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Gift options revealed ““
By Matt Scorzafave
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
With choices that span from a
plaza to a scholarship, the Senior
Class Gift Committee released the
final three options for the 2011
senior class gift in a press release
Tuesday.
One senior class gift option is
the Lt. Murphy Penn State
Veterans Plaza, which would
honor Lt. Michael P Murphy. Class
of 1998, as well as all Penn State
veterans.
Murphy is the only Penn State
alumnus to be awarded the Medal
of Honor, according to a press
release from the committee.
Goo Goo Dolls lead singer John Rzeznik performs for a packed crowd during the band’s concert at Eisenhower Auditorium on Tuesday night.
Dolls ‘Slide’ into Penn
By Hannah Rishel
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Johnny Rzeznik, lead singer of
the Goo Goo Dolls, promised a
packed room at the Eisenhower
Auditorium that he "won’t tell no
one your name” Tuesday night.
Rzeznik dedicated the band’s
performance of "Name” to the
crowd, where they performed as
part of their tour promoting their
new album, "Something for the
Rest of Us.”
UPUA looks to appoint student rep.
Pres. Christian Ragland seeks assembly’s opinion for selection
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The University Park
Undergraduate Association is
moving forward with codifying the
selection process for appointing
the non-voting student represen
tative who will serve on the State
College Borough Council.
According to the borough coun
cil’s resolution to add a non-voting
student representative a meas
ure that was unanimously passed
Monday night UPUA has until
Dec. 1 to appoint a person who
Student battling disease becomes national finalist
David Hughes says he lives an average life despite battling cystic fibrosis.
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The second option is the “Old
Willow” Tree and Class of 2011
Trustee Scholarship.
The gift would feature the plant
ing of a willow tree on campus to
commemorate an original Penn
State symbol.
It would also provide a scholar
ship to students who need finan
cial aid.
The final proposal is the Penn
State Alma Mater Display.
The gift would display the song
and its history in a prominent
location on campus.
Ryan Hartnett, Senior Class
Gift Committee communications
chairwoman, said narrowing
down the many proposals to the
The audience got on their feet
as soon as the lights went down,
screaming as the band members
took their places on stage and
launched into their first song of
the night, “Sweetest Lie,” the first
track on the new album.
The band mixed songs from
their new album including the
first single, “Home” with fan
favorites that gained the band
notoriety in the ’9os, like “Black
Balloon" and “Better Days.”
Leah Blasko said before the
will serve the
interim term from
January to May.
Penn State
President
Graham Spanier
said he was
pleased to hear and advice, partly to avoid anoth
the resolution had er censure,
passed. “I definitely think I would not
“This is a great appoint someone without the
opportunity for our students to assembly,” said Ragland (senior
have increased input into the gov- political science). “I want to find
emance of the borough and at the ways to get them involved, so it's a
same time to assume more consensus from the whole."
responsibility for a safe, welcom- Following Ragland's appoint-
final three options was a process
involving many steps.
“We first collect all of the pro
posals from Penn State students
and the community. Then, we
have to sit down and take out ones
that we know won’t go past admin
istration,” Hartnett (senior-public
relations) said.
Along with the Senior Class Gift
Committee, a faculty committee
and members of the Office of
Physical Plant meet to discuss the
viability of each gift proposal,
Hartnett said.
“With the whole committee, we
narrow the proposals down to our
top 30 choices,” she said.
Goo Goo Dolls went on that the
song she wanted to hear them
play the most was "Slide."
“I really, really like that song."
Blasko (sophomore-public rela
tions) said.
Sean Golden, who has seen the
band in concert previously, also
said he wanted to hear "Slide." He
added that "Name" was another
one that he wanted to hear.
“Maybe they could play them
simultaneously," Golden (sopho
more-golf management) joked.
ing and service-oriented commu-
nity/' Spanier wrote in an e-mail
Though the resolution dictates
that he has the right to select the
student representative, UPUA
President Christian Ragland said
he wants the assembly's opinion
Despite having lung treatment
every day, taking an average of
seven pills before every meal and
having a doctor’s appointment
every three months, David
Hughes describes himself as an
average 18-year-old.
Hughes (freshman-chemical
engineering) was diagnosed with
cystic fibrosis when he was six
months old and has been battling
it ever since.
He said everyone has to deal
with the cards they have been
See GIFT, Page 2.
By Aiexa Agugliaro
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
:ives back
The Senior Class Gift Committee
released its final three choices
for this year’s class gift.
lt. MURPHY/PENN STATE
. VETERANS PLAZA
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AND CLASS OF 2011 T
TRUSTEE SCHOLARSHIP
PENN STATE
ALMA MATER DISPLAY
Source R.an Hartnett - Senior Class Gi f t Committee
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‘They could use the music of
'Slide' and the lyrics to ‘Name.' I
think that would be pretty cool."
While the band didn’t combine
one of their most famous tunes
with another song, they did play
"Slide" to the delight of the audi
ence. Screams erupted as soon as
the crowd recognized the opening
chords.
During the concert. Robby
Takac, the bassist, encouraged
the crowd to check out
See CONCERT. Page 2.
ment of chief of staff Dustin Dove
last week, the assembly censured
him. arguing that he had violated
the UPUA constitution.
Ragland said he thinks UPUA
Vice President Colleen Smith
(junior-history) would be the best
selection for the position.
‘She has the experience with
being the governmental affairs
chairwoman last year." he said.
■•[A student representative] was
really her vision. That was some
thing she talked about last year
when she was campaigning."
See UPUA, Page 2.
dealt cystic fibrosis ‘just hap- and financial resources,
pens to be in his cards. - ’ After being selected as one of 40
“I’m just doing what I can to finalists across the country,
stay healthy,” Hughes said. Hughes now has the chance to win
According to the Cystic Fibrosis an $lB,OOO scholarship, which he
Foundation website, cystic fibrosis said would really help him to pay
is an inherited chronic disease for tuition,
that affects the lungs and diges- “If I won, it would be awesome
tive system of about 30,000 chil- to know that I have so much sup
dren and adults in the United port of my family and friends,”
States. Hughes said. “I couldn’t win with-
Hughes is the only Penn State out them. There would be no way.”
student who is a finalist for the Hughes said the overall winner
Solvay Cares Scholarship, a pro- will be picked based on an essay,
gram that offers support to fami- creativity, academics and a doc
lies affected by cystic fibrosis tor’s recommendation,
through nutritional, educational See STUDENT, Page 2.
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MOVIN' ON
Show
could
get
s2sok
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The University Park
Allocation Committee passed a
proposal Tuesday night that
would allow Movin' On, the
newly unified student organiza
tion, to receive up to $250,000 in
funding for its spring concert.
The proposal passed at
Tuesday's meeting instituted the
standing allocation organization
status. If they apply for and
receive the status. Movin' On
and other organizations who
apply could receive up to
$250,000 in funds from UPAC.
Under the standing allocation
organization status plan, Movin’
On would be recognized as a uni
versity affiliate with an obliga
tion to produce a yearly spring
concert with distributed funds.
Movin' On has not yet been
granted standing allocation
organization status, but will be
able to apply for it by Dec. 1
under the proposal.
Some organizations like the
Bryce Jordan Center, the Center
for the Performing Arts and the
Student Programming
Association already have a simi
lar status within UPAC. The new
proposal clarifies the application
process for organizations look
ing to gain standing allocation
organization status.
The plan is part of a four-step
process proposed by UPAC
Chairman Mark Donovan and
his leadership team.
Donovan said Movin' On
requested $250,000 as its total
budget for the spring concert.
Other standing allocation
organizations will also have a
budget cap of $250,000, Donovan
said.
UPAC leaders brought two
plans to Tuesday night's meeting
to address "the positives and
negatives of both," with the pos
sibility of neither or both being
approved.
Under the other proposed
plan, organizations would aid in
See MOVIN’ ON. Page 2.
Students fuss over last year's rainy
weather at the Movin' Out concert.