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Back Issues   [ Wednesday, April 20, 1988 ]


NEWS

Is the Strategic Defense Initiative an assured defense system or just a nice idea?

The state House adopted a resolution earlier this month calling for Austrian President Kurt Waldheim's resignation.

Members of the University Board of Trustees said yesterday they were pleased with the results of Monday's negotiations between students and administrators, and expressed hopes that the minority climate at the University will be improved as talks continue.

Although there has not been a serious earthquake on the east coast since 1944, University professors say any future trembling could cause serious damage and destruction.

The fundamental health of the U.S. economy is stronger than most people give it credit for, said Malcolm S. Forbes Jr., president and chief operating officer of Forbes, Inc, which publishes Forbes magazine.

As the end of the semester approaches, many students naturally begin to feel more stress.

Some Undergraduate Student Government senators had a change of heart last night when they reversed last week's vote and confirmed the appointment of former Committee for Justice in South Africa President Travis Parchman as the new USG executive assistant.

AIDS death rate projections for the end of the century indicate that insurance companies will have to screen out HIV-infected applicants and help educate the public in order to save billions of dollars, an insurance executive and co-author of an AIDS and insurance industry report said.

A bill that provides stiffer punishments for on-the-job assaults of sporting event officials was approved last month in the state House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.

The Centre Area Transportation Authority Monday night updated a task force's proposal to move the bus transfer site at College Avenue and South Allen Street. The new site also would become a part of a joint- use facility.

Bicyclists are reminded that current bicycle registrations expire on May 31, University Police Services said.

The Panhellenic Council voted unanimously to extend an offer of activation to two new sororities at the last Panhellenic meeting of the semester Monday night.

Marking the premiere of the Centre Economic Opportunity Exposition, business and industrial leaders will showcase their products and services today and tomorrow at the Nittany Mall from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The University announced yesterday it recently received a $1 million gift to establish the Robert E. Kirby Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering -- an endowment that one University official called a milestone for the department.

SPORTS

In his first plate appearance of the baseball team's second game yesterday, Paul Komorowski ripped a sharp grounder down the third-base line to raise his consecutive-game hitting streak to 18 and break the all-time Penn State record.

The women's tennis team capped off another successful season this past weekend, capturing its fourth consecutive Atlantic 10 Championship at Rutgers University.

OPINIONS

My Opinion: Nomi Buch

My Opinion: Eric Bokelberg

My Opinion: Carl Rupert




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