If you think of fast food as brainfood, you are not alone. State College's town and gown members united last night to share concerns about alcohol abuse in the community. Football player O.J. McDuffie and a Patton Township police officer were among those involved in a seven-car accident on an icy patch of North Atherton Street last night. The least contested spots in Wednesday's controversial elections were those for the Association of Residence Hall Students representatives. The State College Borough Planning Commission decided this week to return to its original decision of recommending rezoning of three borough elementary schools and a former elementary school to public activities. Dress as Hot Lips or Hawkeye and join the 75th anniversary celebration of the Centre Communities Chapter of American Red Cross tomorrow. Measures can be taken to limit this spring's version of the Mifflin Streak, Residence Life told the University Student Advisory Board last night. Listening to the presidential candidates debate foreign policy could prove to be disappointing if not insulting for the electorate. Facing criticism from a frustrated American electorate, President Bush intends to incorporate economic concerns into his foreign policy agenda. "America first." As the focus of the presidential campaign remains on the American economy, and foreign policy has been put on the back burner, it is no surprise that Bill Clinton's foreign platform offers few new ideas. Jerry Brown is focusing on domestic issues because he says issues at home have been neglected. Two University activist groups will protest today the appearance of a prominent New York professor -- previously accused of racism and anti-Semitism -- at a weekend conference. The nation's top African scholars and activists have arrived at Penn State for the African Heritage Studies Association's 24th annual conference. A University student and another man were arraigned yesterday on charges including aggravated assault and resisting arrest after they allegedly tried to steal a bicycle, University Police Services said. Pro-life and pro-choice advocates agree that abortion should be an important presidential election issue, but the candidates have not concentrated on the issue in the primaries. Saran wrap covered the toilet bowls, grease covered the doorknobs and shaving cream dripped from the mirrors, walls and bathroom stalls when John Frank was kidnapped during a pledge bolt with his fraternity last fall. With recent budget cuts, the University will eliminate programs based on enrollment, size and graduate possibilities. Ian L. McHarg, visiting professor of landscape architecture, will discuss the status of the ecological world in his lecture "Green the Earth. Heal the Earth. Restore the Earth." at 8 p.m. Monday in Schwab Auditorium. -- Centre Halls: Julie Donnell. -- Centre Halls: President-Lynda Rakvin, Vice President-Ray Maggi, ARHS representatives-Brian Aldridge, Lauren Chalmers.
So the Minnesota Golden Gophers are ranked 11th in the nation. So they're the top-ranked team in the region. So they have a 13-15-1 record and a pitcher with the lowest ERA in the Big Ten. To that the Lady Lions would answer "So what?" After 20 games, and who knows how many frequent-flyer miles, the baseball team will finally play a few home games this weekend. Unlike 10 days ago when four inches of snow cancelled the Lions' rendezvous with Towson State, at 2 tomorrow afternoon diehard lacrosse fans can expect to see No. 11 Penn State and University of Maryland-Baltimore County chasing each other up and down Jeffrey Field. The Lady Lion golfers will face their first big test of the semester in their big new conference this weekend. Goodbye, Happy Valley . . . hello Big Ten country. Having won three of its last four matches, the women's tennis team is hoping that it can continue its modest hot streak in two weekend matches. Things haven't been going well for the men's track team lately. When Coach Julie Williams said that the focus of this week's practice had been taking an early lead, she wasn't kidding. Her words were not empty rhetoric. Of the 22 matches the men's volleyball team has played this season, 19 have been against Top 20 teams. That trend will not be broken this weekend. The football team is only one week into spring practice, but that didn't stop Coach Joe Paterno from making some optimistic remarks about the team. Hanging on a hallway wall in the women's basketball office, encased in a large, glass frame, is Lady Lion jersey No. 32.
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Jason had two bacon cheeseburgers, Sally ate fries and a Frosty, Joe gorged on a Chicken Cordon Bleu and Jay went hungry. Oh yeah, and we, The Daily Collegian's Gang of Four music reporters reviewed Def Leppard's new album, Adrenalize. Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your TV set . . . that biology reading you've been putting off might not be such a bad idea. Record companies love to send newspapers copies of albums by up-and-coming or washed-up artists who are looking for some critical respect. Yefim Bronfman has been around, and he will add State College to his territory at 8 p.m. tomorrow night at Eisenhower Auditorium. Hugh Masekela's concert highlighted South African politics as he meshed African and American music Wednesday night in Eisenhower Auditorium. Long-haired and scary, local metal band Plow is ready to disrupt its surroundings. Whether in the fresh-cut suburbia where it practices or playing out, Plow is looking to bang some heads. Women, sports, gambling and male bonding have got to be four of the primary things that would get any stereotypical man's adrenaline pumping. The cartoon mascot of Ugly Kid Joe sneers from the cover of the album As Ugly As They Wanna Be (ooh, original).

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