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Debate sparks interest
National experts talked
immigration issues on
Wednesday night.
By Alaina Gallagher
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
While Morones endorsed
humane and comprehensive
A phrase written on the back of immigration reform,” Stein
a purple T-shirt humorously appealed for stronger border con
summed up the topic of immigra- trol in an effort to “mesh immigra
tion at a debate Wednesday night tion with national policies.”
in the Schwab Audtorium. SHC Dean Christian Brady, who
“Who Would Jesus Deport?” acted as moderator at the event,
Peter Tesoriero/Collegian
Big Head Todd and the Monsters lead singer and guitarist Todd Park Mohr performs at the State Theatre on Wednesday night. The '9os
band drew a enthustiatic crowd. For complete coverage of the concert | Arts & Entertainment, Page 5.
Veteran news adviser moves on
By Matt Fortuna
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Pat Little begins each weekday
morning by walking to the office
next to his on the second floor of
the James Building. There, he
and John Harvey discuss that
day’s Daily Collegian, finding the
paper’s strengths and weakness
es before offering a critique to
their student reporters.
Little, the Collegian’s photo
adviser, will have to find a new
routine today. The door next to his
will be locked, the room’s lights
will be off and the office will be
empty.
UPUA to hold second Campus Night Out
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
In the spirit of National Campus
Safety Awareness Month, Penn
State’s student government will
hold Campus Night Out, an event
to promote campus safety at Penn
State.
The second annual Campus
Night Out will be held from 6 to 8
tonight at the Old Main patio,
University Park Undergraduate
Association (UPUA) President
The Schreyer Honors College
(SHC) hosted the debate on immi
gration between Dan Stein, presi
dent of Federation for American
Immigration Reform, and Enrique
Morones, founder of Border
Angels.
John Harvey teaches his last candidate class at The Daily Collegian
Harvey, the longest-serving
news adviser in the history of the
Collegian, completed his final day
Christian Ragland said.
Campus Night Out began last
year after the death of Penn State
freshman Joe Dado and was
inspired by National Night Out,
Ragland (senior-political science)
said.
Dado, of Latrobe, Pa., died after
he fell from an exterior stairwell
between the Hosier and Steidle
buildings. He was last seen leav
ing Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
319 N. Burrowes Rd., on Sept. 20,
2009.
said he was pleased with the num
ber of attendees, since immigra
tion has been a hot-topic for
debate throughout the history of
the United States.
Brady said he hoped the
Penn State community would con
tinue to engage in the issue, and
that it would “foster a healthy and
robust debate in a respectful man
ner.”
Some students had the opportu
nity to ask the speakers questions
and to express their own opinions Dan Stein debates issues sur-
See debate. Page 2. rounding immigration Wednesday.
Wednesday, finishing a 12-year
tenure that saw 356 awards won
by 355 of his students. Harvey will
If you go
What: Campus Night Out
When: 6-8 tonight
Where: Old Main patio
Details: Free and open to the
public
Vice President for Student
Affairs Damon Sims will speak at
the event, UPUA Student Life and
Diversity Chairwoman Colleen
Cannon said. But unlike last year,
he will be the only speaker at this
year’s event
“This year is going to be more of
“We wanted to do something a festival kind of event than a
where we bring the campus out... program event,” Cannon uoiiegian file ph.
provide food, entertainment and See NIGHT OUT, Page 2. Table Ten plays at last year's event.
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Katie Silvias/Collegian
become the director of student
media at Georgia Southern
University.
The Collegian has yet to name
a successor.
“We’re losing more than any
one realizes,” said Little, who
worked with Harvey for nine
years. “It’s going to be bad. I feel
bad for [the students]. We’ll miss
the camaraderie he had with the
kids. I’ll miss my discussions with
him.”
The effect of Harvey’s loss was
never more evident than in May
2009, when then-Collegian gener
al manager Geriy Hamilton fired
See HARVEY, Page 2.
give information on safety as we
kick off the school year,” Ragland
said.
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KHALED HOSSEINI
SPA
hosts
writer
‘Kite Runner’
author to visit
Khaled Hosseini the inter
national best-selling author who
began his life just as a young boy
flying kites in Kabul, Afghanistan
will visit Penn State tonight to
answer audience questions about
his journey as a man and a writer.
The novelist behind “The Kite
Runner” and “A Thousand
Splendid Suns” will speak at 8
p.m. tonight in the Eisenhower
Auditorium as the first speaker in
this year’s Distinguished
Speaker Series (DSS), sponsored
by the Student Programming
Association (SPA).
According to the author’s web
site, Hosseini was born in Kabul
in 1965 and lived there until 1976
when the Afghan Foreign
Ministry relocated his family to
Paris. He eventually moved to the
United States, went to medical
school and became a physician.
While practicing medicine,
Hosseini wrote his first novel,
which eventually became an
international best-seller and has
been published in 48 countries.
DSS chairwoman Emily
McConnell said SPA has been try
ing to book the author for a cou
ple of years and it was sheer luck
he had an opening this fall.
“We think he’ll have a really
great message that will be really
different from other speakers in
the past,” McConnell (junior-eco
nomics) said. “There is more of a
global focus. [Afghanistan] is an
See KHALED, Page 2.
If you go
What: Distinguished Speaker
Series featuring Khaled
Hosseini
When: 8 tonight
Where: Eisenhower Auditorium
Details: Tickets are free and
still available.
Author Khaled Hosseini will visit
campus to answer fans’ questions.
By Lauren Ingeno
COLLEGIAN STAFF WAITER