Taking a drag from his cigarette, Bill Hillman, president of the Penn State Conservative Club, leaned forward in his chair at Cafe 210 West earlier this week and insisted that conservatives are more open-minded than liberals. Lying on a cot, Heather Seymore watched as the crook of her arm was swabbed with iodine. She turned her head away and clenched her lips as the needle was inserted, then relaxed. The blood-chilling leaps into the air and high-kicking hind legs of a rare and noble breed of stallions kept a sell-out crowd in awe last night. Braving cold winds and rain, about 50 students and community members came together to honor the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust at a candlelight ceremony last night. The distinct smell of spices rises above a cluttered aisle and makes its way to the front of a converted house on South Allen Street. Inside, Clara Wang, the owner of the International Market, sits behind the counter and casually watches a daytime soap. Although State College is a great place to live, it can be made even better if the University and the borough work together, Charles Hosler, acting executive vice president and provost for Penn State, told community volunteers last night. The University Student Advisory Board will bring student concerns directly to University President Joab Thomas when he attends the board's meeting tonight. Additional parking will be available by the end of the year after the completion of a parking deck on the McAllister Street lot, borough parking manager Ed Holmes said. The University's San German study abroad program in Puerto Rico changed its requirement to include University students who have already taken the equivalent of intermediate University Spanish courses. -- Rape charges were dropped against Shane Randall, 21, of 4505 Nittany Apartments, at his preliminary hearing yesterday, a spokeswoman for the Centre County court administrator's office said. Asian-American students are angered when other students assume they always make the Dean's List, major in science or mathematics and come from wealthy families.
The softball team travels to Bucknell today for a doubleheader, its last non-conference games until an April 23 matchup with Princeton. In between, the Lady Lions (13-18) have five Atlantic-10 doubleheaders. The toughest part of the women's lacrosse team's bus ride from Lafayette on Tuesday night was the wind and rain. The men's volleyball team met an unfamiliar foe last night in an exhibition match in Rec Hall. The men's tennis team continued its recent domination at home yesterday, shutting down Robert Morris, 9-0. Welcome to Tennessee: the land that boasts 80-degree temperatures in April and trees with reddish-pink flowers known as dogwoods. The ball should take a pounding in the baseball team's game against Bucknell tomorrow at Beaver Field.
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