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[ Thursday, April 6, 1995 ]

NEWS

Sport celebrations produce fanatic fever
Rosalinda Musquiz was in her apartment after a football game when a drunk man walked in -- uninvited.

Graduate student studies sonic booms
A new kind of supersonic passenger aircraft is expected to be flying over the Pacific and Atlantic oceans early next century. A Penn State graduate student has made the first research step toward determining how sonic booms from these high-speed aircrafts will affect marine animals.

LGBSA seeks to help minorities wishing to come out
Members of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Alliance said yesterday they wished to extend a welcome hand to minority students dealing with alternative sexual orientation.

Hill encourages a generation, calls for an end to oppression
Charming and poised, Anita Hill stepped out on the stage at Eisenhower Auditorium last night greeted by a standing ovation from the sold-out house. She smiled, thanked the audience for the welcome and, in a conversational tone, began to discuss the generation gap, sexual harassment and the future.

Beaver Avenue escapes rezoning
Residents along Beaver Avenue who feared they would no longer be able to rent their properties can breathe a sigh of relief.

Welfare debate tour stops in State College
Because Pennsylvania needs to bridge the gap between welfare and the working system, a hearing was held last night to discuss key issues regarding welfare change, the chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee said.

Fire flares twice on local property
Firefighters were called back early yesterday morning to the scene of the Shiloh Road barn fire when a nearby shed ignited hours later.

Preliminary hearings

Police Log

SPORTS

Lady linksters unhappy with 9th at Invite
The women's golf team came back in the second and third rounds at the Duke Invitational Monday and Tuesday. But because of the Lady Lions' first round on Sunday, the team's efforts may be forgotten when the final rankings before the regionals in May are released.

Boxers prepared for thin air, other obstacles at nationals
The thin air in the mountains of Colorado Springs, Colo., will be the least of the worries for the four members of Penn State's boxing club who will fight in the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championships today and tomorrow.

Lady sluggers expecting a hit
In Monday's doubleheader with Northwestern, the softball team scored two runs in the first game and three in the second, losing both. After the lackluster offensive showing, freshman first baseman Shannon Salsburg had some words of advice for the Lady Lions' next opponent.

Game of the weak
In the 1980s, Alabama, Pitt, Notre Dame and Miami were some of Penn State's football rivals. Now, it is Texas Tech, Louisville and Bowling Green that make up the Lions' non-conference football schedule.

Leopards lose to lady laxers
Receiving balanced scoring from all five attackers, the No. 8 Lady Lions (5-3) pounced upon the Lafayette Leopards, 14-5, at Metzgar Field in Easton.

Ryder catches heat, leads against Bison
Leftfielder Derek Bochna had just hit a two-run home run to beat Ohio State 3-1 in a 12-inning thriller, the second game of a March 26 doubleheader. Penn State catcher Derek Ryder slowly and delicately gathered his equipment from the emptying Nittany Lion dugout.

Professor takes Olympic journey
John Lucas quickly learned he was too small to be a basketball or football star.

Area establishments find sports lucrative
Athletic events can bring sales, partiers and a lot of activity for Happy Valley's area businesses.

OPINIONS

Faceoff
Collegian Editorial: Court should allow schools to test athletes before going on the field

'Brave new world' reflects Pope's grim culture of death
My Opinion: Allison Bull

Letters to the editor






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