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Dane Cook performs a comedy skit at the Bryce Jordan Center on Wednesday night as part of his Dane Cook Live! tour.
Cook delights crowd with favorites
By Karina Yiicel
COL. t. _.iA\ STAR- WPiii!'
The Bryce .Jordan ('enter was
filled on Wednesday night with
Dane Cook fans of all ages.
One of the fans that packed the
BJC was Shana I)a\ies (junior
broadcast journalismiwho had
just won a contest that Cook was
having on his Twitter hours before
the show.
"He wanted people to send in
pictures of themselves with their
tickets." Davies said "I thought
Arena architects to present designs
Shown above is a possible design
for the hockey arena.
Yonder Mountain plays original sound
By Josh Bollinger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The mood of the Yonder
Mountain String Band concert
was set from the very beginning.
Yonder Mountain String Band
played to a full house last night at
the State Theatre, 130 W College
Ave., bringing their mix of blue
grass and jam music to State
College.
“We re feeling energized and
ready to go," Jeff Austin, mandolin
player for the band, said.
Most of the crowd agreed with
the band.
About three songs into the con
cert it was rare to find someone
why not*’ And took a quick pic
ture."
Davies said that while she and a
friend were out at dinner before
the show, she received an e-mail
on her phone saving that she was
the winner of the meet and greet
with Cook after the performance.
Davies and her friend said they
couldn't stop shaking in anticipa
tion for their introductions with
Cook after the show.
Tm a huge fan," Davies said.
"They even gave us much better
seats, right in front of the stage. "
By Anthony Barton
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The three finalists vying to be
the new hockey arena's architect
will make presentations to the
Board of Trustees Architectural
Selection Committee this morn
ing, with a final selection expect
ed for Friday.
Office of the Physical Plant
spokesman Paul Ruskin said the
three presentations will be held
today from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The prospective candidates,
whose names Ruskin said he
sitting in the whole venue, with
audience members standing to
clap, dance and sway along to the
music.
In case anyone in the audience
couldn’t see over the person
standing in front of them, Austin
offered the crowd a description of
the band: "We all have capes on
with a huge A on the back for awe
some," Austin said.
Fan Jack Ressel reiterated
what Austin said.
“In the serious form of the word,
they are awesome," Ressel (soph
omore-art education) said.
Jake Precone (junior-wildlife
and fishery science) said that he
See BAND, Page 2.
Samantha Berkihiser (junior
nursing) said that she also loves
Cook and has been a fan for so
long she can't even remember.
"He's awesome," Berkihiser
said. "We love him." she said,
pointing to herself and her friend.
With idolizing fans in the audi
enee. the BJC turned into a
Thunderdome. with camera Hash
es and screaming fans going
crazy at the sight of Cook running
onto the stage.
Cook took the audience on a
ride of highlights from his last few
couldn't release, will each give 30-
minute formal presentations fol
lowed by a 30-minute question
and-answer session with the com-
mittee.
Ruskin said a recommendation
will be made to the Board of
Trustees on Friday and. barring
board disapproval, a decision will
be finalized.
The Board of Trustees
Architectural Selection
Committee is made up of Board of
Trustees members. OPP repre
sentatives. an architecture pro
fessor and a student.
The Yonder Mountain String Band performs at the State Theatre.
years for the comedy set. telling
stories covering everything from
past girlfriends to his future fan
tasies with a girl he saw on TV
Cook even divulged into a few
segments in which he gave.atten
dees good advice.
For instance, if you want to
commit a crime. Cook said, don't
tiy to commit the perfect crime.
' You can commit any crime,
as long as you have wit
nesses that will be too embar
rassed to call the police." he said.
See COOK. Page 2.
Associate Athletic Director for
Ice Arena Operations Joe
Battista said last month that all
three candidates have worked
with Penn State in the past and
haw experience building hockey
arenas.
When the committee looks for
architects. Ruskin said they need
professionals to supply quality
designs and construction plans to
meet the university's standards.
"Whenever we build a new
building at Penn State, we want
them to be long-term buildings."
See ARENA Page 2.
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MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Dems
look
ahead
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITERS
For Penn State College
Democrats President Rob
Ghormoz, Tuesday was "a tough
night to swallow."
In this year's midterm elec
tions. Republicans picked up the
largest congressional gain of
either party since 1040 - taking
control of the House of
Representatives and narrowing
the Democratic advantage in
the Senate.
Ghormoz < senior-political sci
ence) said the results were defi
nitely a disappointment for him
and other Democrats.
But even factoring in the
party's large-scale losses, it
could have been much worse for
the Democrats said Matthew
Woessner. associate professor of
political science and public poli
cy at Penn State Harrisburg.
"Notwithstanding the fact that
Democrats lost more seats than
any party in power in half a cen
tury. they did win some critical
races that will minimize the
See DEMOCRATS. Page 2.
UPUA
reacts to
elections
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Despite the results of the
election, student government
leaders said they are not going
to shy away from advocating for
one of their
main initiatives:
a decrease in
tuition expens
es
"I'm not look
ing at tuition
affordabilitv as
political
Corbett
issue. " Univer
sity Park
Undergraduate Association
President Christian Ragland
said. “Whoever is in office, it is
their responsibility to find ways
to make sure higher education
is met. I need to go in and advo
cate for students it s a cliche,
but students are my political
party."
Though Council of
Commonwealth Student
Governments Committee
Overall DJ Ryan said he is a reg
istered Democrat, having more
Republicans in office is going “to
help Penn State tremendously.”
“While I don't share a lot of
beliefs Republicans have,
they’ve been a lot more support
ive of Penn State,” Ryan (senior
communication arts and sci
ences) said.
But UPUA Governmental
Affairs Committee Chairman TJ
Bard said the fact that governor
elect Tom Corbett does not have
a detailed plan to deal with high
er education and tuition
unlike his opponent Dan
See ELECTIONS, Page 2.