2 I Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 Fullington debuts new Altoona bus route Flillington Railways is debuting a new bus route that will connect State College and Altoona. The route, which will begin bus rides Peb. 22, will have two morning trips and one returning trip in the evening, said Milt Weisman, vice president of Fullington Auto Bus Company. The bus will make stops in Duncansville and Tyrone before reaching State College, where it will stop at the Bryce Jordan Center, Pattee Library and the State College bus terminal, he said. ■ There will be a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Paul Robeson Cultural Center’s Heritage Hall. For every presenting donor, $4 will be donated to THON. ■ Phi Beta Sigma will be sponsoring a "Stuff 4 Love” workshop at 2 p.m. in Pollock Rec Room. Proceeds will be going to THON. ■ Michael Mann, of Penn State, will speak about “Climate Change: What Can We Learn from Past Centuries?” at 4 p.m. in 112 Walker Building. The Department of Geography is sponsor ing the event. ■ Penn State NAACP will sponsor the Bth annual Showtime at the Apollo: “For the love” from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. in Paul Robeson Cultural Center's Heritage Hall. Admission is $5. ■ As the fourth installment of the Frontiers Lectures, Gregory Knight, of Penn State will speak about “The Global Water Crisis” at 11 a.m. Saturday in 100 Thomas Building. ■ The 62nd annual Mount Nittany Medical Center Charity Ball will be from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Nittany Lion Inn. For ticket information and sponsorship opportunities, contact The Foundation for Mount Nittany Medical Center at (814) 234- 6777. ■ Cesar Rodriguez, of Rutgers University, will speak about "Integrating Applied Insect Chemical Ecology into Blueberry Pest Management” at 10:10 a.m. in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building. The Department of Entomology is spon soring the event. ■ Eran Rosenthal, of Cornell University, will speak about "Testing Gravity on Cosmological Scales” at 11 a.m. in 320 Whitmore Laboratory. The Institute for Gravitation and the’ Cosmos is sponsoring the event. ■ Neil Sharkey, of Penn State, will speak about "A Bird’s Eye View of the Research Enterprise in the College of Health and Human Development" at 11:15 a.m. in 127 Noll Laboratory. The Department of Kinesiology is sponsoring the event. 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The deal is expected to close within 14 months. “It’s a natural fit that has the potential to produce lower risk, higher growth, a cleaner generation fleet, a stronger balance sheet, and increased earnings,” Anthony Alexander, First Energy’s president and CEO, told analysts on a confer ence call. There haven’t been many big deals in the power sector recently. The recession has made financing difficult to get and electricity demand has slumped especially among industrial customers. That has forced utilities to slash costs and cut projects. Gaining approvals for mergers from state regulators has been diffi cult as well. The First Energy- Allegheny deal must be approved by regulators in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia as well as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Shareholders of Allegheny, based in Greensburg, Pa., will receive 0.667 shares of First Energy common stock in exchange for each share they own. That equals $27.65 based on Wednesday’s closing price, and represents a 32 percent premium over Allegheny’s closing price of $21.02 on Wednesday. First Energy also will assume $3.8 billion in debt. Analysts say the combination of First Energy and Allegheny will cut costs and the combined company should benefit from a recovering economy. Deutsche Bank’s Jonathan Arnold cautioned investors that it has been tough to close utility deals. He said the com panies may be a good fit, but there has been no discussion about con cessions for utility customers, a crit- Floor From Page 1. earned the rank of second-degree black belt and has even spoken at THON events. Booher and Flanagan 2009 dancers for Penn State Dubois said the support from the Setlock family helped them through THON. “In a way, I felt like I was their big sister,” Flanagan said. And she had the love and pride of a big sister when she overheard another dancer praising Joey’s Taekwondo demonstration at THON 2009 as she watched from the floor. “I remember one of the other dancers saying something to the effect of, ‘Wow, I wish that was our family. I’m so jealous,’ ” she said. “That was really cool. Everything from Kathy’s speech to the Taekwondo, they did everything 110 percent.” But the mood of the floor eventu ally turns somber, as dancers lose energy and the hours tick on. In the last few hours of THON 2009, Flanagan noticed a young boy sofr bing as he watched a video showing ical factor in getting state regulatory approvals. The deal comes as Congress and federal regulators consider caps on emissions of carbon dioxide from power plants, along with tighter reg ulations on other sources of pollu tion. The companies said 80 percent of their combined generation will come from highly efficient coal plants and nuclear power. Arnold noted that Allegheny has improved its coal-fired plants, mitigating the environmental risk they pose. “Whatever we face down the road from a carbon standpoint we will be better positioned given the size and character of the combined fleet than we would have been, than either one of us would have been stand-alone.” First Energy’s Alexander said. The combination brings together First Energy's 4.5 million customers operating under such names as Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Jersey Central Power and Light with Allegheny’s 1.6 million customers that receive electricity from such utilities as Allegheny Power and Potomac Edison. The company will become the largest utility in Pennsylvania with 2 million customers. Alexander will remain the top executive of the combined company, which will be based at First Energy’s headquarters in Akron, Ohio. Allegheny’s top executive, Paul Evanson. will become executive vice chairman and report to Alexander. First Energy also on Thursday reported profit of $238 million, or 78 cents per share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31 compared with profit of $332 million, or $1.09 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue fell to $3 billion for the quarter from $3.2 billion a year ago. Fbr the year, First Energy report ed profit of $1 billion, or $3.29 per share, compared with $1.3 billion, or $4.38 per share, in 2008. Revenue fell to $l3 billion from $13.6 billion in 2008. Allegheny shares jumped $2.53, or 12 percent, to close at $23.55 in Thursday trading. First Energy shares fell $1.87, or 4.5 percent, to close at $39.59. the pictures of children who had passed away set to Randy Travis’ “Angels Among Us.” “We were all breaking down at that point, but he had completely lost it,” she said. The crying boy noticed his broth er’s picture on the screen it reminded him of how much he lost. “That’s when I realized that love really belongs here,” she said. “We were all hugging him and support ing each other.” In 2006, the Setlocks attended their first THON, visiting their dancers Ryan Miller, Class of 2008, and Kyle Hilfiger, Class of 2007. That same year, Miller had severely aggravated a pre-existing injury at THON but was determined to stay on the floor until the end of the 46 hours. Though he had to go to the med ical room after his foot and ankle swelled, he achieved his goal. “He didn’t want to give up,” Joey’s dad, Stan Setlock said. “That was really a good deal of love there." One of Stan’s favorite memories from the floor that year was watch ing Joey and Michael’s taekwondo demonstration during the talent The Daily Collegian Canning From Page 1. Canning and Alternative Fhndraiser Chairwoman Alyssa Hirschberg for Pillar, an inde pendent THON organization, said the group had planned to venture to Long Island despite the snow. But after being handed the new restrictions, Pillar members are canceling the canning trip after all. Most of the group’s registered canning locations were intersec tions, and the group didn’t have time to contact businesses for permission in time for the week end. Now the group can only hope THONvelopes and other fundraisers will make up for lost canning profits. But despite disappointment over the lost bonding experience and opportunity to raise money for the kids before THON, Hirschberg (sophomore-psychol ogy) said officials made the right decision. “It was smart of them to do that, because organizations like us probably would have still gone, because we don’t know what the conditions are like,” Hirschberg said. Jamie Nevel, fundraising co chairman for Atlas THON, said the group was already pushing storefront fundraising after get ting concerned e-mails earlier this week Atlas members also plan on using THON's recently released door-to-door solicitation post cards to raise money this week end. Nevel (junior-mechanical engineering) said. Though he predicts a drop in canning profits this weekend. Atlas’ record breaking canning weekends ear lier this year wifi help compen sate for the loss. “We’ve done better on our can ning weekends this year than in the past." Nevel said. “Our can ning total is going to be big any way." Nevel said THON officials’ decision was in the best interest of both safety and future canning trips. “Ultimately, THON is looking out for the safety of the canners, because as soon as someone gets injured on a canning weekend, you could see canning disappear entirely,’’ he said. “We’re trying to do all we can for the kids, but ulti mately, you want your students to be safe, and no amount of money is worth someone getting hurt on a canning weekend.” To e-mail reporter: svpso7l@psu.edu Vagina Monologues From Page 1 According to the licensing agreement, the production staff has rights to the play between the months of January and March, said Shana Lombardi, who co-directed the Vagina Monologues last year. Co-director Cat Farley said she doesn’t really see the later debut as breaking a tradition. And while having the production in the Forum doesn’t provide the best theatrical space, Morocco said there is plenty that can be done with it. “I’m really curious to see how this pans out,” Earley (junior-the atre) said. Lombardi (senior-biobehav ioral health) said the productions are usually on Valentine’s Day because V-Day symbolizes not only love but also the movement against violence towards women. To e-mail reporter: rmgl46@psu.edu show something they have done in the several years since. Miller and Hilfiger went on stage toward the end of Joey and Michael’s demonstration in spite of their fatigue to hold the boards for the boys. Miller and Hilfiger had danced for about a day and a half at that point, Setlock said. “They had some trouble because they were tired, but they were excit ed to do it,” Setlock said. “When they came down, they weren’t as tired anymore. The boys both loved it.” The Setlocks have accumulated scores of memories from the THON floor. Fbr Joey and Michael, those two days in February mean plenty of silly string, volleyball games and water gun fights. But it also means being surround ed by people who love Joey. After all, he’s the reason the dancers stand for 46 hours. “It’s just amazing. I don’t think there’s anything else like it,” Stan Setlock said. “Everyone we see, we tell them to go see what the dancers and what everyone involved in THON does.” To e-mail reporter: svpSo7l@psu.edu.
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