A group of 15 University engineering students who have been working since October to modify an automobile for efficient methanol fuel operation will see how they fared next month when they enter their car in the General Motors' Methanol Marathon. Pennsylvania Attorney General Ernie Preate has opened a regional office here to examine local instances of racial crime and ethnic intimidation, a spokesman for the attorney general said yesterday. Although stereotypes of minorities in the media have been slowly changing, no real progress can be made until they are totally eliminated, said a University journalism instructor yesterday in an Ebony and Ivory Week presentation. Centre County women gradually are gaining higher positions in local business, but women still do not hold enough positions of decision- and policy-making power, a speaker at a Women's Alliance meeting said Tuesday. Did you know that there are over 400 different chemicals in marijuana? Or that taking steroids causes permanent short stature in teenagers' bone structures? University officials say the first two months of the card access system have run smoothly, but some residents say the attempt at improved dormitory security is an inconvenience. The growth of new technologies in television and audio-conferencing has given rise to the possibility of many applications in graduate instruction, six University faculty and staff members told the Graduate Council yesterday. The Marino/Connolly ticket plans to make the Undergraduate Student Government more service-oriented and will concentrate its energy on short-term goals. The Webb/Rubin ticket will restructure USG and place emphasis on students' needs and suggestions at the top of their list of priorities. The Houk/Ballou ticket plans to fight for improved safety, better academic conditions and a completely open University budget in the interest of improving undergraduate education at the University. The Treacy/Anthan ticket wants to represent the student body's "silent conservative majority" and show students that anyone can run for Undergraduate Student Government president. The Althaus/Novick ticket promises to improve student life through negotiations with the administration and to create a new department in the executive branch of the Undergraduate Student Government to deal with the increasingly visible issue of University safety. The state Senate has decided to defer until April its vote on a bill that would allow Pennsylvania families to purchase advance tuition credits. Although the Undergraduate Student Government vice presidential candidates continued to express the need for cultural diversity, three of the four candidates could not list more than one of the black student community's 15 demands stemming from last April's sit-in. BELLEFONTE -- A Philadelphia man accused of raping a 22-year-old woman 50 times in a seven-month period was ordered yesterday to stand trial after the woman took the stand to testify against him. Contrast was the style unveiled for spring at the third annual benefit fashion show last night sponsored by the Penn State Marketing Association and Phi Chi Theta, a professional business fraternity. Moslem and Western ideals clashed last night in a panel debate over absolute versus limited freedom of expression, centered on Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses." Similarities and differences between historically white and black Greek organizations were addressed at a panel discussion sponsored by the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils last night in the HUB. Residents of Overlook Heights in Ferguson Township seem pleased with the recent decision by two local developers to change the original location for a proposed bowling alley and motel in their neighborhood. Each day the state House of Representatives convenes in Harrisburg, Penn State University and much of Centre County entrusts an alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh with its vital interests. Business mergers and acquisitions will be the focal points of a program featuring guest speaker Quentin Wood, chairman of the Board of the Quaker State Corporation. Residence hall students interested in being elected to their area government must file with area representatives before tomorrow's 5 p.m. deadline. Similarities and differences between historically white and black Greek organizations were addressed at a panel discussion sponsored by the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils last night in the HUB. A tax workshop sponsored by the Graduate Student Association will be held tonight at 7:30 in 101 Kern.
Top 10 Things To Do With $6: In a game that would have marked the end of the careers of Penn State's four seniors, two freshmen guards rose to the occasion, assuring the Lions of at least one more game in what has already been a landmark season. Most Penn Staters gear up to party on the weekends. Brian Stevenson gets excited to hit the ice. It's tight at the top.
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It's three o'clock on a weekday, the regular crowd rushes in . . . Illness will keep D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince from rocking Rec Hall this Sunday, Macrina Martin, University Concert Committee advisor, said yesterday.