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Trustees approve tuition
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
DUBOIS The Penn State
Board of Trustees approved a 5.9
percent tuition hike on Friday and
university officials say there is no
end in sight for tuition increases.
Penn State President Graham
Spanier said the administration's
plan is to "cope" with rising tuition
costs, rather than try to eliminate
the tuition increases.
The approved operating budg
et of more than $4 billion for the
2010-2011 fiscal year includes a 5.9
percent tuition increase for in
state University Park students
and a 4.5 percent increase for
out-of-state University Park stu
dents.
Students at the Commonwealth
Campuses will face a 3.9 percent
tuition increase. - Modest" faculty
and staff pay increases of 2 per-
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Beatriz Keleman, of Studio K 4 Glassart, displays her art work at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Saturday afternoon
Arts Fest fosters community
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Four hundred volunteers. Three
hundred artists. Fifty performing
acts. And one festival.
The 44th annual Central
Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
ended Sunday, and Executive
Director Rick Bryant said it went
"quite well."
- We had some great bands and
a wonderful, diverse group of
artists," he said. "We had a great
crowd...and there were no inci
dences that would embarrass us.
Everyone got home safely as far
as I know"
Even though artists had to close
their booths early on Friday
because of the thunderstorms.
Jay Paterno: Joe still in good health
By Andrew J. Cassavell
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Take it from his son: Joe Paterno is fine
Paterno is healthy, active and vacationing at
the Jersey Shore despite missing three sched
uled summer speaking events and Big Ten
meetings in Chicago in May, his son and quar
terbacks coach Jay Paterno said at Friday's
Lift for Life event.
The 83-year-old coach suffered from the
intestinal flu as well as an adverse reaction to
antibiotic treatments following dental work
this summer.
"He's gonna tough it out and gut it out," Jay
Paterno said. "I'm not worried at all. If we
were playing away tomorrow, he'd be on the
plane and on the sideline."
Jay Paterno received a text message from a
friend who is at the beach with Paterno, say
ing he has been active during vacation.
"He texted me the other day and said, 'Boy,
he's all over the place. He's on the beach, he's
getting ice cream,' Jay Paterno said. "So yeah,
it sounds like he's doing really, really well."
He said that although his father has felt
under the weather, "he may get sick
cent will total $30.4 million and will
be based on merit evaluations,
Spanier said.
University Park
Undergraduate
Association
(UPUA) Pres
ident Christian
Ragland said he
was "extremely
disappointed"
with the tuition
increase. Stu- Spanier
dents shouldn't
have to expect a tuition hike each
year, he said.
"We don't want students to get
apathetic that tuition will increase
every year," Ragland (senior-polit
ical science) said
Though the state appropriation
remained at a level $318.1 million,
it was necessary to increase
tuition because of the rising costs
in utilities, insurance, employee
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Bryant said the artists he spoke to
still saw high sales.
The artists were not the only
ones affected by the torrential
downpour that occurred at about 6
p.m. All outdoor performances
were canceled and could not be
rescheduled.
Though there were fewer con
certs than planned, Meghan
Blose, 16, still said one of her
favorite parts of the festival was
listening to the array of music.
"I also like the music," she said.
"It can be pretty diverse, but it's
all American and fun."
The rain wasn't the only weath
er complication during the festi
val.
The scorching heat also "shifted
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Paterno speaks at a football press conference
but it never sticks around too long."
"I say, 'What's the matter?' " Jay Paterno
said. "He goes, tAh, I don't feel well. The
thing's been bugging me for a couple weeks.' I
said, 'What did Doc tell you?' He says, 'Doc?
What do I need a doctor for?' I said, 'Go and
get medication and feel better.' He said, 'I
don't need that stuff.' "
Players downplayed concern for their
coach's health during the weightlifting event
inside Holuba Hall. Senior kicker Collin
Wagner said he hasn't been told much about
his coach, leading him to believe Paterno is in
Tuition increases
Penn State students will see a
4.5 to 5.9 percent rise in
tuition from last year.
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Arts Fest patrons brave the hot weather and browse the art work dis
plays during the weekend-long event.
Spanier: 'Senior week'
should be eliminated
Just days after university offi
cials announced a plan to elimi
nate "senior week. - some stu
dents said they're disappointed
with the plan and don't think it will
have any effect on seniors' cele
brations.
In his report to the Board of
Trustees at Friday's meeting,
Penn State President Graham
Spanier said the graduation dates
for spring 2012 may be moved up
to the week immediately following
finals to avoid a week of seniors
staying on campus with nothing
good health and will be when fall practice
starts August 9.
"[l've been told] nothing really," Wagner
said. "I just assume that he's fine."
Penn State President Graham Spanier
assured the health issue would not deter
Paterno from leading the squad in the fall in
an e-mail to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
He has been meeting with staff and spend
ing time recruiting, his son said. •
A quiet recruiting haul this summer raised
fans' concern if the coach's health was partly
respohsible.
The Nittany Lions have just three verbal
commitments for the 2011 season, but the
small number may also be attributed to the
Lions' fewer available scholarships after a
large 2010 class.
Jay Paterno said he doesn't see his father's
health as an issue among recruits.
"It's never even come up with recruits," Jay
said. "In fact most recruits don't even know
about it. We had a kid in last Wednesday and in
the office for an hour and it never even came
up."
To e-mail reporter: *s23B@psu.edu
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Kelley King, Collegian
psucollegian.com
@dailycollegian
hike
productive to do except frequent
bars.
University Park
Undergraduate Association
President Christian Ragland said
the announcement caught him off
guard. Senior week is a tradition.
he said and the administration
should respect the longstanding
ritual.
Though Ragland(senior-politi
cal science) is an advocate of
responsible drinldng. the week is
a reward for many seniors after
four years of hard work, he said.
Not all students use the week
as an opportunity to drink, he
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Spain
takes
world
title
By Barry Wilner
ASSOCIATED PRESc WRITER
JOHANNESBURG --- Spain
rules the soccer world, winning
the World Cup at long. long last.
It came after an exhausting 1-0
victory in extra time over the
Netherlands on Sunday Two
years after winning the
European title. the stylish
Spaniards did even better.
This was a physical test of
attrition that sometimes turned
dirty - a finals-record 14 yellow
cards were handed out and the
Dutch finished with 10 men. In
the end, it was Andres Iniesta
breaking free in the penalty area,
taking a pass from Cesc
Fabregas and putting a right
footed shot from 8 yArds just past
the outstretched arms of goal
keeper Maarten Stekelenburg
with about seven minutes still to
play including injury time.
"When I struck it, it just had to
go in," Iniesta said.
For the Dutch and their
legions of orange-clad fans wear
ing everything from jerseys to
jumpsuits to clown gear to paja
mas, it was yet another disap
pointment.
Even with their first World
Cup title tantalizingly within
reach, they failed in the final for
the third time. This one might
have been the most bitter
because, unlike 1974 and 1978,
the Netherlands was unbeaten
not only in this tournament, but
in qualifying for the first World
Cup staged in South Africa.
Soccer City was soaked in
Oranje, from the seats painted in
that hue throughout the stadium
to pretty much everyone seated
in them. Unlike when they lost to
hosts West Germany and
Argentina in previous finals, the
Dutch were something of a
home team this time.
The Spaniards, though, were
the winners.
"We have all done an incredi
ble job," Iniesta said. .'I don't
think we even realize what we
have done."
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Teammates celebrate after win
ning Spain's first ever World Cup..