Parents and teachers must take advantage of opportune moments and literature to address children about resisting biases in society, said panel members in a discussion last night. The State College Borough Planning Commission took the first tentative step in developing a freer dialogue between itself and the borough during last night's worksession. The University's requests for state funding for 1990-1991 construction projects have been submitted to the state House of Representatives. Ten out of 100 pregnant women may be using cocaine; some may even be using it to induce abortions, replacing coat hangers in the age of post Roe v. Wade. BELLEFONTE -- Testimony ended yesterday in the trial of Charles R. Mezdie, charged with assault and reckless endangerment stemming from last summer's investigation into alleged abuse at the State College Manor Nursing Home. For Althea T.L. Simmons, a bill that would reverse several recent Supreme Court decisions regarding discrimination and employment is an obvious necessity. Apathy toward crime in State College needs to eliminated, the community relations and crime and loss-prevention specialist for the borough police told an audience at yesterday's Town Day 1990. Besides housing birds and enhancing property, trees can be an economically sound investment for homeowners. A recent University study discovered that trees can lower the energy costs of heating a home by serving as windbreakers. As individual members of Penn State Pro-Choice gain a head start on activities, the organization awaits official recognition from the University Student Government's Supreme Court. Members of Penn State Pro-Choice, a campus group awaiting official registration, are circulating a petition demanding that a director be instated for the future Office of Child Care Service and that a Child Care Committee be formed before University President Bryce Jordan retires in August. Herbert and Jean McKinstry clearly remember the atmosphere of the 1960s in State College, especially incidents of bigotry and injustice toward members of the black community. The International Student Council will have a representative on the President's International Council, said ISC President Abbas Aminmansour at last night's University Student Advisory Board Meeting. St. Paul's United Methodist Church will re-open Feb. 11 after a three-year vacancy allowed contractors to rebuild parts of the church destroyed in a 1987 fire.
How often are four technical fouls called against one team in a single basketball game? This weekend wrestling fans will finally get to see the varsity squad compete in Rec Hall again. While most teams in most sports prefer to start the season with matches against lollipop opponents, the men's volleyball team begins its season today and tomorrow against some of the top teams in the nation. When a basketball team wins a game by 41 points usually the postgame reaction is quite favorable. However, after the No. 21 women's basketball team slaughtered Rhode Island, 92-51, Monday night, coach and players agreed the game was a lackluster performance. All year long in Massachusetts' storybook season, they have depended on one weapon to carry them to victory -- Jim McCoy. The 6'3" sophomore guard averages 20.2 points a game. When the ice hockey club pays a visit to Canada this weekend -- first Niagara at 8 tonight and Conestoga at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon, a lot will be at stake -- including the top ranking in the ICHL. While many have been sporting shorts lately and heading outside to run, the women's track team will remain indoors tomorrow when it faces Georgetown and Lock Haven in the Lady Lion Classic at 11 a.m. in the Indoor Sports Complex. See no evil, hear no evil. No one looks at the other team, and if someone is caught looking, a team member yells, "Blue-white." The men's swimming and diving team swept the 50-yard freestyle and the 100 butterfly yesterday in a mismatched meet against Division II Shippensburg. The meet was so lopsided that the Lions' won both races using swimmers who usually do not compete in those events. After losing the season opener to Alabama, the women's swimming and diving team has won nine straight meets. But that winning streak is in jeopardy when the team faces No. 8 Virginia at noon tomorrow in McCoy Natatorium. The men's track and field team will travel to Columbus, Ohio, today to compete against Ohio State, Tennessee and Pitt in a highly competitive meet tomorrow. Over 320 fencers will begin the quest for the United States Fencing Association's collegiate title tomorrow in White Building. The culmination of such talent and excitement will be largest of its kind in USFA history.
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University students now have the chance to experience Western America through University of New Mexico's student artwork, currently displayed in Chambers Gallery until Feb. 16. The Penn State Thespians will follow their fall production of Hair with another rock musical: Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Auditions will be held Sunday and Monday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium. It is the beautiful, tragic tale of four impoverished artists on the Left Bank of 19th century Paris. It is the opera that sparked the very touching love scene between Cher and Nicholas Cage in Moonstruck. Plato says you can tell a society through its arts, music, and athletics. Llewellyn Richie weaves both sports and art together this month with his exhibit of drawings and photographs at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center. GRANT HART Intolerance (SST) Blaze has the kind of unique historical story that should translate well onto the big screen.