2 I FR11)11, jl LS 16, 2010 Illegal money transfer attempted The Penn State Police Department said a student reported 7 gat an unknown person attempted to transfer $2,500 dollars it of his bank account at 6:38 p.m. Tuesday. The unknown person unsuccessfully attempted to transfer le money from a remote computer police said. Police raid the investigation is ongoing. Shirt in dorm catches on fire Police responded to a fire alarm in Hamilton Hall after a T- Ilifst that was left on a lamp caught fire Tuesday. The T-shirt was left on a lamp and the heat from the lamp enited the shirt. Penn State Police said. The occupant of the room a Penn State summer camper took the T shirt to the bathroom to extinguish the flames, said. The Alpha Fire Company was not called to the scene, police aid. 4o change in June jobless rate lIARRISI;t ; - Pennsylvania's jobless rate remained , nelian:i June. and Gov. Ed Rendell says that's one rea an Low needs to approve an extension of emergency 1(.1 - :plo:,;11.2nt benefits. Tile Department of Labor and Industry said Thursday that :1(‘ state iinemployment rate was 9.2 percent last month he , anie a , the adjusted rate for May l'enn;:ovania lost 6,300 jobs last month, mostly to the thaseoln temporary census jobs, but gained more than during the first half of the year. Bill. Ldreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians are looking or w Olt iendell said Americans need two things these days - food jobs for citizens and "a Congress that does its Th( , ate had initially reported May's jobless rate as 9.1 )(Teen! Woman suing emergency responders PFFT:- , 11 . 1),( - ;1 - 1. A western Pennsylvania woman is suing responders who she says failed to properly treat i zure zind instead charged her with assault. (+inn of Mount Lebanon, had a seizure at a el) 2:t 1a,..-wit filed Thursday says emergency medical , Irkcis were tall about the seizure and should have let it run e,,,,act. die lawsuit says the 23-year-old woman hancituncd. shackled and restrained. The lawsuit says Thal in \ as stiil seizing when she bit an ambulance worker. police charged her with aggravated cige later dismissed. Yochum alleges viola jolls tlit‘ Ainoricans with Disabilities Act and due process. Del s. including the ambulance service, declined No decision yet to allow duck boat tours The Coast Guard says it has not made whether to allow duck boat tours to resume ittT an accident that killed two people on the ! ) Nl l , "''t ; ':ipt Todd Gatlin says officials aren't even • on whether to ban the ducks from the river or let tile tours resume. He says the agency will likely be meet io< with officials and the duck boat operators after the •c:&o?,;,i ,•,, )1 - 1 ion Safety Board finishes its onsite inves- (hick hoat with 37 people aboard became dis _r luid was struck by a barge. capsized and sank. falling two Hungarian r '( , Official to repeal firearms ordinance in an eastern Pennsylvania township say they pi:, to repeal an ordinance that had made it illegal to into the municipal building. ' , Ann supervisors passed the ordinance less than ip(Tvisor Jeffrey Spatz says the board's intent iiawitiliv restrict the carrying of firearms. the ordinance turned out to be too broad. lie s,n intended to protect township police officers incident at the police department, which is in the ; sil tine. Police Chief David White told the supervi ii,nii, ttoo a z; rying several weapons came into the sta inn I() addrii,i. a protection-from-abuse complaint filed I I i.' Correction: In Tiw scene . 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Buie is the younger considered for the quarterback role Drake (sophomore-communica- brother of Talor Battle, a point after having started at the position Lions) declined to comment regard- guard for the men's basketball team. in high school. ing any details of the situation but In 2009, ESPNU's Top 100 ranked Neither Associate Athletic said his status on the team has not Buie No. 82 in his recruiting class. Director Greg Myford nor Taran changed. Drake plays wide receiver on the Buie could be reached for comment "Basically, everything is cool," Penn State football team and had a by press time Thursday Drake said. "I'm fine." season-high 60 total yards against Buie committed to the Penn State Indiana in November after total- White From Page 1 Christmas of his senior year of high school, a decision Jeff White said his son never wavered from. "When you go through the gates there at West Point, it will kind of take your breath away," Jeff White said of the visit. "It's kind of a sacred place, and after that I don't think there was any question that's where he was going to go." From being named the 2005 Patriot League Rookie of the Year to the 2007 conference player of the year, White excelled for the Black Knights. He finished what he called "the best four years of his life" base ball-wise by leading his team to the 2008 Patriot League regular-season championship, primarily as a pitch er and outfielder. White graduated from West Point that spring, an experience he called "indescribable." "Getting into West Point was great. Player of the year, all that stuff is great," he said. "But gradu ating from West Point, and throwing my hat was by far the best feeling I've ever had in my life." A dream put on hold In 2008, White was told entering the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft that he probably wouldn't be selected as high as he should because he had gone to the Military Academy and at 23-years old, he was older than many of the other players in the draft. He was expecting to be selected between rounds 15 and 20. Watching the draft-tracker online, White still hadn't seen his name pop up on the computer screen after 20 rounds had passed. Or 30. Or 40. It was a nerve-wracking day for the whole family. If White's name was not called, he would have to report straight to the Army. Finally, the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted White in the 42nd round 1,254 th overall. The Pirates also drafted White's four-year college teammate Chris Simmons one round earlier. It didn't take long for White to get settled in after arriving to State College less than a week later. Playing left field and designated hit ter, the right-handed hitter led the Spikes with a .338 batting average and put together an impressive 17- game hit streak through the second month of the season. However, the Spikes would soon be without their consistent leadoff hitter. One night on the road after the team played the Lowell Spinners, White and Simmons flipped on ESPN and were surprised with what they saw. Oil From Page 1 only tiny bubbles floating past the stack Commercial fishermen at Delta Marina in oil-stained Plaquemines Parish were subdued in their response. Some said there was still a long clean up ahead and others flatly refused to believe the leak was contained. "I don't believe that. That's a lie. It's a (expletive) lie," said Stephon LaFrance, a 49-year-old oysterman whose been out of work for weeks. "I don't believe they stopped that leak BP's trying to make their self look good." Kent Wells, a BP PLC vice presi dent, said at a news briefing that oil stopped flowing into the water at 2:25 p.m. CDT after engineers grad ually dialed down the amount of crude escaping through the last of three valves in the 75-ton cap. "I am very pleased that there's no oil going into the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, I'm really excited there's no oil going into the Gulf of Mexico," Wells said. psucollegian.com Now begins a waiting period to see if the cap can hold the oil without blowing a new leak in the well. Engineers will monitor pressure readings incrementally for up to 48 hours before reopening the cap while they decide what to do. Elizabeth Murphy Alex Weisler ...Jared Shanker Katie Sullivan ....Edgar Ramirez Kevin Chilli Laura Nichols Chris Zook Allen Kristy Cyone said she is excited for and his stint on "Idol." From Page 1. Allen to come. "A lot of people have said he does It's not this big spectacle like it "The buzz has already started on a fantastic show, and with how inti would be at the BJC." this show," she said. "We can mate our theater is, lam sure it will Evan O'Brien also said the down- already tell from the presale to the be a different experience for him to town venue is the perfect place for members of the State Theatre and play on such a small stage," she Allen to perform. his fan club. He's definitely a more said. "It's something that will be "He's very talented," O'Brien recognized name, and I think the very exciting." (senior-nuclear engineering) said. word will pass pretty quickly." "It seems like a good venue for him. Cyone also said the audience will To e-mail reporter: krlslo6@psu.edu Bill Landis ....Andrew Robinson Heather Schmelzlen Jenna Ekdahl Steph Witt Kelsey Thompson Alissa Nemzer ....Julia Brondani ....Brittany Thrush ..Danielle Meyers basketball team as a junior at State ing only 13 yards previously in the College Area High School. He was 2009-2010 season. Featured on Sports Center was their friend Campbell, a former Army football player. News had bro ken that Campbell, who the Detroit Lions drafted in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft, was not going to able to report to training camp because the Army had revised its interpretation of the U.S. Department of Defense Alternative Service Option. Every graduate from West Point owes the Army five years of service. Though previous rules allowed graduates drafted to play a profes sional sport to compete right away, the new interpretation of the rule requires two years of service to Army before the athletes can begin their sports careers. "Chris and I were just kind of both sitting there silently," White recalled of that night. "All of a sudden I kind of looked over at Chris and Chris looked over at me and we were like `Do you think that's going to affect us?' The two made phone calls to West Point the next day and were given similar news to Campbell's: They were going to have put their profes sional baseball careers on hold and report for duty. White reported to West Point and Simmons to Kentucky's Fort Knox four or five days later. Though Simmons said the way they found out wasn't ideal, it wasn't a total surprise. Rumors had floated around that the interpretation of the rule might be altered. In all, there were five baseball players affected. "Obviously kind of disappointed, but at the same time we both went in knowing you don't really go to West Point to be a professional baseball player," Simmons said. White was just glad he got to play some games before he started serv ing. "I mean playing professional baseball you just can't beat," White said. "Of course you don't want to leave. We were having a great time playing the game that we grew up to love." Serving proudly As a graduate assistant for Army's baseball team, White helped out around the office, on the field and with recruiting. After nine months he traveled to Fort Sill in Oklahoma to go through a seven-week Basic Officers Leaders Course. Then White moved to Fort Knox for four-and-a-half months where he learned specifics about his position as a First Lieutenant and a platoon leader. He spent the remainder of his two-year commitment at Fort Hood in Texas where he was in charge of 12 soldiers. During his two years of service, "For the people living on the Gulf, I'm certainly not going to guess their emotions," Wells said. "I hope they're encouraged there's no oil going into the Gulf of Mexico. But we have to be careful. Depending on what the test shows us, we may need to open this well back up." Though not a permanent fix, said BP the solution has been the only one that has worked to stem the flow of oil since April. BP is drilling two relief wells so that it can pump mud and cement into the leaking well in hopes of plugging it for good by mid-August. BP has struggled to contain the spill and had so far been successful only in reducing the flow, not stop ping it. The company removed an old, leaky cap and installed the new one Monday. Between 93.5 million and 184.3 million have already spilled into the Gulf, according to federal estimates. For some, it was hard to believe the flow had really stopped afer the long delays. "Completely?" asked Michelle Blanchard, the wife of a shrimper in Chauvin, La., when she heard about the oil stopping from an AP reporter. "Come on," she said in disbelief. "It's a good thing it stopped. I'm excited," she said. Steve Shepard, Gulf Coast chair of the Mississippi Chapter of the Sierra Club, said he's still skeptical about the news. He has that sort of laidback style." enjoy the show because Allen is State Theatre Marketing Director known for being an "entertainer" THE DAILY COLLEGIAN To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu White did not have the opportunity to play much baseball, though the Army did keep him in good physical shape. Knowing there was always a chance he could return to baseball. he would try to swing a bat at least a couple of times per week, depending on how busy he was. "I tried to do as much as I could with minimal facilities of just hitting and seeing a pitch come in and feel ing my swing, - White said. Returning to State College Spikes manager Gary Robinson called his new outfielder into his office on June 22. "I said 'What do you want me to do? You want another day of (batting practice] or do you want to go hot?' He said, 'l'm used to it hot, let's go.' That was all I needed to hear." Robinson recalled of their conversa tion. Just one day after being placed on the Spikes roster, White started in right field and batted ninth. Though he went 0-3, in the fifth inning he put the barrel of his bat on a first pitch fastball and flew out to deep left field, a ball Robinson said after the game he just missed from hitting it "way, way, way out" of the ballpark. But the next day, set to get anoth er start in the outfield. White tweaked his back during batting practice and was forced to sit. The injury was a little worse than thought. He had a small tear in his carti lage between one of his ribs and was placed on the seven-day disabled list. White finally returned July 9. He started the next three games. hit ting safely in all three. Others have taken notice of White's story, too. "He stayed with it and battled and it's great to see him on the baseball field," Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington said Iliesday ''lt's a great story what he's gone through and to see him back out and in uniform for the Spikes is a lot of fun." Currently on inactive reserve, White still owes the Army three years of service. His main goal right now, though, is to continue to improve in State College and keep climbing the ladder on his way to his goal of playing Major League base ball. "I think about it from time to time and think about how amazing it would be to finally after all these years of hard work, especially hav ing two years off and not knowing if I was ever going to play the game of baseball again, - White said. - I think maldng it to the major leagues, it would be nothing short of amazing." To e-mail reporterjyksl42@psu.edu "I think it's a little premature to say it's definitely over. They've got ten our hopes up so many times before that in my mind I don't think it's going to be over until Christmas." Nine-year-old Lena Durden threw up her hands in jubilation when her mother told her the oil was stopped. "God, that's wonderful." said Yvonne Durden, a Mobile-area native who now lives in Seattle and brought her daughter to the coast for a visit. "When came here so she could swim in the water and see it in case it's not here next time." Chris Roberts, a councilman from coastal Jefferson Parish welcomed the news. "Everyone has waited on edge for this day to come." said Roberts. Roberts' district includes the devas tated tourist town of Grand Isle, which saw a large amount of rev enue drop due to the oil spill . . "There is a lot of oil remaining. Our focus will be to clean up the impacted areas and make the many impacted industries whole as quick ly as possible. - Retired,Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the Obama administration's point man on the disaster, said at a briefing it's not clear yet whether the cap, which was mounted on the well Monday, will ultimately be used to shut in the oil or to channel it through pipes to collection ships overhead.
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