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Back Issues   [ Thursday, Feb. 8, 1990 ]


NEWS
 
Automobile insurance premiums will drop by as much as 22 percent under legislation passed yesterday by the state legislature and signed by the governor, but an insurance industry representative says the bill could do more harm than good.
 
Four hundred University students will lose some financial aid for the 1990-91 academic year due to recent federal budget cuts, according to a document released yesterday.
 
The addition of two paid drivers to Alpha Community Ambulance Service has enabled the service to cut its response time significantly, the company's top official says.
 
Bashful, inquisitive students glanced at the strange wagon in Pollock Union Building on Tuesday night.
 
A joint council aimed at improving interaction between two of the Greek system's three governing bodies is being discussed by its newly elected leaders, but no definite plans have been made.
 
How the masculine nature of science and technology discourages women from entering the fields of science and engineering will be the focus of tonight's speech by feminist scholar Sandra Harding.
 
A State College man was apprehended and placed in Centre County Prison without bail after a high-speed chase through three townships yesterday afternoon.
 
Students will meet next week to plan a memorial service for two students killed last weekend while returning from a Billy Joel concert in Endicott, N.Y.
 
Dorm students with comments or complaints about their living arrangements now have a new avenue to voice them.
 
Flowers of spring will sprout a little early this year on the shirts and shorts of University students, a spot check of local merchants indicates.
 
It is essential for scientists to communicate effectively to the public, said a senior staff scientist of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics last night.
 
When the Alliance Christian Fellowship began its weekly meeting with the tune "Pass it On" last night, the members sang of giving God's love to everyone in every place.
 
Why do many students avoid Pattee and choose to study at Roy Rogers and the Ye Olde College Diner restaurants on College Avenue?
 
 
SPORTS
 
The highly successful men's volleyball team will soon be in the mighty Big 10 Conference, battling with super-spikers from the likes of Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. Right?
 
In an attempt to end a recent skid in Philadelphia, the No. 22 women's basketball team travels there for two critical games in the next three days. The Lady Lions begin the trip at 7 tonight in McGonigle Hall against Temple. On Saturday, they face No. 21 St. Joseph's at 3 p.m.
 
This year's race for the Atlantic 10 men's basketball crown is the tightest in recent memory.
 
Tonight during halftime of the Penn State-Rhode Island basketball game, the action will switch from men trying to get a little orange ball through a hoop to men trying to poke each other with long skinny blades.
 
OPINIONS
 
Collegian Editorial: Opportunities exist to rid fear of different sexual orientations
 
My Opinion: Jay Paterno
 
Letters to the editor
 

 



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