The Daily Collegian
Afghanistan deaths rise
to at least 1,200 troops
The Associated Press
As of Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at least
1,200 members of the U.S. military had
died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.
invasion in late 2001, according to an
Associated Press count.
The AP count is six more than the
Defense Department’s tally, last updated
Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
At least 969 service members have died
in Afghanistan as a result of hostile action,
according to the military’s numbers.
Outside Afghanistan, the department
reports at least 94 more members of the
U.S. military died in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom. Of those, 12 were the
result of hostile action.
The AP count of total OEF casualties
outside of Afghanistan is two fewer than
the department’s tally.
The Defense Department also counts
two military civilian deaths.
Since the start of U.S. military opera
tions in Afghanistan, 8,040 U.S. service
members have been wounded in hostile
action, according to the Defense
Department.
The latest identifications reported by the
military include:
Sgt. Aaron K. Kramer, 22, of Salt Lake
City, Utah; died Sept. 16 in Kandahar,
Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when
insurgents attacked his unit with small
Matt Rourke/Associated Press
Lenders will take over The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News after bidding
$lO5 million at a bankruptcy auction Thursday. They plan to cut costs by 13 percent.
Senior lenders win auction
for Philaelphia newspapers
Maryclaire Dale
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PHILADELPHIA - Secured lenders will
take over Philadelphia’s two largest news
papers after winning a bankruptcy auction
Thursday with a $lO5 million cash bid.
The new owners vowed immediate
changes to reinvigorate The Philadelphia
Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News. For
starters, they will move the company’s
separate Philly.com operations into the
newspaper building to revamp the website
and better integrate print and online news
gathering.
The lenders’ offer topped an $B5 million
bid from Raymond Perelman, a 93-year-old
philanthropist and business mogul from
Philadelphia.
They plan to cut costs by 13 percent
across the board, but have pledged to con
tinue publishing both newspapers and hold
off on any newsroom layoffs for at least one
year.
The acrimonious 19-month bankruptcy
has been a roller-coaster ride for employ
ees, readers and advertisers, incoming
Publisher Greg Osberg said.
“We are hoping we’ve lifted a cloud,”
said Osberg, who called the turmoil espe
cially difficult for the company’s several
Facebook creator donates
SIOOM to Newark schools
Geoff Mulvihill
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NEWARK, N.J. Facebook founder
Mark Zuckerberg is about to make a lot of
new friends: The 26-year-old tycoon is
pouring $lOO million of his staggering for
tune into Newark’s blighted school system
after hitting it off with the mayor of the
poverty-stricken city.
The donation which is being
announced today on Oprah Winfrey’s show
instantly establishes Zuckerberg as one
of high-tech’s biggest philanthropists and
comes just ahead of the release of “The
Social Network,” a movie that paints an
unflattering portrait of the boy wonder of
the Internet.
The arrangement brings together the
young entrepreneur, Newark’s celebrated
Democratic mayor and a governor who
has become a star of the Republican Party.
And it underscores how the remaking of
the nation’s urban schools has become a
popular cause among young philanthro
pists.
“What you’re seeing is for the under-40
set, education reform is what feeding kids
in Africa was in 1980,” said Derrell
Bradford, executive director of the
Newark-based education reform group
Excellent Education for Everyone.
arms fire; assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), Port Campbell, Ky.
Senior Airman Daniel R. Sanchez, 23, of
El Paso, Texas; died Sept. 16 while con
ducting combat operations in Oruzgan
province, Afghanistan.
He had been assigned to the 23rd
Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field,
Fla.
Spc. Deangelo B. Snow, 22, of Saginaw,
Mich.; died Sept. 17 in Kandahar province,
Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when
insurgents attached his vehicle with a
rocket propelled grenade; assigned to the
526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Port Campbell, Ky.
Ist Lt. Scott J. Fleming, 24, of Marietta,
Ga.; died Sept. 17 while conducting combat
operations in Helmand province,
Afghanistan; assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division,
111 Marine Expeditionary Force, based out
of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Two soldiers died in the Zhari district,
Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of
wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked their unit with an improvised
explosive device; both were assigned to the
Ist Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
thousand employees. “They’ve been
extremely resilient, extremely patient, but
I think they’re eager to move forward.”
The creditors had won a spring auction
for about the same price, only to walk away
from the deal two weeks ago because of a
contract stalemate with delivery drivers.
Perelman then stepped in to mount a
challenge.
“We need newspapers. I read (them)
every day,” said Perelman, the father of bil
lionaire Revlon Chairman Ronald
Perelman.
The creditors group includes the hedge
funds Alden Global Capital and Angelo,
Gordon & Co., the latter of which now owns
stakes in newspapers in Los Angeles,
Chicago, Minneapolis and several other
U.S. cities.
They vowed to honor contracts forged in
recent months with the other 14 employee
unions in Philadelphia. But “all options are
on the open” if the drivers refuse to sign by
the scheduled mid-October close, credi
tors’ lawyer Fred Hodara said.
The creditors, known as PN Purchasers,
plan to end contributions to their
Teamsters pension fund and switch the
drivers to individual 401 k plans. Local 628
President John Laigaie did not immediate
ly return a call for comment.
Mario Jose Sanchez/Associated Press
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will
announce a $lOO million donation to
Newark schools on Oprah Winfrey’s show.
“Newark public schools are like the new
Live Aid.”
Last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation announced $290 million in edu
cation grants, including $lOO million for the
school system in Tampa, Fla., and $9O mil
lion for the Memphis, Ttenn., district. The
Gates Foundation also has given more
than $l5O million to New York City schools
over the past eight years. Exactly how
Zuckerberg’s donation will be used in
Newark - a school system with about
40,000 students and a budget this year of
$940 million - has not been disclosed.
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only)! -10 PM-1 AM, Alumni
Hal! (Sponsored by Urban
Gaming Club)
CREATIVE CRAFTS -
Decorate and stencil your
own colorful tote bag! - 9
PM-1 AM, Ground Floor
POKER TOURNAMENT-
Prizes for winners! - 10 PM,
Ground Floor (Sponsored by
GAPS)
GAPS GAMING - 9:30
PM-1:30 AM, Ground Floor
LATENIGHT BILLIARDS - 9
PM-1 AM, Corner Pocket
ARHS MOVIE: GROWN UPS -
7 PM, 9:30 PM & 12 AM,
Auditorium
FRIDAY LATENIGHT FOOD
SPECIALS:
Ground Floor Carts: $1
Nathan’s Hotdog, $1.29 Soft
Pretzels, David’s Large
Cookies at $1.59, and 75$
Box of Popcorn - 9 PM-1 AM
Sharro: $1.99 Meatball Hero
or Pasta Special and $1 slice
of Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza -
9 PM-2 AM
WHITE BUILDING ACTIVITIES:
Late Night Basketball League -
7:45 PM start
Swing Dancing - 9 PM start
Open Recreation - 9 PM start
Open Pool Recreation* -
9 PM-1 2 AM (Closed if no
Lifeguard)
Fitness Center* - 9 PM-1 AM
(‘Requires Fitness Pass/ID)
Saturday, Sept. 25
SOCIAL DANCE NIGHT -
Lessons followed by Salsa,
Tango and Ballroom dancing! -
10 PM-1 AM, Alumni Hall
(Sponsored by Ballroom Dance
Club)
CREATIVE CRAFTS -
Decorate and stencil your
; own colorful tote bag! - 9
PM-1 AM, Ground Floor
GAPS GAMING -9:30
PM-1:30 AM, Ground Floor
LATENIGHT BILLIARDS - 9
PM-1 AM, Corner Pocket
ARHS MOVIE: GROWN UPS -
7 PM, 9:30 PM & 12 AM,
Auditorium
SATURDAY LATENIGHT
FOOD SPECIALS:
Ground Floor Carts: $1.99
Fruit Smoothies, $1.29 Soft
Pretzels, David's Large
Cookies at $1.59, and 75c
Box of Popcorn - 9 PM-1 AM
Nathan s: 59c
Mini-Hamburger, 99C Nachos,
$1 Nathan’s Hotdog, and 5
Kenny Rogers Roasters
Wings for $1.99 - 9 PM-2 AM
WHITE BUILDING ACTIVITIES:
Open Recreation - 9 PM start
Open Pool Recreation* - 9
PM-12 AM (Closed if no
Lifeguard)
Fitness Center* - 9 PM-1 AM
(‘Requires Fitness Pass/ID)
Sunday, Sept. 26
ARHS MOVIE: GROWN UPS -
7 PM & 9:30 PM, Auditorium
PSU-UPark Student ID required
at most events.
All events are in the
HUB-Robeson Center unless
noted otherwise. Check out
Union St. and get a great deal
on late night food on Friday
and Saturday nights!
www.latenight.psu.edu
HOSS’s Fundraiser
Sep. 25 HOSS’s Restaurant
State College
Come out and support Smeal
College of Business’s first
student business magazine
by having a meal on Saturday,
Sept. 25. Just show your
ticket with Critique’s name to
your waitress. To get tickets
please contact Joanne at
jaas279@psu.edu.
Mexican American Student
Association Presents
Una Noche en Mexico -
Featuring the los Quetza
les Dance Ensemble
Sept. 25 7:30 PM
Heritage Hall - HUB -
Robeson Center
This year marks Mexico’s
bicentennial celebration, and
we will be celebrating it as part
of Hispanic Heritage month!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
UPACJ
Itur Student Activity FeexJßwjtWy
GELE was designed specifically for Penn State students
to explore what it means to “think global'' and how to
lead and follow in increasingly multi-national settings.
The two part program for undergraduate students will
begin with a two and a half day mini-conference on
global culture and leadership at Bald Eagle State Park
Oct. 15-17. GELE brings international and U.S. students
together to positively change campus climate and
society by inspiring Penn State students - future leaders -
to transform themselves into globally engaged and
responsible citizens. No previous experience is required,
but a desire to explore new perspectives on leadership
and international engagement is preferred! For more
information and to apply online, visit the University Office
of Global Programs at http://www.global.psu.edu/dgrp/gli/
The Center for Arts & Crafts
Fall 2010 Art Classes
The Center for Arts and Crafts is now taking registrations
for our fall 2010 art classes! Classes include wheel thrown
pottery, Irish dance, Zumba, drawing, watercolor painting,
acrylic painting, scrapbooking, stained glass, recycled
workshops and more! Class fees are discounted for PSU
students with valid ID; Penn State affiliation is required to
participate. To register, stop by our new location in
3 Ritenour Building, or mail in a registration form found in
the Fall 2010 catalog. For questions or catalog request,
please call 814-863-0611 or email mandi@psu.edu
Classes start Sept. 13. Reserve your spot today! For class
info visit: www.sa.psu.edu/usa/craftcenter
Attention New and Returning Student
Organization Leaders!
The Office of Student Activities will once again be
offering the Student Organization Success Series to
better train you so that you may better serve your
organizations. If you have any questions please come see
us in 209 HUB or email studentorg@sa.psu.edu.
All programs start at 6PM
Oct. 12 Risk Management 129AHUB
Presented by: Jay Arcuri, Union and Student Activities
Nov. 9 Organization Transitioning Hetzel Lounge
Presented by: Andrea Mosby, CampuSpeak, Inc.
Dec. 7 Reflection Facilitation 129 A HUB
Presented by: Beth Bradley, Center for Ethics and
Religious Affairs
Critique
Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 I
Friday & Saturday: 7 PM, 9:30 PM
HUB Gallery - Free and open to the public
Dates of exhibition: Sept. 14 - Dec. 12
Reception: Oct. 5,4 -6 PM
Textural Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Tradition
Curator Carolyn Mazloomi, Founder and Coordinator of
the Women of Color Quitters Network
Robeson Gallery - Free and open to the public
Dates of exhibition: Sept. 24 - Dec. 5
Reception: Sept. 30, 5 - 7 PM
Student Red Cross Club
Special September Blood Challenge
Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh
Blood Donor Challenge
With a critical appeal for blood donations, the Red
Cross hasr launched the Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh
Blood Donor Challenge. Throughout September, donate
and vote for your favorite city and be eligible to win
prizes and giveaways. Appointments are recommended.
To schedule an appointment, visit psuredcross.org
Your single donation can save up to three lives.
Global Engagement and
Leadership Experience (GELE)
Oct. 15-17 Bald Eagle State Park
Applications available at
http://www.global.psu.edu/dgrp/gli/
Does your organization have a weekly, bi-weekly
or monthly meeting? Or do you have a special event
coming up? Would you like to get the word out to the
students? Then stop by the UPAC office located in 229
HUB Robeson and pick up a form, fill it out and return
it to the UPAC office as early as possible but no later
than the week before the event. We will be happy to
publish your information in our weekly meeting section.
The Meeting List is published each Monday in the
What’s Going ON page. Events are published Monday
and Fridays! This service is free and provided by UPAC!
Your Student Activity Fee at Work!
Club Kreyol and Dominican
Student Association
Komparengue
Oct. 6 BPM West Halls study lounge
Come out and support Club Kreyol and the Dominican
Student Association in a night of celebration of culture
through dancing. Watch Kompa and Meringue perfor
mances and learn some new dance moves. Tickets are $2
in advance and $3 at the door. Look for our group selling
tickets at the HUB info tables during the week of Sept. 27.
Rename the Corner Pocket!
The Corner Pocket in the HUB-Robeson Center has
undergone significant renovations this summer and
continues to do so! Part of that change includes the
addition of a gaming area with a gaming tower and a
gaming island. They will include Play Station 3, Xbox,
and Wii stations with 20 game slots to accompany
these stations. We aren’t just Billiards anymore and
the name “Corner Pocket” no longer fits. So we are
asking YOU to re-name the Corner Pocket and create
a new logo! The winner will be chosen by a small
committee and will win fabulous prizes! Questions?
Email Keith at kjss234@psu.edu. Submissions can
be turned in until Oct. 15 to Erin in room 230 HUB.