The State College Borough Council heard public input last night on a proposed ordinance amendment that would set parking lot location and coverage requirements in residential areas. For many students, the parking tickets they find fluttering on their windshields are the only contact they have with University Police Services. Gunshots from dorm rooms and passing cars have punctured windows and bruised pedestrians more often this year than last as BB and pellet gun vandalism increases. Although State Rep. Stephen Freind yesterday said he regretted a shoving match between campaign aides last week, he said he woundn't become gentler or kinder the last three weeks of the campaign. The first issue of The Footprint, the latest alternative on-campus newspaper, hit the stands in February with a full-color, front-page story about a drug summit in San Antonio, Texas. Even though many students walk by Pattee every day, most either haven't noticed or don't care about a large hole that rests behind the library. Weekend vandalism -- most of which is alcohol related -- continues to plague State College merchants, automated teller machines and dorms. Rob Kampia already started working on marijuana issues two days after he was elected Undergraduate Student Government president. Maybe it's a matter of hygiene. The University's Alumni Association decided to more than double its pledge to the HUB/Paul Robeson Cultural Center expansion projects after two student leaders presented a different perspective on campus priorities. University Police Services responded to an alarm at about 5:10 yesterday evening when a fire began in 621 Beaver Hall.
Resting its starting six players last night, the men's volleyball team got a small break from its normally tough, competitve, Top 20 schedule. In the absence of Winfield Evens, David Muir, Roman Hernandez, Tom Gingrich and Jim Schall, the Lion bench clawed to a four-game road victory over unranked East Stroudsburg. The Lady Lion golf team faced its first Big Ten test of the semester and passed with flying colors. The throwers for the women's track team can not seem to catch a break, but that has not kept them from dominating their events. They were pitchers' duels, sort of. The men's tennis team still has a long road ahead of it this season, and the obstacles in its way get more difficult as the road goes along. For the men's tennis team, this weekend was another case of how looks can be deceiving. When Penn State field hockey star Susann Bisignaro takes the field, fans can't help but notice her athletic ability. Her long hours of practice are evidenced by how well she plays the game.
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Now that the Cold War is history, people tend to sigh in relief, believing the fear of war is behind them. When Steven Soderbergh wrote and directed sex, lies and videotape, everyone called him a Wunderkind. An artist of the highest class came Saturday night to Eisenhower Auditorium. When Calvin Fields was looking for a job last semester, he applied at a clothing store and a telemarketing company before answering a newpaper ad for models. Many people picture working in film as a glamorous job. Their idea of a set includes actors rolling around in bed and repeating lines until they get it right. A cast of stars put the soul into The Wiz last Thursday night in Schwab Auditorium. The film ends, the theater lights go up, the crowd exits and the credits roll.