While the Campus Loop has been transporting University students since 1973, ridership on the new Town Loop has steadily approached its counterpart's popularity in just three months of operation. We've heard the horror stories and remember the catastrophes that occur aboard the "Yellow Limos" of adolescence. Memories of nasty drivers screeching to sickening halts and gawking boys throwing bubble gum linger in the subconsciousness of most of us. If Fred and Jim notice another male student wearing a shirt with "15 reasons why beer is better than women" and are offended, what should they do? Gloria Steinem last night challenged her audience to do at least one outrageous thing to further the cause of equality in the next week. University President Bryce Jordan made his final appearance to University Student Advisory Board members during a closed portion of the meeting last night and thanked them for their dedication to the University. The first Student Conservative Awareness Conference will feature speakers and information booths tonight and tomorrow to promote the conservative values of the "silent majority." One student asked Adam Cohn if Jewish people celebrated Thanksgiving. Another student asked him if Jewish students celebrated birthdays. The members of the Pakistan Forum will celebrate their National Day today commemorating the Resolution of Pakistan adopted by their country 25 years ago. All fundamental issues about the proposed consolidation of the Centre Region municipalities must be solved before the matter goes before voters on a referendum, local officials said yesterday. Although many Greeks are sad to see them go, little-sister programs will be removed from several University fraternities because of problems ranging from insurance liability to sexual harassment. A record number of 110 graduate students will compete for $10,000 in prize money at this weekend's Graduate Research Exhibition. Black Caucus' new top officers intend to unify the black community in hopes of making inroads on the demands made at the 1988 Telecommunications Building protest. Drunken driving checkpoints will be set up throughout the state later this month, requiring all drivers to stop for brief interviews. The 12th annual Penn State Slavic Folk Festival will honor the achievements of Pennsylvania's Slavic-American groups this weekend in the HUB Ballroom with dances and ethnic food. Ted M. Sickler, current Daily Collegian campus editor, was unanimously selected new editor-in-chief last night by the Board of Directors of Collegian Inc. The United States has been using the "carrot and the stick approach" to solving the drug problem in Latin America, a Penn State associate professor said.
The women's tennis team is looking to preserve its unbeaten dual match record when the it goes up against a formidable Syracuse squad at 1 tomorrow afternoon at the indoor courts. The women's track team will ease into the outdoor season at 10:30 tomorrow morning at Franklin Field in Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Invitational. The softball team has had nearly a month to rest. Now it's time to get back to business. If the men's volleyball team hopes to overtake Rutgers-Newark and capture first place in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, it must win every remaining league match this season. Marathons are tests of endurance. They build character. The men's tennis team will find that out this weekend. The men's track and field team is ready to compete outdoors, where running times are faster and field events go to greater distances. PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- After the NCAA tournament spurned the men's basketball team, Coach Bruce Parkhill let his feelings be known about the committee's selections. COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- One-eighteen pounder Jeff Prescott might be said to have a Jekyll and Hyde personality. COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- After advancing eight of 10 wrestlers through the first round, just three Lions kept their national title hopes alive through round two of the NCAA Wrestling Championships yesterday. Competing against six other teams, the No. 1 seeded women's gymnastics team will take a shot at its eighth-consecutive Atlantic 10 crown when it travels to the University of Massachusetts for the A-10 Championships at 6 tomorrow night. It was a record breaking performance for the women's lacrosse team yesterday as it thrashed, crashed and bashed Division II Shippensburg University 31-4 at Lady Lion Field. The Penn State Rugby Club kicked off its spring season by winning the college division of the Washington Irish Tournament in Washington, D.C., last weekend. The ruggers crushed Old Dominion in the title match, 12-3, after blanking their two opening-round Penn State squashed Quantico, a Marines' officer school club, 12-0, demolished West Chester, 15-0, and outlasted Williams College by a score of 9-6. After garnering the 1,300th win in Penn State baseball history with a victory last Sunday against LaSalle, Coach Shorty Stoner lies just one victory away from his 200th career victory. He will be searching for that win when the team travels into the unfriendly and unknown confines of New York this weekend. Baseball masterminds everywhere agree that nine times out of 10 good pitching will stifle good hitting. In their time, major league pitchers like Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton and Bob Gibson proved, more often than not, that they could thwart a lineup of powerful hitters. In 1990, Penn State baseball coach Shorty Stoner is hoping that his pitching staff will have similar success. With a break in tournament play until April 6, the men's golf team has scheduled a weekend match against district opponent Rutgers at the Marriot Seaview Resort in Absecon, N.J. Even though the defense in yesterday's women's lacrosse team must have fallen asleep at times, occasionally it had enough life in it to head up the field and contribute to some of the action. Preparing itself for an upcoming trip to Holland in May, the field hockey team will travel this weekend to compete in the United States Field Hockey Association National Indoor Tournament at Maryland. A three hour trip to play in an isolated atmosphere. The game sandwiched between two intense rivals -- Villanova and Towson State.
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Good grief! It's a griffin. It may not be the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, and there may not be masks or parades involved, but Mardi Gras is coming to State College. While many will be eyeing such stars as Tom Cruise and Michelle Pfeiffer at Monday's Academy Awards ceremony, smart autograph seekers and star-watchers will be clamoring for a glimpse of documentarian Charles Guggenheim. There's an oft heard complaint from University students that no real high-caliber musicians trek to this relatively isolated area of Pennsylvania. The University Concert Committee, however, has answered by recruiting two of the world's greatest guitarists. From a metal whistle ring to animal rights posters, a variety of works on display in Chambers provide insight into what art majors in the graphic design and metals departments are creating. Room 132 White Building will be alive with dance forms from around the world Sunday as part of the annual Interdisciplinary Day of Dance. Radio drama is back! At 6 p.m. Saturday, "Curse of the Dammed," a thriller about two men pursuing a werewolf, will air on 91.1 WPSU. Sitting in between the small dividers that make up the Jazz Club office in 224 HUB, club President Aleister Saunders leaned back in his chair and spoke enthusiastically about a rising star and a weekend he hopes will be a big one. It is that time of year again, when Hollywood allows a little guy named Oscar to cause flop sweats, palpitations, and general mayhem. London's Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Octet will perform the first octet work ever written during its Sunday performance in Eisenhower Auditorium.