2 I Thursday, March 4, 2010 Theft: An unidentified person broke into the Buckhout Laboratory between midnight Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday and stole a computer worth $l,lOO, Penn State Police said. Theft: A camera worth an estimated $1,600 was stolen from the Willard Building at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Penn State Police said. Fleck brings African influence to show Bela Fleck went to Africa in 2005 to learn about the origins of the banjo, and he came back with a handful of musicians. And since then, they've helped him win several of his 13 Grammvs. Folk, jazz, bluegrass and traditional African music were mixed on Wednesday night when "Bela Fleck: The Africa Project took the stage at Eisenhower Auditorium. Speaker talks racial desegregation Preston C. Green 111 spoke about racial desegregation and equal opportunity in public schools Wednesday as the third speaker in the Penn State Law Speaker Series. Desegregation is not dead, and we ll see more and more of this, said Green who has co-authored two books on education systems and law, served as a consultant to plaintiffs in a Supreme Court case and is a member of the Pennsylvania State Charter School Appeal Board. In his speech at the Lewis Katz Building, he pointed out that there is a correlation between poverty, high concentra tion of minorities and low standardized test scores. ■ Daniel Heller, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak at 10 a.m. in 102 Chemistry Building. The Department of Chemical Engineering is hosting the event. ■ Yufeng Qian, of Penn State, will speak at 11:15 a.m. in 101 Althouse Laboratory. The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is hosting the event. ■ Don Richards, of Penn State, will speak at 11:15 in 106 McAllister Building. The Department of Mathematics is hosting the event. ■ Theodore Slaman, of the University of California, will speak at 4 p.m. in 114 McAllister Building. The Department of Mathematics is hosting the event. ■ David Wineland, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will speak at 4 p.m. in 117 Osmond Laboratory. The Department of Physics is hosting the event. ■ Robert Rodriguez, of the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) Institute, will speak at 4 p.m. in 201 Thomas Building. The Department of Statistics is hosting the event. 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On the World Wide Web Fax: (814) 863-1126 Board of Editors Erin Shields .Allison Jackovitz, Samantha Kramer, Shannon Simcox, Board of Managers Leslie Stahl .Andrea Crawford, Nikki Husband, Kelsey Thompson Liz Rogers Ben Gasbarre, Alissa Nemzer Ben Krone Jason Keller Amanda Hauth Daniel Tyson .Megan Andrews, Kelly Martin flier* 2JS C\ T ? 4--1 li E i # Jjh Low 23 High 38 Courtesy of Campus Weather Service SOMA prepares for Arts Crawl On Wednesday night, members of Students Organizing the Multiple Arts (SOMA) solidified plans for their biggest event: Arts Crawl Set for April 9 and free and open to the public Arts Crawl will combine many aspects of art, SOMA’s public relations person Michael Fulmer said. “This is going to showcase stu dents art, and music,” Palmer (sen ior-management) said. SOMA’s vice-president Alexis Kumasaka (senior-advertising and Spanish) calls Arts Crawl a “huge meshing of audio and visual art including music." Charges From Page 1 When the two other men got a call from Semionov’s cell phone, they knew he had been arrested. Still with the police informant, they drove to Illarionov's Ridge Avenue residence, where Litivinov put the stolen property in a white plastic bag, according to court documents. They then left Illarionov’s resi dence and parked in the McAllister Parking Deck. Litivinov walked to Penn Towers, 255 E. Beaver Ave., where he stashed the stolen proper ty in the ceiling tiles of the laundry room, according to the documents. Litivinov and the police informant stopped at Snappy’s, 1209 N. Atherton St., before driving to an Festival From Page 1 regarding the prospective perform ers would complicate their ability to secure contracts with the musi cians. “What I did was 1 took people from diverse backgrounds, diverse kinds of genres of music that they repre sent, highly regarded within their genre of music community and through that we kind of found the best of both worlds,” Wallace said. “It’s not like we’re a nightclub where we can bring an artist in whenever we want because they can only play, there are only specific artists you can get and only specific ones you Flogging Molly From Page 1. Plucinski were both present at the show— in their kilts. "It’s amazing,” Adam Plucinski (sophomore-bioengineering) said. “Any Irish punk band is better in a kilt.” His brother, Ryan Plucinski (sen ior-engineering), said he has been listening to Flogging Molly’s music since 1997. “It’s kick-ass,” he said. “It just grabs you.” Both brothers were also wearing a sporran a sort-of traditional Scottish version of a fanny pack. The Plucinski brothers weren’t alone: running through the crowd was an assortment of kilted men, with styles ranging from traditional red plaid to army camouflage. The band members played a vari ety of their songs, including “The Worst Day Since Yesterday” off their new album and “Drunken Lullabies,” the title-track off their 2002 album. 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But not all local bar officials have had such a positive experience with accommodating so many heavily intoxicated customers. “There’s a little pressure at times when you have that kind of influx of people,” said Gene Maley, manager of The Gingerbread Man, 130 Heister Rape From Page 1 measures at Innovation Park, even though safety is already promoted. “You can’t be too safe,” said Shay, who works 5 to 11 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays. “They couldn’t do any thing that could hurt us out here. It could realty only help make it bet ter than it already is.” Prior to Monday’s report, a Penn State student told Penn State Police Feb. 3 that a man shook her hand outside of the Outreach Building and wouldn’t let go. “We want the students to expen ence the arts side of Penn State. Kumasaka said. “It's why we show case mostly local bands and artists.' Along with the Visual Arts Student Alliance (VASA). Arts Crawl will involve several buildings on North campus where there will be demonstrations and music for stu dents to enjoy. Starting off in the Visual Arts building, each group will have the opportunity to visit buildings around campus, experience a lecture by a famous artist and listen to music by some local bands. “It's not going to be just a slab of paint on a easel." Kumasaka said. “It’s going to be a lot of different types of art." area near Giant, and then went to the Penn State technology center to wait for Illarionov. When Illarionov showed up. he had two backpacks that the police inform ant believed to contain more stolen property. When he was approached by police, Illarionov fled but was arrested while trying to steal a car. according to court documents. Police seized two AK-47 style assault rifles, one Taurus 9mm pis tol and one Llama .45 caliber pistol during the investigation. Police said the Taurus pistol and assault weapons were stolen by the men during a burglary in Erie. Additional charges could be filed against the men as the joint county wide investigation continues and more evidence is gathered, police said. can get within our budget But other UPUA members felt uncomfortable distributing the money without publicizing specifi cally how the organization planned to use it. "What we're debating is if we re telling people we're spending their money, then we have to tell them what we're spending their money on,” Internal Development Chairman Dustin Dove (senior-sec ondary education) said. "If you're a nightclub, you don't have to do that, but if you’re a student government, you have to." At large representative Jessica Pelliciotta agreed, calling the move to release funds a "mistake." “I don’t know whv we would blind of cheers from adoring fans. “When I wrote this song I never thought there would be a positive outcome." King said as he intro duced “Drunken Lullabies.' "But after the past few weeks in Ireland, the Catholics and Protestants have finally decided to give it a rest and have some peace." King and members held up peace signs as the crowd pushed and pulled its way around the floor to the driving music. Opening band Scythian, which made it to the show even though its bus broke down on the way. had its share of screams and mosh-pits as well. “They were really good," Cody Gunther (freshman-engineering > said. “I really like listening to fiddle players, so I liked them." The group members took full advantage of their traditional instru ments as duel fiddles blazed and battled one another to the audi ence’s amazement. The band also made a point to make the accordion “sexy again." “I don’t know if you heard, but Maxim magazine just said the accordion is the unsexiest instru ment,” fiddle-player/guitarist/singer St. “I’m kind of indifferent. I don't mind it, but I would guess it's not endorsed by the bar community." The Tavern Association recently demonstrated a united front in cur tailing the day-long drinking associ ated with State Patty’s Day, with downtown bars agreeing to keep regular hours and abstain from State Patty’s-themed drink specials. President of the Tavern Association Jennifer Zangrilli said the association will discuss a possi ble course of action on Happy Valley Drink Fest in its next meeting planned for after spring break. “I’ve lived in State College all my life,” Zangrilli said. “Drinking has always been a part of the college cul ture. I don’t care what university you go to, the difference I see here is in And after years of studying at Innovation Park without incident, Shay said finding out about the rape was odd and confusing feelings that only intensified when she dis covered it was a hoax. “Who would make something that up?” she said. “It’s not even funny to joke about that.” Anne Ard, Centre County Women's Resource Center (CCWRC) execu tive director, also found the situation to be no laughing matter. During the 13 years she has worked at the CCWRC, she has never dealt with an ihcident similar to Monday’s. “I haven’t heard any reasoning The Daily Collegian At the end of the night SOMA hopes to secure the band No Age, a band the organization has been actively lobbying to get to campus, for a live performance. It No Age can come to perform it would be such a big accomplish- ment for SOMA. Campbell isophomore-English) who joined SOMA last fall. SOMA's Treasurer Lauren Downing said that a lot of planning has gone into Arts Crawl and that many students contributed ideas. "This is what we are about'as an organization." Downing (sopho more-fmance and arts history) said. s mail reporter: vwtsoo6@psu.edu Each man was arraigned on SHOO.OOO bail by Centre County District Judge Jonathan Grine Wednesday night. Litvinov and Semionov stayed quiet before the judge, but Illarionov demanded answers and proof to justify the charges. "What puts me at the scene of the crime don't you still need evi dence to make allegations?" Illarionov asked Grine. Illarionov said the allegations were outrageous and did not make am sense As he was escorted out by police, Illarionov made one more attempt to declare his innocence. Pray for me." he said. “Hope they get the right guys." io e-mail reporter: Icnsol9@psu.edu ly approve 545.000 for artists when w e have no names." Pelliciotta (jun ior political science) said. "We need to have some idea of where this is going." .Viter several members noted the urgency of allocating the money as soon as possible if it went unap proved, the action yvould be delayed an additional three yveeks until the organization's next meeting UPUA decided to release the funds yvithout disclosing the artist infor mation But. UPUA did add an amendment to the resolution to require the planning commission to provide specific budget details as soon as all contracts are finalized. a reporter: cmms773@psu.edu Alexander Fedorvka said to the crowd, which immediately respond ed with a resounding "Bool" and a shaking off fists. "That's right, shake vour fist to the man!" In order to fix the problem, the band played a medley of polka and ■ eurodisco trash." as well as rap to bring the accordion's sexy back. The medley included covers of House of Pains "Jump .Around" and Biz Markie's "Just a Friend." Isaac Bishop (sophomore-philos ophy ) likened Flogging Molly’s music to biblical proportions. "They're like the Second Coming of Christ." Bishop said. “They’re like God talking out of a burning bush.” Pat Troester (junior-history) said Flogging Molly was one of his all time favorite bands and was an amazing band to see live. "They're absolutely one of the most incredible bands live,” Troester said. "They're great to see." Troester also likened to the band to a religious philosophy. "It's like nirvana,” Troester said. "The religious principle, not the band." To e-mail reporter: nawsos4@psu.edu the result of their actions. Once they become inebriated, it has become more violent than before.” But to University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) Student Life and Diversity Chairman Christian Ragland, student govern ment should consider brainstorming alternative approaches to unifying the senior class. Ragland (junior-political science) said he encourages seniors to enjoy their remaining time at Penn State without sacrificing their safety. "We re looking to them to set an example,” Ragland said. “This year is a year where we want to get rid of this idea of a dangerous drinking culture." To e-mail reporter: Iqsso76@psu.edu behind it," she said. “It doesn’t happen enough to draw any conclusions.” Ard said in the future, students should pay more attention to their surroundings and take more pre cautions when traveling alone. Like Wasbotten said, it’s all about awareness. • Just because this was a false alarm doesn’t mean it wasn’t a real test." Wasbotten said. “Does every body have their guard up when this happens? Absolutely. Does every one need to put their guard down when it’s false? No.” To e-mail reporter: gmgso4l@psu.ed said Jackie
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