A box of condoms, a MAC card, and contact lenses may represent life in the '80s in a time capsule to be opened by students in 100 years. Plans to move The Daily Collegian downtown May 8 have been postponed until August, said Collegian General Manager Gerry Hamilton. The Department of Safety, implemented by the new executives of the Undergraduate Student Government this month, will be more than a referral service for students concerned about on-campus and downtown safety, said USG Vice President Bill Novick. While many students and faculty acknowledge the need to diversify the University's curriculum with additional cultural courses, they disagree whether mandating a course will be the most effective method. It's never too early for a class reunion -- and University graduating seniors will get their first chance even before graduation with today's Zero Year Reunion. Hazardous waste disposal is no longer a simple matter of pouring solutions down the drain in the University's organic chemistry labs. Through a $3 billion controversial federal project, scientists are on their way to mapping every one of the estimated 100,000 genes in the human body --what scientists call the "human genome." A new chairwoman will be heading up the Student Challenge, a component of the Campaign for Penn State dedicated to raising awareness of student needs as well as money, said Sue Powell, assistant director of the Office of Annual Giving. There's no place like home -- until you move or renovate. Planning fall semester programs and activities, rush recruitment and increased safety awareness will keep the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils' executive officers busy this summer. The women's intercollegiate athletic program at Penn State will try to fit 25 years of celebration into one night this Sunday. Because families wishing to live in residential neighborhoods are moving out of State College, the borough is experiencing a loss of revenue for municipal services. And University students are part of the problem, officials say. Consumers are far too concerned about ingesting pesticides, local experts say, and there are no real hazards in America's very safe food supply. A University trustee, a professor of political science, a student government leader and a head football coach gathered in the HUB Fishbowl last night to debate a common aspect of their lives -- political activism and the importance of becoming politically involved. Financial trouble in the American biotechnology industry and a nationwide debate about the industry's effect on universities are creating difficulties for the University's Biotechnology Institute. A women's field hockey game between Penn State and Bloomsburg Oct. 3, 1964 started a legacy that has lasted 25 years. Members of the black student community responded yesterday to the University's stance on student demands presented April 17, saying it symbolizes the administration's unwillingness to improve the racial climate here. The streets of State College, clogged momentarily by a massive flush of homeward-bound Penn State students, will sit quietly two weeks from now. But the mass exodus will not change the everyday bustle of area government. Students living in residence halls will have to keep the volume on their stereos and TVs down due to 24-hour quiet hours that go into effect at 2 tomorrow morning.
Although post-season play is not a reality for the women's golf team this year, the Lady Lions are satisfied with a season that may make their goal reality in the future. The softball team couldn't get the key hits yesterday but Adelphi did as it swept Penn State, 7-0 and 6-1, at Lady Lion Field. Coach Sue Scheetz of the women's lacrosse team and coach JoAnn Harper of Dartmouth are old friends. They taught in the same school district and both helped coach the World Cup team. Two riders from the equestrian team were named regional champions in their divisions and will compete individually at the national show in two weeks. Going into the NCAA Final Four next week, the men's volleyball team faces numerous problems. Namely, injuries to four players, practices around finals and, most importantly, a winless 1989 in California. Although not quite as exciting as the NFL draft, the men's gymnastics team recently managed a coup of its own. Although the women's tennis team had only one senior in its starting line-up this season, it still utilized one of its most powerful strengths -- depth -- to pull off a winning season, along with a fifth Atlantic 10 title. The men's lacrosse team will end its bid for its best finish ever at noon tomorrow against C.W. Post on Jeffrey Field, but in doing so will have to break "The Post" jinx. The baseball team finally climbed over the .500 mark as it swept IUP in a doubleheader yesterday at Indiana. The men's track and field team will compete against some of the toughest competition of the season this weekend at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Like most teams, the men's golf team set certain goals in the beginning of the spring season. The team wanted to qualify for the regional championships May 24-27 at the Long Bay Country Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and then possibly qualify for the national championships June 7-10. UCLA -- The No. 1 team in the nation goes into the tourney as the probable first seed. The team boasts a 27-5 mark and is led by first-team All-American Trevor Schirmen. UCLA likely will be the Lions' first-round opponent. Following a gritty, come-from-behind victory over Lafayette in last year's NCAA semifinal, the women's lacrosse team faced Temple in its quest to repeat as national champs.
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"Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge, I'm tryin' not to lose my head. Huh, huh, huh, huh. It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under." Socrates, that thoughtful sage who ingested too much hemlock, once urged, "Know thyself." After a long absence from State College, The Bookends' sweet harmony encompassed a packed Cafe 210, last Saturday night. Pennsylvania Centre Stage (PACS), central Pennsylvania's regional, professional theatre, has announced its four-show season. Stretching from June 7 to August 5, the season is comprised of two plays and two musicals. Each year it attracts four times as many people to State College as the average football weekend. This year, volunteer Marie Sinsheimer (senior-GNAS) said, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts plans no exceptions. "We will fight for the right to be free It's about 9 p.m. on a Friday night and University Police Services Officer Dave Scicchitano is cruising campus. From his unmarked patrol car, he sees swarms of students buzzing their way toward town. Balmy and breezy, it is a night to be out -- partying and policing. As the clock of Old Main strikes midnight and Pattee Library officially closes its doors, the campus slowly falls asleep. The building is marked by a small wooden sign which could easily be overlooked by passers-by. Outside the glass doors sit boxes of plants for sale. Carey Briggs does not fit the stereotype of a scientist. Grace. It's a word which can provide a great deal of versatility. There's amazing grace, Grace Slick, a fall from grace or the ever-present Graceland. For Elizabeth Hanley, however, grace means only one thing: The dance floor. Competition lingers in the air as you walk into the Skeller. You can feel it as it drags you, often leads you, through the bar area and into a side room where a Genuine Budweiser light hovers over the object that has everyone's attention -- the pool table. Crossing College Avenue, you head toward the record stores to check out the latest rap cuts. At home in Philadelphia, you would head to Chestnut Street to scope out the rows upon rows of rap where you find your favorite twelve-inch, extended re-mixes of 7A3 or Big Daddy Kane for your megablaster. One record slid on as the other record slid off the double turn-tables in the control room. Pat Dantzler, an avid fan of D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, calls up his favorite rapper on a particular Wednesday afternoon to hear what he has to say: Pet Sematary will scare the poop out of you. Outside his office, John Moore stops a student and quickly scribbles something on a piece of paper. The student looks grateful. Please enter your personal identification number. After entered, please press here. To void transaction press cancel. TOM PETTY Full Moon Fever (MCA Records) -- Abstract painting and sculpture is on display in Zoller Gallery until Saturday. -- An informal ball, sponsored by the Penn State Ballroom Dance Club, will be held at 8 p.m. Friday in the recreation room of Pollock Residence Hall.