2 ! Monday, Aug. 9, 2010
Bar cited with failing to keep records
The 797 Sports Bar and Lounge, 244 W. College Ave., has
been cited under the Pennsylvania Liquor Code with failing
to keep proper records, the Pennsylvania State Police
Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement (PBLCE) said.
Tiie charges will be brought before a judge who can
impose penalties ranging from $5O to $l,OOO, the PBLCE
said Penalties for more severe infractions could bring a fine
of up to 55.000 oh a revocation of the bar’s liquor license,
police said.
Police: Student found kicking window
A Penn State student was cited for underage drinking
after police found him kicking at a bathroom window at
about i 40 a m. Sunday on the ground floor of Simmons Hall,
Penn State Police said.
Police said the window did not break but there was some
minor damage to the window’s wooden frame.
Police could not say what the cost to repair the damage
\va>.
Police said the man had been drinking and was kicking
the window because he was upset at his girlfriend-
Police said the student will be referred to the Penn State
• Mnce of Judicial Affairs.
Oven in apartment catches fire
i he Alpha Fire Company was called to a Haffner Hall
apartment at about 6:20 p.m. on August 7 when an oven
caught fire, the Penn State Police said.
Police said the electrical heating element caught on fire,
which set off a smoke alarm.
A resident of the apartment attempted to put out the
iam.es with a fire extinguisher, but the fire did not go out.
The flames eventually extinguished themselves before
he Alpha Fire Company arrived on the scene, Police said.
; ’oiice said that there were no injuries in connection with
he incident.
The apartment's resident had to be moved to temporary
u.-ing so that the apartment could be cleaned and a
iaecnient oven could be installed, police said.
Pa. man one of ten killed in Afghanistan
LAM ASTER A central Pennsylvania man was one of 10
members of a medical team gunned down in Afghanistan, a
; ehgious relief and service organization said Sunday.
The family of Glen Lapp, 40, of Lancaster, was told of his
1 s ,nday morning, according to the Mennonite Central
i imittee
■ e killed in the attack Thursday were part of an
- jb mal Assistance Mission providing eye care and
medical help.
■ he Taliban has said it was responsible for the killings,
ii: emu that the workers were trying to convert Afghans to
i^nitv
jnd friends of the victims deny that.
ij;p went to Afghanistan in 2008 and was to remain until
her. !!ie mission said.
•V! Si-.ugh trained as a nurse, he was not working as a medic
in \tehanistan but served as executive assistant for the mis
< ;iiie manager of its provincial ophthalmic care program,
-,t"N -'".omati Cheryl Zehr Walker said.
, | o was a graduate of Eastern Mennonite University and
iad a nursing degree from Johns Hopkins University, the
ouuniitee said. He also volunteered for relief efforts for hur
i res Katrina and Rita and worked as a nurse in Lancaster,
New York City and Supai, Ariz.
Lapp's mother. Mary, said the family was referring all calls
to the committee.
Investigators looking into plane crash
PALINA - Investigators worked Sunday to remove wreck
age n; a plane that plummeted into a western Pennsylvania
iv ore. killing both people on board and narrowly missing the
homeowner
Dan Slovens, spokesman for Westmoreland County, said
fymdax that workers and the National Transportation Safety
Board were on the scene and making "slow progress" in try
iotj to extricate the fuselage.
fii.dais are also interviewing witnesses and will review
maintenance records, as well as air traffic control and radar
data. 1 lolioway said. Because of the fire that erupted after the
craßi. investigators had still not verified the plane's identifi
cation number, he said.
Ti.. BE.)8 Beech Baron took off from Arnold Palmer
Regional Airport in Latrobe. Pa., at 9:08 a.m. Saturday and
.-.shed ll minutes later in the rural area about 90 miles
x sheas! oj Pittsburgh, the Federal Aviation Administration
Sic-vens said the plane was on a certification flight and went
through the house and landed in the garage, where it was
buried by brick and concrete rubble. Autopsies were planned
Sunday to verify the identities of the two men on the plane, but
i he coroner's office was unavailable for comment.
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Student death ruled suicide
Department said they were called to the Beaver Avenue Garage, police
the 200 block of “F” Alley, west of the said.
Beaver Avenue Garage at about Police said no foul play is suspect-
The Thursday morning death of a 12:40 a.m. Thursday, following ed in connection with the student’s
Penn State student who fell from the reports of an unresponsive person, death.
Beaver Avenue Garage has been They found the student dead Police said the Penn State Office
ruled a suicide, Centre County when they arrived at the scene, of Student Affairs was notified, and
Coroner Scott Sayers said Friday. police said. officials from the office are providing
Sayers said no signs of alcohol or Centre Life Link officials were assistance to the student’s family
other substances have been found in called to the scene along with and friends,
the student’s system at this point. Sayers, who pronounced the 23-
The State College Police year-old dead as result of a fall from To e-mail reporter: cmms773@psu.edu
Obama: Health care aids seniors
WASHINGTON President
Barack Obama says Medicare will
exist for many more years, thanks to
new legislation that helped put the
health care program for America’s
seniors on stronger financial foot
ing.
Seniors already are benefiting
from that new health care law, said
Obama, noting that many have
received $250 rebates to help buy
medicine, for example.
Obama said the law and efforts by
his administration to eliminate
waste, fraud and abuse both in
Borough
From Page 1.
the council despite not having a
vote.
Additionally, the student would borough council in various ways is something they are interested in,”
have to become familiar with each of including attending council meet- Ragland said. “If we could get this
the issues addressed by the council ings and running for office for stu- done by the end of summer, that
along with attending the meetings, dents who will be in the area for sev- would be a dream come true.”
Lawrence said. eral years.
“It took me quite a while to While he is unsure when the pro-
Onorato
From Page 1,
Ghormoz, the work Onorato did in
Allegheny County is a good indicator
of what to expect from him on a
statewide level.
“Dan has great experience with
creating jobs if you look at what
he did in Pittsburgh, I know he cre
ated a lot of economic growth,”
Ghormoz (senior-political science)
said. “He went pretty far in bringing
that county back and creating a lot
of jobs for a lot of people.”
Ghormoz also said Onorato has a
track record of creating jobs by cut
ting back on wasteful spending and
refocusing those funds toward
employment initiatives.
But Samuel Settle, president of
the Penn State Young Americans for
Freedom, said he’s skeptical that
focusing on high-tech industries
could produce large-scale job
growth, namely because of the
Pool party
From Page 1.
Katie Stoner (freshman-criminolo
gy) said.
“We’re here for the third part of
GTL,” Stoner said.
Cassidy Jagr (freshman-commu
nications) was also at the pool party
on Sunday.
Jagr said she enjoyed the extra
events in LEAP and was looking for
ward to the scheduled manhunt
game for freshman on Tuesday
night.
The pool party is a good way for
ABTS
From Page 1.
The Big 12 event, called “Big XII
on the HiU,” is an annual weekend
long trip during which students
meet with state legislators and
come together to discuss legislative
issues such as financial aid, accord
ing to the website of the Texas Tech
University Student Government
Association, one of the event’s par
ticipants.
ABTS participants are looking to
adopt a similar model for their pro
gram. in which the student leaders
first niw. i independently with legis-
phucollegian.coin
Conklin
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response teams would come from
the proposed severance tax on natu
ral gas production, Conklin said.
Failure to pass the severance tax
would be unimaginable, Conklin
said.
.Elizabeth Murphy
Alex Weisler
Jared Shanker
Katie Sullivan
Edgar Ramirez
Kevin Cirilli
Laura Nichols
Chris Zook
“The taxpayers’ cost to cleanup
when something happens greatly
outweighs the cost of prevention,”
Conklin said.
.Bill Landis
....Andrew Robinson
.Heather Schmelzlen
Jenna Ekdahl
Steph Witt
The proposed regulations include
having an emergency response
trained employee present at well
sites during both exploration and
drilling as well as having an annual
ly trained emergency response
team based within one hour of trav
el time from each specific well site,
Conklin said.
.Kelsey Thompson
Alissa Nemzer
lulia Brondani
....Brittany Thrush
...Danielle Meyers
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
By The Associated Press
Medicare and across government
generally are making the program
stronger and cutting health care
costs for seniors.
“Medicare isn’t just a program,”
Obama said Saturday in his weekly
radio and Internet message. “It’s a
commitment to America’s seniors
that after working your whole life,
you’ve earned the security of quality
health care you can afford.”
“As long as I am president, that’s
a commitment this country is going
to keep,” he said. An annual report
this week from the trustees who
oversee Medicare, including the
Treasury and Health and Human
become familiar with the rules and posal will see a vote, Ragland said
regulations,” Lawrence said. “I’m he is looking for comments and crit
open to. it, but I’m concerned about icism from both students and resi
naming a student to the council.” dents on how to make the proposal
Ragland said he wants to encour- better,
age students to get involved with the “I’m excited to see if this proposal
extensive training required for
many careers in the field.
“By its very nature, it’s a some
what exclusive industry,” Settle
(junior-political science) said. “It’s
just not a good way of creating a lot
of jobs in the short term, whereas
with things like creating a cheap
infrastructure for shipping or ener
gy drilling you create a whole spec
trum of supplemental industries
that can be handled by a wide spec
trum of people.”
Settle said other aspects of the
Onorato’s economic plan such as
taxing Marcellus Shale drilling and
not taking a stance when given the
chance against 1-80 tolling also
have the potential to drive away two
major sources of economic growth
for Pennsylvania.
Though some are skeptical about
Onorato’s proposals, it’s not just the
candidate’s politics that make his
stop in State College an exciting
one.
1 think it’s great he’s coming to
the freshman to wrap up their sum
mer session at Penn State, said
LEAP mentor Colleen Cwenar (jun
ior-security and risk analysis).
Cwenar organized Sunday’s pool
party by renting out the McCoy
Natatorium after regular hours so
the pool could be open for just fresh
men.
Even though it is the weekend
before finals for summer session,
Cwenar said she hoped that a good
amount of students would attend the
event Sunday night.
“It’s the last time all of LEAP will
be together,” Cwenar said.
Even the LEAP mentors were
lators from their respective states
and then re-convene to meet as a
group with congressional leaders at
the capitol, Ragland said.
And Ragland said the main focus
of the discussion next spring will
likely be on issues related to tuition,
but he’s looking forward to use the
platform as an opportunity to bring
other issues such as campus safety
to legislators’ attention.
UPUA Director of Governmental
Affairs Travis Salters, who also
attended the ABTS Conference, will
work with students at other Big Ten
schools to help coordinate Penn
State’s involvement in the event.
“It only makes sense that we
The Mid-State Regional Airport in
Philipsburg is the proposed site of
the base for the emergency
response team because of facility’s
proximity to the Marcellus Shale
1 idustry, Conklin said.
“The Mid-State Airport immedi
ately comes to mind when I think of
a hub for a certified response team,”
Conklin said. “The Rush Township
facility is just 20 miles from State
College and centrally located to
many current drilling sites through
out the Centre Region.”
To provide emergency response
service, Conklin consulted a Texas
based emergency response compa
ny, Boots and Coots International
Well Control, Inc., said Conklin’s
chief of staff Tor Michaels.
The company provides different
tiers of service in terms of staffing
and equipment, and the cost for the
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Services secretaries, said the pro
gram will stay afloat for a dozen
years longer than previously pro
jected, due to the sweeping health
care overhaul Obama signed in
March.
Obama wants to let a series of tax
cuts for the wealthiest Americans
that were enacted during the Bush
administration expire on schedule
in January. Illinois Rep. Peter
Roskam criticized the government’s
spending and the prospect of higher
taxes at a time of continued high
unemployment. Republicans argue
that such a move would further
damage the economy.
To e-mail reporter: prosoo4@psu.edu
If you go
What: Dan Onorato press confer
ence
When: 11:15 a.m., today
Where: RTD Embedded
Technologies, 103 Innovation
Blvd.
Details: Free and open to the
public
Source: Onorato campaign
Penn State again,” Ghormoz said.
“He’s an alum, so it’s really awe
some.”
And Fetterman also said the
opportunity for Onorato to visit his
alma mater didn’t hurt the decision
to give a speech at RTD Embedded
Technologies either.
“Dan always likes coming back to
Penn State,” he said.
To e-mail reporter: cmms773@psu.edu
excited to be spending one last
afternoon with the students in their
prides, LEAP mentor Lienard
Chang (sophomore-engineering)
said.
“The best part is the atmos
phere,” Chang said. “This is my first
experience at the pool.”
Sunday’s event was a good way
for students to relax one last time
before the end of the semester with
their LEAP mentors and friends,
Ritsko said.
“It’s going to be very sad once this
is all over,” he said.
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should have something that brings
us together,” Salters (junior-broad
cast journalism and African and
African-American studies) said.
ABTS leaders also teamed up to
tackle issues including sportsman
ship, campus safety, campus sus
tainability and town-gown relations.
Ragland said he was pleased to
see schools come together to advo
cate on behalf of students across the
Big Ten.
“Leaders are more inclined to
talk to a group,” Ragland saiu. “We
send a strong message when we
come with 12 universities.”
To e-mail reporter: cmms773@psu.edu
emergency response programs
would depend on the level of service
requested by Centre County offi
cials, Michaels said.
Conklin’s proposed legislation
would also require the local emer
gency response teams to be notified
within 15 minutes of an emergency
situation. OSHA would also have to
be notified within the first hour of
the emergency, Conklin said.
Conklin also spoke briefly about
providing additional funding to the
Centre County Grange Fair equine
facility.
Officials from Boots and Coots
International Well Control, Inc. and
the Mid-State Regional Airport .lid
not answer repeated calls for com
ment concerning the proposed leg
islation.
To e-mail reporter: zjgsol2@psu.edu