A Ferguson Township Police officer who shot and injured an armed man while in the line of duty Saturday night was cleared yesterday of any wrongdoing. Saranne Fosselman met her boyfriend on a boating trip more than 10 months ago and they've been together ever since. But meeting on boats is less common in State College than meeting in bars. Native Spanish-speaking students will have an opportunity next fall to get away from language classes that some call "Buenos Días 101" and take a Spanish course made especially for them. As the 1994 Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon wound down Sunday, Eric Edwards had extra motivation to get back to his fraternity house. It was there that a soothing surprise awaited his sore muscles and feet. The Undergraduate Student Government Senate's outreach program has stretched out its arms and is ready to grab the University's students.
If Joe Battista had his way, Olympic ice hockey wouldn't be a part of the Winter Games. It would be played in the summer. Ed Wilson coaches basketball for eight, nine and 10-year-old kids in the Severna Park area of Maryland. Through various ties he has in the community, he has coached some pretty decent ball players in the past 24 years. With only six regular season games left, all of them against conference foes, the Lady Lion basketball team is doing its best to save local sports scribes the hassle of repeating questions. One answer to a pregame favorite hasn't changed all year. Deane Runyon was just looking for 18 students for his sports broadcasting class. What this associate communications professor got was a 35-person waiting list for the latest addition to the communications curriculum. Eastern Michigan's No. 1 men's tennis seed Eric Gessner didn't expect to spend his spring break like this. The pool lanes of Michigan's Donald B. Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor might as well be the stage of Hollywood's "Star Search." In this building, the Wolverine men's swimming and diving team performs day in and day out, displaying the kind of excellence needed to maintain a nationwide top 10 standing for close to a decade. The month of February honors outstanding achievements in black history, but many pioneers in black athletics are often overlooked. Salima Davisdon grew up watching black sports figures. She learned from them. She admired them. She was inspired by them. LANCASTER -- Considered one of the top five runners in the world during his time, H. N. "Barney" Ewell possessed legs that carried him to prominence in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, England. As students are cramming for finals week this semester, Athletic Director Tim Curley will also have an assignment due. Mentally, he's fired up. He could compete tomorrow. Physically, he's still recovering. His shoulder couldn't handle the pressure. Mary Lou Retton may have an Olympic gold medal, but at the height of her success she wasn't old enough to drive a car. Professor Richard Nelson had the chance to do some scientific research last week, but not in the labs here on campus. Instead, he traveled to Lillehammer, Norway, for the Winter Olympic Games. John Amaechi usually hears applause after throwing down a rim-rattling dunk or grabbing a key rebound. But Monday night at the Seventh Annual Academic Achievement Awards Banquet in Holuba Hall, Amaechi and 141 other student-athletes were applauded for excellence in the classroom and community rather than on the playing field.
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