2 I WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11, 2009 NEWS IN BRIEF Homecoming executive director chosen Matthew Peyton (senior-architectural engineering) was selected Monday as the executive director for Homecoming 2010. Peyton served as the 2009 Homecoming Parade director and will succeed Molly Klayman (senior-integrative arts). Peyton will select the 2010 Homecoming Executive Committee in the coming weeks. His other duties will include serving as a liaison between the executive committee and the Homecoming advisers and overseeing all Homecoming events and operations through out the year. MEETINGS AND EVENTS II Ray Najjar, of Penn State, will speak on "How Well Do Global Models Simulate Regional Climate? Case Study for the Mid- Atlantic Region" at 11:15 a.m. in 529 Walker Building. The Earth System Science Center will host the event. ■ John Roe, of Penn State, will speak on "Curvature and the Sign of the Euler Characteristic" at 12:15 p.m. in 114 McAllister Building. The Department of Mathematics will host the event ■ The Earth and Mineral Sciences Library will show the film "Meltdown: A Global Warming Journey" at 12:15 p.m. in 105 Deike Building. 111.111hye Klm, of Penn State, will speak on "Fluorescent Probes for the Specific Detection of Ozone" at 2:30 p.m. in 102 Chemistry Building. Christine Keating, of the Department of Chemistry, will host the event ■ Andrew Zentner, of the University of Pittsburgh, will speak on "New Perspectives on Indirect Astrophysical Dark-Matter Limits" 2:30 p.m. in 339 Davey Lab. Doug Cowen, of the Department of Physics, will host the event. ■ You-Hua Chu, of the University of Illinois, will speak on "A Spitzer View of Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud" at 4 p.m. in 538 Davey Lab. Leisa Townsley, of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, will host the event. ON THE MENU LUNCH Findlay, Pollock and Reinter: cutout cookies, cream of tomato soup, hearty vegetarian chili, beef gravy, grilled cheese sand wich, grilled cheese sandwich on whole wheat, grilled ham and cheese sandwich, shepherd's pie, tortellini and vegetables, Italian green beans Waring: cutout cookies, lunch roll basket, minestrone soup, soup of the day, chicken cosmo not, cut green beans, hot dog, Italian wedge, quarter pound hamburger, shoestring fries, vege tarian burger, pork stir fry, Big Ten pizza, cheese pica, macaroni and cheese, marinara sauce, meat suace, pepperoni pizza, tortellini and vegetables, baked potato, barley pilaf DINNER Findlay, Pollock, Rodliar and Warnock: beef strip loin, bleu cheese crumbles, carmelized onions, roasted garlic potatoes, cream of tomato soup, hearty vegetarian chili, barbecue sauce, chicken fritters, garlic roasted pork with rosemary, grilled chick en breast, honey mustard, honey sauce, stuffed shells, sweet and sour sauce, cauliflower florettes, whole baby carrots Simmons: garlic roasted pork, loin with red pepper coulis, bruschetta chicken parmesan, channa saag, eggplant and tomato pasta, grilled chicken breast Waring: roasted garlic potatoes, assorted specialty breads, minestrone soup, soup of the day, Boston baked beans, cauli flower florettes, popcorn shrimp, quarter pound hamburger, shoestring fries, turkey burger, Big Ten pizza, cheese pizza, hoagie roll, marinara sauce, meat sauce, meatballs in sauce Correction An article "Locals address health care bill" on page one of Tuesday's Daily Collegian incorrectly stated infor mation about the House of Representatives vote. 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The man was in the fraternity parking lot at about 11:30 p.m. when multiple fra ternity members tried to remove Families try to help hikers held in Iran MINNEAPOLIS The families of three Americans accused of espi onage in Iran are attempting the delicate feat of keeping a spotlight trained on the plight of their loved ones while trying to avoid the tan gled politics of the tense U.S.-Iran relationship. Even as the Americans' captivity passed the 100-day point this week, the families of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal together have orchestrated a sophisticated public relations campaign that has included joint family statements, a Web site and online petition, even a logo. And they have been careful not to criticize Iran or its leaders, instead repeating requests for com passion and leniency for three young people they say simply went astray when they crossed into Iran while on a hike in a part of northern Iraq popular with tourists. "We just keep re-emphasizing, for good reason, their innocence," Josh Fattal's mother, Laura Fattal of sub urban Philadelphia, said on Tuesday. "We reiterate their aca demic studies, their personal rela tionships with so many people around the world. ... We're respond- Vaccines One place students won't likely be one as they are available, Geisinger able to get vaccinated for HINI or administrative supervisor for nurs- Fromthe seasonal flu is local hospital ing services Jean Wolfe said. Page 1. Mount Nittany Medical Center. Wolfe warned locals to also get the students should get vaccinated, Hospital officials are only immuniz- vaccine. Guanowsky said. ing their own employees, physicians "Since you are a college town and Penn State officials said the uni- and volunteers, hospital occupation- it seems to be something that's versity could have charged a fee for al health coordinator Emma Smith affecting college-aged students, you students to get the HINI vaccine to said. have more of a concentration," help cover administrative costs but "We're sort of at the mercy of the Wolfe said. "We're advising every opted not to in an effort to get as government," Smith said. body to get them," many people vaccinated as possible, Geisinger Medical Center in Guanowsky said. Danville is offering vaccines to any- Veteran From Page 1 comparison to other places in the world," he said, paging through the photos. Tomczuk was born in Dansburry, Conn., in 1925 to Polish immigrants. After graduating from high school in 1942, the 17-year-old begged his par ents to allow him to join the military. At first, they refused they had already sent their older son to serve in Europe, where he was stationed in England. But three months before he turned 18, Tomczuk's parents gave in. He enlisted in the Marine Corps and was sent to South Carolina for basic training, where he was evalu ated for a position. "I said to them, I want to be an aerial gunner on a dive bomber," Tomczuk laughed. "You know, when you're 18 years old, you say some crazy things." He went to Memphis to begin technical training as a member of the ground crew for the pilots. Tomczuk worked with two other men to rig the ammunition system on the SBD Dauntless dive-bomber, which was one, of the last models of planes where the guns fired between the blades of the propeller. He and his crew had to synchronize the guns so the propellers didn't get shot off when the pilot fired. psucollegian.com Rossilynne Skena Andrew McGill Matt Conte lan Brown As anxious as he was to see com bat, Ibmczuk had to wait and watch as group after group of pilots were deployed overseas. That all changed when the Marines invaded the Japanese beach at Iwo Jima. Mandy Hofmocke Alexa Santoro Beth Ann Downe Illness From Page 1 left untreated saw a similar decrease in the pathogen. "The good news is that the infec tion rate has been suppressed, though we don't know what specifi cally is causing it," Ruskin said. One infected tree was near Deike Building on Bun-owes Road. The other two were located near Penn State President Graham Spanier's house on Mitchell Lane. Last year, most of the elms removed were in this area, part of the more than 50 removed to date. Holly Colbo LOCAL By Peter Panepinto COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER By Patrick Condon ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER him from the vehicles, police said. A woman told police the man assaulted her minutes before police arrived to the scene, according to court documents. The woman told officers the man was running toward her and her friend on Highland Alley, yelling, "Ooh baby, ooh baby." The man then punched one of the women in the shoulder and jumped on the other woman's back, falling on top of her, police said. The woman said the man then put his hands up her shirt and began groping her, police said. The woman said she curled up to protect herself, according to police reports. The other woman tried to get the man off of the woman, but he ing thoughtfully, we believe." Several family members inter- In late July Iranian authorities viewed by the AP said that, while took Bauer, 27, into custody along they receive regular advice and with Shourd, 31, and Fattal, 27. All guidance from State Department three are University of California, officials, no one in the U.S. govern- Berkeley, graduates; Bauer and ment has told them what they can or Shourd had been living in can't say. Damascus, Syria, and Fattal was Instead, family members talk to visiting them. each other constantly. Hickey, The espionage accusation was who lives near Pine City Minn., said the first signal that Tehran intends on a typical day she'll trade up to 100 to put the trio on trial, raising con- phone calls or e-mail messages with cerns they could be used as bargain- other family members. Shourd's ing chips during deadlocked negoti- mother, Nora Shourd of Oakland, ations between Washington and Calif.„ said even the smallest deci- Tehran over Iran's nuclear pro- sions are made only after consulta gram. tions between members of all three In addition to the Web site freethe- families. hikers.org and several rounds of "Every move we make is filtered media interviews, family members through one question: Is this best have attended a series of vigils for the kids?" Nora Shourd said. around the U.S. and posted regular While there's no handy set of updates to a Facebook page. rules for the families to refer to, "There's not a crystal ball telling some have spoken recently with us how our decisions will fall," several other Americans and their Bauer's mother, Cindy Hickey, told family members recently in similar The Associated Press in an inter- situations. The list includes Roxana view. "We just have to make the best Saberi, an Iranian-American jour decisions we can." nalist convicted of espionage in Hickey said her son, a freelance Tehran but released on appeal in journalist, would "fall on the floor May after five months in captivity, laughing" at the suggestion he is a and Laura Ling and Euna Lee, spy. She said his interest is not in reporters for Current TV released politics but rather the plight of the from a North Korea prison in poor and suffering worldwide. August. "The Marine Corps took quite a beating," said Tomczuk, who was eventually shipped to Maui, Hawaii, with the 4th Marine Division to begin training with a machine gun platoon. "We were training for house-to-house combat and we often wondered, 'With all the jungles in the Pacific, why are we training for house-to-house fighting?' Little did we know we were training for the invasion of Japan." But before Tomczuk and his fel low Marines could ship out to the beaches of Japan, President Harry Truman gave the orders to drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan. The war ended and Tomczuk was transferred to China, where he was stationed for eight months. Tomczuk was stunned by what he saw severe poverty and malnour ished children, people starving and eating meal scraps from U.S. sol diers to stay alive "You could see the hardships the people were going through," he said. "During the warm weather, you would see the kids running around naked because they wanted to save the kids' clothes for the cold weath er." In 1946, his time in China was up and Tomczuk boarded a ship to make the journey home, but his mil itary adventure wasn't over yet. "We got caught in a typhoon com ing back to the states," he said, laughing at the recollection. "For three days, the propellers were coming out of the water and the ship was shaking and the chow lines were really short nobody was eat ing:, These trees were replaced by dif ferent species, such as oaks, sycamores and tulip poplar trees, Moorman said. Having one tree removed costs about $2,000. But Ruskin feels associated costs are well worth it. Many prospective stu dents make their ultimate decision to come to Penn State based on its beauty and landscaping, he said. "Elms are a part of the Penn State heritage, and it is hard to put a cost on something that is priceless," he said. But the major problems for elms remain, including Dutch elm dis ease. The disease has been a prob lem for decades, although elm yel- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN punched her hands and arms, police said. The woman who was tackled suffered a large bruise on her right shoulder and bicep, police said. The man was "screaming and yelling uncontrollably" and shouting incoherent statements after the incident, police said. An officer had to use pepper spray to subdue him, police said. After the man was taken to the police station, he continued to scream and rant and kicked an offi cer in the leg, police said. He was then transported to a hospital. Grote's preliminary court hearing at the Centre County Courthouse was continued and will be scheduled at a later date. To e-mail reporter: pppsol7@psu.edu To e-mail reporter: kncso63@psu.edu When his feet finally hit solid ground, the young man found his way back to the northeast. He stud ied journalism at a junior college in Massachusetts with help from the GI Bill, which allowed veterans to attend college for free. He married his wife, Kay, and had two children. He took a job in the marketing department of a ball bearing factory the same factory that made parts for the gunner scope used on bombers during World War 11. Tomczuk's daughter Joan and son Paul both attended Penn State. After his son decided to stay in the State College area, Tomczuk and his wife migrated south to Happy Valley, which they have called home for the past 13 years. Although it's been decades since his stint in the Marines, Tomczuk is still grateful for everything his mili tary experience gave him. He's been to Tennessee, Texas, California, Hawaii, Guam and China. He's trav eled around the world and seen things he said people, especially back in the 19405, didn't get to see. To Tomzcuk, service to the United States through the Marine Corps was about dedication and team work, lessons that stuck with him throughout his life. "When they tell you to jump, you just say how high, and that's what makes it great," Tomczuk said. "I think all branches are fairly similar where one guy will help out the other guy and you have a close rela tionship with the people you're with. And you work together as a team." To e-mail reporter kmss424@psu.edu lows only appeared on campus in 2007, Ruskin said. "When trees have elm yellows, they become more attractive to bark beetles that carry Dutch elm," Moorman said. The tree removed on Burrowes Road had both diseases, he said. Despite these threats to elms, Moorman said the weather might prove to be the most devastating. "It is more likely we will lose more elms to snow storms, like the one we had a few weeks ago," he said. "They result in major damage to these large trees." To e-mail reporter: arb.s3o7@psu.edu
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