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[ Wednesday, March 29, 1995 ]

Budget woes may bolster student awareness
As legislators increasingly turn to cuts in education and student aid to solve their budget woes, student lobbyists at the University are hard at work informing and mobilizing their fellow students into effective blocs of opposition.

Cents-less
Chris Saunders used to stay up late at night when he was Undergraduate Student Government president --thinking about how he and other students could remedy the need for more financial aid.

Possible funding cuts threaten minority retention
The big picture. It often gets lost in all the hustle and bustle of the daily grind of the University and the lives of individual students. But in the midst of what some fear to be a major financial aid crisis facing Penn State, it's the big picture that may be up against the greatest threat of all.

Aid game provides big challenges for some Big Ten members
Ever since the induction of Penn State, numbers have been a source of humor for the 11 schools of the Big Ten.

PSU students' federal aid in jeopardy
Talk is cheap, so they say. But when the talk in Washington, D.C., recently turned to reducing the federal deficit by eliminating student aid programs, talk suddenly became very expensive.

Eco-Action plants seed for expanded recycling
Like a string tied to a forgetful finger, cloth ribbons tied to 415 trees across campus yesterday served to remind the University community of an important recycling fact.

Old idea brings new hope for students
In the mid-1970s a group of University students collected about 20,000 student signatures supporting the formation of an organization -- called a Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) -- that would act on consumer advocacy issues, such as discrimination and environmental protection.

University official decides to stay
It was announced yesterday that the University will not be losing one of its top officials to Arkansas State University where a presidential search is underway.

USG ballots pose referenda
Voters for the Undergraduate Student Government elections will be able to choose one ticket for USG president and vice president at 12 different polling sites today.

Rape victim's experience sparks emotion in students
I was raped, and it still hurts four years later, Katie Koestner told a group of 297 students at Schwab Auditorium last night. Koestner, who has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," a Time magazine cover, and has recently finished a project with HBO based on her date rape experience, spoke to the crowd not as a victim, but as a survivor.

PSU leaders plead case to senators for funding
HARRISBURG -- University administrators and a few student leaders voyaged to the state capital yesterday with one mission on their minds -- to get the additional $23 million the University requested in September.

Police Log

Student-athlete workshop to help children resolve conflict
Men's gymnastics captain Dave Riordan, baseball players Carl Albrecht and Derek Ryder and football players Brian King and Stephen Pitts will be conducting a conflict resolution workshop today at Park Forest Junior High.

Fencers win NCAAs; 3rd title in 6 years
It stands 24 inches high, is 14 inches wide and weighs 15 pounds. It is the NCAA trophy. It is the most coveted object in all of collegiate sport. And to this point in the sports season, no Penn State team has won it.

Lady sluggers hope to take 'Zip' out of Akron with Hanna pitching game 1 of doubleheader
When Akron's team bus rolls into Lady Lion Field for the softball team's home opener at 3 p.m. today, its luggage compartment will be stuffed -- the Zips have been packing some pretty big bats this season.

Familiarity breeds volleyball content
It will be a reunion of sorts for the Lion volleyball team when Juniata visits at 7:30 p.m. today in Rec Hall.

Lions shoot for last win over Canisius
NEW YORK -- After its run through the National Invitation Tournament came up short in Monday night's semifinal loss to Marquette, the men's basketball team found itself with an uncomfortable question to answer:

Sluggers keep eye on season upswing
The jubilant, blue-clad Penn State baseball team bounded from the steps of the Penn State dugout Sunday and onto the windswept field.

You're invited
Collegian Editorial: Don't reject an invitation to choose the right party

Gender and ethnic stereotypes at work -- part two
My Opinion: Majida Mehana

Letters to the editor

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Helmet to headline ARHS Movin' On
Industrial darlings Helmet will headline the Association of Residence Hall Students' Movin' On festival on the HUB lawn Saturday April 22.