THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Students to host wellness event at White Building By Alyssa Bender COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Six Penn State students want their peers to learn how to stay healthy in college. The students, members of EDTHP 234 H (Leadership Jumpstart), will host Fitness Palooza on Sunday afternoon in the White Building. From 1 to 4 p.m., attendees can participate in a variety of events, including six 20-minute demos from Penn State Fitness, Penn State strength and Korean Karate, as well as a panel discus sion and an apple-eating contest. Political luminaries assist in Pa. campaign By Joe Mondak and Peter Jackson ASSOCIATED PRESS NORRISTOWN, Pa. Former Democratic President Bill Clinton and rising stars in the Republican Party were among the political luminaries flocking to Pennsylvania on Thursday to campaign for candidates just days before voters decide high profile races for governor and U.S. Senate. Clinton hopscotched from ral lies in Erie to Bethlehem to Norristown to campaign for sev eral of Pennsylvania's many embattled Democratic candi dates, among them U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, congression al challenger John Callahan and gubernatorial nominee Dan Onorato. In Norristown, Clinton told more than 200 people at an after noon rally that Democratic con trol in Washington next year will deliver a faster economic recov ery than if Republicans take con trol of Congress. Speaking to more than 300 peo ple in an Erie International Airport hangar earlier, Clinton repeated the warning he has relayed at scores of political events nationwide. Republicans want voters to get angry and blame high unemployment and deficits on Democrats to usher in "I'm most excited about being able to incorporate physical health, nutritional health and mental health in an entertaining way," group member Kelsey Baumes (freshman- biobehavioral health) said. Every student who attends the event will be given a raffle ticket just for showing up. Two students will win a $75 gift certificate from Rapid Transit Sports . Participating organizations include the Penn State Outing Club, Dance Dance Maniacs and Sustainable Agriculture Club, among others. Group members said they are Bill Clinton is introduced during a campaign rally Thursday a GOP that derailed the economy in the first place back into power, he said. - The more I got out here, the more concerned I became that the American people were going to vote out of anger and frustra tion and anxiety ... and get exactly what they do not want, which is what normally what happens when you make poor decisions when you're mad," Clinton said. Some Republican candidates are leading their Democratic foes in Pennsylvania polls, as they ride a wave of discontent over jobless ness and Democratic President Barack Obama, chief among them Senate GOP nominee Pat Toomey. Toomey, speaking to a small lunchtime crowd gathered out side the Lackawanna County Courthouse in Scranton, urged supporters not to let up in the final stretch and to persuade friends and family to vote Republican. "I think on Nov. 2 we're going to begin the process of taking back our country, restoring the kind of prosperity that we can have, that we should have," Toomey said. "We've got to get off the track they're on in Washington. We've got the most liberal elected gov ernment in the' history of the A :- .1......4 --,.." '',-- .. . 24 , , & .., ' 4, , , -, glad to have the chance to organ ize and run this event for their peers. Brendan Tomoschuk (fresh man-division of undergraduate studies) said he hopes every stu dent takes something away from the activities. A few small changes could have significant long-term effects, he said. He said he thinks it's important for students to know fitness isn't necessarily something that requires taking two hours out of an already-busy schedule. - Kids can't change their minds overnight," group member Joe Republic and they're trying to transform America into some thing like a European-style wel fare state.- Clinton, perhaps the Democrats' biggest political star right now, was to head to south eastern Pennsylvania for five events, capped by a nighttime rally at Temple University with Senate hopeful Joe Sestak. On Thursday afternoon in the Philadelphia suburb of King of Prussia, two Republican gover nors Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Bob McDonnell of Virginia were to speak at a rally for the party's gubernatorial candidate Torn Corbett. Two other Republican gover nors Chris Christie of New Jersey and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota -- planned to join Barbour or. Friday morning to stump for Corbett and Toomey at two small airports in southeast ern Penns - l. ania. Obama is expected to arrive Saturday to fire up Democratic voters at a Philadelphia rally scheduled to attract thousands. On Monday first lady Michelle Obama will headline a rally in Philadelphia as well, where the city's large population of black voters is considered crucial to Democratic victories. HUNGRY HOUR $4 Select Appetizers Excludes JD Sampler & Pick 3 For All 814.861.5540 1215 N. Atherton St. Stucynski (freshman-biochem istry) said. But he said he hopes the day's events will start to change the way students think about fitness if only in a small way. The group will also have flyers available with information on gen eral health, weight loss trends and quick tips for staying healthy. Tomoschuk said he hopes a few hundred students join in on the activities. Group members said they would like to hold the event again next year despite it no longer being a requirement for class. "If we're successful enough, Pumpkin size affected by summer weather This summer's weather may cause consumers to find that their jack-o-lanterns are smaller Ass , )ciateJP , ,s: E -- but that actually means this year's pumpkins are healthier, a Penn State horticulture specialist said. - This season's pumpkins are about 25 percent smaller," said Mike Orzolek, professor of veg etable crops in the College of Agricultural Sciences. - The size differences will be especially noticeable in the larger pump kins. A pumpkin that is usually around 20 pounds could be around 15 pounds. - Orzolek, who has been working with pumpkins and other veg etable crops for about 30 years. said he blames the smaller pumpkins sizes on the hot, dry weather Pennsylvania experi enced this summer, especially during the months of June and July where little rain fall was seen. Since most people plant pump kins in mid-to late June, the dry weather came while the pump kins were just developing, he said. He also said that pumpkin sizes will vary in different areas of Pennsylvania depending on how much rainfall or irrigation the crops received. "Pumpkins are about 85 per cent water, and since we didn't see that much rainfall, many of the pumpkins didn't size up because of the lack of water," he MONDAY-FRIDAY 9PM-1., BAR ONLY $2 "YOU CALL $2 Drafts By Cassandra Wiggins FOR THE COLLEGIAN $2 House Wines $2 Bottled Beers $2 Liquors - Margaritas, Captain & Cokes, LITs, House Martinis and more! FRIDAY, Ocr. 29, 2010 I 7 we'd love to do it again," Tomoschuk said. To e-mail reporter ambsB74@psu.edu If you go What Fitness Palooza event When: Sunday, Oct. 31 from 1 to 4 p.m. Where: 126 White Building Details: Event includes demon strations, prizes, activities and a gift card raffle. The event is free and open to all students. said. "The exception was the peo ple who had irrigation. They tend ed to have larger pumpkins, but it still was certainly a stressful event for pumpkin production." Despite the smaller sizes, the quality of the pumpkins is much better this year due to lack of dis ease, Orzolek said. "Consumers should expect a lot more green stems on their pumpkins this year," he said. "A green stem is a sign of a healthy pumpkin, while a brown stem is a sign of disease. Green stems will stay strong and brown stems break off." Sarah Saimbi (freshman-biolo gy) said she noticed healthier pumpkins this year "Most the time when you go to get a pump kin, you see a lot of diseased or rotting pumpkins in the patch. But, I noticed a lot of pumpkins this year seemed to be the pic ture of health." And Orzelek said people want healthier, albeit smaller pump kins the Pennsylvania pump kin market, while slower in rural areas, will still see high demand, especially in metropolitan areas. Melissa Ricciutti (freshman elementary education) agrees with Orzolek's assessment. "When I went home to Philadelphia two weeks ago, there were pumpkins on every one's doorstep," Ricciutti said. "Granted, [the pumpkins] were not big enough to take Cinderella to the ball, but they were good enough to make me and them happy" IT"
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