2 I Thursday Nov. 12,2009 ON THE WEB lb read this story and more, visit psucollaglan.com. Students discuss having sex, in the dark Jonathan Guild thinks sex is a pleasure - not only for him but also for his girlfriend. He cares about a woman's opinion during the deed. While there may have been a lack of physical contact, there was no sparing of words at Wednesday night's Sex in the Dark. Upon arrival, more than SO students were led into the pent house of Heister Hall and then told the rules of the event. Men were seated on one side and women on another, and Jeff Harman (senior-civil engineering) explained to the audi ence it was a night to ask questions to find out what the opposite sex thinks Once the lights went out, one participant shouted "knowl edge is power," and the discussion started. Questions were asked on everything from favorite sex positions, toys, foreplay and tongue rings. MEETINGS AND EVENTS ■ Zakya Kafafl, of tho National Science Foundation, will speak on” Materials Research and Education: Today and Tomorrow” at 10:10 a.m. in 26 Hosier Building. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering will host the event. ■ Seung Ja Oh, of Penn State, will speak on “Differential Effects of Cytohesin 2 and 3 on Betal Integrin Recycling,” at 11:15 a.m. in 101 Althouse Lab. Lorraine Santy, of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, will host the event. ■ Lenny Taelman, of the University of Leiden (Netherlands), will speak on “A Dirichlet Unit Theorem for Drinfeld Modules,” at 11:15 a.m. in 106 McAllister Building. The Department of Mathematics will host the event. ■ Wilfred van der Donk, of Penn State,” will speak on New Methods for the Discovery and Synthesis of Natural Products,” at 12:30 p.m. in 102 Chemistry Building. Squire Booker, of the Department of Chemistry, will host the event. ■ Robert Ghrist, of the University of Pennsylvania, will speak on “Topological Network Topology,” at 2:30 p.m. in 113 McAllister Building. The Department of Mathematics will host the event. ■ Howard Gordon, of the University of Miami, will speak on “The Color of Natural Waters: What Does it Tell Us?” at 4 p.m. in 117 Osmond Lab. Ying Liu, of the Department of Physics, will host the event. ■ Robert Ghrist, of the University of Pennsylvania, will speak on “Euler Integration for Data” at 4 p.m. in 114 McAllister Building. The Department of Mathematics will host the event. ■ Arjun Helmsath, of the Arizona State University, will speak on “Quantifying Soil Production and Transport Across Diverse Landscapes" at 4 p.m. in 22 Deike Building. The Department of Geosciences will host the event. 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Dana Leonard said that in his 31 years of service with the State College Police Department, he’s noticed a steady increase in the “community drinking problem.” He’s seen the trashed streets lined with beer cans on weekend nights and vomit from alcohol over doses that all stem from binge drink ing. He noted that alcohol is a factor in 9 out of 10 sexual assaults and more than 90 percent of street assaults. Factors that contribute to the FTK From Page 1, positions was suggested last year, an AVP Protection Committee was formed to determine how to improve the roles instead of remov ing them. The ideas generated by the com mittee are now being used as a gen eral blueprint for the new organiza tion, Phi Tau Kappa executive direc tor Alyssa Shaffer said. “Unfortunately, those ideas weren’t able to be carried out,” Shaffer (senior-public relations) said. “I would love to carry those out because they did such a great job with the committee.” The organization is still in its Thon From Page 1 after seeing the reactions of the kids at last year’s Thon when they received the cards. “It brought so much happiness to them,” Nicolosi (junior-communica tion sciences and disorders) said. Students could also personalize the Thonvelopes with markers and stickers, Adams (senior-bioengi neering and mechanical engineer ing) said. Thonvelopes were distributed beginning Tuesday, with 137,000 dis- UPUA From Page 1. management) said. “But I haven’t really seen any results.” He said he proposed the 90-Day Plan in an effort to bring more accountability to student leaders. This could allow for much more transparency within UPUA and gives everyone the opportunity to “stay true to what they laid out to do,” Keirans said. Some members expressed their desire to not let the proposal pass Bowman From Page 1. Alamo Bowl and jeopardized his sta tus with the team before being rein stated in the summer. But football became the least of his concerns. His father, Hillard, died June 16, 2008, of a blood clot that developed three weeks after he underwent sur gery for an injury sustained playing basketball. “We talked like we always talk,” Person said of the bad times. “That’s my best friend.” Bowman moved forward. He starred as a reserve in Penn State’s first three games, recording 24 total tackles and earning a starting spot against Temple on Sept. 20,2008. Eleven tackles, five tackles for loss, three sacks, a forced fumble and an interception later, Bowman had arrived. He was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week, and he was just getting started. He accumulated 106 tackles on the sea son to lead the team, he was select ed first-team All-Big Ten and he was ready for Penn State’s New Year’s Day showdown with Southern California in the Rose Bowl. But then came the 3 a.m. wake-up call. psucollegian.com The morning before the big game, defensive line coach Larry Johnson Sr. told Bowman that Nick Lynch, his coach at Suitland High School, had been killed in a two-car accident near his Brandywine, Md., home. Bowman didn’t sleep the rest of the night, not after losing his “sec ond father” the same year he lost his birth father. And he didn’t sleep a day later, making a Penn State bowl record five tackles for loss in a 38-24 defeat against USC. .Rossilynne Skena .Andrew McGill Matt Conte lan Brown .Mandy Hotmockel .Alexa Santoro .Beth Ann Downey Alex Weisler ....Aubrey Whelan .Elizabeth Murphy .Heather Schmelzlen But then there was the marijuana issue. On April 22, Bowman admitted to a judge that he had smoked mari juana not long after Lynch died, a violation of the probation he was already on for the HUB fight ...Dan Rorabaugh .Michael Oplinger There was the kid with the NFL future blowing it all away, message boards said. There was the kid with the free education taking everything for granted. “Nobody has gone through more off the field than Navorro Bowman,” defensive end Jerome Hayes said. “And that’s not all his fault.” ..Abby Drey .Michael Felletter .Holly Colbo Bowman’s probation was extend ed a year. He sat out the Blue-White LOCAL drinking problem include unstruc tured free time, cultural influences, inexpensive alcohol prices and aggressive promotion toward stu dents, LaSalle said, drawing from the U.S. Department of Education. “It’s fueling it, definitely fueling it,” he said. “My hope would be that the leaders community, universi ty and student leaders would get on board and try to make a differ ence.” University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) President Gavin Keirans said implementing a medical amnesty policy would com bat what police are calling a “severe drinking problem.” beginning stages, IFC President port as possible. He said Luke Pierce (senior-economics) Panhellenic liaison Meagan Murphy said. Applications for committee and IFC liaison Greg Sansone positions are due Nov. 20. whose positions were created on the He said he hopes the organization Thon communications committee to will not only boost morale and replace the AVP positions have fundraise for Thon but also teach been particularly helpful with help new greek members about Thon ing Phi Tau Kappa get off the history. Phi Tau Kappa will instruct ground. Amao said the organization members on how to get involved is planning a few “large-scale alter with Thon through their chapter and native fundraisers” for Thon. The other volunteer positions. organization has already held a “Our biggest goal is to provide a fundraiser with Lionmenus, and foundation for the committee in the Shaffer said she would like to hold a future,” he said. “It’s a pretty raw formal gala-style fundraiser in the idea, but there’s a lot of backing future. behind it in the greek community.” John Amao, Thon communica tions overall chairman, said Thon is excited to have the new organization and is providing it with as much sup tributed on the first day alone, Adams said. Dollar donations were also col lected, and students could color a piece of paper with their name on it to be displayed in the Biyce Jordan Center during Thon weekend, Adams said. Students could also sign up to participate in the Wigs for Kids portion of Thon, during which they have their hair cut off onstage and donated to the foundation. And organizers were pushing Thon’s latest initiative: 100 random acts of kindness. From now until Thon weekend, students are being asked to sign up and perform ran- because of the potential repercus sions if they are not able to complete their intended projects. But others defended it because they said UPUA’s constituency should always be able to know what their student government leaders are doing. “I don’t understand how an increase in standards and accounta bility is a bad thing,” said Katie Perugini (sophomore-public rela tions). Chief of Staff Matt Smith turned the attention of the assembly to UPUA’s freshman internship pro- game. He met with Joe Patemo. He’d be back for 2009. He’d switch his jersey number from 18 to 11 like former Penn State great LaVar Arrington asked him to. He’d make all the preseason award watch lists. He’d be the fear of every running back in the Big Ten. But then there was the groin injury. Not even two full series into the 2009 season, Bowman had to check himself out of Penn State’s opener against Akron after hurting his groin in a fall practice. He missed the next two games. “Coming up to the game, I was a little hesitant on how I was gonna do because I knew I had an injury, so I was just trying to really get out there and not push myself too hard in the beginning,” he said. “But the first real contact I got, it told me it wasn’t ready. So I waited, did the things I had to do to get me back out there. I’m back on the field and excited to be playing.” He’s excited because he has 62 tackles, 10 for loss. He has a sack and an interception. He has two fumble recoveries, one of which led to a 91-yard touchdown run. “You always can get better, but my play, I just let it come and go,” the redshirt junior said. “I wake up and try to do the things that I need to do to make me play my best. But every thing that happened, I’m blessed for. And hopefully I can continue doing it every week.” Now he’s Navorro. He’s the all everything linebacker Penn State thought it was getting. On June 3, he became the father of Navorro Bowman Jr. He’s shaping into the figurehead his hometown could use. “I would love to be an icon, some one to look up to, someone who a kid wakes up and says, ‘I want to be like Navorro Bowman.’ Who wouldn’t want that?” he says. “But it’s a hard road to hold up, and you have to be a guy with a strong mind and a strong will to stay on straight when you’re up or when you’re down.” He knows that too well. At his pro bation hearing in April, he told the judge he lost about 10 friends back home to drugs or violence since he’d arrived at Penn State. “Not everyone can be an athlete, and I don’t look at anyone different who’s not. I respect it and give everyone an equal shot, an equal hand,” he said. “My town is a town where it takes a strong-minded per son to get out of, and I’m one of The Daily Collegian Defending his proposal, Keirans (senior-business management) said the plan would only be used in extreme situations. Students would not face legal or university reper cussions if they had been drinking and sought help for another individ ual in need, he said. “This is a common-sense approach for looking out for stu dents,” Keirans said. “The current programs that we have are not suc cessful. When we start to think about new ideas and new approach es maybe then we’ll have change.” To e-mail reporter: kncso63Gpsu.edu “The goal really is to unite the greek community for Thon,” Shaffer said. To e-mail reporter: casssosGpsu.edu dom acts of kindness and write about them on Thon Web sites. Participants handed out gold rib bons in support of pediatric cancer, along with a pamphlet containing four facts about pediatric cancer. On the stage, various Penn State groups spoke and performed throughout the event, including the Penn State cheerleaders and the Nittany Lion, the lionettes and the Blue Sapphire. “Right now, Thon belongs at Penn State, love belongs at Thon, love belongs here,” Adams said. To e-mail reporter: sswso7oGpsu.edu gram, which is new this year. Legislation was passed that allo cated funds to the program that will go to furthering the interns’ scope and understanding of student gov ernment, Smith (senior-internation al politics) said. The interns will have the opportu nity to meet with Keirans and UPUA adviser Mary Edgington at a dinner to discuss and reflect on what they have observed about the leadership at the student and administrative level, Smith said. To e-mail reporter: knsol9@psu.edu those and blessed to be one.” He’s blessed to have friends like Person, who he met at a basketball camp 16 years ago, when Person was the new kid in town. “We like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, that’s what we always say,” Person said. “I play off of him, he plays off of me. We got great chemistry in everything that we do, not just basketball, just friendship and life. Period.” He’s blessed to have great team mates, like the men he lines up beside every day at Linebacker U. “All of us have dealt with some adversity at some point,” captain Sean Lee said. “He’s a guy with great character. He’s responded from all the adversity because of it.” He’s blessed to have Navorro Jr., who is up for home games and whose pictures Navorro will look at every now and then on his cell phone and “wish for more times.” “Knowing the next morning he has to leave, that’s when it gets to me, it hits me,” he said. “So I’m just trying to do what I have to do here, and then I can spend every day with him.” He’s blessed to be on the brink of graduation and the NFL, a decision he’ll make once the season ends. “It’s a tough thing now, with the recession going on and things like that,” he said. “You have to take into thought: You have a family now. So I have to take care of ENavorro Jr.], I have to be a good father. That’s a choice I have to make in a few months.” And he’s blessed to have gone through everything he did, because he wouldn’t be where he is and so close to where he will be if things didn’t play out the way they did. “Happiness. That’s the first thing that comes to my mind,” Person said when thinking of his best friend. “I’m proud of him, and I tell him all the time. I call him before every game, I call him after every game. And I know he can’t answer the phone during the game, but still, when he does good I send him a text message to let him know that I’m watching, that we watching, that we with him 100 percent for everything he’s gonna need.” “Coach Lynch and his father are not here physically, but they watch ing him from a better place now,” he added. “And I know they very proud of him.” To e-mail reporter mjfs2l7@psu.edu
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