2 I TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2010 CPA accepting local food bank donations The Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) is accepting donations to benefit Centre County food banks through April 15. Non-perishable foods and household items may be donat ed at CPA events or from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at Eisenhower Auditorium. Organizers are looking for cooking oil and spray, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, canned vegetables, baking mixes, pasta and noodles, soup, baby-care items, pet supplies, laundry and dish detergent, supermarket gift cards and hygiene products. Artist to present lecture in Palmer today Artist Lesley Dill will present a lecture today in conjunction with exhibition "I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill." The exhibition has been featured in the Palmer Museum of Art since January and will continue throughout the spring semes ter. The lecture will begin at 4:30 p.m. today in the Palmer Museum of Art. The museum, the School of Visual Arts' John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series and the Department of Art History are sponsoring the event. Dill's work, which ranges from sculpture to large-scale installations, is largely inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson, among other literary influences. In today's lecture, Dill will speak about her art and display a seven-minute clip from "Divide Light," an opera she authored. Fabric wrapped around gun at museum Pennsylvania State Military Museum in Boalsburg employ ees told the State College Police Department Sunday that an unknown actor wrapped a multi-colored knitted fabric around a 16-inch gun barrel on display outside the building. Police said the actor left a note at the 51 Boal Ave. property that stated the fabric was "not to harm the property but to take a stand against the war." Police said the case is closed. Broken water main closes East College Penn State Police said they received a report of a broken water main at about 11 p.m. Sunday near the south side of Atherton Hall. The State College Police Department shut down the 300 block of East College Avenue on Monday after a sinkhole developed and water from the main spilled onto the street, police said. Police are not sure how the pipe broke. Songwriter's Club to hold events all week The Penn State Songwriter's Club's upcoming week is packed - but it wasn't on purpose. The club's events include a Relay for Life Concert today at Rotelli's and an appearance at the Students Organizing the Multiple Arts (SOMA) open mic, among other events. PepsiCo products will still be sold at PSU Two years from now, most of PepsiCo's sodas will not be sold in elementary schools and high schools worldwide - but that doesn't mean Penn State students won't get their soda fix. 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Higji 50 Low 37 High 55 campusweatherselvice.com Courtesy of Campus Weather Service Teatro Chicana inspires students By Robin Tilley COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER In 1971, female students at San Diego State University decided to stand up and fight for peace, com passion and equality for their gener ation of Chicana women. And today, they're still fighting. Members of Teatro Chicana per formed Monday night in Paul Robeson Cultural Center's Heritage Hall. The show was complete with skits and readings from memoirs inspired by their decades-long struggle for equality in the U.S., as well as their book, "Teatro Chicana: A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays," published in April 2008. The performance was presented by the Latina/o Studies Initiative, the Department of Women's Studies, the Dominican Student Association and other university sponsors. Describing themselves as the first generation of Chicana women or U.S. citizens of Mexican descent to have the opportunity to go to col lege, members of Teatro Chicana said they have used education as a weapon, focusing their anger on something productive. "It was really inspiring to listen to the struggles of the first generation of women who fought for the rights of Chicano and Latin American stu dents on college campuses," said Leticia Oseguera, who teaches in the College of Education. Oseguera said she thinks the main message of Teatro Chicana, originally named "Teatro de las Chicanas," is to remain committed to the political and social struggles of people who are marginalized in society Ex-Pa. rep guilty in corruption case By Mark Scolforo ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER HARRISBURG A former power broker in the Pennsylvania Legislature and two of his one-time aides were convicted of political cor ruption charges Monday by a jury that also acquitted them of dozens of charges and exonerated a fourth defendant. The defendants are among 25 people arrested since the state attorney general's office began investigating three years ago with the news that millions of dollars in bonuses had been quietly handed out to legislative employees. Former House Democratic Whip Mike Veon, 53, was found guilty of 14 offenses related to using taxpayer paid bonuses to reward state work ers for campaign efforts, illegal cam paign fundraising, other campaign efforts and a single count of conflict of-interest for having aides drive two motorcycles to a North Dakota rally. He had faced the most counts, 59. Veon attorney Dan Raynak vowed an appeal. "This is far from over," Raynak said. "We believe there were many errors made during the trial, and we certainly anticipate and hope that this verdict does not stand." Brett Cott, 37, who managed Veon's failed 2006 re-election effort, was found guilty of three of the 42 counts he faced. Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink, 47, who ran Veon's Beaver Falls district office, was found guilty of five counts. The Health care From Page 1 Gray Onobrakpeya, public rela tions coordinator at Harrisburg based health care provider Pinnacle Health, agreed. "In our current recession and our current economy, I think that's a very, very big deal," he said. But Andrew Sharp (freshman electrical engineering) said the new law could take away an important incentive for graduating students to get jobs immediately. Being responsible for your own health coverage after graduation is part of growing up, he said. "I'm not gonna complain about it," he said. "But I don't think it's going to breed any responsibility if I'm Pride Week "I've never had any problems," Penn State. T-shirts from former O'Connor (junior-biology) said. Pride Weeks hang behind the table, "That's not to say that I don't feel their colors corresponding with the From Page I. uncomfortable there is still some other vibrant decorations highlight this year's week will showcase larg- worry here, but lam out with more ing the week's commencement. er keynote events, including a large- ease." - It's all about spreading aware scale Pride Parade on Friday. For This year's theme, "Here," ness," O'Connor said. the most part, Penn State is pretty emphasizes the history of the gay friendly, said Kevan O'Connor. LGBTA community, particularly at To e-mail reporter: lags2s7@psu.edu Angelou Penn State," Perone said. "We University, has received 60 doctor thought it was time for her to come ates in her lifetime her last from again." Columbia University. Her books, From Page 1. Sydney Bickford (freshman-psy- which range from poetry to autobi wanted to have her back for some chology) said she's excited for ographies, reflect mostly on human time. Angelou to come. "I have been read- nature and the human condition. "Angelou was very well-received ing her books for a while, so I'm real- "I encourage people to see that when she first came her story is ly looking forward to seeing her human beings are more alike, than emotional and powerful, and by speak," Bickford said. unlike," Angelou said. bringing her back, we hope this will Angelou, a current professor of enrich students' experiences at American studies at Wake Fbrest To e-mail reporter: vhgsoo3@psu.edu Laura Garcia and Felicitas Nunez, members of Teatro Chicana, perform a skit titled "Salt of the Earth" in the HUB-Robeson Center on Monday night. The performers used music, com edy and tragic stories to explain their personal journeys and strug gles as well as general issues of sex ism, social problems and controver sial topics in the last 40 years. One of the founders of the group, Felicitas Nunez, said the women were inspired by the peace move ment of the 19705, as well as the Civil Rights Movement. "Rosa Parks is one of the women I hold dearly in my heart," Nunez said. However, besides civil rights and political issues, the women dealt with general issues like sexism and male superiority in their culture through their most infamous skit, "Bronca," meaning "wrangle," or being ready to fight. "I really enjoyed the 'Bronca' skit it shows empowerment, and in order for any change to happen, we have to come together as a commu- convictions against Cott and Perretta-Rosepink related to cam paign efforts from 2004 to 2006. Chief Deputy Attorney General Frank Fina, the lead prosecutor, said Veon was proven to have stolen more than $1 million in the form of bonuses. "We hope it sends a strong mes sage to the rest of our elected offi cials ... to stop using the people's money for their own benefit," Fina said. All three defendants had been charged with multiple counts of con flict-of-interest, theft and conspira cy. All were convicted of at least one count of each charge. Steve Keefer, the former House Democratic information technology supervisor and Veon's 'O6 campaign treasurer, was acquitted of all 16 counts against him. He broke into tears as the foreman read the final "not guilty" verdict and embraced his lawyer, Bill Fetterhoff. "I'm just looking forward to get ting back to being a father and a family man again, getting on with life," Keefer told reporters. The verdict came after nearly six weeks of testimony by dozens of wit nesses many of whom had been given immunity or had struck deals with the prosecution and about 59 hours of deliberations over seven days. Jurors sent word through court officials afterward that they did not wish to speak with reporters. Prosecutors had accused the defendants of being at the center of a range of illegal efforts to use tax going to be under my parents' insur ance until I'm 26." Even Georgia had doubts that the bill will work the way Democrats claim it will, but said only time can tell. "In theory, it sounds like a really good idea if this is all true," she said. "But I'm not really certain how it's going to affect me and my family - But Gabriel Schnall (senior-public relations) said he had no problem with health care reform that could end up saving him a lot of money during the next couple of years. He doubts the bill is perfect, but added that changes could be made over time to refine the law "If it does work, I think we'll be more secure," Schnall said. "Nobody knows how you're going to THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Marissa Gutherz 'Collegian nity," said Stephanie Rivera, the Vice President of the Dominican Student Association. Rivera (senior-broadcast journal ism) said the most important thing for the audience is to learn about the experiences of not just Chicana women, but all Latin Americans in the U.S. She said Teatro Chicana shows the diversity and complexity of what being Chicana and Latina in the U.S. is like. Additional Teatro Chicana events include a book signing reception today from 1 to 3 p.m. at Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., and an open mic night from 6 to 8 p.m. in Waring Commons. There will also be a workshop entitled "Theatre as Pedagogy" Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in 108 Chambers. To e-mail reporter: rmtso4B@psu.edu dollars and state employees to gain leverage in running political cam paigns. The trial took place in a court room just three blocks from the ornate Capitol building, where pros ecutors said many of the crimes occurred and where many of the witnesses still work. Defense lawyers had attacked the credibility of the prosecution wit nesses, noting that many were pro vided plea deals and grants of immunity in exchange for their testi mony. They argued that the evidence against their clients was weak and contended that some of the accusa tions didn't rise to the level of crimi nal behavior. The jury agreed. at least in part, acquitting Veon of all counts against him that related to research into political opponents. and to the state funded dinners after a regular Tuesday night basketball game he hosted. They also acquitted him, Cott and Perretta-Rosepink of charges involving successful peti tion challenges against presidential candidate Ralph Nader in 2004 and U.S. Senate candidate Carl Romanelli in 2006. Veon, who as whip was the sec ond-ranking House Democratic leader, had been a key negotiator in many of the General Assembly's biggest deals. He cast the lone vote against repealing the 2005 legislative pay raise bill, a decision that might have cost him the 2006 election. do in life, but if you have health insurance, that means you can at least go to the doctor." Along with health care reform, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that will provide a $4O billion increase in Pell Grants, Rep. Tim Bishop, D-N.Y., said. He said the bill would simultane ously save $67 billion by cutting sub sidies to banks and switching to direct student aid. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., said he is looking forward to voting for the bill when it comes to the Senate in the near future. think we ought to give students the most economical loans they can get," he said. To e-mail reporter: bwmsl47@psu.edu
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