Allsv _ // Basic training I v / w,,,v I \V / / After serving seven months in the 8 riF y Skate Penn completed its move! Sf £•/ Marines, senior Emily Thompson is I i -f" 1 a second-floor location on Calderl gejj y returning to athletics with the crew team. 9 L .Way on Thursday. | LOCAL, Page S__/\ SPORTS, Page 8. 1 W The Daily Collegian Published independently by students at Penn State Simmons to close, students unhappy After this semester. Simmons Dining Hall will close to create more dorm space. By Laura Nichols COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Simmons Dining Hall will close at the end of the spring semester, marking the loss of another dining hall in South Halls and a farewell to exclusively healthy dining faeil ities on campus. Dahiana Tejada, (junior-geography) and Adriana Felix-Salgado (junior- environmental systems engineering) debate with Frank Diorio ,74. Lake Hopatcong. N.J.. about their stances on abortion. Diorio has traveled to college camouses for the past eight years to talk about this issue. For more coverage on the protest | LOCAL, Page 3. IFC: frat recruits average Despite a new registra tion fee and a reeruit's death, fraternity recruit ment did not suffer. By Caitlin Seilers and Somer Wiggins COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS Despite the potential deter rents of a new registration fee and the death of recruitment-reg istered freshman Joseph "Joe" Dado, the Interfraternity Council is experiencing recruitment numbers comparable to last year. Fraternities extended bids to students registered for Interfraternity Council (IFC) for mal recruitment Monday night. Students who received bids have until Oct. 1 to accept or reject the invitations to join a fraternity. IFC reported 1,481 students registered for formal recruitment this year, compared to 1.612 regis trants in Fall 2008. said IFC Vice President of Communications Zach Meli. The dining hall will close after the end of the 2009-10 academic year to make space for more on campus residences. Director of Housing Conal Carr said. A year ago. McElwain Dining Hall was dosed for the same reason. Some students said they were disappointed to see the haven of healthy eating choices dose. "It's a .shame because it's the only place on campus you can get nutritional food." Christine Simcox sophomore-nutrition) said. "Everywhere else is greasy and not as good quality" Recruitment 2009 IFC recruitment registration: 1.481 2009 invitations to join 1,199 2008 IFC recruitment registration: 1.612 2008 invitations to join about 800 Forty fraternity chapters extended 1.19!) bids to 806 stu dents Monday night, and eight chapters were yet to report as of press time. Meli 'senior-econom ies) said. Las! year a total of 800 students wen’ extended bids, he said. IFC unanimously passed a new policy this September that estab lished a SlO registration fee for all students planning to participate in fraternity recruitment. In return for the sin fee. each student received a recruitment T shirt and a silicone wristband that allowed them to attend spe cific recruitment events. When the lee was proposed and later passed, it remained to be seen whether the tee would affect recruitment numbers. Meli said the lee may have dis interested some students, but those students were already unlikely to hav e ultimately joined a fraternitv. Max Wendkos. president of See RECRUITMENT. Page 2. Other students said they will miss the convenience of living m South Halls and having the option of healthy eating so close to their dorm. ‘T eat here every single day 1 love the food and all the choices. " Susie Della Rocca (junior-hotel, restaurant and institutional man agement) said. "I'm hoping they can relocate it. I'll be really sad it they don't." Carr said Simmons is current)', the only totally healthy eatine option on campus. See SIMMONS. Page 2 UPUA seeks legal Keirans hopes the legal services program will be functional bv November By Laura Nichols COLIEGiA Student governmenl and Uie Division of Student Affairs are searching for a Director of Legal Services, bringing closer the iui fillment of a. presidential cam paign promise. University Park Undergraduate Association President Gavin Keirans -aid he is glad to see a legal services pro Housing monitors flu-like cases cation with students to cheek on University staff members will their status. call students who have filled out Now. in conjunction with the online form to ask them a Students fighting iniluenza-!ike Homing and Food Services, stu- series of questions regarding illnesses will have more than (tents who haven't made the trip their health, their mothers calling them daily to the Student Health Center can Based on the student's - University Health Services also opt to be contacted by uni- answers, the staff will be able to i UHS) may now check in on therm vcrsity staff to ensure their condi- suggest the appropriate actions too. linn doesn't get any worse. the student should take. By Laura Nichols COLLEGIAN STAFF A A Director Dr. Margaret Spear said whenever UHS sees or talks to a student who exhibits du like symptoms, staff have made the effort to keep up daily commum- Michael Felletter/Collegian Steve Laßosa serves omelettes in Simmons Dining Hall last summer. The dating hah will be the second closed in South, leaving only Redifer. Search for answers continues Police continue to investigate Joe Dado's actions on Sept. 20. Authorities are still investigating the events lead ing up to Penn State freshman Joseph Dado's death, as officers re-interview witnesses and pre pare for a complete autopsy report. Police plan to return to the wit- § k ness who saw Penn State fresh man Joseph Dado alone in the area outside of the on-campus fra- |L « ternity where he was last seen 1/ alive Sept. 20. t jF Workers found Dado. 18, dead in an exterior stairwell near the ‘ ' J Steidle Building at about 6 p.m. L—i “ Sept. 21. He was last seen at about ® at *° 3 a m. Sept. 20 leaving the Alpha Gamma Delta (Fiji) fraternity house Burrowes Road Though details are still foggy, authorities say Dado appears to have been alone on the roof of a maintenance building. "They do have some indication from different points that Mr. Dado was a'one on the roof," Penn State spokeswoman Lisa Powers said. "They are looking into everything they are hearing. If any body has information, they're asking them to please come forward." sr.im come to fruition during his lime ol Penn State and hopes it !! be fully functional by November i iT(- director will be in charge of P entire program, which will ii-nvido Pudents with free legal ! ice and representation. This is the biggest part of the Keirans 'senior-busi ness management) said. "Once we have a director, we have a Keiranx campaigned for the iegai sendees program during hm j] his initial and re-election presidential campaign. Two dol lar.-' from each student's fee goes too. ;, d the program in order to .Yn online form asking students "If we in some way know who to record if they are recovering or those students are, whether stiil experiencing flu-like symp- they're on or off campus, some torn s will soon be available on eliv- one can make contact with them mg.psu.edu See FLU. Page 2. psucollegian.com By Kevin Cirilli COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Police believe footprints found on the roof of a See SEARCH. Page 2. director provide students with free legal advice and representation on a variety of issues, including ten ant-landlord disputes and traffic violations. "We re glad to provide students with a much-needed and mean ingful service." Keirans said. Keirans will co-chair the search committee with Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Philip Burlingame. The commit tee will screen applicants and decide who will be brought in for an interview. Burlingame said. Selected candidates for the position will then meet with the committee, w'ho will assign each See UPUA. Page 2. 319 N
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