10 I Thursday, Sept. 2,2010
Students
line up for
T.I tickets
By Joshua Glossner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Students swarmed the HUB-
Robeson Center Wednesday and pur
chased more than 2,000 student tick
ets for rapper T.l.’s Sept. 24 concert.
The sale was what Biyce Jordan
Center Director of Sales and
Marketing Bernie Punt called a
“great turnout.”
“T.I. is very popular in Happy
Valley,” Punt said.
Students lined up hours before stu
dent tickets officially went on sale at
noon.
Joe Corle (freshman-finance) said
he and his friends were willing to wait
because they’re excited to see T.I.
“I have a class in 20 minutes,” Corle
said. “But I’m still going to stay here
so I can get great seats.”
All student tickets cost $25, cour
tesy of the University Park Allocation
Committee.
William Doncsecz (freshman
finance) said the cheap ticket price
makes the concert even more worth
while for him.
Lambert gamers nine CMA nominations
By Chris Talbott
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Miranda
Lambert made history Wednesday
morning when she was nominated for
nine CMA Awards, the most for a
female country music artist.
She’ll be celebrating with close
friends Lady Antebellum and fiance
Blake Shelton. Lady A earned the sec
ond most nominations with five and
Shelton was next with four, tied with
Zac Brown Band.
The year 2010 is taking on fairy tale
qualities for the fiery Texan, who won
three Academy of Country Music
Awards in March, got engaged a few
months later and has much to look
forward to the rest of the year.
“I don’t think it gets better than
this,” Lambert said in a phone inter
view with The Associated Press. “It’s
been a dream and it’s not even over
with. I’ll be sad when 2011 comes
because this year has just been one
blessing after another. It’s just incred
ible. I don’t know what it is about now
that all this is coming to a head, but I
don’t care. I’m just glad it is.”
Lambert and close friend Dierks
Bentley announced nominations in
five categories Wednesday morning
on “Good Morning America.” The first
seven categories were announced
Tuesday in Nashville.
Lambert, Lady A, Zac Brown Band,
Brad Paisley and Keith Urban were
Apple unveils box for streaming movies
By Jessica Mintz
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SAN FRANCISCO Apple Inc.
announced a smaller, cheaper version
of its Apple TV device for streaming
movies and television shows over the
Internet and into the living room. It
also unveiled a new line of iPods,
including a touch-screen Nano model.
The new Apple TV announced
Wednesday will only let people rent,
not buy, content. Fbr first-run high
definition movies the day they come
out on DVD, people will have to pay
$4.99. High-definition TV show rentals
will be 99 cents.
The price of the box is also being
cut to $99, from $229. Cheaper options
for streaming video had been avail
able, including Roku’s set-top boxes
that start at $6O.
Apple TV has been around since
2007, but it hasn’t caught on with the
mainstream. It doesn’t record shows
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Students line up in the HUB-Robeson Center Wednesday for T.I. tickets
T.l.’s success was also a factor for
people who showed up for the ticket
sale. The rapper has produced hit sin
gles like “Whatever You Like” and
“Live Your Life” featuring Rihanna.
T.I. will release his seventh studio
album, “King Uncaged,” on Sept. 28.,
just four days after performing in
Happy Valley. Shannon Traurig (firesh
man-elementary education) said T.I.
is a good choice for a BJC headliner
because of his fame and reputation.
She said it’s thrilling to be able to
see such a big act at Penn State.
Other students compared T.I. to rap
legends.
Country music stars Miranda Lambert, left, and Dierks Bentley announce the
nominees for this year's CMA Awards on "Good Morning America" Wednesday.
nominated for entertainer of the year,
the Country Music Association’s top
award.
Should Lambert when entertainer
of the year she’ll continue a girl-power
trend at country music’s two top
awards shows. Taylor Swift became
just the third female winner of the
CMA’s top award last year and Carrie
Underwood made history in April as
the first woman to win the ACM
Awards’ entertainer of the year twice.
Women also figure prominently in
several CMA categories this year.
the way TiVo and other digital video
recorders do.
“We’ve sold a lot of them, but it’s
never been a huge hit,” Jobs told hun
dreds of journalists, bloggers and ana
lysts in San Francisco.
He said the previous Apple TV
setup is too complicated for average
consumers.
The new Apple TV which will be
available within a month, will give
people access to the high-definition
version of movies just released on
DVD, though he didn’t say which
movie studios have agreed to include
their titles for streaming.
Television episodes from News
Corp.’s Fbx and The Walt Disney Co.’s
ABC will also be available, including
such hits as “The Simpsons” and
“Glee.” Jobs said those were the only
two television companies willing to
license their shows for streaming so
far, but that he hoped others would
join once the service gains popularity.
“T.I. is one of the most successful
rappers since Jay-Z." Eric Stevens
(freshman-accounting) said.
Kevin Maher (freshman-finance)
said he waited because he wants to sit
as close as possible to the stage.
Maher said he thinks the BJC show
is one of the first big events for T.I.
since his prison sentence and the
wait will make the show even better.
“The fact that T.I. was in jail makes
him awesome," Doncsecz said.
Tickets for the public cost $39.75
and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
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“It's definitely something that's
been needing to happen for a long
time,” Lambert said. “I think it's been
turning slowly but it's finally starting
to show through with the girls being
really strong right now in country
music"
Lambert, whose last album
“Revolution” was widely hailed by her
peers and critics, fell just short of Alan
Jackson's overall record of 10 nomina
tions, set in 2002. Merle Haggard is
the only other artist to receive nine or
more nominations.
Paul Sakuma''Associated Press
Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks at a
news conference Wednesday.
People who watch content from
Netflix Inc. streamed over the
Internet can also access their
“instant” queue through Apple TV
Company invests
in PSU graduates
By Will Schultz
COLLEGIAN STAfF WRITER
Despite a ho-hum job market, Penn State graduates
are finding promising careers in growing industries
spurred by innovation and hard work.
Epic Systems Corporation, an electronic medical
record company, is one such place. Located in Verona,
Wise., Epic was founded in 1979 and has made its way up
to the top of a continuously growing field.
According to the official Epic fact sheet, 43 percent of
its employees work as “implementers” including at
least 40 Penn State graduates,
’ John Oiftrakis, Class of 2010, was recruited by the
company through the Bank of America Career Services
Center and was hired shortly after graduating last
spring.
“The learning style tat Penn State] really prepared me
for this, to learn how to work on my own, take in the infor
mation that you need and use it,” Outrakis said.
Fellow alumnus and implementer Chris O’Hara (grad
uate-manufacturing management) said he feels comfort
able being a part of the young staff.
O’Hara said that while the dress code is relaxed and
most of the workers may be in their late twenties, each is
highly motivated.
"It's professional but not with wasted formality.
Everyone is very serious about their work,” O’Hara said.
■ I've been to meetings where everyone was dressed like
they were in a college classroom.”
Barbara Hernandez, part of Epic’s marketing depart
ment, said the company is one of the leaders in its indus
try.
“We have over 200 clients,” Hernandez said. “In total,
they represent 95 million patients.”
The company is also known for its dedication to detail
and its willingness to work closely with its clients, she
said.
"We build, implement and support our software,”
Hernandez said.
“We train people on the ground to become experts in
our software.”
Despite a progressive work environment, location
remains a factor in the decision making process and
Wisconsin might not be an obvious first choice.
"People looking for a fun or interesting place to work
wouldn’t normally look [in Wisconsin],” Hernandez said.
Madison, the capital of Wisconsin and home of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, is just ten miles away.
O'Hara said the city’s proximity is one of the factors he
considered before making the commitment to work at
Epic.
'Madison was surprisingly cool,” O’Hara said.
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