Back Issues
Thursday, Feb. 8, 1996
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Coroner announces candidacy for state House
Surrounded by his family at the Mt. Nittany Inn, Centre County Coroner Kerry A. Benninghoff announced yesterday his intentions to run for an open seat in the upcoming April primaries.
Lack of state funds to cause tuition hike
Tuition for next year will increase at least 4.5 percent, if not more.
Party-goers concerned with coat-theft problem
Party precautions at the University are few, but some students are learning a valuable lesson -- leave coats at home.
Local woman murdered
A College Heights man faces first-degree and third-degree murder charges in connection with the death of his wife.
No students show for fee forum
What was supposed to be a town meeting about the $25-per-semester activity fee looked more like a ghost town last night.
Student arrested false alarms
University Police Services arrested Peter J. Auster, 18, of Geary Hall yesterday for pulling four false fire alarms.
Weather patterns irregular
In the wake of the severe cold spell that gripped the area earlier this week, local residents might be wondering what happened to the above-normal temperatures that were supposed to occur this winter.
Police log
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Wisconsin hopes to stay afloat
Wisconsin's women's basketball team is on a familiar course this year, navigating toward the top of the conference.
Speed hallmark of stellar recruiting class
In August, when many students are still working or vacationing, a select group of freshmen converge on the Penn State campus. They come from different backgrounds. Some come from in-state, others travel hundreds of miles. Some are all-this and some are all-that.
List of letter of intent signees
Cagers face Big Ten nemesis Illini
Since joining the Big Ten, Illinois has owned Penn State in men's basketball. The five meetings between the schools, since the Lions joined the conference for the 1992-93 season, have produced a quintet of easy Illinois wins.
Icers super against 'Nova
PHILADELPHIA -- The Icers dashed all hopes for a Villanova win by scoring three times on 22 shots in the first period of last night's contest en route to a 7-1 win.
Class ranked No. 1
SuperPrep Magazine Top 20 Recruiting Classes
Deck the halls with walls of player signings . . .
All the hype and national signing day has come and gone. It is kind of like Christmas, you prepare for months, then wham, it's over in a day. Hey, you might have been disappointed when you looked under the tree and found a pair of socks, but you can't be disappointed with this recruiting season.
Head for the mountains
Kyle Dixon got a 10-speed for his 15th birthday and took to breaking it in on a paved two-lane path that was the result of a rails-to-trails makeover, the former Washington & Old Dominion railroad. The path, stretching from Washington, D.C., to the Virginia foothills, was marked every half-mile and Dixon's home in Reston, Va., was at the 18-mile mark. He made it his goal each trip to ride the W&OD a half-mile past his previous distance, often through remote wooded areas, until he reached the 60-mile mark at the end of the path. Soon he built the endurance to complete the 84-mile trek in full.
Kincaid rides cycling success to Olympic trials, sponsorship
The bicycles are stripped to the bare essentials, set at a fixed gear and capable of pedaling forward and backward on an oval track that is 333-meters long with 35-degree banks steep enough to accommodate large bursts of speed in short races.
Out of Africa, miler returns to PSU track
The men's indoor track and field team has had many great moments this season, but perhaps the best was the return of David McMillan, who at 32, ran the mile in four minutes, 17.87 seconds. McMillan competed unattached at the meet.
Glass cleaners
Launching skyward from the Crisler Arena hardwood, she attacked her prey like a determined, hungry hunter. She did it with such ferocity -- as if she knew it might be her last kill.
Collegian Sports Columnist
Kevin Gorman: In face of racism, athletes shine through
----------------------------OPINIONS----------------------------
Collegian Editorial
'Net loss: Telecommunications bill begins restriction of final free frontier
Reader opinion
Collegian Columnist
Erin Strout: Little things are the key in the search for lost humanity
