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[ Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003 ]


GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith
GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith

NEWS

Malpractice insurance premiums may shut down the emergency room at Centre Community Hospital as the clock ticks on physician's insurance coverage that expires after Feb. 28.

The Espress'ery and R.C. Proffitt's are permanently closing, but new plans are in store for students seeking a social scene in Pollock Commons.

Above-average snowfall this winter has put a strain on the snow removal budgets of state and local agencies. Over-budget costs could mean cuts from spring road maintenance plans at both levels, officials say.

With the looming possibility of war and soldiers departing to the Middle East, heated debate about conflict in Iraq is circulating through the classrooms of many universities.

Dancing for 48 hours straight does not do a body good, and students this weekend will need all the help they can get to quench thirsts, quiet stomachs, comfort feet and conquer boredom.

State College Mayor Bill Welch said his recovery following surgery at Hershey Medical Center is going well.

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Mike's Music, 226 W. College Ave., will be closing and moving all inventory to its Atherton Street branch in the next several weeks.

In her three years living in Pennsylvania, Hawaii Club President Karinn Libby (junior-elementary education) said she has adjusted to the cold temperatures, which differ greatly from the 70- and 80-degree weather characteristic of Hawaii.

With the cost of gasoline increasing almost every week, local businesses have been concerned about the financial impact, especially on those who rely on delivery services.

When Penn State puts Circleville Farm up for sale again in late March, the request for proposals will require about 36 acres to be set aside for conservation on the 155-acre tract of land.


SPORTS

Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and the rest of the ESPN College GameDay gang are heading to Happy Valley a little early this year.

As the buzzer sounded, signaling the end of Penn State's unexpected win over Wisconsin last night, a few brave individuals from the student section dashed onto the court to celebrate. Then, the floodgates opened, releasing the rest of the section and a winter's worth of frustrations.

The 1999-2000 Northwestern men's basketball team can pop the corks and drink the champagne, because the last winless team won, and it will keep its mark of 0-16 intact.

Dominance

Before performing her floor routine during practice, Penn State senior gymnast Julie Stoloski can be seen drawing a chalk line to mark where her toughest maneuver begins. Unlike the chalk marking, however, Stoloski's presence as a hard worker and supportive teammate cannot be erased.

The road has been a scary place this season, but thankfully for the Penn State women's basketball team, it is back in the comforts of home.

In bold, intimidating blue letters, the banner "Divided we stand ... United we stand stronger" stretches across the length of the north wall of Room 31 of the White Building, the home of the nine-time NCAA champion Penn State fencing team.

All the best women's college bas-ketball programs in the nation use them.

Soon, Mike DeRenzo will have exhausted Joe Hindelang's thesaurus.

People know the tournament as the Big Dance, but for Penn Staters, there's an even bigger dance this weekend.

My Opinion: Chris Korman


OPINIONS

Words of war: Professors can help make sense of the situation

My Opinion: Sean Misko

Letters to the editor
ARTS

For starting musicians, the hardest part is not writing songs or playing live; it's actually finding a place to play. Two local musicians understand this concept all too well.

Now it is their turn.

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She doesn't like crowds and she doesn't like loud noise but that can't keep Tessa Rivera away from Thon.

Guitarist Jeff Mattson founded The Zen Tricksters 24 years ago and is still touring under that name today. But his band is no joke.

After standing for 48 hours at last year's Interfraternity Council/ Panhellenic Dance Marathon (Thon), one visitor was inspired to write a book.

His friends, the dancers and the games are his favorite part of the Dance Marathon.

Dancers at the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) will spend 48 hours on their feet this weekend in a crowded Rec Hall. Their implementation of common sense throughout the weekend and their pre-Thon practices will be the major factors in how they well fair.

More than 2,500 student volunteers are the driving force behind the logistics of the largest student-run philanthropy in the world -- so what does it look like behind the scenes of the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon?

One dancer will add special enthusiasm to this year's Dance Marathon for dancers and families alike.

Put your right foot in, put your right foot out, put your right foot in and shake it all about.

Years of Thon are bringing one Four Diamonds child to Penn State in the fall.

State College may be one of the last places Alan Jackson plays before people begin referring to him as 2003 Grammy award-winning recording artist Alan Jackson.

If you need to get away from the hustle and bustle of the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon this weekend, the world of Brigadoon offers an enchanted alternative.

The Central Pennsylvania Country Dance Association announces a Contra Dance at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the State College Friends School, 1900 University Drive.


WEATHER

Mostly sunny becoming mild. High 40.


Online editor for this issue:
Kahlil Smith bio





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