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The film festival kicks off with “The Official Story” (1985) on Dec. 1. This Academy Award-winner focuses on an Argentinian teacher who suspects her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner.

The second film, “Fall of Fujimo” (2005), will be featured on Dec. 3. This award-winning film documents the story of Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru in the 1990s, whose use of strong-arm tactics to combat terrorism eventually led to his downfall.

“Bread and Roses” (2000) will be shown on Dec. 8. Directed by Ken Loach and starring Adrien Brody and Pilar Padilla, this film is the story of an organizer’s attempt to unionize Los Angeles Hispanic office janitors and the ruthless corporate opposition they face.

The film festival will conclude on Dec. 10 with “The Agronomist” (2003) by Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme. It tells the story of Haitian journalist, radio owner and national hero Jean Dominique, who fought for decades against his country’s repressive governments and who was eventually assassinated himself.

Penn State Fayette’s head librarian John Riddle explains, “Latin America and the Caribbean have been especially susceptible to political, social and economic instability in their history and three of the films—‘Fall of Fujimoro,’ ‘The Official Story’ and ‘The Agronomist’—show how everyday lives are impacted, often tragically, through dictatorial regimes.”

Riddle adds, “We have balanced fictional films with two documentaries to showcase how varied film styles and genres can explore questions of social justice.”

The festival is being co-hosted by Dr. Jerry Hoeg, professor of Spanish at Penn State Fayette, and Riddle.
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“Although we have used the PSUTXT system for the Penn State Fayette group a few times in the past year, we have not conducted a test of the system for a while. With winter approaching, and the potential need to send a PSUTXT alert to the Fayette campus community likely, we decided to run this test,” explained Susan Brimo-Cox, director of public relations for the campus.

At some point on Dec. 7, those with valid subscriptions to PSUTXT who elected to receive Penn State Fayette alerts will receive a message that clearly indicates it is part of a test and that there is no emergency. However, not everyone who thinks they’re subscribed actually completed the subscription process.

“The Penn State Fayette text-messaging system has 831 validated subscribers, but there are roughly 800 subscriptions in the system that remain unvalidated and it’s impossible to tell how many of those will elect to receive alerts from Penn State Fayette,” said Annemarie Mountz, assistant director of Public Information at University Park, who manages the system. “These people have not yet successfully completed the validation process, so they will not receive PSUTXT messages although they may think they should. This test will help to make those individuals aware that their PSUTXT accounts are not active and they need to complete their subscription validations.”

Validating the cell phone number at the time of opt-in verifies that users have an active text messaging service on their accounts; ensures that only the person who owns the mobile phone is signing up for the service; and ensures that the user correctly keyed in their phone number.

Those who receive the test message on Dec. 7 do not need to take any action. Anyone who initiated a subscription to PSUTXT but does not receive the test message on Dec. 7 should log into the PSUTXT system by going to http://live.psu.edu/psutxt online.

Once logged in, they should update their cell phone information, and then click on “Services” to have a new validation code sent. Once subscribers receive the validation code, they need to enter it on the registration page on the Web site to complete the process and validate their accounts, according to Mountz.

Subscribers who continue to have difficulty validating their account should visit http://omnilertsupport.com/e2campus/ online.

Anyone who has not yet subscribed to PSUTXT should go to http://live.psu.edu/psutxt online. For more information, e-mail AMountz@psu.edu.

]]> 11/20/2009 13:23 http://www.fe.psu.edu//Information/News/31123.htm http://www.fe.psu.edu//Information/News/31122.htm completed a successful first season for Men’s and Women’s Cross Country at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus.

“I’m very excited to have had the opportunity to coach these dedicated runners this year,” reports Matt Girod, the team’s head coach. “I’m really pleased with the first year.”

Hartsek, who missed the first month of the season with an injury, won the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Invitational on Oct. 2, her first race back. Her posted time of 20:43 is the fifth best time in the nation and in the nation for a 5K race, which qualified her for the national championships. She followed up her success at Wilkes-Barre by finishing second in the Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) championships with a 6K time of 26:52. At the national championship meet, Hartsek posted a time of 25:24 for the 6K race. She was the third highest Penn State runner in the event, trailing only Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Maureen Suchecki and Amber Martin.                 

“It was really a good experience and I had a chance to meet some of the other runners, which was nice.” Harstek said of her opportunity to compete in the national championships.

Teammate Stacy Lloyd finished in the top 10 in several of the team’s meets, and was 10th in the PSUAC Championships. Lauren Flannigan finished 18th in the PSUAC meet. Both Lloyd and Flanigan were named to the USCAA National All-Academic team.

On the men’s side, Bill Boger was consistently the team’s top runner, and Matt Stepanik and Steven Lazar made steady progress throughout the season.

“All of our runners consistently improved their times each race,” Girod notes.

Girod says the team’s runners all helped the program get started in a positive direction. “My goal the next few years is the increase the participation numbers of the team, but it will be hard on me as a coach to see these kids go. Not only were they hard workers, but they have received a worthwhile experience competing in collegiate athletics while maintaining positive attitudes and great personalities,” Girod adds.

“To have a runner finish eighth in the nation in our first year of cross country, that’s pretty amazing,” notes Vince Capozzi, athletic director. “We had some very dedicated student-athletes this year who have helped to lay the cornerstone for what I believe will be a successful cross country experience in the future. I could not be more proud of them.”
]]> 11/19/2009 8:36 http://www.fe.psu.edu//Information/News/31122.htm http://www.fe.psu.edu//Information/News/31090.htm a celebration designed to kick-off National French Week. The theme was “Social Justice in the French Speaking World.” The students, who all study French, participated in contests, including a vocabulary competition, poetry recitation, multimedia presentation, and fashion show of French professions. Students also submitted posters and compositions in advance. Contest winners include: (front row, from left) Melissa Hager, Uniontown High School, 10th grade; Ashley Dewitt, Uniontown High School, 11th grade; Alexandra Broskey, Uniontown High School, 12th grade; Holly Nedley, Uniontown High School, 12th grade; Brianna Armstrong, Geibel High School, 9th grade; Olivia Rakas, Geibel High School, 9th grade; Amanda Hanabek, Geibel High School, 9th grade; Lauren Mehokey, Geibel High School, 10th grade; Marney Hillen, Geibel High School, 12th grade; Katie Chambers, Geibel High School, 10th grade; Carla Ciarochi, Geibel High School, 12th grade; Gina Martin, Geibel High School, 12th grade; (back row, from left): Heather Mitchell, Uniontown, 11th grade; David Wrona, Uniontown, 11th grade; David Rulli, Geibel High School, 11th grade; Daniel Dix, Geibel High School 10th grade; Brandon Seehoffer, Geibel High School, 11th grade; Breanne Dowden, Geibel High School, 12th grade; Adam Duda, Geibel High School, 12th grade; Elizabeth Reilley, Laurel Highlands High School, 10th grade ]]> 11/4/2009 9:22 http://www.fe.psu.edu//Information/News/31090.htm http://www.fe.psu.edu//Information/News/31078.htm
Fayette dominated game one, winning handily 25-11. In the second game, Mont Alto jumped to lead by as many as nine points before the Lady Roaring Lions stormed back to win 25-21.
The deciding game was a see-saw affair until Fayette seized control late. Freshman Leah Ambrosini’s kill ended the game at 25-21.

In all, Ambrosini (Connellsville High School) totaled 16 kills. She currently leads the nation with a .601 hitting percentage. Senior Heather Kelly (Keystone Oaks), playing in her last PSUAC final, added 10.

Sophomore Alex Rossi (Yough) keyed the game two comeback with some clutch serving. In all, she recorded six aces. For good measure, she added seven blocks and nine digs. Rossi is currently sixth in the nation in hitting percentage at .474, and Kelly is eighth at .416. Sophomore
Katie Sleasman (Connellsville) notched 16 assists and fellow sophomore Meghan Leary
(Frazier) added 13. Sleasman is ninth in the nation in assists, averaging more than six per game.

The Lady Roaring Lions gained a berth in the championship match with a 3-1 victory over Penn College of Technology on Oct. 30, also at Rec Hall, by scores of 25-22, 25-19, 20-25 and 25-19. Penn College’s win in game 3 was only the third set Fayette lost all season in conference play. In fact, overall the team was an incredible 48-12 in sets played.

Ambrosini had 19 kills and seven digs, while Rossi added 16 kills and eight digs. Kelly notched 15 kills. Leary led the team with 27 assists, and Sleasman added 23.

The Lady Roaring Lions return to action in the USCAA National Volleyball Championships, to be played at the Mid-America Sports Complex in Louisville, Ky. The team begins pool play on Thursday, Nov. 5, when they face Southern Virginia University at 3:30 p.m. Later that day, Fayette faces Talladega College at 5:00 p.m.

Pool play continues on Nov. 6 when the Lady Roaring Lions face defending USCAA champion Florida College at 10:00 a.m., followed by a rematch with Rochester College at 11:30 a.m. Rochester defeated Fayette 3-2 earlier this year at the Penn State Beaver Invitational.
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For more information about the associate of science degree in nursing and the application process, visit the nursing Web site to view the Fall 2010 Pool Group Consideration Admissions Procedures at
http://www.fayette.psu.edu/Documents/Academics/Fall_2010_Pool_Group.pdf?cn21.
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