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Movie' On, Last Stop to combine
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The groups behind last year's
spring festivals Movin' On and
Last Stop will unite to organize
one concert, thanks to a resolution
passed at Wednesday night's
UPUA meeting.
Since Movin' On separated itself
from the Association of Residence
Hall Students (ARHS) and is now
an independent organization, the
executive board of Movin' On will
lead the formation of the new con-
Students greet the Nittany Lion on the Old Main patio on Wednesday night during the Best of Penn State Carnival and Field Day. Despite the rain,
the second annual Homecoming carnival enticed both students and State College residents.
Second annual carnival a hit
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Beverly Black set a personal
record at the Best of Penn State
Carnival and Field Day: for 30 sec
onds, she kept her balance on a
mechanical bull.
"It's nerve-wracking because
you don't want to fall off," she said.
"It's actually kind of fun."
Black (sophomore-manage
ment) was one of many students
to stop by the second annual
Homecoming carnival and par-
Congressional candidates Mike Pipe, left, and Glenn
Thompson, light, answer questions Wednesday night.
Candidates
square off
By Katrina Wehr
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Candidates in the upcoming midterm elections
from state Senate hopefuls to contenders for the
U.S. Congress had the chance to take questions
from Centre County residents Wednesday night at
Candidate's Night, a debate sponsored by the
League of Women Voters of Centre County.
As attendees arrived at the Council Chambers in
the State College Municipal Building, they were
handed slips of paper to write down any questions
they had for the candidates. The debate is an event
the League of Women Voters tries to hold before
every election even the primaries, said Lydia
Vandenbergh, a member of the League of Women
Voters Candidate's Night Committee.
Congressional candidates Glenn Thompson, R-
Centre, and Michael Pipe kicked off the debate by
answering a question about partisianship in
Washington.
Thorripson said the topic is one of his biggest
See CANDIDATES, Page 2.
cert with the help
of liaisons from
other organiza
tions.
The five liaisons
will represent the
University Park
Undergraduate
Association Ragland
(UPUA), the
Graduate Student
Association (GSA), the Student
Programming Association, The
Lion 90.7 FM and ARHS.
"The idea behind having five
take in tailgating games and
inflatable challenges Wednesday
evening.
She attended the event with the
Student Minority Advisory and
Recruitment team, which hosted
an obstacle game booth.
Homecoming competitors organ
ized the many booths, while the
Homecoming executive board
brought in inflatable games lining
the perimeter of the Old Main
lawn.
Many student groups organ
ized tailgating games, while
Marshal ready to lead
Speed skating Olympian and 2010
Homecoming Grand
Marshal Allison Bayer
didn't have the typical col
lege experience
But that doesn't mean
she has any less Penn
State pride than others.
Bayer, Class of 2003,
said she can remember
being in elementary Bayer
school and telling class
mates she was going to attend Penn State
one day.
Theater group thrives on reinvention
No Refund Theatre acts out a scene from "Dr.
Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog" last weekend.
organizations and Movin' On came
from the organizations who were
involved in last year's concerts,"
Movin' On Executive Director Tim
Haynes said. "If we don't limit it,
then every organization will come
into play wanting to say they want
to be a part of this. We know that
this number of people involved are
going to be proactive in the festi
val."
The idea for a unified concert
began this summer, when UPUA
President Christian Ragland said
he took the initiative to reach out
booths took different approaches
to the carnival theme.
After plans for an East Halls
themed booth fell through, mem
bers of Phi Kappa Sigma fraterni
ty and the figure skating club
decided to offer free hugs instead.
"Do you want a free hug?"
Haley Blum (junior-journalism)
asked a passerby.
"Of course," one student
replied, getting a hug and a stick
er.
Blum joked that her male part
ner was receiving more of the
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
to the other organizations that
planned concerts last spring.
After multiple conference calls,
four of the organizations and the
executive board of Movin' On were
on board for a unified concert.
But plans to include UPUA in
the process of organizing the con
cert could not be solidified until
Wednesday night when the resolu
tion was passed through the
assembly.
Organizers have yet to decide a
name for the new concert,
Ragland said.
hugs, but said that overall, their
last-minute booth was a big suc
cess.
Members of organizations com
peting for Homecoming spirit
points wandered from booth to
booth, playing cornhole, pinning
the tail on the Nittany Lion or put
ting together a puzzle of Penn
State President Graham
Spanier's face to earn spirit
points for their group.
Across the lawn, some atten
dees ate donuts dangling from a
See CARNIVAL Page 2.
She said her alma mater is still some
thing she brags about.
"When I say I graduated from Penn
State, everyone is like, 'Oh wow, really?' "
she said. "When it's recognized like that
from a global standpoint, it has a greater
sense of pride."
Bayer said she enjoyed the normal col
lege life during her first two years as a
student at Penn State Berks, a
Commonwealth Campus. But then she
moved to Michigan to train for the
Olympic games.
Her hard work paid off when she won a
bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver
Winter Games in the 3000-meter relay.
See MARSHAL, Page 2.
By Hannah Blahs!
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
111 Forum transcends space
and time.
The lecture hall has been trans
formed into a modern apartment
in New York City, a town in ancient
Greece and hell all over the
course of a few weeks.
No Refund Theater performs a
free show in 111 Forum nearly
every weekend of the semester.
These shows are almost entirely
student-run, though occasionally
alumni in the State College area
come back to perform.
This past weekend NRT per
formed a rendition of "Dr.
UPUA Programming
Committee Chairwoman Ali Cook
said she supported the resolution.
"The concert is definitely look
ing to be a bigger thing this year
instead of having a few smaller
concerts," Cook (sophomore
finance and economics) said. "It
shows a sense of student unity
coming out to support this one
concert."
The specifics of what each
organization will contribute to the
concert are yet to be determined.
See CONCERTS, Page 2.
BEAVER CANYON
Plan
draws
outcry
By Colleen Boyle
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
A plan to potentially re-zone
Beaver Canyon to include more
student housing was met with
opposition from some State
College residents Wednesday
afternoon including Penn
State administrator Damon
Sims.
Most of the community mem
bers who attended the meeting
spoke out against plans to place
more student housing in that
section of the Highlands neigh
borhood at 254 E. Beaver Ave,
where downtown businesses like
Canyon Pizza are located.
On Oct. 14, the council will
vote on a motion suggesting the
property be designated as a res
idential office. This would
include an overlay and the con
struction of nine additional feet
of height to the building.
Additionally, certain restric
tions would be placed on first
floor parking and residential
space would not be permitted on
that floor.
The proposal leaves open the
possibility of more student hous
ing downtown, creating a situa
tion many community members
said they oppose.
Vice President for Student
Affairs Damon Sims attended
the meeting and said he spoke
as a State College resident
not on behalf of the university.
He opposed the proposal, citing
past incidents, like the Ohio
State riot that occurred in
Beaver Canyon in 2008, as poten
tial threats to the neighborhood.
"It doesn't take a whole lot to
See ZONING, Page 2.
Potential Re-zoning
of Beaver Avenue
A proposal to re-zone
254 E. Beaver Ave to include
more student housing has been
on the table since last spring,
but some local residents oppose
the plan.
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Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," an
effort that began on Aug. 29.
The Show "Dr. Horrible's Sing-
Along Blog" was written by Joss
Whedon of "Buffy the Vampire
Slayer" fame, his two brothers
and Maurissa Tancharoen during
the 2007 Writers Guild of America
strike. The production had a low
budget and was posted online in
three acts, despite Neil Patrick
Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia
Day starring as Dr. Horrible,
Captain Hammer and Penny
respectively.
Meredith Ringer (senior-film
and video) and Chris Park (senior
crime, law and justice) both
See THEATER, Page 2.