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UPUA
looks
toward
future
The student association
talked about expanding
the White Loop and
voted in new officers.
By Laura Nichols
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The last general assembly
meeting before the semester
break didn't stop the student
body president from pushing his
assembly for more results
and soon.
"Now's the time to step up to
the plate," University Park
Undergraduate Association
President Gavin Keirans said
Wednesday.
Keirans (senior-business man
agement) said while he believes
the organization is more cohesive
this year than in the past, he
believes they are still in the same
position as they were last year.
Keirans said at this point, it is left
up to the assembly to decide how
they want to continue whether
that be the assembly moving for
ward with many of their initi
tives or not.
Two of the initiatives the exec
utive board is working on mov
ing forward with are a possible
extension of the White Loop and
the creation of a freshman hand
book to be distributed to all
incoming freshmen and change
of-campus students.
Keirans said he met with
State College borough officials
and CATA bus service personnel
to discuss extending the hours
that the White Loop runs.
This option was explored after
borough officials resisted
Keirans' proposed plan for the
Highlands Loop, a late-night bus
service that would have created
up to 10 new stops, some that
would run deeper into the bor
ough.
Overall, Keirans said he was
pleased with the way the initial
meeting went and hopes to soon
see the implementation of a
safer option for students to get
home late at night.
See UPUA, Page 2
IFC creates investigative position
By Caitlin Sellers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The Interfraternity Council has
created a new executive board
position designed to monitor and
investigate policy violations more
effectively and efficiently.
The strategy: separation of pow
ers and division of labor.
The vice president for risk man
agement position was added to
the IFC executive board through a
constitutional change approved
Nov. 10. The position is appointed,
and applications for the position
will be available Friday and open
for submission until Dec. 11.
IFC President Luke Pierce
(senior-economics) said the new
position's role splits off some
responsibilities from the vice pres
ident for standards, who is cur
rently responsible for both investi
gating and adjudicating policy vio
lations.
The vice president for risk man
agement will now oversee investi
gation, supervision and education
regarding membership and social
policies, while the vice president
for standards will handle judicial
affairs for those who violate poli
cies.
IFC. President-elect Max
Wendkos said while the position
was not created because of the
new social policies set to take
See IFC. Page 2.
HARDCORE AT HUB
Cove Reber of Saosin performs in the HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall on Wednesday as part of the PacSun
PacTour. Many crowd members moshed and crowd surfed at the event, which was free. Performers said they
were pleased by the welcoming Penn State crowd. For a photo gallery of the show I www.psucollegian.com
Steph Witt/Collegian
Brandon Wronski of Eye Alaska sings on Wednesday in the HUB-
Robeson Center's Alumni Hall. The band plays alternative rock.
Wendkos
By Caitlin Sellers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
At a dinner in honor of outgoing
and incoming greek leaders
Wednesday night, Director for
Fraternity and Sorority Life Roy
Baker said the new councils will
have big shoes to fill.
"They've got a heck of a big job
this year," he said.
But Interfraternity Council
President-Elect Max Wendkos said
he is ready for the challenge.
Wendkos (senior-marketing and
psychology) said Tuesday he decid
ed he wanted to run for IFC presi
dent two years ago.
He has since developed new
ideas and policies for the improve
ment and benefit of the IFC plat
forms on which he ran and won the
IFC presidential election.
"It was really just a matter of
identifying areas where improve
ments could be made and then
working towards those improve
ments," he said.
Wendkos was elected to the posi
tion Tuesday and will become IFC
president Friday, Dec. 11.
Tuesday, he said his biggest goal
for the next year will be to help the
IFC adjust to the new social policies
that will be enacted next semester.
prepares for office
Michael Felletter/Collegon
IFC President-Elect Max Wendkos (senior-marketing and psychology),
right, pledges with current IFC president Luke Pierce (senior-economics)
during an end of semester dinner Wednesday night.
Wendkos said he hopes to Council, Panhellenic Council
strengthen communication (PHC). Multicultural Greek
between the executive board and Council and National Panhellenic
the president's council and Council (NPHC).
strengthen leadership develop- Panhellenic Council President
ment within the fraternity commu- Elect Sara Linkosky (junior
nity. See WENDKOS, Page 2.
He also hopes to strengthen ties
between the four greek governing For more coverage of IFC elections
councils the Interfraternity LOCAL, Page 5.
A,sylurn
sponsored the
free event,
which featured
five acts. For
more coverage
of the show,
see page 5.
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ZONING ORDINANCE
Frat
policy
stays
same
By Greg Galiffa
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Phi Delta Theta alumnus
Sandy Deveney walked out of
the State College Borough
Planning Commission meet
ing Wednesday giving high
fives and smiling.
Deveney's celebration
came after the planning com
mission voted against a pro
posed amendment to its fra
ternity zoning ordinance that
would prohibit on-campus
fraternities from becoming
rooming houses if they lose
their charters.
Concern about the issue
arose after the former Phi
Delta Theta fraternity lost its
charter but continued to
house students at its 240 N.
Burrowes Road property
Several members of the
commission saw no logic in
adopting the amendment.
"There's no reason to ban
rooming houses [on cam
pus]," commission member
Michael Roeckel said. "It's
already filled with rooming
houses. They're called dor
mitories."
Planning director Carl
See POLICY, Page 2.
Trial
set in
Dado
case
By Kevin Cirilli
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Two Penn State students
charged with furnishing alco
hol to freshman Joseph Dado
will stand
trial in Cen
tre County
Court early
next year, as
the students
waived their
right to a
preliminary
hearing Wed- Dado
nesday.
Jennifer E. Clifford and
John lack - Townsend, both
21, appeared in court with
their attorneys, who filed
paperwork before Centre
County Judge Daniel
Hoffman to waive the hear
ings.
"Ms. Clifford is a close
friend of the Dado family and
feels very bad about this
unfortunate situation," said
attorney Craig M. Lee, the
father of Penn State line
backer Sean Lee. "It's her
desire to cooperate with the
authorities."
Authorities said Dado, 18,
fell about 15 feet into an exte
rior stairwell near the Steidle
Building after he left Phi
Gamma Delta (Fiji) fraterni
ty 319 N. Burrowes Road, on
Sept. 20. Maintenance work
ers recovered his body in the
stairwell the following
evening after an extensive
campus search.
A coroner report later
revealed the Latrobe native
See CASE, Page 2.