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[ Tuesday, Jan. 25, 1994 ]

NEWS

This month the University may get the chance to prove that it has gotten the lead out.

It often takes more than a desire to live downtown to make sorority members decide to abandon their sorority floors.

An apartment management company recently involved in a number of lawsuits with its renters will not be participating in this year's Housing Fair, where it met with protest last year.

Candidates for Interfraternity Council offices emphasized the restructuring of the rush process and the importance of academics and communication between chapters and officers at an IFC meeting last night.

Although crime prevention has become a national and state dilemma, some politicians think a lifetime in prison seems to be the solution.

The former head of the office of Business Services, who stole almost $23,000 from the University, was sentenced yesterday to two years of probation, a $1,000 fine and 200 hours of community service -- but no prison time.

Jamie Horowitz, president of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, complained to his realtor yesterday afternoon about the house's inoperable sprinkler system.

SPORTS

The skates churn against the ice as the players propell themselves up and down the frozen surface. Speed, finesse, power, and brutally executed body checks are the norm. But then the battle ends.

For those who attended last weekend's Nittany Lion Invitational Tournament, the brawl between Penn State and Rhode Island was not the only surprise.

This season, the men's gymnastics team will surely experience symptoms of homesickness.

Although there were no elephants, flying trapeze artists or clown cars, the women's quadmeet on Saturday was like a four-ring circus. Twenty-four gymasts paraded around Rec Hall and performed gravity-defying feats.

Quiz time! The format is multiple choice, and here's the question: Why aren't the members of the Lady Lion basketball team, the newly-christened Best Team In The Land, absolutely ecstatic about their new No. 1 ranking?

The women's basketball team finds out if the crown fits tonight.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- After popping a three-pointer with three minutes, 21 seconds remaining in the game, Steve Wydman headed to the sideline. He needed to rest a spell. After all, the walk-on had delivered.

OPINIONS

Collegian Editorial: New student radio station can offer listening alternatives

My Opionion: Jeff Ecker

Letters to the editor

ARTS

Wearing a funky purple and fuchsia velvet hat, Mary Mander patiently guides communications students along their career paths from her office in Carnegie Building. Although most academic advisers prefer to flip through thick, standard-issue career planning guides to prepare students, Mander has another device to field out the future: Tarot cards.

From ancient Greece and Rome, when people turned to oracles to solve problems, to the Psychic Friends Network of today, a variety of fortunetelling and divination methods have evolved to provide that much sought-after look into destiny.

Couch potatoes are finally learning how to apply everything they soaked up while vegging out in front of the tube.

You know the feeling.

The date: Jan. 13, 1994. The agents: Mark Correa and Michael Kline. Our mission: To boldly go where no sane person has gone before -- the Psychic Friends Network.




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