The State College Borough Council's recommendation to the State College Area School District to rezone Community Field to office and residential districts has increased tensions between the council and community activists. An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail for assaulting and attempting to murder another inmate on Jan. 6. A University student will stand trial in Centre County Court this April on charges related to his selling drugs to an undercover police officer Dec. 10. As Brenda Hondra made her second turn around the ice, she turned to realize that her six-year-old daughter, Becky, was no longer by her side, but sprawled out on the ice 10 feet behind her. University Libraries face more budget cuts as part of a reallocation program to counteract $9 million of frozen University funds. Cultural diversity seems to be a catch phrase for University administrators, but some feel the University falls short of being "culturally diverse."
Last week, in front of more than 5,000 Rec Hall fans, the men's gymnastics team turned in a season-best performance, a 280.55, only to watch Ohio State score a 284.20 and win the meet. It's February. We're still in the middle of winter. And this weekend, Penn State's men of spring take the first swings of a brand new season. The war is over -- at least until next week. When it ended, though, experience overcame youth as defending 118-pound champion Jeff Prescott reclaimed that spot by sweeping Shawn Nelson in a best-of-3 match series. After a runner-up finish at last season's NCAA championships, Oklahoma State was feeling very good. With a veteran squad returning, many wrestling observers felt that only the Cowboys had a legitimate shot at winning it all. The time is almost up. Poor Tammy Okins-Nguyen and Kerri Kohr. The Lions offense finally showed some fire after a three-game lull. They hit from the outside and penetrated the inside in their 77-59 win over Lafayette last night at Rec Hall. When Lynn Dougherty slapped the hand of teammate Dana Eikenberg after drawing a foul at Rutgers, it was the high-five heard around the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The women's gymnastics team could step into the script of a low-budget western when it travels to Minnesota for tomorrow afternoon's IBM Invitational dual meet. Bruce Parkhill tells no lies. The Cowboys of Oklahoma State come into Rec Hall Sunday wearing black hats and carrying some big guns.
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Most of Wednesday's Academy Award nominations surprised few, but the nominations did produce two overdue firsts. Toothpaste, keys, pretzels and self-portraits can be found on campus this week. Steven Adler got dumped by Guns N' Roses for excessive drug use. C.C. Deville got dumped from Poison for the same reason. And now Vince Neil has been ousted from Motley Crue for . . . race car driving. The University Resident Theatre Company begins the second half of its 1991-92 season with a play about the ultimate destruction of a family's future. Buried Child will start at 8 tonight in the Pavilion Theatre. The sculpture is called Bust of a Bishop, but just which bishop is unknown. If you dig Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), then you'll love the new film Wayne's World. The Pennsylvania Dance Theatre is trying something new. If you're hungry for a bit of classic jazz, drop in on the septet Bop Kabbalah at the HUB Ballroom tomorrow night.