Students in the State College Area School District are asking questions about the Persian Gulf War, showing that it has prompted fears, school district officials said. The University will spend $2 million and attempt to raise $16 million more to expand the HUB and build a new Paul Robeson Cultural Center, an administrator told Black Caucus Monday. A caucus official said the commitment is long overdue. Students, owners and police agree that the majority of damage to off-campus apartment buildings is done by students who do not live in the complexes. Spring break would probably be much easier to arrange in a world without war. HARRISBURG -- Twelve Penn State undergraduates traveled to Harrisburg Monday to attend the state Senate Appropriations Committee hearing and demonstrate that students care about University funding. Both the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils received honors last weekend at a regional Greek government convention in Cherry Hill, N.J. Faculty may need to try new teaching methods to make courses more interesting to students, said Joan L. Parrett, newly appointed assistant director of the University's Instructional Development Program. University Italian professor Beno Weiss recently added another dimension to his job by editing a 17th-century Spanish woman's novellas. For the third time, the Undergraduate Student Government Senate passed a revised elections code last night which will be sent for approval to the USG Supreme Court tomorrow. The Centre Region Council of Governments will probably appoint a fire administrator for the Alpha Fire Company by this summer, a COG official said. Recent cuts in federal and state budgets may spell trouble for the financially ailing Centre Area Transportation Authority, one CATA official said.
At 6 tonight against Eastern Michigan, the ice hockey club starts its quest for back-to-back national championships in the National Invitational Tournament at the University of Arizona. Despite coming in second at the Eastern Women's Swimming League Championships, Coach Bob Krimmel's NCAA streak will remain intact. Last year, Rutgers had hopes of reaching the NIT Final Four, only to have Penn State snatch the spot with a 58-55 tournament victory on the Knights' home floor.
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