The Daily Collegian
SHC to host immigration debate
By Alaina Gallagher
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Students will have the opportu
nity Wednesday night to ask
questions about one of the most
contested and divisive current
political issues: immigration.
Hosted by the Schreyer
Honors College (SHC), the
debate will be held in Schwab
Auditorium at 7 p.m and will be
moderated by SHC Dean
Christian Brady.
The debate will feature two
speakers, college relations coor
dinator Chris Arbutina said. The
speakers are Dan Stein, presi
dent of the Federation for
American Immigration Reform
and Enrique Morones, the
founder of Border Angels, an
advocacy group for immigrants’
rights.
The debate will focus on the
question: “How should America
deal with the millions of undocu
mented living and working
Mural
displays
diversity
By Christina Gallagher
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Students dipped paint brushes
in orange, red, pink, green and
blue Monday and Tuesday, creat
ing a diversity mural that will
hang in the East Halls Cultural
Lounge.
The goal of the art project is to
bring ideas about the diversity
scene at Penn State to the fore
front.
Dailyn Rodriguez, who is of
Dominican descent, painted the
words, “Get to know me” and
emphasized the word “me” in a
bold red. Rodriguez (freshman
division of undergraduate stud
ies) said she can’t be put in the
same category as other students
because of her skin color.
She was one of about 100 stu
dents who attended What
Diversity Looks Like, organized
by Residence Life coordinators
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awareness.
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each other because people are
scared of the stereotypes,”
Rodriguez said. “I want people to
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among us?” Arbutina said.
The structured debate will
include five minutes for opening
remarks and a three-minute
rebuttal period followed by a 30-
minute question-and-answer ses
sion in which audience members
will have the opportunity to ask
their own questions. The debate
will conclude with a three-minute
summation, Arbutina said.
Schreyer scholar Nick Hannan
said immigration is a great topic
to be selected for the debate.
“It’s a hot issue. I think we def
initely should be having a debate
about it and I would be kind of
disappointed if we weren’t,”
Hannan (sophomore-secondary
education mathematics) said.
Hannan attended a debate last
year on government bailouts, and
said he left with less of an opinion
toward one side and more of a
respect for both. Having the
debate is a valuable experience
for students since debates can
provide a better foundation for
Amanda Albrecht (senior-human development and family studies)
paints on a diversity mural in the East Hails Cultural Lounge on Monday
afternoon. The project's goal is to highlight ideas on diversity.
get to know the person, not the
black, white, Puerto Rican or
Dominican [stereotype].”
Jenny Sak said she agrees with
Rodriguez's sentiment, as she is
an ethnic mix of Cambodian,
Laotian and Chinese. Though
Sak (freshman-division of under
graduate studies) grew up in
South Philadelphia and attended
a diverse high school, she said
she feels like a minority at Penn
State.
“Not many people get to know
the real me,” Sak said. "I hope
things change.”
Sak painted “Hispanic and
black” on the mural, because she
said diversity includes all ethnici
ties.
Other students have found
Penn State to be an accepting
community like Jamal Atwell
(freshman-division of undergrad
uate studies).
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understanding political issues
rather than just watching the
news, he said. Arbutina said it is
good timing “to bring an issue
here that can address national
policy and that can involve our
community in that debate.”
Tickets for the event are free
and open to the public.
To e-mail reporter aqgsoB7@psu.edu
If you go
What: Immigration debate
sponsored by the Schreyer
Honors College
When: 7 p.m. tonight
Where: Schwab Auditorium
Details: Federation for
American Immigration Reform
President Dan Stein will
debate Border Angels Founder
Enrique Morones. The event is
free.
“The majority of people [at
Penn State] accept different cul
tures and ethnicities,” Atwell
(freshman-division of undergrad
uate studies) said.
Though the percentages of
minority students at Penn State
are not equal to the percentage of
white students, he said he is con
fident the numbers are getting
there “slowly but surely.”
Other students, like Emily
Miller, expressed diversity
through universal symbols.
Miller (freshman-nursing) drew
a treble clef because music is a
universal language, she said.
Event coordinator Jordan
West said the event went well and
attracted a wide variety of stu
dents. Through upcoming events
throughout the year, West said
she is hoping to get people to rec
ognize issues like diversity and
social justice.
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Students wait outside GN Associates Realty on Tuesday afternoon. Those
camping overnight hoped to secure a prime apartment for next year.
Students camp out
for housing spots
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Securing an apartment was the
goal of the campout Tuesday night
at GN Associates Realty, when
Penn State students prepared to
stay outside some even without
a tent all night.
At 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, about 10
groups of students gathered out
side of the GN Associates Reality
office, 119 S. Burrowes St. The line
continued to grow throughout the
afternoon.
Kyle Lorenz (junior-political sci
ence and media studies) was
camped out with his friend
Richard Robinson (junior-market
ing) in another group’s tent. After
seeing the line from their
Burrowes Corner apartment
above the rental office which
began forming early Monday
the pair made soup for a group of
four girls gathered in a tent on
Monday night.
“We’re taking turns watching
their tent and letting them use our
bathroom if needed,” Lorenz said.
When not guarding the other
group’s tent, Lorenz said he and
Robinson could easily return to
their apartment, located above the
rental office. But for other stu
dents, a long night outdoors
seemed inevitable.
Allison Bohs (freshman-division
of undergraduate studies) made a
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“spur-of-the-moment” decision to
camp out for an apartment
Tuesday afternoon.
“As freshmen you don’t realize
how fast the apartment thing
sneaks up on you,” Bohs said.
Her friend and future room
mate looked for chairs and blan
kets to make up for their lack of a
tent, Bohs said. The two planned
to do homework on the sidewalk.
Though freshmen and sopho
mores made up the majority of the
crowd Tuesday afternoon, some
upperclassmen that lived else
where in previous years were try
ing to secure apartments with GN
Associates as well.
After living in Meridian
Apartments, 646 E. College Ave.,
Sam Underwood (junior-market
ing) said he wanted to live in a
more centrally located part of the
borough. After a friend texted him
that students were already lining
up outside the office, Underwood,
Steve Barr (junior-aerospace
engineering) and their two friends
quickly lined up.
Though the group doesn’t have
a tent and will be exposed to the
elements throughout the night,
acquiring a good apartment will
be worth the sacrifice of a night’s
sleep, Barr said.
“It’s a few hours for all of next
year,” Barr said.
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