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[ Tuesday, April 3, 2001 ]
 
Graphic: Ben Long
GRAPHIC: Ben Long

NEWS

Students and permanent residents packed the meeting room and trickled into the hallway of the State College Municipal Building last night to offer their suggestions to the State College Borough Council on how to prevent more riots from happening downtown.

Police have asked members of the Penn State Black Caucus be watchful in case they receive more racist threats in the mail, students said yesterday evening.

Don't look for any tents on Old Main lawn this spring.

Some people like to eat potatoes. Others like firing them out of a gun.

A panel discussion that aimed to address the role white people play in the fight against racism last night evolved into a debate about what racism is and whether or not white privilege exists.

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced last week that it would open a clinic in State College. The organization plans to open its office at 251 Easterly Parkway sometime this summer.

Two Supreme Court rulings in the last three months have left some students concerned about affirmative action.

Starting in April and running through September, the Penn State College of Health and Human Development will offer golf classes at various times on the weekends and evenings.

State College Mayor Bill Welch was listed in critical but stable condition yesterday in Hershey Medical Center. Welch was flown to the center from Centre Community Hospital on Saturday.

SPORTS

Baseball can be a chess game at times. Strategy and personnel decisions are often just as important, if not more so, than throwing strikes and scoring runs.

In what has been a three-game slide down the ranks of collegiate lacrosse, the Penn State women's lacrosse team has decided to hit the brakes.

OPINIONS

Lessons of diversity must be all-inclusive

My Opinion: Tom Lazzeri


Letters to the editor

SCIENCE

Individuality goes straight down to the DNA — and Penn State students are developing new methods to discover the uniqueness in every human being.

With Penn State students able to register for classes, vote for their representatives and take courses over the Internet, the university now offers Technology Learning Assistance Program (TLAP) to help faculty catch up with Web-savvy students.

Combining the sciences of cardiology and radiology, doctors at Hershey Medical Center recently performed the first vascular brachytherapy surgeries in central Pennsylvania.

Doctors are recommending a new process for women to eliminate menstrual cramps and pain by using the oral contraceptive pill.

Tech Support: Christopher Catalano

Healthline: Lisa Whittaker

WEATHER
Online editors for this issue:
Raina J. Leónbio
Sarah Cassibio






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