State Auditor General Barbara Hafer, the leading Republican candidate for governor, called for an end to what she described as Gov. Robert P. Casey's fiscal irresponsibility during a speech last night at the Centre County Republican Committee's annual Lincoln Day dinner. The Organization of Town Independent Students elected Vice President Melissa Keller as next year's council president and council member Nichol Barlett as vice president in Monday night's election in which both nominees ran unopposed. While State College bar hoppers may be mourning the Brickhouse's final call at 123 1/2 Humes Alley early Sunday morning, one Penn State student says the building's demolition is another case of poor downtown planning -- and she's doing something about it. At a Catholic mission school in Wild Horse Creek, Mike Charleston learned an important lesson about his culture: Don't practice it. Barbara Froman cannot escape the labels. Alcoholic. Warmonger. Primitive. One of the seven Undergraduate Student Government vice presidential candidates at a debate last night said she did not favor inclusion of a sexual orientation clause in the Fair Housing Ordinance. After more than two years of squabbling over countless sewage-management proposals, state and local environmental officials have conditionally agreed on a plan that will allow Centre Region development to continue at a manageable rate. The Phi Psi 500 may not raise as much money as it did last year because of the State College Borough Council and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity's three-year plan to remove alcohol from the race comes, say some Greek organization members. About 100 protesters carrying signs which included "PSU: Money or Nothing," and "Men $tate University," sat in groups last night outside Rec Hall listening to the women's basketball team's NCAA game on the radio. Upcoming elections for the South Halls Residence Association will most likely continue as planned despite a recent announcement that the council lost its charter due to constitutional problems. President Bush has sent a letter of regret to Coach Joe Paterno saying he will be unable to attend the closing ceremonies of the six-year Campaign for Penn State. University President Bryce Jordan will become a marketing student Monday while Michelle Hearn will sit in 201 Old Main making the University's biggest decisions. The Association of Residence Hall Students passed an amendment to its bylaws Monday night that would revamp the structure of ARHS Cinemas, described by one member as a "dead horse." Newly elected Lesbian and Gay Student Alliance officers say special interest committees, increased activism and more networking with other minority groups is needed to insure unity within next year's group. A feminist scholar's speech tonight on women and ecology will focus on a group of American Indian women in upper New York state who have recently developed contaminated breast milk due to pollutants in the environment. The Centre Region Council of Governments Finance Committee yesterday approved a proposal that would help bring the Pittsburgh Symphony to the Centre Region. University police arrested two former University employees and their daughter Tuesday in connection with the alleged theft of College of Agriculture equipment and vouchers totaling more than $70,000.
The men's golf team outlasted a pack of district teams to finish sixth at the King's Mill Invitational in Williamsburg, Va., Monday and Tuesday. With guard Dana Eikenberg having a career night, the women's basketball team found a way to hold off Florida State, 83-73, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last night in Tallahassee. Craig Bernier had two options. What Penn State team tied for a national championship last year and had three All-Americans? Although the women's golf team improved 18 strokes during Monday and Tuesday's tournament at Rollins College, it tied for 12th in a field of 17 teams. Two workhorses went head to head in Rec Hall last night and played a new version of the 20-minute workout, times two. Monroe Brown stepped calmly up to the free throw line with 9 seconds left, bounced the ball, palmed it and sank the first free throw. After the small (3,729), but loud crowd calmed down, he missed the second one. With its crushing victory over East Stroudsburg last Friday, the men's volleyball team reached the halfway mark of its Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association schedule. What Penn State team tied for a national championship last year and had three All-Americans? My Opinion: Lori Shontz
Collegian Editorial: Don't let tuition increase again this year without putting up a fight My Opinion: Jay Paterno
America is full of writers freely and legally expressing themselves. But a University writer in residence questions America's appreciation of foreign authors who are denied this freedom of expression.