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[ Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1999 ]

Stacy Olenoski

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Downtown shops black out Power to most of the downtown area was cut off for several hours yesterday, leaving many businesses temporarily closed but causing no major traffic problems.

PSU pumps most into local economy
Penn State may look most familiar in blue and white, but the Centre Region can't help but see green.

USG tackles building height restrictions
State College Mayor Bill Welch addressed concerns about restrictions on off-campus housing at the Undergraduate Student Government Senate meeting last night.

Tuition rising faster than inflation
The average national cost of tuition continues to increase at double the rate of inflation, causing many problems for graduating students.

Three men plead guilty to riot-related charges
Three more men pleaded guilty and two others entered no contest pleas Monday to charges stemming from the July 12 riot.

Noncompliance plagues doctors
Noncompliance, a term used by doctors when patients do not take their prescription medications properly, could be a bigger problem than students realize.

Wal-Mart agrees to clean up its act
The impact of the neighborhood "superstore" has long been suspect, and a recent environmental inspection has confirmed those concerns at one construction site.

State College talks trash
Last October, State College residents and visitors threw away more than 1,300 tons of trash. In November, they produced another 1,072 tons. And in December, more than 1,200 tons of trash were added to the pile.

State officials to launch anti-dumping campaign
Nobody likes a litterbug, especially when the trash they drop is old tires and hazardous waste.

Lawmakers wrangle over Internet controls
The Child Online Protection Act has the federal government and several organizations butting heads about the constitutionality of regulating Internet access.

NASA considers Penn State satellite proposal
They come and they go in a flash, mysterious explosions of high energy that randomly pop up in the sky. Lasting a minute at most, gamma ray bursts emit gamma rays, optical light rays and radio waves into the universe.

Satirical Web site challenges views of past
Void of hard facts and numerical figures, the online play Feets! Don't Fail Me Now presents American history and race relations from a rarely taught perspective -- a humorous and fictitious one.

Speaking skills? Whatever
Some colleges are cracking down on the "likes," "whatevers" and "you knows" that many students overuse in their daily conversations.

Commonwealth Campuses prepare for Thon
For the first time ever, all 19 campuses in the Commonwealth will be participating in the 1999 Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon.

Laptop Library opening today
Penn State will hold an official open house for its first virtual library at 3:00 p.m. today.

CAMS connects old worlds with new
Egyptian hieroglyphics, Roman archaeology and Mesopotamian civilizations are just a few of the subjects students explore within the classics and ancient Mediterranean studies (CAMS) major.

Meningitis scare finished; infected woman released
A visiting Shippensburg University student diagnosed with meningitis last week was released from Hershey Medical Center yesterday.

$6 million DuPont donation to alleviate damage to crops
DuPont will donate a patent and related technical information valued at $6 million to Penn State to encourage the commercial development of compounds to alleviate crop damage caused by mites.

Police Log

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Miracle worker
Purdue's charismatic Carolyn Peck has quickly risen to top of women's basketball coaching ranks.

Lady cager setting records
Members of the No. 15 Penn State women's basketball team are starting to form a habit of attaining lofty honors.

Big Ten cagers surprise all
My Opinion: Craig Kackenmeister

Riding to victory
For some reason, Jason Kruk wasn't worried. The Penn State wrestler, performing in the first collegiate dual meet of his career, trailed his 133-pound opponent 4-3 with only one period of grappling left.

University considering new hockey arena
The Ice Pavilion at Greenberg Sports Complex is an arena buried in tradition.

Patrick, Eizenman headline help offensive-minded Icers to victories
Whoever first uttered the hackneyed sports phrase, "The best offense is a great defense" was probably either on a team with outstanding defensive play or a coach in search of a motivational tool.

Icers' coach needs to make up his mind on goalie
My Opinion: Carla Motko

Spikers travel to East Stroudsburg, Pavlik looks for win No. 100
In search of its first winning streak of the season, the Penn State men's volleyball team will travel to East Stroudsburg tomorrow night with a little more to play for than just a win.

Invest in the future
Collegian Editorial: Despite state budget surplus, Ridge didn't give to colleges

Learn restraint on bar tours or suffer the consequences
My opinion: Brendan C. Quinn

Letters to the Editor
Cancer, not Thon, is inhumane; Impact of Thon not as great if 24 hours; Pain, suffering worth rewards of Thon; Thon participants deserve resolution;

Collegian Cartoon
Cartoon by: Tim Gates

Play remembers '50s songwriters
At 8 p.m. tomorrow and Friday, the song and dance of this era will shake down Eisenhower Auditorium when The Troika Organization presents Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller.