Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Centre Daily Times | 05/24/2005 | Tons of stuff fill stadium

Centre Daily Times 05/24/2005 Tons of stuff fill stadium: "Trash to Treasure sale

Tons of stuff fill stadium
Event ensures PSU student discards won't all end up in landfill

By Anne Danahy
adanahy@centredaily.com

UNIVERSITY PARK -- When about 12,500 Penn State students cleared out of their dorms at the end of spring semester, they left a few things behind.
Pair after pair of jeans, enough carpeting to cover Beaver Stadium, and possibly more shoes than Imelda Marcos had.
Years ago, most of it might have ended up in a dump. Now, under the watchful eyes of Trash to Treasure sale co-chairmen Al Matyasovsky and Dave Manos, the shoes, carpets and jeans will find new owners"

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