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[ Friday, April 9, 1993 ]

NEWS

A former University student and member of the State College Community Development Block Grant Citizens' Advisory Committee was ordered to stand trial Wednesday by District Magistrate Ronald Horner for allegedly forging her former boss's signature and withdrawing $4,600 from his business savings account.

Improving the quality of the teaching-learning process and bringing out the best in students, faculty and staff are some of the hallmarks of the Continuous Quality Improvement Program at Penn State.

The American Lung Association and the State College Borough Health Department have joined forces to increase public awareness about the health hazards posed by radon gas.

When the state House of Representatives reconvenes after Easter, Reps. Ruth Rudy, D-Centre, and John Wozniak, D-Cambria, will introduce a package of five bills designed to crack down on parents who do not pay their child support.

Holding too many positions at one time may be too much to handle for Brian Boreman -- or it may not.

Sorority rushees looking for frills will have to look a little harder next fall.

With the American Express "Million Meals" hunger-relief program, college students nationwide can now aid the hunger-relief campaign simply by using their American Express cards.

Paula Knepper has an addiction.

Every 25 minutes, Knepper (sophomore-nuclear engineering) dips into her bag, puckering her lips in anticipation. She cracks open the container in need of a fix.

Alan Case and Stuart Cottrell dreamed of a bike path through lush farmlands and rolling golf courses -- one that would take riders from campus to Bellefonte and back, following the old Bellefonte Central Railroad path.

Books and bicycles may not have much in common, but University professor Joseph H. Goldberg plans to combine the two this summer.

SPORTS

Relief may finally be in sight for the baseball team this weekend.

The last time the women's softball team played a home game, the Washington Redskins were the reigning Super Bowl champs, Duke had gone back-to-back, and there were no cats in the White House.

There will be a lot more at stake in the newest edition of Penn State-Rutgers lacrosse rivalry, taking place at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Piscataway, N.J., than just a victory.

It's not easy being Big Green. Especially when that involves facing the red-hot women's lacrosse team.

Assigned seating and a $2 per game hike in ticket prices are part of Penn State's plan for 1993 student football tickets.

OPINIONS

Collegian Editorial: Council should protect renters with rent-witholding ordinance

My Opinion: Larry Spence

My Opinion: Dave Hollingsworth

Letters to the editor

ARTS

In the news release material for Indecent Proposal, screenwriter Amy Holden Jones says that her script deals with "the value of love and the endurance of love in the face of temptation and over a period of time."

I'm driving around in my gray 1984 Honda Accord and I turn my FM dial to the oldies station, the one my dad enjoys. I think to myself, "Nothing beats the sounds of mono."

Living in a time when environmental consciousness has become hip, many wonder why it has taken the music industry so long to turn on.






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