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UPUA conducts survey
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
In an effort to increase campus
safety, Penn State’s student gov
ernment is conducting a survey
on campus lighting this week.
With the help of five other stu
dent organizations, the University
Park Undergraduate Association
is assessing areas of campus that
need more lighting at night,
UPUA President Christian
Ragland said.
“The lighting survey was
another part of my platform that I
ran on,” Ragland (senior-political
science) said. “We want to
increase campus safety in
regards to lighting. We can’t do it
ourselves. We have to get a whole
community involved... [and]
wanted to do it around Daylight
Saving Time because it gets dark
er earlier.”
UPUA Director of Facilities
Mike Stegura planned the lighting
survey and worked out the
details, including sending out the
Computer Store to hold food drive
By Paul McMullen
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Today, students can exchange
food and toys for prizes while
helping the State College commu
nity at the Penn State Computer
Store’s one-day food drive and
Toys for Tots campaign event.
The drive, which serves as part
of the Computer Store's 20th
anniversary celebration, will be
held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its
HUB-Robeson Center location.
All proceeds will directly benefit
area food banks and the local
Marine Toys for Tots foundation.
“Imagine growing up and never
being given a toy. or not being able
to provide enough food to feed
your family during the holidays,”
said J.J. Murphy, IT manager for
the Computer Store. "This cele
bration is a great chance for
everyone to help those who can't
help themselves.”
As added incentive, the first 200
students, faculty and staff who
donate a minimum of two non
perishable food items will receive
New ‘ldentified’ website helps students network for jobs
By Sarah Peters
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
In today's economy, jobs and
internships are difficult to come
by, especially for fresh-faced col
lege students and graduates.
But a new website.
Identifled.com, aims to help ease
the search for that coveted sum
mer internship or first job after
graduation. The site allows users
to upload their education and
employment information and net
works from Facebook to connect
with companies seeking
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initial e-mail to many of the stu
dent organizations to see which
groups were interested in partici
pating.
“Each group is assigned an
area that they’re going to go out
and scout and have their maps to
look for dark areas,” Stegura
(sophomore-mechanical and
nuclear engineering) said.
After the survey is over,
Stegura will organize a meeting
with the Penn State
Environmental Health and Safety
office to discuss the results, he
said.
Curt Speaker a bio-safety
officer from EHS said he is
interested to see UPUA’s survey
results, even though EHS con
ducts its own biannual survey.
“We encourage the input,” he
said. “UPUA has decided to do a
slightly more comprehensive sur
vey. They’re going to block the
whole campus and have people go
through each of those quad
rants.”
But Speaker said he did warn
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What: Penn State Computer
Store’s 20th anniversary cele
bration
When: 11 a.m. - Ip.m. today
Where: Penn State Computer
Store, HUB location
Details: First 200 to bring two
nonperishable foods get a free
pair of headphones.
a free pair of earbud headphones,
compliments of iFrogz, he said.
The first 50 participants who
donate a new, unwrapped toy val
ued at $5 or more will also get a
free pair of the iFrogz head
phones. which retail at $4O, he
said.
Robin Becker, general manag
er of the Computer Store, encour
aged those interested in partici
pating to bring their food and toys
early because similar events held
at the store in the past have
attracted a large turnout. In
interns or employment.
About 220 companies are
recruiting on the site, which is free
for students, said Francois de
Lame, director of social media
and public relations for Identified.
"A lot more companies now are
posting internships and jobs
they're looking for,” de Lame said.
"In terms of user growth and the
reception that we’ve had, both
users and companies have been
very, very positive.'
Identified was started by
Stanford MBA students Brendan
Wallace and Adeyemi Ajao, who
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UPUA members that there are
some aspects about lighting on
campus to consider while holding
the survey.
“It’s not cost effective and envi
ronmentally sound to light up
every square inch of the campus,'
he said. “There are also sensitive
areas like around our green hous
es... our philosophy is that we
want ro identify the major pedes
trian walkways and make sure
they’re well-lit.”
Maggie Payne, who lives on
campus, said she thinks lighting
on campus could be better
she's glad to hear that UPUA ini
tiated a survey.
"I think that it’s a good idea
especially for girls walking by
themselves," Payne (freshman
biology) said. “It can be kind of
freaky walking alone in the dark.'
Stegura said the survey has
been going well so far, and he
hopes its results will be beneficial
to students.
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April, the headphones brand
Skullcandv donated products for
the same type of event and sup
plies were gone within the first 50
minutes, she said.
Within that time, participants
brought 500 pounds of food that
w ent directly' to local families, she
said.
"This event is not only about
bringing food and getting free
headphones; it's about helping
those who can't help themselves.”
she said. "The celebration is ulti
mately a win-win for all w'ho par
ticipate.”
Donors who stop by will also be
able to play "Name that
Time" for a chance to win prizes,
as well.
Though there are plenty of
opportunities to leave the event
with prizes, the goal is to have a
good time and extend a helping
hand to those in need, said
Brittany Berger. Computer
Store account executive for
Happy Valley Communications.
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wanted to create a recruiting pro
fessional network with the social
network students already have, de
Lame said. The site launched in
mid-September.
Save the Children, Disney eon
sumer products and Neimati
Marcus are all recruiting on
Identified and 6,800 students
are using it, de Lame said
But Senior Director of Career
Services Jack Raytnan said
growth in recruiting from social
media is "modest” most com
panics have concluded that it s not
productive.
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Maggie McDowell, Class of 2008, helps Ari Hilier (sophomore-supply
chain) with his resume for PricewaterhouseCooper's Career Explorer.
PwC reveals new
career program
Sami Badri said the business
oriented social networking site
Linkedln has the potential to be
bigger than Facebook in the com
ing years.
Badri (senior-finance) was one
of many students in the HUB-
Robeson Center /Alumni Hall on
Wednesday as Linkedln and
PricewaterhouseCoopers pre
sented Career Explorer, a
Linkedln application designed to
help students chart their career
paths and network with profes
sionals.
Career Explorer launched Nov.
4 at New' York L’niversitv and is
currently available for students
at no universities across the
t nited States. It can be accessed
ior free by Penn State students
with a Linkedln account.
Linkedln representative
Alexander Kvamme said.
Students can select a major
they are interested in and Career
Explorer will map out a .job path,
estimate expected salaries and
provide names of people in that
u-i r’s network already involved
m that career. Kvamme said.
A user's network is their direct
connections and their contacts,
making a network expand expo
nentially and making the oppor
"There are clearly some that
are excited about it. but I think
that's a minority view.” Ravman
Max Spiegel. College of
Agriculture social media strate
gist. said social media's popularity
with voting people attracts poten
tial employers to use it.
Abu have more effective suc
cess in meeting people and shak
ing people's hands than you are
just blindly sending resumes to
companies you know are hiring."
Spiegel said. "There's nothing
new about it it's just
By Micah Wintner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
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tunity to meet people in a speci
fied career field readily available,
Kvamme said.
Linkedln representatives were
available to help students learn
how to use Career Explorer and
provide information about
Linkedln
A career panel was also pres
ent to answer any questions stu
dents had. and students could
bring their resumes to review
them with PwC professionals.
As the largest recruiter of col
lege graduates in the world. PwC
saw Career Explorer as an
opportunity to help students start
their career and "jumped on
board” with Linkedln and its new
program, said Jackie DiAmicis,
JVC campus recruiter.
IVC Advisory Partner Joe
Atkinson .-mid Penn State was
chosen as an early launch site for
the Career Explorer program
because oi its strong relationship
with the unn er.-itv
Out of Sun FVnn State appli
cants to IkvC. Atkinson said 200
were makiiu: I heir way through
the hirine process
Badri said he strongly encour
to create a
account and
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happening on the computer
instead nl happening in the real
world."
Identified allows users to see
which of their friends and, or their
second-degree connections, or
"friends oi friends." have worked
for the companies they're inter
ested in.
While a Facebook account is
required to create an account on
Identified, users can also import
their Identified profile through
Linkcdln or their resume.
To e mail reporter: svpso7l@psu.edu