Fraternity and sorority members will attend the annual Greek leadership conference in Keller Conference Center tomorrow to piece together the leadership puzzle. Universities that reward black and Hispanic students for academic achievements are shortchanging the minority student community, a nationally-recognized authority on American higher education said last night. Some University dining hall and dorm workers are sporting new attire -- bright fluorescent green buttons proclaiming, "JUST LIVE IT!" As tensions in the Persian Gulf mount, many students say that watching around-the-clock TV coverage is taking its toll. State College Borough and outlying municipalities may have to pay for recycling by April, a Centre County Solid Waste Authority official said. Unfilled positions in non-academic departments may remain vacant because of the hiring freeze the University imposed to combat Gov. Robert P. Casey's 5 percent funding cut. In the past, each time students filed a housing contract they had to pay a $100 advanced housing charge. But not this year. University President Joab Thomas will speak in Findlay Dining Commons at 9:30 tomorrow morning during the first full meeting of the Commonwealth Council of Student Governments this semester. University President Joab Thomas welcomed University community members back from semester break by sending them a letter about recent state budget cuts. While the Faculty Senate mulls over the issue of whether to add a sexual orientation clause to the University's non-discrimination policy, one University administrator created a new committee to study the campus climate for lesbians and gay men.
It will be the first NCAA competition for the men's and women's fencing teams in over a month, but both feel confident that tomorrow's matchups will produce good results. As the seconds ticked down throughout most of the second half, the suspense of last night's women's basketball game wasn't who was going to win, but would Duquesne score again. A ROAD WIN. Injuries have plagued the men's gymnastics team so far this season. Yet, despite using a limited lineup, the Lions will hold the nation's No. 1 ranking going into its home opener with Kent State at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Rec Hall. Coach Rich Lorenzo is preparing his wrestlers to be "Gallaghered" this weekend. Four of the nation's top 10 hockey clubs are in Happy Valley this weekend. The No. 2 Icers host Rhode Island (No. 5), West Chester (No. 9) and Eastern Michigan State (No. 6) in the 10th annual Nittany Lion Invitational. The women's gymnastics team, ranked No. 10, faces defending national champion Alabama, ranked No. 5, tonight in Tuscaloosa. The boxing club enters tomorrow's scrimmage at Navy with many questions to answer. Doug Walter will be there. Aidan O'Reilly will be there. And so will Ricardo Hall, Antonio Davis and Phil Caraher. Even graduate C.J. Hunter will be there. The place is Johnson City, Tenn. and the meet is the USAir Invitational. Under Coach Peter Brown, the men's swimming and diving team has never lost a dual meet to LaSalle. Emotions will run high at McCoy Natatorium tomorrow when the No. 17 women's swimming and diving team (7-1) goes against LaSalle. Never let it be said that the men's volleyball team schedules creampuffs to open the season.
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Science fiction fans in town, unite. The Mozartean Players Chamber Orchestra performs 18th-century music the way it is meant to be performed: With actual instruments from the classical period. An article about the New York Mets outfield of the 1960s inspired Ira Kaplan to christen Yo La Tengo. It's the oldest and best-loved story in the world, and never seems to lose its impact. The story of Jesus' passion and resurrection has been told in hundreds of ways in every Christian culture. On a blustery Wednesday afternoon, dancers of the Pennsylvania Dance Theatre worked up a sweat while they concentrated on perfecting their movements.