Although Penn State has not been affected by the recent measles outbreak across the nation, University Health Service officials said students should check their vaccination records to insure they have been properly vaccinated. In the near future, the University Press may increase the number of publications and increase current staff size, said recently appointed Director Sanford Thatcher. A newly-formed corporation attempting to promote community activism is initiating its first project with the development of "the voice of the community" - a journal of local writing.
Collegian Editorial My Opinion: James Heddleson
Last Saturday evening the Penn's Woods Philharmonia closed its season with performances of Beethoven's Third Symphony in E flat major (his Eroica) and a Brahms Variation on a theme by Haydn. On August 15, 16 and 17 of 1969, almost 500,000 flower children, hippies and middle-class college students came together to take part in what was the culmination of the counter-culture movement.