4 I THURSDAY, OCT. 14, 2010
Students to run,
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Some students will make a
throwback to elementary school
recess this weekend at the first
Kickin' For The Kids Kickball
Tournament
Interfraternity Council/Panhell
enic Dance Marathon enthusiasts
can get limber before Sunday's
THON 5K and raise money as well
at the THON special interest
group Ohana-sponsored event.
The tournament will be held 1
p.m. this Saturday at the Orchard
fields, said T.C. Cawley, executive
director for Ohana.
La Nina expected
to bring dry weather
By Eddie Lau
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Central Pennsylvania is expect
ed to have a drier and milder win
ter than the past year, thanks to
"the little girl."
The La Nina weather pattern is
likely to continue and may
strengthen over the next four to
six months, according to a report
issued Monday by the World
Meteorological Organization
(WMO), a specialized agency of
the United Nations. La Nina could
potentially bring abnormal condi
tions to separate areas of the
world, from floods to droughts to
below or above normal tempera
tures.
La Nina, or "the little girl" in
Spanish, is a weather phenome
non that is characterized by
unusually cool ocean tempera
tures in the central and eastern
tropical Pacific. Its counterpart,
El Nino, is characterized by
unusually warm ocean tempera
tures.
Some Penn State researches
have been following the abnormal
weather patterns.
"Typically, La Niria winters
bring much of Pennsylvania near
to above normal temperatures
and below normal precipitation,
which can be translated into a
drier and milder winter than last
year," said Paul Knight, Penn
State's Weather World host and
senior lecturer in meteorology.
Knight said the winter of 2008
was a weak to moderate example
of La Niria, which is not the case
for this year
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Teams must have a minimum of
nine players and a maximum of 14,
he said.
Participation cost is $45 and all
proceeds go to THON, Ohana
Fbndraising Director Brad Fisher
said something he said was rea
son enough for people to come
out.
Jamie Cox, Ohana outreach
director, said the tournament isn't
just a return to the elementary
school games everyone loves
it's also an homage to the kids
they're trying to support.
"There are kids that don't get to
play kickball like we used to when
we were younger, so we can play
"All indications are that this La
Nina will be quite strong so that
episodes of frigid air are more like
ly at the beginning and end of the
winter season," Knight said.
The current La Nifia developed
quickly during June and July 2010,
following the dissipation of the
2009-2010 El Nilio in April, accord
ing to the report. Since August, the
event has been classified as mod
erate to strong.
"If this La Nina follows the class
pattern, there should be fewer
days with snow cover, but more
storms with a mixture of snow, ice
and rain, rather than all snow like
last year," Knight said.
Despite the freezing rain and
other wintry conditions that are
expected this coming winter, Mark
Whitfield, director of State
College's public works depart
ment, said the borough will be
ready to respond.
"We put together a snow emer
gency plan every year that out
lines any anticipated storms
ice, snow and freezing rain,"
Whitfield said. "It doesn't matter
what the winter brings us we
have a plan for each of those
events."
Whitfield said the department
will start to send out crews if the
police call them with specifically
designated slippery areas.
Almost all forecast models pre
dict that La Nifia will continue and
possibly gain strength over the
next four to six months, the report
said. It could be seen into the first
quarter of 2011.
To e-mail reporter: tolslos@psu.edu
LOCAL
kic
for them," Cox (senior-manage
ment) said.
Cawley (senior-accounting) said
he hopes to fill a 32-team bracket.
So far, about 10 teams have signed
up.
The format of the tournament
will be similar to the World Cup's
layout, he said there will be
eight groups of four teams and the
winner of each pool will move on
to the next round.
Interested teams can sign up
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. until this
Friday in the HUB-Robeson
Center, Cawley said.
"It's not going to be extremely
competitive and it's a great way to
Unplanned events take toll on EMS
By Colleen Boyle
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Unplanned student events can
cause huge financial losses for
local emergency medical servic
es organizations, according to a
Centre Region Council of
Governments (COG) report pre
sented Wednesday to the organi
zation's Public Safety
Committee.
The report measured gaps in
service payments for events like
football weekends and State
Patty's Day. Steven Bair, who
drafted the report, said the data
showed that institutions like
Penn State are usually responsi
ble for covering the costs of an
event, such as the extra police
needed at football games.
pitch 'for the kids'
get out and raise money," Cawley
said.
Crazy uniforms are encour
aged, Cawley said they're a
great way to prepare for the cre
ativity displayed at the THON 5k
Cawley said he expects a good
turnout, especially since people
are eager to fundraise for THON
as the fundraising window just
opened at the beginning of the
month.
The event will be held rain or
shine, Fisher said.
Originally, the group was work
ing to plan a flag football event.
But, Fisher (senior-manage
ment information systems) said a
"Those people are making
sure that if they need extra peo
ple that they're helping pay for
that," he said. "They're stepping
up to the plate and chipping in to
cover the cost."
But Bair said the researchers
also looked at the costs incurred
on weekends like State Patty's
Day, where students gather in
disorganized, "flash mob-type"
events. On weekends such as
these, police have to work extra
hours to ensure the safety of
those involved. Many of those
who are transported to the hospi
tal on high activity weekends are
non-student visitors, putting a
financial burden on local taxpay
ers, Bair said.
"The loser across the board is
the emergency medical servic-
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kickball event will appeal to the
inner kid in college students.
To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu
If you go
What Kickin' It For The Kids
Kickball Tournament
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
Where: Orchard Field
Details: Pre-registration is
required and can be done from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Friday in
the HUB-Robeson Center
es," he said. "They're not going
through your wallet to get your
identification. A lot of times they
do not have a good means to send
you a bill."
Doris Guanowsky, senior asso
ciate director of University
Health Services (UHS), said the
university's Office of the Bursar
tries to get students to pay
charges incurred from ambu
lance services. For those who do
not pay charges, the university
can withhold certain documenta
tion, such as transcripts.
But when non-students do not
pay their charges, UHS turns to a
collection agency for assistance,
and even then they are still not
reimbursed for some bills.
To e-mail reporter: cabs3s6@psu.edu
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