Astronomy Art a Kill Point 40,0 k t 4 ---- Joe Sunder used to be hesitant after a : 1 11 • s ; • b . mistake. NotanyMor'e. A .roductil SPORTS, Page S. 11 , „I a movie LOCAL Pr : , :e , 11( the area aro wis- THE DAILY Colle Council decides to keep parking In a work session Monday night. State College Borough Council voted to modify a proposal for a bikeway on Sparks Street. By Shar•nun Stmcox COLLEGIAN STAFF , a ',5 - 096( pai eau Bicyclists will have to try again for a desig nated bike lane in town State College Borough Council will vote on a modified north south bikeway proposal after discussion at the council's work session Monday night. In a 6-1 vote, council members voted to decide during the council's April 20 meeting on a plan that scraps a previously proposed bike lane and removal of parking along Sparks Street. The exception was council member Silvi Lawrence, who voted to reject the plan all together. Lawrence, who used to live on Sparks Street. does not believe that a bike lane belongs there. she said. However, she said she is in favor of various awareness campaigns and other steps to promote shar ing the road. After every council mem ber had a chance to com ment on the north-south bikeway, council suggested that staff schedule a vote on the bikeway with only "share the road" signs along South Sparks Street, eliminating the bike lane. "I agree with the people that own homes there," council member Theresa Later said. "People need to be able to get to and have their friends park near where they live." Goreham Council member Peter Morris said he was particularly struck by the lack of cyclists speak ing on behalf of the proposal at the public hear ing. The north-south bikeway was proposed last year and has gone through continuous modifi cations since its original proposal. At the meet ing on April 20. council members will vote on the new proposition based on the discussion at the work session Monday night. The council held a public hearing on the plan at its April 4 meeting, which at the time includ ed eliminating parking along Sparks Street. Several citizens spoke out against the bike lane for various reasons, including the elimination of parking, the speed on the street and an abun dance of signs. `ldol' stars bring musical to campus By Amanda Elser COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER aleso4s@psu.edu It may not be the Kodak Theatre, but Eisenhower Auditorium will be filled with American Idol stars tonight as the Broadway touring company of Ain't Misbehavin' hits University Park Featuring three contestants from the show's second season including winner Ruben Studdard the show is quickly approaching selling out for its one-night-only performance. Ain't Misbehavin' a show that performs the compiled musical compositions of jazz personality Fats Waller is a completely sung performance, said Trenyce Cobbins, an Idol finalist. "Basically it's a review of Fats Waller as a musical com posen" Cobbins said. Though the show takes place in the 1930 s during the Harlem Renaissance, all the characters ethe r: Hip 43 L 36 Today: gab Tonight: • Tomorrow: Extended forecast I WEATHER, Page 2. Contents: Brien Weat Courtesy of Campus Weather Service Local a ow 4 " 1, " High 54 t i t/ I t cws.met.psu.edu See PARKING. Page 2 play themselves and take on aspects of Waller's personality - From the get-go, the show has very high energy just like he did," she said. "Each of the songs we take on a different characteristic of him to por tray." Cobbins said the fact that she, Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis all three sec ond season Idol contestants are in the show together is a complete coincidence, but she had to work for her role. "They wanted Ruben, and Frenchie was coming off of See MUSICAL Page 2. Legendary Philadelphia announcer Harry Kalas died hours before Monday's Phillies game. By Nate Mink 3TAiF WRITER npmso2sccpsu.edu Well after the final out at Veterans Stadium was in the books sometimes at 1 or 2 a.m. Harry Kalas was throw ing fastballs and curveballs to his kids in a backyard version of the game synonymous with his voice. 'He would come back home and he had this soft sponge ball that he'd throw and we would hit it with our hands," Kalas' son, Brad, said Monday night. Memories like the sponge whiffle ball-like game stand out most to Brad hours after his father and the longtime Phillies Hall of Fame broadcaster's death Monday just two weeks into his 39th year as the team's play-by-play announcer. The 73-year-old's passing left family and fans shocked and saddened. Kalas collapsed in the press box at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., hours before the Phillies' afternoon game against the Nationals. When Kevin McCaffrey (jun ior-management information Trenyce Cobbins stars with fellow American Idol contestants Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis in a musical performance that celebrates Fats Waller. sciences) finds his seat at Citizens Bank Park in two weeks, the sights and smells of freshly cut grass and hot, juicy franks and typical Philadelphia fan antics will fill his nose and ears. But when McCaffrey, who grew up in Philadelphia, looks up at the press box, the man whose voice has been a staple in his and millions of others' Phillies fanhood will be absent. Chris Morell (sophomore energy, business and finance) lives outside Philadelphia in nearby Flourtown and will never forget Kalas' voice when he said the Phillies were the 2008 World Series champions. "My favorite quote is after Chase Utley hit a home run, he said, 'Chase Utley, you are the man,' Morell, dressed in a Phillies jacket, said in his best Kalas impression. Malcolm Moran, Penn State's Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, said when the loss of someone of Kalas' stature happens, it's diffi cult for fans to get over. "Because of his talent, See KALAS. Page 2. Published independently by students at Penn State www.psucollegian.com Phillies infielders Ryan Howard, left, and Chase Utley, right, bow their heads in remembrance of Harry Kalas on Monday. Loved ones recall student's By Adam Clark and Mandy Hofmockel COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS atcso39@psu.edu. amhs2s6@psu.edu Niki Piano remembers sitting in Erik Nistad's living room last Friday, laughing and eating Oreo cookies with the Penn State stu dent and talking with his mother. `I would eat the inside of it and he would eat the cookie," said Piano, Nistad's longtime friend and neighbor. It was the day before Nistad's 21st birthday, and he made plans with his mother to have a big din ner and go shopping Saturday, Piano said. But Nistad, a Milford resident, was killed early Saturday morning when his car hit a tree while he was driving on a road near his home, his sister Kathleen Nistad said. Police could not release any information about the crash as of press time Monday. Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon wrote in an e-mail Monday that he didn't have more details on Nistad's death. 2 Comics 11 ryE,Wt 865-1828 www.psucolleglan.com 3 Crossword 11 !UMW Po'. 865-2531 @201:18 Collegian Inc. 8 Horoscope initag r IM g thezmov ion team is stiooting GULA, about zombie invasions, in I ETC., Page 12. Tuesday. April 14. 2009 Fans will miss voice of Phillies By Terry Casey THE CITY OF BROTH erly Love lost its voice yester day. 4r -N As it had 162 times a year for almost four decades, Phil adelphia stopped to listen MY OPINION yesterday. But for the first time, Harry Kalas wasn't there. The reigning world champions of baseball still played the game he loved. But it wasn't the same, nor will it ever be. Harry the K was, by profession, the man who called Phi Hies games for TV and radio. But to the city he called home, he was its soul. From his coarse, deep calls of See FANS, Page 2 kindness A junior at Penn State's University Park campus, Nistad had aspired to become a police offi cer and eventually join the FBI, his sister said. "He would do anything for any one, no matter what," Kathleen Nistad said. "He wanted to help everybody" It's a quality many mentioned after his funeral Monday, and a role he embraced last year when his sister's son was born, Kathleen Nistad said. He helped take care of his olioiN ' , r o k 'l, nephew Nistad about six weeks after the birth, and he always insisted on helping his own mother, she said. "I think it made him feel good to take care of her," Kathleen Nistad said. See STUDENT, Page 2
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