Despite the persistent rain, Colin Davis described living at Paternoville as "not bad" and reminisced about the weather in past years.

"... Last year at Wisconsin, it rained the whole week, and at Ohio State, every tent that I knew someone in was filled with water," Davis (junior-political science) said.

About ten tarp-covered tents were set up at Paternoville Thursday in anticipation of Saturday's Penn State-Coastal Carolina football game, although, tents can continue to be registered until 10 tonight.

Paternoville is a campout where Penn State football fans spend several nights and days camping in front of Beaver Stadium's Gate A, and for some popular games more than 100 tents can be found.

"The tent's a little wet but you make sure you don't accumulate too much rain. We have a tarp so it's not too bad. It's the second time in three years the first campout [of the season] has been during a hurricane," Kyle Heyler (senior-agricultural sciences) said.

Newcomers to Paternoville were not as lucky.

"Actually, we forgot a tarp, which was a rookie mistake, and so we have that coming tomorrow. Our floor's been wet all day so we had to air out the sleeping bags, but we're trying our best, we have newspapers down now," John Tecce (freshman-division of undergraduate studies) said.

Paternoville residents eagerly emerged from their slightly moist tents when word spread that Clem's Barbecue had delivered a free dinner.

"One of the perks [of Paternoville] is that Clem's brings food out almost every week," Heyler said after taking a bite out of a meaty sandwich.

When Clem's and other local businesses aren't providing food, Paternoville residents rely on their own means for sustenance.

"For right now, I just brought some Chinese back. It's a lot of chips, a lot of soda," Chris Grassi, Paternoville Coordination Committee vice president, said.

Without electricity, campers are forced to make their own fun.

The residents usually collaborate on a giant puzzle for the bigger and drier games, but for now they "mostly mess around, play football and tell old stories," Davis said.

Some people bring out laptops to do homework because it's quiet and there are few distractions, Heyler said, and "the stadium lights are on Thursday and Friday nights so you can sit at 2 a.m. and read."

Paternoville regulars have a schedule to help them manage their time.

"If you're here every time and you start to realize you can't miss class, you basically live here at night and you take turns here ... " said Paternoville resident Bob Nagel (junior-finance). "You just figure out a schedule and have fun, play some Frisbee, play some football."