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Hundreds of Penn State freshmen moved into their dorms this week
end in preparation of the second Summer session.
Freshmen move
begin to transition
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Parents and incoming fresh
men descended on University
Park Sunday when students tak
ing classes for the second sum
mer session began their first
move-in dav.
“The parking lot was a carni
val." Will Olson (freshman-divi
sion of undergraduate studies)
said.
Stephanie Caverno (freshman
division of undergraduate stud
ies) said she was settled into her
dorm by 10 a.m. Caverno and
Olson met in the Learning Edge
Academic Program's (LEAP)
Business Ethics and Society
pride, led by their LEAP men
tors.
In LEAR the term "pride”
refers to a collection of
students with similar academic
interests who take two courses
together.
“They’re like an older brother
or sister,” Elizabeth Gallagher
(sophomore-business) said of the
LEAP mentors.
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4 3 - “We didn't have any replay
1 ' ' • so that's all that matters ... We
just hadafittle extra space on the sidelines.’'
if fbat 1982 matchup - still regarded as one of the Lions’ most
Jr memorable games is any indication of what the future holds, then
j&r Penn State fans should consider themselves lucky. Nebraska’s addi
tion to the Big Ten means an opportunity to rekindle a rivalry, even
though Nebraska Athletic Director'Tom Osborne isn’t looking for one.
The two schools have me! on the gridiron just 13 times since 1920,
with the Lions leading the all-time senes 7-6.
Just as disheartening as the 1982 loss was for the Huskers, the
Lions didn't have a chance in play for the i 094 national championship
while Nebraska did. Despite both teams boasting undefeated seasons,
the Lions went to the Rose Low! while Nebraska defeated Miami 24-
17 in the Orange Bowl. With both ; Vnn State and Nebraska undefeat
ed. the voters deemed Nebraska No.
"There's certainly no animosity ea our part.” said Osborne.
Nebraska athletic director and football coach from 1973-1997. "The
voters decided what they
We came out on me she, I ;nb. .->xh, maos and we came out on the
’ positive side sometimes, dm loaf- iust football and that doesn’t
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Gallagher said she had a great
experience participating in a
Business Ethics LEAP pride her
freshman year and decided to
become a mentor for the second
2010 summer session.
Though mentors couldn't help
out on move-in day. Gallagher
stayed involved by leaving notes
students in her pride and direct
ing lost students.
Helping the students with their
classes and arranging for them to
have library tours and lessons on
ANGEL really helps the incom
ing freshmen get acclimated to
Penn State, she said.
Once they found their rooms
and unpacked, both Caverno and
Olson said they enjoyed meeting
the rest of their pride and partici
pating in activities set up for the
incoming freshmen such as a
magic act and a comedian.
“We played laser tag. It was
awesome,” Olson said.
Games and entertainment are
a good way to bond and get to
know peers, Gallagher said.
You really want to have the
See FRESHMEN. Page 2
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» Former Penn Slate running back Curt Earner remembers the
* plays well.
■ , The No. 8 Nittany Lions were down by three points to the vis
iting No. 2 Nebraska Comhuskers. and with time winding
down, the Lions needed to go 65 yards.
Led by All-American quarterback Todd Blackledge.
the Lions were moving down the field, and the ensu
ing plays were enough to ruin the Huskers' chance at
a national championship.
Tight end Mike McCioskey hauled in a 15-yard pass
in front of the Lions' sideline, and with 8 seconds left,
Blackledge's low throw somehow found its way to
tight end Kirk Bowman.
Though some Huskers’ fans still insist
McCioskey was out of bounds and that
Bowman trapped the ball, the Lions went
on to win the national championship.
As for Nebraska, the nationally
televised game in University Park
was its lone loss of the season
a record good enough to
land the team a spot in the
Orange Bowl.
“It was a good call,"
v Warner said with a chuckle.
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State budget could
pass by deadline
For the second year in a row.
Penn State will be getting less
state funding than it requested
but this year, the university
may not have to wait as long to
receive it.
Penn State is holding of: on
determining tuition and a final
budget for the 2010-2011 lisuil
year until its state appropriation
is released. But local lawmakers
say it looks like the state will not
face the 101-day budget impasse
it did last vear.
Gov. Ed Rendell could sign the
state budget and approve appro
priations for Penn State and the
three other state-related univer
sities as early as today, said Sen.
Jake Corman, R-Centre.
Corman said Penn Slate's
expected appropriation is $3:53.0
million $27.1 million less than
the amount requested by the
Board of Trustees in .January
The appropriation request made
in,
Volunteers test pyrotechnics
More than 180 unique pyrotech
nic shells were launched into the
sky behind Beaver Stadium
Tuesday night, as the Central PA
4th Fest tested the fireworks dis
play scheduled for Sunday night.
The 4th Fest pyrotechnics crew
test-fired one of each type of shell
in preparation for the main event,
said Central PA 4th Fest
Executive Director Bernie
Keisling.
The all-volunteer learn used
high-speed cameras and comput
ers to measure the exact timing of
each shell and to properly sync Antonjo siias/coiieeian
to musicT 1011 ° le pe ormance Almost 200 pyrotechnic shells were launched behind Beaver Stadium
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the timing exact when it’s
going to launch, open, blossom the late arrival of some of nation by fireworksguide.com
and dissipate,” Keisling said the inventory postponed the test- is set to begin at 9:15 p.m. on July
The original plan called for the ing. 4.
4th Fest crew to begin testing the The Central PA 4th Fest fire
shells this past Sunday night, but works show ranked third in the
By Audrey Snyder
COL'.li.iAN S i A‘ r v\RITER
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN S'-
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
for this year was
t he lowest
increased re
quest in about 50
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In a reces
sion year with a
drop in revenue,
it's a victory,"
(’orman said.
Rendell
University
spokeswoman Annemarie
Mount/, said Penn State officials
expect the appropriation to be
about the same amount as last
year's. She said she has not
heard of any definitive figure for
this year, though she's hopeful
the budget will be passed by the
end of the week.
If legislators approve the
budget by Thursday, the final
budget and tuition will be pre
sented at the July 9 Board of
Trustees meeting, Mountz said.
Until the state budget passes,
an interim budget a budget
approved bv the Board of
See BUDGET. Page 2
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Student
dies
weekend
collision
Michael Simpson, 19,
and two others were
killed in morning crash
By Laura Nichols
COLLEGIAN 1 STAFF WRITER
Erin DiCamillo was planning
a party playlist for the first week
end of fall semester with her
Neil Young-lov-
ing close friend •
She said she Mgfy ” '
now plans to
play only Neil JL
Young that Js:
night, in memo-
rv of the first Simpson
true friend she
made at Penn State.
Simpson, a Penn State stu
dent, was one of three individu
als killed in a car crash in
Greensburg, Pa., last weekend.
Early Saturday morning, the
1998 Buick Skylark Simpson was
driving sustained what the
Pennsylvania State Police at
Kiski Valley called “severe
crushing damage" after it
missed a right turn in the road
and collided with a tree.
Simpson, 19, of Greensburg;
Carly Kudray, 18. of Export, Pa.;
and Jordan Cobb. 19, also of
Export, were pronounced dead
at the scene by the
Westmoreland County Coroner.
Simpson sustained multiple
blunt force traumas. Kudray’s
death was ruled blunt force trau
ma to the head and Cobb suf
fered positional asphyxiation,
according to the accident report
issued by police.
A third passenger, Chad
Vandergraft, 18, of Greensburg,
was ejected from the car. He was
flown to the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center,
police said.
Police said Vandergraft’s
injuries were not life threaten
ing.
The car was speeding, police
said, but they could not confirm
if alcohol was a factor in the inci
dent.
Only Simpson was wearing a
seatbelt at the time of the colli
sion, police said.
Penn Staters, family and
friends spent the weekend
mourning the tragedy. At press
time Tuesday, more than 1,800
people were part of a Facebook
group created to honor Simpson,
Kudray and Cobb.
Condolences for the classes of
2009 and 2010 bannered the
homepage of Greensburg Salem
High School’s website.
Simpson had just finished his
freshman year at Penn State,
and friends remember him
brimming with school spirit
someone they said they could
always count on.
DiCamillo (sophomore-kinesi
ology) said she will never forget
Simpson from meeting him
her first weekend at Penn State
when they moved into Hoyt Hall
See DEATH, Page 2
According to 4th Pest’s website,
See FIREWORKS, Page 2