Update: Penn State Live is reporting that Monday's fire has been ruled an accident, caused by faults in the electrical system. The fire marshal's full report will be available sometime in April.
Between 11.30 and midnight on Monday, a fire erupted in Dobbins Dining Hall at Penn State Behrend. The building was uninhabited at the time, so there is no reason to believe that there are any injuries. According to the Penn State Behrend Director of Marketing Communications Bill Gonda, students from both Lawrence and Porcupine (cool name!) Halls were evacuated and moved to different locations. Approximately 275 students were evacuated from these halls.
The students were evacuated because of the danger from the smoke, and the students from Lawrence were instructed to move to Niagara Hall. Students were let back into Lawrence and Porcupine by around 1:20 am. The fire was officially extinguished at 1:30 am.
Learn more about the fire after the jump.
On Friday, March 26, SAC-ITS will have a meeting to include students on information technology related decisions at Penn State. It will be held from 4:00-6:00 pm in 141 Computer Building (labeled as "Computer" on this map).
The meeting is the result of a partnership between UPUA President Keirans and Academic Affairs Committee Chair Sam Loewner to bring students into the discussion on how Penn State handles IT. All sorts of IT related issues will and can be covered at the meeting, such as ANGEL, Penn State Wireless, and the Penn State blogging platform, among others.
Anyone interested in more information about this effort should contact Jenn Struble ([email protected]).
Encampment was launched by President Eisenhower (of Penn State, not the United States) way back in 1952 as an annual event bringing together all types of student leaders to promote dialogue within the student body.
When Gavin Keirans ran for his second term as president last spring, one of his major platform planks was the revival of Encampment (the last one was held in 2001).
This fall, President Keirans installed Greg Tallman as the Director of Encampment. At that time, Keirans described Tallman as a "prime time" person. Though his resume is indeed pretty rocking (THON Overall, Homecoming King), his success at reviving the inititve won't be clear until Sunday March 21, when Encampment opens once again.
Tallman describes the motivations behind the event,
Through Encampment, we hope to create a forum to better enable the students of this University to be recognized. We also hope that you take this time to reach out to other student leaders and create a dialogue voicing any issues you see lacking focus at Penn State.
We met with Greg last night in Old Main to help him announce a special offer for the Penn State undergraduate community. He has 25 spots to offer the free-agents, so to speak, of Penn State-- those students who are engaged and committed to the betterment of our university, but perhaps aren't involved in leadership positions with any major campus organizations.
Encampment will be hosted by the UPUA at the Penn Stater Conference Center on Sunday March 21 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and transportation between the HUB and the Penn Stater will be available. Students interested are asked to email [email protected] expressing their interest no later than Friday March 5.
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Yesterday in Washington, D.C., Congressman Glenn Thompson [R-Pennsylvania 5th] sponsored a resolution to congratulate the Penn State Dance Marathon (THON) for a record-setting fundraising total.
Thompson gave a brief description of THON in front of the House of Representatives and congratulated the dancers, volunteers, and participants of the dance marathon. The bill was co-sponsored by Reps. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA3], Charles Dent [R-PA15], Jim Gerlach [R-PA6], Tim Holden [D-PA17], Tim Murphy [R-PA18], Joe Sestak [D-PA7], William Shuster [R-PA9], and Frank Wolf [R-VA10]. It just goes to show that supporting THON is truly bipartisan.
Here's the video of his speech.
http://www.youtube.com/v/9eAe1h0wDRM&hl=en_US&fs=1
John Stewart once said something to the effect of : Penn State is all cows and hot girls. Well, I am very pleased to announce that Mr. Stewart was 50% correct. Penn State has the best looking girls in Central Pennsylvania and here is the proof.
Lauryn DeBaie won the title of Miss Central Pa in February, utilizing her skill in twirling (she is co-captain of the Penn State Majorettes) and a routine titled "Fit & Fun: Fitness for Today's Youth". Along with beating out 19 other finalists she also won $1,100 in scholarship money!
The website for Miss Central PA describes the pageant as:
"Your Stepping Stone to Miss America and Miss America's Outstanding Teen"
However, just one small step remains between Lauryn and competing in Miss America. Lauryn has earned herself a position in the Miss Pennsylvania Beauty Pageant where she competes for the title of Miss Pennsylvania and $8000 in scholarship money. So Lauryn, from us here at Onward State we wish you the best of luck. Go out and prove to the rest of America that Penn State not only has the prettiest girls in the state, but also in the nation!
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You = Drama ;-) - m4w - 22 (State College)
Its been a while since I last saw you. The only thing that I can remember was that kiss in the dance club. You were sitting in a couch and you saw me come up from behind you. You looked up and I bent over and gave you a kiss. The beat was pretty loud and I didn't hear what you said but maybe that was because I could be getting it confused with the sound coming from inside my chest. You have pretty blue eyes and a smile that is contagious.
When in Rome I threw a coin in the Trevi fountain in hopes that I could someday run into you again. I'll be in State College starting Spring Break and I hope to see you. I can't promise it will be as fun as the adventure we took with the ATVs in the Greek isles looking for the Temple of Poseidon, but I think a tour of the ice cream factory will do just fine.
Last time I saw a contagious smile, I got pneumonia... so, you might want to get that looked at.