Joe Walsh, a former guitarist for the Eagles, will highlight the 16th annual Beta Sigma Beta Sy Barash Regatta April 22, while organizers aim to make the spring tradition more of a carnival with new events and professional food caterers. Scott Brunenavs earned spending money last semester by working at the University ice skating rink as a part of the College Work-Study program. A proposal to augment federal revenue by taxing sources other than personal income will slash the nation's massive deficit without breaking President Bush's campaign vows, Sen. Bob Packwood said here yesterday. Seventy fewer students applied for the student representative position on the University Board of Trustees, despite a two-week deadline extension. Thirty students applied this year compared to 100 last year. When the moon's crescent becomes visible, members of the Muslim Student Association will begin to fast in observance of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Secondary schools could benefit from a dramatic "re-invention of education." Kyle Peck, a University assistant professor of education will present such ideas at a conference tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
What happens to Penn State football players after they graduate? Is there life after Penn State? Some go on to have successful careers in pro football and others turn to careers outside of football, but only a select few are enshrined in the Penn State Football Hall of Fame. NEW YORK -- In last night's loss to Vanderbilt, the men's basketball team tied its own noose. The softball team was supposed to play its first games in nearly a month against St. Joseph's last weekend. The baseball team will once again stray from their friendly home, this time to face Navy in a doubleheader today in Annapolis, Md. Beating up on Division II Shippensburg was certainly nice for the women's lacrosse team last week. And defeating Colgate on Sunday surely brought a smile to the faces of most team members. But today, the Lady Lions get busy. Despite playing with different rules and in a smaller arena, the field hockey team posted a 2-1-1 record this past weekend at the National Field Hockey Association Indoor Tournament at Maryland. NEW YORK -- There was a downpour in Madison Square Garden last night.
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The music of environmentalist / musician Paul Winter and his five-member Paul Winter Consort has often been referred to as unique; the Altoona native features recorded animal voices ranging from whales and timberwolves in his group's albums. Two films tracing the history of the African slave trade in Brazil will be shown for free at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, as part of the 22nd Annual Blacks Arts Festival, "Refocusing on African Roots." The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Octet demonstrated incredible clarity from the most delicate thread of the first violin's high notes to the full, deep notes from the cellos. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was playwright Andrew Lloyd Webber's first success, though it is often overlooked because of his later hit plays such as Cats and Phantom of the Opera. "My son is not a killer," she sobbed. "He won't survive this." When Rob Lowe's home video exploits came to light the ensuing scandal did more than damage Lowe's reputation; it created a barricade that will never again allow people to take the young actor seriously. If high notes can really shatter glass, board the State College Area High School windows. Maynard Ferguson and his trumpet have arrived.