Harriott waives preliminary hearing
Penn State football player Willie Harriott waived his preliminary hearing for a DUI charge yesterday at the Centre County Courthouse. The Ferguson Township Police Department said Harriott was pulled over in his vehicle early Nov. 11 on North Atherton Street with a blood-alcohol content of .16, double the legal driving limit. He was also charged with exceeding the speed limit. Harriott was one of five players who did not travel to the Alamo Bowl in December. On Aug. 17, Penn State Police cited Harriott and tight end Andrew Quarless for underage drinking. Police said his blood-alcohol content was .15 at the time. Both players missed the first game of the season because of the citation. The date of Harriott's DUI trial has not been scheduled.
Report: Safety precautions followed
All prescribed safety precautions were followed when university officials discovered "slightly radioactive water" leaking from the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor in October, according to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report released last month.
"Records show that there was minimal radiation released to the environment during the course of the pool leakage incident," the NRC team wrote in the report.
The report said exposure to the public was well below NRC's established regulatory limits.
Penn State officials concluded that a major pathway for water release -- from the pool to the environment -- was through the pool wall, according to the report.
The report said the wall was sealed with a foam resin injected on Nov. 1. To view the full NRC report, visit www.psucollegian.com.
Latino Student Extravaganza to be held
The Latino Student Extravaganza, an involvement fair featuring organizations in Penn State's Latino community, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today in HUB-Heritage Hall.
The organizations that will be represented are: Penn State Latino studies department, Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity, Chi Upsilon Sigma sorority, Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority, Puerto Rican Student Association, Mexican American Student Association, National Hispanic Business Association, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Latino Caucus and the Latin American Student Association. Each organization will raffle off a basket and a DJ will also be present.
Three Days Grace to play at BJC
The student presale for the Three Days Grace concert with Breaking Benjamin and Seether at the Bryce Jordan Center begins today. The show is scheduled for 7 p.m. April 1. Three Days Grace is touring in support of its second album, One-X, which began its run on the Billboard 200 at No. 5 last summer, according to a BJC press release.
The post-grunge band's latest album contains the hits "Animal I've Become," "Pain" and the current single, "Never Too Late," all of which can be streamed from the band's MySpace page.
Tickets for students will cost $25 and will be available at noon today. Tickets for the general public will cost $30 and $35 and go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday.
Tickets can be purchased at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, HUB-Robeson Center, Penn State Tickets Downtown and Eisenhower Auditorium.
African percussion group to perform
As part of the Cultural Conversations festival, put on by the Diversity Committee of the School of Theatre, the African percussion ensemble will be performing at 8 tonight in the Pavilion Theater. The program, which is free, features Kikora Franklin, a Penn State dance professor. The weeklong festival celebrates diversity in the arts through dance performances and plays.
