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Police: three fires likely linked
By Brendan McNally
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Police said an accelerant was
used to start a fire at the back door
of the Marine Corps recruiting
office sometime Thursday night or
early Friday morning an inci
dent they said is likely linked to
two earlier arsons.
State College Police Depart
ment Lt. Chris Fishel said there is
a "strong possibility” that the fire,
which was reported at 7:33 a.m.
Fake
twitter
posts
amuse
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The student body president
elections ended months ago but
presidential candidates
Christian Ragland and David
Adewumi are sparring again
or at least their imposters are.
As University Park
Undergraduate Association
(UPUA) president Ragland was
declaring "no days off" for his
summer campaign earlier this
summer, a "fakeUPUAprez"
Twitter account appeared in the
Twitterverse. Ragland (senior
political science) said he doesn't
know who is behind the made-up
account but thinks the tweets
are "cool" and "really good
humor."
The fakeDaveAdewumi
account appeared last week, and
while Adewumi (senior-Spanish)
agreed that the accounts are
funny, he said they probably
"could have come about three or
four months ago" and aren't as
relevant anvmore.
When Ragland first saw the
Twitter account, he said he
immediately started guessing
which of his friends was the joke
ster. But he said he still has no
idea who fakeliPUAprez really is
though he likes to joke that it's
his vice president, Colleen
Smith.
Adewumi has a few guesses,
as well, but said he isn’t too con
cerned with figuring out who the
poser is.
“Ninety-nine point nine per
cent of students aren't going to
come across my normal Twitter
account much less my fake
Twitter account," he said.
Though the fake Twitter
accounts are clearly sarcastic,
Ragland said they do a good job
mimicking tweets that sound
like something he or Adewumi
would say like inserting
Ragland’s "#nodaysoff" hash
tag or the “TRU initials modeled
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Fake Tweets
@FakeUPUAprez: "Polishing
the Ragland-Smith Crown
#nodaysoff. Well maybe a
couple days off... #watching
the lakers. #By any means
necessary"
@fakedaveadewumi: 'Three
issues I'm currently dealing
with: Tuition, Ragland, and
Lightheadedness. Or as I like
to call it, TRL."
Car and motorcycle show thrills visitors
m. Antonio siias/coiiegian “it wa s great,” Hufnagel, Class
A woman examines one of the cars at the Last Cruise Car and Motorcycle Show, of 1976, said. “The weather was
Friday, is related to last week’s
arson that destroyed a State
College Police Department vehicle.
In the July 18 incident, police
said a fire that was intentionally lit
destroyed an unmarked State
College Police Department cruis
er at 3:28 a.m. in the State College
Borough Municipal building park
ing lot.
Marine Corps public affairs offi
cer Sgt. Lynn Kinney confirmed
that there was a fire at the office’s
address, 242 S. Fraser St., but did
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Stacy Glen Tibbetts performs at the Webster’s Bookstore Cafe, 128 S. Allen St., benefit concert Sunday.
Crowd supports cafe
Webster’s Bookstore Cafe raises thousands
for the local business’ potential new location
By Paul Osolnick
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Although a little more than a
week of business remains, the
owner of Webster's Bookstore
Cafe started a special benefit
concert last night on a positive
note.
“This might be one of the last
huge gatherings we have in this
space,” owner Elaine Meder-
Wilgus said. “I can’t say anything
officially, however in the next
couple days I will hopefully
announce the official new home
for Webster’s.” .
The crowd cheered and
clapped to the news that their
not say if she believes the office
was being targeted specifically.
She said the fire was started
through the mail slot in the build
ing’s rear door. The door is the
entrance to an inner stairwell, she
said.
Police said an accelerant was
likely used to start the fire.
The fire quickly extinguished on
its own and damage from the fire
was limited to some charring on
the door, police said.
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efforts of fundraising and support
would most likely pay off.
A silent auction and benefit
concert was held from 7-9:30 p.m.
at the bookstore last night to
raise money for the bookstore
which will lose the lease to its 128
S. Allen St. location.
“Singing a New l\me” drew
more than 100 patrons and sup
porters to the bookstore, as many
browsed for books and records or
bought coffee from the cafe while
listening to a variety of live
music, instead of the usual
recorded.
“It’s so amazing to see these
faces,” Meder-Wilgus said. “This
is what Webster’s is, there’s high
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Stripes, skulls, and supercharg
ers were only a few of the features
adorning the cars at this week
end’s 25th Annual Last Cruise
Car and Motorcycle Show.
Held Saturday at the
Pennsylvania Military Museum in
Boalsburg, Last Cruise may not
have attracted the largest crowd
in event history but was still a suc
cess, said participant Bob
Hufnagel.
Arson Timeline
June 21: A homemade bomb is found on the trunk of a State
College Police Department marked cruiser.
July 18: An intentionally set fire destroys a State College Police
Department unmarked vehicle.
July 20: Police say the June 21 and July 18 arsons are linked.
July 21: Police say they identified and interviewed two men of inter
est in their investigation into the arsons.
July 23: A third arson at the Marine Corps recruiting office was
reported to police at 7:33 a.m. Police say it is likely related to the
June 21 and July 18 fires.
school students, there’s little
kids, there’s people that have
been my customers for 15 years.
It’s astounding.”
The event featured several
local musicians with musical
styles and instruments as unique
and varied as the people listening
in the crowd.
Stacy Glen Tibbetts, co-organ
izer and performer for the con
cert, performed a few songs he
wrote including a new song
never previously performed.
Tibbetts said most of the songs
performed at the event where
original songs written by the
musicians themselves. The
See WEBSTERS, Page 2.
cooperative and we even had a
nice breeze.”
Attendance at the show was
lighter than most years because
of the threat of thunderstorms in
the area, Hufnagel said.
But a large crowd was still on
hand to check out the classic and
custom cars gathered, for the
show, including Hufnagel’s 1991
and 2008 Lotus Elise cars.
The first half of the day at Last
Cruise is a competition, with the
winner in each category receiving
a $250 prize, Centre County Youth
Services Bureau Director of
See CARSHOW, Page 2.
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Pizza
space
could
move
Beaver Canyon
may rezone
By Paul Osolnick
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Even if the State College
Planning Commission passes a
rezoning of Beaver Canyon, stu
dents won’t have to worry about
losing the iconic Canyon Pizza,
as restaurant officials say they’ll
likely just move elsewhere.
The proposal currently being
discussed provides for an
increase in student housing in
downtown State College and
would affect the 250-256 E.
Beaver Ave. properly, which cur
rently houses Canyon Pizza and
other businesses.
Evan Myers, chairman of the
planning commission, said the
rezoning was proposed by the
HFL Corporation, the owners of
the 250-256 E. Beaver Ave. prop
erty.
Matt Floravit, general manag
er of Canyon Pizza, said if the
building was rezoned, the
restaurant would probably just
combine with its other Beaver
Avenue location, Canyon Wings,
219 E. Beaver Ave.
While the re-zoning would
force Canyon Pizza out of its cur
rent location, Floravit said
restaurant officials have not
talked with anyone from the
planning commission, because
any possible action is years
away.
“This is all years down the
road,” Floravit said. “We haven’t
put too much thought into it.”
Under the current zoning pol
icy, Myers said if the area were
redeveloped, it could only be
used for two duplexes, which he
said “doesn’t seem to fit the rest
pf the area.”
The rezoning options being
discussed by the planning com
mission would allow for a taller
building to be built that could
house more residents, Myers
said.
Myers said the possibility of a
high-rise residential building
increasing the student density in
the area is creating concern
among local residents.
“Permanent residents in the
community are concerned about
various student behavior,”
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Canyon Pizza, 260 E. Beaver
Ave., could move if the property is
re-zoned.