The Daily Collegian Committee to accept last senior gift By Brendan McNally COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Students, faculty and alumni have already submitted more than 40 ideas for the 2011 senior class gift but after 5 p.m. today the Senior Class Gift Committee will be closed to new proposals. Geoff Halberstadt, a member of the Senior Class Gift Committee, said he encourages everyone to submit an idea, even if that idea doesn’t seem detailed enough to turn into a class gift. “If you have an undeveloped idea we can pair it up with another proposal that we’ve received,” Halberstadt (senior-political sci ence and history) said. “The greater num ber of proposals we get, the greater diver sity and selection we’ll have to choose from.” Halberstadt said the have been rolling in since the summer, but the submissions from Penn State students, especially seniors, have sped up since the start of the fall semester. The proposals can be submitted by anyone in the Penn State community, he said. University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) President Christian Ragland said he is planning to submit a proposal and added the class gift is a tradi tion that allows seniors to leave a legacy that will last for decades. Patrick Semansky/Associated Press A fisherman walks on a dock in Golden Meadow, La. Students in EARTH 297 H will get the chance to travel to the Gulf of Mexico to see the factors and effects of the BP oil spill. Class to study BP oil spill, gain hands-on experience By David Bodin COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER It’s the company responsible for what has been called the worst oil spill in U.S. history. But despite the negative feedback the nation has expressed towards BR Glenn Gesoff campus coordinator for BP at Penn State said student turnout was veiy high at the company’s booth during Thursday’s career fair. “We haven’t had any animosity towards us,” he said. “People have been very inter ested in our program, and if there is any resentment [about the spill] it hasn't been demonstrated here.” Gesoff said more than 600 students have shown interest during Fall Career Days. BP recruiters said they were seeking petroleum and reservoir engineers, geolo gists, geophysicists and supply chain spe cialists to participate in the company's internship program. The goal is to recruit 500 graduate stu dents from around the country a 20 per cent increase from the 400 students who were recruited last year, Gesoff said. This past summer, four Penn State stu dents interned for BP Gesoff said, and despite the oil spill, BP is "here to stay." Meanwhile, some students will have the chance to experience the effects of the dis aster firsthand. EARTH 297 H (2010 Gulf Oil Spill: Science and Ethics of a National Catastrophe) meets twice a week, allow ing the 25 students to discuss the spill. 5K to raise money for THON By Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For T.C. Cawley, the opportunity to spend time with THON families is all the motivation he needs to wake up early Sunday morning to make the two-hour trip to Hershey for the Pour Diamonds 5K Run and Pin Walk. This is the first year the race has includ ed a SK, Four Diamonds Foundation Assistant Director Linda Barry said and so far the response has been great. The race starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Cawley (senior-accounting), executive chairman for the independent Interfratemity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon group Ohana, said several organization members are planning on walking with one of their THON children in the race. This is the second year Ohana has sent members to the event and Cawley said he expects to see about 15 Ohana members as well as other Penn State students at the event. The allure of the event isn’t the race or competition, but the chance to spend time with the Pour Diamond families, he said. “Our main focus is to support our Four Diamonds families, so any chance we can get to spend time with our Four Diamonds family we want to take advantage of that,” ideas “Think about the impact of the Nittany Lion Shrine or the Allen Street Gates,” Ragland (senior-political science) said. Halberstadt said he has seen a wide variety of submissions, including scholar ships, campus improvements and supple ments to existing campus projects. He declined to comment on any of the proposals specifically. After closing sub mission of new proposals today, the Senior Class Gift Committee will start the process of narrowing down the proposals to the final three, committee member Ben Witt said. The committee will meet with univer sity representatives in a ballot selection meeting to pick 10 proposals, Witt (senior biology) said. Those 10 proposals will be shown to students in a Oct. 11 town hall style meeting, where the Senior Class Gift Committee hoping to get input from stu dents, Witt said. The town hall meeting is the first of its kind for the Senior Class Gift Committee, but Witt said he hopes the meeting will give the committee a better idea of what students are favoring. The committee will then pick three final proposals that will be voted on by seniors from Oct. 25 to Oct. 29, Witt said. Submissions should be e-mailed to Halberstadt at glh5028(& psu.edu by 5 p.m. today. To e-mail reporter: bwmsl47@psu.edu Geoscience professor Timothy Bralower said he asked students to share their thoughts on the lasting effects the spill might have on the environment. While some students focused on how the environmental disaster impacted the Gulf Coast’s tourism industry, others said the tragedy will forever shape the political and environmental landscape of America. Some said politicians need to pursue alter native sources of energies to replace crude oil. Megan O'Hara said she enrolled in the course because of her interest in the impli cations the spill had on the marine envi ronment. “I worked for Shell for a little bit, so in a way I can relate to this topic because it affects everyone,” O'Hara (senior-finance) said. Bralower, an expert in marine geology and oceanography, said he has lectured on a range of topics in the course’s inaugural semester from the mechanics of shallow water ecosystems to the reasons why BP's Deepwater Horizon rig failed. This November, students will have a chance to travel to the Gulf of Mexico and see firsthand the many factors that con tribute to the oil industry, Bralower said. They will have the'opportunity to visit Shell headquarters, and take excursions by boat and airboat to see wetland and barrier islands. Bralower said the course and trip is designed to showcase the natural, human and economic conflicts surround ing the BP oil spill. To e-mail reporter: dlb367@psu.edu If you go What: Four Diamonds 5K Run and Fun Walk When: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Where: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Details Register online at fourdia monds.org Cawley (senior-accounting) said. Registration for the event is $25 and can be completed at fourdiamonds.org, Barry said. So far about 500 people have signed up, she said. And she said she expects to see plenty of Penn State students on Sunday. While the race isn’t quite like the THON 5K at University Park, where participants wear crazy costumes, Cawley said he expects to see other Penn State students at the event. The THON Overall Committee will be cheering on runners and volunteering at the event as well, said Jony Rommel, Overall Public Relations chairwoman. Rommel (senior-philosophy) said many students embrace the event as an opportunity to spend time hanging out with THON families. To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu "f £ LATENIGHT BILLIARDS - 9 PM - 1 AM, Corner Pocket ARHS MOVIE: TOY STORY 3- 7 PM, 9:30 PM &12 AM, Auditorium f, §. 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