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Vice President Joe Biden is surrounded by attendees after his speech on Tuesday. Biden spoke to a crowd of over 1,000 for more than half an hour.
Vice President Joe Biden greets those who waited in an overflow room.
Some miss
VP’s speech
By Katrina Wehr and Aubrey Whelan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS
About 250 people denied entry
to HUB-Alumni Hall Tuesday
afternoon as crowds for Vice
President Joe Biden’s Moving
America Forward rally filled the
room to capacity might have
felt like they’d gotten the short
end of the stick.
But as it turns out, they got
lucky.
After his speech, Biden shook
hands and took pictures outside
the Paul Robeson Cultural
IFC: New policy levels field
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Interfraternity Council (IFC)
executives said Tuesday night
that the council’s updated uni
form sanctions
policy which
names the conse
quences for viola
tions of IFC poli-
cies will
assure that all
fraternities are
equally affected
by fines they Wendkos
receive for viola
tions.
The new polity was approved at
Tuesday’s IFC President’s
Council meeting.
Fines for all IFQ violations,
ranging from recruitment viola
tions to the recently updated
social events policy, will be deter
mined using a formula that is
based on the number of brothers
in a chapter, said IFC Vice
JOE KNOWS POLITICS
Center's Heritage Hall with atten
dees who waited for about an hour
and half in the HUB Auditorium
after Alumni Hall's doors closed.
"Well, you didn’t miss much,”
Biden said to laughter, “but I did
miss speaking to you.”
Biden, sporting a Penn State
baseball cap. delivered a shorter
version of his speech for the small
crowd waiting for him.
Attendees filed into the auditori
um after being turned away at
Alumni Hall when staffers told
them they’d be able to watch the
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President for Public Relations
Dan Cartwright.
Cartwright (senior-energy,
business and finance) said the
fine will be determined by charg
ing a certain fine per brother
equalizing the impact a fine will
have on fraternities of all sizes.
The aim of the policy is to level
the playing field between all IFC
chapters, IFC President Max
Wendkos said, adding that the
updated policy is a “drastic
change” for the IFC.
Under the new uniform sanc
tions policy, a chapter with more
members will face a larger fine
than a chapter with less mem
bers, Cartwright said. Before,
there was a set sanction fine for
every violation, Cartwright said
each fraternity chapter paid
the same fine for a violation,
regardless of the chapter’s num
ber of members.
The previous policy did not con
sider the financial means of each
fraternity. As a result, larger
Students protest
administration
Just past the HUB-Robeson
Center and the audience filing in
to hear Vice President Joe Biden
speak, another student stood wav
ing a red, white and blue sign that
read, “2012: Just Biden' Our
Time.”
Alex Weisler /Collegian
The student and his peers from
the Penn State Chapter of Young
Americans for Freedom (YAF) set
up camp alongside Pollock Road
TXiesday morning, holding hand
made posters protesting the cur
rent administration, passing out
miniature American flags and
conversing with passersby.
Though it seemed like YAF
Young Americans for Freedom members protest on Tuesday afternoon
chapters with greater funding
streams were not as impacted by
a fine as a smaller chapter may
be, Wendkos (senior-marketing
and psychology) said.
Policy updates weren’t the only
matter discussed at last night’s
meeting.
■ Also at the meeting, the
President’s Council approved the
idea of a “Greek or Treat” event.
The event would take place the
weekend following Halloween,
Cartwright said.
The premise of the event is to
have community families take a
trolley to fraternity houses, where
they can trick-or-treats for candy,
he said. He said more plans for
the events are still in the works
and some details need to be
decided upon.
“It’s a nice community service
event,” Cartwright said.
The council will meet again on
Oct. 12.
To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
President Samuel Settle and his
group were opposing the vice
president’s visit, Settle said their
real goal was to reach out to other
students who are frustrated with
current political leaders, but don’t
feel as though other students
share their discontent.
"It's a message to the general
student body: If you’re feeling like
a minority, you’re not,” Settle (jun
ior-political science and history)
said.
But, Settle said, that’s not to say
he and his fellow YAF members
weren't trying to get those in
power to pay attention to them,
either.
It's important that the
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Lady leers coach Mo Stroemel oversees a practice in 2009.
Teammates to travel
By Greg Garcia
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
It was just another ordinary Turkey. It was seconds later
day for Heather Rossi. when Rossi was also told that her
The senior goaltender had just coach and three other team
finished handing in her paper-, mates fellow goalie Katie
work before Lady leers coach Mo Vaughan, and defenders Lindsay
Stroemel summoned her into his Reihl and Kate Christofferson
office. It was that moment where would be joining her overseas.
Rossi realized her lifelong dream “I was speechless after coach
would now become a reality. Stroemel told me I had made the
Once Rossi entered the room, team,” Rossi said. “It was an
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Biden
visits
PSU
VP stresses
student vote
By Katrina Wehr
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Vice President Joe Biden said
he has a bad habit of saying exact
ly what he thinks.
And what he thinks is if young
adults bring their dedication from
the 2008 presidential election to
the upcoming midterm elections,
the progress of Democrats in
Washington can continue.
“Your generation swept us into
the White House,” Biden said.
“You, more than anyone else, have
the power to help us like you did
last time.”
Students and community mem
bers filled the HUB-Robeson
Center Tuesday afternoon for
Biden’s “Moving America
Forward” rally. Interest was so
high that some attendees were not
able to enter Alumni Hall before it
was closed by fire marshals.
Rob Ghormoz, president of the
Penn State College Democrats,
said it was wonderful to see how
enthusiastic the students in the
audience were.
“It’s what we wanted to see,”
Ghormoz (senior-political sci
ence) said. “I’m just excited for
people to hear the vice president’s
message on continuing the
changes that benefit students.”
Before the program began, local
band Velveeta played until student
body president Christian Ragland
introduced the national anthem.
Attendees also heard from
Democratic Congressional candi
date Michael Pipe, who talked
about some of the initiatives the
Obama administration has put in
place to help students and young
adults.
Jay Patemo, Penn State quater
backs coach, took the podium next
and compared the players he
looks to recruit to the kind of peo
ple needed in Washington team
players.
“A great team and a great
nation needs ‘we’ and ‘us’ kind of
people,” Patemo said.
Ghormoz then took the podium
to introduce the vice president,
whose entrance was met with an
uproar of cheers and applause.
“All I heard when I got here in
Happy Valley was the roar of a
lion, Biden said after the audi
ence quieted down.
The vice president spoke for
more than half an hour to a crowd
of more than 1,000 people. From
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