Surrounded by banners and T-shirts promoting justice in South Africa, University students gathered for 24 hours this weekend in an attempt to understand differing viewpoints on apartheid, racism and other minority concerns.

The HUB Ballroom was transformed into a colossal, diversely ethnic restaurant yesterday, when members of 25 University international organizatio ns presented typical foods from their homelands.

The coordinator of the International Coffeehouse held Friday night in 102 Kern said she was not too worried when only a few people had trickled in by the 8p.m. starting time.

The Interfraternity Council will vote tonight at a specially convened meeting on a proposal that would require fraternities to restrict underage drinking at their parties.

High risk groups for contracting AIDS no longer exist, said one University health official at a brown bag luncheon last week.

Rather than trying to impress their friends at parties, twelve students had their hopes set on being the laughing stocks of campus this weekend.

Representatives from more than 150 businesses from Pennsylvania and neighboring states toured University laboratories and saw demonstrations last Thursday as part of a two-day conference about technology transfer.

For Jack Spielvogel, Friday was the best of times and the worst of times.

A state board is expected to decide tomorrow if the University dormitory that houses students with severe kidney disease will receive a $333,845 grant for better equipment.

Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi recently presented a University mathematics professor with a copy of a book containing math formulas written by the famous Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

Keeping up with all the events and information on campus can be a real task at a big university like Penn State, but the Computation Center made finding such information easier last spring when the Electronic Bulletin Board (EEB) was installed.

A Centre County man is in Centre County Prison in lieu of $200,000 bond after being charged Saturday with the shooting death of his brother-in-law, Randy P. Reed, 26 of Milesburg, state police at Rockview said yesterday.

Several University professors in the field of evolution are unlocking the secrets of nature's history by studying life from a unique perspective -- the molecular level.

You're walking home from your last class, wilted from a demanding day, walkman blaring, feet dragging -- getting to your dorm room is the only thing on your mind.

The next time an attack of the ravenous munchies hits, you don't have to go for the same old burgers or pizza. College Avenue is now blessed with more than just the usual fast food.

The men's indoor track team won 11 of 17 events, including sweeps in the 35-pound weight throw and the shot put, to coast by Shippensburg and Rochester in a tri-meet Saturday at home.

When John Rankel banged home a pass from Rob Smith just 30 seconds into Saturday afternoon's International Collegiate Hockey League game with Buffalo State at the Ice Pavilion, it seemed as if the Icers had their engines running full throttle.

On Friday night Suzie McConnell won the battle. But the war is still to be determined.

The wrestling team picked up two Eastern Wrestling League wins yesterday in Rec Hall and learned the meaning of teamwork in the process.

Nobody could have blamed the men's basketball team if it came out just a little bit flat Saturday afternoon when the Lions hosted Massachusetts in a matinee performance at Rec Hall.

Was it overconfidence? A letdown? The application of the on any given day" hypothesis?

The women's basketball team, playing perhaps its best stretch of basketball this season, won two decidedly different games this weekend.

Brian Allen summed up the men's basketball team's 71-53 win over UMass best.

Freshman Lisa Mallios set a new school record in the vault as the women's gymnastics team posted its highest score of the season in defeating Michigan Saturday, 185.00-182.35.

Slowly but surely the men's gymnastics team is moving toward its ultimate goal.

Four members of the women's track team met Eastern Coast Athletic Conference qualifying standards Saturday at the Hardee's Invitational in Morgantown, W.Va.

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Through song, dance and colorful costumes, an assortment of international culture was presented this weekend by the Penn State Internationale Dancers in conjunction with the International Festival.