Comedy connoisseurs beware, there is a new group of comedians out there looking for fame, fortune and laughs. Last night 13 budding University comedians opened at Schwab Auditorium in the third annual University Collegiate Comedy Competition.

The Graduate Student Association last night unanimously passed a resolution condemning the recent racial incidents at the University, even though a similar resolution was passed last week by the Graduate Council after racially derogatory flyers were found on campus.

Unico Corporation may have to pay a $175,000 sewage facilities tap-in fee for three buildings it plans to construct, as a result of the State College Borough Council's unanimous approval of a new per-unit tap-in fee.

Organizers of the 15th annual Beta Sigma Beta Sy Barash Regatta announced a $60,000 fundraising goal last night at the philanthropy's kickoff meeting.

Rep. Lynn B. Herman last night visited the Undergraduate Student Government Senate, which adjourned because of lack of attendance just 45 minutes after the representative's departure.

Investigations continue into several recent racial incidents in State College and on campus, but they are yielding few results, authorities said yesterday.

Della Durant, an assistant athletic director and the first coordinator of the women's varsity program at Penn State, announced yesterday she will retire June 30, after 33 years with the University's athletic programs.

New voices spoke up against racism yesterday, offering support to the black students and faculty in their efforts to curb racial intolerance.

On Friday, a Centre County district justice will send shockwaves to area pornography dealers if he decides there is enough evidence at a preliminary hearing to hold for trial Ignatius Pitz, owner of Iggy's Skytop Gifts and Adult Book Store, on charges of selling obscene materials.

The University Faculty Senate yesterday condemned the racial incidents that have occurred recently at University Park and in the Commonwealth campus system and urged "corrective action by all concerned."

A spot check of University departments shows the job market for 1989 graduates mirroring optimistic national predictions released in the annual Lundquist-Endicott Report, though campus officials describe a more conservative increase.

Pre-employment tests, while not used extensively in State College, are fast becoming a part of industry that many graduates will face, several experts say.

The Centre County Commissioners yesterday requested two state grants that would help the county meet new Department of Environmental Resources waste regulations.

Dressed in a white tuxedo shirt with a red bow tie and black pants, the waiter serves an appetizer, the beginning of a four-course meal.

Anyone who wants to learn a little about "The Fire of Life" can do so today by attending this semester's third lecture in the Graduate Lecture Series.

Three student activists suspended for protesting CIA recruitment submitted an appeal to the Office of Conduct Standards yesterday afternoon, fulfilling intentions they had announced at a news conference earlier in the day.

A University labor studies expert and a U.S. Census Bureau analyst dispute a magazine study suggesting that female graduates entering the workplace this year may see pay equity achieved for women in their lifetime, according to a recent study.

During his first four years as men's swimming coach, Peter Brown used a storage closet as his office.

Tom Hovasse was struggling at the beginning of his sophomore season. A head injury he suffered in a summer softball game was causing vision problems. In fact, the injury was serious enough for Hovasse to undergo a CAT-scan. He was almost forced to redshirt.

Della Durant, an assistant athletic director and the first coordinator of the women's varsity program at Penn State, announced yesterday she will retire June 30, after 33 years with the University's athletic programs.

Collegian Editorial

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