Changes are occurring all over Penn State, most noticeably on the football field. Differences between this year versus last year 's team doesn't start and end with the last names on the back of the player's jerseys. The team has a whole new playbook and a new coach. With the complete makeover of the Nittany Lion program that was caused by the Penn State scan­ dal from last year, how Penn State 's football team would adapt was in question. Joe Paterno had been af­ filiated with Penn State University as a football coach for more than 60 years. Now, new head coach Bill O'Brien certainly has some rather large shoes to fill. After the first two games, a 0-2 record was not exactly the start O'Brien had dreamt about. A slew of starters from last year's team jumped ship to play for other schools and this wasn’t exactly a surprise.

The football team has had several obstacles so far. The win on Saturday against Navy solidified the team a bit. But the team hasto continue to improve. O'Brien comes in as a coach holding nothing back as far as the play book is concerned. Being the New England Patriots offensive coordinator the year before, everyone knows the man has the know-how to put points on the board, but can he transition from working with professionals to coaching student-athletes?  That's a question that will have to be answered in the ensuing weeks to come. Despite the rocky start, Penn State's football team has shown significant growth from game to game. As everyone knows by now, one of the two losses was decided by a number of missed kicks- something that can be easily corrected. With the Navy win, Penn State may be on a slow but steady road to recovery on the football field.

Student at Penn State Hazleton are adjusting to the new changes in­volved with the football team. What seems to come up in discussions is the comparison of  "O'Brien's Lions" and  "Joepa's" legacy.

Sophomores Jacquelyn Jackowski, Sarah Klose, Ryan Pacelli, and Lauren Sharp from Hazleton campus weighed in on the matter recently. The word "indifference" was used often throughout each of • the discussions.  Not only that, but all four of them agreed Bill O'Brien had his work cut out for him. Klose stated "people will not look up to [O'Brien] as much as Joepa," while Pacelli claimed it seemed O'Brien was "trying to replace someone he'll never be able to replace."

It would seem O’Brien hasn’t been received with open arms quite yet, at least in Hazleton. Although the acceptance of the coaching staff isn't the only thing that has changed among Hazleton campus students from the year before, some students believe the atmosphere at the games has changed, too. Jackowski reminisced about last year’s games where there was a "good atmosphere" and "closeness, even though you didn't know everyone." Klose agreed.

"Everyone was closer [then], and felt more like a team."

Argument came from Sharp, who said the atmosphere at games hasn't changed a bit, except for the better. In attendance at Penn State's first football game this season, she saw how "the student section was gigantic and everyone was really supportive despite we were losing."

In the end, all four felt certain about one thing- what happened last year to former head coach Joe Paterno was hard to watch. Jackowski and Klose felt Paterno deserved the right to "finish out the season." Sharp elaborated on this idea stating "[Paterno] was the face of Penn State. Not only as a coach in football, but with his donations to our libraries. We did him wrong." Pacelli said the situation was "unavoidable, and would have happened no matter what, but it is ridiculous what is happening to us students. We were the same age as the victims when this all happened."

The feelings of students at Penn State Hazleton can be expressed in one word -frustrated. As a school, there may not be many things everyone can agree on, but when it comes to Penn State and its football team, most miss Joe Paterno and the era of football that came to an end after a great man had died of a broken heart.

Krystin Baker, staff writer, contributed to this story.

Name:
Yuri Burton

Major: 
Kinesiology

Year in school:
Sophomore

Age: 
19 years old

Why Penn State?
I thought it would be a good place to get a good education.  I was also recruited and was given a scholarship  to go to University Park for my basketball skills.

What's your favorite part about living on campus?
Meal Plan

Senator Applications
Are you interested in becoming a part of SGA? If so, senator applications can be picked up at the club fair or by contacting student affairs. Some requirements include having a 2.3 GPA and collecting 75 signatures. Applications are due Sept. 17.  70 applications are currently out, and the SGA hopes to hand out more.

Town Hall Meeting
A great way to keep up on current issues within the university system is town hall meetings. These live streaming events are important, as we have a chance to ask questions directly to administration at University Park. The next town hall meeting will be aired on Sept. 19 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Stop by for a few moments and learn about our university as a whole.

Blue & White Society
The Blue and White Society, the student arm of the alumni organization on campus is in need of a new president. If you bleed blue and white, the Blue & White Society welcomes you with open arms. Activities in this club are tons of fun and range from fundraising to watching football games.

THON
Captain applications will be released soon. Anyone interested in helping in this way should apply. Captains are leaders in THON that really make a difference every year. Stop by the THON office or email Mike Warner, mjw5400@ psu.edu, this year 's chair for more information.

Food Advisory Board
Every other Wednesday at 1 P.M. in the cafe, the campus Food Advisory Board will hold meetings to discuss the food on campus. These meetings, the next of which will be held on September 19th, will have food provided. Based on student feedback, the cafe has now gone green, with a Facebook page and a mobile app in the works. Check back next week for more details!

Now widely distributed, I recommend two new fun films which take us outside of ordinary life and into sea and land adventures.

First, with a historical tall tale worthy of Monty Python, The Pirates surf the silly seas thanks to British Claymation creators at Aardman entertainment (makers of Wallace and Grommit classics and Chicken Run).

The Victorian-era pirate crew, led by the likable and modest hero 'Pirate Captain; sadly rules Britannia's waves with a whimper and not a bang. These eager and goofy pirates are perennial non-winners in the world of plunderers, including the 'Pirate of the Year' reality show, with little or no gold or booty until they crash the voyage of the Beagle and run into (literally) none other than Charles Darwin.

With the scientist on their team, they discover the Captain's bird is a dodo and not a parrot, thus leading them to dress as girl scouts and enter a science contest in London. They soon win gold aplenty from Queen Victoria and the Royal Academy.

Having fun yet?

The big winds keep blowing the plot across the seas, until the pirates discover the Queen is part of a nefarious inner circle of exotic carnivores, leading to a final show down involving more gooey blunders than an stadium  full of quick-sand.

Good triumphs of course, but not before the pirates win their 'aarg'uments and regain their pride.

The Lorax

Back on land, 'The Lorax' is colorfully animated and lyrically arranged.

The animated film version of the classic children's text by Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) is voiced by Danny DeVito, with help from Zac Efron, Betty White, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, and other musical charms and talents.

We learn how, long ago, an eager young entrepreneur made his all-too-indelible mark with help of our natural world, knitting and sell­ ing elegant and fibrous tree- tufts.

Tragically, he then be­ comes a bad boy business­ man, selling out his animal buddies and his ethics for a brief bubble of economic success, deforesting the planet and losing his fortune in short order.

Seuss' sustainability tale is told from the perspective of a post­ modern and plastic time when a Napoleonesque villain (DeVito) sells bottled air to a population trapped in a gated, artificial, and increasingly fake city.

Boy (Effron) meets girl (Swift), grandma  (White) b.elps boy court girl by saving and sprouting the last tree seedling ever, while the million­'air' tycoon grows irritated and sends goon squad after boy.

All this leads to a showdown punctuated by a video-game-esque chase scene somewhat like the finale of another sustainability epic for youth, "Wall-E."

Thanks to our hero and his love-induced care for the planet, the Lorax's grim dystopia is finally over.

Boy on bike conquers bad new world order, society is released from its naive commercial artifice, a tree is planted, and Seussian ecosystems are again free to grow up.

The scene in Butler a late Tuesday afternoon recently was certainly one that demanded a double take. On one television screen, rivals Goku and Vegeta waged an explosive and destructive battle. On another screen, Atari classic Maze Craze brought intense competition between two people as they raced to the finish. Smack dab in the middle of it all was Just Dance 3 where those up for the challenge tried their best to match dance moves with an onscreen guide while their favorite songs blasted in the background. These highly active scenes were brought to Butler by Club Anime and the president of the club, sophomore Gabiela Herrera, explained what the activities were all about.

“Today is game night, it's for people to have fun," said Herrera, "It 's the beginning of the year and I want everybody to be more interactive with clubs. We actually have some people here that are not members."

One of those people being freshman Jowel Ammons who was one of the many curious about the on goings in Butler and after receiving an offer he couldn't  refuse; he just had to join in on the fun.

''I'm here because when I came from IST, I was bribed with a cookie," Ammons said smiling. "I kind of found this interesting. .. and wanted to see what it was about. Plus, it gives me something to do right now, get to know the community and get to know everybody else."

Member Travis Maraj, his opponent in the heated Dragon Ball Z battle, was one of the people Ammons got to know and according to Maraj, introducing and reintroducing people to anime such as Dragon Ball Z is what Club Anime is all about.

"The purpose is to basically show off what animes are around the world. The club would show you animes as TV shows, you get to play games like what you see here and then you also have manga, and we would act it out like a play."

Even for those who may have parted ways with anime as they've grown up, there's no denying that anime was a big part of many of their childhoods with the immense popularity of franchises like Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon that have remained relevant even to this day. And these days, animes, are notorious for featuring over the top action, screaming, and odd hair styles with clothes to match.

However, member William Opare believes it's those things that people love about anime and draw them to it.

"It's unique, it's different from what we have in America, it's expressive and colorful," said Opare. Club Anime is also active in learning as much about the Japanese culture that they can through animes, but if anyone is interested in being a part of the club Herrera doesn't  require you to have extensive knowledge of either; or at least not as much as she has.

"Anime was a hobby of mine, I've  watched 132 complete anime series and read a couple of manga, said Herrera,"and just like cartoons and movies, they have different genres: horror, comedy... I like them all."

Herrera's  influence and leadership ability has been documented after she was able to revive a club that failed once before and make it 20 members strong and keep it strong with her willingness to listen to her members and get their opinions on things through the age-old method of the vote.

She even has friend Leslie Clausen interested in joining the club at some point.

"I 've actually seen animes because of her -- Dead Man Wonderland,-- I liked that one," said Clausen.

Dead Man Wonderland is just one of the many programs that will be introduced to through Club Anime, and if anyone is interested in the club, stop by a meeting in the South Hall game room Wednesday nights at 8:30 or send Gabiela an email with any questions at [email protected].

The next time you see Club Anime operating in Butler feel free to stop by and check things out.

It won't  be too long before you join in on the fun, and if you give the club a chance you may discover a love for anime that you didn't know you had.