UPDATED: LION Walk Rescheduled For Tuesday

UPDATED @ 11:50 a.m. Friday: The LION Walk, which was postponed due to a rainy forecast Monday, has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, State College borough has announced.

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Original report, posted @ 8:28 a.m. Sunday; updated to reflect new time:

For the third consecutive year, Penn State leaders will join State College borough officials and police Tuesday for the neighborhood-oriented LION Walk.

The walk, centered on the “Living In One Neighborhood” theme, follows the example of similar town-gown events at Colorado State University, the University of Colorado and Texas A&M University, according to the borough. From 6 to 8 p.m., LION Walk teams are scheduled to visit nearly 700 homes in the College Heights, Highlands and Holmes-Foster neighborhoods in State College.

Their goal is to share information about “neigborliness, responsibility and respect” with all borough residents, both students and non-students, a university news release reads. Each LION team will include four members: a student, a police officer, a senior university official and a borough official.

The visits are scheduled just as the Penn State fall semester begins. Fall classes will begin Monday morning.

“This year, twice as many student groups will be participating (in the LION Walk) as in previous years,” the Penn State release reads. They will include Bobby Ryan, who is president of the Off-Campus Student Union, and Christian Ragland, president of the University Park Undergraduate Association.

Other listed participants include Penn State President Graham Spanier, university Vice President for Student Affairs Damon Sims, borough Mayor Elizabeth Goreham, university police Director Steve Shelow, borough police Chief Tom King, borough Manager Tom Fountaine and the Nittany Lion mascot.

“Teams will distribute packets containing information about personal safety, being a good neighbor, hosting safe parties and dangerous drinking; packets also will contain pointers on how to live in an environmentally friendly way, and will outline borough ordinances that govern trash, noise, parking and recycling,” the Penn State release notes.

Residents visited by the teams may participate in an online survey that will help shape the 2011 LION Walk. Those who join in may win one of two $100 gift cards, good for use in downtown State College.