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Steve Sampsell participates in a mock crisis press conference by asking questions to Comm. 471 student Erin Bankey Thursday at Innovation Park in State College. The press conference is part of my Media Methods public relations class that requires students to act as a spokesperson holding a press conference on a real-world crisis. Students prepare and respond to questioning by reporters and broadcast journalism students in a press room atmosphere under intense lights and television cameras for about nine minutes.