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Back Issues
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Friday, Feb. 10, 1995
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Cocaine's effects linked to gender
In yet another possible gender difference, a Penn State graduate student has found that cocaine may affect a man's brain differently than a woman's.
University attracts high schoolers
Samantha Herbert knows what is like to live in a college town as a high school student. She has assumed a college persona and has hunted for parties, but she claims that behavior is all in the past.
Fund-raising homework pays off for universities
With fund raising becoming increasingly import in high education, closer attention is being paid to the methods universities use to bring money into the schools.
Gay bashing prompts demonstration
Violent gay-bashing incidents in State College are nothing new to Bob, a 33-year-old University freshman with several friends and acquaintances who have been victimized.
Water authority may be sold
The state's largest private water company will present to the State College Borough Council on Feb. 21 its final offer to buy the State College Water Authority.
Thomas backs tuition-based grant
Despite a recent announcement that confused student government leaders and financial aid officials, University President Joab Thomas said he fully intends to support growth of a tuition-based grant to help Penn State's neediest students.
LHU revels in biggest win ever
As Carl Poff walked out of Rec Hall and toward the locker room after his team had beaten No. 13 Penn State, Lock Haven wrestlers and fans had a surprise for the fifth-year coach — a Gatorade shower.
Fencers geared to focus on 3 teams
On March 23, 1994, Columbia defeated Penn State for the the NCAA team fencing championship. Thus weekend, the two teams will renew acquaintances in New York City, but under slightly different circumstances.
3 Lions head to Princeton
Three members of the Nittany Lion men's tennis team will travel to Princeton, N.J. this weekend to see how they match up with some of the top players in the country.
Penn State teams gear up for big matches this weekend
The Lady Lions have a busy start to their spring season. They meet Temple at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Penn State Tennis Club and meet Illinois at the same time and place on Sunday.
Swimmen's last dual meet at home, laxers expecting tough scrimmage
For their last dual-meet competition of the season, the Lions (2-4, 1-2 Big Ten) meet LaSalle (5-3) at 2 p.m. tomorrow at McCoy Natatorium.
Delaware, West Virginia to give Icers tough slate
For former Icer defenseman Josh Brandwene, a little comfusion might be forgivable this weekend.
Spikers to take on rival Manitoba
Most solid rivalries are the product of tough conference clashes and momentum built up over the course of a few years. For the Lion basketball team, the marquee match up is usually against Indiana. For the football team, it is usually Michigan.
Ex-Lion watches grapplers lose
He sat in the stands, like the 2,463 other wrestling fans in the Red Hall last night, and watched Lock Haven beat the Lions, 20-14.
Lady Lion won't nip Wildcats
The women's basketball team will be without its premier scoring threat for two Big Ten road games this weekend.
Superhero Respert leading Michigan State into Rec Hall
Superman usually wears blue tights and a red cape with a big "S" on it. But in East Lansing, Mich., superman wears green and white shorts and a tank top with the No. 24 on it. The big "S" is still there — but on the court.
Gymnasts beam up for meets
When gymnast Ryan McEwen wore his Nebraska hat during Penn State practices last year, his former teammates teased him.
Gymnasts beam up for meets
Tracy Kerner, last week's Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I Women's Gymnast of the Week, will try to continue her winning ways tomorrow.
Shot in the arm
Collegian Editorial: Clinton's failure to act prolongs China's human rights abuses
A closer look at past, present Native American reality
My Opinion: A.E.B. Kapp
Letters to the editor
Play explores, discusses harrassment in college
Sexual harassment is when a person makes an unwanted sexual advance toward another. The antagonizer can come in many forms, whether it be a fellow employee, friend or even a respected professor, such as in David Mamet's Oleanna, which is the author's rendition of this serious topic.
Mozart librettist highlighted
Although the name Wofgang Amadeus Mozart rings more than a few bells in the heads of the general populace, the name Lorenzo Da Ponte usually brings nothing but blank stares.
Chorus brings Heart's Day to Old Main
Love is in the air as Valentine's Day rolls around, and many students wonder just what to do with their special someone. If romantic poetry and beautiful chamber music to entice a romantic mood come to mind, then the "Celebration of Love" is the perfect event to attend.
