A speaker representing Strategic Defense Initiative advocates will discuss the space-based technology system at 7:30 tonight in 108 Wartik (Biotechnology Building). Less experienced wine connoisseurs can now sip with the best and educate their palates in wine-testing sessions offered by Spats Cafe and Speakeasy, 142 E. College Ave. A University proposal for studying the global water cycle has been accepted by NASA -- beating out 427 others from across the country -- for preliminary scientific investigations as part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). Sun spots, dark regions on the surface of the sun, have recently become the main attraction on the solar stage as the sun reaches the peak of its 11-year cycle. The first of four Marker Lectures in astronomy, titled "Birth. The Supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud," was given Monday night by Roger Blandford, professor of theoretical astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology, centering on the Supernova 1987 A, the first supernova to be witnessed in more than 300 years. Eco-Action members have scheduled an April 22 bus trip to a national demonstration against the production of chemicals that destroy the earth's ozone layer. The State College Borough Council last night instructed the borough water authority to continue looking into the possibility of either buying or managing the Harris Township water supplies. A regional water authority was one long-range solution the council discussed. In the back of the room stood a bulletin board with the names of friends, strangers and family members scribbled in bright markers: "Please feel free to use this paper to name your abuser," it read. Pennsylvania students financing their own education may soon be eligible to receive financial aid in their fifth year of study if a new House bill is passed by the state's General Assembly. Janyne Althaus and Bill Novick promised voters this spring they would create a less divided Undergraduate Student Government, partially by improving communication between the executive and legislative branches. However, a dispute arising from Althaus's endorsement last Thursday of the Penn State Office Workers Organizing Committee may prove detrimental to that promise. Student leaders debated the motives behind Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost policy last night in a program sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Government's Department of International and Political Affairs. It's Saturday night and the high school crowd gathers at the local burger shop to go do some crusin'. All eyes are on the modified, red 1955 Chevrolet as it coasts into the parking lot. In an attempt to combat economic losses resulting from last summer's drought, two government agencies now are providing loans for agri-dependent businesses. Well-dressed young men have gathered for a ritual somewhat surprising to passers by. Their competitive juices flow as they hurl circular objects at upright pins and smile with glee at the crash heard when all the pins come tumbling down. State College Borough Council members expressed concern Monday night over two of three proposals to handle the rollercoasting issue of Centre Region consolidation. State College Borough Council members Monday night proposed a new funding formula for the Centre Region Council of Governments, and moved to eliminate all but two COG committees. The Centre County Commissioners yesterday formalized an agreement between the county's prison and the State College Social Security Office to share prisoner data. Officers for next year's Organization of Town Independant Students vowed to uphold the OTIS Constitution during their swearing in at Monday night's meeting.
A player's last career home game is usually an emotional, gut-wrenching game. In those last few minutes, he or she thinks about the four years that are about to end, and that is when it all hits home. Clarion's hopes of upsetting a Division I women's tennis team were defeated yesterday as the Lady Lions pummeled Clarion, 9-0. The loss became the only blemish on Clarion's previously undefeated record. A movie writer couldn't have written a more unlikely script. Growing up, many youngsters watch the Olympics and dream of seeing themselves with a gold medal around their neck. For the young athlete, that dream has even more meaning -- usually. Cathy Kaminski is finally getting things to go her way. Trivia question: What do John Stockton of the Utah Jazz, Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings and Lee Clough of the women's lacrosse team have in common? Cathy Kaminski held Temple to one run and Donna Devanney knocked in two as Penn State took the first game of a doubleheader with the Lady Owls 3-1, before being blanked 10-0 in the nightcap. A loss to Villanova in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament ended the 1988-89 season for the men's basketball team, but not before the Lions participated in their first post-season tournament since 1980 and compiled a 20-12 mark. The volleyball team proved it had depth as it downed East Stroudsburg last night at Rec Hall.
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Swiveling in a chair in the early morning is a boyish-looking professor.