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Women,
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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.
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Framed by a stage with rain
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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
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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.