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EDITORIAL: ULTRINSIC.COM
Students should avoid website
If a new website that
pays students for getting
good grades sounds too
good to be true, it proba
bly is.
Penn State students
attempting to use Ultrin
sic.com should practice
extreme caution.
While the website
claims it just provides fur
ther incentives to earn
good grades, Penn State
has denounced it as dan
gerous gambling.
The incentive of making
money from grades could
place more emphasis on
the grade than the actual
REM
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0 011 24 Aat I Z ,
Lottery bypassed most dedicated fans
By Jessica Uzar
IN general, I agree with the
use of a lottery system for
selling sporting event tick
It's how a
large portion of
tickets will be
sold for the 2011
Nation Hockey
League Whiter
Classic game
that will be held
in Pittsburgh
on New Year's
Day.
MY OPINION
A lottery system helps to
address which Penguins fans or
which Capitals fans are the
most deserving of tickets out
side of regular season ticket
holders. Many of the tickets go
to season ticket holders for
Steelers, Penguins or Pirates
because they've shown their
dedication to Pittsburgh by
attending or at least paying
for every home game for vari
ous sports. Remaining tickets
are put into a lottery for every
one else, where there is a very
small chance for success and a
very high price.
But at least it's fair
Is there really any other way
to fairly allocate tickets to a big
game? Should they go to the
people that dress the weirdest?
They could just be the most out
going ones. Should they go to
the highest bidder? They could
just be the ones who got last
learning involved with
receiving it.
Students should also
consider that if they were
to do poorly in a class,
they would have to pay
money to Ultrinsic.com,
on top of an already high
tuition.
We commend Penn
State for getting involved
in this issue by threaten
ing the website with legal
action if it attempts to
access students' personal
information.
Students have the
option of granting Ultrin
sic.com access to their
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minute tickets because they did
n't plan ahead. Should they go to
those who yell the loudest? They
could be the ones who chugged
the most beer before the game
started.
What about those who stand
in line for hours or days, waiting
for the ticket office to open?
Skipping homework Forgoing
sleep.
I think those people are prob
ably the most deserving.
For the upcoming Alabama
game, and all away games this
season, the Penn State athletic
department asks that students
begin lining up outside of the
ticket office only an hour before
the tickets go on sale at 7 a.m.
But students, who didn't listen
anyway because they were so
excited to get tickets for the
Alabama game, began lining up
before 5 a.m. Monday morning.
And they didn't get tickets.
Why? Because the lottery sys
tem that was used picked a ran
dom number, in this case 16, and
sent home everyone in front of
the 16th person in line empty
handed.
So the ticket office sent home
15 very dedicated fans without
tickets. Not only that, but this
also split up friends. Why would
one friend want to go to the
game if his other two friends
aren't?
That's not much fun.
Who is he going to high five
when we get a touchdown?
The ticket office wants to use
accounts, opening up per
sonal information to the
insecure Internet. Once
given access,
Ultrinsic.com can do any
thing a student does with
their account include
viewing financial informa
tion, sending e-mail and
changing class schedules.
Given Penn State's
recent incidgnts with
hacking personal informa
tion online, students
should avoid granting
access to their accounts
and think twice before
signing up for such a
waste of time.
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the lottery system to curb the
problem of scalping. But those
15 dedicated students are now
going to have to buy tickets
somewhere other than the ticket
office for a much higher price.
If I played football, I would
want the loudest, rowdiest and
craziest fans we have on the
sidelines representing me, espe
cially at an away game where
Penn State will be highly out
numbered against the entity
that is the Crimson Tide.
And those fans are the kind
that stand in line waiting for
tickets for hours or days.
So there is no reason to get
rid of the camping out and the
waiting in line forever. Isn't that
what Paternoville, a long-stand
ing tradition, is all about?
The most excited students
want the best seats in the house,
so they put up tents, skip class
es and eat only pizza and pokey
sticks for days. They deserve
their front row seats. They are
part of the reason we are the
number one student section in
the country.
So why not let students like
these be our representatives to
other stadiums? If I had to
pick anyone to go, it would be
them.
I think students should be
rewarded for their dedication.
Jessica Uzar is a junior majoring in
Journalism and political science and
the Collegian's Wednesday columnist
Her email is pul2s@psu.edu.
LETTERS
Penn State going cage free
should be an easy decision
I cannot believe that there is still a battle
over the topic of Penn State going cage free
or not. Clearly cage free is the way to be.
There are plenty of studies that support the
fact that eggs produced by hens locked up
in battery cages are far less healthy than
those that come from hens that have the
freedom to move around. That being said,
there are many other reasons to go cage
free besides just the health concerns.
We all know what it's like to get on the
bus and have to stand and be continuously
told to move back in order to make more
room for students. There comes a point
when there literally is no more room yet
they still try to cram more people on.
Luckily for us we only endure that for a few
minutes, but these hens are forced to live
like that for years until their sick, calcium
deficient bodies pretty much give up and
they are thrown into wood chippers to be
disposed of. For me, personally, I could care
less about the health issues because when
I do use eggs I cook them thoroughly so
that I run a very small risk of actually get
ting sick. For me it's the animal's welfare
that made me switch to cage-free eggs only.
I believe if more people knew the welfare
side of things there would no longer be a
debate.
Catholic center shows donors
should have say in money use
In response to Tuesday's article "PSU
plans Catholic Student Faith Center," there
were several online comments made about
how the $6.5 million donated by many indi
viduals could be used for "better" purpos
es. Specifically, Derek Morr said, "That $6.5
million could be so much better spent. How
about donate it to relief efforts in Haiti or
Pakistan, rather than build a monument to
supernaturalism?"
I have to completely disagree with Mr.
Mort. Private funds donated to Penn State
should go towards areas of their discretion
It is, after all, their money that they are
willingly giving to the university. Yes, some
donors may see more value in unrestricted
funds, or gifts that are made with no speci
fications and will be used where the need is
greatest. However, the majority of donors
wish to establish endowments in honor of
loved ones, to enhance the program they
were a part of as students, or to support a
new program (or in this case, center) of
their choice.
I post this question to Mr. Morr: If you
gave $6.5 million dollars would you want
your intentions for distribution to be hon
ored?
Donor generosity, passion and intention
is the key to making Penn State one of the
most prominent and successful fundraising
universities in the country. Our alumni and
donors appreciate how their wishes are
respected and it would be unethical any
other way.
Religious activists on campus
distract students from class
I believe that something really needs to
be done about the religious fundamental
ists who seem to be making a hobby out of
standing in front of the HUB-Robeson
Center screaming at the top of their lungs
that all college students will burn in hell.
Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the most
vehement supporters of free speech you'll
find anywhere, but when students in the
Osmond Building can't concentrate on
class because of all the shouting going on
outside, there's a serious problem. That's
exactly the situation I found myself in twice
this week. It's frustrating and shouldn't be
allowed to happen on a college campus
where people are trying to learn.
Nate Emmons
senior-economics and mathematics
CAN YOU DIG IT?
More Carpenter info released
In Tuesday's Collegian, we had a fea
ture on Kristin Carpenter the 5 foot 6
inch Mechanicsville, Va., native who
could emerge as Penn State's new start
ing setter. Here's a few things about the
sophomore that didn't make the paper...
Emily Kaplan
Women's volleyball reporter
SNAP, CRACKLE, POP
New campus breakfast option
A professor once told me that the
Spanish tend to have a slightly different
breakfast philosophy than admittedly
gluttonous Americans
In the morning, Spaniards are con
tent having a cup of coffee and some
thing small, like cheese or bread a
quick and simple first meal.
I can relate to the Spanish on this
one. For many, a stack of sticky, buttery
pancakes and sizzling bacon is a
mouth-watering way to start the day,
but my stomach rebels at the mere
thought of a single Cheerio.
Give me my coffee and I'll save the
rest for lunch, thanks...
Read more of The Daily Collegian's blogs at
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Sonja Cooper
senior-biology
Devon Herrick
Class of 2009
Julie Masbine
Culinary reporter