“J - ! The Daily m 1111 f“y I I I / .A. psucoilegian.com Published independently by students at Penn State @dailyCOllegian 1 • -a i a a • • i Campaign crunch time Candidates set to visit By Katrina Wehr COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Happy Valley is the next stop on the 2010 campaign trail, with both the Republican and Democratic tickets visiting State College as the Nov. 2 election day approaches. the first candidate to come to campus in the last week of cam paign season is Democrat Joe Sestak, who is running against Republican Pat Toomey for Arlen Specter's seat in the United States Senate. Sestak will hold a rally on Members of the LGBTQA community and supporters gather at the Allen Street gates for a candlelight vigil in honor of the recent suicides Vigil held to remember suicides By Matt Scorzafave LOll F>iiA'. S'-’.-f vVR'TIh More than 50 .students and community members held hands, hugged, cried and remembered. Wearing purple, Penn State's lesbian, gay. bisexu al. transgender, questioning and allied community gathered Wednesday night on College Avenue in front the Allen Street gates to remember the lives lost in nine suicides recently commit ted by gay students across the country with a candlelight vigil. Women report trespassing By Casey McDermott COLLEGIAN staff writers Two second-floor women's restrooms in Simmons Hall were the target of three separate inci dents of trespassing early Monday and Tuesday mornings, Penn State Police said. All three incidents happened in restrooms 2B and 2C on the second floor of the building, near the Albion and New Hope housT es, police said. Police said the first report came in at about 9 a m. Monday from a Simmons resident who saw someone looking through Lion Ambassadors travels through By Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Before former Penn State President George Atherton died, he requested to be buried on a part of campus with a low amount of traffic. But tours led by Lion Ambassadors filed past his Pollock Road gravesite last night— ignoring his death wish to celebrate Penn State history. Students and community members learned of Atherton’s request and other university trivia at the annual Lantern Tours event. From 6 to 9 p.m., lantern-wielding Lion Ambassadors led over 500 tour goers around campus, stopping to Saturday, Oct. 23 at Old Main at 2 p.m. to talk with students about issues that benefit them, like stu dent loans, credit card and healfh care reform, said Rob Ghormoz, president of the Penn State College Democrats. Gubernatorial Democratic candidate Dan Onorato is also scheduled to visit campus Monday, Oct. 25 at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center’s Heritage Hall from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. to speak at an event held by the Penn State Alumni Association Grassroots Network. However, Onorato’s Kate Roche (sophomore meteorology) said she was glad that Penn State’s LGBTQA com munity is concerned with mak ing a difference and spreading awareness for bullying preven tion. "The goal of this event is to remember all LGBT kids who were killed or have taken their lives because of bullying," she said before the vigil. Wednesday night’s event, which was sponsored by Penn State s LGBTA Student Alliance, was held from 7 to 9 and included the slats of a bathroom door at about 2:30 a.m. that day. The woman told police she "banged her hand on the door” when she saw a pair of eyes peering through the opening, but the person ran away before the student could see what he or she looked like, police said. Police said the woman thought it was a man, but couldn’t tell with cer tainty. Monday night, all Simmons Hall residents received an e-mail at about 9 p.m. from Simmons Hall Coordinator Jared Hammond, saying, “An incident occurred in the early hours this watch appearances from historical fig- President Atherton wasn’t the only Stawovy (freshman-astrophysics) historical figure roaming the campus said they made the right decision Wednesday night. because they got to learn interesting Former President Milton facts about the university. Eisenhower, alma mater author Fred Most of the facts the characters Pattee, Sue and Joe Paterno and gave were pretty surprising, Kovich Andrew Carnegie told of the founda- said. He said he was shocked to hear tions of the “Farmer’s High School” that involvement in ROTC was once a and Penn State traditions. graduation requirement. Those who attended the event said it But it wasn’t just a history lesson, was successful. Penn State groups, like the Blue “I recommend it,” Grant Kovich Band, ROTC, THON and greek life, said. “It was really fun. were also present to explain how their Kovich (freshman-neuroscience) organizations have evolved over the and Luke Stawovy were walking by years when they were lured into the event appearance has yet to be final ized, Ghormoz (senior-political science) said. On Wednesday, Oct. 27, Republican gubernatorial candi date Tom Corbett and Toomey will visit campus to rally sup porters and spread the word for people to get to the polls and vote, said Kirsten Page, a repre sentative from the Corbett for Governor campaign. The event will be held in room 129 of the HUB-Robeson Center from 10:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m. Doors will open at 10:15 a.m. See CANDIDATES. Page 2. not only a candle lighting cere mony, but also a session where students and community mem bers had the opportunity to read poems and share stories. Jordan Darosh, the alliance's co-vice president, said he was pleased with the night's out come. “This just seemed like a dream. It’s great that the com munity comes out for events like this,” Darosh (sophomore-liber al arts) said. Brett Meyers (junior-telecom munications) said that he hoped morning in one of our restrooms, where an individual was trying to peer into a stall.” After the e-mail was sent out. police said a Residence Life Coordinator told them two more students came forth with addi tional reports of restroom tres passing on the same floor. One student said she was get ting out of the shower between midnight and 1 a.m. Monday when she felt an “eerie pres ence” and turned to notice a hand holding the top of the show er wall, police said. After she exited her shower stall, the student saw what because of the loud music coming from the Old Main patio. Starting this weekend, Pennsylvania gubernatorial and senate candidates will be making a final campaign push at Penn State. / Tom Corbett with Pat Toomey at 129 HUB Dan Onorato at Heritage Hall ■ SuitF- Coiiege Repdbl'cans. Penn en_e O-H-'Ocnets. Co-bert ca_mp_aign Juniin Chen/Coiiegian the event would open people's eves to recent events. ■ It's not right to pick on some one because they are different than you,” he said. Meyers said that he wants other Penn State students who may be struggling with their sexuality or identity to know that there is help available at Penn State. "We are united as a communi ty. People that are picked on do have support. No one should struggle alone." he said. Meyers emphasized that See VIGIL. Page 2. in dorm appeared to be a man light skinned. about 5 feet (i inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, medium build standing inside the adjacent stall, attempting to pull the shower curtain back, police said. The student left immediately and didn't see anything else, police said. Another student told police she also saw a man inside of a second-floor women's restroom in Simmons Hall between mid night and 1 am. Tuesday, but police said they could not pro vide any additional details on that incident. See TRESPASSING. Page 2. PSU’s history Lion Ambassadors participate in their annual Lantern Tour. The tour gives information about PSU history. See TOUR. Page 2. Town hall talks Joe Sestak at Old Main issues An hour long delay would not prevent NAACP president Travis Salters from holding the "town hall " meeting he and oth ers had been planning since the stabbings that occurred Homecoming Weekend. Salters planned the meeting with Black Caucus President Christopher Nock (senior pub lic relations) and National Panhellenic Council President Shadiyah Haines (senior-indus trial engineering). Nearly forty black students showed up to discuss potential ways to increase safety on cam pus in response to the stab bings. The first incident erupted early Saturday morning during an independent Homecoming party held at the Knights of Columbus. 850 Stratford Dr., police said. Three men suffered "life-threatening stab wounds." according to police. The second incident occurred when two men were stabbed at about 2 a.m. Sunday when a fight involving dozens of people began inside 797 Lounge. 244 W College Ave. and spilled onto the street. The town hall meeting took place at 10 p.m. Wednesday in the Paul Robeson Center'.' Heritage Hall, but was sched uled to start at 9 p.m The delay was caused bv an event hosted by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center that was using the same venue. "This issue is serious enough where we can't keep pushing it back," Salters (junior-broadcast journalism and African and African-American studies! said. Kimeka Campbell said off campus parties have lower reg ulations but are out of universi ty jurisdiction. "Students don't like to throw parties on campus because the university has strict regula tions." Campbell (graduate education).said. The best thing-is for the uni versitv to work with students to See TOWN HALL. Page 2. Jamika Williams (junior-theatre design and technology) voices her opinion during the meeting. By Micah Wintner COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
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