The Daily Collegian Public relations students host ‘Vampire Diaries’ screenings By Lauren Ingeno COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Vampires may already be pretty popular on campus, but a group of Penn State students helped give them even more exposure last night. Six members of the Penn State chapter of PRSA decided to split up in groups of three and partici pate in a national contest run by the CW Network and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The contest was to create a campaign and help get the word out about the CW series “The D J duo to ‘Mash’ up concert By Lauren Ingeno COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Next week, Penn State stu dents can buy tickets to listen to mash-up tunes, dance and sup port a good cause all at the same time. The Super Mash Bros. a pair of DJs who combine classic hits from the ‘9os with today's chart-topping hip-hop hits will come to State College Oct. 1 to play a concert on Delta Upsilon fraternity’s lawn. The concert is part of the Blitz and Beatz Tour that will stop at 10 different college campuses throughout the nation, sponsored by the Campus Socialite, a web site that caters to college men. Jake Wagner, a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, is a campus student ambassador for Campus Socialite and took the initiative to bring the tour to Penn State, Campus Socialite Media CEO Drew Austin said. Wagner (junior-professional golf management) said he decid ed he not only wanted to bring the concert to Penn State, but he wanted the proceeds from the concert to go to a local charity. He contacted Delta Upsilon to see if the concert could be held at the fraternity because of its large lawn and good location. “Everything that we make, we’re going to split it between our organizations and give the money [to the charity],” Wagner said. 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Attendees who came for the white team’s screen ing ate food donated from outside businesses before entering room 101 in the Osmond Building and Super Mash Bros.will come to State College on Oct. 1 to play a lawn concert at Delta Upsilon. Money raised will benefit a local charity. some ticket sales, sponsors and Campus Socialite. Wagner said the concert is going to be a dry event. “Anything that involves drink ing we wanted to completely avoid because it is going to be a benefit concert." he said. Austin said Penn State and two other universities on the tour are choosing to donate proceeds from the concert to charities. He also said free prizes and merchandise from different sponsors and Campus Socialite will be given out at the event. 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I’m not even a big fan of thrillers and stuff, but I love this one.” “The kind of music they play pumps everybody up.” In the past, Wagner said, con certs at fraternities have been problematic but he wants to break the negative stigma. “We really want to strengthen ties between the greek communi ty, Penn State and the borough of State College,” he said. To e-mail reporter: ImisolB@psu.edu. If you go What: Ticket sale for Super Mash Bros. When: Noon to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27. Tickets are also currently online. Where: HUB-Robeson Center Details: Tickets are $l5 each Others who attended the white team’s screening said that even though shows like “True Blood” are popular, “Vampire Diaries” is lesser known. “I like ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood.’ I don’t think the advertis ing for this show has been that great, so this definitely made me more intrigued,” Samantha Palser (junior-communications arts and sciences) said. The white team added fun to their screening by asking trivia questions between episodes and handing out prizes. The blue team had less luck with the turnout at their screening about half an THON inspires new social networking site By Will Schultz COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER One Penn State student has cre ated an alternative to Facebook while he helps to fight pediatric cancer along the way. Medstr.com, a new social net working site co-created by Austin Kelly, launched on Sept. 10. It allows users to upload pic tures and create groups, events, bulletins and announcements. The site had 58 users by press time Wednesday. Kelly (senior-communications) said the website was partially inspired by the Interfratemity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. Medstr.com is supposed to help bring students and professionals involved in THON together in a common forum to exchange ideas. “Facebook is outdated,” Kelly said. He hopes Medstr.com will foster a new type of online community. Kelly said Facebook is not as effective as his site because it cre ates an atmosphere where people are comfortable interacting “socially, but not professionally.” He said he hopes the openness of Medster.com, coupled with its promise to donate the majority of its revenue to THON, will per suade THON event planners to use Medstr.com to their advan tage. “This is philanthropic like Facebook, but helpful,” Kelly said. Jean Shelton said she keeps up with current Internet trends and is interested in testing out Medstr.com. “I like trying new things to see what’s better,” Shelton (senior- Open a new Student Banking Package. Add great features. GET UP TO s7s' Thursday, Sept. 23,2010 I hour after their screening started, no students had showed up yet but members said that they had the chance to interview Sara Canning, who plays the character of Jenna on the show. They said that the 12-day experience of mak ing a campaign taught them more about the public relations indus try. “It taught me how much adver tising you realty need to make an event successful,” Ally Inverso (senior-public relations) said. “I think next time we’ll make sure to target a specific audience.” To e-mail reporter. linlsolB@psu.Mlu veterinary biomedical science) said. Despite interest in new forms of social networking, there are sev eral inherent challenges. Abigail Meyers expressed con cern regarding the limited num ber of users who are on Medstr.com. She said she tends to judge a social networking website based on its popularity. “The more people on them, the more valuable they become,” Meyers (senior-marketing) said. In 2009, Facebook changed its privacy policy and drew criticism for not doing enough to adequate ty protect its users. 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