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PENN STATE VS. RUTGERS

FAN PROFILES

Fans weigh in on border rivalry

By Shawn Annarelli
sannarelli@centredaily.com

UNIVERSITY PARK
Families fight. Families
feud. And some families root
for different football teams.
Plenty of them tailgated together before the game Saturday, blood boiling beneath
the surface for bragging
rights later in the night and
beyond.
The Karasevich family will
go as far as to say there isnt
just a rivalry in the family,
but also between Penn State
and Rutgers. Never mind ancient history between the
two programs, which saw
the Nittany Lions routinely
stomp all over Rutgers.
That all changed last year
in New Jersey.
Ugly doesnt begin to describe that game, according
to fans, which Penn State
won 13-10.
It was a close game,
Rutgers fan Matt Karasevich
said. My defense (was bad)
and my receivers were, ah,
lets not talk about them.
Lets just say Penn State still
doesnt have a good offense,
so Rutgers comes out on
top.
Rutgers fans, according to
Matts uncle Tim, added fuel
to the fire.
Yeah, I believe its become a rivalry after last year,
because it only takes one
year and last year was it,
Penn State fan Tim Karasevich said. Its how (Rutgers
fans) behaved at the game
with the shirts, the flags, the
chants. I thought it was classless. Now, this year, theyve
been great. They really have
been great.
The mood, they said, was
different in Happy Valley.
I was expecting more of
the things like, (Bleep)
Rutgers, but weve been out
here all day and its been
great meeting people, talking to people and getting welcomed by everyone, Matt
Karasevich said.
His uncle chalked it up to
Penn State hospitality.
I think were at Penn
State, its the greatest place
in the world, and we like to
have fun here and thats all
that matters, Tim Karasev-

Anthony Campagnini
Age: 72
Residence: Aston
Attending Penn State
games since: 1973
Favorite memory: When
Penn State beat Miami
in the Fiesta Bowl,
14-10
Favorite tailgating food:
All of them
Hopes for this season:
8-4 and a bowl game in
Florida
Favorite player: Ki-Jana
Carter

CDT photos/Abby Drey

Rutgers fan Eric Duborg takes his turn in quoits with wife, Jessica, before the Penn State football game on Saturday. Jessica, a Penn State alumna, and her husband joked about being split fans for the game. Below: A Rutgers fan, who identified
himself as Mark, shares sausages with neighboring tailgates.

ich said. But, you should

know this, that they arent
sitting with us. We wont give
them those tickets.
Another Penn State-Rutgers family disagrees with the
Karaseviches.
Its a growing rivalry, so
well give them that, Penn
State fan Mark Smith said.
But its nothing more than
that.
To which his brother

Every school that joins a

new conference, the rest (of
the teams in that conference) are going to think they
dont belong there until they
prove themselves, which we
did last year, Brandon
Smith said. I really felt we
did. So many people called
for us to go 2-10 and we went
8-4, which was incredible
and, remember, better than
Penn States record.
Other families say the rivalry still needs time to fester.
Wed love for it to be a rivalry, but it takes time to develop, Rutgers fan Josh Karas said. If were annoying
enough, play tight games
and beat you once in a while,
youll get ticked and youll
get tired of a sea of red coming to your Penn State games
when you have your little
stripe-outs, and itll be a rivalry.
There need to be more
great moments, said Karas,

shook his head.

There definitely is a rivalry, at least from the Rutgers
standpoint, Rutgers fan
Brandon Smith said. Ever
since we lost last year in that
game weve been waiting for
this game. It was such a
close game, and were bordering states, so this is a rivalry.
But what if the other team
doesnt feel the same way?

and last years game doesnt

quite stack up.
Make no mistake, he said,
Sam Fickens clutch kicks
were special, but the game itself left a bad taste.
We threw five interceptions, and you won by a field
goal, Karas said turning to
his family when reminded
that Rutgers lost in the last
minute. Lets be honest, we
gave it away to you.
And thats when the trash
talking started.
Hes not a real reporter,
one of his relatives said. I
paid him to get under your
skin.
If the ref gives us some
calls or if we start winning
well see how much you
Penn State fans are talking,
Karas said back. Just wait if
Rutgers wins tonight. Theyll
hear all about it.
Shawn Annarelli:
814-235-3928,
@Shawn_Annarelli

Tyler Jachera
Age: 18
Residence: Penn State
Attending Penn State
games since: About
2000 with his grandfather
Favorite memory: Penn
State 27, Buffalo 14,
because it was his first
as a student
Favorite tailgating food:
Burgers
Hopes for this season:
9-3 and a bowl win
Favorite player: Angelo
Mangiro
By Shawn Annarelli

Woman finds strength in loss

of friend one clip at a time
Cindy Herbst steeled
thought about other women
herself.
losing their bangs, their
She was going to go
curls, their ponytails, to
through with it no lastcancer treatment. She had
minute loss of nerve, no
an idea, and it grew along
turning back. The time had
with her hair.
come.
Someday, when her long
Her friend, Kelley
strands returned,
Ladlee, standing
she would honor
behind her, wanted
her friends courto make sure.
age. She would
Are you ready?
make a sacrifice to
Ladlee said.
give another woman
Herbst closed her
hope and dignity in
eyes. She could do it.
the face of suffering.
Had to do it. Arms
Time passed.
folded, she nodded,
It needed to be
Chris
and Ladlees scissors Rosenblum long enough, she
went to work.
said.
Snip. Snip.
Before anything could
A ponytail once plunging
happen, Heller succumbed.
down a back like a brunette Herbst wasnt going to the
waterfall dropped into Lafuneral without fulfilling her
dlees hand.
homage. She just wasnt.
Oh my God, Herbst
Three days from the
said, turning around.
service, her 14-inch ponytail
It was done. On a Satslipped into a zipper-lock
urday afternoon in the
plastic bag, bound for
Allenway Barber Shop, she
Grand Rapids, Mich., and
gave her gift. This was for a Pantene Beautiful Lengths.
departed friend.
Herbst had considered
This was for Kathy Hellother options for donating
er.
her hair. Pantene Beautiful
Ovarian cancer took
Lengths focused exclusively
Heller Aug. 27, a week after on women with cancer,
her 59th birthday. No longgiving away free, all-hair
er could she continue the
wigs. It was the one.
fight.
Hair provided by generHerbst, a Ferguson
ous volunteers like you will
Township Elementary
be used to craft beautiful,
School special education
high-quality wigs by our
paraprofessional, saw the
partner, HairUWear, the
toll on the retired meteorolnonprofit promised. Then
ogist, part-time Centre
it will go to a woman affectCounty YMCA trainer and
ed by hair loss from canexpert Muay Thai kickcer.
boxer. Cancer stole not only
And so, she wound up
strength and energy.
standing in a barber shop,
She lost all her hair
her flowing hair wetted and
during chemotherapy,
combed straight, her entire
Herbst said. When it startbeing braced for a dramatic
ing growing in, it was adora- cut. There wasnt a big
ble.
audience just Ladlee,
Herbst, though, went
who opened her shop for
beyond compliments. She
the moment, and Bernie
offered solidarity.
Herbst, there to support his
I told her if she would
wife.
keep it short, I would cut
He thought Id need a
my hair, Herbst said.
driver back, Cindy Herbst
Off it came, but over the
said. He thought Id pass
next two years, Herbst
out.

She stayed upright,

blanching only slightly
when shown her liberated
ponytail. Sitting in a barbers chair helped while
Ladlee trimmed away and
tufts fell to the floor.
Im in shock, Herbst
said.
But it was a tiny loss
compared to the one she
addressed days later, promising to make her eulogy
short and sweet like her
hair.
She really was an amazing woman, Herbst said to
mourners, noting she
wouldnt have met and got
to know so many of you if
it werent for Heller. Because of Kathy, my life is
filled with friends that I
cherish and am lucky to
know.
I guess people never
really die, they live on
through others. Were all a
little bit better, a little richer, because of her. She was
a small woman with a big

heart. Well all miss her, I

know I do, but I have an
extended family courtesy of
her.
Leaving the barber shop,
she also counted her blessings.
She still was coming to
grips with her new, closecropped look, reaching
behind her out of habit for
phantom hair. Not that she
was going to dwell on what
was gone. Much remained.
She and her family had
their health, and for that,
she was lucky. Her tribute
reminded her. Somewhere,
someone battling to live
was going to place a lustrous brunette wig on her
bald head and give anything
to feel as fortunate.
This isnt bad, Herbst
said, running her fingers
over her modest mane.
This is hair.
Send local column ideas to
Chris Rosenblum at chris
rosenblum@comcast.net.

Photo provided/Bernie Herbst

Cindy Herbst shows off her new short hairstyle, holding up

the ponytail she donated to Pantene Beautiful Lengths, a
Michigan organization that accepts hair donations for making natural wigs to give to cancer-stricken women who
have lost their hair. Herbst cut her hair in honor of a friend
who died from cancer.

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