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Onorato talks jobs
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Dan Onorato's visit to State
College Monday didn't find him
giving a campaign speech to a
crowd in the middle of campus.
Instead, the gubernatorial can
didate spent the morning touring
a local technology company and
presenting his plan for revamping
the state's economy.
Inside RTD Embedded
Technologies, 103 Innovation
Blvd., Onorato received an up-
Pittsburgh Steeiers quarterback Byron Leftwich, right, signs autographs for fans following the NFL football team's training camp session in
Latrobe, Pa., Monday.
Smeal
targets
essays
By Paul Osolnick
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
In an effort to deter plagia
rism in admission essays, the
Smeal College of Business will
now use Tbrnitin for Admissions
an Internet plagiarism check
er in the college s MBA pro
gram.
The program's use of the anti
plagiarism service was put in
place after 30 applicants for the
2009-2010 program plagiarized
from published articles that
were recently published at the
time on the same topic as the
admission essay, said Carrie
Marcinkevage, MBA program
admissions director.
The applications were one
page long and about •‘principled
leadership," Marcinkevage said.
The plagiarism ranged from
unattributed paraphrasing to
copying and pasting of three
whole paragraphs, she said.
After it was determined the
application essays contained
plagiarism, 15 applicants were
denied admission, nine inter
views were canceled and one
admission was rescinded,
Marcinkevage said.
Four of the applications were
determined to be “borderline
plagiarism” and the applicants
were invited to re-write their
essays.
Marcinkevage said the pro
gram has seen plagiarism only
on a very limited basis before,
See ESSAYS, Page 2.
close look at the Pennsylvania
based company, whose products
used both locally and as far
away as the South Pole or aboard
several NASA missions are
designed and manufactured
under one roof.
Though several employees are
employed internationally, most of
the company's 60-person work
force operates from within the
Innovation Park facility, according
to RTD officials.
Onorato said his economic plan
for Pennsylvania includes provi-
New shops, such as Logan’s Grill, 334 E. Calder Way, are expected to open soon
Shops to open on Calder
By Paul Osolnick
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Downtown State College could
see several new shops on East
Calder Way in the upcoming
months two storefronts have
been filled and three more are in
negotiations.
The 320-334 E. Calder Way
strip of properties near the
Chipotle Mexican Grill, 116
Heister St., has recently opened a
women's clothing store and will
feature a grill restaurant within
Corbett will speak at PSU conference
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
With just 12 weeks remaining
until the polls open, candidates
vying for a spot as Pennsylvania’s
next governor are making fre
quent visits to Centre County
an area that, in recent years, has
played a decisive role in the elec
tion.
After his opponent made sever
al stops in the area Monday,
Republican gubernatorial cancli
sions for encouraging enterpre
neurship and innovation within
the state, as well as making use of
the state’s vocational schools,
technical institutes and universi
ties to train the workforce for
high-paying jobs at all education
levels.
At the RTD facility, Onorato
emphasized the growing demand
for “jobs of the future” such as
those with this company, and said
even older industries like the steel
plants in Allegheny County where
See ONORATO. Page 2.
the next six to eight weeks.
Flesh Decor, 332 E. Calder
Way, held its grand opening at the
downtown location on June 12,
said Erika Heinz, buyer and styl
ist.
The store is an upscale cloth
ing boutique that offers some
thing for everyone with womens
clothing options from casual
jeans and dresses to more ele
gant dresses for special occa
sions, Heinz said.
“I think there are other stores
that are somewhat similar,”
date and
Pennsylvania
Attorney General
Tom Corbett will
speak at the
County Commis
sioners Associa
tion of Pennsyh
vania (CCAP) Corbett
Annual
ence.
Corbett is slated to speak
between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
today at the conference, an annu-
Courtesy of RTD Embedded Technologies
Gubernatorial candidate Dan
Onorato, right, speaks with RTD
CEO Paul A.T. Haris.
Heinz said. “But I think this store
has its own unique feel."
While the store offers several
clothing options for women of all
ages, Heinz said the store spe
cializes on party dresses.
Even though the store has
only been open for a few weeks,
Heinz said it has seen steady
business and interest from the
community.
Heinz said she expects busi
ness to increase considerably
when students return as the
See CALDER, Page 2.
al gathering of commissioners
from Pennsylvania’s 67 counties,
held from August 8-11 the Penn
Stater Conference Center Hotel.
Democratic gubernatorial can
didate Dan Onorato, Corbett’s
opponent, and Democratic Senate
candidate Joe Sestak also spoke
during a “Candidate
Presentations” section of the con
ference Monday night, according
to the event schedule. portion of the event, Corbett will
During his appearance at the be given 30 minutes to speak
CCAP Annual Business Meeting See CORBETT, Page 2.
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Plan
faces
doubt
Ragland’s
idea stalls
By Paul Osolnick
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The State College Borough
Council took no action Monday
night on University Park
Undergraduate
Association
(UPUA) Pres
ident Christian
Ragland’s pro
posal to include
a non-voting stu
dent member on
the council
Ragland
Ragland (sen
ior-political sci
ence) presented a three-phase
proposal to the council at
Monday's meeting:
During phase one, UPUA
would appoint a UPUA member
to attend council meetings,
while increasing student aware
ness about local government
issues.
During phase two. UPUA
would work to increase student
involvement on authorities,
boards and commissions (ABC).
The third phase would add a
non-voting Penn State student to
the council. Ragland did not
specify a time period for each
phase.
“The non-voting student is the
first step in bridging the gap,”
Ragland said. "The goal is to
work together not at each
other.”
Council member Peter Morris
said he supports the proposal
even though council president
Ron Filipelli and several other
council members opposed the
idea of adding a non-voting mem
ber.
“I certainly agree with this,"
Morris said. "And I would like it
to happen.”
Ragland said he won’t back
down despite the council’s deci
sion not to take action.
Ragland said he’ll talk with
student leaders from Big Ten
universities like lowa, Indiana
and Michigan State that have
non-voting members in their
towns.
"We are not the first to do
this,” Ragland said. "We are fol
lowing the lead of other universi
ties.”
Borough Council President
Ron Filippelli said he opposes
any non-voting member on coun
cil because each of the official
members was elected, calling
adding another non-voting stu
dent member “inappropriate.”
Filippelli proposed the idea of
student liaisons to the council
who could attend meetings and
voice their opinions but would
not hold a seat on the council.
Council member Teresa Lafer
said she thought it’d be difficult
for one student to be a council
member because the position
would require the student to bal
ance the council’s schedule with
classes. She said she’d like to see
a group of student liaisons.
Tyler Wentz (freshmen-divi
sion of undergraduate studies)
attended the meeting to see if
the proposal would pass. Wentz
said a student liaison would not
be good enough.
“There has to be interaction,
not just someone who sits and
listens,” Wentz said.
To e-mail reporter: proSoo4@psu.edu
If you go
Who: Pennsylvania Attorney
General Tom Corbett
When: 8:30-11:30 a.m., today
Where:Penn Stater Conference
Center Hotel