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Robberies could be linked
By Nathan Pipenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The contents of a getaway car
could link three men charged with
burglary to other recent armed
burglaries, police say.
Police tiled a search warrant
March 4 for the vehicle of Maksim
Illarionov, 21, of State College, and
seized a DSR car battery jumper
which police believe was stolen
from Monro Muffler, 1505 N.
Atherton St., on Feb. 4.
Police also found items in a
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Paige Goss, 6, of Canton, Ohio, practices baton twirling during the Blue Sapphire Classic on Sunday night in Rec Hall. The event marked the
first Blue Sapphire Baton Twirling classic with proceeds from the competition going to the David and Lou Uhazie Feature Twirler Scholarship Fund.
Current Blue Sapphire PJ Maierhofer, who was the first majorette to receive the scholarship, hosted the event. To read the story' SPORTS, Page 12.
Officials
support
drink tax
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Some State College politicians
are restarting the effort to allow
local governments to tax poured
alcohol in bars and restaurants,
which could bring in big bucks
for the borough.
Mayor Elizabeth Goreham
and borough council member
Don Hahn traveled to
Harrisburg on March 8 to show
their support for the drink tax
and three other revenue options
proposed by the Pennsylvania
League of Cities and
Municipalities (PLCM).
As alcohol-related needs and
services consume half the bor
ough's budget, Goreham said
she would support the proposed
drink tax, which would add 10
percent to the purchase price of
poured alcohol.
While she doesn't think the tax
would limit alcohol consumption,
it would help the borough
address the costs of police serv
ices and clean-up crews.
"It would not
discourage
people
from
drink
ing," she
said. "If it
did, it's not a bad
thing."
The PLCM, an advoca
cy group for towns, cities
and boroughs in
Pennsylvania, rallied for four
initiatives during the visit: a
See TAX, Page 2.
ourtesy of WWW.SXC.hU
white plastic shopping bag in
Illarionov's tan 1999 Honda
Accord that were similar to items
reported stolen in recent burgla
ries, according to court papers.
Now, Centre County District
Attorney Stacy Parks Miller says
the three men arrested March 3
could face additional charges as
the county-wide investigation con
tinues, despite the men waiving
their rights to a preliminary hear
ing March 10 in Centre County
court.
Police said that the bag con-
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Penn State head coach Ed
DeChellis yells from the bench
during a game against Michigan
State in the Bryce Jordan Center.
The Spartans won 65-54.
Students reflect on time
As Penn State student Zach
Johnston prepared to leave Haiti,
he offered up his bracelet to a
five-year-old Haitian who had
been eyeing it during spring
break
The boy put it on his wrist, saw
it was too big to fit, gave Johnston
a big smile and returned it to the
student. Johnston was speech
less.
"I had this preconceived notion
of what conditional love was
you think they expect something
in return, and that's what I
thought with him," Johnston
(freshman-advertising) said. "In
the end, he wasn't loving me to
DA DROPS
CHARGES AGAINST
PHOTOGRAPHER
LOCAL; Page-4.
By Edgar Ramirez
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
FOOTING THE BILL
Cupcake games are a necessity
in today's college football world r
SPORTS, Page 8.
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tamed dozens of antique jewelry before Centre County District
pieces. including gold earrings, Judge Jonathan Grine.
pendants, watches and Costa Police worked with an informant
Rican currency according to the who was in the car with the three
warrant. men the night of the robberies and
Police also found rounds from a arrested Illarionov; Dmitriy
.45 caliber pistol one of several Litvinov. 23, of Boalsburg; and Alex
weapons used in recent burgla- Semionov, 28, of Brooklyn. The men
ries, according to the warrant. first planned to rob Uncle Chen's
Sitting in the Centre County Chinese Restaurant, 430 E. Calder
Courthouse on March 10 in an Way, but decided to break into a
orange prison jumpsuit, Illarionov State College home when they real
remained silent before consulting ized the restaurant was closed,
with his attorney and waiving his police said.
right to a preliminary hearing See ROBBERIES, Page 2 .
DeChellis back
for another year
By Andrew J. Cassavell
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State men's basketball
coach Ed DeChellis will return
next season, athletic director Tim
Curley said in a statement
through a text message on
Friday.
Men's basketball sports infor
mation director Brian Siegrist
sent Curley's statement in which
Curley backed DeChellis, saying,
"No one will work harder or bring
greater passion to making the
necessary progress."
With.no seniors on this year's
squad, DeChellis will get his
whole team back next season and
will likely receive a lift from
incoming recruit Taran Buie, the
get something physical back. He
just wanted love in return."
Johnston was one of a group of
12 students, alumni and other vol
unteers who traveled to Haiti last
week to help in the earthquake
relief efforts with the assistance
of Adventures in Missions (AIM).
Volunteers slept in tents,
depended on a generator for elec
tricity, and ate peanut butter and
jelly sandwiches for lunch every
day as they witnessed Haitians
who had lost everything because
of January's earthquake, and
helped them rebuild, said David
Adewumi (junior-Spanish) and
Amanda Karl (junior-labor stud
ies and employment relations).
See HAM, Page 2.
half-brother of Lions' leading
scorer Talor Battle.
The Sporting News' national
men's basketball writer Mike
DeCourcy said despite the Lions'
poor record this season, he
agreed with the decision because
DeChellis was able to bring in the
nation's 29th-ranked shooting
guard, according to ESPN.
"From the time they signed
Buie, you'd want to see what he
and Talor would look like in the
same backcourt," DeCourcy said.
"To me, it's much more that they
signed a nationally ranked
recruit in the fall than that they
won two or three games in
February"
DeChellis, who was unavail-
See DECHELLIS, Page 2.
spent in Port-au-Prince
Zach Johnston (freshman-advertising) plays dominoes with a translator
and two Haitian locals in Port-au-Prince during spring break.
psucollegian.com
Maksim Illarionov is arraigned at
Judge Jonathan Grine's office.
Gov't
begins
search
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The University Park
Undergraduate Association
(UPUA) campaign season offi
cially kicked off this morning
and this year's presidential race
features a pair of - A veter
ans facing off against a learn of
UPUA outsiders.
As for the rest of the 46 total
candidates running, there are
seven candidates running for six
At-Large Representative posi
tions, 17 candidates for 12 Off-
Campus positions and six candi
dates for seven On-Campus posi
tions.
Additionally of the Academic
Representative positions, 10 of
the 14 only have one candidate
running, and two positions are
not being pursued by anyone.
On one presidential ticket:
Christian Ragland (junior-politi
cal science) for president and
Colleen Smith (sophomore-biolo
gy) for vice president. The pair
currently serves as UPUA
Student Life and Diversity
Chairman and UPUA
Governmental Affairs
Chairwoman, respectively.
See ELECTIONS. Page 2
Matt Lachman (senior-political
science) explains campaign rules
at the UPUA Candidate
Information Session on Sunday.
Act, Dre,