ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED NEAR PITTSBURGH L CAL, Page 4. 11 The Daily Collegian Published independently by students at Penn State Battle aims for NBA By Stephen Hennessey and Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS Penn State could be losing its best player, with junior guard Talor Battle testing the waters of the June 24 NBA Draft. Battle filed paperwork Thursday to be eligible to work out with NBA teams but did not hire an agent, meaning he can choose to return to school before May 8. ■‘l've spoken with the coaches, and thev understood." Battle said AEPi faces IFC bans Bv Katrina Wehr COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The Interfraternity Council (IFC) has hilly suspended Penn State's chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity until the conclusion of investigations into hazing and furnishing charges filed against the chapter earlier this week, according to an IFC press release. Alpha Epsilon Pi will not be allowed to attend or host socials, conduct recruitment and attend or vote in the President's Council, according to the press release. Fraternity members also can not participate in Greek Week, Greek Sing, Homecoming or THON-related events during the suspension. While suspended, the fraternity may not meet as an organized group for any rea son, including intramural sports, philanthropic or community service events. Police said Alpha Epsilon Pi See IFC. Page 2. Study to collect BACs Researchers will be conducting the survey downtown, but the police won’t be involved By Nathan Pipenberg COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For Penn State students, a Breathalyzer test is usually a sign their night is going badly. But with a new research study starting soon, students could get their BAC level tested without fear of arrest. On Saturday night, Penn State researchers will begin roadside and pedestrian Breathalyzer tests downtown. The surveys and blood alcohol content (BAC) measurements are all voluntary and anonymous, researcher Aimee Read said. Read’s team will join fellow researchers at West Virginia University and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) to evaluate whether increased enforcement of underage drunk driving laws will help decrease the number of DUI arrests and accidents. Read said researchers will conduct brief interviews with randomly selected downtown drivers and then perform an See BREATHALYZER, Page 2. in a teleconference Thursday evening. "At some point, you gotta do what’s best for you and your family. And for mine, testing this out is the best. You never know what could happen. If I can take care of my family at all. that's my goal and biggest priority." Battle earned second-team All- Big Ten honors this season, aver aging 18.5 points per game for the 11-20 Nittany Lions. The Albany, N Y, native was named to the con ference's first team in 2009 and led the United States in scoring this jj&SHER Campus concerts compete for popularity By Kathleen Loughran COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The students involved in organ izing this month’s three HUB lawn music festivals seem to be following one mantra: divide and conquer. The three festivals are sched uled in a 13-dav period, starting April 17 with Association of Resident Hall Students’ Movin' On, featuring Less Than Jake as the headliner. Celebrate State, which is hoping to book The Kelsey Morris/Collegian UPUA president Christian Ragland (junior-political science) talks with Mayor Elizabeth Goreham during her first ever office hours. Goreham sets up office In an effort to increase the borough’s availability, Mayor Elizabeth Goreham held office hours at the HUB. By Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Despite low student turnout, State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham deemed the first run of her weekly office hours yesterday a success. The Off-Campus Student Union Page 16. past summer at the World University Games in Serbia. Calvin Booth is Penn State's highest draft selection in school history, selected 35th overall by the Washington Wizards in 1999. Before this year, the NCAA's eli gibility 7 rule allowed players to withdraw their names up to 10 days before the draft date. This season, the NCAA limited the win dow of time players have to w ork out for NBA teams. Players have until April 25 to See NBA. Page 2. Talor Battle dribbles past a Purdue player in a game K RS ! T i •■'A H *■ Flobots, comes six days later. Seven davs after that. University Association's Last Stop will make its mark on the HUB lawn. While this onslaught of music has some praising organizers' efforts to stimulate the music scene, it has others calling for the students to unite to bring one solid act. When Altoona's Campus Activities Board (CAB) announced earlier this week that it booked Sean Kingston for its (OCSU) lent its HUB-Robeson Center office to Goreham to talk to students from 2 to 3 p.m. OCSU President Bobby Ryan said the office hours are a step toward mending troubled relations between stu dents and the community. Goreham said she wants to increase the borough’s avail ability to students. “We all live in the same community, and my office hours in the HUB want to physi cally suggest that,” Goreham said. Several representatives from student advocacy group Project Blue Pill spent most of the hour speaking with Goreham See BOROUGH, Page 2. J & 1 LtSS THAN JAKE i| KINGSTON ■i 1 j V/ W V■' l spring concert, some students wondered why University Park has not thus far scheduled as rec ognizable a name despite a larger campus and three music festivals booking bands. Undergraduate All three festivals in total received almost $94,000 in funding from the University Park Allocation Committee, said UPAC overall chairman Mark Donovan. UPAC allocated $20,000 to Movin’ On, $25,794 to Celebrate State and about $48,000 to Last Call, Donovan said. psucollegian.com ALTOONA Under the present UPAC guide lines, it can allocate a maximum of $12,000 for single artists and $20,000 for a series of acts. But these guidelines present a challenge to a potential meeting of the musical minds, Celebrate State’s student program planner Amy Zeller said. “The way the UPAC process is for funding, we can’t secure enough money to bring in some one who is popular enough," Zeller (senior-economics) said. See CONCERTS. Page 2. Assault report short on data By Laura Nichols COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Each year, colleges and universities across the country work with law enforcement officials to publish a Clery Act report, which documents crime for each calendar year. But a recent report said the numbers published in the report do not even begin to encompass the total assaults on campus each year. Many univer sities rely on police data to compile statistics, which some women’s advocates said leaves out vital information. That’s especially relevant at Penn State, which has seen an annual increase in reported assaults over the past three years, from 12 in 2006 to 20 in 2008. Police have already filed seven reports in 2010. But those statistics don’t account for assaults reported to the Center for Women Students or to See DATA, Page 2. BY THE NUMBERS 12 sexual assaults reported to police in 2006 16 sexual assaults reported to police in 2007 20 sexual assaults reported to police in 2008 Asit Mishra Co-e^m!
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