With a greater emphasis on teaching and service at the Commonwealth Campuses, some professors think a different tenure track is necessary for them. Although higher education has not been a topic of much discussion in this year's presidential campaign, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton is talking up the issue with his accomplishments in his state. Higher education, an issue of great concern to university students nationwide, is not a major focal point of Patrick Buchanan's presidential campaign. Despite attacks from liberal Democrats that President Bush is not the "education president" he claims to be, Bush says he wants to revamp the nation's higher education system. Although the mass of the nation's voters want an improved higher education system, their presidential candidates know the issue's political boundaries -- money, money, money. If Jerry Brown's California record on higher education indicates what he would do nationally, students could expect a strong voice on issues such as tuition and financial aid. ALLENTOWN -- Mike Holenda happily knocked on the window of Anderson's Diner and pointed out the sign to photographers outside. Bashing the Bush administration, little-known presidential write-in candidate Eugene McCarthy said last night that the president's excessive use of the veto power is getting out of hand. Democratic presidential candidate Jerry Brown came to the University yesterday preaching his anti-establishment campaign and telling students that higher education should be a "birthright." ALLENTOWN -- President Bush brought the campaign trail to Allentown yesterday, praising a local school there and announcing a new initiative to further American education. Several people showed their support for the Democratic presidential candidates by holding up signs supporting candidates Jerry Brown and Bill Clinton yesterday at the corner of College Avenue and Allen Street. Moviegoers, bar patrons and diners flooded the streets last night after a car struck a light pole in the parking lot across from Cinema 5 Theatre, knocking loose a wire and plunging a 10-block area of State College into darkness.
Roll out the red carpet, the women's track team is coming home. The Penn State men's golf team will be playing in its largest invitational ever this weekend when they travel to Akron, Ohio to play in the 36-team Akron Invitational. Last weekend the Penn State women's tennis team knocked off Purdue 5-1 for the team's first-ever Big Ten victory. Penn Relays is the granddaddy of them all. This weekend, the men's tennis team goes on the road in the hope of a Big Ten win, or maybe two. The members of the Lady Lion softball team will be looking for more than candy in their Easter baskets this weekend -- they'll be looking for a victory over the University of Iowa. When faced with adversity, good teams can turn the challenge into a positive. Mediocre or poor teams, on the other hand, often buckle under the pressure. After its first loss on Tuesday, No. 8 Penn State hopes to make adversity its ally when it meets Division III power Hobart tomorrow. The baseball team has played against teams with good hitting some days, against teams with good pitching other days, and against teams in the Big Ten. This weekend, the Lions play all three -- in one team. Team: Penn State Team: George Mason Team: Rutgers-Newark To begin with, West Chester doesn't have a very good women's lacrosse team. Team: Navy
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It was a Friday night last semester, and Jenne Voss and her friends had no money and no car but wanted something exciting to do. When Ira Caplan played and sang his original folk song "Sunrise" last week at Cafe Gourmet Ltd., something odd happened. Women are sluts, ho bags, dykes, byzantine bitches, inferior and enjoy being chained . . . at least that's what the majority of MTV's videos would lead you to belive. Take a little Latin jazz, some hot trombone, a dash of saxophone and a pinch of local talent and what do you get? While the world gets ulcers over issues like global warming, the recession and the ending of the Cold War, some Penn Staters have more important things to worry about. Is there a doctor in the audience? Stephen King needs medical attention. E. Bernard Warg probably buys lots of toilet paper. MCs come and go in rap music.