2 I Thursday, Nov. 4,2010
NEWS I U BiliEr
Police: Man charged in connection with robbery
A Reading man charged in connection with the July 15
robbery of First National Bank, 460 Westerly Parkway,
waived his right to a preliminary hearing in court
Wednesday.
Algis Diaz, 25, is charged with one count each of felony
robbery, theft by unlawful taking or disposition and receiving
stolen property, according to court documents.
Diaz is also facing charges in Berks County related to the
robbery, police said.
At the time of the robbery, the State College Police
Department said an unknown man entered the bank and
handed the teller a note stating that he had a gun and
demanding to be given “all of the cash.” The teller gave the
man $6,159 from a cash drawer, police said, and the man then
fled the scene in a vehicle.
The incident was captured on security cameras and fin
gerprints at the scene were used to link Diaz to the robbery,
police said.
Police investigating electronics thefts
Police are looking into several electronics thefts that
occurred last weekend, the State College Police Department
said.
On Saturday, an unknown person took an Xbox, Gamecube
and several video games from 356 E. Fairmount Ave., police
said. Police could not specify a value on the items.
Another theft occurred early Sunday morning from a car
parked in Beaver Garage, 200 W. Beaver Ave., police said,
when an unknown person took an iPod and a GPS from a
vehicle. Police could not specify whether the vehicle was
locked.
On Tuesday, an iPhoile stolen over the weekend was
traced to a local apartment with the help of a tracking appli
cation the owner downloaded on the device, police said.
Police did not say where the residence was located.
Investigations into all of the incidents are ongoing, police
said.
LUNCH
Findlay, Pollock, Redifer and Warnock: Cream of mushroom
soup, tortill and corn soup, cheeseburger wrap, macaroni and
cheese, mango salsa, open faced hot turkey sandwich, broccoli
with toasted almonds, green bean casserole, whipped potatoes
Simmons: Baked sesame tofu, san antonio chicken wrap, dal
makhani, grilled cheese sandwich on whole wheat, grilled turkey
cheese sandwich whole whaet, vegetable fajita with whole wheat
wrap, baby carrots with dill, broccoli florettes, brown rice, but
tered parslied potatoes, chick pea bulghur, tomato pilaf, corn,
grilled eggplant
Waring: Cream of mushroom soup, lunch roll basket, soup of the
day, middle eastern chopped salad, bread dressing, corn, fea
ture grilled chicken sandwich, green bean casserole, grilled
chicken breast, open faced hot turkey sandwich, popcorn chick
en, quarter pound cheeseburger, quarter pouhd hamburger, sea
soned curly fries, turkey gravy, whipped potatoes, hunan beef stir
fry, breadsticks, cheese pizza, garlic mashed potato pizza, mac
aroni and and cheese, marinara sauce, meat sauce, pasta with
spinach and chicken, penne pasta plus, pepperoni pizza, baked
sweet potato, chedder cheese sauce, tortilla and corn soup veg
etable turnovers, vegetarian burger, velvet gravy
DINNER
Findlay, Pollock, Redifer and Warnock: Cream of mushroom
soup, tortill and corn soup, beef gravy, broc and chedder stuffed
chicken breast, grilled chicken breast, meatloaf, vegetable
turnovers, velvel gravy, green bean casserole, roasted garlic
mashed potatoes, whole baby carrots
Simmons: Beef brisket with bbq sauce, barley pecan stuffed
peppers, citrus fish, grilled chicken breast, grilled chicken with
terriyaki glaze, baby carrots with dill, broccoli florettes, brown
rice, buttered parslied potatoes, chick pea bulghur, tomato pilaf,
corn, grilled eggplant
Waring: Assorted speciality breads, cream of mushroom soup,
soup of the day, middle eastern chopped salad, broc and Ched
dar, stuffed chicken breast, feature grilled chicken sandwich,
green bean casserole, grilled chicken breast, miso glazed white
fish, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, whole baby carrots, toma
to beef stir fry, breadsticks, cheese pizza, garlic mashed potato
pizza, hoagie roll, margarita wheat penne pasta plus, meat
sauce, meatballs in sauce, penne pasta plus, pepperoni pizza,
baked sweet potato, broccoli florettes, Cheddar cheese sauce,
tortilla and corn soup, vegetable egg roll, vegetarian burger
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important to the members of the
borough council.
“Just speaking from a knowledge
standpoint, initially, the borough
council proposed that the repre
sentative be a State College resi
dent who is also a student,” said
Bard (sophomore-economics and
political science).
UPUA member Tyler
Doppelheuer (sophomore-agricul
ture) said despite Smith’s profes
sional contacts, Pugh’s practical
contacts in the communities like
working with faculty in a lab on
campus and also for a landlord in
student housing were even
more beneficial.
Democrats
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impact of these losses,” Woessner
said.
“It wasn’t a complete catastrophe
for them.”
Woessner cited the re-election of
Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada and
“twin victories” in California for
Sen. Barbara Boxer and guberna
torial candidate Jerry Brown,
among others, as cases where
Democrats were able to offset
some of their losses.
And the fuel behind the
Republican victories in the election
also shouldn’t be solely attributed
to a fundamental shift to the right,
he said.
“It’s clear that the electorate
was angry at Democrats, but the
electorate still lacks confidence in
the Republicans,” Woessner said.
“There’s a difference between hav
ing confidence in Republicans and
simply throwing out democrats
they perceive to be out of touch.”
Penn State College Republicans
Chairman Josh Crawford said the
election was less about a change in
ideology than it was about general
discontent with the steps taken by
Elections
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Onorato, who published his higher
education vision on his website
presents a challenge.
“When you have a written-out
plan, it makes our lives as students
easier because we know the direc
tion to take,” Bard (sophomore
economics and political science)
said.
“We’re kind of up in the air
because we don’t know his solid
position, so it’s something we need
to take an active role in figuring
out.”
Ragland (senior-political sci
ence) said not knowing Corbett’s
Cook
From Page 1.
Cook described the scenario of the
perfect stabbing, in which after you
stab someone, clean off the knife
and go to your neighbor's house.
Once inside, put the knife into their
utensil drawer, with all the random
kitchen utensils.
“No one questions the origin of a
knife," Cook said.
Seeing a random knife in their
drawer might warrant a call to the
police, but what would they say?
Cook said.
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Arena
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Ruskin said. “We’re not looking at
construction to last a few decades,
we’re looking at a 100-year time
frame.”
Specifically, Ruskin said the
committee will look for the propos
als to meet Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design
(LEED) standards. The university
wants the building to not only be
pleasing to the eye, but also envi
ronmentally efficient, he said.
“The building must have mini
mal impact on the environment in
the way it is designed, in the way
that it is constructed and in the
way that it is operated and main-
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Alex Weisler
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.Chris Zook
.Somer Wiggins
.Kevin Cirilli
.Ashley Gold
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.Laura Nichols
likes Yonder Mountain because
their music is so conducive to
dancing. Precone said he’s seen
the band a handful of times and he
couldn’t pass up an opportunity to
see them in his hometown.
.Laurie Stem
.Steve Hennessey
.Paul Casella
.Nate Mink
“They never let me down,” he
said.
.Heather Schmelzlen
Ressel said the reason live
Yonder Mountain shows are so
good is because the band feeds off
the crowd’s energy during its live
performances.
“Studio recordings are nothing
compared to their live performanc
es,” he said. “They’re partying
along with you.”
Ressel said everyone should
experience a Yonder Mountain
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“Either candidate was an awesome choice for the
position, I’m very happy with how it went.”
“He’s worked for our local busi
nesses, that shows very strong
connections,” said Doppelheuer.
“That’s relevant in terms of
employment, tax base and revenue
for the borough.”
Doppelheuer said Pugh’s
speech, with his spirited close, “12
months of the year I live for State
College, I bleed blue and white,”
summed up what the assembly
should be looking for.
“After Ben spoke, it made me
almost want to go out and play foot-
“This is a chance for Republicans to come in and
learn from the mistakes they made in 2008 and to
be responsible and to keep this country moving
forward again.”
the party in power over the past
two years. “This was a referendum
on policy, not on a person I don’t
believe this was a referendum on
Obama,” Crawford (junior-crime,
law and justice) said. “It was a ref
erendum on policies that were sup
posed to bring us back from eco
nomic despair but have only
increased our deficit and not
increased jobs.”
And even though Ghormoz said
priorities for the next few years
should focus on economic recov
ery, he’s not too optimistic about
the Republican Party’s ability to
come to the nation’s rescue.
“I think people forgot [Tuesday]
night who got us into this mess,”
Ghormoz said. “And that is, you
know, President Bush and the
Republican-controlled Congress.”
But Crawford and Woessner said
higher education policy isn’t neces
sarily a bad thing.“lt’s a bargaining
tool we can go in and say some
thing like, ‘Listen, your opponent,
he had a plan for higher educa
tion,” he said. “I doubt [Corbett]
was hiding a plan for education,
but those are the questions we
need to ask and challenge our
politicians on.”
CCSG President Mohamed
Raouda said student government
leaders expected to see a control
shift in the House of
Representatives and in the gover
nor seat.
As a result of the shift, Raouda
(senior-history and international
politics) said students need to
“come out in stronger numbers.”
“Missing my show... that’s probably a bad idea.”
Cook also covered topics such as stage to sing a couple mash-ups.
relationships, friends and dating. Afterward Chris J. Newberg and
“I’m here to educate as well as Ben Gleib, the other opening acts,
entertain,” Cook said to an audi- joined the duo on stage for a spe
ence member who interrupted one cial encore that included audience
of his stories. participation.
At the end of Cook's set, he “Missing my show...” Cook sang
announced that he had a surprise as the audience echoed with,
for the audience a musical per- “that’s probably a bad idea.”
formance. Cook and A 1 Del Bene,
one of the opening acts, took the
“The building has got to be high quality, long
lasting, and needs to fit in with the master plan of
the university.”
tained,” Ruskin said. either late summer or early fall
Proposals using local materials 2011. Ruskin said there are many
in construction will also have an factors the committee will look for,
advantage, as Ruskin said the uni- including how the design proposals
versity likes to use materials from will fit in with the surrounding
Pennsylvania rather than getting buildings.
them from around the country. “The building has got to be high
Battista said the committee will quality, long-lasting, and needs to
follow the same process again to fit in with the master plan of the
decide on a construction team, university,” Ruskin said
Battista said they hope to break
ground in the next 9-12 months, in To e-mail the reporter: acbsls2@psu.edu
concert whether they’re a blue
grass fan or not, adding that its
variety of instrumentation is one of
the most impressive aspects of the
band. He said that a Yonder
Mountain concert is a chance for
him to forget about life for a while
and leave his problems at the door.
Ressel’s only gripe was the set
up of the venue, in particular the
seats.
“It’s hard because the seats are
going to get in your way [of danc
ing],” he said. “If only the seats
were moveable, this would be the
best venue in town.”
Even so, he said the State
Theatre has a very intimate feel to
it. Austin agreed with Ressel on the
atmosphere of the theater.
“The cool thing about a joint like
this is that we get to play songs we
don’t get to play that often,” Austin
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UPUA governmental affairs committee chairman
ball or something,” he said, laugh
ing. “I think it would be setting a
good standard to pick someone
who has that.”
Bard said the assembly could not
have made a wrong choice
between the two candidates.
“It definitely was not an easy
decision on the assembly’s behalf,”
he said. “Either candidate was an
awesome choice for the position,
I’m very happy with how it went.”
To email reporter arss474@psu.edu
Josh Crawford
Penn State College Republicans chairman
this time could be different.
“Republicans have rediscovered
conservatism,” Woessner said.
“And there’s a good chance they’re
going to want to be much more fis
cally disciplined than they were
when they last controlled the
House and the Senate.”
Crawford said he’s confident the
party will be able to move forward
from its past actions, too.
“This is a chance for
Republicans to come in and learn
from the mistakes they made in
2008 and to be responsible and to
keep this country moving forward
again,” Crawford said. “And I’m
hoping that the two sides can sit
down at the table together and
decide what’s best for the
American people.”
To e-mail reporter: cmms773@psu.edu
“The state of Pennsylvania is
facing a budget deficit that is enor
mous,” he said.
“I think we will see a rise in
tuition next year simply because I
don’t think the state has enough
money to support the university.
That’s why it is important for stu
dents to come out ... The more
money that comes into the univer
sity, the more likely that money is
going to tuition relief.”
Raouda said he recommends
taking advantage of being home
during Thanksgiving break to
advocate the importance of making
higher education more affordable
to local legislators.
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To e-mail reporter: kzysols@psu.edu
Paul Ruskln
Office of Physical Plant spokesman
“None of these 75
minute sets like some
of these bands
nowadays.”
said. “We’re just feeling in a blue
grass mood and we’re going to
keep that rolling.”
And he kept his promise as
Yonder Mountain played two full
sets driven by its traditional,
acoustic bluegrass roots.
“None of these 75 minute sets
like some of these bands nowa
days,” Austin said. “I do 75 minutes
when I wake up.”
To e-mail reporter tjbs267@psu.edu
Extended forecast
Dane Cook
comedian
Jeff Austin
mandolin player