Despite its appearance, the thermometer hanging on the College Avenue gates leading to the Mall is not a gauge marking above normal temperatures for the month of January. Rather, it indicates the success of the University's contribution drive for the Centre County United Way.

Legislation co-sponsored by Sen. J. Doyle Corman, R-Centre, to aid the state's homeless and needy has been referred out of the Senate Appropriations Committee and is before the full Senate for consideration.

The Penn State Student Association for Palestine will stage a demonstration from noon to 1 p.m. today to show support and solidarity for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories.

A hot-off-the-presses survey of college freshman reveals yet another class of college students as career-driven and placing little emphasis on developing a meaningful philosophy of life."

After carrying the banner for women's rights for over 20 years, a former Penn State administrator was recently inaugurated as the first woman chancellor of the University of California.

Two fights occurred within an hour of each other at two fraternites early yesterday morning.

Gov. Robert P. Casey has proposed a plan to make car insurance more affordable to all Pennsylvania drivers, said John Taylor, deputy press secretary to the governor.

Anheuser-Busch Inc. is keeping silent about its legal battle against Sportswear Associates Inc., who allegedly stole the beer giant's bull terrier light-beer trademark.

State College CashStream cards users will be issued MAC (Money Access Center) cards in the coming year as a result of a recent consolidation of the two regional debit card companies, Kevin W.Davis, director of marketing for Mid-State Banks, said Friday.

State College fitness enthusiasts will soon be able to pump iron and aerobicize at Gold's Gym, the latest entry in a growing list of local health and fitness centers, but some question if the new gym will be able to hold its own in an already fitness-conscious town.

An early morning fight at the new Pennsylvania Pizza restaurant, 500 E. College Ave., ended in a surprise yesterday for two rowdy customers.

The men's swim team pulled off an upset Saturday, knocking off favored Virginia, 117-95 at McCoy Natatorium.

Going into this weekend's (Jan. 22-24) two meets, the men's gymnastics team was greeted with both good news and bad news.

OLEAN, N.Y. -- Just when it looked like the women's basketball team might be relegated to the middle of the pack in the Atlantic 10, the Lady Lions came up with a dominating victory on Jan. 23 that was reminiscent of recent seasons.

The women's gymnastics team defeated New Hampshire, but lost to powerful Alabama in a tri-meet on Jan. 23 at Rec Hall.

The men's volleyball team gave the Penn State fans a brief but rare taste of its ability when it played the alumni in the annual game on Saturday in Rec Hall's South Gym.

Considering the circumstances, things could have been worse for the ice hockey team this weekend. A lot worse.

Nothings changed for the men's basketball team.

It certainly wasn't an easy weekend for the wrestling team.

At the start of the 1987-88 wrestling season, Head Coach Rich Lorenzo called him ". . . one of our future team leaders. He fits very much into the mold of a Ken Chertow or Jimmy Martin, the type of young man who's a workaholic."

The men's indoor track team competed in its second tri-meet Saturday at Ohio State and came out on the short end of the stick, finishing second behind the host Buckeyes, who came in first with 73.5 points.

Collegian Editorial

My Opinion:Bill Cahir