The Daily Collegian SPA to host author, By Sarah Peters COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The man proclaimed "the rest less genius” by the Wall Street Journal will speak at Penn State tonight. Acclaimed inventor, author and futurist Ray Kurzweil will speak at 8 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium as the second speaker in the Student Programming Association's Distinguished Speaker Series. Kurzweil wrote in an e-mail that he decided to become an inventor at the age of five. “I was intrigued by the idea that if you put things together in just the right way, you could create apparently magical effects that could solve problems," he wrote. DSS Chairwoman Emily McConnell said the DSS commit tee strives to be as diverse as pos sible "in every sense of the word" when selecting speakers, and Kurzweil rounds out the series this year. Kurzweil has made it to the final Students charged in jersey incident By Casey McDermott FOR THE COLLEGIAN It started as a "drunken prank,” the State College Police Department said. But the fun didn't last long for four Penn State students who police said stole a handful of University of Akron men's soccer jerseys, delaying the team's October 13 match at Jeffrey Field. The men are now facing criminal charges in connection with the missing gear, police said. Charles E. Bademan 111. Mitchell A. Good. Eric S. Jordan and Brandon M. Lyons are charged with one count each of misdemeanor criminal conspira cy to commit theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen prop erty, police said. All tour men are also charged with one count each of misdemeanor theft by unlawful taking, misdemeanor receiving stolen property and summary criminal mischief, police said. Bademan, 20. of Hatboro. Pa., and Jordan, 20. of Mechanicsburg. Pa., are also charged with one count summary purchase, con sumption, possession or trans portation of liquor, malt or brewed beverages, police said. Police said they first slopped the group on campus near Nittanv Apartments after receiv ing reports from Penn State Police that a group of white men wearing yellow T-shirts stole jer- Happy Hour 10-midnight (814) 237-0490 128 E. College Avt. www.darkhorsetavein corn PART-TIME teller Clearfield Bank Trust Company Applications arc now being accepted for the position of part-time Teller at our community office in Pint* Grove Mills, PA. Approximately 16-18 hours per week including frequent Saturday morning shifts. Competitive rates, partial paid vacation and holiday benefits, in-house training and periodic pay adjustments are offered. We are seeking candidates \\ ith good basic math and customer service skills. Cash handling experience is a plus. Please stop by any of our offices to pick up an application or send a resume to either support:*/ cbtfinancial.com or: Clearfield Bank & Trust Company Human Resources Department P.O. Box 171 Clearfield, PA 16830 Equal Opportunity Employer round of potential speakers for the past couple of years and provides something different to the stu dents, McConnell (junior-econom ics) said. "He will be able to open a lot of students' eyes, and he will chal lenge them to think about things differently,” McConnell said. Kurzweil was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind and first music synthesizer to recreate the sound of the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, among other creations, according to his web site, kurzweiltech.com. In 2002, he was inducted into the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s National Inventors Hall of Eame, according to the site. Kurzweil wrote that he primari ly defines himself as an inventor. "The invention I am most proud of is the Kurzweil Reading Machine for the blind in 1976, which was the first print-to- Kelley King/Collegian Corey Hertzog (11) dribbles through University of Akron defenders dur ing the Nittany Lion’s game against No. l-ranked Akron Oct. 13. The game was delayed by about 40 minutes after, police said, four Penn State students stole a handful of Akron's jerseys. soys from the Akron team. Bademan and Jordan fled, but police said they spoke with Good, 21. of New Holland. Pa., who ini tially denied stealing the jerseys. Instead. Good told police. "Akron is ranked No. 1 in the country and they were giving away T-shirts." police said. During the conversation with Good, another officer arrived back on the scene with Jordan in handcuffs, police said. Jordan's speech, was sluggish, police said, and he said he had been drinking rum at his Beaver Terrace Apartment. 456 E. Beaver Ave. Bademan also later admitted to drinking prior to the game, police said. Eventually. Good told an offi cer that some of his friends "grabbed the jerseys and put them on underneath their cloth ing" earlier that night, police said. But police said that, even then, not all of the men were readv to confess An officer noticed that Jordan was wearing several shirts under neath his fleece, and asked Jordan if he was hot because of all of the layers, police said. Jordan said he was fine, to I.O< AI. inventor If you go What: SPA’s DSS presents Ray Kurzweil When: 8 p.m. tonight Where: Schwab Auditorium Details: Student tickets are free and available at the HUB- Robeson Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, the BJC and the Downtown Theater Center. speech reading machine for the blind. It also represented the invention of three core technolo gies which became successful on their own: the flat-bed scanner, omni-font (any type style) optical character recognition, and com puter speech synthesis," he wrote. Chris Calkins, director of out reach health initiatives for Penn State, said he'd encourage stu dents to attend. Calkins said he’s fascinated by Kurzweil’s idea of replacing body parts as they wear which the officer told Jordan he "should be hot since he was wear ing the stolen jerseys," police said. Police said Jordan hung his head and took off his fleece to reveal a No. 5 jersey and the No. 9 jersey belonging to Akron mid fielder Michael Nanchoff, who scored the game-winning penalty kick, underneath. Later, Lyons. 20, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Bademan returned three more missing jerseys to Penn State Police, police said. A pair of stolen cleats valued at $l3O were also recovered in a Port A-Potty near the Akron tent area, police said. The Penn State players and fans endured a delay of about 40 minutes prior to the game while the situation was handled. Penn State midfielder Mat’ us Braga, an international p.aver from soccer-crazed Brazil, said the situation was funny at first, but only until he heard that police said the jerseys were stolen by a group of fans. "I've never seen that in my life," Braga said. "Even in Brazil, to be honest." To e-mail reporter: cmms773@psu.edu And now the Collegian is j j addins a new puzzle to the mix! J J Introducing... ■— Jjfr' . Xs ) Look for it in next week’s paper! Ray Kurzweil will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Schwab Auditorium out, potentially creating an unrec- nologies become available, who ognizable combination of man and gets to take advantage of them machine. Science makes a lot of and who doesn’t?” what Kurzweil describes possible, McConnell said tickets are still while raising ethical concerns, available. Calkins said. “It will really be enlightening "The question is the ethics of and rewarding for the student pushing up against the edge of body to hear," McConnell said, what it means to be human and “He’s a genius. His ideas are very how people think about that,” unique and it’s very worthwhile to Calkins said. “We don’t often think hear him speak.” about implicit rationing in the healthcare system. If those tech- Centre Region leaders debate emissions plan By Anita Modi COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER An hour of debate and deliber ation among members of the Centre Region Council of Governments following a presen tation on greenhouse gas emis sions may not have resulted in action, but it verified the impor tance of the issue to each munic ipality represented. Brent Yarnal, professor and associate head of the Department of Geography at Penn State, presented a regional greenhouse gas emission inven tory identifying the causes behind each municipality’s con tributions to Centre County's emissions. He also suggested the council decide on an action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emis sions region-wide. After listening to Yamal's pres entation, the council had to decide whether the Public Services and Environmental Committee should impose regional recommendations regarding greenhouse gas emis sion reduction or whether each municipality should draft their own standards individually. Yarnal and Howard Greenberg, CIRA senior research associate, edited and presented a study conducted by Kevin Hillmer-Pegram and Peter Howe of the Penn State University Department of Geography, in conjunction with the COG Public Services and Environment Committee. The project first focused on the Borough of State College and resulted in the development of the Borough's Resolution #944, which may be used to model the development of similar plans for Tuesday, Oct. 26,2010 I 3 To e-mail reporter: svpso7l@psu.edu. other Centre County municipali ties. The purpose of the project was to set a baseline to direct future action for reducing emis sions. Its proposed action plan would serve to establish regional sustainability concerns, improve transportation management and identify potential energy savings for both businesses and individ ual residents. Yamal said. The project identified the three sources primarily responsible for greenhouse gas emissions in all six municipalities in the Centre County region electricity, local transportation, and on-site fuels, or the mechanisms used to heat residences besides electrically derived heat. Several differences with regards to public transportation use and electricity use among the individual municipalities were highlighted in the presentation. Dennis Hameister. a member of the council, said the municipal ities should work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions together. "Taking this to the municipal level will do the project a failure," he said. "To expect each munici pality to devote the time, effort and staff to create something like Resolution #944 it's not going to happen." Others on the council argued that the differences amongst the municipalities were too numer ous to be ignored and called for each to establish their own stan dards. The council finally decided to direct the action plan back to the Public Services and Environment Committee to redraft the options for its next meeting in November. To e-mail reporter: arms373@psu.edu
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