Pennsylvania for Hillary hosted the "sign making party and phone bank" last night in anticipation of former President Bill Clinton's visit to Rec Hall today.

Red, white and blue "Hillary for President" signs were plastered over the walls of the campaign office, 1318 West College Ave. About 30 volunteers were present who sat on the floor and at desks painting, drawing signs and at desks making calls from an adjacent room.

Bill Clinton is to speak at Rec Hall at 8 p.m., but doors open at 6 p.m. Emily Cain, a Hillary Clinton campaign spokeswoman, said that the homemade signs were a nice change from the usual printed ones, giving them a local flair that would give residents a voice. Sara Eyster, an area resident, came to the campaign office with her son.

"He's been following the political races for well over a year," she said.

Caleb Eyster, 9, said he would be happy to go to see Bill Clinton speak after school, provided he got all his homework done. "Well, it seems very nice to see a man that served our country," he said.

Thomas Roberts (junior-microbiology and Spanish) said he supports Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., because she has a well-defined plan, leadership and experience.

Roberts said he also plans to see Barack Obama, D-Ill. "I think I'm going to camp out on Saturday," he said, of his preparation for Obama's appearance on Sunday.

The more students that participate in voting the better the representation for college students, Roberts said.

Maria Hernandez, a lecturer in Spanish at Penn State, brought her daughter with her to make signs.

Hernandez said she supports Hillary Clinton because her husband did good things for Hispanics and the economy.

Michael Long (junior-political science and international relations) said he was calling Hillary Clinton supporters to see if they would help with the event tomorrow. He said he asked people to volunteer by signing others in, helping the disabled, seating people and keeping order as well as asking for help with canvassing door-to-door. Long said about two thirds of people he spoke to wanted to help, and that some of the volunteers' contact information came from Hillary Clinton's Web site as well as registered voters.