THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
`Zombies' return to PSU
By Jessica Tully
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Starving Penn State zombies
are craving humans for the next
two weeks in a make-believe
game, of course.
The Urban Gaming Club began
a game of Humans vs. Zombies at
8 a.m. Monday that will continue
-- 24 hours a day until Saturday,
Oct 23.
Urban Gaming Club President
Ryan Bisbey (senior-chemistry
and mathematics) said he looks
forward to this event every semes
ter.
It . s the one game I can't miss.
The adrenaline rush makes it all
worth it for me, - Bisbey said.
The game begins with one stu
dent chosen by the Urban Gaming
Rules Council to play the role of
the zombie. It's the zombie's goal
U o tag the 150 other garners who
are all playing the role of the
human. Betty Nie (sophomore
bioengineering) said.
Once tagged, the human
becomes a zombie and assists in
Trip abroad inspires
new outreach group
By Anna Orso
FOR HE COLLEGIAN
While many college students
were on a beach or visiting home
last spring break, Sharon
Silverman was in Eastern
Europe. reaching out to Jewish
communities with 16 other Penn
State students.
But their impact didn't end
- We got back from the trip and
decided that the experience was
n't Over for us." Silverman (sen
ior Jewish studies) said. "And we
iit.cided to make a group. -
At ter painting a mural in a
;cwkh community center in
Estonia. touring the ghettos of
Lithuania and speaking with
Holocaust survivors, the group of
students wanted to start an
orittiinization at Penn State called
JUL, PSG,..'
Telissa Doberstein, director of
the Presidential Leadership
cu clemy and adviser for
.TDc PSU. said JDC stands for
the - Joint Distribution
( 'on mit I ce. - based on the
American Jewish Joint
Di-tribution Committee a
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II it ire than 95 Years.
‘,\ .11)C is a national organi
i.l ifir. Penn State is only the
hird < (iiiege campus in the coun
i to have a JDC chapter.
3i t):..r.,tein said the organiza
ion provides relief to Jewish
comiimuilies around the world
r,(l focuses on providing
:usltinability for communities
h. ! , ,t were wiped out from the
llllocaust.
- We want to foster support for
Jewish communities all around
the world and also learn about
those communities and the cul
tures - not just the Jewish cul
tut e. hut the cultures of the coun
try that the JDC is working in,"
said Silverman, JDC(!t PSU's
president
Doberstein said students
involved in JDC.(/ PSU should
expect to learn about many differ
ent cultures.
- There are populations all over
the world that have Jews there
and were trying to partner up
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"I've been preparing
for this for my whole
life."
Robbie Horton
sophomore - fine arts
tagging the remaining humans. If
a zombie does not "eat" a human
every 48 hours, it will "starve" to
death, Nie said.
Each day, the humans also have
specific missions they must com
plete, Nie said like finding arti
facts buried both on and off cam
pus.
To avoid attacking non-garners
by accident, each human must
wear a green armband and each
zombie must wear an orange
headband at all times, Nie said.
Club member Robbie Horton
said he's excited for the next two
weeks.
"I've been preparing for this for
my whole life," Horton (sopho
more-fine arts) said.
To protect themselves against
If you go:
What: JDC@PSU meeting
Where: 52 Willard Building
When: Every other Sunday
Details: Contact Sharon
Silverman at sjss2o4@psu.edu
with other organizations so the
outreach can be more and the
learning can be more,"
Doberstein said. Doberstein said
JDC PSU is affiliated with
Hillel, one of Penn State's Jewish
student organizations.
Aaron Kaufman, executive
director of Hillel , said the stu
dents who went on the spring
break trip last year were so
moved by their experiences that
they wanted to help people
around the world.
"They had an unbelievable
experience and wanted to bring
awareness to the Penn State
community about global Jewish
issues," Kaufman said.
The success of the alternative
spring break last year led
Silverman to be named trip coor
dinator for JDCgi PSU's trip this
spring. She said a trip to Moldova,
a small former Soviet Union
country, is in the works for spring
2011.
"The Jewish community there
is definitely struggling and we'll
have the chance to do some good
and give back to this community"
Silverman said.
In addition to planning the
alternative spring break,
JDC(a PSU hopes to hold movie
nights, host speakers, learn about
global cultures, organize
fundraisers and partner up with
other Penn State organizations to
reach out to communities around
the globe.
"This group is full of really pas
sionate people that took a great
experience and turned it into
something awesome here on
campus," Silverman said.
Anyone who is interested in
joining JDC(y PSU should con
tact Silverman at
sjss2o4@ psu.edu. The group will
meet every other Sunday evening
in 52 Willard Building.
the zombies, the humans can
throw socks and marshmallows or
shoot the zombies with Nerf
blasters. If the zombies are hit,
they can't tag any humans for the
next 15 minutes, Nie said.
Some students, Nie included,
said they look forward to Humans
vs. Zombies each year because it
allows them to use their imagina
tions.
"Playing Humans vs. Zombies
is so much fun because it lets me
make logical solutions to illogical
things," Nie said. "I know that I
will never actually have to defend
myself against zombies, but in the
game, you get to strategize and
make solutions to the problems
you are given."
The two-week game has been a
great way to build strong bonds
between groups, Martin Castner
(junior-information sciences and
technology) said.
"This is my fourth time playing,
but every Humans vs. Zombies
game is different," Castner said.
"I'm excited for the stakeouts and
late-nights trips to Eat'n Park"
Oprah 'disappointed' by court ruling
Jenny Gross
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
JOHANNESBURG A
woman accused of abusing
teenagers at Oprah Winfrey's
school for girls in South Africa
was acquitted of the charges
Monday, and Winfrey said she
was "profoundly disappointed" by
the trial's outcome.
Prosecutors had accused for
mer school matron Tiny Virginia
Makopo of trying to kiss and fon
dle girls at the school soon after it
opened in 2007 outside
Johannesburg.
Makopo also had been accused
of assaulting one of the teens as
well as a fellow supervisor.
"The matron who was working
at the Oprah Wmfrey school was
found not guilty on all the sexual
assault charges," Mthunzi
Mhaga, a spokesman for South
Africa's National Prosecuting
Authority, said Monday. "The
magistrate was of the view that
the state had failed to prove
beyond reasonable doubt that she
was guilty. We won't be appealing
the judgment."
Wmfrey had called the allega
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The Urban Gaming Club demonstrates how Humans vs. Zombies is
played in April 2008. This semester's game began Monday and will con
tinue 24 hours a day until Saturday Oct. 23.
tions crushing given her own stat
ed history- of childhood sexual
abuse and promised an overhaul
of the school.
"I will forever be proud of the
nine girls who testified with the
courage and conviction to be
heard," Winfrey said in a state
ment Monday.
The lavish $4O million Oprah
Winfrey Leadership Academy for
Girls, which opened in January
2007, aims to give girls from
deprived backgrounds a quality
education in a country where
schools are struggling to over
come the legacy of apartheid.
"It's unfortunate that this had
to happen because what Oprah
Winfrey has done for those chil
dren in that school it's really
encouraging, it's outstanding, it's
really appreciated by South
Africans," Mhaga said. "But
unfortunately, in the justice sys
tems in every country, it's not
about what you know, it's about
what you can prove in the court of
law"
The school is spread across a
22-acre campus with neat lawns
and garden paths decorated with
mosaics. It has computer and sci-
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ence labs, a library and a wellness
center. The school is home to
about 300 girls from across the
country.
Wmfrey said Monday that the
school's staff "is committed to
providing a nurturing educational
environment so that all of our
girls may continue to flourish.
And they are indeed thriving."
In March, Wmfrey had settled a
defamation lawsuit filed in
Philadelphia by the school's for
mer headmistress, Nomvuyo
Mzamane, who claimed Wmfrey
defamed her in remarks made in
the wake of the 2007 sex-abuse
scandal at the school.
Mzamane claimed that she was
never told of any sexual abuse.
However, Winfrey's lawyers said
in a March pretrial memo that
Mzamane failed to discipline
Makopo despite her history of
run-ins with students and fellow
staff.
Mzamane said she had trouble
finding a job after Winfrey stated
she had "lost confidence" in her.
Lawyers for both sides in
March said Winfrey and
Mzamane met to resolve their dif
ferences out of court.
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