2 I FRIDAY OCT. 8, 2010
Theatre to screen Sahara documentary
There will be one showing of the character-driven docu
mentary "Running the Saraha" at 4 p.m. Sunday at the State
Theatre, 130 West College Ave. The film, narrated and pro
duced by Matt Damon, delves into the culture of those living
in the Sahara through the eyes of three men in an interna
tional expedition team.
Comedy to be screened this weekend
"The Extra Man" will play at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday at the
State Theatre, 130 West College Ave., with an extra showing at
4 p.m. on Wednesday. The comedy is about a lonely young man
who develops an unlikely relationship with an eccentric play
wright when he heads to New York City.
Alumna to sign books at HUB
Annie Laurie Harris, Class of 1985, will be at the Penn State
Bookstore in the HUB-Robeson Center today from 1 to 3 p.m.
to sign her recently published memoir "It's Easier to Dance."
Harris wrote this book as a telling of her life as a black woman
with cerebral palsy
University of California professor Nikil Dutt will be giving a
presentation on "Cross-Layer Error Awareness for Embedded
Systems," at 10 a.m. in 333 Information Sciences and
Technology Building. The event will be hosted by the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering. For more
information, call 814-865-9505.
Penn State professor Susan Lemieux will be giving a presen
tation on "Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Some
Applications for Anatomical and Physiological Measurements,"
at 11:15 a.m. in 127 Noll Laboratory (with video conferencing
to room CG623 at the College of Medicine). The event will be
hosted by the Department of Kinesiology. For more information,
call 814-865-3453.
Penn State professor Christina Rosa will be giving a presenta
tion on "RNA Interference in Insect Vectors," at 11:15 a.m. in
107 Forest Resources Building. The event will be hosted by Kelli
Hoover of the Department of Entomology. For more information,
call 814-865-1895 or visit www.ento.psu.edu.
Penn State proessor Glenna Malcolm will be giving a presen
tation on "Variation Exists in Respiration Responses to
Temperature by Different Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and in
Decomposition Rates of Their Tissues," at 12:20 p.m. in 101
Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building. The event will be
hosted by the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. For more
information call 865-6541.
Penn State professor Jennifer Trinitapoli will be giving a pre
setation on "The Causes and Consequences of Liminality: An
Examination of AIDS-Related Uncertainty in a Generalized
Epidemic," at 4 p.m. in 112 Walker Building. The event will be
hosted by the Department of Geography. For more information,
call 814-863-4562.
Penn State professor Douglas Martins will be giving a presen
tation on "Summertime Variability of Air Quality," at 4 p.m. in
529 Walker Building. The event will be hosted by the
Department of Meteorology. For more information, call 814-
863-8566.
LUNCH
Findlay, Pollock, Redifer and Warnock: baked potato & ched
der soup, mushroom barley soup, cabbage, pierogies, cheese
pierogies, cuban sandwich, cuban slaw, hot dog bar, potato &
cheese pierogies, rice, teriyaki, vegetable stir-fry, glazed baby
carrots vegetarian baked beans, cupcakes, cherry gelatin,
whipped topping
Simmons: cabbage, pierogies, cheese pierogies, sour cream,
dipped chicken sandwich staion, bruschetta flatbread pizza,
whole wheat chicken & roasted vegetable pasta, rustica flat
bread pizza whole wheat, tofu skillet, broccoli florettes, chick
pea bulghur, tomato pilaf, roasted vegetables, sauteed cab
bage, wild rice, mini cheesecakes
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lunch roll basket, soup of the day, greek salad, chicken cosmo
not, feature grilled cheese sandwich, feature grilled chicken
sandwich, glazed baby carrots, grilled chicken breast, harvest
blend, popcorn shrimp, quarter pound cheeseburger, quarter
pound hamburger, shoestring fries, teriyaki vegetable stir-fry,
breadsticks, cheese pizza, macaroni & cheese, marinara sauce
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Homecoming
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grabbing some hot chocolate and
joining all of Penn State on the
night before the big game."
In contrast to the heavy snow of
last year's Homecoming, tonight's
weather is supposed to be much bet
ter, Rush said
"The forecast says it's going to be
70 degrees which is much better
than what we dealt with last year,"
she said.
Ending the activities for the night,
the Homecoming Pep Rally is set to
Cheer
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trying to think of what would res
onate."
During this year, many cheerlead
ing teams in the United States were
competing for the national cheer
leading title, which encouraged
Eckhart's squad to come up with
unique ways for fans both stu
dents and alumni to get involved
at games.
The title for best cheerleading
team wasn't just chosen based on a
single competition or cheer routine,
Cheerleading Team Captain George
Dennis said.
"The National Cheerleading
Association chose the best team
based on stuff like the philanthro
pies we did," Dennis said. "They
would even send people to the stadi
ums and spy on different teams to
see how much you got your fans
involved."
The team knew they needed an
edge like Ohio State's.
When the squad all got together,
they understood they needed an
easy cheer one that clearly identi
fied what Penn State was and one
that got fans involved.
"So we thought for awhile and the
easiest thing was saying who we are.
We are Penn State," Dennis said.
Though he can't pinpoint exactly
who said the words "We are, Penn
State," Eckhart said the whole team
put their heads together and agreed
to try it out.
But there was a block in the road
or so they thought.
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At a time when alumni wouldn't
even wear blue and white to the
football games, Dennis said he didn't
foresee them actually involving
themselves enough to participate in
a cheer.
Regardless, Eckhart said the
team decided to give it a go. So
Dennis and the team went to the
maintenance labs, at that time locat
ed next to the stadium, and picked
up loudspeakers ready to throw
fate to the wind and try something
new.
"We said we were picking up
speakers, and a maintenance guy
Alcohol
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calls for comment by press time
Thursday.
At the meeting, topics including
risk management procedures and
new member alcohol education
were discussed, Linkosky (senior
political science) wrote in the state
ment.
Director of Fraternity and
Sorority Life Roy Baker, Panhellenic
Adviser Susan LeGalley,
Interfraternity Council (IFC)
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Festivals
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"This couldn't come at a better
time," UPUA President Christian
Ragland (senior-political science)
said. "I'm really excited this hap
pened and to see where it goes."
The groups haven't established
what the budget for the concert will
be, but they should do so in the next
few weeks, Ragland said.
Though the combination has been
relatively smooth, Hayes (senior
energy, business and finance) said
he still expects some "bumps along
the way."
"This is the first year we're doing
this," Hayes said. "We're definitely
learning as we go.
Elizabeth Murphy
Alex Weisler
Beth Ann Downey
Andrew Metcalf
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Chris Zook
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Royster
Kevin Cirilli
Ashley Gold
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have to go out there and focus on
winning and play every play."
Royster got off to a slow start this
season, leading some fans to call for
backup Stephfon Green to start.
But a career-high 187 yards
against Ibmple quieted those grum-
Wings.
Laura Nichols
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Steve Hennessey
Paul Casella
Like Temple, Illinois provides
another chance for Royster to break
out.
Steph Witt
He went for 105 yards in
Champaign last season and 136 two
years ago.
Aside from the Temple game,
however, Royster has been quiet. He
carried the ball 26 times against the
Owls and averaged only 10 carries in
the other four games, averaging 44
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begin at 9 p.m. held in Ftec Hall for
the first time ever.
Last year, the pep rally was sup
posed to be on the lawn of Old Main,
Rush said.
But since snow hindered the orig
inal plans, it had to be moved to
HUB-Alumni Hall, which was not
big enough.
"We had to turn people away and
we definitely didn't want to do that
again this year," Rush said. "Rec
Hall will be much more accommo
dating."
And for the second year in a row,
Rush said there will be a feature
called "When I was A Lion," where
said we weren't authorized to do so.
We just told him that the athletic
director said we could have them,"
Dennis said. "But really, we didn't
even ask the athletic director, we
just took them."
The team then lugged six speak
ers over to the stadium and lined
them from one side of the press box
to the other.
After setting up the speakers on
either side of the stadium, Dennis
and Don Mains, the "mic man" who
led the cheers during the game,
decided they would split up.
One of them went to the alumni
side and the other went by the stu
dent section in an attempt to teach
what is now a cheer ln►own by Penn
Staters worldwide.
Mike Eckhart, team member and
twin brother of Dave Eckhart, said
he never could have guessed that
the cheer his team created would
have had such a big effect.
But if Ohio State could do a cheer
and have it be successful, he said,
Penn State could certainly rise to
the occasion.
A tradition with manners
So, on that fateful day 33 years
ago, 20 cheerleaders entered
Beaver Stadium and took Penn
State spirit to a whole new level
making history and creating a new
tradition.
"In the beginning we went up in
the stands and tried to explain it to
get people to do it then they did,
but it wasn't like the whole stadium,"
Dave Eckhart said. "But soon after,
we ended up getting the whole stadi
um involved very quickly"
But not everyone accepted the
new change.
"There was an article in the
Centre Daily Times about how
alumni were annoyed with us after
that," Dennis said. "They didn't
want to be bothered with our cheer
because they felt it distracted them
from the game."
It was too late, however the
cheer had caught on and was here to
stay.
The stadium, a few thousand
seats smaller than it is today, was
more accessible to the fans. The
field, still surrounded by a running
track, was only separated from the
crowd by a small fence, which Dave
President Max Wendkos, PHC Vice
President for Programming Kaitlyn
Kirby, Stahl and Linkosky were all
present at the meeting, Linkosky
wrote in the statement. In addition,
all of the chapter presidents and
their executive boards were present
at the meeting, she wrote.
Baker and LeGalley did not
return calls or e-mails for comment
by press time Thursday.
Wendkos said he attended the
event to show his support of the dis
cussion.
The IFC supports any efforts by
the PHC to improve their risk man-
Hayes praised ARHS' willingness
for Movin' On to become its own
organization.
"ARHS is happy Movin' On can
grow now," said ARHS liaison Mike
Stefanick (senior-hotel, restaurant
and institutional management).
As of right now the group is focus
ing on getting corporate sponsor
ship.
Prospective artists to perform will
be discussed around January.
Hayes said that Movin' On will be
doing surveys throughout the year
because they want to see what stu
dents want out of the concert. He
also encouraged students who want
their voice heard to apply for a core
committee on the Movin' On website
(www.movinon.org) or speak at one
of the core meetings. The date for
yards in those contests.
Royster, who was unavailable to
the media this week, has said the
record at a school steeped in tradi
tion became somewhat of a burden
in the off-season. At Big Ten media
days this summer, he said it would
be the greatest individual achieve
ment of his career.
Even before camp started,
Royster was talking about the
record, ready to break it and get on
with his season.
"It's kind of hard not to think
about it," Royster said at media days
one day before fall practice. "It's
been brought up so much. I want to
get it out of the way, so I can just get
on with my season. The earlier the
better."
Senior center Doug Klopacz said
the key to getting Royster going was
a tougher offensive line.
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alumni who were campus leaders
during their time at Penn State will
come back to talk about their experi
ences during college.
Murdy said the pep rally is the
perfect way to end the night it's
her favorite event.
"I have to say that I am the most
excited for the Pep Rally. There are
some special guests in the line-up to
show up and you get to find out who
is crowned King and Queen," Murdy
said.
"I have my favorites, but I'll keep
those a secret."
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Eckhart said made the attempt at a
cheer much easier.
Mike Eckhart said he never really
thought about the impact he and his
1977 cheerleading team had on the
school until those certain times
when he's watching a Penn State
football game on television and he
hears a dull roar of "We Are... Penn
State" over the broadcasters.
"You know, when I think about it
it's pretty cool. We did that," he
said. "We pulled something pretty
special together."
The cheer stuck from then on, and
was only modified once a few games
later when the mic man Don Mains
decided it would be polite to thank
the alumni for actually participating.
"He was just a very polite guy, so
he thought the students should say
thank you," Dave Eckhart said.
The rest is history
Jim Sullivan, also a member on
the team at the time, said he can
hardly believe how far the cheer has
come from a once outlandish idea
to a household name.
"I told my kids when they were
freshmen at Penn State to tell their
friends that their dad was one of the
people who came up with the "We
Are... Penn State" cheer," he said.
"No one ever believes them."
Dennis isn't saying the cheer won
it for his team, but in 1977 when
they first premiered the now-iconic
chant the Penn State cheerlead
ing squad was named No. 1 in the
country and was inducted into the
Pennsylvania Hall of Fame.
"We got a silver dish from it and
told Joe Paterno that we'll trade it
back and forth," Dennis said. "We
said, 'We'll keep it until you guys win
a championship.' "
Dennis said one of the most spe
cial things about this now-famous
cheer isn't the fact that his cheer
leading team spearheaded it but
the idea that it brings together fel
low Penn Staters. "You could be in
China and see someone with a jer
sey on, and say 'We are'— and they'll
smile and shout 'Penn State,' " he
said. "All those years ago... I don't
know how it happened and became
what it is today but I guess you
could say the rest is history"
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agement procedures, he said.
He said PHC is "actively" looking
for ways to improve their current
risk management procedures.
Wendkos (senior-marketing and
psychology) declined to comment on
what exactly was discussed at the
meeting.
But, he said, he wants to make
sure the IFC does its part to make
sure the women of PHC are safe.
"I was merely there because I
wanted to get feedback," he said.
"Many of their socials are with us."
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the first meeting has yet to be set.
"We want students to be vocal
about it," said Zack Krieger (junior
bioengineering), who serves as
executive director of SPA. "That's
the best way we can get the job
done."
Some students said they were
excited to see a bigger concert this
year
Justin Wmstanley said that the
collaboration "could go either way."
"The smaller concerts give small
er bands a chance to get noticed,"
Wmstanley (senior-health policy and
administration) said. "But a bigger
concert would be more cost efficient
because more people would want to
go to it."
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"If we want to start running the
ball like we used to, we just gotta
buckle up and go play," Klopacz said.
"That's it."
Klopacz added the offensive line
would take a lot of pride in blocking
for Royster when he breaks the
record, saying the yardage is a prod
uct of "both him and the line work
ing together."
But just because Royster is close
doesn't mean the line is talking
about their accomplishment
"It hasn't really come up a whole
lot," Klopacz said.
"It's a great thing to have. Evan's
a great running back I think he
knows it, we know it, and we want to
do everything we can to help him get
that record. But we also know we
have a big game in front of us."
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