University dining halls recently received a report card from students, and Food Service officials say they are happy with their grades. The State College Bureau of Police Services will receive 36.5 percent of the borough's 1989 budget, reflecting a 6.26 percent increase in funding over last year, according to recent figures released by the borough. With the Supreme Court's recent decision to hear an appeal on abortion legislation, representatives from Penn State Students for Life will participate in a March for Life next week to protest legalized abortion. The Mellon Bank branches in the State College area came under new direction when Pittsburgh native Ralph J. Papa was appointed president and chief executive officer in December. The University graduate minority enrollment has increased steadily over the past several years, as have programming and funding. But one graduate student leader says more support is needed. High school graduates would have to earn their financial aid by performing community service if Congress passes a bill to be introduced next week. Administrators are examining liberal arts at the University in an effort to revitalize the curriculum, said members of a task force charged to review the colleges of Liberal Arts and Arts and Architecture. WILLIAMSPORT -- Two companies competing for the right to design Pennsylvania's first low-level radioactive waste disposal facility presented their construction proposals to an apprehensive gathering last night in Williamsport at the last of six public hearings held on the issue. With the deadline for a state Department of Environmental Resources sewage treatment plan impending, Centre Region Council of Governments members requested a three-month extension to settle problems with the plan. The two companies bidding to build Pennsylvania's above-ground low-level radioactive waste disposal facility have very similar plans for processing low-level radioactive waste. It might have seemed like not another thing could squeeze into the trunk -- or even the glove compartment -- when students packed for the return trip to University Park this semester. But part of their baggage may have included a flu bug. Members of the Milesburg Borough Water Authority met with representatives from the state Department of Environmental Resources yesterday morning to discuss action against a giardia cyst contamination in Milesburg's water supply. Parents with a view to the future may prevent financial problems for their college-bound children, the University's director of student aid told the University Student Advisory Board last night.
On Nov. 11, ice hockey coach Joe Battista sank behind his desk at the Ice Pavilion with his tie pulled down farther than where it should be, trying to make some sense out of the Icers' 5-4 OT loss to the University of Buffalo. The Atlantic 10's best defense will test Penn State's second-ranked offense when the women's basketball team travels to Washington for a 2 p.m. matchup tomorrow with George Washington. The hectic travel schedule in the past two weeks is making the women's indoor track team sick -- literally. The first shot of the game set the tone. Ed Fogell took the ball strong to the basket, and Temple center Duane Causwell rejected it back to the floor. Monroe Brown took the next shot and watched it fly back behind him, giving Causwell two blocks in the first 35 seconds. Mike Vreeswyk and Mark Macon lived up to their star billing last night as they sparked Temple to a 76-65 victory over Penn State in front of a raucous crowd of 7,236 at Rec Hall. The third-ranked wrestling team will be on the road to battle Navy, No. 13 N.C. State and Maryland in a little over 24 hours this weekend. What the men's gymnastics team lacks in numbers, it intends to make up for in determination. Sweet Home Alabama it won't be for the women's gymnastics team as it takes on the defending National Champion Alabama in a dual meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow. By running, lifting, practicing long hours and even visiting a sport psychologist, the men's volleyball team has put in some extra time to prepare for the nationally-ranked teams it will challenge this weekend at the Indiana-Purdue / Fort Wayne Invitational. The women's swimming and diving team (5-2) will attempt to come back after last weekend's crushing loss to Pitt when it tangles with No. 11 Virginia at noon tomorrow. Last year at home, the men's swimming and diving team upset a competitive Virginia team, 117-95. At 3 p.m. tomorrow, the Lions will attempt to edge the Cavaliers again, but this time the show is on the road.
Collegian Editorial My Opinion: Austin Haberle
CAMOUFLAGE -- Voices and Images -- Atlantic 7 81886-4 Among dramatic English paintings from the "Grand Tradition" of the 17th and 18th centuries, and surrounded by elegant furniture and housewares from the period, the Bertoli Trio will perform selections on Baroque instruments in the Palmer Museum of Art this Sunday at 2:30 pm. Robert Howard, principal trumpeter of the Altoona Symphony and faculty member of the Penn State School of Music, will present a trumpet recital of 20th century pieces at 8 p.m. Monday in the Recital Hall of the Music Building. It's getting to be a habit. The Enchanted Forest -- for most of us that phrase stirs up images of elves, princesses, and a little girl in a red riding hood off to see her grandmother. To PSU's Drama Duo, it means a place where kids can deal with the sometimes painful emotions involved in growing up. University music faculty member Eddye Pierce Young will present a solo recital tonight at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Building. Director Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Body Heat) has put together a different, but extremely rewarding film. Tom Cochrane must lead a strange life.