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[ Tuesday, April 20, 1999 ]

GRAPHIC: Chris McNelis

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Members reflect upon tumultuous USG year
Free Loop service, fall break and the arrest of one of its three senate presidents are only some of the ups and downs of this year's Undergraduate Student Government.

Ribbon campaign to support nonviolence
The campaign to end violence against women is underway.

Protesters to ask for settlement allotment
The scene from the state Capitol steps today will display a stream of protesters marching toward the rotunda. They will present a proposal for the allotment of tobacco settlement money recently given to Pennsylvania in a national settlement against major tobacco companies.

Public radio companies to create national online network
This summer, the two largest public radio entities in the United States, National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio, will launch a collaborative online network, ending a long history of antagonism between the two public radio giants.

Council to vote on new building
State College residents discussed their displeasure for Penn State's proposal to create a new business administration building at last night's State College Borough Council meeting.

Medical center receives $1 million donation
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has received a commitment of $1 million to provide a fund for Alzheimer's disease research.

Downtown partnerships discuss cleanup, improvement of districts
Cleaning up downtown, bringing in new businesses and parking were just a few of the issues addressed at a meeting last night sponsored by the Downtown State College Partnership Inc.

Lang trial to begin today
The jury was selected yesterday at the Centre County Courthouse for the murder trial of State College resident Richard H. Lang, Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar said.

Corporation donates servers
Unisys Corporation donated four Aquanta servers to Penn State that will run SAP software, the most popular Enterprise Resource Planning software for many business and systems engineering applications.

Police Log

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The accidental gymnast
Behind every great athlete is an equally great story of how he or she made it to the top, and Ellen Casey's gymnastics career at Penn State is no exception.

Lady sluggers split against Spartans
Tanis Ambelang used a tired and ailing arm to write her name into the Penn State record book.

Ruggers advance to Final Four
The Penn State men's rugby team has been known to run up the score on opponents with lesser records.

Spikers live on emotion
The Penn State men's volleyball team escaped a potential nightmare Saturday on sheer emotion, when it recovered from a 12-4 deficit in the fourth game of its match against Concordia to win.

Offensive explosion helps club baseball
In an offensive explosion, the Penn State club baseball team took four of five games last weekend to improve to 12-4 on the year.

Sluggers look to rebound vs. Duquesne Never before has a home run meant so little to Dan Beers.

Great One leaves one final mark
My Opinion: Vito Forlenza

Golfer Carder leads active, varied life
Brooke Carder started playing golf with current Penn State women's golf coach Denise St. Pierre when she was only 7.

Long season getting longer for O'Brien
It has been a long four years for senior midfield Colleen O'Brien, and it seemed to get longer in the Penn State women's lacrosse team's 10-8 victory over Ohio State last Friday night at Jeffrey Field.

Solid performance helps golfers take 11th place
The Penn State men's golf team used a strong performance in Sunday's third round to push it into an 11th-place finish this past weekend at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate at the Ohio State Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.

Trackmen to compete in 105th Penn Relays
The Penn State men's track and field team will participate this week in what is arguably America's greatest track and field meet -- the Penn Relays.

Fresh start
Collegian Editorial: USG Senate's 'no confidence' vote served no purpose.

Make classes 'academically enjoyable' so students will go
My Opinion: Debbie Turchetta

Letters to the Editor
Reporting rape difficult for women; Statistics not important part of rape issue; Campaign better than arguing over statistics; Catholic Response unjustly discriminates; Ad should have been endorsed by Catholics