Back Issues
Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1996
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More than two million ride CATA buses in '95
The Centre Area Transportation Authority has something to boast about.
University implements plan for CES changes
Although the University announced plans to create a new Commonwealth College last Thursday, there has been no decision as to who will be the college's dean.
CES campuses share diversity struggles
While diversity and racial intolerance have been discussed frequently at University Park, students in the Commonwealth Educational System are also talking about the same issues and how they may affect their campuses.
Student dies after being hit by car
A University student died of injuries he received after being struck by a car early yesterday morning, according to a news release from the State College Police Department.
Art store owner allegedly evades taxes
The owner of a local art supply store and gallery has been charged with failure to remit more than $26,000 in sales tax and writing nearly $20,000 in bad checks to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, the Office of Attorney General announced last week.
Student activist works for change
Leon Caldwell gripped the banner firmly with his small hands as his mother held a bull horn with hers.
State College man charged in beating death of his wife
A State College man was charged yesterday with the murder of his wife two weeks ago.
Breaking tradition
The freshman student sits nervously in her first college-level class. She is facing a new experience in her life --feeling as if she is never going to fit in. But an even more trying experience is that of the adult learner having to contend with both classroom pressures and the responsibilities of having to care for a family.
Police log
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Sluggers score solid start
The members of the Penn State baseball team said last week they were ready to go, to get on with their season after four weeks of preparation in dingy Holluba Hall.
Re-vamped bowling alley remembers snow damage
When warm temperatures and rain caused ice and snow on the roof of Northland Bowl to melt and begin to leak through the ceiling on the night of Jan. 18, memories from three years ago were brought back.
Div. II Icers complete another perfect year
After a slow start the Division II Icers picked up the intensity and rolled to a lopsided 8-2 victory over Slippery Rock on Friday night at the ice pavilion. The win gives the Div. II Icers an undefeated regular season for the second year in a row. The team now heads into the playoffs with a 13-0-1 record.
Unheralded sophomore floors Ohio State hopes
When Carey Hoyt took her position for the floor exercise at last Saturday's meet with Ohio State, the Lady Lion couldn't have known how much pressure was on her. Her teammate Ellen Casey had just recorded a 9.025, while the Buckeyes hit a 9.55 to start off on the balance beam.
Buckeye star shines with Olympic ability
With the depth of the Ohio State men's gymnastics team, it was no surprise that it did not miss a beat without its leading all-around performer Drew Durbin. His teammate Blaine Wilson took charge and dominated the meet.
New colors bring same result for Kolat
LOCK HAVEN -- Had Cary Kolat been able to see the look in Biff Walizer's eyes as they locked up in the third period of their match at Lock Haven Saturday night, he would have seen a familiar expression.
The real deal
Most people attending Penn State and who live in the vicinity do not realize that several students, as well as individuals from the State College area, play ice hockey in the NHL. No, not the National Hockey League, but the Nittany Hockey League.
Well runs dry for swimmen
Now that they have had the opportunity to think it over, the Lion swimmers and divers are trying to figure out what went wrong. How could they have accomplished so much in their 9-1 dual-meet season, in the process capturing an undefeated 3-0 Big Ten record, only to finish eighth in the Big Ten championships last weekend?
Netwomen gear up for regional foe
If the women's tennis team wants to ensure itself an NCAA tournament bid in March, it knows it must win its regional matches. Today is no different.
For some, it's synch and swim
In the solitude of the White Building pool, the five athletes effortlessly move in unison. They link movements known as the albatross, the crane, and the ibis together into fluid patterns with the music. According to Amy Kane (freshman-accounting), "It's like ballet in the water."
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Generation X comic characters hit television
As fans of classic Marvel Comics characters such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and Captain America wait for their favorites to make it to the big screen, one of Marvel's newest comic creations has bypassed all the Hollywood red tape and is about to air as a TV movie.
----------------------------OPINIONS----------------------------
Collegian Editorial
Important classes: Diversity courses don't force students to do anything but think
Reader opinion
Collegian Columnist
Rustam Kasad: Experts allow others to avoid thinking for themselves
Dear Doc
Dear Doc: Doc offers advice for fatigue, cramps, sprained ankles
