The University's first major fund-raising initiative drew to a close Saturday -- a year after it was originally scheduled to end -- having raised about $150 million over its original goal. The state's Sierra Club recently entered a battle to prohibit the Army National Guard from establishing a helicopter base in the Moshannon State Forest. With the state legislature's proposed appropriation of $251 million for the University completed, administrators are set to begin work on finalizing budget cuts and tuition increases. The University's Alumni Association will shorten its mailing list and other departments may change their mailing procedures to offset the increasing cost of U.S. postage stamps. The University will use a newly acquired grant to increase retention and graduation rates among black and Hispanic students majoring in engineering, science and math.
Once upon a time, in the days before incentive clauses and guaranteed contracts, sports were played "just for fun." When the referees' whistles echo over the intramural fields this fall, they will signal the start of intramural activities 60th year. However, the history of organized intramural athletics at Penn State begins before the forming of the intramural athletics program in 1930.
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