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Back Issues   [ Thursday, Feb. 1, 1990 ]


NEWS
 
On the day Kate Marshall-Chase gave birth to her first child, she gave him something else.
 
In an effort to keep their "community" together, about 40 residents of fifth-floor Beaver Hall protested last night against a recent decision to limit the floor to members of the University Scholars Program.
 
Debate over different grading scales for undergraduate and graduate students in the same classes is causing concern following a Faculty Senate debate last week.
 
More than 2,300 people obeyed the classroom chalk board message and "heard Josh" last night in Eisenhower Auditorium.
 
President Bush's first State of the Union address -- which received five standing ovations -- was lacking in any concrete plans, said local experts.
 
BELLEFONTE -- A male University student was ordered yesterday to stand trial after a woman testified he allegedly raped her at his fraternity house in December.
 
A disgruntled former Penn State graduate student, claiming he was 'the object of a pattern of repression and harassment," has filed a civil action suit against University President Bryce Jordan and University Police Services.
 
The Latin American Association will host a series of seminars this semester on the U.S. drug policy and the relationship between the United States and Latin America.
 
James Parsons of Bloomsburg University is a "Buddy."
 
An aroma of herbs and spices pervades the air. Packages of dried seaweed sit above a shelf of mango chips. Sacks of rice lie anywhere room is available.
 
The oceans may play more of a role than previously suspected in climate development and global warming, a University researcher said after studying a mathematical model that was designed to simulate the climate of the Eocene time period.
 
The International Student Council will sponsor an International Volleyball Tournament at 9 Saturday morning in the Intramural Building's second gym.
 
Pennsylvania yesterday moved closer to becoming the first state to establish serious penalties for truckers caught hauling garbage and chemicals in vehicles also used to transport food.
 
In a time when society is trying to repair technological damage to the earth, local environmental group members are exploring a back-to-nature lifestyle. Their inspiration -- an 85-year-old woman who has devoted most of her life resisting conformity.
 
 
SPORTS
 
Rec Hall first opened its doors to women's basketball in 1976 when the AIAW Tournament arrived. Penn State lost its first two games in that tournament, but in the years thereafter, its success has been phenomenal.
 
What types of sports do little girls like? Swimming? Soccer? Softball? Fencing? . . . fencing?
 
OPINIONS
 
Collegian Editorial: Stipends, credits would take away from spirit of the dance marathon
 
My Opinion: Jill Imgrund
 
Letters to the editor
 

 



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