The State College Borough Planning Commission is studying another way to curtail the expansion of conversion units in the borough by limiting the number of permits issued. The Undergraduate Student Government Supreme Court may soon have its first female chief justice in a decade. The cold weather made it tough to even go outside yesterday, much less stand around for an hour. A University associate professor of education has been charged with unlawfully obtaining $36,066.41 in money and services from the University between 1986 and 1991. A wholesale vacation distributor is illegally offering spring break accommodations in Cancun, Mexico, according to a hotel's sales manager. Lack of support from Gov. Robert P. Casey and a shift in his abortion stance will not help Lt. Gov. Mark Singel's chances in the Democratic primaries for the U.S. Senate. If students are seen leafing through the revealing pages of next month's issue of Playboy magazine, they probably did not buy it at the Penn State Bookstore. Communication between students and administrators needs to be improved in order to address the problems facing Penn State, University Student Advisory Board members and University Board of Trustee members agreed last night. Despite the flu epidemic raging across the state, the University has managed to escape much of the aches, fever and fatigue -- so far. Support from the State College Borough Council's three Democratic members helped Republican R. Thomas Berner win the council presidency by one vote Jan. 6.

The University Board of Trustees meeting today will hear several committee reports, including a budget workshop, an update on the Academic/Athletic Convocation and Events Center and a report by Executive Vice President and Provost John A. Brighton on pre-college outreach programs.
Penn State could be the nation's most unsatisfied wrestling team. So many times it has gotten close, only to fall again. After finishing fourth at the Mid-South Classic in early December, the equestrian team has good reason to believe that it is one of the nation's best. Olympics time is quickly rolling around again, and several of Penn State's most promising fencers will voyage to Portland, Ore., this weekend to take what they hope will be the first step to making the U.S. Olympic Team. After finishing last year with an 11-game winning streak, the ice hockey team has found this year a bit harder to swallow. With the Nittany Lion Invitational taking place at 10:30 tomorrow morning at the Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex, some of the outstanding runners and fielders around will be on campus. With the women's swimming and diving team's season nearing its end, senior tri-captains Christy Rourke and Tracey Sheleheda are facing another final -- the final home swim meet. Forget just about everything that's happened so far. It doesn't mean all that much. HUNTINGDON, W.Va. -- The men's basketball team certainly laid down the law last night at the John Marshall University and they did it in the ugliest possible way. The final jury count was 67 points for the Lions (11-4) and 60 points for the Herd (3-9) at the Henderson Center. HUNTINGDON, W.Va -- Dave Degitz got more time than he expected when he returned to the men's basketball team last night. But the senior center responded with 10 points in the Lions' 67-60 win at Marshall. The current women's gymnastics roster boasts every all-time individual record holder in the program's history. Because the women's basketball team plays an opponent with four players over six feet, and because the Lady Lions plays three games in the next five days, Coach Rene Portland will rely on her bench as much as possible this weekend.
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One of the world's renowned string quartets will pour forth a wealth of Hungarian music this weekend. It's way too early to feel panic at this point in the semester. But if you're in the mood, you can hear the sounds of Panic at 9:30 tonight at Player's Sports Bar, 112 W. College Ave. The assassination of John F. Kennedy certainly ranks as one of the most terrible moments in U.S. history. Once upon a midnight dreary, Edgar Allan Poe pondered weak and weary at the door of Eutaw House.