Although midterms are approaching and spring break plans are still incomplete, students looking for a 1989-90 work-study position should work on their applications now, the director of student aid suggested.

They began with a rush of enthusiasm; they danced with a dread of boredom; they finished in a state of exhaustion.

A University sophomore was charged Thursday with raping a University woman in his Packer Hall residence on Oct. 14, a court official said Friday.

Being from North Carolina, Penn State basketball player Freddie Barnes says he's used to racism. But that doesn't mean he likes it. Or accepts it.

The "kids" absolutely love to come to the Interfraternity Council Dance Marathon, where money is being raised to help them cope with their illnesses, said Amy Garvick, Child Life Specialist at the University's Hershey Medical Center.

Guns and Roses' Sweet Child of Mine echoes throughout White Building as a little girl is hoisted upon the shoulders of a dancer in this year's Interfraternity Council Dance Marathon.

Demonstrations of the community's concern with racism and racial injustice continued over the weekend as black students and University administrators showed their intolerance for racism.

The State College Planning Commission Friday struck down a plan that would rezone the one-acre Hillel property, an essential step in the construction of a proposed 84-unit apartment building.

The area resembled a huge playground. Dancers, sporting T-shirts, shorts, and tennis shoes, busily danced and played. Some hurled beach balls and footballs above the crowd, while others entertained themselves with comic books, hopscotch or a jumprope.

Racing down the halls of White Building, weary dancers dove headfirst onto a powder-covered mat where an eager morale team stood ready to massage their aching bones.

The mock application forms which recently appeared on campus filled with racial slurs targeted at Undergraduate Student Government President Seth Williams have appeared in other forms nationally for at least two years.

Pregnant women, heart patients, hung-over students and people who like their tongue the way it is are warned to consult a physician before eating third-degree wings at the Surf Club. But everywhere around State College, people are daring to eat the heat.

The University Hearing Board submitted a summary of one CIA on-campus recruitment case to the Office of Conduct Standards last week, allowing two suspended University student activists to begin planning their joint appeal.

The success of the University's three-person counseling panel for student-athletes has been increasing steadily since its 1984 inception, a panel member said.

Student lunch programs at both Bellefonte and Penn's Valley school districts have recently had to compensate for a decrease in available government surplus foods, school representatives said.

The Centre Regional Planning Commission recommended to the Technical Committee last week that a current study on Routes 144 and 26 be expanded.

In beatnik attire, Zoe Kuhn stood in the middle of the White Building Gynmasium at 4:18 Sunday morning with a tree branch extended from her head. She had already survived her first hallucination.

A spirit of camaraderie filled the rafters of McCoy Natatorium Sunday for the 24th Annual Penn State Pool Slalom.

For freshman Susan Robinson, this season has been one of continuous achievement. Robinson has scored in double figures in 23 consecutive games, put together double figures in points and rebounds 11 times, and has been the Atlantic 10 Freshman of the Week five times.

Through the first six matches Saturday night at Rec Hall, everything went as well as Lock Haven Coach Neil Turner could have asked.

A fall by Lion wrestler Jason Suter at 1:22 in the 167-pound match led the third-ranked wrestling team to a 20-19 win over Eastern Wrestling League rival Lock Haven on Saturday night.

As a 9.75 flashed on the scoreboard, the Rec Hall crowd stood and cheered. Lynn Crane had just broken the Penn State record for the uneven bars which had stood for 12 years.

Despite Pittsburgh's best performance of the season, the Lady Lion gymnasts outdid the Lady Panthers in Friday's dual meet, 182.30-181.05.

Oh, what a difference a night can make.

By dominating Saturday's action against Boston University, the men's swimming and diving team capped its season with a 148-108 win, improving its record to 8-3.

St. Bonaventure's Kyle Anglin swished a 10-foot jumper with 15:31 remaining in the first half to tie the score of Saturday's men's basketball game at 10-10. Penn State then rambled on a 32-12 streak to cruise to a 95-58 victory at Rec Hall.

Even before its meet against top-ranked Ohio State began, the men's gymnastics team knew it was in trouble.

After sputtering against Rutgers-Newark on Friday, the men's volleyball team completely stalled on Saturday and coasted yesterday.

The men's track and field team broke one record and recorded a second-best time during a home meet against Shippensburg on Friday.

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