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PSU strengthens ban
Authorities will crack
down on generator use
during football tailgating
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
When the fleet of Penn State
fans sets up camp for this week
end's round of Homecoming tail
gates, those relying on portable
generators for electricity will be
left in the dark literally
Members of NOMMO perform a dance during the East Halls celebration in Findlay Commons on Monday to promote Homecoming week. Other
Homecoming events include a talent show tonight, a parade on Friday and the Illinois-Penn State game on Saturday.
East kicks off Homecoming
By Vera Greene
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
With the first month and a half embellished with blue and white and games. school, she said the event inspires
of college under their belt, many balloons and large Homecoming For Jessica York, this her to get more information and
Penn State freshmen are experi- posters. Homecoming is going to be a time understand what Homecoming is
encing their first-ever From 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, when she really feels like a part of all about.
Homecoming week --- including Findlay was buzzing with the hus- the Penn State community. "I was so confused when I
their very own event at Findlay tle and bustle of Homecoming Having never experienced See HOMECOMING, Page 2.
Dining Commons on Monday committee members informing Homecoming week, she said she
called the East Halls Celebration. the new Penn Staters about the didn't even know what it was, but To read more on Homecoming I
For students walking into the week's festivities. she's glad she stumbled upon the LOCAL, Pages 3 and 5.
About eight million remain homeless following Pakistan's flood two
months ago. Students have raised $1,500 so far for relief.
Pakistan flood hits
home for students
By Jessica Wabara
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The summer of 2010 was a
summer Izzah Khan will never
forget she was in Pakistan, her
home country, during a disas
trous flood.
More than two months after a
monsoon left many homeless and
more than 1,000 people dead,
Penn State's Pakistani Student
Association leaders refuse to for
Citing safety and environmental
concerns, the Penn State Athletic
Department is cracking down on
its existing ban on portable gener
ators in all game day parking lots,
Associate Athletic Director Mark
Bodenschatz said.
University Risk Officer Gary
Langsdale said the policy against
these power sources has been in
place for years, but the university
generally relied on "self-policing"
to keep it in check.
That changed this year,
commons, there was no mistak- The event included perform- celebration while walking into the
ing what week it is from the antes by different student dance dining commons for dinner.
walls to the ceiling, Findlay was troupes, aDJ and free popcorn And although she's new to the
get there are thousands of people
in Pakistan who still need their
help.
"People have the wrong idea
about Pakistan. One person
defines a nation not all people
in the country are like that,"
Khan (freshman-public relations)
said. "People think Pakistan is
the breeding ground for terror
ists and that's not true."
Khan's eyes lit up as she began
See PAKISTAN, Page 2.
Langsdale said, after Penn State
started receiving complaints from
fans whose carbon monoxide
alarms were being set off by the
fumes from nearby portable gen
erators sparking increased
attention to the hazards of these
devices.
"The plain fact is that we don't
want anybody to get hurt,"
Langsdale said.
The university itself operates Liz Manetta/Collegian
several portable generators Penn State will prohibit the use
See GENERATORS, Page 2. of generators at tailgates.
Research spending surges
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
In the last ten years, Penn
State has increased its research
expenditures by a staggering 77
percent.
Now university officials want to
make sure at least 50 percent of
Penn State's graduates have had
experience in research positions.
Penn State received $7BO mil
lion in expenditures for the 2009-
2010 fiscal year for all university
campuses, Vice President for
Research and Dean of the
Graduate School Hank Foley
wrote in an e-mail.
These expenditures increased
two percent from last year's
totals, Office of Sponsored
Programs Senior Associate
Director John Hanold said.
Included in the total was $470
million in federal funding, Hanold
said.
Foley wrote that the federal
money is a step toward future
expansion, along with aid from
the Obama administration's stim
ulus package.
"Given the state of our nation's
economy, this gain is nothing
A Steady Increase
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short of amazing," Foley wrote.
Foley praised the strength of
faculty, the university's commit
ment to interdisciplinary
research and an infrastructure he
described as "second to none."
He wrote that research con
ducted includes studies on the
effects of battle fatigue, discover
ies of new exoplanets and
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UPUA
Reps.
await
draft
Borough council hopes
to decide on a non-vot
ing student seat by their
Oct. 18 meeting.
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State's student govern
ment is working on a presenta
tion that will explain its role with
in the universi
ty's student body
the State
College Borough
Council
The goal is to
have the presen
tation ready by
Oct. 18 the
tentative dead
line for the bor-
ough council to draft a resolution
that would add a non-voting stu
dent representative to the coun
cil, said TJ Bard, University Park
Undergraduate Association
(UPUA) governmental affairs
committee chairman.
Borough Council President
Ron Filippelli said he would like
to see the resolution by Oct. 15.
But Borough Manager Tom
Fountaine said it's more likely
the resolution will be ready in
the next 30 to 60 days.
Bard (sophomore-political sci
ence and economics) said he
decided to create the presenta
tion after he had meetings with
council members and realized
they did not know exactly what
UPUA is.
After UPUA members had a
meeting with Filippelli, he told
them he would request a resolu
tion to be drafted by his staff to
outline the specifics of student
representation on council.
Initially, borough council
members denied UPUAs pro
posal because UPUA had asked
for a nonvoting student member
to sit on council.
Bard said the resolution
should be presented to borough
council members at the council's
next work session.
Council member Don Hahn
said he is looking forward to see
ing the resolution.
"I want to see some sort of for
ward movement on it," Hahn
said. certainly would encour
age a more formalized role for
students with respect to borough
council."
After the resolution is present
ed to council members, it will be
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inquiries into infectious disease
dynamics.
"There is too much new work,"
Daley wrote.
Hanold's office reviews grant
and contract proposals on behalf
of the university the final step
before a research project is initi
ated.
See RESEARCH, Page 2
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