4 I FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2010 Congress honors JoePa By Steven Petrella FOR THE COLLEGIAN An on-field celebration at Beaver Stadium followed Joe Paterno's 400th win two weeks ago. On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to congratulate the legendary coach on his historic accomplishment. The resolution passed by a vote of 417-3 to congratulate the 45- year Penn State head football coach on his 400th win. The historic win came in a 35-21 victory over Northwestern on Nov. 6 at Beaver Stadium and made Paterno the only Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division-I) coach to achieve the feat. The resolution was introduced by local U.S. representative Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., and was sponsored by 28 different mem bers of the House, including each member from Pennsylvania. Thompson said he had thought about the proposal prior to the win and said felt it was the right thing to do. "When you look at Coach Paterno's record, it's more than 400 wins," Thompson said. "It's what he does off the field, as well." One of the three representa tives to vote against the resolu- Cigarette warnings revised By Katrina Wehr COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER A picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of the FDAs latest proposed warning labels on cigarette packaging, the image conveys one message: This product can kill you. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its plans last week for a new tobacco strategy the first change to the health warning labels in 25 years, said Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration. The FDAs plan dictates that "nine new larger and more noticeable textual warning state ments and color graphic images depicting the negative health con sequences of smoking appear on cigarette packages and in ciga rette advertisements," according to a press release. The changing labels are all part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, passed in June 2009, which gives the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco products. The re-labeling of cigarette packages is just one of many measures the act mandates, Ventura said. It appears that the old labels, he said, which were only on the sides of packaging and solely text based, have turned into white noise to smokers. "New generations of smokers and potential smokers have become desensitized to that warning over time," Ventura said. International students By Micah Wintner COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER While most Penn State students are just a car ride away from home, Sunny Sang is too far from Quindao, China to spend Thanksgiving with her family. Instead, Sang (freshman-divi sion of undergraduate studies) will be spending Thanksgiving with her roommate's family in Philadelphia. "I want to know the real American family, how they cele brate Thanksgiving," Sang said. As much as she misses home, Sang said she has been enjoying Penn State since arriving in August. PSU-Indiana football game to benefit THON fundraising By Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Erin Barsanti will spend Saturday afternoon supporting two of her favorite things: Nittany Lion football and THON. But Barsanti (junior-advertis ing) won't watch the game against Indiana University as just a fan. During an internship at FedEx Field, Barsanti discussed the pos sibility of turning the game into an opportunity to fundraise for the Interfraternity Council/Panhell enic Dance Marathon. Greg Myford, Penn State associ ate athletic director for marketing, collaborated with THON officials to turn the game into a fund- tion was Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who represents the third Congressional District of Utah. Chaffetz kicked two field goals as the Brigham Young University place-kicker in 1989 when Penn State defeated the Cougars in the Holiday Bowl. Chaffetz's office said he made a pledge months ago that he would not vote for any kind of sports res olution when Congress needs to focus on the budget and other issues it had nothing to do with Paterno in particular "Watch ESPN and hold a home town parade, but Congress is not where you should come seeking recognition in athletics," Chaffetz said in his official statement. "While I am a big fan of Joe Paterno... there are Americans who are struggling to pay their mortgage, yet we are spending time recognizing sports. Congress must do better" In addition to introducing the resolution, Thompson pushed for Paterno to receive the 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom. but President Barack Obama did not decide to award the coach the honor. Fbrmer Boston Celtics player and coach Bill Russell was given the award this week UCLA men's basketball coach Above are two examples of proposed warning graphics that will appear on cigarette packaging for the go , ernment s tobacco prevention effort(' The FDA will decide on nine images and accompanying textu al warnings to be displayed on all cigarette packages starting in October 2012. Ventura said. There are 36 proposed labels. which can be viewed on the FDAs website, depicting such images as cadavers with the text "smoking can kill you." and a mother smok ing while holding her baby with the warning of "tobacco smoke can harm your children." The Pennsylvania Department of Health said it realizes some people may think the proposed ads are "drastic or controversial." but the department supports the change. "We support any opportunity that will cause youth and adults to cease tobacco use. Holli Senior. press secretary for the depart ment. wrote in an e-mail. University Health Services Coordinator of Educational Services Suzanne Zeman said the proposed labels were much more striking than just simple text. "It's a lot easier to look past text as opposed to visual images." Zeman said. "It has that visual component and it's something that will catch "I have many choices and the adviser really helps me. - Sang said. "I like the football. basketball and volleyball games. I really enjoy watching them.- International student Erik Lund has been away from his home in Sweden since April, and \OH also be spending Thanksgiving With a friend's family, he said. Lund said Thanksgiving isn't celebrated in Sweden and he's excited to experience it in America. He said Penn State has been dif ferent from what he expected Its a lot more reading and a lot more studying just for the sake of studying, but other than that I like it," Lund said. raiser for the philanthropy. As much as 5 percent of the tick et sales or up to $150,000 will be donated to THON, Myford said. No figures are available yet about the number of total tickets sold because officials are waiting until Saturday to total the donation, he said. Barsanti, who has never missed a home football game and is involved with THON organiza tions, said she thought the Indiana game would be the perfect oppor tunity to encourage more support for the philanthropy. The game is at a great venue in an area with a large Penn State fan base, she said. So far, the Penn State athletic John Wooden, Alabama football coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant, Army football coach Earl Blaik, Yale men's swimming coach Robert J.H. Kiphuth, Negro League baseball manager Buck O'Neil and Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson are the other only coaches in sports history to receive the honor. Thompson said he would keep pushing for Paterno in future years. - We're sadly lacking the right kind of heroes right now" Thompson said. "Paterno holds all those core values." In addition to being honored by Congress, Joe and Sue Paterno were honored by the Charcot- Marie-Tooth Association for a life time of achievement. Paterno received the Lifetime Achieve ment Award from the Dapper Dan Charities in Pittsburgh. Paterno was also the first active coach to receive the Distinguished American Award presented by National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Thompson said Paterno more than just a football coach to the Penn State community What will be most remem bered is his character. Thompson said. "He's a humble man and commits to excellence." pi:ople's attention much more Zeman said she wasn't sure the new labels would cause any 4inokers to quit. She said the might be more successful if seen a person who had aireaft. thought of trying to quit before. she said. It depends too, on the situa tion... Zeman said. ''ln college populations. some people are get tini cigarettes off friends at par they may not even have a paciT. with Ihe label to look direct lv at it. The tr.ost recent nunthpr,- regardin:4 Penn State studmis ;:in habits come from Pulse I.!rvey conducted in 2()07 Accordin2; to the report. 72.1 per cent of students responded di k - not smoke. 5.8 percynf rooked every day and 133 ner cmt smoked only in social situ.: Zeman said the labels v, nevertheless. a good idea. I certainly think it's not going to hurt anything, - she said. "Having images in the labels could be something to make pen plc consider the warnings ino:v than they would have before... erorter kmws34o@psu.edu celebrate Thankgiving holiday - I want to know the real .American family, how they celebrate Thanksgiving.- Thanksgiving dinner will also he available to international students spending the holiday on campus. The student group Doing our Part will host its second annual Thanksgiving dinner 5 p.m. to 7 p m Nov 25 at SoZo. 256 E. Beaver Avenue. Doing our Part co three tor Avra Babb said. Babb said she expects a similar turnout from last year's event. which included 55 guests from 12 countries. "It's a great way to cheer on and support Penn State athletics and support THON at the same time." department has sold more than 21,000 tickets, Myford said. He said the anticipated crowd for Saturday's game is in excess of 75,000. When Barsanti approached some of her superiors with the idea, they were supportive, espe cially as her boss was already a THON fan, she said. In fact, she credits a conversation about h tn Coilegian Instructional technologist Chris Stubbs shows the differences between the standard Play Station controller and the new Microsoft Kinect con troliec allows users to physically interact with the video games. Students test new interactive console Ey Paul McMullen ,3, , l State College res • , r‘tich a glimpse of phis holiday seasons Thursday during the (lanung Common , , • • •er luncheon, called • • , Kilted -- A revolution devices." =i;rinL, the event. participants the opportunity to ; new additions to Sony's i'liscSlation 3 and Microsoft's xi ; ox :am devices. Chris Stubbs, instructional technologist for Penn State's Education Technoio* , Services, facilitated a question-and-answer session fol lowed demonstrations of each dt", systems represent the -, tivation that will change think about gaming... :••• The rAlove and Kinect devices are blurring the line between arlin'ct and reality . ' microoll Kilted, which retails :!. - ill, easily connects to the a;)» :f;o console and provides <,att:i-•r_s with I he same interactive as Nintendo's Wii cortolf , . not with one twist - the ICI' k the controller. ThmuL;ll the use of four differ nt czimeras housed within one sinail device. the user can stand tcn feet away from their tek‘vision and physically interact \kith v. hat is being, shown on the scrccn without the interference Sunny Sang er t undergraduate studiec, • The most consistent feedback ILO we heard from students was that they were honored that we shared such a special family holi (lily with so many international students: . Babb said. Office of Physical Plant spokesman Paul Ruskin said Thanksgiving break isn't just a time for family celebration it's also a time for energy conserva tion. The university recently applied Jony Rommel THON public relations overall chairwoman THON during her interview with helping her snag the internship. - People are so supportive when it comes to things like THON, it's just remarkable," she said. "It's absolutely incredible." Once the idea was born. Penn State athletics was instrumental in making the event a reality, THON Public Relations Overall Chairwoman Jony Rommel said. ~,~. .~Rlirk of a hand-held device. he said - My wile hates seeing me play video games. but when she saw me playit2. Kinect. she tried it and instantly became attached, - Stubbs said. Sony's PlavStationMove. which retails at about S:100, provides a less expensive way to interact with the PS:3. Intrigued by both gadgets. Penn State employees ('hris and Sarah :thin() came to the event to decide whether they should pur chase either gadget for their live year-old son. who has a two-year old brother they said likes to emulate his big brother Stubbs reassured them that the devices were child-friendly and both have the ability to allow their two little garners the opportunity to play at the same time. - These two systems have the ability to create a totally different interesting, possibly educational experience. - he said. With these systems, the possibilities are end less." M 'Hlnrier. phmso3o@psu.edu its Christmas break conservation policies to Thanksgiving break through its new energy conserva tion policy AD-64. Ruskin said. Penn State usually saves about $200,000 in energy costs over the Christmas holiday, and now it hopes to start seeing savings over Thanksgiving. Ruskin said. Ruskin said he urges faculty. staff and students to shut off their room appliances, unplug electronics, close their windows and draw their blinds during their break. - They're simple little things but it makes a difference 1.000 times over - Ruskin said. To e-mail reporter: maws43B@psu.edu Rommel (senior-philosophy) said excitement for the game is high among students. "It's a great way to cheer on and support Penn State athletics and support THON at the same time," she said. The athletic department offered a Road Trip FTK package to pro vide transportation to the game for students, but the option was not popular, Myford said. He credits that to the timing of the game. "With everyone anxious to get home for break, the bus trip was not as attractive of an option as it would have been," he said. To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "With these systems, the possibilities are endless." Chris Stubbs !n , ,tructtonai technologist
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