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Back Issues [ Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 ]


Graphic: Kelly Lamanna
GRAPHIC: Kelly R. Lamanna

NEWS

The 1999 Framework To Foster Diversity report will remain confidential.
That was Terrell Jones's message last night to members of the Undergraduate Student Government joint diversity committee.

Pockets of people, most of them in their early teens, gathered around the steps of Old Main yesterday afternoon to discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and join in a celebratory march.

Members of the NOMMO Performing Arts Company in colorful, traditional African dress, unlocked the doors to Heritage Hall, inviting a group of onlookers into the opening celebration of The Africana Research Center.


When the university community celebrates the third annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Penn State students will be the only ones in the Big Ten expected to attend classes on the national holiday.

"Paper or plastic" might be the eternal question, but for many in the food service industry, the question often becomes "paper or Styrofoam?"

The pipe that burst and created a sinkhole in the Orange section of Lot 80 Wednesday night was repaired by 6 a.m. yesterday, but the cause has yet to be determined.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 200 E. Beaver Ave., is not being recognized as a member of the Interfraternity Council, IFC President Max Pipman said.

Bistro is not a word heard often when considering where to dine in State College. But the new restaurant, Zola New World Bistro, 324 W. College Ave, which is slated to open its doors in March may make "Bistro" more familiar.


About 30 volunteers wielding baseball caps and camcorders will roam the streets of State College next Saturday to film the 22nd edition of WPSX-TV's Our Town series.

An already short supply of parking on campus will become even shorter Monday when construction begins on an addition to the Nittany Parking Deck.

Prof. Christopher Clausen presented his lecture, "Nostalgia, Freedom, and the End of Cultures: America in the 21st Century" at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.

A small group of Penn State students was exposed to a woman who has been hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis, said Margaret Spear, director of University Health Services.

The Asian American Christian Fellowship will host an outreach event, "Asian Light," at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Heritage Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center.

Student writers have two opportunities to submit their work for prizes and recognition: 2002 Katey Lehman Creative Writing Awards Contest and The Alexander Hamilton Second Amendment Student Writing Competition.

Registration for the Splash for Cash charity event will end Monday, Coaches vs. Cancer announced. The swimming event will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 26, at the McCoy Natatorium.


sports

After putting forth their most balanced offensive effort of the season last Sunday against Michigan, the Penn State women's basketball team will try to make it two in a row this weekend against another Big Ten opponent

Granted, the Big Ten men's basketball season is only three weeks old, but still, not many people would have expected to see Penn State and Michigan State tied in the conference standings heading into their game tomorrow.


The No. 18 Penn State women's swimming team will face two of those teams this weekend and the other two, Minnesota and Indiana, will have to wait their turn.

With just a little more than a month left to prepare for the Big Ten championships, the men's swimming and diving team faces its biggest challenge of the season in Big Ten foes Michigan and Purdue.

Last week, the No. 18 Penn State women's gymnastics team finished sixth out of six teams at the SEC Challenge, and immediately headed to the gym to begin polishing their errors and learning from their mistakes.

Revenge is best served cold. On ice.The Lady Icers (10-4) are set to strap on their battle gear against Western Michigan (2-8-3) on Friday, Arizona State (2-1) in a Saturday night matchup, and Pittsburgh (3-5) in a rival confrontation on Sunday to cap off a demanding weekend.

The No. 1 Icers (17-1-1) will host No. 15 St. Louis tonight at 8 at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion. The first contest at 5 will feature No. 4 Iowa St. (20-6-3) and No. 18 West Chester (8-10-1). The title game will be tomorrow night at 8, following the consolation game at 5.

After months of strength training and skill building, the Penn State men's gymnastics team finally gets the chance to show off the results to a home crowd.

The Nittany Lions will square off against both Indiana and Ohio State University.

My Opinion: Jeff Rice

The Penn State women's indoor track team will look to build on their season opening win when they compete in the Doug Raymond Invitational tomorrow.

Less than 3,000 seats remain for tomorrow's 12:15 p.m. contest with the Spartans, while less than 5,000 seats remain for Wednesday's showdown with the No. 25 Hoosiers.
OPINIONS

Senate misstep shows need for organization

My opinion: Erica Zarra


Letters to the Editor
ARTS

He's Charles Dumas, associate professor of theater and African and African-American Studies, and has lived the lessons the tapes and books could only hope to teach.

First Monday, an hour-long drama that centers on the Supreme Court, includes a non-fiction show within the fictional show in which journalist and Penn State alumnus Charles Bierbauer conducts non-scripted interviews with prominent figures in political and social spheres.

The Penn State School of Theatre and the Martin Luther King Day Committee will present A Single Fabric of Destiny: Four Monographs on African-American Culture at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Pavilion Theatre.

Feng, who is 57 and has been involved with acrobatics since he was about 30, said he expects his professionals to dazzle when they take the stage at 8 p.m. today in Eisenhower Auditorium.

For a student hooked on stale sandwiches and extra-annoying extra-value meals, the smaller streets connecting College and Beaver avenues are often overlooked. It is true, however, that some of the most unique and exceptional dining experiences are often hidden back on the side streets.

The Palmer Museum of Art's film series, "Come As You Are," continues this semester with Indian films to compliment a gallery exhibit that began in October titled, Devotion and Diversity: South Asian Sculpture from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

A Venues reporter decided to find out where Penn State students like to take their first dates in State College.

Local theaters have boasted sold-out shows on more than one occasion in recent weeks and the overall box office revenue reflects a record-breaking holiday season for Hollywood fare across the nation.

A clash of the arts will take place when a concert to raise money for the Student Film Organization (SFO) starts at 8 p.m. on Monday at the Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave. Noc 26, Changing Frames, Mordeccai and Nevermoure will be performing at Monday's benefit.

With a movie appearance, some tour dates and his solo debut hitting store shelves, Isaac "Dickie" Freeman has seen his career take off in the past two years.

I sat down at VanDance's The Raven ... and Other Mysterious Tales last weekend and was immediately struck by the atmosphere: eerie, Pure Moods-esque music wafted from a speaker; black tablecloths and gothic candelabras decorated the clusters of tables and a wooden coffin sat on the stage.

Chick lit is an emerging genre of literature telling the tales of spunky, usually single, young women and their struggles that result in self-awareness and, generally, a knight-in-shining-armor boyfriend. These novels are for women, by women.

I am an educated, intelligent individual. Yet, I so much enjoy "chick lit." This is an internal conflict with which I deal daily.

Hedwig is a glamorous transgendered rock star drag queen from East Berlin. Oh, and she has an angry inch: a very angry inch.

With her 1999 debut release Street Faërie, Cree Summer lulls her listeners into a tranquil, euphoric trance, then electrifies their ears and hearts.

My Opinion: Gretchen Gailey

Ranging from operatic arias and ensembles from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, the program is scheduled to feature favorites from many different countries.

The Pennsylvania Quintet, Penn State's wind faculty chamber ensemble, will present a concert at 8 p.m. on Monday in the Esber Recital Hall, located in Music Building I on campus. The concert will be free and open to the public.

The Central Pennsylvania Dance Workshop invites the public to its Open House Monday through Sunday. There is no charge for Open House classes.

The Dave Matthews Band offical Web site has listed The Bryce Jordan Center as its second stop on its tour.

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