THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Concert to benefit THON
By Meghan Micclolo
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Saturday's second annual can
ning kickoff concert has one main
goal to raise twice as much
money for THON as the event
raised last year.
Sigma Thu Gamma fraternity
and dance group Vole are hosting
the show, which will feature four
local bands with Table Ten as
the headliner, Sigma Tau
Gamma Interfraternity
Council/Panhellenic Dance
Marathon Chairman Barry
Marlin said.
"They played at the concert
last year and it was a lot of fun,"
Marlin (senior-accounting) said.
And organizers of the event
said they are excited about this
year's show.
"It's going to be bigger and bet
ter then last year's," Sigma Thu
Gamma Vice President Vince
Paventa (senior-advertising)
said. "This year we started plan
ning much earlier and have put
more effort into it."
He said he's excited for both
canning kickoff and THON in
Fbbruary.
Table Ten singer and guitarist
Josh Corcoran was a member of
Sigma Tau Gamma.
Paintings
inspired
by Ireland
By Allegra O'Neill
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Artist Paul Chidester made
Penn State students rethink
breakfast foods when he debuted
a series of paintings all made
with egg oil tempera.
Chidester's exhibit, "Recent
Towers," is his third exhibit to be
displayed in the Eisenhower
Auditorium Conference Room
part of an ongoing collaboration
with Penn State and the School of
Visual Arts.
Chidester was inspired by
medieval towers on a trip to
Ireland and created his paintings
with Ifis experience and reflec
tion of 9/11 in mind, according to
a press release.
Egg oil tempera paintings are
created using a paint medium
made with egg yolks.
The paintings have an imagi
native look to them, as if they are
from child's storybook. They rep
resent different portraits of
scenery and use a variety of
bright and pastel colors.
MP3s to lead
participants
on 'adventure'
By Erika Spicer
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
The East Halls quad serves as walking grounds for stu
dents hurrying to class and as a place to get some sun
during the warm seasons.
But Penn State's Clown Nose Club has every intention
of changing the quad's "norm" at 2 p.m. Saturday with its
Audio Adventure 2010 event.
With a foghorn and signs that will read "Ready... Set...
Play!" students participating in Audio Adventure 2010 will
follow an instructional MP3 on their personal music play
ers.
The MP3, which students can download for free on the
Clown Nose Club's website, contains 16 minutes of fun,
out-of-the-ordinary instructions.
Audio Adventure will help manifest the Clown Nose
Club's mission of taking positive and unconventional
social risks, said Chad Littlefield, the group's president.
Members said it's something everyone should try.
"I hope people will participate just because it's so dif
ferent. It's fun to do something out of your comfort zone
and something crazy," member Rebecca Guldin (fresh
man-division of undergraduate studies) said. "It gives you
a sense of being happier just because you've done some
thing a little crazy"
Since the event is taking place within East Halls, fresh
men are expected to make up a decent percentage of
those attending, Littlefield (sophomore-rehabilitation
and human services) said.
"Everyone's invited. East quad can facilitate 2,000, so
we're hoping and prepared for that," Littlefield said.
He said it should "look really cool" when more than 500
people perform the same tasks at once.
lb help out with the event, 20 volunteers from the
Clown Nose Club will be at the quad wearing yellow T
shirts and clown noses.
These volunteers have already performed a test-run of
the event and are tasked with assuring students that
Audio Adventure is worth a try.
"I'd hope for everyone to have a great time. It should be
pretty funny," Clown Nose Club Secretary Bryan Fritsch
(sophomore-kinesiology) said.
lb spread the word, Littlefield sent Facebook invites
and advertised on campus, things he said he hopes will
attract the student body.
If you go
What Penn State's Clown Nose Club Audio Adventure
Na: East Halls quad
When: Saturday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
If you go
What Sigma Tau Gamma
Fraternity and Vole present
Canning Weekend Kickoff
Concert
Where: Sigma Tau Gamma
house, 500 S. Allen St.
When: Sat., Oct. 16 at 1:30
p.m.
Details: Pre-sale tickets are
available at the HUB-Robeson
Center for $5 today, $7 at the
door.
"I was really involved in THON
when I [was inl State College. I
was a dancer," Corcoran, Class of
2009, said. "So it's great that I can
continue to be even after I've
graduated."
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Corcoran is still friends with
many current fraternity broth
ers, Marlin said.
"This concert is going to be
really fun for us because it ties all
of the things we care about
friends, THON, music and Penn
State together into one big
event," Corcoran said.
The Table Ten members met
when they attended Penn State
and started doing local open mic
Artist Paul Chidester used egg oil tempera in his paintings
"The collaboration, which
began in fall 2009, is a way for
student and faculty artists in the
School of Visual Arts to gain
greater exposure," said John
Mark Rafacz, editorial manager
fotthe Center for the Performing
Arts. "Part of our mission at the
center is to seek opportunities for
collaboration between the aca
demic and performing arts sides
of the college."
Caitlin Frazer, who visited
Ireland this summer, said she
wasn't surprised by Chidester's
reaction to towers in Ireland.
"Ireland is absolutely beauti
ful," Frazer (senior-English, sec
ondary education) said. "The his
tory and the beauty of the
medieval culture and architec
events after class, Corcoran said.
Now, the band members are
full-time musicians who play at
venues up and down the East
Coast, he said.
Table Ten played at THON last
year, and Corcoran said it was his
favorite show so far.
Table Ten is not the only band
performing, though.
"We're bringing in a lot of local
bands who play at the clubs and
bars around here," Vole THON
Chairwoman Katie Hatfield said.
The tickets will be on sale on
the bottom floor of the HUB-
Robeson Center for $5 and will
also be sold at the door for $7,
Hatfield (sophomore-nutrition)
said. The event begins at 1:30
p.m. and the bands will play from
2 p.m. to 7 p.m., with DJs in
between sets.
Marlin said he hopes people
will stay for the whole event, but
he is also fine with people stop
ping by
The Pretzel Factory, 124 S.
Allen St., and Gumby's Pizza, 300
S. Pugh St., both donated food for
the event, he said, adding that it
was "really nice" of the compa
nies.
"It's going to be a really
relaxed, chilled atmosphere,"
Marlin said.
ture is extremely moving."
Margaret Munsch (senior
communication sciences and dis
orders) said she traveled with
Frazer through Ireland and had a
similar experience. "It's really
cool that he was so inspired by
Ireland that he turned around
and created an exhibit," Munsch
said. "They are so. interesting
that everyone takes awaysome
thing different from them."
While she has yet to see the
exhibit. Frazer said she is
intrigued to see how Chidester
portrayed some of the things she
saw while she was abroad.
The exhibit runs through Dec
10.
To email reporter: aposols@psu.edu
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The Student Programming
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Doors will open at 9:30 p.m., and
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But while many have not heard
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Tatara said.
But he said he knows his style is
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what separates him from others.
"I have a different way of look
ing at ,things. Sometimes people
love it, sometimes they hate it," he
said. "That's the line you gotta
walk if you want to be memo
rable."
Tatara said he never tries to
focus on a specific topic.
"My material comes from what
ever strikes me as funny. I'm just
living life, and if I see something
that strikes me, I'll take it
onstage," he said.
"Just come in with an open
mind and know that we're here to
have fun."
Tatara has been doing stand-up
comedy for about ten years and
said he wants to continue with it
as long as he can.
"It's the best job," Tatara said.
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you make the script yourself. No
.other form of entertainment is like
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Jon Amt, though a fan of stand
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of Tatara.
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