The assigned book has not been read and the exam is tomorrow. Instead of staying up trying to cram half a semester's reading into one night, students have found another option -- renting the movie.

Clearfield County Judge Michael Rudella found enough evidence Wednesday in a preliminary hearing to order 15-year-old Timothy Hanson to be tried in Centre County Court of Common Pleas, according to the court admistrator's office.

If you are graduating in May and do not have a job, don't start making excuses to your student loan officer yet. According to University statistics, you will not be unemployed for long.

Two faculty members were recently selected to take part in the University's administrative fellowship program -- a program created last year to give women and minority faculty members administrative experience.

Several members of the University community recently said posters proclaiming "Racism has no place at Penn State" aren't nearly enough to improve the University's environment for minorities. Others, however, view them as an important first step.

A University graduate student was one of the plaintiffs in a recently dismissed federal court decision that had provided judicial enforcement for various civil rights acts.

German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said that age does not make us childish -- but a University professor disagrees, saying childlike behavior is one of many problems the children of aging parents must deal with.

Fifteen years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion, a recent study shows that sentiments among conservative Americans strongly support women's privacy.

Four citations have been issued stemming from an early morning fight Nov. 21, at McDonald's Restaurant, 422 E. College Ave., State College Bureau of Police Services said Wednesday.

The University will be taking the big plunge this year when interior renovations of the McCoy Natatorium begin.

Students may be able to use laser printer facilities next fall with a new account card, similar to a student identification card, said the chairman of the Electronic ID Card Committee at last night's University Student Executive Council's meeting.

State College Planning Commission members said last night an increase in cooperative planning between the University and the State College community concerning future development of University property is needed.

In order to replace water service lost because of the closing of the Shingletown Gap reservoir, test wells will be built over the next six months, according to the State College Water Authority.

Local postal officials do not think it is likely that the University Park and State College post offices will be affected by the U.S. Postal Service's proposal to close offices for a half day each week.

While a certain degree of worrying can be healthy for most people, worrying can also sometimes lead to an anxiety disorder that causes health problems.

A University biochemist's research on tissues from rats that traveled in space may reduce problems for astronauts in the future.

Research technician Kim Motter commented recently on various aspects of her 26-day stay in Moscow during which she assisted University biochemistry professor Wesley Hymer in collecting tissue samples from rats that traveled aboard the Soviet Cosmos 1987 Biosatellite last fall.

After two meets on the road against Eastern opponents, the women's gymnastics team goes up against Southern power Alabama -- one of the best teams in the country -- and New Hampshire in a tri-meet tonight at 8 at Rec Hall.

The men's volleyball team will play the men who built the foundation of the volleyball program at Penn State -- the alumni -- tomorrow afternoon at 1 at Rec Hall.

When one thinks of the wrestling team's rivals, national powers Iowa, Iowa State and Eastern Wrestling League foes like Lock Haven and Clarion usually come to mind.

The mens' swimming team realizes that it will have to be at its best when it takes on Virginia at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the McCoy Natatorium.

The women's basketball team will look to rebound from two Atlantic 10 conference losses when it battles A-10 foe St. Bonaventure tomorrow in a doubleheader with the men's team at Reilly Center in Olean, N.Y.

The men's baseketball team is better than halfway through its 1987- 88 campaign, but several questions remain unanswered as the Lions prepare for their 7:35 game at St. Bonaventure tomorrow night.

When the 1987-88 season began for rookie Head Coach Joe Battista and his Icers, it appeared as if a rebuilding campaign was in order.

If it can stifle the coughs, sneezes, wheezes and aches and pains, the men's gymnastics team may come home from this weekend with two more wins.

Collegian Editorial

My Opinion: Dave Howland

My Opinion: Andrew McInerney

When adapting a novel to cinema, something is invariably lost in the translation.

In theory, Lester Bangs was a rock critic. Before his death in 1982, he wrote almost nothing but record reviews and think pieces on whatever rock 'n' roll act caught his fancy.

Rossini's The Barber of Seville, which has been called the most popular comic opera in the world, is coming to Eisenhower Auditorium tonight at 8.

Roy Buchanan, one of the great rock and blues guitarists, will be performing at the Ambler Cafe in Ambler, a suburb of Philadelphia, on Jan. 23.

Artists interpreting other artists. That is what will occur tonight when local dancers use their creative talents to perform their reactions to the Henry Moore exhibit on display at the Palmer Museum of Art.

The following are the top records for the week ending Jan. 22 as indicated by State College record stores.

The Bigtime Syndrome -- Various Artists Big Time Records (America, Inc.) 6050-1-B

The dance world is constantly changing. First there was classical ballet, then there was modern, and then post-modern dance. Sometimes called avant-garde, the dancers of today use many different approaches to get their messages across. A perfect example of this is Jennifer Muller, founder and artistic director of Jennifer Muller / The Works