Striking University nurses ended a two-day walkout and returned to work on Friday, but have not ruled out any future action. State College will get a new parking garage -- but only if borough officials alter zoning requirements in the area. Three landscape architecture students have some ideas about what to do with a vacant lot on South Allen Street, but there is little chance their ideas will come true. Some University graduate students are helping the state save time and money by designing a uniform health form. A recent national survey showed that more than half of churchgoing Republican voters, or one-third of the entire GOP, would take their votes elsewhere if the Republican Party dropped its "pro-family" platform. Doing research is hard work, and some international students say they believe they have to work harder than other graduate students. As the weekend gets longer, the borough gets louder. There has been a trend during the past few years of more noise violations occurring on Wednesday and Thursday nights, said Lt. Carmine Prestia of the State College Bureau of Police Services. An ordinance permitting tenants with severe housing problems to withhold rent from a landlord could be implemented in State College -- but it has to be proposed to the State College Borough Council. If a tree falls in State College, the borough's tree commission hears it. Helen Caffrey wants to network. Caffrey, the newly hired director of Commonwealth relations, plans to create a statewide web of support for the University among legislators. Parking bicycles downtown or on campus is risky, but local police are working to protect them. The University Board of Trustees recently gained two new members with the appointments of Richard M. Walsh and state Sen. Chaka Fattah.
Who says the Reagan years are over? It was a good weekend for Robyn Reagan and an OK one for the women's tennis team, as the former won both of her singles matches and Penn State split a pair of Big Ten contests. Most people work hard just to find one thing they can do even remotely well. Junior Ed Josefoski had to pick from between two. Adrienne McCray and Stacey Gibbs were winners as the women's track team finished second at the Virginia Invitational last weekend. The men's golf team fared well last weekend, despite the stiff competition and long hours of play it faced at the 24th annual Marshall Invitational. The national champions were on the ropes. The men's track team kept the heat on the Arkansas Razorbacks throughout the day, before bowing to the host team at the Hot Springs Invitational on Saturday. Sue Nutter says she was born to come to Penn State. And from the walk-on tryouts where she first caught Coach Julie Williams' attention to her current role as co-captain of the nationally ranked women's lacrosse team, Nutter has typified the Penn State ideal of hard work and consistency. The cycling club finished third at the Cornell Stage Race this weekend, pulling in behind Ivy League schools, Cornell and Princeton. Ten schools competed in the two-day event. The men's gymnastics team may be getting an early dose of its future. More and more in sports, speed is the deciding factor as to who comes out on top. In the biggest upset since Little Big Horn, the No. 12 men's volleyball team lost on Saturday to unranked Navy. Pitchers were the stars as Penn State and Michigan split a doubleheader yesterday at Beaver Field. Panic is something every athlete tries to avoid. In most cases, panic leads to mistakes, and mistakes lead to losses. If the softball team looks at the past weekend objectively, it's not a pretty sight: four losses in four tries in the home-opening series against Minnesota.
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