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By Megan Rogers Caitlin Rush, Homecoming pub- tive for the university, ariteS
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER lic relations director, said Bayer is Homecoming Alumni Relations 4
a "timely" alumna because of her Director DJ Ryan said. ) _
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Speed skating Olympian Allison recent appearance and accom- Bayer began the "Off the Ice" ' 1 65/
Bayer is the first Commonwealth plishments in the Winter program, which encourages _. - .•
Campus alumna to ever be select- Olympics. Bayer earned her first young children especially chil-
back
ed as Penn State's Homecoming Olympic medal at the Vancouver dren from disadvantaged areas
Grand Marshal. games, where she placed third in to get involved in speed skating, ,
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Bayer's selection was the 3,000-meter relay. Ryan (senior-communication arts -,
announced on Wednesday, and But it's not just her professional and sciences) said. .--•
members of the homecoming accomplishments that earned "It seems like she's constantly 1 11 P
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committee said there are plenty of Bayer, who was unavailable for doing something in an advocacy /
reasons why Bayer, Class of 2003, comment, her title. level," he said. "That made me hour
is a great representative for the
university
Al Brulo (senior-civil engineering) interacts with magician Justin Kredible during his show on Wednesday night in Heritage Hall. Kredible performed
Wednesday night, mixing his magic with comedy to target his show to a college-aged audience.
Magician gives `Kredible' show
By Heather Panetta
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Chatter and laughter quickly rolling, literally, for his first trick.
filled the Paul Robeson Cultural Urging the audience to clap to
Center's Heritage Hall on Kings of Leon's song "Taper Jean
Wednesday night as students Girl," Kredible drew a bowling
piled in to see magician Justin ball on a large notepad. He then
Kredible perform. closed the notepad and a real
"Like a magician but cooler," bowling ball dropped out.
Kredible said as he got the crowd Kredible's mix of comedy and
motivated by shouting to each magic is what students said they
side and asking where the fresh- could really relate to and what
men were. Kredible can also be makes him stand out from
Copper Beech renews bus contract
By Anita Modi
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Five days after tenants received
a notice on their doors informing
them that Copper Beech had
decided to discontinue CATA bus
services, the apartment complex
posted another notice: The regu
lar bus routes were back.
The notice, posted Wednesday
morning, announced that Copper
Beech had reinstated its
relationship with the Centre Area
Transit Authority, providing more
convenient hours to transport
Coach talks women's volleyball future
to give definite answers on who
would replace Alisha Glass as the
team's regular setter or who
Russ Rose addressed reporters would be in the starting lineup
Wednesday morning in his annual
_when top-ranked Penn State kicks
preseason press conference at the off the season against North
Bryce Jordan Center, but there Carolina this Friday.
wasn't much the 56-year-old was Rose did, however, want to
willing to give away. make one thing clear: He doesn't
Dressed in a navy blue polo and think his Nittany Lions are a No. 1
his signature thin-wired, wide-oval team.
glasses, the head coach of the Not right now, at least.
Penn State women's volleyball See VOLLEYBALL, Page 2.
team displayed his usual straight-
Tyler Sizemore/Collegian faced sarcasm. For more coverage on women's
Volleyball Coach Russ Rose talks about the upcoming season. Solemn and cryptic, he refused volleyball SPORTS, Page 10.
Bayer's philanthropic work also
makes her a strong representa-
seen as the host of Cupcake Wars
on the Food Network,
The Magician got the ball
students to and from campus.
According to the notice, Copper
Beech will discontinue the private
shuttle service it established in
CATAs place at the beginning of
fall semester.
Dong Liu used the private shut
tle Monday morning to get to class
and said he was disappointed with
the experience.
"The frequency of the buses
was unsatisfactory," Liu (gradu
ate-civil engineering) said. "Also, it
only stopped at the west side of
campus, so I had a long walk to
realize we made a good choice." David 1. Phillip/Associated Press
See HOMECOMING. Page 2. Allison Bayer skates at Vancouver.
other magicians they've seen.
"He seemingly combined
humor with magic," said
Ravender Virk (sophomore-elec
trical engineering), the president
of the Penn State Performing
Magicians.
'And that is what a lot of mod
ern magicians strive for, especial
ly those who do shows at college
campuses."
Several students were asked to
assist Kredible on some of his
tricks, including one student who
Effective immediately, CATA
will now provide service to tenants
of Copper Beech's two Aaron
Drive locations and to its sister
property, Parkway Plaza
Apartments.
The notice stated that the same
quality and frequency of service
from previous years will be
upheld.
"Copper Beech is thankful to
CATA and to our tenants for work
ing together with us to resolve this
situation," a Copper Beech repre
sentative wrote in an e-mail. "We
See COPPER BEECH, Page 2.
By Emily Kaplan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
offered Kredible a hundred-dollar
bill to use in his trick.
Kredible had the volunteer
write her name on the bill, fold it
and place it in an envelope.
Combined with three other sealed
decoy envelopes he had put a fold
ed post-it note in, Kredible told
her to pick the envelope she
believed the money was in as he
shredded the rest of them. The
student opened the envelope she
picked and did not find her money,
See MAGICIAN, Page 2.
Andrew Dunheimer/Collegtan
Copper Beech will renew its con
tract with CATA buses.
egian
Late bus now
runs to 4 a.m.
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The contract for the White
Loop extension program initi
ated last spring has been
renewed for the
fall semester but
will only
available until 4
a.m. as opposed
to the previous
4:30 am.
With the
reduction in the
time the student Ragland
government
sponsored program runs.
there's a "substantial difference
in the cost," said Doug Holmes,
interim director of transporta
tion at Penn State.
"The spring semester was the
first trial period of the year,"
University Park Undergraduate
Association (UPUA) President
Christian Ragland said. - After
looking at the spring semester,
we saw that it wasn't really being
used from 4 a.m. to 4:30 a.m."
Ragland (senior-political sci
ence) said student safety was
the reason UPUA members
wanted to have the program.
But the program ha.., not only
been beneficial for students
the Centre Area Transportation
Authority (CATA) said it fulfilled
the two goals CATA had.
"[We wanted] to establish a
partnership with UPUA, and
also through the extensions, we
saw the possibility to mitigate
the behavioral issues we saw
between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m.,"
CATA Service Development
Manager Eric Bernier said.
Bernier said the extension
proved successful for last
semester.
"People don't have to rush
home at 2 a.m. for the last trip, so
the buses weren't as crowded,"
he said. "People weren't as
charged up when they came on
the bus.-
Holmes said the program is
still in its trial period, and should
problems arise, the extended
hours will be "re-looked."
Ragland said a full year is nec
essary for a "firmer perspective"
on the success of the program.
The White Loop will begin its
extended hours this weekend,
and student ambassadors from
various student organizations
will continue to ride the buses
during the extended hours to
See LOOP. Page 2.
Students
seek say
in IT fee
By Micah Wintner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Many first-year Penn State
students leaving home for the
first time will quickly have to
adapt to rooms without wireless
internet but some student
leaders are trying to change
that.
Council of Commonwealth
Student Governments (CCSG)
President Mohamed Raouda is
working with University Park
Undergraduate Association
(UPUA) President Christian
Ragland to try to increase stu
dent oversight over the manda
tory information technology (IT)
fee.
CCSG recently submitted a
proposal that would allow stu
dents to set the priority list of
what gets funded by the IT fee,
Raouda said. Without student
oversight, it is difficult to track
See IT FEE, Page 2.
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