The Daily Collegian
Spanier talks party ranking,
enrollment at CCSG meeting
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State President Graham
Spanier told members of the
Council of Commonwealth
Student Governments that stu
dents did not think about him
when they voted in the Princeton
Review’s party school survey.
Spanier told the council the
ranking is arbitrarily determined
based on how many people vote
for a certain school.
"Students like you go on and
vote, and Penn State students
don't like to be second to anyone,”
he said. “Except our students
weren’t thinking on that one. They
didn’t know it would ruin my life.”
Spanier also said University
Park has as many students as the
administration would like to see
enrolled because of limited space
reasons.
Therefore, he said, it is impor
tant to encourage students at
Commonwealth Campuses to
Pa. universities form association
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State student govern
ment leaders did not receive over
whelming support for the forma
tion of a Pennsylvania Student
Association from the Board of
Student Government Presidents,
but they still plan to move for
ward.
University Park
Undergraduate Association
Governmental Affairs Director
Travis Salters said the BSGP
comprised of student representa
tives from the 14 universities in
the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education were “skep
tical" of the establishment of the
association.
"Most of the schools were not
open to it." Salters (junior-broad
cast journalism and African and
African American Studies) said.
"They felt Penn State would dom
inate the association and our
voice would be the only one
heard."
As a result, UPUA President
Christian Ragland said the four
state-related universities Penn
State. Temple University,
University of Pittsburgh and
Lincoln University have decid
ed to create the association with
out the other schools.
complete their bachelor’s
degrees at those campuses.
“We’ll always operate Penn
State with the idea that at the end
of your sophomore year, you can
move to any campus,” he said.
“But we should create more bac
calaureate degree opportunities
at all of our campuses so more
students will stay.”
Spanier assured CCSG mem
bers that even if Penn State
receives a smaller appropriation
from the state, the quality of the
university will not suffer.
“We’re always looking for ways
to economize and tighten our
belts, but what we don't want to do
is see the university take a step
back because of the funding situa
tion,” he said.
CCSG members also passed
legislation to establish a student
mentor program to aid students
transitioning to University Park.
“This is a formal charge for
myself as student life director to
go out and begin the process of
“All we need to have a success
ful association are those four
schools.” Ragland (senior-politi
cal science) said.
During the Nov.
13 meeting in
Dixon University.
Salters said he jHfa|
found the
PASSHE schools'
major concern
with the creation ■
of the association R a g| an( j
was tuition.
Though they
did not meet with any legislators.
Ragland said he and Salters are
working on setting up meetings
with newly elect
ed officials.
He said many
of the schools felt
a state associa
tion would not be
an appropriate
measure to advo
cate for state
appropriations, Salters
since universities
often compete against each other
for state funding. But Ragland
said another problem was the fact
that many of the PASSHE schools
already have enough funding, and
were therefore not interested in
finding ways to advocate for lower
tuition his No. 1 concern.
LOCAL
starting a mentorship program,”
Justin Cortes (junior-advertising)
said. “It’s not to say that
University Park is better than the
Commonwealth, but it is a culture
shock."
The resolution passed with a
vote of 30-0-1.
Council members also unani
mously passed a resolution to
amend the CCSG constitution to
correct issues like campuses
not being placed in the correct
caucus.
At the close of the weekend,
CCSG President Mohamed
Raouda thanked attendees for
their active participation.
T cannot tell you how
impressed I am with the amount
of energy that you guys are bring
ing to council." Raouda (senior
history and international politics)
said. "I'm very excited to see the
future of this organization pros
per under your leadership.'
To e-mail reporter: krlslo6@psu.edu
Though Ragland and Salters
did not gain the support of all 14
PASSHE schools. Ragland said
the meeting was successful
because it gave them the informa
tion needed to move ahead with
plans.
Student government leaders
from the other three state-related
universities seem passionate and
excited to work on establishing an
association. Ragland said.
Charles Shull, president of the
University of Pittsburgh's
Undergraduate Student
Government, said having an asso
ciation of state-related universi
ties will be effective.
"I think it is really going to help
us the fact that we have four insti
tutions facing the same issues,"
he said.
"We can lobby our common
wealth to ensure that we're
always on the agenda to receive
funding."
Salters said the four universi
ties plan to meet on Dec. 19 at
Temple University to work out
logistics and begin drafting plans
for the association's structure.
Hopefully by the end of the
meeting we re going to have
something really solid and con
crete," he said.
To e-mail reporter: krlslo6@psu.edu
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form “Spamalot" during Greek Sing 2010.
Greeks show talents
in annual Greek Sing
By Vera Greene
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRI T ER
The lights dimmed, a spotlight
appeared and cheers erupted at
the Eisenhower Auditorium on
Sunday afternoon as the winners
were announced for Greek Sing
2010.
Coming in as the overall and
long performance winner for
their rendition of "Spamalot."
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Kappa Sigma fraternity, and
Delta Gamma sorority celebrat
ed with hearty cheers as the
Greek Sing Overalls announced
the fraternity and sorority's
names.
But in addition to the medieval
themed "Spamalot." complete
with knight costumes, other per
formances in Greek Sing also
took the audience on a four-hour
journey with 80s rocker spandex.
jungle-themed sing-a-longs and
even a few' leagues under the sea
From "The Lion King" to "The
Wizard of Oz." childhood
favorites were aplenty as various
greeks showed off their voice and
acting skills.
The skits which were divid
ed into two categories of eight
minute long performances and
three-minute short performanc
es kept the Eisenhower crowd
of 800 entranced while the per
formers shimmied, two stepped,
and high-kicked.
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ance category'. Alpha Chi (>mega
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own modern twist to "The Sound
of Music" with their choree
graphed dance moves.
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