THE CENTRE COUNTY
GAZETTE www.StateCollege.com
Hoisting the hardware Bellefonte thumped rival PhilipsburgOsceola to capture the Luther Trophy in Week 3 of the high school football season./Page 19
September 20-26, 2012
Volume 4, Issue 38
FREE COPY
Students hope help comes out of Blue By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s time for Blue Out Beaver Stadium: the sequel. Back in November, when news of the child sex abuse scandal broke, Penn State graduate students Laura March and Stuart Shapiro knew they had to do something to help the victims. “We were just sitting on the couch on a Sunday afternoon. Stuart and I were just so upset,” March recalled. “We wanted to do something. I Googled the ribbon for child abuse and it turned out to be blue. Things just sort of took off from there.” During that emotional week, March and Shapiro organized the first Blue Out. Most of those in the stands at Beaver Stadium against Nebraska on Nov. 12 wore blue. “It was definitely an emotional day. We saw a lot of blue in the stands that day. When I saw the aerial shots of Beaver Stadium, it was just incredible how everyone came together,” March said. Now, 10 months later, March and Shapiro have set out to duplicate last season’s powerful afternoon. During this week’s contest with Temple at Beaver Stadium fans are encouraged to wear blue to the game, which kicks off at 3:30 p.m. According to Shapiro, the university has gotten completely behind this incarnation
of the Blue Out. “I can’t say enough about Penn State athletics, the administration. It’s been a really strong partnership. We reached out to athletics and we set a date. It’s really what we wanted to do. Penn State is so big into helping children. It’s like another THON,” Shapiro said. March and Shapiro have worked in collaboration with One Heart: Penn State Students Against the Sexual Abuse of Children. There’s a line of merchandise, including special T-shirts for Saturday’s game. Proceeds from the sale of T-shirts will go to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR). “I think it’s a really timely event for a couple of reasons,” said Kristen Houser, vice president of communications and development for PCAR. “What has happened at Penn State has really ripped apart the community. This is an opportunity for people to come together, cheer for your team, support your school, but also support victims and survivors of child sex abuse.” For March, the Blue Out has a very special meaning: Shortly after the first Blue Out, her father, Nick Petnick, passed away. In her mind, the two events will be forever linked. “One of the last conversations I had with him, we were talking about the Blue Out,” March said. “So for me, this is an
Photo provided
TRUE BLUE: Laura March, left, and Stuart Shapiro helped organize the first Beaver Stadium Blue Out in November. The stadium will go blue again for this week’s game with Temple. emotional day in more ways than one.” In November, the first Blue Out raised $47,000 for PCAR in less than a week. March and Shapiro are hoping to make those numbers rise significantly. Student groups will be collecting donations outside Beaver Stadium and inside the gates. “This effort has been incredible,” Shapiro said. “I make sure that we never lose sight of the difference we’re making every single day.” According to Houser, the Blue Out is
chance to raise awareness and make a difference. “One in five people experience sexual assault at some point in their lives,” Houser said. “This is a way to remind people that there are ways to help. As adults, we need to be responsible for protecting our children and keeping them safe.” Those wishing to contribute can also do so through the website, www.pcar.org or text Prevent to 80077 to donate $10. For more information about the 2012 Blue Out, visit www.blueout.org.
Rally calls for change in leaders at PSU
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Area couple turns dream into reality By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com
PLEASANT GAP — For Clay and Melanie Phillips, the dream has become a reality — again. The husband and wife have teamed up to open the Village Eatinghouse Marketplace & Cafe, located at 105 S. Main St. in Pleasant Gap. If the name of their
shop sounds familiar, it should. They once owned another Village Eatinghouse, which was located in Boalsburg. “We closed it 15 years ago and just did catering after that,” Clay Phillips said. “We lost touch with all of our customers. We missed them, so we’re back in the game.” The Village Eating
Dream, Page 5
By SAMI HULINGS For The Gazette
is a collaborative effort of local Penn State Hershey faculty, Mount Nittany Medical Center faculty and other medical providers in the community. While this inaugural class does take some of its courses in Hershey, all of the students live in State College, Perone said, and they do most of their rotations locally. “We didn’t have the opportunity to have that continuity before,” Perone
UNIVERSITY PARK — On Saturday, hundreds of Penn State alumni, students and fans clad in blue and white called for President Rodney Erickson and members of the university’s board of trustees to step down from their positions at the “Rally for Resignations.” Held on Old Main lawn, the rally included speeches from distinguished alumni like former Nittany Lion and Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris and Trustee Anthony Lubrano. While standing next to a cardboard cutout of former Nittany Lion football coach Joe Paterno, Harris addressed the crowd. “Penn State has stood for 160 years, but it only took one night for the board of trustees to lay a path of destruction,” he said. "We are not a cult as many believe, but we are loyal to our alma mater. The board of trustees have laid a path of destruction never seen on any college campus." Lubrano, one of three newly elected board members, said that since he took his seat in May, he has been working to serve the university in the best way
Students, Page 3
Rally, Page 6
Photo provided
LUCKY 13: There are 13 students in the inaugural class at the University Park Regional Campus of Penn State’s College of Medicine in State College. Top row, from left, Natalia Gonzalez, Alan Bordon, Brittney Hacken, Elyse Smolcic, Tory Miksiewicz, Jason Gillon and Sarah Smith. Bottom row, from left, Tiffany Zehner, Michael Perone, Jessica Hartley, Amanda Moyer, Kyle Lewis and Sarah Shea.
Regional campus keeps medical students local By MARJORIE S. MILLER mmiller@centrecountygazette.com
CHRIS MORELLI/The Gazette
HOME COOKIN’: Clay Phillips, owner of the Village Eatinghouse in Pleasant Gap, stirs a pot of homemade soup. The new Marketplace & Cafe opened earlier this month. Opinion 7 Health & Wellness 8 Send Story Ideas To editor@ centrecountygazette.com
Education 9 Community 10-14
STATE COLLEGE — Michael Perone is a Penn State Hershey medical student, yet about 75 percent of his clinical rotations are done in State College. Perone, a third-year student from Pittsburgh, is one of 13 students studying at the new University Park Regional Campus of Penn State’s College of Medicine. The regional campus Gazette Gameday 15-18 Sports 19-24
Have You Missed An Issue? Past Issues Available To View Online At centrecountygazette.com
Arts & Entertainment 25
Remember Your Loved One With A Gazette Memoriam. Call Gazette Classifieds At (814) 238-5051 For Details
What's Happening 25, 26 Group Meetings 27 Sell Your Stuff With Centre County Gazette Classified Advertising (814) 238-5051
The
Business 28, 29 Classified 31 Your Ad Could Appear Here! Call (814) 238-5051 To Find Out How.