I Wednesday, Sept. 29,2010 LOCAL, STATE & NATION NRA endorses Toomey in Senate race HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) The National Rifle Association is endorsing Republican Pat Toomey in the race for U.S. Senate over Democrat Joe Sestak. The NRA said in a statement Tuesday that it endorsed Toomey because he had an outstanding record of supporting gun rights while serving in the U.S. House from 1999 to 2005. NRA officials also held endorsement events Tuesday with Toomey in Pittsburgh, Clarks Summit and York. While he was in Congress, Toomey supported bills to limit lawsuits against gun manufacturers and to repeal the District of Columbia's gun ban Sestak, a second-term U.S. House member from the Philadelphia suburbs, lost points with the NRA for supporting a failed effort to renew the assault weapons ban and for receiving an endorsement from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Alan Robock of Rutgers University will speak at 11:15 a.m. in 529 Walker Building. The event is hosted by the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute. Call 814-865-0478 for more information. Penn State professor Michael Hlckner will speak on "Liquid like Conductivity in a Solid Polymer: Features of Fast lon Conduction," at 2:30 p.m. in 102 Chemistry Building. The event is hosted by Scott Phillips of the Department of Chemistry. Call 814-867-2502 for more information. Alan Robock of Rutgers University will speak on "Smoke and Mirrors: Is Geoengineering a Solution to Global Warming?" at 3:30 p.m. in 112 Walker Building. The event is hosted by the Department of Meteorology. Call 814-863-8566 for more infor mation. Brian Baldo of the University of Wisconsin will speak on “Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Observations on the Telencephalic Control of ‘Non-Homeostatic’ Feeding” today at 4 p.m. in 108 Wartik Laboratory. For more information call 814- 865-6519. LUNCH Findlay, Pollock, Redifer and Wamoc: cream of tomato soup, hearty vegetarian chili, chicken spinach, chicken spinach straw berry salad, grilled cheese sandwich, grilled cheese sandwich on whole wheat, grilled ham and cheese sandwich, rice, Thai shrimp and vegetable stir, baby carrots with dill, Italian green beans, fresh baked chocolate chip cookie, Mandarin oranges, Rice Krispie treat, swirl pudding, whipped topping Simmons: pasta e fagioli, Greek beef sandwich, roasted veg etable whole wheat pizza, taco bar toppings, three cheese whole wheat pizza, vegan taco, zucchini ribbon penne with chicken, broccoli with caramelized onions and pine nuts, corn, grilled eggplant, Israeli couscous and mushroom pilaf, jasmine rice with edamame, Simmons mashed redskins, whole baby carrots, cherry gelatin parfait, chocolate chip cookie Waring: lunch roll basket, minestrone soup, soup of the day, chicken spinach, strawberry salad, baby carrots with dill, beef gravy, chicken cosmo, chicken cosmo not feature grilled chick en sandwich, grilled chicken breast, Italian green beans, quar ter pound cheeseburger, quarter pound hamburger, shepherd's pie, shoestring fries tai shrimp & vegetable stir, breadsticks, cheese pizza, macaroni & cheese, meat sauce penne pasta pltite; sweet onion pizza, tortellini and vegetables, baked potato, barley potato, barley pilaf; broccoli florettes, cheese sauce, hearty vegetarian chili, vegetarian burger, fresh baked chocolate chip cookie, Mandarin oranges, Rice Krispie treat, swirl pudding, whipped topping DINNER Findlay, Pollock, Redifer and Warnoc: cream of tomato soup, hearty vegetarian chili, BBQ sauce, chicken fritters, ginger sesame tofu chicken breast, honey mustard, honey sauce, island grilled fish, sweet &sour sauce, baby carrots with dill, cauliflower with parsley, Italian potatoes, chocolate mint brown ie, pineapple chunks, walnut brownie Simmons: fresh fish with pineapple salsa, bruschetta chicken parmesan, channa saag eggplant & tomato pasta, grilled chick en breast, zucchini corn quesadilla, broccoli with caramelized onions and pine nuts, corn, grilled eggplant, Israeli couscous and mushroom pilaf, jasmine rice with edamame, Simmons mashed redskins, whole baby carrots, cherry gelatin parfait, chocolate chip cookie Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-moment news, jLjf www.twitter.com/dailycollegian The Dailv Collegian Collegian Inc. 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There are no fewer than four edu cation documentaries scheduled for release by the end of this year, induding “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” a poignant look at the lives of five children hoping to escape the dis mal outcome of students at neigh borhood public schools by winning entrance to a successful charter. The film by Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director of “An Inconvenient Truth,” already has created a stir in education circles and opened in New York and Los Angeles Friday. Education professionals hope the films will do for education what “An Inconvenient Thith” did for the envi ronmental movement by putting a much-needed spotlight on the fail ures of schools in America. “In the education reform world, for the last 15 years, people have been saying, We need a movie, like a big movie, to come along and tell people what is really going on,” said Joe Williams, the president of Democrats for Education Reform. “Now in one year we’ve got more than we can handle.” Also on the list for red carpet treatment: “Race to Nowhere,” cre ated by a mother-turned activist upset at a high-stakes test culture in public education; “The Lottery,” which profiles four Harlem children hoping to win a slot at a charter school; and “Lunch Line,” a look at the history of school lunch. Detractors say the films, in partic ular “Waiting for ‘Superman’” and “The Lottery,” provide overly simpli fied viewpoints that hold charter schools up as a universal solution and paint teachers and unions as enemies to change. U o l|_ 7 said. “An economy that’s built on class to hear Biden speak, but felt it JVdllY innovation.” was worth it for the experience of It was not political jargon, but seeing an important national figrne From Page 1. rather personal stories of experienc- in person. Mariani (freshman-divi improving the economy through mg the financial strain of putting his sion of undergraduate studies) said job creation to reforming health three children through college and he hopes his fellow students actually care and changing how student graduate school that made Biden’s heed the vice president’s message, loans are handled, Biden touched speech memorable for AJ Logan. “You come to Penn State and have on many of the goals that have “It was uplifting and informative,” all these influential people come become identifiable with the Logan (junior-mechanical and here to speak to us,” Mariani said. “I Democratic party. nuclear engineering) said. “His own just hope people get involved.” ‘We have to leave your generation stories were inspirational” with a sturdier economy,” Biden Connor Mariani said he skipped To e-mail reporter kmws34o@psu.edu Protest From Page 1. administration knows that we’re not a voting bloc that are just going to blindly follow them off a cliff,” he said. “We’re not someone to count on for votes and then cast aside for four years.” YAF member Lauren Deßoo echoed Settle’s statements, saying the upcoming elections will probably reflect that students are disappoint ed with the progress of the Obama administration. Overflow From Page 1. psucollegian.com speech from the auditorium on a live video feed from FOX News’ website. A Democratic National Committee (DNC) official said stu dents and community members had been enthusiastic about Biden’s visit from the beginning, and event organizers were prepared for the possibility of an overflow situation. Biden even addressed the group in the auditorium during his speech in Alumni Hall assuming they could hear him. But ongoing technical difficulties prevented those in the overflow room from hearing or seeing the speech. Instead, attendees watched FOX News, soap operas and the occa- .Elizabeth Murphy .Alex Weisler .Beth Ann Downey Lady leers .Andrew Metcalf .Lexi Belculfine .Chris Zook From Page 1. amazing feeling and there are no words to describe it. Everyone dreams big and 1 always wanted to represent the United States and now I finally got my chance.” This marks the first time the U.S. will send a women’s team to the biannual event. The games will take place Jan. 27 to Feb. 6. The U.S. team is comprised of players from collegiate ice hockey teams affiliat ed with the ACHA. When Stroemel heard he would also be the first coach in the event’s history, he could not hide his emo tions. .Somer Wiggins .Kevin Cirilli .Ashley Gold .Laura Nichols .Laurie Stem .Steve Hennessey .Paul Casella .Nate Mink .Heather Schmelzlen .Steph Witt “I was extremely happy,” Stroemel said. “This was a position I applied for and being able to become the first coach is a huge honor and a big chance for women’s hockey. By Christine Armario ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS “I’m afraid our members will “People voted for Obama because “Educators know this isn’t working for the kids, and they don’t feel empowered to make a difference. ” think they’re demonizing us,” said John Wilson, executive director of the 3.2 million member National Education Association. “They’re judging us by the worst of us, instead of the best of us. For our members, it’s not going to be that uplifting.” Education reformers and film makers like Guggenheim and Vicki Abeles’ from “Race to Nowhere” say the unions have had years to improve education with little suc cess, as test scores lag nationally and high school dropout rates domi nate. “Educators know this isn’t work ing for the kids, and they don’t feel empowered to make a difference. The film is doing a tremendous job of empowering people,” said Abeles, who lives in Lafayette, California. Her documentaiy focuses on the health problems school children have because of stress at school, from stomachaches to depression to drug abuse. Abeles decided to make the film after she saw her own three children suffer physically as they plowed through four or five hours of home work each night after coming home from soccer practice or play rehearsal She advocates for parents and schools to reduce how much home work children are given and to help kids focus on being children rather than little adults with resumes. “Everyone expects us to be super heroes,” one student says in the film. National experts say the films are symptomatic of a culture where young professionals who worked for Teach Fbr America or other organi zations that place newly minted col lege graduates in inner-city schools are having their own children. They see the disparities between what their kids have and what they saw he was a pop culture icon,” Deßoo (sophomore-political science) said. “And we haven’t seen any reason to believe he’s The One.’ ” On issues such as unemployment, rising tuition rates and addressing healthcare reform, Settle said President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden have not put enough of an emphasis on the prob lems facing young adults. Settle and Deßoo said the feed back they received from other stu dents was mostly positive Deßoo said she was surprised she didn’t get into any “battles” with political opponents. sional children’s cartoon on a projec tion screen for about an hour and a half while officials tried to sort out the situatioa A DNC official said most of the crowd stuck around despite the technical glitch. Their patience was rewarded when Secret Service members eventually set up a small rope line behind Heritage Hall so the group in the overflow room could meet the vice president Biden was met with cheers of “We are... Penn State!” and applause before he launched into a mini stump speech as cameras flashed and students stood on tiptoes to catch a glimpse of him. “Reports of the death of our parly are premature,” he said, adding that President Barack Obama’s adminis tration inherited a “godawful situa tion.” Getting a chance to represent the United States overseas is incompa rable.” Eleven different states are repre sented on the U.S. roster, with seven players coming from Michigan. All members of the team were selected following the USA Hockey Winter World University Games Evaluation Camp during August in Michigan. Rossi, who has both collegiate and international experience, competed in Europe last season as a member of the select team and said her expe rience was invaluable. Rossi said it was her first time leaving the coun try and she was able to open her eyes and see different cultures from the other countries. Though representing the United States, Stroemel will also represent Penn State while in Turkey. Stroemel has been proud of the pro gression and growth of women’s hockey in Happy Valley. The Daily Collegian when they were teaching. “I think a lot of really bright, smart, creative people have gotten involved in the problems of urban education and they are willing to take a fresh look at how to solve the problems,” said Richard Lee Colvin, executive director of Columbia University’s Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media “I think that’s really the heart of “Waiting for ‘Superman’” opens with Guggenheim reflecting on his decision to send his children to a pri vate school in Los Angeles. As they drive to class each day, the family passes by three public schools. Parents believe in the idea that every child should get a great edu cation, Guggenheim says. “And then when it comes time to choose a school your priorities shift,” Guggenheim said at a recent screening at the Toronto Film Festival. “You go to this place of, I will do anything for my kid, and you don’t care what it is.” The film follows Daisy, a driven Los Angeles fifth-grader who dreams of becoming a doctor or a nurse; Anthony, of Washington, D.C., who wants to study and escape the path that led his father to a fatal drug addiction; Bianca and Francisco, both from struggling New York City neighborhoods but who have determined, relentless parents; and Emily, a middle-school student from Silicon Valley who wor ries about getting into college. Each places their future in the hope that they will get into a high performing charter school which have public funding but their own set of rules. High demand means there isn’t a seat for everyone. Students are picked in a lottery. But some students, including Genna Mott, said she wasn’t entirety happy to see the YAF table set up outside of the Biden rally. Though the YAF demonstration didn’t take an aggressive approach or create any chaos, Mott (sopho more-chemistry) said she still didn’t think it was an appropriate way to welcome a national leader to cam pus. “It wasn’t too much, but it was still inappropriate for the situation,” she said. “Especially when someone like the vice president is coming.” To e-mail reporter cmms773@psa.adu He told students they helped send Obama to the White House in 2008 and could be a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming midterm elec tions if they decide to vote. Attendees said they were happy Biden took the time to speak with them after the speech. “Initially, I was realty disappoint ed, but it turned out for the best,” Elisa Paul (freshman-mechanical engineering) said. Her ENGL 030 (Honors Freshman Composition) professor had cancelled class so students could attend the speech. “I realty enjoyed listening to the short speech he did give. It was nice he gave us an overview of every thing he said because we missed it,” she said. To e-mail reporters: kmws34o@psu.adii, ajwsl39@psu.edu “Penn State has been great in terms of recognition of the pro gram,” Stroemel said. “We have grown in the past years and it will be good to see where we stand at the international level.” If the women’s team begins to struggle, Stroemel can count on Rossi to help pick up the team. Rossi feels she has enough positive quali ties and skills to help her team win the tournament Rossi said she hopes to become the leader of this team and will be the backbone of the team giving them support to get through. Though it’s the women’s first time competing, Stroemel has only one goal for the tournament “We intend to win the gold medal,” he said. “If we come home and just competed, then we will not be satis fied.” To e-mail reporter. dfiSo44@piu.adu Vicki Abeles filmmaker
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