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Seniors discuss possible 2011 senior class gift ideas Tuesday night in the Recruitment Lounge.
The Class of 2010 voted to install a boardwalk and overlook at the Arboretum at Penn State.
Students discuss
for Class of 2011
By Alaina Gallagher
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
As the 150th graduating senior class
from Penn State, the Class of 2011 will cer
tainly leave its mark on Penn State, but
just how it will do so has not yet been decid
ed.
Members of the Senior Class Gift
Committee met Tuesday night with lead
ers from a variety of student organizations
to get seniors thinking about the gift they
would like to donate to the university.
Committee members presented student
organization leaders with information
regarding the process of submitting class
gift proposals, and the importance of sen
iors’ participation.
Damon Sims, vice president for Student
Affairs, spoke at the meeting and encour
aged students to participate in the long
held tradition. Sims recalled his own con
tribution to his senior class gift at Indiana
University, where he helped shovel dirt
into the hole of a newly-planted tree dedi
cated by his graduating class.
Sims said the site is one he continues to
visit on his returns to campus, and still
provides an important connection for him
to his alma mater.
Sims encouraged students to think of
their class gift as not only an opportunity to
leave a legacy but also as an opportunity to
continue to bring beauty to Penn State’s
campus.
Overall chairman Ben Witt (senior-biolo
gy) said he was pleased with the number of
student leaders who attended the meeting
ACHIEVEMENT
ideas
gift
and hopes they will share the information
they gained about the process of choosing
the class gift with their organizations.
Senior class gifts can take the form of
campus improvement projects, scholar
ships, and addition to existing projects,
said Student Relations Chairwoman
Jackie Boyland, (senior-human develop
ment and family studies). Past senior class
gifts include the Nittany Lion Shrine, the
Allen Street Gates, the Land Grant
Frescoes inside Old Main and the restora
tion and display of the Old Main bell.
The Class of 2010 holds the current
record for the highest amount of money
donated toward a class gift $225,000.
That money went toward the building of
the boardwalk at the Arboretum at Penn
State, said Witt. He said he hopes dona
tions for the senior class gift will continue
to grow and wants to let seniors know
where they stand in the fundraising cam
paign so they can raise even more money
for their gift.
While anyone can submit a proposal for
the gift including all undergraduate stu
dents, faculty members and community
members the committee hopes to see
most proposals come from students, said
Boyland. Proposals for the class gift are
due by Sept. 17th.
“It’s important for student leaders to
understand about the importance of phi
lanthropy at Penn State,” said
Communications Chairman Ryan Hartnett
(senior-public relations).
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for student’s bike initiative
A Penn State student is push
ing to implement a bike share
program on campus and in
downtown State College.
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The student behind the push for a bike
share program at Penn State is looking to
expand the program beyond the universi
ty’s boundaries, and some
members of borough gov
ernment said they support
the initiative
Though a bike share
program has not been
established on campus,
Lienard Chang, an organ
izer for the program, said
he wants to obtain the sup
port of State College
Borough Council for a downtown program,
as well.
“Basically we’re putting together what
we hope is a really comprehensive report
for why we should have [the bike share],"
Chang (sophomore-engineering) said. "We
want to have borough council’s blessing to
move forward.”
State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham
said she is impressed with the program
and the people who are trying to bring it to
fruition.
“The borough is really interested in
bikes,” she said. “Bikes are the future.
They’re good for the environment and
good for the body.”
Chang said the bike share organizers
hope to present the report to council bv
Wednesday, Sept. 8,2010 I
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They’re good for the
environment and good for
the body.”
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Council member Theresa Lafer said she
heard about the bike share program
through one of her students last year.
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said. "I hope they can work it out I know
they were looking at other communities...
I think they needed to do some adaptation,
and I think they’re getting there.”
A bike share program in State College
would afford residents the opportunity to
check out bicycles at downtown locations.
Chang said he decided he wanted to
bring the program to the downtown area
because the bike share can benefit more
people than just students. “Sometimes for
locals, they just want to get from one place
to another, and it’s impractical to walk, so
they can bike,” he said.
Many locals and people from the Centre
Region Bicycle Coalition have expressed
interest in having a bike share program for
the community, Chang added.
Goreham said she thinks the bike-share
program would be beneficial to State
College because lately “bicycling in State
College has been a lot more prevalent.”
"Students remind us how much we love
bicycling,” she said. “It’s gotten me back
on my bike.”
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