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Back Issues   [ Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1990 ]


NEWS
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Seventeen coffins, a speech by President Bush, roses, hymns and patriotic songs sung by an estimated 35,000 demonstrators highlighted yesterday's 17th annual March for Life.
 
The Centre Region Council of Governments last night unanimously recommended to member municipalities that they approve a revised a state-mandated sewage facilities plan.
 
More customers will be able to eat, drink and dance at Cafe 210 as the bar and restaurant begin building a new addition that should be completed by summer, said its co-owner.
 
Large red containers will occupy the kitchens and pantries of more area residents in the next few weeks as the state's mandatory recycling program continues to expand.
 
Combating homophobia and finding common ground between people of different sexual orientations will be the topic of a panel discussion tonight sponsored by Project Growth.
 
Few people claim they can make one hand grow longer than the other.
 
A vote on diversifying the curriculum is not expected at today's Faculty Senate meeting, although the senate's committee on undergraduate instruction has circulated a proposal.
 
The police force will not be able to expand its forces to include designated foot-patrol officers in the business district because of a lack of funds in State College Borough's 1990 budget.
 
The 24th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, set for July 11 to July 15, incorporated several new activities into its revised schedule of events, including a special food court and hands-on art for children.
 
Borough Manager Peter Marshall will discuss State College Borough Government and its effects on students at 7:30 tonight during the Undergraduate Student Government Senate meeting.
 
 
SPORTS
 
While a group of powerful outside hitters finish the plays with intimidating kills, the men's volleyball team's offense filters through its smallest player -- 5'10" setter Jim Schall.
 
Fifteen seconds into his last match Sunday, 126-pounder Jeff Prescott was on his back with Maryland's Keith Burgess threatening to pin him.
 
Forward Lynn Dougherty talks of giving that extra effort. Guard Tanya Garner expects a fast-tempo type of game. Coach Rene Portland is concerned with quickness.
 
It's coming for the men's basketball team. It's getting closer and closer and . . . oh no, it's in view. Look out, it's, it's . . .
 
OPINIONS
 
Collegeian Editorial: Medical, counseling and advocacy services available for rape victims
 
My Opinion: Steve Cherry
 
Letters to the editor
ARTS
 
Students who stop by the HUB Formal Gallery will get an educational blast from America's musical past. Rhythm and Blues: Black American Popular Music, 1945-1955, a Smithsonian traveling exhibit, is on display until Feb. 18.
 
Although conceding that his mission as an artist is an idealistic one, Cuban expressionist painter Luiz Cruz Azaceta said he sees his art as a vehicle for social change and awareness.
 
The Del'Arte Quintet, ensemble-in-residence at the University of Delaware, will play piano quintets by Mozart and Beethoven at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Recital Hall of the Music Building.
 
As she held a delicate corsage of lavender and ballerina pink tea roses, local artist Helen Hungerford introduced her painting exhibit, Portraits Plus, at a reception in Kern Galleries. At 81 years old, Hungerford is transposing her experiences as a dancer and actress onto the canvas through 27 paintings depicting landscape, still life and figures.
 
Promises can be hard to keep. Friday night's production of La Boheme despite the outstanding musical quality of the New York City Opera National Company's performance -- did not quite live up to the opera's promise of transforming its audience into lovers of the genre.
 
If the Pennsylvania Senate passes a bill requiring warning labels on albums, tapes and compact discs containing questionable lyrics, record store employees violating the directive could be jailed for 90 days and fined up to $300.
 

 



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