Collegian Briefs
Pro-life group to show 'Living Proof' film
Penn State Students for Life will sponsor a showing of the film "Liv
ing Proof" at 7 tonight in 73 Willard. The movie follows the devel
opment of the unborn fetus through ultrasound video.
Beth Knievel, president of Centre County Citizens for Human Life,
will lead a question and answer period after the film.
Also, Helen Alvare, spokeswoman for the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, will speak on
"Social Policy for Women: The Life Issues in the Catholic Church"
at 7:30 tonight in 112 Kern. Sponsors include the St. Thomas More Asso
ciation and the Newman Catholic Student Association.
Both are part of Human Life Awareness Week
Daffodil sale supports cancer research
The American Cancer Society and radio station WZWW, 95.3 FM,
will sponsor the Annual Daffodil Days Campaign today through Friday
to benefit Centre County cancer patients and cancer research. Ten daf
fodils cost $4; orders of 60 or more may be delivered. For more infor
mation on the event or to pre-order daffodils, call the American Cancer
Society at 238-8908.
Professor to speak about Ice Age
An associate professor of anthropology at the University of California
at Berkeley will present "Paleovisions: Interpreting the Imagery of
Ice-Age Eueope" at 8 tonight in 112 Walker.
Margaret Conkey has excavated and surveyed sites in the French
Pyrenees and in the Dordogne. She has also held a research fellowship
for the study of Paleolithic art.
Symphony marks Mozart's death
The Nittany Valley Symphony will perform a concert to mark the
200th anniversary of Mozart's death at 8 tonight at the State College
Area High School South. The concert, entitled "Mahler, Mozart and
More," will be conducted by music director Michael Jinbo.
The performance will feature soprano Jane Olian in works by Gustav
Mahler and Samuel Barber. Olian recently debuted as Cio-Cio in the
Minnesota Opera's Madame Butterfly and has sung with the New
Orleans Opera, the Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theater and the Texas
Opera Theater.
Tickets for the performance are $8 for adults and $6 for students and
senior citizens, and may be purchased at Art Works Gallery, 103 S. Al
len St., or at the door.
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Collegian Notes
■ Funding disparities among Pennsylvania school districts will be the
focus on this week's "Pennsylvania Chronicle," airing on PENNARAMA
at 8 tonight.
Commentary and discussion on other current issues affecting Pennsyl
vania and Pennsylvanians will also be included.
■ Penn State Eco-Action and Colloguy will host activist Randy Hayes, who
will present a lecture and slide show on "Rainforest Destruction" at 7:30
tonight in Schwab Auditorium.
■ B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation will host Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cordozo
who will speak on "Inside G-d's Mind" at 7:30 tonight in the HUB Gallery
Lounge.
■ USG will sponsor presidential ticket debates at 7 tonight in the East
Halls Recreation Room.
■ The Department of Women's Studies will sponsor E. Ann Kaplan,
director of the Humanities Institute at State University of New York, to
speak on "Images of Sexuality in Recent Films and MTV" at 8 tonight in
the HUB Gallery.
■ The USG Department of Safety will sponsor a program on "Sexual
Assault Awareness" at 7 tonight in the HUB Reading Room.
■ The Student Union Board will meet at 7:30 tonight in 307 HUB.
■ The Student Organization Budget Committee will meet at 7 tonight
in 227 HUB.
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who will be eligible for tuition waivers under a plan announced last week
by the University and the state at the University Board of Trustees meeting.
Dependent children of all Pennsylvania military personnel killed during
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Some students balance class and kids
By LISA HUMPHREY
Collegian Staff Writer
Every day Melanie Newell attends
class like any other Penn State stu
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juggles her time between two jobs, her
studies and her 2-year-old son.
Like many single parents at the Uni
versity, Newell is faced with many
problems. Because of the high cost
and lack of day care here, she travels
150 miles every available weekend to
visit her son at her parents' house in
Connellsville, Fayette County.
"I definitely could have both my
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affordable day care here)," Newell Pennsylvania Department of Public
said. "I cannot squeeze in 17 credits Welfare and Child Care Advisory
and then 20 hours of work to pay for Committee to voice their opinions.
day care. . . I thought I'd have to quit "A strong child care program is
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visited it, many leaving with T-shirts bearing the
image of the tree.
The 65-foot-tall oak near Magnolia Springs, a retire
ment enclave on the Alabama coast, is estimated at
about 500 years old. Its trunk is 25 feet in circumfer
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But Super suggested some options
for child care. For example, Super
said, while some parents are in class,
parents with free time could watch the
children.
"(We want to) promote parents to
be parents and at the same time be a
student," Super added.
Other topics addressed were family
housing for undergraduates, class
scheduling to accommodate family
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ring around the the trunk, cutting off the flow of nutri
ents between the roots and leaves. Law enforcement
officials investigated but brought no charges.
Forester Stan Revis of Holt, Fla., spent his vacation
treating the tree, grafting bark over the wound.
"As far as the grafts themselves, that's looking pre
tty good, but it's a bad injury," Revis said.