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Back Issues   [ Friday, Feb. 14, 1992 ]


NEWS
 
Altoids are not a muscle group in the human body.
 
Federal auditors turned the tables on universities around the country by changing their methods of dealing with audit charges, University President Joab Thomas said at last night's University Student Advisory Board meeting.
 
If it doesn't involve beer or football, Penn State students just don't seem interested.
 
Randal Mason -- fed up with the lack of support he faced in his fight for gay rights -- decided to take a rest from political activism last semester.
 
Roaches aren't likely to be listed as an ingredient on the side of a cereal box.
 
New wiring to be installed over the next two and a half years will bring more than just cable television to the dorms.
 
Alcohol and drugs will have no place in the University's new Life House.
 
Sonja Kueppers -- a bisexual woman -- said she faces invisibility and misunderstanding because of her sexual orientation.
 
For many black students who attended Penn State three decades ago, the early '60s were a time of student protests, family-oriented black community and episodes of racism. But when those students graduated, they took away the good memories, a sense of accomplishment and a readiness for the real world.
 
Karen Johnson and her friends are out $1,400.
 
Joseph MacNeil is in debt.
 
Not only will they dance for the kids, they'll travel for hours to get here to do so.
 
Funding for University Libraries has dropped from 2.95 percent of the University's budget in 1984-85 to 2.2 percent in 1989-90.
 
One club has the answer to Valentine roses that wither and chocolate that gets eaten -- say "I love you" on a Video Valentine.
 
It's about standing on a street corner in 20-degree weather at 6:30 in the morning waiting for the rush-hour traffic to begin.
 
 
SPORTS
 
Doubleheaders generally separate the men from the boys.
 
Last Saturday the Columbia fencing team defeated Penn State, handing the Lions their first loss in nearly two years.
 
With strains of "Crocodile Rock" setting the mood, the synchronized swimming team gracefully claimed a third-place finish in its most recent meet.
 
This weekend, the men's tennis team will have its final chance to refine and improve before beginning its Big Ten schedule.
 
Two down, one to go. The women's tennis team's killer opening schedule is almost history.
 
Give Buffalo State the International Collegiate Hockey League Rodney Dangerfield Award. You guessed it, the team gets no respect.
 
At first, Tracy Kerner was somewhat of an aberration.
 
The men's volleyball team continued to struggle with its ball control and consistency last night as Penn State fell to Pepperdine in three straight games, 15-10, 15-13, 15-11.
 
Elton Carter has had one of those days.
 
In Pepperdine's three-game sweep of Penn State last night, sophomore Alon Grinberg made his Rec Hall debut. Unfortunately for Coach Tom Peterson, it was not in a Nittany Lion uniform.
 
After two weekends of slapping it out in the Midwest, the No. 3 wrestling team returns to Pennsylvania to battle two in-state rivals.
 
On Nov. 30, 1988, Coach Rene Portland watched four freshman take their first game steps on the Rec Hall floor.
 
Talk about getting out of the frying pan and into the fire.
 
OPINIONS
 
Collegian Editorial: Everyone should visit marathon, support dancers, organizers, kids
 
My Opinion: Robert D. Kampia
 
ARTS
 
They've got the beat.
 
Long ago, we all wore red Toughskins, we lived to roller-skate, and the anthem of the times was "Disco Inferno." Burn baby burn.
 
It took Francis Ford Coppola more than 200 days to make Apocalypse Now.
 
Here it is again, another Valentine's Day.
 
University film students will get a dose of film business reality through organizing a film series with Cinema World Inc.
 
The lights are low. The mood is right. Flowers, candles, moonlight, the one you love. Now all you need is the perfect movie.
 
It took Francis Ford Coppola more than 200 days to make Apocalypse Now.
 
One line, that's all it took for me to be taken in hook, line and sinker.
 
About five minutes into the film Final Analysis, I found myself thinking about whether or not I'd remembered to put away my just-purchased, processed cheese food.
 
Marvin Hamlisch might make his audience cry tonight at Eisenhower Auditorium.
 
So Valentine's Day arrives today and you're stumped about what to get that special someone? Well, why not try dinner and a movie for your partner. You provide dinner, I'll match your taste with an appropriate movie. Good?
 

 



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