August 16, 2002 - Leadership Conference
The Leadership Conference is a yearly Penn State event where the Commonwealth's student leaders attend activities designed to create highly effective leaders.
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The Central Staff of the Commonwealth Council of Student Governments and important staff members from the University Park campus welcome students.
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Icebreakers and other activities were an integral part of the conference.
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Jayneel Patel here is wearing a hat... why is another question.
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The hotel rooms were impressive in size...
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...but the showers and other amenities weren't the greatest.
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Jayneel poses with his two girls (Ashley Martin and Bridget Daly).
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The Abington delegation. From left: (top) Steve Sokolowski, Ninad Pendharkar, Justin DeSenso, Gale Siegal, and Tracy Garnick, (bottom) Luis Ruiz-Alomar, Ashley Martin, Bridget Daly, Matilda Clipner, Soroosh Hashemi
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The Abington delegation, further away. From left: (top) Steve Sokolowski, Ninad Pendharkar, Justin DeSenso, Gale Siegal, and Tracy Garnick, (bottom) Luis Ruiz-Alomar, Ashley Martin, Bridget Daly, Matilda Clipner, Soroosh Hashemi
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Soroosh Hashemi.
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Tracy Garnick.
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Matilda Clipner.
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Steve Sokolowski.
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Ashley Martin.
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Ninad Pendharkar.
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Ninad Pendharkar, a second time.
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Bridget Daly.
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Bridget, from head to toe.
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The front of the capitol building, during the systemwide trip to Harrisburg.
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The capitol building again, this time with the top of the dome in view.
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This corridor led to a series of shops beneath the capitol building.
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Light fixtures such as these adorned the halls.
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These huge tapestries have hung on the walls since the early 1900s.
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The Supreme Court's chambers were impressive.
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Another picture from the Supreme Court chambers.
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The dome in the Supreme Court chambers was translucent, letting light shine in from the sun above.
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Another picture of the Supreme Court chambers.
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Students, wearing their "Spirit of Leadership" T-Shirts, sat on the behcnes in the Supreme Court chambers as the tour guides talked about the building's history.
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These windows were present in the House chambers, which were being renovated while the legislature was on vacation.
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Here's a view of the upper reaches of the house chamber...
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...and another of the lower reaches...
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...and a third of the floor.
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This is the main dome of the capitol building, viewed from a balcony on the third floor.
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The floor of the House chamber.
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One of the walls of the House chamber.
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The ceiling of the House chamber.
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The ceiling of one of the corridors on the third floor of the building.
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Looking down at the floor of the Senate chambers.
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The walls of the Senate chamber.
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The floor of the Senate chamber, again.
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The tour proceeded up the stairs that surround the central open space of the building.
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An earlier picture, taken looking up at the second floor balcony, from which the previous picture was taken.
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Standing in the exact center of the capitol building on the ground floor, looking straight up.
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Some repairs were being made to the exterior facades of the building while the students entered through the front doors.
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Students from all twenty Penn State locations walked toward the building.
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The capitol building, from the street in front of the building.
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Ninad Pendharkar prepares to attend his first official function as SGA President.