Blindsided . lined up for Lions rise to No. 5 to legalize table games "m/jNHi Third Eye Blind tickets, but in latest AP poll aSST could he| P end the state’s jk™ ' some left empty-handed SPORTS, Page 13. budget impasse. X">4 11 The Daily * CoDegian _ Ticketless students get lucky System kink allows non-ticket holders access to Saturday’s game By Laura Nichols COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER On Saturday afternoon, an Indian girl with black hair and dark eyes showed ticketing per sonnel an ID+ card which pic tured a Caucasian male with blond hair and blue eyes. She walked into Beaver Stadium without a problem. “They did a double-take but did n’t seem to care,” Payal Patel (sophomore-information sciences ■yan Wade Heritage/Collegian Penn State wide receiver Graham Zug (5) is tackled by a Syracuse player during Saturday's game. Penn State defeated Syracuse 28-7 during the matchup, which was the first time the teams met in Beaver Stadium since 1990. Lions’ running game flat in win By Matt Fortuna COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The Penn State football team is The presence of Pro Football best player I've ever coached," now 2-0, but Joe Patemo remains Hall of Famer Lenny Moore was said Patemo, who was an assis unsatisfied after another win over not enough to bring this old rival- tant with Penn State at the time, another overmatched opponent, ry back to its golden age. Flash forward to Saturday. “I think we’ve played well Moore, who served as an hon- Paterno was still on the sidelines enough to win two games, that’s oraiy captain before Saturday’s —this time as a head coach but all I know,” the head coach said. “I contest, took part in one of the the Lions and the Orange com think we have to get better. How greatest Penn State-Syracuse bined for just 143 yards on the much better? I don’t know." games ever in 1955. In that game, ground. Such is the consensus sur- Moore was outrushed by the Evan Royster scored a touch rounding the Nittany Lions after a Orange's Jim Brown, 159-146. But down on Penn State's first drive of Jacculyn T eoh 'Coifegia^ A participant in the “Taxpayer March on Washington” rally holds a sign expressing her dislike of the Obama administration. People traveled from across the country to participate in the rally, including Penn State students. D.C. draws thousands in protest of spending By Jacquiyn Teoh COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER WASHINGTON, D.C. the disapproval some Americans Standing in the middle of have with the Obama administra- Pennsylvania Avenue, an Obama- tion. masked figure sporting a purple “I'm going on this march to fur-trimmed bathrobe and a plas- make a statement,” Victor tic golden crown chanted, 'I am a Schleich (freshman-broadcast liar! lam a liar!” journalism) said. "We want to Around him, tens of thousands show the left in the White of protesters from all over the House and the houses of country including some Penn Congress that they are trying to State students surged past in a See PROTEST. Page 2. and technology) said. “I think they were just checking to see if you had an ID not if it was yours.” Patel wasn’t the only student who got into Beaver Stadium with out her own ticket Saturday in fact. Associate Athletic Director Greg Myford said any student would have been able to pass through Gate A on Saturday, thanks to an unforeseen techno logical glitch. All gates require tickets to be scanned to gain entry, and Beaver ho-hum 28-7 victory over visiting his Lions came out with the 21-20 Syracuse (0-2) Saturday at Beaver victory. Stadium. “Lenny Moore is probably the rally held at the nation’s capital Saturday. The “Taxpayer March on Washington" aimed at voicing Stadium’s entire data-reading sys tem was out of operation on Saturday, Myford said. All scan ners were fixed 10 to 15 minutes before the gates were scheduled to open except one. That was Gate A, the student entrance. The athletic department want ed to get students into the stadium as quickly as possible and resort ed to swiping ID cards at the entrance to the stadium, where they received a paper ticket. Mayor remembered fondly by close friends and family By Katie Sullivan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER At his memorial service Sunday; friends, family and fellow State College residents all recalled a sim ilar childhood image of late State College Mayor Bill Welch: in his boyhood hangout. Hoy Brothers General Merchandise, sipping on a cold Pepsi and shooting pinball with his posse of friends. Welch's brother. Patrick Welch, of Hershey, Pa., said it was places like State College's Hoy Brothers that made his brother strive to make the town a "magical" place for all who passed through. "Bill was always going back to find that magic that allowed him to look toward the future," Patrick Welch said. “He wanted his kids, his grandkids, everybody in State College to have that experience.” Welch was remembered amid moments of roar ing laughter, thoughtful reflection and tearful real izations that the almost lifelong-State College resi dent would never again walk the streets of the town he loved so much. More than 300 people gathered at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center to celebrate the life of Welch, who died Sept. 4 after suffering complica tions from leg bypass surgery. Family, friends, co workers and admirers shared stories, poems and songs that reflected aspects of the 67-year-old’s life. Welch’s sister, the Rev. Elizabeth Parker, said Welch began to walk around downtown State College at a young age, soaking up bits of informa tion and history that became his passion. "He bonded with the community at a very young Myford said this action was “The biggest disappointment taken not only to avoid confusion this week was to take a step back among students but also as a safe- in week two,” Myford said, guard in case the scanners began “Fortunately, we have a string of to work again. home games to see these Myford said there is no problem improvements in their entirety.” with the new student system and And though the practice of that Saturday’s problem stemmed using another student’s ID + card from a general technology issue, is not new, Myford said there will Students can still manage their be ramifications for offenders online ticket accounts and make once the system is back in use. He transactions online, and the swipe said that if a student is caught system should be fully functional using another student’s ID+ card next weekend, he said. See TICKETS. Page 2. the game for the second week in a row, but the Lions’ rushing attack again looked average. Royster, the Big Ten’s leading returning rusher heading into the season, carried the ball 12 times for 41 yards, though he had two catches for 61 yards and a touch down. But the Lions as a team man aged just 78 yards on 35 carries See LIONS, Page 2. For coverage | SPORTS, Page 10. Memorial service attendees watch a video tribute to the late State College Mayor Bill Welch. The video showed recorded comments from friends remember ing him. age because it met his needs: to love and be loved,’ Parker said. Police: Crime higher Local police saw more incidents than is typical on a football weekend By Kevin Cirilli COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER A Penn State student is in intensive care after being beaten by two unidentified men, a victim of one of the many incidents police encountered this week end. Police are looking for answers today after what State College Police Department Sgt. John Wilson called a “very, very busy” football weekend, including a separate incident in which a man told police he was threatened with a gun. Police withheld the name of the injured male student, cur rently in intensive care at Mount Nittany Medical Center for a serious head injury. The student was taken to the hospital at about 2:45 a.m. Sunday, police said. The student was intoxicated and “staggering" in the middle of the road along the 3500 block of South Atherton Street when two unidentified men got out of a sil ver sedan and began repeatedly punching him, Wilson said. Less than two hours later, police responded to an unrelated incident involving terroristic threats and a gun. See CRIME. Page 2. See MAYOR. Page 2.
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