About 60 State College residents attended last night's public hearing to express their dissatisfaction with cable television and radio services. State College Mayor Arnold Addison becomes sentimental when he recalls the first time he married a couple -- and he plans to write about it. Students prefer riding in the warm confines of the Undergraduate Student Government/Panhellenic Weekend Loop to trekking home in the cold. Marc Lieberman used the money he earned selling spring break trips to finish paying for his girlfriend's engagement ring. Facing problems with the atmosphere for minorities at the University and what he believes is insufficient support for his research, biochemist and researcher Joseph Hall will leave Penn State. The four-and-a-half-year-old fair housing battle ended last night when the State College Borough Council voted 5-2 to enact a fair housing ordinance. Students lobbying Harrisburg for increased state funding will receive a bit of help with the creation of a student lobbying network.
Refocused. After sleepwalking through the Lock Haven Invitational last weekend, the Penn State Boxing Club rebounded Saturday at the Virginia Military Institute Invitational. The Penn State synchronized swimming team won the Pennsylvania state championship last weekend. It was a near-perfect reenactment of the celebration following the 1992 Stanley Cup --champagne, cup-shaped trophy and all. Qualifying for NCAAs was the name of the game on Sunday when four members of the women's track team headed to George Mason to compete in only one event. The blue and white of the Penn State faithful sat amongst the sparse crowd of 2,000 fans in St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio, during Saturday's double dual gymnastics meet. It was the kind of match where every player that was not in a cast got playing time. At 10 p.m. on a Thursday, most Penn State students are either studying or getting an early start on weekend partying. The mere thought of sitting in assigned seats in Beaver Stadium may be enough to send many students into a rage.
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