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IFC rewards fraternities
Five chapters are now
able to hold previously
banned Wednesday
social events.
By Jourdan Cole
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The top five Interfraternity
Council (IFC) Chapters of
Excellence are now allowed to
hold Wednesday night socials
activities banned under the
Kenney
ready to
flip for
stadium
By Zach Fleagle
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
With Beaver Stadium's super
stitious fans on their feet in
anticipation for the drum
major's two pre
game flips, the
roars might pro-
vide an adrena
line rush similar
to an impressive
play on the field
And lan W I
Kenney said he
is more than Kenney
ready for the
feeling.
It was sometime last fall that
Kenney took it upon himself to
make his own legacy at Penn
State. Knowing the drum major
position was opening up with
Matt Sabo's graduation, Kenney
set his sights and began his
training.
"There is a special pride,"
Kenney said.
"That Penn State pride and
it's exciting to me."
Kenney, a two-year sousa
phone player for the Penn State
Blue Band, is no rookie when it
comes to the grass turf on the
Penn State football field. What he
has yet to do is establish himself
as a leader and attempt his first
flips.
Being a two-year band mem
ber didn't fulfill Kenney's vision
of what he could become. Music
has always been his life, and to
be the conductor of the Blue
Band, which is coming up on its
111th year, is legendary as far as
he's concerned.
"I decided it was my turn to
put myself forward and step into
my own leadership role,"
Kenney said.
For two years, Kenney was the
drum major for Wallenpaupack
High in Hawley, Pa.. Kenney
turned down a music scholar
ship from Lebanon Valley
College because he could not
pass up on the prestige of the
Blue Band.
Sabo said Kenney needs to
make sure he takes time to
breathe as the new drum major.
In his first year in the position,
the then-sophomore Sabo was so
focused on mastering his job
that the year flew by quickly. He
said Kenney needs to enjoy it
while he can.
"I can't say enough about his
personality" Sabo said. "He is a
really outgoing kid which is what
See DRUM MAJOR, Page 2.
updated party regulations put into
place at the beginning of the
spring semester.
While Wednesday socials dur
ing the 2010-2011 academic year
have been reinstated for these
five fraternities, IFC officials said
Tuesday night that other fraterni
ties will not be allowed the same
privileges.
Though top-performing IFC
chapters have received a
plaque in the past, the council
built several rewards into its
bylaws this semester, one of
Amanda August 'Collegian
State College residents thank passing cars for honking in support of cle..in et etgy. i e rally, organized by
the National Wildlife Federation, protested in front of the Allen Street, Gates on Tnec,day afternoon.
Rally urges public support
By Caitlin Burnham
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Cars, trucks and even a CATA
bus honked in response to
posters telling drivers to "Honk
for clean energy" at a rally
Tuesday afternoon.
The rally, organized by the
National Wildlife Federation, was
held in front of the Allen Street
Gates on Tuesday afternoon.
Four community members par
ticipated and several Eco-Action
members joined them later in the
rally.
Former Dispatch
artist performs solo
By Renee Guida
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Pete Francis tried to create an
easy atmosphere for his audience
Tuesday night, asking them if they
wanted to sit or stand before he
began performing.
Opting to stand at first, the
audience simultaneously sat
down when Francis began per
forming "Red Cloud Road."
"You guys just got a lot small
er," Francis said to the audience.
"It's like, 'l'm shrinking.' "
The Student Programming
Association (SPA) sponsored
their last event of the year in the
Paul Robeson Center's Heritage
which allowed the socials
The five Chapters of Excellence
this year were rewarded for their
good behavior. Tshe number of
fraternities who are recognized
can vary. WC Vice President for
Communications Dan Cartwright
said. The five Chapters ul
Excellence this year are Sigma
Nu, Tau Phi Delta. Theta Chi.
Theta Delta Chi and Tau Kappa
Epsilon.
Chapters of Excellence awards
are attainable by all four grcei
councils, but the WC is the only
The rally was held to create
awareness about a climate bill
that is awaiting introduction to
the U.S. Senate.
"The purpose of us doing this.
is to start alerting the public that
we need to pass climate legisla
tion that will get us on the path to
clean, renewable energy this
year," said Ed Perry, the out
reach coordinator for the
National Wildlife Federation.
The bill drafted by Senators
John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and
Lindsey Graham, and has not yet
been unveiled. The Boston Globe
Hall . Tyler Fondrk, a member of
SPAS LEAD team, said his team
was in charge of putting on an
event by themselves. He and the
team thought Francis accommo
dated the liking of Penn State stu
dents.
"We knew Dispatch had a big
following at Penn State," Fondrk
(sophomore-actuarial science)
said. "His old stuff's really unique.
He's really chill."
Francis began the night with
"Glue," a song from his newest
album, "The Movie We Are In."
set to be released May 18.
Amber Rubarth opened for
Francis and began her set with
"Edge of My Seat, - a song she
Chapters of
Excellence
■ Sigma Nu
■ Tau Phi Delta
■ Theta Chi
■ Theta Delta Chi
■ Tau Kappa Epsilon
council Lziving its honorees
re , ,kirds lor achieving the honor,
Pyeident Max Wendkos
, scnior marketing and psycholo-
i Wednesday night
cec EXCELLENCE. Page 2.
rk ported on April 25 that the bill
create a system that would
plit a price on carbon emissions
af!ci use the proceeds for rebates
tir would be given to the public
Itset raising costs of energy.
Perry said he thinks that by
charging companies for carbon
emissions. they will be encour
aged to Mvest in alternative
sources, which will bring
more
. jobs to America and
decrease American dependence
on toreign oil. He said passing
the bill will increase national
See RALLY. Page 2.
Christine Reckner/Collegian
Former Dispatch band member Pete Francis performs in the HUB on
Tuesday. The Student Programming Assocation sponsored the event.
dedicated to her bass player Tony Rubarth gave the audience a
Maceli. because he got a speeding choice between a song about
ticket on the way to the show. See CONCERT, Page 2.
psucollegian.com
Panel
talks
local
issues
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF ?vF:
NiTiftn you're dealing with a
population that's rotating on a
four-year basis, it can be chal
lenging for bor
ough residents
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to reach out to
their student
neighbors
Assistant State
College Borough
Manager Torn
Kurtz said at
Tuesday night's Goreham
student-borough
roundtable discussion.
But. Kurtz said. events like the
roundtable, organized for the
third year in a row by the Off-
Campus Student Union (OCSt
provide an opportunity to speed
up the process of bridging the
gap between students and the
rest of the community
"It's difficult but important for
student leaders to establish rela
tionships quickly" Kurtz said. - I
might have the opportunity to
develop relationships over a
decade. but with students you
have to do things in a more
immediate way"
At the event, students from
OCSU, the University Park
Undergraduate Association
(UPUA) and the Association of
Residence Hall Students
(ARHS) shared dinner tables
and candid conversation with
State College Mayor Elizabeth
Goreham, State College
Borough Manager Tom
Fountaine, State College Chief of
Police Tom King and other bor
ough officials.
And though the whiteboard at
the front of the HUB-Robeson
Center meeting room included
suggested conversation topics
like the Nuisance Gathering
Ordinance, the Garner Street
Lights, and student-borough
relations, the dialogue wasn't
limited to these issues.
One student, Genifer
Goldsmith, spoke with her table
which included Goreham.
Fountaine and others about
the disconnect students some
times feel from the rest of the
town and how this can contribute
to everything from low student
voter turnout to reckless behav
ior on drinking holidays.
"It's like there are two blocks
between campus and downtown
that belong to us and other parts
don't, and it's important to get
students to feel like they're a
part of State College," Goldsmith
See ROUNDTABLE. Page 2 .