Food Services gave a 1990s twist this week to the centuries-old tradition of kosher-for-Passover foods -- microwaveable kosher dinners. At least 1,200 incoming University students waiting for financial aid notification will not receive word for several more weeks due to problems at the nation's largest processor of student-aid forms. It is 8:30 Sunday evening. Customers in the Saloon crowd around two television sets suspended above head level. Others sit on the floor in a semicircle before a big screen TV. As about 30 passengers waited to board buses yesterday afternoon, two striking Greyhound Bus Line drivers picketed the local terminal, with promises to continue protesting every Friday. University sorority officers shared common problems, new ideas and fun during an Officer Action Night sponsored by the Panhellenic Council last night. Three names will be submitted early next week to the state Secretary of Education for the position of University student trustee. University students, frustrated by the limited service of the strike-hampered Greyhound Bus Lines, have packed chartered buses and increased rental car rates around the area to go home for Easter this weekend. Centre Region officials and a University management class are urging tenants to complete a survey of the area's rental environment. Area residents who plan to cast a ballot in the state's May 15th primaries need to register by Monday. Children of America rejoice. Book hunters looking for bargains will have about 80,000 books to choose from at the annual used-book sale Saturday through Wednesday sponsored by the American Association of University Women in the HUB ballroom. A new shopping mall featuring K-Mart, a supermarket, cinemas and about 40 other stores will target value conscious consumers in fall 1991. Owen Keene, a former associate professor of poultry science, waived his preliminary hearing yesterday in the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, court officials said.
The women's tennis team has been at the top of the Atlantic 10 Conference for five years. This weekend at West Virginia, the Lady Lions will try to make it six, as they defend their conference crown once again. Last season pitchers Mike McRoberts and Jeff LaBuda combined to sweep a doubleheader from their rival, Bucknell. Yesterday however, the Lions could only manage a split, winning the first game 9-5, but dropping the second 12-7. The men's lacrosse team is looking to defeat the odds at 2 tomorrow afternoon when it plays Rutgers at Jeffrey Field. In a game similar to the Temple match two weeks ago, the women's lacrosse team grabbed an early lead but couldn't hold it as Maryland rallied for a 9-7 win yesterday at College Park, Md. Tomorrow, while most students will be sleeping and trying to shake off the effects of too much "studying" on Friday night, the softball team will be trying to wipe the sleep out of its eyes in order to play. The men's track and field team is competing today and tomorrow at the prestigious Dogwood Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. After losing its last six matches -- its last win was a 4-1 drubbing of Old Dominion on March 25 -- by an average of five sets, the men's tennis team may finally be in for a close match. The equestrian team will host its final show of the season at 10 tomorrow morning at the Eastwood Farm in Bellefonte. Ten teams will appear at the show, but only one has a chance, however slim, to dethrone the Penn State as Region 14 champions.
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"Consomme of Pheasant" may not appear on dorm commons and household menus Monday night, but the Gold Plate Dinner will be serving game tastes. Indian classical dances and the costumes and jewelry worn for them today are the same as those that can be seen in some of the most ancient Indian statues and art. THE CHURCH Gold Afternoon Fix (Arista) The University Resident Theatre Company will go insane to present Peter Weiss' French Revolutionary play Marat/Sade at 8 p.m. tonight in the Playhouse Theatre. Seven years ago, Alfonso Cata, a protege of American ballet legend George Balanchine, left the glitz and glamour of New York to set up a ballet company in the "smallish city" of Roubaix in Northern France.