Back Issues
[ Monday, July 10, 1995 ]

USG, council work on housing debate
Sitting on the wooden steps of a Laundromat, Megan Boyle pushed back her sunglasses with one hand and turned the page of her paperback book with the other. She was not thinking of the problems she had when trying to rent a house, and she was not aware that the State College Borough Council is discussing the rental housing issue in today's noon work session.

Class, Lectures stress citizenship to ease tensions between University and town
Like the State College Borough Council, the University is also working on a solution to the housing issue. And although the University wants to help students and residents live together, it does not have a concrete plan.

Diversity marks incoming class
Minority recruitment is a buzz phrase in the University's administration. Whole departments exist for the sole purpose of increasing minority attendance, but minority representation is still considered too low by many.

Town vs. Gown
It has caused students, residents and borough official s to debate it, plan it and, then, debate it again. It has created tension between students and residents; it has birthed a myriad of solutions.

Moving families in, students out
After more than a year of debating a solution on how to control student density, the State College Borough Council is considering incentives to help solve the issue. About a half a year ago, the borough instituted the First-Time Home Buyers' program to attract single families into the borough. Now, it is considering a community land trust that would be maintained by the borough.

USG looks to supreme power to find resolution in debate
The Undergraduate Student Government may be playing the borough housing game on the wrong court.

Spanier shifts staff positions
Perhaps a foreshadowing of what is to come, University President-elect Graham Spanier has brought change to the University's organizational structure starting with the Office of Development and University Relations.

Police Log

Soccer camps a kick in the grass for high schoolers
Penn State Soccer Coach Barry Gorman has been conducting soccer camps for the past eighteen years, and he continues to enjoy teaching kids the finer points of the game which he loves.

No psychic friends here, just the Collegian's mid-year review
My Opinion: Brad Young

Does not compute
Collegian Editorial: Too many questions surround illogical CAC plan

Government oppression at no less than $4.35 per hour
My Opinion: Rob Jacobs

Letters to the editor