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Wednesday, March 25, 1998



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The wheels on the bus go N-I-T
Collegian feature photo

Fire investigation continues
Parents and local ministries are arranging for a memorial service to be held at Line Mountain High School in honor of the 11 students who lost their lives in a cabin fire Sunday on Madisonburg Mountain.

Web creates new campaign techniques
USG Election Series: Some candidates for the presidency of the Undergraduate Student Government are taking a leap into the future of electronic campaigning by creating World Wide Web sites of their own.

USG candidates discuss visibilty
Undergraduate Student Government candidates work hard to make themselves visible during elections, but making USG visible and accessible to students is a year-round struggle.

USG to investigate elections violations
Last night the Undergraduate Student Government Senate responded to allegations of misconduct made against former chief justice of the Elections Court Duane Gildea and USG President Jaime Desmond.

Marsalis to jazz Eisenhower
Wynton Marsalis is trying to keep the tradition of jazz alive. The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and world-renowned trumpet player will be coming to share his popular jazz tones at 8 p.m. tonight at Eisenhower Auditorium.

Ebony and Ivory Week begins
Like the keys on a piano, the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternities and sororities are making beautiful music together during Ebony and Ivory Week.

University women have history
Throughout history women have made numerous contributions that have improved society.

Web site offers fun, services to students
It's been 20 years since the college cult film National Lampoon's Animal House hit theaters. To mark the anniversary of Faber College's infamous fraternity, a new World Wide Web Site, www.animalhouse.com, has been developed.

Springing up
Collegian feature photo

HUB cherubs
Collegian feature photo

Women's History Month Trivia

Police log

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Lions collar Bulldogs; Gophers next
NEW YORK -- No one would have blamed the Penn State men's basketball team had it just given up in the first half of last night's National Invitation Tournament semifinal against Georgia. After all, how much can one team take?

Win comes with price
NEW YORK -- Forget about the final score in last night's semifinal National Invitation Tournament game, because Penn State lost. There was nothing Pete Lisicky could do about it. A Calvin Booth block wouldn't make it go away.



Bear necessities
Maybe the Lady Lion basketball team deserved an NCAA Tournament bid after all.

Red-hot Spikers clip Eagles' wings
The laws of physics state that an object in motion tends to stay in motion. This holds true for the Penn State men's volleyball team.

Collegian Sports Column
Collegian columnist Craig Kackenmiester describes the intense atmosphere it was at the 1998 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland this weekend.

Lady laxer Jen Johnson keeps Lions in stitches
Every player has a role on a team, whether it be as a go-to player or bench warmer. For the Penn State women's lacrosse team, junior attacker Jen Johnson fulfills dual roles. Along with being the team's go-to player, she's also its jester.

Men's laxer programs singing the Title IX blues
Twenty-six years ago, the federal government set out to right a wrong. Twenty-six years later, the sport of lacrosse is finding out that sometimes two wrongs don't make a right.

Lady golfers try to shake rough start
The season is young, but early season disappointment is already growing old for members of the Penn State women's golf team.

Close-knit netwomen in midst of 'grueling' season
Family ties may be the strongest ties that bind, but the Penn State women's tennis team believes it has something stronger.

Trackwomen set for outdoors
Most sports teams train for one competitive season each year. Such is not the case for the Penn State women's indoor track team.

Fencer calms jitters, wins at NCAAs
The first day of the NCAA Championships proved to be a rather inauspicious one for Charlotte Walker.

--------------------------OPINIONS---------------------------

Collegian Editorial
Uni(di)versity now: Increase in University's minority population an essential goal

My Opinion
Losing faith in faith: Religion should not overstep its bounds

Letters to the editor

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