Back Issues
Monday, July 15, 1996
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Board votes on tuition increase
The University Board of Trustees approved a 4.75 percent tuition hike for all University students and a 1996-97 total operating budget of $1.6 billion Friday.
Classroom/Office Building to be renamed
Although former University President Joab Thomas retired less than a year ago, students will still learn under his name.
College Heights traffic issue to be discussed
Tonight the public will have the opportunity to voice their concerns over a proposal to close three alleys to most traffic in the College Heights neighborhood.
Trustees approve new budget, tuition for Medical Center
The University Board of Trustees approved Friday a new operating budget and tuition for the University's Hershey Medical Center.
Water soaks traffic
Hundreds of partying people in downtown State College started a water fight from their balconies along East Beaver Avenue Saturday afternoon.
Construction projects start after Arts Festival weekend
Several road construction projects will be beginning today.
Trustees Briefs
Police log
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Long hours of Arts Festival take toll on vendors
Everyday they were there. Before anyone else arrived, and after most people had left, they were there. They were the artists and craftsmen of the 30th Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, and almost everyday of the festival they could be seen manning their booths.
Theatre production adds history, issues to festival
Experience makes us who we are. This is one of the themes expressed by Arm-of-the-Sea Theatre company in their original visual arts production, Dreambones and Lightning, which was performed during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on Thursday.
Art fans flee claustraphobia for 'other' festival
The atmosphere of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts this year, where arts, music and people converged upon State College, was hectic and congested, but not entirely unavoidable.
----------------------------OPINION----------------------------
Collegian Editorial
Mo' money:
Tuition increases are actually worse than they seem.
Reader opinion
Letters from our readers.
For living in the information age, Americans still stupid
Collegian Columnist Earl B. Smith explains why common sense is not as common as you may think.
