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[ Thursday, Feb. 25, 1999 ]

Ben Long

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Penn State files suit against insurance company
Penn State is suing the New Jersey-based Western World Insurance Company as a result of a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Penn State student Melanie Spalla, who died after being shot on the HUB lawn in Fall Semester 1996.

Professors discuss situation in Kosovo
Kosovo still is searching for peace after centuries of violence and bloodshed. The Serbs continue to fight with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo over control of the territory Serbs lost in a war about hundreds of years ago.

Program to give stress education, information
Students face stress and depression at some time during their college careers, yet some do not know how to handle it.

Eating disorders focus of student play Body image, media influence and parental pressure were just some of the issues explored last night as Loaves and Fish Traveling Repertory Company presented Hopes & An Orange Duck, a play about an Asian-American woman's battle with an eating disorder.

Mediators trained, ready to help out students' conflicts
The Penn State Peer Mediation Program, which began this semester, hopes to help students get past such problems.

COG closer to adopting comprehensive plan
The updated Comprehensive Plan that will provide a framework for how the Centre Region should evolve over time is moving closer to finalization.

Poet to speak of her 'vision'
Drawing on experience from her accomplished past, writer Juanita Torrence-Thompson will present her "Visions for a New Era." Torrence-Thompson, the third poet in the series celebrating Black History Month, will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center.

Preliminary hearings

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Pay to play
Every day for the last four years, Dana Weber has filed in for two more hours of practice.

'Flashy' Reese shooting star for Michigan State
Nobody knew what was about to take place as Michigan State and Iowa went through layup drills and pregame introductions.

Win streak
After losing 10 of 11 Big Ten games, the Penn State men's basketball team fought off a late Michigan run to win its second straight conference game, beating the Wolverines 78-72 last night at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich.

No. 20 swimmen dive into Big Tens
Today begins the final chance this season for the Penn State men's swimming and diving team to meet with Big Ten foes when the Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships begin at Indiana.

Spikers annihilate AUPR
The American University of Puerto Rico's cheering section showed up. Its team did not.

Michigan lady cager Thomas provides defensive spark, improving offensively
This season, Stacey Thomas stole the show. Literally.

Bursich uses size, strength to make statement during Icers' championship bid
When he first learned how to skate, Ed Bursich used double-bladed skates to give his little 5-year-old legs extra support on the slick ice.

Laxers look to overcome yearly Notre Dame jinx
From day one, Penn State coach Glenn Thiel has said the Nittany Lion men's lacrosse team's ultimate goal is to make the playoffs.

Spikers take advantage of weak conference schedule
With the men's volleyball season in full swing, there are only two teams left that can call themselves perfect.

Golfers place 18th at Puerto Rico Classic
The Penn State men's golf team finished 18th at the Puerto Rico Classic, which took place Sunday through Tuesday at the Rio Mar Country Club in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

MSU secures Big Ten crown, possible top seed in NCAAs
It seems like tradition at Iowa -- longtime winning coaches leaving Iowa City, Iowa, after illustrious careers and garnering the love and respect for which all strive but few actually attain.

Priorities
Collegian Editorial: Penn State needs more housing, not more programs, buildings.

Black professor brings background, experiences to class
My opinion: John C. Manigaule

Letters to the Editor
Students steal because food is too expensive; Affirmative action not only preference

Graduate's play opens with interest, confusion
If you want to be senselessly entertained, don't go to The Windows of Albert Camus -- although there is a guy in the play who does a short but really great Marvin the Martian impression.

Centre Stage announces schedule
Stephen Rothman, the producing director of Pennsylvania Centre Stage, stepped up to the podium with a grin sliced into his thick beard.