Tear-filled eyes of family members, friends and concerned Penn State students filled the library at the Paul Robeson Center's Cultural Lounge. The group gathered last night to collect ideas in the effort to help find missing Penn State student Cindy Song, who disappeared more than a month ago.

After seeing and hearing the crowd in support of her family and the dedication to find her daughter, mother Bansoon Song said she was grateful for the efforts of the students who came together in the family's time of need.

Cindy Song

Through Lisa Kim, a close friend of Cindy Song's, the words of the distressed mother, Bansoon Song, were translated.

"She thought Cindy was just her daughter, but she's found that Cindy is everyone's daughter," Kim said.

Black Caucus decided to organize the event after what it saw as a lack of attention toward Cindy Song's disappearance.

"Finding Cindy needs to be a priority, and right now I don't think that it is," said Black Caucus member Assata Richards. "If Cindy is going to be found, there has to be a buzz."

Richards led the discussion with suggestions about how to generate this buzz.

A canvassing campaign to distribute flyers with Cindy Song's picture and a police contact was planned for tomorrow morning. The students planned to ask local businesses to donate some of the flyers. Richards also expressed hope that the flyer be included as an insert in local newspapers.

"This place should be covered top to bottom with Cindy's face -- that's one thing that has to change," Richards said.

The possibility of offering a reward for information of Cindy Song's whereabouts was also discussed. Police investigators present at the meeting warned about the difficulties of wording reward notices and suggested that the police should be consulted before anything is posted.

Special Agent for the FBI Stephen Collins felt the meeting was helpful.

"Keeping this in the news . . . will assist in tracking down new leads," Collins said. "We need to constantly keep this in the public eye."

Kiho Song, Cindy Song's brother, said through translator Scott Shi, a cousin of Song's, that police are "doing what they need to do but they're not doing it fast enough."

Bansoon Song said she wished more involvement by the university community would have happened earlier, but she was still appreciative of the efforts.

"It could have happened sooner, but she's grateful," Kim said. "They wanted to do all of this stuff on their own, but it wasn't possible with so few family members here."

Since the 21-year-old woman has been missing, her family members arrived in the United States to work with police and talk to Cindy Song's friends. They both hold faith in Cindy Song's reappearance.

"He knows she'll survive, she's strong," Shi said of the brother's faith. "It's been a long time but he's holding a lot of faith and a lot of prayers."

"She's praying day and night, hoping that she'll come home," Kim said for Bansoon Song.

Bansoon Song will be leaving to go back to Korea tomorrow because Cindy Song's father is still there, but she will return a few days later, Kim said.

When asked how long the missing woman's brother will stay in the U.S., he said, "Until she comes back."

Richards told the family that the students of Penn State plan to persist with the efforts of finding Cindy Song.

"We are a community coming together," Richards said. "This is the Penn State community making these requests. We're going to be calling you up again -- tonight is just the beginning," Richards said.

Students wishing to help distribute flyers can meet tomorrow at 11 a.m. in front of the HUB-Robeson Center. The Undergraduate Student Government office, 223 HUB-Robeson Center, will serve as the central location for people to pick up extra flyers as well as information on the investigation and find out how to help.