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Fans await Bowl berth Sunny Florida or
hot Arizona?
On Sunday, Penn State will find
By Danae Blasso Gator Bowls, both located in A later date for student ticket out which bowl it's playing in :
FOR THE COLLEGIAN Florida, or the Insight Bowl, Meat- sales, which will take place at the the Gator Bowl, the Insight Bowl IFC
ed in Arizona, Associate Athletic Bryce Jordan Center, will be or the Outback Bowl .
Though the Nittany Lions have Director for Marketing and announced in the coming days,
played their last regular season Communications director Greg Myford said.
!::-... elects
game, they can't put away their Myford said. - We've always had plenty of stu
practice gear quite yet. The final decision is expected to dent tickets to meet the demand of
Instead, they will be playing in be announced Sunday at 8:45 p.m., the fans." Myford said.
Penn State's 43rd bowl appear
ance under Joe Paterno, Assistant
Athletic Director Jeff Nelson said
in a press release.
Penn State will have the chance
to compete in one of three possi
ble bowl games: the Outback and
THON
solicits
early
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
As thousands of Penn State
students send out THONvelopes
to people across the country
some of their
recipients are
also receiving a
Penn State
sponsored
THON mailing
letter.
Both solicit
donations to the
Interfraternity Kelly
Council'Panhellenic Dance
Marathon and now some THON
officials fear donors will be con
fused about where their money
will go.
The THON Donor and Alumni
Relations and Finance
Committees sent out their
Friends Mailing letters, intend
ed to retain donors from 2010 to
2011, in early November two
months earlier than last year
to ease the burden of processing
solicitation checks. THON
Overall Chairwoman Kirsten
Kelly said.
Kelly (senior-marketing) sent
an e-mail to THON chairpersons
with steps that will be taken to
ensure that confusion among
donors and THON chairs is min
imized.
THON Finance Committee
members will compare Friends
Mailing checks that do not desig
nate a THON organization with
the list of 2010 donors. The
organization the donor con
tributed to last year will receive
credit equal to the check
received through Friends
Mailing, Kelly said. THON chair
persons will receive updates
from their Donor and Alumni
Relations Committee liaisons so
thank-you notes can be sent to
credited donors. Checks
received through Friends
Mailing this way will be recorded
the same as those sent directly
to THON organizations.
Kelly said THON chairper
sons have been receptive to
these changes.
"They were frustrated that it
confused their donors but
they've been very understand
ing thus far, - Kelly said.
She said more than 500,000
THONvelopes are supplied for
organizations to solicit donors.
Donor Relations Overall
Chairman Curran McCready
said THON leaders have been
receptive to concerns raised by
teams.
"They've raised their con
cerns that this mailing may be at
odds with their THON strategy
and we have listened to them,"
McCready (senior-finance) said.
McCready said THON will not
maintain the same policy of
sending Friends Mailing letters
in November next year. He said
he will meet with the Office of
Annual Giving during finals
week to address next year's
plan.
Atlas THON Team Executive
Meg O'Rourke said she was dis
pleased with the mailing at first,
realizing its possible negative
impact on her organization's
donations. She said she
approves of the solution outlined
by Kelly.
"I'm really glad that they
talked about it," O'Rourke (sen
ior-life sciences and psychology)
said.
To e-mail reporter: mjhsso7@psu.edu
according to the release.
Tickets for the bowl game will
go on sale beginning Sunday at 9
p.m. for members of the Nittany
Lion Club, and the public can pur
chase tickets by phone beginning
Monday at 10 a.m., Myford said.
Tom Ruare Galleon
Students cross Allen Street Tuesday evening after a break from the continuous downpour during the day.
The rain is expected to continue through tomorrow with a possible chance of snow showers as well, with
highs of 48 degrees during the day and a low of 27 degrees at night .
Lions use time off to heal
By Andrew J. Cassavell
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
With the regular season over
and the Penn State football team
anxiously awaiting the announce
ment of its bowl game, the week
to-week grind is now over.
Drew Astorino's battered and
bruised body is giving thanks.
The starting safety like most
Nittany Lions, played throughout
the regular season with battle
wounds nothing serious
enough to keep him out of action.
He said the soreness and the
ensuing recovery became a
weekly routine. It was usually
Friday when his body began to
feel fully healthy one day
before re-entering the brutal
cycle. Throw in summer prac
tices, and Astorino said that's 15
weeks of taking a mental and
physical pounding.
Penn State alumnus Terry
Pegula could purchase the NHL's
Buffalo Sabres.
The last time a lottery was
issued for tickets was in the 2005
Orange Bowl, Myford said.
- For all the tickets we don't sell,
Penn State ends up paying for
those tickets," Myford said. - Penn
See BOWL. Page 2.
But with the time off --- likely 34
days if the Lions receive the Jan.
1 bowl they expect Astoiino
said along with feeling healthy
hell also feel a bit of withdrawal
from playing the sport he loves.
"Yeah, it's gonna be nice to be
off." Astorino said. "But we're
here to play football."
Who that next game is against
is still to be determined. but it will
almost certainly be against an
SEC opponent. The Lions appear
headed for Florida, either the
Outback Bowl in Tampa or the
Gator Bowl in Jacksonville.
In the next few days, running
back Evan Hoyster said he
expects a buzz among the players
revolving around who the Lions
might play
"We're gonna get to a bowl
game and play a good team, -
Royster said. - We're not gonna
See PLAYERS. Page 2.
Pegula could purchase Sabres
By Anthony Barton
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Terry Pegula may not be done
with the hockey world just yet.
Ken Campbell of The Hockey
News reported Tuesday that
sources said the Pennsylvania bil
lionaire and Penn State alumnus
signed a letter of intent to pur
chase the NHLs Buffalo Sabres
for $l5O million.
Campbell also reported that a
source close to the dealings said a
formal announcement of the sale
can be expected between late
December and early January.
Following the report, Sabres
minority owner Larry Quinn
released a statement refuting the
letter of intent was signed. He said
Source - GoPSUs
orts.com
Angel Perricone/Collegian
Football players are eager for a
rest period after weekly games.
inquiries about the possible sale of
the team come up from time to
time, and it's the company's policy
to not comment on them.
"Some of these inquiries are
serious, some are not, some make
the media and others do not,"
Quinn's statement posted on
sabres.nhl.com read. "The report
that a $l5O million letter of intent
has been signed is simply not
true."
That being said, John Wawrow
of the Associated Press reported
Quinn failed to rule out the possi
bility the Sabres have been sold.
Quinn had no comment in refer
ence to prospective buyers and
would only call Pegula a "great
guy"
Quinn said the two had met dur-
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IFC also discussed a
borough proposal to
institute fraternity
house managers.
By Megan Rogers
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Fraternity members
expressed concern about a
potential State College Borough
Council amendment that would
require an on-site house manag
er at each fraternity house last
night at the Interfraternity
Council Presidents' Council
meeting.
Also during
the meeting, IFC
held elections for
year's executive
board. Current
IFC Executive
Vice President
Dan Florencio. Florencio
who ran unop
posed, was elected to be the next
IFC president.
The potential amendment is
part of a larger rezoning amend
ment which will eventually come
before the State College Borough
Council, said Ben Pugh, the
University Park Undergraduate
Association representative to the
borough council.
The amendment could require
a non-student resident to take on
a full-time responsibility as a
house manager at each fraterni
ty, Pugh said.
Some council members voiced
concerns that the move would
unfairly target fraternity resi
dents over students who do not
live in a fraternity house.
Outgoing IFC President Max
Wendkos (senior-marketing)
encouraged the greek
community to band together on
the issue.
The best way to enact a
change is to attend the borough
council's public hearing on the
amendment on Jan. 10, Pugh
(sophomore-actuarial science)
said.
It is easier to change the pro
posed rule now, rather than after
the entire amendment is passed,
he said.
Florencio (senior-philosophy)
said he plans to address the
issue with the borough council.
But, he added, he doesn't know
much about the proposed
amendment yet.
He said one of his major initia
tives as IFC president is to
strengthen communication and
relationships among all aspects
of the greek community.
"We have to fine tune the poli
cies here and there," he said.
"But the main thing is we have
to reach out to members and
build relationships.-
ing his time with the Pittsburgh
Penguins.
On Sept. 17, Pegula announced
he would make a donation of $BB
million to Penn State in order to
begin men's and women's Division
I hockey programs, as well as
build a new ice arena and provide
scholarships for the athletes.
Penn State hockey reaction to
the reports has been positive.
Penn State Icers coach Scott
Balboni said while he didn't know
anything about the prospective
purchase, Pegula is a very pas
sionate hockey fan who thinks
hockey can be a very profitable
business.
"He's very passionate about the
game," Balboni said.
See PEGULA, Page 2.
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See IFC, Page 2