The announcement of a cease-fire yesterday elicited hope among area residents and students, but many said they won't sleep well until the troops come home safely. While some students' thoughts are far from Penn State during spring break, parents of in-state undergraduates will receive reminders of how much attending the University costs. Late nights, early mornings and long days remind five Penn State Chess Club members of the U.S. Amateur Team Chess Tournament they recently attended. Following a national trend, the University's College of Liberal Arts' enrollment has increased 24 percent since 1986. For some University students, spending a week battling the elements, swinging over gaping canyons on ropes and coursing down raging rivers, does not sound like the ideal way to spend spring break.
The cloud of uncertainty hovering over Penn State's athletic integration into Big Ten conference competition was lifted Tuesday. The men's and women's fencing teams will spend the weekend at Montgomery College in Valley Forge to begin the defense of their NCAA title. Watch out for George Washington. Joe Paterno is familiar with the difficulties of scheduling games as an independent. The Penn State basketball teams are not. Underdog is a term the 24th-ranked men's swimming and diving team has become accustomed to when it comes to Eastern Seaboard Championships. Jason Suter has wrestled Tom McGourty thousands and thousands of times -- usually in the middle of the night -- but the match never lasts longer than 36 seconds. PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- For 20 minutes, the men's basketball team completely frustrated Rutgers' star forward Keith Hughes with its high pressured, quick switching defense.
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