Delta Phi member Mark Gerencher saw two of his business class grades jump an entire letter grade last semester, thanks to the Academic Consultant Program. For the first time in 35 years, Ritenour Health Center is undergoing construction, thanks to the Class of '93. About 3.4 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 use marijuana at least a dozen times a month, about 2.1 million have tried cocaine and more than seven million drink alcohol at least once a week, according to a 1991 National Institute on Drug Abuse survey. A former University graduate student will once again get the opportunity to defend himself against child pornography charges that he has faced for nearly three years, but the location of his new trial is still undecided. The latest cuts, snips and tucks at the University's Hershey Medical Center have not taken place in an operating room. They have been on the budget -- and the surgery has just begun. The campus pedestrian walking the oak-lined paths between classes may be struck by the absence of one of the University's most persistent residents -- the squirrels. A drop in black student enrollment this year has prompted the University to set aside about half a million dollars in scholarships for the 1994-95 school year -- a move unique to the University among the other Big Ten schools. Top Undergraduate Student Government officers withdrew their positions from the Executive Student Action Council last night after a motion to dissolve ESAC was struck down. After 12-year-old Polly Klaas was kidnapped from her California home, the family received a barrage of phone calls and letters hoping the young girl. would return home safely. After her body was found in the woods near a lake, police linked the crime to a man with a violent criminal history. Sophomore football players are being allowed to live in Nittany Apartments -- which is reserved for juniors, seniors and graduate students -- and all football players can bypass a lottery for assignment in the residences, despite the University housing policy applying to other students.
Tom Strzalkowski and Olga Chernyak will be staring into unfamiliar situations this weekend when they and 11 of their teammates journey to the National American Cup fencing tournament. The men's swimming and diving team stuck it to La Salle last night 139-79 in Philadelphia, but Coach Peter Brown wasn't the least bit surprised. Unlike last season, uncertainties have been abundant for the now No. 7 wrestling team. Michael Jennings admittedly doesn't know what to expect tomorrow night. With the uncertain status of the full slate of college basketball games this weekend, the basketball world awaits word from the Black Coaches Association concerning its threat to boycott. One of the true dynasties in college sports --the defending national champion University of Georgia Lady Bulldogs Gymnastics Team -- will invade Rec Hall at 5 p.m. Sunday, but senior co-captain Coby Silver said her Lady Lions are not concerned. For all the thousands of Penn Staters who would've loved to have extended their winter vacations, there are about a dozen who couldn't be happier to be back in Happy Valley. No. 4 Penn State (11-6) hosts No. 8 West Virginia (11-3-1) at 9 p.m. tonight at the Ice Pavilion, and travels to Fredonia, N.Y., tomorrow for a 7 p.m. game with Division III No. 1 SUNY Fredonia (14-0-1). My Opinion: Ryan Jones
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