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Comedy stars to visit
By Renee Guida
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State is about to get a
taste of two stars who have made
comedy their own through movies
such as "Forgetting Sarah
Marshall."
Penn State was announced as
the winner of the "Get 'Em To
Your College" competition
Monday night, meaning guest
appearances from Jonah Hill and
Russell Brand, stars of a new com
edy "Get Him to the Greek."
Cnloe Etmer/Collegian
Ingrid Michaelson performs to a sold-out crowd at the State Theatre Monday night, with special guest Cara Salimando. Michaelson is best
known for her songs that have been featured on hit television shows like “Grey’s Anatomy.” For the full story on the show | A&E, Page 5.
Council
requests
public
hearings
By Nathan Pipenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The State College Borough
Council voted 4-2 Monday night
to push a trio of ordinances reg
ulating Penn State fraternities to
a May 3 public hearing.
The ordinances include one
defining the definition of a frater
nity, one banning rooming hous
es on campus and a temporary
use provision (TUP) allowing
disbanded fraternities to be
repopulated as rooming houses
for two years while the fraternity
regroups.
Council members agreed that
of the three ordinances, the TUP
is the one that remains contro
versial, with council president
Ron Filippelli and council mem
ber Theresa Lafer voting not to
send it to the hearing with the
other two ordinances.
Filippelli voted to send the
provision back to the State
College Planning Commission
because there were still changes
he would like to see like
requiring an on-site manager in
rooming houses rather than one
within 25 miles, as the ordinance
currently states.
Lafer voted not to send the
TUP to a public hearing because
she has received complaints
from community members in
See COUNCIL Page 2.
"I'm baffled with awesome
ness." Brandon Wolf. Universal
Studios "Campus U" and Penn
State's marketing representative,
said. "I can believe it 'cause we're
Penn State, I just can’t believe it
personally."
The Judd Apatow film, set for
release June 4. will be screened at
Penn State on April 19 along with
the appearances of the two actors.
The online contest began April 1
and closed at 8 Monday night. It
was split into 5 sections, and the
stars will \isit the winner from
Christine Reckner/Collegian
Outgoing President Gavin
Keirans reflects on the past year
at the UPUA Transition Dinner on
Monday in the Beaver Stadium
Recruiting Lounge.
Clark bunks with former QB coach, family
By Audrey Snyder
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Jay Paterno said he was busy
working when he glanced at his
cell phone and found a brief text
message from Daiyll Clark.
“25!” the text read.
Paterno knew exactly what his
former quarterback was talking
about.
“I texted him back, and I don’t
want to tell you what I texted him,
because it was not good,” Paterno
joked. “I was not happy.”
Paterno and his family opened
their house to Clark about a
month ago, allowing the NFL
draft hopeftil to sleep in their
basement while he continues
training at Penn State.
_ The quarterback coach said it’s
been great having Clark around
as long as he stops beating
each. The sections include a col
lege from the Big 10 and Big 12. as
well as one located in Seattle,
Miami, and Boston. Students were
able to vote - online by pressing
“Demand It.”
A Eacebook page was created
by Wolf (junior-journalism)
encouraging Penn State stu
dents to vote. Wolf said it is
“phenomenal” that Penn
State won.
Penn State and the
University of Illinois
See STARS. Page 2
UPUA transitions
to future assembly
By Paige Minemyer
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Looking out at a room full of his
fellow student leaders, UPUA
President Gavin Keirans thanked
the fourth assembly for its work
over the course of the academic
year.
“It's not where we are that
matters, it’s where we’re going,"
Keirans (senior-business man
agement) said. “It’s now up to you
to lead.”
Keirans was the first of several
speakers at the University Park
Undergraduate Association's
(UPUA) transition dinner
Monday night. The dinner offi
cially marks the end of the fourth
Paterno’s records on Wii, like the
25 he put up in the 3-point
shootout.
Any more texts about Clark
besting him in video games and
their friendship might quickly
turn south, Paterno joked.
“He can come and go as he
wants, but if he breaks any more
of my records in the Wii game,
I’m done,” he said. “Literally, he's
out.”
Since Clark finished school in
December, the idea to stay with
Paterno’s family was initially
offered to him when he was in
Florida training for the NFL
Scouting Combine.
Clark was told there was extra
space in Paterno’s basement, and
staying and training at Penn
State was ideal because of the
availability of top-notch facilities.
See CLARK, Page 2.
assembly and the move into the
newly elected fifth assembly.
Keirans recapped his two-year
presidency and commended the
other members of UPUA for their
efforts during his two terms,
especially the other students on
his executive board.
“We sought to create the
greatest executive board in the
history of student government,”
he said.
A formal dinner preceded
Keirans’ presentation. After his
remarks, each of the committee
chairs spoke about their commit
tees and gave advice to newcom
ers to UPUA.
Mark Cannon, chairman of the
See UPUA, Page 2.
Daryll Clark and quarterbacks coach Jay Paterno hug after Clark's last
home football game. Clark is currently living with the Paterno family.
FRASER CENTRE
Work
set to
begin
The center will include
a cinema, retail stores
and high-end housing.
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Construction on the downtown
Fraser Centre
condominium/entertainment
complex is set to begin almost
exactly one year after the origi
nal date.
Code requirement setbacks
and a souring economy have
contributed to the delayed con
struction of the complex, which
was initially proposed in 2004,
Susquehanna Real Estate
President Jack Kay said.
The complex to be located
at the corner of West Beaver
Avenue and Fraser Street will
include high-end condominiums
on the top floors, with office and
retail space and a movie theater
on the bottom floors. The condo
miniums, which cost anywhere
from $300,000 to $1.5 million, are
not being sold to students, Kay
said.
But before Susquehanna Real
Estate calls in the construction
workers to begin the year-long
building process, the company
must first secure payment for at
least 75 percent of the available
space. Fraser Centre is close to
reaching that percentage,
though Kay didn't specify how
close.
“Despite the economic chal
lenges there is still a lot of sup
port and interest and we hope to
be getting started on it," Kay
said.
Some students said selling the
condominiums to students
would have helped the apart
ments fill up more quickly. Penn
State Off-Campus Student Union
President Bobby Ryan said the
location is perfect for students.
“It would greatly benefit the
See FRASER CENTER. Page 2.
BY THE NUMBERS
300,0004,5 milltor
per condominium
3/ 4 of the apartments
must be filled before
Construction begins
Summer 2010
projected date to start con
struction