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[ Thursday, June 8, 1995 ]

Behind-the-scenes workers prove to be Special heroes
A quiet energy fills the large garage behind Wagner Building as volunteers for the 1995 Pennsylvania Summer Special Olympics Games work amid piles of sports equipment, tiers of cardboard boxes and stacks of hand-made signs.

New USG may sidetrack fate of activity fee
Administrators and students came to an agreement about a proposed student activity fee at the end of Spring Semester, but a current student leader is now putting a block to moving the proposal forward.

Security increasing after pair of attacks
As a result of two assaults that occurred last month in State College, University Police Services and the State College Police Department are increasing security both on and off campus.

Motion detectors control Willard lights
When students leave classes in Willard Building in mid-July, motion dectors will turn off the lights after them.

USG may have found key to housing occupancy limit
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that the Undergraduate Student Government thinks will rule State College's three-unrelated-person occupancy limit unconstitutional, may not be the ultimate key that locks the door on the housing issue.

O'Brien and Annechini miss USG presentation
When the Undergraduate Student Government presented a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to the State College Borough Council, something was different from all of the other meetings about the housing issue.

Proposed bill will cut faculty benefits
A Montgomery County legislator's proposed bill could have professors at state-owned and state-related colleges and universities teaching more but receiving fewer benefits.

Administrative briefs

Trustee briefs

Police Log

Preliminary hearings

Hundreds of athletes, volunteers gather today for Special weekend
In a world of athletes with the likes of Dennis Rodman and Vince Coleman, stands a smaller but no less determined group that exhibits the true meaning of sports.

Laxers shafted by NCAA
Despite having the best regular season in Coach Glenn Thiel's 18 season tenure at Penn State, the men's lacrosse team found itself on the outside looking in come NCAA tournament time.

Spikers lose to UCLA at NCAAs
One year ago the Penn State Nittany Lion volleyball team did the unspeakable. They became the first team from the East to win a national title.

Lady laxers get revenge, No. 4 finish
A few of the women's lacrosse team members were watching the game tape of their matchup with Maryland. The Lady Lions lost to top-seeded Maryland by a score of 12-7 in the semifinals.

Jordan Center to open
The gigantic steel, concrete and brick structure being built on the corner of Curtin Road and University Drive will be completed in November because of a major advancement.

Lady sluggers improve on last year's Big Ten finish
In its first three seasons since joining the Big Ten, the softball team amassed a record (34-103) that hardly posed a threat to the conference elite.

The Reader's page
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Technology can only help, not hurt, newspaper industry
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