I TUESDAY, Nov. 30, 2010
Four guns stolen from residence, police said
Four guns were stolen from a Philipsburg residence last
week after an unknown actor broke into the home through a
sliding glass door, Pennsylvania State Police said.
The theft happened sometime between Nov. 20 and Nov. 25
at 3255 Casanova Road in Rush Township, police said.
The four weapons stolen include a 264 Remington rifle
with a stainless steel barrel, a .22 caliber single bolt action
rifle, a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle and a 410 single shot
shotgun, police said. A pair of Wolverine brand boots were
also stolen before the actor fled the scene in an unknown
direction, police said.
After entering through the glass door, police said the actor
smashed the glass to another sliding glass door inside the
home.
Burglaries reported in The Legend
Burglaries were reported in two separate third-floor
apartments of The Legend, 246 Highland Ave., when the res
idents returned from Thanksgiving break, State College
Police Department said.
An Xbox gaming system was taken from one apartment
and a Dell computer was taken from another, police said.
Police are currently reviewing security footage in an
attempt to identify the actors involved and how they entered
the apartments, police said.
Matteo Smerlak, of Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon
(France), will speak at 10 a.m. today in 320 Whitmore
Laboratory. The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos
will host the speech, titled "Bubble Divergences in State-
Sum Models."
Penn State's Kokonad Sinha will speak at 10 a.m. today
in 301 Steidle Building. The Department of Materials
Sciences and Engineering will host the event.
Penn State's Jan Reimann and Daniel Thompson will
speak at 2:30 p.m. today in 315 McAllister Building. The
Department of Mathematics will host the speech, titled
"Selection Rules: Part One."
Penn State's Roman Engel-Herbert will speak at 3:30
p.m. today in 339 Davey Laboratory. Nitin Samarth, of the
Department of Physics, will host the event, titled "The
Peculiar Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured
Ferromagnetic Material Manganese Arsenide (MnAs)."
Cynthia Kenyon, of the University of California, will
speak at 4 p.m. today in 100 Life Sciences Building with
video-conferencing to the College of Medicine. Robert
Paulson, of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, will host
the event, titled "From Worms to Humans: Genes Can
Increase Lifespan."
LUNCH
Findlay, Pollock, Redifer and Warnock: Brown rice, chicken
and cashew stir fry, French dip roast beef with au jus, macaroni
and cheese, broccoli with roasted red peppers, Monaco blend,
tater tots
Simmons: Simmons turkey club, pork barbecue on whole wheat
bun, tabouli with whole wheat wrap, Thai chicken stir fry, baked
sweet potato, broccoli florettes, brown rice, green beans and
sunflower seeds, primavera vegetables, quinoa vegetables,
roasted roma tomatoes
Waring: Greek salad, Asian pork barbecue sandwich, broccoli
with roasted red peppers, grilled chicken sandwich, Monaco
blend, popcorn chicken, quarter-pound cheeseburger, quarter
pound hamburger, seasoned curly fries, chicken and cashew stir
fry
DINNER
Findlay, Pollock, Redifer and Warnock: Bread dressing, cran
berry apple salsa, cranberry sauce, grilled chicken breast, grilled
vegetable, Israeli couscous, island grilled fish, roast turkey,
corn, Monaco blend, whipped potatoes
Simmons: Fresh fish with pineapple salsa, chicken and roasted
vegetable pasta, grilled chicken breast, stuffed peppers, zucchi
ni corn quesadilla, baked sweet potato, broccoli florettes, brown
rice, green beans and sunflower seeds, primavera vegetables,
quinoa vegetables, roasted roma tomatoes
Waring: Greek salad, baked parmesan tilapia, bread dressing,
corn, grilled chicken sandwich, grilled chicken breast, Monaco
blend, roast turkey, whipped potatoes, tomato beef stir fry
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Student governments prepare for weekend
The Council of Commonwealth
Student Governments is making
final preparations for the last
Council Weekend of the semester,
Dec. 3 and 4.
At CCSG's Monday meeting,
members discussed two pieces of
legislation that will possibly be
brought to the floor at council.
CC SG President Mohamed
Raouda said whether the legisla
tion is brought up at council
depends on it being passed at the
Fraser
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came at the wrong time just as he
was beginning to sell units, so I
realize that was a difficult time to
get commitments."
Council president Ron Filippelli
agreed, noting the recession's
effect on the project.
"I am in favor of making accom
modations that do not result in a
loss of revenue for the borough,"
he wrote in an e-mail. "The project
is still very important for State
College."
If the developer is granted the
extension, he will have to pay inter
est on the amount in question,
Wendkos
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greek stance against dangerous
drinking during State Patty's Day.
Office of Fraternity and Sorority
Life Director Roy Baker said he
has watched Wendkos develop and
mature as a leader who delegated
between the university and his
greek constituents.
"Max was certainly not a puppet
of the university administration,"
Baker said. "He has had no difficul
ty letting us know when he did not
agree with us and has his own
ideas of what needed to be done
and how he was going to reach his
goals."
Wendkos said he only has one
regret. In late January, only about
two months into his presidency, he
sent an e-mail that blew up into
something he never expected.
Sending a message to all the fra
ternity presidents about a universi
ty-sponsored alcohol survey,
Wendkos asked fraternity presi
dents to caution fraternity mem
bers about their responses.
"I regretted it, apologized for it
and learned from it," Wendkos said
Football
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The honor comes almost a week
after the College Sports
Information Directors of America
named the senior an ESPN
Academic All-American last
Tuesday. Wisniewski became the
program's first three-time academ
ic All-American.
Wisniewski was an instrumental
player on the offensive line this
season. He and right tackle Lou
Eliades were the only returning
full-time starters on the offensive
line coming into 2010.
Borough
paueollegian.com
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College's rankings more significant
ly than a city with a higher crime
rate.
"If you have 10 crimes and you
have 11 the next year, you've gone
up 10 percent but if you have 100
crimes and you have 1, you've only
gone up 1 percent," King said.
While State College Borough
Manager Tom Fountaine said the
police department is kept busy
with incidents involving property
Debt
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graduated in 2009 with an average
debt of $23,963 nearly $7,000
lower than Penn State students'
graduating debt, according to a
report published by the Institute
for College Access and Success,
which analyzed the average gradu
ation debt per student from more
than 1,000 universities in the coun
try last year
And Ohio State University stu
dents graduated in 2009 with an
average debt of $18,426 nearly
$12,500 less than Penn State stu
dents, according to the report.
Penn State's tuition is the high
est in the Big Ten about $14,400
per academic year while Ohio
State University students pay
$8,994.
But OSU received $529 million in
state appropriations, according to
OSU's 2010-2011 current funds
budget, while Penn State received
only $347 million total for all its
campuses.
Similar to OSU's figures, Indiana
University in Bloomington, Ind.,
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presidents' session on Dec. 4, when
the presidents of all the
Commonwealth campuses in
attendance will meet.
The first possible piece of legis
lation will endorse the formation of
the Pennsylvania Student
Association on behalf of CCSG, if
passed. In addition, the presidents
will discuss "finalizing a contract
with campuses to be able to pro
vide standardized testing for stu
dents," Raouda (senior-history and
international politics) said.
He added that they will also talk
about whether they prefer Kaplan
"I think that the slow improvement in the overall
financial situation will work in favor of this
development as well."
council member Theresa Lafer this development as well."
said. If the council approves an exten-
The delay, she said, would not sion, Susquehanna would work to
negatively affect the project. get construction started before the
"Other delayed developments in new deadline, Kay said.
the region are just now being "Our overall objective is to have
financed, and are scheduled to sufficient commitments on the
start over the next few months," project to start construction," he
she said. "I think that the slow said
improvement in the overall finan
cial situation will work in favor of
"Max was certainly not a puppet of the university
administration. He has had no difficulty letting us
know when he did not agree with u 5..."
of last fall's experience. "It was not
my intention to tell them to give
untrue answers."
From creating some unpopular
policies to implementing new
agendas for greek life, Wendkos
has been under public scrutiny for
almost a full year.
And though he knows he's con
stantly being watched and often
times judged, Wendkos said he's
taken the negative feedback
throughout his term and turned it
into a positive learning experience.
"I fully understood the criticism I
would face when I ran for this posi
tion," he said.
But for Wendkos, it's not impor
tant to be remembered by those
policies.
Though there were facets of his
term that he worked hard to
achieve, Wendkos said he had one
main goal all along: to be a leader
After Eliades tore the anterior
cruciate ligament in his right knee
during the Sept. 25 Temple win,
Wisniewski took on a bigger role
alongside right tackle Chima Okoli.
Wisniewski is also known for his
ability to play center. The senior
made a smooth transition to the
position just two weeks ago against
Indiana, when center Doug
Klopacz left the game with an
injury to his left ankle.
In addition to his uncle,
Wisniewski's father, Leo, also
played at Penn State as a nose
tackle from 1978-1981. Steve said
the Wisniewski family has taken
more from Penn State than they
damage or alcohol abuse, it's still a
fairly safe place to live.
"Certainly there are a number of
issues," Fountaine said. "But over
all it's still newsier when a serious
crime occurs."
And when it comes to safety in
the community, King said the
favorable ranking can be attributed
to State College's relative econom
ic security compared with other
metropolitan areas and the
pride both students and perma
nent residents take in their town.
"When crime gets high it's not
just because police aren't doing
received $534 million in state
appropriations for the 2010-2011
year, according to lU's 2010-2011
official budget. Their students's
tuition is about $9,000 a year.
Penn State President Graham
Spanier wrote in an e-mail that he
has been doing everything in his
power to increase Penn State's
appropriation since he took office.
"I regret that we don't receive a
higher appropriation, and I have
made the strongest case possible
for an increased appropriation for
16 years now," Spanier wrote in an
e-mail.
"But I don't invest a lot of time
whining about it, since the
Commonwealth can only do so
much, and higher education histor
ically is not as high a budget prior
ity in Pennsylvania as it is in most
other states."
Penn State went a year without
salary increases for its employees
and requested an increase in state
appropriations of $l7 million in an
effort to keep tuition as low as pos
sible, Penn State spokeswoman
Annemarie Mountz said.
And Penn State is trying to make
up for the $6,900 average of unmet
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At the Monday night meeting,
members also spoke about the
library student advisory board's
next meeting on Thursday
CCSG Caucus Overall Sean
Goheen said the board plans to
brainstorm names for the new
search engine, possible furniture
for the library and the application
for mobile phones.
CCSG members also discussed
finalizing agendas so they can be
posted online in time for Council.
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Roy Baker
Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Director
who would stand up for greek life,
stand behind the members and
support them at all times.
He said there were definitely dis
agreements over what was best for
the greek community which
often created misconceptions
about who he was as a leader and a
person.
But with the end drawing near,
Wendkos said he's thinking more
about the final days of his college
career.
Leaving behind his school, his
legacy and his fraternity house, he
said it'll be hard to say goodbye but
he's ready for whatever the future
holds.
"A fraternity is a lifelong commit
ment and I know I'll see these guys
again," he said. "Hopefully they'll
be at my wedding someday."
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could ever give back. Wisniewski,
as with his recent accolade, puts
the legacy in high regard.
"Even walking around our foot
ball building, like I see my uncle's
picture every day on the All-
American wall," Wisniewski said in
last week's conference call. "I walk
by my dad and my uncle's name on
the lettermen wall, and it just kind
of reminds me that I'm part of a
Wisniewski tradition that's been
going on here for a long time. It's
been a privilege to be a part of it
and just try to add to the legacy
that they started."
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"If you have 10 crimes
and you have 11 the
next year, you've gone
up 10 percent."
Tom King
State College Police Chief
their job, and when it gets low it's
not just because police are doing
their job," King said. "Everyone
has a stake in it."
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"I regret that we don't
receive a higher
appropriation."
Graham Spanler
Penn State president
need per student who applies for
and receives aid through the Fbr
the Fliture fundraising campaign,
which aims to increase scholarship
funding, among other things.
But to make up for the $6,900 gap
per student would require billions
of dollars on top of the already $1.46
billion distributed in student aid
per year, Executive Director for
Student Aid Anna Griswold said.
Spanier wrote that he is not opti
mistic for the future.
"With Pennsylvania facing a $5
billion budget deficit in the coming
year, it is unlikely our situation will
improve next year," he wrote.
"Essentially, the state is shifting
more of the burden of the cost of
education to students and their
families."
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