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Biden rallies for voters’ support
By Katrina Wehr
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Tor Michaels, chief of staff for
Vice President Joe Biden will Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Centre.,
call on students at Penn State next said the rally is being held in con
week to generate excitement for junction with a rally at the
the upcoming midterm elections University of Wisconsin where
and try to recreate the record President Barack Obama will be
numbers of student voters at the present.
polls during the 2008 presidential The president and vice presi
election. dent remember the power of col-
The rally will began at 1:30 p.m. lege students from the presiden- magic of 2008,” he said. “We need
Tuesday. The location of the event tial elections, Michaels said, and them again to organize and turn
is yet to be determined, university they are calling on students again, out in record numbers to keep
ESPN2
features
Big Ten
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
To the casual onlooker, the
scene outside the Bryce Jordan
Center Thursday might have
looked like just another pre-game
rally.
Cowbells clanked and crowds of
fans clad in blue and white yelled
chants, but this afternoon the
cheers were different.
Instead of screaming their sup
port for head coach Joe Paterno,
fans were clamoring for
“Sports Nation" host Michelle
Beadle.
ESPN2’s live sports talk show
“Sports Nation" rallied about 1,000
fans at the BJC Thursday as a
part of the show's Big Ten univer
sity tour.
The Penn State stop marked
“Sports Nation’s” last on the tour,
but at the show’s conclusion, host
Colin Cowherd said the reception
from University Park did not dis
appoint.
“Penn State's been the last stop
and the best stop. We re stopping
by Paternoville, getting some
pizza and knocking back a cold
one,” Cowherd said.
Penn State student Joey
Basedow said he couldn’t help but
join in on the “We Love Beadle”
chants.
“I love Michelle Beadle. She’s
unbelievable." Basedow (sopho
more-biochemistry) said.
The interactive show featured
polls and segments that catered to
Penn State fans in particular.
Polls questions like "Steelers or
Eagles?” or "Would you camp out
to see your favorite team?" natu
rally polarized audience mem
bers.
See ESPN2. Page 2.
Coaches vs. Cancer
breaks sales record
By Julia Anselmo
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
A record-breaking number of
377 tickets were sold at Thursday
night’s Coaches vs. Cancer of
Penn State’s Reverse Car
Drawing event to raise money for
the American Cancer Society.
This sth annual event was the
first of a series of fundraisers held
by the Coaches vs. Cancer organ
ization at Penn State. Coaches vs.
Cancer is a national organization
between the American Cancer
Society and the National
Association of Basketball
Pegula’s donation makes hockey happen
Terry Pegula discusses his dona- largest philanthropic act in uni- To read about the leers scrimmage
tion of $BB million to Penn State, versity history —to help fund a this weekend | SPORTS, Page 14.
spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz
said.
Kelly Rootes-Murdy/Collegian
Students cheer on Michelle Beadle during Sports Nation at the Bryce Jordan Center on Thursday evening.
Coaches (NABC), which raises
funds to spread cancer aware
ness.
Steve Greer, Co-Chairman of
Coaches vs. Cancer at Penn State
said that he is excited about the
growing success of the organiza
tion and is looking forward to lyier sizemore/coiiegit
another promismg year. A car was raffled off at the
We re going to sell close to 380 c oac h es V s Cancer fundraiser,
tickets this year, he said. We ve
never sold over 320-325 tickets. In
this economy, it shows how much disease that affects so many and
fun we’re going to have.” their families.
Greer, a Leukemia survivor, “I got involved because my
said that he got involved to help family is entrenched in cancer
raise funds and awareness for a See FUNDRAISER, Page 2.
state-of-the-art ice arena, as well
as the addition of men’s and
women’s NCAA Division I hockey
Terry Pegula had a vision. programs to his alma mater.
One day, after becoming sue- “I have always been curious as
cessful in his business ventures, to why Penn State did not have a
he wanted to give back to the uni- Division I hockey program,”
versity that gave him the oppor- Pegula said. “I enjoy the sport of
tunity to make something of him- hockey, and I thought I could take
self. my good fortune and give it to the
university that gave me the abili
ty to have this good fortune with
See PEGULA, Page 2.
By Anthony Barton
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
That university is Penn State.
And that day has arrived.
On Sept. 17, Pegula announced
his donation of $BB million the
If you go
What: Vice President Joe Biden
to address elections
When: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: To be determined
“It’s an effort to recreate the
progress moving forward.”
Rob Ghormoz, president of the
Penn State College Democrats,
said the visit demonstrates how
important Pennsylvania is in the
elections this November.
“It’s reflective of not only our
size, but our influence,” Ghormoz
(senior-political science) said. “It
really says something about the
state’s influence on national poli
tics and importance to the nation.”
Anthony Christina, vice chair-
See biden, Page 2. Joe Biden speaks at a reception
Borough, students
talk title change
By Alyssa Sweeney
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Debate over a title: That was
enough to slow the progress of
student representation on the
State College
Borough Council,
said T.J. Bard,
University Park
Undergraduate
Association
(UPUA) Govern
mental Affairs
Committee
Chairman
The proposal
to add a Penn State student
member of the borough council
has been on the table since late
last year.
Bard (sophomore-economics
and political sci
ence) said a road
block has been
the title of “mem
ber,” as detailed
in UPUA’s
request
“But now I
have the feeling
it’s going to be
moving fast,”
Bard said. “I think we’re looking
at having a draft in a work ses
sion in the next two to three
weeks.”
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Allen
found
guilty
Sean L. Allen was found guilty
of first-degree murder in the
March 3, 2009 death of 20-year
old Penn State Altoona student
Margo “Maggie” Davis
Thursday evening after less
than three
hours of jury
deliberation.
Allen, 20, of
Hollidaysburg,
Pa., was also
convicted of sec-
ond-degree
murder in con-
nection with a Alien
felony charge of
attempting to commit rape.
Davis’ body was found in the
trunk of her blue Pontiac Grand
Am two days after she was first
reported missing. Her car was
parked about 100 yards from
Allen’s 102 A Fairway Lower
Brush apartment in
Hollidaysburg.
The defense called only two
witnesses to the stand on the
fourth and final day of the trial at
the Blair County Courthouse.
Dr. Eric Vey, a forensic pathol
ogist from the Erie County
Coroners Office, testified that
Davis was strangled to death. In
addition to marks on her neck,
Davis suffered a broken bone in
her neck consistent with injuries
sustained by the majority of vic
tims who are strangled by hand,
Vey said.
“We’ve got everything we
need here for a death by stran
gulation,” Vey said.
See ALLEN, Page 2.
Borough Council President
Ron Filippelli met with Bard and
UPUA Vice Chairwoman of
Governmental Affairs Maggie
Quinn (sophomore-division of
undergraduate studies)
Thursday to discuss the idea.
“It was misunderstood that the
title would violate the Home Rule
Charter of the State College
Borough Council, but the UPUA
and borough council both seem
more than happy to compromise
the title to representative,” Bard
said.
“Member” implies an elected
position and voting, Quinn said,
but all UPUA wants was a stu
dent voice.
Filippelli said once the issue
was cleared up, the idea seemed
more feasible, and he is personal
ly optimistic about the proposi
tion.
“I think that previously there
was not a clear understanding of
what exactly was being proposed
by the students,” Filippelli said.
“But I think we had a very good
meeting, and we’re on the same
page.”
Filippelli asked his staff to
make a draft of a resolution for a
student representative to pre
sented to UPUA to review.
“Filippelli was so vital to this
See BOROUGH, Page 2.
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER