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Jews honor New Year Totals
By Jessica Wabara “We are the foundation of the cast journalism and secondary
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have to celebrate this holiday,” president of the student board, , BBB^
“Lshanah Tovah," the Jewish said Michal Bems (senior-media said she was glad to see an tfJHHRDoIj 111 11^
greeting for Happy New Year, law and policy). Bems is also the increased amount of student HB
echoed throughout the Frizzell president of the organization. interest. jHrIT
Room in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Prior to enjoying a buffet dinner, “This event continues to grow ~U ~U •
Center as more than 300 students Berns spoke about growing up in every year,” Bucholtz said. “We 1 ll
gathered together to celebrate Jerusalem and celebrating the are seeing record numbers.” I II I | II |l
Rosh Hashanah. holiday of Rosh Hashanah in Attendees were welcomed to l<^
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish cel- Israel. Jeremy Weisblatt, Class of the evening dinner by student- JB
ebration of New Year, has been 2008, and Hillel Executive made Kosher dinner. W_
hosted by Hillel, Penn State’s
Jewish student organization, for
the past five years.
A Rhythm Devils guitarist plays at the State Theatre on Wednesday night as audience members dance. Two Grateful Dead members are part of
the lineup, which played songs includinf “Scarlet Begonias," “Fire on the Mountain" and “Friend of the Devil/’
Devils bring back the ‘Dead’
Even though many of those at Grateful Dead songs “Scarlet
the concert had never seen the Begonias,” “Fire on the
Rhythm Devils before Mountain” and “Friend of the
With three percussionists in the Wednesday, they still had a good Devil,” and the original song
band, the Rhythm Devils lived up reason to go. “Strange World.”
to their name. Maitland Mindeijahn (fresh- Each of the songs in the open-
The Rhythm Devils, which man-division of undergraduate ing medley transitioned into one
counts two Grateful Dead mem- studies) said he came to the show another through more than 20
bers in its lineup, played to hear live Grateful Dead music, minutes of improvisational jam-
Wednesday night at the State Mindeijahn got his wish as ming.
Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., to a soon as the show started. Mindeijahn said seeing the
sea of Deadheads and tie-dye The Rhythm Devils began their Rhythm Devils jam is exactly
shirts. show with a medley of the what he wanted to see.
By Josh Bollinger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Drinking
fines may
increase
By Katrina Wehr
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
State Sen. Jake Corman will
introduce new legislation at the
Senate Majority Policy
Committee
hearing Monday
that could raise
the maximum
fine for under-
age drinking and
other alcohol
related offenses
to $l,OOO.
Interfraternity Corman
Council Pres
ident Max Wendkos and
University Park Undergraduate
Association President Christian
Ragland will offer testimony at
the meeting, scheduled for l
p.m. at the State College
Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen
St.
The current maximum fine for
underage drinking is $3OO, a
number that hasn’t changed
since the 1970 s and is no longer
effective in preventing such
crimes, Sen. Corman, R-Centre,
said. He said he’s not merely tar
geting underage drinking, but all
alcohol-related crime.
Wendkos (senior-marketing
and psychology) said he sup
poits the increased fine, and
See ONES, Page 2.
Director Aaron Kaufman also
spoke during the service,
liana Bucholtz (junior-broad-
live in. Locations were chosen
State College was recently from an analysis of the 222 metro
ranked the No. 2 college town. politan statistical areas with stu-
Homecoming Court surprised with nominations
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Blue Band President Justin Homecoming Court member
Ross was studying mechanical and founder of the campus the
engineering when he answered a ater group One Stage Revolution
knock at the door and got a face Marina Johnson said she was
full of confetti. doing homework in her “over-
For some Penn State students, sized pajamas” when she heard a
a usual late-night Tliesday home- knock on the door.
work session turned into a cele- “It was the best surprise I ever
bration when they learned they received,” Johnson (senior
had been named to the 2010 English and secondary educa-
Homecoming Court. tion> said. “It was a big honor and
“I was just kind of flabbergast- I just felt underdressed for the
ed,” Ross (senior-mechanical occasion.”
engineering) said of the expert- See HOMECOMING, Page 2.
Apples, honey, round breads and Katie siivis/coiiegian
grape juice, each representing Students await the beginning of
See NEW YEAR, Page 2. Rosh Hashanah services.
State College
ranked second
By Paul McMullen
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
For the second consecutive
year, State College has been
ranked the second-best college
town in the United States,
according to the American
Institute for Economic
Research’s (AIER) annual
College Destination Index (CDI).
The index, which is completed
annually, ranks the 75 best towns
and cities for college students to
ence which included pictures,
carnations and a Burger King
crown.
“They take the energy of the
crowd and bring it right back to
us," Mindeijahn said.
He added he has seen other
Grateful Dead-related projects
before, but he was particularly
excited about the location of last
night’s concert.
“I’ve been going to shows for so
long now I’m ready to see it where
I go to college,” Mindeijahn said.
20-year-old Mike Cooper from
See DEVILS, Page 2.
Top 3 College
Towns
1. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell
University
2. State College, Pa.: Penn
State University
3. lowa City, Iowa: University
of lowa
dent populations of 15,000 or
more.
“State College is a safe, livable
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r I MartiuJtMMa
Dan Cartwright Curran McCreedy Dan Florenclo Jared McKnight Justin Ross.
Top 10 will
be divulged.
THON will return to reveal
ing the fundraising totals of the
top 10 organizations in its cate
gories, officials
confirmed Wed-
nesday night
and some stu
dent leaders
say they are
happy with the
switch.
Among other
changes, the Kelly
Interfraternity
Council/Panhellenic Dance
Marathon rulebook was recent
ly revised to dictate that only
the top five
fundraising
groups in each
category would
be announced
at THON, as
opposed to the
top 10 revealed
for some cate
gories in previ
ous years. w
But after considering feed
back regarding its decision to
only announce and post online
the top five fundraising totals
for each category, Jony
Rommel, THON Public
Relations overall chairwoman,
said they decided to change
the number of organizations
revealed back to 10.
Organizations coming in at
positions six through 10 will
also see their names on a
screen on the sides of the stage
and posted online. There will be
time for people to read the
organization names and show
their support before moving on
to the next category, Rommel
(senior-philosophy) said.
This will be the same for all
four categories announced
Commonwealth Campuses,
special interest organizations,
general organizations and
greek organizations, Rommel
said.
“It’s definitely encouraging
to see that the THON Overall
Committee is seriously consid
ering the feedback of its partic
ipating organizations,”
Interfraternity Council
President Max Wendkos said.
“I look forward to a continued
productive relationship with
[THON Overall Chairwoman]
Kirsten Kelly and the rest of the
Overall Committee.”
Wendkos (senior-marketing
and psychology) invited stu
dent organization presidents to
a meeting with representatives
from the Overall Committee on
Aug. 29 to discuss changes to
THON he had publicly voiced
his frustration with.
“By making this decision, we
want students to know that we
took their opinions seriously
and that we are committed to
being fair and serving the inter
ests of all students who
participate in THON,” Rommel
said. Kelly (senior-marketing)
could not be reached for com
ment by press time Wednesday.
To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu
Penn State royal
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Wendkos
Katy Poole
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