The Daily Collegian Eruption prompts band act to cancel By Renee Guida COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Los Campesinos! will no longer be performing at Penn State on April 26 due to the recent natural disaster. Danny Michelson. president of Students Organizing the Multiple Arts, said Monday due to Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption, the amoum v/ •' -6 dis charged has put travel restric tions on the band coming to Penn State. Michelson (senior-film) said a replacement band has not been officially confirmed. Michelson said they would need to' get replacements by Wednesday. He added there hasn't been any con firmation on whether the opening band. Cymbals Eat Guitars, will back out as well. Michael Lin (graduate-comput er science), said he was really looking forward to seeing them perform. "I felt a really nice connection with them from their album, so I really just wanted to sort of feel their energy live rather than through the album," he said. Songs like "Romance Is Boring," is a big reason’ why Lin likes Los Campesinos! "Their songwriting and lyrics. I just really enjoy," he said. Michelson said the Los Campesinos will be replacing its gig with a show in New York. He added its performance at Penn State, which was supposed to begin at 7, was its first perfromance with Want to be a Penn State Tour Guide? Find out more about being a Lion Scout... IS PENN STATE LION SCOUT Join us at our information session Wednesday April 21, 6:00 PM 102 Thomas Building a- AT.'.yj'ir.-jv'l ,• r• ■ *i-d / # 20% # all Penn Stole stuff! S 3 In the store and online www.pennstateroom.com Begins April! 7lh ft muaumfs $ 3 3 S s STUDENT STORE • PENN STATE ROOM 414 E. College Avenue (Across from South Halls) Open 7 a.m. - 12 midnight ARTS & ENTERTAI Mila Ho/Associated Press A plume of ash rises from the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier, on Tuesday. opener Cymbals Eat Guitars. Ryan Gilleran said he is upset the band can’t make it. 'Tm kind of bummed out right now." Gilleran (senior- secondary educationsocial studies) said. "I guess it's not really their fault they just can’t make it. It’s bad luck. I suppose maybe we could get them to come back soon or something." Gilleran said he has friends from other colleges who listen to Los Campesinos! and were look ing forward to their performance. One aspect of the band Gilleran said he enjoys is how it doesn’t change its style. Mentioning the bands' last two CD’s, "We Are Beautiful. We Are Doomed,” and "Romance Is Boring,” Gilleran added both of them are really good and keep the same style techniques. Lin said he likes the fact that the bands' songs are real stories. “They are catchy, but I think it’s OFF more than that," he said. "They're lyrics are meaningful, and it’s kind of cliche, but I think they kind of speak to the effected youth without being overly cliche.” Some of these topics the band sings about include "why we are here. ” Lin said, "and the fact that we have good times and somehow find meaning in that.” Gilleran also said the lyrics were catchv. "Some are poppy, so they're fun to people that like that kind of stuff,” he said. Gilleran saw Los Campesinos- 4 perform at Wallypalooza this past summer and said most of the peo ple seemed more excited to see the Wales-based group. "Most of the bands people stood and listened to, but when these guys performed, everyone was jumping around dancing, having a good time, ” he said. To e-mail reporter: rmgsl46@psu.edu Those twisty, curvy CFL bulbs use 75% less electricity So switching to energy-efficient CFL bulbs is an easy And Allegheny Power has more rebates and tips to help everyone conserve Energy. To learn more ways Id© UM© CTr , than incandescents and last up to 10 times longer. way to help you control the size of your electric bill. to save, visit the Watt Watchers section of alleghenypower.com or call 1-877-928-8928, NME N T Penn State graduate writes weather book By Julie Lemanski COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Just because you’re interested in one thing doesn’t mean you can’t show interest in another at least, that’s what Penn State writer and editor Paul Yeager thinks. Yeager, Class of 1985. graduat ed with a meteorology degree and worked as a forecaster for his first 21 years out of college. But he had a hobby of writing as well while he worked as a meteorol ogist and content manager of a weather website, Yeager did local freelance writing and a restau rant review column in State College Magazine. Now, Yeager works for the Administrative Information Services on campus, writing and editing copy for services like eLion, though he still writes weather stories for AOL News. In 2008. he published his first book, "Literally, the Best Language Book Ever.” And last month, Yeager released his sec ond book, "Weather Whys: Pacts, Myths, and Oddities." "I like to tell people I’m a little confused because I wrote a lan guage book when I was a weath erman and now I wrote a weather book when I'm a writer," Yeager said, joking. But Yeager believes his work as a meteorologist sparked his idea for his first book, he said. "You notice that a lot of meteo rologists say the same things in the same way every single day,” Yeager said. "I said, I'm going to write a book on all the things we should never say again.'" Yeager’s language book describes words and "prepack aged phrases" people should reconsider using. Its sarcastic yet helpful chapters are filled with erroneous grammar, informalities and downright A Allegheny Power an .Allegheny Energy company Go to PSUCollegian.com Wednesday, April 21, 2010 I 5 wrong expressions, he said. "I was sincere in my recom mendation that maybe we need to think about how we say things," Yeager said. "But it's not like I expect everyone to literally ban every entry in the book." One interesting topic in Yeager's language book touches upon expressions that started in sports, he said. “Like the expression, It is what it is,'" he said. "You hear that all the time. That probably started in the sports world, and now every one's saying it. But what does that phrase even mean?" Another commonly used word that bothers Yeager is "issue." "You used to say you had a problem, and now it's always, ‘We have an issue.’ " he said. "I hear them refer to professional ath letes having knee issues.' That's a 'problem,' not an 'issue.' " Yeager's recent book is about how weather affects our lives, homes, health, sports and historic events, he said. He believes the weather is interest ing to everyone even those who don't know much about it so he writes about bizarre weather myths, folklore and say ings. "Like the saying, 'lt always rains in Seattle.' It actually rains less in Seattle than it does here in Pennsylvania.” he said. "I try to incorporate my weather experi ence and try to apply it in ways people can relate to." One reason Yeager remains interested in the weather is because he doesn't think it gets the attention it deserves. "In weather, you never get analysis or opinions by experts, you simply get the weather itself. I’m trying to add some commentary about the weather," he said. To e-mail reporter: jelsl92@psu.edu WATT Use Energy Wisely Rate caps are set to expire on December 31,2010, and your electric bill will likely increase. Take steps now to conserve electricity before rates go up. powered by StateCollege.com
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