In a half-page advertisement called "pro-active" by members of the Lesbian and Gay Student Alliance, the University continues its efforts to increase campus awareness of on-campus minority groups. The University may hire a female physician as its head of the Department of Women's Health Care within Ritenour Health Center. At this University 3 to 4 percent of the women are bulimic. These women may not be receiving the help they need to recover and lead healthy, productive lives. They may not be aware of the problem. Continuing the Panhellenic Council's role in women's issues and improving relations between sororities are the primary goals of newly elected Panhellenic Council president Stephanie Redish. While the state Senate approved funds that would double the amount of land to be sprayed for gypsy moths this spring, one Centre County official says the bill, or a similar House measure, may come too late. Students who sit in cramped classrooms and daydream of making the University's most important decisions from big offices may be able to escape their droning professors for a day and do just that. Free smoking cessation classes for adults and students will be offered tomorrow at Schlow Library by the American Cancer Society. A male University student faces charges of rape, unlawful restraint and indecent assault at a preliminary hearing scheduled for 2 this afternoon at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte. Improper installation of a neon sign caused a small fire Monday night at Hi-Way Pizza, 340 E. College Ave. A State College company has been fined $7,500 for violations incurred while it removed asbestos from a school in Lycoming County, the state Department of Environmental Resources announced. Undergraduate Student Government President Janyne Althaus said last night that USG executives and Council of Commonwealth Student Government members have been negotiating combining office space so the two organizations can work together.
The football coaches can't be found in their offices or on the practice fields now. Coaches around the nation are on the road recruiting, trying to woo promising high school athletes. The women's gymnastics team's move into the Big 10 may provide a higher level of competition for the Lady Lions when it competes in the Big 10 Championships instead of the Atlantic 10 Championships, but the move will have no effect for the team in qualifying for NCAA Northeast Regional Championships. While the rest of the Penn State athletic teams are busy reworking their schedules to include Big 10 teams, men's gymnastics coach Karl Schier can practically sit back and put his feet up. The NCAA may not have passed Proposition 24 so quickly if Senator Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) had not placed so much congressional pressure on it, said NCAA Faculty Representative John Coyle.
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