The Undergraduate Student Government Senate is hoping better things come in smaller packages. As the University breaks ground on the road leading to Penn State's Research Park site, professors are giving mixed reviews about seeking investments during a recession. More women may cross state borders to receive abortions if the Pennsylvania abortion law is upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. A report on the alleged hazing activities of the Air Force Aerospace Studies ROTC Drill Team members has been released to the University, but resolving the affair may take time. Many East Halls residents will gladly step aside when two new sororities take over their dorm floors next semester. Majoring in turfgrass science may no longer be just a dream for some students. Although curving exams and final grades works for some professors, it backfires on others. Unfilled staff positions may stay vacant because of Gov. Robert P. Casey's recent decision to withhold 3.5 percent of the University's 1991-92 aid. Last night the Undergraduate Student Advisory Board closed its doors to the The Daily Collegian in order to discuss action against the newspaper concerning the Chino Wilson controversy. In response to the 3.5 percent budget cut slated for Penn State in Gov. Robert P. Casey's 1992-93 budget proposal, the University may cut services and programs and possibly increase tuition. Step shows, parties, signature "calls" -- these are the things that come to mind when black Greek organizations are mentioned. But their purpose flows deeper for themselves and the black community.
Despite the fact that it is 30 degrees outside, spring is here. That's right, it's time for the men's lacrosse season to begin. After losing its fifth game in eight outings, the No. 8 men's volleyball team is in desperate need of a confidence booster. Of all the Penn State sports teams, the women's tennis team will have perhaps the toughest initiation into the Big Ten. After a strong performance last Saturday at the Syracuse Invitational, the mens' track team embarks to the hinterlands of West Virginia for the Hardee's Classic tomorrow at West Virginia University in Morgantown. The men's tennis team has been waiting for this weekend for a long time. Tomorrow, the fencers gear up one last time. Of course, with a promising postseason waiting in the wings, it will not truly be the last time, but it will be the final regular dual meet of the season. The Lions escaped from the Norfolk Scope on Wednesday with a minty taste in their mouths, fresh off their 84-79 road victory at Old Dominion. The Louis Brown Athletic Center is little more than Rutgers' humble, on-campus arena. Nothing special -- just two sides of bleachers that seat 9,000 people and surround a regulation basketball court. If you back a wounded animal into a corner, it tends to lash out with a vengeance. For six years, the women's gymnastics team was queen of the jungle at the Purina Cat Classic. The injuries are almost healed. The routines are nearing perfection. The pressure is mounting. In recent years, the ice hockey team has won many tournaments, including the national championship in 1984 and 1990. But it has never won an International Collegiate Hockey League regular season title.
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Schwab Auditorium will be filled with the soulful sounds of the United Soul Ensemble's second annual Gospel Explosion at 6 p.m. tomorrow to help commemorate Black History Month. USE will host four other choirs for this celebration of gospel music. Everyone deals with death in a different way -- some cry, some scream. But Lou Reed sings about it. "Twenty-five years ago the secret subject of women was sex . . . today, it's food," according to the new film Eating. In modern times, trying to visualize the distant past can be difficult and often impossible. But the Pennsylvania Centre Chamber Orchestra's Winter Chamber Orchestra Concert will recreate the music that inspired Mozart in a concert at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the University Baptist and Brethren Church, 411 S. Burrowes St. If you hunger for a time when the phrase "politically correct" didn't buzz, find intrigue in the tense simplicity of film noir classics like Notorious and think a good period picture must produce tears, then you'll relish Shining Through. Music students are experiencing a frustrating problem -- no place to practice. Music students are looking forward to an expansion of their cramped facilities. How would the other two musketeers act if Aramis flipped out and started threatening them with his sword?