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Police beliexe the two
robberies this weekend
could have been related
By Laura Nichols
eaVON STAFF WRITER
Police say there's reason to
believe two men who carjacked
one man and beat him over the
head with a gun on Friday night
could be the same robbers who
held up a pizza deliveryman the
Limits
lessen
totals
By Sarah Peters
STAFF WRITER
While there were few reported
canning violations this weekend,
THON organizations said the
restrictions led to disappointing
donation totals.
Citing weather safety con
cerns. THON officials barred
organizations last weekend from
canning on street corners and
intersections. Interfraternity
Council Panhelienic Dance
Marathon Overall Chairwoman
Caitlin Zankowski said the Rules
and Regulations Committee
members received a few phone
calls from police or borough offi
cials. and no serious violations
were reported.
Though she doesn't have spe
cific figures yet. Zankowski (sen
ior-industrial engineering) said
the fourth canning weekend's
returns seem comparable to
years past in spite of the
changes.
"Historically, the fourth can
ning weekend is the slowest
weekend because organizations
are gearing up for THON and
don't want to put anyone out in
the cold." Zankowski said. “It
was right on par. As far as I can
tell, things are as normal."
But that's not what some
THON organizations are saying.
See CANNING. Page 2.
Dancers,
moralers
Drepare
? or event
By Sarah Peters
CO.LIEGIAN staff writer
Dancers, moralers and cap
tains refrained from canning this
weekend, catching up on home
work and sleep in preparation
for the challenges they’ll face at
the Interfraternity
Council Panhellenic Dance
Marathon.
Springfield THON dancer
Gabbie Gort said this is the first
canning trip she's ever missed.
"It would have been my 12th
straight canning weekend,” she
said.
"I understand why they tell us
not to go. If one of us would get
sick or hurt ourselves canning, I
would be upset."
Dancers, moralers and cap
tains are typically discouraged
to go on the final canning trip to
See THON. Page 2.
night before at The Pointe apart
ment complex.
During the Friday night
incident, the two unidentified
men threatened the man
with a gun, seized control of
his car, drove to Boalsburg
and robbed him before
beating him at about 9 p.m.
They made the hit on Park
Crest Lane off of Martin Street
about six minutes off campus.
Ferguson Township Police
Department said.
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Brendan O'Connor (junior-human development and family sciences) and Jeremy La Master (junior-biology), Yvette Lerma (senior-sociology)
and Allison Jones (junior-nursing), and Alex Yates (junior-secondary education) and Kirstie Hartman (sophomore-marketing) lock lips in the
HUB-Robeson Center on Friday afternoon as part of the LGBTA Kiss Out.
Students Kiss Out for rights
By Leah Gillen and Julie Mastrine
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
While some students stared
and pointed, others walked past
without a second look during the
sixth annual Kiss Out Friday in
the HUB-Robeson Center.
About a dozen lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender students
and their allies (LGBTA) kissed at
the bottom of the HUB stairs in an
attempt to alter the perception of
Valentine’s Day as a heterosexual
A model walks the runway during the Andres Aquino fashion show at the Waldorf Astoria
in New York City on Saturday night during Couture Fashion Week.
Fashion Week rocks NYC
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
To view a photo gallery of various
~01 designers' collections at Couture
NEW YORK, N.Y The stage at the Fashion Week in New York City:
Waldorf Astoria Grand Ballroom was set: ON! Psucollegian.com
A grand piano was placed on center stage,
statues of dancers were installed to the shows, it started fashionably late.
left and a microphone stood front and cen- Janerations premiered her line first, a
ter. collection of knit sweaters with touches of
Though the setting seems typical for a fur and leather trim. The sweaters were
classical concert or an opera, Saturday’s accented with big buttons and poufy
250-person audience wasn’t there to see a shoulders. She worked with mainly black,
musical event. cream, gray and pink.
They were patiently waiting for the Along with the brand Janerations,
Janerations and Andres Aquino show at Couture Fashion Week producer Andres
Fall 2010 New York Couture Fashion Week Aquino showed his collection,
to begin and like the weekend's other See FASHION WEEK. Page 2.
The night before, a pizza deliv
ery 7 driver had just made a stop at
The Pointe apartment complex.
501 Vairo Blvd.. when two uniden
tified men approached him.
pushed him to the ground at gun
point and robbed him, the
Patton Township Police
Department said.
One of two unidentified
men threatened the pizza
deliveryman with a revolver
outside The Point, forcing him
to the ground, police said.
holiday, participant Julian Haas
said.
‘Actions like these shed light on
affirming love." Haas (sopho
more-sociology) said.
"We can share our love, and it s
just as beautiful as anyone else's
love."
Part of the national Freedom to
Marry Week, the event lasted less
than fifteen minutes but served as
a lasting act of resistance against
constrictions of non-traditional
love, Haas said.
The men then robbed him of the
small amount of cash he was
carrying but left him unharmed,
police said.
No shots were fired in
either incident, but authorities
say the suspects are still
at large and remain unidentified.
Although they couldn't conclu
sively say the same men commit
ted both robberies, they believe
the incidents are related.
During the Friday night
See ROBBERIES. Page 2.
"When I see a straight couple
making out, I say Aw.' and we get.
‘Ew.‘ " said participant Clare
Jablonski (junior-criminology and
sociology).
Students of every' sexual orien
tation participated in the Kiss Out
as a way to make LGBT students
more visible on campus, said
Lianna Newman, president of
Undertones, an LGBT group for
minority students.
"We'd like to see people accept
it as a different culture that does
Meningitis
case detected
in East Halls
A female Pemi State student is in the hospital
after being diagnosed last week with a possible
case of meningococcal meningitis.
The Pinchot Hall resident whose identity has
not been released due to federal privacy regula
tions was admitted to Mount Nittany Medical
Center and is undergoing treatment, University-
Health Services (UHS) Director Margaret Spear
said.
An official status report from the hospital has not
been made public, but university spokeswoman
Lisa Powers wrote in an e-mail that the student's
condition has improved.
Because the infection spreads through direct
person-to-person contact. Spear said UHS has noti
fied people who had contact with the patient in
order to administer appropriate medication.
At the onset of bacterial meningitis, symptoms
can include fever, headache, body aches, neck stiff
ness or a rash. Those students who experience
See MENINGITIS. Page 2.
Symptoms:
■ Fever, headache, body aches, neck stiffness
or rash
■ For more information, visit the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention Web site:
http://www.cdc.gov/menlngltls/index.html
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accept that we are people and we
deserve our rights."
Other student leaders w-ere
also vocal about the event.
University Park Undergraduate
Association (UPUA) Student Life
and Diversity Chairman Christian
Ragland encouraged students to
See KISSOUT. Page 2.
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