Quality teaching takes a backseat to research when it comes to gaining tenure at the University. Despite recent University-wide calls for the improvement of and re-emphasis on teaching, some professors believe that research --especially publication -- still plays an imbalanced role in advancement at the University. University faculty and staff just won't assertively speak out for fear of losing their jobs in the growing trend of authoritarianism. The Undergraduate Student Government referendum proved what students have known all along -- undergraduate academic advising at the University needs help. Downtown merchants are concerned that a proposed plan allowing students to use debit cards for on-campus purchases may hurt their businesses. Citing its state-related, closed-budget position, the University refused to participate in an NCAA study, which showed that men's sports dominate the financial field. Lynn Yeakel showed up an hour and 25 minutes late for her first visit to State College on Friday, but her supporters were willing to wait. The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing and spring is in the air. These are usually the signs of Spring Week, a celebration of spring in Happy Valley. Pro-life advocates hope to educate the University community about alternatives to abortion during Human Life Awareness Week. An inmate convicted of various crimes including rape escaped from Rockview State Prison on state Route 26 in Benner Township yesterday when he reportedly walked away from his work detail.
Not even the rain could stop the men's track team on Saturday. The women's tennis team's spring season came to a close this weekend with losses to two Big Ten teams. Sometimes, statistics can be deceiving. On other occasions, however, statistics can be the tell-tale sign of a team's peak performance. In Saturday night's men's volleyball match, Penn State middle blocker Aaron Zoerner came through on a typical kill to put an end to a match that was not altogether typical. Instead of getting Easter eggs from a certain pesky rabbit, the softball team received a mass quantity of goose eggs from Iowa in a pair of weekend doubleheaders. If the baseball team was going to manage at least one win this weekend against Ohio State, the first-place team in the Big Ten, it was going to have to be with the big play. Pull out the hip boots, it's knee-deep mud lacrosse. Hobart, with an assist credited to Mother Nature, beat the men's lacrosse team 11-8 Saturday in soggy Geneva, N.Y. Less than 24 hours after claiming the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Championship, the Penn State men's volleyball team accpeted its second straight bid to the NCAA Final Four yesterday.
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The University Resident Theater Company took on an incredible task in performing Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt this weekend, and walked away shining. The play continues this week at the Playhouse Theatre in the Arts Building.