Two-and-a-half years after a major fire destroyed St. Paul's United Methodist Church, a congregation of more then 600 celebrated the church's re-opening yesterday in a modern facility surrounded by new stained glass windows. Rock music soon may be banished from dorm commons and dining hall areas because some students in North and South Halls find its lyrics difficult to stomach. However, the Residence Hall Advisory Board has not taken any action in response to the four complaints it has received. When the U.S. Congress reauthorizes the Higher Education Act next year, the process could strip the Stafford federal loan program of its entitlement and transfer the entitlement to the Pell Grant program, congressional aids say. The annual International Fair, highlighted this year by a week of events instead of just one day, kicks off with a speech tonight by a prominent member of the United Nations staff. Even though Penn Staters know their sports teams will be competing in the Big 10 within the next few years they are not making any demands yet for T-shirts, hats or other merchandise with a new logo. Adjusting their radio dials to FM 91 this week, WPSU listeners may have been surprised by changes in program scheduling. Joe Runkle and Ron Savage spend their days in a laboratory. Such is the life of a graduate assistant. Small businesses may offer the brightest employment picture for young American workers who do not have college degrees -- unless they're black job-seekers. One thousand crosses made from the remains of stained glass windows ruined in the 1987 St. Paul's United Methodist Church fire were distributed to its congregation yesterday morning, symbolizing the continued life of the church. Are you ready to be counted? The U.S. Department of Education's proposed budget for the fiscal year 1991 offers no substantial increases in student aid programs despite increases in student costs, a department spokesman said last week. A University student, injured in a car accident which killed two other students Feb. 4, was released Friday from Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, a hospital spokeswoman said. Another injured student remains hospitalized. The soot-collecting unit of Corning Glass Works in State College caught fire Saturday evening, causing minor damages. No one was injured.
The men's volleyball team broke a four-game losing streak Saturday night, defeating Ohio State to finish third at the Golden Dome Classic at Rutgers-Newark. Amazing the difference 200 miles can make. Rule changes, lack of practice and unfamiliarity with one another hurt the alumni lacrosse team Saturday as it lost 19-2 to the men's lacrosse team at Holuba Hall. With its plastic pet dinosaur Godzilla watching from poolside, the women's swimming and diving team routed Boston University, 176-120, on Saturday in McCoy Natatorium. Despite qualifying more people for the Eastern Seaboard Championships, the men's swimming and diving team fell to Princeton and Tennessee this weekend in its last double-dual meet of the season. PHILADELPHIA -- Few words can describe the performance of St. Joseph's center Dale Hodges in the Lady Hawks' 73-61 victory over the women's basketball team Saturday afternoon at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse. The men's fencing team redefined the word comeback in Saturday's regular-season ending performance. In one of their few home appearances, members of the boxing club rode crowd support to victories in four consecutive bouts at the Penn State Home Invitational on Saturday. The women's fencing team didn't end the season with a perfect record, but the Lady Lions closed it with an impressive 9-7 win over Columbia. West Virginia won six straight matches through the middle weights to upset the wrestling team, 20-13, and end the Lions' 56-match Eastern Wrestling League unbeaten streak yesterday. After his 167-pound match, Jason Suter pounded his fist into the mat and looked at his opponent in disbelief. Somehow, West Virginia's Mark Banks had just scored three points in seven seconds. PHILADELPHIA -- All season long the talk surrounding the men's basketball team has been the play of Ed Fogell. During Saturday's game at St. Joseph's, with Fogell not producing offensively, the men's basketball team looked to its guards to pick up the slack. PHILADELPHIA -- It wasn't the defense or Dale Hodges. It was simply the Lady Hawks' understanding of Coach Jim Foster's propensity to speak French from the bench. In the absence of Lynn Crane, freshman Allison Barber emerged as the women's gymnastics team's steady performer in its win over IUP, 184.15-176.45, on Saturday night. The Mikes were on full-power Saturday night at Rec Hall.
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