Various Centre County counseling service officials say they foresee little or no change in their operations under the state's new abortion restrictions. The closest abortion clinics to State College are in Harrisburg. The Lesbian and Gay Student Alliance last night voted unanimously not to support the State College Borough's proposed fair housing ordinance. A young girl adorned in a "United Against Racism" button was one of 450 honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at the 12th Annual Memorial Banquet, held last night in the Hub Ballroom. The University's exhibit at the 74th Pennsylvania State Farm show last week drew thousands of competitors and spectators to recognize the state's No. 1 industry. They marched shoulder to shoulder in the spirit of Rev. Martin Luther King's march on Washington, D.C., in 1963. Civil rights activists must look to political means rather than legal methods to continue the fight for equality, the first woman to head the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said yesterday. Commonwealth Court's dismissal last week of three University students' lawsuit to see top administrators' salaries has at least one of the plaintiffs fuming, but school officials welcomed the decision. Both pro-life and pro-choice advocates are claiming victory after last week's injunction against two provisions of the new abortion legislation . Pennsylvania's abortion legislation goes into effect today, banning abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy -- except when the mother's health is endangered -- and those performed strictly for sex selection. Medical use of fetal tissue also will be restricted. With the University ranked first in the nation in the number of Fulbright scholarships, program administrators say they aim to broaden faculty exchanges with other countries. A telephone failure apparently caused by a software glitch interrupted long-distance service yesterday for customers in State College and across the nation, but officials said conditions began to return to normal late in the day. University Board of Trustees member Ben Novak will speak about new directions for the Undergraduate Student Government at 7:30 tonight at the USG senate meeting. The University will institute a new emergency phone system later this semester, a police services officer said last night at an Association of Residence Hall Students meeting. A Centre County connection to a Pennsylvania drug operation was revealed in a five-count indictment Friday. Three men were arrested and two others were listed as fugitives on charges of distributing hundreds of kilograms of cocaine statewide.
When Jim Marsh was 11 years old, his mother decided to take him and his younger brother to the local Hungarian-American Athletic club for free fencing lessons. Going into last night's game at Duquesne, the men's basketball team went gunning for its first road win of the season. Standing in the way was a team with an 11-game losing streak and a not-so-secret weapon. With about six minutes left in last night's women's basketball game, Dawn Chambers was driving to the basket when suddenly just as she was to put up a shot, she was bowled over by a Rhode Island defender. Lock the doors and put the children to bed, this one got ugly. After a lackluster first half, the 21st-ranked women's basketball team turned up the intensity in the second half and demolished Rhode Island, 92- 51, last night at Rec Hall.
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A sizzling performance of West Side Story ignited Eisenhower Auditorium with tension at 8 p.m. Friday. FOR SALE: seven dreams, tailored to fit your subconscious. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra hopes to make a decision on its permanent summer home sometime in February, the president of the symphony's board of directors said Friday.