Rep. Lynn Herman, R-Centre, introduced legislation before the House left session last month which would extend state grant aid to independent fifth-year students.

Sponsors of the on-campus pornographic movies reported about a $540 drop in profits from last weekend's showing, attributing the low attendance to a last-minute loss of Collegian advertising space and their inability to print and distribute flyers in time.

One Pennsylvania high school is taking steps to combat the problem of IV drug use.

The incidence of AIDS among intravenous drug users is increasing in states with high numbers of AIDS cases, including Pennsylvania, said a University professor of microbiology at the Hershey Medical Center,

Auditor General Don Bailey claimed last week that Systems Innovation Inc., sole supplier of the VASCAR speed timing device used by municipal police services in Pennsylvania, has inaccurately calibrated the VASCAR units.

Pennsylvania may lose millions of dollars in funds if the state does not pass legislation raising the speed limit on rural highways to 65 m.p.h, said Elizabeth Voras, Executive Director of the Senate Transportation Committee yesterday.

Centre Region police chiefs last week urged state Sen. J. Doyle Corman, R-Bellefonte, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, to push for legislation allowing municipal police to use a radar timing system to catch speeding motorists.

In response to a cut Congress made on Dec. 21, Gov. Robert P. Casey has reallocated $21.7 million in state funds to replace home heating funds for low-income people, including students.

Last February, the sudden appearance of the first supernova visible to the naked eye in 383 years gave astronomers at the University and around the world a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to test their theories about these rare stellar events.

Increasing awareness about the plus/minus grading system and possibly the number of late-drop credits allowed are concerns which the Undergraduate Student Government's Academic Assembly plans to address this semester.

The men's track team has four athletes who, if everything goes right, could be running for the U.S. Olympic team in Seoul, South Korea, this summer.

The men's indoor track team, fresh off its win last Saturday against Georgetown and Pittsburgh, will travel to Columbus, Ohio, this weekend to face Southern Illinois, Tennessee and Ohio State.

My Opinion: Dave Sottile

Collegian Editorial

My Opinion:Rick Woodward