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By Chris Dilenno
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
For the past few decades, folk
music has seemingly belonged to one
man: Bob Dylan.
Dylan will perform with his band at
8 tonight at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Tickets are $47.50 for the public and
$25 for college students with a valid
ID. As of press time Monday, there
were still tickets available for the
show at the BJC. Eisenhower
Auditorium. Penn State Theatre
Downtown, the Altoona Campus
Outlet, and online at bjc.psu.edu or
by phone at 865-5555.
Stephfon Green (21) runs away from a Northwestern player during the 35-21 win in Beaver Stadium on Saturday night. The game ball used dur
ing Joe Paterno's 400th win and the biggest comeback in Beaver Stadium history, is currently being auctioned off on goPSUsports.com.
400th-win
By Megan Rogers
COL' F'VAM STAFF WRITER
Fans can own a piece of Saturday's foot
ball game legacy if they 're willing to pay
a price.
Penn State Athletics is auctioning the
game ball used in Saturday's game against
Northwestern University .Joe Paterno's
400th win and the biggest comeback in
Beaver Stadium history. Bids can be placed
at goPSI sports.com.
Bidding began at $25. Stephanie Petulla.
associate director’ of athletic communica
tions, wrote in an e-mail. As of press time
on Monday, the highest bid was $1,655.
according to the website. 63 bids had been
Talk brings Marcellus close to home
By Nathan Pipenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State students might start
seeing the first signs of the
Marcellus Shale gas industry
around town soon.
Though there are no wells
nearby and there's no shale
under State College at all
Marcellus Centre for Outreach
and Research liaison Dave
Yoxtheimer said sectors of the
industry are being implemented
locally.
He said industry workers could
find themselves staving overnight
in State College hotels, and that
Alumnus uses Web to raise funds for film
By Lauren Ingeno
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State film and video grad
uate Rob White is about $28,000
short of making his Hollywood
movie-making dreams come true
editing a type of movie he never
imagined he'd work on and he
only has 20 days to do it.
In the winter of 2009, just
months after moving to California,
White began working for a man
transformed by a ‘ridiculous phe
nomenon."
Paul Croshaw, a long-time “lib
eral activist," became a churchgo
ing “conservative Christian" after
listening to nationally syndicated
Jewish radio host Dennis Prager,
If you go
What: Bob Dylan
Where: Bryce Jordan Center
When: 8 tonight
Details: Tickets are $47.50 for the
public and $25 for students with a
valid university ID.
No figure in American music histo
ry has been more important than
Dylan, said Richard Aquila. a Penn
State history professor and expert in
U.S. pop culture and music.
football up for auction
placed as of press time Monday.
That's a "little too expensive" for stu
dents, but still a part of Paterno's legacy
any student would love to own, Dana
Robinson said.
Robinson (sophomore-agricultural sci
ences) said if she had the money, she would
pay well over $l,OOO for the game ball.
“It s a valuable piece of memory."
Robinson said.
While some students were worried Penn
State might not pull oft a victory on
Saturday, Robinson said she never doubted
that Paterno would earn his 400th wan.
Fans have until 5 p.m. Wednesav to sub
mit a bid. according to the website. Bids
See FOOTBALL. Pane 2.
the University Area Joint
Authority has begun selling water
to the industry' to
be used in the
hvdrofraeking
process.
Yoxtheimer
was speaking
Monday night at a
talk hosted by
Sigma Alpha.
Penn State's pro
fessional agricul
ture sorority. In the audience
were mostly Sigma Alpha mem
bers, some of whom will be enter
ing the gas industry after gradua
tion
Yoxtheimer
White said. Croshaw said he grew
up in a very progressive family
that was always skeptical of God.
When he began listening to
Prager, the memory of a miracu
lous homerun he hit when he was
12 came back to him.
That homerun is the back
ground story of Croshaw's docu
mentary, “Baseball, Dennis and
the French,” that includes home
movies, re-enactments and inter
views with Prager.
Croshaw had been making the
documentary for about five years
when White, Class of 2008, joined
him 10 months ago. A tight budget
has made it harder to finish the
film. But a possible solution was
just one e-mail away.
"If there was a
Rushmore for the mosi
tant singers of the p;
years, he would be ri]
there with Elvis Presl
Beatles and other majo;
he said.
Aquila, who teaches
State Erie, cites Dylan -
written such hits as “Liki
Stone." “Blowin' in the ’
Hurricane" as ch.
way an entire general
songs.
"Without a doubt. 80l
one of the most influei
See
C'J r teSy o* goPSUsports.com
The football used in Saturday's game against
Northwestern is for sale on goPSUsports.com.
Yoxtheimer's talk was one of a
number that have been occurring
across campus and downtown,
and most have been sponsored by
MCOR. Slides and pictures that
have been used in presentations
by MCOR Directors Michael
Arthur and Thomas Murphy
showed up in Yoxtheimer s talk,
and much of the information pre
sented was similar.
Industry workers showing up in
State College can be attributed to
the fact that the shale play exists
underground just north of Happy
Valiev.
"Fifteen miles north of here,
there's probably four rigs running
When a friend sent White. 24. an
e-mail about kickstarter.com. he
thought it was a great idea.
On Kickstarter, different proj
ects' monetary goals are posted
and anyone can pledge money. If
the project reaches its target
amount, it earns the money.
But if the project does not
obtain complete funding, none of
the pledges are collected.
White and Croshaw's goal is
$39,000.
So far 86 contributors have
pledged $10,778, but the film only
has 20 days left to reach their goal,
as the donation period ends at
noon Nov. 29.
The money will be used to pay
White and the producer, for stock
as we speak," he said, pointing out
the classroom window.
Yoxtheimer is also MCOR's
water treatment specialist, and a
former consulting geologist in the
gas industry.
Water quality problems are
often raised as points of opposi
tion to Marcellus Shale drilling,
because the fracking process has
contaminated well water in some
towns. like Dimock. Pa..
Yoxtheimer said.
He stressed that MCOR was
devoted to unbiased research,
and said that some other reports
that have come from the universi
See MARCELLUS. Page 2.
footage and “a whole laundry list”
of bills. White said.
“If we don’t make the money,
I’m not sure what we’re going to
do,” he said.
But even if the website falls
through, White said he is hopeful
the film will be completed.
Student Film Organization
President Sam Broscoe said there
is a potential for a strong financial
backing because of the subject
matter.
He said he thinks White could
easily earn enough money on the
site. But Broscoe said he would
never use kickstartercom for one
of his own films.
From a producer’s standpoint
See ALUMNUS, Page 2.
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Plan
won’t
take
A request to rezone the
area around Canyon
Pizza, 254 E. Beaver
Ave.. was withdrawn.
Over the past six months,
Henry Sahakian's request to
rezone 254 E. Beaver Ave. has
passed through the hands of
over a dozen people, traveling
from the State College Borough
Council to the State College
Borough Planning Commission
and back to council again.
Yet. Sahakian. the landowner
and proposed developer of the
property, unexpectedly with
drew his request at Monday
night's borough council work
session.
The land is currently listed as
R 2. a designation that limits the
uses of the property to fraternity
houses, single family dwellings,
elderly housing, churches, day
cares, community center, offices,
nursing homes, or private
schools.
Sahakian. proposed landown
er and developer, requested the
land to be rezoned as CID with
the intention of constructing an
eight-story building accommo
dating 42 units of new student
housing. The building plan also
included a parking floor and a
floor dedicated for commercial
use.
His original plan created a
small uproar in the Highlands
neighborhood, as permanent
residents routinely attended
borough council and planning
commission meetings and spoke
out against increasing student
density merely a few blocks
Rezoning discussions have
been occurring since the propos
al was submitted last spring.
While the need for more student
housing was acknowledged, con
cerns were voiced about age
diversity in the area.
Voting was postponed over
the summer.
Council member Theresa
Lafer agreed that East Beaver
Avenue already hosts a large
population of undergraduate
students and suggested alterna
tive uses for the property.
"I cannot see the density of
student housing suggested in a
neighborhood prone to riots.”
she said. "That would be very
foolish and somewhat negligent
of us."
"I would prefer to see an alter
native way of using this space so
another set of housing could be
developed for permanent resi
dents," she said.
While some council and com
mission members similarly
appreciated the concerns of the
Highlands residents, others
argued that the university
already has a housing shortage
and added student housing
See ZONING. Page 2.
Alumnus Rob White, is using the
website kickstarter.com to raise
funds for a documentary.
@dailycollegian
DOWNTOWN ZONING
effect
By Anita Modi
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER