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Former professor survives crash
By Brendan McNally
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Former Penn State professor
Sean O'Keefe survived a plane
crash that killed former Alaska
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens and four
other passengers Tuesday in
Alaska.
O’Keefe, 54. was a business
administration professor at Penn
State from 1993-1996 and served
as Assistant to the Vice President
of Research. university
spokesman Geoff Rushton said.
Council
opinion
differs
Reactions to
Ragland’s
plan vary
By Paul Osolnick
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
One day after his proposal to
appoint a student as a non-vot
ing member of the State College
Borough Council was dismissed,
student body president
Christian Ragland vow >d to
return the idea to the cou: il in
the fall.
But as the University Park
Undergraduate Association
(UPUA) tries to get a student on
the borough council, it will face
opposition from several of the
group’s members.
State College Borough
Council member Tom Daubert is
among several council members
who do not support the proposal
to make a student a non-voting
member of the borough council.
"You can't have someone
who is sitting on council who
is negative about everything that
is non-student." Daubert said.
"That would be like if we were
negative to everything that was
student, and that would be stu
pid."
Ragland (senior-political sci
ence) said the proposal to the
council was to lay the ground
work for the UPUA's initiative in
the fall.
"All 44.000 I students I will be
back soon, so we can probably
garner some support." Ragland
said. "When students can be a
stakeholder and have the oppor
tunity to represent students,
that is a definite plus."
Daubert who opposed the
proposal for a student member
said under the Home Rule
Charter, the borough can not
legally appoint members. But
the charter does not address the
issue of non-voting members,
Daubert said.
“Members can only be elect
ed." Daubert said. "We cannot
appoint members. We have to do
this according to the law."
Daubert said he would be will
ing to have a student liaison to
the council but does not like the
term "non-voting member."
"I don't like that nomencla
ture," Daubert said. “I have
never heard of a non-voting
member. I think what that per
son is called is not important."
Daubert said students "don't
give a darn about" more than 80
percent of issues addressed by
the borough council because
the issues do not affect students.
Ragland said the council's
response provided him with the
feedback he wanted to make the
proposal better.
“Those were the comments
See COUNCIL. Page 2.
Reasons why
Home Rule Charter: The bor
ough cannot legally appoint
members. Some members felt ♦
students do not “give a. darn"
about 80 percent of the
issues addressed by the bor
ough.
The next step: Plans to talk
with other Big Ten schools,
surrounding area town offi
cials to gage how a non-voting
student member has worked
for their town-gown dynamic.
O’Keefe and his
son Kevin sur
vived the crash
yesterday.
The two
escaped the crash
with broken bones
and other minor
injuries that are
not considered
life-threatening. the Post Cold War Era,” was pub-
O’Keefe was NASA administra- lished in 1999, Susman said,
tor for three years from 2001 to O’Keefe left his position as
2004. He served in that position Secretary of the Navy and sought
when the shuttle Columbia broke See CRASH, Page 2.
Democratic congressional candidate Michael Pipe spoke at Tuesday's town hail meeting.
Pipe addresses
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
A diverse group of people
attended last night’s town hall
meeting at the Schlow-Centre
Region Library to listen to
Michael Pipe discuss his cam
paign and pressing issues with
State College residents.
The crowd composed of
community members, students,
and even some Penn State facul
ty listened to Pipe introduce
PSU sets up academic plan
By Micah Wintrier
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Penn State is currently imple
menting its five year strategic
plan to help improve the univer
sity's educational standards and
fiscal policy.
The plan which is set to be
fully in place by 2013 is “some
thing that needs to be done to
keep a higher education institu
tion on track,” Penn State spokes
woman Annemarie Mountz said.
Mountz listed several of the
plan’s goals, including: enhanc-
Relay for Life fundraising hits the open road
By Paul Osolnick
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
A 100-mile motorcycle ride will The event will have motorcy
be held by Restek’s Relay for Life clists ride a 100-mile loop around
team on Saturday to raise money the area stopping at three specif
for the American Cancer Society, ic locations to pick up a poker
The “Revved Up for Ftm” sec- card. Along with the card
ond annual motorcycle poker run received at the beginning and end
will start at Restek Corporation, of the ride, the biker will have to
110 Benner Circle in Bellefonte. make the best five-card hand. The
Jim Richards, a volunteer for rider with the best hand will win
the event, said about 50 riders $75, Richards said,
have pre-registered for the chari- The total ride
apart during re-entry in 2003.
He now serves as the CEO of
EADS North America, a defense
contractor.
He co-authored a book with
Penn State professor Gerald
Susman about the post-Cold
War defense industry, Susman
said.
The book, “Defense Industry in
himself and describe his stance
on certain issues.
But the members of the audi
ence weren’t there to just Listen
to Pipe they were also present
to voice their opinions and field
questions to the Democratic con
gressional hopeful.
And the crowd’s involvement
on Tuesday night was excellent.
Pipe said.
“There was a great range of
things we talked about," Pipe
said.
Five year plan
1: Enhancing student success
2: Create PSU as a global
school
3: Enhancing diversity
4: Serving the people of the
commonwealth
5: Use technology to expand
ing student success; realizing
Penn State's potential as a global
university; enhancing diversity 1 ;
ty event. Registration on the day
of the event goes from 9 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.
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A survivor of the plane crash is taken to a waiting Anchorage Fire
Department Paramedic rig yesterday.
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After introducing himself for
ten minutes. Pipe opened the
floor to questions from the audi
ence.
The ability to have a diverse
group of people speak and voice
their concerns was one of the
benefits of a town hall meeting,
Pipe said.
“It’s necessary for people to
voice their concerns,” Pipe said.
“I will bring people into the
process."
serving the people of the com
monwealth; and using technolo
gy to expand opportunities.
The plan's goals are listed in a !
complex implementation matrix,
which helps keep track of the
plan's progress, Mountz said..
Pennsylvania State Sen. Jake
Corman, R-Centre, said he sup
ports the plan, even though Penn
State will have to spend more
money during the economic
recession. Corman said ‘Penn
State is being fiscally responsible
by planning for the long-term.
See PLAN, Page 2.
stops takes about two and a
half hours to complete, Richards
said. Motorcyclists can go at their
own pace during the ride as the
winner of the poker run is deter
mined at the end of the event,
Richards said.
Richards said about 170 riders
participated in last year’s ride
raising roughly $6,500. This year,
the team is hoping to break the
200-rider mark, he said.
Liz Kauffman, community
See RELAY, Page 2.
including
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See PIPE. Page 2.
Participants walk at Relay for Life.
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PSU
hosts
talks
Several candidates cam
paign in hopes of gar
nering votes.
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Addressing a roomful of offi
cials from the state’s 67 counties,
Pennsylvania Attorney General
and Republican —_
gubernatorial ;
candidate Tom
Corbett stressed
his policy of
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empowering
govern-
ment and tried
to appeal to anti- BBhk—
tax sentiments Corbett
during his latest
stop in State College.
Corbett was one of several
Pennsylvania politicians to
speak during the County
Commissioners Association of
Pennsylvania (CCAP) Annual
Conference, held from August 8-
11 at the Penn Stater Conference
Center Hotel. Corbett’s oppo
nent Dan Onorato and Senate
candidate Joe Sestak each gave
presentations at the conference
Monday night.
CCAP officials said they
offered each gubernatorial can
didate 30 minutes to speak fol
lowed by 30 minutes of questions
from conference attendees.
But Corbett did not stay for
questions following his speech
due to “scheduling conflicts,”
Corbett campaign spokesman
Kevin Harley said.
In his speech, Corbett said he
would uphold “fiscal discipline,
limited government and free
enterprise” if elected making
a pledge to enact no new taxes
and emphasizing his history as a
public corruption prosecutor.
He also noted a growing trend
among Pennsylvania’s youth
leaving the state for jobs else
where and said he’d focus on
providing employment opportu
nities in the state.
Corbett also took a few jabs at
his opponent when he refer
enced the drink tax first set at
10 percent in 2008 and lowered to
7 percent in January 2010
enacted under Onorato’s term in
Allegheny County. He also drew
parallels between Onorato and
Governor Ed Rendell’s “tax and
spend” mentality.
“I’m offering economic oppor
tunity while he’s offering nega
tivity,” Corbett said.
After Corbett exited, Fhlton
County Commissioner Bonnie
Keefer said she was pleased with
many of the ideas the candidate
offered in his speech, especially
his emphasis on curbing
See CORBETT, Page 2.
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