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Police: Items stolen from apartment
Two robberies on Tuesday in the Park Hill apartment build
ing, 478 E. Beaver Ave., left cash and a Sony Playstation 3
stolen, the State College Police Department said.
A Sony Playstation 3 and its accessories valued at $965
were taken from one apartment, while $lO in cash was taken
from another apartment, police said.
Police did not say if the robberies are linked.
Police did not say at what times the robberies occurred.
Plasma television stolen from fraternity
A 60-inch plasma television was stolen Tuesday from the Pi
Lambda Phi fraternity house, 321 Fraternity Row, the State
College Police Department said
Police said it is unknown how the house was entered.
Police did not say at what time the television was stolen or
what its value is.
PSU receives funds to research bees
Honey distributor Dutch Gold Honey and William and Kitty
Gamber, of Lancaster, Pa., have each contributed $50,000 in
endowments to a fund to continue Penn State College of
Agricultural Sciences research into honeybees, according to a
Penn State press release
The endowment is meant to be spent on research into
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) a disorder that causes
bee colonies to suddenly disappear, according to the release.
The phenomenon has recently occurred more frequently,
and researchers fear the loss of pollinating bees may affect
agricultural output, according to the release.
Trial ending over police officer’s death
PHILADELPHIA Testimony has wrapped up in a trial
for two men charged in the fatal shooting of a Philadelphia
police officer.
Thirty-five-year-old Eric Floyd and 41-year-old Levon
Warner could face the death penalty if convicted of first
degree murder in the May 3, 2008, death of Sgt. Stephen
Liczbinski.
Prosecutors say Floyd and Warner were in the getaway
vehicle when suspect Howard Cain got out and shot
Liczbinski, who was pursuing them after a bank robbery in
the city's Port Richmond section. Cain later died in a shootout
with police
Floyd testified Wednesday and denied involvement in the
shooting. He has been watching the trial over closed circuit
TV from a holding cell because he punched a defense lawyer.
Closing arguments are scheduled for Friday.
Man killed at shooting range
CARLISLE Authorities are searching for the person
who shot and killed a man at a central Pennsylvania gun
range
Authorities identified the man as 42-year-old Todd Getgen,
of Enola. Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed
says Getgen was shot multiple times at a range just outside
Carlisle, about 15 miles west of Harrisburg.
Getgen s body was found Wednesday at the Pennsylvania
Game Commission rifle range in North Middleton Township.
Investigators say he was shot several times from some dis
tance away.
So far, they've been unable to find the shell casings or the
rifle Getgen brought to the range.
Love triangle couple to go on trial
WEST CHESTER Two people from suburban
Philadelphia will go on trial for what authorities call a love tri
angle slaying
Prosecutors in Chester County allege that 34-year-old
Morgan Marie Mengel conspired with 21-year-old Stephen
Shappell to kill her 33-year-old husband, Kevin Mengel Jr., on
June 17.
Investigators say Morgan Mengel wanted her husband
dead because she did not want to go through a messy divorce.
Authorities say she and Shappell were romantically
involved.
Both waived their preliminary hearings on Thursday.
Police said the pair plotted first tried to poison Kevin
Mengel's iced tea at his West Goshen landscaping office. They
say then Shappell beat Mengel, his boss, with a shovel before
burying his body in a field.
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Power
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conservation of electricity in the
HUB on Friday, Harris said. sics) and Lauren Hofer (freshman- Students were eventually asked to
The HUB Aquarium was also veterinary biomedical science) went leave the HUB Thursday night, but
experiencing problems as a result of to the HUB after they were unable the HUB Information Desk did not
the power outage. The only room to access a computer lab on return continued calls for comment
with functioning air conditioning on campus as a result of the power out- by press time Thursday.
Thursday night was The Corner age.
Pocket pool lounge, Diaz said. The lack of adequate lighting and To e-mail reporter: zjgsol2@psu.edu
Cupcake
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Coming up with unique flavors is
often a challenge, Lohse said.
Some cupcakes like the raspberry
lemonade flavor are just right on the
first try. But others, like the vegan
peanut butter cupcake, take up to
six batches to get the recipe down.
Her favorite thing about her crazy
flavors is seeing the customers’
reaction. She said the pancakes and
bacon cupcakes gets the most looks.
There’s a tasty treat for everyone
at Sugar on Top, Lohse said the
shop has a candy bar cupcake line, a
vegan line and a gluten-free line.
There’s a “spirits line” that even
those under 21 can enjoy. The “cup
tinis” line includes a Bailey’s Irish
Cream cupcake, a lime- and tart-fla
vored Tequila Sunrise cupcake and
a screwdriver cupcake.
And Lohse has no plans to slow
down her cooking experiments.
Up next, Lohse will try to capture
the spirit of Penn State in the “We
Are” cupcake.
But Sugar on Top is more than
just cupcakes, Lohse said.
Her goal is to make the shop not
only a place to stop for a treat, but
also a “community recreation cen
ter.” She hopes the lounge area will
be bustling with friends chatting,
study groups and families. At some
point, she hopes to form a Wii-bowl
ing league at the shop.
“We’re more than just a cupcake
shop,” she said.
People may come in with only
cupcakes in common, she said, but
hopefully they will leave with a deep
er bond than that.
“Live Well, Die Happy”
*Ndulge might be equally pas
sionate about cupcakes.
At the 206 W. College Ave. bou
tique, cupcakes are equated to hap
piness. The store’s motto is “Live
Well, Die Happy” and workers say
they come into the shop every morn
ing eager to go to work.
Show
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from 1900 to 1959, rod and custom
cars, and vehicles of special interest.
A panel of judges scores each car
during the show, and the winner in
each category receives $250, Centre
County Youth Services Bureau
Director of Development Jennifer
Daniels said.
The idea for the Last Cruise start
ed not as a car show, but as a way to
enjoy driving around College
Avenue and Beaver Avenue for the
last time, Last Cruise Best of the
Best committee co-chairman Paul
Newfeld said.
“It started 25 years ago when the
borough passed an ordinance to ban
cruising around town,” he said.
With the ban on cruising taking
effect on a Monday, a local radio sta
tion urged listeners to go out and
cruise around State College Sunday
night. The response was so big that
the next year a car show was creat
ed for the event, Newfeld said.
Skydivers
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a bird’s eye view of State College
looking down at the farms, moun
tains and even the Bryce Jordan
Center and Beaver Stadium,
Hutchings said.
Hutchings owns Skydive Happy
Valley, based at Mifflin County
Airport in Lewistown, Pa. Though
he’s been in the sport for 18 years,
he said he still has not put words to
the feeling of skydiving.
“There’s a saying: Fbr those that
have, no explanation is necessary.
Fbr those who haven’t no expla
nation is possible,” he said.
Others who have jumped feel the
same way. Some call it mind-bog
gling and others say it’s peaceful or
freeing.
All agree it’s something each indi
vidual must experience.
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Obelisk
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erected in 1896 as a learning model,”
Penn State spokeswoman Lisa
Powers wrote in an e-mail.
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Arranged in geological order, the
structure measures the effects of
acid rain on the different layers of
rock, Ruskin said.
And Pennsylvania has the second
most acidic rain measured in the
country with an average pH of 4.3,
Ruskin said. Anything less than 7 pH
is acidic, Ruskin said.
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LOCAL
Despite the power outage and air conditioning did not deter the
heat inside the building, some stu- group from studying in the HUB,
dents were still in the HUB Powell said.
Thursday night “It’s not as hot as my dorm, but
Bryan Powell (freshman-foren- it’s not that bad,” Hofer said.
Owner Donn Selkowitz spent forty
years in advertising, but the job was
n’t fulfilling enough for him.
Channeling his frustration into bak
ing, he discovered a new kind of hap
piness: cupcakes.
Cupcakes are “the essence of
what makes us happy,” executive
chef Rebecca Altmann said.
She describes the store as “ele
gant and warm.”
As customers walk in, they are
greeted by a glass counter showcas
ing the cupcakes packaged in brown
tissue paper.
Two chairs are placed by the glass
wall, which gives patrons a view of
College Avenue.
From the counter, customers can
see a glimpse back into the pristine
kitchen.
The store will appeal to everyone,
Altmann said.
Many assume cupcakes are for
girls, but Altmann stresses that a
man owns *Ndulge and that the
shop is not brimming with pink but
terflies. It’s a cupcake haven for all.
The shop sells classic cupcakes
like “Realli Vanilli” and the
“Chocoholic.”
Altmann is also working to take
favorite desserts and transform
them into cupcakes. Currently on
the menu is the “Classic Red
Velvet,” the “Banana Foster” and
the “24 Carrot Gold.”
The store also features a soda
cupcake line, which features a coca
cola float and root beer float cup
cake that includes actual soda.
A lot of the cupcakes are reminis
cent of childhood, said Altman,
pointing to the “Snickerdoodledoo”
cupcake.
The boutique is proud of its
unique cupcake names like
“Lemonardo Da Vinci” and “Cookie
Dough-Re-Mi.”
The policy is if a cupcake is fun, its
name should be fun, Altmann said.
In the fall, Altmann who works
in cupcake-printed pants will
expand with more flavors.
Currently, she said she said she is
working on a Smores cupcake.
After the show in Boalsburg,
College and Beaver Avenue will be
crowded between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
with all types of cars from the show
cruising the streets, Hufiiagel said.
And car fens can still attend the
Best of the Best car show on the 200
block of Allen Street, he said.
The Best of the Best event con
sists of 50 hand-picked cars on dis
play in downtown State College.
“It’s not so much about cars —it’s
about talking to people,” Hufnagel
said. “They’re wandering around
town and they get sucked in.”
But Last Cruise isn’t just a car
show the event is also a charity
fundraiser for the Centre County
Youth Services Bureau, Daniels
said.
The Youth Services Bureau is a
non-profit agency that provides pro
gramming and support fbr children
and families in Centre County.
The funds raised by the car show
are put toward a multitude of com
munity outreach programs that ben
efit families and individuals, Daniels
said. Those programs range from
Penn State student David
Hartmann jumped for his first time
at the end of the spring semester
and said he’s already planning
another jump.
Hartmann took a trip with about
30 other students to Above the
Poconos Skydivers in Hazleton, Pa.,
and said it was hit among the entire
group.
Both Above the Poconos
Skydivers and Skydive Happy Valley
offer tandem jumps when the
instructor and jumper are attached
via a secure harness, said Barbara
Kellner, Above the Poconos
Skydivers office manager.
Fbr first-time adrenaline-seekers,
a tandem jump is a good way to get
introduced to the sport, she said.
A tandem jump at Above the
Poconos Skydivers costs $224
with a $lO discount for Penn State
students and a tandem jump at
Skydive Happy Valley is $195.
The OPP masonry shop is cur
rently completing the construction
work by removing the old masonry
between the rocks in the Obelisk to
ensure the structure’s continued
stability, Ruskin said.
“We’re in the process of removing
the loose masonry and replacing it,”
Ruskin said.
The area surrounding the Obelisk
was open during the Central
Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
and served as the location of the
Berkey Creamery’s ice cream tent.
The area is currently under con
struction, Ruskin said.
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Not only is experimenting with
flavors and measurements fun, but
so is sharing the joys of cupcakes,
she said.
“Our cupcakes are delicious, won
derful morsels of love,” Altmann
said. “You can’t beat it when you
make someone happy.”
Cupcake Wars
Last year, two pretzel shops
opened downtown. Now, there’s only
one store to satiate Penn Staters’
salty desires. Can both cupcake bou
tiques coincide peacefully in State
College? Or will one run the other
out of business?
Downtown State College
Improvement District director Jody
Alessandrine said it’s “ironic” to
have two similar businesses open
ing at the same time, but he believes
both cupcake boutiques can survive
in State College.
In fact, Alessandrine said he
thinks *Ndulge and Sugar on Top
have picked the perfect market for
their products.
Because so many students and
State College visitors are on the go,
cupcakes are perfect snacks to eat
on the run. And the temptation of a
post-dinner cupcake wfll bring in
State College residents,
Alessandrine said.
Jennifer Rosania, owner of Philly
Pretzel Factory, said she thinks both
stores can flourish provided they
are managed properly.
She believes it wasn’t the compe
tition between the two pretzel shops
that ended with Jim’s Soft Pretzels
closing, but rather the different
management styles of the stores.
“Management and economics are
probably your two biggest issues.
They can be as important if not
more important than location of the
stores,” Rosania said.
Lohse said both shops are unique
enough to survive in State College,
and Altmann agreed.
“I don’t think there can ever be
too many cupcakes,” Altmann said.
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children to 21-year-old adults.
The Last Cruise Car Show is one
of four special events run by the
Youth Services Bureau each year.
The event is special because collec
tor car fens and everyone else
can enjoy the show, Daniels said.
“It’s a warm, welcome show that
people can come to,” Daniels said.
“It’s just a really great family day.”
Hufiiagel said he is displaying two
cars in Saturday’s show, but
stressed the important work the
Youth Service Bureau does for the
local area in helping runaway teens
and single-parent families.
“Sometimes teens fall into the
cracks there’s no support system
for them,” Hufnagel said.
The atmosphere of car shows like
Last Cruise is an important part of
the American culture and experi
ence, but Last Cruise is special in a
different way, Hufnagel said.
“The whole event is designed to
be family-friendly,” Hufiiagel said.
“And every penny goes to the kids.”
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Both facility owners said they see
a lot of Penn State students.
Kellner said a popular time for
students to make the jump is around
their graduation, when they are
crossing items off of their bucket
list.
Brent Hutching’s wife, Kerry
Hutchings, got involved with the
sport when she first met her hus
band. She said skydiving is the
“most freeing” thing she has ever
done.
“You’re so in that moment and
everything is happening so quickly,
[you] don’t have time to be nerv
ous,” Kerry Hutchings said. “When
you leave the plane and hit the air,
it’s like everything stops and you’re
falling, but you don’t get that falling
sensation, you don’t feel it in the pit
of your stomach. It’s just kind of ela
tion.”
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Ruskin stressed that the work
was routine maintenance on the
Obelisk, with the funding coming
from OPP’s major maintenance
fund, Ruskin said.
“It’s important that we provide
proper maintenance for these land
marks because if we don’t we
could lose them to time, weather
and general wear and tear,” Powers
wrote in the e-mail. “Ongoing main
tenance of any structure on campus
is necessary and it’s the Obelisk’s
time.”
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