Imagine 550 spaghetti meals being devoured during one feeding frenzy in one night with most of the consumers too delirious even to know what they're eating. The countdown has begun. In less than two weeks, Laura Deichert, entertainment chairwoman for the 1993 Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, will complete her simple task of providing entertainment for thousands of people for 48 straight hours. Most criminal offenders in Centre County are not behind bars -- they are paying for their crimes by doing community service. Students can rent more than apartments in State College -- they can rent computers. Brian McNaught, an award-winning writer and lecturer, communicates that message to people all over the country. Many people have a hard time fighting the urge to shop, especially when their pockets and wallets are empty. But there is a solution; it still costs some money, but for $10, shoppers can make out like bandits. Student status is no longer a protected factor in the State College Borough Council's proposed fair housing ordinance. Penn State has been to the Blockbuster Bowl. Now State College will have its own Blockbuster. President Clinton's appointment of his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, to head a key panel studying health care reform has drawn mixed reactions from University professors and students. Last night the Interfraternity Council elected its three new officers for the 1993-94 term with the hopes of improving communications among IFC members in the coming year. A graduate student who claims to have been poisoned by mercury while on campus has not yet supplied University health officials with documentation to prove her claim.
History will not be on the men's basketball team's side as it tries to pull off a miracle against No. 1 Indiana at 7:30 tonight at Rec Hall. As the straws keep piling up on the camel's back, a penny is a bargain price to find out just what the Nittany Lions are thinking. In a season destined for frustration, Penn State may be down in the Big Ten standings, but -- from the sound of things -- not out. Freshman wrestler Cary Kolat has been suspended indefinitely by Coach John Fritz following an alcohol-related incident on campus early Sunday morning. Allison Barber could have easily buried herself in doubt after a less-than-graceful balance beam routine at Missouri's Cat Classic on Friday night. The fast-paced, pressure-filled USA Winter Cup last weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo., ended with an exclamation point for gymnasts Mike Masucci and Tony Pansy. The winner of the U.S. National Cross Country Trials is still in high school. The fifth-place finisher was disqualified because she was too old. My Opinion: Kevin Kingsbury
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