4 I MONDAY, Auc. 30, 2010
Locals welcome
students to area
By Anita Modi
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State student and rugby
player Rebecca Koons never
expected to find another lady rug
ger when she welcomed a group
of State College locals to her front
porch on Atherton Street on
Sunday afternoon.
Instead of asking for directions,
as Koons expected, the group
presented her with two bags of
chocolate chip cookies for her
and her five roommates, intro
ducing themselves as her neigh
bors.
"It was fantastic to meet all of
them," Koons (senior-kinesiolo-
Iv) said. "We know there are both
students and families living in the
houses around us, but we never
know which is which."
Through casual conversation.
Koons found that the leader of the
group, Becky Misangyi, used to
play rugby in college and was
interested in attending a few
Penn State games.
This common interest was dis
covered as Misangyi, a State
College resident for two years,
participated in an independent
Neighborhood Walk separate
from the Living in One
Neighborhood (LION) Walk
scheduled for later this week. The
walk was organized by Misangyi
and aimed to foster a relationship
Penn State research
combats Salmonella
By Micah Wintner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
While Congress continues to
deal with a massive egg recall,
Pennsylvania's eggs remain safer
to eat than those in the rest of the
country, in part because of Penn
State scientists.
When the northeastern United
States experienced a sixfold
increase of Salmonella enteritidis
in its eggs between 1976 and 1986,
Pennsylvanian scientists
including Penn State experts --
knew action had to be taken early
"We got very aggressive about
controlling [Salmonella enteri
tidis] and reducing it in our hens
in Pennsylvania," Penn State
poultry science professor Paul
Patterson said.
The Pennsylvania Egg Quality
Assurance Program (PEQAP)
was formed to reduce Salmonella
from poultry farms.
Representatives from Penn
State, the University of
Pennsylvania and the state
departments of Health and
Agriculture take part in PEQAP.
To reduce Salmonella enteri
tidis. scientists used a process
known as Hazard Analysis
Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Patterson said.
HACCP is a program that was
developed in the 1960 s by
Pillsbury to help assure NASA
that astronauts were going into
space with safe food, Patterson
said. PEQAP started applying the
HACCP system to pre-harvested
Pennsylvanian eggs in the 19905,
Patterson said.
And since then, the number of
eggs with Salmonella per every
10,000 eggs has been reduced
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between student residents and
State College locals by welcoming
newcomers and returning stu
dents to the neighborhood.
Misangyi said she wanted to
improve relations between locals
and students after she found a
Penn State student taking a
shower in her home after a night
of heavy drinking in May 2009.
"It was a traumatic experience
for our family," Misangyi said. "I
started telling our neighbors
about it and everybody had a
story." Misangyi said the majori
ty of problems between perma
nent residents and student resi
dents stem from students' exces
sive drinking, which causes dis
ruption between 2 and 3 a.m. on a
regular basis.
While her family doesn't inter
act much with the students dur
ing the daytime, Misangyi said at
night students create a threaten
ing environment for her three
daughters: ages nine, 12 and 14.
Austin Antolik and Justin
Polosky, who have lived both on
and off-campus in the past, said
they felt like they were part of a
community for the first time after
a group came to visit their home.
"It was great of them to come
here, take the initiative and inter
act with students," Antolik (sen
ior-chemical engineering) said.
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Fast Facts:
■ Salmonella increased sixfold
in Northeast USA between
1976 and 1986
■ PSU started conducting
tests in the 90s to combat
Salmonella
from 2.6 to 1.2, he said.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) adopted
PEQAP's principles on July 9.
Patterson said he has received
phone calls from the FDA regard
ing the PEQAP program, and
FDA officials have come to
PEQAP for training.
The Pennsylvania Animal
Diagnostic Laboratory conducts
tests for the PEQAP program.
There are multiple labs in
Pennsylvania, including at Penn.
State.
- A lot of the research done at
our lab was the precursor that is
now the PEQAP program," said
Patricia Dunn, senior research
associate at the Penn State
Animal Diagnostic Laboratory.
That research, done almost 20
years ago, "pointed to the most
strategic way to combat
Salmonella in chickens," Dunn
said. Today, the lab tests different
environments manure sam
ples and chick papers, among
others for Salmonella.
Dunn said large institutions
like restaurants or prisons are
vulnerable to Salmonella enteri
tidis, where one egg with only a
few bacteria could be mixed with
other eggs.
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LOCAL
Jason Frost (junior-accounting) volunteered with her classmates to pull weeds at the Arboretum on Friday
morning. More than 100 Masters of Accounting students participated in the community service project, which
was designed to help students get to know one another and to meet representatives from auditing firms.
Students bond, volunteer
By Micah Wintner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
About 130 Masters of
Accounting (MAcc) students
showed up at the Arboretum to
pluck weeds Friday a much
larger turnout than MAcc
Program Student Association
President Paul Lerew expected.
The community service was
part of the MAcc Program
Student Association's plan to
"kick off the fall semester," Lerew
said.
The event was also designed to
help students in the MAcc pro
gram get to know each other.
Due to the large turnout, some
students worked at the recycling
center instead.
Representatives from auditing
firms Ernst & Young, Grant
Thornton, KPMG and
PricewaterhouseCoopers also
attended. Three of those are part
Thompson to speak on security
By Katrina Wehr
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
With state elections right
around the corner, Penn State
students have the opportunity to
see incumbent
congressional
candidate Glenn
"GT" Thompson
speak tonight
security
- National
Security in the
Wake of 9/11" will Thompson
be held at 8 p.m.
in 110 Wartik Building. The topic
was chosen as a lead-in to the
nine-year anniversary of the 9/11
terrorist attacks, said Samuel
Settle, chairman of Penn State
Young Americans for Freedom
(YAF), the group sponsoring the
talk.
Typically YAF plans a 9/11
memorial every year, Settle said,
but due to the congressman's
busy schedule, the group decided
to have him come early.
Thompson, R-Pa., a Penn State
alumnus, represents the fifth con-
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"[Friday] was an opportunity
for the seniors and juniors to get
to know the accounting firms that
will be back and recruiting over
the upcoming weeks and at the
career fair," Jon Cochrane (sen
ior-accounting) said.
Cochrane, a senior in the MAcc
program, said he enjoyed the
community service.
- I'm just coming back to do
what others have done for me,"
he said.
Cochrane recently accepted a
full-time job with Ernst & Young
and will start working for them in
fall 2011, he said.
Mike Denove, a representative
from Ernst & Young, said recruit
ing season for firms began
Thursday.
Denove said Penn State pro
duces "high-caliber business stu
dents" and is the fifth-largest con-
gressional district, which
includes State College.
But the chance to see a signifi
cant political figure is not the only
reason students and State
College residents should come
out to hear Thompson speak,
Settle (junior-political science
and history) said.
"The subject is important,"
Settle said. "National security is
basic, and if you don't have that,
then you really don't have any
thing."
This particular talk is impor
tant for another reason too, YAF
Vice Chairman David Carr, said.
With the state elections coming
up, the speech provides a chance
for students to get acquainted
with the candidate before casting
their vote in the November elec
tions.
A question-and-answer session
will follow the talk, Carr (junior
economics) said, giving students
the opportunity to ask Thompson
about issues that are important to
them.
There is mutual benefit for both
students and politicians who
come to these types of presenta-
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The community service was a
good opportunity to start getting
to know the students and look for
possible interns, Denove said.
The firms will be back on cam
pus for interviews in October, and
will attend various career fairs at
Penn State throughout the year,
Lerew said.
Seniors in the MAcc program
had the opportunity Thursday
night to network with the firms
and ask questions of a panel
made up of the four firms' human
resources personnel.
An etiquette dinner also took
place Thursday night.
"It was really great to hear the
atmosphere at the etiquette din
ner," Lerew said. "It seemed like
people were really enjoying them
selves."
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What: National Security in
Wake of 9/11 featuring
Congressman Glenn Thompson
When: 8 tonight
Where: 110 Wartik Building
tions, aside from deciding whom
to vote for, Carr said.
"It's a good way for students to
get new perspectives from people
who work in these fields," Carr
said. "It's also a good way for
politicians to get perspectives
from an audience they're not
around as much."
Anthony Christina, vice chair
man of the Penn State College
Republicans, said the speech will
be interesting for everyone
Democrat or Republican as
long as they keep an open mind.
He said Thompson's speech
would be a unique opportunity for
students to hear about an issue
from someone who has firsthand
experience.
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