H E Colle Chris Donadio/Collegian Students take pictures of a light post being ripped down on Beaver Avenue Saturday night. Thousands of Penn State fans stormed the streets after the Lions’ victory 13-6 over Ohio State’s Buckeyes. Reactions flare over spraying By Elizabeth Murphy and Matthew Spolar COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS | eamslls@psu.edu, mss342@psu.edu Hanging in the air like a pepper spray mist, reaction swirled among students and Big Ten university officials about police tactics used to subdue raucous celebrants after Penn State’s win against Ohio State Saturday night. Periodically throughout the night, police fired pepper spray into the crowd, causing herds of reveling students to flee the intersection at Beaver Avenue and Locust Lane. Carly Mallenbaum (sophomore-broadcast journal ism) said she avoided one round of spraying before get ting blindsided, sending her clutching her eyes as she See REACTIONS, Page 2. Gov. Palin to speak at Rec Hall TUesday By Mandy Hofmockel COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | amhs2s6@psu.edu Sarah Palin will visit campus Tuesday, about a week and a half after her husband Todd tailgated with stu dents and alumni for Penn State’s Homecoming game. The Republican vice presidential candidate is slated to speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Rec Hall, with doors open ing at 6 p.m. Peter Feldman, Pennsylvania communications direc tor for the John McCain-Palin cam paign, confirmed the visit. “We’re fighting hard for every vote in Pennsylvania,” Feldman said. Tickets are free and can be picked up at Republican-affiliated offices, Weather: 575 AI L Y i-fr Election *ll4'** Feldman said. With a place for con tact information, tickets are a tool to recruit volunteers and control the event, he said. “We’d love for as many students to come as possible,” he said. Andrew Natalo, president of the Penn State Students for John McCain, said his group is sending out volunteer lists to set up for and tear down after the event. “This is the cul- See PALIN, Page 2 Tonight’ sJBL* tended forecast | WEATHER, Page 2. p . Brirt* 2 Comics.. 15 NEWS: 865-1828 wim.Msc.lhgta.co . „ uiwti 43 Courtesy of Campus Weather Service MjlUcllliSi l * c- Crossword 15 BUSINESS: B6S-2531 cross cc*. lac. Low 35 H—i nignoj cws.met.psu.edu Sports 10 Horoscope 13 Buck Wild Michael Felletter/Collegian Riot control police use pepper spray on the crowd. o n -A- Published independently by students at Penn State Ben Roth/Collegian Sarah Palin speaks in Johnstown Oct. 11. She will come to campus Tuesday. www.psucollegian.com Fans after By Collegian Staff Writers The Nittany Lions’ 13-6 triumph over Ohio State sent thousands of cheering stu dents into the streets of State College, pounding on cars, tearing out bushes and pulling down streetlights in their frenzied celebration, dispersing only under clouds of pepper spray. “Celebrations are fine,” State College Police Chief Tom King said. “This turned from a celebration to people being destructive, and that’s unacceptable.” State College Police said fans tore down Terrelle Pryor (2) fumbles the ball during Penn State’s win over Ohio State, lions down OSU, control conference By Josh Langenbacher COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | jjlso3l@psu.edu COLUMBUS, Ohio About an hour before kickoff, Derrick Williams huddled around a half-dozen players wanning up with the special teams return unit. “This is our year,” he said. “This is our time. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing.” jsta Ohio State was case J JS ck study No. 9. A possible Big Ten p$U championship and maybe more crystallized with a 13- 6 win over the No. 10 Buckeyes on a crisp Saturday night before a OSU record crowd of 105,711 at Ohio Stadium, the same place the Nittany Lions hadn’t won since 1978. No. 3 Penn State (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten) remained unblemished with reserve quar terback Pat Devlin guiding two fourth quarter scoring drives in place of the injured Daryll Clark and safety Mark Rubin and linebacker lyrell Sales combin ing for a sparkling defensive play. The joyous reaction on the Horseshoe’s Clairvoyant shares gift through cards, readings Editor’s note: This is the first in a five-part series about paranormal phenomena at Penn State and those that investigate them. By Andrew McGill COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | armso77@psu.edu Salli K isn’t a psychic she doesn’t like the word. A psychic is, one step away from a fortuneteller, and as she always tells customers visiting her Hetzel Street storefront, “there’s no witchcraft, no dead chickens, no little dolls with pins in them” here. There’s only Mama K, and she calls herself a clairvoyant. Today she’s watching CNN, sur rounded in her simple office by can flood streets game v ictory Video and photo gallery: www.psucolleglan.coin two lampposts and at least two parking meters during the night. At least six cars along Beaver Avenue were damaged, including a police cruiser, police said. “We’re still trying to calculate all of the damage,” State College Police Lt. John Wilson said. No arrests were made, Wilson said, but police collected identification in some See FANS, Page 2. turf indicated the significance and magni tude of Penn State’s win. Defensive tackle Jared Odrick and another player chest-bumped at the 50. A.Q. Shipley and Anthony Scirrotto, both captains, embraced after celebrating with Penn State faithful who traveled. Williams found Blue Sapphire EJ. Maierhofer waiting in front of the stands at the end of Penn State’s pocket of fans and gave her a hug. They all seemed to realize their biggest hurdle before the BCS national champi onship game had been cleared. “I told a lot of the guys in the locker room you don’t even know what it means for these seniors,” Deon Butler said. “For them it’s another year, another couple years. You don’t understand until you’re a senior that now or never mentality.” Butler and tackle Gerald Cadogan, fifth year seniors, redshirted on the 2004 team that finished 4-7. Five seasons later, the two are playing on a team that could finish See LIONS, Page 2. More coverage of the football team | SPORTS, Page 8. Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 ■V > - v Vy dies, crystals and dream catchers. She watches for the weather she has a grandson, just younger than 2 years old, and she has to know how warmly to dress him. And no, she can’t predict how cold it will be tomor row. “I don’t dictate anything,” she said. She speaks softly, deliberately. Her cell phone rings about every five min utes Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” and she ignores the call, quietly snap ping off the ringtone. “Nothing is writ ten in stone except for the Ten See CLAIRVOYANT, Page 2. Abby Drey/Collegian
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