Where did the tree you just passed on College Avenue come from, and how did it get to be in the sidewalk? The answer is a combination of the State College Tree Commission and the Municipal Tree Restoration Program. After Greyhound bus drivers went on strike Friday morning, students returning from spring break were forced to find alternate transportation back to State College this weekend. Last call at the Brickhouse this St. Patrick's Day will be more than the final chance to down a drink, as the bar's management prepares to move the tavern to a new location and the property's owners ready to raze the building for a parking lot. HARRISBURG -- University President Bryce Jordan warned state legislators last Monday that Penn State will cut programs if changes are not made to Gov. Robert P. Casey's budget proposal for next year. At 11:30 p.m. the group began gathering downstairs. Fellow fraternity members gave Jeff Schlesinger some last minute advice -- eat bread, drink milk and, most importantly, be prepared to bow to the porcelain god. Despite a recent study suggesting that fluoride may have caused bone cancer in lab rats, the Pennsylvania Dental Association maintains it is safe for human consumption. An intense study, led by University astronomers, of one of the galaxy's well-known star-forming regions discovered that more than one-third of the young stars emit strong radio waves.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Despite improvement in each round, the women's golf team finished 10th in a field of 16 teams last week in competition over spring break. The wrestling team will look a little different going into the Eastern Wrestling League tournament this weekend, after wrestle-offs over the break knocked three starters out of the lineup. In the women's gymnastics team's second place finish (186.75) at Cal State-Fullerton Friday night, the vaulting team took the spotlight again as it shattered the school record for the third time this season by scoring a high of 47.95. John Gray, a sophomore who played only three games prior to the National Invitational Tournament, delivered two stellar performances to lead the Icers to the championship and earn the MVP award to boot. Prior to its March 3 match against No. 7 Pepperdine, the men's volleyball team's annual West Coast trip was anything but sunny. With a 73-66 loss to Rutgers on Saturday in the Atlantic 10 regular-season finale, the women's basketball team's hopes of a regular-season championship faded away as it finished third. "The slipper fits for this Cinderella team." Two more wins. The usually friendly Pittsburgh gym was anything but hospitable for the men's gymnastics team last week. SALT LAKE CITY -- Immediately after Utah's Kristen Kenoyer and Missy Marlowe had scored spectacular 9.8s on the floor exercise at last Monday's Spartan Jeep-Eagle Showdown, sophomore Shelly Schaerrer took center stage for her routine. The last thing the men's tennis team was expecting on its spring break trip to the South was snow. But the Lions encountered wintry conditions all last week and had three of their seven matches cancelled.
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