2 I WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, 2blo NEWS IN BRIEF Obama returns to Pa. for rally In Philadelphia HARRISBURG President Barack Obama will headline a rally in Philadelphia this weekend that's open to the public as he tries to invigorate Democratic voters ahead of two crucial statewide races. Obama will be joined Sunday by U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak and gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato. The rally is at a park next to Robert Flilton Elementary School in the city's Germantown section. Democratic organizers say it's Obama's first public political event in Pennsylvania since he's been in office. Obama was in Philadelphia twice in the past month, once to appear at a private fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak and once to deliver an annual back-to-school presiden tial pep talk Philadelphia is a friendly environment for Obama, with four in five voters there registered as Democrats. The election is Nov. 2. Philly measure would keep church bells ringing PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia City Council is con sidering a measure that would keep church bells ringing in the city. A measure to be taken up Thursday by the full council would exempt churches and schools from Philadelphia's noise ordinance. Currently, there are only exemptions for air craft, trains and licensed fireworks displays. Last month, the city Department of Health threatened fines against St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Manayunk, where the bell rings at 7 a.m. daily including the 18 chimes of the Roman Catholic call to prayer. Jury seated in officer vehicular homicide trial YORK A prosecutor says a central Pennsylvania woman charged in the traffic death of a police officer committed "the trifecta of death" but her attorney says the police depart ment failed to protect the officer. Thirty-nine-Year-old Joanna Seibert of Dillsburg is charged with homicide by vehicle and tampering with evidence in the October 2008 crash that killed Northern York Regional Police Officer David Tome. 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On the World Wide Web Board of Editors Zack Feldman/Adam Bittner Board of Managers Kelsey Thompson Chase Vickery .Tom DePinto, Hank Sherwood .Alissa Nemzer Sara Chroman, Ben Goshen Stephanie Haas Anna Chau Danielle Meyers Jamie Leder LOCAL & STATE eather: Today: A i Tonight At Tomorrow: Extended forecast deli campusweathersenleccom H Low 56 Lo 44 , High 64 4 f Courtesy of Campus Weather Service toy First emcees get ready to walk During her stint as Homecoming emcee, Heidi Kloster hopes to fulfill one of her longtime Penn State goals: Meet Joe Paterno. But while she's waiting to stumble upon the legendary coach at one of the many Homecoming events, Kloster (junior-broadcast journalism and theater) will bide her time enter taining the Homecoming crowd. Kloster and Elias Warren were voted by their peers to become the first-ever official emcees of Homecoming, Public Relations Director Caitlin Rush said. Candidates auditioned for the title of emcee by being filmed reading last year's parade script. Of the 10 people who tried out, the top eight videos were posted online for stu dents to vote for their favorites, Rush (junior-marketing and public relations) said. As emcees, Warren and Kloster will host events like the parade and pep rally, Rush said. Students can expect their emcees ANGEL From Page 1 ducted at the end of the month with students and faculty. Participants will pilot and assess the open source web application Moodie and Learning Management System's Desire2Learn program. ITS will also look into open source content management system Zacky as an alternative. Robinson said the university will look out for the best interests of its students in choosing a new application. "We're always evaluating what's the best option. We were fine-tuning and tweaking ANGEL even before Blackboard made its purchase," Robinson said. Some students said they're unhappy they won't be able to use an ANGEL subsitute before graduat ing. Dave DeFelice said he dislikes Talent show who attended the event in support of While the judges were tallying the his fraternity Zeta Beta Tau, agreed score, the Homecoming Court led MFrom that the Lion Ambassadors the audience in singing "Penn State Page I. deserved their first place position. Forever" petition, but she approved of the "It was really well-choreo- Students attending the event Lion Ambassador's win. graphed," he said. could write their organization's "They were so creative and fun," Nicole Foley (sophomore-criminal name on the back of their ticket to Santure (junior-public relations) justice), who came to support Sigma get spirit points for their organiza said. "Their theme and outfits were Nu and Gamma Sigma Sigma, tion. hilarious." agreed. lan Weissman (junior-history), "They were nuts," she said. To e-mail reporter: hmrso27@psu.edu Homecoming From Page 1. organizations performed. Different pictures from past homecoming cel ebrations lined the tables and blue paw prints adorned the walls. And students coming out of the rain got to enjoy free popcorn and cotton candy as well as an opportu nity to buy Homecoming apparel, which Merchandise Captain Lauren Frank said sold fast throughout the day. "We're getting a lot of business generated by the celebration," Frank (junior-kinesiology) said. Homecoming Public Relations Director Caitlin Rush said the cele bration is one of the week's most exciting events. Rush said one of the biggest things of Penn State is tradition and that is what the celebration high lights. psucollegian.com Business From Page 1 they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and few skateboarders know anything about them. Overall, it's simply not profitable to stock bush ings despite the rare instance when a customer asks for one, Pfeifer said. Elizabeth Murphy Alex Weisler Beth Ann Downey Andrew Metcalf Lexi Belcutfine Chris Zook Somer Wiggins Kevin Cirilli Ashley Gold Laura Nichols Laurie Stem Steve Hennessey Paul Casella Nate Mink Bill Landis/Kevin Kline Heather Schmelzlen .Steph Witt By Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER But the primary way Skate Penn turns a profit is through the sale of apparel. Pfeifer said 90 percent of the people sporting a shirt with a skating logo only buy the clothing from his shop, rather than the equip ment itself. And though the store is only four years old, Skate Penn's relocation last year left Pfeifer and his staff without the biggest draw their old location offered a mini-ramp in the back of the store. He said he's still on the lookout for a new space where the tiny skate park can again be a fixture of the store. Pfeifer said he's happy with how the store is doing now, but he can't ignore the way some customers take advantage of his business for their own self-purpose. "They want to come in and borrow our tools," he said, "but they bought a board we carry from an online store instead." Other businesses deal with the same problem as Pfeifer, but find dif ferent solutions. Erik Scott, owner of State College's oldest bike store, The Bicycle Shop, said his store has "I'm looking forward to the pep rally the most because it's when the alumni come back, the band plays and the lion is there." to be energetic and fun, Warren (freshman-business management) said. It's his first Penn State Homecoming and he said he knows he'll enjoy the close-up view as emcee. "That new energy is something that I'm excited for," Warren said. The Smeal College of Business representative for the University Park Undergraduate Association, Warren said he can guarantee audi ence members a "show." Kloster, a co-host for the PSN Afterhours show, said audience members should expect the usual corny jokes required of emcees. But they'll be the good kind, she said. Both emcees said they're most pumped for Friday's pep rally, one of the culminating events that begins "There's no immediate desire to move away from ANGEL. It would be the least disruptive way with about 86,000 students using it right now" ANGEL because all of his profes sors use it differently. "It's disappointing," DeFelice (sophomore-science and business) said. DeFelice had his own idea for how to improve the course management system. "It'd be nice to have a better, more comprehensive program that pro fessors will always use in a uniform manner so that students have a more centralized way of keeping track of assignments," he said. O'Heron said Blackboard's own course management system, inte grating the best qualities of ANGEL, "Obviously some things have changed, but the values and pride for Penn State have been constant through it all." "It's cool for current students to think back and see what it was like when alumni were here," Rush (jun ior-marketing and public relations) said. "Obviously some things have changed, but the values and pride for Penn State have been constant through it all." Among the different stations stu dents could stop by, there was a table to vote for the Homecoming king and queen which Susie Della Rocca said had been a popular stop during the day. "Lots of people have been filing in and they seem like they didn't really know what was going on," Rocca grown every year since he took over in 2005. And while this growth may be attributed to savvy business skills, he said it is the bike industry's immunity from online competition that has protected his establish ment. Bike manufacturers only supply their products to authorized dealers, he said. As a result, a frugal cus tomer might look for a lower price online, but probably won't have much luck on sites like Amazon.com, or even bicycle super store Nashbar.com. A quick glance over Nashbar.com proves Scott is right. The store's offering of bicycles is devoid of pop ular brands like Trek Giant and Cannondale. But online bike stores do offer a complete supply of most other goods, including helmets and jer seys. Local stores are forced to strategize in order to keep cus tomers coming back. Freeze Thaw Cycles has made its name by selling used bikes just as frequently as new bikes off the rack As a result, Drayton and co-owner Justin Wagner have devoted their time to enhancing service rather than lowering prices. "We never do price matching," Drayton said, meaning that he sticks to suggested retail prices that web sites like Amazon.com usually undercut. With stores doing what they can to steer customers away from the lower prices found on the Internet, community officials have also THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Homecoming emcee ; immediately following the parade in Rec Hall. "I'm looking forward to the pep, rally the most because it's when the' alumni come back, the band plays, and the lion is there," Kloster said. • Rush said Warren and Klosterl both have performing experience and are a good fit for the roles. The pair will make a good team because both have theater experi ence and Kloster's stage presence will balance out Warren's goofiness, Rush said. After struggling to find official emcees in year's past, the executive committee decided to put the task "back in the hands of the students," Rush said. To e-mail reporter mers2oo@psu.edu Terry O'Heron ANGEL program manager would also be tested with focus groups next semester. Still, Penn State may choose to continue using ANGEL independently of Blackboard following the contract's expiration date, O'Heron said. "There's no immediate desire to move away from ANGEL. It would be the least disruptive way with about 86,000 students using it right now," O'Heron said. O'Heron said cost-benefit analysis tests would be considered in addi tion to survey results in the universi ty's final decision. To e-mail reporter: mjhsso7@psu.edu Caitlin Rush Homecoming public relations director (senior-hotel, restaurant and institu tional management) said. "But then they see the cardboard cutouts of the Homecoming court and come over and vote." Rocca said a Homecoming court member's mother even asked her if she could take the life-size cutout when the celebration was over. The HUB-goers also got a per formance by Penn State President Graham Spanier. Performing magic tricks with a card deck, Spanier brought bystanders up to partici pate. To e-mail reporter: rhgsoo3@psu.edu weighed in on the subject. As executive director of the Downtown State College Improvement District, Jody Alessandrine attempts to recruit and retain downtown business. One method of accomplishing this is by using what Penn State profes sor Tulay Girard rails "atmospher ics" taking advantage of the phys ical storefront that an online store lacks. Alessandrine is involved in creat ing State College's downtown image one he said attracts a certain kind of customer. "It should be like staying at a bed and breakfast instead of a national chain hotel," he said. But Alessandrine also said the best way for a local store to fight back against online retailers is to join them. "We're basically a tourist town on football weekends," he said. "But if they don't want to buy something that day, it's really beneficial to have a viable website as a downtown store." Owners of Skate Penn and the two bike shops said they currently do not have extensive websites, and none of the businesses indicated plans to further develop that aspect of their business. Store owners may be hesitant to branch out into e-commerce, but the threat of the online retailer will con tinue to loom large. "It's something we deal with every day in here," Drayton said. To e-mail reporter: ndpso4sopsu.edu Held! Kloster
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