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[ Thursday, March 2, 1995 ]

Researchers find protein works as motor
Penn State researchers have proven how one protein works as a motor, carrying chemicals produced by nerve cells to their release sites on the cell surface.

Senate argues over plans
Prior to the actions regarding the Undergraduate Student Government Senate President Josh Bokee at the senate meeting Tuesday night, emotions stirred about vital information that could be used in upcoming USG elections.

The lure of fishing
The sun barely peaked above the horizon, its yellowish hue beaming through air so cold that eyes would rather shut than be dried out by its devastating harshness. But as a new dawn crept up on the lazy hill at the north end of the 72-acre lake at Stone Valley Recreation Area, men in orange hunting jackets got out of their cars and trucks so they could walk on water for a day.

Letter writers seek support
University students made their voices heard at the state Capitol and on Capitol Hill through writing letters yesterday in response to Gov. Tom Ridge's proposed budget cuts and the U.S Congress' "Contract with America which may reduce student loans. The Undergraduate Student Government Federal Lobbying Department organized a letter-writing campaign in the HUB Ballroom called Government Awareness Day.

Two University faculty members work with NASA
When the International Space Station Alpha begins its launch operations in a few years, human adaptation to long-term space flight will be studied -- a result of the efforts of a NASA Science Working Group that includes two Penn State faculty members.

Preliminary hearings

Police Log

Making their point
Think of the current elite of college point guards and a few names will likely come to mind: Stoudamire, Iverson, Best and maybe a handful of others.

Fans in 'Roar's Box' cheer on hoops teams
A group of Penn State students wearing long-sleeved white shirts and known simply as the "Roar's Box" cheered on both the men's and women's basketball teams at several games during the just-completed regular season.

Board sets pace for other athletic organizations
It's not an imported car. But 10 years ago, the idea of having a SAAB -- or Student Athletic Advisory Board -- was indeed a foreign one for many athletes.

Back in the saddle
Since its inception in 1965, the Penn State women's lacrosse program has been accustomed to winning. When the program joined the United States Women's Lacrosse Association 13 years later, it immediately made its presence felt by capturing three straight national championships.

Sluggers upbeat despite slow start
The Penn State baseball team would like to have a few wins to show for its efforts in the season's first two weeks. But the Nittany Lions are not crying in their sunflower seeds over an 0-6 record.

Student trainers heal all
Student trainers often go ignored, working behind the scenes at Penn State athletic events.

Back to basics
She waited patiently, making the most of her opportunities.

For two years, center Kim Calhoun found herself in a reserve role on the women's basketball team, playing behind more experienced post-players, including Helen Holloway, Tina Henry and Missy Masley.

Hawkeyes favored to win 20th title
Richard Nixon was president. The United States was fighting in the Vietnam War. Secretariat won the Triple Crown. Six of the starters on Penn State's wrestling team weren't even born.

Pritzlaff a contender in 1st season
Some of Glenn Pritzlaff's toughest matches aren't wrestled on the Rec Hall mat or in any other Big Ten venue. Instead, these intense battles are in a quiet, nearly empty gym at Pritzlaff's high school in Middletown, N.J.

Award time draws near for Big Ten men's hoops stars
As the Big Ten men's basketball season crawls to an end, Michigan State sits atop the conference at 12-3 (20-4 overall), with Purdue nipping at its heels at 11-3 (20-6 prior to last night's game). Both appear to be a lock for the postseason extravaganza.

Netmen expect competitive showing from Colonials
Following weeks of participating in tournaments, the Penn State men's tennis team will go head to head with an opponent and earn a team score for the first time this season.

Second line powers Icers to tourney win
With the Fighting Illini focusing on the Icers' top line of senior Cliff Graziano, junior Rob Keegan and sophomore Rich Martha, Penn State's second line was able to skate a little more freely.

Free throws decide game in cager win
Glenn Sekunda said he had all the confidence in the world in his foul shot. In the waning moments of the men's basketball team's game against Ohio State last night, he needed it.

Athletic director is cornerstone of sports
Tim Curley grew up watching Penn State athletes outside his front door.

Except for the first two months of his life, Penn State's athletic director has known no other home than State College. He lived in a house on Park Avenue, across the street from the old Beaver Stadium for much of his life.

Center will be ready in 1996
Nittany and Lady Lion basketball players will have a new court to play on when they start Big Ten conference play next January.

Six swimmen compete at ECAC tourney in N.Y.
Six members of the men's swimming team will compete in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Invitational today through Saturday at Buffalo. This tournament serves as a consolation meet for four of the swimmers, who were not selected to go to the Big Ten championships last weekend at Minnesota.

Law of the land
Collegian Editorial: Supreme Court decision of Colorado law will affect gay rights

U.S, legal system's verdict not always trugh and justice
My Opinion: Allison Bull

Letters to the editor

• Academic racists
  
• Anit-sexist flaws