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TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
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A group of students and community members lie on the ground outside of the
Allen Street Gates on Thursday morning for Transgender Day of Remembrance. The
group represented the 15 transgendered people who were killed in the past year.
NAACP to host artist,
awards for minorities
Bobby Valentino is set to per
form for students at the first
ever Image Awards.
By Alexa Agugliaro
COLLEGIAN' STAFF WRITER
Penn State's chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People will host the first-ever
Image Awards at 8 p in. Sunday in HUB
Alumni Hall.
Event coordinator .Jasmine Rushum
(junior-broadcast journalism and sociolo
gy) said the purpose of the night is to
honor minority students who have culti
vated a positive image at Penn State and
improved the diversity climate on cam
pus.
The night will consist of musical per
formances from students and also from
R&B singer Bobby Valentino, best known
for his collaborations with Lil' Wavne.
Rushum, a member of The Daily
Collegian's Board of Directors, said
Valentino was chosen as the night's musi
cal guest in part because of his recently
launched foundation - the Bobby V
Fbundation, which encourages people to
value and to pursue higher education.
“He seems to really care about college,
and we felt it was important to have
someone with a positive image." Rushum
said. “He also has connections with
NAACP and was very willing to come."
NAACP National Secretary Jenneba
Jalloh said Bobby Valentino's musical
performance will be a nice incentive for
attendance, but she doesn't want the pur
pose of the Image Awards to fade.
“We're recognizing the students who
are making a difference in the communi-
ty and hoping that other students will be
motivated to continue to do that work,"
Jalloh (junior-telecommunications) said.
The night's theme of "Man in the
Mirror” is meant to send the message
that students should hold themselves
accountable for their actions. Jalloh said.
"We have to learn to see the image of
what you wish to be portrayed so others
can act on it,” she said.
"We need to take initiative.”
NAACP member Samantha Burton
said she expects to see a large turnout at
Sunday's event and hopes a tradition will
begin and catch on for future years.
"We just want everyone to have a good
night and hopefully stand up and make a
difference with us,” Burton (junior-com
munications of liberal arts and sciences)
said.
Rushum said tickets are on sale at
HUB-Robeson Center tables today.
They will be sold at the door at $lO for
students and $l5 for non-students.
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If you go
What: NAACP First Annual Image
Awards
Where: Alumni Hall
When: Sunday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m.
Details: Tickets are on sale today and
are $lO for students and $l5 for non
students.
Dinner will be served for attendees.
Tickets are on sale at the HUB-
Robeson Center and will also be sold
at the door.
L O
Veteran to raise money
for families of soldiers
A former Marine Corps
sniper and Penn State student
is raising money to help his
fellow soldiers.
Corey Read said his goal for the next
four months is to raise $3,500 for a chari
ty that is close to his heart.
The Special Operations Warrior
Foundation provides support to the chil
dren of special operations personnel
killed in combat or training missions.
To reach that goal. Read (junior-inter
national politics) said he will host pasta
dinners, sell rubber bracelets on campus
and run the Boston Marathon in April.
"My intention is to raise awareness of
the organization that provides support to
the men of the special operations com
munity.” Read said. "I wanted to work
with a charity that really meant some
thing to me."
After graduating from Tunkhannoek
Area High School in 2005, Read served in
the Marine Corps as a small unit opera
tor until 2009.
He served as a school-trained sniper in
Fallujah. Iraq and worked in Counter
Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden
region.
Because he understands the danger of
the Special Operations Forces' daily rou
tine, Read said he wants to raise money
to take care of the children of fallen sol
diers.
“We work in small units operating
great distances behind enemy lines."
Read said. "We will do numerous 72-hour
missions or longer. These missions are
conducted far away from any friendly
forces."
Since the 9 11 terrorist attacks, the
United States has demanded much from
its Special Operations Forces. About
60.000 Special Operations personnel are
serving in more than 26 countries,
according to a statement issued by the
Warrior Foundation.
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“They’ve given the
ultimate sacrifice for
their country. This is just
a great way to give back
to them.”
Corey Read
(junior-international politics)
hear about they are the first ones in
and last ones out and what they do, by its
nature, is confidential," said Wendy
Bourland. communications and events
manager for the Warrior Foundation.
Founded in 1980, the Tampa. Fla.-
based organization offers college scholar
ship grants, family counseling and covers
immediate financial needs for special
operations personnel severely wounded
in operations. Bourland said.
The Warrior Foundation currently pro
vides scholarship grants to more than 760
children, she said.
"If it wasn’t for this organization, the
dream of college for my son might not
have been realized," said Terry Buege.
the widow- of Senior Master Sergeant
Paul Buege. who was killed during the
Battle of Khafi in January 1991.
Buege said providing a good education
for their children was the primary goal of
her late husband.
The Warrior Foundation, she said,
made this possible.
As of press time Wednesday, Read
raised $585. about $2,900 short of his tar
get.
But he said he is positive that he can
meet his goal by April.
For those who support the cause. Read
said they can make their donation at first
giving.com psutheywereoursoldiers or
write him a check.
"My unit is still overseas and there are
still troops overseas dying. They've given
the ultimate sacrifice for their country."
Read said.
"This is just a great way to give back to
them."
io e-mail reporter: tolslos@psu.edu