WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court's influence in national affairs will not diminish in upcoming years even though the court will be hearing fewer cases, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said during a meeting with several University students in her chambers during Spring Break. As Undergraduate Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates campaign furiously, hundreds of behind-the-scenes campaign staffers use their creativity to put the hopefuls in the best light. With Undergraduate Student Government elections less than a week away, candidates on the campaign trail are employing everything from traditional buttons to electronic bulletin boards and a promise to preach from an on-campus soapbox. The improved relationship between news media and news makers has led to a decrease of bias in news reporting, said Steve Bell, anchorman at KYW-TV in Philadelphia, last night in the HUB. Undergraduate Student Government presidential, vice presidential and senatorial candidates will have to continue to pay a fee due to a decision made by the USG supreme court. Centre County's election board yesterday refused to place a question on May's ballot asking voters whether they support the re-classification of the district attorney's job to full time, the county commissioners' office said. For more than a month, residents of College Township's quiet Houserville neighborhood have grouped to challenge the potential impacts of a proposed development community that could be approved for construction within the next few months. Developing more programs and increasing public visibility are some of the goals the newly elected Men of Color co-coordinators will concentrate on during the next two years. The American Lung Association will sponsor "The Asthma Seminar" at 9 a.m. this Saturday in Room 115 Keller Conference Center. State Auditor General Barbara Hafer, the leading Republican candidate for governor, will make a stop in Boalsburg tomorrow as the featured speaker for the Centre County Republican Committee's annual Lincoln Day Dinner. The Centre County Board of Elections decided at its meeting yesterday to petition the courts to combine the four on-campus voting precincts for the May 15 primary. South Halls residents went about their daily routines yesterday enjoying the beautiful weather despite news that their residence area no longer had a government. President of the Association of Residence Hall Students Brien Kocher appointed two ARHS representatives as associate justices to the ARHS Central Court at Monday night's ARHS meeting.
With controversy swirling around it, the men's basketball team begins the National Invitation Tournament at 7:30 tonight in Rec Hall. The first-round game with Marquette will be nationally televised by ESPN. Jane Kleiderlein, Denise Sonntag, Kristin Lilly, Fran McDermid, Jill Fretz and Amy Schmidt will represent the women's swimming and diving team today through Friday at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas. Both teams have young lineups, and both felt they would be playing somewhere else -- the women's basketball team at home and Florida State on the road. Forget that the women's basketball team won its first Atlantic 10 championship since 1986. Forget the celebration after defeating rival St. Joseph's. All that would not have happened if it weren't for Tanya Garner. Talk about reloading. Nine seniors, two acclaimed goalies, five starters and a head coach aren't returning. With this in mind, the women's lacrosse team very well could be labeled, for the first time in years, as not THE favorites.
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