Graduating seniors have every right to celebrate their achievements, but they must remember their responsibility to those who follow them, the keynote speaker at the the Office of Academic Assistance Program's Awards ceremony said Saturday. Many Muslims observe a renewal of faith today when they end their 30-day fasting in the Muslim month of Ramadan. Battling a glaucoma-induced squint, Elvy Musikka, the first woman in the United States to legally smoke marijuana as medical treatment, said she sympathizes with other patients who cannot use available treatment. Six-year-old Daniel Holland was looking for baseball books. Lewisburg resident Tom Bresenhan was shopping for biographies and "some surprises in poetry." University student Patti Leopold (junior-administration of justice) was just browsing. Improved off-campus student living came one step closer to reality last night with a proposal to create a rental housing inspection and licensing program. Since many people's attention has been focused on the Persian Gulf War, Americans are unaware of important international security issues in the Pacific, a visiting Australian air marshal said Friday. The Undergraduate Student Government Senate will vote tonight on approval of several executive appointments. Growing in volume and enthusiasm as night fell, about 300 chanting and sign-bearing people marched through downtown State College and across campus last night to show support for rape victims.
Although the sun did not shine in Bellefonte this weekend, the Penn State equestrian club certainly did. Despite splitting a pair of weekend matches, Coach Jan Bortner is pleased with the play of the men's tennis team at this point in the season. The baseball team (11-15) will face Cornell (13-9) in a twi-night doubleheader starting at 4:30 today in Elmira, N.Y. With only three days until the NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships and the biggest event of the year, it's kind of tough for Wayne Cowden to be hitting the books. The softball team will test its luck on the road today. When the men's volleyball team plays Rutgers-Newark at 7:30 tonight in Rec Hall's South Gym, seniors Scott Miller, a setter, and Jorge Perez and Charlie Bertran, both outside hitters, will be honored and presented with senior blankets before they play their final home match. Gearing up for this weekend's Lady Lion Invitational, the women's track team performed well in last weekend's Georgetown Invitational and the Dogwood Relays at the University of Tennessee. Q: Hey Coach Harry Groves, did the Penn State track team blossom at the Dogwoods? In its most consistent performance of the spring, the women's golf team won the Azalia/Seahawk Invitational at Wilmington, N.C., this past weekend.
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Grifting is not a job a person can leave at the office. With the sun out and the snow melted, the upcoming Central Pennsylvania Festival for the Arts is on many people's minds.