For Penn State, the Interfraternity/Panhellenic Council Dance Marathon is over, but for John E. Neely, associate professor of pediatrics, the dancers' efforts will never be forgotten. The spotlight is on the 544 people dancing, but out of the limelight hundreds of gofers, entertainers and morale boosters are working so that all players take part in the final scene. Maybe Ginger Rodgers could dance all night in heels, but for the participants in the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon this weekend, the footwear was less than formal. Laura Kasper wandered across the floor of White Building at 10:30 Saturday night in search of her couple. She found them waiting anxiously for her -- as anxious as they could be after standing around for 27½ hours. The University's search for an executive vice president and provost has been unaffected by the budget cuts and hiring freeze. For students who find that visions of mashed carrots and diapers crowd their concentration, costly day-care facilities need not be their only means of reprieve. Stephan Roy has not been a member of the Undergraduate Student Government Department of Legal Affairs since last spring, and Roy charges that is because the department discriminated against him. But the department says Roy was let go because he didn't fulfill his duties. Police say vandalism is a common occurrence in State College, and local business owners say it is expensive and frustrating. As more than 150 anti-war protesters gathered in the HUB parking lot Saturday, peace activist Stephen Roy urged the participants to demonstrate non-violently. Everyone's experienced it one time or another: sweaty palms and weak knees upon entering the dentist's office, hoping not to hear the dreaded "C" word. But new laser treatments that make dental work relatively painless are beginning to take the place of drill. Wearing a red bandanna around his head and flitting from group to lethargic group of bleary-eyed dancers, 19-year-old Benjamin Resnick looked like any other marathoner in the cluttered White Building gym yesterday. University President Joab Thomas is experiencing deja vu. To the beat of a single drummer, representatives from various University and community anti-war groups marched across campus Saturday. For 48 hours, they danced.
Winning on the road has been a tough assignment for the men's basketball team this season - but for the Lions on Saturday night, circumstances made it even harder. Going into Friday night's heavyweight bout, the No. 6 wrestling team was trailing Eastern Wrestling League leader, Lock Haven, 17-16. All the presure was on Penn State's Marc Padwe. Dave Hart, his father and his brothers finally broke one too many things while wrestling in the living room. There was an atmosphere of levity before the No. 2 women's basketball team played winless Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon in Rec Hall. The women's gymnastics team may have found the key to its success. The top-ranked men's gymnastics team suffered its first loss of the season Friday night at Ohio State as the Buckeyes beat the Lions, 281.0-279.15. Despite the loss, the Lions should maintain their No. 1 ranking. Finally, a break from the travel. You could say that the men's volleyball team is only winning the matches that count. The No. 23 men's swimming and diving team ended its dual-meet season the way it started -- with overpowering depth and aggression, cruising to its best record in team history Saturday afternoon in Olean, N.Y. The ice hockey club clinched second place in the International Collegiate Hockey League this weekend by defeating the University of Buffalo's Thundering Heard 8-4 on Saturday. Oh, for a trip to St. Bonaventure. Despite the tauntings of a "very vocal" crowd of cadets, four Penn State boxers scored victories at the VMI Invitational on Saturday. In the ice hockey club's 25 previous games, its green line had only five goals. In Saturday's game against the University of Buffalo, however, Marc Gresko, Dave Esposito and Jeff Hale were the offensive stars.
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