With vigils and speeches, people across the nation today will commemorate the life of one of the forerunners of the civil rights movement. Two out of three undergraduate voices did not attend this weekend's University Board of Trustees meeting, citing schedule conflicts. Taxes will not be raised in State College this year, but trash collection fees and parking meter costs are going up, according to the borough's 1989 budget. Either an electric alarm clock or a telephone answering machine caused the fire that gutted 423 Hastings Hall Thursday night, Alpha Fire Chief Robert Kauffman said yesterday. The School of Communications has restricted enrollment in all five majors and dropped the mass communications minor because an unexpected volume of students has strained the schools resources, said Brian Winston, dean of the school. The Campaign for Penn State is winding down, with 75 percent of its goal achieved and at least 17 months remaining. A graduate minority recruitment official cited insufficient resources as a major problem in attracting minority graduates to Penn State at Friday's University Board of Trustees meeting. Future plans to construct new engineering facilities on parts of the White Golf Course might handicap play for two years, but the University hopes to score a hole-in-one with the designing efforts of legendary golf pro Arnold Palmer. The University has placed weekend night receptionists in the all-men's dorms Shunk and Porter halls to accommodate student concerns about vandalism and excessive noise, but officials say they are not planning to institute the program system-wide. Centre County Commissioner Keith Bierly said he will make a motion at Tuesday's commissioner's meeting regarding a proposed increase in the district attorney's salary, but he would not say what the motion will include. The University Board of Trustees authorized the inclusion of the fifth floor to the proposed Agricultural Science and Industries Building, adding $5.3 million to the building's original cost. After 30 years of service in State College Borough government, Mayor Arnold Addison announced Friday morning he will seek re-election to a fourth term. Following a Penn State Trustee tradition, the University Board of Trustees re-elected incumbent President J. Lloyd Huck and Vice President Mimi Coppersmith to the board's top positions Saturday. A visiting friend's luggage mishaps Friday confirmed Laura Tarditi's sneaky superstitions about Friday the 13th. The Undergraduate Student Government's open budget/freeze tuition rally did not disturb Friday's Board of Trustees meeting, but did rouse controversy as USG President Seth Williams called for an administrator's ousting. An open budget/freeze tuition rally Friday drew about 30 students to the steps of Old Main, where Undergraduate Student Government leaders pledged to keep the movement alive. University police patrolled the entrance to the University Board of Trustees meeting this weekend in an effort to prevent overcrowding and thwart possible student disruption.
It was a sad day away from home for the women's swimming and diving team Saturday when the Pittsburgh Panthers handed it a 171-129 beating. Last Wednesday the NCAA adopted Proposition 42, which would enact harsher academic standards on incoming freshmen athletes beginning in the 1990-91 academic year. Almost immediately, collegiate coaches around the nation expressed their disapproval of the new legislation, with the high water mark in the flood of discontent occurring Saturday night. For the second consecutive game the women's basketball team crushed an Atlantic 10 Conference opponent, this time pounding Rhode Island, 92-48, Saturday night in front of 1,060 fans at Rec Hall. The Lady Lions (5-8) held the Wrams to only 19.4 percent shooting in the second half to key the rout. Cleveland State hung tough through the first eight matches, but Andy Voit and Greg Haladay posted decisions in the last two bouts to give third-ranked Penn State a 22-13 victory over the Vikings last night in Cleveland, Ohio. The men's volleyball team battled one of their toughest opponents Saturday. It battled with the past. For the past three years, the men's swimming and diving team has alternated victories with the Pitt team. According to that structure, the Lions were due to lose Saturday at Trees Pool. Just before Christmas, the Penn State Department of Intercollegiate Athletics contacted Brigham Young's Tom Peterson about succeeding Tom Tait, who announced his retirement as men's volleyball coach last May. Although the athletic department has not officially announced his hiring, Peterson said in a phone interview Saturday that he had accepted the job. They returned a little bit older, maybe a few extra pounds around their waists, and perhaps breathing a little heavier, but nonetheless, the Penn State volleyball alumni team showed a small crowd Saturday afternoon they still had some of the magic that built the program to its present standards. Led by strong performances from sophomores Adam Carton and Mark Sohn, the men's gymnastics team opened its 1989 season with a win over Syracuse, 263.70-256.85. Women's Gymnastics Coach Judi Avener said that Penn State had to be prepared for an onslaught. Maybe she meant to say deliver an onslaught.
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