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PUBLIC HEARINGS
Talks
set for
May 3
Local leaders are con
cerned having the hear
ings during finals week
could affect attendance.
By Nathan Pipenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Public hearings on six ordi
nances that will affect students
are scheduled for a May 3 State
College Borough Council meet
ing the Monday of finals week.
And the date has some local
leaders concerned that students
may not have time to attend the
meeting, which includes hear
ings on the Temporary Use
Provision (TUP) and the contro
versial Nuisance Gathering
Ordinance (NGO).
In its current form, the NGO
would fine party hosts for their
guests' poor behavior, even after
they leave the property. The
TUP would allow cleared frater
nities to repopulate as rooming
houses for up to two years as the
chapter gets its finances in
order.
While the council will have to
wait to vote on the TUP until a
later meeting, the NGO is fair
game for a vote on May 3, coun
cil president Ron Filippelli said.
Filippelli said he would be OK
with enacting the ordinances
after the public hearings regard
less of how many students are
able to attend.
“We’ve tried really hard to get
the hearings on the calendar
before students leave,” he said,
adding that other citizens find a
way to get to council meetings
despite busy schedules.
Mayor Elizabeth Goreham
took a more moderate approach
she would prefer to wait on
the ordinances until students
returned in the fall.
“We try to only pass ordi
nances that affect students when
students are actually here,”
Goreham said.
But the schedule being what it
is, Goreham hopes the conflict
with finals week won’t keep stu
dents from attending the public
hearings. She’d especially like to
see Interfraternity Council
President Max Wendkos and the
chapter presidents of individual
fraternities at the TUP hearing.
Wendkos (senior-marketing
and psychology) attended
Monday night’s meeting, where
he said he hasn’t had the chance
to interact with non-student res
idents as much as he would like.
At the meeting, he called the
TUP a “necessary” ordinance,
See HEARINGS, Page 2.
Kingston to perform in Altoona
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By Valerie Tkach
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Somebody call 9-1-1: Sean
Kingston will perform at Penn
State Altoona’s spring concert on
April 25.
Kingston will perform at 8 p.m.
Sunday in the Stephen A. Adler
Athletic Complex. Tickets will be
$l5 for Altoona students and $25
for the public. Altoona’s Campus
Activities Board Vice President
Marcus Correll arid Assistant
Director of Student Life Tanya
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Dept rejects tolls on 1-80
By Laura Nichols Gov. Ed jjpswfcJMß should not regard the federal gov- Penn State student Jen Recant
collegian staff writer Rendell held a ernment's decision as a victory, is one of those people and said she
press conference . jt calling for a special legislative uses the route to get to and from
Penn Staters who take 1-80 into Tuesday after- | tm session to help find another plan. State College.
Happy Valley, your free ride is noon to contest jB He has not yet announced the Recant (sophomore-secondary
safe: The U.S. Department of the toll's denial, yfl date of the special legislative ses- education) said the lack of a toll
Transportation rejected a plan pledging to find sion. on 1-80 is the main reason she
Tliesday that would toll the popu- an alternative to | The act maintained provisions takes it and she's happy it'll
lar interstate highway. raise state funds, Rendell that would have allowed local stay that way.
But don't celebrate yet the said Gary Tuma, drivers to travel up to 60 miles on “It's a great route to take it's
move could cost Pennsylvania up Gov. Ed Rendell's 1-80 without paying any tolls, scenic, and there aren't any tolls."
to $472.5 million unless legislators press secretary. Tuma said, adding that the toll Recant said,
find an alternative revenue Rendell said in his press con- would have mainly targeted peo- Gary Grembowiec said he has
source. ference that drivers who use 1-80 pie traveling across the state. See TOLL. Page 2.
Jason Rubinstein (freshman-engineering) deals at the Delta Zeta and Alpha Chi Rho casino night festivities. The event raised money for the
Starkey Hearing Foundation, which distributes hearing aids to the impoverished. To read a story on the fundraiser | LOCAL, Page 4.
Sen. Arlen Specter speaks to a small crowd in the HUB on Tuesday afternoon about his vision for higher
education. Specter, a Democrat, is fairing for a tough election this year with primaries in May.
Specter
By Evan Trowbridge
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Commenting on President
Barack Obama’s opening pitch ait
the Phillies-Nationals game on
Monday, Sen. Arlen Specter told
members of the Centre County
Democrats that the pitch would
have been a “bean ball” had a
left-handed batter been at the
plate.
But it was Specter on Tuesday
who was firing political bean balls
of his own against opponents dur
ing a campaign stop in State
College.
Palovich-Scott both confirmed the
news Tuesday. Correll said that
the campus is very excited to have
Kingston come and perform.
“Students will reMly like the
concert this year because it’s
going to be different from last
year’s,” Correll (sophomore-jour
nalism) said, referring to O.A.R.’s
performance last spring.
The students selected Kingston
from a survey listing 16 different
artists ranging from country
singers to rock singers.
“When we compiled the votes,
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discusses vision
To watch a video of Sen.
Arlen Specter discussing
SwfcTT, his plans for education:
psucollegian.com
“There are only two ways to
run for elected office,” Specter,
D-Pa., said. “One is scared. The
other is unopposed.”
With the May 18 primary less
than six weeks away, Specter
stopped in State College to host a
lunch with the Centre County
Democrats, followed by a discus
sion with about 75 students in the
HUB-Robeson Center.
What Sean Kingston
Goalie
Before addressing students’
queries, Specter took time to lay
out his “Education Bill of
Rights.”
The plan includes better
access to higher education,
increased opportunities for
minorities, educating more med
ical personnel, debt forgiveness
for public service workers and
the establishment of a new
Assistant Secretary of Education
to oversee the “Bill of Rights.”
When asked how he plans to
pay for the bill, Specter said it will
spur higher productivity, which
See SPECTER. Page 2.
psucollegian.com
Panel to
address
drinking
situation
By Laurie Stem
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Town and gown will come
together tonight to combat the
issue of excessive drinking at
Penn State.
Titled “Dangerous Drinking:
Is There a Solution?” a panel dis
cussion will allow university and
public officials to field questions
about dangerous alcohol con
sumption.
The panel made up of State
College Police Chief Tom King;
Borough Manager Tom
Fountaine, Vice President for
Student Affairs Damon Sims and
UPUA President-elect Christain
Ragland, among others - will
address items including the
implementation of new educa
tion programs and harsher
penalties for students cited with
abusing alcohol.
Panhellenic Council President
Sara Linkosky was supposed to
be a panelist but was replaced by
Ragland and Stephen Fiehler
(graduate-media studies) after
she had to cancel.
Fiehler, a recovering alcoholic,
has been sober for more than
three years and said he is look
ing forward to sharing his
thoughts on what changes
should be made to alcohol edu
cation programs.
See DRINKING, Page 2.
If you go
What: “Dangerous Drinking: Is
There a Solution?"
Where: 162 Willard Building
When: 7 tonight