Q Voices of Central Pennsylvania

October 2007

Opinion

School board candidate sees opportunities

by Rick Madore

witnessed this event become more and more

strategic plan for accomplishing our mis-

pletely new direction but rather a commit-

political, partisan and predictable and less

sion. We have launched the 2007-08 school

ment to excellence. For instance, let us look

enlightening, inspiring and unifying. We are

year anticipating the same kinds of success-

at our curriculum. The curriculum at State

diminished as a nation for this, and I am

es we have experienced in our history. With

High is broad and extensive but it is con-

committed to not following that lead in our

a broad curriculum, over 7,100 students,

stantly evolving. Every year brings some

community. As I contemplate our school

experienced teachers and staff, and eighteen

change as it is tailored to fit current needs.

district and its future, I see many opportuni-

separate properties, we indeed have already

Contrary to some rumors, no attempt will

ties for enlightening, inspiring and unify-

set a course and are making headway

be made to cut any particular area yet, in the

ing. I look forward to being part of the lead-

towards our goals.

course of natural events some specifics may

ership team and am confident that the

There are those who ask what new direc-

drop and others added. The CTC has been a

“Board-Elect” will deliver the educational

tion the new “Board-Elect” will bring. The

marvelously successful program under the

product we all desire and have come to

expect. I look forward to delivering a State

In most ways there will be far more directions that remain

of the District address that thrills our com-

the same than change to new.

munity to rally behind our schools and stu-

dents.

Last Friday night I attended our State

answer will likely contradict the question.

leadership of Carolyn Foust and should be

High football game at Memorial Field and

In most ways there will be far more direc-

maintained under the next administrator.

listened to our marvelous marching band

tions that remain the same than change to

The elementary curriculum, particularly

perform the traditional “Anchors Aweigh.” I

new. Like that big ship, it does not turn

surrounding math, seems to cause conster-

had just been asked to write these few

about quickly, nor do I wish it to. I believe

nation for some students, parents and teach-

Each year the president of the United

words on what new direction I intended for

that by making small but well planned alter-

ers. While it will be reevaluated on an ongo-

States is required to deliver a State of the

our District and it struck me that we do have

ations in the course of how we conduct the

ing basis, it would be inappropriate for me

Union Address to Congress and we, the

some similarity with that ship at sea,

Board’s leadership, we can better serve our

to determine a new direction when we have

people. This speech or document is to

beyond the fight song. Currently we are

students, teachers and public. We have

valuable educational professionals doing

apprise Congress of the status of our nation,

sailing a very large organization with over a

many things in our District that we do well

this as their job. The core point is that I

highlight recent accomplishments, and out-

one hundred million dollar annual budget.

and we should not endeavor to change sim-

line the intended agenda the administration

We have traditions and high expectations.

ply for the sake of change. Striving for con-

see Candidate , pg. 21

intends to pursue. Unfortunately, we have

Recently we have developed a rigorous

stant improvement does not mean a com-

American images of Columbus change over time

by Christopher Lee

Or was he a hero struggling valiantly

against the odds with great sailing skill to

Boalsburg in Centre County has the

prove the world was round and to find a

strongest connection with Christopher

western sea route for trade with the Far

Columbus in the entire United States. The

East. That’s how Washington Irving saw it

Boal family is descended from Christopher

in 1828 in his book, “The Life and Voyages

Columbus and inherited and imported to

of Christopher Columbus.”

Boalsburg in 1909 a centuries-old Spanish

If you go back further, just after the

chapel from the Columbus Castle in Spain

Revolutionary War, Columbus was a non-

including the Admiral’s Desk of

English founding father heartily embraced

Christopher Columbus himself.

by the colonists who had just thrown off the

So what?

English.

So there will be a daytime multicultural

How can a man who died in 1506 have

festival and a fancy evening ball in

changed so much since then? Columbus

Boalsburg on Saturday, October 6, to cele-

hasn’t changed, but the American demo-

brate this unique connection with the

graphic has. We’re less and less a nation of

famous Christopher Columbus.

western European Protestants and more and

And why not? Columbus discovered

more a mix of diverse cultures.

America, didn’t he? And we’re all proud to

And that’s something to celebrate. As

be Americans, aren’t we?

Photo by Bob Airhart

Penn State President Bryce Jordan once

Just a minute! Wasn’t Columbus that

A festival to celebrate the Boal Mansion Museum in Boalsburg will be held Saturday Oct. 6, 2007.

said in a speech on the steps of the Boal

greedy Euro-centric invader, exploiter and

of the blessings of American citizenship

streaming to America in the 19th and early

decimator of native cultures? Or maybe he

see Columbus , pg. 21

granted to impoverished immigrants

20th century.

was the Italian Catholic who was a symbol

October 2007

Voices of Central Pennsylvania Q

students.

opened for public attendance. Dialogue will

challenge our students to envision them-

from Candidate , pg. 20

What then, did your “Vote for Change”

be encouraged at all levels through our dis-

selves achieving beyond the ordinary, and

really mean? I intend to deliver for our com-

trict so that good communication can lead

often arbitrary, level of proficiency. Great

carry no agenda vis-à-vis our curriculum

munity a change in the culture of how our

to better understanding and synergistic

education seeks to combine traditional

other than to continue to make it as strong

School Board operates. We will be more

improvements. By incorporating these

learning with natural talent, mixing in cre-

and suitable as possible.

open to the public, the teachers and the stu-

ideas, I am convinced that we can help to

ativity, diligence, hard work and varied

I believe we also have the proper heading

dents. We will seek ways to enhance the

heal the recent dissension within our com-

interest to challenge each individual to push

regarding our teaching faculty and staff. As

flow of communication through all levels of

munity and build consensus for our mutual

the envelope of his or her potential. With an

we proceed through the next several years,

our District. We will value those who come

commitment to excellence in education.

increased use of available technologies, I

we must continue to place emphasis on

to us with their concerns, criticisms, and

Engaging the public at the board level is

expect to measure and monitor the results of

recruiting and retaining excellence and

ideas. We will be more transparent in our

certainly one goal. We also have the oppor-

our efforts so that we will be aware of our

enthusiasm in those who have the most

deliberations, and information will be more

tunity to encourage a deeper engagement of

successes and shortcomings and can make

direct influence on our students. Teachers

accessible to all stakeholders. These goals

our students in school activities. I believe

adjustments accordingly. The stakes are

are the most critical component we provide

may, in cases, require slight policy changes

that students will be greatly enriched at all

high for our children and we cannot afford

so the more we can enhance this relation-

but more importantly require a change in

levels by becoming involved in a meaning-

to have even one get “lost at sea.”

ship the better our outcomes. Salary is very

mindset. Just as we have committed to

ful activity such as music, sports or commu-

Let’s Go STATE !

important for our employees but so too is

adding technology to our classrooms so will

nity service. The No Child Left Behind leg-

Rick Madore is one of the five primary

the support in materials, resources, two way

we enhance the boardroom. The district

islation puts a great emphasis on progress in

election winners for State College Area

communication, administration, continuing

Website, not a poor Website currently, can

test scores for core subjects. While this is

School Board Director. He is a long time

development and acknowledgement. We

become an even better tool for students,

critically important, it can sometimes miss

resident, a State High alum, a parent of one

can add value for our faculty and staff in all

parents, teachers and concerned taxpayers.

on the overall educational growth of our

alum and two current students, and a den-

these areas and enhance their efforts for our

Our Citizens Advisory Committees will be

students into great people and citizens. I

tist in our community.

Columbus, but about us, as Americans. We

door from the Old World to the New World.

of Columbus in Pennsylvania” nationwide

keep changing and therefore so does

This feat was the beginning of the

for the Columbus 500th in 1992.

from Columbus , pg. 20

Columbus.

American experiment

-- people coming

You say you’ve never even seen the

Mansion, “In America, diversity is not a

One thing that hasn’t change over the

from elsewhere and exploring and settling

Columbus Chapel? What are you waiting

threat, it is a resource.”

centuries: Columbus is the man who per-

an area and creating a society. That process

for? When you come to Boalsburg on

That diversity is what Boalsburg cele-

formed one of the most important historic

- you decide whether it’s heroic or exploita-

October 6 or on any other day, be prepared

brates on October 6. It’s not really about

events of the last millennium - he opened

tive -- continues today, right here in Centre

to find yourself asking, What does it really

County and throughout America.

mean to be an American? That’s the kind of

So, in Boalsburg, everyday is Columbus

question they ask, and answer, everyday in

Day and it’s OK to celebrate Columbus if

historic Boalsburg, just three miles east of

See

you do it the way Boalsburg does, with a

State College.

festival celebrating the food, music and

at what

crafts of the many cultures which have

Christopher Lee is President of the

we’re up

shaped America, from Native Americans to

Boalsburg Village Conservancy, sponsor of

the most recent immigrants.

the October 6 festival, and CEO of the

against?

You’ll even meet Christopher Columbus

Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion

in Boalsburg on October 6, in period dress,

Museum, site of the October 6 ball. He is a

Support

talking with festival-goers during the after-

descendant of the Boal and Columbus fam-

noon and with the ball guests in the

ilies.

Centre

evening. You’ll also meet the Scottish-Irish

pioneer David Boal, who founded the Boal

For details on Boal Mansion,

County’s

Mansion in 1789. And the children will

Columbus and the Oct. 6 events in

ONLY

enjoy free wagon rides with a guided histor-

Boalsburg, go to http://boalmuse-

ical tour between historic Boalsburg village

um.com or contact office@boalmuse-

independent

and the Columbus Chapel at the Boal

um.com or (814) 466-9266.

Mansion Museum, where guided tours are

newspaper.

available.

To celebrate Columbus this way pro-

motes cultural harmony through cultural

Tell

awareness and brings together diverse cul-

tures in one place at one time, forging a link

our adver-

of common place and purpose, and refresh-

ing our common American spirit.

tisers you

You might even encounter a Belgian crew

filming for an upcoming documentary enti-

appreciate

tled “Pennsylvania in Search of Columbus.”

This follows BBC-TV’s “Old World, New

them.

World” which broadcast the Boalsburg

Columbus story throughout the United

Kingdom a few years ago and PBS-TV

No Fluff. No Waste. Just Voices .

which produced and broadcast “The Heirs

22 Q Voices of Central Pennsylvania

October 2007

Pompous publicity stunts are no help to Africa

by Aaron Troisi

than ever. The debt crisis in Africa, fueled

what is going on in Africa, but that ethno-

tributed over $7 billion to more than 450

by the actions of American citizens, has

centric hubris insists on rejecting any valu-

programs in 136 countries. According to its

paved the way for corrupt governments,

able knowledge—everyone knows that their

documents, 55 percent of the Fund’s contri-

sectarian violence, poverty, malnutrition

solutions are the correct ones, and everyone

butions are distributed in Sub-Saharan

and starvation and an unprecedented AIDS

is fighting each other (and many times, even

Africa, a majority (64 percent) to govern-

epidemic. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most

against the African people) to implement

ments for their discretionary use. The Fund

indebted region in the world, home to 34

their policies and views in Africa.

“does not dictate where or how its funding

(81percent) of the 42 nations considered to

There has been a recent spate of pompous

is to be used.” It’s up to the governments.

be “heavily indebted” to the World Bank.

publicity stunts: Madonna adopting an

And where and how is the funding used?

Of the 175 countries ranked in the United

“orphan” from Sierra Leone, Richard Gere

The money goes into the pockets of corrupt

politicians and not to the African people.

This is called capital flight. Corruption is

For too long Americans have rested upon our fat assets

officials converting public funds into pri-

and smoothly ridden the luxuries afforded us by the

vate assets—for instance, investing in a

destruction of Africa.

local corporation for their personal benefit.

Capital flight is worse and occurs when

Nations

2003

“Human Development

and Gwenyth Paltrow in makeup definitely

officials use public funds privately to con-

Report,” the bottom 25 are all located in

stating they are African, Bono introducing

tribute to economic growth in their own sys-

Africa.

his Red campaign. Assuming that such

tems. Examples of capital flight are Kenyan

The misunderstandings and abuse perpe-

actions will have positive affects without

officials purchasing BMWs or politicians

trated by the Western world exacerbate

understanding the people or systems at

from Equatorial Guinea buying mansions in

these problems. Americans and Europeans

work in Africa is ignorant, arrogant and

Malibu.

accept a myopic perspective that Africans

assures that these campaigns will invariably

Capital flight is rampant in Sub-Saharan

Americans are abetting the rape of

are uneducated, poor, starving, and

fuel the conditions they intend to alleviate.

Africa. According to some scholars, as

African peoples. By denying this relation-

oppressed, and that the only answers to

Bono’s Red campaign one such example.

much as 80 percent of every loan granted to

ship or refusing to evaluate our internation-

their problems are our first-world solutions.

Motorola, American Express, Gap and

African countries is converted into private

al influence, even our philanthropic efforts

This has led to an alarming increase in both

Apple are already in tow and donate por-

assets and credited to foreign nations.

fall short and do little but intensify the terri-

the “aid” to African countries and in inter-

tions of the profits from Red campaign

Capital flight results in mountainous debt

ble conditions they intend to improve. This

national interest in African affairs.

product sales to the Global Fund.

for the region, which drains public educa-

is especially true of corporate programs,

However, both this aid and interest is des-

The Global Fund is a financing organiza-

tion and national health programs. In order

like Bono’s Red campaign.

tined to failure by Western misunderstand-

tion set on fighting AIDS, tuberculosis, and

How can such campaigns do anything but

ings concerning current African conditions.

malaria in the developing world. Since its

see Africa , pg. 23

good? Today African citizens are worse off

It is not simply that nobody understands

establishment in 2002, the Fund has con-

Christmas troop withdrawal meant to fool us

earlier this year, he said that the only solu-

killed by then?

by Mike Sletson

To contact Sen. Arlen Specter:

tion to Iraq’s problems was a political one,

Our best hope is that Congress will cut

711 Hart Building,

The war in Iraq was always a bad idea. It

not a military one. Now, General Petraeus

off, or reduce, the funds for this war. For us

Washington, D.C. 20510

was motivated by a futile desire to create an

has changed his tune.

Pennsylvanians, our only hope is to per-

Phone: 202-224-4254.

American empire built on Iraqi oil. Bush’s

The problem is that Bush has no policy,

suade Senator Arlen Specter to join other

Fax: 202-228-1229

advisers said that Iraqi oil would pay for the

no new strategy. He knows he can’t defeat

thoughtful Republican senators like Chuck

228 Walnut Street, Room 1104,

cost of the war. General Eric Shinseki, the

the terrorists militarily, but he thinks he can

Hegel and Olympia Snowe and to call on

Federal Building, Harrisburg, Pa. 17101

US Army chief of staff in 2003, warned the

fool the American people by announcing

the president to bring the troops home.

Phone: 717-782-3951

Fax: 717-782-4920

How many more American troops and how many more Iraqi

Mike Sletson has for more than fifty years

been a public advocate for peace and jus-

To contact Sen. Bob Casey:

civilians will have been killed by January 2009?

tice in New York, Philadelphia and State

383 Russell Senate Office Building,

College.

Washington, D.C. 20510.

Senate Armed Services Committee that we

that he will withdraw some of the troops by

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would need far more troops to occupy Iraq

Christmas and more by next June. In fact,

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the number remaining in Iraq then will

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2. Attend peace vigils at College and

Bush didn’t have to tell General David

before the “surge” began. He is hoping to

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Petraeus what to report to Congress last

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American people to hear. When he

many more American troops, and how

College Peace Center. Go to

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assumed command of the US forces in Iraq

many more Iraqi civilians, will have been

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Voices of Central Pennsylvania

sumers who eat up their promos. But they

from Africa , pg. 22

all “know” that it “helps,” and that’s a real-

ly pretty idea. It solidifies in their minds the

Sudoku

to pay back their debts, having generated no

illusion that their involvement, which has

profit from their loans, the same politicians

been willingly chosen (as opposed to, in

who get fat off of capital flight draw funds

reality, historically established), is benefi-

from their country’s infrastructures, welfare

cial. In truth, all Americans, whether they

systems, public services, police and fire sta-

realize it or not, are involved in African

tions, hospitals and so on. IMF-imposed

affairs and through corporate campaigns,

“Structural Adjustment Programs” intensify

daily consumption, or voting every

the problem by mandating controls on infla-

November, their involvement is detrimental

tion and cuts in public programs. In 2001,

to African peoples.

with total debt already standing at $209 bil-

For too long Americans have rested upon

lion, the region borrowed $11.4 billion and

our fat assets and smoothly ridden the luxu-

repaid $14 billion. That same year, total

ries afforded us by the destruction of Africa.

debt service repayment averaged 3.8 per-

Let’s wake up. If we must consume, let us

cent of these nations GDPs, while health

consume wisely. If we want to help, let’s do

care averaged only 2.4 percent.

something effective. Because I am not

So what about the Red campaign, and the

alone in this conviction that if I had to sum

Global Fund’s donation of billions of dol-

up, in one word, my feelings toward the

lars to Sub-Saharan African governments?

future of Africa, it would be this: sca(red).

Where does that money go?

Aaron Troisi is a Penn State student

The Global Fund sure doesn’t know. And

majoring in African and African American

neither does Bono or the other celebrities

Studies, Anthropology, and Crime, Law,

who endorse the campaign or the con-

and Justice

Whitey says Pa is on a roll

But that would impose very high fees at

by David Silverman

I was talking

the toll booths. The trucking companies and

the other day to Whitey Blue, longtime

the public couldn’t afford it!

Centre Region resident and hardnose.

“The trucking companies would have to

Whitey, what do you think about

raise their transportation charges to make

Pennsylvania making I-80 a toll road?

up for it.”

Fill in the grid so every row, every column, and every 3-by-3 box contains the

“Great idea, except for the ownership.”

That would mean higher prices for the

digits 1 through 9. There is no math involved. You solve the puzzle with reason

Shouldn’t it just belong to the State of

goods transported.

and logic. Thanks to Peter Morris for contributing this puzzle. The solution to

Pennsylvania?

“That’s right. If the prices get too high

this month’s puzzle can be found on pg. 21 of this issue.

“No, I think that I-80 and the Pa.

the yahoos would just have to do without.”

Turnpike should have private owners!”

How about the impact on people using

Letter: On TIFs and local officials

How would that help? If my memory

those roads to get to and from work?

serves me correctly, the Pa. Turnpike was

“If they don’t make enough to pay the

A comment or two about a matter or two:

time pontificating on national issues when

initially privately owned.

tolls let them use secondary roads.”

Kudos to Don Gordon and Kevin Handwerk

such extraneous b.s. takes time away from

“I mean complete ownership; no govern-

That would increase their travel time to

for their articles in the September issue of

the real business at hand.

ment interference. It would require charg-

and from work considerably!

Voices on Tax Increment Financing for the

If I ever need to know where any member

ing enough to operate and maintain the

“That’s life. Let ‘em get up earlier in the

proposed Fraser Center.

of council or any wanna be stands on

roads.”

morning and get home a little later at night.”

Hopefully, these stories have opened the

national issues, I’ll stop them on the street

eyes of people who didn’t know what TIFS

and ask.

are or the long range ramifications

Ross A. Matlack, Jr.

between the puppy and the bowl, much to

involved. Taxpayers in Pittsburgh and

State College, Pa.

from Cosmo , pg. 24

the pup’s chagrin. It’s really just a power

Allegheny County were left holding the bag

eye-level of the adult, but out of reach of the

play. When they’ve gone through the

when a brand new department store in a

Correction

pup. Three menus, three different levels of

motions of tasting a small sample of food,

brand new building in a prime location in

In the OpEd section of the September

access, one feeding time, problem solved.

and tire of glowering at the yapping pup,

downtown Pittsburgh—built with TIF

issue of Voices , the capital of Turkey was

Ah, you may ask, but what about the cat?

they’ll move on, rather pleased with them-

financing—closed less than three years

incorrectly identified as Istanbul. The cap-

It has meal-cart blanche to both dog and

selves.

after opening.

ital of Turkey has been Ankara since

puppy food as well as its own. The cats will

And as far as keeping us away from the

Somehow, I cannot envision a waiting list

1923, when Kemal Ataturk named it as

eat dog food. In fact, that’s what we serve

cat food? No worries. We’ll just snack on

of people eager to plunk down $600 grand

the capital of the new secular republic that

for a day or two if we run out of cat food.

it after it’s been through the cat once.

to buy a condominium on Fraser Street, but

he founded in that land.

The formula isn’t bad for them, just the kib-

I might be wrong.

ble size. So a cat might take a dog food

If council candidate Peter Morris is elect-

Send letters to the editor:

meal “to go,” and you’ll just find a stray

ed to Borough Council one hopes that he

Got opinions? Send your edito-

OpEd@voicesweb.org

crunchie later on a dresser or on your pil-

will remember to deal strictly with the

rials to Oped@voicesweb.org

or to: 133 S. Allen St.

low. Some sinister cats will slide into the

issues facing the community. It is presump-

State College, Pa. 16801

puppy feeding zone and park themselves

tuous for any member of council to waste

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October 2007

Here’s another tip: since you’re not per-

and we’re not going to build any. There’s

mitted to smoke in any university buildings,

got to be a better solution. Can we train

or have open flames, or even burn incense,

them only to eat their own food? What do

A S K

pot smoke is probably not the subtlest

you recommend? Signed, This Bites

aroma to introduce.

Dear Cosmo,

Dear The Hand That Feed Them,

I hear that they’re going to start cracking

I am not advocating marijuana use, but

The problem is, you’re thinking big—and

down more on drugs in the area. Will they

for someone who runs an academic depart-

you need to think small. You’re thinking of

enforce the law everywhere, or just concen-

ment specializing in curriculum design,

separation, but you need to think unity.

trate on us students again? Why should

here’s a brief syllabus for Buzz 101. In

You’ve heard of the food pyramid? And in

they care if we smoke a little pot now and

your case, let’s call them plummeting-over-

journalism, you’ve heard of the inverted

then? We’re just college students, we’re not

the-cliff notes. First, don’t get high at all.

pyramid, where the most pertinent details,

some stupid criminals. How about a little

Second, if you must get high, only get high

or main conclusion go up top, and the

equality, please? Signed Clear the Air

marijuana was escaping from 164B North

at home. Third, if you have to get high out-

remaining details run lower? Same thing.

Chambers Building -- Nelson's office.

side the home, try not to do it at work—or

Except in this column.

Dear Clearly in Error,

on university property. At the very least, try

Most importantly—at the top--cat food is

What’s clear is the evidence that marijua-

Nelson admitted to smoking marijuana

to be OUTSIDE, Einstein. Don’t get high

more expensive, so it needs to be conserved.

na doesn’t make people any smarter.

cigarettes soon after police arrived there,

in the car, because it won’t improve your

Put it up higher, where the cat can reach it,

Apparently, a Ph.D. doesn’t either. It seems

the complaint says. Police reported that

driving any more than that I-Phone will.

but the dogs can’t—say on a counter.

that it not just students getting the cruel

they confiscated a number of items, includ-

Puppy food is next in price. It’s like candy

treatment for being kind. This little tidbit

ing bags with marijuana and rolling

Dear Cosmo,

to big dogs, and it’s soft, so we can hoover

was printed in the Centre Daily Times last

papers.”

We have a cat, a grown dog and a puppy.

it down in seconds. But puppies are small,

month:

The problem is, the dog likes all three kinds

so put their food where they can reach it,

Now, if the good doctor’s common sense

of food, and the puppy likes the cat food.

but the big ones can’t get at it—like behind

“Murry R. Nelson,

60, of College

is as misplaced as the modifiers in the CDT

The cat doesn’t stand a chance and ends up

a door wedged so that it will only admit a

Township, is the department head in cur-

account, then he deserves to get busted if he

going hungry some of the time. We don’t

puppy, not the fatheaded adult.

riculum and instruction in the College of

started smoking the marijuana soon after

want to feed them all the same thing, and

Place the adult dog food on a chair, at

Education. Shortly after noon on July 29,

the police arrived. Here’s a little tip: when

we don’t have the time or energy to have

according to a criminal complaint, campus

the police arrive, don’t fire up. Better yet,

three separate mealtimes. We don’t have

police got word that the smell of burning

start spraying some air freshener.

the space for three separate dining rooms,

see Cosmo , pg. 23

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MUSIC FROM PENN STATE

Thursday, October 4 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, October 7 at 7 p.m. (repeat)

This ongoing series, and production of WPSU-TV, features Penn State seniors, including

State College native Rachel Barthmaier, performing before a live audience in the WPSU

studio. Viewers will experience the music and theatre talent found at Penn State.

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THE MAGNIFICENT VOYAGE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Monday, October 8 at 9 p.m. This high-definition broadcast features a modern-day

crew in an epic adventure, retracing Columbus’s first Atlantic crossing. Replicas of the

fleet for this voyage were built by the Spanish navy in 1991.

MYSTERIOUS HUMAN HEART Monday, October 15 and 22 at 9 p.m.

This in-depth television series examines the heart: how it works, what can go wrong with

INDEPENDENT LENS

it, and how we treat it.

WORDPLAY

Tuesday, October 16 at 10 p.m.

MASTERPIECE THEATRE

WPSU-TV and Independent Lens present an entertaining and informative

THE AMAZING MRS. PRITCHARD Sundays at 9 p.m. beginning October 21

look at Will Shortz, New York Times crossword puzzle editor. Shortz is also

Ros Pritchard (Jane Horrocks), a vivacious British housewife and supermarket manager

known as the puzzle master of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, heard on

unexpectedly becomes prime minister. Her unique platform—bolstered by her sass and

WPSU-FM on Sunday mornings at 8 a.m.

wit—captures the heart of a nation.

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