Pennsylvanians may have more time to fill in an absentee voter ballot if the state Senate and Gov. Robert P. Casey approve a bill that would require county boards of elections to mail the forms up to four weeks before an election. If negotiations for funding proceed as expected, an introductory course in peace and conflict studies will be offered at the University next fall. The structure and content of Juniata College's model peace studies program was the topic of two informational workshops held at the University in recent months by Juniata peace studies associate professor Andrew Murray. The 911 emergency dispatcher's voice echoed through the room as he remembered the incident. Michelle Martin often finds herself pulled in two different directions. Bone cell loss for astronauts used to be as high as 1 to 2 percent per month -- not all of which is recoverable. Recent developments in material and process engineering has reduced that amount to 0.3 percent per month. Americans should be aware of the effects of advertising on their habits and lifestyles, and the advertising industry should exercise more responsibility in cigarette ads, said a University of British Columbia advertising professor last night. When President Bush met with the presidents of Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru yesterday to discuss the drug problem, they devised an attack against drug traffickers and addressed the need for economic alternatives. Faced with an urgent need to rehydrate the area's ailing water system, State College Borough Water Authority members last night passed a fee that will likely raise the borough's cost of housing. The University's drive to increase private support will continue long after the official end of The Campaign for Penn State June 30. Dancers have to help themselves prepare for the Interfraternity/Panhellenic Council Dance Marathon, which starts at 7 tonight in White Building, but once things get underway, the marathon's morale and entertainment committees will help dancers combat sore feet, hallucinations and boredom all weekend. Governor Robert P. Casey's 1990-91 budget excluded the nearly $150,000 in annual funds necessary to establish a new Governor's School on Health and Human Development at University Park. Increasing alarm over pollution and the eventual depletion of oil reserves are causing greater interest in alternative fuels. As part of this trend, University researchers are studying coal to help ease the transition to a post-oil society. Local businessmen, University students and Centre County children will team up on the slopes this weekend in the Centre County Special Olympics Ski Competition. For the family members of someone stricken with Alzheimer's Disease, receiving support to live is just as important as giving care to the patient. About 200 people gathered last night in Eisenhower Chapel to remember Elizabeth Munley and John Scott, two University students who died Feb. 4 in a car accident. Beta Sigma Beta fraternity and Gamma Phi Beta sorority hope to raise at least $65,000 for the American Cancer Society with the 16th annual Beta Sigma Beta Sy Barash Regatta, organizers said last night. Students and faculty who want to voice concerns to the Faculty Senate about the proposed diversity requirements must sign up today to speak at Tuesday's meeting. Parents will have the opportunity to voice concerns about the State College Area School District's expansion plans, which include the adoption of a middle school. A black author stressed knowing oneself as key to survival of the black race during a speech last night in the Paul Robeson Center.
A month ago, the women's gymnastics team avenged last year's three losses to Ohio State by defeating the team in a dual meet for the first time since 1986. Not only that, but the Lady Lions beat the Lady Buckeyes at home. Manitoba, dubbed by some as, "the best volleyball team in North America," benefited from 39 Penn State hitting errors en route to a victory last night at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The final score of the two-hour match was 15-10, 15-13, 11-15, 15-7. Balanced scoring and good substitutions were the keys to victory in Rec Hall last night as the men's basketball team disposed of Atlantic 10 rival Rutgers, 80-69. Defense and Susan Robinson keyed the women's basketball team 72-53 victory last night against a scrappy Massachusetts team in the Curry Hicks Cage. At some time in the future science will probably have the capability of cloning people. Rutgers' Coach Bob Wenzel probably hopes there could be two of RU forward Keith Hughes. Peter Kormann isn't afraid of the nine Penn State gymnasts his team will face at 8 tomorrow night. The name is misleading. The men's track and field team will host a tri-meet against Shippensburg and Glennville State at 3:30 today at the Indoor Sports Complex. Thirteen fencers will compete in the Junior Olympics in Chicago this weekend and three of them will try to qualify for the junior national team. Coach Joe Battista hopes for a large and boisterous crowd this weekend as the ice hockey club hosts ICHL rival and division leader Niagara at 9 tonight and 3:30 tomorrow afternoon at the Ice Pavilion. When it travels to Lock Haven and Lehigh this weekend, the wrestling team (12-7) will be without the services of 142-pounder Peter Horst, who quit the team Wednesday, Coach Rich Lorenzo said.
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Finally, Stolyn Hours closes off the Marathon at 5:30 Sunday and J.R. Mangan, the band's lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, said he is very pleased. When "new wave" flourished in America, people began to claim that guitar rock was a dying breed. It was nowhere on the charts and supposedly the technology of synthesizers would rule the rock world. At 10:30 tonight, a State College institution called The Earthtones will be kicking off the Marathon. This year's dancers will have been on their feet for thirteen hours before the Phyrst Phamly takes the stage at the Marathon. Although the huge sums of money and the incalculable amount of hope that is created for the Marathon's young cancer patients undoubtedly can't be ignored, the driving force behind the fund raiser is the dancing. The Dance Marathon will be featuring eight different bands, but only one will be from out of town. The Crowd, a band from Lehigh University, will be making the trek to State College to play the Sunday, 1:30 p.m. slot. At the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont in 1964, four men, two violins, a viola and a cello formed the Guarneri String Quartet. The quartet has since become the longest lasting collaboration of any quartet in the United States. With a tip of their ten-gallon hats, the handsome heroes of Western movies gallantly round up villains, lasso gals of their dreams and make a mockery of local police. Good guys wear white, bad men wear black, horses are prized possessions. The American Council on Literacy probably had a hand in making Stanley and Iris. It will be hard for anyone to walk through the East Wing Gallery in Pattee Library and miss Jean Thomas Forsberg's exhibit. Oversized paintings, sporting bright colors and abstract images, line the hallway for the "Songs of the Brush" display which runs until March 9. A noble-looking old man with a sculptured cloak and staff in hand looks around with his deeply carved eyes and finely detailed face. Well Happy Valley, get ready. America's newest singing sensation may stop by. If My Dinner with Andre is any sign of where director Louis Malle is headed, he had better find a day job. Three University students spent their summer dancing, singing, and leaping into garbage trucks. What's more, it has all been captured on film in the new John Waters motion picture Cry Baby, coming out this spring. Sometimes you get so down there just does not seem to be a way back up. Your man took off and left no note, you lost your job, and worst of all, you failed your Math 110 exam. Honey, there is only one cure for these down and outs and that is a big fat dose of the blues.