About 3,500 people panned for gold, checked weather conditions across the country and made slime at last weekend's EMEX '89 - College of Earth and Mineral Science open house. Students approached issues from so many different angles in the University's first Undergraduate Middle East Conference this weekend that the keynote speaker professed an inability to tie it all together. Plants most often found in a garden salad or a breakfast cereal are being used to aid University research on the positive influence of infection of a benign mycorrhizal fungus on different plants. The spread of computer technology into almost every aspect of modern society is recognized by a fellowship program sponsored by the University's Graduate School with the Office of Computer and Information Systems. While the pressing need to conserve water and curb pollution challenges environmentalists nationwide, the regulation of those resources begins with local governing bodies, said panelists at a forum yesterday sponsored by the University's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Gay Pride Week will increase knowledge surrounding gay issues through a variety of activities beginning tonight with a keynote speech by Lenora Fulani -- a 1988 presidential candidate and leader of the New Alliance Party. A junior transfer student from the York Commonwealth campus was elected Saturday as the new Council of Commonwealth Student Government executive coordinator. For some students in Beaver Hall, Senior Housing Supervisor Bob Ford has helped them to call their hall home. Because reporters today are covering issues such as AIDS, the news media in the 21st century will be successful when dealing with other health care problems, the director of the York City Bureau of Health said Saturday. Thirty graduate students won their share of a $10,000 pot of prize money in the fourth annual Graduate Research Exhibition held last weekend in Kern Graduate Building. Sonia Sanchez may stand only five feet tall, but she can affect change in the world through words and the love of her people, the noted author said.
Knowing it had to play at its highest level this past weekend, the women's tennis team's hopes fell when it dropped two hard-fought matches against William & Mary, 7-2, and James Madison, 5-4. According to the record book, it was Ohio State's turn to win the NCAA Northeastern Regional title, and it did. Two years ago the women's lacrosse team traveled to Virginia for a weekend doubleheader with the Lady Cavaliers and William & Mary. Penn State beat Virginia in a squeaker, then lost to William & Mary the next day. There is a fine line between beating an opponent and pummelling it. The men's lacrosse team crossed that line Saturday when it scored six goals in the first quarter, while allowing Drexel to score only six all game. Represented by six swimmers, the men's swimming and diving team broke four school records, and captured 13th place in the 400-yard free relay at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis over the weekend. The weather Saturday afternoon was not exactly perfect, but the rugby club battled through cold, wind, snow and the Philadelphia College of Medicine to score a 12-11 victory. Even though it was April Fool's Day, the weather was nothing to joke about Saturday as strong winds and snow forced the women's track team indoors for its dual meet against Ohio State. In the 61 years of Penn State's fencing program, the men's fencing team had only one male individual champion. In the three days of this past weekend's NCAA Championships, the team tripled its number of individual titles. The natural process of warm, humid air rising and condensing until there is a column of cumulus clouds with an anvil-shaped top can produce one hell of a thunderstorm. Things do not always go as planned in the world of women's track. Inclement weather forced seven of the 20 events at this past weekend's Lady Lion Invitational to be held indoors, raising an interesting question.
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