Officers who worked under the late Sgt. Oakey F. Brown found not only the encouragement to reach for their personal best, but also a laugh to relieve the tense days of police work. Although opportunities are improving for women in the business field, some still experience roadblocks when climbing the corporate ladder. Amid the bustle in the Black Caucus office at lunch time, Kim Kendrick and Nicole Batts, two members of Upwardly Mobile African Women, converse and joke among friends. For the second time in a year and a half State College Borough Council must appoint a new council member, but members are still uncertain of the procedure. Undergraduate Student Government President J.P. Muir and Vice President Sue Williams are distributing petitions requesting the State College Borough Council appoint a student to fill a vacancy. Bill Cosby, Walter Cronkite and Kermit the Frog will probably never address your graduating class. They cost too much and the University won't grant them an honorary degree. During the past week pink inverted triangles have been popping up on chalkboards across campus. These triangles, a symbol for gay pride, advertise Gay Pride Week, which begins today. An AIDS benefit at Mr. C's, 112 W. College Ave., featuring gay comedian Danny Williams and lip sync routines performed "in drag" by members of the local gay community will highlight Gay Pride Week. A physicist from Bonn, Germany will speak on the atmospheres of Earth, Venus and Mars and their function as "laboratorires" in the seventh annual Arthur H. Waynick Memorial Lecture at 8 p.m. tomorrow in 112 Walker. Topics ranging from women's roles and education in Guatemala to the portrayal of women in fairy tales will be addressed today at the eighth annual Women's Studies Student/Faculty Conference. An increase in research and high-caliber faculty have earned the University's engineering and business graduate schools a place among the nation's top 20 programs within the last five years. Would you be prepared in a weather emergency? Saturday, April 14. To many, this marks the day before Easter. And to others it serves as a shocking reminder that income taxes are due soon. Signs reading "Every Child Should Be a Wanted Child" and "Hands Off Women's Bodies" were held by some of 150 pro-choice supporters who demonstrated in front of Old Main last night as part of National Campus Activism Day declared by the National Abortion Rights Action League. Relief checks for damage caused by sinkholes will be sent to the Centre Region and at least 32 counties in Pennsylvania pending approval of legislation now in a state Senate committee. Speakers at a panel discussion on the Asian American minority said last night that Asian Americans have mistakenly been portrayed throughout history as a model minority, and that they must work to overcome stereotypes and to gain acceptance as Americans. Diverse But United captures this year's theme for the seventh annual "Touch of Africa" celebration sponsored by the African Students Association. Three years ago when Andrea Sheales was working on her master's thesis, she was asked to create an outpost in her hometown of Victoria, Australia to act as a walking and talking advertisement for the University.
Despite the urge to flatten a guy for possession of the ball, the men's lacrosse team will have to contain itself. The Lions will have to demonstrate discipline to keep up with Maryland-Baltimore County at 2 tomorrow afternoon at Jeffrey Field. Despite a 12th-place finish three weeks ago at Rollins College, the women's golf team is optimistic about competing in a tournament at Indiana this weekend. The Colonial Relays, today and tomorrow at William & Mary College, is the first meet in a series of four relay meets for the men's track and field team. In a move that secured the 1990-91 schedules of a number of Penn State athletic teams, Atlantic 10 Conference Commissioner Ron Bertovich announced yesterday that the University will remain a full member of the conference through June 30, 1991. Given the choice, the No. 12 men's volleyball team probably wouldn't chose Muncie, Ind., among its Midwestern weekend hot-spots. Though it is the second scheduled meet at Penn for the outdoor season, the women's track team will be competing in Philadelphia for the first time this spring. Despite a late bus arrival, the women's lacrosse team, led by Megan Smith, defeated Delaware 11-4 yesterday on a muddy track. Yesterday was freshmen night for the softball team. Freshman pitcher Ellie Traino earned a shutout over Bucknell in the first half of the doubleheader at Lady Lion Field, and classmate Lisa Waddington emerged victorious in her first start for the Lady Lions in the second game as they swept the Lady Bison, 4-0, 8-4. O.J. McDuffie increased his consecutive hitting streak to 14 games as the baseball team (10-7) defeated Millersville 4-1 and 7-1, in yesterday's doubleheader. This weekend, for its last matches before the Atlantic 10 tournament, the women's tennis team will-host Rutgers, West Virginia, and Boston University. This year, the women's gymnastics team is not taking any chances at the NCAA Northeast Regional meet held at 7 tomorrow at Ohio State. The Big Show has finally arrived at Penn State.
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DEPECHE MODE Violator (Sire) Twelve University dancers will perform in a private reception for the U.S. ambassador to Israel in Tel Aviv this May. This group, the Dance Collective, will dance in the less international but easily accessible room 132 White Building at 3 p.m. Sunday. American culture appears like an infant next to the ancient and diverse backgrounds of lands such as the Ivory Coast, on the West Coast of Africa. Regardless of the persistent winter weather outside, the Singing Lions will bring the sounds of spring to Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening. To raise awareness about the many victims of apartheid, Beaver Campus students and staff will perform a free showing of Athol Fugard's play "MASTER HAROLD"... and the boys at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Pollock Recreation Room. Two award-winning stories are being performed Friday and Saturday night in Kern Building by the University Readers. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra may have filled Eisenhower Auditorium Friday night with the music of Mozart, Dutilleux and Berlioz, but the concert clearly belonged to symphony director David Zinman and violin soloist Isaac Stern. A colorful jester reaching out to people is the newest design for the 24th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts 1990 poster.