HERSHEY -- About 2 percent fewer students this year than last have accepted offers to enroll at the University, though the number of undergraduate applicants has remained steady at about 27,000, an official told the University's Board of Trustees Friday. HERSHEY -- More minority students are applying to the University this year, reversing a trend that prompted Penn State administrators to create a task force last July to recruit and retain more minority students within a year. When an Eastern Michigan player rebounded Dave Degitz's missed free throw in the final seconds of yesterday's game, the crowd packed into Cafe 210 West had only one thing to say. The State College Bureau of Police Services received phone calls this weekend about the Dana Bailey murder case, but police said it is "much too early" to know if the tips are substantial. Carrying signs reading "Homophobia has no place on the Lady Lions basketball team," more than 50 students and town residents paraded in a wide circle in front of Rec Hall to protest Coach Rene Portland's alleged policy of barring lesbians from her team. HERSHEY -- Money -- or the lack of it -- was a popular topic at the University Board of Trustees meeting in the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center on Friday and Saturday. HERSHEY -- An average student earning the minimum wage will have to work about 40 more hours than he or she did last summer to pay next year's room and board charges. Twenty-four students tested their public speaking skills Saturday when they competed in the 121st John Henry Frizzell All-University Speaking Contest in Willard Building. Several defaced Undergraduate Student Government campaign posters were photocopied and posted around Pollock Commons and the HUB Basement Friday. An administrator called the comments on the posters intolerant. So here you are, wearing shorts in the middle of March. There's snow on the ground beside your feet, and you're sitting outside with a beer. Does it get much better than this? When you talk, is your voice always hoarse? Or maybe you're not sure if your hearing is up to par. Far away from the long St. Patrick's Day line at the Phyrst, 111½ E. Beaver Ave., and the crowd at Rec Hall this weekend, three couples decided to enrich their relationships. Students who are too busy to cook or are not interested in what the dining hall has to offer frequently opt for another alternative -- ordering from one of State College's 15 pizza parlors. HERSHEY -- The University Board of Trustees approved the final plans and authorized the University to obtain bids for the Mateer Building, which will house the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. HERSHEY -- Officials at the University Board of Trustees meeting announced they have created a tuition waiver for dependent children of Pennsylvanian military personnel killed or missing in action in the Persian Gulf War. A write-in candidate for the office of Undergraduate Student Government president said last week he will campaign but not participate in USG-sponsored debates or publicity.
Penn State's roller-coaster sports weekend was derailed yesterday, as Eastern Michigan held off the men's basketball team, 71-68, in overtime, knocking the Lions out of the NCAA Tournament. As many times as she has been through the bittersweet excitement of seeing her seniors graduate, women's gymnastics coach Judy Avener still cries after the last home meet of their college careers. Finally. The baseball team came out of Saturday's split with LaSalle with a 3-9 record, but Coach Joe Hindelang wasn't concerned. The men's gymnastics team needed a boost, a little push forward. Saturday night it got just that, a little boost beating Michigan State 283.55-274.80. Despite posting their season-high score, the Lions struggled through the final three events, leaving room for improvement. IOWA CITY, Iowa -- All Jason Suter could think was "squeeze." SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- When UCLA coach John Harrick learned that his squad would face Penn State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, he didn't know what to say. The Lions representing the men's swimming and diving team at the NCAA Championships was expanded this weekend as two senior divers placed high enough to move on. Senior diver Lara vonSeelen did not want to see her diving career at Penn State end without competing in the NCAA Championships. The last Penn State Invitational produced six flight champions for the women's tennis team this weekend. The men's tennis team has played 11 meets in the last two weeks, the last of which a 6-3 loss to Maryland on Saturday. The men's volleyball team further established itself as the team to beat in the East with a victory at the Golden Dome Classic at Rutgers-Newark on Saturday. "The first five minutes are very important to us." The celebration had begun. Players jumping on top of each other. Fans going crazy. The band striking up the school song. It wasn't supposed to end this way. SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- With just over a minute gone by in overtime of its East Regional second-round game with Eastern Michigan yesterday at the Carrier Dome, Penn State had to feel good about its chances of reaching the Sweet 16. SYRACUSE, NY -- There was only one glass slipper to go around at the Carrier Dome yesterday. IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The first time assistant wrestling coach John Fritz saw Jeff Prescott wrestle, he loved Prescott's aggressiveness. IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Six wrestlers earned All-America honors this weekend as the wrestling team placed third at the NCAA Tournament.
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