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T.I. cancels WC show
By Joshua Glossner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
In light of his recent legal trou
bles, rapper T.I. has postponed his
Sept. 24 show at the Bryce Jordan
Center and while many Penn
State students are disappointed,
they said they're not surprised.
"I was hoping he would come to
perform, so it's kind of disappoint
ing," Shane Denecke (sophomore
biology) said. "This is funny
because we all knew that this
would happen. -
But BJC Sales and Marketing
Director Bernie Punt said he was
The smoke-free policy in Beaver
Stadium was recently deemed a
success. The policy was initiated
in April of 2009.
Smoke
ban a
success
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
For the past 18 months. fans at
Beaver Stadium have taken
their smoking breaks outside
and proponents of the facility's
smoke-free policy say the ban
has been a success.
The no-smoking policy took
effect in April 2009 at the Blue-
White Game, with an increase in
"No Smoking" signs and
announcements over the
venue's sound system. But
enforcement of the ban didn't
begin until the second half of
Penn State's 2009 season.
At the onset of enforcement,
an average of 56 citations were
issued at each game or about
one in 1,875 according to a
press release from the Centre
County Youth Services Bureau
(YSB).
Greg Myford, associate athlet
ic director for marketing and
communications, said most peo
ple have been cooperative with
the policy since it was enacted.
"We've seen noticeable com
pliance from the majority of
patrons," Myford said. "That's
not to say that some people don't
try to sneak in a smoke, but by
and large it's been very success
ful for us and is turning out to
have the impact that we want it
to."
Denise McCann, division
director for Centre County YSB,
said the college student popula
tion is heavily targeted by the
tobacco industry. She said a no
smoking policy is a step in the
right direction for any venue, not
just Beaver Stadium.
"If you're a non-smoker and
you're outside, it kind of ruins
the environment if you're
exposed to smoke and you're in
the fresh air," McCann said. "I
don't see why it's any different
than bars or restaurants."
And a smoking ban will prove
beneficial for the environment,
in addition to fans at the games,
Eco-Action President Kelley
Cressman said.
"It's also good in terms of lit
ter," Cressman (senior-interna
tional politics) said. "Less ciga
rette butts makes the stadium
nicer in general."
She also said the smoking ban
creates a better atmosphere for
families who attend football
games.
"This way there's no negative
health impact on kids, or
depending on how people feel
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surprised by the cancellation,
which now leaves the venue
empty that Friday evening.
"We don't have a back-up con
cert for that date," Punt said. "But
we are keeping our fingers
crossed, though, in a rescheduled
concert date for Ti."
Punt said he thinks the BJC
will be able to reschedule the
show, but he's not sure when it will
be.
"T.l.'s management was very
disappointed, and we are doing
everything we can to reschedule
the concert," he said.
Many ticketholders said they
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used instrument sale at the State College Area High School. The sale, which is held by the Music Boosters,
will have it's 30th annual sale tonight I For complete coverage Arts & Entertainment, Page 5.
Officials tackle finances
By Katrina Wehr
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Officials from across
Pennsylvania will come together
today to outline feasible solutions
to issues plaguing the state's
cash-strapped municipalities.
The Core Communities in
Crisis Task Force of the
Pennsylvania League of Cities
and Municipalities (PLCM) will
meet at 2 p.m. in Room 304 of the
State College Municipal Building,
243 S. Allen St.
Graduates open local food cart business
By Nathan Plpenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
They could either work for the
man, or be the man: That's the
choice two recent Penn State
graduates said they faced last
spring as they contemplated join
ing the workforce.
Sunny Shakhawala and Hartej
Singh Sawhney, both Class of
2010, chose to "be the man" by
starting their own business in
State College a New York City
style food cart called State
Platters.
Shakhawala and Sawhney
want T.I. to come back if it's possi
ble.
"I would definitely love the
chance for him to come back,"
Denecke said.
Though those who purchased
tickets with credit cards will
receive an automatic refund, any
one who bought tickets with cash,
Lion Cash or a check will have to
go to the BJC ticket office for their
refund, Punt said.
He said more than 3,000 tickets
were sold for the concert.
T.l.'s recent legal issues caused
him to cancel his show. Punt said. T.I. performs at the Bryce Jordan
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Created in
response to the
fiscal challenges
within Pennsyl
vania communi-
ties, the task
force's main goal
is to develop a
plan to increase Gareham
revenue
lessening
financial burden on the state's mittee, said State College is
municipalities, according to the among many municipalities in
group's website. the state that are struggling
The meeting will be the second See FINANCES, Page 2.
graduated with degrees in
finance, but decided to stay far
from Wall Street at least for
now.
"You can work 10 hours for
someone else and bring home a
fraction of what you earn, or work
10 hours for yourself and it's all
yours," Shakhawala said.
State Platters, located on the
patio of Gift Adventures, 137 E.
Beaver Ave., offers a menu of
three dishes lamb and beef,
chicken, and falafel as a sand
wich, salad or platter.
The offerings are the product
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in a series of three meetings the
task force has scheduled to cre
ate suggestions for the new gov
ernor and legislature when they
take office in January, said Tom
Fountaine, State College bor
ough manager and an adviser to
the task force
State College Mayor Elizabeth
Goreham, a member of the inter-
governmental relations subcom-
Students stop by State Platters to grab a bite to eat on Wednesday night
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College gets
$6.5M gift
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The Penn State College of
Education received a record-set
ting $6.5 million gift for the
Krause Innovation Studio, a
facility that will
be devoted to
state-of-the-art
educational
technologies.
The gift is the
college's largest
- -
ever, said David
Price, steward-
ship and public
relations spe
cialist for the College of
Education .
College of Education Dean
David Monk said
the endowment
for the facility
will put students
on the cutting
edge of new
technologies.
"The applica
tion of technolo-
gy to education Bill Krause
is a long-stand
ing commitment of the College of
Education," Monk said.
Gay and, Bill Krause of Los
Altos Hills, Calif., endowed the
gift, Price said.
Gay Krause, a graduate of the
College of Education, worked as
a schoolteacher and administra
tor and currently directs the
Krause Center for Innovation at
Foothill College in Los Altos
Hills, Calif., Price said.
Gay Price said it is important
to create an interactive class
room that allows for individual
ized educational plans. She
hopes Penn State will be able to
do this through the Krause
Innovation Studio.
"It is the one way that I think
we can get a more individualized
educational plan. In order to
improve our education system,
in order to move toward 'stu
dent-centric' learning, we have
to use technology to individual
ize plans for learning," Gay
Krause said.
Bill Krause served as presi
dent of 3com Corporation, a data
networking and security solu
tions company. He currently acts
as president of LWK Ventures, a
private investment firm, Price
said.
Monk said he met with the
Krauses for the first time during
last year's Ohio State game.
He said that despite the loss to
the Buckeyes, the meeting fos
tered a "natural" relationship
with the university.
Gay Krause said she hopes to
form a collaborative relationship
with her center in Silicon Valley
and the new Penn State facility
Price said construction on the
Krause Innovation Studio will
hopefully begin this summer.
Designs for the facility are ongo
ing.
Monk said it is important to
remember that technology in
education should not be an end
to itself.
See GRANT, Page 2