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[ Wednesday, March 22, 1995 ]

CCSG receives applicants for top positions
Matthew J. Plocki and J. Benjamin Faulds have formally announced their intent to run for Council of Commonwealth Student Governments coordinator and vice coordinator on April 8.

Borough council vote starts up Hillel's plans
After much waiting, Beno Weiss, president of the Penn State Hillel Foundation's governing board, can begin deciding what to do with Hillel's property at 224 Locust Lane.

Taxes hits GOP at its core
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives learned yesterday just how difficult it is to keep fiscal promises.

USG Senate fails to override King's resolution veto
The Undergraduate Student Government has been using its constitutional powers a lot lately, and last night the checks and balances proved how well those powers work.

Proof of vaccination to be required in fall
Beginning this Fall Semester, the University will require all incoming students to provide proof of their vaccinations against measles, mumps and rubella — German measles — in order to attend.

University fund raising set to near $1 billion
At a time when the University community is expressing heightened concern about finances, plans are becoming more specific for the next fund-raising campaign and University Presdient-elect Graham Spanier's role in it.

Housing debate takes new twist
Students who are worried about having more than three unrelated people living in their house might find that today's planning commission meeting could be the beginning of even bigger concerns.

Police Log

Paterno looks for leadership
Last season, quarterback Kerry Collins, running back Ki-Jana Carter and center Bucky Greeley assumed valuable leadership roles in the Nittany Lions' perfect season. But entering the 1995 campaign, the question reamains: Who will replace Collins and company as leaders?

Students-athletes more independent
Ever since the implementation of Proposition 48, universities have been forced to take a closer look at their student-athlete academic support programs.

Top 2 Colonials out for netmen's match
Robert Morris would have come into today's men's tennis match as the underdog to Penn State. Now the Colonials will have to play without their top two players as well.

Cagers advance past Huskers
Forget it, because even if Penn State and Nebraska had faced off on the gridiron for that mythical national title, they would have they would have been hard pressed to put the kind of game their basketball counterparts combined for last night.

Lion volleyball player a non-stop performer
Ed Josefoski can't help it. At a university where everything out of the ordinary isn't condoned, he stands out. Dark, slicked-back hair. Sideburns Jason Priestly might envy. Long, powerful arms and legs. A demeanor which is usually friendy and gregarious, but at other times inflames opposing players and exasperates his own coach.

Sacrifices pay off for gymnast
High school ended at 2:30 p.m. He was home by 3 p.m. to eat. He left again at 3:20 p.m. for Allentown, a two-hour drive. And he was still a half-hour late for practice at the Gymnastrum, where he trained for hours each day.

School of hard knocks
No many Penn State students have been bodyslammed onto concrete floors or smacked in the head with a stell chair.

Club boxing lacks hype, proves valor of pure sport
My Opinion: Kevin Gorman

Reneged promise
Collegian Editorial: A constitutional term limit will hinder voters' freedom of choice

Unveiling the hidden welfare state for the corporate rich
My Opinion: Fred Anderson

Letters to the editor

• Humble suggestion
  
• SHB hoax