The latest issue of VOICES of Central Pa.
Submitted by voicesweb on February 1, 2010 - 6:28pm
PDFs of the VOICES Feb 2010 Issue:
Frontcover, Contents, Editorial - challenges for 2010
Politics and Economics - state cuts funding for small business
Community and Lifestyles - shamanic poses offer path to subconscious
Environment - has Centre county embraced hybrids?
University - competing interests cloud alcohol debate
Arts and Entertainment - local jazz scene at risk
Opinions and Backcover - climate change science
Pick it up at a distributor, or at our online archive.
Please write comments on the issue page here.
Help support VOICES and have a great FUN!RAISER dinner!
Submitted by voicesweb on February 1, 2010 - 6:27pmReserve your spot for the Voices 6th Annual Fun!Raiser
India Pavilion, State College
Live music with Jest in Time, 50/50 raffle and more!
Emcee: Charles Dumas
5 p.m. Reception/5:30 Buffet Dinner
Tickets: $35 by March 17, $40 after March 17
$15 for distressed/unemployed workers and students.
$35 for one ticket to the FUN!RAISER dinner in advance. ($40 at the door and after March 17th)
$70 for two tickets to the FUN!RAISER dinner in advance. ($80 at the door and after March 17th)
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Please consider giving us more if you can afford it! Voices is a 501c3 tax-deductible organization, and your donations help us to bring independent journalism and community to this area.
To keep costs down, Voices does not issue tickets. Please print out your "Receipt for your payment to Voices of Central Pennsylvania" email from Paypal when you buy your ticket - this is your proof of being a ticket buyer,
and it (or your Transaction ID number from the recipt) will get you your seat.
Competing interests cloud alcohol debate
Submitted by voicesweb on February 4, 2010 - 5:18pm By Tamara Conrad and Suzan Erem
This story produced with assistance from Janelle Applequist
“Penn State: Party School” is a moniker that makes many State College residents over 30 groan in dismay and many under 30 cheer with mischievous glee. Borough officials juggle limited resources and complicated relationships. Downtown restaurant and tavern owners watch alcohol and food sales skew out of balance. The state pulls millions in taxes out of the community to help balance its budget. And Penn State officials repeat a mantra about how complicated the issue is, how we all need to work together and how it’s a national, not just a Penn State, problem.

The basic statistics are startling.
In the 2008-2009 academic year, 30 percent more students were admitted to Mount Nittany Medical Center for alcohol related problems than the year before. Police issued 29 percent more citations to students for public drunkenness. In a recent university survey, more than half of Penn State students identify themselves as moderate to heavy drinkers, and almost half report not remembering some of what happened the night before. More than 77 percent of the students who drink had Blood Alcohol Content above the legal driving limit. And more students are launching their college careers with drinking patterns in place.
Meanwhile, business is booming at the state liquor stores, especially here. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board reports the liquor sales in 2007 averaged 3.51 gallons per Centre County resident for the year, well above the state average of 2.92 gallons.
It's Groundhogs Day All Over Again!
Submitted by voicesweb on February 2, 2010 - 2:40am
cartoon by Tom Baker 2010
Celebrate Black History Month!
Submitted by voicesweb on February 1, 2010 - 5:41pmHow to report the news - it's funny because it's true
Submitted by voicesweb on January 28, 2010 - 5:56pmPa Congressman Joe Sestak, candidate for Specter's Pa Senate Seat, interviewed by Voices
Submitted by voicesweb on January 22, 2010 - 10:42pmUSN Rear Admiral (Retired) and Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak, interviewed by Voices editor Suzan Erem.
Why the Democrats lost Ted Kennedy's Senate seat
Submitted by voicesweb on January 19, 2010 - 10:23pm
How much do you want to bet that the Dem party elite will take exactly the wrong message from this, and bend even farther to put their corporate big-money lobbyists first?
















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