Organizations owed money by the State College Manor nursing home must tell Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh today whether they will accept the conditions offered by any of the four bidders on the property, a bank spokesman said Friday. For some people, it's already time to begin preparing for next year's Pennsylvania Special Olympics State Summer Games. James B. Stewart, director of the University's Black Studies Program, is the leading candidate to fill the position of vice provost for underrepresented groups, administrators said yesterday. While some people panicked during Saturday morning's power outage, the patrons of Cafe 210 West simply switched from mixed drinks to bottled beer. Rising health care costs and tighter resources have prompted the University to increase employees' share of health insurance costs, said James M. Wagner, vice president for business and operations. Saturday morning's power outage created some tense moments for security personnel in East Halls, where more than 1,900 Special Olympians and about 500 chaperones were being housed. A Faculty Senate committee will work this summer to establish guidelines to implement cultural diversity courses. The Lesbian and Gay Student Alliance filed a formal complaint last week charging that the University has not complied with the governor's executive order barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Three burglars used Friday night's blackout to their advantage by breaking a storefront window at the Bostonian, Ltd., 106 S. Allen St., and taking merchandise valued at more than $700, State College Bureau of Police Services said.
The athlete stands on the victory platform waving his hands at the cheering crowd. Everyone is clapping for all the contestants, but there is one small group who seems to be cheering just a little bit louder. Sitting between two of "his guys" on Saturday in the IM Building, Andrew Vargas stretched out in his red and gray spandex and listened to the pair talk about the work everybody put into winning the Special Olympics gold. One jubilant young winner in the Special Olympics expressed the typical sentiment when he raised his arms over his head and shouted, "I won, I won!" My Opinion: Laura Eckert
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