A new group will attempt to answer the minority student recruitment and retention question at the University. Many apartment-dwelling students will receive a phone call from a stranger in the next several weeks. But it won't be a prank call -- it will be an apartment survey. A former University student was sentenced yesterday to a five-to-ten-year prison term by Centre County President Judge Charles C. Brown for beating a former University student. The National Pan-Hellenic Council is working to improve academic performance despite University obstacles. The Scholastic Aptitude Test verbal scores are going down nationally, but the University and State College area schools have reported scores above the average. Private support at the University is ahead of last year's pace by more than $1 million. It's 3:30 a.m., and Joe Bastardi is just hitting his stride. It's official. Bill Welch is the first to announce his candidacy for State College mayor. Students entering the work force in the 1990s may not be walking into a kinder and gentler workplace, according to a study conducted by a Penn State Harrisburg professor. Some Undergraduate Student Government senators are asking, "Where did our money go?" Rape accusations have been made, fliers have been posted and women have been warned. Now questions are being asked.
In the midst of its preparations for the Big Ten Championships, the women's swim team will take some time to recognize and appreciate one of the best senior classes in its history. He is the defending Big Ten 100-and 200-yard Butterfly Champion and the NCAA Champion in the 200 butterfly. He is the Polish National Champion in the 100 and 200 fly and a 1992 Olympic silver medalist. Some of the finest athletes in collegiate track and field will engage in a summit tomorrow that will be anything but a friendly encounter. There's a first time for everything. And at the Terrier Classic in Boston today and tomorrow, the women's track team will get a shot at an event it has not yet competed in this season. After dominating last weekend's eight-team dual meet, it would be all too easy for the Lions' stellar fencing squad to try resting on its laurels. Let the games begin. The men's tennis team travels to Michigan State this weekend for the Spartan Indoor Invitational, its first competition of the Spring Semester. How can a team focus on the present when the future looks so bright? The men's volleyball team continued its winning ways last night in Columbus, Ohio with a strong, five-game win over the Buckeyes (15-4, 15-5, 3-15, 8-15, 15-11). The Pittsburgh Panthers will take a trip to Neverland when they face the men's gymnastics team at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Rec Hall. When the men's basketball team suits up against Wisconsin at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Rec Hall, it will be the Lions' first game in nine days. Wisconsin's Robin Threatt was forced to become a one-person women's basketball team this season. In the practice gym, the women's gymnastics team is used to the noise. Music pulsates and blasts, people shout and chatter, equipment clanks and rattles. It's been a Willie Nelson semester for the wrestling team -- like the bandana-wearing one sings, they're "On the Road Again."
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