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Bronco IDWelcome to Boise State University and congratulations on receiving your BroncoCard Campus ID. This card is your key to success at the University. The Boise State BroncoCard is issued to full-time and part-time students, as well as faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, visi-tors and persons affiliated with Boise State University.

How do I get my card?Bring proof of registration such as class schedule, fee receipt, letter of acceptance, passport or valid state ID. The BroncoCard will be activated at the beginning of the semester.

Access:Your student ID card is quite literally a key to the campus. With the BroncoCard you can get access to your residence halls, REC Center, testing centers, campus buildings and class-rooms. You’ll need it to purchase discounted student tickets and gain entrance to sporting events. Students are allowed to present up to three cards when obtaining tickets. Passing back a BrocnoCard to enter an event may result in the card being confiscated. You’ll also need your card to do your laundry in the residence halls and certain apartments

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Gina Potthoff, Editor-in-ChiefBest pizza in BG: Pisanello’s pizza is probably the greatest in town.Favorite hangout: My favorite hangout would be the Union Starbucks if I had money to spend there. Favorite place to shop: I can fill up an entire cart with grocer-ies at Aldi for $20; definitely my favorite.Best bargain: Go to the “small” and watch new releases for just $2.25!Best-kept secret: The differ-ence between Dollar Tree and Dollar General is actually paying $1 for everything. Go to Dollar Tree.

Kate Snyder, Managing EditorBest pizza in BG: One time, back in my hometown, Pizza Hut ran out of pizza. As far as I know, this has not happened in BG. Win.Favorite hangout: Probably Grounds for Thought. But only probably.Favorite place to shop: Aldi has the fastest cashiers I’ve ever seen. It’s fun to watch.Best bargain: You can’t beat the occasional free hamburgers and hot dogs at the ACT house.Best-kept secret: Jerome Library does have novels.

Becky Tener, Campus EditorBest pizza in BG: The best pizza in BG is Myles because a slice can feed you for the whole day.Favorite hangout: My favor-ite BG hangout is Grounds for Thought; there are plenty of places to sit and great coffee.Favorite place to shop: My favorite place to shop in BG is the Happy Badger for their super witty T-shirts and unique acces-sories.Best bargain: The best bargain is Campus Fest where everything from food to T-shirts is FREE!!!Best-kept secret: The best-kept secret is Call of the Canyon. They have really interesting sandwiches that come with a side of salsa and chips.

The University is turning 100. Today marks the begininng of a historic school year full of celebration and remembrance.

The University granted students at least one more semester of frozen tuition rates this fall, but budget constraints could melt away confidence in keeping the price steady for Spring 2010.

Ken Borland is the new senior vice president of aca-demic affairs and provost at the University.

Over the past eight weeks, Chartwells, the company now running Dining Services at the University, ren-ovated three dining halls, two convenience stores and one food court. The only places on campus left untouched were Starbucks, the Bowling Greenery and the Black Swamp Pub.

The University is saving around $10,000 by shifting the Student Handbook from print to online only.

A nationally-renowned University resource center known for giving students grants and scholarships to broaden their knowledge on Canada closed this summer due to money constraints.

Some residence halls were updated this summer, and over the next few years, more updates will occur.“If things move quickly and smoothly, we might have new residence halls on campus in two years,” said Michael Griffel, direc-tor of Residence Life.

Changes over the summer:

-Roof replaced on McDonald Hall-Built-in bedroom furniture sand-ed, refinished and repainted, and new carpeting and window cover-ing added in Harshman-Anderson-New carpet in Harshman-Bromfield-Front desk and main lobby in Harshman on the Anderson-Bromfield side redone-New carpet in the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house-Upgraded bathrooms, new computer wiring and fire alarm system updates in the five sorority cottages

Plans for the future:

-Director of Residence Life Michael Griffel said the main changes to the residence halls will be determining the appropriate number of beds per hall, rooms per floor and floors per building.-Changes to the rooms them-selves would include more of a switch to community-style rooms, suite-style rooms and semi-suite-style rooms.

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THE UNIVERSITY PLANNED FOR ITS 100TH BIRTHDAY.Story by Becky Tener | Campus Editor

THE NEW PROVOST ARRIVED ON CAMPUS.Story by Kate Snyder | Managing Editor

THE STUDENT HANDBOOK WENT DIGITAL.Story by Luda Polyakova | Reporter

THE CANADIAN CENTER SHUT DOWN.Story by Andy Ouriel | Senior Reporter

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OUTTUITION REMAINED FROZEN... FOR NOW.Story by Gina Potthoff | Editor-in-Chief

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DINING SERVICES GOT A FACELIFT.Story by Hannah Sparling | Senior Reporter

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ONLINE: Read about the other BG News editor’s favorite spots at www.bgviews.com

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Falcon football looks solidWith new coach Dave Clawson and several improved players, the football team has high hopes for a successful season | Page 13

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By KIRSTEN SILVEIRAThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

After a mostly “dor-mant” summer, CSU’s top two student government leaders are looking to im-plement several initiatives to strengthen relation-ships between adminis-tration and students and to project an appearance of environmental friend-liness that is in line with CSU’s “green university” image.

Tim Hole, the vice president of the Associ-ated Students of CSU, said this month that President Dan Gearhart’s admin-istration is working with CSU’s rival institution, CU-Boulder, to better rep-resent the voice of Colo-

rado’s students.“Because we are so

closely related … we feel it is important to create a unifi ed voice in the face of the oncoming budget cuts,” Hole said in an e-mail interview with the Collegian.

ASCSU has acted as CSU’s student govern-ment for more than 50 years, and, Hole said, the university has more pull than any in the state when it comes to infl uencing state and school policy.

And in an economy where one Colorado poli-tician said the state’s high-er education system is “in the yogurt,” a student gov-ernment’s ability

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Strong players and experience give this team

hopes for a good year

CSUPD and Fort Collins Police report even numbers for this

year’s MIC arrests

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Fort Collins down since last year

Volleyball training for another

successful season

Looking back on last year’s events

See a timeline of major events from the

2008-2009 school year

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COLLEGIANT H E R O C K Y M O U N T A I N

Who we areThe Rocky Mountain Collegian is the only student-run daily print publication in Colorado. The Collegian has been in constant publication for 117 years since 1891. The Collegian primarily aims to serve the college population of CSU and also seeks to serve the Fort Collins community. The Collegian staff is made up of CSU students who work as reporters, editors, photojournalists, designers and advertising sales representatives. The Collegian publishes every day Monday through Friday. Look for our papers to hit racks on campus and at select locations around Fort Collins at 8 a.m. daily. The Collegian does not publish during holidays honored by the university. During summer months, the Collegian publishes once a week.

Collegian.comThe Collegian’s Web site http://collegian.com is our 24-hour electronic newspaper. Look to the site for updates about on-going issues and breaking news reports throughout the day and through the weekend. Immediately after the fi nal horn of any Ram home game that happens on a weekend look to Collegian.com fi rst for in-depth coverage, photos, audio and more.

MultimediaThe Collegian is not just the newsprint you see in front of you. Our journalists produce multimedia content to tell the story in the best way possible. Look for Collegian audio slideshows, videos, audio clips, photographs and documents to get the story in a different way on collegian.com. Look for the following icons to ...

Get involvedIf you’ve got something interesting to share with the Collegian that you think could make a great story, don’t hesitate to e-mail us at news@collegian.com or give the newsroom a call at (970) 491-7513. Also, always feel free to stop by our offi ces located in the basement of the Lory Student Center. If you’d like to get involved at the Collegian and get hands-on professional journalism experience, come to our offi ces and fi ll out an application. We’re always looking tow hire students with a passion for news, photography, multimedia or journalism in general.

EYE ON THE BALL

Vernon Scott (80) focuses on catching the ball during a drill at the second fall practice of the season on Saturday. Most practices start at 7:45 a.m and will go until 9:45 a.m. at the practice fi elds south of Moby Arena. A majority of practices are open to the public, though times and locations may change without prior notice. See page 10 for a preview of the football team this season.

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By KIRSTEN SILVEIRAThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

As of two weeks ago, yet another CSU build-ing that moves the uni-versity toward its goal of environmental friendli-ness opened.

On the west corner of campus on Pitkin Street, Aspen Hall, the newest CSU residence hall, has been in the works since summer 2008.

The $17 million proj-ect offers freshman what university offi cials say is a state-of-the-art facility featuring a number of

“green” operational at-tributes and “nicer land-scaping, better quality and a much homier place to spend time when not in class,” said Brian Chase, the director of Fa-cilities Management.

Rick Pott, the organi-zation manager of Hous-ing and Dining Services, said the building follows national guidelines for environmental sustain-ability under the U.S. Green Building Council.

“The buildings de-tails really focus on obtaining (Leadership in Energy and Environ-

mental Design) recogni-tion,” Pott said.

LEED certifi cation, the guidelines under the USGBC, has several levels –– Silver, Gold and Plati-num –– that adhere to a point scale. The points are determined from the number of LEED speci-fi cations followed in the project, which include:

Sustainable sites Water effi ciency Energy and atmo-

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New residence hall built to LEED Gold standard

ASCSU looks to ‘build relationships’ at both state and local levels

Summer enrollment up 2 percent since FY 2009CSU undergraduate summer enrollment CSU graduate summer enrollment

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As the fall semester approaches, numbers for this summer’s enroll-ment come in close to what university offi cials said are expected, with a 2 percent increase in undergraduate students from 2008.

Barbara Gotshall, the director of CSU’s Summer Session, said 5,879 students enrolled in classes this summer,

not including veterinary students. Of those stu-dents, 4,989 were under-graduates and 890 were graduates.

Compared to last summer, which had a fi nal headcount of 5,821 students enrolled, CSU saw an increase of 99 undergraduate students, but the number of grad-uate students decreased by 61.

Gotshall said the in-crease in student enroll-ment is a positive sign

for the university, con-sidering the currently bad economic season.

“Most summer ses-sion administrators are glad to see their numbers even and at this point do not expect to see big in-creases in summer en-rollments,” she said.

Of the students who enrolled this summer, 16.8 percent were non-resident students, down 1.2 percent from 2008.

But the decrease in non-residents isn’t sur-

prising, Gotshall said in an e-mail interview.

“In this economic downturn, students tend to enroll in community colleges or attend colleg-es in their home state,” she said.

Other land grant universities are seeing the same trend in en-rollment numbers, with both Kansas State Uni-versity and Michigan State University

See ENROLLMENT on Page 7A

A CAMPUSPRESENTED BY THE DAILY VIDETTE

Photo by Alex Reside/Daily Vidette Photo Editor

When it’s time to clock out for their cigarette break, ISU employees Kay Harney and Bob White no longer

head for a picnic table. Instead, they’re limited

to the nearest “smoking is-land” – a small, fiberglass shelter resembling a bus stop in Lot 24, one of seven lo-cated throughout campus.

Both of them found the picnic table more conve-nient.

“[University officials] shouldn’t bother the smok-ers,” said Harney, a house-keeper who has smoked for

15 years, as she finished her cigarette. “We should have rights, too.”

Two weeks into ISU’s smoking ban, the message of not lighting up on cam-pus seemed to be received.

“I haven’t heard any com-plaints,” said Bill Mercier, director of Public Safety, whose department is in charge of enforcing the ban.

He still encouraged people who see smokers in unau-

thorized areas of campus to contact Public Safety.

The ban covers all ISU owned property, but stops short of city-owned

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Although facing a $4.5 million decrease in federal funding, ISU has still man-aged a steady operating bud-get, with a modest 0.7 per-cent increase in spending.

Through budget cuts and a 3.9 percent increase in tu-ition fees, the university has been finding ways to con-serve money and adjust to the warping economy.

“We set money aside for the strategic plan that will allocate money throughout the year for future engage-ments,” said Diann McKee, vice president for business affairs and finance.

This year, the university received rehabilitation mon-ey from the state, but no fed-eral funding.

Earlier this year, Gov. Mitch Daniels suggested a budget cut by nearly $4.5 million for fiscal 2010, which will be offset by $2.4 million in federal stimulus dollars.

“The overall percent of state funding will fall below 50 percent,” McKee said. “Budget cuts will be made across the board, from aca-demic and business affairs to the president’s office.”

These measures have kept ISU’s tuition increases lower than that of schools such as Ball State, IU and Purdue.

Mandatory fees have mostly been added into tuition except for the rec-reation fee of $100 per se-mester, which will be used to pay off the new Student Recreation Center that was finished this summer and opened July 13.

The university has also removed the tennis pro-gram, which saved between $300-350,000, and put a temporary hold on salary increases for employees—a measure IU has also enact-ed to compensate for budget shortfalls.

ISU replaces familiar Commons hangings with less-colorful geometric decorations

INDIANA STATESMAN/MICHAEL MILLINGTON

Campus newcomers may not remember the suspended kites which hung over the Commons providing decoration and absorbing noise, but for years they were a campus fi xture. However, this summer the kites have been taken down and replaced with newer, less garish sound-absorbers.

Ban li� ed on street preacher‘Brother Larry’ returns to ISU after six-year ban

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By Phillip PlutaReporter

By Michael MillingtonEditor in chief

For ISU students. About ISU students. By ISU students.Vol. 117 Issue 2 FREE

Indiana Statesman

NEWS, SECTION A

OPINION, A4

REC CENTER, A7-A10

SPORTS, SECTION B COMMUNITY, SECTION C

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, SECTION D

ADVICE, SECTION E

•ISU hosts Special Olympics

•Hookah bar opens downtown

•Photos from 2009 International Ceramics Symposium

•Columnist examines Terre Haute music scene

•New sculpture debuts with Student Rec Center

•Guide to safe drinking

•How to make new friends while keeping the old

•Shortcuts and tricks for driving in the Haute

Grounded.

SMOKING BAN

Still too soon to judge effectiveness of “smoking islands”Smokers complain about size, convenience of smoking areas created under new campus ordinance

Economy necessitates budget cutsISU strains to keep tuition affordable

ECONOMY

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By Nick HedrickAssistant news editor

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•New College of Education building opens in time for fall semester

•Honors Program changes, becomes more rigorous

•Re-evaluating Gen Ed classes

•Bus initiative renewed

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•Student Rec Center opens

•Filling the empty LeClub spaces

•New baseball coach selected

•Tennis teams cut

•New quarterback

•Stadium renovations completed

•ISU parking: could be better, could be worse

•Debating health care

This article is part 1 of a 2-part series.

The start of a new se-mester brings new life to a university campus: new students arrive, old students return and faculty and staff settle back into their usual roles.

This fall, another famil-iar face will accompany the droves coming to campus, but his role is decidedly dif-ferent from most others.

Larry Faulkner, com-monly known as “Brother Larry,” will once again be an active presence at ISU af-ter a six-year ban was lifted on July 30.

At the beginning of Au-gust, Faulkner resumed his evangelical work, standing on stone ledges around the fountain at Dede Plaza, singing and reading pas-sages aloud from his black leather Bible, something he said will continue.

“I plan to get back to

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Honors trip traces history of democracyStudents visit Washington, Athens, Rome

HONORS

Over the mountainous terrain of Santorini, through ancient ruins of Delphi, among the cathedrals of the Vatican and across the wine-dark Mediterranean Sea, ISU students sought the ori-gins and development of de-mocracy during an honors program study abroad trip to Greece and Rome.

Marilyn Bisch, honors and classical studies profes-sor, said that the trip was meant to supplement a class

entitled “The Quest for Democracy”—which she co-taught with honors and political science professor Linda Maule and geography professor and the director of the honors program Greg Bierly—as well as act as an-other class in itself.

Bisch said the trip gave the students a chance to see the places they discussed dur-ing the class, where the An-cient Greeks and Romans began creating democracy, including the Acropolis and

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Larry Faulkner, or “Brother Larry,” reads aloud from his Bible on campus. Faulkner had been banned from ISU in 2003 after he was accused of harassment.

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AROUND TOWN: SWINE FLU PREVENTION

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People wait in line Saturday to enjoy night life on the Square. A proposition will be presented again to the Board of Alderman next Tuesday to discuss the possibility of keeping local bars open until 2 a.m. on football game days.

Despite an initial lack of motion, the Oxford Board of Aldermen will revisit the possibility of extending bar hours during football season

BY JB CLARK | News Editor

NICK TOCE | The Daily Mississippian

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GET ‘EM WHILE YOU CANThe Ole Miss ticket office is holding 1,500 sets of student tickets for the upcoming 2009 season.

MEET DR. JONESThis is where we tease something and make people want to read it.

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Local drug stores are helping Oxford residents avoid the swine flu virus by providing various health supplies.

STOCKING UP

THE CDC IS ADVISING STUDENTS,faculty and administrators on campuses across the country to prepare for possible infection.

The University of Mississippi and other college campuses are preparing to defend themselves against the swine flu after The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warn-ing to college campuses last week.

The warning provides institutions of higher learning with suggestions for dealing with swine flu prevention and treatment, now that thousands of stu-dents are returning to college campuses nationwide.

The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed 413 swine flu cases since May 15, four of which have been reported in Lafayette County.

Director of University Health Services Barbara Collier said four cases were confirmed at the University of Mississippi last week. Two of the cases involved people living in sorority houses and two were students living off campus.

The campus confirmed six cases of swine flu over the the summer.

The university is seeking to educate the campus on stopping the spread of the flu by providing information on the Ole Miss Web site, sending informative e-mails and through The Daily Missis-sippian, Collier said.

“The school typically sees about 300 cases of the flu during the normal semester, but that does not affect the campus as far as classes are concerned,” Collier said.

In an e-mail to the student body, Collier said the illness is currently mild to moderate in severity and that chances for an available vaccine within the next year were slim.

“We would really like to see more people get the flu vaccine to help pre-vent the spread of the flu,” Collier said.

The flu vaccine is currently not avail-able in the health center but is expected to arrive very soon. The campus will be notified of its arrival, Collier said.

The university’s athletic depart-ment has also taken extra measures in preventing the outbreak of the swine flu by cancelling “Meet The Rebels Day,” a meet-and-greet event with the football

Presently, illness caused by this virus is mild to moderate in severity, and we do not expect a vaccine against H1N1 to be available for healthy college age individuals this year.”

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Barbara Collier,director of University Health Services

BY LANCE INGRAM | Staff Reporter

DID YOU KNOW?

6.5 percent of people who have contracted swine flu have died from the virus.

ONLINE

For more information about the virus, visit http://www.cdc.gov

TONIGHT ON NEWSWATCH

More on what the campus is doing to prepare for a possible outbreak at 5:30 p.m. on chan-nel 99

CDC ISSUES WARNING TO U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

OLE MISS PREPARES FOR SWINE FLU

How it’s affecting other colleges:How it’s affecting Ole Miss:

Six cases of swine flu were reported on campus this summer and four more cases were confirmed last week.

The recent surge of cases prompted the Ole Miss Athletic Department to cancel “Meet The Rebels Day,” which was scheduled for August 22, as a precaution to prevent members of the football team from contracting the virus.

How it’s affecting Lafayette Co.:

Thirty-five probable cases of swine flu have been reported in the Lafay-ette County School District.

Superintendent Michael Foster is asking students, administrators and teachers with flu-like symptoms to remain at home.

The Oxford School District has outl ined a list of precautionary measures against swine flu on its Web site.

Mississippi State University and the city of Starkvil le have reported 84 probable cases of swine flu as of August 19.

The MSU student health center is distributing thermometers to students with flu-l ike symptoms so that the students can monitor themselves.

A LOOK INSIDE

An image taken of the H1N1 swine flu virus at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Labo-ratory. (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

OXFORD NOT BUDGING ON FALL BAR HOURS

NICK TOCE | The Daily Mississippian

Local bars could be affected by lower sales this fall if the Oxford Board of Aldermen once again denies bar owners permission to serve alcohol until 2 a.m. during game weekends.

Attorney Dee Hobbs is plan-ning to appear before the Oxford Board of Aldermen for a second

time Tuesday, Sept. 1, to request that the board grants bar owners an extra hour to serve alcohol on game nights.

Hobbs presented the sugges-tion of extended bar hours to the Board of Aldermen at their annual meeting last Tuesday, but none of the six present aldermen made a

motion to extend the bar hours, causing the issue to fail before it could be discussed or voted on.

“It technically failed because no one presented the issue for a motion,” Hobbs said. “We had indication that not only would it be motioned but it would be passed. Shortly before the meeting

WASH YOUR HANDS

Health experts say one of the best ways to avoid contracting any type of flu virus is through hand-washing.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5, 2009THE DAILY COLLEGIAN | PUBLISHED INDEPENDENTLY BY STUDENTS AT PENN STATE

I DON’T MEAN TOSCARE YOU,DEAR FRESH-

man, but PennState can eat youalive.

I’ve seen many afreshman — somefriends included —fall victim to PennState’s viciousjaws.

They stumbleinto a frighteningcycle — one thatstarts with eating wraps from FreshExpress every night alone in an EastHalls dorm room. The next phaseincludes doing laundry on a Fridaynight. Then there’s the insatiabledesire to go home every weekend —even if it means a five-hourGreyhound trip.

Don’t let it happen to you.Three years ago, I graduated from

a high school where many of the grad-uating students came to Penn State.Now that same class is entering sen-ior year.

Some of us are entering this yearwith a few flesh wounds. Others of usare becoming seniors unscathed bythe first three years of college. Andstill others aren’t in State College any-more, after deciding Happy Valley justwasn’t happy enough.

Here’s the key to making sure itdoesn’t happen to you: Get involved.

Some of you will be lucky to meet adorm full of people you’ll befriend.Sorry, but others of you won’t.

No matter what your interests are,there’s something here for you. Youjust have to find it.

Interested in body painting?There’s a Body Painters Guild.

Like Bigfoot? Yup, there’s a BigfootSociety.

Fan of Pittsburgh sports teams?Join Penn State’s Pittsburgh FanClub.

Whatever your interests are —

from greek life to campus biblegroups to Bigfoot — you can find peo-ple here who share the same passion.

For me, those people toil all after-noon in a basement office devoid ofsunlight debating comma rules andputting out a professional-quality dailynewspaper.

I couldn’t be happier.It’s easy to look back as a senior

and see that it wasn’t classes or cam-pus living that became the most form-ative experiences of my collegecareer. I’ve realized it’s a studentorganization that has shaped me dur-ing these college years. For me, it’sthe Collegian.

I hope you have that same kind ofexperience in whatever your interestis. And that’s where we at theCollegian come in.

The newsprint on your fingertipsright now is from Fresh Start, a mag-azine we publish each year formallywelcoming hordes of freshmen to ourcampus.

The articles are written by students

who have experienced the same thingsyou will when you get to campus. We’lltell you what you need to know beforeyou get here and what to do afteryou’ve moved into your dorm room.

Trust us, we’ve been there before.Every day the Collegian documents

what happens at Penn State and inState College. We’ll showcase studentgroups, give you sports updates andtell you about events on campus anddowntown.

Check our award-winning Web siteto keep up with breaking news, towatch videos and to view photo gal-leries.

If you like what you’re seeing in theCollegian, at Penn State or downtown— or if you don’t — write us a letter tothe editor. We’d be happy to have youjoin the conversation.

The countdown to the first day ofclasses is on.

Along with checking everything offon your packing list (there’s a list inthe magazine in case you don’t haveone), be sure to read Fresh Start. And

make sure to tuck this magazine intoyour backpack to take to Penn Statewith you.

Fresh Start is chock full of every-thing from where to study, how to getaround campus and an events calen-dar — all are ready to be clipped outand tacked onto your bulletin board.

When you get here, get involved.Read your daily campus newspaper.Be sure to pick up Venues, your week-end preview magazine. It’ll be tuckedinside the Collegian every Thursday.

Find something you love, find peo-ple you love.

And if you do, I promise that threeyears from now, you’ll enter senioryear at Penn State without a scratch.

Rossilynne Skena is a senior majoring injournalism and women’s studies and is TheDaily Collegian’s editor in chief. Her e-mailaddress is editorinchief@psucollegian.com.

By Rossilynne Skena

MY OPINION

Editor: Involvement the key to college

Orientation Issue • Thursday, June 4, 2009

Meet Clay Patterson– The new student regent.

Until next session– The right to carry a concealed handgun on campus will be stalled, for now.

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