I Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 T in h Collegian Elizabeth ’ 1 LdiUn :• ■ Kelsey 1 About the ; i in Daily C'. Weekly Cok lished b f ■ ■ mdepennen~ poration directors den' Universe edit boh adver the fall ters as six weet The Dail. es Mona Issues a mail to campus-y. Complaints. tonal C'.'-r-'-;•' present-' ' Busine; compla sented: ager. Who we ev The Daily Col!*- rial opin‘o!' its Boas:: - the ec!:' respond:: ; and ooii*!:'- the edno*-. necess *■ Daily Coil Inc. Coil*-,., ers of 7 bl- and rekit-' a tion from -■ Members culfine. C--' 1 Caselia. He. Gold. Si Allison n Samaniiu k Andrew Me; Elizabei 1 ; Nichols. Edgar Rr Schmelzie- Laurie S: Jessica j. Alex. Wen Stepli W Letters We want to ments on editorial m Penn StnU ■ E-mail collegian S-' ■ Online WWW.pSUCOik: ■ Postal mail/ In person J 23 S. Burro.'.t'- m Sate Colleg-- - i fetters sho . 200 words should ip: ' major and from air include year o All writers sm their address number fo T . Letters shorn by no more !!• pie. Member tions must u titles if the tutni about is come ;ej with the aim of tn.■ The Collegian le-ev-; the right to edit letters, fhe Collegian cannot guaran tee publication of an let ters it receives. Letters chosen also run on The Daily Collegian Crime and may be selected h r publi cation in The W?eny U ile gian. All letters become property of Collegian Inc. History made, work The State College Bor ough Council’s recent approval of the addition of a non-voting student rep resentative truly was a monumental occasion and an exciting accomplish ment for the University Park Undergraduate Association. The passing of this pro posal shows how hard UPUA President Christ ian Ragland and the rest of the association have worked to combat all obstacles in their path. The relatively quick process shows how much students can accomplish when they exert effort and passion. This is bv far the most ( WERE > rm V BA World seems stranded on the ‘Shore’ By Amanda Elser On yeah. "Jersey Shore, yeah. Or should I say oh no I have a love- hate relation ship with the eulturai pile nomenon that is Jersey Shore." While 1 do par take in the occa sional Thursday night viewing party. I feel as if I have been MY OPINION able to keep a healthy balance between casual viewer and obsessed fan. I am not saying that watching these over-the-top "guidos" as a guilty pleasure is a bad thing. They are certainly entertaining in that "I can t believe this is real" type of way. But how many times can one girl be subject to hearing "cabs are here” down the streets of State College a night'.’ A ridiculous show concept on MTV’ has turned into a nation wide craze. Known for fist pumping and drinking, these 20-something "celebrities" are famous for basi cally being degenerates to socie ty ' On some level, I am a little offended that no matter what respectable journalism career I get with my college degree, I will never have as much money or notoriety as "DJ Pauly D." It is reported that next season, the cast members will be making $30,000 per episode. That is the annual income for an editorial assistant...FML. Their recent fame has also brought them Ed Hardy T-shirts notable accomplishment by UPUA in its short life time; it has a much greater impact than oth ers like the White Loop bus hours extension. We are proud of Ragland for following through on such an important part of his campaign platform. It is also positive to see that the council didn’t get hung up on the nomencla ture of the student repre sentative, and worked with UPUA to make com promises and steady for ward movement. We urge the first repre sentative to set a positive precedent as the guinea pig in this powerful posi tion. They will have to to APFEAR WTHBUfIERS: and a spot on “Dancing with the Stars," while the rest of us our left quoting their made-up vocab ulary. And while J-Woww’s Filthy Couture fashion line just shut down, Snookie and Sammi are both going ahead with their own design ambitions. Because who doesn’t want a bedazzled Bumpit? What I think really bothers me is that they achieved their infa mous status by having poor taste and crude behavior, but our gen eration continues to emulate them. I understand that the majority of people who watch “Jersey Shore” religiously do it for the sheer fact that it is amusing, and they don’t realty expect it to stim ulate their brain anyway. But just the fact that these people are idolized for running around beat ing up each other says a lot about our culture. Sadly, it is not just our genera tion that is enthralled by this rev olutionaiy breed of meat heads. Monday morning, “Jersey Shore” cast members made a guest appearance of “Live with Regis and Kelly.” A few things alarmed me about this. 1. Middle-aged stay at home wives know about “Jersey Shore” and actually want to watch inter views with these people. 2. Regis, who is old enough to be their grandfather, wanted to know what “hooking up means.” “Jersey Shore” is no longer confined to MTV “South Park” aired an episode making fun of the reality show and explored what would happen if the Jersey shore tried to take over the coun try- The Taliban was the South • :<H MEMBER still to do work very hard to estab lish a steadfast student voice and earn the respect of council mem bers. For the rest of the stu dent body, this extension of UPUA makes your vote in student government elections even more important. Students are now not only voting for their voice on campus, but their voice in the borough council the person who has the best ability to improve town-gown rela tions. All students should uti lize this student position and take this opportunity to voice their concerns on borough issues. Park solution to a New Jersey take over. Terrorists were the satirical cartoon’s lesser evil when compared to New Jersey. Though exaggerated, New Jersey, formally known as the armpit of the United States, real ly has spread throughout the nation. Once confined to the beaches of New York and New Jersey guidos have reached all comers of the country. Maybe 1 just don’t see what ail the hype is about. Guidos are nothing new to a girl from Delaware County, Pa., who has been going to the shore her whole life. And if I wanted to see idiots make fools of themselves I just have to walk around downtown State College on a Friday night Subtract the fake tan, the accent fake nails, fake boobs and gelled hair, and these people are like the average young “adult” We all say stupid things when we are drunk that would probably make a hilarious catch phrase if caught on camera and broadcast over a major TV network. I’m sure I will be subject to more “Jersey Shore” commen tary the rest of my time here at Penn State (probably even more after this column), but I just wanted you to think about what you are all supporting. If you must run around singing “T-shirt time” when it is cold enough to be wearing a parka, then do it. But none of you are cool enough to create your own “smush” room. Amanda Elser is a senior majoring in journalism and is The Daily Collegian's Thursday columnist. Her e-mail is aleso4s6psu.edu ■eics Vf/WT y (enU TriWe Tlte rWNrtWK- 4*3r*iV*<- The Daily Collegian LETT Individual only real minority In order to work towards a truly better and happier society, it’s time America stops creating more minority groups and accepts that we only have one, the individual. The individual is the smallest minority, and sadly has become the most abused. One cannot claim to be a defender of minority rights unless they support liberty for the individ ual. The words of our Declaration of Independence are quite clear, “All men'are created equal.” It’s apparent that founders intended all individuals to be equal, not all social groups. We have lost this intention in a society where we are tolerated because our sexual orientation, permitted to vote because of our ethnicity, or have our proper ty protected because of our socioeconomic status. If we work to create more minorities, more hyphenated Americans or more fac tions dividing us, we will never live in a free society. The freedom message of our found ing documents and American culture should not strive to divide us to make us separate but equal, it should work to simply make us equal. freshman-business Young Americans for Freedom member ‘Sundown’ review too harsh Tuesday's review of the album “Come Around Sundown” by Kings of Leon was quick to dismiss the Tennessee quartet’s lat est work as “garbage” and an “overall dis appointment.” This hasty assessment was overly critical and undeserved. Albums should be judged based on the quality of their music, not on the relative popularity or attitude of the band. While this album may not be KOLs best work, it certainly merits a better grade than aC +. Die-hard Kings fans and new listeners alike will find that “Come Around Sundown” has something to offer and is definitely worth downloading in its entirety. FOOTBLOG Lowe’s to bestow award Senior Stefen Wisniewski is among 10 finalists selected for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award. The award is meant to recognize ath letes from various sports for their work both in and outside of the classroom. The Division I athletes are voted on a panel from the national media and Wisniewski is now the only Big Ten player remaining in the football catego ry in the Top 10. The four categories each of the 10 football players will be considered on is character, community, classroom and competition. Wisniewski is a secondary education major and also a member of the Schreyer Honors College. With a 3.91 GPA and after participating in mission trips in the Dominican Republic, as well as several local service events, Wisniewski could also become the team’s first three-time academic All American... SNAP, CRACKLE, POP Pencil precision Many people create art with a pencil. But how many people can say they cre ate art inside of a pencil? One talented man from Connecticut can make this claim. For the past 25 years, Dalton Ghetti has been creating miniature sculptures from the tip of a pencil. Ghetti has created minuscule, yet highly-detailed, sculptures such as a tiny shoe, a hammer, a mailbox even Elvis Preslev. Ghetti, who works as a carpenter, started out by creating large sculp tures, but said he decided to try to cre ate the smallest sculptures possible in an effort to challenge himself. Ghetti experimented with chalk before set tling on the use of graphite, and uses three tools to complete his work: a razor blade, sewing needle and a sculpting knife. The sculpting process is a painstak ing one. His creations take months to complete on average... Übacool Him off the lights, crank up the vol ume and let the strobing begin. That’s the feeling Üba’s new music video ignites with it’s amped up sound, glow in the dark lips, and sexy dance moves. Jeremy Sylvester, the UK’s equiva lent of Simon Cowell, is on the verge of introducing Üba to the world wide fans of “indie-grime pop acts.” The group is a collaboration of DVSMC, Rony Blues, and Jon Audio, who is also responsible for co-producing the group Recently, the group published its first music video onto Youtube after some encouragement from fans eager to see what the group was producing. The new album will go digital on iTunes on Oct. 25... Read more of The Daily Collegian's blogs at pcucolleglan.com/blogs Brett Larter John Bogan senior-international politics Audrey Snyder Football reporter Julie Mastrine Culinary reporter Brittany Horn Arts candidate
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