To promote liberal and practical education ... for the sons and daughters of the working class ... In the several pursuits and professions of life," reads the Morrill Act, which established the University's mission more than a century ago.
Exhibitions, presentations, and celebrations around the world will commemorate next year's Bastille Day, the bicentennial of the French Revolution, said Professor Gerald J.Brault yesterday afternoon in a summer sessions program entitled, 1789 -- 1989: France prepares to Celebrate a Bicentennial."
University tuition will increase by 9.7 percent this fall, equivalent to $318 per year, for full-time in-state students, and room and board rates will rise by 4 percent if the University Board of Trustees approves the proposed figures this weekend.
The University Board of Trustees is meeting to set the budget today and tommorrow at the University's Behrend Campus in Erie. Among other activities on the agenda, the Board will set the budget for the 1988- 89 academic year.
Three people were injured when two cars collided on Route 26 late yesterday morning, State College Bureau of Police Services reported.
With the temperature reaching highs of more than 90 degrees for the past two weeks, lounging in the pool seems to be an attractive and popular idea. But people who cannot swim well should remember that inflatable floating devices may not be safe for lounging.
The U. S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee passed a technical corrections bill yesterday that included a clause for reinstating tax exemption on tuition waivers for research and teaching graduate assistantships.
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Though the 22nd annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts ended almost a week ago, the Crafts 22 and Objects in Metal exhibits on campus will preserve the celebratory mood for two more weeks.
The realm of wearable art is as diverse and interesting as the people who create it. Much more, artistically, technically and emotionally, goes into the art than most people realize, so that although a customer may pick out a piece that he or she likes, the reason may be difficult to pin down.
