Centre County residents had mixed reactions yesterday to Wednesday's U. S. Supreme Court 5-4 ruling which holds that burning the American flag is a form of free speech and protected under the First Amendment. Under the Department of Education's new plan to crack down on student loan defaults, Penn State and other major universities will face marked increases in red tape procedures and possible suspension from the federal student loan program. The Moving Wall began as a dream for John Devitt of San Jose, Calif., who was inspired by a sense of pride he experienced after attending dedication ceremonies of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13, 1982. University officials soon will name a new top administrator to spearhead efforts for diversification and minority concerns, selecting the individual from a list of three finalists, sources said yesterday. Following Monday's decision by the Pennsylvania Superior Court to uphold convictions against 11 University fraternities, chapter presidents say they have not officially been told the ruling and are unsure of their next action. People came from all over the state yesterday to see the etched names of friends, relatives and acquaintances memorialized in black aluminum panels of the Moving Wall on display at the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg.
Penn State basketball coach Bruce Parkhill announced the appointment of Ed DeChellis as a full-time assistant coach yesterday, filling the spot that was vacated when Tim Loomis left to become the head basketball coaching position at Florida Atlantic University. My Opinion: Gene Bromberg
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"Doors and sardines...that's theatre." Or so it would seem in the Pennsylvania Centre Stage production of the British comedy Noises Off. "What will your verse be?" This is the question John Keating, as played by Robin Williams asks his English class in the film Dead Poets Society.