THE DAILY COLLEGIAN . Thrill s tu d ent hopes to - er recor d at the Altoona campus. However, once . _iogdtiaNitleo. So for us to get a the high record was set in Mexico,.-12,140ki1e together to do thiS— Cranauer decided to wait until he - 1r and show everybody.---- transferred to University Park where : Michael Jackson alive," he could draw on a larger pool of stu dents although non-students or yiinii4l - da, Hess (sophomore-labor students who don't attend Penn Statei and einpktiment relations) said she are welcome to participate. had planned on participating last fall Cronauer has been a - Thriller - and and plans - to participate in October. Michael Jackson fan for years. "It's sOtething [Brian intensely After teaching it to himself in high passkinnfe: about and I thii;lk it would school he taught the cheerleading be really neat to see everybody doing squad the dance so they could per- it and obviously being a part of a world form it during halftime. record would be cool," she said. "It's just a huge part of our culture," Cronauer has not yet contacted Cronauer said. "Michael Jackson is a anyone about a space to hold the good workout too: I would practice for dance, but he said he would like to three hours at a time just over and hold it in either Beaver Stadium or in over again:' a parking tot near East Halls. Jacey Hallock sophomore-second- He also said he hopes to hold a ary education) was one of the cheer- practice session Labor Day leaders Cronauer taught in high weekend on the HUB-Robeson school. and as a Penn State student Center's lawn so people have a she plans to help set a new world chance to learn and practice the record next fall. "Thriller" dance, It's important because it was so monumental when [Michael Jacksoni By Caitlin Burnham COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Brian Cronauer won't stop till he gets enough enough people to break the Guinness World Record for the most people doing the Michael Jackson - Thriller - dance, that is. Cronauer (sophomore-political sci ence) hopes to break the world record for the most people dancing to "Thriller' . by gathering 14 to 15,000 people together on Oct. 16 and dancing to one of the late singer's most famous songs. The current record is held by 13.597 people who danced in Mexico City on Aug. 29 Michael Jacksmis birthday Cronauer said he considers Penn State to be - Zombie Nation. - so it is only fitting that the world record would he set here. - I'm a big Michael .1 - qckson fan and I guess I want other peopic 1 - much fun as Ido doing it. he said. Cronauer had planned to set the record with about 400 people last tall Survivors assess storm damage By Emily Wagster Pettus and Shelia Byrd AsscLl) - n) p,,[ YAZOO CITY. Miss. Some Mississippi residents cracked jokes Monday to keep from crying while they looked for salvageable items among the rubble left by severe storms that killed 12 people over the weekend. State officials were tallying the cost of the damage so they could ask for an emergency declaration from President Barack Obama. along with federal funds to help clean up the mess. The latest figures Monday were grim: In Missississippi alone. nearly 700 homes were damaged. 40 people injured and 10 killed. Two others died in storms in Alabama. Nancy Luke stepped carefully through fallen cinderblocks. cracked mirrors and a broken disco ball in what used to be the Yazoo City bar she managed, Wendy's On the Hill. The bar was in the center of the mile-wide swath of destruction. Luke said she and the owner. Wendy Douglas, have been . joking with each other to fend off tears. "She's a neat freak. This is usually Penn State Senior Se 46441 Wednesday J April 28 I 2:00-5:00 LION AMBASSADORS PENN STATE STUDENT ALUMNI CORPS arrn Pt IM 41'"W Asudutinn • ":••.• 1 % I Ir 4 • •-- - - - - . CORPORATE SPONSORS, i .t . ti Liberty ' .oStenS" 1r0...„-*- Mutual. " • . the cleanest bar in town. I tell you," Luke said. Most of the bar was obliterated, but the office and the restrooms still stood. Luke said she found three rolls of toilet paper still stacked in a pyra mid on a tray in the women's room. The tornado flung a blue metal trash container from outside the bar three miles away while dumping most of its contents next to the slab of the building: Dozens of brown Bud Light and Miller Lite beer bottles. most of which were unbroken. Miss Gov. Haley Barbour was, spending part of the day in neighbor hoods of his native Yazoo City talking privately with residents. When you know everybody, it's harden" said Barbour: whose home was undamaged in Saturday's torna do. On Monday, the dead in Mississippi were also identified. Choctaw County Coroner Keith Coleman identified the victims in his area as: Andra Patterson, 3 months: Tvanna Jobe. 9: Brittany .Jobe. 14: Mary Yates. 58. and Bobby Yates, 57. Wayne Allen ,Jr.. a funeral director at Stricklin-King Funeral Home. iden tifed the Yazoo County victims as: James E. Harrison, 64: Elizabeth You're invited to Cretcc 420 HINTZ FAMILY ALUMN (behind the obelisk on T Free food and music T-shirts to first 500 seniors Prizes including a class ring from & tickets to this year's Homecomilll All graduating seniors are invited. Bring your to the Senior Sendoff or avoid the fines by pre-registi at the HUB-Robeson Center 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. today or outside of The Corner Room from 1:00-4:00 p.m. today. CAE To e-mac) reporter: cmbs3os@psu.edu Nftss. 'lent Morgan Hayden sits outside at remains of her home. Nicole "Nikki" Bradshaw Carpenter. Caritern :Gould and Stella Martin, wh - ose ages he didn't have. Carpe4ter, 31, left her job as a postal -carrier tastay at home with her three child*, ages 6 to 2, and planned to start nursing school next year, said her friOnd- Elizabeth Tamar King of Yazoo City. Brian Cronauer, left, dresses !i-e .I,lc,son He hopes to break the world record for is • • - Ps 4 k, ) is '- •- 1 ' .„,.....„ . . . .... : . 1,3,] --QT '-grrl --r-itlEL'iThil\\i' 7 ST. .1,--i. ,• - ' 1..2L 1 -i_P V 4.4 ' :•4 ' ,__• :,` :I /Li il .:'' i' l l,, ' 74-' il j . \ 4 A ~n.k i i„ I , • . . • :._ 7) - 4 : '—: 7 '''' , Aki i ( i s '''.° -7 ' ., ' so :-. 17 . 1. • .. ' ''' ' H ' '''i . . . . . HAPPY HOUR 10-12 WITH DJ KILLA KAOS NO COVER 0 FACEBOOK "LIONS DEN" FOR SPECIALS OPEN DAILY @ 7 111 S GARNER TUESDNI: APRIL 27, 2010 t• I
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