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[ Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002 ]


GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith
GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith

NEWS

Graduate assistants stepped up their unionization efforts yesterday with a rally sponsored by the Graduate and Fixed Term Employee Organization (GFTEO) on the steps of Old Main.

While the Graduate and Fixed-Term Employee Organization (GFTEO) rallied for unionization yesterday, Penn State administrators say a graduate student union is unnecessary and unwanted.

Earn more than $1,000 a week by simply stuffing envelopes. Work at home while lounging on the couch in pajamas, watching TV and gorging on pizza and beer.

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The HUB-Robeson Center is one of the most common places for students to share a meal. However, some downtown businesses worry that the HUB-Robeson Center eateries are attracting their potential customers.

It's a seemingly impossible task: motivating the demographic with the smallest voter turnout to unite and form a successful third party.

A free public forum featuring author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam will be at 7 p.m. tonight in Schwab Auditorium in conjunction with the fall Foster Conference of Distinguished Writers.

Red Zone Enterprises Inc., owner of the Skytop adult entertainment club The End Zone, has been charged with operating a bottle club against a local prohibition, according to a Pennsylvania State Police press release.


SPORTS

Michael Robinson looked awfully open and Matt Schmitt seemed very intent on blocking anyone that came his way.

It was a bizarre loss to begin with, so it only fits that, on a day that qualifies as one of his worst as a Nittany Lion, Zack Mills set the school passing record.

The ace is out of the hole. It's just another card on the table now.

Though the two games were different in many ways, Saturday's overtime thriller between the Penn State and Iowa football teams made many of its participants harken back to Iowa's overtime win in the 2000 matchup.

The question is simple: which sort of death are you looking for, brutal but fast or slow and agonizing?

On the surface, a weekend like the one the Penn State men's golf team had at the Northern Intercollegiate could appear to be disappointing.

Winning is nice but it does not heal all wounds.

They are the unsung heroes of athletics as they challenge the starters at every practice for their job.

At least they are back on track.


OPINIONS

Don't waste it: Pack $1 bill, some responsibility

My Opinion: Ellen Tappen

Letters to the editor

SCIHEALTH

One of the world's most universally loathed creatures might be living right under your bed.

Stopping by a deli for lunch, playing games, looking at art, watching a puppet show, hearing a band, visiting a petting zoo and getting your face painted may all sound like activities you pay to do at any local fair.

For most people, bees may seem like a painful nuisance, but to Maryanne Frazier, senior extension associate in the entomology department, "fascinating," is a more accurate description.

My Opinion: Meningitis vaccine a concern

ARTS

Smokers might want to get their nicotine fixes before heading into Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave., tonight, as the typically smoker-friendly venue goes smoke-free for the evening's event.

WEATHER

Partly sunny and warm. High 80.


Online editor for this issue:
Kahlil Smith bio





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