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Bands perform from last year' s Movin' On, Last Stop and Celebrate State. Leaders are working to combine the concerts into one large event
Spring concerts could
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN ,`L
Student Body President
Christian Ragland has begun pre
liminary discussions with the top
student leaders of three other
organizations about combining
last year's three spring music fes
tivals into one large tvent.
Ragland said he initiated the
conference call after the - idea of a
collaborative testivai , A as throne
out there . ' at the presidential
Eleven linked to drug network
By Brendan McNally
caLri,w,
Police arrested 11 people
Friday on drug-related charges
after an April 2009 drug bust 01 a
Penn State student led investiga
tors to uncover a S inklion drug
ring that was distributing mari
juana to four states.
John Murray. of Utica. N.Y
the man who headed the drug
ring supplied then-Penn State
student Paul Spara with some of
Patrol car
set on fire
in arson
By Brendan McNally
COLLEGIAN SIAFP 1' kJER
An unmarked State College
Police Department patrol car
was intentionally set on lire and
destroyed at 3:28 a.ni Sunday in
the State College Borough
Municipal Building parking lot.
It was the second act of arson
on a State College Police
Department cruiser in one
month, the State College Police
Department said.
Earlier on June I. police
found what they said was a
homemade bomb burning on
the trunk of State College police
cruiser behind the State College
Municipal Building.
Police said an officer noticed
the fire and was able to extin
guish it before significant dam
age was done to the vehicle.
The bomb was made of house
hold items, police said.
However, the vehicle set on
fire yesterday was completely
destroyed and is now unusable,
police said.
Police did not know if the two
incidents are connected but said
they are investigating whether
they were.
The fire did not cause damage
to any other cars in the parking
lot, but did cause some minor
damage to a nearby fence. police
said.
The Alpha Fire Company was
called to the scene to extinguish
the flames, police said.
Police did not say whether
there was surveillance video of
the incident but did say that the
investigation is ongoing.
The fire was reported in a 911
call, police said.
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roundtable. Another conference
call is scheduled for this week.
We have started talks with var
ious organizations, looking into
the feasibility of one larger con
cert," Ragland (senior-political
science) said. "Everybody was on
board in trying to work together"
For last week's preliminary
conference call, "major players"
from the Association of Residence
Hall Students (ARHS), the
University Park Undergraduate
Association (UPUA), the Student
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his marijuana,
said Eric Shirk,
spokesman for
the attorney gen
eral's office.
Spara had
fewer than 10 cus-
tomers and sup
plied Penn State Murray
fraternities and
apartments with was - majoring in drug dealing,"
large amounts of marijuana, had received 400 lbs. of marijuana
according to a grand jury investi- from suppliers in New York when
gation. he was a Penn State student,
The Fraser Centre complex is expected to be modeled as such but is facing delays
Complex could see vote soon
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The Fraser Centre downtown
complex is already behind sched
ule and will continue to face
delays if the project developers
can not pay the borough $l.B mil
lion by the end of the year.
The State College Borough
Council will need to re-approve
the Fraser Centre project if
Susquehanna Real Estate does
not file its payment to the bor
ough by the end of December.
Hiking destinations provide escape, adventure
Series note: This is first in a
five-part series that explores
unusual summer activities.
By Paul Osolnick
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
A 650-foot-hike separates hik-
ers at the base of Mount Nittany "One of those things you're sup
from a view of State College that posed to do before you graduate
dwarfs even massive structures Penn State is go hike Mount
like Beaver Stadium. Nittany," Mount Nittany
Hiking Mount Nittany isn't just Conservancy
a hobby for many Penn State stu- Verbeke said.
dents, it's a rite of passage that The 2,000-foot high section of
many people say all students the Appalachian mountain range
Programming Association (SPA)
and The Lion 90.7 FM all took
part, ARHS' Movin On Director
Tim Haynes said.
Though there is not any money
in UPUAs budget specifically
allotted for a festival, Ragland
said the student government
would use "any money left over" if
a collaborative festival was held.
"As of right now, I'm just excited
that it's a possibility," Ragland
said. "When I ran for president,
one of the things I had in mind
Murray, 35. was charged Friday
with two felony counts each of
possession of marijuana with the
intent to deliver and corrupt
organizations, Shirk said.
He was also charged with one
felony count each of criminal con-
spiracy and dealing in proceeds of
unlawful activity, Shirk said.
Spara, who told a witness he
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The contract between the bor
ough and the developer requires
they start construction by certain
time or they may forfeit the abili
ty to do a project there, State
College Mayor Elizabeth
Goreham said.
At tonight's borough council
meeting, the council will listen to
a report from Susquehanna Real
Estate president Jack Kay about
the current status of the project.
Filippelli said Susquehanna
Real Estate the developers
working on the complex will
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should experience before leaving
Happy Valley
president Vince
merge
was to have a big concert...
Wherever the student govern
ment can fit in, I would definitely
support."
Last spring, three festivals
each run by different organiza
tions occurred on the HUB
lawn. Movin' On kicked off the
series, followed by Celebrate
State, which was organized by a
group of student activists. Then
UPUA and The Lion teamed up to
throw the final festival, Last Stop.
See CONCERT. Page 2.
according to the grand jury inves
tigation that was released in April
2009.
Senior Deputy Attorney
General Patrick Leonard will try
the 11 defendants charged Friday
in Centre County, Shirk said.
Spara's court date has been set
for Aug. 2, according to court doc
uments.
He is charged with six felony
counts of delivery of a controlled
substance and two felony counts
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owe the borough money if the
project is not complete, though
See FRASER. Page 2.
If you go
What: Borough Council
Meeting
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: 234 South Allen Street
Details: Webster's Fraser
Center and discussion of zon
ing are all on the agenda.
provides students with a vigorous
hike from the base of the trails to
the peak of the mountain, Verbeke
said.
"Once you get to the top, both
the trails are pretty easy,"
Verbeke said. "It's a question of
getting up to the top."
Verbeke said that even though
spring is the most popular time
for students to hike on the moun
tain, students, families and hiking
groups use the trails frequently
during the summer.
Mount Nittany consists of two
trails blue and white which
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Students braved the rainy weath
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White House game will
not occur over the 2010
college football season.
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Come to Beaver Stadium. but
wear whatever color you want:
There is no White House game
scheduled for the 2010 Penn
State football season.
A ticket misprint showed the
September 25 Penn State v.
Temple game as the White
House game for 2010.
But a White House game was
never actually scheduled for the
2010 football season,
Paternoville President Alex
Cohen said.
"Honestly, it was just a ticket
misprint," Cohen (senior-mar
keting) said. "There was no
White House planned for this
year"
Even with no White House
game scheduled, fans should
still get excited and can still
wear white to the game,
Associate Athletic Director Greg
Myford said.
The White House game is dif
ferent from a Whiteout, Cohen
said. In a White House game, the
entirety of Beaver Stadium is
encouraged to dress in all white
for the game not just the stu
dent section, Cohen said.
The physical football tickets
depict the September 25 game
as being the "Whitehouse, All-
University, and Varsity 'S' Day"
The word "Whitehouse" print
ed on the ticket, including the
words - Everyone wear white!"
was a misprint, Cohen said.
The Penn State v. Temple
game is still going to be the All-
University Day and Varsity "S"
Day, Myford said.
Even without the White
House taking place on the
Temple game, regular admis
sion tickets will be made avail
able to purchase for students at
Commonwealth Campuses as
part of All-University Day, when
each commonwealth campus is
acknowledged on the field.
Also, the students wearing dif
ferent-colored shirts in the
Varsity "S" Zone will depict a
giant letter 'S' in the senior sec
tion of the stadium.
The decision to drop the White
House game from the 2010
See WHITE, Page 2.
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