In response to a $12.6 million cut in state appropriations, the University will adopt a temporary hiring freeze, defer maintenance projects and cut unnecessary expenses, University President Joab Thomas announced at Saturday's Board of Trustees meeting. The cut in appropriations amounts to 5 percent of the University's state funding. Student leaders at the University Board of Trustees meeting were uneasy about the possibility of a tuition hike to cover losses in state funding. Yet some acknowledged that such a possibility may stir students to shed their reputation for apathy. University administrators and students are searching for ways to finance a revamped $4.2 million Paul Robeson Cultural Center after Gov. Robert P. Casey denied the project funding last week. About 250 local residents and students congregated downtown Saturday to protest U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf, just hours after Congress gave President Bush the authority to use military force against Iraq. Samantha Sperry's college career may end after just one day in the classroom. The University's admissions offers made to black students for the 1991-92 academic year have increased 9 percent since last year, potentially reversing a two-year slump in black enrollment, a University administrator announced at Friday's University Board of Trustees meeting. Despite a controversial past brimming with battles about conflict of interest, Trustee Mimi Coppersmith Fredman became the first woman president of the University's Board of Trustees Saturday. The University Board of Trustees approved 48 new members Saturday for the National Development Council. Bar hoppers will be reaching for more money this semester because the federal government has raised taxes on certain alcohol and tobacco products. Just days before the spring semester begins, students flood the HUB Fishbowl, eager for quick cash and used books for their upcoming classes. The University Board of Trustees Saturday selected eight University graduates to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award.
MIAMI -- Missed opportunities. MIAMI -- It would have been the perfect ending to the Blockbuster Bowl for Penn State and quarterback Tom Bill. Down 24-10 early in the fourth quarter, Coach Joe Paterno inserted Bill into the game to try to revive the failing Lion offense. MIAMI -- Whew! Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was breathing a sigh of relief. MIAMI -- It was deja vu for Florida State. PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The Lady Lions changed their travel plans, ate a different pregame meal and even adopted a new song for the trip, "We Got the Power." Call it a clean sweep. Last February, the women's swimming and diving team captured the Eastern Women's Swimming League Championship at Pittsburgh's Trees Hall. Saturday the No. 1 team in the East returned to the scene of its greatest triumph, and came away with a 177.5-122.5 victory over the No. 4 Lady Panthers. MIAMI -- OK, so all didn't turn out as anticipated in the inaugural $3 dollars-for-three-nights-to-rent-a-Blockbuster Video Bowl. The women's volleyball team credits much of its success to the team concept -- each individual player doing her part to keep the team winning. That concept carried the team to 44 victories and a berth in the regional finals in what the team called the "magical season." The Rec Hall magic continued over the Christmas break but Florida was no holiday for the men's basketball team. LINCOLN, Neb. -- The women's volleyball team's bid for an undefeated season and its first-ever national championship came to a bitter end Dec. 8 as Mideast region top-seed Nebraska topped the Lady Lions, 15-12, 16-14, 10-15, 15-5 at the regional finals. Eleven pounds cost the Lions 12 early points against Oklahoma, but the Lions rallied in the middle weights to defeat the Sooners, 23-17, Tuesday in Rec Hall. PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- "We're No. 1, We're No. 1," was the chant echoing throughout the cavernous Louis Brown Athletic Center Saturday afternoon. Despite hitting a miserable 21.4 percent from the field in the first half, the men's basketball team won its 23rd consecutive game in Rec Hall, 75-60 over Duquesne on Saturday afternoon. Bob Truby sat on the bench, tears burning in his eyes.
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