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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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‘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...
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