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PSU lobbies for Nike fund
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
It didn’t go so far as to remove
the “swoosh” altogether, but Penn
State officials did ask Nike to help
some of its laid-off workers and
they’re pleased the company lis
tened.
Pressured by workers’ rights
organizations, student activists
and universities who distribute its
merchandise, Nike agreed on July
26 to create a $1.54 million “work
er relief fund” for employees at
two closed Honduran factories.
The company also said it would
Council
to travel
the state
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Council of Commonwealth
Student Governments (CCSG)
leaders will visit 10
Commonwealth Campuses in
the next three days to determine
what issues to focus on in the
upcoming year.
CCSG President Mohamed
Raouda and Vice President
Peter Khoury decided to make
the trip so they can get a better
understanding of student issues
affecting Commonwealth
Campuses before laying out
their initiatives for the year.
University Park
Undergraduate Association
(UPUA) President Christian
Ragland was originally sched
uled to attend the campus visits,
but had to decline due to his busy
schedule, Khoury said.
But Ragland (senior-political
science) said that doesn’t mean
he’s not intested in bridging the
gap between University Park
and Commonwealth Campuses.
At each campus, they will
meet with campus chancellors,
directors of student affairs and
student leaders, Khoury (junior
biology) said.
Khoury said he and Raouda
(senior-history and international
relations) expect to talk about
issues relating to housing and
food services. He said housing
and food services are pretty
“typical” concerns
Commonwealth Campuses
have, but other academic con
cerns like advising and transi
tioning to other campuses will
probably arise.
“We’re really going to focus on
the big issues,” Khoury said.
“There’s a lot of potential to
work on these issues and get
far.”
Raouda was not available for
comment before press time
Wednesday.
Though not attending the vis
its, Ragland said the
Commonwealth Campuses are
still on UPUA’s radar.
In the fall, UPUA will add a
director for Commonwealth out
reach, whose job it will be to
arrange campus visits and work
with Commonwealth Campuses.
Last year, DJ Ryan, former
CCSG Liaison to UPUA,
resigned to protest what he said
was the student government
ignoring the Commonwealth
Campuses.
UPUA hopes to mend the rela
tionships between University
Park and Commonwealth
Campuses and come together as
one university, Ragland said.
A second goal of the trip is to
reestablish and open communi
cation lines between CCSG and
Commonwealth Campuses.
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CCSG Liaison DJ Ryan resigned
from UPUA last semester, citing
poor communication. Now the
groups are working together.
provide vocational training and
health coverage for those former
employees.
Nearly 1,800 workers were left
without severance pay when the
two Nike factories, run by subcon
tractors Hugger de Honduras and
Vision Tex, closed in January
2009. The Workers Rights
Consortium (WRC), an independ
ent labor rights organization, soon
investigated the situation and
exposed both the subcontractors’
and Nike’s failure to follow
Honduran law by not compensat
ing the unemployed workers.
See NIKE, Page 2.
Corey Mihlo (senior-public relations) serves a customer at Canyon Pizza, 260 E. Beaver Ave., Wednesday.
Food lures night owls
Series note: This is the third
in a four-part series about
party-related jobs.
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
To some, it’s the most dreaded
shift imaginable.
Known as the graveyard or late
night shift, it requires the ability
to stay up and be efficient during
the early morning hours.
But for people who work the
Student headed to trial
Police:
Man sold fake ID card to student
By Brendan McNally
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Police said a Penn State stu
dent and a University of
Maryland student teamed-up this
spring to distribute fake IDs to
underage students but the
scheme didn’t last long.
The Penn State student
Chase Blaze Magaziner was
charged June 18 with one count
of misdemeanor manufacturing
or selling false identification
Students: ‘Jersey Shore’ tarnishes beach’s image
By Kathleen Loughran ly don’t help. I don’t know a single
collegian staf WRITER person who uses a Bumpit when
they’re not making fun of the
Some people will “get crazy” show.”
when the second season of Pryor said the show gives peo
“Jersey Shore” premieres at 10 pie the wrong idea about the
tonight, but not everyone GTLs Jersey Shore,
like it’s their job. “New Jersey as a whole gets
Maddy Pryor, who lives at the the butt of the end of the jokes, but
Jersey Shore, said she “cannot then people come down to our
stand” the show because she beaches and love it here,” she
grew up living at the shore. said.
“It gives us a really bad reputa- Drew Michelini, another resi
tion,” Pryor (sophomore-advertis- dent of the Jersey Shore, said the
ing and public relations) said, show is misleading.
“The people on the show definite- “It makes it look dirty,”
Nike timeline of events
January 2009 - Nike workers in two Honduran factories are laid off,
given no severance pay
April 2010 - University of Wisconsin, Madison ends licensing rela
tionship with Nike
June 2010 - Cornell University president says he will allow the
school’s Nike licensing agreement to expire at the end of 2010 if
Nike does not “make significant progress" on the issue in Honduras
July 2010 - Penn State “urges Nike to play a positive role" in assist
ing workers
July 2010 - Nike agrees to create $1.54 million fund for employees
laid off from its factories
shift serving food in a college
town, it also requires the ability to
deal with some intoxicated cus
tomers.
Alex Moore, who works at
Canyon Pizza, 260 E. Beaver Ave,
said he had one particular experi
ence that didn’t end pleasantly.
“The craziest experience I’ve
seen was a guy punch holes in
one of the delivery cars, so I
chased him down an alley after I
called the police... and he broke
my jaw,” said Moore, of State
College.
cards when an ID he sold to
another Penn State student was
reported to police as a fake,
according to court documents.
He waived his right to a prelim
inary hearing Wednesday in
Centre County court in front of
District Judge Leslie Dutchcot,
sending his charges to trial.
After Penn State student
Rachel Blitz was charged with
carrying a false ID that authori
ties believe Magaziner sold to
her, she told the S College
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Tucker Lang, who works at
Pita Pit, 218 E. Calder Way, said
he has also seen some crazy
things happen while working the
late night shift. One time he wit
nessed “an all-out brawl” that
started with two girls and ended
with 10 people fighting.
“One of the employees had to
break it up he was an ex-
Marine,” said Lang, of State
College.
Though Luke Lenker, who
works at College Pizza, 128
See LATE NIGHT. Page 2.
Police Department Magaziner
had a “contact” at the University
of Maryland who made the fake
ID for her, according to court doc
uments.
Police said they called authori
ties at the University of
Maryland, who confirmed they
were investigating a person who
they believed was making fake
IDs in a dorm room.
Magaziner collected informa
tion via e-mail from Blitz like the
See IDS, Page 2.
Michelini (sophomore-division of
unde, graduate studies) said. “It
leads people to believe that every
one here is like that, but most of
those people don’t even live in this
area. The locals are nothing like
that.”
Though Ryan DeMuth said he
doesn’t live in the same area the
show was filmed Seaside
Heights, N.J. the two places
look similar. He said the show
exaggerates what the Jersey
Shore is actually like.
“It’s an extreme show, so it
See JERSEY SHORE, Page 2.
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Pollock Dining Commons will
serve healthy food options.
Halls
redo
menu
Healthy food
to be served
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
When Simmons Dining
Commons is converted into
dorm space, healthier food
options will become available at
other residence dining areas.
Simmons will close at the end
of the spring 2011 semester. At
the same time, Pollock Dining
Halls will undergo renovations
and reopen with healthy “food
concepts,” said Lisa Wandel,
director of residence dining.
Concepts will include an
Asian food grille, barbecue,
pizza and pasta section, a deli
bar and a chef section, she said.
Assistant Director of Pollock
Residence Life Chad Henning
said he doesn’t think it’s a coin
cidence that Pollock is being
renovated at the same time
Simmons is closing. He said
there will be a focus put on
healthy eating options in the
renovation.
Included in Pollock’s renova
tion will be a bigger salad bar
than the one currently at
Simmons, Wandel said the
bar will include a grain bar,
soup bar and hot vegetables.
After noting that most stu
dents tend to graze when they
eat have some pasta, with a
piece of pizza on the side and
then a dessert the decision
was made to shrink the portion
sizes ,at all dining commons,
Wandel said.
Other changes for residence
dining include opening
Redifer’s Urban Garden for
breakfast and providing an oat
meal bar, Wandel said.
Like Simmons, Pollock will be
a place where vegetarian and
vegan students can find a vari
ety of options, Wandel said.
“That’ll have a lot of choices
for students looking for vegetar
ian or just healthier balance,”
Wandel said.
Wandel said students can
expect to see more of Simmons
recipes in other dining com
mons.
But some students said it still
won’t be the same as having
Simmons.
Penn State student and cre
ator of the “Save Simmons
Dining” Eacebook group Mark
Jones said closing Simmons
“doesn’t add up.”
“When they close Simmons
down, there will be more people
and less places to eat,” Jones
(sophomore-engineering) said.
“It sends the wrong message
health-wise.”
Wandel stressed that
Simmons was not the only place
to eat healthy on campus.
“There is no bad food,
See HEALTH FOOD, Page 2.