Advertising offers the same type of economical exchange of power and pleasure as poetry, a noted scholar told a near capacity audience in 121 Sparks yesterday.

Laughter, music and merriment rang through the air yesterday as people of all ages watched mimes, got their faces painted and dressed up as clowns to celebrate Children's Day, which kicked off the 22nd Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

Waiting with expectant and greedy eyes, children, parents and college students pushed against the ropes barring off two metal canoes filled with mounds upon mounds of ice cream, chocolate, bananas and crushed cherries.

While seniors waded through graduation ceremonies last spring, six students were gliding Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang style over 30 feet-deep streams in Montreal, Canada. And it was all done in a car of their own creation.

A female University student reported to the State College Bureau of Police Services last week that she was raped about three weeks ago, State College police reported June 30.

University Student Executive Council members last night decided individually, though not as a body, to endorse the Undergraduate Student Government's efforts to open the University budget in a special meeting called to address the issue.

With a weather forecast predicting near record high temperatures for State College for the entire 22nd Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts this week, visitors and students will need to take extra precautions while attending outdoor events.

An unsuccessful attempt by State College Mayor Arnold Addison to cut the red ribbon in front of the Atherton Hilton marked the hotel's start as a Hilton Inns, Inc., franchise.

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A few thousand people gathered at the Festival Shell on Old Main lawn last night to hear the smooth sound of the Nylons kicking off the 22nd annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.