I MONDAY, OCT. 11, 2010 Kelsey Morris/Collegian Timmy Strait (junior-engineering), left, and Lauren Rodriguez (junior animal science) show off their moves at Saturday's Coming Out Dance. Coming Out Dance provides community By Matt Scorzafave COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER After attending Saturday night's Coming Out Dance, Timmy Strait said he's happy with Penn State's attempts to reach out to the LGBTA commu nity. "The Penn State community is making an effort to kids who are struggling," Strait (junior-engi neering science) said. "They're concerned." The Rainbow Roundtable sponsored the Coming Out Dance part of its celebration of National Coming Out Week, said Allison Jones, the group's presi dent. The dance, held from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Atherton Hotel, is just one of many events being held this week under the theme of "Bonded by the Rainbow." Jones (senior-nursing) said the dance was a place for students who are struggling with their identity to feel comfortable. "This event in particular really enables both Penn State students and the community to come together," Jones said. Dozens of students and mem bers of the LGBTA community attended the dance to show sup port in preparation of this week's events. Julian Haas (junior-soci ology) said the event was not The Student Prisgrartiming ASSGCI,OIC , cern:, E !, disacikties to a of !•s programs and events 11 you reed accommodations or hale ouestiors abotit access to butldings in which activities are raid 'Cr5 0 - '2 at 'east ac,s m advance of .vour participation. ' r oc need assistance doing a program Please cortact our staff in charge Penn States committee to att.-nab:a 3C:;C^ equa ;odor:tinily arc the diversity of its workplace rho pub :coon availatie -n alternative torn media on reddest strictly intended for members of the LGBTA community, but rather to anyone who wanted to participate. "We want to show that if you want to come out, you have an entire community backing you up," Haas said. Haas, an intern at Penn State's LGBTA Student Resource Center, said a major goal of the event was also to provide a semi formal event for students who couldn't take their same-sex part ners to other events, namely high school dances. "This offers students a chance to go to a formal dance that they couldn't necessarily go to before," he said. Jones said the dance provided a judgment-free environment where students could wear what ever they wanted without a sec ond glance. "It's OK for a girl to wear a tie," she said. In light of six suicides by gay students around the country in the last few weeks, Jones said this year's National Coming Out Week will be a bit different. "I think this is important because there's a different vibe," she said. "It's a mix of both sor row and excitement." To e-mail reporter: mrss429@psu.edu LOCAL TEDx speakers share ideas By Kathleen Loughran COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Speakers at Sunday's TEDxF'SU event only had 10 min utes each to enlighten those who attended to listen to their creative and innovative ideas. The Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) conference was held throughout the day in Schwab Auditorium. The term "TEDx" refers to an independent ly organized TED event that brings together speakers with thought-provoking ideas to show case and spread their knowledge to communities. Schreyer Honors College Dean Christian Brady hosted the event at Penn State, where 15 speakers took the stage. Assistant architec ture professor David Celento talked about the future of moving and housing, which he said culmi- Overall winners celebrate hard work By Vera Greene COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER After months of preparation, weeks of meetings and endless hours of pomping, Alpha Kappa Lambda and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) emerged victorious during half time at the football game against Illinois, where they were named Homecoming's overall winners. But Brad Boyle (junior-journal ism) said his fraternity's aim was n't to win. "We didn't really care if we came in first, second, third or fourth," said Boyle, Alpha Kappa Lambda Homecoming chairman. "We just wanted to put in enough work and effort to be proud of what we've done." Danielle DaSilva, SWE presi dent, said she found out her organization won while she was on the field being presented as 2010 Homecoming queen. was jumping up and dow.w•_~. just so excited," DaSilva (senior bioengineering and mechanical engineering) said. "I knew we had a lot of girls who were working so PA .. ?maids/AMy •:rte. "I've been really impressed. There's been a lot of great, innovative ideas ... to think about." Jonathan Ring junior-information sciences and technology and security and risk analysis nates in the idea of a "Jump Box," a kind of portable architecture. "It would be a jump drive, ship ping container and RV, and some how they would get together and make little babies," he said. During TEDxPSU, Penn State Outreach Health Initiatives Director Chris Calkins spoke about America's unsustainable level of spending. "Decide how you want to die and let everyone know," he said. - Fundamentally this recommen dation is not about costs, it's about the tremendous amount of emotional impact." Calkins also recommended that families to teach oun:er children to combat Chloe Elmer/Collegian Homecoming overall winners Alpha Kappa Lambda and the Society of Women Engineers created a Finding Nemo float for Friday's parade. hard at getting all the spirit points, and it was good to see that all of our hard work and effort paid off." As of Friday night, DaSilva said no one knew who won since it was so close with last year's winners -- Gamma Sigma Sigma sorority and Sigma Nu fraternity. DaSilva said some SWE members were talldng about the win on Saturday night and were still giddy. They said when they found out they were so full of joy and stood It' Fantastic Location, directly across the street from PSU campus! Fully Furnished, Carpeted & Air Conditioned Apartments with GREAT views! CATA Loop Stop at Entrance! 110' An Awesome Apartment Conveniently Located in the Midst of Local Restaurants, Nightlife, Shopping, and Entertainment! 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