11 The Daily
Collegian
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Candidates push hard for votes
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Ten tonight. That's when voting
closes in this year's student gov
ernment elections.
Until then, don't expect
University Park Undergraduate
Association (UPUA) presidential
hopefuls David Adewunii and
Christian Ragland to stop
Ragland
Performers in STOMP used everything from brooms to kitchen sinks to make noise Tuesday night in Eisenhower Auditorium. STOMP was created
in the summer of 1991 in Brighton, England. It was started by Luke Cressweil and Steve McNicholas.
STOMP brings
By Cayla Rasi
COLLEGIAN STAFF WR’TER
Yellow rubber kitchen gloves
were used for something other
than cleaning dishes Tuesday
night at Eisenhower Auditorium.
The internationally known
show, STOMP had performers
making noise without the use of
classic instruments.
Performers had audience
members laughing barely a
minute into the show and kept
Students react
to tanning tax
By Brendan McNally and Hanna Vovchanska
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The health care reform bill passed last week will
levy a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning which
may force some Penn State students to move from
the salon to the HUB lawn this summer.
Taking effect in July, the tax is expected to raise
$2.7 billion in revenue and will cover a small portion
of the health care bill's expenses, U.S. Rep. Glenn
Thompson, R-Centre, said.
But by his calculations, it'll also put 9,000 jobs in
jeopardy and affect 1,000 businesses nationwide.
The tax targets female middle-class business own
ers, he said.
“It’s a high price that falls on the shoulders of
Penn State students," he said.
Ultimate Tans, 111 W Beaver Ave.. hasn't made
any changes based on the tax yet, manager Ellen
Fiyer said. The owners have not decided whether
they pr the customers will be picking up the extra
10-percent tab.
But some students think the tax won’t have a sig
nificant effect on business.
“Devoted tanners will still come they’re not
gonna care,” Kelsie Pedone (sophomore-advertis
ing) said.
UPUA O'
elections
campaigning for an instant.
The online polls for this year's
UPUA election are open from
Weakland
Adewumi
them chuckling throughout the
evening.
Alex Berwager (freshman-agri
culture engineering) said he
found out about the performance
from a friend and attended the
show because he used to be in a
band and played drums.
"I am always playing a beat and
beating on stuff." he said. “My
neighbor had a trash-band at
home in Hanover, so I kind of
think I know what to expect with
the sound lin the show].”
Tom Ruane/Collegian
Nick Gober (junior-finance) trains for his cross-eouTby bike cJe Tuesday in Rec Hall.
Students bike to fight cancer
Endless protein bars, 3,100 miles, four
best friends and one mission: to bike from
Pennsylvania to Southern California in
40 days, raising money and awareness for
the fight against breast cancer.
“The Pink Pedal” was created by four
college students: Ty Bereskie, a sopho
more at the University of Vermont; Travis
Brown and John Anczarski, both sopho
mores at the University of Colorado at
Boulder; and Penn State’s Nicholas Gober
(junior-finance).
See TAX, Page 2.
6 a.m. through 10 p.m. today only
and all full-time undergraduates
at University Park are eligible to
cast their ballot at
www.vote.psu.edu.
Adewumi (junior-Spanish)
plans to hold a pep-rallv outside of
the HUB-Robeson Center,
complete with fireworks and
See CANDIDATES. Page 2.
If you go
What: Vote online at
vote.psu.edu
When: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Details: Any Tull-time Penn
State undergraduate student at
University Park can vote
rhythm
The first “instruments" were
brooms' bristles and sticks, used
to make different rhythms and
sounds. It took about an hour for
the performers to incorporate the
typical street-noises, banging on
trashcans and street signs.
The show acquired an original
sound by using kitchen sinks, rub
ber cleaning gloves, sand, water,
brooms, dust pans, mini-trash
cans and by clapping,
snapping, and of course stomp
ing.
By Alyssa Sweeney
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Endorsements boost
presidential campaigns
By Paige Mlnemyer
COI.LEGiAN STAFF WRITER
As voters head to the polls today
for the UPUA presidential elec
tion. each ticket is rounding out its
endorsements - even down to the
last minute.
Both presidential candidates,
David Adewumi and Christian
Ragland, have received several
major endorsements from cam
pus leaders during their cam
paigns for the University Park
Undergraduate Association
toPSU
Eisenhower Auditorium audi
ence services manager Lisa
Faust said the first two times she
saw the show on campus it was
the same performance, but this
year they switched things up.
Without having any dialogue or
the use of any recorded music,
STOMP's individuality made the
audience applaud and make clap
ping noises in response to the per
formers.
There was a lot of movement on
See STOMP. Page 2.
Gober said the four have been friends
since before he can e\ en remember, grow
ing up together in their hometown of
Ashland, Pa. Over winter break they decid
ed they wanted to do something important
with one of their last free summers.
Come mid-May, they'll depart from
Pottsville, riding along bike routes, high
ways and trails across the Midwest,
through the Rocky Mountains, along the
Grand Canyon and up the Pacific coast to
Los Angeles, Calif.
“We’re not going to stop until we make
it,” team member Anczarski said.
See STUDENTS. Page 2.
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age throughout election
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(UPUA) presidency, with Penn
State basketball player Talor
Battle officially endorsing
Adewumi at about 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Battle joins a list of Adewumi
endorsements that includes sev
eral football players and the
Schreyer Honors College Student
' See ENDORSEMENTS. Page 2.
Less
Than
Jake
chosen
By Renee Guida
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
It's official: Ska band Less
Than Jake is coming to
Penn State as Movin' On's head
liner.
Tim Haynes, director of the
Association of Residence Hall
Students’ Movin’ On music festi
val, Said the committee went
through an intensive process
when choosing a headlining
band.
Money and scheduling were
deciding factors in the group's
decision, and when it came down
to just three bands, organizers
said Less Than Jake was more
than qualified.
“We're super excited." Haynes
(junior-energy, business and
finance) said. “They have great
energy and fun, and they put on
an awesome show.”
Alice Cheng, assistant direc
tor of Movin' On, said the com
mittee thought long and hard
about who should headline the
event.
“Every year, there are always
criticisms,” she said. “We always
take them into account when we
decide who’s going to play.”
Less Than Jake, the last act of
the night, will perform on April
17 from 9:30 to 11 p.m. May Day
Parade will open for the band
from Bto 9:15 p.m.
Other acts include four groups
who played at Battle of the
Bands and The Dangerous
Summer.
Cheng (junior-bioengineering)
said Movin’ On is trying to create
a positive environment for the
students.
See MOVIN’ ON. Page 2.
Ska band Less Than Jake will
headline this year’s Movin' On
concert on April 17.