Penn State President Graham Spanier said on Friday that next year's tuition "will almost certainly be higher than what we would like to see" due to state budget changes.

Nearly 1,000 volunteers from about 70 student organizations have been working all year to organize today's Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service activities.

When an American was captured fighting for the Taliban in northern Afghanistan in November, the story of 20-year-old John Walker Lindh saturated the news. But the story had special significance for some State College residents: Walker's father is a Penn State graduate.

His helmet visor down, silver ponytail flapping in the wind, Tom Grove zooms on his Kawasaki Vulcan Classic motorcycle on a 3,000-mile voyage across our nation's open roads. Or so goes the fantasy of the self-described "rebellious old man."

Canning, or canister solicitation, is the primary method Thon uses to raise money. Four times during the year, students from fraternities, sororities and other student groups stand beside roads or in front of stores to receive donations from anyone willing to contribute spare change. This weekend was the third trip.

Penn State is working toward its plans to install sprinklers in all dormitories following fires at Seton Hall University and Bloomsburg University in early 2000 that brought the danger of campus fires to national attention.

As more people rely solely on automated teller machines (ATM) to take care of their banking needs, criminals have moved to take advantage of the opportunity to make easy money.

The media portrays terrorism as senseless and aimless acts of violence when in fact, the aims of terrorists are crystal clear, said Colin Flint, professor of geography.

Centre Community Hospital has been negotiating with Geisinger Health System to create a "preferred partnership," an affiliation which Penn State does not support, Penn State President Graham Spanier said Friday.

The program "These Hands Weren't Made for Hurting" will use hands of all shapes and sizes to cover the walls of Penn State Altoona College's Slep Student Center today.

The Penn State Board of Trustees re-elected Edward Hintz to his position as president of the board during its regular meeting Friday. Cynthia Baldwin also was re-elected to her position as vice president. All associate secretaries and other officers of the board will retain their positions.

Penn State's Commonwealth Campuses are observing the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. in a variety of ways.

The Lions made Portland's predictions come true yesterday as they fell to Michigan State (12-6, 2-5 Big Ten), 66-62, in East Lansing. Penn State (11-8, 3-3 Big Ten) squandered a one-point lead with 1:14 left in the game and gave the Spartans their second straight conference victory.

"Aloha" was the kindest greeting the Penn State men's volleyball team received over the weekend at the Outrigger Invitational in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Penn State (4-3, 1-1) traveled to Ann Arbor on Friday evening for a meeting with the No. 17 Wolverines (0-4, 0-2). After somewhat of a slow start, the Lions reeled off four straight events.

Saturday the Lions went up against "men" when they went up against Big Ten competition at the Indiana Tri-Meet in Bloomington, Ind. They got a small sample of the Big Ten competition they will face at the Big Ten Championships.

As if achieving a personal high score on rings and winning the Gene Wettstone Award was not exciting enough for sophomore Kevin Tan, he also had his father there to cheer him on and see all of the excitement for himself.

The first home meet of the season can cause jitters in any team. This was the case for the No. 18 Penn State women's gymnastics team Saturday night at Rec Hall. The Lions who lost the meet against Denver, 193.250-192.750, in front of the 3,031 in attendance.

Letters to the Editor

---