Students are becoming less sensitized to the possibility of attack, some University personnel said yesterday in reaction to two rapes which took place downtown last weekend.
The proposal to grant three groups representing minority concerns seats on the University Student Executive Council was discussed last night by members of the Association of Residence Halls Students.
Centre County Judge David Grine will issue sentences today to the 11 fraternities found guilty of serving alcohol to minors last fall, the Interfraternity Council executive committee announced at the IFC meeting last night.
Dan Rather led into the report about racism on the nation's campuses with A showdown today between students and administrators at Penn State."
Administrators and faculty members present at the negotiations said yesterday's five-hour meeting between CAAPS representatives and top University officials was profitable for both sides in terms of commitment to change and agreements reached.
Due to an abundance of concerned people, a meeting yesterday between student leaders and University administrators about the problems facing black Penn State students was televised live to an audience in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Two Harrisburg lawmakers who are leaders in the fight for black interests on the state and national level cleared their schedules yesterday to participate in talks between University administrators and members of the black community.
The University president, state officials and members of Concerned African-Americans at Penn State agreed on administrative action as well as plans for future meetings to deal with issues affecting the University black community during a five-hour, open-forum meeting yesterday.
State College Bureau of Police Services say there is no connection between two rapes that occurred within a few blocks of each other this weekend.
Nearly 4000 people from all over Pennsylvania descended onto the Nittany Mall last Saturday to meet Davy Jones, singer for the recently reformed Monkees. Jones was there to sign copies of his new autobiography, They Made a Monkee Out of Me.
If you are the victim of a rape, help can be obtained from these numbers: University Police Services 863-1111. State College Bureau of Police Services 234-0234. Ritenour Health Center 865-6556. Centre Community Hospital 238-4351. The Women's Resource Center (Rape Crisis) 234-5050. Center for Counseling and Psychological Service 863-0395.
All registered voters who plan to cast ballots in the Pennsylvania primary by mail must submit their applications for absentee ballots to the courthouse elections office in Bellefonte no later than 5 p.m. today.
The baseball team went from one extreme to another yesterday in its doubleheader against Duquesne, managing just four hits in the opening contest to lose, 4-2. But the squad rallied in the second game to crush the Dukes 14-3 in a ten-run-rule, six-inning game.
At this point in the season, every game is a must-win for the women's lacrosse team, beginning with its contest against Princeton today.
The men's volleyball team has one more obstacle to overcome before it gets down to crunch time. The Lions will play No.17 East Stroudsburg University at 7:30 tonight at East Stroudsburg.
Although the women's golf team emerged from this past weekend's competition in Williamsburg, Va., with a disappointing sixth-place finish, there was a ray of hope in the last away tournament of the year.
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Hey, hey, he's a Monkee, still, after 20 years of TV, tours, reruns and reunions. Now that their career is back in business, Davy Jones, singer and tambourine player for the prefab four," is looking to set the record straight about the old days with his new autobiography, They Made a Monkee Out of Me.
An enthusiastic crowd welcomed the performance of The Pennsylvania Dance Theatre Apprentice Dancers last Thursday evening in the Fairmount Avenue Elementary School Auditorium. The nine women who comprise the company were chosen by audition. The company performed five works, each representing a different dance style.
Orchesis members demonstrated their talent in a dynamic display of variety and energy last weekend in White Building. The show, entitled Orchesis: Dance in Performance, presented the audience with 11 student- choreographed dances in several styles.
Emanuel Ax treated his audience to a relaxing and enchanting concert Friday evening. Ax's talent and choice of repertoire turned Eisenhower Auditorium into a sweet fantasyland.
The University Resident Theatre Company's latest production is an amusing, though uninspired, interpretation of one of the Bard's most popular comedies.
