Suzie McConnell -- a member of the gold medal-winning women's basketball team in last summer's Olympics -- is far from the first athlete affiliated with the University to participate in the Games. She's number 73.

A local fraternity was cited early Friday morning and could face University sanctions, after a member, clad only in his underwear, was reportedly hung upside down by his ankles from a tree in six-degree temperatures.

Gov. Robert P. Casey's proposal to cap tuition increases brought cautious interest late last week from the University and strong support from Undergraduate Student Government President Seth Williams.

The last of three CIA protesters facing the University Hearing Board received three semesters of disciplinary probation Thursday, while the two other protesters made plans to appeal the board's verdicts.

The 1989-90 Panhellenic Council officially began its term at an induction brunch Sunday afternoon.

State College Borough Councilman Jerry Wettstone, who was appointed last month to fill the vacancy left after John Dombroski's death, on Friday became the third council member to announce plans to seek re-election.

BELLEFONTE -- Although the turnout for the Pa. 28th Division of the National Guard's Open House at Bellefonte Armory was low Saturday, soldiers still were eager to talk to those attending about the guard's job in the community.

Geisinger Medical Center in Danville announced the purchase of four acres of land in College Township to build a new medical facility for the State College area.

More than 6,000 students searched for a place they can call home next year at this weekend's Housing Fair.

In hopes of keeping its winning streak alive, the men's swimming and diving team travelled to West Virginia Saturday to face the Mountaineers and St. Bonaventure. The Lions were not disappointed by the final score which showed Penn State 70 and St. Bonaventure 45. The Lions also beat West Virginia, 67-46.

Suffering its third loss of the season, the women's gymnastics team fell to rival Ohio State Friday, 184.55-179.75.

Despite illnesses, injuries and other bumps and bruises, the men's gymnastics team rallied Friday night to turn in its highest score of the season. The No. 8 Lions downed perennial eastern rival Navy, 275.95-269.10.

If the ice hockey team's weekend series against Navy had been a prize-fight, certainly it would have been stopped. Mercifully.

Before Saturday night's game with Rutgers, women's basketball Coach Rene Portland said that her troops were knocking on the door and their "knuckles were bleeding."

With its 17-10 drubbing of Columbia on Saturday, the men's fencing team remained undefeated and became the nation's new No. 1 team. The win sealed the first perfect men's season in school history and ended Columbia's 51-meet win streak.

For the second time in the 1988-89 sports season, a ranked West Virginia team used a visiting Penn State squad to fine-tune its game. The fifteenth-ranked Mountaineers played to their billing Feb. 11, beating the men's basketball team, 100-67, at the WVU Coliseum.

A 25-18 victory over Pitt Saturday and a 24-9 win over West Virginia yesterday moved the third-ranked wrestling team (18-2-1) into a first-place tie with Lock Haven in the EWL.

About 100 loyal Rutgers supporters made the trip from New Brunswick, N.J., to Rec Hall on Saturday night, hoping to see Theresa Grentz's 300th career victory as the coach of the Lady Knights. They got what they came for, as Rutgers cruised, 88-72.

For Colorado State, it was a slip of the tongue. For Penn State, it was a slap in the face. A careless comment from a CSU swimmer inspired the women's swimming and diving team to a decisive 81-59 victory over the Lady Rams Friday night at Princeton.

Lack of consistency. Lack of communication. Lack of intensity. Players on the men's volleyball team often used these phrases to explain their loss to Ball State Saturday night in the finals of the Golden Dome Classic. The tournament was held Friday and Saturday at Newark, N.J.

Collegian Editorial

My Opinion: Pete Johnson

My Opinion: Luanna Eckley