The Undergraduate Student Government and the Instructional Development Program think they have a recipe for improving the University's intellectual environment:Take one dash of concerned students, combine one part professors, add one part administrators, mix all ingredients together in one room and watch the results. Counselors involved in a newly publicized program at the Career Development and Placement Center said they hope lesbian, gay and bisexual students will find something helpful at the end of some counselors' rainbows. At a time when universities must work for every penny they get, university presidents often find themselves with more fund-raising responsibilities, traditional academic duties and short tenures. The Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society continued a tradition last night, meeting with members of the University Board of Trustees on the eve of the trustees' January meeting. In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Week, consumer advocate Ralph Nader urged students to "Get Involved." Billing property owners for "disorderly houses" and regulating student density are some solutions to the housing problem that the State College Planning Commission will discuss for the next two months.
It will be a chance for revenge. It will be the women's indoor track team's only home meet of the season.
The Lions will host Big Ten rivals Michigan and Michigan State at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex.
When the Lion wrestling team travels to Lincoln, Neb., this weekend for the National Dual Meet Championship, an intriguing second-round clash may occur. Barring an upset, it would be the first time a team from Penn State squares off against a Nebraska squad since the controversy surrounding football's national championship on Jan. 3.
After meeting the Penn State men's gymnastics team last weekend at the West Point Open and placing sixth, Navy has made it its goal to be more of threat to the Lions, who finished second.
Penn State versus Pitt. The rivalry used to conjure up images of athletes performing at their peak, fans yelling and arguing and mature adults debating whether Lions were better than Panthers.
The Lady Lion women's gymnastics team has a chance to prove itself to be potential national champions. At 7:30 p.m. today in Rec Hall, the No. 11 Lady Lions do battle against two top-ranked teams -- No. 2 Alabama and No. 6 Oregon State.
Last year, Penn State and Purdue took Big Ten women's basketball by storm, each capturing a share of the conference championship. Then, Coach Rene Portland's Lady Lions advanced to the elite eight of the NCAA tournament, while Lin Dunn's Boilermakers reached the Final Four.
At the conclusion of the Icers' first-round game in the Nittany Lion Invitational Tournament last year, things got ugly. Rhode Island forward Art Hughes struck former Icer Darren Wegner during the post-game handshake. Fights broke out on the ice. Several players from both teams received suspensions.
The 1994-95 athletic season was supposed to be the swan song for basketball and other events in Rec Hall. But it looks as if the 1995-96 season will be the last hurrah.
It is a taste so bitter and rancid that those who suffer it, however rarely, will do anything they can to keep it from lingering.
For the second year in a row, Penn State Coach Rene Portland is making her displeasure known prior to hosting a big, nationally televised women's basketball game.
To find the most faithful of Penn State fans, a coast-to-coast search could be conducted.
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