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Wendkos reflects on term
By Vera Greene what I've done over the past
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER year,"(senior- Wendkos A YEAR in REVIEW Site
marketing and psychology) Max Wendkos - IFC President
Since Max Wendkos was a sophomore at said. "This job has pushed
Penn State, he knew he wanted to serve as me harder than I've ever „ i , tz- 12/1/2009 Wendkos takes office
Interfraternity Council president. Two been pushed in my life." 2;'10;'2010
years later, his goal became a reality Wendkos said hell IFC restricts State Patty's Day parties
r 1 , 28 i 2010
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Penn
with the semester ending, so is remember two defining Wendkos sends ~.- 8 , 31'2010
Wendkos's tenure. moments in his presidency: controversial e-mail THON and greek leaders discuss
about alcohol survey issues with changes
After a year of dealing with hazing, alco- eliminating alcohol from to the event
Wendkos
hol and fraternity reputation controversies, recruitment and the strong see
9/24/2010 12 111 , 2010
Wendkos said his term has not been easy, See WENDKOS, Page 2. New IFC Judicial Board implemented Wendkos
01 , -it term ends
but the experience was a worthy one.
"Anytime you're in a position of leader
ship, you develop a lot of skills and that's
Stefen Wisniewski (61) fights off opponents in September's game against Temple. Right guard Wisniewski was named a first-team All-American
on Monday by the American Football Coaches Association. He was also named a first-team All-Big Ten guard.
AM sniewski
By Brendan Monahan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The ' American Football
Coaches Association named Penn
State right guard Stefen
Wisniewski a first-team All-
American on Monday.
"It's been a dream of mine ever
since I came to Penn State to try
and put forth the effort it would
take to be considered for All-
American," Wisniewski said in a
press release. 'All the glory goes
to my Lord and savior Jesus
Student
debts
highest
in Ten
By Micah Wintner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Kushal Patel said he is going to
owe a ton of money when he grad
uates about $lOO,OOO, to be
exact.
"It makes me want to transfer," average for a four-year public un
said Patel, a North Carolina versity, according to a report
native. "I actually have sent delivered by Robert Pangborn,
papers to another school." vice president • and dean for
In addition to paying $28,000 of undergraduate education and
out-of-state tuition, Patel (fresh- professor of engineering mechan
man-biology) said he also must ics, at this month's board of
pay travel costs.
"I have to do graduate school
and make sure I get a good
More coverage on the Interfraternity Council
election I NEWS, Page 3.
,iIEH I :RK-
Christ, for he has carried me tion, he must win All-America
through ... my career at Penn honors from four other organiza-
State." tions the Associated Press, the
Wisniewski, also named a first- Football Writers Association of
team All-Big Ten guard by the America, The Sporting News and
coaches Monday night, is the 95th the Walter Camp Foundation.
Nittany Lion to receive first-team Wisniewski joins 10 other Penn
All-America honors. Defensive State offensive linemen on the
tackle Jared Odrick was the last first-team list. Center A.Q. Shipley
Penn State first-team All- was the last offensive lineman to
American after winning the acco- take home a first-team honor in
lade last season. Wisniewski, 2008, though tackle Dennis
though, isn't yet considered a con- Landolt was a third-team All
sensus All-American. American last season.
In order to receive that distinc- Wisniewski's uncle, Steve, was
Number Comparisons
for Big Ten Universities
Penn State received almost $2OO million less than
Ohio State and Indiana University in-state
appropnation, and charges the highest tuition for a
Big Ten public university.
STATE
APPROPRIATION
;2010-2011)
TUITION
,20 J 'Ol
GRADUATING
DEBT
2009
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job to pay it off," Patel said.
Though Patel has a larger debt
than most students, the average
Penn State student will graduate
with $31,000 of debt nearly
$B,OOO higher than the national
trustees meeting.
By contrast, Indiana University
See DEBT, Page 2.
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Borough named third safest
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
State College lost its title as the
safest metropolitan area in
America this year, falling two
spots to No. 3 out of 347 areas
ranked in Congressional
Quarterly Press's annual report.
Glens Falls, N.Y., edged Happy
Valley out of the No. 1 spot in the
CQ Press 2010 Metropolitan
Crime Rate Rankings, while
Logan, Utah, took the No. 2 spot,
according to the report released
last week
Though its ranking has fluctu
ated, for the past five years State
College has snagged a spot in the
top three. _
In 2009, State College topped
the CQ Press rankings, after corn
ing in at No. 2 in 2008, No. 3 in 2007
and No. 2 in 2006, according to the
reports.
And that track record, State
College Chief of Police Tom King
said, is something to be proud of.
"Knowing that the rankings
could be anywhere from No. 1 to
Niemen'
Source: Collegian archives
a first-teamer as a guard for the
Lions in consecutive years 1987
and 1988.
Steve said he was proud of his
nephew for earning the title. For
him, his own honor didn't sink in
until years later when he saw his
picture hanging on the Penn State
wall of All-Americans. Now, his
nephew will join him there.
"Stefen is as fine a representa
tive of Penn State athletics as any
one who wore the uniform." Steve
said.
See FOOTBALL Page 2
350 or so, it's pretty pleasing to be
in the top of the rankings." King
said. "When you're talking about
so many departments studied I
think it's a real credit to this com
munity."
The rankings are determined
using crime rates from the FBl's
Uniform Crime Reporting
Program taking six categories
into account murder, rape, rob
bery, aggravated assault, burgla
ry and motor vehicle theft
according to a press release.
Those rates are then compared to
national averages and indexed to
come up with the scores used to
determine the "safest" areas,
according to the release.
CQ Press also takes into
account other factors when draft
ing its lists, such as the frequency
and percent change of reported
crimes, according to the release.
When you consider the commu
nity's low crime rates to begin
with, King said, it makes sense
that even a small increase or
decrease would impact State
See BOROUGH, Page 2.
delay
By Colleen Boyle
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Final payments for the Fraser
Centre will likely be stalled after
the site's developer asked the
State College Borough Council
for a yearlong payment exten
sion, Borough Manager Tom
Fountaine said.
Jack Kay, president of
Susquehanna Real Estate the
company heading the project
said the company needs more
time to reach the 80 percent total
project commitment sufficient to
start construction on the site.
"We find ourselves with a
number of unresolved issues
that we're making progress on
but will not be resolved by the
end of the yen" he said.
The Fraser Centre, which will
be located on the 100 block of
Fraser Street, is set to include
retail and office space, luxury
condominiums, a cinema and
possibly a boutique hotel.
Fountaine said he expects the
extension to be an item for dis
cussion on the council's agenda
on Dec. 6.
"If the extension on the real
estate agreement is not
approved then the borough
would have certain remedies to
reacquire the site," F'ountaine
said.
But Fountaine said he doesn't
think that will be necessary
"Council has to make that
determination. - he said, "but I
don't have any reason to expect
that it will not be approved.-
Council member Jim
Rosenberger said he thinks it is
wise to grant such an extension
and proceed with the project.
- Otherwise we just have an
empty lot, and we'd have to start
over," he said. "The recession
See FRASER. Page 2.
Steph Witt Collegian
The Fraser Centre's developer
recently asked the borough for a
payment extension.
State College
Ranked No. 3 Safest
Metropolitan Area
The area fell from its position as the
safest metropolitan area in 2009 to
the third safest this year according to
Caroline Shaffer/Collegian