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[ Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001 ]
 
Graphic: Ben Long
GRAPHIC: Ben Long

NEWS

HARRISBURG — With a sexual showdown looming at today's state House Appropriations Committee hearing, battle lines formed in Harrisburg yesterday.

HARRISBURG — State senators made little mention of Sex Faire yesterday afternoon as Penn State President Graham Spanier defended the university's use of taxpayer money to the state House Appropriations Committee.

The White Building is only using one-third of its space to hold exercise equipment because of pressure from off-campus gyms, university officials said yesterday.

HARRISBURG — Several Penn State students met with black legislative leaders yesterday to seek help in improving the university's racial climate.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Penn State recently added a feature to its Web site, http://www.clubs.psu.edu/aclu, called the "FreedomServer," which allows students to directly e-mail their state legislators.

With Black History Month winding down, Dr. Debyii Thomas spoke last night on African Consciousness Celebration 2001: "Restoring the Village by Raising Consciousness" in the HUB-Robeson Center's Heritage Hall.

Alanna Hartzok was sitting at one of the six desks in her home office when she first read that Bud Shuster was going to resign his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives' 9th District — her district.

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Starting at 6 p.m. tomorrow, students will be able to take a class in American Sign Language in 320 Wagner.

The Undergraduate Student Government is hosting a "Student Safety Forum" at 7 tonight in 302 HUB-Robeson Center.

Two men were charged Saturday in the weekend rape of a Penn State student.


SPORTS

To her players, the sound of Rene Portland's heel hitting the floor must seem like the equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard, or a 5 a.m. wake-up call.

To say Penn State hockey players Ryan and Curtiss Patrick have a rich family history embedded in hockey is somewhat of an understatement.

Joe Hindelang used to drag the infield at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science by himself before practice and games. He tied a screen he had the college make according to his own design to the back of his Mazda GLC and drove across the field.

Slowly, but surely, it's coming together.

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Three games and three shutouts later, the Lady Icers can finally rest.

Television announcers for both basketball and football will tell you time and time again how hard it is to win on the road in the Big Ten.

The Penn State Ice Lions concluded their season by splitting two games in a league tournament over the weekend at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The Lions clobbered Pittsburgh 7-4 on Saturday, thus avenging their two losses to the Panthers earlier in the year. IUP got the better of the Lions in the finals on Sunday night by outscoring them 5-2.

The Penn State men's rugby team decisively beat James Madison University Saturday by a score of 43-5. Although they lost, JMU started off the game on the right foot.

The Penn State men's basketball team entered Saturday's contest with Michigan State as the Big Ten's third best scoring offense.

In a game where Penn State needed to be hitting on all cylinders, the Nittany Lions perimeter shooters had a hard time finding the basket.

IBO Super Middleweight Champion Boxer "Dangerous" Dana Rosenblatt spoke to an audience of about 40 students Sunday at the HUB-Robeson Center's Heritage Hall.

Following their last set of tune-up bouts before regionals, the Penn State boxing team might be looking for some more time in the shop.

The Penn State baseball club kicked off their season over the weekend by heading south to play a five-game schedule. Unfortunately, the weather permitted them to play just two of those games versus the North Carolina State club team. The Lions defeated the Wolfpack 5-3 on Saturday, but a 7-3 score dropped them on Sunday to end their first series of the season in a split.

The first day Penn State women's lacrosse coach Suzanne Weinberg walked into her office in the Bryce Jordan Center she had gifts waiting for her. Right beside the flowers sent to her by her fiancé, was a basket of Irving's bagels, with a note attached from former Penn State coach Julie Williams.


It was just one shot.

Penn State women's tennis tacked on three wins to its winning streak this weekend.

OPINIONS

Dr. Laura, butt out

UCSB's weekend tragedy another preventable one

My Opinion: Tom Lazzeri


Letters to the editor

SCI-TECH

The mechanism might be difficult and complicated, but the end goal is simple: Catch the sun.



Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) is only two years old but already is one of the largest IST schools in the country.

The Undergraduate Student Government wants to help you find a job.

Heathline: Dr. Susan L. Kennedy

Tech Support: Christopher Catalano

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