Members of at least 13 student and community organizations have banded together to march for equality tomorrow afternoon in an attempt to combat what they see as an alarming increase in discrimination against minority populations at the University.
The 1988 Black Arts Festival, lasting from March 19 to April 23, focuses on black achievements and creativity in music, art, dance, film, literature, history and culture.
Faculty are required to use the plus/minus system, and if they do not, they may soon receive letters reminding them of their obligation, students decided at a plus/minus forum sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Government's Academic Assembly in the HUB Fishbowl last night.
Proposed Strategic Analysis Research Team (START) legislation dominated discussion at Wednesday night's Undergraduate Student Government vice- presidential candidate debate.
Undergraduate Student Government President Todd Sloan responded yesterday to criticisms made Wednesday night of his bid for re-election by saying he believes that issues and their effect on students make an election, not mud-slinging tactics.
About 75 graduate student leaders representing 32 universities from across the nation will converge on Happy Valley this weekend for the second annual National Association of Graduate-Professional Students conference.
Jane Brody, health and science writer and personal health columnist for The New York Times, confessed Wednesday night that she and her colleagues have unwittingly contributed to the perpetration of quackery" in science.
The University Student Executive Council voted 13-5 in a roll call vote last night against the proposed Lesbian and Gay Student Alliance seat, despite protests of about 70 University community members representing student groups and individual sentiments.
A day without eating meat may sound like hogwash if you find nothing more satisfying than a good old juicy hamburger.
People cried and hugged each other in the hallway. They had just left the University Student Executive Council meeting.
University students will have a chance to drive Dodges for dollars this weekend in the sixth annual National Collegiate Driving Championships.
A coffin symbolizing the death of democracy in El Salvador was carried from the steps of Pattee to the local office of U.S. Rep.William Clinger, R-Centre, by a group of about 30 people yesterday shouting, Stop the killing, stop the war, U.S. out of El Salvador."
With no clear presidential candidate emerging in the Democratic primaries, talk has turned to the possibility of a brokered convention in July, University professors said.
A unit of the Army National Guard and funds provided by the Federal Aviation Administration have rejuvenated the Philipsburg-based Mid- State Airport and may help it expand in the future.
Women's studies programs may play an important part in understanding and sustaining future society, said one feminist scholar last night.
Students who applied for on-campus housing need not worry about where they will hang their hats when they come back for the Fall Semester. Housing and Food Services has accepted all dorm contracts -- totaling more than 8,000 -- that were filed before the Feb.26 deadline.
Five states will soon be serving blue-plate specials with a side order of glory for old State.
Rape crisis and domestic violence centers across the state will most likely recover lost funds as a result of a unanimous Senate vote last Wednesday to re-establish a $10 surcharge collected from all criminals convicted in Pennsylvania.
The University's greek system may place second in the nation in terms of size, but when it comes to raising money through philanthropic events, this system is ahead of the pack.
Based on a new program created by the Pennsylvania Energy Office, apartment owners may soon be eligible for a refund on specific building improvements.
Black Arts Festival events scheduled for March include:
Black student groups will sponsor a symposium examining the effects of economics, education, family, culture, politics and health on the future of African-Americans from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow in 301 HUB.
About 125 abandoned and unregistered bicycles collected by University Police Services were sold Wednesday at the annual bike auction at the University Salvage Warehouse.
The University's hospital at the Hershey Medical Center has been named one of the top hospitals in the country by a recently published book titled The Best Hospitals in America.
AMES, Iowa--As the saying goes, there's a first time for everything.
AMES, Iowa--After a strong performance by both its rookies and its veterans in the first round, the wrestling team lost three second-round bouts in the first day of competition at the NCAA Tournament at Iowa State's Hilton Coliseum.
The Eastern Collegiate Boxing Association Regional Championships will be held at 6 tonight and tomorrow in White Building.
According to the calendar, spring is still a few days away, but for the men's tennis team the season is already 11 dual matches old.
Although its bid to the NCAAs is guaranteed, the men's gymnastics team is far from ready to pack its bags and head to Nebraska.
The women's gymnastics team concludes its dual-meet schedule against North Carolina at 7 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hill.
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State College is fortunate to have a professional dance company based here. Audiences this weekend will be fortunate enough to see these professionals perform.
She was fast asleep, snuggled up in her warm, soft covers, when her mother woke her. She followed her mother downstairs and was told to sit in front of the small family radio. The notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony flowed through the room. A 6-year-old girl, who was used to playing cute, light tunes on the piano, was awe-struck. That night, Beethoven inspired Marylene Dosse to pursue her musical talent.
Australia offers yet another supergroup in the Church, who have just released their sixth album, Starfish.
America has been called the land of the free and a place where there are equal opportunities for all. Jacob Holdt's American Pictures proved otherwise to a standing-room-only audience in Kern Building Tuesday evening in a show sponsored by the Graduate Student Association, the Office of Religious Affairs, Network and the Committee for Justice in South Africa.
Those who missed the Flaming Lips show in the HUB Ballroom a short time ago now have the chance to get a dose of their mighty mojo when they perform an all-ages concert this Sunday at the Scorpion. The doors open at 8p.m., and the cover charge is $5.
