Municipal and University officials said this week that the University will not have a formal vote in the approval of the region's comprehensive development plan.

Members of Penn State Students for Life who marched in the annual anti-abortion protest in Washington, D.C. instead of trudging to classes Monday talk about their footsteps with pride.

Bilingual education is getting a bad rap that a representative of Georgetown University's Evaluation Assistance Center calls unmerited.

Look out Philadelphia Inquirer. Move over The New York Times. Here comes the East Halls Times.

Law enforcement officers from Centre, Clinton, Clearfield and Mifflin counties return to school Monday in a program offered by the University.

Different ideologies and values are put aside in the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Interest House, where students actively pursue enlightenment about King and the advancement of his dream.

A standing room only crowd crammed the State College Borough Council chambers last night to argue a zone change proposal essential to the construction of a six-story, office-apartment building downtown.

The faded yellow California bungalow on the 200th block of State College could be home for several casual Penn State scholars. An old clothes dryer sits on the front porch. Throughout the day, forlorn students walk by the house on their way to campus for class.

The impending retirement of the vice president of business and operations has spurred some organizational changes in the office.

Lesbian and gay students moved one step closer to representation on the University Student Advisory Board last night with a presentation on how they would benefit from USAB membership.

Three University students subject to disciplinary actions resulting from last November's CIA on-campus recruitment protest said they will defend their actions as "active expressions of political and educational convictions."

The University's Strategic Study on the Status of Women will be discussed at the Autoport, 1405 S. Atherton, at a brunch sponsored by the Women's Alliance, Saturday at 9 a.m.

The doors of Old Main were locked for about an hour yesterday as University officials strove to avoid a confrontation with students attending a press conference on Old Main's steps.

A bill passed by the General Assembly in December could authorize lower courts to reinstate death penalties overturned by appellate courts, giving Pennsylvania's death row inmates not one, but two chances to lose their lives.

The Interest House Fair attracted about 100 people to the HUB Fishbowl last night to explore this alternative form of residence hall housing.

The women's gymnastics team will meet some fierce, and maybe even ferocious, competition this weekend when it participates in the Purina Cat Classic at Missouri.

The undefeated fencers will compete at home for the final time tomorrow before finishing the season on the road.

The campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn., will be the site of the prestigious Kodak Invitational Track Meet today and tomorrow. Many members of the men's indoor track team will represent Penn State.

For 34 minutes, the Hawks looked like predators, stalking mistake-prone Penn State en route to a 70-59 lead. For the final six, however, they looked like helpless prey, as the Lions suffocated their offense, ending the game with a 21-8 run. With only 2,805 fans to see it, Penn State registered all-time win No. 1,000, defeating St. Joseph's, 80-78, last night at Rec Hall.

For those who are able to get out of their sickbeds tonight and trek to Rec Hall, a reward is in store.

The No. 1 ranking will be on the line Sunday when the second-ranked wrestling team squares off against top-ranked Oklahoma State at 3 p.m. in Stillwater, Okla.

Ice hockey coach Joe Battista wouldn't mind if the scorekeepers put asterisks next to some of the Icers' losses.

"They have to start winning the close games. They have to have a game where they are behind in the final minutes and claw their way back into it."

Western Ontario and a club team from Denmark will add an international flavor to the six-team Nittany Lion-Mizuno Invitational volleyball tournament this weekend at Rec Hall. Penn State has dominated the tournament recently, winning the last two years.

The women's swimming and diving team will face a double challenge away from home when it competes against Boston University at 4 p.m. today and Brown University at 1 p.m. tomorrow.

A late march to the free-throw line by Temple sealed the fate of the women's basketball team as the Lady Owls remained unbeaten in the Atlantic 10 with a 79-74 victory over Penn State last night in Philadelphia.

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The music of Strauss and Shostakovich will fill Eisenhower Auditorium Tuesday evening when London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra makes Penn State the first stop on its United States tour.

Earlier this week the Pennsylvania Dance Theatre performed a benefit for the AIDS Project of State College.

Both the Jazz Lab Band and the Outer Dimensions Jazz Orchestra represent opportunities for students who wish to participate in the growing jazz program at the University. The ensembles, which will perform at 8 p.m., Friday in the Recital Hall of the Music Building, represent the second and third level of musicians behind the first level jazz band, Centre Dimensions.

The 80s woman meets the American Dream.

When Rex Reed thinks of the George Gershwin musical My One and Only he goes ga-ga.

When he was 12-years-old Jerrold Maddox loved comics and loved to draw them. Now, after years of intermittent painting, he has returned exclusively to the pen and ink style that originally inspired him.