, 4 .-T - , , ' '•.- - '.- ; i 1 -- j j r)r ) I - --' I - I I HA Y - MAKER -.,,...•_- - - . . e _I j J 41, I_.) _I ___ J _ i Jli . ~ , . ..., ____ ...- 1 ,,,.. -,.. :.„ ~ . ~ _ . ,:„..:..,.. Penn State suffers one ;,..' - 4t4,0.:,, , - , 7„,;liii ,- ,v , ,! - w of worst losses ever to . S, k ''.; ir- - Ziisit- British Phil wins Battle of the Bands Rutgers-Newark , - , .- i •,..--„.., , A&E, Page 5. SPORTS, Page 8. --- - The Daily collieglan psucollegian.corn Published independently by students at Penn State Keirans endorses Ragland By Case , :),,mott fltmt L,,overn The ment . presi dent said , ;1 • Imequivo cally- en upu dOISc th. Li Ragiam Smith j tick elections et in thL Year's Park Under2n (UPI - Ai C!' Ms. Sasha diJerc D „1 - A k_t .. , Boot and lip periorn.i while heels. Sasha sional r formed !It packed A:6,, dents, 2010. . stu- Week Women, men win nationals By Gieg Garcia All sf. ason coach Emmanuil Kailanov told his teams to keep focused on the national championship. And on Sunday, both the Penn State men's women's fenc ing teams prowd they were lis tening - and came home from Harvard University with another NCAA The Nittanv Lions recorded 191 total wins. vtilich was enough to defeat the No 5 St. John's men's team anti the No. 6 St. John's won: , ; .; team --- which both finished bt'ttind the Lions and No. 1 Notrr Tame men's and women's team , which 'finished third. Earlier in the season, the Fighting defeated the Lions in a team-dual match. Miles ('ln Watson could not express ra leclings through words abot. t !tit • victory after a See FENCING. Page 2. President Gavin Keirans (senior-business management) and Vice IF' President Hillary Gupta (senior marketing) said - Christian Keirans Ragland and Colleen Smith are the best candidates to continue moving UPUA forward, as each has spent the last two years work- Andrew Dunhelmer coneon sie at the Bth Annual Professional Drag Show hosted by Undertones. The Drag Queens performed for a packed and . yin! Hall. The Drag Show was one of many events that were part of Penn State's 2010 Pride Week. Queens stmt for statement 20 1 0 11) 1 )1112, u l OO 1 411 , WEEK Sitsha all LOl,l high Framed by a stage with rain -1.)ow lights and smoke machines, Kierra Darshell, dressed in sparkling red boots and a black corset. Idcked off the show by lip syncing "If I Were A Boy" The performer then emceed the event 1 . proles per- 11 for a Ryan Ulsh/Collegian Participants of the "Out of Darkness" 5K walk for suicide prevention on Saturday afternoon. The participants started the walk at the Intramural Building. Hundreds walk 'Out of Darkness' Denise Kephart was shocked by her husband's suicide three years ago. She didn't notice at the time, but looking back, he had all signs of severe depression. On Saturday afternoon, she walked with more than 690 peo ple in the fourth annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk, a 5K walk that raised more than $35,000 for the American By Alexa Agugliaro FOR THE COLLEGIAN ing with the organization and are she interviewed for UPUA, and the "logical" choices. they have served as mentors to "They started off in smaller her ever since. roles but evolved to core leader- It means a lot to me that ship positions and have really they've seen those qualities and taken the time to learn the inner capacities in Christian [Ragland] workings of UPUA and the univer- and I," Smith said. "From all they sity as a whole," Keirans said. know and all the experience being "They will be ready to go on day in UPUA, they put their trust and one to really take on the role of confidence in Christian and I to president and vice president." put UPUA into the future." Smith (sophomore-biology) David Adewumi, the opposing said Keirans and Gupta were two presidential candidate, said of the first people she met when See KEIRANS. Page 2. often joking with the audience The Bth Annual Professional Drag Show was hosted by Undertones and sponsored by SPA Late Night and the University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC). "If you're happy, you're proud and you know who you are if you're gay, make some noise," Darshell said. But while polling the rest of the audience members about their sexual orientations, Darshell quickly found out that the crowd Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Many families of suicide vic tims came to the walk hoping to spread awareness by telling their stories. A new addition to the walk this year was a memory book in which families can create a scrapbook page to honor some one lost to suicide. Calling the walk a "great sup port system" and "very uplift ing," organizer Susan Kennedy held just as many straight stu dents as gay students. Torn Koerber. who has'attended the drag show for five years, said even his lab partners who were usually in bed early stayed up late to see the show. "It's becoming that influencing on campus, - Koerber (graduate biochemistry, molecular biology and microbiology) said. "There have been more straight people here than I've ever seen." Performers named Ann Fu See DRAG SHOW, Page 2. said it is a unique collaboration between Penn State students and the community The walk also served as a reminder that suicide could affect anyone at any time. "We are here today because we know that most of these families never expected to have to deal with the tragic loss of someone by suicide," said Pat Gainey, the Philadelphia regional director of AF'SF,' who spoke before the walk See WALK, Page 2. Former CCSG President Nick Borsuk was impeached at the council's meeting on Saturday. Amanda Darin will replace him CCSG Pres. forced to leave By Paige Minemyer COLLEGIAN S"Ar With only one month 0! the school year remaining, zoin mit more council n)eeting. ct 'St; council members \ (rt ed on Saturday to remove President Nick Borsuk from hi, position This came after accusations of Borsuk's (senior-hiif disre spect toward the Oqui,, of Commonwealth :4tudent Governments (CCSG , members. though his impeachment had not been discussed prior to Saturday's council. when mem bers voted 26-ti in favor of his impeachment. Borsuk was given the opt ion to resign during an earlier closed president's session but declined. As of press time. he had neat returned calls for comment. CCSG Vice President Amanda Davin will take over as president until the end of the semester "I do not assume these responsibilities lightly and you See CCSG. Page ?. Concert creates tension SPA leaders speak out against UPUAs plan ning responsibilities. By Lindsay Cryer COLLEGIAN STAFF I ;_o While UPUNs upcoming spring concert is expected to host one of this year's biggest free performances, not everyone is gung-ho about it. Student Programming Association Executive Director Steph Sottung spoke out against student government's upcoming "The Last Stop" concert, lam basting leaders for spewing stu dent money on organizing the April 30 event instead of passing policy. Both Sottung (senior journal ism) and SPA Entertainment Chairwoman Claire DiGiacomo think the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) is stepping on the toes of student organizations whose sole purpose is to organize such events. "They're going beyond why UPUA exists to do something that other organizations already do," Sottung said. See CONCERT. Page 2.
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