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Vol. 111 No. T Friday. idly 9. 2010
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E. coli case investigate
By Nathan Pipenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The tennis camp counselor mother told Penn State he had E. reported having E. coli. individuals begin to show E. coli
diagnosed with E. coli in late June coli, Powers said, though the The first counselor visited Mt. symptoms is about three to four
contracted the illness while at counselor never had a culture or Nittany Medical Center June 29, days, according to the Centers for
Penn State, a university spokes- test done to determine if he had where it was determined she con- Disease Control's website.
woman said Thursday. the illness. tracted E. coli, a serious form of Penn State is working with the
The counselor with the con- Penn State has not determined food poisoning. Pennsylvania Department of
firmed E. coli case arrived June whether the case has been con- The counselor, a New York resi- Health because the second sick
19 and got sick while in State firmed as E. cold poisoning or not, dent, began feeling sick June 26. counselor is a Pennsylvania resi-
College, Penn State spokes- Powers said. That individual was admitted to dent, Powers said.
woman Lisa Powers said. There was an indication that Mt. Nittany Medical Center four See E. COLT, Page 2.
Running back Stephfon Green (21) pushes weights during last year's Lift for Life event. The event has grown in numbers over the years
Lift for Life to raise charity funds
By Andrew J. Cassavall
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Brett Brackett remembers well
helping set up Lift for Life three
years ago.
Four or five football players
were involved in preparation, and
it was a scramble to advertise and
promote the event.
Now, heading into his senior
season. Brackett, the president of
the Penn State chapter of
Uplifting Athletes, says so many
players are involved, he struggles
to find tasks for all of them.
Lift for Life, a weight lifting
competition that raises money for
the Kidney Cancer Association,
will take place from 2 p.m. to 7
p.m. today at Holuba Hall. In total,
there are 25 players in the Penn
State chapter and 80 will compete
in the event, which is open to the
public.
- It's been unbelievable to see
the amount of guys that want to
support it and the amount of guys
that want to help," Brackett said.
Ragland calls for student on council
By Nathan Pipenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
A merger of the State College
borough and Penn State could
start making its way to reality if
the student body president can
find a way to seat a student
minus voting power
ough council.
With the saga of the Nuisance
Gathering Ordinance (NGO) tem
porarily moot, relations between
students and the borough are
returning to normal.
But to make sure tempers don't
World Cup noisemakers sell out at downtown store
By David Bodin
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
When Earle Harner first heard
the droning, monotone note of the
vuvuzela on TV during the FIFA
World Cup, he knew he had to sell
it in his store.
Harrier, who owns The Apple
Tree, 116 E. College Ave., said he
could not determine what caused
the cacophonous blare echoing
through the soccer stadium until
he looked it up online.
Through this research, fernier
discovered that the vuvuzela
which is about 2 feet long was
Powers said a second counselor three other counselors reported days after the initial report of ill
at the camp returned home after digestive system problems, ness, Powers said.
camp with stomach problems. His Powers said, but none of them
The 2010 edition is the eighth
Lift for Life, started in 2003 by for
mer player Scott Shirley, whose
father was diagnosed with kidney
cancer the year before. He and
teammates Damone Jones and
Dave Costlow then formed the
Penn State chapter of Uplifting
Athletes.
The organization raises money
for what are called "rare dis
eases" any disease affecting
fewer than 200,000 Americans,
and the Penn State chapter focus
es on kidney cancer.
"It's a great feeling," Shirley
said. "But what makes a bigger
impression on me is the differ
ence that that money has made
on the cause."
The first Lift for Life raised
about $13,000, but now, in the eight
years combined, Shirley said the
total should reach around
$500,000 after today.
When Shirley's father, who died
from the disease in 2005, was diag
nosed, Shirley said there was one
treatment that gave a 10 percent
flare up again, the
University Park
Undergraduate
Association
(UPUA) presi- avoid .
any potential miscommuni
dent Christian cation, Ragland (senior-political
Ragland wants to science) said.
add a non-voting Ragland said he envisions the
student to the new member in the council cham
borough council. ber to be a student, but not neces-
Ragland said sarily a University Park
he is getting underway with the Undergraduate Association
idea meeting with Borough (UPUA) member.
Manager Tom Fountaine early "There were many things that
next week to see if the idea is fea- could've been avoided by direct
sible. communication with students,"
on bor-
the target of much controversy.
"lt was as if a hive of bees was
disturbed, consequently produc
ing this strange hum," he said.
"There was talk of banning them
from sporting events."
Undeterred by the horn's rap
sheet, Hamer ordered a shipment
of vuvuzelas from American
industries in hopes of catering to
World Cup fans in the State
College area. He priced them at $8
each, and during the soccer
series, the horns sold out.
"They are very popular, it
seems," Harner said. "Some peo
ple who bought them were so
Collegian file photo
Former linebacker Navorro Bowman works out at last year's Lift for Life.
chance of a five-year survival. The impact of Lift for Life has
Now he says there are seven or reached beyond just the Penn
eight treatments and patients are State community.
living longer than ever. Carol Willie, a Portland, Ore.,
"What you see at Lift for Life, native, whose father and husband
Brett Brackett and his committee are kidney cancer survivors, cried
are 100 percent responsible," the first time she attended the
Shirley said. need to make sure event in 2007.
they get the credit that they "The fact that they do that on
deserve." See CHARITY, Page 2.
The idea, which Mayor
Elizabeth Goreham said she sup
ports, is to have a student on hand
at all borough council meetings to
eager to blow their vuvuzela that I
had to caution them not to do so
when in my store."
Kyle Sussman (freshman-biolo
gy) received a vuvuzela as a gift
from his brother and said he
enjoyed trumpeting it while
strolling down the boardwalk at
the Jersey shore.
"I received many strange stares
from people," Sussman said. "I
guess they found the vuvuzela's
loud blare obnoxious. Honestly, I
find the sound annoying, too, but
it's still very fun."
Whether or not a policy banning
the use and possession of vuvuze
The incubation period before
Ragland said of the NGO and the
public hearings that accompanied
"Instances like the NGO that
created a false impression of an
`us vs. them' mentality," he said.
"But I'm really excited to work
with the borough this year. Last
year was a good beginning."
Goreham said council would
have to "initiate and approve it"
-- which means that the idea
starts and ends in the hands of
council members.
Ragland recognizes that the
See RAGLAND, Page 2.
las during Big Ten football games
is yet unclear
Nonetheless, Asso
ciate Athletic Director
Greg Myford doesn't
want the added noise at
home football games
"Based on the fact that football
is a very different sport [from soc
cer], the use of vuvuzelas may
negatively impact the fan experi
ence during a game," Myford said.
"We have all been in the presence
of someone who was a noisemak
er, and how it made our experi
ence not worthwhile."
Sussman disagrees.
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If you go
What Board of Trustees
Meeting
Where: Penn State Dußois
When: Today 9:15 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Board
to set
tuition
rates
The Penn State Board of
Trustees will meet at Penn State
Dußois today to approve what
university offi
cials are calling
an inevitable
tuition increase
for the 2010-2011
fiscal year.
University
spokeswoman
Lisa Powers
said the admin-
istration's goal
is to make the increase as mod
est as possible.
The state legislature released
the university's $318.1 million
appropriation Wednesday, free
ing the university to finalize the
budget and tuition at the meet
ing.
Collegian file photo
Because the state appropria
tion is a crucial funding stream
for the university, administra
tors could not determine the
budget or tuition until it was
confirmed, she said. And with
the appropriation set, the sec
ond primary funding stream
tuition and fees is ready to be
decided upon.
Penn State President Graham
Spanier will address the board
regarding four budget priorities
the university has for the 2010-
2011 year, Powers said.
She said the four priorities
are: to keep tuition as low as
possible while preserving quali
ty; to remove last year's salary
freeze for faculty and staff and to
make "modest" salary adjust
ments; to set aside funds for
"unavoidable" cost increases;
and to continue- to carefully
manage finances.
"Some student leaders plan to
attend the meeting to express
their concern regarding tuition
issues.
University Park Undergradu
ate Association (UPUA)
President Christian Ragland
said he has three main talking
points for his address to the
trustees: tuition, energy issues
and student life.
"I'm looking forward to being
there as a student representa
tive and being the voice about
tuition in terms of really com
municating how important col
lege affordability is at Penn
State," Ragland (senior-political
science) said.
Council of Commonwealth
Student Governments Vice
President Peter Khoury will also
attend the meeting.
Spanier will also discuss cur
rent admissions numbers and
successful faculty and student
research initiatives, Powers
said. The board will discuss the
For the Rtture campaign, some
facility name changes and a con
struction update, she said.
To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu
"It'd be cool if blue and white
vuvuzelas were allowed in [at
least] one football game at Beaver
Stadium," Sussman said.
As for Harner, he said he thinks
the vuvuzelas could add to Beaver
Stadium's ambiance during foot
ball season.
"If vuvuzelas were permitted
during football games, it could
potentially cause a whole new
Penn State fad," Harner said.
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Spanler