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Matt Bosley (sophomore-electrical engineering) makes a wax figure for a student on Monday afternoon in the HUB-Robeson Center as a part
of the Student Programming Association’s “SPA week,” in which the group will host programs to help relax students for finals week.
Mulenga pleads to misdemeanor
By Laura Nichols
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
A State College boxer pleaded
guilty Monday to misdemeanor
disorderly conduct, a dramatic
shift from charges he faced just a
few months earlier in connection
with attempting to hire a hitman
to kill a police informant.
Katongo Mulenga, 24, was sen
tenced to 181 to 364 days in prison
by Centre County Judge David E.
Grine with credit for serving 181
days at the Centre County
OPP to force crows
to different location
By Allison Jackovitz
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
For Office of Physical Plant
(OPP) spokesman Paul Ruskin,
Dec. 7 will no longer be remem
bered as the day the Japanese
bombed Pearl Harbor.
Instead the day will be known
for a different siege: Crow Harbor
Day.
Monday evening marked the
first migratory crow relocation
efforts of this academic year, with
pyrotechnic harassment to con
tinue until the crows reach the
wooded area behind the visitor
center located at Park Avenue
and Porter Road.
OPP supervisor Jeremy Smith,
who is heading the crow reloca
tion. said he doesn't think this
year’s efforts will be any different
than usual.
In previous years, crows have
been directed to Hort Woods
Pittsburgh rapper to perform at Cell Block
If you go
By Elizabeth Navarro
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Rapper Wiz Khalifa is
an independent artist a
large audiences with or wii
record deal.
A somewhat familiar.
the area he’s pL
before at the Delta Upr
fraternity house, 229 Lot
Khalifa will perform ai
Block, 420 E. College Av'
for the first time.
A Pittsburgh native,
probably one of the bigg<
pendent rappers in tl
Pittsburgh native Josh
Correctional Facility, Mulenga's Mulenga was charged June 11
attorney Karen Muir wrote in an with one count of felony criminal
e-mail. use of a communication facility
"Katongo was and one count of mis
very, very happy demeanor criminal conspiracy to
with the result,” commit murder, according to
Muir wrote. 'I am court documents. He was not
pleased that originally charged with disorderly
[Centre County conduct.
District Attorney Police said Mulenga was first
Michael Madeiral approached by then-incarcerated
took another look Mulenga Bellefonte man Michael P
at the case follow- Alexander in May. Alexander
ing the preliminary hearing and asked Mulenga to hire a hitman to
pre-trial motions." kill a police informant who he said
For video footage of OPP
relocating the crows from
East campus:
psucollegian.com
the wooded area behind the
Forum Building but plans to
construct a childcare center at
the location forced officials to find
a new roosting spot.
The crows will be moved a few
hundred yards a night, Ruskin
said, adding that no crows will be
harmed by the university.
"Just look for the rocket's red
glare." Ruskin said about the
pyrotechnics called “bangers"
and “screamers" used to scare
crows away from their roosts on
campus.
“It will be disruptive and we
apologize for that but the dis
ruption caused by the crows
themselves and the sanitation
See CROWS. Page 2.
(junior-biobehavioral health) said, you can do it by yourself, it shows
"Hi ?d the d> r s fo r lot that other people can do the same
Marissa Gutherz-'Collegtan
Andrew Braucht of the Office of Physical Plant (OPP) shoots fireworks
into the sky behind Pond Lab to relocate crows.
lalifa had signed with Warner
. Records before parting
earlier this year to inde
mtly produce his latest
“Deal or No Deal." accord
media accounts. The album
the No. 2 slot on the iTunes
tore hip hop chart just two
lys after its release.
Mark Rubin (junior-psy
idogy) said Khalifa's suc
;s shows that a group does
■ed to be associated with a
’ company to make it in the
iss.
played a part in sending him to jail
on drug-related charges, police
said.
According to court documents,
Mulenga became embroiled in the
situation when Alexander gave an
undercover police officer contact
information for Mulenga, a former
boxing partner who he said would
pay for the murder.
Madeira did not respond to
requests for comment as of press
time Monday.
To e-mail reporter: Icnsol9@psu.edu
What: Wiz Khalifa
When: 9 tonight
Whan: The Cell Block, 420 E.
Colley Ave.
Details: $lO
Rubin, who is also from
Pittsburgh and went to the same
high school as Khalifa, said the
artist's music appeals to a large
crowd because he has "the whole
package.'
See RAPPER. Page 2.
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Cold
stops
ticket
camp
By Jourdan Cole
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Paternoville President Alex
Cohen would like to see Penn
State fans turn Orlando, Fla.,
into Happy Valley South at the
Capital One Bowl on New Year’s
Day.
But Cohen and other students
might not get tickets as early as
they normally would. Because of
freezing temperatures,
Paternoville members are advis
ing students not to camp outside
the Bryce Jordan Center for the
student ticket sale Saturday
morning.
Student Nittany Lion Club
members will be able to buy
tickets at 6:30 a.m. this Saturday
at Gate A of the Bryce Jordan
See TICKET. Page 2.
For a column regarding the Capital
One Bowl. | SPORTS, Page 9.
If you go
What: Capitol One Bowl ticket
sale
When: 6:30 a.m. for Nittany
Lion Club student members;
all other students 7 to 11
a.m. Saturday
Where: Bryce Jordan Center,
Gate A for Nittany Lion Club,
Gate B all other students
Details: Up to two tickets per
person, must have IDs
Deltas
resign
due to
inquiry
By Caitlin Sellers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Sixty-one members of Delta
Delta Delta sorority handed in
resignation forms Friday upon
hearing the national sorority's
decision to close the Penn State
chapter.
The resignation forms were
dated prior to Dec. 4 the day
the national sorority disbanded
the chapter and were filled
out in response to the national
sorority's handling of an investi
gation into hazing and risk man
agement violations, former
President of Delta Delta Delta
sorority Deena Berger said.
Berger said the sorority was
specifically upset by the national
sorority's handling of Delta
Delta Delta’s participation in the
Interfratemity Council/Panhell
enic Dance Marathon (THON).
The Alpha Phi chapter of
Delta Delta Delta sorority was
closed by the national sorority
Friday. Jackye Clark, the presi
dent of the national sorority,
traveled to Penn State to tell the
chapter the news in person.
The national sorority is not dis
closing details about the hazing
or risk management allegations.
Berger (junior-psychology)
said the members waited to
hear what the final sanction
would be before handing in their
resignations.
See DELTAS. Page 2.