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By Alexa Agugliaro
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Sue Paterno could not be hap
pier to see a vision from 12 years
ago turn into reality today when
the new Catholic
Student Faith
Center finally
breaks ground
The new facil
ity will be named
the Suzanne
Pohland Pater-
Catholic
Student Faith Patemo
Center in honor
of her support, said Erik Bjalme,
the development coordinator of
the Catholic Campus Ministry,
"It has been a dream to have
this place, and it is absolutely
beyond an honor to have it
named for me," Paterno said.
"My daughter said that it was a
perfect match because of the
incredible role that faith plays in
my life."
Joe and Sue Paterno were
named the honorary co-chairs of
the Catholic Student Faith
Center because of their endless
generosity and support the
duo has donated alongside Bill
Schreyer and the Margaret
Stine Foundation, Catholic
Campus Ministry Father
Matthew Laffey said.
Paterno said she "had some
fun" driving up and down 1-80
trying to raise money for the
center.
Laffey said guests in atten
dance for the groundbreaking
will include Penn State
President Graham Spanier,
State College Mayor Elizabeth
Goreham Bishop Joseph
Ademec and Archabbot Douglas
R. Nowicki.
Laffey said the Catholic
Student Faith Center campaign
has raised $6.5 million thanks to
private donors and other organi
zations, but they still have anoth
er $1.5 million left to raise.
The actual ceremony will be
"very simple," Laffey said.
There will be a few remarks
made about the new center by
guest speakers, including Joe
See FAITH CENTER, Page 2.
Nigel Graham/Collegian
The groundbreaking ceremony
for the new Catholic Student
Faith Center begins today.
Non-traditional frats attract members
Series note: This is the second in a
five-part series offering a closer look
at the rushing process.
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Before a pledge becomes a brother at the
Tau 'Phi Delta fraternity, he will have shot a
clay bird or participated in an outdoor-ori
ented event.
It's not just your average poker night
rush eventiat some special interest frater
nities.
Tau Phi Delta, an outdoor interest frater
nity, isn't alone in unique recruitment
events several special interest fraterni
ties work to capture a certain audience.
give brothers a taste of activities they
might participate in as brothers like
white water rafting, hunting, fishing and
Students wait in line early Monday morning at the Bryce Jordan Center to purchase tickets for the upcoming football game against No. 1-ranked
Alabama. A lottery system was used to determine who received tickets, and only 250 people out of the 290 who showed up received tickets.
Lottery disappoints some
Tyler Sizemore/Collegian
Students were given wristbands, in
a randomized process.
THON open to input
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
THON Overall Committee
members said they will take feed
back they received at a Sunday
night meeting organized by
Interfraternity Council (IFC)
President Max Wendkos to
address concerns about recent
THON changes and look into
ways to continue consulting stu
dents.
One of the biggest issues dis
cussed at the meeting was the
role of competition in the
Interfraternity Council/Panhell
enic Dance Marathon, THON
Public Relations Overall
Chairwoman Jony Rommel said.
Students had both positive and
negative feedback, she said
but the THON representatives
were glad they got the chance to
answer some of the questions.
"[Sunday] night definitely
RUSH WEIK
camping Tau Phi Delta, 427 E.
Fairmount Ave., adds a few outdoor inter
est activities to its rush schedule, fraternity
president Corbin Rinehart said.
And pledges to Alpha Rho Chi, 320 S.
Fraser St., will understand the architectur
al and allied arts interest fraternity's niche
before they accept their bid.
The co-ed fraternity, which has a co-ed
fraternity house and an equal number of
female brothers as male brothers, holds
lectures and workshops during rush week,
fraternity president Caitlin Roe said.
Still, the fraternity wants to emphasize Members of Delta Theta Sigma, an agricultural
See FRATERNMES, Page 2. Interest fraternity, pose with rifles.
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State student Chris
Shlemon is furious.
Shlemon (junior-chemical engi
neering) did not get a ticket to the
Sept. 11 Penn State vs. Alabama
away football game even though
he woke up before 5 a.m. to wait
in line outside the Bryce Jordan
Center for the 7 a.m. lottery.
Because of a wristband lottery
a randomized process meant
to discourage students from
helped to serve as an opportunity
to explain why we made those
changes and where we're coming
from and our
decision-making
process,"
Rommel (senior
philosophy) said
Wendkos (sen
ior-marketing
and psychology)
arranged the
meeting at the
Delta Upsilon fra
ternity house, 229 Locust Lane,
which he said had about 200
attendees.
Wendkos declined to comment
on what was discussed at the
meeting.
He said he plans to continue
conversations with THON
Overall Committee Chairwoman
Kirsten Kelly to determine what
should happen in the future.
Kelly (senior-marketing) said
camping out for away game seats
Shlemon and more than 40
other student football fans went
home empty-handed.
Now Shlemon is faced with a
decision: Cancel his prepaid bus
trip to Alabama for Penn State's
away game or find scalped tickets
for hundreds more than box office
pricing.
"I understand that they don't
want camping, but if someone is a
fan of Penn State football, which I
consider myself, they should be
rewarded," Shlemon said. "The
the Overall Committee plans to
contact attendees at the meeting
to encourage continuing conver
sation and feed
back.
And Kelly said
THON officials
are looking for
ward to working
with all student
organizations,
adding that the
meeting fostered Kelly
a lot of - healthy
discussion."
"There were definitely strong
opinions from many different
people, but it was all in the best
interest of holding discussion
about THON," Kelly said.
Recent changes to the THON
rulebook include: the elimination
of the spirit points program; the
requirement that all student
organizations participating in
See THON, Page 2.
lottery system gets rid of that."
But ticketing officials said they
were pleased with how the sale
went.
- From the results we saw
today, this is a perfect system. It
prevents scalping and people
spending a day-and-a-half in
See ALABAMA, Page 2.
To hear audio from stu
/ ' dents who did and did
not receive tickets:
psucollegian.com
Daniel Bott/Colleglan
Opposing religious groups rally
Monday in front of the HUB.
Groups
dispute
religion
By Brendan McNally
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
As Christians and atheists
lined up across from each other
to speak out in front of the HUB-
Robeson Center on Monday,
there was one thing they could
agree on: that they could con
vince the other side they were
right.
But as the two groups held up
signs in the sweltering heat of
the mid-afternoon and pled their
cases to a crowd of about 50
Penn State students, neither
side seemed to be convincing
the other of anything.
Clinton Leinbach, who trav
eled to campus from
Selinsgrove, Pa., said he came to
See RELIGION, Page 2.
tipTo see a video of
Christians and atheists
rallying outside the HUB:
psucollegian.com