‘Phenomenon’ winner brings mystic act to Penn State By Casey McDermott Mike Super won't be donning a tuxedo when he performs at Penn State this week, and his audience won't find ominous techno music, serious facial expressions or the “scarf up a sleeve" trick when he takes the stage. The award-winning magician will perform at 10 p.m. Friday in Heritage Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center. The event is presented by the Student Programming Association's Late Night and is free to anyone with a Penn State stu dent photo ID. Instead of adopting many of the cliches associated with magicians, Super said he tries to put on a more lighthearted act complete with levitation, yoodoo magic and a "Clue''-style murder mystery for the audience to solve over the course of the show. Cheap, expensive fall fashions available for students By Kathleen Loughran and Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS Let's face if getting new gear for a new school year is of up-most importance for many. 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It’s Gucci, enough said. crowd for his last name which, he said, isn't fake he .loves per forming in front of students and always looks forward to surprising them with the twists in his act. Super said he's even been called the "Dane Cook of magic.'' and has performed alongside the comedian. His own act, he said, definitely brings its own brand of humor, too. “It's an unexpected extravagan za of comedy and magic that will reach out and touch the audience,” Super said. “It goes over all genres of magic.” SPA Late Night Chair Kenny Verbos said he’s heard good things about Super, and he's excited to see the magician. “This’ll be the first time I’ve ever seen him,” Verbos (junior-biobe havioral health) said. “But he’s supposed to be very impressive. 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