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[ Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1995 ]

NEWS

MAC: It's more than just money
Jason Kornblatt just acquired his MAC card nine months ago when he started college, but he relies on it for almost all of his banking -- using it three or four times each week.

Adult students go back to school
Marie Gillette returned to school following a divorce, 20 years after receiving her bachelor's degree. Shortly after her return, Gillette learned she had cancer. With help from a local cancer support group, she was set back for only a few months.

Downzoning causes anguish for landlords
Richard Gesell and his wife, Lilly, do not have time to fight the Planning Commission and the State College Borough Council. But if they want to keep their Beaver Avenue properties as rentals, they might have to.

New name for housing ordinance
The State College Planning Commission and its non-voting community representatives are working on a new plan to solve rental problems.

Kennedy speaks on environment
Living with a legacy can be difficult but forging your own identity can be even harder. Yet despite being able to live off a famous name, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is making his mark as an environmentalist determined to preserve the earth.

Local bust likely broke cocaine ring
When state police arrested 13 people last week who were allegedly involved in a drug ring, they may have stopped a large source of cocaine to Centre County.

Founder's Day celebration remembers wilder times for Old Main
In 1882, University students always had tricks up their sleeves, leaving little time for University President George Atherton to do so much as blink.

Police Log

SPORTS

Pressure of post-season starts for Big Ten women
Basketball junkies have begun drooling on the sketches of their NCAA tournament brackets with March Madness just a few weeks away. Once again, the Big Ten will be well represented among the women's basketball field of 64.

Two guards' work ethics shine
In the summer of 1990, Mohr Construction Company in Kokomo, Ind., planted a basketball court 20 feet from Mike and Melanie Longworth's back door.

Josefoski ordered to sit out
Senior outside hitter Ed Josefoski has been suspended for "disciplinary reasons" and will not accompany the No. 5 men's volleyball team to a tournament at Rutgers-Newark this weekend.

Two guards' work ethics shine
She is the one who sits in the back of the classroom with a baseball cap pulled low, and yet basketball fans still recognize her.

Cagers hope to capitalize
Three weeks remain in the Big Ten season, and already the Nittany Lion basketball team has done most of what it wanted to this year.

'Fearsome foursome' rides high despite dismal season
Don't count out Penn State's wrestling team -- not just yet.

The Lions have been taken down repeatedly and forced to use much injury time.

OPINIONS

Tackling crime
Collegian Editorial: Unwarranted search steals citizen rights; grants must be monitored

Differences in communication styles: No? Maybe! Yes.
My Opinion: Majida Mehana

Letters to the editor






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