2 I Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 &i r ,; |v f\f Police: Ohio man faces DUI charges A 52-year-old Ohio man is facing DUI charges after a sin gle-car accident on the 2900 block of South Atherton Street on Tuesday night, the State College Police Department said. The man was driving southbound at 10:46 p.m. when his 2007 Kia swerved, went off of the road and hit a snowbank, police said. A female passenger exited the vehicle and began to bite and kick the officers at the scene, police said. Names were not released for either the driver or passen ger, police said. No injuries or damage were reported for either person, police said. ■ There will be a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in HUB Heritage Hall. For every presenting donor, $4 will be donated to THON. ■ There will be a Student Health Tune-up on yoga from 5 to 6 p.m. in 205 Student Health Center. ■ As a part of NAACP week, “Ayiti Sove!": Save Haiti will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in Alumni Hall. The Penn State United for Haiti Coalition is sponsoring the event and will be selling "Help Haiti" bracelets for $5. ■ There will be a Borough Planning Commission held from 7 to 8 p.m. in 304 Municipal Building. ■ Angela Lueking, of Penn State, will speak about “Nanomaterials for Gas Storage and Separations Via a Trapping Mechanism” at 10 a.m. in 102 Chemistry Building. The Department of Chemical Engineering is sponsoring the event. ■ Rebecca Keller, of Penn State, will speak about “Stalking Cytochrome P 450 Compound I: The White Whale of C-H Bond Cleaving High-Valent Iron Complexes" at 11:15 a.m. in 101 Althouse Laboratory. Carsten Krebs, of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is hosting the event. ■ Eugene Dernier, of Harvard University, will speak about “Learning About Order from Noise” at 4 p.m. in 117 Osmond Laboratory. Ken O’Hara, of the Department of Physics, is host ing the event. ■ Matthew Ferrari, of Penn State, will speak about "State-Space Models for Infectious Disease Surveillance Data" at 4 p.m. in 201 Thomas Building. The Department of Statistics is sponsor ing the event. LUNCH Findlay, Pollock, Redifer and Warnock: Baked Potato and Cheddar Soup, Black Bean Chili, Baked Four Cheese Penne Pasta, Cheeseburger Wrap, Open Faced Hot Turkey Sandwich, Glazed Baby Carrots, Whipped Potatoes Simmons: Cream of Tomato Soup. Baked Sesame Tofu, San Antonio Chicken Wrap, Dal Makhani, Grilled Cheese Sandwich on Whole Wheat, Grilled Turkey and Cheese Sandwich on Whole Wheat, Vegetable Fajita with Whole Wheat Wrap. Baby Carrots with Dill, Broccoli Florettes, Brown Rice, Buttered Parslied Potatoes, Chick Pea Bulghur, Tomato Pilaf, Grilled Eggplant, Sauteed Zucchini Waring: Baked Potato and Cheddar Soup, Lunch Roll Basket, Soup of the Day, Chicken Cosmo Not, Corn. 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Kelsey Thompson Liz Rogers ■Ben Gasbarre, Alissa Nemzer Ben Krone Jason Keller Amanda Hauth ■ Daniel Tyson ■Megan Andrews, Kelly Martin psui-ollfyian.com —RossMynne Skena Andrew McGill Matt Brown ...Mandy Hofmockel Alex Weisler Caitlin Sellers Erin Rowley Elizabeth Murphy Lexi Belculfine .Heather Schmelzlen Kevin Cirilli Katherine Dvorak Adam Clark Dave Miniaci .Dan Rorabaugh Matt Fortuna .Matt Conte. Nate Mink Phenola Lawrence Abby Drey Michael Felletter .Holly Colbo OCAL & NATION i| V Today: Tonight: * S~\ Tomorrow: ■i >X \ Extended forecast ' 'll* * High 28 Low 18 I** High 28 Jjk Jt „ campusweatherservtce.com ■Hfei ® Courtesy of Campus Weather Service Students get By Sarah Peters COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Romantic music and dim ligh ting set the mood for West Halls Residence Association’s (WHRA) date auction, held Wednesday right in the Waring Study Lounge to ben efit THON. WHRA President Mark Magnotta (senior-aerospace engineering) organized the auction, which he said was the second in the past five years. Magnotta said he felt as though students were more inclined to donate to THON through an .alter native fundraiser, like the auction. 'Tt's a good way to bemefit THON," Magnotta said. “It will be a fun event for everyone involved.” About 14 people, clad in formal attire, auctioned themselves off to about 20 prospective buyers, r; vising $3OB for the Interfraternity UPUA From Page 1 advocating against the holiday alto gether, and instead focuses on call ing into question the destructive behavior seen during the event in past years. "Instead of taking a stance that said 'Get rid of State Pattys Day altogether," [the organizations] were comfortable with signing something that promotes a stance of ‘Let's not have what we had last year,’ “ he said. "We don't support acts of shame" like this.” The final design, however, will be approved by UPUA at the organiza tion's next meeting, primarily in light of dissent among some mem bers regarding the rhetoric of the current draft. Several members at the meeting said the pledge as it stands carries an air of condescen sion towards the student body. "I don't know about you guys, but this ad seems awfully damning and sort of pretentious," said Eberly College of Science Representative Election From Page 1. The campaign period will still start March 17. Last week UPUA increased the number of off-campus representa tives to eight and the number of on campus representatives to 12. changing the proportion distribu tion. Keirans said. This week’s change reversed the proportion of off-to-on campus representatives to 1.667-to-l. Keirans said both the extended election period and the proportion of representatives "violate our princi ples." There was also some discussion Snow From Page 1 dedicated about going to class but Wednesday was another story. "What are they trying to accom plish? What's the big deal about closing?" he said. "We re trying hard, but this isn't worth the risk.” But Penn State officials said there was no risk, maintaining that despite the student outcry, the weather was not danger ous enough to cancel classes. University spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz said each Penn State campus is in charge of decid ing its own fate for the day. “Personally, when 1 came into work this morning, I had absolutely no trouble,” she said. “I thought, IFC From Page 1 restrictions to fraternity members. But he said the resolution was not passed to appease university and borough officials, who have consis tently railed against the student-cre ated holiday. “Obviously this is a tough decision for many members of the greek community to accept, because State Patty’s Day is like Christmas to many of them,” he said. “It is impor tant to understand that the primary purpose of this resolution was not to make [them] happy it was to pro tect our chapters.” State College Mayor Elizabeth THON From Page 1 during THON weekend. At THON weekend the winning color will receive the Color Wars trophy. Between cheering for their favorite Nickelodeon character and rooting for Nickelodeon-themed events, spirit was high among the participants. The night started off with the Rocket Power scooter race, where dancers competed on scooters to see who could finish the fastest. , “I didn’t ever tliink I would ride a auctioned off for THON Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. Those being auctioned off smiled, twirled and flexed their muscles for the crowd. Some even promised to sing and dance for their buyers. Others used jobs, such as a Christmas tree farmer and a Berkev Creamery ice cream dipper to try' to drive up the bidding. Master of Ceremonies Kristen Hershberger (sophomore-meteorol ogy) prompted Creamery employee Patrick Ritsko (freshman-meteorol ogy) to flex his “ice cream scooping muscles." In an attempt to raise higher bids, Ritsko offered his date ice cream and milk shakes from the Creamery on his tab, of course. In the end, Ritsko sold for $2O and promised his date three ice creams and three milk shakes. “It's all good fun. That's what we’re here for," he said. Pat Byrne (senior chemistry ). Internal Development Chairman Dustin Dove called the ads approach into question, saying he did not oppose the design but won dered whether this initiative indicat ed an attempt by UPUA to overstep its role as student representatives. “It feels a little ‘administrative y to me," Dove (senior-secondary education) said. "I like the bombas tic style, don’t have any problems in general with this, but is it talking down to students?" Governmental Affairs Committee Vice-Chairman Nathan Andrew's also questioned whether this was the best approach to take. “It seems like we re playing a moral ‘Big Brother’ here," Andrews (senior-engineering) said. "How many of you have had a drink underage? You do realize that you're condemning other people for the same thing you do all the time." But UPUA Programming Vice Chairman Josh Crawford said he disagreed with this interpretation. "I don't think this has the Big Brother mentality - it's really saying. on the total number of students liv ing both on and off campus, and it was determined that an exact num ber isn’t known yet. But some believed the number of representatives shouldn't change until the proportion could be calcu lated exactly. “I think if we're going to change anything we might as well do it right rather than putting it back the way it was," said Internal Development Committee Chairman Dustin Dove (senior-secondary education). Discussions about the downtown UPUA office, 103 E. Beaver Ave.. came up briefly near the end of the meeting. UPUA rented a downtown office in June, but the office didn't open until the end of Januaiy caus- ‘Well, they made the right call here.'" State College Police Department Capt. Dana Leonard said it was “very quiet” in town on Wednesday afternoon since streets were virtual ly clear and local schools had closed. But throughout Hiesday night, as the snow began to pile up. police responded to 10 weather-related vehicle accidents. No one was seriously injured. Leonard said. Penn State’s Snow Marshal Lloyd Rhoades said Office of Physical Plant (OPP) staff has been working around the clock to ensure the safest commute possible for stu dents though he did receive some calls from students asking why a snow day had not been declared. “The students have paid their Goreham applauded IFC's actions and said she recognizes the leader ship it takes to re-brand a Penn State tradition like State Patty’s Day. It’s a step in the right direction that says a lot about the greek com munity, she said. “It allows us to see they are embarked in the same struggle that many of us are in, wanting to reduce the dangerous and unhealthy aspects of drinking in our town,” she said. State College Police Department Capt. Dana Leonard agrees the IFC’s decisions shows strong lead ership. Wendkos said it’s no secret that last year’s holiday was the worst yet. “The statistics are certainly scooter again after grade school," said Andrew Gutting (senior accounting). “But, I’m happy to say my skills are intact.” Taking a step into the jungle, the next event was the Wild Thornberry’s “Talk to the Animals,” where dancers were blindfolded into a jungle of moralers and had to find a matching animal call to get out. They then had to find the morale group that made their same animal noise to be led out of the jungle. “It was embarrassing in a good way,” Chelsey Downey (senior history) said. “Everything The Daily Collegian Matt Urmson (senior-wildlife biol ogy) performed push-ups on stage, clapping his hands between push ups. Urmson said he'd take his date for sushi and a "night out on the town.' Though he was persuaded to participate by his friends. Urmson was one of the participants who auc tioned himself off a second time to raise even more money for THON. "It goes to a good cause," he said. The highest bidder was awarded a $5O gift certificate to The Tavern. Kaitlvn Ffolharic (freshman-biology) purchased friend Joe Ranallo (soph omore-criminology') in order to get him to see "Valentine s Day" with her at the movies. Pulharie s $42 bid won her the gift certificate because Magnotta forfeit ed it though he had the highest bid at $OO, since he organized the event. !o e mail reporter: svpso7l@psu.edu. We screwed up last year, let's not do t hat again. “ Crawford (sophomore crime. law and justice) said. "It's not saying Don't go out. it's not saying Don't have a good time' ... It's say ing Don't be an idiot.' " Blake Bonnewell. an off-campus representative, said the intent also shows that multiple student organi zations don't-want to see last year’s statistics happen again. "As far as the architecture of the language on this ad ... the intent is to say we messed up last year... and here's a list of every other student organization who says they don’t want to be part of the problem," Bonnewell (junior-mechanical engi neering) said. Ragland said this is the first of several initiatives UPUA is planing to steer students away from exces sive alcohol consumption this State Patty's Day. and also to prevent these patterns of behavior during similar annual events like the Blue- White Game and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. To e-maii reporter: cmms773@psu.edu ing people to question if funds were used improperly. Matt Sheroff. director of internal affairs, said he doesn’t think any thing was done deliberately to delay the opening of the office, but that it just took longer than expected. He said he would be having a meeting with Mark Cannon, chair man of the assembly, Colleen Smith, governmental affairs chairwoman, and other members of the assembly who had concerns "to get the full picture" as to why it took so long. "I don't suspect foul play on any one's part," Sheroff (senior-finance) said. "It s more of an issue with pur suing a very experimental initiative.” To e-mail reporter: cmbs3os@psu.edu tuition, and we want to give them their money's worth," Rhoades said. Crews were out starting at mid night Tuesday and will continue to work through today, he said. Though he did not agree with the initial decision to still hold classes, Rosales commended the OPP staff for their efforts to keep up with clearing sidewalks and streets, com bating snow that continued to fall through the afternoon. Mountz was also dispelled some of the rumors circulating around the Internet about snow days. In the event of a university-wide class cancellation, dining halls would remain open and no tuition would be reimbursed, she said. To e-mail reporters: gmgso4l@psu.edu, Icnsol9@psu.edu alarming and showed that it was necessary for the fraternity commu nity to take precautionary measures to protect themselves and ensure the safety of their members,” Wendkos (senior-marketing and psychology) said. While Wendkos said chapter presidents may have a hard time implementing this resolu tion on State Patty's Day, he hopes they will understand these meas ures were taken to protect them. "I believe that by following this policy, chapters will act responsibly and steer clear of the barrage of law enforcement that will be in State College on State Patty’s Day week end," he said. To e-mail reporter: Kmws34o@psu.edu makes you feel like a kid again.” Not without nautical nonsense, lastly was the “Spongebob Jellyfish” event, where dancers had to get the most "jellyfish,” or clothespins with colored yarn, from other team col ors while keeping their own. Wednesday night marked the first time some moralers and dancers met face-to-face. “It’s always an intense moment to meet your moraler,” William Wallace (sophomore- supply chain manage ment) said. “But we’re all here for the same reason." To e-mail reporter: jpcs2ol@psu.edu
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