Back Issues
Friday, April 12, 1996
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Local restaurants to donate profits to HIV, AIDS community
Participating area restaurants and diners will be using some of their profits from business on Wednesday to benefit people in the community who are HIV-positive or have been diagnosed with AIDS.
Crash kills alumnus about to receive award
The plane crash in Croatia last week, which took the life of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, also claimed the life of a Penn State alumnus who was about to be given one of the most prestigious awards the University offers.
Degree audits keep students on graduation track
Students need not worry when they cannot remember how many more general education classes they need to graduate -- it all can be found on a tiny piece of paper.
Every employer's crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed student
So he is dressed down like Shaggy and she is suited up like Daphne from "Scooby- Doo." But it doesn't make a difference; the clothes don't really make the man or woman, right?
HUB displays Clothesline Project
When statisticians offer numbers of cases of domestic violence it is easy to overlook them.
Candidates likely to sling mud
Mudslinging -- a word all too commonly associated with political campaigns. Although negative politicking is commonplace on a national level, its local presence has been felt throughout the race for the 5th Congressional District.
Student groups Spring It Together
Greek organizations will not be the only students "Springing It Together" this year.
Parks prepare for rush of anglers on first day of trout season
Anglers hoping to reel in a prize-winning catch this season will head to their favorite local fishing holes in search of the "big one" tomorrow -- the opening day of trout season.
Police log
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Gymmen head to NCAA regionals with high expectations
The meet which the Penn State men's gymnastics team has looked forward to from its first meet is now upon them. Now, it is time for the Lions to show what they are made of.
Laxers seek to break Hobart's spell to keep NCAAs alive
Upstate New York can be very pretty at this time of year. But for the Penn State lacrosse team, which travels to Hobart this weekend, it is anything but pretty.
Wildcats await weary lady sluggers
The ghost that haunts the Penn State softball team (17-15, 0-7 Big Ten) has manifested itself into a seven-game losing streak. But another unholy aberration looms in the hearts of the Lady Lions -- every loss in the seven-game skid was to Big Ten teams.
Blooming good time
The Cherry Blossom Tournament in Washington, D.C. is one of the biggest collegiate rugby tournaments on the East Coast. So why then is it merely another stepping stone in the eyes of the Penn State men's rugby club?
Focusing its eyes on the prize
After a heartbreaking last-place finish at the Big Ten championships, the women's gymnastics team met until three in the morning.
Sluggers look to continue rise
Having won six of their last seven and vaulted near the top of the Big Ten, just a game and a half behind surprising front-runner Michigan, the baseball team is hiking a peak in the Big Ten standings they have yet to see at such an early point in the season.
Second season begins for spikers
It's like the start of a new season for the Penn State men's volleyball team.
No. 3 lady laxers facing Philly foes
It will be a homecoming for the No. 3 Penn State women's lacrosse team as it heads east -- toward the hometown of its head coach, the City of Brotherly Love, to play No. 12 Temple and unranked West Chester.
UMassive test for lady ruggers
With the national championship just around the bend, the Lady Ruggers are gearing up by competing in a two-day rugby fest at the University of Massachusetts this weekend.
Netwomen hone skills for Big Tens
What a difference a few hundred miles make.
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Guided by Voices out- Beatles the Fab Four
Three weeks ago, nostalgists all around scrambled for copies of the newly released Beatles Anthology 2. Those who are searching in vain to rekindle the spirit of John Lennon through overdubs of unfinished songs from three decades ago should redirect their efforts.
Opera Theatre sings this weekend
When most people think of opera they picture overweight singers wearing horned-hats and prancing around stage in a two-hour death/ballet scene. To many, it's a cultural torture-fest and therefore readily avoided.
No Refund summons the spirits in 'Live Nude Gods'
Muses bedecked in bedsheets, their faces covered with gold glitter, jaunt around 111 Forum. No, it isn't a bacchanalia or a toga party that somehow made its way on campus. Instead, it is a rehearsal for No Refund Theatre's latest endeavor -- Live Nude Gods.
Mark McKinney not just another Kid in the hall
Mark McKinney is laughing at me.
Weekend event introduces students to the fine art of Japanese animation
Transformable jets and secret government experiments will come to the HUB this Saturday free of charge.
'Family Thing' a relatively impressive film
If you're white, imagine that you've been lied to your whole life -- that your real mother was black, and you have a brother you never knew.
'Fargo,' its surrealism: What are they all about?
OK, I have no idea what the hell Fargo is all about.
'Primal Fear' characters split personalities for plot
The poster for Primal Fear says, "Sooner or later a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real."
New STP nothing special
The Stone Temple Pilots have boldly taken off in search of their sound on Tiny Music . . . Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, their third studio album to be released in more than four years.
Two writers diss Iggy Pop after his concert
Time: 12:05 a.m.
Steve Earle arrives (again) with 'Alright'
Steve Earle was supposed to be a star. He was hailed as the next Bruce Springsteen when he released his first album, Guitar Town, in 1986. But success and fame come with a price.
University's premier conductor says farewell
A farewell is often referred to as a swan song. In this case, however, while a swan may be flying away, the song is far from over.
Foreign films inspire American remakes
What do Diabolique, The Birdcage and The Vanishing have in common?
India's film industry is surprisingly strong
The glamorous, brilliant and notorious Hollywood film industry can take a backseat to the popular American belief that its movie industry is top notch in worldwide production.
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Collegian Editorial
Little engine:
Administrators must heed calls of Students for a Democratic Burma
Reader forum
Adjua Zuberi Men-kheper-Ra Adama: Attacks on diversity have precedence
Collegian Columnist
Jennifer Reitz:
Concluding a writer's love/hate relationship with journalism
Collegian Columnist
David Scopinich:
Looking at diversity issues in a 'round' about way
Reader Opinion
