Don't leave home without it. The College Savings Bond Act --formally called the Tuition Account Program -- could allow families to put money that will be untaxed toward college tuition for any state school years before the application process starts. After 24 years of tuition increases, students are bracing themselves for the 25th anniversary. Three years ago The Yale Daily News in "The Insider's Guide to the Colleges" wrote, "Penn State lives up to its reputation of being synonymous with football, cheerleaders, beer blasts, proms and bonfires." State College businesses will not be affected when the Centre County Solid Waste Authority pulls its recycling program out of Centre Region townships next month. University students who feel isolated because of their sexual orientation may soon be able to go to an office for lesbian, gay and bisexual concerns. From a political perspective, nothing could be worse for Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton than Gennifer Flowers' appearance at the moment his presidential campaign seemed to be taking off. Federal auditors cited the University this week for overcharging taxpayers for government-sponsored research by an estimated $6.4 million. Silence. After almost a year of delay, results from a study commissioned to investigate campus climate for the gay community were released yesterday, confirming many people's suspicions that homophobia continues to exist. Yet another national fast food chain is coming to town, but this one will have the area's first walk-up window and other features unique to State College. About one dozen balloons allegedly containing cocaine and packets of heroin were found in the body of an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview Monday, according to a Rockview State Police release. Ritenour Health Center's annual recruitment drive for student volunteers to assist with health and outreach programs kicks off next week.
Competition generally brings out the best in an athlete. If the men's gymnastics team tends not to worry too much about tomorrow night's match against Kent State, it just might be because there's not much reason to. Remember the Nittany. DeRon Hayes is the Rec Hall night prowler. The women's basketball team's battle with Texas last night very quickly turned into a duel between the team's respective leaders. History repeated itself in at least one aspect of last night's men's volleyball match. We're going into the heart of darkness, so let's make it our home.
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What's all the hubbub about The Hand that Rocks the Cradle anyway? Penn State theater students aren't just monkeying around. If you don't believe it, the results of the American College Theatre Festival proves it. With the approach of February, some people's thoughts turn to love. Most productions of the Puccini's opera Tosca stick to the original plot, in which the painter Cavaradossi is executed. But Richard Davis remembers "the night Cavaradossi did not die."