GUN Zf I ngifJ pg I ■ PSU to target raucous fans By Casey McDermott COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS Tailgaters are being issued a clear warning before they kick off their celebrations this weekend: Penn State will have little toler ance for excessive behavior at any home football games. Penn State is tightening the penalties for drinking and rowdy behavior this year. Vice President for Student Affairs Damon Sims said. The university is looking into a Town honors former mayor By Colleen Boyle COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For the late State College Mayor Bill Welch, the borough was more than suburban America meets college tow Ti— it was home for his entire life. And during his Hi years in office, Welch used this hometown insight to guide State College through some of its most impor tant decisions. On Sept. 4 last year. Welch died at the age of iiT at Hershey Medical Center after he devel oped pneumonia as a result of leg bypass surgery. As the one year anniversary of his death approaches Saturday. State College residents and offi cials remember Welch as both a strong leader and a friend to the Penn State community. Welch's wife of 34 years. Nadine Kofman. said her hus band had an impact on the com munity that will not soon be for gotten. “People that knew him miss him," she said. "He used to take the most complicated thing and See WELCH. Page 2. Asit Mishra/Collegian Kris Allen, who won American Idol in 2009, sings at the State Theatre on Thursday. ‘ldol’ embraces State Theatre By Lindsay Cryer COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER As if the entire audience didn't know his name, the State Theatre's most recent performer began by introducing himself. “My name is Kris Allen and I was on 'American Idol,’” Allen said to the crowd. Allen, along with opener Chris Nathan, played to a packed audience at the State Theatre last night. The show opened with Nathan, who performed a cover of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” and said he found certain aspects of State College particularly impressive. “You guys got some badass cupcakes here,” Nathan said. “You’re making me all fat.” Nathan went on to play a few of his own songs, See IDOL, Page 2. program where students who are removed from the game for any alcohol offense will have to take a Breathalyzer test before being allowed entry into any subse quent game that season, Sims said. The University of Wisconsin- Madison adopted a similar pro gram in 2007, and the University of Minnesota followed suit in 2009. pus judicial system and will also “Many fans have complained according to both schools’ student be enrolled in the university’s that they have been subjected to newspapers. newly adopted group counseling See TAILGATES, Page 2. In addition, students cited- for program. Brief Alcohol Screening alcohol violations during the for Individual College Students More coverage on police efforts over game will be referred to the cam- (BASICS). football weekends| NEWS, Page 5. Former State College Mayor Bill Welch died a year ago Saturday after serving 16 years in office Students taiilgate before a Penn State football game Beverages create buzz By Zach Geiger and Casey McDermott COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS By all accounts, they look like the average energy drink: brightly colored, 24-ounce containers in sugary flavors like blue raspberry; watermelon and lemonade, packed with caffeine and other additives. Average, except for the "12.0 f F ” alco hol label stamped across the top of every Four Loko can. When it comes to drinking this breed of energy-infused malt beverage, some students say the buzz they feel is far from that of the typical alcoholic drink. Alumnus’ film makes it in Hollywood By David Strader COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER By answering a single well timed phone call, Sean Hackett launched his career into the world of film. After graduating from Penn State, Hackett, Class of 2005, planned to move to Mar, rand to write pamphlets for the National Aquarium in Baltimore The night before he was sup posed to leav'e, Sony Pictures representatives called and offered him an internship a "My friend Sa; you chug two them, it’s comp; ble to doing a lint coke,” said stud; John Mich; Signorelli. “If chug one, all I nei is that for tl whole night am I’m not real! capable of drink ing anything else.” See BEVERAGES. Page 2. call that would lead to him work ing on films like “Zodiac” and "Little Miss Sunshine.” Rising Action With years of experience on his resume, Hackett, 27, is now adding a new accolade: direct ing a film he both wrote and acted in. Hackett's film, “Homecom ing," is currently in post-pro duction, but he said it will be available soon, pending distri bution agreements Alumnus Sean Hackett’s film “Homecoming” is in Homecoming is an pos t-production, but will be available soon. See ALUMNUS, Page 2. Collegian file photo Pres. fights to get seat By Kathleen Loughran COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Student government's Governmental Affairs Commi ttee met yesterday to discuss what the next steps will be for approaching the Borough Coun cil about adding non-voting student mem ber. Since the Ragland council rejected student body president Christian Ragland's idea of hav ing a non-voting student mem ber on council in August, the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) has to come up with another way to convince the council of the idea. At the Governmental Affairs Committee's meeting, members discussed interviewing each council member individually so UPUA can hear what each member thinks of the proposal. "I think these meetings with individual borough council members will be very telling, but unfortunately we won't be able to meet with all of them because some of them refuse to meet with us," Governmental -Affairs Committee Chairman TJ Bard said. Bard (sophomore-political sci ence and economics) said his goal is to be able to get a non voting student member on bor ough council by the end of this year, though he thinks it will take years before the council uses the student member. Bard said he thought the best way to go about having a non voting student member is for UPUA to nominate the students for the position, and then have the council members confirm the member. But State College Borough Council Member James Rosenberger said he does not think the council could create a non-voting student member. "It’s almost a question of defi nition we're not able to appoint a member to the coun cil," he said. "When we met with Christian Ragland, we expressed concerns on how it would really work and what the position entails.” Instead, Rosenberger said he told Ragland (senior-political science) that he or another stu dent should run for council. "At the LION Walk, [Rosenberger] came up to me and said I think you have the energy to run for borough coun cil,”' Ragland said. See COUNCIL, Page 2.
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