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By Alexa Agugliaro
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Allison Jones said she con
stantly asks herself why she still
attends vigils honoring gay stu
dents lost to suicide, hate crimes
or even murders.
Throughout the country this
month, at least six gay students
have committed suicide as a
result of being bullied about their
sexual orientation.
"It is no longer a moral issue,
Chris Ulmer (senior-media studies) runs near the HUB-Robeson Center. Ulmer, who had surgery six months ago, is training for a 50-mile marathon
Student runs toward dreams
By Julia Anselmo
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
His friends called him crazy.
His doctor told him "no."
But those close to Chris Ulmer
knew it would take much more
than a torn meniscus and major
surgery to stop him from lacing
up his running shoes.
In February Ulmer (senior
media studies) tore his meniscus
and had 30 percent of it surgically
removed. There was a good
chance he would never run again.
But on Saturday, just six
Café,
bakery
partner
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
menu will mainly consist of St. location, rent issues forced
espresso drinks, teas, smoothies Webster's to relocate to 121 S.
Webster's Booktore Café's and other beverages, Meder- Fraser S. in August and the
kitchen is coming back to down- Wilgus said. In the coming weeks, kitchen had to be sacrificed.
town State College this time she said it will expand to include The cafe's new home inside
inside Sugar on Top Bakery, 121 1 / 2 other food items. Sugar on Top is temporary
E. Beaver Ave. Webster's employee Anne Meder-Wilgus said, until
Starting Monday, the cafe oper- Triolo said the cafe inside Sugar Webster's finalizes plans for a
ations of Webster's will set up on Top will be open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. new location that can accommo
shop inside the gourmet cupcake Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to date both its bookstore and café.
bakery, Webster's owner Elaine noon on Saturday and will be And though the two share a
Meder-Wilgus said. closed on Sunday. space, customer base and rent,
During the first week, the After 11 years at its 128 S. Allen See CAFE, Page 2.
thrives
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but more of a safety issue these
days," said Jones (senior-nurs
ing), the president of the Rainbow
Roundtable. "We need to not only
be proud to be Penn State stu
dents, but students of the gay
community as well."
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months after his April surgery,
Ulmer will compete in the Tussey
Mountainback 50 Mile Relay and
Ultramarathon Race.
"Everyone was saying, 'You'll
never be the same,' " Ulmer said.
"I took this as motivation to do an
ultramarathon. And I've been
training ever since."
Running crazy
Ulmer began training only
weeks after his major surgery -
against his doctor's recommenda
tion.
"I had so much energy in me
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State College resident Oddy Lombrana speaks at the end of the Rally
at Old Main on Wednesday.
Though National Coming Out And in the past week. Penn
Week was filled with celebration State's Lesbian, Gay Bisexual,
of the gay community "we have Transgender, Questioning and
come so far and yet we have so far Allies (LGBTQA) community
to go," she said. See LGBTQA. Page 2.
after that I had to get out," Ulmer
said.
Ulmer's girlfriend Lauren
Frank (junior-kinesiology) said he
couldn't wait to run again.
"He was very restless," Frank
said. "We would always talk about
running and how he wanted to do
it again."
Ulmer's friend Max Levi (sen
ior-mathematics and economics)
said Ulmer is "tough" for getting
right back into running after his
surgery.
"It's definitely impressive that
he's running this much," Levi
said. - Whether or not it's good or
bad, I don't know if it can be said
for certain."
Ulmer's vigorous training
schedule includes running
between five and 35 miles per day,
totaling about 100 miles per week.
"A day off for me, in my head, is
running like, five miles," Ulmer
said. "A lot of times I intend on not
running, but I can't. I always have
to do it."
Justin Emery (senior-broad
cast journalism), Ulmer's friend
and roommate, said he thinks
See RUNNER. Page 2.
Chinese students
adjust to new life
By Christina Gallagher
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
China native Xinren Yu made a
promise with his roommate:
They'd speak only English in
their dorm room.
With Chinese as his first lan
guage, Yu (freshman- engineer
ing) said he finds it difficult to
perfect his English, as most of his
friends are Chinese and only
speak Chinese with each other.
Halfway through their first
semester, some first-year Asian
students said assimilating into
Penn State life is challenging
because of the language barrier.
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Pres.
takes
stand
Ragland to
hold ground
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
UPUA President Christian
Ragland apologized to the stu
dent body for the organization's
internal unrest r
in response to '
-461,
his chief of staff
appointment
a move some
assembly mem
bers said caused
them to feel
undermined.
"I'm wor ki ng Ragland
hard." Ragland
Henior-political science) said.
- I'm going to keep on doing what
I'm doing whether I have the
assembly's support or not."
Ragland said he had no inten
tions of undermining the assem
bly when he appointed Dustin
Dove as his chief of staff.
- From a personal standpoint,
I am very disappointed and
insulted that the assembly
would think I would try to under
mine them," he said. "I don't
have time to undermine the
assembly• .
But UPUA Chairwoman of the
Assembly Jessica Pelliciotta
said many members said the
appointment weakens the
assembly's power
The discontent arose not
from the chief of staff himself,
but rather the circumvention of
both the decision of the Board of
Arbitration and the approval of
the assembly," Pelliciotta (sen
ior-political science) said. "It
sets a dangerous precedent that
undermines the responsibilities
of the assembly"
The LIMA assembly voted to
censure Ragland Wednesday
night for appointing Dove as
chief of staff through what some
members call a loophole within
their organization's constitution.
After UPUAs Internal
Development (ID) committee
refused to interview Dove for the
position earlier this year
because members thought it
was unconstitutional, Ragland
decided to bring the appoint
ment to the Board of Arbitration
on Tuesday.
The controversy stems from a
constitutional provision that for
bids any member of the election
commission to serve on UPUA
within the same year. Dove
served on the election commis
sion last spring, when Ragland
was elected.
Ragland said he asked
UPUNs judicial branch the
Board of Arbitration if Dove
could serve as his chief of staff.
The Board of Arbitration
See UPUA. Page 2.
"Not too many Chinese stu
dents talk with English students
because we have cultural differ
ences, and Chinese students can
relate to the feelings of other
Chinese students better than
American students can," Weimo
"Lynn" Xu (freshman-finance)
said.
Some Asian students said the
language barrier is a problem
preventing them from communi
cating with and befriending
American students.
have no friends who are
American students, because I
don't have the chance to talk and
See STUDENTS, Page 2.