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8.0.8, Travie to play WC
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State students hoping for a
8.0.8 performance will no longer need
to pretend that airplanes in the night
If you go
What: Student ticket sale
When: noon, July 28
Where: BJC, Downtown Theatre and
Eisenhower Auditorium
Details: $2O per ticket with valid
student ID
Mayor Elizabeth Goreham met with UPUA President Christian Ragland Tuesday to discuss the student housing shortage
Leaders talk housing issues
By Brendan McNally
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITEE,
Student Body President Christian
Ragland asked State College Mayor
Elizabeth Goreham to address the stu
dent housing shortage by providing stu
dents with a service that could help
them sort through different living
options.
Goreham, who met with Ragland
Tuesday in her 243 S. Allen St. office.
said she was aware of the student hous
ing shortage. The borough, she said.
should make an effort to look into pro
viding more services to students to
help them find housing.
Alumna to assist with 'Makeover'
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State alumna Kate Kissell has
an impending challenge.
On July 29, Kissell, Class of 1979. and
her team of "fabricators" will have
seven days to completely redesign a
Berks County house for ABC's
"Extreme Makeover; Home Edition."
Typically a project of this scale takes
four to six months, team member Anne
Marshall said.
"The scale of it is really mind-bog-
Camping offers fun, adventurous activities for students
Editor's note: This is the third
in a five-part series exploring
unusual summer activities.
By Eddie Lau
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Even if some students are tak
ing classes or working throughout
the summer, it is not too late to get
out and enjoy the wonderful
weather before fall semester
begins.
Camping can be a great option
to bond with friends while stretch
ing a small budget.
There are dozens of campsites
within driving distance of State
College for student adventurers to
sky are like shooting stars: The rapper
is coming to town in August.
At 7:30 p.m. on
Aug. 31. the
'Airplanes"
rapper will
form with
"Billionaire
singer
Travie
McCoy at
the Bryce
Jordan
Center.
"Every
year Ithe
University
Park
There's a housing crunch in gener
al,- Ragland (senior-political science)
said in the meeting.
Ragland said most students have
trouble finding any housing at all
meaning many of them don't give as
much thought to finding living options
that are both in convenient locations
and that come at a reasonable cost.
Jinghao Lu, who represented interna
tional students in the meeting, said stu
dents coming from outside the United
States lace a particularly difficult situa
tion when attempting to find housing.
Lu (senior-sociology) said those stu
dents need to find housing before com
ing to the country but Penn State has
gling, - Marshall said. "Every space is
going to be re-thought and re-imag
ined, and that's quite an undertaking...
so that's the scary part but also the
exciting part, too. [lt will bel very com
pressed, very high energy, and it will
just require a lot of focus. -
Though Marshall who creates
decorative pillows under the name
'Thatshouldbeonapillow!' said she is
nervous about the time crunch, she
thinks the team Kissell assembled is
ready for the challenge.
See MAKEOVER.. Page 2.
explore, Penn State Outing Club
President Ryan Mullins said.
One of the best places Mullins
(junior-computer science) said he
knows is Black Moshannon State
Park where he just went with
some of his club members three
weeks ago.
"There is a really wide variety of
stuff to do there," Mullins said.
"There are probably about 80
miles of hiking trails. There is one
of the best lakes that I've ever
Allocation Committee' gives a large
lump sum to the BJC to be able to sub
sidize tickets," UPAC Overall
no formal procedures for helping stu
dents find off-campus housing.
Goreham who said she rents a
duplex to students herself -- said the
borough should consider offering help
to international students to find a place
to stay before they travel to campus.
Goreham and Ragland also dis
cussed initiatives to improve town-and
gown relations, which Goreham called
her "No. 1 priority"
Goreham and Ragland agreed that
providing programs where students
could give back to the community
would be a step in the right direction.
To e-mail reporter bwmsl47@psu.edu
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Kate Kissel! will take part in the makeover.
been on and fishing is great."
The 3,394-acre state park is
located on PA Route 504, nine
miles east of Philipsburg, Pa. and
about 17.5 miles from State
College.
Some people come to the park
to enjoy nature, said Jared Block,
Black Moshannon State Park
ranger.
"They come to fish, they come
to boat, they come to ride bikes,
they come to look at birds and
wildlife they come for environ
mental education programs,"
Block said.
He saidpeople also come to the
park for special events, like the
Black Moashannon Lumber Day
See CAMPING, Page 2.
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ark Donovan said.
agreement is that the
provide at least three
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Donovan (senior
political science) said
it was a good idea to
;chedule the concert
arty in the semester
id is hoping that he,
can buy tickets.
Anthony Duggan also
See 8.0.8.. Page 2
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People take in the scenery at Lake Raystown, which offers camping options.
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Courtesy of the State College Police Department
State College Police said the fire set to an unmarked
cruiser is connected to a bomb found in June.
Cruiser
fire tied
to bomb
Police: Two arsons
are likely linked
By Brendan McNally
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Police have connected an incident involving a
homemade bomb left on a State College Police
Department cruiser in June and the arson that
destroyed an unmarked police vehicle Sunday
morning.
The second instance of arson a fire set at 3:28
a.m. Sunday completely destroyed an unmarked
police cruiser parked behind the State College
Borough Municipal Building, the State College
Police Department said.
The first arson occurred on June 21
month before Sunday's arson.
That fire caused only minor damage to a separate
marked police vehicle, police said.
At first, police said they were investigating
whether the two incidents were connected.
They have now confirmed the two fires are linked.
Police did not say what new information has led
them to believe that the two incidents are connect
ed.
On June 21, a flaming box that police later identi
fied as a homemade bomb was left on the trunk of a
police car parked in the State College Municipal
Building parking lot at 234 S. Allen St., police said.
An officer noticed the fire shortly after it was
set and was able to extinguish the flames, police
said.
The box was filled witl , potentially explosive
household items, police said. Police said they later
concluded that the bomb was homemade.
The fire caused only minor damage to the vehicle
police said.
Police were notified of the fire by a 911 call, police
said.
The front of the car was completely charred by
the fire and the front tires were burnt away when
the fire was finally extinguished by the police officer,
police said.
Alpha Fire Company was called to the scene to
extinguish the flames, police said.
Police did not confirm if video surveillance
footage was captured of either of the incidents.
The fire did not cause any damage to neighboring
vehicles, but did burn a nearby fence, police said.
Police did not confirm what the cost to fix the
damage was in total.
Police said they have been investigating an
increased number of suspicious fires, including two
fires in the Parkway Plaza apartments, 1000 Plaza
Drive, and at Pizza Hut, 760 S. Atherton St.
The Parkway Plaza fire began at about 12:38 a.m.
Friday, July 2.
The damage was worst on the first floor where
fire and smoke damage made two apartments unin
habitable, forcing one resident to find new housing
through the Penn State Office of Housing, Food
Services and Residence Life, Alpha Fire Company
Director Steve Bair said at the time.
Police said they can not confirm if the other sus
picious fires are related to the two police vehicle
arsons.
To e-mail reporter: bwmsl47@psu.edu
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