressive driving is the No. 1 traffic safety threat in the United States, according to State College Police. The program began Sept. 7 and will continue through Sept. 21, according to State College Police. It will provide extra funding for police departments to add extra patrols to target aggressive drivers, police said. No one injured in Pa. campus shooting INDIANA, Pa. (AP) A man fired two gunshots into the air outside a dormitory on the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus, but nobody was hurt and no property was damaged, police said. A student called campus police at 12:35 am. Monday to report that two men pulled in front of the dormitory and asked the stu dent and a friend if they needed drugs, university spokeswoman Michelle Fryling said. When the students declined, the men drove off and the driver fired a handgun, she said. Neither of the men are students and both live in the borough of Indiana, about 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, officials said. The man who allegedly fired the gun, Christian Allen Berry, 19, will be charged with reckless endangerment, Fryling said. The other man in the cat; Shane Long, 22, will be charged with disorderly conduct, she said. The Associated Press could not immediately locate telephone numbers for the suspects. Campus police and university officials would not .say whether they found a gun or drugs in the car Thespians hold audition for fall show Penn State Thespians will be holding auditions for its fall show Once Upon a Mattress today in 316 Boucke and Wednesday in 311 Boucke. Those interested must sign up for an audition time slot in advance on the sign-up sheet that will be posted inside the side door of Schwab Auditorium. Those auditioning should be prepared to sing a song a cappella and a one-minute comedic monologue. CAMPUS NOTES ■ Daniel Sudarsky, of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, will deliver a speech, "Could the Seeds of Cosmic Struc ture be the First Evidence of a Quantum Gravity Related Phe nomena?" at 10:00 a.m. in 320 Whitmore Laboratory. The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos will host the event. ■ Jodie L. Lutkenhaus, of Yale University, will deliver a speech, "Nanostructured Polymeric Materials for Energy Storage and Harvesting," at 10:00 a.m. in 301 Steidle Building. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering will host the event. ■ Kristen Fichthorn, of Penn State, will give a speech, "Accel erating Molecular Dynamics to Laboratory Time Scales," at 3:30 p.m. in 339 Davey Laboratory. Milton Cole, of the Department of Physics, will host the event. ■ Andrew Melatos, of the University of Melbourne (Australia), will give a talk, "Gravitational Radiation from Accreting Neutron Stars," at 4:00 p.m. in 320 Whitmore Laboratory. The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos will host the event. ■ Robin Newmark, of Lawrence Livermore National Laborato ry, will give a talk, "Water Challenges for Carbon Capture and Sequestration," at 4:00 p.m. in 22 Deike Building. COMICti(NI Au article "Tim* team hires assistant" on page 6 of July 16's Daily Collegian incorrectly attributed direct quotes. The quotes should have been attributed to Lauren McCarthy THE DAILY Colle Collegian Inc. James Building, 123 S. Burrowes St., University Park, PA 16801-3882 On the World Wide Web The Daily Collegian Online, which can be found at www.psucolleglan.com, is updated daily with the information published in the print edition. 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Smith Abby Drey Board of Managers LOCAL & STATE & NATIONAL Plans for a proposed nine-story down town hotel that could relocate more than a dozen local businesses moved forward Monday night as the State College Bor ough Council voted to reevaluate the property's zoning specifics. The council voted to give the Planning Commission the authority to revisit aspects of the site's commercial incen tive zoning designation a type of com mercial zone that allows for up to 12- story buildings (145 ft.) if they incorpo rate environmentally friendly designs, underground parking or other council approved features. The property's shift from regular com mercial zoning to commercial incentive zoning was approved in November 2007, borough manager Tom Fountaine said. Local landowber Charles Herlocher controls the property in question, locat ed on College Ave. between Sowers St. and Garner St a stretch of College Ave. IFC From Page 1 Though most of those who expressed concern over the policy said they under stood why all-greek events would appeal to fraternities, some opposed it. "I think the policy pretty much blows," Jeremy Fretz (freshman-business) said Monday. "It's kind of going against the tradition of fraternities just getting freshmen drunk That's kind of the rea son people want to join a [fraternity]." Will Pancoast (freshman-communica tions), who said he plans to take part in greek recruitment events, said the new policy "excludes friendships" by requir ing fraternity members to turn away non-greek friends at all-greek events. Monday afternoon, six fraternity hous es held events as part of IFC's first week of recruitment. At Sigma Nu fraternity, 340 N. Burrowes Road, recruits mingled with fraternity brothers and ate barbe cue as a band played on the front porch. Tim Liston (freshman-finance and Charges From Page I. tered a personal breath test and then took him to Mount Nittany Medical Cen ter for a blood test to determine if he had been drinking, Penn State Police Sgt. Don Hazel said Sunday. Harriott, 21, of New Haven, Conn., was dismissed from the football team Thurs- Terry Casey Andrew Staub Kristen Huth Jess Remitz lan Brown Erin Prah Jillian Raines Nikki Sciotto Lauren McCormack Matt Conte ...Rossilynne Skena Katie Maloney Marissa Carl ..Brianna Labuskes ...Katherine Dvorak Stacey Federoff ...Katharine Lackey .Bridget Monaghan Brandon Taylor ....Virginia Harrison Juliana Reis Brian Eller Kevin Zitzman Drugs From Page 1. who had possession of the drugs. Once the investigation is complete, charges will be filed, he said. Only Quarless, Wallace and Aristides A. Nova (senior-engineering) . were men tioned in the search warrant as being at the apartment the night of Sept. 2. Koroma and Evans were not allowed to play in Saturday's game against Ore gon State University. Wallace played because Joe Paterno said he was not involved in the incident. LGBTA From Page 1 When she came out she received sup port from Penn State's LGBTA• commu nity, and she wants to return the favor, she said. "I wanted to make sure I gave that experience to other people," she said. Some of the groups, like Axis, are focused on social events, where as some groups are more politically motivated. Speak Out is "the more political of the queer groups," Speak Out co-president Weather CAMPUS WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST Today: Scattered showers with a chance of a thunderstorm High 73. Tonight: Mostly clear with lingering clouds. Low 51. Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 69. Tomorrow Night: Starlit skies. Low 47. Thursday: Ample sunshine. High 73. Thursday Night: Clear skies. Low 53. Friday: Increasing clouds with a shower or two. High 75 FORECAST DISCUSSION After the last two days of warm and unseasonable temperatures, the forecast for the remainder of the week calls for a more "autumn-like" feel. An approaching cold front today will bring showers and a few possible thunderstorms across the region, so have an umbrella handy. Once the showers exit the area late in the day, this will usher in a drier and more seasonable air mass with high temperatures close to the seventy degree mark. Wednesday and Thursday wilt bring ample sunshine with a few more clouds on Thursday preceding the next precipitous weather system on Friday. Hurricane set to bypass Florida Keys Forecasters at the National Hurricane residents to start stockpiling food, water, Center warned that, after passing into batteries and other supplies. the Gulf of Mexico sometime tonight, Ike "It is still too early to be evacuating KEY WEST Residents in the Flori- could make landfall in the U.S. over the certainly, but it is not too early to be da Keys breathed a sigh of relief Monday weekend in Louisiana or Texas. making sure you've got food and water as a fierce Hurricane Ike turned west on Texas Gov. Rick Perry pre-declared and batteries. It's not too early to be a path away from the low-lying island disasters in 88 counties to aid storm checking your car," Jindal said. chain. But Gulf Coast states watched preparation and put 7,500 National With the storm on a new track, Keys anxiously to see if the storm was gun- Guard members on standby. officials let an evacuation order expire ning for them instead. In Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal urged Monday. By Brian Skoloff ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Zoning issues raised at council meeting By Alex Weisler COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I acwsoB4@psu.edu that includes such businesses as Yogurt Express, The Cell Block, Jimmy John's and Big Bowl Noodle House. Plans for the site's conversion into an approximately 145-ft. tall hotel have been discussed since January 2007, but noth ing is finalized, council president Eliza beth Goreham said. After the council's vote, the zoning shift will now be under consideration by the Planning Commission, with a deci sion likely to be reached in the next few months, commission chairman Evan Myers said. The Herlocher property vote prompt ed a larger debate among council mem bers on downtown State College's desired architectural feel. Council member Peter Morris said aesthetic considerations help make for a more cohesive downtown. "What's wrong with Beaver Canyon in appearance is that the architecture is cookie-cutter," Morris said. "The build ings loolc as if they were designed by a bad coniputer program." accounting), who visited Sigma Nu on Monday, said the policy would lead to increased drinking in dormitories. Across the street at Phi Gamma Delta fraternity 319 N. Burrowes Road, Steve Wmslow (freshman-business and eco nomics) said individual fraternities should decide whether to admit inde pendent students to parties. Baker said last week non-greek stu dents don't have the right to attend greek parties, but added he would not support a complete ban against non greek students. Some students said they understand why the IFC voted in favor of the policy "It's true that it does put a damper on things, but I understand why they would want to weed out anyone trying to take advantage of the parties," Kinsey Hanger (freshman-English) saki The IFC is using fraternity social life to entice students to rush, Will said last week. Though Jacques Guillory said the new policy doesn't bother him because he doesn't normally attend fraternity par- day, Joe Paterno said during his weekly The incident marks Harriott's third radio show. Penn State sports informa- brush with the law during his Penn State tion director Jeff Nelson said the dis- career. missal was a result of a violation of team Harriott was charged with DUI last rules. November after he was pulled over on Driving a 2007 Subaru, Harriott and a North Atherton Street and registered a passenger were pulled over while sitting BAC of .16, police said. Harriott has at a red light on Cherry Lane, off North since enrolled in the accelerated rehabil- Atherton Street, at 2:28 a.m. Thursday itative disposition program (ARD). because officers noticed the vehicle's Last August, police also issued Har rear license was expired, Hazel said. riott an underage drinking citation. Although Paterno said Thursday Quarless would not play against Oregon State, he dressed for the game but did not see ant action. When asked by reporters Saturday why Quarless dressed after the earlier suspension announcement, Paterno said, "How'd he look?" Wallace was replaced in Saturday's game by redshirt freshman Drew Astori no until the fourth quarter. Wallace's only action to that point came on special teams. Koroma started at defensive tackle in the season opener against Coastal Car olina and recorded two tackles, while Josh Miller (junior-mechanical engineer ing) said. The group organizes the annu al "Kiss Out" that encourages gay cou ples to kiss at the HUB on Valentine's Day. SpeakOut's co-president Alex Yates (sophomore-secondary education) is also the vice president of LGBT Stu dents for Obama. "If McCain gets elected we're all going to Canada," Yates said. Yates recently became involved in LGBTA Students for Obama. Yates said it is because Yates thinks Obama is the first presidential candidate CWS UNIVERSITY PARK FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 9. 2008 Ede • 4 a i l :. Hi Upper 60e ______ ~,, N r. -, —v, • •-• Mid 70s —.) • fs - 4 - 0, , • scrillm rwiikamsport r's, ~... Wilkes-Barre d il , _.,,,,_ sue'.. - i 7 . s.i t Isieftgenern• • Reading Alicr"" l ' ' 4rctsbur,3k; glihl -.'.., lii 1 , ' 41 .lohnstiwri 1 Lower 70s ALMANAC Today's average high Record high Today's average low Record low Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow .. . 92° in 179.71 38° in 1986 .. 7:31 pm . 6:46 am "It's good in the fact that they're actu ally getting people who want to be part of fraternities, and not just people who want to get wasted," he said. Will said the IFC informed new recruits at an information session the policy "would possibly be in the future" for greek life. At Sigma Nu on Monday, Max Gold berg (freshman-business) said he under stood the reasoning behind the new poli cy but doesn't mind independent stu dents attending fraternity parties. "Independents are fun," Goldberg said. "They don't respect the house as much as the greeks, but they get the party going." Evans finished with two stops in the game as well. Evans was also a preseason All-Amer ican after finishing with 54 tackles, 12.5 sacks and 21.5 tackles for loss last sea son.Quarless has had an up and down career at Penn State, with prior brushes with police. Quarless received an underage drink ing citation two weeks before the 2007 season began and was arraigned on two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol and related violations in March 2008. He has entered an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) pro gram. to address LGBTA issues in a serious way. Yates said LGBTA groups had tables at the involvement fair during the first week of classes, but some people don't feel comfortable in that setting. "How many students want to approach that one queer table?" Yates said. It's easy for LGBTA students to feel like the odd man out, Speak Out secre tary James Habeeb (junior-English) said. "You might feel alone. Thes4 groups provide a safe space," he said. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Visit the Campus Weather Service: http://cws.met.psu.edu Comments? Email mbcso2s@psu.edu Forecasters: Alex Matus, Jonathan Kegges, Danny Stitely, Ste 4 Grant, Alex Maldonado, Sean Mcfadden, Tim Judis, Dan Vecellio Goreham urged the council to consid er whether the Herlocher proposal would jibe with existing properties. "Part of what I like about town is its scale and sense of intimacy" she said. "A 145-ft. building is pretty tall." The council must try to ward off devel opers interested in building "another sardine case for students" and focus on alternative development opportunities, council member Theresa Lafer said. In his presentation to the council, Myers, of the Planning Commission, said his group decided not to change zoning requirements to allow borough residents to raise chickens on less than 10 acres of land. The council also voted to have the commission consider reevaluating the zoning allowances for home occupations as they apply to dog grooming after receiving complaints about a Westview Ave. grooming business. Collegian Staff Writer Malrys Joaquin con tributed to this report. ties, he added social events would suffer because of the policy "You're going to have really small par ties," Guillory (freshman-petroleum and natural gas engineering) said. "No one's going to go." Patrick Lunney (freshmen-informa tion sciences and technology) said the process will help fraternities recognize serious recruits. t.cesic 80'1 401
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