Convincing Pennsylvania's college graduates to stay and work in the state was the mission of the first ever "Pennsylvania Career Day," U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha said at yesterday's event. Members of the Undergraduate Student Government Department of Women's Concerns last night chose their co-directors for next year. Student leaders gave University President Joab Thomas suggestions to improve undergraduate research, increase state appropriations, and promote diversity last night at a University Student Advisory Board meeting. Many faculty and students observed exhibits containing technologically advanced equipment for teaching, learning and production as they browsed the Fourth Annual Media Fair in the HUB Ballroom yesterday. Police are still investigating the February disappearance of a State College woman from Carl's Bad Tavern in Spring Township. Attracting a diverse field of participants to the Spring Week '91 events is the main goal for this year's organizers. Organizers of the 23rd annual Phi Psi 500 hope participant creativity will re-establish the event as a premier philanthropy. Loud music can be heard from the street outside. A line forms near the bar's door as anxious patrons wait for the bouncer to check identification. Another weekend begins in State College. People who frequent fast food restaurants will be glad to know that fast food really isn't so bad. Silence is the price black lesbians and gay men pay to be supported by the black community, said Barbara Smith to an audience that filled the HUB Assembly Room last night. The Association of Residence Hall Students has made it easier for University students who want to sell their dorm contracts. Sitting on the edge of the stage in the HUB Assembly Room, Karin Aguilar-San Juan talked informally with an audience of 13 people Monday night about stereotypes and racism that gay, lesbian and bisexual Asians face in society. As on-campus students gear up for the papers and finals marking the semester's end, area governments are preparing some entertaining diversions. The Centre Area Transportation Authority is considering charging the University about $100,000 for using its Loop and Centre Line buses because some area officials believe Penn State should help bear the cost.
The 98-year-old Penn State-Pitt rivalry will be interrupted, and perhaps terminated, in 1993. With a little more than a week left to prepare for the Midwest Regional tournament, the rugby club will face Slippery Rock tomorrow in one of its toughest college side matches of the season. When Randy Pogue steps into the ring today at the Eldorado Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nev., it might be difficult for spectators to believe that he is one of the four finalists vying for a national boxing championship at 172 pounds. The women's tennis team is going for it one last time. Physical conditioning has played a major role in the success of the women's gymnastics team this season. It's finally time to get over the hump. The women's golf team hopes to finish higher and lower its team total from last weekend when it travels to Wilmington, N.C., for the Azalia/Seahawk Invitational, which runs today through Sunday. In what looks to be a prelude to this year's Eastern Championships, the men's golf team -- ranked No. 1 in its district -- will host the Rutherford Intercollegiate tournament this weekend. Harry Groves and the men's track team have journeyed south for the weekend to participate in the Silver-Anniversary running of the Dogwood Relays; Penn State's fourth leg on the Tour of the Great Outdoors. The women's track team will split up this weekend to compete at the Dogwood Relays at the University of Tennessee and at the Georgetown Invitational. The baseball team could have looked past Bucknell and forward to its four game series against Duquesne this weekend. The softball team, trying to rebound from its home losses to Kent State on Tuesday, suffered two losses at the hands of Bucknell yesterday, 1-0 and 3-2, dropping its record to 13-20. Midfielder Karen Hoysted crossed her fingers as the Maryland player set herself for a direct free possession shot. Megan Smith wanted to play basketball in college. Although that didn't work out, the skills she learned from the sport make her one of the top lacrosse players in the country.
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It's the typical scenario: boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl, then they get back together and live happily ever after. In "The Marrying Man," however, the cycle repeats -- four times. The debut of "Manny," a one-act drama by local writer Gil Aberg, will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Jewish Community Center, 620 E. Hamilton Ave. Anxious to welcome the spring season? Join the dancers of Orchesis in their tribute to spring at their annual spring concert this weekend. The School of Music faculty will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death with a special performance this weekend. It appears that State College will get "Dances With Wolves" after all. But the campus showing will have to wait.