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Members of the Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company perform in the Eisenhower Auditorium on Tuesday night. The performance began
with a Ukrainian symbol for sincerity and kindness.
Troupe fills stage with Ukrainian dance
By Matthew D'lppolito
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Dancers in brightly colored outfits
crouched down, nearly sitting on the floor,
and kicked their legs high above their heads
to the cheers, laughter and applause of the
audience.
These were just a few of the incredible
feats performed by dancers of the Virsky
Ukrainian National Dance Company on
Tliesday night to an audience that nearly
filled Eisenhower Auditorium.
Audience members expressed amazement
at the athletic ability of the performers.
Family group
brings folk
talent to town
By Kevin Sullivan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
When Arlo Guthrie, and his extended fami
ly, took the stage Tuesday night at the State
Theatre, 130 W College Ave.. the politically
themed folk singer came full of both songs
and stories.
The veteran singer reflected on his experi
ences at Woodstock, an event he said The Guthrie Family folk group performs on Tuesday night at the State Theater. "The Guthrie
reporters asked him about all summer in Family Rides Again concert sold out the venue
anticipation of the festival's 40th anniversary
“Well, I remember getting there." Guthrie knew I ever would again, I was looking at
said to a crowd rapt in laughter. "I remember them the way you could back then -at each
looking at more people at one time than I one individually. '
—-S 1 Industry of Centre County-
More than 200 businesses fill the Bryce Jordan Center on Tuesday for (CBICC), hosted insurance com
the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County's job expo. panies, travel agencies, whole-
PON IT
"It's one of the most strenuous activities,"
Dan McNulty said. “Being down in that posi
tion for that long is really hard on your legs."
Many people don’t realize just how difficult
it is. especially since Virskv dancers make it
look so easy, McNulty (senior-hotel restau
rant and institutional management) added.
"Go home, try it out, duck-walk for three
minutes," he said.
Other amazing acts of the performance
included leaping into 360 degree spins, string
ing together cartwheel spins across the stage
and various kicks and heel-clicks.
The performance opened with one per
former presenting bread and salt on an
Almost famous
Mayor from Ohio visits State College
to promote new book j A&E, Page 7.
Business job expo draws hundreds
salers. car dealerships and others
who set up booths to showcase
their products and services.
Business people went from Connie Corl, events and publi
booth to booth in the Bryce Jordan cations coordinator for the
Center on Tuesday, collecting CBICC. said the event was prima
business cards, keychains, chap rily a way for businesses to get in
stick and most — candy at touch with other businesses,
the first regional business and Phil Park, business incubation
industry expo, in which 219 busi- manager at the Centre County
nesses participated. Industrial Development
The expo, hosted by the Corporation, called the expo a big
Chamber of Business and success.
By Brendan McNally
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
For an audio slideshow with photos
of dancers from Virsky Ukrainian
National Dance Company:
psucollegian.com
embroidered towel, a Ukrainian symbol for
sincerity and kindness. Performers contin
ued by showcasing the many regional dance
styles to the song “Ukraine, My Ukraine!”
At another point in the show, the women of
the dance company performed a more
relaxed dance. The curtain rose on a tightly
knit group of dancers on a stepped pedestal,
See DANCE, Page 2.
The first portion of the group s perform
ance consisted of some family friendly
See FOLK. Page 2.
First, we have brought in a
record number of exhibitors,” he
said.
Military aid
Alpha Chi Sigma sends gift baskets
to troops in Afghanistan
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CLOSED MEETING
USAS
again
denied
change
Members of United Students
Against Sweatshops (USAS) met
with prominent Penn State admin
istrators Tuesday
night in a meeting
both sides sayi
daccomplished lit
tle
USAS used the
dosed meeting to
lobby members of
tion to sign onto Spanier
the Designated
Suppliers Program (DSP), which
requires college apparel to be
made in factories where workers’
rights are protected.
USAS again sought Spanier’s
support of the DSP and Spanier
again said he would not sign it.
“The administration feels that
the DSP will not be passed by the
Department of Justice because it
will be found to violate anti trust
laws,” USAS member Paige
Heimark (freshman-political sci
ence and studio art) said. “But
we’re asking they sign it with a
clause that if it violates the laws,
we will pull our support.”
Penn State President Graham
Spanier, who attended the
See USAS, Page 2.
PITTSBURGH
Mayor
pushes
new tax
PITTSBURGH Mayor Luke
Ravenstahl said Tuesday he’s
determined to implement a first
of-its-kind 1 per
cent tax on col-
even after a state
agency that over
sees his budget
rejected his bid.
The Intergov
ernmental Coop
eration Authority Ravenstahl
said the tuition tax
could not be counted on to fill a
$l5 million gap in Ravenstahl’s
$454 million budget because its
legality will almost certainly have
to be determined by the courts.
The authority was created in
2004 after the state declared
Pittsburgh financially distressed.
Its decision on Tuesday angered
Ravenstahl, who faces the grim
See MAYOR, Page 2.
“The second thing is the
amount of publicity we’ve been
able to draw out.”
The expo’s first level was filled
with the sounds of Billy Joel’s
“Piano Man.” The music was
being played on a “Sync-A-Vision”
baby grand auto-piano located at a
booth hosted by Robert M. Sides
Family Music Centers.
At another booth, a man in a tie
walked on a treadmill as he
checked the latest CNN.com
headlines on his laptop computer.
He represented McCartney’s, a
See BUSINESS, Page 2.
By Lexi Belculflne
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
administra-
By Ramlt Plushnick-Nlasti
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
students