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[ Tuesday, April 13, 1993 ]

NEWS

The State College Borough Council once again is debating the borough's occupancy limit.

Because of a few flukes, all people remember are the flakes.

This winter may have seemed exceptionally harsh -- and so far spring may even seem chilly -- but meteorologists say the weather hasn't been all that unusual.

A recent University survey revealed that female teachers are more likely to be satisfied with their jobs than male teachers.

Donald Terry Hartman, DuBois Campus executive officer, died early yesterday morning. He was 50.

Patsy Burns doesn't want her son to leave, but she has no choice. After every weekend, Burns has to put her 8-year-old son on a bus and send him to school in Pittsburgh.

SPORTS

If Mario Lemieux or Eric Lindros is penalized for a minor infraction, it means time in the penalty box. But if Sheila Gilmartin or Kevin Becker get called, it means time out of the pool.

For April Polito, pain has simply become a part of the normal routine.

After a loss, a team prefers to spend a good amount of time analyzing what went wrong and trying to correct those mistakes.

Although the sun was shining over the Scarlet Course at Ohio State last weekend, the women's golf team was stuck in the shadow of its Big Ten opponents.

Even though Pete Makover hasn't been able to lead the men's lacrosse team on the field, his aura is still around the squad.

Michigan crossed the plate 24 times on the way to sweeping a doubleheader from the baseball team yesterday at Beaver Field.

Facing Big Ten rivals Illinois and Purdue on the road, Penn State Coach Jan Bortner said he would be satisfied with a split.

OPINIONS

Collegian Editorial: Earth Week is just a beginning to environmental improvement

My Opinion: Nick Capo

Letters to the editor

ARTS

Anthology series, such as Fox's new "Tribeca," have never been an audience magnet for network television, which explains their absence from the tube over the years.

They've gone to the root of rock, tapped into its raw energy by mixing blues, big band jazz and country music -- and brought this authentic brew home to State College.

Traditionally, women working in the music industry aren't supposed to be rock critics or writers. The majority of women are in public relations or retail -- baby-sitting bands and answering phones is as close as they get to their heroes. If you are a woman, to get into the biz, you gotta wanna chat.

Duran Duran feels unwanted.

It seems funny for a band that was billed as the next Fab Five after swarms of girls swooned and fainted, a band that became a pubescent icon minutes after they hit MTV with their eyeshadow and brooding faces, a band that breeded the subculture of fanatical "Duranies."

Being called an "incorrigible asshole" is all in a day's work for David Walton.






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