Back Issues
Friday, Feb. 23, 1996
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Students, faculty discuss CES plan using satellite
University faculty and students voiced concerns yesterday via satellite about the Plan for Planning and the changes that will be made to the Commonwealth Educational System.
University moves day care to cut costs
Heather Hayton and her husband Chad each get about $900 a month as graduate students. With those funds, they have to pay for rent, food and, most importantly, $500 a month for day care for their two children.
USG appoints elections commission and court for 1996
The Undergraduate Student Government Senate voted to approve nine students for positions on the Elections Court and Commission in an emergency senate meeting Wednesday night.
For inmates, a chance for a better life
Ron Williams has learned to make things new again.
Corpse identified
The State College Police Department have released the name of the woman found dead Wednesday afternoon in a State College hotel room.
Committee mulls Borough Council's permit plan
With the State College Borough Council close to taking action on the Rental Permit Revocation Proposal, concerned students, rental property owners, neighbors and even members of the council are joining forces to discuss and make suggestions about the plan.
HUB expansion to be finished by 1999 at a cost of $21 million
If all goes as planned, students entering the University in 1999 will have a renovated student union for eating and studying.
For student, journalism is the real sport
The next time you see Cassandra Watson's face, it may be on the television screen. And if she has her way, it will be on ESPN.
Validity of Shuster's petitions falls under scrutiny
In what may prove to be a damaging allegation, state Sen. John Peterson, R-Pleasantville, challenged the validity of Bob Shuster's petitions to run for the 5th Congressional District Monday evening.
Police log
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Trackwomen seek to earn lost respect at Big Tens
Faded into the depths of time is the Penn State women's track and field team's last-place finish in the 1995 Big Ten championships.
Quakers, Wilcats set for rumble against netmen
The Nittany Lion men's tennis team will be writing the newest chapters on two heated rivalries this weekend when it hosts interstate foe Penn, and Big Ten opponent Northwestern this weekend.
Spikers travel to Garden (state)
It's not as glamorous as Hawaii. In fact, it doesn't even come close. But to the Penn State men's volleyball team, it will be a relaxing trip.
Lion defense leads to win
All the talk and questions were about the ineffectiveness of the Penn State offense. And with good reason.
Abe returns to struggling grapplers
Penn State wrestling coach John Fritz won't make any excuses for his team.
Lady sluggers hitting the road for tourney
The road to judgment day starts this weekend for the Penn State softball team. The Lady Lions embark on a weekend-long journey to compete in the Triangle Tournament in Raleigh, N.C., with hopes of picking up where they left off from last year's seven-out-of-10-game winning streak.
Old school
Over the past four years, the Icers have finished runner-up in the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship twice, have won the ACHA league championship twice and have added numerous mid-season tournament victories to their accomplishments.
Laxers going to challenge Buckeyes, Spartans
The Nittany Lion lacrosse team lost 12-4 at Cornell in 25 degree weather last Sunday, and for two reasons the shellacking wasn't all that bad.
Purdue weary of Nicholson's touch
About a month ago, on Jan. 18 to be exact, Lady Lion point guard Tina Nicholson hit a jumper with time running out in the game to best the Purdue Boilermakers at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.
Trackmen race off to Big Ten finals for redemption
Last place -- that's where the Penn State men's indoor track and field team finished in last year's Big Ten Championship. Last place -- that's what the team will try to avoid in this year's Big Tens on Saturday and Sunday at Ohio State University.
Lisicky resuscitates Lion offense
Taking a pass from Dugan Fife on the right wing and letting the ball fly, Michigan's Louis Bullock rolled in one of his four three-point field goals against Penn State last night. The second half had just begun, and it gave the Wolverines a 37-30 lead.
Bullock emerges from wreckage
His mental toughness was evident, simply by taking the court.
Sluggers head to Norfolk
The baseball team is not being blinded by success. Winning two out of three from Winthrop last weekend was great and everything, and the fact that the Lions came two runs away from a sweep shows just how well they played.
Gymwomen travel to New Hampshire to take on Wildcats
After witnessing a less-than-perfect balance beam flight last Saturday against Ohio State, women's gymnastics coach Steve Shephard smiled at the possibilities he could present in practice.
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Thespians add a little music to the working day in their new production
A matron, a waitress, a steel worker, a parking attendant and a prostitute have a lot in common -- they are a few of the representatives of America's work force and their lives are being re-enacted by the Penn State Thespians.
Cage and Shue excel in 'Vegas'
Leaving Las Vegas has a very thin plot; it's barely enough to sustain a two-hour film. The story is extraordinarily depressing; you leave the theater feeling like crap. And the same four songs, though cool, are heard over and over again throughout the film.
Band battle took place last night in the HUB
And the winner is . . . (drum roll, please) . . .
Zany band NOFX go to the zoo
Listening to NOFX is something like eating marshmallows: even though there's not much substance to them, the fluffy texture and sugar rush they give you can be hard to resist. But take in too much at once and you could become nauseous.
Mr. Trinkley's Opus
In ancient Greece, annual poetry contests were held in which the intellectual minds of the time competed for the illustrious prize of a crown made of laurels. This crown atop the victor's head proclaimed him as the country's best poet.
Inspiration, community aid local poet's writing
Pittsburgh native Jason Charnesky graduated from the University in 1977 with a degree in psychology, although he still had a passion for the written word. Finding himself unhappy after a few years as a program analyst for the U.S. Army in Boston, he soon resigned. Charnesky would remain loyal to his true self, for under the bureaucratic exterior lay the heart of a poet.
Father and son create cool jazz in 'Loved Ones'
Behind all great art, there lies inspiration. Behind every great man, there lies a woman.
Muppet's 'Island' a treasure chest of fun
In the beginning, God created The Muppet Movie, and He saw that it was good. And He said, "Let no Muppet movie be equal to this one." And it was so.
Marvin Gaye emodied the essence of Motown
Mention the word Motown and the name Marvin Gaye is soon to follow.
Plethora of styles found in Box
Country, rap, rock and funk.
Jordan Center announces 2 more spring concerts
One's an Indian outlaw, the other's a joker. They're both coming here.
Zoller: student artists' venue
As the sun moves west along the State College sky, its light shines upon the familiar facade of the Palmer Museum of Art. The stone paws and colorful painting can attract the wandering eyes of students leaving their lectures behind. To the east, Palmer casts its shadow upon the entrance of the lesser known Zoller Galley, leaving it and its potential patrons in the dark.
Filmmaker Zwigoff shares 'crumbs' of wisdom at Altoona
When Terry Zwigoff finally took the stage after the screening of his powerful film, it hardly seemed likely that this little man could have produced a work of such magnitude.
Collegian Arts Columnists
David Schonfeld and Jake Stuiver: Two disgruntled writers wax nostalgic for good old days of music television
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Collegian Editorial
Fantasyland: Efforts to shrink faculty salary gaps would only work in a perfect world
Reader Opinion
Collegian Columnist
Jennifer Reitz: Of all the motives, a child's happiness defines 'Thon's spirit
