i'llE DAILY COLLEGIAN Theaters accowrimodate hearing, visually impaired By Sarah Olah FOR THE COLLEGIAN Rana Arnold has a visual ;npairment, but she's able to nloy live performances at :isehnhower and Schwab .aditoriums with the help of tech )logy.. I learned about the world hrough books and pictures and liany many performances," said \mold. co-founder and executive rector of the Sight-Loss -apport Group of Central The Center for the Performing its at Penn State accommodates 110-4 , with special needs such tile seeing- and hearing ,ipa!red so everyone in the 31tintunity can appreciate the hen attending performanc i Eisenhower and Schwab :!.(11t,)rnuns. Si.2ht-Loss Support Group Discovery expands to comic books By Matt Moore lATED PRESS ; • After '.i!iL? lip television with its )(11)tilar Shark Week. . 'ommunications aims :in even bigger bite for !) ;)I,;klr franchise: comic rent company of chNonel and' Animal ;:,( , s to make a big it releases its first 'Top 10 Deadliest dubbed a nonfic novel - comes out ;Ili(' is being published by Zenescope under the Silver I;,..iks imprint. namesake television the - Shark" graphic • a ~ erious but accessi ... some of the species' aod dangerous mem Dehart. the net- I(..:icient shark expert eahhe face of the annual TV Hi the uaphic novel boasts hayed on real events , s a particular shark. mission has i~ '~, r ~ j'\' ti) help viewers satis ,.nrif),iiv about the world ii win through breathtak !“l:2.:'ry and stories, - said f ; I kacs. vice president at Discovery !c , IP,III ;1 1 1011' , it \\ as only natural for to leap into graphic ~ vay to not just tell its ai earner a new arena lar programming. 1(1 call this. instead of !iction. graphic non-fic h- told The Associated fLis real-life shark II has lips on how ~tc and avoid shark it talks about the impor ,. -harks to our ecosys- nough about Biology and Accounting during finals week. They don't want to think about where to eat or where to buy their holiday gifts. Make the decision easy for them! Advertise your great deals in the Finals Magazine! S & ENTERTA has bee ang with the CPA for years, : Lisa Faust, audience services manager for the center. Through the help of paid work ers and volunteers, Eisenhower and Schwab Auditoriums are able to accommodate audience mem bers with visual and auditory impairments at no additional cost. Faust said the volunteers are "our eyes inside the house if something goes wrong." Each venue addresses its patrons' needs in different but similar ways. For the visually impaired, Eisenhower Auditorium provides audio description a verbal description of the performance. The audio describes actions, cos tumes and scenery of the per formance. It expanded my world dramati cally" Arnold said of the descrip tions. At Schwab Auditorium, audio Courtesy of Discovery's Comics "Top 10 Deadliest Sharks," a nonfiction graphic novel, is the first comic book from Discovery Communications. It comes out Dec. 1. The book goes on sale Dec. 1 in comic book shops, online and Zenescope's website. It will be available in larger book stores starting in January - It is definitely going to have a broader appeal beyond the hard core comic books shops," she said. Bakacs said the graphic novel is the first, but won't be the last. - Top 10 Deadliest Sharks" will be followed in 2011 by "Discovery Channel's Dinosaurs Prehistoric Predators" and azin "I learned about the world through books and pictures and many, many performances." Rana Arnold co-founder and executive director of the Sight Loss Support Group of Central transmitters are available, which are similar to audio descriptions. The transmitter fits in a pocket, uses a 9-volt battery and goes over or in the ear, and then transmits an audio description of the per formance. For the hearing-impaired, Eisenhower has an infrared lis tening system. Audience mem bers wears a headset and infrared panels on the wall connect to the infrared in the headsets so the patron can hear the performance clearly. . . Schwab Auditorium has a differ ent system built into the perime ter of the building that sends a sig `Animal Planet's World's Most Dangerous Animals." The latter will be tied to Discovery Channel's planned dinosaur miniseries, "Reign of the Dinosaurs," that is scheduled to premiere next summer, according to Bakacs. The third graphic novel, "Dangerous Animals," examines predators that have, on occasion, been known to sample people, including the Grizzly Bear, African lion and Salt Water Crocodile. N 74*1 nal to a patron wearing a hearing aid, making the sound clearer. Both auditoriums have more than enough headsets and neck loops for patrons: Faust said they have never run out for their clients and said neither system takes away from the actual per formance. Not everyone needs this equip ment and not all patrons with impairments need assistance due to the range of performance types the theatera presents. Faust said. "It varies because a rock con cert is loud enough so nobody needs a device to amplify the sound." Faust said. Vedic Society raises funds with book sale The Vedic Society will sell books about yoga. vegetarianism and mantra meditation, among other topics, to raise money today and Wednesday The sale win be from 9::10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the ground floor of the HUB-Robeson Center Books will cost between S 1 and 5 . 2.0 and the Vedic Society hopes to raise money for two upcoming events and other future programs. including distinguished speakers. experts and musicians. Eighty percent of funding for these events is provided by the University Park Allocation Committee, but the rest comes from the Vedic Society. member Shrawan Surender said. "My hope is that we sell at least 100 books each day' . Surender (graduate-computer science and engineering) said. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust pro vided the books and students may buy books for more than the actu al price as a donation to the club. Surender said. This allows the Vedic Society to accommodate other students and give them the book they're inter ested in at a price they can afford. Surender said. "I think that the price accom modations is cool." Tori Spade (senior-public relations) said. - Even if people aren't interest ed in yoga. the fact that they made it more affordable should make people consider buying anyway" Books for sale cover topics such as the philosophy of yoga in everyday life. Vedic Society President Naravanan Veerara ghavan said. According to Veeraraghavan. the Vedic society provides knowl- Information Session Tuesday, November 30 120 Thomas Building loin faculty and fellow students to learn more about studying next summer in Maastricht, The Netherlands Economics or Politics of European Integration 5:30 p.m. Representing the Irish Landscape Literature and Visual Arts 7:00 p.m. outreach programs of the College of Agricultural Sciences. rhr College of Arts and Architecture, the College of Health and Hum Development, the College of the Liberal Arts, the Smeal College of Business, 1.1.1 University Office of Global Programs Pennsylvania By Ashley Smalls FOR THE COLEG':,', Ireland TUESDAY, Nov. 30, 2010 I 7 Diana Bender, state director of the Hearing Loss Association of Pennsylvania said not enough people know about hearing aid devices at theaters. She said she hopes to get the word out about ways to hear more clearly through assisted listening devices. Since captioning started in Philadelphia theaters, Bender has been able to go to the theater and enjoy performances due to their accommodations, she said. "It's a whole different experi ence to see it in the live theater," she said. Some student performers said they understand the benefits of such technology. "The arts benefit everyone, so those with disabilities deserve to have the same experiences as well everyone else," Hannah Cranville ( senior-theatre and public rela tions) said. "This gives college students an outlet to let go." Aditya Kurve graduate electrical engineering edge about integrating the mind and body. "We help students with stress management and take care of the problem in student life," Veeraraghavan (graduate integrative biosciences) said. Vedic Society member Aditya Kurve said he wants to reach out to as many people as possible. "I think it's important people know about this and what we do because college is so stressful. This gives college students an outlet to let go. - Kurve (graduate electrical engineering) said. - Even though the books are all on yoga there are different aspects students can read on, like the philosophy yoga and music or even mind control." Kurve said he not only wants to raise the money needed for the Vedic Society events, but he also hopes people will become inter ested enough from the book sale to attend the events. Vedic means knowledge," Surender said. - We just want to make sure people leave knowing more than they did when they came in." If you go What: Vedic Society book Sale When: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today and Wednesday Where: HUB-Robeson Center ground floor Details: Books will cost between $1 and $2O TAT E PENN
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