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Courtney Ras (junior-communication sciences and disorders) sorts mail in 324 HUB-Robeson Center. Moralers have been sorting mail since
Jan. 18. with a majority of the mail arriving after Feb. 10. The mail will be delivered to dancers throughout THON to lift their spirits.
Mail makes ‘big move’ to BJC
By Sarah Peters
U.FG l '\ S T AFF WRiTER
Pieces or brightly colored con
struction paper adorned with
scribbles peeked out from 28 card
board boxes filled to the brim with
dancer mail Wednesday after
noon. just hours before morale
committee members made the
"big move."
And big it was hauling the boxes
and packages from the HUB-
Robeson Center to a tractor trail
er truck and from the trailer to the
Bryce Jordan Center.
Two teams of 34 moralers
worked from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for
the past two weeks to get the mail
sorted in time for THON and
UPUA
won’t
audit
center
An investigation into
the Downtown Student
Center's opening was
dismissed Wednesday.
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
One week after the University
Park Undergraduate Association
(UPUA) publicly announced its
plans to audit the
Downtown
Student Center
initiative. the
group finished
investigating the
center's man-
agement and
decided
absolve
anv Keirans
members
blame for the venue’s delayed
use.
Director of Internal Affairs
Matt Sheroff. who led the investi
gation, submitted a two-page
report outlining his findings.
According to the report,
Sheroff (senior-finance) spoke
with four members of UPUA
Governmental
Chairwoman Colleen Smith,
Chairman of the Assembly Mark
Cannon, Programming Vice
Chairman Josh Crawford and
Director of Public Relations and
Media Andrew Karasik before
coming to the conclusion that “no
one individual can be blamed for
[the] situation.”
See UPUA, Page 2.
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T ‘‘‘'T moralers loading mail into
the tractor trailer
psucollegian.com
they wouldn't have it any other
way.
"There couldn't be any other
position I'd rather have." Morale
Captain TJ Daniels (senior-hotel,
restaurant and institutional man
agement) said. "I know the impact
it has on the dancers, and I'm able
See THON. Page 2.
People give blood at a THON Blood Drive on Wednesday in the Hammond Building. To schedule an
appointment visit www.psuredcross.org. Donors should bring identification to American Red Cross clinics.
Blood donations run low
Many Red Cross clinics have been
canceled or had poor attendance
because of recent winter weather.
Recent snowstorms have forced the American
Red Cross to cancel many of its blood drives along
the Eastern Seaboard and this month's THON
blood drives have been emptier than usual, too.
The Greater Alleghenies Region of American
Red Cross Blood Services, which extends from
Trio of bands draws mixed crowd to BJC
Adam Gontier who was fitted
with a fashioned fedora
repeatedly asked the crowd to
State College got a full dose of get on its feet and make some
nu-metal Wednesday night. noise.
The Bryce Jordan Center was “I want to see what Penn
filled to the brim with a diverse State's got," Gontier said,
crowd, ranging from moms to The Canadian group, who
pre-pubescent teenagers and a sported a healthy amount of
heavy crowd of tattooed men mascara and hair gel, serenaded
with goatees. the crowd with its breakthrough
Three Days Grace and song, T Hate Everything About
Breaking Benjamin co-headlined You," getting the crowd to sing it
the event, along with the female- back at the band,
fronted Texas band Flyleaf. Gontier advised the crowd to
Three Days Grace frontman See THREE DAYS GRACE. Page 2.
By Nick Weingartner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Affairs
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By Alexa Agugliaro
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Student-athletes prepare for
THON weekend’s challenges
By Kurt Bopp
COLL.EGi.AN STAFF v'.RiTL-
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a new lest.
During her career at Penn
State, the senior has been
whacked by held hockey sticks
and roughed up by some of the
best competition her sport had to
offer.
But her new test will chal
lenge her strength and stamina
and for a greater purpose than
athletic glory.
Northern Kentucky through Central
Pennsylvania, normally conducts an average of 50
to 70 blood drives a day. But because of severe
weather conditions this month, there have been
less than 10 blood drives per day, said Wendi
Keeler, the adviser of the Penn State Student Red
Cross Club.
From Feb. 5 through Feb. 10 alone, more than
1,500 potential units of blood were lost because of
unsuccessful or cancelled blood drives in the
Greater Alleghenies Region, according to a Red
Cross press release.
Inventory is dangerously low, and prospective
donors are encouraged to come out and donate,
See DONATIONS, Page 2.
Miller will be one of four stu
dent-athletes from the Student-
Athletes Advisory’ Board (SAAB)
who iiade in their uniforms for
bright shirts as they dance in the
Interfraternity Council/Panhell
enic Dance Marathon.
'Being a [THON] captain for
three years. I've seen the ins and
outs of THON," Miller said. "I
know how demanding it is. Field
hockey prepared me a little, but
the morale of the teammates
keeps you going."
See ATHLETES, Page 2.
Asit Mishra/Collegian
Barry Stock, guitarist for Three Days Grace, performs at the BJC on
Wednesday. Flyleaf and Breaking Benjamin also played at the show.
LOCAL ROBBERIES
PSU
joins
case
Penn State Police are
collaborating in the case
of two armed robberies.
By Laura Nichols
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State Police have joined
the investigation into two armed
robberies that took place right off
campus nearly one week ago, but
some students say authorities
are too tightlipped on the details.
At about 10 p.m. Thursday, two
unidentified men held up a pizza
delivery driver at gunpoint out
side The Pointe apartment com
plex. 501 Vairo Blva.. taking an
undisclosed amount of cash,
according to the Patton
Township Police Department.
In what police believe could be
a related incident, two men car
jacked another man at about
9 p.m. Friday on Park Crest Lane
off of Martin Street. The
assailants then drove the man to
a Boalsburg ATM, where the rob
bers forced him to withdraw cash
from his account before beating
him over the head with a hand
gun, the Ferguson Township
Police Department said.
Police did not confirm whether
the driver was a Penn State stu
dent, but said a Penn State park
ing pass was in the car.
Penn State Police said they are
working closely with both
Ferguson and Patton Township
Police, but could not give any fur
ther comment because the inves
tigation is ongoing. Neither the
conditions of either man who was
robbed, nor the total cash stolen
has been released. And the lack
of information has some students
worried about their safety.
Kate Crosby, who lives at The
Pointe, said she came home
Thursday to find out her room
mate had been questioned by the
police. Officers asked if the room
mates were OK but would not
tell Crosby's roommate why.
The next day, police came back
to get her roommate’s informa
tion, telling Crosby (junior-hotel
restaurant and institutional man
agement) it was ''nothing seri
ous.”
“It freaked me out," Crosby
said. “As a resident, I have a right
to know.”
Ferguson Township Police said
Sunday authorities were plan
ning to release more information
Wednesday. But on Wednesday,
police had yet to release more
details, and said detectives are
still working on the case.
Anne Schettig, a resident of
The Pointe, was walking home
from the bus stop the night of the
attack. Schettig (senior-public
relations) said she considered
off-campus life to be safer, but
now is not so sure. She said she
wants more lighting around the
buildings so people can see what
or who is around them.
To e-mail reporter: Icnsol9@psu.edu