The Daily Collegian
Parents to descend
on University Park
By Micah Wintrier
and Paul McMullen
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS
Passersby might see the faces
of parents high up in the Old
Main bell tower this weekend.
The bell tower tour is just one
of more than 70 events planned
for the 2010 Penn State Parents
and Families Weekend, said
Kate Delano, associate director
of strategic communications for
the Penn State Alumni
Association.
The weekend events kick off
Saturday morning in HUB-
Alumni Hall, where Vice
President for Student Affairs
Damon Sims and Vice President
and Dean for Undergraduate
Education Rob Pangborn will
welcome parents to Penn State.
“I look forward to welcoming
these parents and family mem
bers and conveying to them the
university’s deep commitment
to their students' success," Sims
said.
Saturday morning’s welcome
session is one of the most popu
lar events of the weekend,
Delano said.
The event was planned by the
Penn State Parents Program
and the Alumni Association. This
is the first year the relatively
new parents program has
worked with the alumni associa
tion on the event, Delano said.
Jennifer Mallen, director of
the parents program, said more
than 4,000 parents are expected
at the event this weekend.
Delano said the football tail
gate party is historically one of
the most popular events of the
weekend, and is currently sold
out with a waiting list.
The tailgate is hosted by the
Alumni Association at the
Nittany Lion Inn and will feature
Penn State's football game
against lowa Saturday night.
The President's Open House,
which will be held from 2:30 p.m.
until 4 p.m.. is another main
attraction for parents.
Faculty, students and parents
will get the opportunity to talk
with Penn State President
Graham Spanier as they tour the
heart of Penn State.
"The opportunity to talk with
the president of a major univer
sity is something that you don’t
get at every university.” Penn
“I look forward to
welcoming these
parents and family
members.”
Damon Sims
vice president for Student
State spokeswoman Lisa
Powers said.
“Visitors will get the chance to
meet him in his office and see a
more personal side of the presi
dent.”
Powers recalled last year’s
open house, when a Penn State
student told Spanier about how
she wished there were shower
hooks in her residence hall.
Spanier listened to her concerns
and within 48 hours, contacted
the Office of Physical Plant
later, hooks were installed.
“President Spanier makes it a
priority to talk to students and
hear their concerns, no matter
what their magnitude,” she said.
“This is the perfect opportunity
to voice your concerns and cre
ate a line of communication
between the students and
administration.”
Besides getting the opportuni
ty to meet Spanier, the Penn
State Graduate String Quartet
and the Penn State Performing
Magicians will be present to
entertain the crowd.
Powers said there is a good
chance Spanier will join the
group and perform some magic
tricks as well.
"He simply loves to entertain
and he is excellent at it,” she
said.
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If you go
What: President’s Open
House
When: Saturday, Oct. 2, 2:30
p.m.-4 p.m.
Where: Old Main
Details: Parents and students
will get a chance to tour Old
Main and meet Penn State
President Graham Spanier.
LOCAL
CAN WE FIX IT?
Students walk past Pattee and Paterno Library while construction workers perform maintenance
Wednesday afternoon. The workers are repairing cracks and steel parts on the building.
New type of condom debuts
By Lynn Ondrusek
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
This weekend, State College will
be just like that one day in high
school health class.
State College bars will be the
promotion site for a new type of
condom this weekend, as sex edu
cator Pamela Luu will visit various
bars, giving participants a hands
on experience of sorts with the
condoms.
Luu encouraged anyone going
out for a drink this weekend to try
them out.
A recent study that evaluated
condom use mistakes among col
lege-aged men found that 30 per
cent of them put a condom on
upside down, causing it to flip
inside out.
But the Sensis Condom with
QuikStrips ” attempts to relieve
that fumbling around and promis
es to “keep the mood.”
“Sex is going to happen safer
sex should be happening,” Luu
said.
Luu is a local sex educator and
is dedicated to improving sexual
practices for the residents of State
College, but she said she always
tries to make sure her education
al programs are presented in a fun
and active environment.
The Sensis condom was
revealed Wednesday night at the
Phiyst, 111 E. Beaver Ave. The
demonstration provided for con
versation and laughter among the
men and women in attendance.
Some men said it’s not so hard
to put on a condom, adding that
Luu’s wooden model wasn't realis
tic. But the female population
laughed as they tested out the new
condoms on the model that Luu
carried around all night.
“It was really easy to do, but I’m
not sure how it will work with a
real penis,” Kate Deuschle (sen
ior-chemistry) said.
As Luu and her model traveled
around the bar, small groups of
people would congreate, making
jokes and trying out the condoms.
Though mostly women participat
ed in the demonstration, some
men tested their skills with it, too.
The new type of condom works
by using strips on the side of it to
pull the condom on in one motion.
It acts as a guide for those who
may fumble around with a regular
condom, or those who might incor
rectly wear it when trying to see in
the dark or when intoxicated.
“It was pretty cool,” Rich Peat,
Class of 2007, said. “I wish it was
wider, but it could work.”
Luu said the demonstration
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 I 5
garnered a mixed reaction.
“There were a lot of complaints
from the guys,” Luu said. “But the
women were all about it.”
Bar goers can test out the new
condom this weekend when Luu
comes to a slew of bars: 11 tonight
at the 797 Lounge, 324 West
College Ave., Saturday at Cafe 210
West, 210 West College Ave., or
Sunday at The Mezzanine, 420 E.
College Ave. Currently the only
stores in State College that carry
this brand of condom are
McLanahan’s Student Store, 414
E. College Ave., and McLanahan’s
Downtown Market, 116 S. Allen St.
They will go on sale nationwide
sometime in 2011, Luu said.
If you go
What: Sex educator Pamela
Luu’s condom demonstration
When/Where: Friday, Oct. 1:
797 Lounge, 324 W. College
Ave. at 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
2: Cafe 210 West, 210 W.
College Ave.at 11 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 3: The Mezzanine, 420 E.
College Ave. at 11 p.m.
Details: Participants must be
21 and order to enter the bars.