The University Housing Office has invested close to $180,000 to reconstruct Atherton Hall apartments for use by visiting faculty and transitionary staff, Henry Haranin of Haranin Construction said. A small contribution from a Christian mission 12 years ago has grown into what today is a regular financial assistance program that brings prisoners' families to the State Correctional Institution at Rockview for visits. Sexual assault, sexism and sex-based discrimination were among several topics discussed in an introductory meeting at the Center for Women Students last night. Despite a low turnout last night at the Undergraduate Student Government's town meeting, USG members said they were glad to have an opportunity to inform students and discuss the open budget issue with them. All University dorm students housed in temporary rooms last semester now have a place they can call home. Barring a major American economic disaster, University President Bryce Jordan said holding a yearly tuition increase to 5 percent for the next six years is a "pretty solid assumption." The case of a Rockview prison inmate accused of attempting to infect a prison guard with the deadly AIDS virus is unique in Pennsylvania, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections said yesterday. The team of social scientists that investigated the campus racial climate last semester did not get an accurate view of the real situation, student leaders said this week. HRB-Systems cited a decline in new defense contracts yesterday as a partial cause for the company's decision to lay off 100 employees Wednesday. The mid-Atlantic outbreak of rabies has receded from Centre County and moved southeast to Chester and Delaware counties where it has infected hundreds of animals, state department of agriculture statistics indicate. Funds allocated by the General Assembly late last year will help complete a local road project put on hold nearly three years ago. The music emanating from Stuart hall next door was Jim Morrison's "Come on Baby, Light My Fire." Water levels in the wells that supply the borough of State College are going to drop because of students who have returned from break to live downtown, a borough official predicts. Officer elections and reports on the University's SHARE program and minority student recruitment efforts top the agenda for the University Board of Trustees meeting today and tomorrow. Men curious about Greek life can attend the Interfraternity Council's rush mixer at 7 Tuesday night in the HUB Ballroom where all of the University's 54 fraternity chapters will be represented. University employees who filed a Witholding Exemption Certificate (University form W-4E) for 1988 must renew the certificate by Feb. 15 in order to claim the exemption this year, said M. David Holderman, director of accounting operations for the University. The Undergraduate Student Government will stage a rally on Old Main's steps at 1 this afternoon for a completely open budget and a tuition freeze.
The men's swimming and diving team recovered from its loss last weekend against Tennessee yesterday by overtaking Shippensburg, 132-103. The women's swimming and diving team (5-1) will be on the prowl tomorrow when it faces the Pittsburgh on the Panthers' turf. Seniors Debbie O'Brien and Kathy Parody will lead a relatively young women's gymnastic team tonight when Penn State hosts West Virginia in its season opener at 8 in Rec Hall. The third-ranked wrestling team returns to the road and Eastern Wrestling League action against Cleveland State at 7 p.m. Sunday in Cleveland, Ohio. After toying with the Colonials for over a half, the Nittany Lions -- buoyed by Tom Hovasse's record-setting second half -- got their offense in gear and cruised past George Washington University, 79-53, last night at Rec Hall. For the last seven years, the ice hockey team either placed first or second in The Nittany Lion Inivitational Tournament, keeping the prize at home five times. At 8 tonight, the hosts will attempt to win their sixth championship when they take on West Chester at the Ice Pavilion. Heading into the 1989 season, the men's volleyball team faces two major obstacles: the pending retirement of Coach Tom Tait and inexperience in key positions. Flying around the track, jumping over bars and into sand, and hurling objects on the field -- this is where you'll find some of Penn State's premier athletes. Coach Joe Paterno and the rest of the Lion team received some reassuring news yesterday when senior running back Blair Thomas announced that he will complete his final year of eligibility for Penn State. The return of Blair Thomas brings back experience and ability to the Lions, but over Christmas break three seniors -- Lance Lonergan, Odell Wilson, and Michael Timpson -- opted to forego their fifth year of eligibility. This loss may deplete an already weak Lion offense. A 27-0 run in the first 9:51 of the game keyed the women's basketball team to a 79-50 destruction of a hapless Massachusetts team, snapping a four-game losing streak in front of 1,441 fans at Rec Hall. Susan Robinson scored 29 points and pulled down 15 rebounds to lead the Lady Lions, who saw all 10 players score in the game. If only Tom Hovasse and Ed Fogell had played the George Washington Colonials (0-12) last night, the final would have been: GWU 53, Tod Fogasse 50. In addition to combining for 50 points, the senior-junior tandem totalled 14 rebounds and seven assists in just 57 minutes of play in the Lions 79-53 win.
Collegian Editorial My Opinion: Carolyn Stull
At 8:30 on Sunday night in Gatsby's, College Ave., State College will get a taste of what local promoters are calling "one of the finest blues guitar players to come down the pike." The Traveling Wilburys-Volume One-Wilbury Records A Show of Hands-Rush (Mercury 837 346-2) The Pennsylvania Dance Theatre will perform Abstaction in Space/Abtraction in Motion, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 15 in the Palmer Museum of Art on campus. Rain Man definitely stands as a collection of great talents.