4 I MONDAY, SEPT. 13, 2010
Firefighter Sarah Nevel (sophomore-health and human development)
poses with a firetruck at the Alpha Fire Company firehouse.
Student stands out
at Alpha firehouse
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Sarah Nevel might seem like
any other college girl.
She is in a sorority and she loves
to dance. But there is one thing
that sets her apart she's the
ni' Penn State female firefighter
alt Alpha Fire Company.
bittersweet," Nevel (sopho-
:_.on -health and human develop
ment) said. - Everyone [at Alphal
itlw;tys looking at me I stand
i" . !n different. I can't blend in
ers.one
hough she is one of the only
in , =ll on staff, most of the time
- , !id she feels like "one of
)1 like they tone it down
- n around. - she said
.sievel doesnt let standing
;iticet her hard work, said
Eair, Centre Region Council
ni!ents, fire director.
thing I would point
very good firefighter
) VII right," he said. "She's a
and she does a good
active. We like hav-
n. )'I
is not the first fire compa
(:h Nevel has worked. She
a firefighter more than
•ars ago in her hometown of
Pa. It was something new
, nd c-citing. and I could help the
•i,mno it - lily, as cheesy as it
alas Nevel said.
Nevel is the only fire
her family, her brother
vet ( senior-mechanical
ngineerintt) said he wasn't nem
ens when she initially said she
toioin the force.
osn't necessarily scared,
c:• .use she was pretty confident
at she could do it," he said. "With
‘n:ir• training now and how compe
; izhe is with everything, I'm not
f_ , ztity that worried about it. Some
he action she sees is pretty
I;.:aanatic. but she's usually okay
„;;hit- - :she's mentally capable of
handling these scenarios."
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Nevel said she's only really had
one case that has been particular
ly nerve-wracking.
"We had a car accident it was
actually one of our members," she
said. "He passed us, and he was
going too fast ... [he] hit too much
air and came down and hit a pole
and flipped the car on its side. It
was really surprising that he actu
ally walked away from that."
Because she liked working as a
firefighter in her hometown, Nevel
said she researched Alpha before
selecting Penn State as the uni
versity she wanted to attend.
Alpha is a very "prestigious" com
pany because of the training
requirements for all members,
she added.
"All the officers are tog-notch."
she said. "They're all older, very
experienced firefighters. I think
that has a lot to do with it."
Before Nevel could work for
Alpha, she had to apply for a posi
tion, be interviewed and go
through a training process.
Nevel said the company has
such strict policies because it
wants to make sure applicants are
there for the "right reasons." She
said the company looks for dedica
tion and a willingness to learn.
Fire is not the only thing that
Nevel conquers at home, she
also works for her local emer
gency medical service.
- Alpha is all fire, but back home
we also run EMS," she said. "My
first cardiac arrest that was
exciting for me because technical
ly when we got to her the lady was
dead, but by the time we got her to
the hospital, she had vital signs, so
by the books, we brought her back
to life."
Though Nevel has experience
with both, she said she likes fire
fighting more because it's more
exciting.
She might even make it a career
some day, along with her other
dream being a nurse.
To e-mail reporter: krlslo6@psu.edu
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Vintage shop celebrates 15 years
By Nathan Pipenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
While most of the town was
donning blue and white Saturday,
The Rag and Bone which
stocks vintage fashion in a vari
ety of styles and colors was
celebrating its 15th birthday.
"Everything here is colorful
and one of a kind," storeowner
Shelley Banker, Class of 1993,
said.
And if something in The Rag
and Bone, 224 E. Calder Way, is
related to Penn State, it's from a
different decade like the 1930 s
athletic jacket sitting in the front
window
That's because everything in
the vintage clothing shops hails
from sometime between the
1930 s and 1980 s, Banker said.
After graduating with a degree
in advertising, Banker said she
went abroad for a year before
realizing that State College had a
Center to offer free HPV vaccine
By Micah Wintner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The Human Papilloma Virus
(HPV) vaccine will be offered
free of charge today at the
Student Health Center to stu
dents and their spouses between
19 and 26 years old.
The vaccine, Gardasil, must be
given in three doses to maximize
effectiveness, said Shelley
Haffner, University Health
Services (UHS) nurse manager
for infection control. The first
dose will be available 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. today in the Student Health
Center.
Vaccination offered to both
males and females is available
only by appointment, which can
be scheduled on the UHS web
site, Haffner said.
Students not able to make the
first vaccination Monday can
contact the Centre County Office
Maya Burke, 2, of Lewistown, looks at a turtle during the Reptile Show at the Nittany Mall on Sunday
CAREER PLANNING FOR LIFE
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areer Gi
Services
void in shopping options
At the time there wasn't a vin
tage store around," she said.
The Rag and Bone started out
in a basement-level shop on Allen
Street, before moving to Calder
Way four years ago. The move
provided the store with more foot
traffic and a better display win
dow, Banker said.
Over the years, Banker has
developed a variety of sources for
new vintage finds, from whole
sale stores to personal donations,
she said. Her favorite donation
came from a man on his way to
Goodwill who decided to stop in
her store on a whim.
In the bag destined for the
thrift store were a number of
1930 s gowns Banker said she
couldn't pass up. She incorporat
ed "gorgeous, one-of-a-kind"
gowns into her collection, and the
man left with several hundred
dollars in his pocket.
With a store smaller than 1,000
If you go
What: Human papilloma virus
free vaccination
When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today
Where: Student Health Center
Details: This is the first of
three HPV vaccinations UHS is
offering to students between
19 and 26 years old.
of the Department of Health,
UHS or their private healthcare
provider to receive the vaccine,
Haffner said.
UHS will provide the second
dose of the vaccine Nov. 15 and
the third March 21. Students who
already started the vaccination
series can continue the process
through one of the three clinics,
UHS marketing manager Beth
Collitt wrote in an e-mail.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
sq. ft. and a niche offering,
Banker said her collection has to
be versatile to keep customers
coming back for more.
She said the store does very
well around Halloween every
year, and she recently expanded
the collection of rentals and
accessories for the holiday. Many
customers appreciate the rental
option for Halloween gear
because most will only wear the
outfit once. she said.
"We can do everything from
the 'Mad Men' look to hippies to
disco," she said.
For most customers, though, a
piece of vintage clothing can
enhance an otherwise dull outfit.
Most people don't deck them
selves out in clothes from the six
ties, Banker said, but will add a
vintage skinny tie to an interview
ensemble, or a colorful top to pair
with modern jeans.
To e-mail reporter: ndpso4s@psu.edu
The vaccine is given as a shot
in the arm, and students need to
wait at the Student Health
Center for 15 minutes after
receiving it to make sure no
harmful reactions to the vaccine
take place, Haffner said.
Common side effects include
pain, swelling. itching, redness at
the injection point and fever,
Collitt wrote.
There are more than 100
strains of HPV. a third of which
cause genital problems like
warts. Collit wrote.
In some cases warts are not
even visible to the naked eye,
making it more important for stu
dents to guard against them, she
wrote.
Estimates show that HPV
affects a large portion of the
American population, Haffner
said.
To e-mail reporter: maws43B@psu.edu