Testimony by a top Central Intelligence Agency official has linked 1952 University alumnus Clair E. George with top-level decisions made in the CIA during the Iran-Contra scandal. Although resigned to the fact that tuition had to increase, University students and student leaders still expressed disappointment yesterday at the proposed 8.9 percent tuition hike. Few problems have plagued State College since the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts began, despite having its streets transformed from sidewalk and asphalt into a array of art, food stands and flower arrangements, and overrun by about 200,000 people. SCHUYLKILL HAVEN -- Tuition will increase $354 for in-state undergraduates for the 1991-92 school year under a budget the Univeristy Board of Trustees is considering. Penn State Caterers is lowering its standards -- so to speak. It was first seen at the United Nations, the World Trade Center, Central Park, and it was even on Broadway. Despite recent thunderstorms in the area, Centre County remains under a drought warning as the area needs 8 inches of rain to bring rates up to normal. SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Students enrolled at the University's Hershey Medical Center are not immune to rising tuition costs.
For the men's lacrosse team, the 1991 season was one of near misses. Many people have heard the phrase, "the loneliness of the long distance runner." And the organizers of the 16th Annual Nittany Valley 10K Road Race are hoping that this year's edition won't be as lonely as last year, when the course was incorrectly run.
Collegian Editorial: New majors, department is a positive step, but University can go further My Opinion: Nicole Morris
If you ever thought that a fancy apartment in New York City and rubbing elbows with socialites equal happiness, you might be wrong. Wearing bright purple suede shoes and sporting long, dark dreadlocks, Chic Street Man had a message for all at the 25th Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts: if you express who you are, you will feel good about yourself. Native American music filled the air yesterday afternoon as members of the Pennsylvania Dance Theatre made their own stage in Central Parklet behind the Fraser Street post office. After Koehler Bay's performance at last year's Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, fans of the musical duo asked them to do an album. WPSX is one of three public broadcasting stations in the state that will air Tongues Untied, a documentary about black gay men that has been the focus of nationwide controversy.